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Fresh off a mid-cycle refresh, Jeep's lifted V-8 Wrangler remains an entertaining escape from the sensible. It's important to maintain some levity in our lives, distractions to help keep our moods light. While the metaverse and pop-star hookups may entertain some, we posit that a more effective pursuit involves big tires, a powerful V-8, and the ability to transport you far from the daily grind, both literally and figuratively. Jeep, by way of its updated 2024 Wrangler Rubicon 392, seems to agree. HIGHS: Shockingly quick, goes almost anywhere, welcome interior enhancements. Within the greater strata of charismatic off-roaders, this Jeep's 6.4-liter V-8 develops roughly a third as much power (470 horses) as your average Monster Jam competitor, and its 35-inch BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 tires are only around half as tall. But that hasn't stopped the Wrangler 392 from being a heroically ridiculous middle finger to the sensibilities of the uninitiated (and good luck getting Grave Digger into your garage). From the whopping 90 decibels of full-throttle thunder leaving its active exhaust to the tire-squawking hole shots it can pull at stop lights, few vehicles encourage deviant behavior like this Jeep. Disturbing the peace is its raison d'être. MARC URBANO|CAR AND DRIVER But you already knew this because the Wrangler 392 is not new. In our test of a 2022 model, we called it a "rocket-propelled basset hound," a somehow fitting descriptor for this 5413-pound covered wagon that can hit 60 mph in 4.0 seconds and cover the quarter-mile in 12.8 seconds at 104 mph. That it's also imbued with the same over-the-road qualities as pedestrian Wrangler models—ponderous recirculating-ball steering, a buckboard ride from two live axles, and a cramp-inducing lack of a dead pedal—makes those test results even more impressive, if a little unsettling. Drivers take note: You'll still need at least 194 feet to stop this thing from 70 mph, and it orbits the skidpad with a meager 0.71 g of grip (though those are improvements over the 2022 model's 218-foot and 0.70-g efforts, respectively). Updated Innards While the 392's brashness remains its charm, the Wrangler's mid-cycle refresh does bring some noteworthy refinements for the 2024 model year. Beyond a seven-slot grille that's been subtly rejiggered to better accommodate a newly optional 8000-pound Warn winch in the front bumper, a redesigned interior adds greater convenience when you're terrorizing the countryside. The highlight is a slick new 12.3-inch touchscreen that's horizontally arranged atop the lightly revised upper dashboards of all trim levels. Wireless phone mirroring is standard, with higher trims like the 392 gaining built-in navigation with Jeep's Badge of Honor trail guidance for certain mapped trail systems. As interfaces go, this is one of the better ones, offering an intuitive menu structure, quick responses to inputs, and crisp graphics for easy legibility. MARC URBANO|CAR AND DRIVER LOWS: Primitive handling, costs six figures with options, the Sierra Club may throw soup on it. Elsewhere, the 392's front seats have been reengineered and fitted with 12-way power adjustments, and like all 2024 Wranglers, its exterior mast antenna has been swapped out for an in-windshield unit. Side-curtain airbags also have been integrated into the rollover structure, while top trims get a cabin upgrade with some softer trim pieces, additional sound insulation around the windshield, and dual-pane front side window glass. Sadly, those sound-attenuating measures don't amount to much, barely dropping the noise level inside at 70 mph, from 76 decibels to 75—even louder than in our long-term Ford Bronco. Less Work, More Play But if creature comforts are guiding your potential 392 purchase, you're doing it wrong. Merely entertaining a 470-hp Wrangler on 35s requires a lull in common sense and a surplus of life insurance. Just look at its result on our 75-mph highway fuel-economy test: 13 mpg, the same as its EPA city estimate, and we averaged just 12 mpg overall. No, this is a novelty item for escaping the mundane, offering a commanding view of the road that imparts a sense of invincibility from behind the wheel—if you can't outrun it, you can drive over it. And considering its meaty tires, full-time four-wheel-drive system with low range, 3.5 inches of suspension lift from the newly standard Xtreme Recon 35-Inch Tire package (previously a $3995 option), a new fully floating Dana 44 rear axle, front and rear locking differentials, and a high-performance Off Road Plus drive mode, that's probably true. https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a46785457/2024-jeep-wrangler-rubicon-392-test/

Analysis gives clues as to why butterflies and moths have been resilient through dramatic changes on Earth – and could help with future conservation A peacock butterfly. Researchers looked at more than 200 genomes of butterflies and moths as part of the study. Photograph: Andrew Bladon/University of Cambridge/AFP/Getty Images The genomes of butterflies and moths have remained largely unchanged for more than 250m years despite their enormous species diversity, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. In the face of rapid environmental changes in the 21st century, the researchers said the analysis gives clues as to how Lepidoptera – the order of winged insects that contains butterflies and moths – have been so resilient throughout dramatic changes on Earth. Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Edinburgh looked at more than 200 genomes – a complete set of the genetic information needed to build and maintain an organism – of butterflies and moths to better understand their evolutionary history. They traced the genetic code back to the very first butterflies and identified 32 ancestral chromosomes that are the building blocks of nearly all lepidopterans. Prof Mark Blaxter, the senior author of the study and the head of the Tree of Life programme at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said: “All life is connected by a common thread – DNA. Our DNA sequences record our deep history. We were able to look at the evolutionary history of butterflies through their genome to go back to their common ancestor, to the great-great-great-etcetera-grandmother of all butterflies. We found they had been remarkably stable.” He added: “There is a contrast between the butterflies that have 16 times as many species as mammals but have a much more stable genetic foundation. It’s just amazing!” Lepidoptera is among the most diverse animal groups known to science, making up approximately 10% of living organisms on Earth. Most moths and butterflies species today have 31 chromosomes, but a rare subset of species that includes the chalkhill blue butterfly, common during the British summer, has 90, the scientists found – breaking the species groups’ genetic norms. A bee lands on a purple flower Food, soil, water: how the extinction of insects would transform our planet Read more Charlotte Wright, the first author and a PhD student at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said: “The bigger question we are trying to understand is how biodiversity evolves at a broader scale. We want to know what the biggest features are from its genome that underlie the success of moths and butterflies. How can we make sense of the fact that this group makes up 10% of described species? What makes it different from other species groups that are nowhere near as successful?” The researchers said their findings can help with conservation efforts for the species amid a rapid loss of the planet’s biodiversity, which some scientists have called the sixth mass extinction. Many insect species, including crucial pollinators, are experiencing alarming declines. Research by Butterfly Conservation released in 2023 found that since 1976, butterfly species have vanished from almost half of the places where they once flew in the UK. The researcher team said lepidopterans were powerful indicators of ecosystem health – and that a deeper understanding of butterfly and moth biology will inform future research on adaptation for biodiversity conservation. “When the human genome was released in 2010, it was still in millions of pieces and we had stitched those pieces together but there were still many gaps in the letters of the code,” Blaxter said. “There were jigsaw pieces missing. With the butterfly genomes, we have all of the pieces. For the majority of the species we have looked at, it is the first time we have had a genome at all.” Find more age of extinction coverage here, and follow biodiversity reporters Phoebe Weston and Patrick Greenfield on X for all the latest news and features https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/21/butterfly-genome-has-barely-changed-for-250m-years-study-finds-aoe

Galeno scored the late winner for Porto in their Champions League last-16 first leg against Arsenal. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images Mikel Arteta has known only frustration at Arsenal in the Champions League last 16. When he was a player, he tasted defeat at this stage of the competition for five consecutive seasons – part of a wider run of seven last‑16 exits from 2011 to 2017. That was then. But here, after a stressful night in Porto against a team with rather more recent experience of this kind of occasion, when the margins were so excruciatingly thin, Arteta got the same sinking feeling. Pepe in action for Porto against Arsenal Pepe still top dog as Arsenal’s new tricks fail to flummox Porto’s veteran Read more Nothing has yet been decided. And Arsenal will take heart from when they last won a Champions League knockout tie. It was in 2010 against Porto when they overturned a 2‑1 first‑leg deficit from this magnificent arena with a 5-0 victory in the ­Emirates Stadium return. This was another first-leg battle defined by defensive tightness, the closing of spaces, a lack of rhythm; the whistle never seemed to be far from the lips of the referee, Serdar Gozubuyuk. Porto defended deeply. They made life extremely difficult. Even more pronounced was the impression that both sets of players were acutely aware of how much an error might cost. Nobody wanted to make one. It was cagey from the first whistle for a reason. Arsenal would surely have taken a scoreless draw beforehand and the feeling would harden as the minutes ticked down. And yet at the very end of stoppage time, Arteta’s team were unhinged to spark wild scenes from the Porto bench, substitutes and staff ­members streaming everywhere; the crowd in delirium. Arsenal failed to clear once and then again, Gabriel ­Martinelli passing straight to Otavio who returned it to Galeno, 25 yards out and to the left of centre. The danger was not exactly pronounced. But with Declan Rice dropping off, the Porto winger stepped inside and shaped a curler for the far top corner. When David Raya clutched at thin air, Porto had lift‑off. Arsenal’s Kai Havertz’s looks dismayed after Galeno’s winner. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images It was Arteta’s first Champions League knockout tie as a manager and a stark contrast to how his team had breezed through the group stage on their return to the competition after a six‑season gap. Arsenal had plenty of the ball and yet it was mainly sterile possession, lacking in zip or incision. They did not have a chance in open play that was worthy of the name, all of their threat coming from set pieces whipped in by Rice. Gabriel went the closest at the start of stoppage time, heading just off target. There was not enough aggression from Arsenal and they paid a heavy price when they failed to manage the very last minute. Porto were 4-5-1 without the ball but Francisco Conceição – son of the manager, Sergio – and Galeno were quick to get up the flanks in possession. Eduardo Pepê tucked in on the right of the midfield. All three were dangerous. The idea was to break quickly – the hosts did not need to hog the ball – and they flickered during a first half of high tension and only one real chance. What a chance it was, the stadium sound guy so convinced that Galeno had scored that he pressed play on the celebration beats before quickly locating pause. Galeno had scuffed the first shot somewhat after a Conceição ball in from the right on 22 minutes, ­watching the effort fly off the far post, but when it ricocheted back to him he had to score. He lashed inches past the other post. Arsenal’s defenders had seemed to freeze. How had the net not swelled? It had been important for ­Arsenal not to do