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If guns ever were made illegal in the US, how would they collect all of them from gun owners?Let me run with this hypothetical.*Poof* tomorrow the Constitution is amended and the Second Amendment prohibiting the government from restricting this right is repealed. The day after tomorrow a law is passed making gun ownership illegal. (Or perhaps another Constitutional amendment)Everyone has three weeks to turn their guns into the police to be destroyed. As a nod to keep it from being a theft, you will be given an Amazon gift card for $20 and a coupon for a free Big Mac as payment for your stash of guns.There will be some gun owners who turn in their guns and wash their hands of it. I don't think it will be many, but some will. A quick google search told me that there are 393 million small arms in the hands (arms in hands?) of American civilians. I will assure you with absolute certainty that that many will not be turned in, not even close.So…How does the government go about getting the rest of the guns?Look up the registry to see who owns them?Well, we don't have a registry. You don't have to tell the government you are buying a gun. A gun shop has to check to see if you are legally able to buy one, but they don't then report that you did buy one, or which one you bought.Go door to door checking to see if you have a gun?This is a massive undertaking and it runs afoul of the Fourth Amendment protections against searches without probable cause.Make it a felony to own one with long prison time?Yeah, this could be done, but it wouldn't do anything. Guess what else is a felony with long prison time? (murder, armed robbery, rape, burglary, and many other violent crimes) If you're already ignoring the law, why will this law be any different. Worse yet, anyone who keeps their gun and then defends himself from one of the above listed violent crimes now suddenly becomes a felon himself and gets to spend time behind bars. (Well, perhaps prison is better than death, or sexual assault, or…)At the end of the day, there would still be millions and millions of guns in circulation by the new class of "felons” in America.

Consider it as a four part process:-Part A: Preliminary patent research - To understand whether your invention for which you wish to patent is novel. If it is a reinvention of the wheel, you are most likely to get a rejection of your patent leading to all your investment in filing a patent going down the drain.Part B: Preparing and filing a patent application at your local patent office (say India) and then internationally, if you want to transcend your IP rights beyond India. The application will be describing your invention along with filing your claims on the invention.Part C: Convincing the patent examiners in India and countries where you file your patent that your invention is novel by providing suitable arguments and evidences during examination. If you have gone into part A, you can pre-empt this part C.Part D: Issuance of a patent and maintaining it. Renewals or maintenance is important.It is advisable to engage a patent attorney as the entire process is complex. Do let us know, if you need any assistance.Do let me know if you need any assistance. My firm, GIP India, specialises in obtaining and protecting intellectual property rights worldwide. We work on a unique onshore and off-shore models giving unique price point for our customers. Please feel free to contact us for more pricing details.

My children are 30 and 27, so it’s been a while since they were in regular school. My children knew that I had high expectations for them when it came to their education. My main expectation was that they would do their work to the best of their individual abilities. My eldest daughter is highly intelligent, but she could be lazy about schoolwork (I had to keep on her a bit). My youngest daughter was extremely hard working and persistent, but suffers from some learning disabilities. Both girls managed to become honor students throughout their schooling. I didn’t give rewards for good grades because the earning of a good grade was their reward. Their consequences were natural ones. If you make a bad grade, you put in the extra time to study harder to bring it up. It’s all about work ethic and putting studies before everything else. My kids got their homework done the minute they got home from school because they knew that they could enjoy their free time when they were done.

