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Q: Why non optional Any can hold nil? In Swift I can declare a constant of type Any and put a String into it.
let any: Any = "hello world"

Good. On the other hand I cannot put a nil value into any because it's not optional.
let any: Any = nil

error: nil cannot initialize specified type 'Any' (aka 'protocol<>')
let any: Any = nil
              ^

Perfect. But why does the compiler allow me do write the following code?
let couldBeNil: String? = nil
let any: Any = couldBeNil
print(any) // nil

Doesn't Any follow the Swift rule that only an Optional var/let can be populated with nil?

Tested with Xcode Playground 7.2 + Swift 2.1.1

A: From the Swift Docs: "Any: The protocol to which all types implicitly conform."
i.e. typealias Any = protocol<>
So when you declare String?, you could think of that as Optional<String>, where Optional<T> can be implemented as:
enum Optional<T> {
  case Some(T), None
}

And enums are Types, so they conform to the Any protocol. As stated in the comments, nil is not a type (and thus does not conform to Any, it is the absence of a value (and in this case no value has no type).
Optionals are baked into the language, and are not regular enums, but it still stands that they conform to Any while a typeless nil does not.

A: TL;DR; Optionals in swift are translated by the compiler to Optional enum instances, and since Any can map to any value, it can be used to store optionals.

How does Swift represent optionals? It does it by mapping SomeType? to a concrete implementation of the Optional enum:
Int? => Optional<Int>
String? => Optional<String>

A simplified declaration of Optional looks like this:
enum Optional<T> {
    case none    // nil
    case some(T) // non-nil
}

Now, a variable of type Any is able to hold an enum value (or any other kind of value, or even metatype information), so it should be able to hold for example a nil String, aka String?.none, aka Optional<String>.none.
Let's see what happens, though. As we see by the Optional declaration, nil corresponds to the .none enum case for all types:
nil == Optional<String>.none // true
nil == Optional<Int>.none    // true
[Double]?.none == nil        // also true

So theoretically, you should be able to assign nil to a variable declared as Any. Still, the compiler doesn't allow this.
But why doesn't the compiler let you assign nil to an Any variable? It's because it can't infer to which type to map the .none enum case. Optional is a generic enum, thus it needs something to fill the T generic parameter, and plain nil is too broad. Which .none value should it use? The one from Int, the one from String, another one?
This gives an error message supporting the above paragraph:
let nilAny: Any = nil // error: nil cannot initialize specified type 'Any' (aka 'protocol<>')

The following code works, and is equivalent to assigning a nil:
let nilAny: Any = Optional<Int>.none

, as the above Any variable is actually holding a valid value of the Optional enum.
Indirect assignments work too, as behind the scenes nil is converted to Optional<Type>.none.
var nilableBool: Bool? // nilableBool has the Optional<Bool>.none value
var nilBoolAsAny: Any = nilableBool // the compiler has all the needed type information from nilableBool

Unlike other languages, in Swift nil corresponds to a concrete value. But it needs a type to work with, for the compiler to know which Optional<T>.none it should allocate. We can think of the keyword as providing sugar syntax.

A: For anybody looking for a way to check if Any contains nil:
If calling po value will tell you that an Any variable contains the value nil the following line still doesn't work:
if value == nil { ... } // Returns false and generates a warning

You have to convert it to a nillable value first before checking, for example when Any probably contains a Date:
if Optional<Date>.none == value as? Date { ... } // Returns true and no warning

The following line (thanks to @Shubham) doesn't work however:
if Optional<Any>.none == value as? Any { ... } // Does not compile


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Змішана республіка (синоніми та різновиди: напівпрезидентська — калька з англійської, президентсько-парламентська) — форма державного правління, яка поєднує ознаки президентської і парламентської республік, а саме: як і у президентській республіці главу держави обирає народ шляхом прямих виборів або колегія виборців, повноваження президента ширші і вагоміші, ніж у парламентській республіці (можливість втручання у законотворчий процес як суб'єкта законодавчої ініціативи, право вето на акти парламенту; право видавати нормативно-правові акти); свої повноваження президент здійснює безпосередньо (у напівпрезидентських республіках) або через уряд (у напівпарламентських республіках); президент призначає прем'єр-міністра (главу уряду) лише за згодою парламенту; президент, як правило, є головнокомандувачем збройних сил, визначає військову доктрину держави, є окремим органом державної влади; уряд несе подвійну відповідальність — перед президентом і парламентом, які можуть виявити йому недовіру і відправити у відставку. У більшості змішаних республік використовується інститут контрасигнатури, коли частина актів президента має бути контрасигнована главою уряду, який несе за них відповідальність перед парламентом.

