13 ridiculous stats that show off undefeated Gonzaga's historical dominance - NCAA.com

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INDIANAPOLIS — Gonzaga’s men's basketball team has made the improbable road to perfection look easy.

The history of the NCAA tournament says making history can get complicated.

When the road to the Final Four stays in Indianapolis this weekend, the Bulldogs will attempt to extend their perfect season in the same place that two others came to a raucous, abrupt halt. In memorable national semifinal games, 2015 Kentucky was defeated by Wisconsin and 1991 UNLV was beaten by Duke.

Here are some ridiculous stats that show off undefeated Gonzaga's historical dominance:

• Gonzaga is attempting to become the eighth national champion, and just the second in the last 45 years, to spend an entire season ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll. Saturday night’s opponent, the surprising UCLA Bruins, are the descendants of four national champions that never left the No. 1 spot.
• The 1992 Duke Blue Devils are the only national champion to spend a full season at No. 1 since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers, the last undefeated national champion.

But the top-seeded Bulldogs’ recent string of success isn’t contained to the polls. Let’s go with perhaps the most eye-popping numbers:

• With their 85-66 victory over USC, the Bulldogs set an NCAA record by recording their fifth straight 30-win season.
• Gonzaga’s record of 61-2 is the best in the nation in the 2020s.
• The Zags were second-best from 2010-19 with a record of 304-56, one victory behind Kentucky.  
• Gonzaga’s 264-66 record from 2000-09 was third behind Duke and Kansas.
• Gonzaga has won 27 consecutive games by double digits, which is the most by any team in the last 60 years.
• The Bulldogs have won 29 of their 30 games by 10 or more points. The one that wasn’t: West Virginia, a five-point victory.
• All season long the Bulldogs have paced the nation in scoring margin, winning by an average of 23 points per game. The teams with the second and third-largest scoring margins, Houston and Baylor, are potential opponents in the national championship game.
• With the exception of five games this season, the Zags have had at least four double-digit scorers in every game; five in six games, six in one game (at Pepperdine), and seven in one game (at Portland).
• Gonzaga could become the 19^th national champion to lead the nation in scoring margin, but just the second in 11 tournaments. The 2012 Kentucky Wildcats are the only team to achieve that feat since North Carolina in 2009.
• The Bulldogs also rank first nationally in scoring offense (91.6), field goal percentage (54.9) and two-point percentage (63.7).

All the best assists from Gonzaga's win over USC

The road to the Final Four isn’t supposed to be easy, but the Bulldogs have coasted to a regional championship.

• The Zags are the sixth team to win each of their first four March Madness games by 15 or more points since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last team to accomplish the feat was 2004 UConn, which went on to win the national championship.

“We're wise enough to know these are really, really special times,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. “These are great accomplishments, and they need to be celebrated savoring this and really seizing the moment…. Don't misconstrue that for a lack of desire to keep this thing rolling. I think it's just the proper perspective.”

This weekend will mark the second Final Four appearance in Gonzaga history, four years after a narrow loss to North Carolina in the national championship game. Tuesday night’s contest marked the Zags’ fourth Elite Eight appearance since 2015, the most in the nation in the last six tournaments, one more than Duke, Kentucky and Kansas. 

Throughout the postseason, Few, in his 22nd season coaching the Bulldogs, has said that all of the numbers mean nothing unless they win a national championship. 

That sentiment was the same after cutting down the regional title nets on Tuesday. Should the Zags finish their season unbeaten, they'll be in elite company.

Since Indiana’s 32-0 1976 championship season, 1979 Indiana State was the only team to take a perfect record into the national championship game. The Sycamores, with Larry Bird, lost to Earvin (Magic) Johnson’s Michigan State. 

Should Gonzaga go on to win the title, the Zags would be the eighth team to do so without a loss. UCLA has accomplished the task four times (1964, 1967, 1972, 1973) while Indiana (1976) North Carolina (1957) and San Francisco (1956) each did it once.

“It's hard not to think about it,” Bulldogs freshman Jalen Suggs said. “We try to keep our minds off of it and keep focused on the task at hand. It's a great accomplishment to be mentioned with those teams because they're amazing. Again, we just come in every day to play to the Gonzaga standard and for each other. I mean, this is the result that we get from that.”

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New Study Shows The Airlines That Are Most Likely To Lose Your Luggage - Forbes

Waiting for your luggage to pop out of the baggage carousel may arguably be the most stressful part of a long trip. Will your luggage still be intact? Will it have been searched? Will it even show up at all? Most frequent flyers opt to forego checking a bag entirely due to the inconvenience and risk—but sometimes fitting all your necessities into a carry on just isn’t feasible and checking a bag is a necessary risk.

Interestingly though, while many of us joke about damaged luggage or share cautionary tales of friends who lost all their valuables when their baggage was misplaced, new research suggests that just 850,000 bags were reportedly “handled a bit more than incorrectly” out of the 200 million bags that were boarded in 2020—that’s only around a 0.4 percent chance of your checked luggage being mishandled.