I'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) and have been affiliated as one for the past 10 years or so. Five of those years have been spent serving as a “Regular Pioneer” (RP), which basically means, on average, I was devoting 70 hours a month psignNowing from door-to-door (well, door-to-door is just one of the many ways). And no! JWs don’t get paid for that. “Say WHAT?!!” Yep, you heard me, I kid you not, it’s all volunteer work (which is why it amuses somewhat, every time I hear that some hotshot celebrity got 'punished' with, I don't know, 100 hours of community service, which they have to complete in the next, say, 6 months or whatever. That's 'punishment' ? Anyways... I digress). But honestly, and personally speaking, those have been some of the ‘richest’ years of my life. So, what's it like proselytizing from door-to-door? Depends. I’ve psignNowed in various neighbourhoods in South Africa, from the affluent suburban doors of Northcliff where householders snack on cheese and wine, to the most indigent doors of Vrededorp where abject poverty is the staple; from the spectrum of those who can distinguish a bottle of 'Château Haut-Brion' Cabernet Sauvignon from a bottle of Merlot, all the way to those whose circumstances in life don’t allow them to care to know the difference in taste between a cup of tea and a cup of coffee.I’ve spoken to vagrants, big businessmen, university professors, priests, most of the popular Christian denominations, charismatic churches, Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists, Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, Atheists, Agnostics, Sangomas (Spirit Healers), Philosophers, Addicts, Gangstas, and the list goes on. If I could arrange a casual sitting with the Pope, the Dalai Lama, Barack Obama, Will Smith, Bill Gates or the Queen of England, I would; but, alas! that's not likely to happen. A [wo]man can dream. AnywaysThis one time we were psignNowing in business territory, my partner that day was a Greek woman old enough to be my mother. Being the intrepid psignNower that I am, we walked into a small Hustler store (my partner being oblivious to this). We got in, spoke to the young[ish] Afrikaans lady behind the counter, I doing most of the talking. At some point during the conversation, my partner got this “OMG” look on her face, I knew then that the penny had dropped. She had suddenly become aware of her surrounding! I could have dropped in laughter right there and then, but I postponed it for later. I suppose there’s this fear/concern that, you know, “What are people gonna think?” Well, Jesus spoke to all kinds of people. What is more, we had a rather pleasant bible discussion with the woman behind the counter, she mentioned that she’s a Christian herself and goes to the 'NG Kerk' (church). There you are, leave no stone unturned. Don’t write people off. Door-to-door. Store-to-store. That being said, some people greet you with the most sincere beatific smile and welcome you in for some tea and biscuits (albeit very rare these days …VERY rare …the tea and biscuits that is) while, on the other hand, some reject and vilify you with a passion akin to the KKK, which, in the beginning, can really hurt (and understandably so), but with time, such flagrant rejection becomes… tolerable, even a source of private amusement (beats being morose, I guess. You gotta be positive. Forge ahead. I’m laughing even as I write this). There's never a shortage of interlocutors though. For those who have indulged me in conversation, we’ve had some pretty interesting dialogues. From my personal experience, if I were to sum up five of the most favourite (and controversial) topics people initiate with JWs (let’s call them the 'Big Five' since we're in Africa), they would be: 1. “You guys predicted the end of the world in [1914] [1925] [1975] etc.”2. “You don’t accept Blood Transfusions.”3. “You don’t believe in the Trinity.”4. “You believe only a 144 000 go to heaven.”5. “You guys have your own bible.” (And with the latest 2013 revision of the New World Translation [NWT], I anticipate to hear more ‘symphony’ on this) I won’t endeavor to go into these at this time, it's beyond the scope of this reply (but feel free to ask the next JW that pays you a visit or otherwise visit Jehovah’s Witnesses—Official Website: jw.org). However, what I’ve noticed very often is that those who initiate these questions aren’t really looking for answers, they’ve already made up their minds, all they seem to want is to berate and impeach you.  The bible is kinda like an atom or a car, and, depending on who wields it, it can either be a fabulous thing or a formidable object. In the same way, really, that a man’s command of a specific language can make him as charming as Shakespeare or as devastating as Hitler. I suppose I know my bible well enough to ‘weaponise’ it, but I try my utmost not to get into futile arguments with people. It just ain’t cool fighting about the bible. Better to take one’s leave. Respect is paramount. Although I must confess, sometimes, sometimes, the way some people talk, the utter belligerence, and antagonism, you almost want to ‘whack’ them with scriptures (metaphorically speaking) and read them the bible from Genesis to Revelation. Thankfully, though, common sense prevails. Having said that, if genuine disinterest is (politely) articulated, JWs have no qualms going about their business. So simply put, psignNowing from door-to-door has its ups and down (like most things in life).  You never really know what inspires people to do the things that they do. We cannot read hearts. That is the shortcoming of men. Thus, over the years, I’ve learnt the gift of taking it easy. Why? Because...