У сучасний період змішана форма республіки є найпоширенішою. Прикладом такої форми республіки є Франція, Румунія, Україна тощо

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Згідно зі статтями 5, 6 Конституції України, ухваленої 1996 p., Україна є республікою. Носієм суверенітету і єдиним джерелом влади в Україні є народ, який здійснює свою владу безпосередньо і через органи державної влади й органи місцевого самоврядування. Державна влада здійснюється на засадах її розподілу на законодавчу, виконавчу і судову. Повноваження відповідних органів державної влади визначаються Конституцією та іншими законодавчими актами України, зміст яких дозволяє визначити Україну як змішану, парламентсько-президентську республіку. Зокрема, про це свідчить наступне:
 єдиним органом законодавчої влади в Україні є парламент — Верховна Рада України, яка обирається строком на п'ять років;
 Верховна Рада України має право усунути Президента України з поста у порядку особливої процедури (імпічменту);
 Президент України є главою держави, обирається строком на п'ять років; призначає за згодою Верховної Ради України Прем'єр-міністра України; припиняє його повноваження й ухвалює рішення про його відставку; призначає за поданням Прем'єр-міністра членів Кабінету Міністрів України; скасовує акти Кабінету Міністрів України;
 Кабінет Міністрів України є вищим органом у системі органів виконавчої влади, відповідальний перед Президентом України, підконтрольний та підзвітний Верховній Раді України;
 правосуддя в Україні здійснюється виключно судами.

Для подолання гострої кризи 8 грудня 2004 року Верховна Рада ухвалила Закон України № 2222-IV «Про внесення змін до Конституції України» та (в пакеті до нього) про внесення змін до закону про вибори Президента (останні дозволили провести переголосування 2-го туру виборів Президента). Того ж дня Президент України Леонід Кучма підписав ці документи.

Закон на основі проєкту Симоненка—Медведчука про зміни до Конституції (про політичну реформу) передбачав перехід від президентсько-парламентської до парламентсько-президентської форми правління, формування уряду коаліцією депутатських фракцій, подовження терміну повноважень Верховної Ради до 5 років. Згідно з прикінцевими та перехідними положеннями закону, він мав набрати чинності з 1 вересня 2005 року в разі, якби на той час були ухвалені зміни до Конституції стосовно реформування системи місцевого самоврядування (законопроєкт 3207-1). Позаяк до 1 січня 2006 року ці зміни не були ухвалені, то (згідно з прикінцевими та перехідними положеннями) закон набув чинності самостійно з 1 січня 2006 року.

Після приходу до влади Віктора Януковича і Партії Регіонів 1 жовтня 2010 року Конституційний Суд України визнав таким, що не відповідає Конституції України, Закон «Про внесення змін до Конституції України» від 8 грудня 2004 року № 2222-IV у зв'язку з порушенням процедури його розгляду та прийняття. Згідно з рішенням КС, відповідний закон № 2222 втрачає чинність з дня ухвалення Конституційним Судом цього рішення. Конституційний Суд України поновив чинність Конституції 1996 року та звернувся до органів державної влади з вимогою невідкладно привести українське законодавство у відповідність до Основного Закону в редакції від 28 червня 1996 року.

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want to clean the url, and here is my code:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^about/([A-Za-z0-9-]+)/?$ about.php?page=$1 [L]

why it's not working?

A: Your example also has underscore in query string but your regex in RewriteRule doesn't include _. Simplify your regex like this:
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As many as 59 tigers have died in India in 2009, of which 15 were killed by poachers, the Rajya Sabha was told today.
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Studies show people with high stress levels get sick more often than the general population. Beyond the stress-reducing and sleep-promoting benefits of massage, regular massage has been shown to help increase the immune systems cytotoxic capacity (the activity level of the body's natural "killer cells") and decrease the number of t-cells, which improves the body's overall immune functioning.
By stimulating the skin and muscles, and increasing blood flow throughout the body, regular massage helps promote tissue regeneration, and reduces scar tissue and stretch marks.
Tight, sore muscles can throw off the body's balance. And, before long, muscles that were not initially tight begin to tense as they compensate for other parts of the body. The chain reaction spreads through the body, impacting posture. Regular massage addresses the problem immediately, easing muscles and enabling the body to maintain a healthy posture.
From birth, humans have the need for contact and nurturing. Regular massage fulfills this need while providing a retreat from the real world.
Regular massage quiets the nervous system, which causes muscles to release. Released muscles, in turn, allow the mind to relax. This results in the mind and body being healthier and more physically in tune for increased wellness.


