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bantherewind replied to bantherewind's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingWell, now I feel like an idiot. I had a typo in the C++ when setting the uniform for my position texture (was spelled "texPositon"). My position was always 0,0,0 which gave me a bad falloff value. Thanks for the help! It's subtle, but this has two point lights and a directional light blending nicely. And I can see it from far away. [img]http://public.gamedev.net//public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.png[/img] [img]http://bantherewind.com/uploads/accum_08_sm.jpg[/img] [img]http://bantherewind.com/uploads/accum_09_sm.jpg[/img]
bantherewind replied to bantherewind's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingMust have posted at the same time. Played with culling earlier, but will give this a shot.
bantherewind replied to bantherewind's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingSo here's the new issue. The lights are blending into each other better (see fig. 1), but I have to be inside (or almost inside) the sphere. Everything goes black if I back out (see fig.2 and fig. 3). The [font=courier new,courier,monospace]falloff[/font] variable in my fragment shader is controlling how much to mix the color. This should should be determined by how far the current light vertex is away from the position sampled from the G-buffer. Both are calculated using [font=courier new,courier,monospace]gl_ModelViewProjectionMatrix * gl_Vertex[/font], so the values remain relative. I'm not sure if the camera's position is somehow reducing this distance or there is something inherent in drawing these spheres that is blocking the view of what's inside. Fig .1 Lights are now blending into each other [img]http://bantherewind.com/uploads/accum_05_sm.jpg[/img] Fig.2 Image gets darker from outside [img]http://bantherewind.com/uploads/accum_06_sm.jpg[/img] Fig. 3 Light position when the image gets too dark to see. [img]http://bantherewind.com/uploads/accum_07_sm.jpg[/img]
bantherewind replied to bantherewind's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingGot it! Needed to disable depth testing. The lights are blending, but now it seems I can only see from "inside" the lights, or close to it. If I zoom out, I would expect the scene to be illuminated, but smaller. Instead it goes black, as if the only visible area is inside the sphere.
bantherewind replied to bantherewind's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingAdditive blending is actually enabled in the above photos. Hmmm...
bantherewind posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingI'm working on deferred shading and all has gone well until it comes time to render multiple lights. The first shader pass renders my scene to a G-buffer with color (albedo), position, normal, and material (specular, etc) data written to color attachments. The next shader passes create and blur a SSAO texture from the normal data and a randomizer, and it looks nice. Then I do the final lighting pass. I start experimenting by rendering out a sphere to represent a large point light (see fig. 1) and it looks mostly like what I would expect. So far so good. My goal is to draw a ton of lights in my scene. When I add a second light, it occludes the first (see fig. 2). I've tried using [font=courier new,courier,monospace]glAccum()[/font] to no avail. When I render a second light which overlaps the first in screen space (see fig. 3 and fig. 4), that pixel is overwritten. I'm having trouble understanding how to create and display a light accumulation buffer in a single shader pass. I could ping-pong FBOs between lights, but that seems like it would be really slow, and has not been suggested in any material I've read. My vertex shader (see fig. 5) and fragment shader (see fig. 6) in my lighting pass are below. Fig 1. One light [img]http://bantherewind.com/uploads/accum_01_sm.jpg[/img] Fig 2. Two lights, occluding instead of accumulating [img]http://bantherewind.com/uploads/accum_02_sm.jpg[/img] Fig 3. Spheres representing lights [img]http://bantherewind.com/uploads/accum_04_sm.jpg[/img] Fig 4. Zoom out of fig. 3 [img]http://bantherewind.com/uploads/accum_03_sm.jpg[/img] Fig. 5 Lighting pass vertex shader [CODE] varying vec4 lightPosition; void main( void ) { lightPosition = gl_ModelViewProjectionMatrix * gl_Vertex; gl_Position = lightPosition; } [/CODE] Fig. 6 Lighting pass fragment shader [CODE] uniform vec3 eyePoint; // Camera eye point uniform vec4 lightAmbient; // Light ambient color uniform vec3 lightCenter; // Center of light shape uniform vec4 lightDiffuse; // Light diffuse color uniform float lightRadius; // Size of light uniform vec4 lightSpecular; // Light specular color uniform vec2 pixel; // To convert pixel coords to [0,0]-[1,1] uniform sampler2D texAlbedo; // Color data uniform sampler2D texMaterial; // R=spec level, G=spec power, B=emissive uniform sampler2D texNormal; // Normal-depth map uniform sampler2D texPosition; // Position data uniform sampler2D texSsao; // SSAO varying vec4 lightPosition; // Position of current vertex in light void main() { // Get screen space coordinate vec2 uv = gl_FragCoord.xy * pixel; // Sample G-buffer vec4 albedo = texture2D( texAlbedo, uv ); vec4 material = texture2D( texMaterial, uv ); vec4 normal = texture2D( texNormal, uv ); vec4 position = texture2D( texPosition, uv ); vec4 ssao = texture2D( texSsao, uv ); // Calculate reflection vec3 eye = normalize( -eyePoint ); vec3 light = normalize( lightCenter.xyz - position.xyz ); vec3 reflection = normalize( -reflect( light, normal.xyz ) ); // Calculate light values vec4 ambient = lightAmbient; vec4 diffuse = clamp( lightDiffuse * max( dot( normal.xyz, light ), 0.0 ), 0.0, 1.0 ); vec4 specular = clamp( material.r * lightSpecular * pow( max( dot( reflection, eye ), 0.0 ), material.g ), 0.0, 1.0 ); vec4 emissive = material.b; // Combine color and light values vec4 color = albedo; color += ambient + diffuse + specular + emissive; // Apply light falloff float falloff = 1.0 - distance( lightPosition, position ) / lightRadius; color *= falloff; // Apply SSAO color -= vec4( 1.0 ) * ( 1.0 - ssao.r ); // Set final color gl_FragColor = color; } [/CODE]
bantherewind posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingSorry, I'm new here. Posted in wrong forum, but can't delete. Post moved here: http://www.gamedev.net/topic/634071-deferred-shading-light-accumulation-issue/


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its not a lie i tell you!!!Edit
Balista: (wakes up) ITS A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN BAKUGAN TOWN, Ima eat some cereal.
