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Here's what to do when zombies invade Long…
Here's what to do when zombies invade Long Beach this weekend
The undead will walk the streets when the Long Beach Zombie Fest returns Oct. 20-22. (Photo courtesy Zombie Fest)
By Richard Guzman | riguzman@scng.com | Press Telegram
PUBLISHED: October 19, 2017 at 9:42 a.m. | UPDATED: October 19, 2017 at 2:14 p.m.
It may seem like the end of the world is here when the walking dead invade the streets of Long Beach this weekend.
But don't worry. There's no need to hide in bunkers or start going all Rick Grimes (if you don't know who that is you're not into zombies) on anyone, because it's just the annual Long Beach Zombie Fest, happening Oct. 20-22.
The interactive three-day event is a celebration of all things zombies, and it isn't for wallflowers either since people are encouraged to come dressed as the undead and become part of the entertainment.
The weekend celebration at Rainbow Lagoon includes mazes, scavenger hunts, a performance by Oingo Boingo tribute band Dead Man's Party, free makeup for those who don't come already in costumes, and the infamous Zombie Walk, where hordes of the undead walk the streets.
"Think of it as a real big Halloween party," said Tracie Wintori of O Entertainment, the event organizers.
"People love zombies, and they like being zombies and shocking people," she said.
There's a lot of morbidly fun stuff going on all weekend, so here are some thing that you would be dead wrong to miss.
The Zombie Walk
Scary zombies are all part of the show for the Long Beach Zombie Fest. Photo courtesy Long Beach Zombie Fest.
This is the main event of the weekend and it happens all three days.
Starting at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 5 p.m. Sunday, all those dressed up as zombies are encouraged to join the slow, deadly walk from Rainbow Lagoon to Shoreline Village and around The Pike during an approximate 45 minute round trip.
This is the chance for zombies to scare the brains out of people who have no idea there's a zombie fest going on in Long Beach as they see a horde of slow-walking "bloody" bodies coming down the street.
So Wintori encourages people to remain in character, communicate only with grunting, groaning or moaning calls for "brains."
"We want people to look like they really want brains," Wintori said.
The Escape Bus
The escape room gets a little more high-tech at Zombie Fest with The Escape Bus.
The story behind the bus puts the participants in the year 2033 as part of a hacker consortium who have been caught.
The hackers are in an automated bus on the way to prison and must outsmart the high-tech bus in order to escape.
"It's like a 'Mission: Impossible' type thing," Wintori said.
Zombie Apocalypse Scavenger Hunt
This event is new to the Zombie Fest and it's designed to test the knowledge and physical abilities of even be best zombie fanatics.
The scenario is about a group of humans who are trying to survive the zombie apocalypse as they go though things like a station to see if they know the correct zombie weapons to use.
There's also a shooting gallery and a zombie attack in the mix.
"It's part escape room, part scavenger hunt and 'Amazing Race,'" Wintori said.
Thriller Workshop
For dancing zombies of all skill levels, the popular Thriller Workshop returns this year.
This is where everyone is taught the dance moves in Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video.
It takes place at 9 p.m. Friday, 5:45 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
You'll want to be on lookout for "Thriller" flash mobs all weekend too.
Unhallowed Haunted Maze Attraction – "The Last of Man"
This 3,500-square-foot haunted maze takes you through an abandoned government facility where a killer virus has spread.
Oh, and there's a butcher waiting in there for you too, so good luck.
Long Beach Zombie Fest
When: 5-10 p.m. Oct. 20, 3-10 p.m. Oct. 21-22.
Where: Rainbow Lagoon, 400-403 Shoreline Village Drive, Long Beach.
Tickets: $5 Oct. 20, $13 Oct. 21-22, $18 for two day passes and $20 for three day passes.
Information: www.longbeachzombiefest.com
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Richard Guzman | Entertainment Reporter
Richard Guzman writes about music and pop culture. He has previously written for the El Paso Times, The Desert Sun in Palm Springs and was City Editor at Los Angeles Downtown News. He graduated from Cal State Northridge with a Bachelor in Journalism.
riguzman@scng.com
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Arrows = turn left/right, arrow down = crouch, Z&X = tricks.
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namespace gfx {
class Canvas;
class Path;
class Point;
class Rect;
}

namespace ui {
class Accelerator;
class Compositor;
class OSExchangeData;
class ThemeProvider;
}
using ui::ThemeProvider;

namespace views {

class DefaultThemeProvider;
class InputMethod;
class NativeWidget;
class RootView;
class TooltipManager;
class View;
class WidgetDelegate;
class Window;

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Widget class
//
//  Encapsulates the platform-specific rendering, event receiving and widget
//  management aspects of the UI framework.
//
//  Owns a RootView and thus a View hierarchy. Can contain child Widgets.
//  Widget is a platform-independent type that communicates with a platform or
//  context specific NativeWidget implementation.
//
//  TODO(beng): Note that this class being non-abstract means that we have a
//              violation of Google style in that we are using multiple
//              inheritance. The intention is to split this into a separate
//              object associated with but not equal to a NativeWidget
//              implementation. Multiple inheritance is required for this
//              transitional step.
//
class Widget : public internal::NativeWidgetDelegate,
               public FocusTraversable {
 public:
  struct CreateParams {
    enum Type {
      TYPE_WINDOW,      // A Window, like a frame window.
      TYPE_CONTROL,     // A control, like a button.
      TYPE_POPUP,       // An undecorated Window, with transient properties.
      TYPE_MENU         // An undecorated Window, with transient properties
                        // specialized to menus.
    };

    CreateParams();
    explicit CreateParams(Type type);

    Type type;

    bool child;
    bool transparent;
    bool accept_events;
    bool can_activate;
    bool keep_on_top;
    bool delete_on_destroy;
    bool mirror_origin_in_rtl;
    bool has_dropshadow;
    NativeWidget* native_widget;
  };

  Widget();
  virtual ~Widget();

  // Creates a Widget instance with the supplied params.
  static Widget* CreateWidget(const CreateParams& params);

  // Enumerates all windows pertaining to us and notifies their
  // view hierarchies that the locale has changed.
  static void NotifyLocaleChanged();

  // Converts a rectangle from one Widget's coordinate system to another's.
  // Returns false if the conversion couldn't be made, because either these two
  // Widgets do not have a common ancestor or they are not on the screen yet.
  // The value of |*rect| won't be changed when false is returned.
  static bool ConvertRect(const Widget* source,
                          const Widget* target,
                          gfx::Rect* rect);

  // Sets the creation params for the Widget.
  void SetCreateParams(const CreateParams& params);

  // Unconverted methods -------------------------------------------------------

  // TODO(beng):
  // Widget subclasses are still implementing these methods by overriding from
  // here rather than by implementing NativeWidget.

  // Initialize the Widget with a parent and an initial desired size.
  // |contents_view| is the view that will be the single child of RootView
  // within this Widget. As contents_view is inserted into RootView's tree,
  // RootView assumes ownership of this view and cleaning it up. If you remove
  // this view, you are responsible for its destruction. If this value is NULL,
  // the caller is responsible for populating the RootView, and sizing its
  // contents as the window is sized.
  virtual void Init(gfx::NativeView parent, const gfx::Rect& bounds);
  virtual void InitWithWidget(Widget* parent, const gfx::Rect& bounds);

  // Returns the gfx::NativeView associated with this Widget.
  virtual gfx::NativeView GetNativeView() const;

  // Starts a drag operation for the specified view. |point| is a position in
  // |view| coordinates that the drag was initiated from.
  virtual void GenerateMousePressedForView(View* view,
                                           const gfx::Point& point);

  // Returns the accelerator given a command id. Returns false if there is
  // no accelerator associated with a given id, which is a common condition.
  virtual bool GetAccelerator(int cmd_id, ui::Accelerator* accelerator);

  // Returns the Window containing this Widget, or NULL if not contained in a
  // window.
  virtual Window* GetWindow();
  virtual const Window* GetWindow() const;

  // Forwarded from the RootView so that the widget can do any cleanup.
  virtual void ViewHierarchyChanged(bool is_add, View* parent, View* child);

  // Performs any necessary cleanup and forwards to RootView.
  virtual void NotifyNativeViewHierarchyChanged(bool attached,
                                                gfx::NativeView native_view);

  // Converted methods ---------------------------------------------------------

  // TODO(beng):
  // Widget subclasses are implementing these methods by implementing
  // NativeWidget. Remove this comment once complete.