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Partnerships and increased capacity will help us ride the protein wave: Cosucra
By Nathan Gray contact
23-Jun-2015 - Last updated on 24-Jun-2015 at 11:58 GMT
Cosucra CEO Jacques Crahay is targetting growth on the back of increased capacity at the company's facility in Belgium
Related tags: Pea protein, Nutrition
Cosucra will look to form new partnerships with suppliers of 'complimentary ingredients' and companies that can help to deliver better taste and functionality to its ingredients, as it looks to almost double turnover in the next five years.
The specialist plant protein and fibre producer planned to increase turnover from €80m to €150m in the next five years on the back of increasing demands for soluble fibres and sustainable plant-based proteins, and an increased interest in pursuing wider partnerships that would allow the firm to better serve its global customer base, said company CEO Jacques Crahay at the inauguration of a new pea protein unit at its Warcoing facility in Belgium.
The €30m investment would enable the firm to meet growing demands for pea protein in different markets, he said – adding that Cosucra anticipated growth in existing markets.
"We have to be ambitious, but that doesn't tell you the way that it will happen," commented Crahay. "The markets change quite often. Every six months there can be a market that you have been working for two or three years, and then it starts to grow."
He added: "When it grows, and especially when you have such large countries like India, China or the USA, you have to be ready for that […] Otherwise you lose the market because you do not have the capacity to follow.
"In our mind, we built a capacity that is of course for the next ten years, maybe less – but still enough to be present and get the leadership on these markets."
Partnership focus
However, the family-owned company would also look to grow turnover by partnering with 'complimentary' suppliers and those that could help to deliver better taste or functionality to its existing ingredient lines, said Crahay.
While there were no current partnerships announced in the public arena, it was an area that Cosucra wanted to develop as a means to grow, said the CEO – adding that the company was looking to leverage its distribution network to partner with companies that made complimentary products such as other vegetable proteins or soluble fibres.
"There are much more opportunities to develop partnerships in the way of supplying and distributing other products, that we do not produce ourselves […] but that we could give the opportunity for other suppliers that maybe don't have the same global distribution network," he said.
"It could [also] be using other products that we do make, but we do not do specific applications for. For instance pea starch could be an opportunity for us to develop together with another manufacturer."
However, when asked about the potential for partnerships involving other emerging protein sources like microalgae and insect protein, Crahay said such protein sources were still in early phases.
"It seems a bit too early for us to jump in to that business. There is first development work to do with other vegetable proteins."
Indeed, he said the rapid development of other vegetable protein sources that could perhaps be seen as a rival to pea protein was not adding pressure to the business, but instead offered 'opportunity' as any partnerships could probably be based on different sources that were not well known.
New applications and technologies
Heidi Jacobs, director of R&D and QA at Cosucra, also said the company saw 'clear opportunities' in using protein for specific nutritional needs, such as sports nutrition and medical nutrition.
"Foods for the elderly are also a market that is expanding a lot, and where there are clear needs for high-protein foods for customers," she told us. "Also in medical nutrition and clinical foods, proteins are essential and I think in general there is a big demand in diversifying the protein sources – going from animal protein to vegetable protein and looking within those for clean label solutions."
Crahay noted that plant-based proteins such as pea may also offer a cost-cutting benefit for manufacturers of medical foods – adding that animal based solutions could be approximately three times more expensive than a plant-based solution.
She said the firm was also working on a variety of R&D projects that were trying to develop new functionalities.
"The most recent, launched last year, was specifically developed for bakery applications. But we have many ongoing projects," she said – adding that taste remained a key challenge.
In this respect, Jacobs confirmed that the Belgium-based supplier was looking at new encapsulation technologies that could deliver better on flavour while packing a nutritional punch.
She said the firm was currently discussing different options internally, with company CEO Crahay adding that one idea for a future partnership could be to work with a flavour company that could deliver different encapsulation and delivery systems for pea protein.
Currently, such partnerships were generally focused around the manufacturer that used the ingredient, and did not happen with an ingredient supplier, said Crahay.
"That is a way that we could give a service to our customers."
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Lance who is a partner in Herbal products business bought a ute from Mighty Motors for $25,000 on behalf of the partnership. However, three partners agreed not to spend more than $20,000 to buy a ute but Lynton, the car seller is unaware that Lance is crossing the buying limit. In this case, the issue is whether the partnership is bound by the contract and liability can be imposed by Lynton on all the partners due to the action of Lance? Whether the partnership can take legal action against Lance?
The relationship between two or more parties constructed legally to run a business for the purpose of generating revenue is called partnership. According to the Partnership act 1982 (Austilli, 2018), the legal relationship established between two or more parties who wish to work together with a view of making a profit is termed as a partnership. The partnership acts are fortified by contract, equity, and agency law where the agreement can be made either verbal or written or implied by conduct. Every partner is governed by fiduciary duty in a partnership which means they must act on good faith in the best interest of the partnership. Moreover, based on the Agency Act of partnership each partner is the agent for every other partner. The term 'Authority" is the scope of an agent's power defined by law. Hence, according to partnership act 1891 (SA) S5(1), every partner in a partnership is accountable for the actions of other partners as they considered to be their agent. Lavery v. Nelson (1984) NSW Conv R 55-169 is an example of a good case that clearly explains this issue. In this case, the court gave a decision that the principal (vendor) would be bound and fall within the implied actual authority of the agent.
In this case, Lance has breached his duty as an agent of the partnership because he has exceeded the authority by purchasing ute for $25,000 through partnership had an agreement not to spend more than $20,000 to buy a ute. Previously, the partners agreed to spend $20,000 to buy a ute. Hence, Lance didn't act in the good faith for the best interest of the business and dishonored his duties. In this situation, other partners can sue him for the damages. Apparently, Lynton was aware of the business, but he was unknown about the decision of the partnership about their agreement not to exceed $20,000. Therefore, Lynton can bind the partnership to pay off his debt. Moreover, the partnership is bound by the actions of the partners which are taken within the scope of the business.
