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English to Bulgarian Translators in Manchester, UK
English to Bulgarian translators offering translation in Manchester, UK via Manchester Translation Services.
There are many translation agencies that provice English to Bulgarian translators in Manchester and the United Kingdom. Manchester Translation Services is proud to be a professional English to Bulgarian translation agency offering a wide range of services to their individual and corporate clients alike.
There are many areas that set Manchester Translation Services apart from the herd of agencies with English to Bulgarian translators available. The below English to Bulgarian Translation FAQ has been put together to give you a better understanding of the types of services we offer and how they are performed.
English to Bulgarian Translation FAQ
How can I get a quotation?
We provide a completely free quotation service to all new and existing customers for all of their English to Bulgarian translation projects. Simply email us the document, let us know what language it is in, and what language you would like it translated into (or multiple languages if that is the case) and your expected delivery time for the work to be completed.
How much does it cost for a translation from English to Bulgarian?
Depending on various factors including total volume, complexity of text, the availability of our English to Bulgarian translators, timeline required and much more, the price for standard translation from English to Bulgarian translation can be as low as £0.10 per word.
Are all of your Bulgarian translators based in the UK?
No, although we are indeed a translation agency based in the United Kingdom, our English to Bulgarian translators are located throughout the world. As what matters most to our clients is the quality of the work done, we do not limit ourselves to engaging Bulgarian translators in the UK alone. Instead, we seek out the best and use them, irrelevant of where they are located geographically.
What if I need Bulgarian to English translators instead?
We also provide the same suite of translation services from Bulgarian to English, along with many other language pairs. There are very few Bulgarian translation agencies in the United Kingdom that can offer the range of languages that Manchester Translation Services has covered. If you cannot find the language or languages that you require, please do not hesitate to contact us and one of our translation project managers will discuss your specific needs directly.
How long will it take for me to receive my free English to Bulgarian translation quotation?
We generally respond within minutes of receiving your email during our normal operating hours, and one of our project managers will be available to discuss the price and timeline of your English to Bulgarian translation with you along with any additional requirements you may have at that time.
How do you choose your English to Bulgarian translators?
Since 2010, we have been vetting and qualifying translators on a daily basis and we will continue to do so. All of our Bulgarian translators are hand-picked by our management team and tick a myriad of boxes that we demand of them. This ensures that our clients will be very satisfied with the finished product which will be delivered on time or ahead of time. A few examples of these requirements: university-educated, native Bulgarian speaking, possessing a translation institute accreditation (from English).
What if the service I need isn't on your website?
There are literally thousands of different types of English to Bulgarian translation services that we offer we couldn't possibly list them all on our website. We implore you to send us an email or give us a call and discuss your specific needs. Our most popular translation services from English and other languages into Bulgarian are listed here:
Can you tell me more about the English and Bulgarian languages?
We are very interested in languages ourselves, and can understand this. If you are not looking for English to Bulgarian translation services in Manchester and instead, are looking to learn more about the languages then please see the following:.
English to Bulgarian Translator Reviews
In the past year, Manchester Translation Services has offered the services of English to Bulgarian translators to individual and corporate clients and these translators have received 147 reviews across various review-channels for their translations into Bulgarian. As of the 1st of Jul, 2024, the overall rating for our English to Bulgarian translators was 4.4 out of 5 stars. If you have used our English to Bulgarian translators and would like to leave a review of their work, please see: Review Manchester Translation Services.
English to Bulgarian Translator Qualifications
All of our English to Bulgarian translators have been thoroughly vetted and have at a bare minimum the following qualifications:
- University educated in translation from English to Bulgarian
- Native Bulgarian speakers
- Experienced with the subject matter of your English text
- Accredited by one or more translation institutes for their previous Bulgarian translation experience
- Learn more about English to Bulgarian translation services
English to Bulgarian Translator Jobs
If you are a qualified English to Bulgarian translator that has a university degree in translation and are not yet registered with us, we would be delighted to hear from you. Simply email your CV and references to firstname.lastname@example.com and our HR department will be in touch with you shortly thereafter.


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Size chart
Q: How to know my size?
A: Each product page features a detailed size chart picture, you can measure yourself and choose the size according to the result.
Q: How to measure myself?
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- Outseam: Measure from the bottom of the leg to the upper edge of the waistband.
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Features include:
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- Fabric: Polyester
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- Hood: Attached hood
- Skirt: Stretch powder skirt
- Pockets: 2 Cargo pockets, Internal zipper pockets, Internal mesh goggle pockets, Sleeve pocket
- Cuffs: Adjustable cuffs, Wrist gaiter
- Others: Light reflective stripe, Two zip close up
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- To be eligible for a return/exchange, Items must be returned in new & unused condition, with tags attached.
- Initial shipping charges cannot be refunded.
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Cute Ball Gown Spaghetti Straps White Tulle Party Dress Homecoming Dresses C427
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- Item Details :
- Product Number : C427
- Fabric: Tulle
- Silhouette: Ball Gown
- Sleeves:Short Sleeves
- Back Style: Lace Up
1. Please refer to our size chart to choose your size.Custom and standard size are available.
2. The dress does not include any accessories in the picture, such as wraps/jackets, gloves, veil, handbag, etc. You may contact us to order the accessories seperately
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Color Chart
Color Chart
1.If you are unable to zoom in to the pictures on mobile, please save them to your phone for closer look.
2.Leave the correct color number in cart note.
3.We have more colors. If you can not find the color you want. Please contact us.Email:email@example.com
4.Please be noted there maybe tiny color differences caused by different fabric and monitor display setting.
Shipping Policy
Shipping Policy
Please see our shipping policy :
This page shows you how to choose a shipping method for your order, estimate shipping cost, and gives other further information on shipping process of BlingDress.
There are two shipping methods we offer, including rush order shipping and standard shipping. We will arrange the best Courier according to your choice of shipping method and shipping address.
1) Rush Order Shipping:
Rush order shipping fee is $65, Shipping Courier including DHL & UPS& TNT &FEDEX etc, that depends on the place you are in. Shipping time 8 working days .Order Processing Time around 7 working days .
2) Standard Shipping:
Standard shipping is $35, Shipping Courier including UPS& USPS & Aramex & DPD./TNT , shipping time 15-20 working days .Order Processing Time around 7 working days .
Affected by Covid-19, there will be some delay on the delivery.
Before your order is shipped, BlingDress has to process your order and put all your items through its strict quality control tests. Because of this, Total Delivery Time is different from shipping time alone.
♦ Total Delivery Time = Processing Time + Shipping Time
♦ Rush Order Shipping Total Delivery Time = 7 working days + 8 working days = 15 working days
♦ Standard Shipping Way Total Delivery Time = 7 working days + 15-20 working days = 22- 27 working days
♦ If your order contains multiple items, they will be shipped together.
