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Kalooki is sometimes termed Jamaican rummy as it is a very popular game in Jamaica. It is said to have originated in Israel and is very famous among the Jewish communities. There are quite many versions of the game Kalooki and the rules of these vary with the region being played and also the version that is being played. In different regions it is known with different names, like Kaluki and Kalookie. Europe, North America and South Africa have been the regions of origin for some of the popular versions of Kalooki.
The rules of play for the game Kalooki are similar to standard rummy but with a very few changes. The version for which the rules are written here is European and the variations this version has with the North American version are written along with and can be seen.
The Deck - The European Kalooki is played with two decks of cards and only two jokers making a total of 106 cards, where North American Kalooki is played with two standard decks of cards, including all the four jokers making a total of 108 cards. Kalooki can be played among two to five players.
Card Values - The card values vary with the versions of Kalooki and they can be seen below:
In European Kalooki, the joker when used to replace a natural card in the hand the value of that natural card is assumed for the joker. When a joker is remained in the hand of a player and any other player goes out then the joker would count 15 points against the player.
The main objective of a player in the game is to play all the cards in the hand on melding them or "calling up". Once a player goes out to win the game then all the other players count the values of the cards remained and these are penalty points that score against the players. When a player reaches 150 penalty points on playing over a series of deals he is eliminated from the game. Thus the player who survives till the end goes out and wins the money from the pool.
The Stake - The players negotiate for the following stakes before the play:
The units suggested in the table above are in proportions and can be explained as, if a call up pays 1 unit it can be assumed as 10 cents and when a kalooki pays 2 units it can assumed as 20 cents and Initial stake and Buy in stake will be 50 cents each.
The Deal - The dealer and the seats to be assumed by the players is decided by a small process. The cards Ace, Two, Three, Four and Five are taken and shuffled together and one card is drawn by each of the players. The player holding an Ace is the dealer and he has the liberty to assume any of the seats, and the other players assume the seats in counter clockwise starting with the dealers left according to the cards they hold at the moment. An example with a figure can be seen below as how the players assume their seats with the dealer being A who has an Ace card and the players B, C, D, E having the cards 2,3,4,5 cards respectively.
The dealer now shuffles the cards and the player to the dealers right cut's the deck. The dealer now deals 13 cards to each of the player's one at a time. In North American kalooki the dealer deals 15 cards to the players if there two in the game and if there are 3 to 5 players they are dealt 13 cards each and 11 cards are dealt if there are six. The remaining cards after the deal are placed face down on the table as a stock pile and a card is turned face up and placed to the side of the stock pile to form a discard pile.
The player to the dealers left starts of the play, with the turn's for the next players passing in clockwise direction around the table.
(1) Drawing (Compulsory) - The first player can draw a card from either the stock or the discard pile. But after the first round, players can not draw from the discard pile and have to go invariably for the stock until they reach an initial meld requirement of at least 40 points (and in the case of North American game it is 51 points and the cards built on the melds of other players are also counted for a player in a case if he has made at least one meld of his own). A player can pick a discard if he can use it for the initial meld requirement.
(2) Melding (Optional) - A card once drawn can be used to form a meld and these melds are placed face up on the table. The player then discards to pass the turn on to the next player. The player can place the melds on the table or can retain in his hand to lay them in subsequent turns. There are two types of combinations that can be formed in to melds and they are:
A Set (aka group) is a combination of three or four cards of the same rank and different suits:
A Run (aka sequence) is a combination of three or more cards of the same suit in sequence:
The Aces in Kalooki have a high rank value and hence a meld comprising the cards A 2 3 4 is not valid but the meld with the cards Q K A is a valid run. Even the meld K A 2 is not a valid meld since Aces uncompromisingly assume high rank. The Aces in the North American game can be counted as high or low and therefore both the melds shown above are valid but the third meld with the cards K A 2 is still invalid.
A meld with six or more consecutive cards can be put as a single run or can be placed differently in two runs. It is often preferred to put as a single run of six cards as this could deny a chance for the other players to build on these cards.
(3) Laying Off (Optional) - After having formed the initial meld, the player can in the same turn or in later turns lay off cards (add cards) on to the existing melds from the hand and these existing melds need not be of his own . This laying off can be done only in one's turn and is referred to as Building in the game Kalloki.
Laying off is just adding a card to the already existing meld as in the case where, a meld of 6 6 6 if is on the table can be added with a fourth card of 6. As a set is a combination of cards of different suits there can be no fifth card that can be added to the meld of 4 sixes.
An existing meld of a run can be added with cards on either ends but not more than 2 cards can be added to the same side of a meld and even after laying off the run has to be a valid meld. This is explained with an example, consider a run of cards 4 5 6 on the table, then a player can add 3 or can add 2 and 3 or even can add 2 3 and 7 but can never add 7 8 9 to that existing meld. This meld of 7 8 9 can be added as a separate meld to the table.
The player can lay off (build) the cards on the same turn he has put down the initial meld, but the cards laid off can not be counted towards the initial meld requirement of 40 points and has to form a valid initial meld.
(4) Discarding (Compulsory) - The player discards a card he needs the least after having observed his complete hand. The discard is placed face up on the discard pile. The turn of the player ends once he discards and cannot play until his next turn.
The Jokers ( ) are wild cards in the game and can replace any of the natural cards and also stand for the duplicate of any natural card in a meld. The card the joker represents should be declared once a run is meld as this cannot be changed later. In a case where two jokers are meld with a natural card as in the meld of 2 the player has to be specific to say what exactly the meld is, whether it is a set or a run and if it is a run the player has to specify the two cards.
In certain conditions a joker can be reused, this is when a joker is used to form a meld and then if any of the players gets a card that the joker has represented till then, they can take the joker and place the card. The player can do this only if he has reached 40 point initial meld requirement. The joker lifted here from the meld has to be immediately placed in a new meld. Hence we can conclude that the joker cannot be taken into the hand.