Since Lance didn't work in the good faith for the best interest of the partnership, he has breached his obligations as an agent. Hence, other partners have a legal remedy to sue him for the damages and can claim for extra money spent to buy a ute. On the other hand, the entire partnership is liable to pay the debt to Lynton.
In this case, a business producing moisturizer made an advertisement that it will reduce the effects of aging which is false. The issue is whether the consumers have a legal remedy for misrepresentation and false advertising? Further, in another case Lance the partner of a company made Saqalim purchase a ute who has little knowledge of English. Therefore, he entered into a contract to finance the company to buy a ute. The issue here is whether a contract is voidable for unconscionable conduct?
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According to Australian consumer and competition law, consumers' rights are protected against unfair trade practices by the supplier of goods and services. The legislation against consumer and competitive act prohibits misleading or false conduct in trade or commerce and ban on unconscionable conduct provided in section 18 of this Act. Furthermore, section 29 of this act stated that a misleading representation is a statement that could mislead a consumer on the basis of false presentation of the quality, value, grade, standard, model or style of goods or services. In Thompson v. Riley McKay Pty Ltd (No. 3) (1980) 43 FLR 293 company made false advertisement that a product is made of 'wrought iron' in fact made of plastic and steel. Therefore, this conduct trespassed S.29 (1) (a), ACL.
Similarly, the contract is defined by Trietel in his work The Law of Contract (9th edn, Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1995) as an agreement between parties giving rise to obligations that are enforced and recognized legally. Since the above case is unconscionable conduct, Saqlaim has a legal remedy to get out of the contract. The common law principle was outlined by the case Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v. Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 which explains unconscionable conduct as an irrational agreement where one party to a contract is being forced by other stronger party in a position of power resulting unreasonable in favor to the stronger party.
In the above case, misleading representation was practiced by Xiaojing making false advertising that the moisturizer will slow the effects of aging which was untrue. Section 29 of the Consumer and Competition Act provides a legal remedy to consumers against false presentation and false advertising.
On the other hand, Lance took advantage of Saqlaim who has weak English communication and influenced him to purchase a ute. Thus, unconscionable conduct occurred as Saqlaim lack proper explanation of ute and contract and doesn't speak English well. Since he was unaware of the terms of the contract, he can get rid of the obligations bound by the contract.
Based on the above analysis consumers can have a legal remedy and can sue for the damages against the false representation of goods or services under section 29 as the product was advertised in a wrong way which misleads the consumers. Similarly, Saqlaim can be freed from the obligations of the contact to finance company based on the principle of unconscionable conduct. He will not be bound by the contract as it was carried out without explaining the terms of the contract clearly and properly.
The case is about a Uni student Flexi who didn't get an extra $100 as promised by his employer for the work done on Sunday. Being happy with the work performed Xaiojing promised to pay him $100 extra which was not paid. The issue of whether there is any legal remedy that Flexi can claim an extra $100?
The contract is a legal binding between the parties who can legally enforce the terms of contracts. To form a valid contract, it must be supported by consideration or be a formal contract. Consideration is the promise of one party to others in the exchange for something done i.e. value for value. The terms "promisor" and "promise" describe the parties to a contract where consideration is present. The promiser accomplishes the consideration and promisee is the inheritor of the consideration. Moreover, there are several rules regarding consideration. Most importantly, consideration can be present or future but not past. It is not possible to rely on an act or promise which was already performed. Roscorla v. Thomas (1842) 3 QB 234 illustrates this case where Roscorla sue Thomas as the horse was found vicious. When she bought the horse, Thomas promised that the horse was sound and free from vice. The court further gave the decision that there was no breach of contract as the contract was already completed when the promise was made, and it was past consideration. Therefore, in general, consideration can be present or future but it was past consideration that doesn't support valid contracts.
In the above case, Xiaojing is an employer of Flexi. Xiaojing was impressed by his work and promised him to pay $100 extra for the work he had done on Sunday. However, Xiaojing didn't pay him an extra $100 as promised. In this situation, consideration was made in the past. The general rule suggests that a valid contract cannot be supported by past consideration. It should be either present or future consideration.
It is concluded that Flexi has no legal right to claim an extra $100 as the contract can not be supported by past consideration. However, Xiaojing has moral obligations to pay him as promised.
Austlii. (2018) Partnership Act 1892. [Online] Austlii. Available at: http://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/pa1892154/ [Accessed 23rd November 2018].
Australian consumer and competition law
Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v. Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 44
Lavery v, Nelson (1984) NSW Conv R55-!69
Partners Act 1891 (SA) S5(1)
Roscorla v. Thomas (1842) 3 QB 234
Thompson v. Riley McKay Pty Ltd (No. 3) (1980) 43 FLR 293
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Administrative rules for special education: Process and outcomes By Darren Reisberg October 2007 The comprehensive amendments to the State Board of Education's rules for special education took effect on June 28, 2007.
Atwell: Investigations of public employees involving criminal conduct— A trap for the unwary By Lawrence Jay Weiner May 2007 So your local school district client calls you believing that a tenured teacher has stolen some registration money, and asks you to investigate.
Case note By Rob Lyons October 2007 In a recent opinion, released July 23, 2007, Lucille Russell v. Board of Education of City of Chicago, et al., the First District Appellate Court reversed the trial court which had affirmed the Board of Education of the City of Chicago's decision to dismiss a tenured teacher.
Case update By Phil Milsk July 2007 On June 25, 2007, a divided United States Supreme Court upheld the suspension of an Alaska high school student who refused to lower a banner that read "BONG HiTS 4 JESUS" while attending a school-sponsored event. Morse v. Frederick, 551 U.S. ___(2007).
Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board case summaries May 2007 The First District Appellate Court affirmed the IELRB's finding that the District violated Sections 14(a)(5) and (1) of the Act by reneging on an agreement reached on October 6, 2001.
New Education laws By Marcy Dutton & Phil Milsk October 2007 This is the first of a two-part article on new education laws in Illinois.
To have and to help: University administrators reflect on involuntary withdrawal policies By Eileen G. Sullivan & Brian O. Hemphill July 2007 Colleges and universities have varied in their approach to dealing with the establishment of an Involuntary Withdrawal Policy for students with psychological disorders.


