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Doug Dotson finally feels at home again. For the first time since he coached freshman ball in Scott in the early 1990s, Dotson will be coaching on the home side at the stadium named after his father Bill Dotson this fall. The 1987 graduate of Acadiana High is already running the weight room this summer and will be coaching the quarterbacks and special teams for the Wreckin’ Rams in the 2022 season. “Acadiana has always been home to me,” Dotson said. “Some people say it, but I definitely bleed Green and Gold. When you grow up and you’re entrenched and engrained in Acadiana Wreckin’ Ram football, which I grew up on, that doesn’t go away.” Since resigning as Comeaux High’s head coach after seven years leading the Spartans, Dotson commuted to Walker High in Livingston Parish since January of 2021. “That was one of the best jobs I’ve ever had working for (principal) Jason St. Pierre and coach with Chad Mahaffey,” Dotson said. “I can’t say enough good things about the way Jason … [Read more...] about Doug Dotson finally makes long-awaited return to Acadiana High

By Steven McKenzie Published 17 hours ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Scotland's hilltops were once a landscape full of woodlands but tree cover disappeared over thousands of years due to human activity. Now researcher Sarah Watts is among those collecting information on where trees are taking root as part of her work on mountain woodland restoration. "When we are talking about altitudes above 900m that is very, very extreme for a tree to grow," she says. But she says trees have been found at heights of more than 1,000m (3,281ft) on some of Scotland's highest peaks. The trees reach the mountains as seeds - often blown on winds or deposited in bird droppings after being eaten. "It's a natural process," says Ms Watts - a PhD researcher based in the Highlands with the University of Stirling's Global Change Ecology research group. "Native trees … [Read more...] about Recording Scotland’s extreme high-altitude trees

UK inflation has climbed to 9.1% as the cost of living crisis continues to squeeze household finances. The consumer prices index (CPI) measure of inflation rose in the 12 months to May to its highest level sinceMarch 1982. CPI had already hit a 40-year high when it reached 9% the previous month , according to latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data. The latest figures mean inflation is almost five times higher than the Bank of England (BoE) target of 2%. BoE economists are expecting UK inflation to hit 11% by the end of this year. It had previously estimated that the rate of CPI would hit 10%. Are you worried about rising prices? Let us know: [email protected] How inflation has changed over the years The ONS said food and drink prices were the biggest contributor of inflation creeping higher in the 12 months to May. Households are also being hit by sky-high energy costs, after the Ofgem price cap was raised by 54% in April, … [Read more...] about UK inflation hits 9.1% in new 40-year high as cost of living crisis deepens

Don't let the dimunitive size of the rock wren (pīwauwau) fool you for a second. These tiny creatures are some of our very staunchest native birds, and one of only two remaining members of New Zealand's wren family. Rock wrens, as their name suggests, mostly exist in rocky and craggy areas high above the bushline. The first time I saw them, I was rock-climbing at Sebastopol Bluffs near Mount Cook Village, and as I heaved and struggled my way up the rock, a pair of wrens hopped and flitted around me with ease. Their busy nature, constantly exploring and poking around in their rocky habitat, coupled with their hard-case constant bobbing up and down was a pleasure to watch. Rock wrens are New Zealand's only true alpine birds that live their entire lives above the bushline in sometimes very difficult climactic conditions, where other birds simply wouldn't stand a chance. There were once seven species of wren in New Zealand, and now only the rock wren and its cousin the … [Read more...] about Rock wrens on a high

Sainsbury's sales drop after pandemic (Image: Getty) Get pensions news and advice plus latest money alerts for FREE now SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Groceries in the 16 weeks to June 25 eased 2.4 percent following last year's Covid boosted numbers. Related articles Supermarket price war: Sainsbury’s vow to match Aldi prices Supermarket 'fuel price wars' over with no incentive to cut costs Argos sales dropped 10.5 percent, while store general merchandise slumped 14.6 percent. Clothing sales were down 10.1 percent as rivals reopened. But boss Simon Roberts said the supermarket giant will stick to its forecast for full-year pre-tax profits before exceptional items of between £630-£690million. Trending … [Read more...] about Sainsbury’s sales fall after covid high

