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Q: For what kind of applications can i use dsp core of beagleboard? Can i use the DSP acceleration for background subtraction algorithm? For what kind of applications can i use dsp core of beagleboard? Can i use the DSP acceleration for background subtraction algorithm in OpenCV?

A: You can use the DSP for all kinds of computations. It is a general purpose CPU optimized for DSP applications. So yes, even floating point stuff will work albeit the performance will not be great.
The DSP really shines if you do integer computations over large arrays of data. Here the DSP can easily compute so fast that the time to transfer data from and to memory becomes the bottleneck.
To give you a figure what is possible: I have an algorithm running that post-processes data from a camera (doing the bayer deinterleaving). I have 8 bit input images and 24 bit output images. The performance I archive on the beagleboard DSP running at ~ 350Mhz is 144 million pixels per second. That equals to roughly half a gigabyte of processed data per second.
Getting the DSP up and running and compiling a hello world program is not simple though. You have to integrate a DSP kernel driver (I use DSPLINK). You have to learn how to use the (huge) DSP/ARM interop libraries, how to use the toolchain just for a simple hello world. Plan two weeks at least.
Once this works the real work starts by learning how to write fast code for the DSP, how to manage the internal memorys, DMA, interrupts and all such stuff.
In the end it is well worth it because you unlock an incredible fast DSP that can easily outperform the Cortex-A8 if assigned the right job. On top of that you get access to the image co-processors which lets you off-load computations even further. And then there is a complete ARM9 CPU tightly coupled to the DSP that sits there idle and waits to be used as well.

A: Yes you can, but if it is not part of this OpenCV port project you will have to implement the algorithm by yourself.
The DSP of the BeagleBoard should be powerful enough for image sizes not too big (320x240, maybe 640x480), but you have to deal with fixed point arithmetic and so on in your implementation if you want an optimal throughput.
EDIT: Why fixed point
The TI C6xxx DSP's come in two flavours: smaller numbers (C64xx) do not have a hardware floating-point unit, while higher numbers (C67xx) have one.
This is unlike desktop CPUs such as Intel's.
The BeagleBoard-xm embeds a C64xx that has no floating-point unit.
Hence, whenever you call a mathematical function that operates on floats, the floating point computations are emulated by the device, which is slow.
Instead, maximal throughput is obtained when you implement these operations in fixed point arithmetic because you call native operations on integer types.

A: The programming model in a heterogeneous platform like beagle board is usually to offload computational part of your application from GPP (ARM) to DSP. You will need a dsp kernel driver and compiler for c64x. For details have a look at DSP BIOS programming guide:
http://omappedia.org/wiki/DSPBridge_Project
If you haven't considered it already, I would recommend giving NEON on cortex A8 a try for your image processing algorithm and see what kind of performance boost you get. This is fairly straightforward to program in C without the need of a DSP driver/compiler.

A: Not applicable to ARM devices, but for people landing here after searching "DSP" and "OpenCV", for high performance in x86 based servers a good choice is the TI c66x CPU series, which has both 32-bit fixed and floating-point instructions.  OpenCV has been ported to c66x accelerator cards and runs without issues:
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/C66x_opencv


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The Art Gallery is a figurative oil painting on canvas by British artist William Roberts. As the title suggests, the painting depicts a group of people visiting an art gallery. In the background of the scene are two framed paintings hanging on a wall, each featuring a composition of abstract shapes. In the foreground, seated close together on a central brown bench, is a small crowd of figures. They are depicted in a stylised manner, with distinctive tubular limbs, stocky bodies, large eyes and hairstyles formed from blocks of colour. The group consists of an array of different types of gallery-goer and their interactions: two women are in conversation at the upper left, in front of one of the paintings, while another woman, seated next to them, is reading. Two sets of couples embrace and a mother is seen playing with her child. In contrast to these figures is a man who stands at the back of the bench, between the two paintings on the wall. Wearing a hat, scarf and glasses, he gazes directly forwards, possibly looking either at the group in front of him or out towards the viewer. None of the figures in the scene look directly at either of the artworks hanging on the wall. Roberts has used a palette dominated by browns, flesh-coloured tones and the pale yellow of the gallery wall in the background. These are offset by more colourful, though muted, hues, such as purple, blue and red for some of the figures' clothing and shoes, and blue for the right-hand painting on the wall.
The Art Gallery was made in London in 1973, in the final decade of Roberts's career. Daily metropolitan life had long been a feature of his work: he spent most of his life in London and painted what he saw around him, visiting cafes, cinemas, parks and pubs to capture the leisure activities of his fellow Londoners. Roberts did not use a sketchbook; instead, he would make notes on scrap pieces of paper about the incidents, types of people and gestures he observed on his walks. He would subsequently use these notes to work up detailed and finished drawings in the studio. These drawings would then be squared up on paper and transferred to a larger scale for painting (Martin 2007, p.15; see, for example, Study for 'The Card Players' c.1937–8, Tate T12727).
Roberts's compositions are often elaborate, encompassing complex groupings of people with blocky, muscular, tubular-limbed forms, as seen in The Art Gallery as well as The Horse Dealers 1955 (Tate T00174) and The Lake 1964 (Tate T00660). In his paintings, Roberts distributes figures and colour in a balanced way, creating a coherency and rhythm across the canvas. The scenes are often stripped of extraneous details, placing the focus on gestures and interactions between the depicted figures (Martin 2007, p.15).
This refers, I suppose, to the painter who does not write, and is labelled by the critics as 'inarticulate'. However, it is not only the writer who is 'cleverer'; almost everyone has more 'know-how' than the artist.
Roberts began his career as an abstract artist, experimenting with cubism in the 1910s and becoming a member of the vorticist group founded by Wyndham Lewis in 1914 (see Roberts's The Return of Ulysses 1913, Tate T00878). After returning from service in the First World War, Roberts moved away from his earlier cubist and vorticist styles, turning instead to a more figurative approach and focusing on everyday urban life for the remainder of his career (Williams 2004, p.8).
Andrew Gibbon Williams, William Roberts: An English Cubist, London 2004, pp.7–8.
Andrew Heard, William Roberts (1895–1980), Newcastle upon Tyne 2004.
Simon Martin, William Roberts: England at Play, exhibition catalogue, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester 2007, p.15.


