The document summarizes the death of Johnny Kreuger, a recent high school graduate who was crushed by a load of logs at the sawmill. His classmates Julie Mitchell and Carl Riley are devastated by the news. That fall, Johnny's friends struggle to accept his unjust death. Many of the classmates, including Carl Riley, later serve in the Vietnam War, where some perish. The document concludes by mentioning a Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. that includes Carl Riley's name among those who died in the war. A patch of Carl's old high school jacket with a yellow R is left at the memorial, honoring his memory.
The document analyzes the beta and risk characteristics of a portfolio of stocks compared to the S&P 500 market index from 1989 to present. It loads historical price data for the stocks and market, calculates logarithmic monthly returns, and estimates basic statistics. The analysis finds the stocks and market had average monthly returns between 0.16-1.36% with varying levels of volatility as measured by minimum, maximum and interquartile ranges of returns.
The document discusses building an Odia wordlist that is open source and freely available. It summarizes the current Odia word collections, notes gaps in new scientific and technical words, and outlines plans to use the wordlist for spell checking, machine translation, and text-to-speech. The overall aim is to create an exhaustive and regularly updated Odia wordlist that can improve natural language processing for the language.
Christine Settles is a graphic designer offering services including event flyer and slide design, social media marketing, photographic studies, movie poster creation, web page layout, and magazine spread design. She has experience in tasteful typography and asks potential clients to hire her and remain calm.
Myles T. Greenough is a mechanical engineer seeking a position in renewable energy technology. He graduated early with honors from Northeastern University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a 3.53 GPA. His capstone project involved designing a test fixture for measuring adhesion of coatings. He has co-op experience in energy efficiency startups, consumer products R&D, and medical device testing where he performed design, prototyping, testing and data analysis. He is passionate about developing clean energy technology.
The document summarizes the death of Johnny Kreuger, a recent high school graduate who was crushed by a load of logs at the sawmill. His classmates Julie Mitchell and Carl Riley are devastated by the news. That fall, Johnny's friends struggle to accept his unjust death. Many of the classmates, including Carl Riley, later serve in the Vietnam War, where some perish. The document concludes by mentioning a Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. that includes Carl Riley's name among those who died in the war. A patch of Carl's old high school jacket with a yellow R is left at the memorial, honoring his memory.
The document analyzes the beta and risk characteristics of a portfolio of stocks compared to the S&P 500 market index from 1989 to present. It loads historical price data for the stocks and market, calculates logarithmic monthly returns, and estimates basic statistics. The analysis finds the stocks and market had average monthly returns between 0.16-1.36% with varying levels of volatility as measured by minimum, maximum and interquartile ranges of returns.
The document discusses building an Odia wordlist that is open source and freely available. It summarizes the current Odia word collections, notes gaps in new scientific and technical words, and outlines plans to use the wordlist for spell checking, machine translation, and text-to-speech. The overall aim is to create an exhaustive and regularly updated Odia wordlist that can improve natural language processing for the language.
Christine Settles is a graphic designer offering services including event flyer and slide design, social media marketing, photographic studies, movie poster creation, web page layout, and magazine spread design. She has experience in tasteful typography and asks potential clients to hire her and remain calm.
Myles T. Greenough is a mechanical engineer seeking a position in renewable energy technology. He graduated early with honors from Northeastern University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a 3.53 GPA. His capstone project involved designing a test fixture for measuring adhesion of coatings. He has co-op experience in energy efficiency startups, consumer products R&D, and medical device testing where he performed design, prototyping, testing and data analysis. He is passionate about developing clean energy technology.