Packing: in order to save your shipping cost, each dress will be packed tightly with water proof bag .
Note :The shipping cost is prepaid before sending, so there will be no extra shipping cost, please note for some countries, there will be customs taxes, this tax should be paid by buyers, in order to save your cost, we usually write less price on the invoice.
Please refuse to sign the package if you find the package is broken and contact with us at the first time, we will help you solve all the problem.
Delivery Guide
To better communicate with you, please provide a valid email address and check emails after you have purchased for any updated information. Once you have placed your order you will be contacted by e-mail to confirm your order. If your billing address is a P.O. Box, then you must provide us with a physical address by email.
Tracking Your Order
You can check your order information at here
We have partnered with a number of reputable shipping companies for the destinations we service including DHL, TNT, UPS, FedEx, USPS and so on. Whenever the order dispatches, we will send you track number so you can follow the status.
Here are the links to all the delivery companies we use so you can track your order
DHL: http://www.dhl.com/en.html
UPS: http://www.ups.com/tracking/tracking.html
TNT: http://www.tnt.com/portal/location/en.html
FedEx: http://www.fedex.com/us/track/
USPS: https://www.usps.com
Return Policy
Return Policy
Please see our return policy :
Dear customer,
We realize that it is difficult to purchase a dress over the Internet, and we really want you to be happy with your purchase. Your satisfaction is our long-term pursuit and utmost concern. We wish to create a satisfying and enjoyable shopping experience for you. Before you place the order, highly suggest you refer to our size chart and measurement guides to choose your correct size or color. Do not waste any time on return. All our dresses are true to size chart. If standard size does not suit you, you can also choose our custom size service, which is for free.
Return Policy:
If you purchase goods through the BlingDress website, you have the right to return the goods within 7 days from the date of receipt, but the following conditions must be met:
1)The returned goods should be unused and still in good condition and completely packaged (including the disposable sealed packaging that is not damaged).After you received your item, please check it right way, and try on as soon as possible without removing the tags, altering, or washing the dress.
2)You should return the product and its accessories (if any), original packaging, original documents, and all gifts (if any).
We do not accept returns for the following situations:
- For custom and plus size orders, sorry we cannot accept returns, please pay attention to this policy, because even if you return them, we cannot sell them again in the future. For standard size dresses in the pictured colors, we strongly recommend that you select your size carefully as return shipping is too expensive. Please check our size chart carefully and order the correct size.
- Customized sizes, custom styles and custom colors cannot be returned because it is customized for you.
- We do not accept returns of multiple items at the same time. We do not accept returns on purchases of two or three or more products to try on and only require one, the rest can be returned. If you only need one item of clothing, please do not order more than one item and return the others you don't like. Because all clothes are made after payment, it is difficult to sell them again even if they are returned.
- We do not accept any returns if our products are used or damaged.
Return Process:
1) If you are not satisfied with your purchase, please contact us within 7 days after receiving the item. We accept returns within 7 days from the date of delivery. Please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com
After you receive the item, please inspect it properly and try it on as soon as possible without removing tags, altering or washing the garment. We have plenty of time for you to make sure the item is well made and fits you!
2) Please include your order number and explain why you want to return the item and attach a photo or video. (Such as damaged goods, poor quality, incorrect size, style, color, etc.)
3) Once customer service approves your request, please send the item back to us as soon as possible. NOTE: Sometimes the address on the package is not our actual return address. Please wait for customer service to send you the latest return address.
Please also send us shipping information via email:
- a) Photos of the package you sent back;
- b) tracking number;
PS: All returned items must be brand new, unused, with original tags and packaging and free of any fragrance. Otherwise we cannot refund.
(To be honest, we are trying our best to improve our customers' shopping experience.)
4) Once our factory receives your return, our staff will confirm that the product and its accessories (if any) are in good condition. If the gifts (if any) are complete, we will process the refund within 7 working days. Refunds will be made back to the payment instrument or card you selected to place your order. If you fail to return accessories (if any) and gifts (if any), we reserve the right to deduct the market value of the accessories and gifts from the price you paid.
PS: If your order is a rush order, we will deliver it to your address within the agreed time, and you will receive the goods in time. When you return the item, we will not refund your rush fee. Because we have invested time and energy in your outfit, our team worked overtime and stayed up late to rush to make your outfit. Please understand, thank you.
5) As for the return shipping fee, you need to pay it yourself. NOTE: We do not have prepaid shipping labels, different sites have different policies. We will not pay your shipping costs to us, please understand. Thanks
Ps: International shipping costs may increase due to Covid-19. We recommend that you first find out the international shipping rates for the city you live in to avoid paying expensive shipping costs when you want to return your goods to us. Expensive international shipping charges are beyond our control and we will not be held responsible.
Special Cases: Our store accepts returns, the window for requesting a return, refund or exchange will not expire before a customer receive the item based on the stated delivery timelines.See our delivery timelines (Expected Delivery Time)
Expected Processing Timelines About The Return
1, Contact Us :Within 7 Days |
2, Provide Photo or Video:1-3 Days |
3, Approves Request:1-3 Days |
4, Customer Completes Shipment 1-3 Days |
5, Provide The Tracking Number :1-3 Days |
6, We Receive The Package Back ( Depend On Transportation Method ) |
7,Finish The Refund :Within 7 Days |
About Exchange Policy:
- Please contact us within 7 days after receiving the item.If your product is standard size. You want to change a size, we accept exchanges, you need to pay for the back and forth shipping fee. We receive the returned product and will ship the new product for you immediately.
- Please contact us within 7 days after receiving the item. If your product is custom size. If you want to exchange or return it to let us fix the size, we will provide you with free fix service, you need to pay for the back and forth shipping fee.
Our Contact information:
If you have any questions please contact us:
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
WhatsApp: +8615312184797
Our Physical office address:
No. 6 Chengyun Road,
XiangCheng District , Suzhou,
Jiangsu Province, 215000, China
Our Pinterest Link :
How To Order Custom Dress?
1. Choose custom size or standard size, then add it to cart, click "CHECK OUT" then you will be directed to second page.
2. Give us your custom measurement, color and other requests at the "Order special instructions")for seller, then we will confirm with you again when we receive your order.
If you want to give us your custom measurement, we need following measurement.
*Color ________
*Waist __________inch/cm
*Hips (Your butt ) __________inch/cm
*Your Height ( From your head to your feet without shoes )__________(important)
*your high heels height : __________inch/cm
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Show the special someone in your life how much they mean to you with this meaningful anchor necklace. This unisex necklace the perfect way to thank a supportive best friend, spouse, or family member who is always there for you. Great for couples for Valentine's day, birthday, anniversary, or any special occasion!
The Kai necklace is made of 925 Sterling Silver and measures approximately 22". This length works on practically anyone! You can't go wrong. The elegant anchor pendant is approximately 5/8" (16mm) wide and 7/8" (22mm) tall, and hangs on a stylish ball chain.