Just a note: I had done some mullein research when a family member had croup and read somewhere that it is one of the most beneficial herbs for dealing with croup. I made a cough syrup of it and gave it to the parent of the child the day I found out what his "diagnosis" was. I am not sure if they used it or not or it's effectiveness. I have used the same syrup recipe when my oldest gets a barky cough and it always works wonders - along with cool mist vaporizer and goot, etc.
I'm new to the "tincture/syrup/ointment" making, but when a "barky cough" goes through my house, my 12 mo daughter keeps it for at least a month (she has since 6mo). Could you explain how you use the mullein to make a syrup?
When mine get a croupy cough, I use a warm onion compress on their chests. Just slice some onions and put them in a towel. Put the towel on their chest, cover with a hot water bottle (or heating pad) and a blanket.
I also give them an onion cough syrup. Put some onion slices in honey and let them sit for a couple of hours. A teaspoon of this gets rid of a cough immediately in our experience.
To make a cough syrup, gently boil a cup of dried leaves in a cup of water until half of the water is gone. Strain through a cloth, pushing all the liquid out. While it is still warm, add 2 tablespoons of raw honey and mix well. This remedy can be stored in the refrigerator for up to one month. Use it like a regular cough syrup, taking 1 teaspoon every 3 or 4 hours.
I have inhaled the steam from boiling mullein to clear my lungs and break up heavy chest congestion. To prepare this remedy, I boil a cup of the leaves in a quart of water. After removing the boiled liquid from the stove, I lean over with my face right over the pot. Then, I place a towel over my head and breathe in the mullein steam. Use caution when doing this as the pot and liquid are very hot.
WOW! I saw that on an episode of 'Christy'. Actually, there are a lot of herbal remedies mentioned on that show... we watch it for a family movie time on DVD.
I love this herb! It is in my top 5. I put it in all my immune/flu tinctures. The freaky thing about this sickness (and there was NO COUGH by the way, which was odd) is that it was not responding to anything I doing, including using Immune Awake, which I don't usually give to the kids for obvious reasons (cayenne, garlic, echinacea) and Kid's Immune Support (ech., elderberry, mullein, olive leaf), as well as extra mullein caps in applesauce with quercitin and zinc, and vit. C, and ginger baths, and Debi's chest rub with menthol, etc. I have never had that regimine fail before! Nothing would make the swelling in her throat go down, and I we were becoming too worn out to continue pacing with her to wake her up to breathe. So yeah, thanks for mentioning that- it is such a wonderful herb- we have discovered it even works for our pet bunny's snuffles (which is usually deadly). The folks at the park must think we're odd for picking weeds, but we've used up all the ones in the yard!
Anyway, what I was wondering is someone above mentioned mullien steam... however doing this with a 16 month old would be impossible..
Do you all think that if I boiled some mullien in water then put the water in the nebulizer that it would have the same results?? Do you think that would be safe??
I work as a paramedic so I have the nebulizer and the emergency meds on hand should his breathing become labored, or his airway blocked, but unless I have to I don't want to administer inhaled steroids, or anything else. KWIM??
Thanks for all this info about mullien, it is one of the herbs I have in the freezer in bulk..
I don't know much about nebulizers, but we've had the kids inhale peppermint tea steam before... I imagine mullein steam would help too...???
My friend made a mullein and peppermint tincture. It works well for those annoying dry coughs that come on during the night. I dont know the specifics, but I would suggest 2 parts mullein to 1 part peppermint.
It's properties make it great for congestion and coughing. The recommendations I found said that it blends well with Chamomile & Catnip. I like it with peppermint, but haven't experimented that much. To me, it tastes great and is effective in a tea by itself.
"Mullein is generally safe, and there are no known contraindications to its use during pregnancy or lactation, except for rare reports of skin irritation."
Hope that helps! Also, try lemon juice and honey in tea. Honey can help loosen up.
How do I prepare fresh-picked mullein??
I just picked some from an obliging field near our house, and I don't know what to do next.
Obviously, I ought to wash them, but in what? Plain water? Vinegar?
Can someone give me step-by-step instructions on what I should do?
I need to use it for my developing cough today if possible.
Can I use it fresh or must it be dried first?
Thank you! Can you use mullein fresh too?
Thank you! That is a very informative article.
Still wondering if anything can be done with fresh (not dried) leaves?
Yes, Kate, you can use the fresh leaves. You simply need to use more, volume-wise, than you would dried. I wash my herbs in a mild salt water and then a cool, freshwater rinse. If you have some lobelia or marshmallow root, add some of that to your tea for your cough.
Samsgirl, THANK YOU for the link!! That is exactly what I was looking for today :) :) I picked and dried a bunch of mullein this week and meant to look up exactly how to use it, thinking i had until fall when colds often kick in. Lo and behold, my 5 year old came down this morning feeling yucky...thanks for saving me some time!
Are all parts of mullein safe to use?
Yes they are: roots, leaves, flowers, and stalks all safe.
The only thing that I have seen that it may be toxic are the seeds. But I have read conflicting things on that. I found a remedy that used the seeds but I have read they are toxic so...but the rest of the plant works so I don't see why one would have a need for the seeds other than for planting.
I'm planning on using this for upper respiratory/congestion-type stuff.
what dosages will you be using with the children and yourself?
To be honest, the lobelia always makes me a bit nervous so I'm probably over-cautious with it. I generally start all of us, kids and adults, with 1 dropperful, and give it every 2-3 hours as tolerated until I see symptoms start to be more managed.
I've tried mullein before, but not catnip. Does the catnip help stop a cough?
The main reason I included catnip is that it has a relaxing effect upon the nervous system. Its actions include: carminative, diaphoretic, antispasmodic, refigerant, emmenagogue, anodyne, sedative, antacid, astringent, and nervine.
It is very gentle acting and appropriate for babies. It is from the mint family.
so I'm trying to figure out how mullein works. My kids have cough, primarily wet/loose but its just lingering longer than I'd like. I'd doing silver, oregano, elderberry, vit c, galic oil on chest and feet, tried some onions a few times on their chest. I just bought a mullein tincture. Does is heal the lungs? Does it cause the cough to come up? Does it suppress the cough? I obviously want whatever junk that needs to come up to come up, don't want to do the OTC thing and suppress it and make it worse in the long run, but I'd really like to rid this cough for good. any thoughts on what the mullein actually does??? They aren't couging all day and night so again its not like I NEED it so they can sleep. I just want the cough to be gone so we can go out into public w/o people being scared of us! : ) any thoughts ladies?
My sister's son has what we are pretty sure is croup right now. I have a nebulizer, so made a really strong mullein tea for her to use in the nebulizer for him. She started it on him on Tuesday night and has been doing it 2-3 times a day for about 20 min. She said that he was so much better yesterday morning. Today she told me that he is better still. He coughs more whenever she uses it, but she said it does seem to be clearing out his lungs. He does not sound wheezy any more either. Each morning he has woken up less congested than before.
If you don't have a nebulizer, you can make the strong tea in a pot. Then, while it is still steaming, have them lean over it with a towel over their head to keep the steam in. Breathe the steam in deeply. I imagine you could have them breathe in over a vaporizer if you put the herb in the medicine cup like I mention down below.
I have used mullein as a tea with my kids whenever they are congested. It has always seemed to work great for clearing the lungs out. I usually use it in conjunction with camomile and orange peel. It is actually a great tasting tea with all three in there! If you sweeten it with some raw honey, that can help coat the throat too if it is irritated. I just let them drink that tea all day and usually we do not have too much of a battle getting over congestion this way. I also use elderberry syrup - but notice that you've used that also.
The other thing I've done with mullein is to wet the herb and put some in cheesecloth in the medicine cup of the vaporizer and let the vaporizer run all night. That seems to help.
Mullein is a great herb for kids, too. Lobelia is supposed to be a great herb for lung health, but it can be toxic if taken in large amounts. So I try to stick to mullein with my kids.
thank you that was actually rather helpful. I'm so used to the internet I forget about my books. i could just look it up in one of my herb books :) LOL so I gave it to my kids tonight w/ some elderberry syrup and some "onion honey" (honey that was soaked in raw onion for several days in the fridge)...added a little grape juice as well. they drank it alright but not too long after had some horrible coughing fits...I'm trying to decide if it was good or not :) LOL...guess we'll see in the am!!!
No problem. I hope they were better this morning. My sister said the same thing - why is he coughing so much? I do think if you keep it up, though, you should see good results.
Have you ruled out seasonal allergies? I don't know where you are located, but we live in CA and just had a lot of rain about 2-3 weeks ago. My kids allergies are flaring up right now. So the mullein helps alleviate some of the congestion, but it doesn't completely go away until the allergies aren't bothering them any more. I guess the same would be true, though for a virus or whatever. The mullein helps alleviate the symptoms and gets all of that junk out of the lungs so the body can heal itself faster. But then we give them other stuff to help with the healing process.
One more side note - my sister first took her son into the ER because their doctor told them that he needed to get in right away for breathing treatments or his lungs could close up (I have a different opinion now on that sort of comment, but . . .). So they spent $200 on their deductible for the ER to give him steroid breathing treatments. He did seem to be better for a couple of days she said, but was still congested. Then he started the wheezing again and that is when I gave her the mullein and nebulizer to use. I called her this morning to see how he was and she said last night was the first night in a long time that she didn't hear him cough at all in the middle of the night. They've been doing the nebulizer 3 times a day with him. She said he did cough twice this morning, but that is nothing compared to what he was doing. So it seems to be working really well for her right now. Her son is 18 months and she is pregnant with #2, so she needs her sleep at night! :) She is also giving him elderberry syrup (has echinacea, yarrow, rose hips, cinnamon, cloves, and honey in it).
I need to look into getting a nebulizer. I actually was looking into that recently with all this talk on here of using them. I don't really know what one is though. Is it basically a glorified steam pot?? :) anything to watch for with buying one??? Well, I was scared to do it another day so I chickened out. They do seem to be getting better though Praise God!!! I think seasonal allergies are playing a part but def not the whole problem!! I think breathing it in might be better??
I guess a glorified steam pot would be the way to describe it, except that it isn't hot like steam. It is just forced air, maybe that causes the liquid to turn into a vapor? ??? All I know is I put the liquid in this cylinder that has a tube attached from the bottom of the cylinder to the machine. I attach the mask at the top and turn the machine on. ::) :D ;D Isn't that great? ;D I don't know how to go about getting one either. Ours was actually prescribed to us by the doctor and insurance paid for it. We have had ours now for about 7 years and never had an issue with it at all. I didn't have a choice in what we got, though either, so I haven't researched them at all. Might be a good idea to start a thread and ask if others have certain brands they like or don't - maybe someone's researched it all out already! I always love that!
question--do you mix these together as dry herbs, then make a tea, or do you make a tincture like with glyceran or something? I'm asking becuz my 5 month old has this nasty cough-- you can hear its lots of phlem-- just a loose mucasy cough-- also a runny nose that turns into crust when he's asleep, so he wakes up with crusty eyes, and crusty nose that equals a miserable baby!
YOu can make them into a tea, glycerite or alcohol tincture. Although, I think a tea OR alcohol tincture would be more effective.
ok-- update-- I got some mullien drops- alchol free- at our HF store. I gave baby 1/2 dropper full mixed with breast milk-- only a short time later he puked up this mucus-- like a hocker it was soooo huge I couldnt believe it-- did the same thing this morning! very affective stuff!
I am also curious about this recipe. I just stopped in to see what I could find on seasonal allergies, OTC allergy meds and nebulizer treatments. I would love to use this recipe for my son (almost 2.5) this spring/fall. Kentucky allergens really hit him hard, and we lost a lot of sleep last year, he was so miserable. I am due with #3 in April, and I would like to have a plan of attack figured out before I am in a baby-induced fog. :) I don't know how to make a tea or tincture, so I will need very detailed instructions! We have a nebulizer, thanks to insurance, but don't want to give him the inhaled steroids. It has a very small cup on the top and then a mouthpiece to breath in the steam.
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Do you always use dried mullein? My sweet hubby is in the throes of something and has a horrible cough. I am desperate to help him. I've been using essential oils on his feet and chest, but wonder if he needs something internal.
Dried Mullein is what I always use. I make a tincture with it, both alcohol and glycerite and keep them on hand. If it's a bad cough I give a table spoon of the alcohol tincture 3 to 4 times a day (for an adult). This has always cleared the cough almost entirely in 2 days, then I cut back to a teaspoon 3x a day for about another week, longer if the cough is still lingering. I give the little people a teaspoon to tablespoon (depending on their size) of the glycerite one several times a day. If you don't have tincture or can't get it then make an infusion of 1 part herbs 4 parts boiling water and let steep 8-24 hours and then drink it. Try to get down a pint to quart of the infusion each day.(Its pretty nasty and you have to drink more this way but it is much faster then waiting on a tincture to brew) Also, try and get some HEAVY probiotics in him (but not dairy). Beeyoutiful and Now both have a 50 billion one that works great. In my recent experimenting I have found probiotics to be as necessary as any thing else in treating an illness.
Because I didnt have dried Mullen on hand, --it was still on the plant-- ;D I brewed some cough syrup using honey, onion, lemon, and rosemary.
He went from his "deathbed" to nearly 100% in less than 24hrs!
Drying mullein now so that I will be prepared.


