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Responsibility for support services for victims will be taken from the national charity Victim Support and given to Police and Crime Commissioners from April next year, and new funding from the Ministry of Justice has been announced this week to urge companies to bid for the work.
Julia Mulligan, working with North Yorkshire County Council and City of York Council, has invited organisations to bid to deliver the 18-month contract, worth £450,000 - more than twice the previous budget of £125,000.
The increase could see up to 570 more victims of domestic and sexual violence receive specialist support.
Mrs Mulligan said: "It takes an incredible deal of courage and support for a victim to come forward and report these crimes, to possibly go through the process of testifying in court and ultimately move on and rebuild their life. That's why it's so important that we have the highest quality services, and the right levels of resource in the right place.
"These contracts will also put domestic and sexual violence advisors on a firm financial footing for the first time in years and will see their numbers rise from four to ten. Where appropriate, they will also expand the service provided by Independent Sexual Violence Advisors to include working with children in addition to the current service offered to adults. And it will mean that we are able to provide practical and emotional support to all victims of domestic violence, not just those at medium and high risk."
Detective Superintendent Heather Pearson, the Force lead for Protecting Vulnerable People, said: "A top priority for the force is ensuring that officers and staff effectively investigate reports of domestic abuse and provide a quality service that ensures victims are safe and supported. I strongly support the new proposals which build upon the good work that is already undertaken by North Yorkshire Police and its partners to safeguard victims."
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A tour, talks and presentations on a spacecraft built by students at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics that is now set for launch in late summer or early fall will be held at the CU Research Park May 15.
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CU faculty speakers include LASP senior researcher and SNOE principal investigator Charles Barth, Graduate School Dean Carol Lynch, LASP Director Dan Baker and aerospace engineering Chair Richard Seebass.
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WASHINGTON -- Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa walked into the clubhouse Monday morning, saw the special Memorial Day jersey hanging at his locker, and flagged down a team employee.
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The Nationals joined the rest of Major League Baseball in honoring fallen members of the military on Monday by wearing jerseys with hints of camouflage officially licensed by the U.S. Marine Corps. Their hats were also camouflaged.
"I think we should wear them once a homestand," shortstop Ian Desmond said of the uniforms. "I think they're the best unis we got. We have military members here all the time, I think it'd be great to show them our support, like the Padres do, not just on Memorial Day."
Beyond uniforms, the Nationals recognized Memorial Day by distributing American flags to the first 20,000 fans to arrive at Nationals Park. The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Lieutenant General Michael Ferriter, an intelligence officer with more than 33 years of military experience.
The Nationals also partnered with the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), a non-profit that supports family and friends of those who have lost a member of the armed forces. More than 500 tickets were donated to members of the organization and their loved ones.
Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper said Memorial Day is particularly meaningful in a place like Washington, where veterans play such an integral role in the community, and Arlington National Cemetery is just a short drive away. Desmond agreed.
"It's a special time here," Desmond said. "You're driving around and bridges have flags on them, people have flags. I saw the Rolling Thunder yesterday, I thought that was really cool; that was the first time I'd seen that. I think it's pretty cool stuff.
"Obviously this isn't a day for barbecues and baseball games. This is obviously a day for remembering. That kind of gets lost in the shuffle from some people's eyes. There's a lot of people who have sacrificed their lives for us, and we really appreciate that."
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashinNats. Tom Schad is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I have been reflecting on the notions of trust, confidence and faith from a Chinese language perspective after encountering some posts over at ZFI that mentioned how the Chinese/Japanese character for 'faith' connotes more than the English word. And by coincidence, christopher::: recently posted the 'Hsin Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith Mind by the 3rd Zen/Chan Patriarch, Seng T'san in this thread . Over the past week, I've been meaning to express my thoughts in words. I finally have some time to do it now. So FWIW:
The characters for Hsin Hsin (also phoneticized as Xin Xin) are: 信 心
The first character 信 is made up of of two elements. The one on the left is 亻which connotes 'person'. The one on the right is 言 which connotes 'to say/speech/word'. When these two are put together it becomes 信 which connotes: 'trust/to believe/sign/evidence/letter (as in what you write to people)'.
So it seems to me that when a 'person' 亻is coupled with 'speech/word' 言, it gives rise to what can be 'trusted' and 'believed in'. It is as if 亻bears witness to 言 and hence, we get the connotation of 'evidence' in 信. I guess this can produce the meaning of 'letter' if we understand 'letter' as 'that which a person transmits by speech/word'.