  // Returns the topmost Widget in a hierarchy. Will return NULL if called
  // before the underlying Native Widget has been initialized.
  Widget* GetTopLevelWidget();
  const Widget* GetTopLevelWidget() const;

  // Gets/Sets the WidgetDelegate.
  WidgetDelegate* widget_delegate() const { return widget_delegate_; }
  void set_widget_delegate(WidgetDelegate* widget_delegate) {
    widget_delegate_ = widget_delegate;
  }

  // Sets the specified view as the contents of this Widget. There can only
  // be one contents view child of this Widget's RootView. This view is sized to
  // fit the entire size of the RootView. The RootView takes ownership of this
  // View, unless it is set as not being parent-owned.
  void SetContentsView(View* view);

  // Returns the bounds of the Widget in screen coordinates.
  gfx::Rect GetWindowScreenBounds() const;

  // Returns the bounds of the Widget's client area in screen coordinates.
  gfx::Rect GetClientAreaScreenBounds() const;

  // Sizes and/or places the widget to the specified bounds, size or position.
  void SetBounds(const gfx::Rect& bounds);
  void SetSize(const gfx::Size& size);

  // Places the widget in front of the specified widget in z-order.
  void MoveAboveWidget(Widget* widget);
  void MoveAbove(gfx::NativeView native_view);

  // Sets a shape on the widget. This takes ownership of shape.
  void SetShape(gfx::NativeRegion shape);

  // Hides the widget then closes it after a return to the message loop.
  void Close();

  // TODO(beng): Move off public API.
  // Closes the widget immediately. Compare to |Close|. This will destroy the
  // window handle associated with this Widget, so should not be called from
  // any code that expects it to be valid beyond this call.
  void CloseNow();

  // Shows or hides the widget, without changing activation state.
  void Show();
  void Hide();

  // Sets the opacity of the widget. This may allow widgets behind the widget
  // in the Z-order to become visible, depending on the capabilities of the
  // underlying windowing system. Note that the caller must then schedule a
  // repaint to allow this change to take effect.
  void SetOpacity(unsigned char opacity);

  // Sets the widget to be on top of all other widgets in the windowing system.
  void SetAlwaysOnTop(bool on_top);

  // Returns the RootView contained by this Widget.
  RootView* GetRootView();

  // Returns whether the Widget is visible to the user.
  bool IsVisible() const;

  // Returns whether the Widget is the currently active window.
  bool IsActive() const;

  // Returns whether the Widget is customized for accessibility.
  bool IsAccessibleWidget() const;

  // Returns the ThemeProvider that provides theme resources for this Widget.
  virtual ThemeProvider* GetThemeProvider() const;

  // Returns the FocusManager for this widget.
  // Note that all widgets in a widget hierarchy share the same focus manager.
  // TODO(beng): remove virtual.
  virtual FocusManager* GetFocusManager();

  // Returns the InputMethod for this widget.
  // Note that all widgets in a widget hierarchy share the same input method.
  InputMethod* GetInputMethod();

  // Returns true if the native view |native_view| is contained in the
  // views::View hierarchy rooted at this widget.
  // TODO(beng): const.
  bool ContainsNativeView(gfx::NativeView native_view);

  // Starts a drag operation for the specified view. This blocks until the drag
  // operation completes. |view| can be NULL.
  // If the view is non-NULL it can be accessed during the drag by calling
  // dragged_view(). If the view has not been deleted during the drag,
  // OnDragDone() is called on it.
  void RunShellDrag(View* view, const ui::OSExchangeData& data, int operation);

  // Returns the view that requested the current drag operation via
  // RunShellDrag(), or NULL if there is no such view or drag operation.
  View* dragged_view() { return dragged_view_; }

  // Adds the specified |rect| in client area coordinates to the rectangle to be
  // redrawn.
  void SchedulePaintInRect(const gfx::Rect& rect);

  // Sets the currently visible cursor. If |cursor| is NULL, the cursor used
  // before the current is restored.
  void SetCursor(gfx::NativeCursor cursor);

  // Retrieves the focus traversable for this widget.
  FocusTraversable* GetFocusTraversable();

  // Notifies the view hierarchy contained in this widget that theme resources
  // changed.
  void ThemeChanged();

  // Notifies the view hierarchy contained in this widget that locale resources
  // changed.
  void LocaleChanged();

  void SetFocusTraversableParent(FocusTraversable* parent);
  void SetFocusTraversableParentView(View* parent_view);

  // Notifies assistive technology that an accessibility event has
  // occurred on |view|, such as when the view is focused or when its
  // value changes. Pass true for |send_native_event| except for rare
  // cases where the view is a native control that's already sending a
  // native accessibility event and the duplicate event would cause
  // problems.
  virtual void NotifyAccessibilityEvent(
      View* view,
      ui::AccessibilityTypes::Event event_type,
      bool send_native_event) = 0;

  NativeWidget* native_widget() { return native_widget_; }

  // Overridden from NativeWidgetDelegate:
  virtual void OnNativeFocus(gfx::NativeView focused_view) OVERRIDE;
  virtual void OnNativeBlur(gfx::NativeView focused_view) OVERRIDE;
  virtual void OnNativeWidgetCreated() OVERRIDE;
  virtual void OnSizeChanged(const gfx::Size& new_size) OVERRIDE;
  virtual bool HasFocusManager() const OVERRIDE;
  virtual void OnNativeWidgetPaint(gfx::Canvas* canvas) OVERRIDE;
  virtual bool OnMouseEvent(const MouseEvent& event) OVERRIDE;
  virtual void OnMouseCaptureLost() OVERRIDE;

  // Overridden from FocusTraversable:
  virtual FocusSearch* GetFocusSearch() OVERRIDE;
  virtual FocusTraversable* GetFocusTraversableParent() OVERRIDE;
  virtual View* GetFocusTraversableParentView() OVERRIDE;

 protected:
  // Creates the RootView to be used within this Widget. Subclasses may override
  // to create custom RootViews that do specialized event processing.
  // TODO(beng): Investigate whether or not this is needed.
  virtual RootView* CreateRootView();

  // Provided to allow the WidgetWin/Gtk implementations to destroy the RootView
  // _before_ the focus manager/tooltip manager.
  // TODO(beng): remove once we fold those objects onto this one.
  void DestroyRootView();

  // TODO(beng): Temporarily provided as a way to associate the subclass'
  //             implementation of NativeWidget with this.
  void set_native_widget(NativeWidget* native_widget) {
    native_widget_ = native_widget;
  }

  // Used for testing.
  void ReplaceFocusManager(FocusManager* focus_manager);

  // TODO(msw): Make this mouse state member private.
  // If true, the mouse is currently down.
  bool is_mouse_button_pressed_;

  // TODO(msw): Make these mouse state members private.
  // The following are used to detect duplicate mouse move events and not
  // deliver them. Displaying a window may result in the system generating
  // duplicate move events even though the mouse hasn't moved.
  bool last_mouse_event_was_move_;
  gfx::Point last_mouse_event_position_;

 private:
  // Refresh the compositor tree. This is called by a View whenever its texture
  // is updated.
  void RefreshCompositeTree();

  // Try to create a compositor if one hasn't been created yet. Returns false if
  // a compositor couldn't be created.
  bool EnsureCompositor();

  // Returns whether capture should be released on mouse release.
  virtual bool ShouldReleaseCaptureOnMouseReleased() const;

  NativeWidget* native_widget_;

  // Non-owned pointer to the Widget's delegate.  May be NULL if no delegate is
  // being used.
  WidgetDelegate* widget_delegate_;

  // The root of the View hierarchy attached to this window.
  // WARNING: see warning in tooltip_manager_ for ordering dependencies with
  // this and tooltip_manager_.
  scoped_ptr<RootView> root_view_;

  // The focus manager keeping track of focus for this Widget and any of its
  // children.  NULL for non top-level widgets.
  // WARNING: RootView's destructor calls into the FocusManager. As such, this
  // must be destroyed AFTER root_view_. This is enforced in DestroyRootView().
  scoped_ptr<FocusManager> focus_manager_;

  // A theme provider to use when no other theme provider is specified.
  scoped_ptr<DefaultThemeProvider> default_theme_provider_;

  // Valid for the lifetime of RunShellDrag(), indicates the view the drag
  // started from.
  View* dragged_view_;

  // The compositor for accelerated drawing.
  scoped_refptr<ui::Compositor> compositor_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(Widget);
};

}  // namespace views

#endif // VIEWS_WIDGET_WIDGET_H_

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We are talking about opportunity, and having a conversation with Eben Pagan, who just launched his new book called…Opportunity!
In his new book, OPPORTUNITY, Eben explains how opportunity is changing, why it is increasing for all of us, and how to find and create more high-quality opportunities for yourself and your business. The book is about how to find and create opportunities in your business and your life. It summarizes twenty years of mindsets, models, and methods for dealing with the explosion of opportunities that are coming our way in the future.