Don't worry! We would never want you to keep a piece that you're not going to wear or that you wouldn't be thrilled to give as a gift. If you don't love it, shoot us an email to email@example.com. Maybe it's a simple fix and we can modify the jewelry for you so it will be exactly how you want it. Maybe you or we will find a piece that will be more suited for you. But if you don't want us to modify or exchange it for you then you can just return it within 60 days for a full refund.
Well that's easy, we can easily shorten or lengthen any chain, no problemo.
Just pitch in $3 for the return shipping.
If the chain breaks within the first 2 years we will replace it for you at no charge. After 2 years we will repair it for free if it's possible, or if not you can purchase a new chain. If the pendant or earring portion breaks (extremely rare) we will replace it for you (no matter when it happens) for free if we still make that style. If not we will issue you shop credit for equal value.
Sterling Silver and other metals can and do react with the air, beauty products, body chemistry, pool, ocean, hard water and soap scum. The speed of tarnish depends on where you live and how you care for the jewelry as well as your personal body chemistry and products you use. The nice thing is that it can be cleaned though!!
We are happy to clean your jewelry for you for life for no extra charge. Just pitch in $3 for the return shipping.
We try our absolute hardest to have accurate descriptions and measurements on each item. If you received anything that was not exactly as described or damaged in any way then needless to say we will replace / exchange it or you can return it within 60 days. (Or even if you just don't like it :) )
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Mocha Crumb Cake
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...The desserts served at my table have changed a great deal since I wrote my first entry for One Perfect Bite. These days, I have two categories of treats that I serve to my family and our friends. Those designated BB (Before Blogging) are generally less sweet and very easy to do. Back then, theme and variation within a category such as cake, assured our palates would not be bored and made exploration unnecessary. Besides that, desserts BB were a sometime thing, meant only for a weekend treat, or to end a meal when we had guests at the table. Once I began blogging, it became apparent that my laissez-faire toward dessert just wasn't going to cut it in the AB (After Blogging) world. So, I made it a point to feature desserts more often. That pleased our neighbors and the folks who were reading One Perfect Bite. Neither Bob nor I have a wildly active sweet tooth, and more often than not, once a dessert is tested it is sent down the hill to neighbors who love sweet things. Usually. Tonight, however, was an exception. Dinner was a homely, fireplace affair designed to ward off the day's damp and chill. It included a warm crumb cake that is definitely a BB affair and it is not going anywhere. This cake is plain and lacks sophistication but it is really good, and when the planets are aligned and the cake is served warm with really great ice cream, you'll swear you've died and gone to heaven. It would be just plain wrong of me to keep this one to myself, so, from the annuls of my BB collection, here's a recipe for mocha crumb cake that will make your socks go up and down - on your way to heaven of course.
Mocha Crumb Cake...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Starbucks
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup chilled butter, cut into small pieces
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
Cooking spray
1-1/2 teaspoons water
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat an 8-inch round pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
2) Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients (flour through salt) in a mixing bowl, and cut in margarine with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Reserve 1/2 cup flour mixture for topping, and set aside.
3) Combine remaining flour mixture, baking powder, and baking soda; add milk, vanilla, and egg. Beat at medium speed of a mixer until blended. Spoon batter into an 8-inch round cake pan coated with cooking spray. Combine reserved 1/2 cup flour mixture and water; stir with a fork. Sprinkle crumb mixture over batter. Bake at 350º for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool on a wire rack. Serve warm. Yield: 8 servings.
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71 comments :
- Umm Mymoonah said...
This must be a lovely dessert, looks so yumm
- April 17, 2011 at 3:07 AM
- giorno26 ¸¸.•*¨*•. said...
Hi Mary,
questa torta come prima colazione deve essere veramente deliziosa !!
Buona giornata :)
Myriam - April 17, 2011 at 3:46 AM
- kitchen flavours said...
This is my kind of cake. Plain, simple without any frosting. Looks really good, and I love coffee. Bookmarking this! Thank you for sharing, Mary, have a lovely week!
- April 17, 2011 at 5:41 AM
Thank you for such a simple but delicious sounding cake! Have an enjoyable day.
- April 17, 2011 at 5:54 AM
- Bite my cake said...
this cake looks really great!
- April 17, 2011 at 6:11 AM
- Rita said...
Looks terrific! What drew me to your recipe was the fact that it made a Small 8 in cake. Always looking for smalller recipes; Merci Mary.
Rita - April 17, 2011 at 7:04 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh, Mary, this is such an easy cake, but the addition of instant coffee granules give such a wonderful aroma. I can eat this daily, with my morning coffee. Thanks.
Have a great Sunday. - April 17, 2011 at 7:10 AM
- Barbara said...
Or perhaps, knock my socks OFF, Mary! This looks fabulous. Chocolate and coffee are perfect together..the chocolate tastes much more chocolatey.
It may be plain, but it's perfect. - April 17, 2011 at 7:22 AM
- Suman Singh said...
Looks so beautiful and sounds so good...YUM!
Have a great Sunday! - April 17, 2011 at 7:22 AM
- From the Kitchen said...
Truth? I/we enjoy simple desserts as well. In fact, if I could only have one dessert, it would be a simple pound cake. I'm adding this one to the list since one must have chocolate in their diet!!
Bonnie - April 17, 2011 at 7:26 AM
- penny aka jeroxie said...
I wish I was your neighbour. I will be extremely delighted
- April 17, 2011 at 7:27 AM
- Diane said...
Mmmmmm that cake looks good. Diane
- April 17, 2011 at 7:27 AM
- Julie said...
Sometimes those plain and simple desserts are just the best! This looks delicious. Have a wonderful day, Mary!
- April 17, 2011 at 8:10 AM
- Tanna said...
Oh, Mary. I love the unsophisticated and simple. They are food for my soul as well as my body. And, I sure wish I lived down the hill from you! blessings ~ tanna
- April 17, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- FOODESSA said...
Thanks for making sure to share as well as still enjoy a past sweet dessert with us Mary. Don't ever forget to share you [BB] days with us...always interesting to discover your kitchen treats ;o)
Flavourful wishes,
Claudia - April 17, 2011 at 8:22 AM
♥nice post.)) love your blog♥
- April 17, 2011 at 8:30 AM
- Mr. Bill said...
Going to keep this one!! Thanks
- April 17, 2011 at 8:43 AM
- Clint said...
Looks positively beautiful. I'll have mine with strong, black java. Gracias.
- April 17, 2011 at 8:48 AM
- scrambledhenfruit said...
This is a perfect little cake! I'm saving this recipe- coffee and chocolate knock my socks off too. :)
- April 17, 2011 at 9:07 AM
- The Harried Cook said...