信 is used in East Asian Buddhism to express saddha, what we normally call 'faith'. But as we can see from the above, 信 is a kind of trust in what has been witnessed, a kind of faith in evidence. Like the Pali word saddha 信 exceeds the meaning of the English word 'faith'. Moreover, if we take into account how individual elements in 信 connote 'person' and 'speech/word', it recalls the refrain in the Suttas 'Thus I have heard.....'
信, therefore, is compatible with what many of us feel about Buddhist faith as a kind of trust in evidence. I do agree that 'faith' that is based on evidence is necessary to counter blind faith. But I also feel that it is too easy and convenient, that such a notion of 'faith' blunts the possibilities (and indeed, radicalness) of what faith can be. Let me try to explore this further by considering the second character.
The second character is 心 which connotes 'heart' and 'mind'. It is like the word citta which means heart-mind. This demonstrates to us that in the West we have perhaps wrongly separated the heart and mind, feeling and thought.
So, when the two characters are put together, we get 信 心. These two characters usually means 'confidence'. But in light of what I have discussed above, we can expand 'confidence' (信 心) further to also express 'trust/to believe in the heart-mind'. We can also express it as 'evidence of the heart-mind'. So if 信 心 means 'confidence' it expresses more than the English word, for as I'm suggesting it is 'a kind of confidence that is rooted in trust and based on evidence of the heart-mind.'
Because 心 connotes both heart and mind I want to suggest that 'trust', 'confidence' and 'faith' shouldn't be limited to what can be thought (rational) but also include what is felt (affective). This then suggests that those aspects of Buddhism (e.g. devotional rituals and deities) that are often dismissed as superstition or impediments to 'verified faith' because they cannot be rationally explained, can in fact give rise to trust/confidence/faith in the dhamma. They can give rise to trust/confidence/faith in the dhamma because they engage with the affective dimensions of experience, because they speak to the heart. We are of course taking 'feelings' to be inter-related to 'thoughts', 'heart' to be conjoined with 'mind'. In other words, the Chinese term for trust/confidence/faith (信 心) embraces more than our conventional Western understanding of those same words.
Anyway, these are just speculative thoughts based on what I understand of the Chinese language (my ethnic background). I could have misread some of the characters. In any case, I want to speculate on one more possible meaning of 信 心....As I have suggested above, 信 is based on the idea of 'bearing witness'. In light of this, perhaps we can also understand 'confidence' (信 心) as 'bearing witness to the heart-mind'.
I like this interpretation because 'bearing witness' recalls mindfulness and awareness. To bear witness requires effort and vigilance. To bear witness is to ask for honesty. To bear witness is to be responsible. To bear witness is nothing less than a duty. To bear witness is no easy task. Indeed, 'to bear witness to the heart-mind' is a daunting task. But I wonder if to be daunted is also that which prompts the journey towards trust, confidence, faith?
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A 27-year-old central Ohio man has pleaded guilty to killing his then-girlfriend's 3-month-old daughter while baby-sitting the child in 2011.
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The USDA's March Feed Outlook report showed that world 2011/2012 coarse grain trade is forecast to reach 121.4 million tons, up 1.3 million this month. Corn trade accounts for about half the increase, up 0.7 million tons this month to 96.3 million, the highest in 4 years.
Barley trade is up 0.4 million tons to 17.4 million, and oats trade is up 0.2 million to 2.2 million. EU corn imports are increased 0.5 million tons to 4.5 million based on the pace of imports to date and import licenses for future imports. Developing dryness for winter crops in Spain may be contributing to the recent pace of corn import buying.
Peru's 2011/12 corn imports are increased 0.2 million tons to 1.8 million as revisions to 2010/11 imports and feed use indicate larger imports are needed to sustain poultry production. Ecuador's imports are forecast up 0.1 million tons to 0.4 million, as imports replace a portion of reduced production.
There is a small increase in corn imports by Ukraine based on trade data. However, Malaysia's projected corn imports are reduced 0.2 million tons to 3.1 million as corn feed demand appears to be flat since 2009/10. Philippines corn import prospects are reduced 0.1 million tons this month as the pace of purchases has been sluggish and alternative supplies of feed-quality wheat are abundant.
