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“IDF fighters responded by using riot dispersal means and in accordance with the rules of engagement,” the spokeswoman said.
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Katy Perry has been crowned the Woman of the Year at the 2014 Elle Style Awards in London.
Katy Perry has been crowned the Woman of the Year at the 2014 Elle Style Awards.
The Dark Horse hitmaker was presented with the honour, in recognition of her efforts to empower women across the world and her huge success in the music industry, by Kylie Minogue at the glitzy ceremony at One Embankment in London on Tuesday night.
The Voice UK coach (45) was clearly thrilled to meet the 29-year-old star as she shared a photograph of them at the event on Twitter shortly afterwards, writing: "I presented the 1&only @katyperry with her @ELLEUK Woman of the Year award. Con-grats and con-kittens!! (sic)"
Meanwhile, Thor star Tom Hiddleston (33) was named the magazine's Man of the Year and sent a video message expressing his gratitude, as he was unable to attend the event.
Other big winners were Lily Allen and Tinie Tempah, who were named the female and male UK Recording Artists of the Year.
Happy hitmaker and Oscar-nominee Pharrell won the International Recording Artist trophy, while Harry Potter star Emma Watson (23) was named Actress of the Year.
Suki Waterhouse, who met her boyfriend Bradley Cooper at the awards last year, was named Model of the Year, while top fashion photographer David Bailey was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement trophy.
Iguodala making his presence felt on the defensive end of the court.
Andre Iguodala is no longer the centerpiece of the Sixers' offense. But he remains dominant on the other end of the floor.
Iguodala completely bottled up Luol Deng again Sunday, holding him to 11 points on 5-for-11 shooting. Deng is now averaging just 10.2 points per game in the series, well below his season average of 15.3. That's a drastic decline at a time when the Bulls — playing without Derrick Rose (knee) and Joakim Noah (ankle) — need him most.
"Dre is a great player. He's not a great scorer," Doug Collins said after Sunday's win. "Sometimes, we equate dollar signs with a guy's contract with how many points is he giving you. I equate it to what was a man's impact on the game. And Dre has had an impact on every one of these games."
The scoring slack has been picked up by a piping hot Spencer Hawes, who led the way with 22 points on 9-for-11 shooting Sunday. The impending free agent center had 20 points in Game 3.
An independent Prep school in South West London are looking to appoint a a Key Stage 2 teacher to join the team.
This independent Prep school in South West London promote a caring and nurturing family atmosphere for all pupils, teachers and parents. The schools inclusive approach strives to ensure that each child who shares their learning journey with us reaches their full potential. The breadth of curriculum and learning experiences we offer seek to develop children who love learning and are prepared to contribute fully within a multi-cultural community. the school has small class sizes of between 8-14 and is situated close to local transport links.
The school is looking for a experienced Key stage 2 teacher to join them after the Easter holidays. The ideal candidate will have experience in helping students through the 11 plus and an understanding of the London day school system. This role would also include the role of humanities coordinator for the right candidates.
WATCH: Let's Go Fly a Bike!
An electric bicycle took off in a Prague exhibition hall and completed a 5 minute flight and safe landing.
An electric bicycle took off in a Prague exhibition hall and completed a 5 minute flight and safe landing. The bike was operated from the ground by remote control. The rider on this bike is a dummy.
An electronic tagging system for offenders has been decried as a "catastrophic" waste of taxpayers' money by MPs.
The Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said at least £9 million has been squandered on a project that failed to deliver.
The scathing assessment accused the Ministry of Justice of moving ahead with the scheme without clear evidence that it could be achieved.
Since 1999, the Government has used contracted-out electronic monitoring or "tagging" services for the sentencing and supervision of criminals.
The regime is used by police, courts or probation services to monitor offenders' locations and compliance with home curfews.
In 2011, the MoJ launched a programme to develop a new "world-leading" ankle tag that combined radio frequency and GPS technology.
The new tags were originally due to be rolled out from November 2013, but the scheme has been plagued by delays and the technology is now not expected to be ready until early next year.
So far the MoJ has spent more than £60 million on the programme, including £7.7 million (plus VAT) of losses which cannot be recovered, according to the PAC's report.
"The programme has so far been a catastrophic waste of public money which has failed to deliver the intended benefits," it said.
"Many of the lessons the Ministry claims to have learned are simply common sense and should not have resulted in such a shambolic delivery of an important programme."
Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, the committee's deputy chairman, said: "The Ministry of Justice took an all-singing, all-dancing approach to what could have been a relatively simple procurement exercise.
"The new tags are expected to be rolled out more than five years later than planned and, even then, the system will rely on the same form of technology that was available when the programme launched."
An MoJ spokesman said: "Electronic monitoring is a valuable tool in supervising offenders and protecting the public, but we have been clear there were a number of challenges to our expansion of the electronic monitoring programme.
"As a direct result, we fundamentally changed our approach in 2015, expanding and strengthening our commercial teams and bringing responsibility for oversight of the programme in-house.
"We are now in a strong position to continue improving confidence in the service and providing better for value for money for the taxpayer."
The 45-minute issue remained simple throughout yesterday, despite Government efforts to reassure the public by making it complicated.
For once, a prime minister was insisting that there was something important that he did not know about. Thus Geoff Hoon knew something that Tony Blair did not. For months, before the Hutton report, it was the other way about: Mr Blair knew that Mr Hoon was going to have to resign. Then Hutton reported, and, to the amazement of both, Mr Hoon was able to stay.
He was out of trouble. So, for about a week, was Mr Blair. Yesterday, however, Mr Blair was in trouble again. Mr Hoon was not, or at least not as much as Mr Blair, though Mr Blair was probably doing his best to reverse that situation and return matters to normal, with Mr Hoon in trouble once more.
One of the rules of our public life is that Mr Blair always gets out of trouble and at least one secretary of state - a Byers, a Mandelson, a Hoon - always gets into it.
Secretaries of state in trouble seem to work on a rota system.
But yesterday it was looking harder than usual for Mr Blair to get out. Last year, as part of the process of frightening us about Saddam, he published a "dossier", one of whose claims was that Saddam had long-range weapons which could be "deployed" within 45 minutes. One of the places which they could hit, it seemed, was Cyprus, where we have troops.
There were therefore lots of exciting headlines. After that, we heard little more about it. Ever since, when disobliging people have raised the matter, Mr Blair and other ministers have steadily retreated.
What they meant, they now said, was that the weapons could be deployed on battlefields in or near Iraq in 45 minutes - not so as to hit Cyprus, Old Trafford, or Downing Street.
On Wednesday, in the Commons Hutton debate, Richard Ottaway (C, Croydon S) asked Mr Blair whether, after the dossier, when the House voted in March on the war, he knew that the "45-minute" weapons were not, after all, weapons of mass destruction. Mr Blair replied that he did not.
He went on to say that he found "somewhat eccentric" the idea that the weapons were nonetheless unable to "threaten the region's stability".
He did not tell us of any strenuous efforts on his part to reassure Britain - and Cyprus - that the weapons in his dossier were not, after all, as threatening as at first thought.
During the Hutton inquiry, a QC extracted from Mr Hoon effectively the admission that the Secretary of State knew all along that the weapons in question were battlefield, not long range.
When Mr Hoon wound up Wednesday's Hutton debate, a Tory asked him whether that was also Mr Blair's view. Mr Hoon replied that the Prime Minister "will speak for himself".
Yesterday Mr Hoon, having known, arrived for an appearance before the all-party Commons defence committee, planned long before this diverting issue arose. In his opening remarks, the committee's Labour chairman, Bruce George, seemed to understand the importance of the controversy. So he did not mention it.
But the first Tory questioner, Peter Viggars (Gosport), quoted those headlines of last year, such as "45 Minutes from Doom". If they were untrue, why had not Mr Hoon corrected them? Mr Hoon said he did not see them at the time. He was in Poland and Ukraine.
Some of us remembered that he told Hutton that he had seen them - perhaps he meant in Polish and Ukrainian.
Later we hurried into the Chamber for the weekly occasion when MPs can ask the Leader of the House, Peter Hain, for a future debate or statement on any subject bothering them. For we somehow knew that Robin Cook, who resigned over the war, would make trouble.
Both sides of the House fell utterly silent when he rose. When still in the Cabinet, he knew the truth about those weapons, he said. He asked the local spymaster, Mr Scarlett. Perhaps Mr Hoon and Mr Scarlett decided not to tell Mr Blair for security reasons. They knew he was always talking to newspapers.
After more than 35 years as Ottawa’s florist to the stars, Gerry Arial retired earlier this year, shutting down the renowned Silver Rose.
But retiring certainly didn’t mean slowing down for this ever-energetic 70-year-old. He’s just refocused his creative attention on a new project, one that he’s been itching to do for some time.