And while that number seems significantly lower than expected, it’s important to remember that there are a couple of airlines who rank lower than average. American Airlines had the worst rating, clocking in at 0.597 percent. While Envoy Air ranked second-to-worst at 0.587 percent.

On the other hand, Allegiant Air came in top place for the second year in a row in terms of best luggage handling with just 0.15 percent of luggage being mishandled. Other airlines that topped the list included Southwest and Hawaiian.

“Every year, we at LuggageHero create a report showcasing mishandled luggage by the US airlines, and 2020, despite the COVID-19 situation, would be no different. Of course, there was a lot less travel in 2020 than 2019, and that shows in the lost luggage numbers,” LuggageHero shared in a statement on its website. “Compared to the previous year, air traffic has been reduced significantly, and we can see that reflected in the lower number of bags mishandled in 2020 as compared to 2019.”

Keep in mind that “mishandled baggage” in this case is defined as luggage being lost, delayed, damaged, or searched through by airport security or otherwise. Given these stats, we’re inclined to risk checking our bags a little more frequently—at least while flying short haul domestic flights.

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Poetry Challenge: Create A List Poem That Grapples With Rise Of Anti-Asian Racism - WFUV News

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Over the years, NPR's poetry community has turned both painful and joyful experiences into magnificent work.

As the world still endures the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. also grieves over increased violence against Asian Americans and a mass shooting in Georgia that left six women of Asian descent dead.

"Let's be clear: Anti-Asian violence and discrimination are not new. But, this racism seems to be heightened," says Kwame Alexander, NPR's resident poet. "And the onus is not on Asian Americans to figure this out. Frankly, it's on white people, it's on the rest of us — individually, systemically, to talk about it, to pay attention to, advocate against it."

"Between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice, Today," by Emily Jungmin Yoon, is a list poem that reflects the coldness of the world and how it wears on us. Yoon is a South Korean-born poet pursuing her Ph.D. in Korean literature at the University of Chicago.

Alexander and Morning Edition's Rachel Martin ask listeners: How do you cope with recent anti-Asian violence and discrimination? Tell us in a list poem.

Your poem doesn't have to rhyme. It just needs to have an ordered list with details that show your state of mind — and must begin with the word "today."

Share your poem through the form below. Then Alexander will take lines from some of your pieces and create a community crowdsourced poem. Alexander and Martin will read it on air, and NPR will publish it online, where contributors will be credited.

Submissions are due by noon ET on Monday, April 5.

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CAIRO (AP) — Divers inspected the underside of a colossal container ship that had blocked the Suez Canal, spotting some damage to the bow but not enough to take it out of service, officials said Wednesday.

The dives were part of a continuing investigation into what caused the Ever Given to crash into the bank of the canal where it remained wedged for six days, blocking a crucial artery of global shipping, before it was dislodged on Monday. The vessel is now anchored in the Great Bitter Lake, a wide stretch of water halfway between the north and south ends of the canal.

The blockage had halted billions of dollars a day in maritime commerce.

Two senior canal officials said the vessel’s bulbous bow had suffered slight to medium damage. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters.

One of the officials, a canal pilot, said experts were studying the extent of the damage, but he said it is unlikely it would impede navigation. He said the ship’s next movements would depend on “several legal and procedural” measures that the canal authority would discuss with Ever Given’s operator.

When blame gets assigned, it will likely lead to years of litigation to recoup the costs of repairing the ship, fixing the canal and reimbursing those who saw their cargo shipments disrupted. The vessel is owned by a Japanese firm, operated by a Taiwanese shipper, flagged in Panama and now stuck in Egypt, so matters could quickly become complicated.

Since the canal reopened for traffic on Monday afternoon, convoys of ships have been moving through the waterway which links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.

A maritime traffic jam had grown on both ends of the canal during the six days of blockage. From the reopening to noon Wednesday, more than 160 vessels had passed through the canal.

Lt. Gen. Ossama Rabei, head of the canal authority, said Wednesday they would work around the clock to clear the backlog on either end of the canal.

The unprecedented shutdown added to strain on the shipping industry already under pressure from the pandemic.

The six-day closure of the canal would “create a domino effect of delays for goods to be delivered and for the backlog of shipments to be processed through, said Diego Pantoja-Navajas, an expert in supply chain logistics and vice president of WMS Cloud Development, Oracle.

“Over 144 hours lost in the supply chain network,” said Pantoja-Navajas, “will create a domino effect of delays for goods to be delivered and for the backlog of shipments to be processed through.”

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Scott from Grovetown, GA

Greetings Mike. You said it's better to stick with your known versus unknown. If I may play devil's advocate and say sometimes you need to move on from that known player. Please don't construe this as a strike against KK, but there are situations where a player that's known can't cut it and it's better to give the unknown a chance. Like GB did a few years ago.