Brazil's 2011/12 (October-September) corn exports are increased 0.5 million tons to 9.5 million. With increased second-crop production, export prospects are enhanced as that is the crop that mostly receives government subsidies for transportation and arrives at ports when loading capacity is not being monopolized by soybeans. India's corn exports are raised 0.2 million tons to 2.4 million based on the recent pace of shipments. Corn exports are projected up slightly for Australia and Malaysia but reduced for Ecuador.
U.S. corn exports are unchanged this month at 43.5 million tons. Based on Census shipments from October 2011 through January 2012, and February Inspections data, actual shipments to date exceed the previous year's pace. However, as of March 1, 2012, outstanding export sales are down 20 percent, so U.S. corn exports in the second half of 2011/12 are projected to be significantly slower than a year ago. Global barley trade is increased 0.4 million tons to 17.4 million.
Based on recent reported purchases, Iran's imports are increased 0.3 million tons to 0.7 million and China's imports are up 0.2 million to 2.0 million. Australia, with ample domestic supplies of feed-quality wheat, is projected to feed less barley and export more, boosting exports 0.4 million tons to 4.0 million. Oats trade is increased 0.2 million tons to 2.2 million. Based on the recent pace of shipments, Canada's exports and U.S. imports are each raised 0.2 million tons.


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Proud papa Alexis Denisof got a surprise 46th birthday visit from his 2-year old daughter, Satyana, and his wife, Alyson Hannigan, on Saturday (February 25) in Los Angeles, Calif.
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SAN DIEGO -- The Padres are finally finding some clutch hitting -- even if it takes them extra innings to do it.
Will Venable hit a walk-off single off Braves closer Craig Kimbrel with the bases loaded to end a 12-inning, four-hour and 35-minute marathon against Atlanta, 3-2, and clinch San Diego's fourth series win in five chances since the All-Star break.
Both the Padres (50-60) and Braves (58-53) had plenty of opportunities to end this one earlier after mounting comebacks late in the game, but neither could break through until Venable smashed a fastball from Kimbrel over a leaping Jason Heyward to bring home Yangervis Solarte.
"Both teams kept pitching, both teams threatened, both teams made some plays," said Padres manager Bud Black. "There was a little bit of everything in there."
Solarte had the Padres' only other hit with runners in scoring position in 13 at-bats. His two-out RBI single off Ervin Santana in the seventh tied the game at one before a wild pitch from Jordan Walden later in the inning gifted San Diego a 2-1 lead.
But Kevin Quackenbush immediately coughed it up in the eighth. Chris Johnson hit an RBI single with one out to score Heyward, advance Evan Gattis to third and even the score at 2, with the Braves looking poised to retake the lead.
After that, though, Atlanta was 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position, as they were handed a second straight demoralizing loss after being drubbed 10-1 in Friday's series opener. The Braves have lost five in a row overall to fall to 2 1/2 games back in the NL East.
"We had a lot of opportunities with the right people hitting," said Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. "All we needed was one lousy run. It's hard to get a lousy run sometimes. But we had plenty of opportunities to do it."
The Padres managed to keep Atlanta from capitalizing on prime chances to score in each extra inning, none bigger than the 12th.
The Braves loaded the bases with no outs, but after a mound visit from Black, Tim Stauffer (3-2) coaxed a 5-2-3 double play from Gattis.
"It's not where you're trying to be," Stauffer said of having the bases loaded with no outs. "[Black] said, 'Let's go with the best pitch here and get a ground ball.' So that's what we did. It was a curveball, down and away. Fortunately, [Gattis] hit it and we got the ground ball."
Then, Chris Nelson -- playing his first inning in the Majors as a first baseman -- made a diving stop to retire Johnson, deflate the Braves and set the stage for the Padres' comeback in the bottom half.
"That's a game-saver," Black said of Nelson's play.
An uncharacteristically wild Kimbrel then walked Solarte, Jedd Gyorko and Nelson -- all on full counts -- before Venable's game-winner with one out.
"We had really good at-bats that gave us a chance," said Venable, who's hitting .327 since the All-Star break. "That's how you beat a guy like that -- make him work a little bit."
Santana had hurled eight scoreless innings against the Padres in Atlanta on Monday, and he once again stymied the Friars for most of his outing Saturday.