When The Silver Rose moved from its Château Laurier headquarters some 20 years ago, its new residence was a heritage home in Centretown that required monumental efforts to restore it to its former glory.
As with everything he does, Arial dove in with both feet, offering a wealth of ideas for how the home should look, down to the tiniest of details. Along with being an expert floral arranger, he’s got a flair for interior design, to the point that he once took over set decoration for a movie being shot at the Château Laurier even though he was only initially brought in to provide floral arrangements.
His new home offered him the perfect opportunity to turn the main floor into his retail shop and workroom, while leaving the upper two floors as living space. The arrangement was ideal, with one exception: Arial loves to entertain. A Cordon Bleu-trained chef, he’s known for his elaborate dinner parties. But his new home lacked a proper dining space.
By shutting down the floral shop, Arial and his partner, architect Peter Frayne, welcomed the chance to reclaim the main floor and turn it into the entertaining space they desperately needed.
So, in a blitz of well-orchestrated activity (organized by Arial, of course), the main floor was transformed in just three weeks into a lavish reception room — complete with the grand piano that had been upstairs — and formal dining room that can comfortably seat 22.
And in true Arial style, just weeks after the work finished, he and Frayne held a series of dinner parties — preparing and serving the food themselves in chef’s uniforms — along with a black-tie fundraiser that raised $70,000 for The Hnatyshyn Foundation for arts and culture.
He may be retired, but he certainly isn’t slowing down.
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Nigeria (MNN) — On April 15, armed gunmen abducted at least 100 girls from a school in Borno State. The attackers are thought to be from the Islamist group, Boko Haram.
24 hours earlier, bombings blamed on the group killed more than 70 people in Abuja. This brings to eight the number of attacks launched since since March. Most are blamed on the militant Islamic group Boko Haram.
The Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is forbidden” in the local Hausa language, has been waging an armed campaign for an Islamic state in northern Nigeria. However, it seems the pattern of the Islamist agenda for Nigeria is to bring the whole country under the House of Islam.
Within the space of 15 years, Muslim state leaders have imposed Sharia law in 12 northern states and parts of four others.
Conversion is dangerous, and Muslim-background believers and Christians in many northern states suffer restrictions in schooling, threats of abduction, and forced marriage. They have also been denied employment and facilities such as clean water, clinics, and roads. It is very difficult for churches to openly integrate new converts from Islam.
Although Nigeria is constitutionally a secular state with freedom of religion, the continued violence against Christians is disconcerting. Ministries are taking security precautions. Some are running silent.
I pray to you, our Almighty God, that in this time of Easter you will change the hearts and minds of those in Nigeria and all over the world that persecute Christians. May the Christians stand firm and tall in this horrible times.
Pray that Christians in Nigeria will demonstrate the love of Christ as they face opposition.
Pray for the cruelty and injustices of Sharia to be exposed.
Pray that one law, with equality for all, will govern the nation of Nigeria.
Live Chat software can help you to increase online sales conversions and customer service productivity - if you use it correctly. To maximize your live chat ROI it's important to select the right live chat vendor. This PDF provides some essential tips that you should consider in making the best selection.
Customer Engagement is a huge area of interest today, and a subject that countless marketers are talking about. One thing above all is clear: the Engagement Economy provides incredible opportunity for brands. Those organizations that are willing to provide value and put the customer first will rise above the rest. To conclude, we highlight some of the key areas you should focus on: Create an effortless experience —understand customers, and use this knowledge to deliver the right level of personalized service every time. Make it easy to engage —offer a range of ways for customers to contact your organization to provide flexibility and meet the demands of a diverse customer base. Go the extra mile —creating memorable experiences can pay off and be rewarded by brand champions telling friends and family, engaging on social media and writing positive reviews.
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To meet the challenges of intense competition and increasing customer demands, companies must tightly align their IT service management with business issues and priorities. This paper outlines the maturity steps involved in the progression towards proactive Business Service Management (BSM) and explains how ASG's metaCMDB helps secure its seamless adoption.
How a leading player in the Airlines Communications Industry scaled up their customer support to meet an increasing product line and customer base.
Verisign has a unique view into distributed denial of service (DDos) attack trends, including attack statistics, behavioral trends and future outlook. The below data contains observations and insights about attack frequency and size derived from mitigations enacted on behalf of customers of Verisign DDoS Protection Services from January through March 2017.
