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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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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Symbols of Forest in Literary Imagination :- Ph.Sanamacha Sharma Introduction: Forest implies an spot filled with trees. Without trees‚ a place cannot be called forest. But to understand a forest‚ we cannot talk only of the trees‚ then it would be like discussing a leaf singly by forgetting the whole complexity of the tree. Our talk of forest cannot be complete if we do not speak of the birds‚ animals and insects and other organisms living in it‚ the soil and the rocks‚ the ponds and the rivers
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Cruelty to animals +[pic] A live fowl market in Asia with live‚ dead and dying birds. Cruelty to animals refers to the infliction of unnecessarysuffering or harm to nonhuman animals. Broadly speaking‚ there are two approaches to the issue. Theanimal welfare position holds that there is nothing inherently wrong with using animals for human purposes‚ such as food‚ clothing‚ entertainment‚ and research‚ but that it should be done in a humane way that reduces unnecessary suffering. Animal rights theorists
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contemplative tone to the phrase. Next‚ the prepositional phrase “of the dim forest” follows. “Of” is a preposition that designates one object or idea in some way coming from another‚ either in a metaphorical or physical sense. “The” as an article describes a specific forest‚ not a general one. Therefore‚ the phrase refers to a singular forest and experience in that forest. The object of the prepositional phrase‚ “forest‚” is a noun meaning a large area with trees and other wildlife. That the word
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