anything silly in the early running; the order of the ­evening was to give the crowd nothing to rally behind. Which only made Rice’s ­yellow card after 67 seconds so ­worrying. He was never going to get there before Galeno and he did not, stretching in to foul him. Rice clambered up on to the tightrope. Arsenal were too predictable before the interval, relying purely on corners. It felt as though Rice took an age before delivering them. A deli­berate tactic to provoke anxiety and chaos inside the six-yard box; physical duels, too? Or just a symptom of ­Arsenal’s lack of purpose? They could not quite profit, William Saliba ­heading the clearest opening off target after winning a wrestling match. Victor Osimhen celebrates his goal as Barcelona’s substitutes look on Victor Osimhen strikes for Napoli to leave Barcelona tie in the balance Read more Arsenal’s fast first halves have been a feature of their Champions League campaign; 12 of their 16 goals have come before the interval – no other team in the competition have scored more. This occasion was different, Porto rather wilier opponents. They may lag seven points off the domestic title pace – it will be 10 if Sporting win a game in hand – but they have been regulars in the last 16 of Europe’s elite tournament under Conceição. Arteta had stuck with the XI which handed out drubbings to West Ham and Burnley; Kai Havertz in the pocket to the left, Leandro Trossard as a false nine. It was a night, though, when his team could get little going. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/21/porto-arsenal-champions-league-last-16-first-leg-match-report

After spending much of her life on the coast, Lissie Turner heard a river calling. Despite floods, droughts and occasional porcine misdeeds, she’s glad she answered Lissie Turner and her husband on one of their planting days on the property. Photograph: Lissie Turner As I walked around the back of the house, I saw the bins first. Both were tipped over, rubbish everywhere. A trail of messy clues that would no doubt lead to a very happy perpetrator. The upturned table, the gas cooker on the back lawn, tins of beans crushed by a sizeable jaw, the toilet door off its hinges and the toilet itself covered in mud. The final clue left no shadow of doubt – a hole in the side of the food cupboard in the shape of Tina the pig. I first laid eyes on this house 10 months ago. I found it during one of many daydreaming sessions, scrolling through a real estate website, imagining all the different lives I could live in all the different homes. Sometimes, I searched “coastal”, other times “apartment”, but mostly I searched “rural”. In every search there was one consistent filter: “river”. Fast forward through months of house renovations, the second largest natural disaster in Australian colonised history and some of the wobbliest days I’d ever experienced and there I was, following a trail of refuse on the wraparound porch to find one very content, 180kg teacup pig sleeping beside our accepting border collie, Ziggy. Tina sleeping with Ziggy the border collie. Photograph: Lissie Turner In my career as a music journalist/radio broadcaster, I’d broken bread with some of the biggest names in music and entertainment, from Quentin Tarantino to Pharrell Williams to Debbie Harry. In that moment, staring down at Tina in bewilderment, I wondered – and not for the first time – how the hell I’d gotten here. Growing up in the western suburbs of Brisbane, I would lose myself for hours on an “island” I’d create on the front lawn using a circle of garden hose. I would sit all day in that circle with my packed snacks and daydream of a life by the sea. I barely swam in the ocean as a kid, but at 17 I took myself there. Over the next 30 years I barely left the coast – from Western Australia to far north Queensland, to Sydney and the Gold Coast. I spent 11 years near the waves of northern NSW. But something else tugged at me. Something that meant neither my husband, nor our kids were strangers to being packed up on weekends to look at places that were dry, hot and far from ocean breezes. I was dreaming about land; big degraded agricultural land. Land that we could regenerate, on a stretch of riverbank we could restore. In June 2021, we pulled up to an open inspection for the house that would become our home. It was only about an hour’s drive away, to the west of Lismore at the southern end of Bundjalung country, but the landscape on the other side of the lush hinterland was harsh and expansive, a place where green sat closer to grey. It was land prized for its capacity to produce beef and sugar, rather than loved for its beauty. Hazel Hog takes a nap. Photograph: Lissie Turner The 100-year-old farmhouse was stunning on the outside. Inside, it was dark. There were holes in the floor. Unfinished walls. Dangling power cables. Rotten carpets and nicotine-stained ceilings. We wandered through the fluorescent-green kitchen to the back door. There in the back yard, invisible from the road, right behind the old birdbath and the sign that read Cecil’s Garden, was a river. A wide stretch of the once mighty Richmond, 15m from the back porch. Two days later, we put in an offer. Against every bit of logic, without any idea of how we were going to make money, we were trading our two green acres north of Brunswick Heads for treeless, heavily pugged soil on the most wounded river in NSW. Two surfers heading out to hardcore cattle and cane country. “I’m not here to make friends,” I told my husband as we followed the removal truck three months later. “I’m here to do this project and that’s it.” On the coast, I already had a community I loved, in a place where I had felt more at home than any other. I was not moving to the river to bond with people, but to create habitat. It’s been two-and-a-half years since this deranged adventure began. Since March 2022, when the largest flood ever recorded moved through the Northern Rivers of NSW like a liquid excavator scouring the riverbanks bare, we’ve planted 8,000 native trees and 2,000 native grasses to weave them back together. Sunset on the property. Photograph: Lissie Turner We built a billabong for native aquatic species. We’ve connected with the most incredible environmental organisations, and created The Prana Project, to explore restoring mental health through