Balista: (walks downstairs and finds himself in Quicksand)
Balista: ITS NESQUIKSAND!
Nesquik Bunny: (on a pirate ship) LEEDLE LEEDLE LEEE!!!
Balista: Guess I'm stuck here, MAYBE I CAN CALL. 119!
119: We are here! OMG SAND! NESQUIK SAND!
Balista: Help me!
Balista: WHY NOT?
Balista: OH COME ON! HELP ME!
Balista: I WILL KILL YOU!
Balista: Are you not stupid?
Balista: HAHAHAHA!
119: We're not helping you noob, we're 199, we don't help people, we just troll people.
Balista: But people need to be saved when their in danger!
Balista: OMG NOOOO PLEASE I'M ALMOST SINKING...
(Zie's house gets a hole)
Wreck-It Ralph: I'M GONNA WRECK IT!
Balista: ITS WRECK IT RALPH!
119: Don't you mean Regg-It Ralph?
(another hole happens)
Wreck-It Romney: I WILL WRECK IT!
Wreck-It Ralph: ROMNEY! MY NEMESIS! I WILL KILL YOU!
(the two holes are fixed)
Fix-It Obama: I will fix it!
Fix-It Felix: DYNAMITE GAL!
Wreck-It Ralph: uh...
Fix-It Felix: DYNAMITEGALDYNAMITEGALDYNAMITEGAL
Fix-It Obama: Did anyone here Galdy?
Ralph: No.
Fix-It Obama: LETS JUST GO (everyone teleports out, other than Balista)
Balista: EVEN THEY TOOK the 119!
Balista: I'M ABOUT TO GO IN TEH.... (dies in sand)
Balista: Where the drago am I?
Mexican Dharak: Hi!
Balista: GET OUTTA HERE! (kicks Mexican Dharak out)
Balista: What is this place.... HOLY DRAGO A BEAR! I mean mirror.
Balista: (looks in mirror and see's himself)
Mirror Balista: Sup.
Balista: O.O, uhhh.. hi.
Mirror Balista: have you ever wanted to have multiple clones of yourself to make awesomeness
Balista: I have the Listalings but THIS IS WAY BETTER!
Mirror Balista: Just say the word, poop.
Balista: POOP!
(multiple clones of Balista appear)
Balista: HECK TO THE DRAGO YES!
Balista Clone 1: GAHAHAHAAHahaha YOU IDIOT! WE DO NOT LISTEN TO YOU! THAT WAS THE MIRROR OF EVIL COPYING!
Balista: FECK! I WAS TRICKED... BY MYSHELF!
Balista's Shelf: No....
Balista: I MUST STOP YOU ALL! BUTTLERLISTA! COME TO ME!
Buttlerlista: Hi sir.
Balista: FIRE UP THE BALISTACANNON!
Buttlerlista: YES SIR! (starts it up)
Balista: DIE ME'S!
(TV Ad comes on)
Random guy: INTRODUCING THE WII Z!
Kids: OMG TAKE MY MONEY I WILL BUY IT!
Random guy: With new Miigits!
Kids: dafuq
Random guy: THE MIIGITS ARE SMALLER MII'S
Kids: FORGET THIS, MOM TAKE ME HOME!
Mom: YOU ARE WEIRD WII Z!
(Ad ends)
Balista: DAFUQ. OKAY ITS THE LAST CLONE! DIE! (shoots)
Balista Clone 1: (dodges) YOU FOOL! I WILL DESTROY THE WORLD! BWAHAHAHA (Grows bigger and teleports to Bakugan Town with Balista)
Balista: GUYS! FALCO! DRAGS! LEONESS! THIS CLONE OF ME IS GOING TO DESTROY THE WORLD!
Falco: don't worry, because I am actually.. uh nvm.
Drags: We will stop him! Oh and btw he has like 1 billion Balista clones!
Balista: THEN I HAVE NO CHOICE... TIME TO TRANSFORM INTO.... TROLLISTA!
Leoness: LEGASP
Trollista: ULTIMATE TROLLING POWERS GO!!!! (destroys all Balista clones)
Falco: omg.... that was... EPIK!!!!!!
Leoness: that was kool
Zie: King koopas kool cartoons.
Leoness: o.o
Falco: OMG ITS THAT BIG GUY BALISTA THING! WAAAAAA (flies and knocks out Balista clone)
Leoness: WHAT! Falco flied! THE UNIVERSE THEN WILL EXPLODE!
Drags: o.o
Falco: AHHH (falls)
Leoness: nvm >.>
Balista Clone: NOOOOO (Explodes)
Balista: Next time, I don't want to look at a mirror.
Mexican Drago: That was me who made the mirror :D
Balista: OH NO BRO ITS MEXICAN DRAGO! DIE POTATO! (kicks Mexican Drago out of Bakugan Town)
Balista: he better not come back.

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Let's face it, if you want to get something done you always want to do it yourself. People who are confident enough of themselves (like me) far too often charges at every tasks as a challenge. That is just how some people are hard wired. But recently, during an event photography in Charlotte; I've learned that having that mindset doesn't always work on your advantage.
To paint a better picture, I'm going to tell you something about myself; since I've already stated that this post has something to do with a fairly typical human reaction. And yes, having a difficult time trusting a task to another soul is a reaction. In no way or form would I agree that having this in someone's personality is a deficiency. Although there are some "psychotic gist" err, 'psychologists that deems it as so. I refuse to allow others on treating this personality that I have of something close to a disease or sickness. There will never be a time where I will not be willing to get into a debate about why I choose to take most of the responsibilities even when sometimes tasked with a team.
