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Spring celebrations
For most couples, picking the date is all about venue availability or pinning down the best suppliers but, for Kirsten Young, the most important thing was finding a date her husband-to-be, Tom Buck, would definitely be in the country!
After meeting at a summer job then being firm friends from afar for six years, fate stepped in and, in 2014, Tom was posted up in Scotland with his job – he had been in the Royal Marines since 2008 and, having served in Afganistan in 2010, is now a Captain. Friendship turned to romance and, a few months later, they bought their first home.
A few years on, Tom surprised Kirsten with an invitation to a special lunch date. But before they headed to the secret location, there was another surprise: a proposal! The treats didn't end there – when they reached the destination, their entire family (including those from Yorkshire and Jersey!) was there to join them: "He must have been pretty confident I'd say yes," laughs Kirsten.
The first priority was finding a date to suit Tom's work commitments and, keen on a spring wedding, they settled for Eastertime. Logie was the first and only venue they visited: "The fact there were different places to get married and the opportunity to go between the house, ballroom and grounds was what clinched it. The swimming pool and hot tub ticked the box for keeping people entertained the night before, too."
Creative Kirsten had a definite theme in mind: fresh and spring-like. She filled the spaces with rustic, natural accessories – "lots of rocks and twigs as we love the outdoors and rock climbing" – teamed with soft white florals.
Tom's career was very much incorporated too with a guard of honour (a ceremonial military tradition) after the ceremony and a quirky military-themed game in the evening. The favours were donations to the Captain David Seath Memorial Fund, a nod to Tom's best friend who'd sadly passed away running the London Marathon.
Kirsten's mum got involved too, putting a seasonal twist on the popular candy cart idea by surprising the bride with an Easter egg table, plus making up cute bathroom baskets.
They took a break from decorations, however, for a spot of dress shopping and Kirsten picked the second gown she tried on: "I didn't actually have a 'this is the one' moment – but I knew I felt really good in it. I always wanted a fitted silhouette with a long train and something that would look timeless next to Tom's uniform."
The big day rolled around quickly and, the night before, the couple welcomed their nearest and dearest to Logie for dinner and drinks: "I couldn't recommend it enough as the next day half the guests already knew one another. Although, I'd warned Tom not to stay up late drinking in the hot tub... and it ended up being him that had to drag me out!"
The morning passed in a blur for Kirsten and she remembers seeing Tom at the beginning of the ceremony as the highlight of her day: "There was no better feeling than just looking at each other, feeling happy and excited."
After the humanist nuptials, guests queued up at the stunning handmade bar, Bucks Bar (stocked with lots of Buck's Fizz, of course!), then tucked into traditional British fare – another subtle military touch.
An additional 40 guests joined for the evening when Splendid Gentlemen put on a mix of ceilidh music and modern tunes. And, as if the couple weren't already in their element, they were called to the dance floor and given an envelope – their kind-hearted friends and family had chipped in to surprise them with a mini-moon to Milan; perfect as Tom heading off again soon meant the honeymoon would have to go on hold.


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Nigerian youngster Chuba Akpom scored a hat-trick as Arsenal began their pre-season programme with a 4-0 win over a Singapore XI in the Barclays Asia Trophy in Singapore on Wednesday.
Akpom's compatriot Alex Iwobi, who started the match, also had an impressive outing, showing flashes of brilliance.
The 19-year-old Akpom gave Arsène Wenger's side a first-half lead and then rolled in a penalty before completing his treble with a powerful header.
Jack Wilshere also scored from the spot as the tourists blew away some cobwebs with an encouraging display at Singapore's national stadium. They return here on Saturday to face Everton in the final after the Merseysiders beat Stoke City on penalties in Wednesday's opening game.
There were plenty of positives for Wenger to glean from his team's first workout of the summer – including the contribution of teenager Iwobi. A more searching examination awaits this weekend as Arsenal build up their fitness and form ahead of the new campaign.
Wenger rested 10 of his 27-man squad for the first game of Arsenal's Singapore trip, opting for those who had the most pre-season training under their belts.
That meant a start for first-time tourist Iwobi, while Wilshere lined up in the No 10 role behind centre forward Akpom. Per Mertesacker captained the side with Mikel Arteta among those given a watching brief.

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I'm Jason, East Coast Editor/Head Console Peasant/Many of Many Hats, and I have been away from the forums for a bit now, mostly due to juggling too many things at once! However, we've been testing a livestream on the Bottom Tier stream. I've noticed that the OnRPG livestream has been more than stagnant, and we're aiming to fix that. We may use restream to stream to the OnRPG Twitch but for now, we're going to focus on Youtube. What's the schedule, you ask? Great question!
Click this to go to OnRPG's Youtube channel!
The schedule will be Monday through Friday, schedule willing, from 12:30pm-2pm. MMOHuts' livestream focuses on Free to Play games, but OnRPG is a bit different. Honestly, I'll play just about any RPG that I feel like. EG: Right now, I'm doing a runthrough of Project II FFIV. I'll probably also play F2P stuff, but I'm going to focus on whatever RPGs that I feel like. I do take requests though! The forums are so busy, and I'd love to have you guys to come hang out with me and talk RPGs that you love/don't love! M/W/F are pretty much guaranteed, unless I'm out on business, but I'll do my best to keep them as frequent as possible.
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
In a bar, under the sea
Q: What do Dutch beer and making love in a canoe have in common?
A: They are both fucking close to water.
(Was this good enough?)
Dutch people, beer, etc, are people, beer, etc, from the Netherlands, also known as Holland. Dutchland does not exist, but Deutschland is Germany in German. Netherlands means Low Countries -- as in below sea level -- which, we learned at school once upon a time, are Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg. Sounds like the Dutch are claiming all three countries' territories for themselves, by calling themselves the Netherlands! Shame on them!