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In 2003, ESPN The Magazine found that one in every four citizens of the United States is involved in sports betting once a year, to say the least. In addition, roughly 15 percent of the whole U.S. population place wagers on sporting events frequently and the online sports betting market is worth more than $60 billion, year in and year out. Incredible statistics for a country where gambling is widely illegal (illegal in some States, legal in some States).
Presently, there are over two hundred gambling sites which allow the use of BTC in sports betting. Yet, the same cannot be said of BCH because it is still relatively new in the cryptocurrency market. Even at that, the feats of this altcoin have been amazing for such short lifetime due to some of its perks over BTC: faster processing time and lower transaction fees. As a result, gamblers are beginning to opt for it as a mode of transactions in sports betting.
Nevertheless, there presently are no sportsbooks that accept Bitcoin Cash exclusively. Most accept the altcoin alongside other cryptocurrencies and/or fiat currencies. It is believed though that as BCH grows in popularity and builds momentum, it would become the preferred payment method for online sports betting and gambling activities in general.
The future of online betting can be projected based on recent statistics by The Bitcoin Strip. The stats showed a steady increase in the embrace of cryptocurrency as a mode of transactions in online gaming activities.
From 60 bets per second with 1.53 BTC or $390 wagered in the first quarter of 2015 to an average of 100 bets per second placed at 1.73BTC or $1,700 in the first quarter of 2017. (Employing the price of BTC in 2015 as against its price in 2017.) Considering that $1,700 was wagered on average, we can estimate that the crypto market generates about $13.5 million per year. This estimate does not include the turnover realized from non-prominent gambling sites; this would have increased the estimated amount.
Even though cryptocurrency has enjoyed a remarkable growth in the online gambling market, it should be noted that very few traditional, real-money online sportsbooks accept Bitcoin Cash and no sportsbook — that is regulated by a government agency in the United States — accepts Bitcoin Cash.
The number of online sportsbooks that process Bitcoin Cash transactions is minimal compared to Bitcoin. The latter has more widespread publicity and acceptance than any other cryptocurrency available. Bitcoin-only sportsbooks are numerous as well as casinos and poker sites; this is evidently understandable since BTC has been around longer than any other coin. In contrast, there are no Bitcoin Cash-only sportsbooks in existence at the moment. This is the case with Monero (XMR), Dogecoin (DOGE), and Dash (DASH) which have existed in the cryptocurrency market far before BCH.
Currently, BCH finds its place at number 4, coming after Ripple, which comes after Ethereum seated in second place behind BTC. In comparing trade volumes, market caps, prices, and other parameters of each cryptocurrency, we can easily conclude Bitcoin Cash — which is the youngest — has undoubtedly the highest rate of growth.
Bitcoin Cash has a higher processing speed than Bitcoin as confirmed by Bitcoin.com in late December 2017, when it placed the average processing speed of BTC at 34-1188 minutes as against BCH's 8-19 minutes. Moreover, time variation depends on the sportsbook processing the transaction as each sportsbook has its own method of processing transactions.
Even with the fast processing speed of BCH, Ripple (XRP), Ethereum, Monero, and Litecoin's individual processing speed beats it with their processing speeds of 3 seconds, 14 seconds, 2 minutes, and 2.5 minutes respectively.
The block size limit of 1 MB set by BTC is the reason behind the slow rate in which it processes transactions and confirms them, often creating backlogs in the process. In addition, the most recent average amount of fees per block of BCH to BTC is $3.05 to $805.51 according to fork.lol. These make the choice of using BCH an easy one for gamblers keen on paying minimal transaction fees with faster processing times.
The resolution of the scalability issue of 1MB limit block size set by BTC was resolved by the launching of BCH's 8MB limit size. This has been the most remarkable feat of BCH as it doused a lot of the hassles faced by miners, traders, and cryptocurrency enthusiasts.
BCH is the cryptocurrency of choice when you are interested in gaming without having to compete with other gamblers to have your transaction in a block.
In addition. BCH provides more flexibility to the difficult mining algorithm Bitcoin employs. With Bitcoin, changes can be made to the Blockchain algorithm just once every two weeks. With Bitcoin Cash, the difficult mining algorithm can be adjusted more frequently — another reason miners are relieved.
In using sportsbooks, there are numerous ways you could make deposits but very few ways to cash out. Most sportsbooks offer cash outs through Bank Transfer, MasterCard, VISA, Skrill, and Neteller if BCH option is not available. Some combine those methods with other cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin Cash is growing in acceptability daily as top iconic brands are putting their weight behind it. So, we at WorldCasinoIndex are optimistic and hope to see more positive developments really soon.
When Bitcoin Cash first entered the cryptocurrency market, those with BTC were given an equal amount of BCH automatically. This made the rate of Bitcoin to Bitcoin Cash 1:1. However, due to market surges over time, BTC and BCH now have different prices, supplies, volumes, and market caps. As of April 10, 2018, the price of BTC to BCH is roughly $6,850 to $650.
One of the concerns of crypto-gambling enthusiasts has been the possibility of converting BCH to cash. Truth is, there are now exchanges willing to convert your BCH into fiat currencies (such as USD, GBP, and EUR) unlike when BCH initially hit the market. You could consider using exchanges like HitBTC, Poloniex, Kraken, ShapeShift.io, Binance, Changelly and Bittrex — and there are even more.
In contrast, due to the low exchange availability of Bitcoin Cash, some exchanges do not indulge in buying BCH or accepting fiat currencies in exchange for BCH. If you are at a loss of how to convert your BCH to cash, you could consider converting your BCH to BTC first and then converting the BTC to cash.
The conversion process might need a little research — but it is not cumbersome; you can learn it online or check out our Bitcoin Cash Casinos article. More so, if you plan to do away with your BCH due to personal reservations or market factors, kindly do a rethink.
When Bitcoin was first launched, several skeptics never believed it was worth anything good — but look at the price of Bitcoin today. Sometimes, something great often starts small; but looking at how much BCH has accomplished in so little a time, we would not call its strides at all.
Therefore, BCH is a competitive alternative to BTC as the ultimate cryptocurrency of the online gambling industry. The market share is not as huge as BTC, LTC, or ETH's but it sure looks promising.
The mining fee of Bitcoin Cash as you probably know already is very minimal, which makes you pay less for transactions that would have cost you more if you were using BTC. Also, it is incredibly fast, excessively safe and really easy to use BCH for online sports betting.