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Q: render HTML dynamically in angular 2 I'm working on an Angular 2 app in which I had created a dialog which will popup on user click. And the content in that dialog has to be dynamically rendered as html. Static html is running well but dynamic is not running.
Code:
<md-dialog-content>
Hello Angular 2
</md-dialog-content>////It works..

<md-dialog-content>{{test}}</md-dialog-content>///It does not work.

It displays the text as '
Hello Angular 2
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let test = "
Hello Angular 2
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A: You can simply use [innerHTML] directive to achieve it.
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Today's human resource (HR) departments face many challenges during the onboarding process of new employees, including data capture. Proper data capture for employee paperwork can have a large impact on the department's efficiency and compliance with government legislation. New government programs, such as E-verify and the Worker Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), have changed the way this data must be processed. Automation of HR onboarding can help centralize the management of these programs to facilitate faster onboarding and reduce risk.
Automation, in regards to HR departments, is the use of information technologies to streamline business processes in a cost effective manner.
Automated HR systems have an immediate impact on the organization as they eliminate the need for paper forms packets many organizations use today. Paper packets are time consuming to fill out and generate high costs associated with printing. Often times, paper forms packets are wasted as errors are made and the employee must discard the packet and begin with another, resulting in additional expenses associated with printing the forms. Converting paper forms to an electronic format provides the company with reduced expenses and time savings, while providing a central location for managing the forms.
Automation offers additional benefits to the HR department which are not possible with traditional processing practices. Other necessary information that must be captured at the time of hiring can be included in these electronic packets via scanner. When stored, all of the new hire information will be stored within their electronic file.
As another example, consider how employee files are traditionally stored. The need for filing cabinets is eliminated when documents are filed electronically. Retrieving the documents for either daily needs or in the event of an audit is also less burdensome when the files are stored electronically.
E-Verify, the government service that checks for employee citizenship, has changed the landscape of HR onboarding over the last year as some companies are required by law to use the service.
E-Verify requires that you submit new employee information within three days of hire. In many cases, companies that have a distributed structure, such as franchise restaurants, find it difficult to meet the deadline if they are still using a paper onboarding packet and mailing it to their headquarters. By automating the process, you are able to submit the necessary information as soon as it is received, reducing the risks of missing this deadline and accruing penalties.
The Worker Opportunity Tax Credit is another government program important to an HR department. This program is a federal tax credit companies can receive for hiring defined groups of people experiencing high rates of unemployment, such as veterans and youths. Not only must an employee meet the demographic requirement, but they must also work a designated amount of hours for an employer to receive this credit. Many organizations miss out on these federal credits through improper hour tracking. They either do not realize how close an employee is to meeting the hourly requirement or they do not realize the employee has exceeded the required amount of hours and fail to file the necessary information. A system that can automatically track and manage eligible employees ensures the appropriate documentation is filed, and filed on time, in order to receive all possible credits.
Due to the fact that an automated system has electronic documents, electronic signatures must be used to finalize the process. There is some concern that these electronic signatures are less legitimate than their ink counterpart, but those concerns are unfounded. There have been regulations in place in the United States dating back to 1996 that give electronic signatures the same binding power if the proper guidelines are followed.
Under the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA), an electronic signature is an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign. This could be a recorded sound clip giving consent, a unique PIN, or a traditional looking signature of the person's name.
Above all else, the main benefit that is necessary in an HR system is flexibility. Organization's needs and government regulations are ever changing. Finding a system that can be easily modified to fit these needs is the key to maximizing efficiency and reducing the risk associated with improper hiring and poor data management.


