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Montreal mail carriers on edge after a dozen attacks in 2015
Some Montreal letter carriers are on edge after several armed attacks involving two men who use knives and scissors to steal keys to mail boxes.
Community mailboxes are usually installed on the edges of parks or other municipal properties.	Vincenzo D'Alto / Montreal Gazette
Some Montreal letter carriers are on edge after several armed attacks involving two men who use knives and scissors to steal keys to mailboxes.
Union spokesman Alain Duguay said there have been a dozen such incidents in northeastern Montreal since the beginning of the year.
One man usually distracts the carrier while the other approaches from behind and demands the keys, said Duguay, the local president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
The assailants then use the keys to steal credit cards, passports and other important documents.
"With the keys, they can retrieve the mail that's either in the grey boxes or in a series of letter boxes," he said in an interview.
Some of the keys also provide access to apartment buildings.
Duguay said two of the attacks took place at community mailboxes, with the most recent incident occurring at the beginning of this week.
"What we're telling our members is to not resist, to hand over the keys and call the police as quickly as possible," he added.
"We're asking our members not to take any chances with their safety."
The union official added that one female carrier was targeted twice but that nobody has yet been injured.
Duguay said similar incidents occurred four years ago in the same sector and involved "organized" street gangs.
During those earlier attacks, a male postal worker was injured.
Montreal police spokesman Raphael Bergeron said an investigation is underway but that it's too early to link the incidents to street gangs.
A spokesperson for Canada Post said that to his knowledge, no mail has been stolen as a result of these attacks, and that no new mail is delivered until the mailbox locks are replaced.
"We encourage our customers to report any missing mail to our customer service department," Anick Lozier said.
The Crown corporation is not giving many details on how they're responding to these attacks. "We don't want to give the criminals any clue as to what we're doing," Lozier said.
Duguay is worried the arrival of community mailboxes across the country will make it a lot easier to rob the mail.
He said there have been more than 4,800 thefts involving community mailboxes in B.C. in recent years, mainly in the Vancouver area.
Lozier said these fears are "ludicrous."
"We're been delivering to community boxes for 30 years without problems," she said. "These thefts are few and far between and confined to that specific region."
Canada Post is adamant about moving ahead with plans to gradually reduce home mail delivery despite court challenges and calls for a moratorium by some mayors.
Jacques Côté, who's responsible for the file, told The Canadian Press this week the Crown corporation has no choice but to go that route because of a continuing drop in letter volume.
He also said Canada Post is ready to defend its position all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.
"We think we're on solid footing and that our position is legal," Côté added.
Roberto Rocha of the Montreal Gazette contributed to this report.
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Some FSA and SNC leaders equivocating on Latakia
Col. Mustafa Hashim (top right) being interviewed in Latakia province last night
I suspect something fishy is going on among Syrian opposition leaders.
Five days into the armed opposition's spectacular advances on the mountains of the coastal province of Latakia, Bashar al-Assad's heartland, bigwigs in the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Syrian National Coalition (SNC) are believed to be lobbying for cessation of the campaign.
A comment today -- signed by the pseudonym "Sary Alsory" and carried on the SNC's Facebook page – said: "Some Supreme Military Command and Coalition members revealed their ugly face and betrayal of the revolution and the nation by signing a document calling for a moratorium on the coastal campaign. We hope to publish the names of all signatories of the document."
Interviewed live on air last night, the Latakia campaign's field commander of the central western front, Col. Mustafa Hashim, said his men were being deliberately starved of arms and munitions.
"Our (western) front has not been treated on par with the other fronts since our (FSA) meeting in (the Turkish resort of) Antalya" last December, Col. Hashim told Melad Fadl, his interviewer from Aljazeera TV on the Latakia mountains.
The Antalya meeting organized the FSA into five fronts: the northern front (Aleppo and Idlib), the eastern front (Raqqa-Deir Ezzor and al-Hasakah), the western front (Hama-Latakia-Tartus), the central front (Homs-Rastan) and the southern front (Damascus-Dar al-Sweida).
Asked who was starving his western front of arms and munitions, Col. Hashim said cryptically: "The backer countries.
"The Unified Command apportions the military aid it receives. I voiced my objections at previous official meetings, saying I had my reservations about The Command unfairly arming one front at the expense of another. The coastal front has received very little.
"We have been hoarding arms and munitions and planning this offensive (since Antalya).
"The campaign we launched at 5 a.m. on August 4 is ongoing. The regime's army has not been able to advance a single meter anywhere. The offensive shall continue until Syria's complete liberation."
Reacting to Col. Hashim's remarks, Egyptian military strategy analyst Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Safwat el-Zayyat told Aljazeera's news anchor: "Had the armed opposition opened the western front earlier, it could have helped the other fronts immensely.
"The coastal front is the revolution's success story of the year. It seems the man, Mustafa Hashim, fears being starved of weapons.
"The big question is: Are revolution backers shying away from killing (Assad's) hopes of a safe haven in a rump coastal state? Are they trying to stave off a sectarian bloodbath (in the Alawite stronghold), which is the regime's recruitment reservoir, now that mountain villagers have started fleeing to Latakia city?
"True, FSA and SNC leaders might be trying to stave off a sectarian bloodbath. But at the same time, they have to realize the battle for the coastline will force the regime's hand to defend its last place of refuge, which would greatly reduce pressure on the opposition in Homs, Damascus, Deraa, Aleppo and elsewhere."
Within 24 hours of the Latakia offensive kicking off, Khaled Yacoub Oweis wrote in a Reuters dispatch, "A senior opposition figure, who declined to be named, said the United States, a main backer of the Free Syrian Army, is against targeting Latakia, because it could spark revenge attacks by Alawites against its majority Sunni population and add to an already huge refugee problem.
"Diplomats say the coastal area and its mountain villages could be the scene of a bloodbath against the region's Alawite population if Islamist hardliners end up eventually gaining the upper hand in the conflict."
In Washington yesterday, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki told a press briefing former U.S. ambassador to Syria Robert Ford "is in Paris today and tomorrow. He's meeting with members of the Syrian opposition to discuss the prospects of a Geneva conference.
"We remain committed to helping Syrians negotiate a political settlement along the lines of the June 2012 Geneva communiqué.
"In particular, Ambassador Ford is talking to them about the need for a unified opposition delegation headed by the legitimate representative of the Syrian people, the Syrian Opposition Coalition, which can strongly press the case for its vision of what a transition government – governing body should look like."
Later in the day, Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister said they were continuing to try to find common ground on Syria and other issues