Look at the examples below:
(1) Consider a set of 2 2 , now a player who has 2 2 can add both of these cards to the set to form a "closed set" and lift the joker to use elsewhere in the same turn. However, if he adds just a single 2 to that set to form 2 2 2 it becomes a four card "closed set" and the joker cannot be lifted. If the same situation arises in the North American version of the game the joker can be lifted with just one natural card in hand.
In a different case, consider a set contained with two jokers as 2 then the player can add any of the three missing cards to obtain just one joker. Thus forming a final meld with 2 and 2 as 2 2 2 .
The play ends once a player, on melding all the cards in hand and discarding his last card goes out to win the game. The player can end the game only on discarding the last card and going out without a discard is considered illegal. Once a player goes out to win the game, the other players are not allowed to lay off cards or put down melds. The play ends and all players are stuck with the points in the hands and these points are computed and summed up with their cumulative scores.
The 'win' in which all the 13 cards are meld on the same turn is known as "Kalooki" and this can fetch the player a larger bonus than when compared to "calling up". After discarding on a turn, the player has to declare the number of cards he is left with, if the player avoids this he can be barred from going out on his next turn.
When the stock pile runs out, the cards of the discard pile are shuffled and placed face down on the table forming a new stock pile. The discard made by the player who picked the last card of the stock, is made the upcard for the new discard pile. If the stock pile runs out again for the second time there is no replacement of the cards from the discard pile and the game is termed void. In such a case there is no score counted for the players and the same dealer starts a new deal.
Player Payments - At the start of the game, every player makes a payment or stake to the pool. The winner of a hand is paid with a stake by the other players and this payment is different for a call up and a Kalooki (these are two different ways a player goes out). The player eliminated doesn't pay.
Penalty Points - The total point value of the cards remained in hand after a player has gone out is termed as penalty points. These points determine the player eliminated from the game and also the one who will eventually win the prize pool. A cumulative total of penalty points is got on summing up the points of all the hands and is kept on a regular score sheet.
The player, who first reaches 150 points, is eliminated from the game and if wishes to return back to the game can do on a payment agreed upon at the start of the play. Once he buys back, his score is reduced to the score of the highest scoring player who is still below 150 points. Buying is done on considering two rules:
The pool finally goes to the player remained in the game till the end. All the scores are managed on a score sheet and payments are settled at the end. In the North American game, there is no possibility for pool or buying in and only cards remained in the hand of player are counted at the end of each deal for computing the score. There is no bonus for going Kalooki as that in European version. A score sheet for 4 players, played on 5 hands can be seen below:
Add pool to winner
In the hand 1, player 3 wins on calling up and each of the players pay him 1 unit.
In the hand 3, player 3 wins on a Kalooki and each of the players pay him 2 units.
In the hand 4, player 2 is eliminated as he crossed 150 points, he is in again on paying 5 units to the pool.
In hand 5 as three of the players have a score of over 150 the game ends making the Player 3 winner of game and he takes the pool.


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When you are trying to ease sciatica pain you need to target your lower back with your exercises and this includes the surrounding areas. So you should try and flex your hips which will in turn help to stretch out your back. This will involve sitting on the ground with your feet stretched out and then try and reach forwards and touch them. If you cant touch your feet without feeling pain then simply go as far as you can before the resistance gets too much. You don't want to injure yourself even more and some people simply cant touch their feet in that position so don't over do it. Once you have done that, try and do exactly the same thing but standing up. Again, make sure not to over stretch but aim for as close to your feet as possible. Doing this will help stretch your back out and will relieve the aching in the Sciatica nerve.
You should also try and do some sit ups or crunches and this will help ease pain with your sciatica. Whilst crunches mainly work the stomach they can also strengthen the lower back too. This will then help relieve the sciatica pain at the same time. Its important to be cautious when doing this exercise and not to over do it as you could potentially make things worse. If you do this exercise then feel in more pain then you should stop immediately.
You can also ease sciatica pain by stretching your Piriformis muscles. This is one of the main muscles that are closest to the nerve so stretching it should help you a lot. The best stretch for this muscle will involve sitting in a chair with your back up straight and your legs stretched out. Try and reach as far as possible towards your feet until the resistance becomes too much and then hold the position for around 10 seconds. Do one leg at a time and make sure to keep your back as straight as possible while you do so. You might feel the tendency to slouch slightly but its important you keep it straight.
The main purpose of these exercises isn't to make you feel exhausted or even break sweat. You are simply aiming to stretch certain parts of your body which should help ease the sciatica pain in the long term. Do all these exercises for a few minutes everyday and you should feel the pain ease off. If the pain is still there after a few weeks then you should consult a specialist. Hope you enjoy sciatic nerve exercises article here.

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Amagqirha have an important role in traditional Xhosa society. Becoming a igqirha is a complex process. Firstly, a person has to calling from his or her ancestors. This calling is expressed by a state called thwasa. The symptoms of thwasa are vague and differ between individuals. Symptoms include suffering from stomach ache, nervousness, severe pains in the back and possible periods of unconsciousness.
Persons experiencing thwasa become withdrawn and are often troubled by dreams.
They have visions of the future and communicate with ancestors who appear in dreams
in the form of an animal, usually a dog.
What is the
cause of Thwasa?
Ancestors are believed to cause the state of Thwasa. They do this because they believe
that that person should protect and heal people and hence become an igqirha.
Refusing this call is believed to be dangerous because it can result
in the ancestors sending madness or death.
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Thwasa Be Cured?
Thwasa is regarded as a type of sickness. The only cure for thwasa is for the
person suffering to undergo formal training to become an igqirha.
During this training period the person is called an Umkhwetha.
To do this she has to go to an practising igqirha and live with her during the
'healing' process. The igqirha accompanies the patient through the community and
finds offers training in the collection of roots, bark and other herbs for
which are used as medicines. Trainees must wear short braided skirts and a skin bound over their forehead. They
are not allowed to wear jewellery except beads around their wrists, neck and
Rules given during training
During the period of thwasa the trainee has to live a secluded life at home.