That looks delicious! Some cakes just don't need the frosting and this recipe sounds like one of those :) Thanks for sharing :)
- April 17, 2011 at 9:19 AM
Sometimes BB recipes are better than AB, this looks like one of those times. It looks delicious Mary. Have a wonderful day :)
- April 17, 2011 at 9:56 AM
- Nisrine said...
Great mocha cake. I'd do anything for a piece of it with a good cup of coffeee right now.
- April 17, 2011 at 10:05 AM
- Chiara said...
Thanks for sharing this lovely recipe Mary, I love this kind of cake! Hugs....
- April 17, 2011 at 10:45 AM
- Carol said...
Looks so good, another delicious coffee cake. Would love a big slice!
- April 17, 2011 at 11:23 AM
- Jill@MadAboutMacarons said...
I would love even just a few of these magic crumbs and try out the socks going up and down! LOVE it!
- April 17, 2011 at 11:30 AM
- Jocie's Mom said...
I officially request more BB desserts :) This looks outstanding and very doable for a newbie baker like myself. Well done!
- April 17, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- Jeannie said...
This looks like a delicious treat that is not too loaded with calories
- April 17, 2011 at 12:45 PM
- Jennifer said...
That looks simple and yummy right up my alley! Thanks for sharing!
- April 17, 2011 at 12:47 PM
- Plateful said...
That's such a beauty- the cake as well as the presentation!!
- April 17, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- lena said...
i'm sure your neighbours are always looking forward to your bakes, lucky them!
- April 17, 2011 at 1:01 PM
- Banana Wonder said...
You're killing me with all these glorious coffee cakes! I think I would use Greek coffee granules and really get the party started :-)
- April 17, 2011 at 1:06 PM
- Ballerina Girl said...
ok, this one is right up my alley!
I have these ingredients (thanks to overweight luggage, your welcome american airlines)
I am a huge sweet tooth! I will try this one very soon!
thank you!
BG - April 17, 2011 at 1:09 PM
- Wendy Irene said...
I adore the chocolate-coffee flavor combination! This sounds wonderful. Have a beautiful Sunday! Thanks so much for your very sweet comment :)
- April 17, 2011 at 1:40 PM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
This looks great!! I don't like real fancy things, we grew up with just plain food. Again, I wish I was your neighbor. Any houses up for sale in the neighborhood?
- April 17, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- Katerina said...
So, apart from comfort meal there is a comfort sweet as well. I love the idea of going back to basics, sometimes it is all that you need!
- April 17, 2011 at 2:21 PM
- That Girl said...
I'm the same way with baked goods. Once I make them, they go elsewhere!
- April 17, 2011 at 3:00 PM
- teresa said...
look at those wonderful flavors, this looks delicious!
- April 17, 2011 at 3:00 PM
- A Paixão da Isa said...
maravilhoso adorei beijinhos
- April 17, 2011 at 3:18 PM
- Caroline Taylor said...
This looks lovely. It's nice that you share your food sometimes with your neighbours. I share mine with my Grandparents!
- April 17, 2011 at 3:44 PM
- Valérie said...
Hey, if a simple recipe works, there's no reason to ditch it! This cake looks elegant and classic, regardless! My entry into the food blogging world has also made the people around me happy: Laurent and I both have a sweet tooth, but with just the two of us, desserts are almost always shared with friends, family and colleagues.
- April 17, 2011 at 3:46 PM
- GLENDA CHILDERS said...
I love this ~ BB and AB. It would be fun to see a list from bloggers around the world, as to how their lives have changed BB and AB.
Glad you kept this one for yourselves.
Glenda - April 17, 2011 at 3:47 PM
- Libby@CookingWithLibby said...
Great recipe and lovely cake! Thanks for sharing ;)
- April 17, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- Cooking Creation said...
lol Love the BB and AB! This looks very yummy. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
- April 17, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- CkretsGalore said...
I don't have a sweet tooth either but the Hubby and step-daughter do. IMMENSELY. (It's hard being savory in a sweet household! )So I do look for recipes to whip up for them. This looks nice and simple too!
- April 17, 2011 at 4:35 PM
- Adam said...
You keep giving me more and more ideas for Easter :). Surely I can't bake (and eat) them all :). Maybe I should make that a challenge :)?
- April 17, 2011 at 4:49 PM
- Khadija El Mary said...
This is absolutely my type of cake! Looks lovely and the texture looks so light and spongy! Hope you've had nice Spring Holidays! Have a nice evening Mary,
Cheers, - April 17, 2011 at 6:20 PM
- Claudia said...
Can I tell you how much I look forward to your intros? Except for celebrations, I prefer BB desserts. I also don't have a sweet tooth and something simple always suffices, entices and satisfies. I am grateful for this recipe - it will like it at my home.
- April 17, 2011 at 6:41 PM
- Buttercup said...
A great dessert. You're going to get me baking again. I can just tell.
- April 17, 2011 at 7:13 PM
- Aldy said...
Oooh, this mocha cake looks simply superb! I can eat that slice right now :) I'm loving the combination flavors.Bravo!Beautiful recipe, Mary.
Aldy. - April 17, 2011 at 7:40 PM
- Linda said...
This looks delicious and not overly sweet! I will have to try it!
- April 17, 2011 at 7:53 PM
- Leslie said...
Mary, thank you for visiting my blog and I appreciate your sweet comment! Your food looks delicious and beautiful! I'll definitely be back here, and you're always welcome in my little kitchen. :)
- April 17, 2011 at 7:57 PM
- Maris (In Good Taste) said...
This cake is perfect.I have bookmarked this beautiful cake!
- April 17, 2011 at 8:11 PM
- Little Inbox said...
This is yummy. I want a piece of it too, please...
- April 17, 2011 at 8:25 PM
- Lemon Verbena Lady said...
Gosh, Mary, the drool is falling again! I've got to avoid your blog when you talk about anything lemon or crumbs. Just kidding! Love you and your blog, dear! Nancy
- April 17, 2011 at 9:47 PM
- Ciao Chow Linda said...
I'm glad you didn't keep this one to yourself Mary. I love a crumb cake, but a mocha crumb cake would be even better.
- April 17, 2011 at 9:57 PM
- Maria said...
Mocha cake is so good! This looks so scrumptious!
- April 17, 2011 at 10:21 PM
this seems like the perfect comfort food cake. thanks for the post. Best, Sandie
- April 17, 2011 at 10:48 PM
- Elaine said...
I think I am due to make a simple, but beautiful dessert and this one looks like it will be perfect. Thank you, Mary.
- April 17, 2011 at 10:57 PM
- Unknown said...
That looks delicious! A chocolatey crumb cake is pure genius :)
- April 17, 2011 at 11:00 PM
- Rambling Tart said...
I like simple cakes like this, Mary. They make me feel cozy and homey and want to wear pjs and sit around the fire with my favorite people. :-)
- April 18, 2011 at 1:13 AM
- Alessandra said...