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Vatican: "No Excuse" for Child Abuse
Officials from the Holy See testify at a hearing before the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
By Nate Rawlings @naterawlingsJan. 16, 2014
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The Vatican publicly confronted the sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church at length Thursday, saying there can be "no excuse" for child abuse.
Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican's representative in Geneva, told a U.N. hearing "such crimes can never be justified." Tomasi said that the church welcomes suggestions that could help promote respect for the rights of children.
The hearing is part of a U.N. investigation into the Holy See's compliance with the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. The church sent a five-person delegation to Geneva for the hearings, including its former chief sex-crimes prosecutor Monsignor Charles Scicluna. Advocacy groups acknowledge a different tone under Pope Francis, but want to see more sweeping changes in how the Vatican deals with sexual molestation by members of the clergy.
While the Vatican is addressing the issue in public at the hearing, the Holy See has been criticized for not sharing the results of its internal inquiry into sex abuse with the U.N. Critics say the Catholic Church helped cover up incidents of sexual abuse by priests over several decades.
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Teacher Voice – Episode 37
by H.	on October 12, 2018 October 12, 2018
Fentrice Driskell, Democratic Candidate for House District 63
This edition of the Teacher Voice podcast features Fentrice Driskell, a Harvard and Georgetown Law School graduate, partner at Carton Fields law firm in Tampa, and the Democratic candidate for House District 63.
Although she always knew that running for public office would be in her future, she did not realize she would run so soon. We discuss her impressive resume, why she's running, and what she would like to do in Tallahassee. Please listen and share with others, especially voters in HD63.
https://teachervoicecom.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/episode-37-fentrice-driskell.mp3
Want to learn more about Fentrice? You can check out her amazingly alliterative website, Fentrice For Florida, of find her on social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Thanks for listening, everyone!
Valdes and Mailers and DeVos, Oh My!
by H.	on August 19, 2018 August 21, 2018
In the words of Public Enemy, "Don't Believe the Hype!"
If you are a voter who lives in House District 62 and haven't voted yet, you need to vote for Mike Alvarez. He is the clear choice who brings a unique perspective as a former U.S. Marine and current small business owner. If you haven't already heard from the man himself, he was on the Teacher Voice podcast earlier this summer, which you can listen to here.
You may have received one of these political ads in the mail for Susan Valdes in the last few days, and I'd like to call every voter's attention to the least suspect part of the mailer itself: who sent it.
It is a well known fact that Susan Valdes filled nearly half her war chest with campaign contributions from for-profit charter management companies in her most recent District 1 School Board election. What may be unknown to the general public, however, is that in order to earn the endorsement of outgoing HD62 and overwhelmingly revered representative, Janet Cruz, Valdes had to promise not to take any donations from these companies.
Valdes lied.
Susan Valdes has quite the track-record of being an unethical elected official. There are numerous reasons that have been previously covered here, but this mailer is a case-in-point for how she will dance around the promises she has made in order to gain a political advantage.
Back to who paid for these mailers…
Shakespeare once asked "what's in a name?" In this case…EVERYTHING.
Rather than accept donations directly from the giant for-profit management companies such as Academica, Charter Schools USA, Charter School Associates, etc, Valdes is now having her mailers paid for by a PAC called "Florida Federation for Children". If it sounds familiar, it's probably because of "American Federation for Children", the organization started and promoted by none other than Betsy DeVos.
In a Tampa Bay Times article from four years ago, Kathleen McGrory discussed what a massive influence this political action committee was having on local and state elections across Florida. Two years ago, Sue Woltanski of Accountabaloney wrote two pieces about the Florida Federation for Children. One of the most salient quotes in the first of the two articles says the following:
This is who is supporting Susan Valdes. Do voters in HD62 want to support this PAC?
And if any voter wants to see how heavily funded this group is by Betsy DeVos' American Federation for Children PAC or numerous for-profit charter management companies, all he or she has to do is look at the campaign contribution list. All told, between DeVos, Academica, Charter Schools USA, and Charter School Associates, this adds up to over 2.3 MILLION DOLLARS.
That sure does buy a lot of influence, and the last thing any constituent needs is another legislator being led around by special interest lobbyists.
The choice is clear for any voter in House District 62: Mike Alvarez is the candidate voters want to serve the interests of the people of his district, Hillsborough County, and all of Florida. Susan Valdes, on the other hand, wants to help faceless corporate profiteers who are trying to privatize public education to pad their bottom lines with public tax dollars. She is a disgrace to public education advocates locally and across the Sunshine State, and the Tampa Bay Times erred greatly when they endorsed this charlatan (UPDATE! Janet Cruz has rescinded her endorsement of Valdes)
But it's not too late. If you live in House District 62 and haven't voted yet, vote for Mike Alvarez! And even if you don't live in the district but know others who do, please share this important and critical information with them, their family members and friends.
P.S. – And if any voter needs one final reason as to why Susan Valdes does NOT deserve his/her vote, never forget Valdes' "foolishness" when she openly mocked teachers and ESPs who poured their hearts out to the HCPS School Board. If she is so openly hostile to the people who work with our children every day, imagine how dismissive and disrespectful she will be to the constituents of HD62.
This is what the flyer should have said if she/it were being HONEST
by H.	on July 13, 2018 August 15, 2018
Mike Alvarez, Democratic Candidate for House District 62, along with his wife Amanda and daughter Abigail
This week's guest on the podcast is Mike Alvarez, a Democratic candidate for House District 62 here in Hillsborough County. He is a former U.S. Marine who is looking to continue his service to the public by helping his home town of Tampa, directly addressing issues such as public education, mental health, and veterans. Mike learned first hand as a child that public schools are necessary to thrive later on in life, and wants to ensure his own family and all children also have the same opportunity to receive a high-quality free public education.