Kamagurka is a Belgian cartoonist and this is not his best joke, but Jillian will understand:
Can't we just stay friends?
Still accepting ideas, what to call our invention, see previous post! Meanwhile, we hope we won't need our umbrella for a while (with or without lights, music, water cooler, coffee machine installed). We hope for a wonderful, sunny weekend, for us and for you too, of course! One more day to go! Hurrah!
5 comments:
- Jillian said...
LOL. Oh yea, I understood. I just wish that in English! Was he arranging a "get together" for later or something? Inquiring minds and all that!
- Friday, April 18, 2008
- Kimba The White Lioness said...
Awww, naughty, naught sheepy! Or not? Maybe it's just my dirty, dirty mind!
Hmmm.... your invention...
...have been thinking about a name... but also other PRACTICAL uses for an umbrella w/ spokes that light up when opened...
Have to think on it more. Back in a bit!
- Sunday, April 20, 2008
- Bimmy the Bookish said...
Well, if it has a shelf already, you may as well have a coffee machine on it. And ambient lighting....and possibly a fold out chair.
A name though, that's tough. I'll get the toons on to it!
- Monday, April 21, 2008
- Frog the Dog said...
Imagine the headlines:
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The Amazing, the Incredible, the Splendifferously Magnificent
Patent No RTGML20080414a.
Buy it now for only $999
10% to the home for retired cartoon dogs(who havent retired yet, but hope to soon on the profits of the Rotagomila)
When are you going into production??
- Monday, April 21, 2008
- Roufa Tav Gosou & Mimi Lass said...
Superfrogtastic name, Frog! Thank you!
And it should DEFINITELY include a system to hold itself. As Bimmy commented (see previous post), holding an umbrella is utterly irritating.
Production? Can't we just sit aside and cash in on the idea while someone else is working on it?
Kimba, it's probably both!
Jillian, we lost you. Who's arranging a get together?
By the way, translation of the first cartoon, Heineken Light:
It was a heavy decision.
Meaning, difficult.
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#100/100 Taylor GSLJ Living Jewel Series
As an introduction to this group of fans of the most innovative guitar company today, let me share my experience with one of the highest examples of their manufacturing skills. I am a very big fan of the 14 series, especially the koa and walnut models. But this guitar is one special piece of wood.
A friend of mine, Bart Ghormley, has had quite a nice collection of guitars, owning Taylors, Breedlove Ed Gerhard, Goodall CJ and Standards, and Lowden D models, but his latest is the #100/100 Taylor GSLJ Living Jewel Series, the very last guitar in this inaugural series of very special guitars. He has his eye on another specialty guitar now so this Taylor is for sale.
Pics of this guitar, which do it far better justice than my
descriptions can be found at http://albums.photopoint.com/j/albumlist?
u=1141467&auth=false and click on "Bart's guitars". If that link doesn't work, here's his email address:
firstname.lastname@example.com The background on this series of guitars
can be found in Taylor's Wood and Steel issue Volume 23
Now, this Taylor lives up to its name, Jewel, for the Aqua-
blue finish glistens and shimmers in the light. The Spruce
top has silking throughout and suggestions of bear claw
figure across the very tight grain.
The "rosette" is of Japanese nishikigoi carp (koi) in red, black, orange and crystal white inlays of polyester faux-
pearl, Color Core, reconstituted turquoise, coral and
stone. These precisely cut designs encircle the ivoroid-
lipped soundhole and swim up and down the ebony fretboard,
overlapping the different surfaces of the top and tongue,
creating an image of depth in the "water".
There is a state beach , John Lloyd Beach park, here in Ft.
Lauderdale. The sand bar reaches far out into the ocean.
You can stand in chest deep water over a 100 yards from
shore, so the waves usually ripple gently into shore. The
waves stir up the sand bed in billowing puffs that settle
into winding, criss-crossing, undulating ridges, ridges
that are the mirror image of this guitar's highly quilted
Maple back. Quilt lines span the entire surface in this
beautifully bookmatched back.
The straight grained, finger joint neck contrasts with the
cotton candy cloud forms of the quilted sides. The guitar
is a constantly moving visual experience.
Top is bound in white ivoroid with b/w/b purfling, then a
wide white band, and a second set of b/w/b purling. The
back and sides have b/w/b. The neck and headstock are
bound in ivoroid.
And what a visual contrast and treat to move your eyes from
the swirling blue of the exterior to the natural interior.
Superb, exact finish details on all brace surfaces.
As I've come to expect from Taylor, a very low, fast set-up
from the factory. A bit low for my style; I could make it
buzz a bit in solos and chords. As I adjusted my style,
played with more finesse (if that's possible) the guitar
felt like an electric, with such quick response. A player
with real chops would appreciate the fast action.
This guitar is brand new. Right from the factory. No time
for it to be played and to open up. Time is the final
arbiter on any views I might propose. So, I will not judge
as much as report on what it is NOW.
Crisp, bright, popping tone. Expressions of the Maple b&s
and the thin dread(thinner than the Goodall RSC and Lowden
Dread) body depth. One could assume it would work well in
a recording environment because of the clarity. A very
unscientific but fairly reliable 6 to 7 second sustain by
my "calculations" without mixture of overtone.
In A/B comparison to both the Goodall RSC and the Lowden
rosewood Dread, this Taylor has a defined brightness to
it. Different woods, though. With my hard playing style,
it is brash, curt; a voice I often find in Maple/spruce
guitars when I play. It was strung with light Elixirs,
which I do not prefer. Not a lot of meat to the strings
which certainly curtails the trebles from having any body.
I would like to hear the guitar with some Newtone mediums.