restoring habitat. We’ve received so much vital wisdom from mob. We’ve stayed financially sustainable through grants, teaching yoga and organising retreats. We’ve had six frosts in three weeks. Our water tanks have bulged and run dry – twice. Candice Chung sits on the bare floor of an empty living room, eating from plates placed on a piece of fabric resembling a picnic rug My big move: leaving Sydney for Glasgow, suddenly I was an old-school migrant again Read more We see koalas daily and spy brolgas on our 40-minute drive to the beach. We’ve grown apples and silverbeet, lettuce and beetroot. We’ve sunk in mud deeper than our gumboots are high. Our kids are still not back in their schools, which were devastated by the floods. But we’ve had some of the happiest days of our lives here and Tina and Hazel Hog have found pig heaven. As for friends, even though we set out not to make any, we inadvertently have. On a patch of old farming land, on the banks of a river calling for care, we have found a kind of calm we never knew possible. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/feb/21/my-big-move-we-were-two-surfers-heading-to-cattle-and-cane-country-against-every-bit-of-logic

Government and SNP condemn Speaker Lindsay Hoyle for his handling of the Gaza ceasefire debate. Speaker Lindsay Hoyle returned to the House of Commons to apologise after causing controversy by allowing a Labour amendment on a ceasefire in Gaza to go ahead [Maria Unger/Handout via Reuters] The UK’s House of Commons has descended into chaos as the government and the Scottish National Party (SNP) condemned Speaker Lindsay Hoyle for his handling of a key vote on support for a ceasefire in Gaza. SNP members of parliament (MPs) and some Conservatives walked out of the chamber on Wednesday in an apparent protest at the speaker’s actions as the debate reached its conclusion. Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt claimed Hoyle had “hijacked” the debate and “undermined the confidence” of the House in its longstanding rules by allowing MPs to vote on a Labour amendment to an SNP motion calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza and Israel. The initial SNP motion also called for an end to the “collective punishment of the Palestinian people” by Israel. But Labour’s motion included language that caveated calls for a ceasefire by noting that “Israel cannot be expected to cease fighting if Hamas continues with violence”. It had been expected that Hoyle would prioritise a government amendment to the SNP motion, which sought an “immediate humanitarian pause” – and not a ceasefire – to Israel’s war on Gaza. However, by instead prioritising the opposition Labour Party’s rival motion, Hoyle was accused of breaking precedent. More importantly, the decision allowed Labour to avoid a potentially damaging split over the SNP motion, with some Labour MPs willing to support it, but party leadership telling its parliamentarians not to vote for it without the Labour amendment. The number of Labour MPs willing to vote against the directive from party leader Keir Starmer would likely have led to the biggest revolt against his leadership since he became leader of the opposition in 2020. Instead, by bringing the Labour motion forward, Hoyle gave potential rebels the opportunity to support their party leadership instead of the SNP, while still backing a ceasefire – even if the motion’s language was less blunt than the Scottish party’s. Israel’s assault on Gaza has led to a damaging split within Labour ahead of what many observers believe will be a return to power for the party in the next UK general elections, which must be held before the end of January next year. Much of the party’s traditional voter base, and previous leader Jeremy Corbyn, are vocal supporters of the Palestinian cause. But, with Starmer attempting to move away from Corbyn’s legacy, the man regarded as prime minister in waiting has avoided heavy criticism of Israel and has been accused of ignoring the plight of the Palestinians. Speaker denies accusations SNP MPs were understood to have headed to the voting lobby after the walkout from the chamber. Ian Blackford, an SNP MP, told Al Jazeera that the day’s events in parliament had distracted from events in Gaza and made the eventual vote less impactful. “[The Labour Party] came up with this proposition that allowed them to have a vote, and the purpose of that – particularly when the government party [the Conservatives] wouldn’t participate in it – meant that our meaningful vote … wasn’t taken,” Blackford said. “I regret that tonight we’re having to discuss this, rather than discuss the need of protecting the people in Gaza that need that ceasefire to take place.” One Conservative MP, William Wragg, has brought forward a parliamentary motion expressing no confidence in the speaker, a sign of the anger of some parliamentarians at what is perceived to be a deviation from the speaker’s traditionally neutral role. Hoyle returned to the House of Commons later in the evening and apologised. “I have tried to do what I thought was the right thing for all sides of this House,” Hoyle said. “It is regrettable, and I apologise, that the decision didn’t end up in the place that I wished.” According to Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett, reporting from London, Hoyle denied favouring “one set of politicians over the other”. “It has ended in this real farce,” Fawcett added. “The Labour amendment [went] through because no Conservatives took part in the vote. The SNP motion, which began the whole story, was not voted on at all; the SNP and Conservatives are furious.” “Keir Starmer [and] his Labour Party have kind of gotten out of a sticky mess, but it leaves parliament looking extremely compromised. What was a serious debate about this crucial issue about civilian life in Gaza has ended in this procedural nightmare.” https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/21/uk-parliament-speaker-gives-labour-leadership-gaza-ceasefire-vote-reprieve

