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> The seventh and latest version of the anti-viral used in China against coronavirus, the one that is finally giving results in Wuhan, will be presented on Saturday by the vice president of the Chinese Red Cross, Sun Shuopeng, to the director of Spallanzani hospital, Giuseppe Ippolito.

> "You have helped us in the past, now it's up to us to reciprocate, in the name of the great friendship that binds us," said the ambassador to Rome, Li Junhua, recalling the two Chinese patients treated and cured at Spallanzani and the flight organized on Last February 15 from the Farnesina with 18 tons of emergency medical material in Wuhan.

> The Chinese Red Cross arrived in Rome with a load of 31 tons: lung fans, respirators, monitors, tens of thousands of suits and masks, herbal medicines.

> "Thanks to the help of our Chinese sister - said the president of the Italian Red Cross, Francesco Rocca - in 24-36 hours the means available to the Italian regions doubled".

> Scientists have praised the drastic measures of the Conte government and will leave the latest coronavirus control plan drawn up with the contribution of the 40,000 doctors mobilized in Wuhan to Italian colleagues.

> Then the minister stopped at the Red Cross to donate blood, inviting all Italians to do it in such a delicate moment: "If you really want to leave the house, do it for a just cause".

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The Science of persuasion YouTube vid (12 minutes)

(1 - 1:21) Reciprocity - favors and giving encourages favors and giving in return
(2 - 3:07) Scarcity - the more unique and the more valuable the more persuasive
(3 - 4:11) Authority - something in a more formal or professional or official form is more influential
(4 - 6:05) Consistency - people like to stay true to their choices?
(5 - 7:42) Liking - people who like each other are easier to persuade
(6 - 9:06) Consensus - majority knows better and peer pressure

The video is based on research by Dr. Robert Cialdini, Regent Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing at Arizona State University.

Edit: scientifically / statistically supported. Nothing in science is ever proven

I started this in a comment but it started getting pretty long for a comment, so I’m going to do it as a post. Apologize in advance for the sloppiness and length, but I’ve added a TLDR at the end with important highlights so you can get the key parts.

NOTE: there are 2 parts. Part one was recorded before Blake found out about John. Part two was recorded after.

PART ONE:

Mike and Bryan before Blake comes on:

They talk about the importance of keeping it light/humorous even if an ex is publicly shading you, “when they go low, you go high”. Be a good human, “keep it moving” etc. LOTS of talk about a theoretical ex who keeps talking about you publicly

Blake interview:

Blake: “I’m as good as I can be”. “Whirlwind of emotion up and down”, breakup was the lowest. “Frustration”, “sadness”, felt “foolish”. Trying to focus on what makes him happy but he’s still having downward spirals

LOTS of talk about wildlife conservation, I’m skipping this

Blake: no regrets, but again feeling “foolish” and “embarrassed”. Doesn’t want to talk about it on social media. Here talking about it because he knows he has to at some point. Says he does see “cryptic” Katie posts, doesn’t think she was being “malicious”, but that despite trying to “stir the pot”, she was trying to have fun with her posts. He does not want to add to it and engage, he wants to “extinguish” it

Blake: “it’s draining and it’s exhausting, so I just focus on the wildlife. I don’t necessarily (?) Katie thinks has helped in some degree, with some of the posts, because - but it’s her way of managing that”, “I’m not mad at it”, I’m not going to engage that way online”

Mike: you went for Katie because you like her sense of humor, but now you guys have broken up - (Blake: awkward laugh). Mike says he would’ve handled it differently with her sense of humor.

Blake: if that’s the way Katie wants to handle it, that’s fine. He doesn’t love it, but he doesn’t want to “come at her” for it.

Bryan: what went wrong?

Blake: when they fell in love on the show, it was “fucking awesome”. Distance was a challenge in the real world. Very, very different people aside from their similarities in being bold. It didn’t mesh well when it came to real life. “We would be really, really great best friends but we don’t have what it takes to be lovers in a long lasting relationship”. Became “exhausting”. In that timeframe, it was not healthy to start feeling the way they should when they should’ve been in a honeymoon phase. Took “a l

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

My wife and I are both 32. We've been together since I was 17. We dated for 6 years before I asked her to marry me. Engaged for another 5. Our 3rd wedding anniversary is this month. We had our daughter 9 months after our honeymoon. I've always felt so solid in her love. Never been jealous of male friends. Happy for her to go places without me, holidays and work trips included. We've both had jobs that involve travelling and extended periods from home. Since having our daughter she hasn't returned to work, rather, started an art business. Her work is brilliant, but time consuming and she doesn't charge enough. This meant she takes on more than she can physically complete, adding her own time constraints to try and make the money.