Photography is a precision business. Although it might have sprung out from hobbyist, the techniques and studies of all photographers that came and went is enough to fill a humongous library. There is now enough knowledge, technique and history in photography for it to create another branch of science. That is why the once hobby is now a full time profession. It is a career where the clients can easily decipher which photographer is the season one and which are the beginners based on their works' results (and not on the paycheck they will request).
A professional photographer is someone who has spent much of his time perfecting the meticulous demands of the business. One of the most challenging thing as a potential client is to choose who should cover such important events of your life. The number of phony would-be photographers who are posing as professionals out there is enough to get someone who doesn't have much patience to lose it faster. But somehow as a person who has a valid reason to hire a professional, somehow you have got to find a way a longer piece of string as patience to come out of your event as a happy camper. I learned this the hard way. As I'm sure you have already imagined; this semi rant post is about the moral lesson a person learnt by committing a mistake.
I did come out a smarter person because of the experience. I did learned, (although it was too late) that in order to figure out the professional from the who's not you got to have the patience to browse at a prospect's portfolio. It may sound silly to you, but a lot of people forget to turn on their computer and check if the claim of someone has some truth into it online. A professional should always have his work displayed online. That is already a well-accepted fact.
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text: Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian are known for their incredible bodies. Women, young and old look up to the sisters. Both Khloe and Kourtney are opening up about how they dropped the weight and got in shape. Khloe Kardashian, 32, is helping other women empower themselves with her latest show Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian. The reality star dropped over 40 pounds since she split from estranged husband Lamar Odom. In an interview with Extra's Dorion Renaud, she revealed what motivated her to lose the weight and how her fans can do the same starting this month. Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian show off their revenge bodies. [Image by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images] "For me, I went through a really hard time in my life with my divorce, and I turned to the gym as an emotional release," Kardashian revealed. "So I started finding all these people, really traumatic stories, all these circumstances and they didn't know how to get out of this dark hole they were in. I'm blessing them with the tools, things that I found. I took such a negative circumstance and I made it positive." Khloe still enjoys her cheat days. She says that she loves eating pizza and mac cheese, but revealed in her January/February 2016 cover story with Health that she recently gave up dairy. It's the one thing that has helped her shed the weight quickly. Khloe is willing to give up her love of cheese every so often, in order to hit her goal. "I went dairy-free for two weeks, and I lost 11 pounds. Now I only drink almond milk. I still love cheese, which is hard, but if I want to lose weight quickly, dairy-free is the way to go." She will still eat pizza every so often, but she's more aware of what she's eating. Kardashian's other favorite snacks include champagne and pizza. Kardashian also revealed that not everyone in her family has the same diet restrictions that she does, and even added that her sister Kim's Atkins diet is a lot less strict than hers. As for Kourtney, she doesn't always agree with what her older sister eats. I never thought I would EVER be on the cover of @healthmagazine But hard work pays off! Mind, body and soul! It's a lifestyle especially when I still love to treat myself with my favorite foods but that's the balance of life! ???? @jameswhitefoto Glam: @cesar4styles and @1maryphillips Styling by my boo @monicarosestyle A photo posted by Khloé (@khloekardashian) on Dec 15, 2016 at 11:00am PST "Kourtney wants me to have like gluten-free Oreos, but they're nasty," Khloe said. "If I'm having an Oreo, it's gonna be a real Oreo." Kourtney Kardashian has been revealing her post-baby workout. The 37-year-old took to her app to tell her fans how she tones her abs and glutes on a regular basis, reports Elite Daily. But, it looks like you're going to need some equipment such as a 2X mini pro by Waff, 20-25lb. kettlebells or free weights, a Bosu ball, and a 12-inch resistance band. Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian's diets couldn't be any more different. [Image by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Gabrielle's Angel Foundation] Here is Kardashian's workout, in case you're wondering: 30-second kettlebell deadlift 30-second rest Repeat 4x Switch 30-second squat 30-second rest Repeat 4x Not only does Kourtney tone her abs, but she gets her booty going every morning. The reality star revealed that she does 100 squats every morning without skipping a bit. The mom-of-three made the shocking announcement on This Morning, according to The Mirror. On the show, Kourtney admitted that she's a bit of a "food snob" and she tries to get her children to follow her gluten-free and dairy-free diet which only includes natural and clean ingredients. "I was at Kim's the other day and was looking through her fridge and was I like, 'I can't believe you have this in here, I can't believe you have that', and she was like, 'Oh my god you're so right' about everything, and she switched a bunch of her food to organic." Kardashian also revealed that she works out six times per week, usually with her sister Khloe, and that boxing helps her get over her anxiety. Travel Diary: The Bahamas. On my app. ????Photo credit: @isabelarangela ???? A photo posted by Kourtney Kardashian (@kourtneykardash) on Jan 5, 2017 at 12:03pm PST "It's good to shock your body [by switching up your workouts]," she added. "If it's coming up to bikini time, or I have a trip or something I want to be extra in shape for, I'll do dips on my bathtub for my triceps. I try to do three sets of 25 dips a day, and no matter what, I always do 100 squats before I get in the shower. Because I won't forget – before I get in the shower, I do my squats." When she's on the road, Kourtney says she'll throw a jump rope into her bag so that she can exercise no matter where she is. Now you know how to get in shape this new year thanks to Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian. [Featured image by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images]xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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- Waver is an Autobot from the Victory portion of Generation One continuity family.
Waver is typically the lower half of the Multiforce combiner Wingwaver and the thighs of giant Landcross. The strong, silent type, Waver seems to have no problems with sitting around the oddest places in his hydrofoil mode during firefights. He also seems to have no problem perpetually being the legs to Wing's torso. For all he says, Waver might be mute, but he certainly manages to make his presence known when supporting his teammates in their combined forms.
