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African Foundation for People In Need (AFFPIN)
The African Foundation for People in Need (AFFPIN)is a Christian NGO in Uganda that aims to protect the rights of impoverished children through small-scale development programmes and advocacy, capacity building and promoting access to education. AFFPIN also promotes HIV/AIDS awareness, builds...
Uvali Water Project Group
The Uvali Water Project Group is a local Kenyan NGO. The Group is involved in attempting to access a water supply for domestic use, aiming to sink at least two boreholes to serve 300 households.
Provision of 30 litre Rotary Barrels for easier collection of potable water by women and children.
To work with partners including NGOs, agencies, voluntary groups, charities etc,. to provide 30 litre Rotary Barrels to replace the dirty unhealthy containers, buckets, jerry cans etc currently used by women and children to collect non potable water. The majority collect over long distances (up to...
Eliminate cholera among rural dwellers in Nigeria
We want to help the people of Osun state who live in areas affected by cholera by eradicating open defecation and by providing clean water and sanitation facilities. We have previously implemented a water project funded by the Australian High Commission through which we provided boreholes and...
Centre for Ageing and Rural Development (CARD)
The Centre for Ageing and Rural Development (CARD)is a Kenyan NGO that aims to empower and promote the interests of older persons through training, support, research, policy analysis, and dissemination of information. The organization's efforts are geared towards the alleviation of poverty and...
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Twerwaneho Orphans Community Initiative (TOCI) is a small locally run community initiative that focuses on helping HIV/AIDS affected orphans, child headed households and children with disabilities and special needs to live healthy, sustainable and successful lives. The organization seeks to recruit...
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Bala Vikasa Social Service Society is an Indian NGO in Andhra Pradesh. Bala Vikasa aims to help the poor to help themselves through capacity building in target communities through effective motivation, community organization, exposure, and training programmes. The organisation is currently ...
Sudar Academy and Charitable Trust
Sudar Academy and Charitable Trust is an Indian NGO that educates people with disabilities. The Trust started with 4 physically challenged children and now looks after 30 students between the ages of 7 - 30. Education and food are provided free of charge.
Living Water Development Inc -Australia
Living Water Development Inc -Australia is an NGO thst works in WASH ( (Water Sanitation & Hygiene) promotion. The organisation tends to build community capacity rather than dig wells, but does have some small drilling equipment in Kenya and Uganda which it employs in projects. The...
Arche noVa - Initative for people in need
arche noVa - initiative for people in need is a non-profit NGO working primarily in the fields of humanitarian aid, development cooperation and education. Regardless of the victims' ethnicity and ideology Arche noVa supports all those who suffer as a result of war, suppression and natural...