Video of the United States representative has gone viral after he clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters in Washington. US congressman tells pro-Palestine activist ‘we should kill 'em all’ Muslims, Democrats and social media users expressed their displeasure on Wednesday with remarks made by Republican Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee, who responded to an activist’s question about the deaths of Palestinian children in Gaza by asserting that “we should kill ‘em all”. In a statement released Wednesday, the American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC) “unequivocally” denounced Ogles and wrote that his remarks were tantamount to advocating for “the extermination of the Palestinian people”. Noting an increase in anti-Muslim attacks across Tennessee since Israel began its indiscriminate bombing and blockade of Gaza in October, AMAC wrote: “Such rhetoric is not only abhorrent but also antithetical to our values as a state. It is such rhetoric that has continued to foster a political climate where extremist ideologies flourish, empowering neo-Nazis to openly parade through our streets and allowing genocidal sentiments to go unchallenged. This cannot be tolerated any longer. As citizens of Tennessee, we deserve better representation from those elected to office.” On the social media platform known as X, the opprobrium directed at Ogles was even worse, with one user writing Wednesday: “Name em and shame em! Say hi to Andrew ‘I think we should kill em all’ Ogles. This extraordinary piece of feces is a USA congressman.” Another user, posting as Saira Rao, wrote: Andrew Ogles, a sitting member of Congress, says the quiet part out loud. ‘I think we should kill ‘em all.’ He states WE [America] are responsible for killing all Palestinians [genocide]. Congress + Biden + Entire Cabinet are ALL WAR CRIMINALS Palestine will be free.” Noting that Palestinians are also Semitic people, Susan Jones posted on X: “‘I think we should kill ‘em all.’ @AndrewOgles #SenatorofTennessee Has NO Shame in his admission of #USIsraeliINTENT to commit #USIsraeliGenocide of #IndigenousSEMITICPalestinians and the IRONY is completely lost on the ignorant that #KillingPalestiniansISANTISEMITISM!!!” Ogles’s comments were in response to a pro-Palestinian activist who peppered him with questions as the two walked through a corridor in the United States Capitol. “I’ve seen the footage of shredded children’s bodies,” the activist told Ogles. “That’s my taxpayer dollars that are going to bomb those kids.” Ogles responded bluntly: “You know what? So, I think we should kill ’em all if that makes you feel better. Hamas and the Palestinians have been attacking Israel for 20 years. It’s time to pay the piper.” Finally, Ogles turned towards a camera and uttered a final comment before walking away: “Death to Hamas!” In an email to the congressman’s hometown newspaper, The Tennessean, Ogles’s spokesperson Emma Settle wrote: “The Congressman was not referring to Palestinians, he was clearly referring to the Hamas terrorist group.” The exchange between Ogles and the activist occurred on February 15, but video footage of Ogles’s remarks was posted to social media hours after the administration of President Joe Biden vetoed a ceasefire resolution at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, representing the third time since Israel’s assault began that the US has voted against a suspension of hostilities in Gaza. A first-term congressman, Ogles represents Tennessee’s gerrymandered 5th district, which was created in 2022 to favour Republican candidates and includes a swath of the state capital of Nashville. Hours before the US exercised its veto, a spokesman for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that Gaza is “poised to witness an explosion in preventable child deaths” as malnutrition and disease spread rapidly across the enclave. Israeli forces have killed more than 12,400 children in Gaza since October 7, according to Palestinian health authorities. More than 600,000 children are currently trapped in the city of Rafah on the Egyptian border, with Israeli forces preparing to invade. Additionally, officials with the charity organisation Save the Children say that nearly 10 Palestinian children in Gaza per day have lost one or both of their legs since October. “After four months of relentless violence, we are running out of words to describe what children and families in Gaza are going through, as well as the tools to respond in any adequate way,” Jason Lee, Save the Children’s country director for the occupied Palestinian territory, said in a statement Tuesday. “The scale of death and destruction is astronomical.” “Children are being failed by the adults who should be protecting them,” Lee added. “It’s beyond time for the adults in the room to step up their responsibilities and legal obligations to children caught up in a conflict they played no part in, who just want to be able to live.” A Nashville Metro Council member, Zulfat Suara, told The Tennessean that she learned about Ogles’s comments while at a council meeting Tuesday night. Coincidentally, on the agenda that evening was a resolution condemning the public display of Nazi symbols, chants and hate speech in downtown Nashville during a rally last weekend. Born in Nigeria, Suara, a Democrat, is the first Muslim person elected to the metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County. She said that rhetoric like Ogles’s encourages people “to march and preach hate”. She told The Tennessean: “In the conflict overseas, I have been very mindful of what I say and how I say it because I want to make sure that my Jewish friends are not hurt in what I say and to make sure that my Palestinian families are taken care of. But when legislators at the federal level and the state level continue to demonize people, continue to only look at one side and not the other, that’s the result that we see on the streets. And I hope that we will continue to do better. “This otherization, this demonization, this ‘Kill them all’ is only breaking us apart.” https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/21/us-congressman-andy-ogles-stirs-outrage-with-gaza-comment-kill-them-all