You make me smile Mary :). Sometime I also feel that I bake for the joy of it, and then other have to finish up my cakes! On the other hand, if I ate everything myself I would be fat!!!
In regard to your query about egg whites, I don't use those commercial substitutes, powders or other, so I wouldn't know... but I guess that they are not made with free range eggs.
Alessandra - April 18, 2011 at 1:18 AM
- Unknown said...
Personally, I like plain, unsophisticated cakes :) It looks DELICIOUS!!!
- April 18, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- Lyndas recipe box said...
I am a chocoholic, and I'm feeling very weak right now. Can't wait to try this Mary! Thanks for posting.
- April 18, 2011 at 2:22 PM
- Zupan's Markets said...
Crumb cake=good. Mocha crumb cake=even better! Looks lovely! Might be a great dessert to serve after a brunch of some kind!
- April 18, 2011 at 7:42 PM
- Unknown said...
Looks uber delicious Mary! Yum YUM!
- April 18, 2011 at 10:25 PM
This looks delicious! And, I happen to have all these ingredients on hand...
- April 18, 2011 at 10:41 PM
- Lucie said...
The crumb looks so perfectly tender--delicious!!
- April 19, 2011 at 2:33 AM
- Martha said...
That cake looks perfectly scrumptious!
- April 19, 2011 at 1:12 PM
- Nicole-The Galley Gourmet said...
I can definitely see and almost smell this recipe in my kitchen in the near future. Thank you for sharing, Mary:)
- April 19, 2011 at 3:21 PM
- Ryan said...
I am so loving all of your crumb cake/coffee cake posts these past few days. They are right up my alley and I want to make them all! This one sounds just delicious!!
- April 19, 2011 at 5:24 PM
- Ellie said...
Mary, I tried this cake recently and we LOVED it! Thanks for sharing the recipe...it is now one of our favorites:). Have a wonderful day...
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Ostrander : Cows have gotten a bad rap lately for their contributions to environmental problems. What's your response?
Salatin : Don't blame the cow for the negatives of the industrial food system. All of the data that the anti-meat people use assumes an irrigated, concentrated animal feeding operation. Over 50 percent of the annuals that we grow in American agriculture are to feed cows. Cows aren't supposed to eat corn. They're supposed to mow forage. It's completely inverted from nature's paradigm. To use that inverted paradigm to demonize grazing, the most efficacious mechanism for planet restoration, is either consciously antagonistic to the truth or is ignorant of the kind of synergistic models that are out here.
Here's the thing. There's no system in nature that does not have an animal component as a recycling agent. Doesn't exist. Fruits and vegetables do best if there is some animal component with them—chickens or a side shed with rabbits. Manure is magic.
Now, we could argue about how many animals we should be eating. I really don't think Americans should be eating so much chicken. Because chicken requires grain; it's an omnivore. Historically, herbivores—beef, lamb, goat—were every man's meat because they could be raised on perennials. The kings ate poultry because they're the only ones who had enough luxury of extra foodstuffs for birds.
Poultry used to fill a recycling niche. Today, if every single kitchen had enough chickens attached to it, there would not be egg commerce in America. All the eggs could be produced from kitchen scraps. What a wonderful thing that would be. There's no excuse for an egg factory.
Beef cattle—there's no excuse for a feedlot. We don't need all those irrigated acres in Nebraska. See? And suddenly all of the data that the animal demonizers are using just crumbles like a house of cards.
Ostrander : Your website says that your farm respects and honors the animals you raise. What does it mean to respect an animal and then eat it?
Salatin : It is a profound spiritual truth that you cannot have life without death. When you chomp down on a carrot and masticate it in your mouth, that carrot is being sacrificed in order for you to have life. Everything on the planet is eating and being eaten. If you don't believe it, just lie naked in your flower bed for three days and see what gets eaten. That sacrifice is what feeds regeneration. In our very antiseptic culture today, people don't have a visceral understanding of life and death.
Ostrander : What do you feel is your responsibility to the animals that you raise on Polyface Farm?
Salatin : Our first responsibility is to try to figure out what kind of a habitat allows them to fully express their physiological distinctiveness. The cow doesn't eat corn; she doesn't eat dead cows; she doesn't eat cow manure, which is what is currently being fed to cows in the industrial food system. We feed cows grass, and that honors and respects the cow-ness of the cow.
Chickens—their beaks are not there for us to cut off, as industrial operations do. Their beaks are there for them to scratch and to hunt for insects. So we raise them out on pasture, in protected enclosures, in a free environment, so they can be birds.
We look at nature and say, "How do these animals live?" And we imitate that template.
We have the chickens follow the cows, the way birds follow herbivores—the egret on the rhino's nose. The chickens sanitize behind the herbivores, scratch in the dung, eat out the parasites, spread the dung into the pasture, and eat the insects that the herbivores uncovered while grazing.
The pigs make compost from cow manure, which we mix with wood chips. They love to do it, and they don't need their oil changed, they don't need spare parts, and they're fully allowed to express their pig-ness. Then animals become team players—partners in this great land-healing ministry.
This is all extremely symbiotic and creates a totally different relationship than when you're simply trying to grow the fatter, bigger, cheaper animal.
But the animals also have an easier life than they would in nature. Nature is not very philanthropic. I mean, every day the gazelle wakes up and hopes she can outrun the lion, and every day the lion wakes up and hopes she can outrun a gazelle. We protect our animals from predators and weather. We give them good food and care for them, and in return, they are more prolific.
Ostrander : So honoring the pig-ness of the pig is about ecology as much as ethics.
Salatin : Honoring the pig-ness of the pig establishes a moral and ethical framework on which we build respect for the Mary-ness of Mary and the Tom-ness of Tom. It is how we respect and honor the least of these that creates an ethical framework on which we honor and respect the greatest of these.
A culture like ours—that views plants and animals as inanimate piles of protoplasmic structure to be manipulated however cleverly we, in our hubris, can imagine—will soon view its citizens and other cultures in the same kind of disrespectful way.
Ostrander : You claim that the kind of agriculture that you do could feed the world. How would that work?
Salatin : Well, for example, take cows. If we do what I call mob-stocking herbivorous solar conversion lignified carbon sequestration fertilization, we could triple the number of herbivores and the amount of carbon we're storing in the soil.
Ostrander : What was that long phrase?
Salatin : Mob-stocking herbivorous solar conversion lignified carbon sequestration fertilization. The idea is you're mob-stocking: Herbivores in nature are always mobbed up for predator protection. Now we don't have predators, so we use an electric fence to keep them mobbed up. So we're not Luddites. We're using high-tech.