"One thing I would emphasize is on Syria while Sergei and I do not always agree completely on responsibility for the bloodshed or on some of the ways forward, both of us and our countries agree that to avoid institutional collapse and descent into chaos, the ultimate answer is a negotiated political solution," Kerry said.
"Syria indeed is at the top of our agenda," Lavrov said through an interpreter. "The goal is the same we need to start a political process."
However, Lavrov suggested the main cause for urgency in the Russian view is an influx of Islamic militant fighters into Syria.
"We need to stage Geneva-2 conference and in my view the most important task for Geneva-2 would be to honor the commitment of all G8 leaders...who called for the government and opposition to join efforts to fight terrorists and force them away from Syria," the top Russian diplomat said. "Especially in light of assessments we've been hearing lately this is of course our top priority."
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We spoke to Ida from The Pearl Hotel to find out more about their property and see how they are feeling about their shortlisting for 'Outstanding Host' at the eviivo awards.
Can you tell us more about your property?
Our property is a small boutique hotel. It's a very small business we started it with just 6 rooms about 4 and a half years ago. We did not expect to be as successful as we are today, that was very unexpected. It's a family-run business. We have done all the design ourselves. We used special architects and designers – it's inspired by Moroccan and Turkish design. We just wanted to do something that is different. We have also just bought the restaurant next door. It used to be a Thai restaurant run by another company – which was not something we were keen on. Now we've taken it over it, and in 2 months we will be opening the first Moroccan restaurant in Peterborough. It will be very exciting, as the restaurant will complete the look to the hotel. One thing that we do that is different from the other accommodation is breakfast in bed – which is complimentary. We prepare the tray, with a little vase with flowers, and deliver it at the time they've requested. So they don't need to spend time getting ready, the breakfast goes to them.
How important is your design?
It is very important because people see the pictures first before they book. So design is something which makes people look further.
How important is your online presence?
Very important! You can't just upload a picture from your smartphone and put it on your website or on the travel websites. It's important to hire a professional photographer. Then choose the best pictures of the rooms that best represent our property. Obviously, it's not a cheap thing to do but it's definitely worth it. Our business is always evolving so we're constantly uploading and updating our pictures.
What's the most important thing about running your own accommodation?
The first thing is to give people good quality accommodation, and for a good price. The second thing is personal service. I think that's the winning point of our business. It's not just anyone checking in and going on with their day. We want to know more about them and more about their journey. We are trying to build a future relationship with this customer. And hopefully in the future they'll book with us again directly. The third thing is making people feel at home. Because a lot of people now a days are living on a daily basis in hotels as that's what their job is. And because a lot of businesses are set up in Peterborough, a lot of people from London are practically living Monday to Friday in Peterborough. So they are spending more time in hotels than they are at home.
How did you get into the industry?
The family I worked for came from a restaurant background so they purchased this place, which used to be a Harvester. It was a 2 floor restaurant and when they took it over I was managing their restaurant and they asked me what shall we do with the upstairs space because we didn't want a 2 floored restaurant as it's too big for such a small town. And then one of the family members who is an architect suggested making it into rooms. And we decided to go ahead! We made 6 executive rooms and they are not like chain hotels. With chain hotels they are very much the same, it doesn't matter which location you go, it's the same. But we wanted to do something really nice with bright colours, luxury furniture, crystal lights and led lights. We wanted something that people hadn't seen before. And after one or two weeks of opening, we were fully booked. Then I spoke to the family and I said we should think about expanding the business. We then went from 6 to 11 rooms to fill the demand. And again it was really popular. We were number one on TripAdvisor, number one on Booking.com and highly rated on LateRooms. Two years after the family opened the hotel, they decided to invest more money into it and they built a separate floor downstairs. 10 more boutique rooms. And since then we are working with 100% occupancy – we are fully occupied every day. It's a great thing, because we would never have imagined this. We would never have believed that after 4 and a half years we would be where we are today. We are very proud.
What's the best compliment you've received about a stay with you?
We have a lot of great reviews on TripAdvisor, but the best compliment is when people say that they feel home. That really says it all.
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The Dems are the definition of a Hypocrite.
I saw a photo this morning on facebook from Mike Pence from the DNC that read " Attention All Delegates, photo ID is required for credential pick up, Please have photo ID out and ready"
Pence commented "If the Dems think that to require a photo ID to vote is racist, why do they require a ID to enter the convention?"
I think it is terrific that the Dems want to champion the rights of the little guy and give them a voice at the big table BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE REST OF US !
We have laws for a reason and the Dems seem to think nothing of bending or even breaking them.
The DNC willingly harbored an illegal alien at their convention. What will they do next bring a member of isis to the podium to let him tell us all how great islam is and how we are all infidels?
"What will they do next bring a member of isis to the podium to let him tell us all how great islam is"
Then demonize Christians for not wanting to convert and tell then they are responsible for their own deaths when they don't.
What a joke, in what country do they let an illegal speak for a national party. You go to any EU and Asia country and illegals will be boo'ed and carried away in cuffs. That's how other countries handle illegals.
I thought it was a disgrace and shut it off. It was an insult to the millions of immigrants that have come here legally. Including my own family that came from Ireland to Boston. I never see them mention anything, about legal iimmgrants. People that immediately needed to ft in and adjust to life here. People that had to wait their turn to come here.
A country that can't maintain its borders, and stoops to the level the DNC did. In my opinion doesn't care about its law abiding citizens at all.
I totally agree. Another turn off to me was that the mother here illegally couldn't even speak English after being in our country for at least ten years. They take so much from our country but yet don't even bother to assimilate into our society.
I agree. I have voted Democrat since I was old enough to vote. This convention has disgusted me so much, and I watched little of it. That I cannot vote for Clinton. I agree with some of Trumps views, but I doubt I could vote for him either. There must be plenty of us in the same predicament. Plenty of us across the country. I have never seen a more oddball election year than this one. Voting for the lesser of evil is very difficult for me in this one.
Agreed. I'm going with Trump but; I DON'T care for the dude, either.