On 19th of July, 1939, Frank Sinatra and Harry James's band had a broadcast, America Dances Program. And we can still listen to it after 76 years.
An album of Frank Sinatra songs when he was working with Harry James Orchestra. Harry James and his Orchestra, featuring Frank Sinatra, by Columbia Records.
The Song Is You features songs of Frank Sinatra when he was singing with Tommy Dorsey orchestra. Here we take a look at first CD of this album set.
All Alone is a beautiful concept album of Frank Sinatra from Reprise Records in 1962.
Cycles is an album of Frank Sinatra, released in 1968, by Reprise Records. The songs are arranged by Don Costa.
L.A. Is My Lady is the album Frank Sinatra recorded in the year 1984. Quincy Jones contributed to the L.A. Is My Lady album as the arranger and producer, and the album is released by Warner Bros.
i feel that frank when he retired in 1971 should have stayed retired and not made a comeback. from the mid 1970s his voice suffered a decline and cannot be compared to his supreme singing in the 40s, 50s, and 60s. why did he comeback? the youth of today hear duets and other recent recordings and probably think that is the real sinatra. i always tell them to listen and study sinatra on capitol.
Had Frank Sinatra not made his comeback you and me and the whole world would have been denied the pleasure of such beautiful songs such as "Didn't We", What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life?", It Had to Be You" and so many others. I'm sure glad he decided to go back into the recording studio!
This is a comment from sheer ignorance. Before he retired, Frank tried to meet the new low standard in pop music, which had been taken away from professional composers like Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers and handed over to the new guitar-playing singer-songwriters like the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Glen Campbell and Willie Nelson. It was a "populist revolution," producing reductive music by one amateurish performer after the other, with depressing results to the record sales of someone of Sinatra's high standards (his last couple of albums sold in the hundreds, not tens of thousands, wtih "Watertown" the nadir, imo).
His voice DID decline (although I LOVE the "Old Blue Eyes Is Back" album), but his concerts were better in the 70s-90's than his live work of the 40's-60's. So, thank God he DID come back!
The original 12 track album was released in monaural.Two years later the stereo albun was released with 2 tracks missing due to lack of space for strereo grooves.
These songs were rejected by Sinatra and never released.
Won Grammy Award in 1958 for best album cover.
When Sinatra was asked "what was his favorite album"-he said without hesitation-Only The Lonely(John Rockwell's book-Sinatra-An American Classic).
To many Sinatraphils(including me)this was the pairs finest hour.It is one of the finest albums ever recorded,any time,anywhere,by anyone.
"……truly classic album with classic,perfect orchestrations from Nelson Riddle and Sinatra at the very top of his game,his voice at the peak of perfection.The album is faultless.The concept is faultless and the performance is perfect in every way.
I listen to it often.
I understand when people say Frank should have stayed retired in 1971, but I only agree partly. I think he probably shouldn't have recorded any more studio albums after that point, but he was still a fantastic performer in concert all the way up through the late 80's.
Most melancholy of all Frank's album in my opinion is 'Where are you' My husband brought it back from the states in 1958.
"She Shot Me Down" (1982) is a great album of new material though. I really love Frank's sad old man phase, from Cycles (68) to Watertown (72?) and this one.
I still think that Sinatra was thew greatest purveyor of a song that has ever lived, he sang like a musician played, he always gave credit to the composer and lyricist of a song, plus the arranger and the orchestra.
I think Sinatra's voice improved as he got older. From "Watertown" on, he could convey a true emotion that I hardly find in earlier recordings. The whole "Watertown" is a pure gem. And later, listen to his take on "One Note Samba" or even later "Bang Bang" or "A Long Night"… Compare the eraly version of "Let's Face The Music & dance", the 1979 one has much more substance than the young-blue-eyes one. Sinatra singing "Don't Ever Go Away" gives me wonderful goosebumps. Yeah, thanks god he came back and aged beautifully. And his version of "Bang Bang" is the only one that equals the already perfect of from Vanilla Fudge (in 1967).


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Innovation and Enterprise News
News and views from the University's Innovation and Enterprise Department
Kent to develop new to sector tech with local SME
By ICE Admin | 31 October 2018
The University of Kent is delighted to have been awarded funding to work with Kent based SME, Dyrhoff Ltd, through the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme.
Dyrhoff Ltd has been designing and supplying inflatable rubber dams and pneumatically-operated spillway gates for over 25 years. They have supplied over 175 pneumatic dams and gates across 26 countries, ranging from run of the river hydropower projects to small in-line sewer applications.
The Dyrhoff team identified the need to develop a system for measuring the cross-sectional shape, height and vibration of inflatable rubber dams. Using a combination of sensor arrays and computing algorithms, Dyrhoff look forward to developing a technology which will enable continuous monitoring and control of rubber dam operating conditions and thus maximise efficiency in a chosen application. This technology will be the first of its kind in the sector.
Providing expertise for this ground breaking project is Professor Yong Yan and Dr Christos Efstratiou, from the School of Engineering and Digital Arts. Together they will be imparting knowledge and expertise in inertial sensor arrays for 2D/3D shape measurement and in the application of data analytics and machine learning techniques.
Don Mason, MD for Dyrhoff Ltd, is looking forward to the project starting and said "Dyrhoff are delighted to be working with the University of Kent and the Knowledge Transfer Partnership programme on this project. By developing these new technologies, Dyrhoff will retain an innovative edge in this specialist yet very competitive engineering sector'"
KTPs are a UK-wide Government programme helping businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity through better use of knowledge, technology and skills that reside within the UK academic knowledge base.
If you would like to hear more about this project or working with the university yourself please do get in touch at enterprise@kent.ac.uk
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Bolaji Alonge, a photographer, is set to host a photo exhibition at One Draw gallery, Ikoyi, Lagos.
The exhibition, themed 'Urban Culture-Historical Continuity', will take place from November 10 to 25.
Some of the images that will be presented are snapshots of country life, challenges of life in a megapolis, and unforgettable images of Lagos and its inhabitants.
A mass communication graduate from the University of Lagos, Alonge is a storyteller who loves to share the deeper meaning of the images he presents.
"I encourage young Africans to take up the camera and document history – those memories that make up the fabric of existence. In order to move forward, we have to know where we come from. I do it by searching for unique shots, that become integrated into the mood boards of our lives," he said.
In May 2017, Alonge organised his 'Eyes of a Lagos Boy' photo exhibition at Freedom Park, Lagos, to critical acclaim.
The show, attended by Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, presented images of everyday life and societal concerns from Nigeria, Egypt, the Netherlands, Oman, Germany, India, Turkey and Sweden.


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NHL News as it Happens!
Larkin leads 3 Stars of the Week
NEW YORK – Detroit Red Wings center Dylan Larkin, St. Louis Blues right wing Vladimir Tarasenko and Winnipeg Jets left wing Nikolaj Ehlers have been named the NHL's "Three Stars" for the week ending Dec. 19.
FIRST STAR – DYLAN LARKIN, C, DETROIT RED WINGS
Larkin led the NHL with five goals and seven points in three games (5-2-7) to propel the Red Wings (15-13-3, 33 points) to a 2-1-0 week and into the final Wild Card position in the Eastern Conference. The Detroit captain scored once in a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders Dec. 14. He then registered 1-1-2, his seventh multi-point performance of the season, in a 5-3 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes Dec. 16. Larkin capped the week with 3-1-4, marking both his first career hat trick and four-point outing (460 GP), in a 5-2 triumph over the New Jersey Devils Dec. 18. The 25-year-old Waterford, Mich., native and 15th overall pick from the 2014 NHL Draft tops the Red Wings with 15-14-29 in 27 total contests this season. His 15 goals share 10th place in the League (with Sebastian Aho and Jake Guentzel).
Video: NJD@DET: Larkin scores 3 for his 1st NHL hat trick
SECOND STAR – VLADIMIR TARASENKO, RW, ST. LOUIS BLUES
Tarasenko ranked second in the NHL with four goals in three appearances (4-2-6) as the Blues (17-9-5, 39 points) went 2-1-0 to maintain third place in the Central Division. He posted 1-2-3, his second three-point effort of the season (also Nov. 27 vs. CBJ: 0-3-3), in a 4-1 victory against the Dallas Stars Dec. 14. Tarasenko then scored twice, including his 38th career game-winning goal (5th in franchise history), to help St. Louis complete a sweep of its home-and-home set with Dallas via a 4-1 triumph Dec. 17. He added his team-leading 12th goal of the campaign in a 4-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets Dec. 19. The 30-year-old Yaroslavl, Russia, native and 16th overall selection from the 2010 NHL Draft paces the Blues with 12-17-29 in 31 total outings this season.
Video: STL@WPG: Tarasenko finishes off a sweet passing play
THIRD STAR – NIKOLAJ EHLERS, LW, WINNIPEG JETS
Ehlers factored on seven of Winnipeg's eight goals, placing second in the League with 2-5-7 in three contests to help the Jets (14-11-5, 33 points) go 1-2-0. He scored once in a 4-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres Dec. 14. Ehlers then assisted on both Winnipeg goals in a 5-2 defeat against the Washington Capitals Dec. 17. He finished the week with 1-3-4, his fourth career four-point performance and second of the calendar year (also Jan. 26 vs. EDM: 1-3-4), in a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues Dec. 19. The 25-year-old Aalborg, Denmark, native and ninth overall pick from the 2014 NHL Draft ranks third on the Jets with 12-12-24 in 30 total appearances this season.
Video: BUF@WPG: Ehlers scores in 2nd period
Leaman sees chemistry as key to U.S. winning World Junior Championship
NHL Buzz: Spurgeon on injured reserve for Wild with lower-body injury
Meiers five-goal game has Sharks teammates, coach buzzing
Penguins score five straight, rally past Golden Knights
Barbashev, Schenn each scores four points, Blues defeat Predators
ORee set to have number retired by Bruins
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Q: why does tex4ht not rotate images? This MWE works ok with lualatex
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{mwe}
\begin{document}

\includegraphics[angle=90]{example-image}

\end{document}

The image is rotated by 90 degrees

By make4ht does not rotate it
make4ht foo.tex

The HTML shows the image as is.