She cannot attend celebrations or other social occasions.
She must only shake hands with people much older than herself.
She must eat from her own dish using her own spoon.
She must avoid sexual contact, for blood exchange might harm her and nullify the
effect of medicines she might recieve or precribe.
Completing the
After the trainee has completed the training a celebration is held. The invited audience sit around clapping and chanting. The new igqirha dance with invited amagqirha. They have their own unique techniques of dancing.


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Police officers in Wauwatosa discovered their colleague, 30-year-old Jennifer Sebena, dead early Monday morning after she failed to respond to radio calls. She had suffered several gunshot wounds.
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The filming is done in a real castle with the clothes, the cars and the lifestyle suiting to the times. For me, and I understand many others, it is fascinating to watch.
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"American Idol" is one he will join me watching when it first starts until the finish. It's fascinating to see all the contestants picked and then watch them evolve into an American Idol.
The reason such shows draw me is because people are so fascinating. Think about it. Every person who has ever lived on this earth has different ways of thinking and proceeding on with their lives than we do. While our families and friends may claim to have the same values, social norms and rituals, each person in our family will interpret these in their own unique way. They will have different goals, different people to meet, different situations to figure out and even identical twins will turn out with a different future.
Our son Tom's twins Luke and Max came as exact replicas of one another. Stacy put a wristband on Max's arm and then dressed them in blue and brown every day to be sure they didn't get mixed up.
They looked alike, but it was apparent early on they had different outlooks. Just one example: Luke is a busy, feisty guy and Max is a hugger.
Grit and I went to watch Steve's three oldest children, and what a different lifestyle they have from their father when we were raising him.
We were in the era of hands on, literally. A swift whack to the behind would stop lots of mischief and now would be termed child abuse.
No homework in grade school for our kids. Theirs had some every night, and 12-year-old Braedon had homework every night and on weekends. Our kids walked to the grade school and then played there with the neighborhood kids unsupervised.
While in California, we bought an iPad, which Jackson and Summer showed us how to use. They are electronically connected to the world.
This generation will be uniquely its own, but will it be an improvement?
"The average high school kid today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950s," says anxiety specialist Robert L. Leahy, "and we are getting more anxious every decade."
He continues, "Some of the reasons may be a decrease in 'social connectedness' — we tend to move more, change jobs, participate less in civic organizations … religious communities. People are far less likely to get married, more likely to delay getting married, and more likely to live alone. All of these factors can contribute to worry, uncertainty, anxiety and depression."
Perhaps that is why "Downton" is so appealing — because it's a look into a socially connected world possibly not as complicated as our own.
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Most of US carriers like Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T now have Galaxy S III on their shelves. Customers should be able to pick between the pebble blue or white marble edition. If you need an unique look, you may go to AT&T stores and pick your "Garnet Red" Galaxy S III there. But in most places, Galaxy S III is only available in white and blue.
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Dyfed Powys Police fail to justify the council meeting arrest and detention
There is still no good explanation for the arrest and detention of Jacqui Thompson.
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I should have thought that, because of failure of consideration, J Thompson's undertaking would be unenforceable (at least in contract law) unless it were made under seal.
Great artlice, thank you again for writing.
"Preventing a breach of the peace" seems to be the most abused excuse for arrest. The breach of the peace laws really should be codified and reformed.
"Clue: Three Carmarthenshire Councillors are members of Dyfed and Powys Police Authority. "
Yup come on folks. They are all corporations with a revolving door between them. Don't expect them to uphold the Law they won't.
Typical example of police using there power against the public, they seem to forget far to easily that its the public that they are here for to serve & protect
I'm no lawywer, but aren't coercing someone with the threat of illegal imprisonment (kidnapping and threatening behaviour), and lying about arrest procedures (perverting the course of justice) both criminal offences?
Or are they OK if carried out by police officers?
The 'undertaking' is presumably the same one Chief Exec Mark James sent Ms Thompson to sign by mail a month earlier after a similar incident - http://bit.ly/kxU7rW - why are the police using their powers of detention as a threat to make this woman sign something the council's chief exec has drafted? That doesn't appear to be their business.


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Senior girls take off from the starting line at the 28th annual Pirates Invitational Cross Country Meet held Wednesday afternoonat Memorial Fields. The TISS Pirates' senior girls and boys team won first place title at the annual meet. (MEGAN BURKE/The Recorder and Times)
Eric Wynands ran towards his teammates, arms in the air shouting – he just heard the results.
The senior boys TISS Pirates cross-country team he runs for finished with the top spot at the 28th annual Pirates Invitational Cross Country Meet - a title the boys feared they'd miss this year and one which kept them in pace with the TISS girls' team, which also ended first.
"We came into this not losing in 16 years. This year I was pretty sure we'd lose; we got lucky," said Wynands. "It was nice to know I was able to help defend it."
Wynands, 17, certainly helped maintain the title, considering he was the first to cross the finish line at Memorial Fields among all senior boys with a time of 22:56.12 in the seven kilometre race, just over 10 seconds quicker than second place Nick Belore of Sydenham High School.
He knew he had hold of first place with 500 metres left in the race.
"Any more I thought I'd die and they'd get me," Wynands said of being up front. "It's hard, really hard. You never know if they'll catch up, you have to give your all the entire time. I was worried up there."
Pirates coach Randy Givogue said the senior boys division had a strong field this year including teams from General Penet High School and Sacred Heart of Toronto. Like the boys, Givogue thought their title would pass to another this year.
"The senior boys really stepped up today, 17 years in a row the boys have defended," Givogue said. "We've had luck in the past but they pulled together as a team this year."
Givogue commended senior boys Declan Colwell and Eric Cowan for their "incredible improvement." He said Wynands first-place win was huge.
The TISS senior boys team finished first with 40, only two ahead of General Penet. Sacred Heart landed third with 44.
The senior girls Pirates team also made their presence known at the meet, taking first.