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Il rio Fenugus è un corso d'acqua a regime torrentizio della Sardegna meridionale nei monti del Sulcis. Fa parte del bacino imbrifero del lago Medau Zirimilis, che attraverso il rio de Su Casteddu confluisce nel Cixerri.

Raccoglie le acque di deflusso della valle alta compresa fra il monte Lattias, il monte Is Caravius e il monte Genna Spina. Nasce sul versante settentrionale del monte Is Caravius e attraversa un territorio boscoso compreso in gran parte nella Riserva WWF di monte Arcosu.

La sua portata è alimentata principalmente dagli affluenti di sinistra che scorrono per circa 6-800 metri lungo il versante occidentale della catena montuosa che si estende da Is Caravius a Genna Spina. Dopo un percorso di appena 2 km confluisce, poco prima della cascata de su Spistiddadroxiu, a est del monte Genna Spina, con il rio Maureddus, dando origine al rio Camboni. Secondo alcune fonti il Fenugus è il nome con cui è indicato il tratto iniziale del Camboni.

Il toponimo "Fenugus" deriva dal nome sardo dato al finocchio.

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Tavolette IGM (scala 1:25000): Foglio 565, Sezione I (Capoterra); Foglio 565, Sezione IV (Narcao)

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Khan Research Laboratories Football Club, sometimes abbreviated to KRL F.C. or KRL, is a Pakistani professional football club based in Rawalpindi. The club is affiliated with Khan Research Laboratories and the team play their home games at KRL Stadium. The club has won five league titles and six National Football Challenge Cups. They are the most successful club in the country with eleven trophies. They are the only Pakistani club to reach a continental club finals when they reached the 2013 AFC President's Cup final, losing 1–0 to Balkan FK.

History
Khan Research Laboratories entered the National Championship in the 1998 season, where they lost 2–0 to Allied Bank in the quarter-finals. The next year they reached the semi-finals of the National Championship, after finishing top of their group and winning both their group matches 4–1 and 6–3 against Pakistan Railways and Balochistan Red respectively. They defeated Karachi Metropolitan 4–0 and Pakistan Railways 3–2 on penalties after drawing the game 2–2 in normal time. They lost 1–0 to Pakistan Navy in the semi-finals. In the 2000 season, Khan Research Laboratories reached the Round of 16, after topping the group again after defeating Punjab Greens and WAPDA 8–1 and 3–0 respectively. In the Round of 16 they lost 1–0 to that season's runners-up Karachi Port Trust. The next season, they topped the group again when they defeated Pakistan Police and Sindh Greens 1–0 and 5–1 respectively. Sajjad of Khan Research Laboratories scored the hat-trick in the latter match. In the round of 16, they trashed University Grants Commission 6–0, with Allah Nawaz scoring four goals. In the quarter-finals they defeated Allied Bank 3–2 and defeated their group team Pakistan Police 2–1 in the semi-finals. Khan Research Laboratories drew 1–1 to WAPDA in the finals, only to lose 4–3 on penalties. In the 2002 season, Khan Research Laboratories, top of the group again for the fourth consecutive season, defeated University Grants Commission 5–1 and drew 1–1 with Sindh Red. In the Round of 16, they defeated Balochistan Green 1–0. Khan Research Laboratories defeated Federally Administered Tribal Areas 2–1 in the quarter-finals and lost to Pakistan Army in the 1–0 in the semi-finals.

Premier League era
Khan Research Laboratories became a dominant side since the inception of the re-branded Pakistan Premier League, finishing third in the 2004–05 season, scoring 98 goals in 30 matches, winning 23 and drawing and losing four and three matches respectively. They finished third in four further seasons, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, and 2008–09 seasons, before winning their first-ever league and national title in the 2009–10 season, when they won the league on goal difference after being tied on 60 points. Khan Research Laboratories had a goal difference +32 against +22 of Pakistan Army. Khan Research Laboratories completed the double, when they won the 2009 National Football Challenge Cup defeating Pakistan Airlines 1–0 in the finals. In the 2010–11 season, they finished second to league winners WAPDA. However, they successfully defended the National Football Challenge Cup, defeating Pakistan Navy 4–0 in the finals. Khan Research Laboratories won three league titles consecutively, winning in 2011–12, 2012–13 and 2013–14. In the 2011–12 and 2012–13 season, Khan Research Laboratories completed a consecutive double when they won the League and Challenge Cup. In latter seasons, they won the league after their star forward Kaleemullah Khan, scored 35 goals, including 7 hat-tricks. In the 2014–15 season, they finished sixth after losing their star players, Kaleemullah Khan and Muhammad Adil to Kyrgyz club FC Dordoi Bishkek. They won a further two Challenge Cups in 2015 and 2016, becoming the most successful club in the National Football Challenge Cup, winning the tournament six times in total. Khan Research Laboratories won their fifth 2018–19 Premier League title after defeating Sui Southern Gas 4–0 on the final match day, making them the most successful club since the inception of the Pakistan Premier League.

Asian competitions
Khan Research Laboratories' first appearance in the Asian competition came in the 2010 AFC President's Cup, when they finished second to Vakhsh Qurghonteppa in the group stage. In the 2012 AFC President's Cup, they finished second in the group stage after drawing both their games 0–0 against Erchim and Taiwan Power Company, thus qualifying for the final stage where they finished bottom of the group.
Their win in the 2012 season qualified them for a spot in the 2013 AFC President's Cup. In the group stage, held in May 2013, they were drawn against Kyrgyzstan-based Dordoi Bishkek, Philippine-based Global and Bhutan-based Yeedzin. KRL drew 1–1 with Dordoi, beat Global 2–0 and also went past Yeedzin 8–0. They finished second in the group behind Dordoi based on goal difference as both clubs had 7 points from their 3 encounters (2 wins, 1 draw). Through this result, the club qualified for the final group stage of the Cup which was played in September 2013.  In the final group stage, they were drawn against the Palestinian side Hilal Al-Quds and their rivals from the first group stage, Kyrgyzstani side Dordoi Bishkek.  They won both of their games and progressed to the final, where they lost 1–0 to Turkmen side Balkan. In the 2014 AFC President's Cup they finished bottom of the group in the first stage.

Colours
The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are dark green and white.

Honors

Domestic
Pakistan Premier League: (5)
2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19

Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup: (6)
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016

NBP President's Cup: (1)
2017

Continental
AFC President's Cup
Runners-up (1): 2013

Competitive record

Overall
The club's competitive record since the 2004–05 season are listed below.