Victory Cartoon
- Voice actor: Yoshikazu Hirano (ep.23) & Shinobu Satouchi (ep. 31) (Japan)
During an attack on Wingwaver in space, Waver turned into a boat and sat on a metal beam. During an attack on a power plant, Waver turned into a boat and sat on the beach. During an attack on a man-made island, Waver did NOT turn into a boat and evacuate people. Go figure.
- Wingwaver (1989)
- Japanese ID number: C-316
- Waver transforms into a white hydrofoil of unknown design. He came packaged with his partner, Wing, or as part of the complete Landcross giftset.
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Activision Blizzard, Inc (NASDAQ:ATVI) – Equities research analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q2 2017 earnings per share estimates for shares of Activision Blizzard in a report released on Monday. KeyCorp analyst E. Wingren anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.25 for the quarter.
Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 4th. The company reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $1.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.09 billion. Activision Blizzard had a net margin of 14.63% and a return on equity of 16.90%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 31.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.23 earnings per share.
A number of other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Vetr cut Activision Blizzard from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $67.48 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Wednesday, July 12th. Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. increased their price objective on Activision Blizzard from $60.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, June 22nd. CIBC reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $70.00 target price (up from $60.00) on shares of Activision Blizzard in a report on Thursday, June 22nd. Jefferies Group LLC reissued a "buy" rating and set a $68.00 target price on shares of Activision Blizzard in a report on Thursday, June 8th. Finally, Robert W. Baird reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $60.00 target price on shares of Activision Blizzard in a report on Monday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and twenty-two have assigned a buy rating to the company. Activision Blizzard has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $59.78.
Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) opened at 61.33 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $46.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.00 and a beta of 1.07. The firm's 50-day moving average is $59.22 and its 200-day moving average is $50.46. Activision Blizzard has a 1-year low of $35.12 and a 1-year high of $62.39. Activision Blizzard also was the recipient of unusually large options trading on Monday. Stock traders acquired 16,616 call options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 241% compared to the typical volume of 4,866 call options.
In other Activision Blizzard news, CEO Riccardo Zacconi sold 19,761 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $55.45, for a total value of $1,095,747.45. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 55,509 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,077,974.05. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 2.12% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America boosted its position in Activision Blizzard by 1.9% in the first quarter. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America now owns 2,671 shares of the company's stock worth $133,000 after buying an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. boosted its stake in Activision Blizzard by 504.6% in the first quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. now owns 3,023 shares of the company's stock valued at $151,000 after buying an additional 2,523 shares during the period. Family Legacy Inc. purchased a new stake in Activision Blizzard during the second quarter valued at about $232,000. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. purchased a new stake in Activision Blizzard during the first quarter valued at about $202,000. Finally, Two Sigma Securities LLC purchased a new stake in Activision Blizzard during the first quarter valued at about $208,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.45% of the company's stock.
Activision Blizzard Company Profile
Activision Blizzard, Inc is a developer and publisher of interactive entertainment content and services. The Company develops and distributes content and services across various gaming platforms, including video game consoles, personal computers (PC) and mobile devices. Its segments include Activision Publishing, Inc (Activision), Blizzard Entertainment, Inc (Blizzard), King Digital Entertainment (King) and Other.
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"And I'm ready to see how I'll do against the other plays. I've played with or against a lot of them in AAU. Jacob Evans (St. Michael standout) used to play AAU with us, too.
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The family tree proposed by Fleming is fairly complex, with different components added by different hands. The following diagram shows Flemings view of the family tree. Numbers besides the connecting links are for use in the following discussion. Coloration show the principal sources for different components. Right to Left cross hatching indicates persons killed by Indians. Left to Right cross hatching indicates persons captured by Indians. Line shading indicates initial state of validation.
The story line underlying Fleming's interpretation of the family history includes the following elements.
- 1. Samuel Cowan (?-1776) and wife Ann Walker (?->1780) were living in Castles Woods in SW VA after about 1771.
- 2. Samuel and Ann had a son known as Major John Cowan (?-1779)
- 3. Major John married his cousin Mary Walker (?-?), and lived in the Castles Woods area of SW VA
- 4. Several members of this family were victims of Indian raids in the area 1776-1780.
- 1776---Samuel Cowan was killed by Indians
- 1777---Ann Walker Cowan was captured by Indians
- 1777---William Walker, and son of Ann's brother John Walker IV, captured by Indians at the same time as Ann
- 1777---Ann's brother Samuel Walker (?-1777) killed at the same time as Ann
- 1779---Major John was killed by Indians (c1778-1780)
- 1779---Mary Walker, and 15 year old son James captured by Indians at the same time Major John was killed.
How much evidence is there that supports Flemings family tree, and the events of 1776 to 1780 as listed above?
Connections 1 to 3, as shown in the diagram are well established. These links are given by White, 1902, but that in itself does not prove anything, as White is not a primary source for this information. However, court records in Fincastle, Washington, and Russell Counties, along with the narratives of contemporaries such as Mrs. Scott, make it clear that connections 1 to 3 are valid. For example, Mrs. Scott identifies Ann Walker as the wife of Samuel Cowan who was killed by Indians on the Clinch. She identifies her brother as being killed at the same time Ann and William were captured. Connelly, 1895 uses first person interviews with William's son, and others, confirming his identity and relationship to Ann. John IV's relation to Samuel and John Walker III is validated with the probate records for John III and Samuel. Overall, these individuals can be tied together with neatly overlapping primary records.
'Connections 17 and 18 are also easily validated. In both cases we have letters from the last named individual identifying their grandfather. JB Cowan also identifies his father. Laura Cowan Blaine only identifies her grandfather, but census records for her father neatly establish that the widow "Laura Cowan Blaine" who appears in his household is in fact his daughter. I think it reasonable to accept that people can usually identify their parents and grandparents. And when they do, I think that establishes validity of the connection claimed. The fact that JB Cowan identifies John M. Cowan as the son of his grandfather's brother overlaps with the relationship draw by Laura Cowan Blaine, and makes the whole seem a bit more credible.
