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Gregg wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 1:40 am Word problems are the very best way to get students to relate the mechanical operations of mathematics to a practical use. If talking about USA Soccer gets them interested, go for it.

neonzx wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 4:46 pm

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sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 3:32 pm

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My friend had a bakery and a woman brought in a paper napkin with a Disney character on it to be duplicated on the cake. It took less than a month to get the letter from Disney and cost her a ton of money. She quit doing birthday cakes.

How did they find out? Oh, lemme guess... Pics ended up on social media.

sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 4:50 pm

neonzx wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 4:46 pm

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sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 3:32 pm

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My friend had a bakery and a woman brought in a paper napkin with a Disney character on it to be duplicated on the cake. It took less than a month to get the letter from Disney and cost her a ton of money. She quit doing birthday cakes.

How did they find out? Oh, lemme guess... Pics ended up on social media.

Nope. This was 25 years ago. Someone reported her directly as far as she could ever find out.

pipistrelle wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 5:51 pm

True?

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ net worth grew nearly 20% in his second year as the state’s top executive.

With his only listed income a taxpayer-funded salary of $134,181, DeSantis reported a net worth of $348,832 as of Dec. 31, 2020, up from $291,449 at the end of 2019, according to a financial disclosure posted Monday on the Florida Commission on Ethics website.

The Governor wants to make Che Guevara T-shirts less fashionable.

Signing legislation that requires students to learn about the suffering communism has caused, Gov. Ron DeSantis says he’s acting to stamp out the ignorance that’s made Che Guevara T-shirts fashionable on college campuses.

The Governor was in Miami Monday morning to sign the measure (HB 395) requiring him and subsequent Governors to declare Nov. 7 “Victims of Communism Day.” In addition to the observance, the legislation requires all Florida students in government classes get at least 45 minutes of instruction on the “discredited ideology” DeSantis said is enjoying a rebirth in popularity.

“You can see on college campuses students flying the hammer and sickle from the old Soviet Union flag,” DeSantis said at a ceremony in Miami’s Freedom Tower, which was a gateway for many Cubans fleeing Fidel Castro’s Cuba. “You will see students that will have T-shirts with (Cuban revolutionary) Che Guevara on a T-shirt. … That, to me, speaks of a tremendous ignorance about what those individuals represented in the evils that communism inflicted on people throughout the world. And so our goal here is to stand for the truth.”

Nov. 7 was the anniversary of the day in 1917 when Vladimir Lenin stormed the Russian capital to overthrow the government, spreading a worldwide movement. It’s a movement DeSantis and successive speakers Monday said has caused suffering that should never be forgotten.

Miami-Dade College President Madeline Pumariega said the Legislature’s action would keep Guevara T-shirts off her campus.

“This bill is so important because what you don’t recognize and don’t learn about, you tend to repeat,” she said. “So, (we will be) always keeping front and center that there are victims of communism.”

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 5:55 pm Yes that is true. Sort of.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ net worth grew nearly 20% in his second year as the state’s top executive.

With his only listed income a taxpayer-funded salary of $134,181, DeSantis reported a net worth of $348,832 as of Dec. 31, 2020, up from $291,449 at the end of 2019, according to a financial disclosure posted Monday on the Florida Commission on Ethics website.

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2021/ ... -grows-20/

Well, the $52M probably isn't true. I understand they are assigning campaign fund raising to net worth. I'd like to see an authoritative EOY 2021 figure, I doubt it is anywhere near $52M.

neonzx wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 6:18 pm Gov. DeSantis signs legislation mandating ‘Victims of Communism Day’ and required education

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/52 ... education/

The Governor wants to make Che Guevara T-shirts less fashionable.

Signing legislation that requires students to learn about the suffering communism has caused, Gov. Ron DeSantis says he’s acting to stamp out the ignorance that’s made Che Guevara T-shirts fashionable on college campuses.

The Governor was in Miami Monday morning to sign the measure (HB 395) requiring him and subsequent Governors to declare Nov. 7 “Victims of Communism Day.” In addition to the observance, the legislation requires all Florida students in government classes get at least 45 minutes of instruction on the “discredited ideology” DeSantis said is enjoying a rebirth in popularity.

“You can see on college campuses students flying the hammer and sickle from the old Soviet Union flag,” DeSantis said at a ceremony in Miami’s Freedom Tower, which was a gateway for many Cubans fleeing Fidel Castro’s Cuba. “You will see students that will have T-shirts with (Cuban revolutionary) Che Guevara on a T-shirt. … That, to me, speaks of a tremendous ignorance about what those individuals represented in the evils that communism inflicted on people throughout the world. And so our goal here is to stand for the truth.”

Nov. 7 was the anniversary of the day in 1917 when Vladimir Lenin stormed the Russian capital to overthrow the government, spreading a worldwide movement. It’s a movement DeSantis and successive speakers Monday said has caused suffering that should never be forgotten.

Miami-Dade College President Madeline Pumariega said the Legislature’s action would keep Guevara T-shirts off her campus.

“This bill is so important because what you don’t recognize and don’t learn about, you tend to repeat,” she said. “So, (we will be) always keeping front and center that there are victims of communism.”

"Now the Republican who has loudly condemned what he sees as the 'indoctrination' of young people has made another subject compulsory: students must receive at least 45 minutes’ instruction every November about the 'victims of communism'"

https://theguardian.com/us-news/2022/ma ... l-students

Gregg wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 5:17 pm How long before DeSantis tries to annex Georgia?

DeSantis had his best month yet for his official campaign committee.

Gov. Ron DeSantis raised more than $10 million in April for his re-election bid, giving him more than $105 million in the bank heading toward next fall’s General Election.

DeSantis had the best month yet for his official campaign committee, which raised $2.3 million in April from more than 20,000 individual donors. That was about $30,000 more than his campaign’s previous best month, which was January of this year.

His independent political committee, Friends of Ron DeSantis, collected $8.1 million in April from some 1,700 individual contributors. That is not a record for that committee, but is the most money it has collected since April 2021.

In addition, the Republican Party of Florida donated $453,000 worth of in-kind services to his campaign, covering travel, campaign staff, research, telephones and consulting services.

Friends of Ron DeSantis’ April haul was bolstered by $750,000 from the Republican Governors Association and 18 other checks of at least $100,000. Most of those checks came from individuals or individuals’ trusts.

The Governor’s re-election efforts continue to be in an entirely different league than those of the Democrats seeking a shot at him in November. U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, the leading Democrat in fundraising, topped $1 million in April, with $550,000 going into his official campaign and $460,000 going into his independent committee, Friends of Charlie Crist.

Most of DeSantis’ April money came from Floridians and Florida organizations and businesse s.

As Desantis travels around the state handing out millions for projects while criticizing Biden for excessive spending, he never mentions the funds came from Biden’s American Rescue Plan.