It was my mom actually and I only know about it as she was physically incapable of pulling if off without my help. No one else knows. When she was in chemotherapy for late stage, terminal Ovarian Cancer, one of the other patients that also was being treated was a young mother of 3 whose husband had left her when she was diagnosed with Colorectal cancer. Rosa was only 27, and was a very sad case indeed.She was a patient of our practice so I was well aware of how grim her situation had become. It was close to Christmas time and she had been admitted to the hospital after a tumor that had returned to her bowel burst through and caused peritonitis and sepsis. She was horribly ill, hospitalized and not expected to survive long. My mother , who is the kindest person I know, was also very sick, Her own tumor had returned and we did not know then, would come to lose her own battle in the coming months.For some reason, my mom became absolutely obsessed with making sure Rosa’s three young children( 3,5,7) had some alternate memory of Christmas, other than the one that was likely going to be etched into their minds. I remember not understanding and honestly being a bit annoyed, as I was working 7 days a week, 80–100 hours and on call 24/7, barely surviving myself, in addition to the emotional toll of my own mom dying. Yet, this seemed very important to her so I indulged the errands, and chauffeuring about town. My mom for those weeks nearing Christmas had me driving about town buying this special toy or that special doll that the young girls had wanted more than anything.They didn’t understand that their mom was not going to come home. They were too young. My mom, all 80 lbs of her in the late stages of cancer made her way to deliver presents, and a festive dinner to the children and sister of Rosa, Elena, who would later adopt the girls, when Rosa died that week in the hospital.That was a gesture that really speaks to kindness of my mom. There were many, but that was one of her last.

“Customer acquisition nightmare”Hacking an effective way of getting your first paying users, needs a sound strategy, planning, and intelligent execution. Selling your first SaaS product is one of the hardest challenges any SaaS startup has to beat. However, the idea of making a sale anytime, anywhere you are (even when you are asleep) gives the providers such a liberating feeling.Here are Hot 9 strategies to lock in Initial Saas product customers:1.Focus on sales explorationStart with your network. Tap into the network of the people you know. Your acquaintances, friends, friends of your friends, co-workers, alumni, past employees. Remember to ask for introductions before banging them with your product.What is the objective of doing this?You are not aiming to close a deal at this point (there is no pain if you close one too). The essence is to focus on early stage sales exploration and sales engagement. Take your time to listen and understand your customers better. Make sure you get what their pain points are.2.Figure out who your customer is and where to find themIdentifying your real customer is not an accident. Don’t just be a product or service guy. B2B selling is harder and a little bit complicated. Look for forums where people are looking for your product. Here is a list of platforms where you can find your customers. You can also hit freelancing websites (Up work, Guru, etc) and look job postings that are relevant to your niche.3.Leverage on targeted traffic.We are talking about the power of advertising. The competition is stiff. Lots of noises out there. If you need to go through the clutter, you have to pay. Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Adwords, Facebook or any other method of airing traffic that works. To be on the safe side, start off small and make sure you measure the progress of your campaign. Otherwise, you’ll lose a lot of money and achieve nothing out of it.Put up a landing page and drive targeted traffic there.Now that you have a good source of traffic. Put up a landing page. You can use a different domain name than the one your product is hosted on. Do a great sales copy, not a vague one-liner. Make the copy a bit long and describe in details all of the benefits and the features. Most importantly, the pain points it seeks to resolve. If you don’t have an exact pricing, mention that would be a premium product. Otherwise, let the readers know what your pricing plan is. Provide email opt-in form at the end to get in on the launch and secure a spot in the free beta.4.What to do with the list(Email ids)Personally, email each one of them and schedule phone calls to dig into exactly how they expect your solution to help them. During the first 2-3 months of using the free software in beta, send your list about 3-4 emails and simply update them on the progress of your team and let them say what they need. Let them know that by joining the free beta, they will enjoy a lifetime 10%, 20%, 30 % discount later when you launch publicly with paid plans.After 2-3 months, send an email to your beta users and give