This year has been a tough one for me. My Mum finally lost what has been an on/off battle with cancer in August. The last 2 years have been downhill only with new cancers in her uterus, then after a period, her brain. It had spread too much for the treatments to work properly. My wife came with me to the hospital, had 1 on 1 visits with her due to covid visitor restrictions. Came to the palliative care hospital. I've also lost both grandfathers this year.

When my mum first had cancer my dad got really into slot cars. REALLY into them. He needed something to help him cope and switch off I suppose. This time however, he got really into conspiracies and qanon. He was pretty invested in the med beds to fix my mum. I know he would have spoken to her about. I have a niggling thing in the back of my mind that says it might have affected her want to keep fighting. That's a tough one to sit with. He loved her so much.

Work hasn't been the best either. I can honestly say I'm objectively good at what I do. One of the best in my company. The projects I was being put on earlier in the year were unrewarding and limited my earning potential. It hurt my value and self esteem. When I can start early and squeeze in some easy overtime, I do. That gets me home in time for my daughter to wake from her nap. While my wife paints I spend time with my daughter, cook dinner, then call the wife in. After dinner I bathe my daughter, then put her down. At this point I've essentially been working from 6 till 8:30. I pay all the bills, i do all the shopping, i help around the house when i can. Weekends I dad all day both days while she paints, except for when we occasionally went somewhere.

In October she stopped me and told me she wasn't happy. With us.

When breeding with feminized pollen does it matter which plant is the donor to dictate progeny traits? Would it be any different if the doners position was reversed?

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Continued from [here] (https://old.reddit.com/r/counting/comments/pdmv7f/rationals_36000th_rational/hgmg6o7/?context=3)

Thanks to /u/TheNitromeFan for the finish.

Essentially we are counting fractions that cannot be simplified, as we get closer to and then further away from 1. We change direction when we reach a number divided by one or a number's reciprocal, and if the number can be simplified, we write it like this:

2/4

So, if a number is 31/40 next one would be 32/39, or 30/41 if the denominator is going up. ~ /u/KingCaspianX

First, note the prime divisors of the sum of the numerator and denominator. 84 = 22 x 3 x 7, so in this case that would be 2, 3, and 7.

Next, see if the numerator or denominator is a multiple of any of these. If it is, cross it out. If not, the number is irreducible. ~ /u/TheNitromeFan (anime)

the next get [schedule] (https://old.reddit.com/r/counting/comments/59syo2/rational_numbers_10000th_rational/db4wfru/) is at 58/295

Happy counting!

I've been on Twitter since 2014. It has always been my favorite social platform until I found Reddit.

I noticed many newbies from the marketing fraternity lately joining Twitter. This mini Twitter Growth Guide is for them!

I have 200K+ followers across a few Twitter accounts.

Back in 2016-17, I used to get 500+ followers daily.

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In 2018, I built a SaaS tool that helped my clients boost their organic reach using Twitter influencers by automating cross promotions via Twitter API.

It used to help get hundreds of retweets and up to thousand likes all exchanged between influential accounts. Some of our users that signed up were enterprises and big startups like FreshWorks, UBER, UNESCO and many verified public figures.

After eight months of successful run with 1200+ users, Twitter decided to change their API policies and killed my product.

Since then, Twitter has changed a lot and in this post, I am sharing the new strategies that work for Twitter growth.

#1: Share Valuable Resources / Lead Magnets

Share valuable lead magnets and ask your followers to follow / like / retweet / reply.

If you lock the resources and don't share until they retweet or reply, then you may get more engagement. But I usually share the resources first and then politely ask for shares if they like it.

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#2: Leverage Twitter List

The best way to navigate social media is to be social. Unless you're a household name, you must spend a few minutes daily to engage with your tribe.

Build your Twitter network by engaging with your peers, customers, prospects, etc. Those who reciprocate engagement add them to your Twitter list. Keep engaging with them regularly as they would do the same.

#3: Reply to Influencers / Celebrities

Identify the influencers or celebrities in your niche who have a bigger audience than you. Turn ON notifications for their Tweets and post thoughtful replies.

It will not only help you get the attention from the influencers, but also their followers might start following you.