What does one have to do to make tex4ht rotate the image? These images are part of TeXLive 2017.
ls /usr/local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mwe/example-image.*
/usr/local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mwe/example-image.eps
/usr/local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mwe/example-image.jpg
/usr/local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mwe/example-image.pdf
/usr/local/texlive/2017/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mwe/example-image.png
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Update
Found the error. Problem fixed.
What I need is to keep the \DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.svg,.png,.eps,.jpg} but remove the \Configure{graphics*}
To make it clear, here is the final .cfg
\Preamble{xhtml}

\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.svg,.png,.eps,.jpg}

\makeatletter
\Configure{GraphicsAlt}{ALT\ifdefined\Grot@angle\Css{img[src="\PictureFile"]{transform: rotate(-\Grot@angle deg);}}\fi}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\EndPreamble

And now make4ht -c ./nma.cfg foo.tex finds p1.svg and also rotates it.
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{mwe}
\begin{document}

\includegraphics[width=\textwidth,angle=130]{p1}  %SVG image

\end{document}

Thank to michal.h21 for his help and support.

A: tex4ht indeed doesn't support the image rotation, but the support can be added using some hacks. Try the following config file:
\Preamble{xhtml}
\makeatletter
\Configure{GraphicsAlt}{ALT\ifdefined\Grot@angle\Css{img[src="\PictureFile"]{transform: rotate(-\Grot@angle deg);}}\fi}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\EndPreamble

I used the fact that the GraphicsAlt configuration is called for every image type, so we need to provide it only once. The \Grot@angle macro contains the requested angle. We can provide a CSS declaration for the current picture when it is defined. Your example will produce following CSS code:
img[src="sample0x.png"]{transform: rotate(-90deg);}

It will be rendered in this way (together with two more samples):

As you can see the rotated pictures are cropped, which is not good and it is a reason why I don't want to add this feature to tex4ht at the moment. If anybody knows how to rotate the images correctly using CSS, please let me know.

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This week the baby is the size of a bell pepper. The baby is also busy moving around and being a wiggle bottom.
We will start with a rubbish note first this week. I was sick again :( booooo. I'm hoping that my sickness isn't coming back and it was just a random one off. It was late at night right at the beginning of the week. The morning after I was sick I actually felt the baby kicking from the outside of my belly. I will admit that I totally cried my eyes out. I was just so overwhelmed that this little baby inside of me had kicked my hand. That they are now big enough for me to feel from the outside. Our bodies are truly amazing! Mark still hasn't felt the baby but hopefully he will by next week.
We are in major counting down mode. I can't wait to see the baby again and Mark hasn't seen the baby since my scan at 7 weeks. The baby looked like a blob then so this time will be a huge difference for him. I'll be exactly 20 weeks for my scan so not too long left! I'm so excited!
Food is a major pain in the bum. I know I have to eat but I just don't want to. I'm also trying to eat more beef in the hopes of getting my iron levels up. I'm also taking my multi vitamin and do notice a huge difference in my energy when I take it so that is good. I haven't had anymore food aversions or cravings this week.
My skin is still rubbish but that's nothing knew.
I'm starting to actually feel pregnant now. There's no hiding it when I have a tight top on and I am loving showing more. My bump still feels low. I'm not sure if its because my stomach muscles aren't half as strong as they were with Paige of if it's because maybe I'm carrying a boy so this pregnancy is just different. Did you carry differently with each pregnancy?
Don't forget to check out week 17!


In order to compete, you must be in good health and physically prepared to take on the challenges of the event you register for. You must wear an official race number and must be able to complete the half marathon in 4 hours. Coaches, skateboards, skates, baby joggers, bikes, and animals are prohibited on the course. The Half Marathon is NOT walker friendly and walkers are not permitted by order of the city. The 10K is walker friendly and also needs to be completed in 4 hours.
By registering for Run To Remember Los Angeles and/or signing the race registration (or, if submitted electronically, by clicking "I agree" to the waiver which will constitute a valid signature), you acknowledge your understanding that your participation in Run To Remember Los Angeles and/or any pre- or post-race activities (the race and pre/post-race activities are individually and collectively referred to as the "Event") involves rigorous physical activity and that it potentially may be hazardous. You attest and verify that you are physically fit and have sufficiently trained for the Event and that, if appropriate, your physical fitness to participate in the Event has been verified by a licensed medical doctor. You understand that proper hydration, and preparations are your responsibility. You expressly assume all known and unknown risks associated with the Event, including but not limited to: loss of or damage to your property; injury including death; accidents; the effects of weather; effects of insufficient hydration; terrain conditions that may vary widely, and that may include uneven and/or slippery surfaces, unpredictable spectators/participants, and natural and man-made obstacles (including without limitation, vehicles, security barriers, signs, cables, mats, and debris on the course); and the possibility that an Event may be postponed, ended early or cancelled altogether by Event or government officials.
In consideration of your participation in the Event, you, for yourself, your heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns (a) waive and release any and all rights, claims and causes of action you have or may have against any Race Organizer (as defined below) that may arise as a result of your participation in the Event; and (b) agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless all Race Organizers from and against any and all injuries, losses, causes of action, liabilities, damages, expenses (including attorney's fees and court costs) or claims (collectively, "Claims") that might arise directly or indirectly from your participation in the Event and/or the condition of the course, property, facilities or equipment used for the Event, regardless of when such Claim may arise including, without limitation, Claims relating to (i) theft, loss or disappearance of property, (ii) bodily injury (including fatality), and (iii) property damage, for all claims and losses (including attorney's fees and court costs), which may be brought against any one or more of them by anyone claiming to have been injured or otherwise to have suffered loss or damage as a result of your participation in the Event. For these purposes, a "Race Organizer" is any one or more of the following: Run To Remember Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Department, Cities of Los Angeles and West Hollywood and any of their departments, State agencies, Race directors, staff, sponsors, contractors, and each of their respective subsidiaries, affiliates and lenders; All State Agencies associated with the race; all governmental agencies representing the territory in which the Event will be held and from which resources (such as, without limitation, fire, police and ambulance personnel) are provided; all sponsors, agents, vendors, medical personnel and contractors and volunteers of or for the Event; USATF officials; emergency (for example, fire and police) and all medical service providers; and the officers, directors, employees, representatives, affiliates, volunteers, agents, successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.
You further grant full permission to any and all Race Organizers to store, use, reproduce and/or resell your image or likeness by any audio and/or visual recording technique (including electronic/digital) now in existence or hereafter invented, for any legitimate purpose, including commercial sales and marketing purposes. You understand and agree that information about you that is collected by the Race Organizers, including without limitation information in the application this form, and your Event results, and any and all medical information that you may disclose to Event medical personnel, may be disclosed to third parties for any legitimate purpose, including research, commercial sales, and marketing purposes, and that it may be subject to re-disclosure by the recipient(s). You also grant the Event medical personnel and their respective agents and designees access to all medical records (and physicians) as needed and authorize medical treatment as needed. You acknowledge and agree to abide by any Official Rules for the Event that may be posted at the Event or on the Event's website or otherwise communicated to you verbally or in writing at the Event by Event officials. You hereby represent and warrant that you are 18 years of age or older or, if applicable, that you are the parent or legal guardian of the child under the age of 18 years old who you are registering for the Event and that you have the full power and authority to agree to these terms on behalf of such child, and to bind him/her to these terms.


If you've been tempted to use a Poplarville, MS payroll provider but have delayed and done your company's payroll on your own, this is the ideal moment to switch. In Poplarville, Paychex is promoting a special discount for new customers providing 1 month of free payroll service.
Paychex has established itself as a visible and respected entity in Mississippi, providing service to many area organizations and companies. But Paychex's reputation reaches beyond the local Poplarville, MS region. In reality, Paychex is actually an international leader, providing outsourced payroll to over 560,000 business owners.
Paychex's focus has never changed — from its inception over 40 years ago, it's always been a business that serviced small to medium size companies, both here in Mississippi and nationwide. Paychex's intense concern for the customer is as strong now, at 12,000 plus employees in 100 offices, as it was when the company was a one man shop. Paychex delivers a rare blend of personal customer service with a world-class product.
If you use some of Paychex's other services, like retirement plan and benefits management, those are also accessible online and through mobile devices for both managers and employees. For many Poplarville business owners, Paychex online payroll makes business simpler.


When it comes to the quality of products and services presented by a company, quality management is essential. Quality management is the process of managing and monitoring performance to ensure adherence to predetermined quality standards and goals.
A principle is a fundamental truth or law and therefore quality management principles are the fundamental truth or laws that form the basis of quality management. There are a number of principles used in quality management, all of which play a significant role in its success.
These principles have been identified to facilitate the achievement of quality objectives and form the foundation for effective quality management.
Principle 1 - Customer-Focused Organization : "Organizations depend on their customers and therefore should understand current and future customer needs, meet customer requirements and strive to exceed customer expectations".
Principle 2 - Leadership : "Leaders establish unity of purpose and direction of the organization. They should create and maintain the internal environment in which people can become fully involved in achieving the organization's objectives."
Principle 3 - Involvement of People : "People at all levels are the essence of an organization and their full involvement enables their abilities to be used for the organization's benefit".
Principle 4 - Process Approach : "A desired result is achieved more efficiently when related resources and activities are managed as a process."
Principle 5 - System Approach to Management : "Identifying, understanding and managing a system of interrelated processes for a given objective improves the organization's effectiveness and efficiency."
Principle 6 - Continual Improvement : "Continual improvement should be a permanent objective of the organization."
Principle 7 - Factual Approach to Decision Making : "Effective decisions are based on the analysis of data and information."
Principle 8 - Mutually Beneficial Supplier Relationships : "An organization and its suppliers are interdependent, and a mutually beneficial relationship enhances the ability of both to create value."
The International Standard for Quality Management (ISO 9001:2008) adopts a number of management principles that can be used by top management to guide their organizations towards improved performance. These eight principles form the basis for the quality management system standard ISO 9001:2008. These principles are used by many companies as an improvement model. The more companies who begin implementing these principles, the more successes there will be across the board and the better quality and services will be.