True enough, but again, it's about the size of the commitment and assignment of values. When options are limited, one venture into the unknown can consume the entire budget. Value discipline can bridge the gap until better options for improvement are available.

Jesse from Andover, MN

In response to your comment about us not preparing for the Niners, we got extremely lucky in that their entire team got hurt so we can't really surmise whether or not we would have been better than them. On that topic would your response be the same in that we don't need to do anything to improve our team to beat TB? Seeing as how they beat us 2/2 times last year. I'll wait for your company response.

Ha, well, I'm glad you find my "company response" so contemptible you read it anyway. But derision aside, you're missing the point, which is that no offseason can be geared toward beating a single opponent because you never know what's going to happen to that club, which was proven last year with the 49ers' injuries. You make it sound like my approach is to not improve the team at all. Of course you push to improve, but none of the Packers' moves this offseason should be geared specifically toward beating the Buccaneers. That would be a fool's errand, as it would have been last year relative to the 49ers.

Mike from Hastings, MN

Mike, I think you're rushing back too fast from your two weeks off. Shouldn't you take it easy for a while?

Nicely done, among many similar submissions, plus several "The Big Lebowski" references I honestly did not intend. I think we've reached the point in the offseason where the Inbox is officially out of control. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Doug from Neenah, WI

Good morning, Mike. The Seattle Football Team (SFT) traded away first- and third-round 2021 draft picks to acquire safety Jamal Adams from the Jets. Plus a first in 2022. As a result of this and other trades, SFT only has three picks left in this year's draft...second, fourth and seventh rounds. Is this what "going all-in" looks like?

As I said yesterday, I'm not reopening that discussion. But having only three picks, and just one in the top half of the draft (total draft capital of 384 points, by the way, the equivalent of one mid second-round pick), is not an ideal spot for a team that just got bounced in the wild-card round and hasn't reached an NFC title game since having to show its QB the money.

James from Asheville, NC

Tight end seems be among the deepest positions for the Packers. We know what Big Bob can do stretching the field, Marcedes Lewis brings a veteran presence and great blocking skills, and even in his short sample I saw enough of Dominique Dafney to think he's a "real football player." Because of injuries we've yet to see what the full potential of Josiah Deguara or Jace Sternberger might be. Regarding Josiah and Jace, what specific skill sets do they offer that make management so high on them?

Sternberger has the kind of size, speed, and catch radius that makes him a matchup problem in the open field, and he showed in his limited playing time as a rookie the knocks on his blocking skills were exaggerated. Deguara is the type who can line up anywhere – tight, wide, slot, backfield – and do whatever's asked, giving the offense a way to keep defenses guessing as to what he's up to, and have him execute different assignments from the same formation. Health is paramount for both.

Spencer from Fulda, MN

Has Allen Lazard or Robert Tonyan signed their tenders yet? Are we at risk of losing both or are they possibly looking at longer deals for those guys?

There's no risk of losing Lazard, whose tender is exclusive rights. Tonyan has not signed his RFA tender yet, but there's been no news on him getting offers from elsewhere.

Daniel from Waukesha, WI

I would consider the following six CBs in the Favre-Rodgers era to be somewhere between very good and elite – Charles Woodson, Doug Evans, Sam Shields, Tramon Williams, Craig Newsome (loved Newsome!) and Al Harris. Jaire Alexander has had a great start to his Packers career. Will he eventually be in the same class as the others mentioned?

Yes, if he's not already.

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TUMI And Luxury Race Car Brand McLaren Launch Heavy-Duty Luggage Collection - Forbes

29 finches sealed inside hair rollers discovered in man's luggage as he arrives in US - ABC News

The 26-year-old was not criminally charged but was given a $300 civil penalty.

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A man has been sent back to Guyana after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discovered that he had tried to import 29 finches that had been sealed inside hair rollers in his luggage.

The incident occurred on Sunday, March 28, when a 26-year-old unnamed Guyanese man arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana, and was pulled aside for a secondary baggage examination, according to the CBP.

It was then that officers discovered 29 live finches that had been packaged up and sealed into hair rollers inside the man’s suitcase.

The man was reportedly en route to an address in New Jersey when he was caught with the birds.

A man has been sent back to Guyana after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discovered that he had tried to import 29 finches that had been sealed inside hair rollers in his luggage when he arrived in New York City on Sunday, March 28, 2021.

“Customs and Border Protection officers and agriculture specialists face a very complex and challenging task and that is to protect our nation, our citizens, our agricultural resources and our economic security, and they meet that challenge with extraordinary commitment and vigilance,” said Marty C. Raybon, Acting Director of Field Operations for CBP’s New York Field Office.

According to the CBP, the 26-year-old man was not criminally charged but was given a $300 civil penalty before being allowed to withdraw his request for admission into the United States and placed back on a flight headed back to Guyana the following day.

The birds were subsequently quarantined by CBP agricultural specialists before being turned over to the United States Department of Agriculture Veterinary Services. It is unclear what will happen with them next.