For companies and buyers alike, customer service has traditionally been used as a troubleshooting tool. Forrester found that companies believe that nearly 50% of all buyers still view customer service as a post-purchase resource, rather than a purchasing aid, and in response, companies have positioned their customer service capabilities to match that expectation. However, Forrester conducted a custom survey of 247 companies and found that this reactive, postpurchase-only customer service mindset can result in missed sales opportunities and contributes to greater purchase dissatisfaction.
Companies know they’ve got to be wherever the customer is, but struggle to achieve this, their hands tied by a patchwork of systems and approaches.
Speed time-to-value, improve end user experience of customer service applications.
After a move to outsource its accounts payables operation to a business services giant, the company started searching for ways to make the function more efficient and reduce errors. They also wanted to leverage their skilled employees to provide better customer service and add more value to the business.
"The high-tech industry is changing slower than it ever will and faster than it ever has. And customer demands are evolving at speeds never seen before.For companies serious about innovating at scale and transforming their business in order to dominate their market, it will take innovative thinking, disruptive technology and near flawless execution. This challenge, perhaps best described as the perfect blend of art and science, is more than achievable, but only if you have the right partner. Which is why we want you to meet Leonardo, by SAP. SAP Leonardo is a digital innovation system that enables organizations of all sizes to transform at scale with minimal risk and disruption. SAP Leonardo brings new technologies and services together to help businesses power their digital transformation. SAP Leonardo proves that truly transformative and sustainable innovation happens when technology, people, and data are combined. "
The previous trailer for Disney’s Zootopia took exposition too far by having Jason Bateman’s scam artist/fox Nick Wilde over-explain a familiar conceit of a world occupied only by animals, despite the fact that everything about society seems to have been made by humans, for humans. Such a setup was already familiar after the likes of Chicken Little, Kung Fu Panda, and even Cars—which replaced people with automobiles instead of animals—but Zootopia still dedicated an entire trailer to describing its familiar worldview.
Exhaustive in a different way, the new trailer takes a single joke too far—that of an impatient rabbit (Ginnifer Goodwin) visiting a DMV run by sloths and finding that the service is, yes, very slow. “Just like human DMVs!”, some Disney executive is explaining to a shareholder. “But with animals instead of people! The sloth is still voiced by Zach Braff though, it’s not a real sloth.” Anyway, this trailer fittingly seems to last an eternity as the rabbit waits on the sloth to respond to her queries, and the joke wears out its welcome. Adults might find themselves unable to finish the trailer, and, honestly, it’s hard to imagine kids being any less impatient. But, the colors are bright, and the animals are cute. So what do we know?
American Ninja Warrior Sneak Peek: Will Najee Have to Beat the Water Walls to Help Team USA Beat the World?
It’s “USA vs. The World” this Sunday at 8/7c, as NBC’s American Ninja Warrior swings back onto your screens with its annual two-hour special. Can Najee Richardson stay afloat against the formidable Water Walls to lead Team USA to victory?
In ANW: USA vs The World, top U.S.-based competitors from last year’s American Ninja Warrior go head to head with Ninjas and skilled athletes from around the globe (in the form of Team Europe and, for the first time, Team Australia). We Yankees are seeking redemption this go-round, having fallen to Team Europe in the final moments of last year’s special.
Team USA features Richardson along with Drew Drechsel, Jesse “Flex” Labreck, Mathis “Kid” Owhadi and Barclay Stockett. Press PLAY above to watch Richardson — who in the National Finals timed out while battling the new Water Walls obstacle — take on the Stage II course.
SANTA FE – A bipartisan bill that would outlaw coyote-killing contests in New Mexico took a step forward Tuesday, although opponents said the measure would allow for government infringement on private property rights.
The Senate Conservation Committee voted 6-3 in favor of the proposed ban, with backers calling coyote-killing contests an immoral “blood sport” that sullies the state’s image.
“This has nothing to do with hunting; it has nothing to do with sporting. It’s killing for fun,” said former Santa Fe Mayor David Coss, one of dozens of people who showed up at the Capitol on Tuesday to testify in support of the bill.
However, opponents of the legislation raised questions about enforcing the proposed ban and said it could lead to other sporting competitions – like bass fishing contests – being outlawed.
Coyote-killing contests are in the cross hairs of lawmakers after the recent discovery of nearly 40 coyote carcasses in the desert outside Las Cruces after such a contest sparked renewed interest in the issue. A 2013 attempt to ban such contests was killed on the House floor.

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