And raise the action to help drive that beautiful top. Its
tight fundamental tone is what I have experienced in many
Taylors, regardless of price range. It has a Taylor voice,
a voice I find very different from the Goodall and Lowden sound, for
But perhaps my expectations are unrealistic regarding this
guitar, or just off-base regarding Bob Taylor's intentions
with this whole line of guitars. They are visual
statements. And they fill a need, they perfectly satisfy a
particular customer, along the lines of the visual
extravagance of Laskin and Robinson and Sakashta and Owsley
Smith and all the other superb craftsman that fulfill the
fantastic visual whims of their customers.
This was not designed for the "player" as I understand that term: someone who puts their music out front, to the
audience, in clubs and bars and open mic nights, or
performance spaces or outdoor concerts, who makes a living
from his music.
It's tone, like most Maple/Spruce guitars I've played, except Walker and Lowden, does not fill my needs for my music, for my
ear. It will certainly fill the needs of many guitarists
who appreciate that clarity, that fundamental. But I want
bass and mids that shake my ribs, and trebles that sound
like gongs, an "overtone" voice, a complex voice, colored by rosewood probably but that's mostly up to the luthier.
This guitar will gorgeously grace the walls of a cherry
wood den, alongside Civil war swords or a Rothko. But,
it's still the only work of "art" in that room you can take down and flatpick "The Red Haired Boy" on. That does make it special.
Marc Durso
Goodall / Thompson
http://communities.msn.com/Handmadeguitars for pics of my guitars
A very good review - very thorough. I agree, that this series of guitars, like the PRS Dragon series, is more about what I call "trophy" guitar collecting instead of playing. It does serve a purpose and much like the Dodge Viper, is more of a "showoff" piece than legitimate series of product.
It is stunning to see, no doubt about that though!
Scott Peterson
Marilyn Mack Group
Marilyn Mack Group MP3.Com Site
My Personal MP3.Com Site
Dirty Cow Records
My Gear
"Sleeping and eating were never as important to me (as playing the guitar)." Chet Atkins
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Idiot of the week
Hello readers.
This week I nominate for idiot of the week
Alan Quinlan.
The hard as nails blindside is arguably the form back row in Europe and was a surprise but justified inclusion in the Lions tour. I had visions of him breaking into the test team and giving a MOTM performance to beat South Africa.
He celebrated said state of affairs by eye gouging Leo Cullen (not that anyone would notice, Leo Cullen is the ugliest man alive). Hello 16 week ban, you absolute numbskull
For Quinlan
I'd say Croft, R. Jones and Leamy.
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Volume 2017, Article ID 1526706, 8 pages
Field Geometric Calibration Method for Line Structured Light Sensor Using Single Circular Target
1School of Electrical Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
2College of Computer and Communication Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China
3Marine Engineering Institute, Jimei University, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, China
Correspondence should be addressed to Tianfei Chen; moc.361@iefnait_nehc
Received 17 October 2017; Accepted 11 December 2017; Published 31 December 2017
Academic Editor: Shangguang Wang
Copyright © 2017 Tianfei Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
To achieve fast calibration of line structured light sensor, a geometric calibration approach based on single circular calibration target is proposed. The proposed method uses the circular points to establish linear equations, and according to the angle constraint, the camera intrinsic parameters can be calculated through optimization. Then, the light plane calibration is accomplished in two steps. Firstly, when the vanishing lines of target plane at various postures are obtained, the intersections between vanishing lines and laser stripe can be computed, and the normal vector of light plane can be calibrated via line fitting method using intersection points. After that, the distance from the origin of camera coordinate system to the light plane can be derived based on the model of perspective-three-point. The actual experimental result shows that this calibration method has high accuracy, its average measuring accuracy is 0.0451 mm, and relative error is 0.2314%. In addition, the entire calibration process has no complex operations. It is simple, convenient, and suitable for calibration on sites.
1. Introduction
As a typical representative of noncontact vision measurement technology, the line structured light sensor has a wide application prospect in industry for dimensional analysis, on-line inspection, component quality, and reverse engineering, due to its simple structure, moderate accuracy, fast speed, large amount of information, and other advantage factors [1–6]. Generally, the sensor consists of one camera and one laser generator, and the laser triangulation is treated as basic principle, so the laser generator is displaced relative to the camera in space. When the structure is fixed, the task of sensor is to acquire the three-dimensional (3D) characteristic information of profile of the measured object. The acquisition process is described as follows: laser plane from laser generator is modulated by the depth of the measured object, and the laser stripe is formed, which contains 3D information of the measured object. The camera captures the object containing the deformed laser stripe. Then, 3D dense world points are generated by sampling points on each light stripe in the CCD image, and the calculation of 3D world points is based on the mathematical model of the sensor. When the line structured light sensor has already been assembled, some unknown model parameters exist, which directly influence the calculation precision of 3D world points for the measured object. Therefore, the calibration of model parameters is one of the key links for line structured light sensor.
The parameters calibration for line structured light sensor incorporates two stages: stage one is camera calibration, and the other is the calibration of light plane equation. According to the dimension of calibration target, the existing calibration method can be divided into the categories as below: (1) 3D stereo target. The wire drawing calibration method [7] and the sawtooth calibration method [8] are the earliest proposed methods. It should be noted that camera calibration is not involved in these two methods, and some precise auxiliary equipment is still needed, which leads to the fact that the calibration cost is relatively higher. Besides, the calibration process is tedious and the accuracy is limited. On the foundation of the previous work, Huynh et al. [9] and Wei et al. [10] make full use of cross-ratio invariance and double cross-ratio invariance to compute calibration points, and the calibration accuracy is improved significantly. However, 3D precision calibration target is still employed, and calibration cost is higher all the same. In addition, high quality images are difficult to be captured, due to illumination occlusion of 3D stereo target. (2) Planar target. The calibration method that used free-moving planar target has become commonly popular for line structured light sensor [11–15]. This method can not only obtain high quality calibration images, but also reduce the calibration cost. However, some repeated calculation from each position of planar target to camera is required, so the complexity of computation is higher. (3) One-dimensional (1D) target. Wei et al. [16] and Han et al. [17] have proposed calibration methods based on 1D target, which can expand the application field of line structured light sensor. (4) Self-calibration method. Active vision calibration method for line structured light sensor has been proposed in [18], which can achieve automatic calibration without target, but this method relies on the mechanical movement of sensor, so it does not have universal applicability.