The right-hander allowed just three hits through his first six frames before the Padres finally got to him in the seventh to set off the wild chain of comebacks. Santana exited after 6 2/3 innings and was charged with two earned runs on six hits with four walks and six strikeouts.
Ian Kennedy, who missed his last start with a minor oblique injury, battled control issues (five walks) that shortened his outing. He lasted just five innings but threw 101 pitches.
At the same time, he only allowed two hits and one run with seven strikeouts, so he was mostly satisfied with the results -- even more so with what happened long after he exited.
"Five walks was a lot, but looking back on it, you just go out and get through it -- and it was a fun game to watch," Kennedy said. "It's always fun when you win those type of games."
Will Laws is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Nakheel, the UAE's leading property developer, working with PCFC Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), has formed the Nakheel Occupational Health & Safety Department.
The new department will see the formation of a 25 strong team of Health and Safety professionals within Nakheel, with EHS continuing to act as the regulatory authority for all matters relating to environmental, health and safety compliance across the Nakheel portfolio. A phased programme of transition will see Nakheel Occupational Health and Safety responsible for monitoring health and safety performance of Nakheel appointed contractors, health and safety training for Nakheel staff, and both managing and developing Nakheel's health and safety procedures and corporate strategy.
Under EHS management, 2006 has seen consistent improvements in on-site safety and compliance at Nakheel's projects, and more than 250 EHS Health and Safety inspections a month. Following the successful regulation and management of Health and Safety on Nakheel projects, in addition to acting as the regulatory body for Nakheel's developments, EHS will also act as the regulator for construction activities across all Dubai World companies and projects, including Dubai Maritime City, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, Limitless, Jebel Ali Freezone and the Jebel Ali port expansion.
Chris O'Donnell, Nakheel Chief Executive Officer, said: "Nakheel has made excellent strides in developing its Health and Safety, working closely with EHS. The establishment of Nakheel Occupational Health and Safety Department is not simply about continuing to ensure the highest standards of on-site safety, but will further help develop a strong Health and Safety ethos, and practice, across the whole organisation. Nakheel now has more than 750 employees, and on-site we have more than 20 million man hours worked a month; this new department is the next step in ensuring Nakheel grows both as a world class developer and world class employer."
Ahmed A Hussein, Chief Executive Officer, EHS said: "EHS has a first class record in ensuring the construction industry not only maintains high Health and Safety standards, but also continually seeking to raise them. EHS has built a dedicated team of professionals with expertise across a broad spectrum of areas; whether occupational health or food hygiene, environmental process or health and safety training. We are perfectly positioned to ensure that Dubai World projects are leaders in the region when it comes to Health and Safety performance and regulation, and the formation of Nakheel Occupational Health & Safety Department will continue the excellent progress that has already been made across Nakheel's portfolio of projects."
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When the Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP) launched its REFUEL|got chocolate milk? campaign last March, organizers wanted to promote chocolate milk as more than just a childhood treat; it's also an ideal sports recovery drink.
Recent data show that the campaign was a huge success. According to the International Dairy Foods Association, chocolate milk sales in July and August rose significantly, growing by 8.3 percent when compared to the same period in 2011.
"While we don't know what proportion of this gain has been driven by the REFUEL|got chocolate milk? program, we do know that this is the highest sales gain reported by USDA since early 2010 and possibly longer," Julia Kadison, MilkPEP vice president of marketing, said in a news release. "These numbers are clearly a bright spot on the milk landscape."
Both print, online and television advertisements for the campaign feature athletes including Carmelo Anthony, a basketball player for the New York Knicks and USA Basketball's men's national team; Dara Torres, an Olympic medal-winning swimmer, and Mirinda Carfrae, world champion triathlete. Each athlete details how chocolate milk plays a role in his or her after-workout routiine.
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Located in the heart of Vail at Lionshead Village, this boutique property sits at the base of Vail Mountain and Ski Resort, just steps from the Eagle Bahn gondola.
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Situated at the base of Vail Mountain, this hotel resort is located in the heart of Vail Square and offers ski-in/ski-out access. The resort lobby welcomes guests with a grand floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, intimate seating areas, box-beamed ceilings, and a bar.
The resort features a full-service health spa and a fitness center. Guests can take in mountain views from the rooftop pool and spa tubs. Ski and boot valet and storage services are offered slopeside.
Dining options at The Arrabelle at Vail Square, A RockResort include a European-style pub, an Alpine bistro that offers indoor and outdoor seating, and 24-hour room service.