"Our senior girls team is probably our strongest team," said Givogue. "They are undefeated so far this year. It bodes well for the future this season."
First time senior Pirate Courtney Serson was the top local girl to finish the five kilometre race, landing third behind first place Nicole Armstrong of Sydenham High School and Maddy Kelly of Fellowes High School. Serson finished with a time of 19:18.05, roughly 48 seconds from top spot.
Serson, 16, said this race was her best so far this season.
"I went out at a good pace then tried to pick it up through the race. I ended with nothing left," she said. "I normally leave some energy and get mad at myself later for not using it all."
It paid to empty the tank; the Grade 11 student is already seen as a contender in senior cross-country competition.
"The senior division is the hardest individually. You have to be provincial class here to medal, it's just so competitive," Givogue added of Serson's bronze achievement.
For fellow senior girls teammate Rachel Bennett, the race was bittersweet. She finished with a strong sixth place but it will be the last time she runs at the Pirates Invitational as she plans to head off to post-secondary next fall.
"I'm glad I'm ending my final year with a strong performance," said Bennett, 17. "I've never been a really important runner on the team."
TISS started what they hope to be a new tradition by winning first overall intermediate.
"The intermediate teams did very well. Three first place team finished and a second which was a great way to start off the day," Givogue said.


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AIDS activists in China remain angry at what they see as the culpability and inaction of authorities in Henan Province, while government officials there remain implacably hostile to people they see as troublemakers. Nevertheless, reports Nick Young with Mian Liping (勉丽萍), things are changing in Henan, but the stand-off between government and citizen activists seems to be delaying the kind of progress that has been seen in neighbouring Anhui.
"Things haven't changed that much in Henan," Dr. Gao Yaojie (高耀洁) tells us. "The government has created model areas to show it's doing something, but there are still counties that are not open (公开) and where they get nothing."
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It is a decade since mass tourism arrived in the picturesque northwest Yunnan towns of Dali, Lijiang and Zhongdian. But what of the villages and townships that some more adventurous tourists are beginning to visit? Julie Perng visits four communities that hope to embrace tourists without being overwhelmed by them.
In 2006, total receipts from tourism in Yunnan Province reached CNY 49.97 billion (USD 6.2 billion), almost 90% of which came from Chinese tourists. Receipts were up 16.7% on the previous year, and accounted for 12.5% of the provincial GDP. The tourism industry is clearly flourishing in one of China's most ethnically, geographically, and biologically diverse provinces.
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Tue, 2007-07-03 14:05Features | Education | Labour and Migration
In an ambitious drive to increase access to higher education, China's college and university enrolment increased from around six million in 1998 to 21 million in 2005. But with the flood of new graduates, individuals are having a tough time finding jobs in an increasingly competitive labour market. Li Mu (李沐) reports on government interventions designed to alleviate graduate unemployment by encouraging young job seekers to "Go west, go down to where motherland and people are in greatest need."
Open government: A step forward, but with sideways shuffles too
Thu, 2007-05-24 20:58Features | Civil Society | Governance and Social Policy | Law and Rights
China is introducing new transparency rules for government—in part, it seems, to curb corruption. But, reports Chang Tianle (常天乐), some progressive localities are ahead of the central government on this issue, and the national rules remain ambiguous as to how much the public has a right to know.
China's first national regulations on public disclosure of government information have been cautiously welcomed by scholars and NGOs, but most say that China still has a long way to go to achieve transparent government.
The Regulations on Government Disclosure of Information (政府信息公开条例) were approved by the State Council on January 17, 2007 and take effect on May 1, 2008. Article 1 states that they aim to "ensure that citizens, legal persons and other organisations (公民、法人和其他组织) can obtain government information by lawful means, and increase government transparency."
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Although not an HIV hotspot, over the last three years China's north-eastern province of Heilongjiang has seen a surge of local NGOs working on AIDS prevention. But, Nick Young and Mian Liping (勉丽萍) ask, is this a civil society success story or an opportunistic response to the influx of international funds?
HARBIN Away from the bright lights of Gogol Street, the main entertainment strip in this northern industrial city with historic ties to Russia, a Saturday night crowd has gathered in a downmarket bathhouse that caters for MSM—"men who have sex with men."
Capitalist fillip for China's new socialist countryside
Fri, 2007-03-16 18:24Features | Livelihoods | Subscription-only Content
At the end of 2005, the People's Bank of China (China's central bank) launched a pilot initiative to create new, privately invested lending institutions in some of China's poorest areas. A year later, the China Banking Regulatory Commission announced measures to stimulate new "village banks" and financial cooperatives, and on the last day of 2006 it also licensed the Post Office Savings Bank to enter the rural credit market. Rural finance experts have welcomed the new measures. But, Nick Young reports, many earlier efforts to encourage rural credit have faltered and it may be some time yet before financial services trickle down to the poor.
Rural Cooperatives: Getting together again
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In January the Ministry of Agriculture launched a month-long drive to inform farmers and local officials about the new Law on Farmer Professional Cooperatives (农民专业合作社法). Given China's long and varied experience of things called "cooperative" it might take longer than a month to get the message through, Chang Tianle (常天乐) concluded after visiting Anhui, Sichuan and Yunnan.
Fiscal reform: Disentangling the public purse strings
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For more than a decade, China's total government revenues have been rising faster than GDP, recording 19.9% growth in 2005 alone. This sounds like great news for the government's efforts to promote more equitable development with greater equality of opportunity and more robust social protections for the poor. But, as Chang Tianle (常天乐)reports, although reform efforts are gathering pace,the fiscal system is fraught with problems that tend to perpetuate, rather than reduce, inequalities.
In 1994 China's total government revenue was just 10.8% of GDP. By 2005 it had risen to 17.3% of GDP—a larger share of a much larger cake, but still well below international norms of 30-50%. Nevertheless, the steady rise in revenues brings into sharper focus the issue of how those revenues are distributed across regions and sectors. Chinese officials, economists and development specialists are engaging in important debates on this topic, and international agencies are also flagging it as critical to China's sustainable and harmonious development.