A field geometric calibration method for line structured light sensor based on single circular target is proposed in this paper. The proposed method makes full use of geometric constraints of a single circle to complete the parameters calibration of camera and light plane equation at the same time. The adopted single circular target has the advantages of simple structure and easy processing, and it can be placed free-movingly to capture more higher quality calibration images. In addition, the calculation process is not complicated or repeated, the algorithm is simple and fast, and it is flexible, convenient, and suitable for calibration on sites.
2. Mathematical Model of Line Structured Light Sensor
Figure 1 shows the mathematical model of line structured light sensor. In Figure 1, - represents camera coordinate system, and - is image plane coordinate system of CCD. - is defined as normalized plane coordinate system, and its distance to the origin of camera coordinate system is 1. Besides, , . The optical axis of camera is perpendicular to normalized plane and CCD image plane. is a point on the laser stripe, and , are, respectively, corresponding image points on CCD image plane and normalized plane.
Note that the homogeneous coordinates of point in camera coordinate system are denoted by , and the homogeneous coordinates of its corresponding image points , in their coordinate system are, respectively, . Based on the perspective projection transformation, the relationships are described as follows: represents a unit matrix of , and the homogeneous coordinate point can be treated as 3D coordinates of image point in the camera coordinate system. is camera intrinsic parameter matrix; its form is represented as follows: are, respectively, the scale factors of the CCD image plane in the axis direction. represent the principal point coordinates of the camera; is skew factor.
If the radial distortion of camera lens is further considered, the first-order model is commonly chosen to handle the nonlinear distortion effects, due to the fact that too many distortion parameters will make solution unstable [19]. Note that the actual corresponding image point coordinate of points is ; we have the relationship as follows: is distortion parameter; . Thus, the whole intrinsic camera parameters consist of the matrix and the distortion parameter .
Assume that the light plane equation in camera coordinate system is expressed as follows: is a point on the light plane, so its coordinate also satisfies constraint of (4). are light plane parameters of sensor. If the camera intrinsic parameters and light plane parameters are known, the 3D coordinates of point on the light plane can be determined according to (1), (3), and (4).
3. Calibration of Sensor Parameters
3.1. Geometric Theorem
A single circular calibration target is used in this paper. In order to describe the proposed algorithm conveniently, some related geometric theorems are firstly introduced. Based on the geometric constraints of single circle, camera parameters and light plane parameters can be calibrated.
Figure 2 shows schematic diagram of single circular target and its imaging. In Figure 2(a), is circle center, and A, B, C, D are intersection points between the circle and the line , across the circle center . The angle between , is . indicates the line at infinity, which is the intersection line formed by target plane and the plane at infinity. are, respectively, intersection points between line and . are circular points of line . In Figure 2(b), vanishing points are, respectively, imaging points of . Vanishing line is the projection of on CCD. In camera coordinate system, the direction of space straight line is , the normal direction of target plane is n, the homogeneous expressions of vanishing point and vanishing line are, respectively, . Based on the projective geometry theory [20], the following properties are satisfied.
(1) The cross-ratio of collinear points satisfies , and the cross-ratio of its projection remains unchanged. Similarly, .
(2) Any circle on target plane intersects the line at circular points, and it is irrespective of the position and radius of the circle. Accordingly, the intersections between the imaging of circle and the imaging of the line at infinity are the imaging of circular points.
(3) The intersection point between the space straight line and the plane at infinity indicates the direction of the straight line, and the intersection line between the space plane and the plane at infinity indicates the normal direction of the space plane.
Based on the above properties, the relations can be represented as follows:The symbol represents equality in case of a constant factor.
3.2. Camera Calibration
The single circular target images under different postures are captured within the camera's field of view. For each image, vanishing points for all straight lines across the circle center can be calculated according to property , and the vanishing line of target plane under this posture is obtained by fitting the straight line using vanishing points; then the imaging of circular points can be computed according to property . If the imaging coordinates of circular point at a certain position are , and its relationship with camera intrinsic matrix can be expressed asthe linear equations of matrix can be constructed by formula (7), the detailed procedure can be referred to in [21]. However, the above process does not take into account the lens distortion parameters , and the lens distortion cannot be neglected in the field of vision measurement. In this paper, the optimization objective function is established according to the known angle constraint of the straight lines on the target; the formula is expressed as follows:In the above formula, is the number of target images, and is the number of angles between straight lines across the circle center on the target. represents the known angles between straight lines, and is the actual calculation value, which can be treated as a function of camera intrinsic parameter and . First, the extracted image points are corrected by formula (3), and then the vanishing points are computed. Using formula (5), the direction of lines through the center on the target is obtained in the camera coordinate system, and the angle between the lines is obtained by the cosine theorem. At this point, the camera calibration including distortion can be transformed into a nonlinear optimization problem, and Nelder-Mead nonlinear simplex method is used to solve (8). The solution of linear equation is as the iterative initial value for matrix , and the initial value of distortion parameters is set to zero; then the iterative optimization is carried on, so that which minimize the objective function are the intrinsic camera parameters.
3.3. Light Plane Calibration
From formula (4), are the light plane parameters of the sensor. At present, the general methods [7–11] are used to calibrate light plane by plane fitting after seeking the calibration points on the light plane. Considering geometric meaning of light plane, indicates the normal vector of light plane, represents the distance information from the origin of the coordinate system to the light plane, and then single circular target is used to complete calibration in two steps in this paper.