Performance in AFC competitions
 Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance
2000/01: First Round

 AFC President's Cup: 4 appearances
2010: 2° in Group Stage
2012: 3° in Final Group Stage
2013: 3° in Runners Up
2014: 4° in Group Stage

AFC President's Cup matches

References

Football clubs in Pakistan
1995 establishments in Pakistan
Association football clubs established in 1995
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use TelegramBot\Api\Types\Update;

interface CommandInterface
{
    public function execute(BotApi $api, Update $update): void;

    public function isApplicable(Update $update): bool;
}

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JUnit testing of model and service classes under Android/Dalvik is straightforward, but when it comes to testing UIs (activities and fragments), the basic support is just too low-level. Fortunately, Robotium (think Selenium for droids) provides a most-excellent adjunct for this.
Write true unit test classes that cover only a single activity or fragment. Of course, many UI actions will take you to the next activity (and you should assert that), but leave multi-activity testing for separate integration tests.
Stub back-end behaviors using standard mock and dependency injection techniques. For my current app, I kept it simple/lightweight and wrote my own code, but I've also used Mockito (with dexmaker) and Dagger (with javax.inject); these are nice Android-compatible frameworks.
Rather than repeating the same raw Robotium calls directly from your tests, wrap them in descriptive helper methods like enterUserID(String id), enterPassword(String password), clickLoginButton(), etc. This DRY approach makes for more readable tests and simplifies updates when your UI changes.
Since you probably use common superclasses for your activities and fragments, also create parent test case classes to factor common testing behaviors. See below for snippets from one of mine.
I haven't found a good tool for measuring code coverage for apps (Emma under Android is flakely), so I'd love to hear your recommendations.
This entry was posted in Programming and tagged Android, Java, Programming, xUnit on October 12, 2013 by Derek.


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typedef void(^ActionDataCancelBlock)(ActionSheetDataPicker *picker);

@interface ActionSheetDataPicker : AbstractActionSheetPicker<UIPickerViewDelegate, UIPickerViewDataSource>
{
//    NSArray *_firstArray;
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@property (nonatomic, copy) ActionDataDoneBlock onActionSheetDone;
@property (nonatomic, copy) ActionDataCancelBlock onActionSheetCancel;
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@property (nonatomic, copy) NSDictionary *dataSource;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSArray *defaultSelected;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSMutableArray *userSelected;
@property (nonatomic, copy) NSMutableDictionary *userSelectedComponentRow;
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@property (nonatomic, copy) NSMutableDictionary *childShowDictionary;

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Don't let ICE put the heat on you
Dennis Zink
What does the Trump administration's immigration policy mean for small businesses?
"The Trump administration has been relying on raids by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement division (ICE) and will most likely require all businesses to use the federal E-Verify service in the near future," said Dawn Davidson Drantch, corporate counsel for Alcott HR.
According to employment law attorney Michael Kelsheimer, a partner with Gray Reed & McGraw LLP, "The president has implemented two immigration bans, is challenging so-called Sanctuary Cities that do not help federal immigration enforcement, has instructed government agencies to become more aggressive in enforcement of immigration laws and is reviewing proposals to strengthen the border wall."
So it seems clear that enforcement is tightening. I used the Help a Reporter website to find experts on the issue.
According to Kelsheimer, knowingly hiring undocumented workers carries fines of $539 and $4,313 per worker for a first offense. Failing to properly complete the Form I-9 https://www.uscis.gov/i-9 carries a fine of $216 to $2,156 per document. Employers found to engage in a pattern or practice of hiring or recruiting undocumented workers may be penalized up to $3,000 per undocumented worker and receive six months in jail. In addition to requiring employers of various sizes to use the E-Verify system, some states have additional penalties.
So what's a small business to do?
Develop an I-9 compliance program
Compliance means following the I-9 form's directions and making sure your business is reviewing proper documentation and requiring extra proof if you suspect someone is undocumented. You should not impose requirements above and beyond what the I-9 requires. Doing so can result in a lawsuit by the applicant or the government. I-9 issues are best handled by a trained person within your organization, Kelsheimer said.
The government finds, on average, five errors in each I-9 when it does an audit. Each error can result in a fine. Create and maintain an internal compliance policy and require that it is followed by all hiring supervisors to ensure consistency in handling I-9s. This may help protect business owners from liability if they consolidate handling I-9s with one person and that person does not follow the policy.
Kelsheimer said that an I-9 compliance policy will do six things:
1. Control who completes the I-9 paperwork.
2. Mandate the timing to complete the I-9.
3. Outline the correct procedure and clarify incorrect procedures such as asking for additional information, accepting suspect documents, or preferring certain documents.
4. Arrange for I-9 forms to be retained.
5. Mandate the re-verification of temporary employment authorizations. Failure to re-verify documents that expire is a huge issue, and a solid compliance policy will include a procedure to schedule and follow up on reverifications.
6. Plan for an I-9 self-audit once a year.
Some businesses try to avoid I-9 and other issues by treating individuals who should be employees as contractors. They assume that doing so will avoid violations. But the government will pursue business owners who intentionally circumvent the I-9 rules by trying to treat undocumented workers as contractors. It may be wise to require all contractors to ensure I-9 compliance for their employees and provide access to their I-9s for verification.
Filling out the form
Nikki Larcher, co-founder of SimplyHR, explains that since Jan. 22, 2017, there has been a new I-9 form all employers must use.
Employers need to use the new I-9 for new hires but they are not required to re-validate forms or fill out a new form for employees who already have an I-9 on file.
All fields that are left blank must contain "N/A." The smart form will do this for you; but if you decide to print and hand write on the form, make sure that all fields without information have "N/A" in the field.
You must print the form and physically sign it. The new I-9 provides the capability to fill out everything electronically, but employee and employer are required to sign and date the form.
A Spanish version of I-9 should only be used as a translation tool. If no preparer/translator was used, the employee must check the appropriate box stating that they did not use a preparer or translator.
Employers must complete I-9 forms for every new hire. There are no exceptions for part-time or temporary employees. The employer must see original documents establishing eligibility to work, although certified copies of birth certificates are acceptable. Copies of the eligibility documents need to be attached to the I-9 form.
The I-9s must be completed within three business days of employment date. Employees fill out the first section of the form on or before the first day of their employment. Employers complete the third and fourth sections within three business days after the first day of employment.
Software can help
"If you are hiring a lot of employees, consider using an I-9 software provider. The advantage to going digital is that all information is stored in the cloud, everyone can sign digitally, and — in the case of an audit — your information is available immediately. The ease of such organization of data and timely notification of non-compliance will significantly reduce your cost of an expensive I-9 audit," says Bob Shoyhet with Melillo Consulting.
"I-9 forms must be kept by the employer for as long as the employee is employed. If the employee is terminated, the employer must retain the document for three years after the person began work or one year after the person departs the company, whichever is longer," said Renata Castro, an attorney with the Castro Legal Group.
There are also criminal penalties, especially if a pattern is found of hiring undocumented workers. Enforcement has increased in industries that historically have hired undocumented workers: agriculture, restaurants and hospitality, Castro said.
"Employers must also be aware of increased litigation stemming from I-9 discrimination violations for document abuse, citizenship-status discrimination and national-origin discrimination," she said.
When it comes time to dispose of I-9s, it is considered a best practice to destroy old forms with shredding or incineration.
Be prepared so ICE won't put the heat on you.
Dennis Zink is a volunteer, certified mentor and chapter chairman of Manasota SCORE and chairman of the Realize Bradenton board. He is the creator and host of Been There, Done That! with Dennis Zink, a nationally syndicated business podcast series. He facilitates a CEO roundtable for the Manatee Chamber of Commerce, created a MeetUp group, Success Strategies for Business Owners and is a business consultant. Email him at centreofinfluence@gmail.com.