Over 5,000 square feet of meeting space includes a ballroom and seven meeting rooms. Catering and conference services are available.
Along with what is listed under the "Fees" section, the resort fee includes daily continental breakfast for two people per bedroom, activities and adventure programming, shoe shining service, and an in-room iPad.
The Arrabelle at Vail Square, A RockResort is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
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- ATM/banking
- Number of floors - 6
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- Free breakfast
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- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
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- Elevator/lift
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- Meeting rooms 7
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 62
- Free valet parking
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- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free area shuttle
- Shopping on site
- Ski storage
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- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Steam room
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- Wedding services
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- Pay movies
- Balcony
- Separate sitting area
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
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- Free bottled water
- Designer toiletries
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Flat-panel TV
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- Free toiletries
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- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room safe
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- In-room massage available
- Free WiFi
- MP3 docking station
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- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Separate bathtub and shower
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- Room service (24 hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
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Tavern on the Square - Nestled conveniently within The Arrabelle, just steps away from the Eagle Bahn Gondola, Tavern on the Square's slope-side location is unbeatable. With live music nightly during peak season, The Tavern offers a Vail après ski scene complete with upscale Alpine-inspired cuisine. It offers both indoor and outdoor patio seating with stunning views of the mountains and skiers coming off the slopes.
Room service - Available around the clock.
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The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
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The RockResorts Spa at The Arrabelle features 10,000 square feet of luxury, relaxation, and rejuvenation. The lavish RockResorts Spa includes 11 treatment rooms, private men's and women's relaxation lounges, and a fitness center where individual consultations with a trainer are offered. Men's and women's locker rooms provide spa tubs, steam rooms, and dry saunas.
- Prenatal massage
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- Number of treatment rooms 7
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- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
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- Minimum age to access spa is 12
- Body treatments
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If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 50 per pet, per night
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee: USD 75.00 per accommodation, per night
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- Newspaper
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- In-room safe
- In-room coffee
- In-room bottled water
- Concierge/valet service
- Valet parking
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- Lending library access
- Housekeeping
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- Pet fee: USD 50 per pet, per night
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Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
- The Arrabelle at Vail Square, A RockResort is listed in the 2013 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world's best places to stay and the 2013 Travel + Leisure 500.


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Hopes are high of all nine remaining British race meetings scheduled for St Stephen's Day going ahead, although Chepstow's Coral Welsh National fixture on Thursday has already been called off.
Huntingdon's St Stephen's Day card was abandoned on Sunday due to a flooded track and while Wetherby will have to pass an inspection, the overall picture appears positive at most venues.
Kempton's William Hill King George VI Chase day is the undoubted highlight and clerk of the course Brian Clifford reports the Sunbury venue as ready to race.
He said: "We are soft, heavy in places. We have had five millimetres of rain overnight, but it's dry and breezy now.
"We are forecast showers throughout today and tomorrow with a more organised band of rain possibly moving through tomorrow morning.
"It is then forecast to be dry overnight and into Boxing Day morning and staying that way until mid to late afternoon which would be great.
"We are 60% soft and 40% heavy, but we will be on fresh ground."
Wetherby are due to stage the Rowland Meyrick Chase but the track must pass an 8.30am inspection on raceday morning.
Clerk of the course Jonjo Sanderson remains upbeat about their chances of going ahead.
He said: "Yesterday was dry, bright and sunny and we have seen the expected improvement.
"Around 70 or 80% of the waterlogging has gone and we now have some small areas of standing water which we could probably weave around.
"It would be touch and go if we were racing today but after seeing Ascot and Haydock at the weekend, we could work around it.
"We have a mixed forecast for today with anything from half an inch to a couple of millimetres forecast, so we will have a look at 8.30am on Boxing Day."
Sedgefield's meeting will go ahead as planned after the track passed an inspection on Christmas Eve.
Clerk of the course Phil Tuck said: "We have got a very positive forecast and have passed the inspection so the meeting goes ahead as planned.
"We've seen a massive improvement and while it could still improve a little bit more, we can always miss out a fence if we need to.
"We will leave that decision until Boxing Day morning."
Ffos Las clerk of the course Tim Long is keeping a watchful eye on conditions after an overnight improvement in conditions.
He said: "We are heavy and we still have a few puddles but it has certainly improved.