Connection 16 is not validated. No information that speaks to the validity of connection 16 has been identified. It may be fundamentally valid, but the connection can not be validated or refuted at the moment. It is also not central to the discussion, and for present purposes, can be ignored.
Connection 15 is thought to be correct. This conclusion, however, is based on circumstantial evidence, and is not validated by primary evidence. [Further elaboration needed---but need to draw in the Handley lineages, and the information needed is too much for this space.
Connections 12, 13 and 14 also seem likely. However, the only commonly available evidence to support them are statements in JB Cowan's letters. It's not at all unreasonable that he would know the identity of his grandfather's siblings, though it would be helpful to have something in the way of supporting evidence to support and validate his statements.
Connections 4 to 9 have not been validated. These identifications rest almost entirely on the statements of JB Cowan and Laura Cowan Blaine. Since they deal with relations several generations back, JB and Laura are on the edge of what can be accepted as having authoritative personal knowledge of this connection. They might have it exactly right, but certainly in the case of Laura Cowan Blaine, (paraphrasing "Daddy thinks his name was John, but isn't certain") this is guesswork. Additional confirming data is needed in order to accept the connections they give.
Unfortunately, the only source for these connections is what is presented in Fleming. Worse, there is direct primary evidence that suggests that at a minimum, the story that Fleming describes for the relationships and events in SW VA, can not be accepted in all particulars. The key connections here, for which validating information is needed, are particularly needed for present purposes are 4, 5 and 9.
- Connection 4. Fleming identifies Mary Walker as the wife of Major John Cowan. He also identifies her as her husbands cousin which points to her being the daughter of John Walker IV. Currently, there seems to be no data that can be pointed to that shows that Mary was the daughter of John IV, or the wife of a Major John Cowan. This identification rests solely on Fleming's interpretations of JB Cowan's letters, and the work of Mrs. Dunavant. Mrs. Dunavant's statements in Fleming have not been verified, and neither authors statements with regard to Connection 4 have been validated.
- In addition, there are specific reasons to question whether Mary could be Major John Cowans cousin, and for Major John to be the son of Samuel Cowan and Ann Walker. Specifically, for this to be true, Mary would have to be the daughter of one of Ann Walker's brothers. Ann had two brothers, John IV and Samuel. Samuel died unmarried, without wife or child, as indicated by the fact that Washington County court records of 1778 designate brother John IV as heir at law for John Walker III. Had there been a wife, or surviving adult children it seems unlikely that John IV would have been designated 'heir at law'. That means that Samuel did not have an adult child Mary Walker. John IV did in fact have daughter Mary. John IV is now identified as the John Walker also known as Indian Killer who lived in Blount County, TN c1786 to c1817. Indian Killer is known to have had a daughter Mary. This Mary is identified in court records as having married George Snider, who lived near Indian Killer in Blount County. George and Mary have been well traced, and we have gravestone readings for Mary indicating that she was born in 1783. She is not a plausible candidate for the wife of Major John Cowan who ostensibly had a 15 year old son at the time of his death 1778-1780. This argument depends on the identifiction of Indian Killer as John Waliker IV; evidence for that identification does not rise to a level sufficient to consider the point proven, but is sufficient to meet the lesser standards of validation.
- On that basis, the Mary Walker who was captured by Indians on the Clinch c1779, and who was the wife of Major John Cowan, is very unlikely to be the child either Samuel Walker or John Walker sons of John Walker III and Ann Houston.
- Connection 5. Fleming identifies Major John Cowan as the husband of Mary Walker, and the son of Samuel Cowan and Ann Walker, brother of John Walker IV. Currently, there seems to be no data that can be pointed to that shows that Major John was the son of Samuel Cowan and Ann Walker. This identification rests solely on Fleming's interpretations of JB Cowan's letters, and the work of Mrs. Dunavant. Mrs. Dunavant's statements in Fleming have not been verified, and neither authors statements with regard to Connection 5 have been validated.
- There are specific reasons to question the idea that Major John Cowan could be the son of Samuel Cowan and Ann Walker. Specifically, a John Cowan is identified in 1781 to 1783 Washington County court records as the eldest son and heir at law of Samuel Cowan. He is further identified as the heir of Samuel Cowan, and as living in Greene County TN and later in Knox County TN, as late as 1793. Clearly he can not be the the Major John Cowan who was supposedly killed on the Clinch River c1779. As a result, Major John Cowan killed by Indians c1779 can not be the son of Samuel Cowan and Ann Walker.
- Connection 9. Fleming identifies Robert Cowan as the son of Samuel Cowan and Ann Walker. That makes him the brother of Major John Cowan who married Mary Walker. Currently, there seems to be no data that can be pointed to that shows that Roert was the son of Samuel Cowan and Ann Walker. This identification rests solely on Fleming's interpretations of JB Cowan's letters, and the work of Mrs. Dunavant. Mrs. Dunavant's statements in Fleming have not been verified, and neither authors statements with regard to Connection 9 have been validated.
- Additional information is needed to validate this connection. On the surface, this seems unlikely for the simple reason that John Cowan is identified as the "eldest son and heir at law" of the Samuel Cowan killed in 1776. It might be possible to read that as meaning their were younger sons, but the designation "heir at law" seems to exclude that point. On the whole, this connection seems unlikely; additional data is needed to better support or refute the connection.
Overall, it is highly unlikely that the story of Major John Cowan and wife Mary Walker as related by Fleming, can be accurate in all of its particulars. In particular, if there is any substance to this story at all, it is unlikely to have occurred on the Clinch River in 1779. Some support for this view is obtained by considering the fact that there is apparently no independent account of these events other than what is described by JB Cowan, Laura Cowan Blaine, and Mrs. Dunavant, as related by Fleming. During the 1960 and 1970's local historians in southwest Virginia (Notably, Emory Hamilton) went to great length to identify "Indian Tragedies" (Hamilton's term for it) that occurred on the Clinch and Holston Rivers between 1773 and 1793. Hamilton recorded more than 80 of these stories (Hamilton, Mullins, and Weaver, 1992), and was particularly interested in the stories related to the Walker and Cowan families. Had there been any surviving record of such a story it seems likely that Hamilton would have come across it, and given his interest in the Walker and Cowan "Indian Tradgedies, would almost certainly published on it. As far as can be told from his published work, he came across nothing like this. This, in itself, does not mean that no such story occurred, but it seems unlikely.