We farm grass, and we harvest that grass with cows. But we don't just turn the cows out into a field. We move them every day from paddock to paddock and only give them access to a single spot a couple days a year. We let the grass grow to what we call full physiological expression, the juvenile growth spurt. By doing that we're actually collecting a lot more solar energy and metabolizing it into biomass than you would if the grass were kept short like a lawn.
The difference is, for example, Augusta County, where we are, averages 80 cow days per acre (a cow day is what one cow will eat in a day). On our farm we average 400 cow days per acre, and we've never bought a bag of chemical fertilizer and we've never planted a seed. We've taken the soils on our farm from 1.5 percent organic matter in the early 1960s to an average of 8 percent organic matter today. That cycle of herbivore, perennial, and predation builds up root biomass below the ground and sequesters carbon and organic matter. It's the same process that built all the deep soils of the world—the Pampas in Argentina, outer Mongolia with yaks and sheep, the American plains with the buffalo.
Now, if you consider vegetables, we could do edible landscapes. There are 35 million acres of lawn in the United States. I tell people, we'll know that we're running out of food when the golf courses around Phoenix start growing food instead of petroleum-based grass to be irrigated with precious water. We'll know that we're short of food when we can't run the Kentucky Derby anymore, because we need that land for farming. Go to Mexico. They don't mow the interstates. Every farmer along the highway has a staked-out milk cow.
Ostrander : Can you describe how you slaughter animals at Polyface?
Salatin : Well, the chickens, for example, are taken from the field right into our open-air slaughter facility, and we don't electrocute them like the industry does. We do a kind of a halal, or a kosher type of kill, which is just slitting the jugular, and they gradually just faint or fade away.
We have raised them. We have nurtured them and cared for them. It's different from the compartmentalization of the industrial system, where we have people who have never seen the animal alive doing the slaughter.
And frankly, I believe it is psychologically inappropriate to slaughter animals every single day. Even in the Bible, the Levites drew straws; they ran shifts in the tabernacle where they did animal sacrifices.
Ostrander : Is there a different emotional experience that people have when they're eating food raised on Polyface than if they're eating a McDonald's hamburger?
Salatin : We have a 24/7, open-door policy. Anyone is welcome to come at any time to see anything, anywhere without an appointment or a phone call. We encourage anyone to come and walk the fields, pet the animals, bring their children, gather the eggs out of the nest boxes—in other words, to build a relationship and create a memory that can follow them all the way to the dinner plate.
Our culture has systematically alienated people from the experience of dining. I can't believe how many kids come here and watch a chicken lay an egg and then say, "Oh, is that where they come from?" The amount of culinary and ecological real-life ignorance in our culture is unbelievable.
So what we want to do at Polyface is provide a platform, so that anyone can come and partake of this marvelous theater that was all a part of normal life 150 years ago. We want to create a greater sense of all the mystery and appreciation for seasons and for the proper plant-animal-human relationships.
Some people even want to process some chickens with us. And that is a very powerful memory to take to the table with you. If the average person partook of the processing of an industrial chicken, for example, they probably wouldn't eat chicken. But by coming here and seeing the respect that's afforded to that animal all the way through, we can create a thankful, gracious, honoring experience when we come to eat.


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Historical:SoC 2008 ideas
If you are a student willing to participate in The Google Summer of Code 2008, do as suggested below:
- find out what ideas we have for SoC projects this year (read below);
- make up your mind, if you want to pick one of those tasks or if you have your own idea;
- join our community at hugin-ptx;
- introduce yourself and tell us about your plans and wishes.
- add your proposal to the student proposal page
Development style
Most of the projects below are related to Hugin, and some also relate to Panotools or tlalli. Hugin is mostly written in C++, and uses the VIGRA image processing library to support different types of images (for example, 8bit, 16bit and float (HDR) images). The core functionality is implemented in a platform independent C++ library, which is used by the GUI based on wxWidgets toolkit, and the command line programs (nona, fulla). We also very much welcome contributions to Enblend/Enfuse.
The development of the projects should take place in a separate branch of the projects CVS (or SVN) repository. Communication with the mentors should usually happen through the appropriate development mailing list. All code should work on the major platforms supported (Linux, OSX, Windows).
Possible Projects
Some of the SoC2007 projects proposals were not done last year and are potential projects for this year:
SoC2007_projects#Automatic feature matching for panoramic imagesCompletedSoC2007_projects#Interactive panoramic viewer (This was completed but there is further possible work to be done)Completed in GSoC 2009- SoC2007_projects#Processing of very large images (using the VIPS framework, or even GEGL if ready)
- SoC2007_projects#Architectural Overhaul of Panotools
munin — interactive openGL based GUI
note 2011: the opengl preview has since been implemented in Hugin. Hugin now has an experimental python interface, so this project is relevant again
(Note that munin is a popular open source graphing tool for network administrators, so this name isn't really usable)
Possible Mentors:
- Pablo
Intuitive and interactive GUI, with priority in usability over available features and flexibility, based on what users should see — not on what software does internally. To there are two roads for this:
1. Create bindings to the core hugin library to a high level scripting language such as python, ruby or maybe lua. Use these to write the GUI. 2. Use the core libary directly and write the GUI in C++. While this might be easier from the start, a GUI written in a scripting language has major benefits for the long term (rapid development, extensibility etc.).
It would be nice to have a preview/renderer in OpenGL, but I fear that a new GUI and OpenGL acceleration is too big for a single GSOC project. If you are an experienced developer (know and have used all the required technology on non-trivial projects) it might be possible though.
- Scripting language (python, ruby, lua?)
- Qt4
- OpenGL
how about relaxing the skills, and instead of fixing on Qt4 work on a combination of high level scripting language and widgets? Phythons + wxWidgets or Lua + wxWidgets come to my mind. Right now we have the option as both wxWidgets and Qt are in trunk, and if the student codes those widgets that require speed in OpenGL so that they integrate into such an API, any scripter can then leverage them for the fast and efficient design of GUI. Yuval 12:50, 4 March 2008 (CET)
I think the GUI + OpenGL is a bit too much for a single project. A separate project for OpenGL acceleration would make more sense, I fear. I'd really like to see a scripting language interface to the hugin core library. --pablo 08:47, 19 March 2008 (CET)
enblend-enfuse zenith/nadir and more
Primary Mentor
Andrew Mihal
- implementing blending of the zenith and nadir in Enblend and Enfuse
- The best way I can think of to do this is to use a cubic projection and provide all cube faces to the tool simultaneously. All of the boundaries will be horizontal or vertical lines, which will fit in well with the SKIPSM-based pyramid algorithms currently in use. Enblend and Enfuse can share the same pyramid code.
- Enblend would additionally need a nearest feature transform algorithm that works on the cube surface for mask generation. I am not aware of a published algorithm to solve this.
- Improve the seam optimization algorithm in Enblend.
- GUI hooks: an API to a higher anstraction level language such as Python+wxWidgets or Lua+wxWidgets, with a real time interface into the enfuse functionality so that when changing weights with a sliders a preview can be generated in near real time.