There are lawful ways to import birds for commercial purposes into the United States but, according to the CBP, improperly imported birds pose a huge potential threat for possible bird flu outbreaks – formally known as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) – and can devastate the U.S poultry industry.

A man has been sent back to Guyana after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discovered that he had tried to import 29 finches that had been sealed inside hair rollers in his luggage when he arrived in New York City on Sunday, March 28, 2021.

In fact, it has happened before.

“The U.S. poultry industry suffered severe impacts during a 2015 HPAI outbreak,” the CBP said in a statement. “According to the USDA Economic Research Service, more than 50 million commercial turkeys and laying hens in the U.S. died or were culled to stop the spread of the disease. The losses were estimated at more than $1 billion, and the economic impact much greater as more than 50 poultry trading partners imposed partial to full bans on U.S. poultry imports. The U.S. poultry industry has since recovered.”

The CBP said that during a typical day last year, their agricultural specialists across the United States would discover and seize 3,091 prohibited plant, meat, animal byproducts and soil, and would intercept 250 insect pests at U.S. ports of entry.

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McLaren, the Formula 1 team and luxury supercar maker, today unveiled its new collection designed and developed in partnership with the leading international travel and lifestyle brand, TUMI.

McLaren’s designers, engineers, and racers travel thousands of miles around the world each year in pursuit of perfection. Just as each driver relies on their car to get them across the finish line, the team depends on their luggage and travel necessities to get them to their destination. That inspiration manifests in the superior made-to-last quality of the collection.

Since announcing in 2019 that the two companies would work together, TUMI’s Creative Director, Victor Sanz, and Rob Melville, McLaren’s supercar Design Director, have created a premium capsule collection of elegant business, travel and everyday essentials. Each piece is designed to uncomplicate, while elevating performance in all aspects of life on the move.

From automotive to sports, TUMI is inspired by the world’s most innovative industries. For McLaren — a renowned global leader in embedding cutting-edge technology into products with a clear design aesthetic — travel and lifestyle are integral. The two brands share the common vision of continually pursuing higher levels of excellence, which is reflected in the considered details and choice of materials in the McLaren-inspired TUMI range.

Embodying TUMI and McLaren’s mutual ethos of performance luxury, the capsule collection is comprised of nine pieces. Each encompasses elements of McLaren’s sleek, bold supercars and race cars. All are highlighted with McLaren’s signature Papaya colourway and feature CX6® carbon fibre accents.

Key travel pieces include the Aero International Expandable 4 Wheel Carry-On and the Quantum Duffel. The carry-on is crafted in a hybrid of materials, including Tegris®, an extremely hard-wearing thermoplastic composite found in race cars. The hard shell is contrasted by a moulded-fabric front panel with a supercar-influenced design that is echoed throughout the collaboration.

The Velocity Backpack was created to keep wearers connected all day long thanks to the inclusion of a USB port and padded laptop compartment. TUMI’s hallmark “Add-a-Bag” sleeve makes it a fitting companion to the collection’s carry-on.

The Torque Sling and Lumin Utility Pouch are additional contemporary styles for light-carry and hands-free days. The Orbit Small Packing Cube, Trace Expandable Organizer, and split compartment Teron Travel Kit are all ultra-portable accessories to keep your belongings protected, organised, and readily available through every leg of your journey.

The collection will be available from 31 March 2021 via TUMI.com, TUMI’s Global retail stores, McLarenStore.com, and select McLaren retailers globally.

Mark Waller, Chief Commercial Officer for McLaren Racing, said:

“McLaren strives to push the boundaries of design, performance and perfection in everything it does, whether on the road or on the track. This collaboration exemplifies that spirit. We are delighted to be collaborating with TUMI on this collection. We look forward to seeing our race team use it around the world as we commence the 2021 Formula 1 season.”

Victor Sanz, Creative Director, TUMI said:

“For me, this is the ultimate collaboration as TUMI and McLaren have an innate synergy. We’re two like-minded brands who share the same values — unparalleled quality, technical innovation and design excellence. The value of this partnership, however, extends beyond the product. With a keen focus on lifestyle, we design for the betterment of the customer experience. With McLaren’s advanced technology and our top-of-the-line materials, our gear can tackle the most arduous excursions and still effortlessly translate into daily life.”

Rob Melville, Design Director for McLaren Automotive, said:

“When I first met with Victor to define the collection we quickly realised that we each brought a shared creative vision for what we wanted to achieve.

“At McLaren we focus on articulating a clear design language and materials selection which combines and leads into our car’s performance. We wanted to capture those aspects with TUMI so we’ve spent a great deal of time working to analyse and refine every aspect of this collection. The result is something that I am incredibly proud of and that I believe will elevate the owner’s experience while serving as a reminder that, like our cars, it’s about enjoying the journey and not simply the destination.”

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Unilever North America will invest $15 million in the Closed Loop Partners Leadership Fund, a private equity platform that helps grow companies in the recycling value chain.