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Tue, 2006-12-12 12:51Features | Governance and Social Policy | Social Welfare | Subscription-only Content
China's top leaders recently recognised the need for a corps of professional social workers. Chang Tianle (常天乐) reports on ongoing efforts and challenges in building the new profession.
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Wed, 2006-11-08 09:56Features | Civil Society | Health | Subscription-only Content
Self-help groups of people living with incurable illnesses or disability provide an invaluable forum for information sharing and personal support. But although they are appearing in China, as Chang Tianle (常天乐) reports, their growth is hampered by problems of legal status and fundraising.


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Mr Hayes said while in the region the Tourism Queensland Board would also attend industry events and experience local tourism products.
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"From Wednesday some of our board will attend The ATEC Symposium 2012 – the first time it will run on the Sunshine Coast and the second year in a row it will be held in Queensland.
"The ATEC Symposium is Australia's largest annual tourism conference and attracts 500 representatives from the Australian tourism export industry, travel specialists and tourism operators over a four-day business program that includes pre- and post-familiarisations of the host region.
"Having this major conference on the Sunshine Coast will enable the region to showcase its incredible variety of tourism products to key decision-makers involved in the international travel industry."
Mr Hayes said tourism was a critical industry for the Sunshine Coast and it was important for Tourism Queensland to know how to manage its future impact, while keeping in mind local priorities and community feedback.
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While there is no question that our maritime industry is deep-rooted and essential to the economy of Washington State, this past May, the Economic Development Council (EDC) of Seattle and King County issued their "Request for Proposals for a Maritime Industry Economic Impact and Cluster Analysis for the Puget Sound Region and Washington State" in order to collect and provide facts supporting the importance of maritime industry here.
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- The study also includes maritime military work such as the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the U.S. Coast Guard.
The study reveals good news: In 2012, the maritime industry in Washington State generated $30 billion in direct and indirect gross business revenues ($15.2 billion direct and $14.8 billion indirect). Over 148,000 people earn a living connected directly and indirectly (over 57,700 of these directly) to the maritime industry, with $4.1 billion total paid in wages to them in 2012. This translates to an average annual salary of $70,800, which is $20,000 higher than the median annual wage for the state. Further, each directly related maritime job supports another 1.6 jobs; for every $1 million in sales, another ten jobs are supported.
In the shipping and logistics sector, the study shows an annual growth rate of 10.2%, meaning more job openings for those skilled in this area. The study foresees continued demand for civil engineers, fishers and fish processors, captains, mates, pilots, sailors, laborers, and stock movers, with the highest number of predicted maritime jobs in the region opening between 2016 and 2021. There is currently a shortage of college-educated captains, mates, and pilots, ship engineers, and naval architects, and this shortage is predicted to continue until colleges and universities expand their programs.
Our state maritime industry in general has grown an annual average of 6.4%. Shipping and logistics have the largest industry, followed fairly closely by fishing and seafood processing. For revenue, fishing and seafood brought in $8,592.6 million while shipping and logistics brought in $3,722.4 million.
All of this is not completely surprising to those of us who live in the Pacific Northwest. If you are reading this, you are probably connected to the maritime industry, yourself, and even if not, you most definitely benefit from the maritime import/export business, particularly the imports passing through our busy ports for further transport throughout our area and the U.S. (An estimated 80% of all traded goods are transported by sea, but that's another story.)
This study succeeds in demonstrating that the maritime industry in Washington State is a unique source of growth, prosperity, and opportunity with very strong ties to our state, national, and global trade economies. Those employed in the maritime industry work hard, and much of the work is dangerous. This study is an affirmation of their dedication and productivity.
]]>This happened near Ormond Beach, Florida, which is just north of Daytona Beach. The Coast Guard and EMTs quickly arrived in a response boat, immobilized Mr. Owens, and transported him to shore where a helicopter waited to take him to the hospital. His current condition hasn't been released.
The Coast Guard praised the SEA ANGELS crew for their use of the VHS marine radio. Using a VHS marine radio is more reliable than using a cell phone in these kinds of situations because they broadcast emergency calls to anyone listening, thus increasing the possible number of responses.
The Coast Guard received the call at 1:55 p.m. and answered with two boat crews. Seattle Fire and Seattle Police Departments also responded to the emergency.
One of the Ballard Marine crew was picked up from the water by the Seattle Police Department, and the Coast Guard rescued another three. But the fifth man was trapped in the cold water under the capsized boat, and wasn't located for about an half-hour. Four of the rescued crew were taken for medical treatment for hypothermia, and are said to be in good condition. However, the man who had been trapped under the hull remained unresponsive in spite of CPR and care at Harborview Medical Center, and he died later that day.
The name of the man has not yet been released. We extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and co-workers of this man.
The man who did not survive is Anthony J. Collins, aged 40, of the Port Orchard area.
Efforts to salvage the ARCTIC HUNTER and contain environmental damages have been spearheaded by Magone Marine. The efforts to remove 12,000 gallons of fuel from the vessel have been hampered by high winds and rough seas. Fortunately, there were no reported crew injuries in this matter.
The McBride case involved a barge with a truck-mounted drilling rig on a Louisiana bayou. As crewmen were attempting to straighten the monkey board – the catwalk that extends from the derrick – which had twisted the previous night, the derrick pipe shifted, causing the rig and truck to topple over. One crewman died in the accident and three others were injured.