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Elegant Volvo restomod looks amazing and will be built in tiny numbers. Cyan Racing is the part of Polestar that Volvo didn’t acquire. This company's newly revealed P1800 GT continues from a previous Cyan P1800 restomod, now aimed at road use. Modern four-cylinder turbo and part-carbon structure promises impressive power-to-weight ratio. Sweden is one of the European countries that possesses the deepest tuner culture, one that often uses old Volvo models as the basis for new specials. But very few get to be as special as this, the Cyan Racing P1800 GT: a spectacular restomod based on the Sixties Volvo coupe. Cyan Racing is effectively the bit of the Polestar racing team that Volvo didn’t fully acquire back in 2015, which has started to create some limited-run road cars alongside its continuing motorsport activities. The first of these was the Cyan Racing P1800, which we tested in 2022. It combined a part-carbon structure with power from a modern 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo engine. With 420 horsepower propelling just 2424 pounds, it managed a 4.1-second time to 60 mph and a 12.6-second quarter-mile at 113 mph. The P1800 GT is a further development, one that is claimed to be more comfortable for road use. Cyan claims it is a grand tourer, its adjustable suspension now developed for "winding country roads and inspiring but comfortable long-distance driving." Power will continue to come from a Volvo-sourced turbo four, but with different power options available from 350 through to 420 horsepower, tuned to deliver drivability rather than just whizz-bang performance. A five-speed manual gearbox made by Holinger is standard, featuring a dogleg change configuration with first gear hung down and left. The first of Cyan’s P1800 GTs is the one you seen in the pictures here, destined for a customer in the U.S. and featuring a metallic green exterior color with a sand beige interior. We love the chunky corduroy-twill carpets and Momo sports steering wheel. Cyan says the GT's seats are more comfortable and less restrictive than the track-spec buckets of its first P1800, and the new car also gets retractable safety belts in place of multipoint harnesses and more sound-deadening material. Although intended primarily for road rather than circuit use, the GT still uses a titanium roll cage, which adds structural strength as well as safety. Production will be limited, by both the considerable time it takes to fully build each car from what is effectively the ground up—between 12 and 15 months, according to Cyan—and also by a very serious price. We don't have a confirmed figure for the GT, but the base price for the first Cyan P1800 was $700,000 back in 2022. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a46844491/cyan-racing-volvo-p1800-gt-details-specs/

For every goldendoodle, there are 995 potential buyers. Why is the breed more po[CENSORED]r than any other? Top of the pups … a goldendoodle. Photograph: Oscar Wong/Getty Images Pass notes Dogs Reign of the goldendoodle: how it became the UK’s top dog For every goldendoodle, there are 995 potential buyers. Why is the breed more po[CENSORED]r than any other? Mon 19 Feb 2024 15.24 GMT Name: Goldendoodle. Age: The first goldendoodle is thought to have been bred by Monica Dickens, the great-granddaughter of Charles, in 1969. Our mutual (four-legged) friend? Stop that. A dog, I’m guessing? As opposed to an absent-minded scribble with a metallic pen … yes, a goldendoodle is a dog. Created by breeding a golden retriever with a poodle. AKA a Groodle. Not to be confused with Dougal. Who’s Dougal? Google him; he’s a skye terrier from The Magic Roundabout and not important here. And pass notes is interested in the goldendoodle/groodle because? It is the nation’s most sought-after dog. Not the labradoodle? Nope. It’s down at No 6. Still po[CENSORED]r, mind. Cavapoo? Currently seventh and now beaten by the maltipoo at No 3. What is this chart, anyway – top of the pups? Pretty much. The data comes from studying the sales and adverts on the Pets4Homes website, the UK’s largest online pet marketplace. Last year, there were 995 potential buyers for every goldendoodle advertised. Can’t argue with that. And what it is about goldendoodles that makes them so po[CENSORED]r? Well, their coats are more hypoallergenic than other breeds, which mean they are easy to care for, and they have an easy-going temperament. Axel Lagercrantz, the chief executive of Pets4Homes, said: “After the baby boom of the pandemic, many homes are searching for dogs that will go well with their new young family.” Best not go for an American XL bully then. You can’t; they’re banned. I wonder if that’s why the doberman is at No 2, with 795 views per listing … Anyway, back to goldendoodles – Adele could also be a factor. Is Adele a goldendoodle? She’s a pop star. Oh, the Adele! She has a pair of goldendoodles, Freddie and Bob. They are, she says, a “spark of joy”. Then there’s Brodie … Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds? No, Brodie is a goldendoodle, with 13 million combined followers on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Brodie’s human, Cliff Brush Jr, is said to have made more than a million dollars last year from Brodie’s viral videos and brand endorsements. I’m getting confused about who is a human and who’s a goldendoodle. Funny you should say that; another viral goldendoodle, named Sunny, is also confused and thinks he is a human; he stands on two legs. Oh my God, that is soooo cute. I want one! How much? Goldendoodles now sell for up to £1,600, which might sound like a lot, but it is less than they cost during the pandemic. Do say: “A goldendoodle is for life, not just for TikTok.” Don’t say: “A return of a million dollars a year, you say, on an initial investment of £1,600 … I’ll take the whole damn litter!” https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/feb/19/reign-of-goldendoodle-how-it-became-uk-top-dog