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Q: How to display a hidden div on button click and hide the clicked button in Angular 2? I'm facing difficulties in Angular UI development. Here I'm having a requirement that:

*

*on click of Add Button it should show a hidden form:

*on click of Add Button -> Add Button should hide

*in hidden form there will be a button Cancel-

*if I click on cancel the form should hide and add button should return

I have tried this using Angular 2 template syntax and by declaring nested boolean values, but I'm not getting the perfect answer.
How to do this in Angular 2 or 4? Do I have to use any host Listener or event emitter for this? I'm sharing my sample code and plunker:
template.html
<button(click)="addParameter=addParameter==true?false:true">
              Add</button>

            <input name="hello">

            <button (click)="hideForm();">Cancel</button>

test.ts
export class App {

  private addParameter:boolean=false;

}

https://plnkr.co/edit/fa3Pdea1mB4RztAgOAW2?p=preview

A: You can do this in a couple of ways. Depending on if you want to handle it in component or in template. I personally prefer to keep template clean and do the "work" in component. So in that case your code would simply look like this:
<button *ngIf="!addParameter" (click)="toggleForm()">Add</button>

  <input name="hello">
  <button (click)="toggleForm()">Cancel</button>

and TS:
toggleForm() {
  this.addParameter = !this.addParameter
}

DEMO: http://plnkr.co/edit/y3bDxsXMTYLtf8HI2PlA?p=preview

and as said, if you want to do this in template, it would look like this:
<button *ngIf="!addParameter" (click)="addParameter = !addParameter">Add</button>

  <input name="hello">
  <button (click)="addParameter = !addParameter">Cancel</button>

DEMO: https://plnkr.co/edit/xcSzXGWOMNIhuZ83OXbs?p=preview

A: I think what you're looking for is something like:

      <form>
        <input name="hello">
        <button *ngIf="addingForm===false" (click)="addingForm = true">Add</button>
        <button *ngIf="addingForm===true" (click)="addingForm = false">Cancel</button>
      </form>
      <form *ngIf="addingForm===true">
        <input name="hidden">
      </form>

In TS:
addingForm = false;

Like here: https://plnkr.co/edit/uXztfHwdWxuTVNIg6sxA?p=preview

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Q: How to put ArrayList elements (items) into a TextView? I have a ArrayList in my strings.xml. I would like to choose elements from it and put it in a .setText(). How do I this?