Figure 3 is schematic diagram of calibration for normal vector of laser plane. is laser stripe line on CCD image plane which is formed by modulation between light plane and target plane. The Steger method [22] is adopted to extract the center coordinates of laser stripe line, and this method is stable and robust, and its accuracy can be reached to subpixel level. are vanishing points of straight lines across the circle center on the target, and its corresponding image coordinates can be determined by property . are defined as intersection points between circle and straight lines across the center , and is image coordinates of circle center; then the vanishing points calculation formula is given as follows: represents corresponding vanishing line of target plane, and its mathematical equation can be obtained by plane fitting using vanishing points. Note that the homogeneous coordinates expression of on the CCD image plane is , so the formula is given byIn the above formula, , respectively, indicate , components of vanishing point. is the intersection point between line and line , and it represents the vanishing point of laser stripe line under this posture. Similarly, target plane's posture can be changed repeatedly, vanishing points which indicate different directions of laser stripe lines on the light plane can be obtained, and then vanishing line of light plane can be calculated by line fitting, and the fitting equation is similar to formula (10). Then, the normal vector of light plane in the camera coordinate system can be computed by formula (6).
Note that it is necessary to make the target plane and the CCD image plane incline to each other; that is to say, a certain angle between them should exists when calibrating camera and light plane. If the two planes are parallel, the projection of the target plane becomes into affine transformation, and then the vanishing line of the target plane cannot be determined.
Figure 4 shows the schematic diagram of calibration for distance information. is the origin of the camera coordinate system, is the distance from the origin to the light plane. represents the normal vector of light plane in the camera coordinate system. On the target plane, the laser stripe line intersects with the circle at point A, and the line across the point and the center intersects with the circle at point B, and their corresponding image points on CCD plane are, respectively, a, o, b. At this moment, the principle of perspective-three-point between points A, O, B and viewpoint will be used. If the distance of AO, OB and the angle of are known, the coordinates of points A, O, B can be calculated [23]. On the CCD image plane, the coordinates of points a, o, b can be extracted by image processing algorithm. If the camera intrinsic parameters have been calibrated, the angle can also be computed using the coordinates of the imaging points. While the distance of AO, OB is equal to the radius of the circle, the coordinates of point on the light plane, that is vector , can be calculated based on the model of perspective-three-point. Thus, the distance from the origin of camera coordinate system to the light plane is as expressed as follows:
In order to reduce the influence of noise and other factors, the position of the target plane can be changed repeatedly and the average calculation is carried on; the formula is described as follows: represents distance information at the position, is the total number of points, and then the distance parameter is computed as follows:
Till then, the model parameters of sensor have already been calibrated completely.
4. Experiment Results and Accuracy Analysis
As shown in Figure 5(a), the line structured light sensor is composed of WAT-5352EX2 camera (resolution: ), fixed focus lens made by Computar, and laser line generator of 650 nm wavelength. Figure 5(b) shows the single circular target used in this paper, and the radius is 20 mm. In order to extract the intersection points conveniently, the target checkered with black and white is adopted, and each angle in the target is 30 degrees.
4.1. Calibration Experiment
Turn on the laser generator, and the single circular target is free-movingly placed at different position within the measurement space of the sensor to capture calibration images. Figure 6 shows a set of calibration images. In the calibration images, the intersection points between the circle and lines across the center can be extracted by using OpenCV functions, and the functions are based on the Harris corner detection principle, and its extraction accuracy can reach 0.1 pixels. In addition, [21] is used to locate the circle center in the calibration image.
First of all, camera calibration is carried on according to Section 3.2, and the results are shown in Table 1.
Figure 7 shows the circle center locations influenced by lens distortion in a calibration image. The solid points are the intersection points of every two straight lines through the circle center, and the circle indicates the location center. The low distortion lens is used in this experiment, and its distortion is relatively smaller. Before correction, the solid points are basically distributed in a pixel cell, and the location center is within the solid points. After correction, the distribution of solid points is further narrowed on the direction of axis , and then the result demonstrates that the accuracy of circle center location can be further improved by distortion correction.
Extract the laser stripe line, and calculate the intersection points between laser stripe line and the vanishing line of the target, and then fit the straight line; the fitting line is the vanishing line of light plane in CCD. In Figure 8, the circles are the intersection points between laser stripe line and vanishing line of target plane, and the fitting line is vanishing line of light plane. The camera intrinsic parameters have already been calibrated, so the normal vector of light plane in the camera coordinate system can be calculated by formula (6). The result is computed as follows:
Figure 9 is a laser stripe image which satisfies the model of perspective-three-point. The star points and the cross points are the intersection points of laser stripe line and the fitting ellipse, and the circle represents the center. Then the model of perspective-three-point is constructed, and the distance information of the light plane is derived according to the content of Section 3.3. In order to reduce the influence of noise and other factors, more stripe images should be captured as shown in Figure 9, and then the average calculation is carried on after calculating distance information for each laser stripe image. By formula (13), the distance information of light plane is determined as . Finally, the calibration result of light plane equation is expressed as follows:
4.2. Accuracy Analysis
In order to verify the accuracy of the proposed calibration method, a high precision planar target with solid circle is used. As shown in Figure 10, turn on the laser generator and capture the target image. In the local world coordinate system defined by planar target, the coordinates of feature points on the stripe line can be computed using principle of cross-ration invariance, and then reference distance value can be calculated among the feature points. According to the calibration results of line structured light sensor, the distance among feature points can also be calculated; then compare them with the reference distance value. The comparative results are shown in Table 2.
From the analysis data in Table 2, we can see that the proposed method has higher calibration accuracy, the average absolute measurement deviation is 0.0451 mm, and the average relative measurement error is 0.2314%, which can meet the precision requirements of most application areas.