This is not to say that there is not a core of truth underlying the story; only that it is not likely to have occurred in the time and place indicated by Fleming, and that the names of the persons involved are probably not those as given. in point of fact, there is reason to believe that a series of events very much like that described by Fleming, did in fact occur within the Cowan family, but that they did not involve a "Major John Cowan" and wife "Mary Walker". This is discussed at The Source.


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Braudog (887) Yorktown, Virginia | July 25, 2012
Old English appeal, but barely worth a mention on Ratebeer, with only one craft offering on tap. Go across the street to Mellow Mushroom for 20 more choices! Jovial spot though.
ToyAllen (4) Savannah, Georgia | March 5, 2012
Among my favorite Irish Pubs in Savannah. Irish and British beers are plentiful. Good Irish fare and great atmosphere. Very relaxing atmosphere.
blipp (199) La Mesa, California | January 31, 2012
Come here for ambiance and friendly service, not for the beer. Only one local craft offering on draft. But apart from that, the place is great -- classic British pub feel with a dash of southern charm. The bartender was chatting with everyone at the bar and the atmosphere was friendly and very conversational. An awesome place, if they had a few more local craft offerings it would be even better! If you're in town for a few nights, it's definitely worth spending a night putting back pints here.
Hopdup (6) Tampa, Florida | March 8, 2008
When I lived in SavannaH nobody ever told me anout it. I went there on vacation I saw it on the internet and made it part of the trip. We had a great time. Great atmosphere. You get that English pub feeling not common in the states, Decent service and good food. It's just a ways from the main strio so plan accordingly.
Kevster (47) Bradenton, Florida | March 22, 2007
Visited on St. Patrick's Day during the parade. Awesome Pub atmosphere and decor. Nice location on the parade route. Mostly English and Irish brews on tap. So, I drank Guinness all morning and afternoon. It was nice to be able to go inside get your brew and walk outside to watch the parade. To avoid everyone from walking in and out you had to purchase a ticket for $5 which you could use toward food, beer,etc. It was still crowded but the bartenders worked fast and provided prompt service. I had a corned beef sandwich for lunch which was excellent. A must stop on St. Patrick's Day or any day.
donrajin (47) Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina | May 16, 2006
I was quite pleased with my visit to this place. It had all the right stuff to make you feel if you were in an actual english pub. They had a good selection of beer, mostly english of course and the food was excellent. They were extremely busy when I was there, so you had to wait a few minutes for your beer. Will definately visit again next time I'm in the area.
muzzlehatch (327) Beloit, Wisconsin | April 26, 2006
Great looking pub with an old phone booth outside, really nice service and a beautiful eclectic back-bar, in a wonderful historic district, right around the corner from the Mellow Mushroom. Alas, the beer selection is just a few mainstream British ales, all on tap....no cask beer...and one local on this visit, Sweetwater 420. Worth a look for the ambiance, a nice place for a drink, but not at all a serious beer bar in this day and age. Didn't try the food.
Otto42 (4) Memphis, Tennessee | December 11, 2005
Very interesting and accomodating place. Old style English pub with the beers you would expect from such a place. Authentic English pub food, which can be both a plus and a minus, as some of it can be downright nasty. For those who don't feel like trying it, that also have more normal food available. Very small place, overall, not able to accomodate exceedingly large groups. Quite crowded in the evenings. Like all other places in Savannah, they offer beers in plastic cups for taking one with you. Good place to start a pub tour. 4-5 sidewalk tables as well.
beerandrugby (14) Nashville, Tennessee | February 21, 2005
Awesome British pub!! The food was fantastic (try their scotch eggs) and the wait staff very friendly. This place is English to the core. They have HP sauce on the table for you and the atmosphere and decore are very nice. The building itself is beautiful and has a nice patio. The beer is mostly English pub finds you would expect to see. If you are in Savannah go here!


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"Ya' know, they say this city never sleeps..." She tapped the ashes off her cigarette, and gazed up at the neon lights above. "...But I'm just praying' one day I'll wake up."
I looked her over, watching her as she adjusted the shoulder strap of her dirty tank top while shifting her weight to her right leg. She couldn't be older than seventeen.
When she asked me for a cigarette outside the gas station, I reluctantly obliged, but now she stood beside my car as I filled the tank. It was unnerving having a stranger sit by you like they're your friend.
"Where ya' headed?" she asked, softly. I noticed her voice was shaking.
"Upstate," I lied as I closed the gas cap. "Gotta get going now, though. Uh, stay safe."
"Can I bum a ride?" she proposed, cupping her hands together somewhat innocently.
I hesitated, racking through my brain to find the most polite way to reject her.
"Just up the street, not far from here," she meekly stated, clearly attempting to up her odds. "Please?"
Something about the desperation in her voice, and the fear in her eyes made it impossible to say no. Five minutes later, I'm driving down the highway, this strange young girl beside me in the passenger seat. She stares out the window watching the blur of the city fly by her. There is a long, awkward silence.
"Are you alright?" I ask, tilting my head towards her direction.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see her glance my way. After a moment, she turns to face the window again.
"Yes." she says simply, shutting down all possible conversation.
"Okay, then." I internally groaned in my thoughts.
It begins to rain, the water pouring down my windshield looks like blood in the red glow of a stop light. Again, there was silence except for the rain pattering on the car roof.
I reach my fingers on the lever behind the left side of the wheel, tugging it up. I hear the windshield wipers squeak, and the girl stirs.
"This is my turn, it's a left from here."