A: Should ArrayList be declared in arrays.xml?If so, use Context.getResource().getStringArray() to choose elements

A: Example: XML file saved at res/values/strings.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string-array name="planets_array">
        <item>Mercury</item>
        <item>Venus</item>
        <item>Earth</item>
        <item>Mars</item>
    </string-array>
</resources>

This application code retrieves a string array:
String[] planets = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.planets_array);

Assigning the value to a textView:
    TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView1);
    textView.setText(planets[1]);  //Venus

Read more at:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/string-resource.html


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Эрдвульф (; умер в 767) — король Кента (748—767) из Кентской династии.

Биография
Эрдвульф был сыном короля Эдберта I и правил во владениях своего отца после его смерти. От Эрдвульфа остались две грамоты о дарении земли. В одной из них он назван сыном Эдберта I. Другая грамота удостоверена Этельбертом II, из чего следует, что два этих короля правили одновременно.

В 767 году Эрдвульф был свергнут Хэбертом, ставленником Уэссекса. Его сын Освульф бежал в Нортумбрию, где и умер в 811 году.

Литература
 Lapidge et al (Hrsg.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford u.a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1.

Ссылки
 Эрдвульф // Все монархи мира
 Eardwulf 2 // Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE)
 Eardulf  // Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Кентская династия
Короли Кента VIII века
Свергнутые монархи

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import java.util.Comparator;

public class AutoComparator implements Comparator<Val> {

    @Override
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        if (o1 == null && o2 == null) {
            return 0;
        } else if (o1 == null) {
            return 1;
        } else if (o2 == null) {
            return -1;
        } else {
            // Try to compare values as doubles so that numeric strings are sorted appropriately.
            // If only one of the values can be converted to a double it will always come first.
            // If neither value can be converted to a double then the values will be compared alphanumerically as
            // strings.
            final Double d1 = o1.toDouble();
            final Double d2 = o2.toDouble();

            if (d1 != null) {
                if (d2 != null) {
                    return Double.compare(d1, d2);
                } else {
                    return -1;
                }
            } else if (d2 != null) {
                return 1;
            }

            // If we couldn't compare as doubles then compare as strings.
            final String str1 = o1.toString();
            final String str2 = o2.toString();

            if (str1 != null) {
                if (str2 != null) {
                    return str1.compareToIgnoreCase(str2);
                } else {
                    return -1;
                }
            } else if (str2 != null) {
                return 1;
            }

            return 0;
        }
    }
}

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Study Designing: So if one were to see if cocoa were effective how would we do it? Normally in an experimental condition, there's the thing being tested - in this case cocoa - and then there's a control - like water to see what happens without any intervention - and sometimes - in fact often - there's an alternative protocol, so you can see not just if the thing you're interested in has an effect but if it's the same or better than some usual standard - like a carb or protein+carb drink.
Now in a way, there have been a couple kinda similar studies: one that looked at chocolate milk vs something like cytomax (all carbs) and something like endurox (4:1 carb to protein) for recovery, not DOMS. In that study chocolate milk was shown to be as good as a carb beverage and better in a *certain test condition* than protein + carbs well all of us cheer that low-fat chocolate milk option. Except for the tons of folks for whom milk is not a happy thing, from lactose intolerance to immune responses with dairy. Intriguingly various dairy interests supported the research.
Although various experiments have been conducted to investigate the effect of antioxidant dietary supplementation on biomarkers of skeletal muscle damage and oxidative stress, the results are often equivocal and difficult to compare because of considerable variations in sampled populations and exercise protocols (18). Moreover, the practical application of antioxidant supplementation research studies has been considerably limited because of an overwhelming failure for measuring and reporting functional indices of exercise-induced muscle damage such as soreness (18). Therefore, the purpose of this pragmatic experiment was twofold: first to investigate the overall effectiveness of a welldefined custom manufactured cocoa-based protein and carbohydrate prototype drink on skeletal muscle cell damage and inflammatory biomarkers and perceived soreness associated with exhaustive exercise and secondly to assess if drink consumption before exercise offered additive effects. We hypothesized that the cocoa-based protein and carbohydrate prototype drink would decrease skeletal muscle cell and inflammatory biomarkers and perceived soreness compared to water, a standard fluid often consumed during exercise bouts.We also hypothesized that consuming the test drink before exercise would elicit further reductions in oxidative stress markers and perceived soreness.
Starting from Scratch. So thar ya go: the researchers will put together their own drink and compare it with water for effect on DOMS. They are going to use TWO of the four markers for DOMS described above: the biomarkers like CK and LEFS - Lower Extremity Functional Sacle. In LEFS, participants report on a scale of 0-4 the perceived difficulty of carrying out a physical task (actual survey here, pdf). So one biological test and one subjective scoring test. It is SUCH a drag that DOMS tests are not standardized! And asking someone to reflect *about* how they'd find getting out of a car if they haven't gotten out of a car, for instance, is yup pretty durn subjective. Interesting, but subjective when there are measures like ROM and force production also available, and even perceived soreness from pressure.
Findings about Cocoa in Particular? That aside, what did the authors find? Not too much. The drink had no effect on the biomarkers of damage. So they didn't mitigate its biological effects. The authors think however that their use of LEFS rather than the usual in DOMS studies VAS is a step up because LEFS asks about daily activities rather than just how a poke feels. And as to their results with LEFS checked at 24 and 48 hour intervals?
For those trials where the test drink was ingested after exercise we noted significantly less of a reported change from 24 to 48 hours by the participants. This indicated a decrease in perceived DOMS and therefore less difficulty in performing various physical tasks 48 hours postexercise.
Why does less change between 24-48 hours mean decreased DOMS?
DOMS gradually increases 24 hours postexercise and typically peaks 48 hours postexercise before beginning to decline (16).
Consuming the test drink after exercise resulted in a mean change of 2.6 plus or minus 6 compared to 13.7 plus or minus 10 for the control.
In LEFS, the total score is out of 100, with a 90% confidence interval. What this suggests is that the scores changed by about 6 times as much in the non-drink case, which the authors suggest means that DOMS didn't get much worse in the drink case.
Here's personally where i'd actually like to see the raw data just to confirm that the direction of change for the non-drink group WAS that their scores went down (got worse) rather than up. We have to trust the authors' reporting. And i hate that.
Based on the findings of our experiment we conclude that a recovery drink composed of a carbohydrate-to-protein ratio of 3.5:1 with the addition of flavonol-rich cocoa may (emaphasis mine -mc) decrease perceived muscle soreness after exercise.
There is nothing in the results to show that any one of the elements in this drink - the protein, the carbs or the chocolate - has any particular effect on mitigating DOMS. Indeed, one previous study that said cocoa is fine for ldl, but not for reducing inflamation, which would kinda suggest that cocoa mayn't help with DOMS. The authors say that while there results show a similar lack of change in biomarkers, maybe it's the combination of protein/carb/cocoa that's having the effect. That is the subjective response.
Therefore, it may be possible that the protocol of Green et al. did not impose adequate skeletal muscle cell damage to induce substantial perceived postexercise muscle soreness in participants.
This helps the authors to say it's not cocoa alone; not clear that it's really not protein/carbs alone.
So all the more reason for the the authors to have studied a similar drink without the cocoa, rather than water, or along with water, they would have a stronger basis to assert that it's their anti-oxidant/flavonoid cocoa that's the Special Sauce for toning down DOMS. So why mightn't the authors have done something so obvious? I'd speculate something like the following.
When one is designing a study, Saul Greenberg once suggested an heuristic to me about research i live by: think about the optimal outcomes of the study proposed. What will the best results be? Is that optimal outcome significant? If the authors of this paper had run that exercise what would they have said: the BEST we will be able to say if our results have an effect is that we will (a) see a difference in biomarkers and (b) see a difference in perceived soreness. And givent that, what will be be able to say about cocoa? Nothing. The best we will be able to say is that cocoa was in the mix and maybe it contributed to decreased DOMS, so best case: it's worth doing the next study to isolate this out.
Why not do the full study the first time? It would take either longer or would take more participants. There are costs to that. So, given that the authors didn't see any A but they did get some B which is sufficient to say "maybe" cocoa plays a role, i hope Hershies is sufficiently keyed up by this "maybe" to fund the next study that would compare the two formulations. Which will be the longer or bigger trial anyway. That could have been done from the start. But maybe Hershies said "what can you do with X dollars? if we like what you do maybe we'll give you X*y" - and so there we are. Maybe. I speculate wildly.
Well what can i tell ya? What can i possibly say?
All we do know from the data is that taking the drink before exercise rather than after exercise had no real effect on DOMS; taking the drink afterwards, the authors suggest based on their 24-48 hours DOMS increasing, shows it does.
So maybe maybe something in the composition and timing of the beverage that helped. What bit is a rather open question. One might say ah yes but there are other studies comparing say c.milk with carb/protein and the c.milk did better so it must be the C for Chocolate? Maybe. Maybe maybe and more maybe.
Might be a fun personal experiment: next time a new routine is in the offing, blend in those whole cacao beens and go nuts! you may even feel better for the next 24-48 hours. It's chocolate! how could it hurt?
Kinds of protein for that recovery window?
Supplement Curmudgeon - does that stuff do anything for you?
Creatine and Beta Alanine for Aerobic Endurance?
How about CoQ10 for endurance?
would you like a heart rate monitor with that?
Some research has shown tart cherry juice to be efficacious, although I don't know how rigorous the research was.
Interesting as I was actually apart of this cocoa study done at Penn State University which I believe was funded by a supplement company.
Truthfully I do not believe I noticed much of a difference when given the drink or when given the water at least not enough for me to consider buying something like that drink.
Steven, great refs. will check 'em up for sure.
Tanner, which cocoa study? this aug 2010 one? cool. According to the paper, the funding is from Hershies - perhaps not exclusively but that's whom the authors thank.
Thanks for the feedback. So would you say the DOMS you experienced after the water trial and the cocoa trial were pretty similar then?
that's certainly within the range of overlap in the two conditions.
Thanks a bunch both of you.
Interestingly, cocoa powder was actually the first bodybuilding supplement. Eugene Sandow had a whole cocoa factory and everything. The chocolate companies crushed him like a little bug.


