True Confessions of a Heartless Girl Vera. Del and Noreen strike a deal that Noreen will work for Lynda in order to repay him for the lost photographs and rug. It takes 30 minutes to convince Lynda to hire her even though she will be working for no pay. Lynda also asks for $80 a month to pay for the food she eats. Later on, Noreen gets a deep pain inside of her and has spotting on her underwear. Lynda gets her an emergency appointment in Willow Point. Noreen gets an ultrasound and his amazed at the tiny white flashing blip on the screen. She thinks
Deviation of a local ring Deviation of a local ring In commutative algebra, the deviations of a local ring "R" are certain invariants ε("R") that measure how far the ring is from being regular. The deviations ε of a local ring "R" with residue field "k" are non-negative integers defined in terms of its Poincaré series "P"("x") by The zeroth deviation ε is the embedding dimension of "R" (the dimension of its tangent space). The first deviation ε vanishes exactly when the ring "R" is a regular local ring, in which case all the higher deviations also vanish. The second deviation ε vanishes exactly when