#4: Perform Key Actions on Scale

The fastest way to build an engaged social media following is to engage with the active followers of your competitors and niche influencers. You can also target users based on certain

>History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme. - Mark Twain

Hello everyone. I'm back and I've got some stuff to share with you. Mainly how I believe we are on the greatest crash course to global destruction we have ever seen...ever. How "helicopter" money printing and a lack of consideration for the consequences have led the global financial system to an irreversible meltdown. And how I think that we are very close to witnessing it all unfold.

How it all started

The Great Financial Crisis of 2007-08 was one that literally shook the world. The Lehman Bros collapse triggered a chain reaction of cross-defaults that crippled the global economy. Liquidity was in high demand. The very reason for the first domino to fall. Banks lost confidence in one another which led to them not lending and sparking great demand for "pristine" collateral. I've read lots of versions of the story. Watched documentaries on repeat. I've studied the GFC inside and out. One thing I must say, I'm definitely getting '08 vibes lately. The news articles. The YouTube vids of "analysts" saying don't worry, buy the dip. Especially this clown. We all know how his Lehman Bros prediction turned out... Now of all my research of the GFC, I never really understood how we just picked up the broken pieces and went on like it never happened. Some people say that the GFC wasn't allowed to happen like it should. Some say that it never finished. That's where this all gets really interesting...

Money Printer Go Brrrr!!!!

Sound familiar? That's because it's a trick we still use today. QE. Quantitative Easing. To break it down, basically it's liquidity being pumped into the system by the Federal Reserve/Central Bank of the US. The Fed creates what are called "Bank Reserves" which are then used to create cash on the balance sheets of those who hold them. These "reserves" are merely money being printed into existence. Much like the $120 Billion per month of purchases that the Fed is currently making. To pull us and the rest of the world out of a recession, the US began what's known as 'QE1' by injecting liquidity into the banking system, reinsuring confidence and allowing business to resume in the banking system. That's actually a mild representation of what really happened, but I don't wanna beat off a dead horse (or however that goes) because most of you likely know the story. If not, I suggest you read up on the 07-08 financial crisis.

**The

They’re on standbi

Someone I thought was a very trusted friend made a move when I went to his house. I'd flirted with him intensely previously but we both agreed we wouldn't make things physical because we are both married. My husband knew absolutely everything about my relationship with this guy as I simply don't keep secrets and have strong feelings about infidelity, but don't take issue with open relationships so long as everyone is informed and on board.

I went to my friend's house after a terrible day. I was gross, hadn't showered, hadn't eaten which is (was) very unusual for me, and was being reckless and having suicidal thoughts for the first time in many years. Basically it was just a bad time and he and I had a very light relationship so he seemed like good place to go and to avoid being alone.

When I arrived at his house he hugged me--fine, but I was gross so I said, "Don't, I'm super sweaty and gross." He invited/tried to lead me to take a shower and I looked at him shocked and said, "I can't do that." He shrugged, came back and tried to kiss me. I turned my face to dodge him and arched away stating I couldn't do that. He said, "Then don't kiss me, I'll kiss you." I said I couldn't do that either. He asked if he could kiss my neck and I started to feel like he wasn't going to stop, so I reluctantly said, "okay." I don't know why, my response doesn't make sense. As soon as his mouth touched my neck I dissociated.

I was raped at 15 and dissociated hardcore then, compartmentalizing the person that happened to deeply. I moved forward by going by a different name, different personality, isolating myself then cutting off everyone from that time of my life and moving away at 17. I've gone to therapy a couple of times but not been able to get a feel for that 15 year old girl, only having dissociated memories in the position of a 3rd party observer to what happened to her. When my friend kissed my neck, that 15 year old girl came alive and was on a mission from hell. She took control of the situation and started kissing the guy back. Believe me, I know how insane this sounds. It felt insane. It's still really disturbing for me to look back on how my mind reacted. I was aware of most of what was happening, like it was simultaneously me and not me all at once and I was crazy determined to be in control and that need/demand for control lasted for weeks. Not that I kept seeing the guy, I was just acting like the most rebellious teenager ever.

Throughout the encounter I occ

Well, the 40k limit strikes again. Had to cut some stuff until next chapter. Life's been busy as heck, but the next chapter's mostly complete, should drop it in fairly soon, then we can get to death, explosions, and more fun.

It's been such an issue that I can't even 'next' in Award pt. I because it is at that 40k limit. I can't put the link in. (Something in there has to go. I eliminated the "First" chapter link in it- but yeah. It's being a major fly in the ointment. Award was always a doozy to write, and tedious, but important. It has always been about setting the stage. We'll see what shakes out.)