https://teachervoicecom.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/episode-28-mike-alvarez.mp3
If you are a voter who lives in HD62 and would like to learn more about Mike, his campaign, or the endorsements he has already received, you can learn more at his website or Facebook page. If you do not live in HD62 but know someone who does, please share this podcast with him or her, especially if they are planning on voting for Susan Valdes.
Thanks again for listening and sharing with others, everyone!
P.S. – Although she is not pictured, Mike and his wife Amanda recently welcomed their newest addition, Madison, to their family. Click the Facebook link above to see pictures and/or Like/Follow his page.
House District 62: The Winner's Playbook
by H.	on June 12, 2018 June 12, 2018
Nearly six months to the day after calling for Susan Valdes' resignation due to her "foolishness" comment, the District 1 member of the HCPS school board has officially resigned to run for the Florida Legislature in House District 62.
The following is an open letter to the constituents of House District 62 as well as a political playbook for her primary campaign opponents.
As noted previously in podcasts and other posts, Susan Valdes' commitment to the Hispanic community specifically (and all minorities generally) is both noteworthy and laudable. No one can deny she has advocated for these students during her time on the board.
But numerous problems remain and all voters should beware her motivations, especially in light of her alleged "three P's" comment and other troubling revelations from the last two years since she won re-election in 2016.
If I were a campaign manager for Valdes' opponents, here are several points I would address every time when speaking to the constituents of House District 62 so that every voter knows exactly who Susan Valdes is and what she stands for:
Campaign Contributions from For-Profit Charter Management Companies
Public Education is a tried and true campaign platform for any and all Democrat candidates and, typically, this party is the only one that has cried foul against the taxpayer fraud being committed by these for-profit charter management companies (learn more here). In essence, these companies establish "non-profit" boards to comply with the law, and these boards turn around and hire the company for management, back office services, pay them rental/lease agreements above and beyond market value, etc. Nearly half of the money doesn't even get to the kids in the classrooms; instead, it goes to pad the profit lines of companies such as Academica, Charter Schools USA, and Charter School Associates.
All three of these companies gave handsomely to Susan Valdes during the 2016 election cycle and should call into question her advocacy for public education. While most Democrats are trying to defend it, she is silently cheering on its demise by taking money from privatizing profiteers.
2. Ethics Investigations
It's no secret that Member Valdes has abused her power while on the school board, which led to the state of Florida opening up separate ethics investigations against her. Her family received free day care even though she was never technically an employee; it would appear she helped her friend and campaign manager get a job in the county for which she had no qualifications; she interfered with the open bidding process during the "cone of silence" to ensure that a local company–whose CEO donated heavily to Valdes' re-election bid–had a second chance to change their pricing, resulting in a contract that still cost taxpayers $50,000 more than it could have had the district gone with the original bid winner, Arey Jones.
Now that she has resigned, however, those ethics investigations cease. But that doesn't change the fact that there was enough evidence to merit the investigations by the state in the first place, and any primary opponent would be wise to constantly mention these investigations and not let her off the hook for her past transgressions.
3. Taxpayers Footing the Bill for Valdes' Excessive Travel
As the linked editorial above notes, this has been a chronic problem since Susan Valdes was elected in 2004. In her first term she spent over $50,000 and, despite her pledge to be more mindful of it in the future, she never quit. She infamously made news again in 2016 when she spent over $14,000 from May of 2015 to May of 2016, which was more than the remaining six board members combined. This also coincided with the first time I spoke at an HCPS school board meeting, mainly because I was so distraught over her reckless use of taxpayer dollars at a time when the district was trying to shore up its reserves by cutting spending.
4. Susan Valdes – Career Politician
For the last fourteen years, Susan Valdes has served as a school board member for Hillsborough County Public Schools. This year, the Florida Legislature tried to pass legislation to enforce term limits on school board members, an effort that ultimately never passed yet was bundled into Amendment 8 by the Constitution Revision Commission (please vote NO on 8!). This amendment, however, also includes a provision that will allow for-profit charters to circumvent local school boards altogether, so despite its attempt to limit school board members to two consecutive terms–something many people across the Sunshine State want–it comes at too steep a cost to public education.
Now she wants to jump ship and try to "serve the people" (i.e. herself and her campaign contributors) of House District 62. The voters of this district should fully repudiate her and end her career in politics now before she wreaks more havoc on Hillsborough County. If you are a resident of District 62, please vote for one of her primary opponents; if you know someone who lives in 62, please share this post / information with that person.
Please vote in this critical midterm primary election.
Just vote for anyone other than Susan Valdes.
Friday Five Edition – People Over Politics
by H.	on February 23, 2018 February 23, 2018
C'mon, House of Representatives, it's not that difficult…
Today's Friday Five (read: rant) is about what happened this past Wednesday when the House summarily dismissed HB219, a bill sponsored by Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith that would have banned assault weapons and high capacity magazines. Representative Randy Fine then went on CNN to state why he and his fellow Republicans voted down the debate before it happened despite MSD High School students being present (although he somewhat comically claims to not have known they were there). After seeing this live on television while getting ready for work yesterday morning, I had to respond.
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If you listen to this, please contact your local legislators and demand that they at least hear these bills. If they vote them down–which they most likely will–then so be it. But by allowing the debate to be had, it will be a small step in the right direction for the victims of the mass shooting in Parkland.