Shabbir Ahluwalia who has been currently working in Kumkum Bhagya as Abhi and have been able to win hearts of people with his power pack performance.
He has been offered a web series by Ekta Kapoor called ''Fixer" where he will be seen playing a cop.
Shabbir Ahluwali have never done a web series and this show will be his first series to be out.
Fixer is a story of a cop from Delhi who later indulges in fixing and illegal works.
The shoot to go on floors very soon and the series also cast Mahi Gill and Karishma Sharma in lead roles.
It will be interesting to see Shabbir like never before role.
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FAINT… FALL… FLU? – SYNCOPE AS AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF INFLUENZA INFECTION
Anjali Nigalaye, MD*, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, NY
Meeting: Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Abstract number: 624
Categories: Adult, Clinical Vignette Abstracts
Keywords: INFLUENZA, Syncope and Vasovagal
Case Presentation:
Case 1 is a 55 year-old healthy man who was brought to the ER after co-workers witnessed him slump down while seated and lose consciousness for 30 seconds. The patient recalled feeling "uneasy" prior to the episode. There were no tonic-clonic movements or loss of bowel or bladder function. Upon awakening, the patient vomited once. In the ER, the patient's vital signs were normal as were EKG and basic laboratory testing, including troponin. He was admitted to the observation unit to evaluate for cardiac syncope.
On further review of systems, it was revealed that the patient had been feeling unwell for the past 2 days as if "about to come down with something." He endorsed headache, sore throat and malaise. He denied fever or cough though subsequently became febrile on the unit. In light of his symptoms, a flu swab was sent and returned positive for Influenza A. Orthostatic vital signs were within normal range. A cardiac etiology for syncope was thought to be unlikely. The patient was given intravenous hydration and discharged on oseltamavir.
Case 2 is a 44 year-old healthy man who presented to the ER after two witnessed syncopal episodes. The first episode occurred while eating breakfast when he suddenly felt unwell with a cold sweat. He subsequently lost consciousness for a few seconds as witnessed by family. He promptly regained consciousness with no sequela and went to see his primary care physician. In the office, he again lost consciousness for 30 seconds, this time with mild hand twitches witnessed by office staff. His blood pressure at that time was 50/20 with a normal blood glucose.
The patient was sent to the ER where his blood pressure had normalized to 119/64 without intervention. Vitals, EKG and routine labs, including troponin, were unremarkable. On review of systems, he reported 3 days of malaise associated with chills, sneezing and a mild cough. He was given intravenous hydration and admitted to the observation unit for work-up of syncope. A flu swab was requested prior to bed assignment which resulted positive for Influenza B. The patient was started on oseltamavir and monitored for 24 hours with no further hypotension noted. The suspicion for cardiac syncope or sepsis was low and he was discharged in stable condition.
Discussion: Syncope as a presenting symptom of influenza infection has rarely been reported in the adult literature though cases have been seen in the pediatric population, particularly during the H1N1 pandemic in Asia. In each of the cases described above, the patients had a vague prodromal illness for 2 to 3 days; this was followed by a syncopal episode which prompted medical evaluation. While influenza myocarditis is known to cause arrhythmia and resultant syncope, the cases reported here do not seem to represent direct cardiac involvement by the virus. Instead, the mechanism of syncope in both cases appears to be neurocardiogenic (vasovagal/situational) in the setting of underlying malaise and viral illness. Further investigation of the pathophysiologic basis of syncope in influenza infection is warranted.
Conclusions: In patients presenting with syncope, a thorough review of systems may reveal associated symptoms characteristic of underlying influenza infection. Testing for influenza in such patients may allow for early diagnosis and initiation of appropriate measures including hydration, anti-viral agents, and transmission control. Moreover, identification of an underlying viral infection may prevent unnecessary testing for alternate causes of syncope.
To cite this abstract:
Nigalaye, A	. FAINT… FALL… FLU? – SYNCOPE AS AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF INFLUENZA INFECTION. Abstract published at Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev. Abstract 624. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2017; 12 (suppl 2). https://www.shmabstracts.com/abstract/faint-fall-flu-syncope-as-an-unusual-presentation-of-influenza-infection/. Accessed January 20, 2020.
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Race Report: Otter Creek Trail Runs | Runner. Writer. Renegade.
I'll admit to being a bit of a fair-weather runner in some situations. I don't take pride in suffering through miserable conditions — treadmills exist for good reason. And when it comes to signing up for December trail races that are an hour away … Consider me a bit noncommittal.
I love the Otter Creek Trail Runs and have gone down for the 8 miler (you can also do 16 or a marathon on the loop course) a number of years. But typically only if the weather is favorable. This year though, I really wanted to go and I signed up in advance. The day before, my friend Stephanie texted to ask if I was still going to go in the rain. I said yes, thinking she was wondering if I'd want to join her the next morning if I wasn't going. Instead, she had found a way to join me!
This race has always been my birthday present to myself. The race date is normally close to my birthday and it's a race I just really like to do, whether it is running hard or running for fun with friends. I love it even though I sprained my ankle there once a few years ago and it still clicks when I walk up stairs.
It had rained all day Friday — lots and lots of rain — and continued overnight Saturday and the whole way down to the race. We carpooled and got there without a ton of time to get ready (I'd suggest moving the start time back to 8:30 or 9, really, since it isn't even light until 8 and most people are driving an hour — it's not like it is going to be hot.!). We basically didn't warm up but we did get ample warnings about the condition of the trail.
Said warnings were not adequate. Within the first mile I ran through a puddle up to my KNEES that was at least four steps long, that's like 12 feet wide. This continued throughout the race, with the trail covered in ankle-deep water and no way to go around. Other parts were just mud pits. The multiple water crossings were moving rapidly and no way to see the rocks underneath.
But Otter Creek is simply gorgeous. The trees sheltered us from most of the rain and a thick blanket of pine needles aided in footing in some places. The muddy, murky Ohio River was high in its banks, rushing alongside us. As we crested the main hill around mile 6, the views were amazing as long as you could still breathe.
I splashed, I slipped, I sat down in the mud, I did some walking. I kept my HR in the range coach wanted — we treated it as an 8-mile tempo effort — moving up to third place female after the giant hill.
I ended up with a couple bruises, a couple scrapes, and really wet shoes.Stephanie was fifth overall and first female; I was twelfth and third. Aaron, who you might remember from my Harrod's Creek report, went out with me for the first mile and edged me by about 10 seconds to the finish (if I had known, I would've tried harder to catch him!).
A big thank you to Headfirst Performance and all the volunteers who worked to clean up the trail before the race and added support ropes overnight so we wouldn't end up in the river. And all the people who made chili for the after-party this year, WOW. Thank you. Until next year, OTC.