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For their part, suppliers have demonstrated their trust in Chrysler by increasing investments in dedicated Chrysler assets-plants, property, equipment, and people. Results have been impressive. Chrysler has reduced the development, design, and retooling time for its new vehicles from 234 weeks in the 1980s to 160 weeks. Development costs have plummeted 20 to 40 percent. In its first two years, Chrysler's new strategy generated from suppliers 875 ideas worth $170 million in annual savings. As of December 1995, the company had implemented 5,300 ideas worth more than $1.7 billion in annual savings for the company alone. 4
This example of cooperative supplier relationships in manufacturing is relevant to several aspects of default service provision of electricity. While not necessarily involving purchases of bulk commodities, these industrial examples show that buyers can achieve significant savings in direct costs, overhead, and transaction costs by procurement strategies that offer vendors longer commitments. Developers of new renewable generators likely could provide better prices and insulation from fossil-fuel prices over many years in such a purchasing environment.
Consider a renewable energy developer that, based on an agreement with a default service provider, knows a certain number of wind turbines could be ordered every year for five years. That developer could follow Chrysler's example and seek R&D driven enhancements and cost reductions from equipment vendors. Under such an environment, non-renewable generators might be able to deliver power with reduced transmission costs and reduced losses. Even purely market-based wholesale suppliers could afford to invest in a better portfolio, as well as better management tools and practices, in response to such an environment. Upstream opportunities like those mentioned in connection with renewable energy developers could apply here as well.
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For many commodities, we see the benefits of long-term contracting in the futures markets: The further away the delivery date, the lower the current contract price.
In Figures 1-3, we see that for milk, the euro, and pork, prices decline as a function of contract start date. Locking in such agreements can reduce risks for both sides. Suppliers are assured that somebody is going to purchase the commodity at an acceptable price, and buyers are assured that demand can be met on the date that it is needed, at an affordable price. For both parties, risk is therefore reduced and prices can be lower.
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We want to enlarge our master bedroom (13' side wall x 11' back wall) and add a bath w/ shower. We have a 30 yr old, 24' x 44' bi-level house, cinder block foundation. We would like to build out the back wall 10 ft and across the back of the house 22 ft. the opening on the house itself will be 11' The houses foundation 3 ft underground in the back and the floor of the br is about 8 ft off the ground. I would rather not have to put in a whole foundation for tax and cost reasons. i see some neighbors put there additions on stilts (iron?). Is this a good way to go ? We live in lower NY State. Thanks for your help.
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Thomas Bjorn believes this week's $7 million tournament unites two of the European Tour's strongest partners, with the BMW Masters set to kick off the Final Series once again in China. The Dane will make his first appearance since helping Europe ...CHINAdaily, 3 weeks ago BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE : Bjorn happy to be back with Ryder teammates 4 Traders, 3 weeks ago
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The European duo of Martin Kaymer and Thomas Bjorn led for 17 of the 18 holes against Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker on Friday morning but the Americans got them where it mattered most. The last one. "Let's just giving ourselves looks," Walker told ...Austin American Statesman, 1 month ago Kaymer, Bjorn 1-up on Fowler and Walker at turn Malaysia MSN, 1 month ago Kaymer, Bjorn open Ryder Cup against Fowler, Walker Malay Mail, 2 months ago Kaymer, Bjorn open Cup match with Fowler, Walker Business Recorder, 2 months ago
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After leading throughout their first day fourballs session at Gleneagles Thomas Bjorn and Martin Kaymer were disappointed to let a three-shot lead slip against Rickie Fowler andSky Sports, 1 month ago Spieth and Reed 1-up on Bjorn and Kaymer Malaysia MSN, 1 month ago Golf: Spieth and Reed beat Bjorn and Kaymer 5 and 3 Asiaone, 1 month ago Spieth and Reed beat Bjorn and Kaymer 5 and 3 Malaysia MSN, 1 month ago
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Thomas Bjorn says the memory of Seve Ballesteros is again providing motivation for the European Ryder Cup team. At Medinah two years ago, Europe's successful captain Jose Maria Olazabal took much inspiration from the past deeds of his friend and ...AOL UK, 2 months ago Golf-Seve is still a huge inspiration for Europe, says Bjorn Yahoo! Canada, 2 months ago Seve still huge inspiration - Bjorn MSN UK, 2 months ago Seve is still a huge inspiration for Europe, says Bjorn Yahoo! Singapore, 2 months ago
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The Board of Trustees will conduct a public meeting for Thursday, June 19, 2014. Please click on the link below for the full agenda. Notice of Board Meeting – June 19, 2014.Read More »
Brilliance Dual Credit Scholarship deadline extended to June 9
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This is your SolarWakeup for November 26th, 2014
I am thankful for the growth in solar, the long term continuation of the ITC (maybe we can reuse this for the holidays), awesome solar public policy teams (they are some of the best marketing SolarWakeup has), and being able to work with some of the best 143,000 solar colleagues around (plus those outside of the US). Most of all that solar is mainstream (or getting there). What are you thankful for? (Programming note: SWu will be off until Monday December 1st)
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I have a Ruby on Rails project with what seems to be a memory leak. It keeps using more and more memory until it crashes. Dumping the amount of objects per class using ObjectSpace I've found this:
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I believe FileNode is the problem. It's a model. Any ideas how to find where the references to the 17k FileNodes are being kept?
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I've gotten so behind on posting updates about our finances, but I wanted to at least do a quick check in. So far, November has been more kind to us, in regards to surprise medical bills and unexpected car repairs.
Our cat recently started peeing outside the liter box and the other day we noticed blood in his urine. I called the vet and scheduled an appointment, and $233 later, we've got two prescriptions that I can't get him to take. Because I didn't have a budget for vet bills, it was put on our credit card…AUGH! I was quite shocked when I saw the bill and realized that $40 was charged FOR THE PHONE CALL I made to schedule the appointment. Don't think I'll be calling them again. We'll just have to show up, ha ha.
Other than that, things have gone about as expected. Our pet food bill will be going up, as we're supposed to put our cat on a wet food-only diet to help with the crystals forming in his bladder. I just bought a pet water fountain on Amazon to try and help encourage more water drinking, but that didn't cost anything because I had earned enough Amazon.com gift cards with Swagbucks. I also have a Prime account, so the shipping is free, and I'll get it in 2 days! I hope it'll help.
Another expense that we don't have monthly occurred (it happens every 3 months): enrolling my daughter in gymnastics ($180). It's the one thing I will NOT sacrifice. She's waited so long to start, and when I finally bit the bullet earlier this year, she was the 11-year old girl in a class with 6-year olds. She stuck with it and has advanced every single term, and, starting December 1, she'll be enrolled in the highest level they offer before competitions! She's finally learning with girls her own age, and it's been a dream come true for her. I'm so happy she's found her passion.
So far we've been able to pay $864.63 on our debt. Using the YNAB budgeting software has been SO helpful in helping me to know exactly how much I can put to our debt. I anticipate that as we keep using it, we'll be able to pay a little more each month to debt, simply as we find little extra bits of money here and there. Of course, it'll help to avoid some of the financial "surprises" we had in the previous 2 months! Fingers crossed.


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http://marvel.com/universe3zx/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&feed=atom&target=Avengersfan12 Marvel Universe Wiki - User contributions [en] 2014-11-26T10:26:09Z From the Marvel Universe Wiki MediaWiki 1.15.1 http://marvel.com/universe/User:The_Zen_Man User:The Zen Man 2009-04-04T17:12:06Z
Avengersfan12:

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 | blurb =
 | real_name =I'm afraid that's classified.
 | aliases = The Zen Man,Zen,Zenitus
 | identity = secret
 | occupation = None
 | citizenship = U.S.A
 | place_of_birth = Unrevealed
 | relatives = Secret
 | groups = New Wave Zealots
 | education = Bestest evur!
 | height = A lot. Really.
 | weight = Haven't checked.
 | eyes = Unknown
 | hair =Great
 | powers = None
 | abilities = Ninja Skills!
 | weapons = Kosmic Katana,and small radioactive cyber wave
 | paraphernalia = None
 | debut =December 28 2006
 | origin = Off-Topic
 | significant_issues = I have none!
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 bio_text= I joined Marvel.com on December 28, 2006. Mostly, my strange and wacky exploits have been confined to the Off-Topic section(though I have managed to get into the fan-fic section). I was nominated for Funniest Poster in the Board Oscars, but (sadly) lost. My main affiliation is with The New Wave Zealots, but I also started the Red Ninja Clan (I did not start the Red Ninja Clan United, though.) Recently, I bought Marvel Zombies vs. Army Of Darkness #1 (Buy it, it's great.) I have several fan-fics,the most succesfull one by far being Shattered Iron. Essentialy, it is a 'what-if' of the ending of the Civil War. Currently, I have four hero points, but by the time you read this I will have five. Then six. Then 7. And it goes on and on. }}
 Avengersfan12 http://marvel.com/universe/Lizard_(Curtis_Connors) Lizard (Curtis Connors) 2009-04-04T17:10:00Z
Avengersfan12:

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 universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
 | real_name = Dr Curtis Connors
 | identity = Known to legal authorities
 | occupation = leading researcher in bio-genetics,college proffesor
 | place_of_birth = Coral Gables, Florida
 | groups = formerly the [[Sinister Twelve]]
 | citizenship = U.S.A. with no criminal record
 | education = Medical school graduate,later earned twin doctorates in biology and biochemistry
 | aliases = None
 | relatives = Martha (wife, deceased), William Conners (son), unidentified sister
 | height = 6'8 (as Lizard) 5'11 (as Connors)
 | weight = 550 lbs (as Lizard) 175 lbs. (as Connors)
 | eyes = Red (as Lizard) Blue (as Connors)
 | hair = None (as Lizard) Brown (as Connors)
 | powers = As the Lizard he has superhuman strength (enabling him to lift/press 12 tons), speed, agility, and reflexes equaling that of Spider-Man. He possesses great resistance to injury surpassing that of Spider-Man in that his tough scaly skin is more resistant to being lacerated or punctured by concussive force. The Lizard can also regenerate damaged areas of his body, even to the extent that he can regrow his limbs and tail if severed.

 In addition to this, the Lizard's tail is superhumanly strong and can whip at up to 70 miles per hour. He can scale walls almost as well as Spider-Man can, and can telepathically control all reptiles within a one mile radius of himself.

 As the Lizard, Curt Connors' level of intelligence varies. Most often his Lizard persona has normal human level intelligence, but occasionally it has been relatively mindless. Having the characteristics of a cold-blooded reptile, the Lizard grows physically weaker from prolonged exposure to cold temperatures. The Lizard recently has gained the ability to excrete pheromones that can cause humans to behave violently.

 | abilities = Connors has genius intelligence and is a world renowned herpetologist (reptile scientist)
 | weapons =None
 | paraphernalia =None
 | debut = Amazing Spider-Man v1 #6 (1963)
 | origin =
 | significant_issues =
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 bio_text= Dr.Curt Connors was a gifted surgeon and biologist who went into a war when his country called. He performed "meatball" surgery on wounded GIs,his arm was ultimatley amputated after it was blown in battle.His surgical career brought to an abrubt, curt returned home to his florida laboratory. He eventually became obsessed with uncovering the secrets of reptilian regeneration, and studied reptilian biology extensively. From his home in the Everglades, he finally determined a serum taken from the DNA of a reptile. He had successfully regrown the missing limb of a rabbit, and, despite the warnings of his wife, chose to test it on himself. Connors ingested it, and his arm did indeed grow back. Unfortunately, it had one side effect: Connors was subsequently transformed into a reptilian monster!

 [[Spider-Man (Peter Parker)|Spider-Man]] learned about this and travelled to Florida, helping the doctor by using Connors' notes to invent a serum to cure him. Later, Connors was able to repay Spider-Man by developing a formula to save [[Parker, May (Aunt May)|May Parker]]'s life after Peter Parker gave his aunt his radioactive blood during a transfusion that had put May in mortal peril.

 For a time, Peter Parker worked as a teaching assistant to Connors. The success of Connors apparent cure from the Lizard personae was short-lived. A repeating pattern occurred: stress or a chemical reaction turned Connors into the Lizard, Spider-Man would fight him, form some kind of temporary cure to revert the transformation, until the next transformation would begin the cycle again.

 [[image:lizard01.jpg|thumb|300px|left]]
 Over time, it became apparent that a second personality had formed with the Lizard, one with the nigh-impossible goal shared by many villains of taking over the world. Eventually his resorts to using an army of lizards stopped and he began working alone. When his wife and son separated from him (due to the marital strain transforming into a Lizard may cause), Connors tried unsuccessfully to straighten out his life. In despair, The Lizard took control, though it had a weak mental strength, causing the voodoo from [[Calypso]] to affect him for her own purposes. After a series of bloody battles, the Lizard and Calypso were defeated by Spider-Man, causing Connors to gain control of his bestial mind. Although it was very weak, the suppressed Connors persona carried out a plan and cured himself, but only temporarily.

 For a time, a huge animalistic Lizard appeared, showing up in many issues, causing everyone to believe the Lizard persona was now permanent. However, when this second Lizard went after Connors, Curt drank the old serum to become the true Lizard once again, and save his son's life. The original Lizard returned and killed the second beast, though it also brought the Lizard persona back into action. Later, it was discovered that this new Lizard was an accident from Connors' latest attempt to cure himself. A new formula was tested on a piece of the Lizard's tail, which grew into a fully-formed second creature. Curt and his wife reunited.

 One of the Lizard's latest scheme to take over the world had him affecting the water supply to turn everyone into his mindless slaves, though after Connors' son, [[Lizard (Billy Connors)|Billy]], almost became one of these zombies, Spider-Man lashed out and attacked the Lizard. After Martha got her share of words in, the Lizard became Connors once again, now begging for help for a cure.