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The Irish Council Against Blood Sports (ICABS) and Badgerwatch Ireland are today calling on Minister Joe Walsh to follow the example of the UK authorities and immediately suspend the culling of badgers. It has been revealed in the UK that the culling of badgers has increased the rate of bovine TB in cattle by 27 per cent.
UK Minister for Animal Health & Welfare, Minister Ben Bradshaw, suspended the badger cull in the "reactive" triplet zones because he said that there was enough data to show that it increases the disease in cattle, rather than reducing it.
We therefore call on Minister Joe Walsh to suspend all culling of badgers carried out here. His Department's flawed programme of taking out 30 per cent of Irish badgers in a given area, is based on supposition and vague estimations. For years, the Department of Agriculture has been culling badgers, using a barbaric and cruel wire snare, which they euphemistically term "a specially devised stopped body restraint" in which the stricken animals can be literally strangulated, dying horribly.
We also call on Minister Martin Cullen to immediately intervene in this issue, and refuse to issue licences for the snaring of badgers on the grounds that, under the Wildlife Act, we contend that this snare is illegal for use on badgers.
There are serious questions to be answered in relation to this issue of badger persecution. ICABS and Badgerwatch have seen a copy of the minutes of a meeting of officials in the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Abbottstown, where snared badgers are taken for testing. An official is quoted in the minutes as referring to the "badger charade" and saying that he saw the lab as "a knackery to dump badgers".
Next year, this horror will be escalated, and the Department of Agriculture will take on 75 "Snaring Operatives" to carry out the grim task of laying down these crude wire snares to trap many more thousands of hapless badgers which will then be "dumped" at the laboratory in Abbottstown. For what purpose we may ask? It is our belief that this sick "charade" and the escalation of the badger persecution was part of the negotiations to get agreement from the farmers for the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness, and has nothing to do with science or the eradication of TB.
ICABS and Badgerwatch are calling for more resources to be allocated towards a test for TB in cattle that is one hundred per cent accurate (the present skin test is not one hundred per cent accurate). We also back Veterinary Ireland's statement that the re-introduction of a compulsory pre-movement cattle test would reduce the incidence of TB in cattle by ten per cent.
We are appalled at the Department of Agriculture's figures that almost 50,000 badgers have been eradiated in the last decade. Almost eighty per cent of these badgers would certainly have been TB-free.


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