Unilever tied the investment to its goal of boosting the amount of PCR available for it to buy and use in packaging. Unilever uses about 118,000 metric tons of plastic packaging in North America each year. Of that, 59,000 metric tons, or 50%, is post-consumer resin (PCR), according to a press release.

The Leadership Fund purchased a majority stake in Texas-headquartered recycling company Balcones Resources, which then acquired Florida-based recycling company Single Stream Recyclers. Closed Loop Partners reports that a number of other acquisition opportunities are in the pipeline.

Last September, Nestlé announced it was investing $30 million into the Leadership Fund.

Over the past several years, a number of acquisitions aimed at vertical integration and securing supplies of recycled resin have taken place in the wider plastics recycling sector.

For instance, global plastics manufacturer Indorama has purchased two U.S. plastics recycling companies since 2019 and has hinted at further activity in the space.

Brand pushes for big increase in PCR

Unilever’s 2025 goals include cutting its use of virgin plastic in half; recycling more plastic than the company sells; ensuring all packaging is reusable, recyclable or compostable; and achieving an average of 25% PCR content across its packaging in all markets across the world.

Globally, Unilever produced about 700,000 metric tons of plastic packaging in 2019, about 5% of which was PCR, according to disclosures made as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment.

Unilever is already an investor in Closed Loop Partners’ Infrastructure Fund, which provides below-market-rate loans to public and private entities to boost their recycling capabilities. The Infrastructure Fund has deployed about $58 million, according to the group’s 2020 impact report.

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As the world still endures the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. also grieves over increased violence against Asian Americans and a mass shooting in Georgia that left six women of Asian descent dead.

"Let's be clear: Anti-Asian violence and discrimination are not new. But, this racism seems to be heightened," says Kwame Alexander, NPR's resident poet. "And the onus is not on Asian Americans to figure this out. Frankly, it's on white people, it's on the rest of us — individually, systemically, to talk about it, to pay attention to, advocate against it."

"Between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice, Today," by Emily Jungmin Yoon, is a list poem that reflects the coldness of the world and how it wears on us. Yoon is a South Korean-born poet pursuing her Ph.D. in Korean literature at the University of Chicago.

Alexander and Morning Edition's Rachel Martin ask listeners: How do you cope with recent anti-Asian violence and discrimination? Tell us in a list poem.

Your poem doesn't have to rhyme. It just needs to have an ordered list with details that show your state of mind — and must begin with the word "today."

Share your poem through the form below. Then Alexander will take lines from some of your pieces and create a community crowdsourced poem. Alexander and Martin will read it on air, and NPR will publish it online, where contributors will be credited.

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Congress invited predatory for-profit colleges to bleed military veterans of education aid — and give them nothing in return — when it wrote a loophole into rules that govern how federal student aid streams are classified. It comes as welcome news that the loophole was closed as part of the pandemic recovery bill signed into law this month.

Still, there is more that the Biden administration needs to do to protect veterans, and the American public, from companies that earn their profits by stripping students of federal education dollars while giving them valueless degrees.

That means reversing, as quickly as possible, Trump-era rules that benefited the for-profit college industry at the expense of the public. Beyond that, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Education need to wield their existing authority to cut off federal funds to predatory schools.

The recently closed loophole relates to a provision known as the 90/10 rule. As written in 1998, it required for-profit schools to get at least 10 percent of their revenue from sources other than federal student aid. The measure was intended to prevent federal aid from serving as the sole source of money for for-profit schools that were unable to attract private dollars. But Congress thwarted this common-sense goal by allowing the colleges to count some forms of federal aid — including G.I. Bill education benefits and Department of Defense Tuition Assistance — as privately raised.

This maneuver turned military veterans into what a Senate report called “dollar signs in uniform.” Predatory schools, including some that later collapsed under fraud allegations, misrepresented themselves to attract as many veterans as possible. So many service members were left in the lurch when the schools failed that Congress had to pass a law restoring education benefits to G.I. Bill users who had enrolled in programs that no longer existed.

The new version of the 90/10 rule will require for-profit schools to get at least 10 percent of their funding from “nonfederal” sources. One problem with the new provision is that it does not take effect until 2023, which could allow for more exploitation. This puts the onus on the Biden administration to better police risky or genuinely fraudulent schools.

Despite its documented history of fraud, the for-profit industry found an open door at the Education Department run by the recently departed secretary, Betsy DeVos. Under her leadership, the department was sued for serving the industry’s interests and attacking student borrowers who were legally entitled to have their loans forgiven because for-profit schools had defrauded them.

The Biden administration’s education secretary, Miguel Cardona, took an important step this month when he scrapped a DeVos rule that severely limited loan forgiveness for defrauded students. Under the new, more reasonable policy, tens of thousands of borrowers will have their student loan debt eliminated. This is a salvational development for young men and women who have been locked out of jobs, apartments and the credit market because of outstanding debt.