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inside the key, other than by making API calls to the DDR.
mapping between the handles and the contexts it currently knows about.
This kind of approach would make the WSDL trivial, for example.
C++, it should be mapped to it. Otherwise it should be mapped to a string.
yes, at least to model the context key.
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You will need: Blender, measuring jug, x2 large glass jam jars and an ice-cream scoop.
Drizzle the inside of the jam jars with honey.
In the blender whizz together the milk, single cream, vanilla extract and 4 scoops of ice-cream.
Add a generous handful of fresh blueberries and blend again until smooth.
Pour the milkshake into the jam jars and top with the doughnut.
Add a squirt of whipped cream to the top of the doughnut and decorate with more fresh blueberries.
Finish with an extra drizzle of honey, or golden syrup if you prefer and serve with a straw and spoon.


Germany needs to make it easier for skilled workers to move there – and be more friendly to them – to get the professionals needed to keep the country running, a new report says.
"Germany does not have the image of an attractive country for immigrants. Politics has a duty to send clear signals here," the expert commission's report released on Thursday said.
The ban on non-European Union workers, which has a host of complicated exceptions which Americans and others have to exploit if they want to work in Germany, should be ditched in favour of targeted and managed immigration, the report said.
An action plan laid out by the cross-party, independent commission said immigrants should no longer have to present a work contract to enter Germany, but that criteria should be set according to what kind of experts are needed in the country.
The government has already said it intends to reduce the minimum income necessary to get a permanent residency from €66,000 to €48,000 a year, while the report said foreign students should also be given greater opportunity to stay after finishing their degrees.
Around 60 percent of Germans would welcome such changes, the report said. "It is increasingly recognised that managed immigration has positive effects," it said.
Experts have been warning of Germany's growing labour crisis for years. According to one study this year, there could be 3.5 million unfilled jobs in the country by 2025.
It was hoped that skilled immigrants from other countries would help close the gap. But many are choosing to go to countries like the United States, Canada or Great Britain instead of Germany.
Government figures released earlier this summer showed that few immigrants from places like Eastern Europe were coming to Germany to work, even as labour barriers fell. Experts believe 60,000 to 70,000 Eastern Europeans may end up living and working in Germany instead of the hundreds of thousands that were once expected.
The expert commission, led by former North Rhine-Westphalia integration minister Armin Laschet and former defence minister Peter Struck echoed those concerns.
It said politicians could lower barriers to immigration while ensuring Germany doesn't become overrun with those seeking to profit from the country's generous social services. In concert with lowering income requirements for people seeking settlement visas, for instance, Germany could also implement restrictions on immigrants receiving social funds for their first few years in country, the report said.
But concurrently, the government should make sure education and work opportunities for German citizens improve while offering more generous inducements to people like students studying at universities here to stay for longer.
The commission said that it should be easier for them to get residency permits after graduation. "They must be reassured that they are welcome in Germany," it said.