 Though reunited with his family, and his missing arm restored by [[Hammerhead]], tragedy struck again in the Connors family - this time, for Martha and Billy. Both mother and son were diagnosed with cancer after years exposed to carcinogens from living near an industrial lab of the Monnano Corporation in Florida. Adding to the tragedy, Curt's new arm degenerated and became useless. Spider-Man assisted Curt, and successfully forced the Monnano Corp. to admit their environmental culpability. However, Martha succumbed to the cancer. Billy survived, and remains bitter towards his father.

 [[image:lizard02.jpg|thumb|200px|right]]With Billy under Curt's sister's care, a darker, mentally-unstable Connors recently revealed a horrible truth to Spider-Man. Curt had returned to New York in search of a research grant. But when the grant was awarded to another scientist named Eric Richardson, Connors blew up the laboratory, and left his rival badly injured. The Lizard was seen leaving the lab, but Connors convinced Spider-Man of his innocence. However, Curt allowed Spider-Man to lock him inside an abandoned vault in the sewers for everyone's safety. Meanwhile, the [[Daily Bugle]] obtained a videotape of the transformation, and publicly exposed the truth that the Lizard is the result of a transformation. Spider-Man went to discuss the latest news with Connors in the vault, but the Lizard persona broke free again. Now, Spider-Man learned the truth - Connors admitted he had been lying - he had been in control of the Lizard for some time, and was using his transformation as an escape mechanism to do horrible things. The Lizard escaped, battering Spider-Man into unconsciousness. After confronting Billy, the Lizard was shaken-up with internal conflict. As Connors, he allowed himself to be easily arrested for a bank robbery and locked up to protect those he loves.

 The [[Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)|Green Goblin]] (Norman Osborn) recently freed the Lizard from prison, enhanced his powers to include violence-producing pheromone secretion, and brokered a deal for the creature to join the very short lived [[Sinister Twelve]]. The Twelve failed in an attack against Spider-Man and the [[Black Cat]], after the two broke Osborn out of prison. They were defeated by the assistance of the [[Fantastic Four]] and other super-powered allies of Spidey.
 Most recently, the Lizard has resurfaced to face Spidey with the aid of a pint-sized "twin" of himself--who was revealed to be none other than his son, Billy, finally transformed by his father into the new Lizard. Tragically, however, Billy Connors was shot by a resident of the apartment complex upon which Spider-Man and the Black Cat were fighting them. His condition remains grave, and Curtis himself has escaped to the relative safety of the sewers.
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 Avengersfan12 http://marvel.com/universe/User_talk:Avengersfan12 User talk:Avengersfan12 2009-04-04T04:35:09Z
Avengersfan12:

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 | real_name =Avengersfan12
 | aliases =proboy,Kurt
 | identity =Kurt wagner
 | occupation =School
 | citizenship =United states
 | place_of_birth =portland,Oregon
 | relatives =sister,split parents
 | groups =none
 | education =High school
 | height =6'2
 | weight =189'
 | eyes =blue
 | hair =white
 | powers =freeze
 | abilities =shoot freeze blasts
 | weapons =staff
 | paraphernalia =none
 | debut =unrevealed
 | origin =unrevealed
 | significant_issues = unreaveled
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 Avengersfan12 http://marvel.com/universe/Hawkeye_(Clint_Barton) Hawkeye (Clint Barton) 2009-04-03T20:58:22Z
Avengersfan12:

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 universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
 | real_name = Clinton Francis "Clint" Barton
 | aliases = Formerly Hawkeye, the Marksman, "Br'er Hawkeye", Superhuman Cellblock Prisoner 334556, Longbow, Goliath, Father Time, Louis, Robin Hood, the Hawkeye Kid, Golden Archer, "Purple Man"; impersonated [[Constrictor]] & [[Dreadknight]]
 | identity = Secret
 | occupation = Outlaw adventurer, revolutionary; former professional super hero, fugitive, unnoficial S.H.I.E.L.D. operative, federal inmate, CTE security chief, ranch hand, archery tutor, carnival performer, roustabout, butcher shop worker
 | citizenship = U.S.A. with a criminal record, pardoned
 | place_of_birth = Waverly, Iowa
 | relatives = Harold Barton (father), Edith Barton (mother), [[Barton, Charles|Charles Bernard "Barney" Barton]] (brother), Barbara Morse "Bobbi" Barton ([[Mockingbird]], wife), Brett Barton (ancestor), Mack Barton (ancestor); all deceased
 | groups = [[Avengers]]; formerly founding member of [[Avengers West Coast]] and first chairman, [[Thunderbolts]], [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] (unofficial), [[Chain Gang 421-011]], [[Shadows]], [[Great Lakes Avengers]], [[Cross Technological Enterprises]], [[Defenders]], [[Carson Carnival of Traveling Wonders]], Tiboldt Circus (a.k.a. [[Circus of Crime]]), [[Queen's Vengeance]]; also briefly served as an agent for [[Silver Sable]]; former partner of [[Mockingbird]], [[Two-Gun Kid]], [[Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)|Black Widow]], [[Trickshot]], [[Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)|Swordsman]]
 | education = High school (unfinished)
 | height = 6'3"
 | weight = 230 lbs.
 | eyes = Blue
 | hair = Blond
 | powers = None. As Goliath, Barton used gases designed by Hank Pym to grow to great heights, with appropriate increases in strength and toughness. (He could also use them to shrink to minuscule size.)
 | abilities = Ronin is a world-class archer and marksman. His above average reflexes and hand-eye-coordination make him the most proficient archer ever known. He is also trained to throw knifes, darts, balls, bolas and boomerangs. He is natural athlete. He is also formitable unnarmed combatant, thanks largely for longtime combat training with Captain America. He also has extensive training as an acrobat and aerialist. He is highly capable and charismatic team leader and a shrewd combat strategist, albeit sometimes reckless. Barton is also talented weapon designer, particularly well-versed in variations on basic traditional weaponry such as arrows, blades and hand-thrown projectiles. He has designed and crafted crescent darts, boomerangs, throwing irons, bolas, axes, custom arrows and bows. he is experienced motorcycle rider, Barton was one of the of the most proficient and daring pilots of the Avengers' supersonic Quinjets and other aircrafts. He was once 80% deaf due to an injury, but his hearing was restored during his rebirth on Frankling Richards' Counter-Earth.
 | weapons = Sword, throwing stars and nunchakus; When he was Hawkeye he used bow and "trick" arrows such as: flares, explosives, putty, sonic blasts, buzz saws, electrical discharge, suction cups, tear gas, smoke bombs, bolas, nets, rockets, and boomerangs.
 | paraphernalia = None; Once as Hawkeye, he wore a type of armored suit, offering him protection against most conventional attacks.
 | debut = (as Hawkeye) Tales of Suspense #57 (1964); (as Goliath) Avengers #63 (1969); (as Ronin) New Avengers #27 (2007)
 | origin = Avengers #19 (1965)
 | significant_issues = [[OHOTMU:Bibliography-Avengers_2007#Ronin|Official Handbook Bibliography]]
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 |main_image= Ronin(Barton)_Head.jpg
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 {{bio|
 bio_text= Clint Barton was orphaned at an early age when his parents died in a car accident and was sent to a children's home with his brother Bernard. He and his brother ran away to join the [[Carson Carnival of Traveling Wonders]], and the pair worked as roustabouts. While a member of the circus, Hawkeye was trained by the original [[Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)|Swordsman]] (Jacques Duquesne) and [[Trickshot]]. Clint's life, however, would forever be changed after he stumbled onto the Swordsman counting the money he had just robbed from the carnival. The Swordsman offered Clint to become his partner in crime, but Clint rejected his mentor, sparking a fight that ended when the Swordsman left him for dead after he fell from the high wire. Barney, too, abandoned him, in disbelief that Clint passed up such an opportunity. Trickshot stepped up his role as Clint's mentor, later asking him to join him in raiding a criminal named Marko. However, Clint severely injured one of Marko's guards and discovered him to be his brother, Barney. Repelled by the consequences of his actions (and his mentor's role in prompting them), he abandoned Trickshot and parted on bad terms.

 His natural archery abilities honed to an expert level, Clint wandered the country, working in various carnivals or otherwise making money out of the costume and persona of "Hawkeye". One day, when witnessing [[Iron Man (Anthony Stark)|Iron Man]] save the lives of some people at the carnival, he decided to become a costumed crime-fighter himself. But as luck would have it, on Hawkeye's first night on patrol, he was mistaken for a criminal by the police and hunted down.

 [[image: hawkeye01.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]He soon met the [[Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)|Black Widow]], who was working at the time as a costumed villain for her country, and she easily seduced the hot-headed adventurer, making him think it was in his interest to defeat Iron Man. He attempted to do so according to her prompting on several occasions, but soon wised up, regretting his decision. Instead, he hoped to join Iron Man's team of [[Avengers]]. As a way of proving himself, he broke into the [[Avengers Mansion]] and convinced their butler, [[Jarvis, Edwin|Jarvis]], to play the role of a victim so he could display his powers. Iron Man vouched for Hawkeye, and he joined the new line-up that included [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)|Captain America]], the [[Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)|Scarlet Witch]], and [[Quicksilver]].

 Clint continued to be an active member of the Avengers for years, with his archery skills matching the superhuman powers of his teammates. His brash attitude initially chafed under the leadership of Captain America, and, although it took some time to come to respect him, the two have become good friends. Also at first, he felt attracted the Scarlet Witch, even to the point of having trouble getting over her eventual marriage to the [[Vision]]. For years, he also continued to hold a torch for the Black Widow, until she returned to her espionage career and told him that she had never loved him (although she said that in order to keep him away.)

 Hawkeye stayed with the Avengers for a long time, leaving only briefly when his temper and ego led him to believe he wasn't wanted. He returned after a short period, having joined the "non-team" [[Defenders]] in the meantime. At one point, Hawkeye was passed over accompanying the Avengers in the [[Kree-Skrull War]] due to his lack of superhuman abilities. Not one to be deterred so easily, Hawkeye took on the identity of Goliath with the use of [[Yellowjacket (Henry Pym)|Hank Pym]]'s size-altering particles. He hitched a ride so as to join the team in their intergalactic adventure and maintained the Goliath identity for several months upon their return to Earth.

 During his time as Goliath, Clint was approached by his brother, who had become a big-time racketeer. Barney had learned of [[Egghead]]'s plans to construct an orbiting laser death-ray to extort cash from the United States and came to the Avengers in need of help. The Avengers confronted Egghead and his allies, the [[Mad Thinker]] also the [[Puppet Master]], but tragically, Barney was killed in the ensuing battle. Later, Egghead would use the Swordsman to capture Clint as Goliath, thinking him to be Hank Pym, but Hawkeye-as-Goliath soon defeated both of the criminals, avenging his brother at last. Soon afterward, Clint abandoned the Goliath identity but continued to serve the Avengers as Hawkeye the Archer.