"We are due to have light rain moving through this afternoon so we will keep a watching brief on the ground and see if we need to have a look on raceday morning."
The ground at Fontwell is currently reported to be heavy ahead of their holiday fixture while Market Rasen is slightly better at heavy, soft in places.
Wincanton are heavy with further rain forecast, but no inspection is planned at present.
Barry Johnson, clerk of the course said: "(The) going remains heavy after 13mm of rain overnight.
"Forecast is showers today/tomorrow, dry Wednesday. No inspection planned at present."
Towcester are similarly heavy and clerk of the course Robert Bellamy said: "There is no inspection planned at the moment.
"We have had 8mm of rain overnight but we are optimistic of going ahead."
While the picture is bright for St Stephen's Day, Chepstow have abandoned Thursday's meeting due to a waterlogged track.
Clerk of the course Keith Ottesen inspected at 12 noon but found there was little hope of racing.
Ottesen said: "We needed some periods of dry weather between the rain. It didn't rain yesterday, but we still wouldn't have been fit to race.
"The Welsh National is one of the most testing races of the year and we have to make sure it is fair and safe to the horses, which it wouldn't have been."
He added: "We have rescheduled for January 5 and the Finale Hurdle will now be worth an extra £5,500 as the value was due to move up from 2012 to 2013.
"All the details about entries for the Welsh National will be available as soon as possible."


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Toomey, Meehan join vets in opposition to ranking new drone medal above combat medals
Area veterans and one senator say they don't want drone operators given a medal that ranks higher than those earned in direct combat.
Combat veterans traveled to a VFW post in Delaware County Monday to talk about their objections to the Distinguished Warfare Medal for drone pilots and cyberwarriors.
It's simply unfair, said Ed Buffman, who served on the USS Missouri during World War II.
"You've got somebody Las Vegas or in some hotel room and they are flying a drone from the safety of the United States out in Nevada -- to put that ahead of the Bronze Star or the Purple Heart is absolutely ridiculous," Buffman said.
Veterans Gene Taylor of Ridley Park, who was awarded a Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam, said he's upset that the medal for drone operators ranks higher than the Purple Heart, which is awarded for being wounded in combat.
"It's like why not round up all the bakers who were in the service and give them the Betty Crocker award and it's higher than the Medal of Honor?" Taylor said.
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania says he is working with others on a bill to rank actual combat ahead of virtual combat to merit a medal.
"They deserve to get a medal if they've earned that medal," Toomey said. "The question and the concern is ranking this medal higher in precedent than long established medals for valor, medals for those in
harm's way in combat zones."
Congressman Pat Meehan of Delaware County has co-sponsored a similar bill in the House.
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- Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) are assigned responsibility for functional roles as part of the National Response Framework.
- ESF-15, External Affairs, works with the business and nonprofit community during emergency events.
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Members of Fairfax County's business and nonprofit community are invited to attend the ESF-15 Business/Nonprofit Homeland Security meeting on Friday, Sept. 12, from 9-11 a.m. The meeting will be held in conference rooms 9/10 of the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax.
Among the items on the agenda will be presentations on business continuity and the new McConnell Public Safety and Transportation Operations Center (MPSTOC). Attendees also will have a chance to meet Olivia McLean, the new coordinator for the county's Office of Emergency Management.
For more information, contact Merni Fitzgerald, chair of the committee, at 703-324-3187, TTY 711. More information about ESF-15, and the meeting agenda, is available online.
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Providing residents of Fairfax County with timely and potentially life-saving information during major incidents is a high priority. The Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs is the lead ESF-15 agency to coordinate information for county agencies during emergency events or incidents requiring a coordinated Fairfax County response. ESF 15 integrates public affairs, media relations, legislative affairs, community relations and the private sector under the coordinating auspices of external affairs.
Fairfax County ESF-15 ensures that sufficient communications/public information resources are available during an incident requiring a coordinated response to provide accurate, and timely information to affected audiences, including the news media, county residents, the county Board of Supervisors and other elected officials, county employees and the private sector.
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Aisha Saifi, COHI Palestinian Project Coordinator and midwife, has done tremendous work in very difficult circumstances for women's health. A group of more than 10 midwives, nurses, and volunteers [has] been formed to promote women's health and midwifery as a profession in Palestine. The group also recently met with Tanzanian midwives and exchanged ideas and thoughts on midwifery and maternal health.