The Department of Education should immediately begin the process of reversing Ms. DeVos’s ravaging of the gainful-employment rule, which was supposed to cut off access to federal student aid for career training programs that buried students in crippling debt while failing to prepare them for jobs. A strong and fully enforced rule is essential to a regulatory system that holds for-profit schools accountable for the damage they too often do.

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New Delhi: Vistara is planning to extend its gate-to-gate luggage delivery service, under which check-in luggage is taken from passenger's home before the journey and delivered to their final residing place, to specific flights connecting Hyderabad as well as Bengaluru.

The airline started the pilot phase of this service in partnership with luggage transfer company CarterX on its Delhi-Mumbai flights from March 13, said its spokesperson in a statement.

"Basis customer feedback and several other observations, we plan to progressively introduce this service in other markets as well. Hyderabad and Bangalore are already in the pipeline for phase 2 of rolling out this service," the spokesperson added.

It has not been decided which flights from Hyderabad and Bengaluru will have this service in phase 2.

Under this service, the luggage is collected from the customers' doorstep, every piece of luggage is sanitized and packed in double-layered, tamper-proof packing materials, the spokesperson mentioned. 

"Every movement of the luggage is tracked and we ensure they are delivered to their final destination safely. Luggage pick-ups and deliveries are entirely contactless, the staff facilitating the transfer wear PPEs at all times, and the transport vehicles are duly sanitized," the spokesperson added.

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On the second day of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial, the judge considered a motion about the testimony of minors — including a witness whose video of the killing of George Floyd was seen around the world.

Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill was asked to determine whether the court would permit broadcast of minors or former minors set to testify in the case. The high-profile trial is the first in Minnesota history to be televised.

Cahill ruled in favor of prosecutors that no television images would be allowed during the testimony of people who were under 18 at the time they saw Floyd die, but audio of their testimony would be allowed.

The hearing centered on at least four people whose names would be kept confidential and off livestreaming during their testimony.

The judge agreed with Leita Walker, the attorney representing the media coalition covering the trial, that the First Amendment allows for the press to decide whether to publish names of the witnesses who are minors. He said an option is to refer to the individuals by their first names only if the witnesses are comfortable with that.

A key eyewitness in the case, referred to in court Tuesday as D.F. , was 17 when she took the bystander video with a mobile phone. The images taken by D.F. showed Chauvin kneeling on the neck of Floyd, who was prone and handcuffed for nearly nine minutes. Floyd was also still handcuffed on the stretcher when paramedics arrived.

Chauvin is charged with second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Witness testimony resumed at 9:15 a.m. local time, including testimony by eyewitness Donald Williams, a pro martial arts fighter. He said he called 911 "to call the police on the police" after officers at the scene didn't respond to his shouting and swearing for Chauvin to take his knee off Floyd's neck.

From the stand, Williams has described a variety of chokeholds, including what he called a "blood choke" used on Floyd.

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Who Listens to ‘Now That’s What I Call Music!’ In 2021? - Rolling Stone

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If Damian Gandia had to rank his three favorite installments of the Now That’s What I Call Music! franchise, it’d go: Now 10, Now 64, Now 57.

Probably. 

With Now 10, it’s mainly a nostalgia thing. Even though the 14-year-old from New Jersey wasn’t born yet when it was released in 2002, the tenth installment of the long-running pop hits compilation — which starts with Britney Spears’ “Overprotected” and ends with Nickelback’s “How You Remind Me” — still brings back memories of music he heard as a kid. With Now 64, which featured Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” and Billie Eilish’s “Ocean Eyes,” Gandia credits the “top-notch” sequencing: “I don’t even think there’s a single problem with Now 64.” As for Now 57, Gandia says it’s “essential” because of the way it captures what he sees as a moment when pop music was at its peak, featuring Justin Bieber’s “Sorry,” Ariana Grande’s “Focus,” and Selena Gomez’s “Same Old Love” (though there are some notable omissions, he says, like Drake’s “Hotline Bling”). 

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Now That’s What I Call Music! was started by Virgin Records in the U.K. in 1983; 15 years later, it crossed the Atlantic for an inaugural American edition that included the Spice Girls’ “Say You’ll Be There,” Hanson’s “MMMBop,” and Aqua’s “Barbie Girl.” Throughout the early 2000s, Now regularly topped the U.S. charts. 

Decades later, even as album sales have cratered, Now That’s What I Call Music! has held onto a passionate fanbase, albeit a smaller one. Both Now 77, the most recent installment, and Now 73 debuted on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart, at Numbers 159 and 104, respectively. And if the RS 200 were based purely on physical sales, Now albums would regularly debut near the top, with as many as 10,000 copies sold in a week even in lean years. In the past five years, only two Now albums have missed the top 10 by sales during their debut weeks. 