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It is with great sadness and yet eager anticipation that I announce that Vessels of His Love Church will hold its last regularly scheduled Sunday Worship Service on Sunday, June 24, 2018. We thank everyone for their prayers and support of our church over the years.
The work of the Kingdom of God goes beyond church, so Vessels of His Love Ministries will remain operational in the future. We prayerfully await the guidance of the Holy Spirit in how we can remain effective to the Body of Christ.
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James Caton is a faculty fellow at the NDSU Center for the Study of Public Choice and Private Enterprise (PCPE) and an assistant professor in the NDSU Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics. He teaches undergraduate courses in the areas of macroeconomics, international trade, and computation. He specializes in research related to entrepreneurship, agent-based computational economics, market process theory, and monetary economics. His research has been published in the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Advances in Austrian Economics: New Thinking in Austrian Political Economy and Review of Austrian Economics, and he co-edited Macroeconomics, a two volume set of essays and primary sources that represent the core of macroeconomic thought. He is also a regular contributor to the American Institute for Economic Research's Sound Money Project, which conducts research and promotes awareness about monetary stability and financial privacy.
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The Evolution of Hayek's Thought on Gold and Monetary Standards
Creativity in a Theory of Entrepreneurship
Rent Seeking and Institutional Evolution within the California Water Game
Volatility in Catallactical Systems: Austrian Cycle Theory Revisited
Sound Money Project
Entrepreneurship and Ownership
Enterprise on the Prairie: 20 Below
Enterprise on the Prairie: COR Robotics
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Let's forward one year from now – May 2018.
Your schedule is packed – but you can still choose what you want to do, anytime.
You have complete control of your work life – you decide the hours, the projects, the clients you want to work with, where you want your work to take you, your workplaces and so on. You are the pilot here, riding your own flight.
That basically sums up my work life right now in May 2017, and the freelancing business I built over the last one year. But it wasn't as easy or as impossible as I did think before.There is no magic bullet here – just a simple system with consistent efforts, work and commitment.
Pardeep asked me to share my experience as a freelancer. So, I will lay down the entire system and processes that I have followed from the start of my freelancing career, with real-life snapshots, conversations, proposals and much more, that you can literally start using from today!
Over the last 1 year, QUITE a lot has happened in my work and business, and I feel I have achieved a few things that I really wanted to do for a long time.
This is absolutely not to brag, but more importantly, to show you that anyone can do it. You can do it even under complex life situations, and without any excuses.
Hustling a side project: I started building my freelancing business along with my job in February 2016. Oh, and not just another boring 9 to 5 job – I worked at Mu Sigma Inc. The amount of working hours are crazy, to say the least.
Quit my job, with sustainable projects: The freelancing business grew so much, that I could not handle it with my job. I finally quit my job in August 2016, and became a full time freelancer, running a location independent business, from my home, coworking spaces, friends' offices, coffee shops, exotic locations; basically any place, with decent Internet and power.
Clients started coming to me,: Designed my freelancing profile and positioned it in such a manner that clients approach and invite me for jobs and I am screening them and their work requirements if they are a good fit for me or not rather than the traditional vice versa process.
Build team: Slowly started building a quality driven and closely monitored team to bifurcate my share of responsibilities.
My own online business venture: Started working on multiple other side projects in online products that can be scaled rapidly by understanding market needs, competitions, problems, pain points of my target market and niches.
One more thing you need to know – I am not a writer, I hardly write! However, this right here is a powerhouse of an article where I break my journey into concrete steps of venturing into a freelancing business.
So basically what I'm trying to say is that writing is not my core skill, but I was offered an opportunity to help people start their freelancing business. I have focussed more on adding value, creating a basic structure and system that can be followed by anyone with basic skillsets rather than on my writing skills.
I get all of my freelance work from Upwork. The main reason why I chose Upwork was it has premium quality clients, provides top-notch service and ease in payments. They have a payment protection policy and to put it very simply in their words – "One hour worked is one hour paid" on Upwork – no matter what.
No invoices, no reminders, no hassles for the freelancer at all in terms of payments etc. Upwork takes 10-20% of your income depending on your stage that you are operating at – but I would gladly trade that much money with the hassles of payment reminders, invoices, bookkeeping and most importantly a centralized platform to operate out at the start.
You can choose any of the platform. At the end, your skills matter more than the platform.
Toptal is primarily for developers and their screening process is quite strict.
The initial step always has to be about identifying the right skills that you will offer to your clients.
You should create a small list of what skills you have and what work you have done that can be offered initially to your potential clients. You should also list some skills that you want to learn in the future.
To help you find your skills, here are some very simple questions that should get you started.
What were you really good at during school & college?
What did most of your friends generally seek help from you in terms of skillsets, work etc?
How did you really add value and help the business grow in your workplace?
Which businesses really need your skills?
Which person of the business would most need this help?
At Mu sigma Inc, I worked on various different types of analysis for large websites (website analytics) and also built executive dashboards.
My core experience and strength was website analytics – so these were what I set out to offer to potential clients. I targeted small-medium businesses that need help in "Google Analytics" and thus went about finding my first customer.
You can find 1-2 relevant skills to start off with. You must sell relevant skills together. You should not be a developer, designer and marketing expert at the same time. You can always diversify later – but start off only with one or two skills only.
What is one skill that everyone who has been to just school and college has? Reading and writing! You can literally start with these basic skills and apply in multiple different manners and fields like Email writing, Copywriting, and editing.