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One of the richest places I have found in midwifery, herbal and healing knowledge is Mexico. It is unique in the world with the use of the rebozo in prenatal, birth and postpartum care. The "shawl" is used to help women get pregnant, get babies ideally positioned, relax mom, move stalled labor along, "close the bones" postpartum and dozens of other specific uses. These midwives use many other massages in birth care. They also use the steam bath after birth and what looks like Chinese Medicine. Midwives from Mexico have taught [these techniques] at many of our 50 conferences, thus midwives from other countries learn to use [them]. … This cross-fertilization and respect that we learn to give each other gives so much hope to midwifery. Many different knowledge systems exist and we can learn so much from each other; if we just open our minds and suspend our judgment we can learn and then share.
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Sudan Lutheran Community Development (SLCD) is an organization of twelve people—some Sudanese ex-patriots, and others American by birth—plus a team of over 40 Sudanese living in Jonglei State, Sudan. The American team came together around Sudanese Christ Lutheran Church (SCLC) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, out of a common desire to promote development in Jonglei State, the home area for most of the Sudanese at SCLC.
The team in Sudan has been through an intensive six-day course in basic community organizing. In addition to the team of 50 Sudanese (including a dozen women) who were trained, additional women living in and around Bor Town, the capital of Jonglei State, were consulted on the most pressing needs in their communities. Together they identified midwife training as one of their most pressing and urgent needs. At the present time, women have no assistance at all in giving birth, and hospital care is mostly not available.
SLCD is working with the Dr. John Garang Institute of Science and Technology in Bor Town and the Ministry of Health in Jonglei State to do an initial two-week intensive training session for girls and women who are willing to volunteer as midwives. Although the training will be provided by the Ministry of Health, we need to raise $10,000 US to provide travel, lodging, food and a stipend for the trainees. We are also seeking a way to provide hands-on training under experienced supervision.
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A few words to let you know that we are still alive and well in this part of the world [Venezuela] in spite of all the political turmoil, which has not stopped our work with the humanization of birth in this part of the country. Next week we are having a small conference called "Humanized Births, Waterbirths, A reality in Puerto Ordaz." Still working on trying to implement the humanization of birth in our two government hospitals but it has always been uphill work. The technocratic model is very well established, at least in this part of the country. Private hospitals are definitely, up to now, a no-no. But let me tell you that the critical mass of women having a gentle birth at home is growing steadily, so we are happy that we have been blessed with the honor to participate in the sacred moments these women, with their husbands, are experiencing. Thanks for the opportunity you gave me to participate and learn from you all last year at your [Midwifery Today] conference in Philadelphia.
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Childbirth and midwifery here [Uganda] is doing a little well, but with a lot of challenges. I am a private midwife who is offering free antenatal care to the community, but with many challenges, so I also need some kind of partnership, training others so that I can move door to door to provide education in the community.
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I turned the radio off yesterday. I couldn't bear to hear any more vitriol directed at the Geraldton asylum seekers. "Why do they bring their children with them?" one woman asked. "Is it because they want us to feel sorry for them?"
This woman assumed (based on what, I have no idea) that the asylum seekers are scheming and manipulative, with no real regard or love for their children.
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Most Australians have no concept of how desperate the asylum seekers' situation is – after all it's not likely they have ever needed to think about hiring people smugglers or seeking asylum themselves.
As it happens, I have.
It was for my husband who was until last Thursday, an asylum seeker. One week ago we received a phone call that ended more than two years of anxious waiting - his protection visa had been approved and he had been granted permanent residency.
In my husband Saleh's case, he had originally come to Australia as an international student before returning home to an Arab nation. In 2010 a change in circumstances put him at risk of state and state-sponsored persecution, including imprisonment, violence or even execution if he remained there.
He made preparations to return to Australia but we weren't sure if his student visa was still valid, as his enrollment had been cancelled.
We didn't know whether he would be granted entry to Australia or even be able to leave his country.
In terms of asylum, Australia is a place of protection for those who cry out for sanctuary. Once they reach our shores, they are safe – at least for the time being.
It is the UN Refugee Convention that obliges Australia to shelter those who cross into our migration zone. The government has tried in the past to sidestep this obligation by taking asylum seekers to Manus Island and Nauru, outside the migration zone, to apply offshore.
