Gus Hansen Poker Portrait Gus Hansen is a big name in the world of gambling‚ and in particular poker. With numerous titles and awards‚ along with a reputation for being a recklessly brilliant poker player‚ and a couple of books to his name‚ it is no wonder that his name is often spoken with reverence by even professional poker players and gamblers. His good looks which got him a place on the People magazine’s list of the 50 Sexiest Men‚ only adds to the overall persona and charm of the poker genius
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Suzlon Hansen Merger Contents SUZLON 3 HANSEN TRANSMISSION 4 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 4 Wind energy at an inflexion point 4 MARKET POTENTIAL OF WIND ENERGY 4 Value Chain of the industry 4 Critical success factors 4 Wind energy project sector 4 Industrial and wind turbine gearbox manufacturing 4 STRATEGIC INTENT 4 SUZLON 4 Suzlon competitive strengths 4 Risks and concerns 4 Strategic Intent of the acquisition for Suzlon Energy 4 Strategic Intent of the acquisition for Hansen Transmissions
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Rick Hansen; a True Hero What qualities make a person a hero? To answer this question‚ one must take a look at a person who is considered a hero. Rick Hansen is one of many examples of a hero. At the young age of fifteen‚ Hansen fell off the back of a truck and consequently became paralyzed for life. One would think that such a traumatic experience would make person completely pessimistic about life‚ but Rick Hansen is different. He became a world class champion wheelchair marathoner and a 1984
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Rick Hansen -History Born August 26th‚ 1957 in port alberni Grew up in St. John‚ Abbotsford and Williams Lake‚ B.C Known as a natural a athlete and was very passionate about fishing and sports He was 15 when him and his friend Don were riding in the back of a pick up truck returning home after a week long fishing trip when the truck went of the road and they were thrown out the back of the truck. He had a spinal cord injury and could never walk again. He was paralyzed form the last down. Rick spent
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Growing up with a strict father and horrible acne wasn’t easy for Robert Hansen. Robert had acne that was so bad he rarely socialized with his peers at school. With the lack of socialization‚ people seen him as a loner. Not only was he forced to use his right hand even though he was left handed‚ but he worked long hours in the family backers for no pay at all. Having very little friends or none at all would only make Robert feel even more left out. Being alone as a kid and not having the same social
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social affliction connected to various skin conditions and mildewing fabrics. Those who had leprosy were called ’lepers’ and they were sent to live outside of town and they were subjected to a life of alienation. It wasn’t until 1873 when Dr. Armauer Hansen was the first person to view the germ under a microscope. His evidence was not revolutionary‚ but it was apparent that leprosy was caused by a germ. It could not be passed down by genes‚ it was not a punishment for sins committed‚ and it was not a
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Officer Hansen proves to be a specially interesting character. Hansen is a white male who seems to have grown up in a fairly typical environment and doesn’t stand out from the normative views of an individual coming from his social grouping. Unlike his partner Officer Ryan‚ Officer Hansen tries his best to set aside his differences with out groups and choose to treat everyone equally from the beginning and one of the main opening conflicts in the film is geared towards Officer Hansen feeling that
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Originally published on February 11‚ 2000 To big game hunter Robert Hansen‚ Alaska was paradise. But for his victims‚ it was a terrifying wilderness where no one could hear their screams. The cover summary of Bernard DuClos’ book on Hansen‚ Fair Game‚ is much more than just sensationalism. It’s a pretty accurate summary of the period from 1971 to 1983‚ when Hansen stalked the sleazy parts of Anchorage looking for victims. He is known to have killed at least 17 young women‚ although only 12 bodies
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state of panic and confusion. The book Witchcraft at Salem‚ by Chadwick Hansen‚ is about the witchcraft conspiracies the town has experienced. Hansen goes on to explore the truthfulness of the "possessed" young girls. The reason why Hansen wrote the book is to try to set straight the record of the witchcraft phenomena at Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in the year 1692‚ about which much has been written and much misunderstood. Hansen has a very respectable education. He graduated and obtained a Bachelors
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happening and to describe that there was no such thing as “separate but equal” in the radically divided town of Birmingham. In the articles “Imagining the Hansen Family” and “Birmingham Bomb Kills 4‚” both authors use tragic imagery to passionately portray the devastation‚ destruction and death caused by hate. The article by Anna Quiden‚ “Imagining the Hansen Family‚” she uses dramatic imagery to portray the feeling ofdevastation and destruction of the horrific event that changed America. In this article
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