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George Gilder
American Investor, Author
http://www.gildertech.com/
George F. Gilder is Chairman of George Gilder Fund Management, host of the Gilder Telecosm Forum, Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, and a founding Member of the Board of Advisors for the Independent Institute.
Mr. Gilder attended Exeter Academy and Harvard University. At Harvard, he studied under Henry Kissinger and helped found Advance, a journal of political thought, which he edited and helped to re-establish in Washington, DC after his graduation in 1962. During this period he co-authored (with Bruce Chapman) The Party That Lost Its Head. He later returned to Harvard as a fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Politics and editor of the Ripon Forum. In the 1960s Mr. Gilder also served as a speechwriter for several prominent official and candidates, including Nelson Rockefeller, George Romney, and Richard Nixon. In the 1970s, as an independent researcher and writer, Mr. Gilder began an excursion into the causes of poverty, which resulted in his books Men and Marriage(1972) and Visible Man(1978); and hence, of wealth, which led to his best-selling Wealth and Poverty(1981).
Mr. Gilder pioneered the formulation of supply-side economics when he served as Chairman of the Lehrman Institute's Economic Roundtable, as Program Director for the Manhattan Institute, and as a frequent contributor to A.B. Laffer's economic reports and the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal.
In 1996 Gilder was made a Fellow of the International Engineering Consortium. The investigation into wealth creation led Mr. Gilder into deeper examination of the lives of present-day entrepreneurs, culminating in many articles and a book, The Spirit of Enterprise(1986). The book was revised and republished in 1992. That many of the most interesting current entrepreneurs were to be found in high technology fields also led Mr. Gilder, over several years, to examine this subject in depth. In his best-selling work, Microcosm(1989), he explored the quantum roots of the new electronic technologies. A subsequent book, Life After Television, was a prophecy of the future of computers and telecommunications and a prelude to his book on the future of telecommunications, Telecosm(2000).
Mr. Gilder's book The Silicon Eye(2005) travels the rocky road of the entrepreneur on the promising path of disruption, and celebrates some of smartest-and most colorful-technology minds of our time. In this fascinating narrative of personality and technology, Gilder shares his insider knowledge of Silicon Valley and illustrates how the unpredictable mix of genius, drive, and luck that can turn a startup into a Fortune 500 company.
In his latest book, Life After Google (2018), Gilder explains why some of the tech giants flawed business models of today may not allow them to survive and what a post-Google age would look like.
His other books include Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How It is Revolutionizing Our World, The Israel Test, The Meaning of the Microcosm, and Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise.
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Convoy 256 January-February 2009
Driving in Winter Weather
Winter's here. Dispatch has the idea that there is no such thing as road conditions too bad to drive. Am I on thin ice if I refuse to drive in dangerous conditions?
— Slipping and Sliding
Ten Years of Hoffa
Posted on News by Teamsters For A Democratic Union Tdu · January 10, 2009 9:34 AM
January 10, 2009: James Hoffa took office ten years ago, promising to Restore Teamster Power.
Instead, we've suffered a decade of decline.
How can working Teamsters get our union back on track?
It's been ten years since James P. Hoffa took the oath of office as Teamster General President. Instead of delivering the Teamster Power he promised, Hoffa has managed our union through a decade of decline.
Hoffa promised "Real 25 & Out Pensions." He delivered the biggest pension cuts in Teamster history. He gave the worst concessions to UPS in decades even though the company was making more than $4 billion in annual profits.
Our union has been reduced to a shadow of its former self in the freight and carhaul industries. Employers are calling all the shots and dictating whatever concessions they choose.
It would be foolish to blame every problem our union faces on Hoffa. The economic crisis means tough times for all of labor.
But ask yourself this: what kind of leadership do these times demand and what kind of leadership do we have?
The Hoffa administration failed to win strong contracts, protect our pensions, or organize the nonunion competition when times were good.
Do you think they have a plan to protect Teamster members and rebuild our union's power now?
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New Rules Weaken Overtime Protection at UPS
January 10, 2009: Under a contract loophole, UPS and the International Union have agreed to new restrictions that will make it harder for drivers to file grievances against excessive overtime.
Our contract is supposed to protect package car drivers from unwanted excessive overtime. But in a memo dated Dec. 18, the International Union announced that it had negotiated new guidelines that will make it tougher for members to file excessive overtime grievances.
Click here to download a copy of the memo.
The new guidelines make it more difficult for members to get on an Opt-In list which gives them the right to file a 9.5 grievance—and some drivers on extended routes will not be allowed to get any relief from excessive overtime.
Article 37 of the contract gives eligible drivers the right to file grievances if the company forces them to work more than 9.5 hours a day on any three days in a work week.
In the last contract, UPS agreed to raise the penalty for 9.5 violations to triple time pay. In exchange, the company insisted that the contract require drivers to sign an Opt-In or Opt-Out list. Only drivers who sign the Opt-In list would be able to file 9.5 grievances.
The company's goal was to limit the number of drivers who could enforce their protections against excessive overtime. But it didn't work. Most drivers who were given the choice signed the Opt-In list and protected their right to file grievances.
In many areas, UPS never bothered to post the Opt-In lists. That made all drivers eligible to file 9.5 grievances.
Restrictive Guidelines
Under the new guidelines agreed to by our union, no driver will be eligible to file a 9.5 grievance until they have signed an Opt-In list. A driver can only add their name to the Opt-In list after they have worked three days over 9.5 hours in a workweek. Then they can go to the Center Manager's office and request to be added to the Opt-In list. The list will not be posted. It will be kept in the Center Manager's office.
Once a driver signs the Opt-In list, they must stay on the list for five months. After that the driver will be removed from the list. The driver will have to work more than 9.5 hours on three days in a work week again before they can sign an Opt-In list gain.
Until now, drivers in the Central Region have used Article 12 of the Central Region Supplement, which makes no mention of Opt-In / Opt-Out lists. As we go to press, there is no definitive word on whether members will continue to be able to file under the supplement without qualifying under the new 9.5 guidelines.
The new guidelines also contain a loophole that allows the company to keep drivers on extended routes from grieving excessive overtime. Under the rule, drivers on extended routes are entitled to relief from excessive overtime "provided the company can reasonably dispatch work to other drivers."
UPS has been insisting that drivers on high mileage routes cannot file 9.5 grievances. You can bet they will use this vague language to their advantage.
Mid-Contract Change
Many members are asking how the 9.5 rules could be changed in the middle of the contract.
A loophole inserted in the new contract created a 9.5 Committee and gave it the power to "adopt guidelines" over the implementation of the 9.5 language. (See Article 37, Section 1(c).) The new guidelines were agreed to by our Union Representatives on the 9.5 Committee.
"When the rank and file voted to approve this contract, the membership gave union leaders (who do not have to work under this language) and the company the right to 'adopt guidelines' concerning 9.5, without insisting on the right to vote on any new changes," said Nichele Fulmore, a shop steward in North Carolina Local 391.
"The devil's in the details in these contracts and as the rank and file we have got to pay more attention to these details," Fulmore said.
Enforcing Our Rights
In practice, many drivers do not file 9.5 grievances. Some want all the overtime they can get. But others fear they will lose all their overtime or face production harassment if they file a grievance.
Interviews with drivers and stewards across the country show that results vary widely. In some areas, members consistently win 9.5 grievances and have gotten overtime relief as a result. In others, very few grievances are ever filed.
Local 278 Vice President Jerry Gibson says the key is talking the issue up among drivers and relentlessly grieving violations so management cannot single out members who enforce the contract.
"Virtually all the package car drivers in Local 278 signed the Opt-In lists. We file hundreds of 9.5 grievances. Now they're changing the rules to try to make it harder for people to fight excessive overtime, but it's not going to stop us from enforcing our rights," said Gibson.
"The real solution is for UPS to create more driving jobs. Until that happens, we're going to keep filing grievances and make the company pay the triple time penalty for 9.5 violations."
Click here to download a copy of the memo on the new excessive overtime rules.
What's the situation with excessive overtime in your building? Click here to send a confidential report to Teamsters for a Democratic Union.
Brothers and sisters it is time to wake up. When the rank and file voted to approve this contract, the membership gave union leaders (who do not have to work under this language) and the company the right to "adopt guidelines" concerning 9.5, without insisting on the right to vote on any new changes.
The devil's in the details in these contracts and as the rank and file we have got to pay more attention to these details.
Nichele Fulmore, Shop Steward
Local 391, North Carolina
DFW Night Sort to Close; More Full-Time Jobs Threatened
January 10, 2009: UPS will shut down the night sort operations at Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) in February—a move that could eliminate 70 or more full-time Article 22.3 jobs. The midnight sort at the Columbia, S.C., air hub will be shut down around the same time. UPS previously eliminated more than 30 Article 22.3 jobs in Seattle at Boeing Field.
The contract requires UPS to maintain a minimum of 20,000 Article 22.3 full-time jobs nationwide at all times. The company is thousands of jobs short of the required number because positions were never created or have been allowed to go vacant.
No Article 22.3 Teamsters should be laid off unless the company is meeting its obligation to maintain 20,000 full-time combo jobs.
Members have filed grievances demanding that UPS create all 20,000 jobs and pay full backpay to Teamsters who have been laid off or unfairly denied the opportunity to go full-time because of the company's nationwide violations of Article 22.3.
The next National Grievance panel will be held Feb. 2-5 in Ft. Lauderdale.
Is UPS eliminating 22.3 jobs in your area? Click here to send a confidential report to the TDU UPS Committee.
Beyond the Freight Concessions Vote
January 10, 2009: YRCW Teamsters have spoken and the 10 percent wage cut is now a fact. Its impact will be felt in ways beyond the loss of income for 40,000 Teamsters.
More TDU Freight Coverage
• Freight Teamsters Coming Together to Make a Difference
• Local-by-local vote count results
• Concerned About the Future? Do Something About It
ABF is waiting in the wings. Management is bombarding ABF Teamsters with the need for a "level playing field" with YRC. They don't want the same deal as YRC, but they do want comparable concessions. And they continue to make noise that they want out of the Teamster pension funds, which should be completely off the table from consideration.
Some groups of YRC Teamsters rejected the concessions. Several one-terminal contracts covering small groups of mechanics or office Teamsters voted No. Because they are separate white paper contracts, YRC should not be able to impose the concessions on those groups unless the union revotes those contracts (vote till you get it right).