them a 30-day window to log in and upgrade to a paid plan, with certain percentage discount locked in for life.Why this option works.It is open and up-front about where we were at every step of the way.The customers will have sufficient time to fully evaluate your customer support, the product, and the rest.Personalized service and over-delivered every step of the way.A lifetime discount to take advantage of it is a good incentive to make those first sign ups happen.5.Cold emailing and calling.Check if you have a mailing list? Use it to get paid users. Craft a winning cold email and sent it to your list. Do not expect lots of positive response from the emails you send. Sometimes you have to send more follow up emails to get them responding. Prospects’behavior tracking tool would be a booster for your sales team. Schedule a call, if possible. Personally, I have seen many startups close deals with calling. If done well, you can’t fail to close several sales.6.Referral programsMany SaaS providers get their customers from referrals. If you have paying users, you can request them to refer their friends or acquaintances to your software. You can give them a link and let know what percentage they will earn once they refer new users to your site. Your first 4-6 users can bring in another 4-6 users and you’ll be looking at around 18-12 users. However, not all users go for such arrangements. If you are not sure how to do it, you can use something like referralsnip.comto help you get it out there quickly.7.Capitalize on 3rd Party IntegrationsIt is difficult for startups to make a mark on the noise-filled, mass-appeal marketplace like the Google Apps store. To beat that challenge, most upcoming applications have resorted to creating their own ecosystem play. Now they are coming with their own APIs and directories of integration partners. As a SaaS start up, invest your time and resources on where you can be discovered: that means integrating with other smaller apps than with Google App store. Some companies, for instance, integrate Evernote via its API and use it a platform to advertise with. Below is a list of other apps you may be interested in integrating with.BufferiContactEventbriteZendeskBasecampCampfireShopifyConstant ContactHighriseWufooFormstackYammerZohoMailchimpFreshbooksHubspotStocktwitsMiteYou can dig up for more.8.Media, Blog mentions & Expert “Endorsements”This is about getting expert social proof, a very effective way of getting your 11 paying customers. Blog mentions by industry leaders or expert “endorsements’ can generate the trust customers need to take up your product. As a result of the trust, many targeted users will come looking for your site.What you need to do:Offer a case study for industry top analysts.Be awesome and get on mixedenergy.com. This applies mostly to founders.Guest post on KISSMetricsConnect with industry insiders, be awesome and get mentioned or featured on industry rags.For more information about expert endorsements, you can take a look at this post.9.Give out freebiesBefore you ask for anything from your customers, be on the first line of giving. You don’t have to give ‘just anything’. Give out VALUE that people will want to use or share.Mirasee.com does this beautifully with their, 10 Rules of the VISIONARY BUSINESS e-book. You’ll see a call to action box on their first page. They update it regularly and it’s one of best free e-books on list building. The Benefit is not to convert their first-time visitors into paid subscribers. Their target is getting the brand out to many peopleFreebies accomplish several goals.Deliver value and demonstrate knowledge on what you are doing.Freebies build trust in your brand or product.If the freebies are good, they are shared across different networks, giving your product more exposure.Give out these freebies if you want to signNow out to many people.Beginner’s Guides,InfographicsWebinars,Free consultations,Interviews,Podcasts,E-booksBlog PostsWhite Paperstwitter.comDid you know giving your #SaaS product free for use at the beta stage is also a strategic freebie?CLICK TO TWEETStart with your launch with a private beta which is free. This is a common strategy adopted by many SaaS startups. And, it is very effective. Launch your product in private and offer it free for use to select few who you are targeting for use.Another way is offering free sign up for up to 3 months. This gives ample of time for brands to interact with your software solution and the support team before letting them upgrade to paid subscriptions.Summing up…Simply developing an awesome SaaS product is not enough. You need to put up solid strategies to make it stand out and close the first few sales. However, this is not a cheap task. It requires meticulous planning, crafting killer cold emails, making cold calls and aggressively looking for expert endorsements. Where possible, you may come up with a referral program that can help bring on more and more user to your product.Now, over to you…What strategies have you used (you are using) to get the first few paid users?

