including thirdparty/boost_1_55_0, thirdparty/boost_1_55_00/install.txt contain the instructions for downloading and building boost. Also included is the boost_python library

including instructions for building opencv
--introducing basic HOG(Histogram Oriented Gradients) infrastructure, src/pybind/hog.cpp has the c++ code.
--The basic HOG mechanism is supported by python binding
--samples/hog/test.py is a testing code fir the HOG infrastructure, written in the TDD framework.