I nod, I'm now driving down a dark street over a railroad track past dark warehouses with shattered windows. I'm beginning to feel a little uneasy.
"How much further? I need to get on my way…"
"It's right up there, see? See that light?" she is pointing out the window. There's no light there; just more dark warehouses lined side-by-side to each other down the long empty street. The girl is shifting uncomfortably in her seat, looking out at the darkness met with pouring rain.
"We're almost there, I promise."
"I don't know about this." I state, feeling a mix of anxiety and frustration bubbling inside of me. "Do you just want me to drop you off here?"
"No! See? There it is!"
Now I can see it. Sure enough, there's a light glowing ahead at the distance. I begin to feel my paranoia fading away the closer we get. I drive closer to the light, glowing through the blurring rain in the distance. As we travel towards it, I make out a neon-lighted symbol- a red inverted triangle attached high on an otherwise dark warehouse. "Perhaps it's a nightclub of some sort," I muse to myself.
I finally pull up beside the building on the right. She gives me a mumbled thanks and slams the car door behind her before scurrying off to the front of the building, she knocks and the doors open and darkness swallows her. The red neon light flickers and goes out, leaving the establishment indistinguishable from the darkness surrounding.
Whew, I sigh. My ordeal is over and now I can just go home. I turn the car around to begin my venture residence.
As I get closer to the intersection, my headlights fall on something further down the road. In front of the warehouse the girl entered before a mass of hooded figures standing still in the rain. then, slowly, they begin to move towards me. Terror rising like vomit in my throat, I reversed the car and turned to drive the other way.
But my headlights are cast upon another mass of robed people. What is happening? Something smashes through my back window.
That's when I first hear the chanting: a low grumble reverberating throughout the mass of people. it gets louder as the passenger side window smashes open, the second mass surrounding the front of the car. All i see is the glint of twisted metal rods and the glow of white eyes with no pupils beneath the hoods. I scan the horrific sight before me. I recognize one hooded face- the girl from the gas station. Only now, her eyes are blank, emotionless voids. Then something smashes the headlights, successfully plunging us into darkness.
I feel the icy breaths of the shadows beside me.
"We never sleep, we never wake;"
"We never sleep, we never wake;"
"We never sleep, we never wake;"
"We never sleep, we never wake;"
"We never sleep, we never wake."
They chant in deathly harmony, Like a mantra... right next to my ear. It sends an uncontrollable shiver up my spine.
As I scream for mercy I feel fingers tugging at my clothes, and hands muffling my face. They pull me right out of the window, the shards of glass cutting my skin, drawing blood. I feel the rain drenching me to my core. Cold.
I muster some strength to look up, the light draining from my very eyes. The neon triangle is the last thing I see before they drag me into the warehouse and darkness swallows us.
"Hey, can I borrow a smoke?"
I lean up against the gas pump, you hand me one, reluctance written clearly on your face.
"Ya' know," I began. "They say this city never sleeps... me? I'm just wishing I could wake up."
You strain a smile and nod, try to leave. you know you can't leave.
"Can a bum a ride?" I asked. "Just up the road…? Please?"


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The Dead Ringer
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
By Tana French
Viking. 466 pp. $25.95
Last year, Tana French published her first novel, a strong, long and Edgar Award-winning Irish mystery called "In the Woods." For "The Likeness," she has brought back detective Cassie Maddox and fashioned a plot that harks back to both Donna Tartt and Wilkie Collins.
Here is French's setup. In this age of identity theft, suppose the thief is a dead ringer for the person whose identity she stole, with the emphasis on "dead." That is, the story begins with the thief being found stabbed to death in a cottage not far from Dublin. And the person whose identity she'd filched is Detective Cassie Maddox -- or, rather, Lexie Madison, her undercover alter ego from a case a few years back. The dead faux-Lexie, the police learn, was a graduate student who lived in Whitethorn House, an old pile that she owned with four mates, the five of them forming an envied group of semi-insufferable young brainiacs like the one in Tartt's "Secret History."
Now add the fillip that the cops themselves discovered the body, a circumstance that gives rise to a bold plan called Operation Mirror. They will pretend that the dead woman survived her wounds. After a brief recovery period, she (played by Cassie, natch) will return to that high-octane commune, wearing a wire so that her fellow cops can listen in, all in the hope that she can nab her own murderer, as it were. In this way, Cassie resembles Magdalen Vanstone, the heroine of Collins's "No Name," who goes undercover to infiltrate the house of an odious relative.
Credibility is hardly an issue in "The Secret History," and Collins carefully laid groundwork for the cat-and-mouse sparring of "No Name." But not for a single moment could I put faith in French's premise. One is expected to believe that Cassie not only looks exactly like "Lexie" (even if their height, weight, hair and features match, what about birthmarks and moles?) but talks just like her as well, not to mention that a policewoman can pass herself off as a grad student in English, even to the point of successfully tutoring undergraduates. (There is a suggestion that the welcome given the resurrected Lexie is a case of wishful thinking -- that her housemates so desperately want her back that they beat down their own misgivings -- but since we are limited to Cassie's first-person viewpoint, this remains little more than a possibility.) All of which means that the plot point on which the whole novel turns can't foil a halfway decent baloney detector, yet such is French's prowess as a storyteller and stylist that even this resisting reader got caught up in the story anyway.
At first, Cassie takes her assignment as a challenge: "These four had harmonies close as the most polished a cappella group on the planet," she muses about her housemates, "and I had to pick up my line and join in the jam session without missing a single beat." But on getting to know "the Fantastic Four" (as she calls them behind their backs), she decides that they are less glamorous than they appear, that their incestuous tightness is a function of emotionally deprived childhoods, adult insecurity, the hothouse atmosphere of academe and a potent dose of fanaticism. As her masquerade goes on, the pride Cassie takes in seemingly pulling it off is tempered by a sense of oppression. "I had never, in all my life, spent so much of my time surrounded by people," she complains.