You should not spend a lot of time on your profile but focus on a few important things to add value to your target customer. You must completely separate yourself out of the masses.
98% of freelancing profiles and their websites are all about themselves, their services, degrees and educational qualifications. All these are quite important for the initial context and quick view but the client really cares about solving his problem.
In your profile – talk as less as possible about yourself and more about your target customer, their problems, their pain points and how you would go about solving them.
At the start, it's fine if you do not know what is your target market. You should constantly test and refine, as you evolve.
Focus on following points while writing your profile.
In portfolio – you can add a few samples of any old work that you have done. Do not worry about adding a lot of stuff – just use some quick methods – like screenshots and links of small help you have provided.
Your portfolio should be very relevant to the work you are aiming for. Once clients can see the relevant samples in your portfolio – they would love to talk to you.
Danny Marguiles – This profile is literally designed to convert. Filled with Testimonials, Call to Actions and much more for his exact target market. He is a pro copywriter and also teaches freelancing. Full disclosure – I have learnt a lot from his blogs and his high end course and wrote about it at length here.
Another great profile by Steven Young here.
This is a random profile I pulled up. Look at the number of times the freelancer is talking about himself and using the word "I" – that sums up a bad profile.
You can search for freelancers on upwork even with your profile and analyze all existing profile. Look at the ones in your field and find the biggest mistakes and just make your profile unique in that manner.
Before talking to clients and working towards getting your first paid project, I would highly recommend doing some relevant work before. If you have already done the relevant work before, go ahead and add them in your "Portfolio section" of your profile.
If you are not experienced in the work that you want to do, go ahead and do your own project work, anything that can be showcased in the form of a quick portfolio. Yes – this means doing free work and creating a momentum for yourself at the very start. This is where most freelancers fail – so it's really important you get past this step by doing work irrespective of whether you get clients or not.
To be clear, I am not at all advocating doing free work for clients if you are experienced. The only point is for the people who are not experienced, to not sit idle and do work for yourself and for your field so that you are ready as soon as you get your first project.
Upwork provides 60 connects every month, which allows you to send 30 proposals i.e. apply to 30 jobs. These should be used strategically as this is an investment given to you.
The quality of your proposals is directly proportional to the time taken to get clients to reply to you and eventually landing your first gig. The main role and objective of a proposal is always to just get a response and conversation flowing between you and the client.
A proposal will NOT land you a job – if it does, you should be quite wary and careful of the client. It's very similar to two folks going on a first date and getting married – some serious fast forwarding.
Writing proposals (like your profile) will again be all about the job, the customer and how exactly you will help them along with offering extra value.
I feel that the bounce rate metric for a website is the tip of the iceberg.
We need to look at multiple other metrics and factors to get a holistic understanding and also define the exact problem before jumping to bounce rate.
We can define the problem, use all these metrics and do end-to-end analytics to deep-dive and understand the problem and eventually build a website where people really get what they want and is easily found by our target customers.
Let's discuss more on Skype/upwork Skype ID:___ "
Here's another format of proposal that got many responses and eventually jobs regarding "keyword research" projects.
"low/medium competition" - which is where after some good work, your website can be on Page 1 and start bringing the traffic in.
my best experience has been in keyword research and finding the perfect ones for any specific website customized for them.
"It was an awesome experience."
"Very good and stayed on top of all deliverables. Thank you! "
Skype ID : _____ "
Refining your proposals is an on-going journey and you can continually keep improving.
Here are a couple ones you can read for learning more about proposals on Power proposal tips and Top mistakes in proposals.
Getting your first customer dependents on your ability to show the client that you can complete the work within time without compromising the quality.
Here's an example of one of the earliest jobs I got in the SEO field at the start of my freelancing career last year. SEO was a diversification of my skills I did because I was exploring digital marketing and seo at the time and wanted more work on the same.
Look at the questions asked before even working towards getting any work.
In a previous conversation, I had proposed a 2 week pilot project where I would do certain things. The client came back to me with more questions and I had to follow up once more to get the final offer from them.
Clients are business owners and in most cases, very busy and are handling multiple threads. Always Follow up in a good manner – the follow up here is not very good as it was too early on my journey but it did work. In any kind of follow up – always ask if they have any questions for you and just seek to add value more. And you should finally ask if they still need your help in any way at all.
This is the final conversation and you can see my first 20$/hr work being awarded.
After getting your first project, it's essential that you treat it with utmost sincerity and respect as this will pave the path to your next projects.
Here's one of the latest offers I got that I accepted from a client for some analytics and dashboards related work.
You are no longer in a big company with multiple teams. You should remember that you are the sole owner of your entire business here – there is no sales team, no execution teams, no delivery teams.
Delivering your work is absolutely critical as per the requirements laid down. There are three main things here which are also very important for giving your clients a great experience.
Regular communication with the client with updates on the project is crucial. For long term projects, I like to do a "2 week pilot" where I plan to give extraordinary work and win them over just by my service, work quality and the entire experience.
Setting timelines for the project is crucial for setting expectations right with the client. Always add "buffer" time before giving the time estimation for any project. Buffer could be a few days to more depending on the level of work.
In the 1-2 week pilot project that we decided everyone should start off with, this is your golden time period to win over a client for long-term. What you do for this small time period decided how long the client will be with you.
So two words – Always Over-deliver!
Do much more than what was asked for you to be done! If the requirements were A, B and C – you must do that and add your own D, E along with next steps and ways to grow the client's business using your skills – this is very key in initial stages if you want to convert your pilot projects to long term ones.
