| CIO Executive Council merges with IDC executive program
Two of Australia's leading peer groups for CIOs and senior IT executives are merging in an agreement announced today by IDG Communications and research firm IDC. Effective immediately, IDC's Information Technology Experience Program (InTEP) in Australia will become part of IDG's CIO Executive Council. All InTEP members will continue to receive the current benefits of their memberships however this will now be provided by the CIO Executive Council. InTEP-Plus members will also receive the additional full benefits of the CIO Executive Council members, most notably inclusion in the industry-leading resources of the international Council. Current members of the CIO Executive Council will also receive the additional benefits of the InTEP -Plus program, including regular CIO research from IDC, which is now an analyst partner of the CIO Executive Council.
SCIENTISTS CREATE THREE PARENT EMBRYO
The breakthrough came from a team of scientists at Newcastle University who experimented on 10 embryos unsuitable for IVF treatment.
They successfully replaced faulty mitochondria - which supplies cellular energy and controls cell growth - from the mother with undamaged cells from a female donor.
The embryos were then allowed to develop for five days before one of them was closely analysed and the transplant was deemed to be a success.
Scientists insist the baby would not inherit the donor female's characteristics, as the transplanted mitochondria would not have any effect on the child's personality or appearance.
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Yacolt clerk in court on suspicion of stealing from Little League
A Yacolt woman made her first court appearance Tuesday on suspicion of stealing $68,000 from the North Clark Little League. Brenda J. Finnegan, 46, allegedly took the money over three years while working as league treasurer, according to court documents. During the brief appearance, Superior Court Judge John Nichols told Finnegan, who remains on paid leave from her job as Yacolt town clerk, that she makes too much money to qualify for a court-appointed attorney and that she needs to hire a lawyer or plan to represent herself. Nichols set arraignment for Feb. 26. At that hearing, she will be charged with seven counts of first-degree theft. Yacolt Mayor Joe Warren told The Columbian earlier this month that he has asked the state auditor to move up the town’s regularly scheduled audit to ensure no money is missing.
Monroe man arrested for using mother’s credit card without ...
A Monroe man was arrested today on felony charges for stealing his mothers Visa credit card number and charging more than $2,442 to the account without her permission.
Jacob Harper, 19, 158 Springhill Road, Monroe, was charged with felony theft by Ouachita Parish sheriffs deputies.
According to the arrest report, Harper took the credit card number from his mom in December. He and his girlfriend Tabatha Mercer used it between December and January on 53 occasions.
Mercer was arrested Thursday. She was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center and her bond is set at $10,000.
Harper also was booked into OCC where he awaits a bond hearing. .
Unlikely Holyrood alliance helps SNP squeeze home in budget vote
He promised the Conservatives that he would look again at finding more money for extra police officers and at accelerating the introduction of a promised business-rate cut.To assuage the Greens, he said the Scottish Government would in future insist on a "carbon" assessment of the next spending review and repeated it would not continue the £6 million fund to set up new airline routes to and from Scotland.Mr Swinney also pledged to give more money to Edinburgh council to recognise the city's status as the capital, one of Ms MacDonald's key demands.After a day of tension at Holyrood, the final vote saw Labour and the Lib Dems round on the Conservatives and their leader, Annabel Goldie, for supporting the SNP administration.Tavish Scott, the Lib Dem finance spokesman, said: "The Tories deserve nothing but derision for having sold their votes to the SNP for a half-baked promise.
Falkirk rally to upend Hearts
TWO goals in three minutes consigned Hearts to a seventh consecutive game without victory as Falkirk came from behind to record three points on Saturday. The inluential Russell Latapy entered the fray to inspire the overhauling of a 1-0 deficit following Ruben Palazuelos' first-half header for Hearts. It was the Spaniard's first goal since arriving in Scotland. The Tynecastle side had dominated the first 45 minutes, however a revitalised Falkirk emerged after the interval and scored twice in a three-minute span late in the game through Carl Finnigan and Michael Higdon. The result leaves the Tynecastle side ninth in the SPL and toiling to cope with the relegation battle that is now upon them. .
Kids like booze and sex. So what?
But David Cameron this week made a brave attempt to reverse our fear: if we tell other people's children off for small misdemeanours, he reasons, others will not feel free to commit bigger crimes. Once in government, I wonder how quickly Mr Cameron will be knee-jerked into the usual prohibitions and controls. But right now his notion that we must "resocialise" the streets, that a child playing should be encouraged not arrested, that councils should resist "no ball games" bans, are truly refreshing ideas. It was dark and pelting when I took the short cut back from Sainsbury behind the flats and how menacing all the teenagers looked. Then it struck me that the threat was more in my head than reality: sometimes a hoody is just keeping his hair dry against the rain. .
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