5. Conclusion
In this paper, a geometric calibration method for line structured light sensor is presented. This method uses single circular target to construct geometric constraints, and both camera intrinsic parameter and light plane equation can be calibrated at the same time. The single circular target's structure is simple and easy to process. The proposed algorithm has no complex or repeated calculation process, and it is simple, fast, flexible, and suitable for field calibration. The experimental results demonstrate that this method has higher calibration accuracy, the average measurement error is 0.0451 mm, and the relative error is 0.2314%, which meets the requirements of the detection accuracy in most application areas.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1604151, 61302118), Outstanding Talent Project of Science and Technology Innovation in Henan Province (174200510008), Program for Scientific and Technological Innovation Team in Universities of Henan Province (16IRTSTHN029), Program for Science and Technology Innovation Talents in Universities of Henan Province (17HASTIT022), the Funding Scheme of Young Key Teacher of Henan Province Universities (2016GGJS-087), and the Fundamental Research Funds of Henan University of Technology (2015QNJH13, 2016XTCX06).
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Katie Price's live vocals haven't always drawn the best reaction (we're looking at you, Ruth Langsford), but she has come up with a plan to silence her "haters" once and for all.
The star has announced plans to audition for 'The Voice' to prove she can actually sing.
Katie, who released the single 'I Got U' last year to a very mixed reception, admitted she was hoping to impress judges Will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Olly Murs and Tom Jones, whose approval would help shut up those who criticise her singing.
Speaking to The Voice's host Emma Willis on 'Loose Women', she said: "I'm actually going to do 'The Voice' next year. Do you want to know why? Because I get so much stick about my singing when I know I can sing.
"If the judges turn around for me I can go 'there you go they turned around for me' and if they don't I'll still do it."
She continued: "I really want to do it and I am going to do it. There's no harm in me saying it because they won't know. I am 100 per cent doing it."
Katie's admission had quite the reaction on Twitter, with some threatening to boycott the show, while others were curious to see how she would get on:
After Katie put in a shaky performance of her single on 'Loose Women' last year, former 'X Factor' star Craig Colton, who wrote the song, defended her, claiming she had "inner ear difficulties".
Katie, who previously attempted to represent the UK at Eurovision in 2005, didn't seem bothered by the criticism though, insisting she was "living her dream".
'Loose Women' airs weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV.
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Ajith 58 viswasam movie full update
Ajith 58 viswasam movie again directed by siva. The last 3 ajith films "Veeram" "Vedhalam" and "Vivegam" are comes with letter of "V".
The ajith 58 also comes as V in "Viswasam". Sathayajothi films producing this viswasam film. It's expects centimental film. Viswasam full update is here.
Ajith 58 viswasam movie:
Starring : Ajith
Director : Siva
Music : Yuvan shankar raja
Editor : Ruben
Production : Sathyajothi films
Release : On Diwali 2018.
It seems shooting starts from january and diwali 2018 release.


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One of the projects that I have wanted to get started for some time is a systematic reading through of Actes et Documents in order to trace the understanding of the persecution of the Jews, and others, from the beginning of the war until 1945. To date, I have "dipped" in and out at different points and made reference to documents as I read them or used references to answer particular questions. I have spent a lot of time on the Slovakian material because of the highly detailed information and its use in tracing the Slovakian government's treatment of the Jews of the Slovakia along with the protests from the Holy See.
I will not look at ADSS 1 (May 1939-August 1940) because it is readily available in English or ADSS 2 (Letters of Pius XII to the German bishops 1939-1945) because of the nature of the letters and the generally circumspect language used. ADSS 1 also deals mostly with the last-ditched attempts to prevent the war breaking out and then the first twelve months where the focus was principally on Poland and non-Jewish Polish suffering.
Today I wish to begin with Volume 3 - Poland and the Baltic States.
ADSS 3.1 & 3.2 and the Jews
In this two part volume there are several documents that mention Jews in the context of descriptions of life under both German and Soviet domination. 3.1 covers 1939-1941 and 3.2 1942-1945. It is essential to keep in mind the vast difference in the application of Nazi policy "in the East" with that of Western Europe. Not surprisingly, there are few documents that deal specifically with Jewish suffering. Limited papal representation, poor communication, the threats of constant terror, indiscriminate torture and murder, the presence of the camps and privation of the non-Jewish population as well as the Jews, meant that the vast majority of the documents deal with issues relevant to Catholic survival.
The documents also reveal the powerful undercurrent of anti-Jewish feeling in some quarters, the persistence of anti-Jewish myths and the pervasive acceptance of "Judeo-Bolshevism" and the myth of a Jewish proclivity to economic avarice and greed. Reading these texts is sobering; they carry an almost palpable sadness. Descriptions of life under Soviet and German rule up until June 1941 are similar in many ways, not least of which was the concerted attempt by both sides to obliterate Polish national identity. Soviet occupation in the Baltic States engaged in a similar policy of "Sovietisation" or what could also be called "Russification".
Documents that contain direct references to Jews in ADSS 3.1 include: 50; 79; 85; 89; 131; 187; 191; 199. It is not my intention to post translations of all these texts but to post a summary statement of some of them. Those documents that are posted entire are done so because of what I believe is there value in contextualizing something of the realities confronting bishops and church leaders.
ADSS 3.1.50: 25 November 1939: Cesare Orsenigo, German Nuncio to Cardinal Luigi Maglione, Secretary of State. Report on the situation of the Poles under Russian control. Harassment and fines levied against the clergy. The Jews are the best able to endure the situation because they have their own school, speak Hebrew and have their own military groups. (Translation to follow in the next post).