Client feedback is more important than money in the initial days. You should ask your client for the feedback after the completion of the project. This should ideally only be done after a good amount of work has been done, value has been created for the client, there is goodwill and trust in between both of you. The way you should ask for a feedback is something similar to below.
It's great that you want to attract customers like flowers attracts honey bees. In marketing – this is called the "pull" process instead of a "push" – you want to make your profile a "Pull" for clients.
Define the PROBLEMS that they face with respect to your work and niche.
Define the RESULT you will give them.
All the above 3 steps require significant research on what your work is, what your profitable niche is, who your clients are, how exactly will you add value to their lives and much more.
Your profile should not be about YOU. 99% of freelancer profiles are about themselves. It's a big mistake! Yes – I am repeating this again here as I really want to drive this point home.
A client does not give a f*** about who YOU are. They want to know how YOU can HELP them to SOLVE their PROBLEMS. So, your profile should not be another resume about you at all.
Pro Tip: Add "testimonials" also on your profile when you get feedback from your clients.
I wanted to give out full credit to some mentors and great marketers.
I learnt principles and psychology related to freelancing and online businesses from Danny Marguiles & Ramit Sethi. For online marketing, seo and digital marketing related – I have learnt massively from Neil Patel's blogs and his ultimate guides. If you want to learn more, I would highly recommend checking these out.
Phew! That must have been a lot to digest if you read it all in one go!
Well, you know what it takes to build a freelancing business, you've been handed a very simple system structured in a manner to help you out. Now, it's time for the ACTION. Do not read any more information. Information overload and undertaking action is the saddest thing to see around these days.
I would be really happy if you took action after reading this. If you follow the steps and do all the hard work, we would love to know about more problems you face, successes you attain and more.
Comment and let me know what are your obstacles to becoming a freelancer?
Pravin is a full time freelancer and offers his services on Website analytics & data visualizations. After working for 3 years at Mu sigma Inc, he quit his job to run his own freelancing business and venture out on more scalable online business.
Really well articulated I must say. Gave me a lot of insights. I would say, it absolutely will inspire people, who are looking to freelance, to take action.
But, I think this is a good place to raise my concerns regarding Ramit Sethi. I have not taken any of his courses nor I ever will (I have a rule, I don't pay for courses which don't improve my skill set.)All the content he creates preys on everyone's basic instincts. I see most of the students coming out of his course do similar things, with few exceptions.
Everything is based around making more money, losing weight, getting better at dating, but the funny part is all they talk about is to take action without providing any actionable steps.
Pradeep too talks about making money, but gives actionable steps and doesn't ask you to join some scammy framework course.
Just to be sure, I bought and read Ramit's book Iwillteachyoutoberich. What a B.S. And his brother Mr. Manish Sethi is scamming his way towards making money by selling people a product called Pavlock.
Here is what happened when Manish pitched pavlock at Shark Tank. The reactions that sharks had was perfect. I wanted to react the same way to all of Sethi Brother's Products.
They are great Salesmen. Absolutely brilliant. But, what they are selling is utter Crap.
Glad you liked the article – hope you use the insights well and take action.
Regarding Ramit sethi – I only have good things to say about his books, courses and his material as he has added immense value for me in completely action oriented manner only. As a pointer, I just take the best possible things from everyone and ignore the rest.
I am happy for you. You are on fast forward track with your decision to quit a well paid job and go for your freelancing business. It is all your passion and hard work. Keep it up.
With the obvious rise in technology use, freelancing is going to be the thing for future. More and more Generation Y or millennial are abandoning 9 to 5 job.
My good wishes. Put your best, do great and be the inspiration of genY and future freelancers.
Thank you, Uncle, for the kind words.
Nice story Pravin and best wishes on your freelancing journey. I also am working on a side hustle and your story is a source of inspiration for me.
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When trying to improve your freelance workflow, remember why you set out to work for yourself. It's all too easy to get caught up with the hard bottom line of your day-to-day business, and anyone who's tried knows it's not easy, but it's crucial to remind yourself to enjoy the path you are on. By following the tips detailed above, you are giving yourself permission to be happy as a freelancer. And at the end of the day, that's what being your own boss is all about.
"Start with WHY" is a great concept brought about by Simon sinek and everyone should really audit that before starting out anything. It really does help in the face of obstacles, problems, the bad days and much more!
thanks for the insight, Jon – fun and scary are definitely two ways of describing freelance life!
And, yes, if things don't work out you can always go back to real job, complete with a fresh new set of skills and a better understanding of how you like to work.
Nice post. It's been 3 years into freelancing now, and I'm happy working from anywhere. Though 'Upwork' is my first preference, I was wondering why 'Fiverr' isn't in the list.
Nice story sir. i am very much inspired by you…i am also looking for starting my freelancing career.looking for your help..
Kindly help me immediately in earning income online.
Thank you to share your experience. When we read some real experiences we get motivated. Here, as everyone wants to earn an extra source of income, I am trying too. On googling to get the extra source of income I have recently come to know about freelancing but a far way to go. Got in touch with Pradeep goyal in socail network while reading his story and he is sending inspiring mails which is motivating me to read everyday about freelancing and to try finding some source to write. In today's mail, he has mentioned about you and this is how i read your story. Hope the best in the future.
Your article came at right time.I am just glad that you have already established your business in data Visualization and Data analytic. It's motivating me a lot to start my freelance work in excel, data analysis. i quite my job for the same purpose. I have been into these excel work from last 3 to 4 Years and worked in different companies. Your profile looks very much professional on up work and gives an Insight how it should be to grow your business. It's quite satisfactory as well that you built this in last 2 years which seems to be impossible to most of the freelancers and they quite.