Fans like Gandia — a self-proclaimed Now critic who posts reviews to YouTube under the name Trevortni Desserped, and an avid collector of Now CDs — offer an eager and earnest answer to the question: “Who listens to Now anymore?” He says that even with endless playlists available on streaming services, Now offers something unique in the way it brings everything together. “As dumb as it sounds, it’s kind of changed my life,” Ganda says. “It provided me with a different format for listening to music. It’s a phenomenon that deserves to be recognized.”

Now chief operating officer Jerry Cohen says the franchise has a “very loyal group of fans,” but it’s hard to sketch a typical member, since the series attracts a wide demographic. There are Gen Z kids like Gandia, people who grew up with the franchise in the late Nineties, and older listeners, too.

“Sometimes it’s a misconception [that] they were very casual consumers that are buying Now because they don’t know what they want to listen to,” Cohen said. “It’s often very, very much the opposite of that.”

Indeed, Gandia is far from a casual consumer. He’s a keen observer of music charts, which he uses to try to predict what the upcoming Now tracklist will be. (He’s pretty good at it, too.) In his review of Now 77, he took issue with what he saw as glaring omissions, like “Do It” by Chloe and Halle, “Franchise” by Travis Scott featuring M.I.A. and Young Thug, and “Lemonade” by Internet Money, featuring Don Toliver, Gunna, and Nav. (He considers the inclusion of 24KGoldn and “Mood” on that compilation “the laziest choice” for a hip-hop song.)

Even so, Gandia admires the sequencing of Now 77 — his favorite aspect of the series overall. “That’s what I find beautiful about it,” he says.

The smooth sequencing choices that Gandia admires so much are something that Jeff Moskow, Now‘s head of A&R and curation since 2000, spends a lot of time laboring over. Moskow likens Now to “musical Switzerland”: The series is “a mirror of popular culture, not a judge of popular culture…. What’s relevant is whether it’s a hit or not.” 

In the age of streaming, when there are many ways to define a hit, one of the biggest challenges is blending it all together into one cohesive set. Moskow DJed at clubs when he was younger, and he tries to bring that same feeling, of taking people on a musical journey, to Now. 

In particular, he pays a lot of attention to the space between tracks. He will debate with his engineer over a mere quarter of a second, recalling one transition where he was trying to create a “literally seamless blending effect from track to track.” 

“We went back and forth for three days,” he says. 

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Throughout my decades-long career as a wealth manager, I've read thousands of resumes, many of them from young job seekers. Almost all of them are plain and boring: Education, work experience and skills — that's it.

The vast majority of them get tossed in the wastebasket. So what should you put on your resume that will actually help you get the job, or at least land an interview?

They're the things that may seem trivial, but that jump out at the person scanning the resume. And despite what you may have heard from career experts, they're the little details that possibly have nothing to do with where you worked or went to school.

Here are my top five resume tips that you've probably never heard before:

1. Include at least one unusual thing about you

Instead of padding your resume with lots of menial tasks, like "client interface" or "presenting sales materials," save room for at least one unusual thing that not even your peers may know about you.

If you're applying for an entry-level job, and graduated with honors in college and wrote a thesis, for example, put: "Honors. Senior thesis on the mysteries of Joseph Conrad."

This will likely spark up a conversation with the hiring manager.

Remember, many of us aren't boring. Don't be afraid to add color to your resume, even if you think it has nothing to do with the position you want to be considered for.

2. Be creative without going overboard

Hiring managers don't want a decked out brochure with bright designs and funky fonts; they want a resume that is easy to skim. But this doesn't mean you can't get a little creative and add a subtle pop.

Several years ago, a young woman just out of college gave me her resume to review, asking for advice. Her dream job, she told me, was "to get a job in advertising."

"What makes you think you'd be qualified for that?" I asked, to which she smiled and responded: "Because I'd kick down a door to get business for the agency that hires me."

I told her she had to think creatively. "Go out and buy a red ink pad. Then order a custom stamp that says, 'I can sell anything.' Stamp that on top of your resume."

She did just that, a little fearfully. But within a few weeks got multiple job offers, and now has a great career in advertising and marketing. She really could sell anything. But it was the stamp that got everyone's attention ... and her foot in the door.

3. Adjectives can be powerful

I once reviewed a resume in which the applicant put "played lacrosse in college."

When I asked her what position she played, she answered, "Attack."

"Why not put 'played attack in lacrosse" on your resume? It means much more to the reader, and it defines you better," I told her. "I want to hire someone in sales who played attack, because it indicates that they are aggressive and have a winning mentality."

The right adjective can paint a powerful picture.

4. Don't leave out that peculiar hobby

I never overlook a hobby that's out of the ordinary — and we all have at least one. But most people don't bother to put it on their resumes because they think it's irrelevant. Or, they're so immersed in their hobbies that they don't find it "unusual" at all.

School radio stations, coin collecting, playing in a heavy metal band, aquascaping — these are all great things to put on your resume.

The unexpected passions — past or present — will get you jobs more readily than academic achievement these days. Never lie about these hobbies or interests, but trumpet them vigorously.