Great answers by Dick Karp and David LaSpina.I can only add my two cents of knowledge to their insights.The first thing: citizenship and naturalization are two different matters.You can only get citizenship if you were born from Japanese parents, AND being registered within 3 months with your local Japanese consulate.AND when you signNow 20 years old, it's mandatory you choose whether lose your local citizenship or your Japanese citizenship.Should you not make a move, you lose your Japanese one by default.On the other hand, you might be naturalised Japanese (i.e.: become a non-born Japanese with a permanent visa) if all these criteria are met:- you're living for at least 5 years in Japan- you're at least 20 years old- you can read, write and speak Japanese fluently- you are willing to go through writing exams and interview processes- you have professional skills and $ to support yourselfEvery case is examined and weighed individually. Say, if one of your parents is Japanese (Japanese-born), the Ministry of Justice may wave the age and residence requirements. But again: it is a case-by-case process.Sources:Japanese nationality lawI want to become a Japanese nationalMany angles to acquiring Japanese citizenship | The Japan TimesAlso, I went myself to my local Japan consulate and talked with them.

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Being raised by an African mum, there is a pretty good chance you will never ever throw a tantrum in her presence, much less direct it at her. That just doesn't fly. It would very likely earn you a slap across the face - a hot one! Whatever your objections to a situation, you will very humbly state them (if at all) taking great care not to annoy her in the process.You do get whipped. I got whipped with canes, drumsticks and electric cables. I am not as forgiving about it as most people who were raised African. The whole thing drove me into depression at age 12, so my parents stopped it. I still struggle with the depression and self-doubt. So, my own child doesn't get any whipping from me. But, not to be a complete sissy, I regularly threaten it - with a look that leaves no doubt that I actually will follow through. Yes, school is everything. I almost always topped my class but I still got my school report cards scrutinised like they were damn Al-Qaeda cables in the hands of the CIA.  If unmarried, moving out is offensive to your mother. Yes, she is worried about all the unholy things you'll do when on your own but mostly she is offended that you don't deem her capable of taking care of you any more.Unless you intend to marry the boy in the next year or so, you don't introduce him to your mother (or father). Introduction in my culture is the equivalent of marriage. Once your mate has been introduced to your parents, you'd better stick with them for life. The introduction is as elaborate as your average wedding anyway. So, everybody you see from age 16 to marriage, you see clandestinely. Dates are probably short spates of time spent leaning against your father's fence with one of your hands in his, the other slapping mosquitoes. He doesn't ever set foot in your parents' compound and if your brothers see him standing at the fence before you do, they'll throw dirty dish water at him. Whatever happens, your mother should never ever know you have a boyfriend. If she does, that might be the first time you ever see her cry. Of course you do housework by hand from age 6. That includes dish washing, mopping the floors, laundry and if there is a patch of earth besides their house that can grow beans, digging too. You are told lots and lots of stories - tribal tales, Western Cinderella, family legends. Most likely all of them, including Cinderella, are told from memory not read from a book. You memorise them and tell them to your own children when the time comes. You see your grandparents for extended periods at least once a year. We have three school breaks of 3 - 6 weeks. Atleast one of those will be spent with your grandparents in the village.  Your mother is most commonly known by your name if you are her first born child. Ex. Mama Tom or Mama Lydia. You and your siblings may never know her given name until you have to fill out a form at the end of your primary school. No matter how few the syllables in your name are, your mother and subsequently the whole family calls you by a shortened version of it. Mine calls me Lyd. When you are a woman yourself and have children, she will forcefully move you from your home back into hers for at least two months. That or she moves in for the same period of time. Then she will cook you at least five meals a day and force feed them to you if she has to, because, giving birth is seeing into the grave itself. You must be taken care of. Then for the rest of the child's life, she'll consider herself a party in a shared custody arrangement.Oh, your parents, if they can even barely afford it, will pay for your first university degree. Treating this as anything but the default could very easily cost your father his marriage.You'll grow to be totally comfortable with your place on the food chain because by 11 or so, you are slaughtering the chicken your mother later calls dinner. If you are a boy, you'll probably have slaughtered a goat by 16. Slaughter = grab a life-form, with your own hands wring its neck to a very unnatural angle, separate head from the rest of the body using your mother's sharpest kitchen knife.  You know what's hard to find? An African who is also vegetarian.If there is a Tom and Jerry in your house, they come in 3D with red blood running their veins. And no games here: Tom catches Jerry. Period. You see, African mums don't play favoritism - not even with the house pet. If Tom neglects to clear the household of Jerry and all his cousins, he doesn't get otherwise fed and will soon find himself chased into the wild. So, your memories of watching Tom and Jerry may or maybe not be traumatic depending on whether or not you like some blood sputtering with your entertainment. To be on the safe side though, don't give a cat to a girl who was raised African.

Your SNAP benefits do not expire at the end of each month. If your SNAP case is closed for some reason, you still have the right to use any remaining benefits in your DEBT account before the case closed. DTA will contact you if your SNAP balance seems too high, or you have not used your DEBT card for a long time.

A food stamp overpayment means the Department of Human Services (DHS) thinks that they paid you too much in cash or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits at some time in the past. In other words, you were overpaid. The overpayment can be for one month, many months, or many years.

A person who is found guilty of welfare fraud faces criminal conviction, fines, penalties, restitution and disqualification from the welfare program. Fraud occurs whenever a person receives benefits he or she is not entitled to by lying about eligibility.

When you receive SNAP benefits accurately and legally, you don't have to pay them back. You do, however, have to pay back benefits if you received them fraudulently, or if the state made an error and gave you too much food stamp dollars.

You may report a change online through the FSA Benefits Portal by clicking here or by contacting your local Division of Family Resources office. To find your local DR office please click here or call 1-800-403-0864.