Special thanks to those rank-and-file Teamsters from Philadelphia Local 107 and Baltimore Local 355 who served as independent rank-and-file observers at the January 6-8 vote count, pursuant to a lawsuit won by members of Teamsters for a Democratic Union.
Freight Teamsters Coming Together
Freight Teamsters talk about what they are doing to make a difference in our union.
We Need a Union Plan That's Different Than Management's
We look at the Yellow Roadway merger and we wonder what's next for Holland. Yellow buying Roadway and Holland has done nothing but make a mess of things for working Teamsters. There's a lot of anger and frustration.
That ten percent cut better mean more than lining the pockets of upper management. We're all for the companies surviving but we need a union plan that's different from management's.
Real payback could start with winning our grievances at the panels and enforcing the contract for the membership, not always for the companies.
Jon Lustig, USF Holland
Local 364, South Bend, Ind.
Hold ABF to a High Standard
ABF was making noise about getting in on the 10 percent wage cut. They didn't push it but I'm sure they're looking for ways to get what Yellow got.
They need to open their books and show us they're losing lots of money if they want any changes. We know ABF's in pretty good shape and hard working Teamsters are a big part of that success.
Let's hold the company to the high standards they expect from us.
Marion Gresham, ABF
Local 728, Atlanta
Uprooted Again
A lot of guys left here in Winston-Salem have all transferred here through previous changes. Once again, we find ourselves having to possibly uproot our lives and families to "follow the freight" for some type of job security.
The mood is somber, and morale is low, as each of us weighs our options, and looks to an uncertain future. But we are not giving up on our union or fellow members. We need a strong union now more than ever. I'm working with other members here to organize a TDU meeting and get our union back on track.
Gary D. Carota, Roadway
Local 391, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Observing the Vote Count
I would like to thank TDU for asking me to serve as an observer at the wage concession ballot count. When you attend one of these events, you can clearly see why it is imperative that Teamster members beyond IBT insiders bear witness to the process, be it an election, contract ratification, or concession vote.
Despite the results, it was an honor to sacrifice our time and money to represent the rank and file. I speak not only for myself, but for my fellow observers as well (Ed Brogan, Jim Price and Mike Ward from Local 107, Philadelphia and David Russell from Local 355, Baltimore).
This union is in free fall and only volunteerism will help buffet us from what seems to be an inevitable crash. I encourage all my brothers and sisters to get involved and not blindly follow.
Ed Taylor, USF Holland
Local 107, Philadelphia
I'm Proud to Be a Teamster
I'm proud to be a Teamster, and proud of all the Teamsters at UPS Freight who made it happen.
Before this year, management was judge, jury, and executioner. Now that's changed. When UPS Freight tried to take away our holiday pay for Christmas, we took action through our union and got our pay. There's nothing like working under a union contract and getting everything in writing.
It's important that we have an organization like Teamsters for a Democratic Union, to make sure things are done fairly in our union, and to give members a voice when we need to speak up. That's why I joined TDU.
Darrold Heyward, UPS Freight
Local 509, Charleston, S.C.
Get Involved. Make a Difference
Can you help us move our union in a new direction? Here's how you can help:
Join TDU. TDU provides Freight Teamsters with information you don't get anywhere else and we unite members to work together for positive change in our union. Click here to join.
Keep Members Informed. Do you want to start getting Convoy Dispatch and other freight materials to distribute to your co-workers? Click here to order Convoy.
Meet Concerned Freight Teamsters. The TDU Freight Committee is holding meetings across the country to bring together freight Teamsters to talk about what we can do to start to turn our union and our industry around. Interested? Contact TDU for what's happening in your area.
How the Employee Free Choice Act Would Help Our Union Organize
January 20, 2009: Workers who try to join our union get threatened and sometimes even fired by employers who want to stay union-free.
In December, workers at the Smithfield meat plant in North Carolina voted to unionize after a 16-year long campaign. The Employee Free Choice Act would enable more such victories.
Click here to sign a petition supporting EFCA.
Share your thoughts on EFCA with TDU.
In December, workers at the Smithfield meat plant in North Carolina voted to unionize after a 16-year long campaign.A proposed law called the Employee Free Choice Act would make it easier for workers to join a union—and make employers pay when they break the law.
The Employee Free Choice Act would give workers the right to join a union after a majority of them sign cards saying they want representation. Employers who retaliate against pro-union workers and delay bargaining a first contract would face harsher penalties.
The proposed law has the support of Barack Obama and a majority of new Senators and Congressmen.
What the Law Will Do
Right now, workers who want to organize a union have to go through a lengthy election procedure where employers are free to spread lies about unions, intimidate pro-union workers, and delay the process.
A study by Cornell University researcher Kate Bronfenbrenner found that when workers try to organize, 25 percent of employers fire at least one pro-union worker and 51 percent of employers threaten to close down the worksite.
Even after workers vote to join a union, many employers try to keep workers from gaining a first contract by bargaining to impasse—32 percent of new bargaining units fail to get a first contract within a year of voting for the union.
The new law would strengthen protections for workers trying to organize. Here's how:
Workers fired for organizing will get triple back pay, and employers could have to pay up to $20,000 per incident when they break the law.
The boss must recognize the union after a majority of workers sign cards.
If the company tries to prevent workers from getting a first contract, the union can send the contract to an impartial arbitrator after one year.
Reversing Union Decline
U.S. unions have been shrinking. In 1980, 23 percent of workers were in unions. Now that number is down to just 12.1 percent.
The Teamsters Union is in a strong position to grow. Our core industries of trucking and warehousing can't be sent overseas.
Our union has already used card-check neutrality agreements—deals similar to the proposed new law—to bring new members into our union at UPS Freight, First Student school bus drivers, and wastehaulers in Minneapolis. This past year 40,000 new workers joined the Teamsters.
But those companies are the exception, not the rule. "I've seen bosses use every dirty trick to try to keep the Teamsters out," said Enrique Martinez, a union representative with Local 805 in New York, who has participated in several organizing drives.
"They tell workers the shop is going to close down. And they fire the most pro-union workers to scare the rest."
The new law could make it easier for the Teamsters Union to target the nonunion competition in our core industries—companies like FedEx Freight and Con-way. We need a union plan to make that happen.
"We need to make employers pay when they break the law," Martinez said. "But even with the new law, organizing won't be easy. You have to train new members about how the union works and why they've got to participate. When members are educated and united, they can fight for contracts that match our Teamster standards."
One Million Strong
Corporate America has already launched a campaign to stop the new law.
Unions and community groups have launched a national campaign to send one million signatures to the new Congress and President in support of the Employee Free Choice Act.
Our union has joined the effort. You can too.
Click here to sign the petition and find out how you can support the new law and help our union rebuild Teamster Power.
Local 896 Members Fight Merger
January 10, 2009: Local 848 Secretary-Treasurer Jim Santangelo is pushing to absorb Local 896, the California brewery and soft drink local.
But Local 896 members are fighting to keep their local proud and independent.
Local 896 Secretary-Treasurer Rene Medrano supports the merger, and he says the local will be stronger as a part of Local 848.
But members are skeptical. In 2003 and 2005, the two locals bargained together for contracts with Pepsi and Coke. In both contracts, Local 848 settled short for a weaker contract than Local 896 won.
"Local 896 has a long history of winning good contracts," said Bill Booth, a retired member of Local 896.
"Why should we merge with a local that doesn't have the same tradition of winning strong contracts in the brewing and bottling industries?" Booth is the former chief brewing steward at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Los Angeles.
Merger Myths
Supporters of the merger say that without the merger, Local 896 will go broke. But that isn't true.
Local 896 has assets of $4.7 million. Local 848 has twice as many members, but only $5.2 million in assets.
Last year, Santangelo was the seventh highest-paid Teamster official—with three salaries and a total compensation of $309,437.
The highest paid official of Local 896, on the other hand, made total compensation of just $103,626 in 2008.
Local 848 principal officer Jim Santangelo has a history of using intimidation to get his way in Teamster politics.
During the 2006 campaign for Teamster general president, Santangelo told one member who didn't support him: "You don't even know what I am going to do to you. I am going to f*** you up." The Teamster Election Supervisor found that Santangelo used threats of violence to silence his opponents (2006 ESD 392, Dec. 20, 2006).
"I know Jim Santangelo is willing to lie and threaten to get his way—I've experienced it firsthand myself," said Howard Palmer, a Local 848 driver at Vons. "Local 896 members should get to know the real Jim Santangelo before they give up their local."
Members Organize
Concerned members have formed the Committee to Save Local 896 to work together to stop the merger.
Members have distributed leaflets debunking myths about the merger and calling for a secret ballot election if the merger goes to a vote.
The Teamster Constitution guarantees members the right to vote on a merger. It's up to the local to say how that vote will be run.
"I want the best possible outcome for the members," said Booth.
"This merger is a bad idea. But if it does go to a vote, we need to make sure that it's a totally secret ballot so that there's no intimidation and members have confidence in the outcome."
What do you think? Click here to send your comments to Teamsters for a Democratic Union.
Expensive Inauguration Trips
January 16, 2008: James Hoffa sent a memo to all local unions offering their officers the opportunity to get hotel rooms for the Presidential Inauguration, at local union expense. The cost to the local union: $3,201 per room.
Hoffa's letter states that the union will not be able to provide tickets to the Inaugural or any other events, but they still anticipate a "large demand" from locals for the rooms.
President Obama's inauguration is an historic occasion in America, and many Teamsters would love to be there. Some are going, at their own expense. But we hope that struggling local unions are not sending many officers on the union tab at this price.
Las Vegas and Buffalo Teamsters Vote for Change
January 10, 2009: Teamsters in Las Vegas and Buffalo have new officers in 2009.
In Las Vegas Local 631, members voted in a slate led by Kevin Hardison and John Phillipenas. The local represents 6,500 Teamsters at UPS and in freight, waste, convention services, and more.
Earlier this year, members in the Las Vegas convention industry blew the whistle on a scheme where the union set up a nonunion hiring hall inside the union hall.
The membership in Buffalo Local 375 voted for change in their recent election. Mike Wach, a city driver out of New Penn, and his entire slate won office. The local represents freight Teamsters, as well as over 400 ambulance drivers and EMTs at Rural/Metro. These Teamsters have been involved in a months-long contract dispute that has gone to a federal mediator.