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Alien-Nation Chapter 76: Award (pt. II)

I’d been inside Archmere’s presentation hall, once. The ceiling was like a coloured sky of stained glass, spots of radiance obscuring white clouds on a blue background. Rays shining through to reach the outskirts of vibrant spots before the stained glass ended, greeted by brassy metallics, wooden beams and ceramic tiles. The human natural and ancient materials, and even a fountain in the center of the room gave the whole inside a very intimate, and human-scale sense of proportions.

It also was far too small to be used for the sheer number of visitors, apparently. Which meant this whole affair was set to be carried out on the wide grassy lawn in front of the building. I couldn’t even begin to count the number of people sitting in front of me now, waiting for me to open my mouth and either make a fool of myself or carve out my footnote in history. The odd proportions of the chairs and the female Shil'vati dwarfing the humans sitting beside them threw off any estimates I could have hoped to make.

I took a deep breath in.

Don’t even try and count them, we don’t have all day up here.

I launched into it in High Shil’.

“Gentlemen and Ladies, thank you all for coming. I admit that it’s a considerably larger audience than I’d been assured would be in attendance, but it is still excellent to see all of you gathered here today.”

I could hear a few murmurs of breath as I spoke in High Shil’, and, if everything was going to plan, an English translation should have appeared on the display screen behind me. I reminded myself to raise my voice a bi

I remember seeing someone in this sub who got a late diagnosis and said that to make sense of their autistic experience they came up with a metaphor of being a werewolf and constantly having to hide their wolf side. I thought that was interesting, I was also diagnosed as an adult and I thought of myself as not being from this world but being lost and physically stuck here. I also have wings that are powerful, but also fragile in this world. Others can't see my wings so they accidentally hurt them all the time. Since I'm not from this world I'm not really adapted to this environment. My mind is strong and able to travel between worlds but I always have to return here due to being physically stuck. I have to keep healing my damaged wings to keep functioning at all but as long as I can keep going I can find a way to make use of my powers, even when stuck on this world.

I know there are a lot of people here with a late diagnosis. How did you make sense of your experience? Does anyone else have these weird metaphors?

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Jason couldn't help but feel a little wounded by the fact that she didn't hesitate. Not even a little. He wasn't even entirely sure he'd actually finished speaking.

"Was this because you trusted me or because you wanted to shoot me?" he asked as he gingerly touched the spot on his chest where the beam of invisible energy had assumedly hit him.

"As your Commanding Officer, it would hurt my ability to command if I confirmed which." Cleff dumped her weapon on the table. “So, aside from providing me with a much needed opportunity for stress relief, what was this little exercise in aid of?”

Jason paused for a moment before he remembered exactly why he’d asked his commanding officer to shoot him. He reached over, picking up his helmet and pulling it partially over his head so that he could see the HUD within.

“Right, uh, K’lik Kla Herk.” He read, before paling as he read yet more gibberish.

That was bad, given that he’d been planning on his latest innovation working correctly as a means of avoiding Cleff’s wrath for refusing to follow his orders.

“Ah, shit,” he muttered as he plopped the device off his head. “I, uh, might need a few moments to debug-”

“No, you don’t.” Cleff interrupted, eying him strangely. “You just said what I typed into your little device here. A little phrase from back home that effectively translates to… well… given your recent success, no longer feel the need to elaborate on my threat.”

Jason felt a small bead of sweat run down his neck at the casual promise of discipline averted, as Cleff looked down at the gun on his desk. “So, you’ve made a tool that lets you speak in text via our weapon system?”

Jason nodded quickly. “Yeah, it uses our suit’s ability to register laser impacts to receive data. Specifically, the weapon you’re holding translates whatever you type into it into morse code. Then that code is conveyed by a series of pulsing shots through the gun barrel.”

“Morse code?” Cleff asked.

Jason paused, before remembering that he was talking to an alien. “It’s a simple telecommunication method that utilizes different sequences of signal duration to ‘speak’.”

“A bit like binary?”

Jason nodded. “Effectively.”

“Clever.” The moth-woman grinned, hand running slowly across the weapon in front of her. “Very clever.”

Jason shrugged, feeling more than a little awkward at what he felt was unfounded praise. “It was easy enough to do.”

Really, the hardest part had been creating a new morse code ‘alphabet’, given that he sure as