- multi-step fusing and alternative, user controlled, weighting (sigma).
Admission Test
A potential applicant for this project should first try to add boundary conditions to the localVarianceIf function in enfuse.h.
OpenGL accelerated hugin preview
Update: This was completed as part of GSoC 2008 'fast preview' and has been available since Hugin 0.8.0
Primary mentor
There is a nice proof of concept for this idea created as a student project at Hallam University.
Ghost removal for enfuse
Update: This was completed as part of GSoC 2009 and will be available in Hugin 2010.0
Primary mentor
Thanks to SoC2007 project Anti Ghosting, hugin has ghost removal when merging bracketed series to HDR, but this isn't currently available for enfuse.
Masking in GUI
Update: This has been completed independently of GSoC and will be available with Hugin 2010.2.0
Primary mentor
Currently masking to remove unwanted objects from panoramas has to be added to alpha channels which is laborious, this could be integrated into the hugin GUI via a simple vector/polygon editor. It would need to be simpler to use than the equivalent process with Inkscape
Batch processing
Update: This was completed in GSoC 2008 and has been available since Hugin 0.8.0. However there is still no GUI system for batch processing the creation of Hugin projects
Primary mentor
SoC2007 project Batch Processing was an unadopted project last year.
Now that hugin has a Makefile based stitching process, it is much clearer what a batch stitcher would look like. This would need to support 'plug-in' Makefile add-ons for additional views, QTVR generation, uploading, sharpening etc... as well as a queue/spool manager.
Some explanation of this existing 'Makefile process': Currently hugin stitches projects by writing out the instructions (remapping and blending with nona, enblend, enfuse, exiftool etc...) into a standard Makefile and then running 'make -f project.pto.mk all clean' - This happens all in one go when a user clicks 'save and stitch', but alternatively the user has a choice to run 'make' manually.
So batch processing already exists for users familiar with the command-line, ie. we can run 'make -j 16' to run processes in parallel or use a tool such as distmake to queue jobs over the network on multiple machines.
A plugin system also already exists to a certain extent in that these Makefiles can be extended with other makefiles that add additional targets, one for creating QTVR output is described here.
A batch stitcher would need to enable some or all of this functionality for normal users who have an interest in photography rather than tinkering with script files.
Lens Database
note 2011: the lens database now exists as lensfun which is mature and in use by ufraw and rawstudio, Hugin still hasn't implemented lensfun support and could potentially be used to collect and submit 'good' lens parameters. note also calibrate_lens was created in GSoC 2009 which can also be used in this project
Primary mentor
Alexandre Jenny
Lens database of accumulated knowledge on distortion, CA, response curve. The lens database aim : using stitching to feed an huge camera / lens database for distortion correction, vignetting correction, ca, etc. Then, it will be possible to reuse this database to correct single pictures too.
There are two ways to generate such a database:
- Collect high quality photographs centrally, manually calibrate them and assemble a database that matches parameters with image EXIF data - This is how the PTLens database was collected.
- Use the fact that stitching software (eg hugin, but there are other tools using the same lens correction model) effectively calibrates lenses every time a project is stitched - This information could be collected, validated and averaged centrally to automate the creation of a lens database.
This project would investigate the second technique. It can be divided into several subparts which are independent. First part theory :
- Distortion parameters accumulation : what measure is important, what can be such a measure reproduced, what criterion should be use in a stitch to be sure that the optimized parameters are good for the database.
- CA : find a reproducible way to measure it. Study the variation of the CA with zoom parameters ( varying with aperture ? with focal ? )
- response curve : this parameter is less dependent on the lens, it's more sensor / maker related.
Second part : statistic accumulation
- design a standard format to store every parameter,
- create and manage a central repository of lens database.
General : in computer vision field Coding : C / C++ / stl Math : optimizing technics
tCA Correction
Update: tca_correct has been implemented independently of GSoC and has been available since Hugin 0.7.0, however there is no GUI. note that tca_correct is slow and speeding it up and integrating it with the GUI and stitching with nona would be very useful
Primary Mentor
An utility to determining the Transverse Chromatic Aberration (tCA) of an image so it can be corrected.
CA is when the color channels in an image do not appear to line up well with each other. tCA is when colors are in focus but placed adjacent to each other. tCA can be corrected with Panorama Tool's Radial Shift. More info on Chromatic aberration
Correcting tCA using PanoTools' Radial Shift, requires knowing the radial correction coefficients a, b and c for your lens. PTOptimizer can be used to calculate the coefficients if known amounts of shift for each channel is known from the center to the corners of the image.
This utility will produce these coefficients to be used in the lens database.
Assume image is 180 deg diagonal filed of view. Regardless if it is rectangular or fisheye of any field of view. Map image to the nadir of a sphere, taking into account any offset from center of image.
The bottom of the remapped image is the center of the original. Moving up the remapped image is the same as moving away from the center of the original image.
Now we no longer have to deal with radial shift but vertical shift. The image can be divided into a number of strips going across the entire width of the image. Each strip represents a circle a different distance from the center. The strips are shifted up and down the same amount over the entire image width. Each strip can have the channel data adjusted up and down to find the best match to eliminate CAt at that position. One channel does not move while the other two are adjusted. The best result of the two channels are recored for every strip. Sub pixel accuracy can be achieved by increasing the height of the result when creating the remapped image.
This can be done manually in real-time giving visual feedback of the channels alignment. Or it can be done programmability doing a difference between the two channels and looking at the histogram. The blackest result has the best alignment. If accurate automated results are possible then there is no need for the manual method.
Current methods of correcting tCA are fairly complicated. Though it can be completely automated using a patched version of align_image_stack from the hugin project, this technique works very well but could use some optimisation work to make it faster (and the align_image_stack patch needs integrating).
Also according to this post by the author of ufraw, the tCA correction in the latest dcraw is done before bayer interpolation (note that my interpretation of this code was the opposite , so what do I know - Bruno). This tool should also create parameters for use by dcraw.
Extend hugin's output options for stitching
update: tiffcp can be used for assembling multi-layer TIFF files, however there would be some value to adding native PSD/PSB support to vigra which is the library used by both Hugin and enblend for image file IO
Primary Mentor
Zoran Mesec
Currently hugin offers jpg, png, tiff and layered tiff output. Suggested are other formats like layered psd; swf , java and html generation for web publishing. Despite of all software projects efforts, stitched panoramas have some errors (like ghost objects) that can be easily removed in Photoshop or Gimp with layered output. A lot of open source graphical software already offers proposed file formats, but despite it is not an easy task that can be implemented in a week and therefore it is suitable to be a standalone SoC project
Note that this is potentially complimentary and orthogonal to the batch stitching project described above, Makefiles are a good way to provide additional output types and quite suitable for HTML generation or even uploading.
hugin and other tools generate Cropped TIFF files, with each 'layer' as a separate file. The workflow described above for using this data in image editors really requires file formats that contain all layers in a single file such as multilayer TIFF or PSD. Command-line tools for assembling these files are currently either too buggy to use or non-existent and fixing this situation would be a good project in itself.