Maritime punitive damages are exemplary damages designed to punish a vessel owner for willful and wanton misconduct, and to deter others from acting similarly in the future. Punitive damages play a vital role in ensuring that vessel owners and maritime employers take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of the seamen who work aboard their vessels. Following the Atlantic Soundings decision, the Washington State Supreme Court in Clausen v. Icicle Seafoods approved a 1.3 million dollar punitive damage award to a seaman who had been wrongfully denied maintenance and cure benefits. Beard Stacey and Jacobsen, LLP, represented the injured seaman in Clausen. The Clausen decision resulted in an immediate policy change in the way employers administered maintenance and cure benefits. Employers can no longer utilize callous and unfounded blocking tactics to deny seamen maintenance and cure, or else they will face the prospect of punitive damages. The McBride decision will bring about similar changes, as vessel owners will be forced to be more vigilant in maintaining their vessel in a seaworthy condition. Safe vessel owners will not be impacted by the McBride decision, but those with unsafe boats and below-standard safety practices may face the potential of punitive damage awards.
In McBride, the Fifth Circuit put to rest several arguments typically raised by employers and vessel owners who argue against the seaman's right to punitive damages. The Court found that "the laudable quest for uniformity in admiralty does not require the narrowing of available damages to the lowest common denominator approved by Congress for distinct causes of action." McBride also made clear that, although the seaworthiness doctrine is based on strict liability, to be awarded punitive damages, a seaman must present evidence of willful and wanton conduct, a higher standard than is required under the Jones Act.
Relying on the Atlantic Sounding decision, the McBride decision creates a simple rule: If a general maritime law cause of action and remedy were established before the passage of the Jones Act, and the Jones act did not address that cause of action or remedy, then that remedy remains available under that cause of action unless and until Congress intercedes. Given the Atlantic Sounding decision and a thorough discussion and analysis of its impact by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in McBride, it is likely that other Circuit Courts will approve such punitive damages under the seaworthiness doctrine.
American Pride Seafoods is a value-added frozen seafood and scallop processing business with revenues of $190 million reported in 2012. Typical products include breaded seafood products such as fish and chips, frozen seafood, and seafood packaged for use by restaurants and retail food providers. High Liner Foods indicated that they intend to continue to operate American Pride Seafoods at the New Bedford location without any substantial changes at this time.
This is the second recent major deal for American Seafoods. In 2010, the company was involved in major refinancing. That deal, in part, involved American Seafoods redeeming all of the Coastal Villages' outstanding equity interest in American Seafoods in exchange for the pollock catcher-processor Northern Hawk, and the freezer-longliners Lilli Ann, North Cape, and Deep Pacific. Industry sources state that American Seafoods is continuing to seek refinancing of nearly a billion dollars of debt. The current sale comes at a time of a downturn in the market for sales for U.S. pollock.
The incident occurred at around 3:00 a.m. on Friday. Three crewmen were aboard the vessel at the time of the accident. There are no reported injuries at this time. The crew plans to attempt to refloat the steel-hulled vessel at the next high tide. No pollution has been noted at this time, however the vessel reportedly was carrying 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel.
The Coast Guard responded to the incident with helicopters and surfboats delivering pumps to the vessel. "Fatigue continues to be a major problem in the commercial fishing fleet. We've had numerous cases of people running aground due to fatigue over the last year," said Captain Bruce Jones, commander, Coast Guard Sector Columbia River. "In the Pacific Northwest, there's little margin for error. It's absolutely critical that mariners always remain diligent and place sufficient emphasis on safety in order to protect life and our sensitive environment."
Luckily, the accident resulted in no deaths. The Washington Coast continues to be one of the most dangerous fisheries in the world. The grounding of the ADRIANNA is under investigation by the Coast Guard.
Upon inspection of the barge's mooring lines, the Tidewater Barge Lines employee who made the initial report indicated that the mooring cable for the barge was not cut, and the ratchets used to hold it in place appeared to have been intentionally loosened. This incident could have resulted in a major shipping disaster. Either intentionally or negligently failing to secure a barge of this size on the Columbia River could have led to a major casualty. The incident is under investigation by the Coast Guard, and persons with information relating to the incident are asked to contact the Coast Guard Columbia River Command Center at 503-861-6211.
The Tidewater Barge Lines web site indicates that Tidewater Barge Lines is the largest inland marine transportation company west of the Mississippi River. Tidewater Barge Lines provides connections for truck, rail, and waterborne freight throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, their operating area includes 465 miles on the Columbia and Snake River systems extending from the Port of Astoria, Oregon, to the Port of Lewiston, Idaho.
If a seaman fails to disclose a preexisting medical condition in response to a health questionnaire, the employer then attempts to deny the crewman maintenance and cure benefits, arguing that the seaman willfully concealed a preexisting condition. This defense to maintenance and cure claims, based upon willful concealment of preexisting medical conditions when asked to make disclosure in a health questionnaire, can be traced to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in McCorpen v. Central Gulf Steamship, 396 F.2d 547 (1968).
McCorpen did not hold that a maritime employer asserting the willful concealment defense could recover maintenance and payments they alleged were wrongfully paid. Nevertheless, some maritime employers have improperly sought to recover the previously paid benefits made to the injured seaman. This intimidation tactic is designed to frighten seamen who have been injured through the negligence of their employer or the unseaworthiness of their vessel into not bringing suit or settling their cases for less than fair compensation.
]]> In an important decision to all injured seamen the Fifth Circuit in Boudreaux v. Transocean Deepwater Inc., 721 F.3d 723 (July 2013) held: where a maritime employer has made maintenance and cure payments to an injured seaman and the seaman is alleged to have not properly disclosed a preexisting medical condition in response to a written health questionnaire, there can be no recovery of maintenance and cure benefits previously paid. In Boudreaux, the Fifth Circuit noted that recovery of maintenance and cure benefits previously paid by a maritime employer based upon a willful concealment defense finds virtually no support in maritime law. The Court declined to adopt what they referred to as a novel theory of restitution.It is well settled maritime law that even where a seaman fails to properly disclose a preexisting condition, the failure may only result in forfeiture of his further maintenance and cure benefits. The failure to disclose a preexisting condition does not and cannot impact a seaman's right to recover full damages, including past and future medical expenses, under the Jones Act. See Johnson v. Cenac Towing Inc., 544 F. 3d 296 (5th Cir. 2008).