ADSS 3.1.79: 26 December 1939: Andrej Szeptyckyj, Uniate bishop of Lwow, Ukraine to Cardinal Eugene Tisserant, Prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Catholic Churches. Describes the terrible situation in the diocese under the communists. Catholic institutions are under the total control of the State. People are threatened with deportation and death. Many Jews have arrived in the Ukraine escaping the Germans. Local Jews are very active in the economic life of the country and are characterized by greed. (Translation to follow)
ADSS 3.1.89: 7 January 1940: August Hlond, exiled archbishop of Gniezno (Poland) to Cardinal Maglione. After reporting on the situations of several Polish bishops, Hlond makes the statement that on bishop, Charles Niemira is "generous to all and protective against the Jews who are powerful under the Soviet regime". (Translation to follow)
ADSS 3.1.131: 5 April 1940: Stanislaw Janikowski, charge d'affaires in Poland to Cardinal Maglione: German propaganda in Poland is attempting to set Christians against Jews especially during Holy Week. (Translation to follow)
ADSS 3.1.187: 6 August 1940: Luigi Centoz, Lithuanian Nuncio to Cardinal Maglione. Writes about the annexation of Lithuania by the USSR. Centoz wrote that many Jews were celebrating the annexation.
ADSS 3.1.191: 14 August 1940: Centoz to Maglione: Centoz's report continued to report on the Soviet annexation. He wrote of the takeover of the seminary by a communist delegation consisting of four Lithuanians and two Jews.
ADSS 3.1.199: 31 August 1940: Vincent Brizgys, auxiliary bishop of Kaunas to Luigi Centoz now in Rome. The seminary has been returned to the church. Brizgys wrote that he was relieved that the new commissar was not a Jew.


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People and creatures dark co-exist. Blah, blah, blah you know the drill. Only one girl can see the creature for what they are be they vampire, were-wolf, or even fairy. She can see right to the actual appearance. So, imagine her surprise when she finds that the organization she works thinks that she's not even human herself. And her she though she was just a human with awesome vision. Now as people she thought she knew redefine themselves and their goals she finds herself falling into a trap that's larger than life. Hahaha, I just made pun that you won't get until you read this book.
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For the love of Vintage Porsche & Volkswagen Cars and Parts.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Another NOS GT3, This Time its an RS!
With only a handful of factory applied miles on it, this 2007 GT3-RS is essentially NOS. Sporting factory roll-cage mounts (rare on US spec cars) and with AC delete, this could be the ultimate dual purpose track-day weapon. This GT3RS is as new, with all of the factory delivery protection on it. Front lip spoiler has never been installed and thus is uncracked or scraped.
Price - $135,000
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Maintaining Flexibility can be Easy!
I find I am able to maintain reasonably good flexibility with very little effort. I aim to put the various parts of my body through their range of motion at least several times per week. One way I achieve that is by striding out for the final minute at the end of my runs, by which time I've certainly warmed up.
Diet and Flexibility
I eat a low fat diet of fresh fruits and vegetables which keeps my body fat levels from increasing with age, which saves me from losing flexibility. My diet also keeps me consistently well hydrated which also helps with flexibility. I eat plenty of vegetables to keep my electrolyte balance at healthy levels for good flexibility.
Sleep and Flexibility
I generally average at least 8 hours of sleep each day so my body can perform its necessary repairs that keep me nimble.
Stretching for Flexibility
I rarely stretch, though I don't hesitate to stretch if something feels tight or sore...particularly while I'm recovering from completing long, challenging runs through rugged and steep terrain.
Maintaining Flexibility with Age
To generalize, people lose flexibility as they age because their diet and lifestyle doesn't support their ongoing recovery needs. Alcohol consumption dehydrates them as do the generally low water content foods such as bread. Fatty foods make their blood sticky impairing delivery of nutrients to cells including oxygen. There are many factors working against aging gracefully on what has become the standard diet and lifestyle.
Are you Aging as gracefully as you'd like? It's not too late to start!
How is your flexibility going? Are you taking care of the necessary diet and lifestyle details while you still have the opportunity? Time has a habit of getting away on us. If you are at all concerned, now is the time to show initiative!
Have a vibrant and fruitful day!
In support of your health triumphs,
Grant Campbell
Ultra Marathon Runner, Certified Lifestyle Coach, Retreat Coordinator, Motivational Speaker


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CUP: Tracking Talladega
Even with the relatively recent advent of tandem drafting, which changed the face of racing at NASCAR's two restrictor-plate tracks, the art of placing one's self in position to win at Talladega Superspeedway remains a complex one.
In one turn, a driver can be first. In the same lap on the other side of the track, the same driver can be 15th.
Matt Kenseth, who has been in these messes, explains:
"In the middle of those races, everyone would get lined up on the top, but, with plate racing, it isn't like one guy can decide that he is going to pass everyone and lead," he said. "You just can't. If everyone is in line and you pull out of line, then all you are going to do is have the line pass you until you get back up in line.
"There has to be an effort and fair amount of people trying to do that at the same time. I know I have been in that situation and been in that line and maybe been sixth. You think, 'OK, I am going to try to get this guy to go with me.' You get maybe two guys to go with you and lose 10 spots and then get back in line. If you try that three or four times, then you are in the back. When you get down to the end or after a pit stop when it all gets shuffled up, you are too far back to do anything."
And you don't win.
Many drivers have that sort of history at Talladega, site of Sunday's Aaron's 499, the 10th race on the Sprint Cup schedule.
Talladega can be such a tough nut to crack that six of the drivers currently in the top 12 in the series point standings haven't won there. That includes point leader Greg Biffle, who hasn't visited Talladega victory lane in 18 runs at the track.
Biffle's zero-for-forever pales alongside the records of some other notables, however. Although Jeff Burton has had five top fives at NASCAR's biggest track (and owns 21 career victories), he's 0-for-36 in his career there.
Despite being the Rocket Man, Ryan Newman hasn't won in 20 Talladega races. Kenseth, never a leading fan of racing at Daytona and Talladega, hasn't won in 24 Talladega visits.
