In the field : the bulletin of the Field Museum of Natural History.

v.70 (1999)

The Alumni journal.

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Some account of a paper call'd the Telltale, begun in colledge Sept 1721

The small leather-bound volume holds two sections, a manuscript student periodical, and written tête-bêche, an exchange on smallpox inoculation followed by notes on the rules and activities of a Harvard College student club. The volume begins with thirteen numbered manuscript issues, written in one hand, of the Tell-Tale running from September 9, 1721 to November 1, 1721. Prefaced, "This paper was entitl'd the Telltale or Criticisms on the Conversation & Beheavour of Scholars to promote right reasoning & good manner," the work is modeled after literary periodicals of the time, including the "Spectator," and is considered the oldest student publication at Harvard. The periodical appears to have circulated in manuscript form. The content varies in format and includes letters between Telltale and correspondents, short essays, and advertisements. Topics discussed include conversation, detraction, and flattery. While not specifically about Harvard it does provide some information about the College including evidence of various student activities and organizations at Harvard in the 1720s. The entry explaining the rules of the Telltale Club is heavily faded and nearly illegible. The Telltale records multiple dreams, which are populated by various characters, such as “beautiful” Kate, two “learned Physicians” debating inoculation, “four Fellows” “pushing and shoving one another,” and a “person of a very Dark & swarthy complexion in a Slovenly Dress with 7 patches & 5 sparks on his Face.”

The Alumni journal.

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The Alumni journal.

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A Clearer Picture of Total Variation Blind Deconvolution

Blind deconvolution is the problem of recovering a sharp image and a blur kernel from a noisy blurry image. Recently, there has been a significant effort on understanding the basic mechanisms to solve blind deconvolution. While this effort resulted in the deployment of effective algorithms, the theoretical findings generated contrasting views on why these approaches worked. On the one hand, one could observe experimentally that alternating energy minimization algorithms converge to the desired solution. On the other hand, it has been shown that such alternating minimization algorithms should fail to converge and one should instead use a so-called Variational Bayes approach. To clarify this conundrum, recent work showed that a good image and blur prior is instead what makes a blind deconvolution algorithm work. Unfortunately, this analysis did not apply to algorithms based on total variation regularization. In this manuscript, we provide both analysis and experiments to get a clearer picture of blind deconvolution. Our analysis reveals the very reason why an algorithm based on total variation works. We also introduce an implementation of this algorithm and show that, in spite of its extreme simplicity, it is very robust and achieves a performance comparable to the top performing algorithms.

Bibliography of the Philippine islands ...

pt. I. A list of books (with references to periodicals) on the Philippine Islands in the Library of Congress, by A. P. C. Griffin ... with chronological list of maps in the Library of Congress, by P. Lee Phillips.--pt. II. Biblioteca filipina ó sea catálogo razonado de todos los impresos, tanto insulares como extranjeros ... por T. H. Pardo de Tavera.

The Market data book, containing a directory of industrial, trade and class publications.

Title varies: 1921- Crain's market data book. The Market data book.

The Youth's companion.

Includes songs for solo voice with piano accompaniment.

The Art journal.

Mode of access: Internet.

Year-book. Annual report of the Board of Managers.

58th-77th reports, 1893-1912, contain Catalogues of publications in the New York point system, including musical works.

The Chinese recorder ...

Editors: G.F. Fitch.-1927-Sept. 1937, Frank Rowlinson.-Oct. 1937- F.R. Millican.-Jan. 1940- John S. Barr.

The Jewish expositor, and Friend of Israel : containing monthly communications respecting the Jews, and the proceedings of the London Society.

Mode of access: Internet.

The Jewish repository, or Monthly communications respecting the Jews and the proceedings of the London Society.

Mode of access: Internet.

All the year Round /

Editors: April 1859-June 1870, Charles Dickens; June 25, 1870-1895, Charles Dickens, Jr.