However, a seaman is not entitled to duplicative damages for medical expenses under the Jones Act and the maintenance and cure doctrine. A maritime employer is entitled to a set off for past medical expenses paid where the seaman receives an award for past medical expenses under the Jones Act. If no medical expenses are awarded or the seaman agrees to not seek recovery for past medical expenses in his Jones Act claim, there can then be no set off for maintenance and cure expenses previously paid by the employer. The employer may recover an offset for maintenance cure payments only where the employer can prove there is "duplication" between the Jones Act award and the previously paid maintenance and cure benefits.
Only one of seven crewmen survived the March 24, 2009 sinking of the scallop fishing vessel LADY MARY. The United States Coast Guard has now released their comprehensive report into the sinking of the vessel, concluding that a combination of safety problems contributed to the vessel's sinking and the crewmen's deaths.
The Coast Guard determined that sometime in the early morning hours the crew of the LADY MARY removed the lazarette hatch to utilize an electric pump to dewater the lazarette compartment located in the stern of the vessel. Underwater photographs of the sunken vessel showed the lazarette hatch open with a dewatering hose coming out of the transom and discharging over the transom. When the pump was being utilized, the lazarette hatch could not be closed. The Coast Guard concluded that it was probable the LADY MARY's lazarette flooded through this open hatch, which then allowed water to board the vessel up the transom. Two of the LADY MARY's four deck scuppers were improperly blocked with metal plates. The blocking of the scuppers allowed waves coming aboard the vessel to be trapped between the deck's bulkworks. The combination of these factors, according to the Coast Guard, led to progressive down flooding of the vessel and loss of stability.
]]> Remarkably, the Coast Guard found that more of the crew of the LADY MARY could have survived the sinking. 22 vessels were within 6.5 miles of the LADY MARY; however, the captain and the crew failed to get off an intelligible Mayday call or set off a flare. Only a portion of the crew were able to don their survival suits, and the Coast Guard investigation found the crew had not been properly drilled and trained in abandon ship procedures. Although the LADY MARY's EPIRB signal was properly activated, the EPIRB was not properly registered, thus delaying the Coast Guard's search. Further delaying the search was the fact that the LADY MARY's EPIRB was not GPS linked.The LADY MARY was a 71-foot uninspected commercial fishing vessel homeported in Cape May, New Jersey. The vessel was fishing for scallops 60 nautical miles off the Cape of Delaware when the vessel was lost. The surviving crewman was able to provide details about the sinking and the crew's efforts to abandon ship and don survival gear. Additionally, following the sinking the vessel was located on the ocean floor in 200 feet of water. Commercial divers were able to examine and photograph the condition of the vessel to discover information as to the cause of the vessel sinking.
The Coast Guard report states in part: "The investigation revealed that the LADY MARY's sinking and the loss of the crew was not due to one single factor, but rather a combination of numerous unsafe preconditions and a few unsafe decisions. For example, there were a number of modifications made to the vessel over the years, and their cumulative effect subtly lowered existing safety margins. Additionally, a lack of training, lack of experience, language barriers, fatigue, vessel loading, drug use, insufficient watertight integrity, compromised vessel subdivision, and weather, all played a role. The unsafe decisions made on the morning of March 24th included the decisions to drift, to leave the lazarette hatch open, and to leave two freeing ports blocked by solid covers."
The investigation further noted: "Unfortunately, the investigation also revealed that the LADY MARY's sinking was a survivable event. The vessel was outfitted with a full complement of functioning life saving equipment, and there was time for the Captain or crew to broadcast a coherent Mayday, press one of the Digital Selective Calling (DSC) alert buttons, and/or launch a flare. Due to the lack of sufficient training, the Captain and the crew were unprepared to deal with emergency situations, and that negatively affected their ability to take actions to provide for their survival."
Substantial modifications, additions and subtractions had been made to the LADY MARY since it was constructed in 1969. Despite these modifications, the vessel did not have a stability report. Currently, vessels the size of the LADY MARY are not required to carry a stability report.
The LADY MARY had also been subject to several voluntary Coast Guard dockside safety inspections. As noted above, these inspections documented that the vessel carried the safety equipment required by current safety regulations. What these inspections do not establish is that the crew of a vessel is properly trained and educated in the use of the vessel safety equipment. The LADY MARY casualty report stressed to vessel owners that the Coast Guard's Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Exams check some aspects of vessel safety, but they are not an actual comprehensive check of whether a vessel is free from danger, risk or injury.
The dangers of flooding in the lazarette of a fishing vessel has been well documented in the Alaska Fishing fleet. Flooding of the lazarette has been at the center of an ongoing casualty in the sinking of the LADY CECELIA off the coast of Washington in 2012. Three crewmen and a Federal Fisheries Observer were lost in the LADY CECELIA sinking.
Based upon damage to the vessel's rudder, experts retained by the vessel owner theorized that the vessel had been involved in a collision. However, the Coast Guard's analysis ruled out collision as a possible cause of the LADY MARY sinking.
As a result of the LADY MARY sinking, the Coast Guard is making further safety recommendations for commercial fishing vessels. The LADY MARY casualty report is available on line for review at the Coast Guard's web site: uscgnews.com.
How does this relate to the United States Coast Guard, which is a federal agency, and USCG employees? Does the USCG have a duty to provide rescue on demand? What standards of performance and care apply to the USCG, and under what circumstances can the USCG be held liable?
Under 28 USC Section 2679(b)(1), the U.S. may be held responsible for federal employees' actions. If there is a law suit, and if the Attorney General will certify that the employee was acting within the scope of their employment, the U.S. will become the defendant in the employee's stead, and is held to the same standards to which a private citizen would be held.
This does not automatically mean that the U.S. or federal employees will be found liable for a botched rescue. For instance, the Discretionary Function Exception, at 28 U.S.C. Section 2680(a), protects broadly based policy decisions made by such federal employees as those in the USCG.