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Though he had needed no sleep himself and had spent the night awake, watching over Eowyn, Legolas waited until the hunting party had assembled before he joined them in the stable yard, threading his way through a half-dozen men on horseback, concerned to find that neither Guthmer nor his younger brother was amongst the riders.
"Good morning, Master Elf," said Baldor, twisting in the saddle as his mount turned about. "I have picked out a horse for you, since your own is still missing. His name is Firebrand, and—I promise you—he is a challenge."
Legolas placed a hand upon his heart and bowed his head in thanks.
"Will you require a saddle, sir?" asked a harassed groom, struggling to lead a magnificent milk-white stallion through the swarm of mounted men.
Legolas reached out, and gently took the animal's head in his hands, wondering how Baldor had come to own a horse that had obviously been sired by one of the Mearas. "Gerich faer vara," he murmured and, touching his forehead to the horse's muzzle, he added, "estelio nin, Firebrand." Then, "Le hannon, mellon nín," he answered the groom, "but no. I shall ride him as he is."
And he sprang lightly onto the horse's back, ignoring the looks that passed between the riders, though he had little doubt that wagers had been laid, and that money would be changing hands at the end of the day.
"Well then," said Baldor, "let us depart."
Eowyn set her foot upon a step, and hitched up her skirts.
Legolas had insisted that, from now on, she should carry a hunting knife, and he had selected one from their stocks—a long, slender, Gondorian blade, lightweight but strong, that slipped easily from its smooth leather scabbard.
She wrapped the strap around her thigh and threaded it through the buckle, smiling as an image of Guthmer's startled face appeared in her mind's eye.
"My Lady?"
"Yes..." She lowered her skirts and turned to find a serving girl hovering just inside the barn door. "What is it?"
Blushing, the girl dropped a hasty curtsey. "Lady Gléowyn asks you to join her in the solar, my Lady."
"Thank you, er...?
"Eldit, my Lady."
"Thank you, Eldit. I shall come at once."
The solar—the lord and lady's private chamber—sat above the western end of the Great Hall, supported on a row of carved wooden pillars. If the lady were to discover that she is entertaining the sister of the King of Rohan...! thought Eowyn, smiling as she climbed the stairs.
She knocked lightly at the door, and opened it without waiting for a reply. To her surprise, the solar was bright and cheerful; a lady's chamber. She closed the door behind her and, approaching Lady Gléowyn, who was sitting upon the great bed working a piece of elaborate embroidery, she curtsied.
Gléowyn waited a few moments more than strictly necessary before slowly raising her head and looking Eowyn in the eye. "Sit down," she said.
Eowyn glanced behind her, spotted a couple of stools, drew one a little closer, and sat.
"I am told," said Gléowyn, pinning her needle to her embroidery and setting the frame aside, "that you and your husband have a fine selection of silks and trimmings."
"Indeed we do, my Lady," replied Eowyn, slipping into the role of merchant's wife. "This,"—she indicated her slightly outlandish gown with a graceful sweep of the hand—"is made from Elven silk, and trimmed with Haradin lace."
Lady Gléowyn did not seem impressed.
"Most of our stock is still locked in the wagon," Eowyn continued, unabashed, "which is down at the roadside, but it is being brought up to the cartwright's workshop today and, if my Lady wishes, I will be happy to show you our wares tonight. My husband," she added, recalling the woman's open admiration of Legolas, "is always happy to demonstrate the weapons."
"Tell me about Minas Tirith," said Lady Gléowyn. "You must have been there on your travels. Tell me what the great ladies wear. Do they follow the Elvish Queen's example?"
"Yes, they do, my Lady." Eowyn began a long and detailed account of the fashions she had seen the last time she had been at Court, and it was not until she had been talking for some time that she noticed Gléowyn's younger son, lurking behind the curtains of the great bed. Fortunately, her surprise went unnoticed because, at the same moment, the surly servant entered the chamber, and whispered in his mistress's ear.
"I seems I cannot be spared," said Lady Gléowyn, wearily; "I am needed urgently elsewhere. Please wait here for my return."
Eowyn watched the woman depart, relieved to see her younger son slink out behind her, closely followed by the ill-tempered servant.
By the time the hunting party reached Firien Wood, all was prepared. Baldor's efficient master huntsman had stationed relays of hounds throughout the forest, and was waiting for them on the Mering Bridge. "We've found a bed, my Lord," he said, "down in the dell beside the Blue Rocks. It's still warm, so the boar can't be far."
"Take us there," said Baldor. He turned to Legolas. "Are you game Master Elf?"
Legolas assented with a polite bow of the head, though hunting animals for sport gave him no pleasure, and he questioned the wisdom of pushing the horses up and down the steep slopes.
Baldor eyed him thoughtfully, sensing his disapproval.
Then he signalled to his fellow riders, and they followed him into the valley, their horses struggling to retain their footing. When they reached the bottom, Baldor dismounted and inspected the boar's bed.
"He's a big one, Waldef."
"And, as you say, not long gone. Release the dogs."
The master huntsman waited until his lord had remounted before signalling the dog handlers to slip the leashes. The hounds scurried away, barking excitedly.
"Come on!" cried Baldor, spurring his horse. The riders set off in pursuit, jostling each other in their eagerness to stay close to their lord; Legolas hung back, concerned for his mount, which—though swift and high-hearted—was wary of men.
Suddenly, the dogs turned south, flowing up the rocky hillside like an enchanted waterfall.
"This way," Baldor shouted, and the riders wheeled east, retracing their previous path until they found a way up. Legolas followed, climbing the slope, crossing the road, and plunging into the forest beyond, following a trail he immediately recognised as the narrow path that he and Eowyn had taken up to Wyrm's Hollow.
This will be interesting...
"More dogs," cried Baldor. "The demon is close!"
The master huntsman, running beside his lord, blew his horn, and another pack came streaming from the trees to join the chase.
"If we can drive him into the Hollow," someone shouted, "we'll have him cornered!"
A second later, they burst into the clearing and sighted their quarry for the first time—a massive boar, fighting for his life as the dogs leaped for him like a single, snapping monster.
Baldor swung from the saddle and, gripping his spear, approached the rout. "Call them off, Waldef," he ordered.
The dogs were summoned by their handlers.
Baldor faced the boar alone.
Legolas, meanwhile, had taken his bow from its strap and nocked an arrow and, urging his mount forward, was working his way to the front; for Baldor, though fit, was not a large man, and in the final struggle the Elf knew that weight would count for more than determination.
Baldor raised his spear, and waited, his eyes fixed upon the boar.
The beast pricked its ears, and took several small steps.
Baldor leaned in—
The boar charged—
Baldor struck, and missed, his spear glancing harmlessly down its shoulder—
And, in the split-second before it reached the man and ripped him asunder, Legolas drew and loosed, and buried his arrow deep between the boar's eyes.
Eowyn moved quickly round the chamber, picking up the various knick-knacks and examining them, unsure of what she was looking for. The large chests that lined the southern wall were all safely locked—more evidence of the lord and lady's excellent housekeeping—but lying upon one of them she found a carved box, about the size of a book, shallow, and ornately gilded.
She pulled the pin from the catch, and opened it.
It housed the portrait of a woman—an exotic beauty with dark eyes and long, black hair—and, as Eowyn studied it, she was reminded of Baldor's sharp features, and of his unusually dark hair and beard...
Quite rare in Rohan, she thought. Is this a picture of Baldor's mother?