 Another leave of absence was forced upon him by the government, when, due to a type of "affirmative action", he was replaced by the [[Falcon (Sam Wilson)|Falcon]] to comply with the Avengers' government sanction. During this time, he eventually found employment as a night security guard for Cross Technological Enterprises (CTE). Never gone from his team for long, he soon rejoined the fold, although one particular solo adventure would have a lasting impact. His boss, head of CTE, was the villain known as [[Crossfire]] and hoped to test his ultrasonic equipment with which he hoped to turn heroes against one another, With the help of the ex-secret agent, [[Mockingbird]], Hawkeye defeated Crossfire. The two heroes, head over heels in love, promptly got married.

 At the time, the Vision was expanding the Avengers' operations, and he named Hawkeye chairman of a [[Avengers West Coast|west coast branch]] of Avengers, and Mockingbird joined him as a charter member. Hawkeye led the team through many missions and adventures, growing into a competent leader, and he even had time to embark on a series of solo adventures. During one of these later times, Hawkeye had to defend himself against many costumed mercenaries and villains hoping to collect a bounty. The mastermind behind it all proved to be Trickshot, now dying of cancer, and he was hoping to goad Hawkeye into killing him. Instead, Hawkeye reconciled with his former mentor and friend.

 During an adventure where the team became lost in the past, his wife was involved with the death of the Old West hero, the [[Phantom Rider (Lincoln Slade)|Phantom Rider]], and the situation caused the couple to split apart. Shortly after, the government forced the membership of the [[U.S.Agent]] on the team, and Hawkeye quit. Both he and Mockingbird wound up investigating and leading the heroes known as the [[Great Lakes Avengers]]. Eventually, however, Hawkeye left the Midwest to rejoin the Avengers West Coast, although he never really led the team again.

 [[Image:Hawkeye.jpg|left|200px]] Hawkeye continued to adventure with the team, even alongside his separated wife, and was present with them when Mockingbird was killed in a demonic dimension, saving her husband's life from an attack by [[Mephisto]]. Distraught, Hawkeye left the team and took a cross-country walkabout. Later, Clint was commissioned to train a group of rebels known as the [[Shadows]] along with [[Sundance]] and [[Striker]]. He attempted to keep them from killing, but on one raid Striker killed a woman and injured her fiancé, a friend of [[Rhodes, James|James Rhodes]]. As War Machine, Rhodes was surprised to see Hawkeye among the rebels, and even more so when a government backed group led by the U.S.Agent also arrived. The three were able to stop the conflict and were confronted by the mysterious [[Advisor]].
 Eventually drawn back to the Avengers' fold when the team was attacked in a [[Crossing|plan]] orchestrated by [[Immortus]], Hawkeye was present with the team when they apparently died, sacrificing themselves to absorb the energies of [[Onslaught (entity)|Onslaught]]. Eventually, Hawkeye and the other heroes were restored, and Hawkeye quickly rejoined the reforming Avengers.

 However, Hawkeye was dissatisfied. His previous experience as a team leader left him feeling too anxious as a regular member. Hawkeye turned his attention instead to the team of reforming villains, the [[Thunderbolts]]. Sympathetic because of his own outlaw past and eager for new challenges, Hawkeye offered to serve as the Thunderbolts' new leader if they would continue fighting crime and remain reformed. During his stint as their leader, he became a friend and mentor to the group, honing their skills and greatly enhancing their reputations. He and his teammate [[Moonstone (Karla Sofen)|Moonstone]] had even began developing romantic inclinations. The Thunderbolts soon became trusted allies of the Avengers, though Hawkeye formally resigned his membership in the latter group since he didn't want any perceived criminal association with the Thunderbolts to negatively impact the Avengers.

 Unfortunately, CSA agent and former Avengers government liaison [[Gyrich, Henry Peter|Henry Peter Gyrich]] targeted the Thunderbolts for assassination as part of a larger scheme to eradicate superhumans. Hawkeye and the Thunderbolts exposed and thwarted Gyrich's conspiracy, freeing Gyrich himself from the mind-controlling technology [[Baron Strucker]] had used to make Gyrich act out his anti-superhuman fantasies. Hawkeye agreed to keep the entire affair a secret in exchange for a full federal pardon for the other Thunderbolts, but a bitterly furious Gyrich refused to go along with concealing the incident unless Hawkeye went to prison for operating as an illegal vigilante with the Thunderbolts. Hawkeye agreed and was remanded to federal custody.

 [[image: hawkeye02.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]While in Seagate Federal Penitentiary, Barton was contacted telepathically by [[Mentallo]], who orchestrated a break-out for Hawkeye and three others (one of which was a Mentallo-possessed [[Headlok]]). Despite their success, the inmates remained remotely "chained" to each other. The so-called "Chain Gang" reluctantly agreed to work together to search for a way to survive, deactivate their security manacles, and to search for a weapon of great power left behind by the death of the criminal industrialist [[Hammer, Justin|Justin Hammer]]. Unknown to his associates, Barton was actually working undercover on behalf of the espionage agency [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]], who hoped to use Barton as a mole to track Mentallo's criminal activities. S.H.I.E.L.D. also hired the Thunderbolts' [[Songbird]], who tracked Hawkeye and defeated his erstwhile allies. They discovered that Hammer's legacy was a biological toxin that had been ingested by every single villain who had ever worked for him and that one of the villains, [[Plantman]], was the carrier. Hawkeye, Songbird, and Plantman began a new search for the trigger that would release Plantman's toxin. The search ended with Hammer's daughter, Justine, who turned out to be the [[Crimson Cowl (Justine Hammer)|Crimson Cowl]], leader of the [[Masters of Evil]]. Hawkeye convinced several members of the Masters of Evil to side with him and Songbird against Crimson Cowl and their former allies, pointing out the dangers of the super-weapon. Hoping to throw off suspicion, Hawkeye made the villains reinvent their costumed identities, thus creating a new team of Thunderbolts. The group ultimately defeated the Crimson Cowl and her Masters of Evil, and Plantman (as Blackheath) managed to release an antidote for the toxin into the atmosphere.