Utility for creating a Philosphere
update: note that during the proposal stage this project was discarded as being too small, also mathmap is a better tool for implementing this kind of thing
Primary Mentor
Zoran Mesec
Goal: A utility integrated into hugin for creating images from panoramas, suitable for printing.
- Implementation of described process using modified PT scripts and them combining partial results to final image
- Integration into hugin
Discussion: There are several possible outputs that can be used to print a panorama. Examples: polyhedron, "orange slices", rhombicuboctahedron...
- http://www.philohome.com/rhombicuboctahedron/rhombicuboctahedron.htm
- PTStitcher
- experiments with mathmap by User:Seb Przd - Particularly note the 'conformal cube'.
Required knowledge or interest in:
- panoramic imaging
- C++ and scripting languages development skills.
Sky identification
Update: this was completed as part of GSoC 2008 and has been available since Hugin 0.8.0
Primary Mentor
Feature matching tools have a tendency to identify potentially useful features in clouds, this is not surprising given the amount of useful contrast and detail in a typical cloud.
This tendency is problematic when matching images for panorama stitching, as clouds can move significant distances even between photos taken seconds apart.
This project would find a suitable method of identifying areas of sky based on a search of existing literature, and implement it as a standalone tool capable of pruning Control points from existing panotools/hugin format script files.


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Sen.-elect Angus King of Maine, who cruised to victory last week running as an independent, said Wednesday that he will caucus with Senate Democrats.
King's announcement means the Democrats will have in essence a 55-45 seat advantage in the Senate next year.
The Senate's other independent, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, also caucuses with the Democrats.
King was elected last week to replace the retiring moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe.
"I have decided to affiliate with the Democratic Caucus because doing so will allow me to take independent positions on issues as they arise and at the same time be an effective representative of the people of Maine," King said in a lengthy statement.
But he added:
"One final word. By associating myself with one side, I am not in automatic opposition to the other. In the situation of a Republican House, a Democratic Senate but with substantial powers in the minority, and a Democratic president, no one party can control the outcome of our collective deliberations. As Bill Clinton might say, it's just arithmetic. In fact, this situation has only two possible outcomes — action based upon good-faith compromise or no action resulting from political deadlock."And this latter is simply unacceptable to the American people."
The former governor of Maine, a former Democrat, had refused throughout the campaign to reveal whether he would caucus with Democrats or Republicans if elected. But his announcement Wednesday came as little surprise.
In an interview with NPR's Robert Siegel after his election, King said he was optimistic the new Congress would be able to find areas of agreement during a second Obama term.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pushed his counterparts around the world to pursue a "new global order" based on peace and trust rather than conflict in an address Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Princeton University.
"We are confronted with quite a number of important problems, such as wars, economic crises, hunger, poverty, security of energy, terrorism and climate change," Erdoğan told the near-capacity audience in Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall. "None of these are problems that we cannot solve."
To do so, he said, "We must move from the understanding of a world solely based on a perception of risk and threat to a global order which is based on solidarity and trust."
Outlining basic principles for today's globalized world, Erdoğan said, "We have a number of intertwined relations -- they should not be seen as a threat, but rather [as] an opportunity. At this juncture, global institutions such as the United Nations and other international organizations have an even bigger role to play." Economic cooperation, cultural understanding and universal acceptance of liberty, human rights, privacy and free expression also must form the foundation of the new global order, he said.
Erdoğan, along with a delegation of top Turkish officials, visited Princeton while in the United States this week for meetings of the United Nations General Assembly in New York and the G-20 summit of the world's leading economies in Pittsburgh. In addition to addressing the role of Turkey and other nations in promoting global stability and prosperity, his wide-ranging remarks touched on critical domestic and regional issues facing his country.
In her introduction of Erdoğan, who has led Turkey since 2003, Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman noted, "Turkey occupies a critical place in the world, bridging, as it does, two continents -- and not just geographically. It looks both east and west, and, across the centuries, its history has been inextricably entwined with both the Christian and Muslim worlds. Today Turkey ... is both a key American ally and an increasingly influential regional power with an important role to play in securing peace and prosperity along its borders -- from Iraq to Georgia -- a region beset by ethnic, religious and political tensions."
Turkey is engaged in talks with Armenia, mediated by Switzerland, to end tensions that have spanned a century and hinge upon whether a World War I-era massacre of Armenians constitutes genocide. Erdoğan said that "if we don't see prejudice or some domestic political considerations at play," he is hopeful an agreement to establish diplomatic ties and open its border with Armenia could be taken to the Turkish Parliament to be ratified next month. He also discussed relations with neighboring countries such as Greece, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Syria, Iran and Iraq, illustrating his country's central geographical and political role in global affairs.
Erdoğan also expressed strong frustration over Turkey's 50-year effort to be granted membership in the European Union and its predecessor organization, the European Economic Community. "There is no other country which has had to wait that long. ... But there are unfortunately many weak pretexts [and] excuses which are being used to put some obstacles" in Turkey's path, he said.
Following his hourlong address, which was sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Erdoğan took questions from students and met briefly with students and faculty at a reception.
Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, who teaches international relations in the Wilson School and directs the University's Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, brought some of his students to the event. He said the prime minister delivered "a very powerful speech" that touched on a surprisingly broad range of critical global issues.
"I believe that he very clearly demonstrated that Turkey is a major actor in the region," Danspeckgruber said.
Joshua Walker, a doctoral candidate in the Wilson School who studies Turkish foreign policy, extended the initial invitation for Erdoğan to visit Princeton while he was in Turkey this summer meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu as part of his research.
Walker called Erdoğan's address a "tour de force" and said it was a valuable experience for the Princeton audience to hear the prime minister discuss foreign policy priorities in detail. "He believes that Turkey can play a constructive role in the peace and prosperity in the world," Walker said.
He added, "I think it was great for the students to hear him speak and that the students got to ask him questions. He engaged us directly."
Aytug Göksu, who works in Turkey's ministry of foreign trade and is at the Wilson School this year studying for a master's in public affairs, said Erdoğan's visit illustrated that Turkey is at an important juncture domestically and internationally.
"Inside Turkey, things are changing now about minorities, human rights issues and democracy," Göksu said. In discussing Turkey's role on the global stage, "he gave simple but reasonable examples as to what's going on in the world now. I think that was really important for students who are following international relations," Göksu said.
Erdoğan delivered his talk in Turkish, and it was simultaneously translated into English to the audience via wireless receivers with earpieces. The talk will be archived for later viewing on Webmedia.