Kurt Busch has six top fives at the 2.66-mile track but hasn't won in 22 runs.
Among the standout drivers still looking for win No. 1 at Talladega is Carl Edwards, who came sensationally close to getting that victory in the Aaron's 499 in 2009 before being drop-kicked and flipped by Brad Keselowski as they approached the checkered flag.
That move gave Keselowski the win – his first in Sprint Cup.
Among other winless drivers at Talladega are Kasey Kahne (16 races), Martin Truex Jr. (14) and Denny Hamlin (12).
On the flip side of the chart, Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers in Talladega wins with six (although he hasn't scored at the track since sweeping both races in 2007).
Illustrating the difficulty of riding home first at Talladega is the fact that every margin of victory (under green-flag conditions) at the track since the arrival of electronic scoring in 1993 has been under a half-second.
Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEED.com and has been covering motorsports for 30 years. He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.


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This is what Pinar means in Turkish. In fact, I have three names. Raife Duru Pinar. First one is my grandma's name. An old rare Turkish name. I have heard it only two more times in my entire life. Grandma and I were born on the same day. May 6. Like our names and birthdays, we have shared many things in our lives, until she passed away and left a void.
'Duru' means clear, which my father wanted to call me. My mom wanted 'Pinar'. So they called me both: Duru Pinar, Clear Spring Water.
I was born in Istanbul. In 1998 I went to Germany to stay only for 1 year to learn German. 18 years later I now have a PhD. in Computational Linguistics and I dance the Argentinian tango. I had planned for none.
I am a researcher in essence and a curious person by nature. People matter to me. So do different cultures. I have lived in Turkey, Germany, Italy, US and to a certain extent in Sweden. I embrace diversity and different mindsets. I am experimental. I like risks, changes, and challenges. I continuously question the current state of things. My goal in life is to make a difference. For the better.
That is why this blog. If only even one person in this world feels inspired, relieved, questioning, encouraged, curious, calm….because of what I share here, I will be happy and peaceful. Now and then when I am no longer around.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
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If you need a licence for your dog, see Getting a Dog Licence.
Nanaimo has a number of Off-Leash Dog Parks to enjoy.
When a dog defecates in a park or on a boulevard, is the owner required to remove the faeces?
Yes, the City of Nanaimo does have a faeces removal bylaw and persons in violation are liable to a fine of up to $50.00.
Are there care standards for dogs?
Yes. There are regulations regarding confinement in vehicles, tethering and transporting dogs.
Where do I obtain emergency veterinarian service?
There is one emergency veterinary clinic that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: Central Island Veterinary Emergency Hospital at 6550 Metral Drive. They can be reached at 250-933-0913.
Should pets be spayed or neutered?
It is recommended that all animals be spayed or neutered for the well being of the animal and to prevent unwanted pets.
Should I have my dog on a leash?
Yes, all dogs must be on a leash and under the control of a competent person when off their owner's property.
What is the most common problem with marine animals?
Dead seals and sea lions can wash ashore. For removal, call the Animal Shelter 616-0233 or the Marine Mammal Incident Reporting Hotline at 1-800-465-4336.
What do I do if I witness an animal being abused?
Note all the circumstances, time, place, etc. and call the SPCA Cruelty Hotline at 1-855-622-7722.
What is the most common problem with wildlife?
Raccoons getting into garbage and deer destroying plants and trees. Raccoons are attracted to any food source. Keep garbage locked and removing any other food source can help keep raccoons away from your property. Deer can be kept out of your yard if it is fenced.
Who do I contact regarding dead animals?
For removal of dead animals on all City streets, please call the Animal Shelter 616-0233. For removal of dead animals on the Parkway or Provincially controlled roadways, please call Emcon Services at 1-866-353-3136.
Nanaimo Animal Shelter (City Pound)
1260 Nanaimo Lakes Road, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 5P4
City of Nanaimo
411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 5J6
8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday
Oliver Woods Community Centre
6000 Oliver Road, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9T 6T6
154 Westwood Rd, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 0G9
Bylaw, Regulation and Security Division
250-755-4432 (Fax)
Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
2080A Labieux Road, Nanaimo, British Columbia
250-751-3100 or 1-800-663-9453 (Emergency Only)
Fisheries and Oceans Fisheries Research Branch, Pacific Biological Station
3190 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, British Columbia
Nanaimo RCMP Detachment
303 Prideaux Street, Nanaimo, British Columbia
250-754-2345 (Non-Emergency)
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From the very beginning, LawTeacher.net was intended to assist give a bonus pair of hands to students who need paper composing, business features, curriculum vitae penning or thesis/dissertation consultation. We were really pleased by the wide variety of offerings they presented clients, and also the standard they always aim to provide. To conduct this evaluation, we put into use the articles from Law Teacher, their reports, and trial samples, but additionally of the ratings of LawTeacher company we found on a number of other websites. We additionally ordered a college-level report to see for personally the grade of standard that they supply. Keeping track of its score on every assessment web site, we will make an effort to identify if this company is free from harm to employ.
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Limelight's website was launched back in 2011 as the homepage for music and arts lovers across the country, and has always been intended as a true reflection of Australia's cultural life. However, over the past year we've been working closely with an expert team at SakuraSky to develop a fresh and modern new look for our digital platform. We now have a brand new, easy to use interface with a fresh modern look – we hope you like it!
While the majority of our articles will remain free to access, this update introduces the idea of premium content, a range of special features, which will only be available to our subscribers.
If you subscribe and haven't received an email with instructions on how to access our new site, please email [email protected] with your subscriber number and we'll organise access within two business days!
Bringing you the latest classical music news, exclusive interviews with international superstars, in-depth features, unmissable reviews and event listings, Limelight magazine is Australia's essential guide to classical music and the arts.