Sources: Mets land Soto on 15-year, $765M deal Juan Soto and the Mets are in agreement on a 15-year, $765 million contract, sources told ESPN, the largest deal in professional sports history.

Teacher in a Strange Land: Work Hard. Be Nice. Or Don’t. Teacher in a Strange Land: Work Hard. Be Nice. Or Don’t. I hate it when retired teachers comment on how glad they are not to be in the classroom in 2024. Their reasons range from academic and justifiable (“teachers have lost their professional autonomy”) to annoying (“kids today…”) to reflections on teaching in the era of Trump, wh…

Would my land purchase split be fair? Going to try to keep this really short. Considering buying land with 2 other friends. $90k total cost. (So $30k each). Assuming we put down $10k each as a down payment, that leaves us with $20k each to pay. They want to finance their part, while I want to just drop the $20k and not have to pay interest. I can’t seem to wrap my head around if thi…

Land Rover Is Taking The Defender To Dakar With the Dakar Rally just weeks away from kicking off the 47th edition of the famed event, held for the sixth time in Saudi Arabia, Land Rover announces its intentions to compete head-to-head with Ford in the top class for the 2026 event. The British company is building a Defender-looking machine as part of a… Read more…

Teacher in a Strange Land: Nine Reasons Why Standardized Tests and Grades Shouldn’t Necessarily Match Up Teacher in a Strange Land: Nine Reasons Why Standardized Tests and Grades Shouldn’t Necessarily Match Up Headline from a recent piece in Education Week: Grades and Standardized Test Scores Aren’t Matching Up. Here’s Why. Let me give you the gist: Grades are unreliable, whereas standardized test scores scientifically measure real co…

Reds land Singer from Royals for India, Wiemer The Reds acquired starting pitcher Brady Singer from the Royals in exchange for infielder Jonathan India and outfielder Joey Wiemer.

Land Reclamation in the African Sahel *2024* submitted by /u/IEC21

At $13,500, Would You Rove The Land In This 1981 Land Rover 109? In a bit of questionable salesmanship, the ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice Land Rover describes it as being “a primitive and uncomfortable ride on the highway!” Let’s decide what such a Paleolithic beast might reasonably be worth. Read more…

Teacher in a Strange Land: Are You an Instruction Geek? Teacher in a Strange Land: Are You an Instruction Geek? I generally don’t pay much attention, anymore, to the rightwing young guns who dominate edu-social media. Mostly this is because they’re not providing any new content about what you might call school improvement—genuinely interesting or useful ideas for making lessons interest…

On-Ward Travel in Thailand via Land? Hi, I know I can purchase a fake ticket but would rather not do that. Is there any website I can use to actually purchase a bus ticket or train ticket into one of the neighboring countries? I may actually want to use this ticket. I saw a website linking here for the new Bangkok to Laos Vientiane train but I couldn’t figure it out, it wouldn’t sh…

Entering Lao through land border Have you recently entered Lao through a land border? Were you able to get a visa on arrival or did you have an e- visa already? I’m in Thailand rn and looking for the simplest way to get that document. submitted by /u/blueCloud888

Teacher in a Strange Land: What Do Parents Know About Public Education? Teacher in a Strange Land: What Do Parents Know About Public Education? Not much. But don’t take my word for it. Kappan recently took a look at American adults’ knowledge of public schools: Our findings shed light on a key question: What do adults know about U.S. education? Specifically, what do they know about what is taught, who …

Will I not land this job because of my debt? Hey folks I’m 23 and I have a shot at a very big job to me. It’s a loan officer related position and they ran my credit history for a background check. I have $20k in student loans and about $4k in credit cards. I live in California by the way… Is this gonna stop me from landing that job? I already signed the job offer, had great interviews, and…

Sources: Orioles land starter Eflin from Rays The Baltimore Orioles are acquiring right-handed starter Zach Eflin from the Tampa Bay Rays, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

Sources: D-backs land reliever Puk from Marlins The Diamondbacks acquired left-handed reliever A.J. Puk from the Marlins for infielder Deyvison De Los Santos and center fielder Andrew Pintar on Thursday night.

Teacher in a Strange Land: Ignoring the Real World in the Classroom Teacher in a Strange Land: Ignoring the Real World in the Classroom Are you reading Jess Piper? If not—start now. Piper is a Missouri educator (among other things) whose commentary on teaching in a bright red state, and having been raised in a fundamentalist church, rings my chimes, again and again. She ran for a position in the MO…

60 years old and want to purchase land lot We are in our 60’s and have almost a paid off primary home, three years to go. Interest rate is 2% on home. Have 50k savings. All debt will be paid off in three year including cars. We want to buy an RV land lot that is developed (ready to use with amenities) in a community to use during spring, summer and fall, it is a dream place we always wan…

New show ‘The Promised Land’ tells Moses’ story in the style of ‘The Office’ (RNS) — RNS spoke with writer and director Mitch Hudson, who is also a crew member on ‘The Chosen,’ about what’s next for the new series. The post New show ‘The Promised Land’ tells Moses’ story in the style of ‘The Office’ appeared first on Religion News Service.

Retiree selling land My mom was gifted land in 1995. She is retired, living off social security income. She has no other assets. She is going to sell half of the land for $700,000 and plans to build a house. Should we be worried about taxes? Edited to add amount she’s selling for submitted by /u/lorenasreyna

Woody Guthrie – This Land is Your Land submitted by /u/Proof_of_the_Obvious