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
Mean log deviation Mean log deviation In statistics and econometrics, the mean log deviation (MLD) is a measure of income inequality. The MLD is zero when everyone has the same income, and takes larger positive values as incomes become more unequal, especially at the high end. The MLD of household income has been defined as where N is the number of households, formula_2 is the income of household "i", and formula_3 is the mean of formula_2. Naturally the same formula can be used for positive variables other than income and for units of observation other than households. Equivalent definitions are where formula_6 is