However, offshore applications take years and only a small minority will ever receive a visa to come to Australia. Saying asylum seekers who arrive by boat should wait and apply offshore is like telling someone to sit in a burning house and "wait their turn" until a firefighter comes to save them.
The offshore process would have offered Saleh little safety; he could have been killed or jailed long before a visa arrived in the mail and so I began to consider other options that could bring him onshore. Fake passports, people smugglers, even a rickety boat. Anything.
Saying asylum seekers who arrive by boat should wait and apply offshore is like telling someone to sit in a burning house and "wait their turn" until a firefighter comes to save them.
Thankfully, his student visa had not yet been cancelled and he was able to leave his country and arrive by plane – one of 6316 asylum seekers who arrived by plane that year. In comparison, 5175 asylum seekers arrived by boat.
That year 13,799 humanitarian visas were granted (8971 of them offshore, 4828 of them onshore), while 168,685 people migrated through the family or skilled migration streams.
Once safely onshore, the next step for Saleh was applying for a Protection Visa, Class XA.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry when people say claiming asylum is an easy way "in".
The asylum seeker application places the onus of proof on the applicant – it's up to an asylum seeker to prove they are refugees, rather than the government proving they are not.
The process is rigorous and immeasurably hard on applicants, especially those who have suffered trauma. Rape and torture victims are asked to recount to strangers in graphic detail what occurred to them. Then they are asked for "proof". For boat arrivals, they have the added burden of being locked up and treated like dangerous criminals.
In this respect, we were fortunate.
Despite the many advantages we had, the immigration interview was one of the worst experiences of my life. Saleh, myself and our migration agent were ushered into a small room with the immigration case worker, a middle-aged man with a strong British accent. My husband and our agent sat across the desk from the interviewer. I was given a chair in the corner, and told I would not be permitted to speak.
We had been told these interviews usually lasted at least two hours, but could run as long as 4 or even 6 hours, while being grilled on minute details.
After about 10 minutes I was already frantic. The interviewer's aggressive questioning felt like being on trial and we were already emotionally fraught. Saleh's English was fluent but I noticed points he had missed, details which were important in proving his case. As a journalist with immigration experience I was equipped with the skilles to deal with the situation and yet I was unable to help remind him of a point, or interject when I knew he had misunderstood a question.
I have never felt so dis-empowered in my life.
The interview ended abruptly and the caseworker told us he would make a decision on Saleh's case within seven days, but that we would only be informed of the decision after all the security checks had been completed.
For two years we waited to be told the outcome of that interview, while security checks were pending.
On the day we drove away from the interview in silence, tears streaming down our faces, certain the interview had gone badly and consumed with grief and despair, unable even to comfort one another.
Saleh was issued a bridging visa and we moved on with life as best we could. As a non-resident his opportunities were limited, but we made do. Because he wasn't in detention he could work, support himself and pay tax, an option boat arrivals are denied, yet they are still blamed for being "dole bludgers".
The nagging feeling of insecurity never left the back of our minds, at times bubbling to the surface in frustration. After two years without any answers I began to really struggle with the complete lack of information as we waited. I have no idea how asylum seekers locked in detention for three or four years cope, especially when many of them have already suffered trauma.
When the call finally came, it was surreal. The moment we had prayed for and thought about for years had finally come. All I could think was, "he's safe".
A few days later a boat laden with 66 people who had spent 44 days exposed to the elements, without shelter, space to lie down and probably inadequate food and sewerage, arrived in Geraldton.
The vitriol and anger levelled at these people is astounding. Putting their lives at risk to come here on a boat does not make them lazy, dishonest, welfare cheats or criminals. It makes them desperate. Surely hatred is not the right response to desperation?
I am not advocating people smuggling, but it is the smugglers and corrupt officials in the countries from which they depart who must be targeted.
Border security is important, but it is organised crime and drug smugglers who pose the real risk. Illegally staying in Australia is a problem – but, under the law, asylum seekers are not illegal. The real illegals are those who overstay tourist visas and simply never leave, or people who lie and come in on the wrong visa class to evade government regulation. Watch Border Security. These are the real criminals.
We have no problem accepting British families who migrate here "for the weather", or foreign retirees who come to spend the rest of their days enjoying the Australian "lifestyle".
But a boatload of desperate people who just want safety, democracy, first world freedoms, education and a chance at a better life are demonised like rabid dogs.
Shame, Australia.