 Hawkeye and his Thunderbolts also helped [[Citizen V (Dallas Riordan)|Citizen V]] and the [[V-Battalion]] to help destroy their headquarters' engine of alien technology that had began distorting, In so doing, they were reunited with other the Thunderbolts, led by [[Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo)|Baron Zemo]] and trapped on [[Coutner-Earth (Franklin Richards)|Counter-Earth]]. The two teams combined forces to shunt the alien ship from Earth. After much discussion, most of the costumed heroes and villains chose to part company. Hawkeye agreed to leave the Thunderbolts to Zemo's leadership, reluctantly agreeing that Zemo had proved he had potential to be a hero.

 Hawkeye returned to the Avengers full-time. At one point, he and the [[Wasp]] had a dallying romance, upsetting Yellowjacket, and the two heroes avoided talking about the uncomfortable situation. Soon afterwards, however, the Avengers suffered a series of sudden and devastating attacks from friends and enemies alike, culminating in a surprise attack by the alien [[Kree]]. During the Kree invasion, Hawkeye suffered a mortal shot to the back. In his dying moments, Hawkeye overpowered a Kree soldier, using the soldier's jetpack to fly both of them into the Kree's command ship. Hawkeye sacrificed his life to single-handedly thwart the invasion. (These attacks were in part motivated by the Scarlet Witch, whose mind became unhinged with the magical powers she constantly felt forced to control, and it is believed the Kree invasion was all a [[Avengers Disassembled|magical construct]] of the Scarlet Witch.)

 Hawkeye showed up alive once more in the Scarlet Witch's [[House of M|mutant-dominated alternate reality]], with no memory of the reality before. When a young mutant gave several of the heroes the ability to remember the way the world once was, Clint and the others were horrified at what the Scarlet Witch had done. With his memory restored, Hawkeye remembered the events his own death. When the heroes confronted the Witch and her children, Hawkeye angrily shot her in the back, demanding to know why she had killed him, as he was her friend and had only love for her. One of the Witch's children made Hawkeye vanish into nothingness with just a thought. After reality was restored several heroes arrived at the ruined [[Avengers Mansion]] after a report that someone had been there, only to find Clint's costume and a newspaper cutting about his death, pinned to the ruins by Hawkeye's trademark purple arrows.