Amadou Onana shows his delight after equalising. Photograph: Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images The manner of his arrival as Crystal Palace manager was unfortunate, to put it mildly, but Oliver Glasner will have drawn encouragement from his first glimpse of Roy Hodgson’s old team at Goodison Park. Palace were worthy of at least a point against a regressing Everton, who need all the help they can get from their appeal against a 10-point deduction to stave off another relegation ordeal. Sean Dyche believed the presence of the new Palace manager galvanised the visitors, who led through a superb Jordan Ayew shot and were on course for a first win at Goodison in almost 10 years only for the substitute Amadou Onana to rescue Everton late on. The draw took Everton out of the relegation zone on goal difference ahead of Luton, who have played a game fewer, but performance-wise they are going backwards. yche’s team remain heavily reliant on set pieces for goals – Onana’s equaliser was their 10th goal from a corner this season – and are now eight games without a win in the Premier League. At home against a Palace team that has suffered a managerial ordeal in the past few days, along with 11 defeats in their previous 18 matches, Everton served up a dreadful display. The manager’s attempt to talk it up was another concern. “Oh no,” said Dyche when asked whether this represented a missed opportunity. “It is another point on the board. We’ve just popped out of the relegation zone as well. Now we wait on the 10 points [verdict], but no I haven’t heard anything yet.” Positives were the preserve of Palace. Glasner sat alongside the chairman, Steve Parish, in the Goodison directors’ box having been confirmed as Hodgson’s successor shortly before kick-off. His predecessor’s coaches, Ray Lewington and Paddy McCarthy, took charge as planned when the former England manager fell ill on Friday. There was a switch to a three-man central defence from the visitors with Daniel Muñoz and Tyrick Mitchell stretching Everton as wing-backs. Glasner’s first impressions of English football were deeply unattractive. The two recent FA Cup ties between the teams had lowered expectations for their fourth meeting of the season and the first half certainly lived down to them. It consisted mainly of Everton launching one long ball after another in the general direction of Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Palace centre-halves Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen and Chris Richards absorbing them with ease. There was no plan B from Dyche’s team. The Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish (left) speaks with his new manager, Oliver Glasner, ahead of kick-off. Photograph: Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images The visitors’ defensive strength and organisation will have enthused the former Eintracht Frankfurt coach. Palace also had the better chances of a dreadful first half but poor finishing and a goalline clearance reprieved Everton. Odsonne Édouard shot straight at Jordan Pickford and Jefferson Lerma sliced an inviting chance over after being teed up by Muñoz. Jean-Philippe Mateta did go close with a back-post header from Adam Wharton’s deep corner only for Ashley Young to hack clear on the line. Everton’s pre-match hopes centred on the return of leading goalscorer Abdoulaye Doucouré, making only his second appearance since the team’s last league win on 16 December due to hamstring trouble. Doucouré was largely anonymous although released Dwight McNeil for Everton’s brightest moment before the break, when Calvert-Lewin headed the winger’s inviting cross wide. It was the finish of a striker low on confidence and now without a goal in 19 games. In fairness to the Everton centre-forward he was far too isolated to have a meaningful impact. Calvert-Lewin was not only expected to win the first ball but the second too. It was grim fare, and Everton’s lack of quality in possession and tendency to go backwards with it proved a severe test of Goodison’s limited patience. One minute of added time at the end of the first half represented a small mercy. Jordan Ayew’s shot beats Jordan Pickford to give Crystal Palace the lead. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters Jarrad Branthwaite, who endured a tough night against the powerful Mateta, escaped when appearing to clip the forward’s heels as he broke into the area. Mateta also made light work of James Tarkowski’s attentions and put Mitchell through on goal after holding off the Everton captain. Pickford was off his line smartly to smother the wing-back’s attempted chip. The course of the game appeared to have been shaped by two contrasting moments in two second half minutes. Everton should have taken the lead through Doucouré but instead found themselves trailing to Ayew’s precision strike. The Palace goalkeeper Sam Johnstone was instrumental in both. Johnstone made a point-blank save to prevent Tarkowski heading home a McNeil corner. The rebound fell to Idrissa Gueye who dragged a shot across goal and into the path of his fellow midfielder. Doucouré, all alone at the back post, scuffed a gilt-edged chance from four yards out and Johnstone clawed the ball to safety just in front of the line. Seconds later the Palace keeper launched a goal-kick deep into Everton territory where Édouard headed on to Mateta. The French forward held off Branthwaite to find Ayew, who sent an emphatic drive into Pickford’s far corner from outside the box. Everton were staring at a calamitous defeat with Calvert-Lewin heading another good chance wide from a McNeil cross and Johnstone pushing away a James Garner shot. From the resulting corner, however, swung in by McNeil, Onana soared above the Palace goalkeeper and headed in a vital equaliser from close range. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/19/everton-crystal-palace-premier-league-match-report

Reeder, 77, tries on one of her creations. Photograph: Joshua Bright/The Guardian A new start after 60 Fashion A new start after 60: I couldn’t find a hat for a wedding – so I unleashed my inner artist Anne Reeder always wanted to go to art school, but her father didn’t think it was a suitable education. In her 60s, she finally went back to college to follow her dreams When the eldest of her three daughters got married in February 2009, Anne Reeder searched everywhere for the right hat. “I needed fabric to complement my cashmere coat but the only hats that matched cost a fortune,” she says. “I had to go for a straw one in the end and probably looked a bit ridiculous.” The experience sparked an idea that Reeder only began to pursue three years later, at the age of 65. Deciding to become a freelance consultant after four decades as an occupational therapist and trust manager in the NHS, Reeder signed up for weekend classes in Ipswich to learn millinery, the art of hat making. “I’ve always loved drawing and sewing and I could always do with more hats to round off an outfit,” she says. “Millinery seemed like the perfect combination of