"Discretion" is a key concept here. USCG personnel make discretionary decisions about rescue operations based on information supplied during a given incident and based on agency policy. In United States v. Gaubert, 499 U.S. 315 (1991), at 325, the term, "discretionary act," is defined as one involving "choice or judgment; there is nothing in that description that refers exclusively to policy-making or planning functions…." Such discretion allows for a broad judgment and decisions about which choice is the wisest to follow in a situation, based on policy. During rescues, the USCG doesn't only "go by the book," but is allowed to use discretion on whether and how to apply policy, because, as most would agree, no policy or standard operating procedure manual covers every imaginable contingency at sea. In fact, the USCG manuals allow for the application of discretion.
In the case of Lewis v. United States, 2002 AMC 2797 (M.D. Fla. 2002), the plaintiff argued that once the USCG made the choice to rescue Joe Lewis, the USCG could not ignore the rescue policies set forth in federal search and rescue manuals. The Court applied the Discretionary Function Exception test, which is a two-part test to see if the government's liability can be barred: First, does the conduct in question involve some element of judgment or choice? Second, if so, was that judgment or choice founded on policy? If a government employee follows federal statute, regulations, or agency policies, making only broad judgments, his or her actions are shielded by the Discretionary Function Exception, and government immunity remains intact. In Lewis, the Court found that the Discretionary Function Exception applied.
The government immunity found in Lewis is also supported by Dalehite v. United States, 346 U.S. 15 (1953), in which the Supreme Court stated, "Where there is room for policy judgment and decision, there is discretion. It necessarily follows that acts of subordinates in carrying out the operations of government in accordance with official directions cannot be actionable."
On the other hand, the U.S. can be held liable for damages caused by the negligence, wrongful act, or omission of a federal employee, if the plaintiff can show that the U.S. owed a duty of care, then breached that duty, and that that breach made matters worse for the victims. The USCG does not necessarily owe a duty to search and rescue, just as no private individual is obligated to be a Good Samaritan, but once it does embark on a mission, it owes the duty to not worsen the situation.
An example of USCG liability is found in Hurd v. United States, 134 F.Supp.2d 745 (DSC 2001), in which three of the four deaths from a nighttime allision resulted from a USCG decision to halt a search before daybreak could reveal any survivors, and where civilian mariners ceased their own search efforts because they believed that the USCG was continuing the search. Because three of the victims could possibly have been saved if the USCG had pursued rescue, the Court held that the USCG had indeed made the situation worse than it already was by prematurely abandoning search and rescue efforts. (The first of the four fatalities was thought to have been immediate and therefore was not preventable by the USCG.)
Contrast Hurd to the recently decided case of Wade v. United States, 2012 WL 2050359 (N.D. Cal.). With evidence that her husband, who was wearing his life jacket, had survived at least for a few hours before succumbing to hypothermia and drowning from subsequent loss of airway freeboard, the widow of Alan Wade claimed her husband would still be alive after a container ship, M/V EVA DANIELSEN, hit Mr. Wade's fishing boat if the USCG had not called off search operations and had rescued him in time. The Court found the USCG not negligent and not liable for Mr. Wade's death, however, because even though continued search and rescue efforts likely would have found Mr. Wade alive, the true circumstances came clear to the USCG and all others concerned only after it was too late. A search and rescue mission had been launched, during which both the master of the container ship and then the Coast Guard came to reasonably believe that EVA DANIELSEN had been mistaken in thinking they had hit any vessel. The decision to end the search was based on incomplete or faulty information not of the USCG's making, and not due to negligence.
Another recent case is Turner v. United States, 2012 WL 2130933 (E.D.N.C.), in which the Turners' boat overturned as they were returning home at night after a party. The Turners were reported as overdue, but there was not enough exact information about their location, nor enough USCG search assets available, to initiate a formal search. During the night, a USCG helicopter searching for an overdue jet skier in a separate incident kept an eye out for the Turners, but never saw them. (This did not constitute a formal search for the Turners.) It was when the Turners' boat was found empty the next morning that the USCG launched a formal search. By that time, Ms. Turner had already made it to shore. Mr. Turner's body was found two days later. Ms. Turner sued for her injuries, but the Court found that the USCG had properly exercised discretion, had not acted negligently, and therefore had not made Ms. Turner's condition worse than it already had been.
In general, USCG decisions regarding its search and rescue operations are considered discretionary in nature, and are thus covered by the Discretionary Function Exception unless either effort or a lack of effort by the USCG is shown in court to have made things worse for the victims. It lies with the plaintiff to show any negligence; otherwise, the USCG will be immune from liability.
According to the Coast Guard, NORTH SEA was about 60 miles southwest of St. Paul, Alaska, at the time. Conditions at the time are said to have been 6-foot seas and 29mph winds. The Coast Guard deployed a Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak and airlifted the fisherman to St. Paul for medical attention.


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So on more than one occasion I've come home to kids waiting at my doorstep. What's peculiar is the fact that every time this happens, the number grows by one, and even more peculiar is the fact that every time they show up, it's always about to rain.
Today I came home exhausted, and as had been the case before, there were children at my doorstep. Being in no mood to entertain children (or anyone else for that matter), I greeted them in their native Luo and told them they should get home before it started raining. They just looked at me as if I were crazy. So I bid them farewell, told them to greet their mothers for me and headed inside. Ten minutes later, it started pouring rain! So I went outside to check and see if they were still there, and surely enough they were! (Dang!) I invited them in (although I was tempted not to) because had I not, my conscience would have eaten me alive.
So anyway, I start making small talk with them in Luo and to my surprise, they could actually understand me and I, in turn, could understand most of what they were saying. They found it both confusing and amusing that I could speak Luo but not Swahili (since Swahili is the national language and I clearly look like and must be a Kenyan).
In any case, they say when it comes to language, children are great teachers. I found a lot of truth in that today.
And despite my reluctance to entertain my spectators, it wasn't so bad. I don't know if I want to come home every day to a doorstep full of waiting children, but for today, not as bad as I thought it was going to be.
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