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Q: How to increase height of string first letter in PHPWord I am working on document in PHPWord. I have a string like "HELLO". All letters are in capital words and I want to increase the height of my first letter which is H. What style can I use for increase height of my first letter?

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A: For css3 use this code below :
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Is there a "standard" model used to model the Effective Fed Funds Rate? I know that BGM is often used for LIBOR but haven't found a similar application to the Effective Fed Funds Rate.
Do practicioners just use short rate models even though they don't accurately reflect the jumps in the target rates at FOMC meeting dates, or is there another HJM-type model used for the Effective Fed Funds rate?
In practice, most derivatives traded on Fed Funds rates are linear(i.e. Forwards) rather than non-linear (options and exotics). As such, there has not been a strong case for precise modeling of the full distribution of a Fed Funds rate for a particular day. In contrast , there is a large market for derivatives on 3month USD Libor , which is less sensitive to FOMC meeting dates because it is a 90 day term rate. Hence short rate models may be ok for modeling Libor.
With Libor's demise scheduled for 2021, quants may need to refocus on modeling daily rates such as Fed Funds and SOFR, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, which has been chosen as the replacement rate for Libor. A HJM-style model with daily time steps may be a candidate.
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Q: Why do these idneitcal QB calculations produce slightly different values? So, I'm trying to port some very old and venerable engineering analysis QBasic 4.5 code into C.  I'm trying to match results exactly, and I find that I can't quite understand how QB does its math.
For example, these two lines
DIM a AS SINGLE
DIM d2 AS SINGLE
DIM e2 AS SINGLE

a = 32.174
d2 = 1! / (2! * 32.174 * 144!)
e2 = 1! / (2! * a! * 144!)

d2 becomes 1.07920125E-4 (floating point 0x38e2532d)
e2 becomes 1.0792013E-4  (floating point 0x38e2532e)
which are ever so slightly different.  Can anyone help me understand why?  Thanks very much.

A: I'm getting the same output for both d2 and e2, even in terms of the raw byte representation of the values. Here's some annotated output:
# Calculation results
d2: 38 E2 53 2E
e2: 38 E2 53 2E
 1.079201E-04 =  1.079201E-04

# Result of changing the last byte (some mantissa bits) to alter the value,
# proving they're not equal
d2: 38 E2 53 2F
e2: 38 E2 53 2E
 1.079201E-04 <> 1.079201E-04

# Result above may just be luck. This result alters the first byte
# (some exponent bits) to prove that the intended bits were altered.
d2: 39 E2 53 2E
e2: 38 E2 53 2E
 4.316805E-04 <> 1.079201E-04

Code:
DIM a AS SINGLE
DIM SHARED d2 AS SINGLE
DIM SHARED e2 AS SINGLE

a = 32.174
d2 = 1! / (2! * 32.174 * 144!)
e2 = 1! / (2! * a! * 144!)

' Print the hex representation of the bytes
' and show they're initially equal.
CALL printHex
PRINT

' Change the last byte of the mantissa by 1 bit.
' Show that doing this makes the two values unequal.
DEF SEG = VARSEG(d2)
    POKE VARPTR(d2), PEEK(VARPTR(d2)) + 1
DEF SEG
CALL printHex
PRINT

' Show that the correct byte was poked by reverting mantissa change and
' altering exponent.
DEF SEG = VARSEG(d2)
    POKE VARPTR(d2), PEEK(VARPTR(d2)) - 1
    POKE VARPTR(d2) + 3, PEEK(VARPTR(d2) + 3) + 1
DEF SEG
CALL printHex

SUB printHex
    'SHARED variables used:
    '  d2, e2

    DIM d2h AS STRING * 8, e2h AS STRING * 8

    ' Get bytes of d2 and e2, storing them as hexadecimal values
    ' in d2h and e2h.
    DEF SEG = VARSEG(d2)
        MID$(d2h, 1) = hexByte$(PEEK(VARPTR(d2) + 3))
        MID$(d2h, 3) = hexByte$(PEEK(VARPTR(d2) + 2))
        MID$(d2h, 5) = hexByte$(PEEK(VARPTR(d2) + 1))
        MID$(d2h, 7) = hexByte$(PEEK(VARPTR(d2)))
    DEF SEG = VARSEG(e2)
        MID$(e2h, 1) = hexByte$(PEEK(VARPTR(e2) + 3))
        MID$(e2h, 3) = hexByte$(PEEK(VARPTR(e2) + 2))
        MID$(e2h, 5) = hexByte$(PEEK(VARPTR(e2) + 1))
        MID$(e2h, 7) = hexByte$(PEEK(VARPTR(e2)))
    DEF SEG

    ' Print the bytes, separating them using spaces.
    PRINT "d2: "; MID$(d2h, 1, 2); " "; MID$(d2h, 3, 2); " ";
    PRINT MID$(d2h, 5, 2); " "; MID$(d2h, 7, 2)
    PRINT "e2: "; MID$(e2h, 1, 2); " "; MID$(e2h, 3, 2); " ";
    PRINT MID$(e2h, 5, 2); " "; MID$(e2h, 7, 2)

    ' Print whether d2 is equal to e2.
    IF d2 = e2 THEN
        PRINT d2; "= "; e2
    ELSE
        PRINT d2; "<>"; e2
    END IF
END SUB

FUNCTION hexByte$ (b%)
    ' Error 5 is "Illegal function call".
    ' This can only happen if b% is outside the range 0..255.
    IF b% < 0 OR b% > 255 THEN ERROR 5

    ' MID$("0" + HEX$(15), 2 + (-1)) => MID$("0F",  1) => "0F"
    ' MID$("0" + HEX$(16), 2 + ( 0)) => MID$("010", 2) => "10"
    hexByte$ = MID$("0" + HEX$(b%), 2 + (b% < 16))
END FUNCTION

EDIT
As @BlackJack explained in the comments, the effects you're noticing appear to occur when the file is compiled.  Since that was the clue given, I used the CodeView debugger in DOSBox, and here's the abridged result:
5:      a = 32.174
057D:0030 C70636002DB2   MOV       Word Ptr [0036],B22D
057D:0036 C70638000042   MOV       Word Ptr [0038],4200
6:      d2 = 1! / (2! * 32.174 * 144!)
057D:003C C7063A002D53   MOV       Word Ptr [003A],532D
057D:0042 C7063C00E238   MOV       Word Ptr [003C],38E2
7:      e2 = 1! / (2! * a! * 144!)
057D:0048 CD35065000     FLD       DWord Ptr [0050]; 00 CB 21 CD
057D:004D CD34363600     FDIV      DWord Ptr [0036]; 42 00 B2 2D
057D:0052 CD351E3E00     FSTP      DWord Ptr [003E]; e2 = result
057D:0057 CD3D           FWAIT

The BASIC Compiler (BC.EXE) reduced the assignment to d2 to a simple assignment of a floating-point constant (i.e. it evaluated the expression itself and optimized your code to that single assignment rather than performing all of the operations you specified).  However, the assignment to e2 isn't that simple since it contains a non-constant expression a!.
To combat the problem and attempt to keep as much precision as possible, it changed 1 / (2 * a * 144) to the mathematically equivalent (1 / 288) / a, and the approximate value of 1 / 288 was stored at offset 0x0050, which is why FLD ended up loading that offset.  After loading that SINGLE value, it divided it by the value of a (offset 0x0036) and stored the result in e2 (offset 0x003E).  You can make the assignment to e2 the same as d2 by using CONST a = 32.174, but you cannot change its value then.
Someone is probably wondering by now why this only happens when compiled and not in the IDE, and I honestly don't know.  My best guess is the IDE keeps as many floats on the FP stack as much as it can to retain precision, so instead of using the 32-bit rounded value of a, it uses the existing 80-bit value stored on the FP stack already, if it is still stored there.  This way, there's less precision loss since storing the 80-bit value outside of the FP stack requires rounding to the nearest 32-bit or 64-bit value, depending on where you specify to store the value.  Of course, if more than 8 values are needed on the FP stack for some reason, one will need to be swapped out to make room for another, and the precision loss will manifest eventually.
@BlackJack also pointed out that the IDE is interpreting the code rather than compiling it with optimizations, which could be the reason that the byte representations are the same when the code is run in the IDE but different in a compiled version.  That is, both the computations of d2 and e2 are executed in the exact same way rather than optimizing the calculation of d2 to a single value as BC.EXE does.
In any case, you likely don't notice it in your C code because your modern compiler is a lot smarter and has more memory to work with when it comes to optimizing than BC.EXE, even without the help of modern floating-point technologies like SSE2.

A: Which QB version are you using? And how are you printing or outputing your variables d2 and e2?
When I try your program in QuickBASIC 4.5 in DOSBox 0.74 I don't get different values, d2 and e2 are the same when I PRINT them.
a =  32.174
d2 =  1.079201E-04
e2 =  1.079201E-04

The exlamation mark operator will typecast it to SINGLE (single precision, 4 bytes), so it's same as AS SINGLE. Maybe the value 32.174 in your line d2 = 1! /.. is being typecast to DOUBLE somehow?