Keeping Up with the Kardashians alum Kim Kardashian was every bit the doting soccer mom during her six-year-old son Saint West's game in Calabasas on Sunday. The 41-year-old SKIMS CEO placed a protective arm around her eldest son's chest as they stood together on the side lines. A bodyguard stayed close to the mother-son duo. Mommy duties: Keeping Up with the Kardashians alum Kim Kardashian was every bit the doting soccer mom during her six-year-old son Saint West's game in Calabasas on Sunday Mama bear: The 41-year-old SKIMS CEO placed a protective arm around her eldest son's chest as they stood together on the side lines Kim wore an all-black ensemble consisting of a Balenciaga turtleneck tucked into cargo pants, and sneakers for the 60F-degree spring weather. Kardashian - with her raven locks tied back into a tidy ponytail - hauled a black backpack and a Zo-Li water bottle on the field. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Kim … [Read more...] about Kim Kardashian is doting soccer mom rooting for son Saint… after ‘freaking out’ over her legal essay’s high score

H ere, lying in a stained carton, are notes on a refugee camp in Tanzania, where surviving Tutsis and their Hutu enemies lived side by side in blue tarp tents. It is 1994. The notes record that there are people everywhere, milling and moving in short parades on the main path in the camp, hastily constructed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Women wear colorful cloths, khangas , and carry yellow plastic containers of water on their heads. Children and old men push up against one another, as if at a bargain sale. They hold portable radios to their ears. A man in a brown rain hat drags a reluctant goat by a rope. White smoke mixes with the smells of fresh earth and excrement. At an outdoor butcher shop, a cow’s bloodied horn lies beside the animal’s astonished head. I greet a group of young Hutus in French. “Did you participate in the killings?,” I ask. “We did nothing,” one says. “Did you see others do the killing?” He says, “We saw nothing.” I ask, “How many … [Read more...] about The World Is a Thriving Slaughterhouse

TODAY scientists will re-start the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator to test the extremes of physics - after it was shut down three YEARS ago. CERN, the European Council for Nuclear Research , is launching Run 3 of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), 10 years since the ground-breaking scientific discovery of the "God particle". What time will CERN turn on the Large Hadron Collider? Commemorations for the special anniversary kicked off this weekend, but the switch-on of the "Big Bang" atom-smasher is set for just a few hours - 9am CST. The start of LHC Run 3 will be live-streamed on all CERN 's social media channels from their base in Geneva, on the Franco-Swiss border. Yesterday a packed auditory listened to scientist Peter Higgs speak about his incredible discovery of the Higgs boson, or "God particle" , 10 years ago. His Nobel-prize winning find was one of the most important scientific breakthroughs in the last century as the particle … [Read more...] about What time will CERN turn on the Large Hadron Collider?

When Corrine Rojas comes into work, Mars is waiting for her. She drives to the office, grabs a cup of coffee, and then pulls up the latest dispatches from Perseverance, a car-size NASA rover situated inside a crater in Mars’s northern hemisphere. Rojas, an operations engineer at Arizona State University, checks that the rover’s main cameras are working well, and that they took the shots scientists back home had asked for. Then, she basks in the wondrous sights of our celestial neighbor. “I am often the first person to lay eyes on photos from Mars taken by the rover,” Rojas told me. And Mars has been looking particularly good lately. That’s not to say that the planet has been working on its appearance; aside from the winds blowing around some dust, it has remained mostly unchanged for a few billion years . The difference is us, and particularly the Perseverance mission, which has captured some of the sharpest views of the Martian surface to date. The rover’s job is to search for … [Read more...] about We’ve Never Seen Mars Quite Like This

Duke of Kent Prince Edward visited the UK's largest display of Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s historic lifeboats at Chatham historic dockyard, 26 years after opening the original collection in 1996. The Buckingham Palace shared photos of the Duke’s visit on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. The Duke has been the RNLI's President for over half a century. During the visit, he was shown three of the charity's most significant lifeboats, which between them have saved more than 300 lives at sea. The Duke presented Tina Smith, the RNLI Historic Lifeboat Collection Volunteer and former lifeboat crew, with a 20-year Service Award for operational service at Gravesend Lifeboat Station. “His Royal Highness met volunteers and staff at @HistoricRNLI before presenting a certificate to commemorate his visit during The Queen’s #PlatinumJubilee year,” according to the tweet. … [Read more...] about Prince Edward visits UK’s largest display of RNLI historic lifeboats