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 (12683) 1983 RP3, RP3 from 1983, the 12683-th asteroid catalogued
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Odubel Hererra criticism falls under that. Hererra took a step back in 2018, and with the emergence of Roman Quinn late in the season, it is easy to see why fans could start having doubts about 'Dubes.
People seem to forget that Hererra's first two years were flat out phenomenal. In fact, Hererra's first half of 2018 was *cough cough* ALL STAR WORTHY. But, because of recency bias, this is hidden behind Roman Quinn's success and Odubel's mental errors (that are a cause for concern, don't get me wrong).
Odubel showed promise with a very successful rookie season after being stolen from the Texas Rangers in the 2014 Rule 5 draft. Hererra proved he could be a building block, batting .297 with 8 HRs and solid defensive flashes.
Hererra continued to show success. However every year since 2014, his batting average has dropped.
On December 16th, 2016, the Phillies signed Hererra to a 5 year extension through 2021. At that time, a long term contract was a rarity. His lack of success in 2018 is starting to have fans wonder if he should be traded. The answer: no.
Sure, he struggled mentally and physically in 2018, but he is still a cornerstone for this team.
While Roman Quinn did outplay Hererra in the second half last year, Quinn has yet to show he can be healthy for an extended period of time. I would take Hererra's three and a half years of success over Quinn's half a season any day of the week.
Gabe Kapler said the Phillies expected Hererra to come to camp in the best shape of his life and more effort would need to be seen. Hererra has come through on that, becoming the first player to show up in Clearwater in January (!!).
If the Phillies do end up with Bryce Harper, Hererra has to prove he can continue the success of 2014-the first half of 2018, and not fall back to the player we saw towards the end of last season.
While hitting is important, a very big (and simple) step would be to avoid any mental errors. The Phillies will be competing for a playoff spot this season, and games cannot be lost due to mental mistakes or outfield blunders. Hererra single-handedly lost the Phils a game last season in Boston with a mishap in centerfield and a base running mistake.
I expect Hererra to return to his former self that we were accustomed to. Kapler will have a short leash with 'Dubes, especially if Roman Quinn is performing and/or Bryce Harper is on the roster.
Odubel brought a .312 BA into June 1st and ended with an extremely disappointing .255 BA.
One intriguing thing about Hererra's 2018 campaign is the HR totals. Hererra had a career high 22 even with the extreme dip in batting average, beating his previous record of 15. Typically, if a player has a significant increase in HRs, he also has an increase in strikeouts. Surprisingly, Hererra's K totals remained relatively similar. In a pretty depressing season, those numbers are a sign for optimism.
Honestly, I feel we are in for a "boom or bust" season for Odubel. He could keep dropping in BA and have Roman Quinn take over as the full time center fielder, or he could return to his all-star level that we are used to.
Roman Quinn's success could turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Gabe Kapler confirmed Hererra was the starting CF, but he could roll with Roman Quinn if he has the hot hand again. At the point of Quinn's emergence last year, the Phillies playoff hopes were diminishing. Now, with playoffs realistically in sight, Kapler will not be hesitant to pull Hererra for mental errors or lack of production.
While he has had trouble in the past realizing this, I believe Odubel knows that this is his last shot. He has already gotten off to a good start showing up to Clearwater way early. Hopefully, a productive Spring Training is in store. Hererra has to make sure to stay mentally focused throughout the 162 game season if the Phillies are going to contend.
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2019 predictions: .289 BA, 20 HRs, 77 RBIs.
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Facebook announced on Tuesday that it is banishing all accounts associated with QAnon from its platforms.
"Starting today, we will remove Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts for representing QAnon. We're starting to enforce this updated policy today and are removing content accordingly, but this work will take time and will continue in the coming days and weeks," Facebook said in a statement. "Our Dangerous Organizations Operations team will continue to enforce this policy and proactively detect content for removal instead of relying on user reports."
The elevated measure comes after Facebook established a policy targeted at QAnon accounts abundant with violent rhetoric in August, which led to 1,500 pages, groups and profiles being booted from the social media network. By broadening its efforts to combat all QAnon accounts, Facebook hopes to "bring to parity what we've been doing on other pieces of policy with regard to militarized social movements," a company spokesperson told NBC on Tuesday.
A person holds a banner referring to the Qanon conspiracy theory during a alt-right rally on August 17, 2019, in Portland, Oregon. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
While the August clean up primarily targeted specific violent comments and posts, the company's move on Tuesday will affect entire accounts that spread QAnon messaging whether it be violent comments or not.
Started by an anonymous web user known only as Q, the QAnon conspiracy theory is based on allegations of Democrats and Hollywood elites being members of a cannibalistic secret society called Deep State that traffics children among other heinous activities. According to the conspiracy theory, the Deep State's purpose is to undermine President Donald Trump, who theorist believe is covertly on a mission to take Deep State down. Under Trump's regime, QAnon followers expect a soon-coming judgement day for members of the left, in which they will be executed. Q has posted messages pertaining to the conspiracy theory on extremists messaging boards like 8chan, which has since been renamed 8kn, since 2017.
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Q: Sort list but keeping the number of swaps required I have a set of lists that I want to put into ordered form, but I need to know how many swaps are required to put them into order - these are indexes for minors of a determinant, so each swap gives a factor of (-1).
For instance, if I have $\phi(\{5,3,2,1,4\})$, I need to return $-\phi(\{1,2,3,5,4\})$. I've written the following, which does what I need but really inelegantly:
reprules = {ϕ[{a_, b_, c_, d_, e_}] /; e < d -> (-1) ϕ[{a, b, c, e, d}],
            ϕ[{a_, b_, c_, d_, e_}] /; d < c -> (-1) ϕ[{a, b, d, c, e}],
            ϕ[{a_, b_, c_, d_, e_}] /; c < b -> (-1) ϕ[{a, c, b, d, e}],
            ϕ[{a_, b_, c_, d_, e_}] /; b < a -> (-1) ϕ[{b, a, c, d, e}]};

ϕ[{5, 3, 2, 1, 4}] //. reprules

(* -ϕ[{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}] *)

ϕ[{5, 3, 2, 1, 8}] //. reprules

(* ϕ[{1, 2, 3, 5, 8}] *)

As usual, I find myself sure there will be a way to do this neatly but can't figure it out. A solution should work without knowledge of the number of arguments. I could hack something out of FindPermutation by the looks of it, but it won't be pretty either.

A: As J. M. implied you can use Signature:

The signature of the permutation is $(-1)^n$, where $n$ is the number of transpositions of pairs of elements that must be composed to build up the permutation.

rep = ϕ[a_List] :> Signature[a] ϕ[Sort[a]];

ϕ[{5, 3, 2, 1, 4}] /. rep
ϕ[{5, 3, 2, 1, 8}] /. rep

-ϕ[{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}]

ϕ[{1, 2, 3, 5, 8}]

By the way your original rule set could be condensed to a single rule like this, with the advantage of working with an arbitrary number of arguments as well:
rep2 = ϕ[{x___, a_, b_, y___}] /; b < a :> (-1) ϕ[{x, b, a, y}];

ϕ[{5, 3, 2, 1, 4}] //. rep2

ϕ[{5, 3, 2, 1, 8}] //. rep2

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