Aside from getting you jobs, they make you look much more interesting than everyone else.

5. Do your homework and email the hiring manager

If you're applying for a job online, it's likely that you're submitting your resume through a web-based portal. Often, that means there's only a small chance that it'll get read by a real person.

So after submitting your resume, do some research on who the hiring manager is so you can email your resume directly to them, along with a note expressing your interest.

Want to go the extra mile? Do a bit of Googling on their interests, where they worked and went to school. This will give you some sense of who they are, and you'll be prepared if you end up getting an interview.

For instance, if you discover that they went to Notre Dame, at some point, you can say, "I always loved that the statue on the your campus is called 'Touchdown Jesus.'"

The interviewer will know you did your homework. And if you can make this person smile, it can go a long way.

John D. Spooner is a wealth manager and best-selling author of several books, including "Do You Want to Make Money or Would You Rather Fool Around?", "Confessions of a Stockbroker," and "No One Ever Told Us That: Money and Life Lessons to My Grandchildren."

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Today's the last day to shop Away luggage's second sale ever—here's what to buy - Report Door

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When it comes to sales, there are some stores that see savings events every other weekend (we’re looking at you, Kohl’s!). For others, however, it’s a once—or a twice!—in a lifetime event. That just happens to be the case with Away luggage, which is currently offering incredible savings at its second sale ever, allowing you to save big on some top-quality luggage.

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From now until the end of today, March 30, shoppers can peruse Away’s Surprise Sale, during which bags, hard-shell suitcases and more are all 30% off. From large carry-ons (our favorite hard-sided checked luggage is the Large travel suitcase, once $295 and now $206, which we loved for its fashionable design and flexible exterior material) to organized leather bags (I’m personally obsessed with the Latitude tote, once $195 and now down to $136), there’s something for every traveler at this savings event.

If you’ve yet to hear of Away, allow me to introduce you to your new favorite spot for suitcases, bags and travel accessories galore. While these pieces will likely remain in your closet for a while thanks to COVID-19, the vast stock of stylish-yet-functional baggage you’ll find at the internet-famous site is worth picking up ahead of any future travels—especially at these prices.

One of the most jaw-dropping deals we spotted was on the brand’s Medium bag. Normally priced at $275, it’s currently on sale for $192 in a selection of fun shades (we’re talking bright yellow, a Pantone-inspired blue and everything in-between) that will totally remove the guessing game of finding your suitcase at baggage claim. Complete with a 4.9-star rating from more than 1,200 Away customers, this suitcase received top marks from shoppers for its durable exterior shell and TSA-approved combination lock. It also comes with spinner wheels that can turn a full 360 degrees, a leather luggage tag, an interior compression system and a laundry bag. In fact, it was dubbed as a “bundle of joy” by one recent buyer.

Away’s chic luggage is usually hard to find at a discount.

Also up for grabs is the Everywhere bag, typically $165 and now $115 for a $50 price cut. This top-rated duffle boasts a 4.9-star rating from more than 430 Away shoppers, with customers describing it as “the perfect carry-on.” Made from a waterproof nylon, this bag features a ton of compartments, including a 15-inch laptop pocket and a zippered water-resistant spot for an umbrella. According to the company, it also fits the TSA requirement for a carry-on bag, so you won’t have to worry about checking this bad boy the next time you fly.

What’s more, with most luggage purchases, you’ll also receive free shipping, a 100-day trial and a lifetime warranty with this purchase. If you’re eyeing anything at this sale, we recommend moving ASAP—Away rarely ever offers savings as good as these, and styles are guaranteed to sell quickly!

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HELOTES, Texas – A driver involved in a crash in Helotes earlier this year that killed a couple and injured their four children has been arrested on charges related to drunken driving.

The arrest Monday of Elena Carranza, who doesn’t turn 21 until August, marks a dramatic shift in the case.

At the scene of the January 3 crash, officers told KSAT12 that it appeared to be just an accident.

Craig Smith, 54, and his 39-year-old wife, Susan, both were killed in the crash.

Their four children, who range in age from six to 16, suffered injuries.

Although police initially said their injuries were minor, an arrest warrant affidavit now shows one of the children suffered a traumatic brain injury.

It says Carranza was driving her pickup on Highway 16 and T-boned the family’s minivan as it crossed the road.

Carranza also suffered injuries as a result of the crash.

The affidavit said while she was at the hospital, police requested a blood draw.

Tests show her blood alcohol level was .12, or one and a half times the legal limit, the affidavit said.

Police say Carranza admitted to drinking, but told them she did it earlier in the day.

However, they obtained records from her bank showing she had bought several drinks at a bar on the River Walk, including one about 90 minutes before the crash, the affidavit said.

Police obtained a warrant for her arrest Monday.

Carranza faces multiple charges, including two counts of intoxication manslaughter.

It is still unclear whether the bar will be held accountable for serving Carranza who, legally, is not of age to drink alcohol.

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