 [[image:Capbarton.JPG|left|thumb|150px]]It was later revealed that Clint indeed survived and that he was the one who nailed the costume on the wall. He realized that the whole world thought that he was dead and he himself also had doubts of who he really was. In his disordered state of mind he found himself standing in front of [[Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)|Doctor Strange]]'s house. He met Strange who ensured him that he was who he thinks he is and that he is indeed alive. Strange informed him of what had happened and that Wanda couldn't be found and that he thought she might be dead. Clint didn't believe this and started to search for her. He found her in [[Wundagore|Wundagore Mountain]] where she lived with her aunt Agatha. She didn't remember anything and didn't recognize him at all. She also told him that she had lived her whole life in that village. Clint decided to stay in the village for some time with her until he for some reason came back to the states and contacted Iron Man revealing to him that he was alive. After Iron Man had ensured that he was who he said he was he made Clint an offer to be the next Captain America. Clint even tried the flag on and got to use the original shield but he realized that it was a mistake when he met [[Patriot (Elijah Bradley)|Patriot]] and new [[Hawkeye (Kate Bishop)|Hawkeye]] who convinced that he wasn't Captain America. Clint let them escape and gave the shield back to Iron Man and told him that he will mail the "flag" later. Not long after this Clint again found himself in front of Doctor Strange's house now seeming as though it had been abandoned and sold to a franchise company. In reality, however, it was illusion cast by Strange to hide himself and his team members from Iron Man. They decided to show themselves to Clint and after some talk and magic they decided to give Clint Ronin's costume. They then left to Japan to save their team member [[Echo (Maya Lopez)|Maya Lopez]] from the devious villan the [[Hand]].
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers general manager Joe Mack offered a spirited defence of his handling of the current off-season on Friday, answering critics who think he hasn't done enough to improve a team that finished 6-12 in 2012 and missed the playoffs for the third time in four seasons.
Mack has been taking fire since free agency began on Feb. 15 for his continuing refusal to aggressively pursue free agents, even as East Division rivals in Montreal and especially Hamilton have gone hard in the past month to improve their squads.
Mack has never in his time in Winnipeg been an aggressive buyer in the free-agent market and he said Friday he has the facts on his side if you look at recent league history.
"I'd suggest if you look at the CFL -- and I don't mean any disrespect to the players who signed -- you will find that the high-priced free agents that signed (last year) did not make a significant difference to the performance of their teams," Mack said in a phone interview with the Free Press.
"Just go back and look at the highest-priced (free agents) last year. Not to pinpoint him, but a lot of people were talking last winter about the loss of (former Bombers wide receiver) Greg Carr.
"Well, in fact, Greg Carr was (traded for a backup offensive lineman) by Edmonton last season.
"So I think if you do an honest evaluation, the signing of free agents gets overplayed. The last time I heard, the CFL doesn't give any victories for signings in February."
Mack said he believes his approach to finding talent, which focuses on finding the hidden gems in the huge pool of players who fall through the cracks in the U.S. every year, is the better approach and one that has brought big rewards to Winnipeg in recent years.
"If you look at our all-stars, the vast majority were signed in the last two years -- the Bryant Turners, the Alex Halls, the Chris Matthews, the Chad Simpsons. So I think we have shown a track record in being able to get productive American players.
"And then we also have a number of talented young Canadians coming up -- Cory Watson, Henoc Muamba, Kito Poblah."
Mack said he thinks his team's failures on the field last season -- which led to the mid-season firing of former head coach Paul LaPolice -- had a lot more to do with the series of injuries that kept starting quarterback Buck Pierce on the sidelines for most of the year than it did with any perceived failure on Mack's part to recruit good talent.
"To be quite honest with you, it comes down to the quarterback," said Mack.
"I know I'm probably sounding like a broken record... but everything really does come back to that."
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Friday Five: Goodnight, Irene
With Hurricane Irene all finished up from last week's tear-up of the East Coast, it seemed only fitting to dedicate a Friday Five in her honor. When everything is all said and done, that little meteorological hussy is going to have caused billions of dollars of damage and lost revenues.
"Goodnight Irene" is a famous folk tune that was originally written by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter way back in 1932. With a famous line of "sometimes I take a great notion to jump in the river and drown," it seems only appropriate that it be tied to a hurricane known for flooding.
Which cover is your favorite?
5. Johnny Cash- "Goodnight Irene"
4. Boxcar Willie- "Goodnight Irene"
3. Ernest Tubb & Red Foley- "Goodnight Irene"
2. Gene Autry- "Goodnight Irene"
1. Jim Reeves- "Goodnight Irene"
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The hit pop version that made the song broadly famous was by the commercial folk Weavers, of course, But, just for the record, a hillbilly girl with a man guitar repeatedly sang the hit country version, the Tubb-Foley version, over my crib through my first months on earth. My mother always believed that had a permanent impact on me. Maybe so.
Are you sure the Jim Reeves version isn't a parody? It sounds like some wise guy heard the Leadbelly recording and said: "Here's what it would sound like if Jim Reeves sang it."
Makes Pat Boone sound like Howlin' Wolf.
Why single out Reeves? His singing isn't particularly far from Ledbetter's, and no more so than any of the other singers here. I'm betting that Luckyoldsun's never actually heard a Ledbetter performance of the song, and is simply serving up a stock (albeit historically inaccurate and culturally suspect) image of Leadbelly as primally authentic Negro for the sole purpose of taking a gratuitous swipe at a dead man.
Here, by the way, are the Weavers doing the song, with a nice little homage to Leadbelly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj3s8qq3kU4 .
Here's Lead Belly:
"Why single out Reeves? His singing isn't particularly far from Ledbetter's, and no more so than any of the other singers here."
And Nashville isn't particularly far from….Pluto–relatively speaking—if you're standing on Alpha Centauri.
I'm betting that that's where the all-knowing one is vacationing.
I've never particularly cared for this song in any version. I do like the topic tie in to the recent hurricane though. Carry on.
Hard to get excited about winning a bet when it's such a no-brainer.
Luckyoldsun: "Listen? What for? He was an old black dude, I don't need to listen to him to know how he sounded."
Hank Thompson did an answer song (of sorts)in "Wake Up, Irene", a number one record for two weeks in 1954.
Leadbelly recorded the song on several occasions with some significant differences between the various recorded performance. Some of his recordings I like, others I don't like
I don't believe one need EVER apologize for selecting the Jim Reeves version of any song – he was that good
I always liked the Weavers acoustic version of the song rather than the somewhat overblown Gordon Jenkins backed version they did for Decca, though I suss that was the producer's choice. I love Ronnie Gilbert's voice, and Pete, Fred and Lee's harmonies are wonderful.
I think people today forget that the artists back in the 50s/60s didn't have a huge say in what they recorded like they do now; both Pasty Cline and Jim Reeves discographies reflect that fact.
My favorite is the one off the Nitty Gritty Dirtband's Will the Circle Be Unbroken series with Willie Nelson and Tom Petty.
Willie also recorded it with Irish legends The Chieftains a while back. He must really be a fan of the song.
"Hard to get excited about winning a bet when it's such a no-brainer."
Still camped out on Alpha Centauri, the artist-formerly-known-as-the-all-knowing one is too clueless to know that Leadbelly's recordings have been readily available on CD at dirt-cheap, no-copyright prices for many years–and nowadays, one can hear them by simply typing his name and clicking on you-tube.
Oh, and Leadbelly's singing was as close to Jim Reeves' as the Benedictine Monks of St. Michaels' Gregorian chants are to the Monkees.
Actually, it's the widespread availability of Leadbelly's recordings – including "Goodnight Irene" – that makes your preference for racial stereotyping over actually listening to his singing all the more pathetic.
I've heard Leadbelly and I've heard Jim Reeves and they're as close to each other as monks to Monkees, or Ian Tyson to Mike Tyson.
I've always thought that as much of a crank as you are, the saving grace is that you at least are an expert on popular music and the business. But insisting that Jim Reeves' oh-so-perfectly- enunciated, slow-as-molasses rendition of "Good Night Irene" "isn't particularly far from Ledbetter's" raises doubts about that.
Oh, and I find it amusing that the Great One has determined that my rather innocuous crack that Jim Reeves' recording sounds like a parody (which it does) makes me a racist–and he just can't seem to get away from that.
Playing the race card is a frequent ploy for leftists – I don't actually know Jon's politics but I can take a guess from his comments
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