depth using any conventional monocular 2D camera‚ with minor hardware modifications. Our approach targets close-range human capture and interaction where dense 3D estimation of hands and faces is desired. We use hybrid classification-regression forests to learn how to map from near infrared intensity images to absolute‚ metric depth in real-time. We demonstrate a variety of humancomputer interaction and capture scenarios. Experiments show an accuracy that outperforms a conventional light fall-off
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Snapshot Thursday May 3‚ 2012 Kayapo: Out of the Forest The documentary Kayapo: Out of the Forest is about Kayapo tribes in Brazil. These tribes come together to unite against an architectural project that may take place on the Xingu River. This architectural project is the building of a dam. The Kayapo are very much against the project because the dam will end up flooding their land. In order to protest the dam‚ the Kayapo come out of the forest and go to Altamira to protest the dam along with
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intimately connected with the forests. Forests have had a great influence on human thought and way of living. For example‚ the Vedas and Upanishads‚ the oldest known religious‚ philosophical and literary monuments of mankind are the direct products of forest-life in ancient India. The Aranyakas or the Forest Texts form an integral part of these oldest testaments of human wisdom and philosophy. They are called so because they were both composed and studied in the forest-dwellings. They contain the
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BEECH FOREST ECOSYSTEMS INTRODUCTION This essay will look at beech forest ecosystems‚ describing the main characteristics‚ along with pre-human and current distribution of beech forests. Vegetation structure and native fauna associated with the ecosystem will be looked at with examples of species given. Environmental effects such as altitude‚ latitude‚ rainfall and soil drainage‚ and how they can affect beech forests will be investigated. Anthropogenic effects will also be looked at‚ explaining
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they were done as well. Though not much is thought when a tree is cut down only lately we understand how destructive it would be if this process to be continued. Although there are many organizations established for the management and protection of forests‚ they have not always been active for the purpose they were meant to be. While carrying out this study‚ I collected data on the statistics of deforestation‚ the main reasons for it‚ countries and regions that mostly produce or consume lumber‚ the
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Jackson The business dictionary definition of rainforest is a dense forest of evergreen trees growing in regions of heavy year-round rainfall in tropical latitudes (such as Amazon Basin‚ Borneo‚ New Guinea‚ North-East India‚ and Zair Basin) and warm temperate latitudes (such as Eastern Australia‚ Florida‚ South Africa‚ South Brazil‚ South and Central China‚ South Japan‚ and New Zealand’s North Island). Nearly half of these forests are in the Central and South America‚ mainly the lower Amazonia and
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in November‚ 1989‚ the Noordwijk Declaration on Climate Change advocated a world net forest growth of 12 million hectares per year by the turn of the century while a global forest cover of 30 per cent by the year 2000 was proposed at the second Ministerial Conference of Developing Countries on Environment and Development held in Malaysia in April‚ 1992. There is every indication that the existing global forest cover should be enhanced through greening of the world. In this connection‚ restoration
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Forests cover one third of the earth’s landmass‚ performing vital functions and services around the world which make our planet alive with possibilities. The forests serve as green lungs and water purifying systems in nature. In fact‚ 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their livelihoods. They play a key role in our battle against climate change‚ releasing oxygen into the atmosphere while storing carbon dioxide. Forests feed our rivers and are essential to supplying the water for
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth Place yourself being controlled by meticulous lies and rules set by deceitful women of God. Trapped in a post-apocalyptic village where the very foundation is built upon stories‚ paranoia‚ drills‚ and chain linked fences swarmed by the undead reaching out with decaying fingers. The New York Times best-selling acclaimed novel‚ The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan‚ transports you to the world of a young teen named Mary who is surrounded by misconception‚ agony
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abducting a settler to replace one of their own. The Light in the Forest illustrates a story of a little boy who was taken by the Indians from his English settler parents. Growing up with the Natives‚ the boy believed he was one of them. However‚ when the Natives returned the true son‚ taken eleven years’ prior‚ The Natives didn’t not cause conflict when returning the boy but deep down wanted the boy for themselves. The Light in the Forest gives a great example where True Sons Indian father explains that
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