my interests.” Her first task was a wide-brimmed white Ascot hat, machine-sewn from large circles of fabric. “It was wonderful watching it eventually come to life between my hands,” she says. “I ended up using it as a sun hat and took it on holidays with me for years after, until it became completely worn down.” Reeder with one of her hats. Photograph: Joshua Bright/The Guardian The experience of making something from scratch reminded Reeder of her early passions. “I really wanted to go to art school but I was one of three girls and my father wanted us to have a career that we could support ourselves with. He didn’t think an art school education was suitable. Making hats decades later released that creativity and allowed me to start again.” Once she retired in 2014, Reeder signed up for an intensive hat-making BTec qualification at Kensington and Chelsea College. Once a week, she would take the train to London and begin the complicated process of handcrafting pieces. “We learned everything from finding inspiration to sketching and making 3D models in paper,” she says. “Once we had our design, we would then ‘block’ it on wooden pieces, steam it, wire the edges, join the crown and brim and finally trim. It was such an absorbing process.” Reeder went on to make a range of hats on the course, from a fungi-inspired creation to a silk hat meant to evoke the harsh edges of the Grand Canyon, a straw hat inspired by glaciers and a felt hat layered like autumn leaves. “I can lose myself in it, put the radio on and get going,” she says. “You can even make flowers and shape fabrics while watching TV.” After receiving a distinction in her BTec, Reeder realised she could begin selling her stock. By 2015 she had launched her website, selling everything from £40 fascinators to intricate set pieces for £200 or more. “The business is mostly word of mouth and it has been lovely meeting ladies who have never worn hats before but want to find something they’ll feel good in,” she says. “In the nine years since we started, I’ve made hundreds of pieces, from a My Fair Lady-inspired hat to trilbies for men and even a free-flowing spiral that took weeks. I’m proud of it all.” Reeder at work. Photograph: Joshua Bright/The Guardian With her creations taking anywhere from an hour for simple fascinators to several weeks for intricate pieces that require drying and setting, Reeder, 77, now has a dedicated hat-making workshop in her home. “It has really refreshed my interest in fashion and fabric,” she says. “I went to India a few years ago and bought lots of offcuts to make headbands, and I also recycle old dresses into hats. I’m thinking of making a whole collection out of preloved fabrics next.” She now has more demand than she can keep up with but she is keen to learn new techniques. “I have to be careful not to make this another full-time job but it’s a wonderful community to be part of,” she says. “I’m part of an online milliners’ academy and I try to go to London Hat Week each year.” Recent cataract surgery and the purchase of a pair of trifocal lenses mean she is confident her eyesight and dexterity can withstand the demands of fine stitching as she nears her 80s. “I wish people would wear hats more, as it makes all the difference to an outfit,” she says. “I’ll keep going as long as I can, since people always need something interesting to wear.” https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/feb/19/new-start-after-60-i-couldnt-find-hat-wedding-unleashed-inner-artist

At least one dead as Israeli forces open fire on crowd of hungry Palestinians waiting for aid convoy in northern Gaza. Displaced Palestinians gather to receive food at a government school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 19, 2024 [Mohammed Abed/ AFP] At least one Palestinian man has been killed and many others wounded in northern Gaza after Israeli forces opened fire on desperate crowds waiting for food aid, according to witnesses and videos. Footage verified by Al Jazeera shows Palestinians on Monday fleeing to take cover along a ruined coastal road in northern Gaza – which has been almost completely cut off from aid amid Israel’s ongoing war – as the heavy sound of gunfire rings out. The videos also show clouds of grey fumes from smoke bombs billowing as thousands of Palestinians gathered in the area west of Gaza City. At least one person was killed in the incident, according to witnesses who shared images of a man splayed on the ground with a wound to his head. The Wafa news agency said at least 10 people were also injured in the attack. Victims and witnesses told Al Jazeera the Israeli attack was unprovoked. “I went down,” one man said at a hospital where he had been rushed to for treatment. “I heard gunshots then and I don’t know what happened.” Another man said he only went to the area to get flour. “We want to feed our children… just like everyone else so we went to get some flour. But then we were shot at, shells were fired and tanks advanced at us,” he said. The attack is the second of its kind in as many days and comes amid a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, where the United Nations has warned of famine-like conditions affecting some 2.3 million people. The footage from Monday also shows Palestinian children rushing to scoop up flour from the ground after one sack broke open. Despite the desperate situation, Israel – which controls entry points into Gaza – has refused to allow more aid in. Several UN agencies on Monday warned that the “alarming” lack of food and water as well as the spread of disease could lead to an “explosion” of child deaths in Gaza. “We’ve been warning for weeks that the Gaza Strip is on the brink of a nutrition crisis,” said Ted Chain, UNICEF’s deputy executive director for humanitarian action. “If the conflict doesn’t end now, children’s nutrition will continue to plummet, leading to preventable deaths or health issues which will affect the children of Gaza for the rest of their lives and have potential intergenerational consequences.” According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, at least 29,092 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 7. Another 69,028 have also been wounded. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/20/israeli-forces-kill-wound-palestinians-waiting-for-food-aid-in-gaza