The two murdered women, Deorhild and Guthwyn, had been—as far as she could tell—blonde, like her own family. But Baldor's sons were both dark, like their father...
Could Baldor be a bastard? she wondered. Did he have to kill off the legitimate heirs to secure his inheritance? Eofor died in a skirmish, but what of his wife? Might Baldor have killed her to prevent his brother's having more heirs? Might she already have been with child when—
Eowyn recognised the voice. Guthmer.
She closed the portrait and replaced it. "I am snooping," she said, made bold by the knife strapped to her thigh. She turned to face him.
Guthmer, to her surprise, merely grunted, as though her answer were perfectly satisfactory. He crossed to the great bed and threw himself down upon it.
Eowyn returned to her stool.
"The wraith did not harm you, then?" he asked, after a few moments' awkward silence.
"On the contrary," Eowyn replied, boldly. "The 'wraith' is the spirit of one my ancestors, and he protects me whenever an impetuous boy threatens my honour." She saw Guthmer's expression change. "Oh,"she said. "You have seen him before."
The young man did not reply.
"When?" she demanded.
He scowled.
Eowyn rose to her feet. "I am not lying, Guthmer," she said. "The spirit is one of my ancestors—"
"And you are no merchant's wife," he said, with a sneer. "So who are you?"
"That is not important—"
"Horse shit!" He rose, and came towards her and, through her silken skirts, Eowyn felt for her hunting knife. "Who are you, Melmenya—if that is even your name? And what are you doing here, with all your airs, and your ancestors, and your pretty Elf husband—" Suddenly, his hand shot out, and he seized the the golden chain about her neck, and yanked the ring from her bodice. "Oh, shit!" he cried. "Shit, shit, shit! You are an agent of the King—"
"Guthmer—"
"Who are you? Why are you here? What does he know? Why are you in disguise?"
"No!" Eowyn tried to limit the damage. "No, it was the spirit who led me here, Guthmer. The spirit! And I do not know what he wants. When has he appeared to you?"
The young man licked his dry lips. Behind his eyes, doubt and fear were vying with anger and recklessness.
"Tell me," said Eowyn, with the firm voice she would have used to coax a horse.
But, at that moment, the chamber door opened, and Lady Gléowyn entered with her younger son. "Ah, Guthmer," she said, "I have been looking for you. Something is disrupting work in the fields. Take your brother with you. Mistress Melmenya, will you join me in the Buttery?"
"You have my thanks, Master Elf," said Baldor, with a gracious bow of the head—though, when he raised his eyes, Legolas saw shame in them. "It appears that what they say about your kind is true."
He gestured to his master huntsman, and the man moved in to 'unmake' the boar and prepare the dogs' reward.
"My younger son," continued Baldor, "has shown an aptitude for the bow. Perhaps..."
Legolas doubted that the sulky boy had any skill whatsoever, but replied, "I would be honoured, my Lord, to see him shoot and, perhaps, to offer some guid—"
"My Lord! My Lord!"
The Man and the Elf both turned towards the sudden commotion.
Some of the hounds, strangely having lost interest in the boar, were dragging their confused handlers further down the clearing, where several riders were examining something on the ground, and calling, "My Lord! My Lord!"
Baldor waded through the yapping dogs; Legolas, knowing exactly what the men had found, followed him.
"Bodies, my Lord," said one of the riders. "Burnt beyond recognition." He stepped aside to allow Baldor better access.
"This is the 'man-mountain', my Lord," said another of the riders. He was holding up the tarpaulin with which Legolas and Eowyn had covered the largest of the victims, and was indicating his size with his free hand. "I am sure it is he."
Baldor poked the ashes with the toe of his boot.
"Are there any more?" asked Legolas, innocently.
In no time, the dogs had found two.
They were lying, as Eowyn had foreseen, huddled together, one partially covering the other, as though trying to protect her. Legolas crouched down beside them. The flames had done their work less thoroughly here, and larger parts of the bodies were still intact, including the bones of a small foot in a red leather boot. "Women," said Legolas, looking up into Baldor's face.
And the emotions he saw there were unmistakable.
The Buttery was a stone-lined storeroom beneath the Great Hall. A spiral staircase led down to its heavy wooden door, and a series of small windows, high up in its walls, let air and shaded light into its cool depths.
"Can you read and write, Mistress?" asked Lady Gléowyn, as they entered.
"Of course," replied Eowyn—adding, hastily, "my Lady."
"Good. Then you can be my scribe."
Lady Gléowyn closed the door behind them, crossed to one of the wooden shelves, took up a large slate and a piece of chalk, and handed them to Eowyn. "I will tell you what to write."
For almost an hour, the lady inspected and counted the items on her shelves, and Eowyn erased, added, and updated the amounts recorded on the slate.
"My son," said Gléowyn, as she completed her count of the jars of pickled cabbage, "is spoken for. Twelve."
Eowyn corrected the list. "My Lady?"
"He is betrothed. To the daughter of Walda son of Galfrid." She started on the jars of strawberry preserve.
"I am married, my Lady," said Eowyn.
"To a merchant," replied the woman. "He is a pretty fellow—there is no doubt of that—but a bright, ambitious young woman with a modicum of beauty can always raise herself by a more sensible marriage."
"The elves do not permit divorce, my Lady," said Eowyn.
"There are other ways to end a foolish alliance," said Gléowyn, airily. "Two dozen. But do not think that you will ever have my son, Mistress—there, all done. Now let us return to the solar. Since you are so proud of your learning, you can read to me."
"At last," said Eowyn, "tidings came to Eorl of the need of Gondor, and late though it seemed, he set out with a great host of riders. Thus he came to the battle of the Field of Celebrant, for that was the name of the green land that lay between Silverlode and Limlight. There the northern army of Gondor was in peril—"
"You read tolerably well," said Gléowyn, "though your voice lacks sweetness."
Eowyn cleared her throat. "Do you wish me to continue?"
Fortunately, the woman's reply was forestalled by the sound of clattering hooves rising from the courtyard below. "The men have returned," she declared and, setting her needlework aside, she rose and left the chamber.
Eowyn, though she had not been invited, followed.
Outside, amidst the chaos of the riders' dismounting and the grooms' leading away the horses, she quickly found Legolas.
"Come, Melmenya," he said, quietly. "Baldor has given us permission to check Master Lionel's progress with the wagon, and I have much to tell you."
Theodred keeps his word.
Legolas and Eowyn make a worrying discovery.
Gerich faer vara ... You have a fiery spirit
Estelio nin ... Trust me
Le hannon, mellon nín ... Thank you, my friend
The passage Eowyn reads to Lady Gléowyn is from The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, II: The House of Eorl.
A boar hunt


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The Tabularium was raised by Q. Lutatius Catulus in 78 B.C. The bronze tablets of laws and declarations are kept here. It is one of only a handful couple of stays of the Republican period.
In the Middle Ages, a stronghold was developed over the remaining parts of the Tabularium, and this was later on changed into the Palazzo Senatorio (Senatorial Palace). From that point forward, the structure has really been used for capacities identified with the city's organization. A couple of these spaces were used from in the middle of the fourteenth and the seventeenth. hundreds of years for the capacity and closeout of salt, while different areas were used as prison cells straight up till the center of the nineteenth. century.
The exterior looking on the Roman Forum, 73 met. long comprises of a line of ten curves surrounded by Doric drew in segments behind which is a display separated into rooms secured with shelter vaults. At first, it had a second story with a porticoed outside of Corinthian sections. Inside the base is a long entry which has 6 windows that look out on the Roman Forum.
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