"No pasts" is the house motto, and the residents have bound themselves by an additional pledge: "The five of us against the world, and no secrets, ever." But of course these are impossible rules to live by. Skillfully, French shows how they trip up the surviving residents of Whitethorn House, and Cassie/Lexie herself.
By the time "The Likeness" is over, the reader will probably admire the author for sticking to her guns and doing her best with her material, but there simply is no getting around the material's cockamamie nature. I've never had a reading experience quite like this one: being fascinated by a book not only for its considerable merits but also because of its striking lack of connection with the real world.


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A Muscatine County man who has spent the past 18 months on probation for a theft conviction is now facing sexual abuse charges, Davenport police said.
Davenport police arrested John Philip Dean Kendall, 22, on Tuesday morning at the Iowa Department of Corrections residential facility at 605 Main St., Davenport.
Kendall is charged with three counts of third-degree sexual abuse.
Two of the counts charge Kendall with performing sex acts with a victim between the ages of 12 and 13, while one count charges him with engaging with a sex act with a 14-year-old victim.
Police records did not indicate when the offenses took place.
Kendall was being held Tuesday night in the Scott County Jail on cash only bonds totaling $30,000.
On Feb. 11, 2011, Kendall was sentenced to two years on supervised probation and ordered to complete a residential correctional facility program after pleading guilty to a charge of theft second-degree in Muscatine County District Court. He had been scheduled to be released from probation in February.
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* New system to speed up cargo movement, cut tax leakage
* Uganda, Rwanda to deploy own agents at Mombasa port
* Kenyan clearing companies fear thousands of job losses
By Joseph Akwiri
NAIROBI, July 24 (Reuters) - Kenya said it would cut red tape holding up millions of dollars of imports into its landlocked neighbours Rwanda and Uganda, by letting the countries collect customs on goods as they arrive in its port at Mombasa.
Goods can currently face long delays as agents process the paperwork to release cargoes from warehouses at east Africa's biggest port, and later make separate arrangements to pay import duties at Kenya's borders with Uganda and Rwanda.
Tax officials said the new system, due to be introduced in August, would clear inefficiencies and blockages seen as a major barrier to trade in the region.
But clearing agents in Kenya said it could also cost thousands of jobs in warehouses, freight firms and almost 700 clearing and forwarding companies operating in the country.
Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, together with Burundi and Tanzania, are members of the regional East African Community trade bloc, with a joint gross domestic product of $85 billion.
Kenyan tax officials said the new system would allow a "seamless flow of goods" and make it easier to stop goods getting through the system without customs payments.
"Once cleared at the port, there will be no stoppages at borders and checkpoints along the corridor," the Kenya Revenue Authority's commissioner of customs, Beatrice Memo, told a news conference.
Under the system, Rwandan and Ugandan clearing agents and customs officials would be able to set up their own offices to clear cargo and collect taxes directly at the port.
The Kenya International Freight and Warehousing Association said that meant up to half a million jobs could be lost to Uganda and Rwanda.
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'Think globally, act locally' emphasizes the importance of scale in dealing with environmental challenges, but not how to factor it in. This major new book focuses on the spatial dimensions of urban environmental burdens, showing how important it is to take these into account when pursuing environmental justice and good governance - whether in the context of the sanitary risks of slum living, the pollution of uncontrolled industrialization and motorization, or the enormous ecological footprints of affluent urban lifestyles.
The volume reviews the urban environmental shifts that have shaped today's challenges, and examines conditions and problems in the urban centres of low, middle and high income countries. Case studies address such economically diverse cities as Accra, New Delhi, Mexico City and Manchester, while thematic chapters explore issues including water, sanitation and transportation. The book concludes by exploring and analysing different scales of governance. The editors argue that we should not rely solely on local governance to address local burdens like poor sanitation, nor depend only on global governance for global challenges, such as greenhouse gas emissions, but that scale is crucial in both understanding the problems and devising successful responses.
'With chapters by some of the most thoughtful international urban environmental scholars ... [and] many concrete examples from around the world, this volume advances the science by addressing issues of scale in both its meanings; the geographical scale of environmental interactions as well as the difficulties involved in scaling (overcoming) the many challenges of designing and promoting sustainable human environments worldwide' Kirk R. Smith, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, USA
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New Delhi: Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly who had a love-hate relation with England star Flintoff opined that all-rounder's retirement from Test cricket will be a big loss for England.
"It's a huge loss for England. I always said England needed to balance his (Flintoff) bowling with his batting if they wanted him to survive longer in Test cricket. With England, every time they are under pressure, it is Freddie with the ball because he is their best bowler," Ganguly was quoted as saying in the English media.
Flint'off' from Test cricket
Speaking about Flintoff's injuries, Sourav said: "He's a big boy and injuries are part and parcel of sport, but there are other fast bowlers around the world who are running in and keep playing and doing well in Test matches. I think it's more about Freddie Flintoff's body than the rigours of international cricket."
Ganguly-Flintoff relationship has been a talking point in international cricket.
During Ganguly's stint with Lancashire, Flintoff sarcastically commented that having the Indian in the team "was like having 'Prince Charles' on your side."
Both the players also indulged in waving shirts while celebrating victory. Flintoff surprised everyone by taking off his shirt in wild celebration after England defeated India in Mumbai to level the one-day series 3-3 in 2002.
Few months later, Sourav took revenge in a similar celebration on the Lord's balcony after India pulled off the second highest run chase in one-day history to win the Natwest Trophy.
The 31-year-old Flintoff Wednesday, on the eve of the second Ashes Test at Lord's, announced his retirement from Test cricket after aggravating the injury on his right knee, which was operated upon recently. He aggravated his knee injury while bowling in the first Test at Cardiff and Monday took some injections as a desperate measure to get fit for the second Test.
Since making his Test debut at the age of 20, Flintoff has been struggling with his persistent back, hip and groin problems and also underwent four ankle surgeries.