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Wow. According to archaeoastronomy.com , the 2013's winter solstice occurs in the central US region at 11:11am. The "make a wish" time of day. I have no idea if the site is reputable, but in keeping with one of my few New Year's resolutions, I am not going to spend the next hour digging around for other resources. OK, maybe I'll look for just one. . .
A quick trip to good ole Wikipedia (have you donated a few bucks lately?) captures my resonance with our ancestors.
The winter solstice may have been immensely important because communities were not certain of living through the winter, and had to be prepared during the previous nine months.
Starvation was common during the first months of the winter, January to April (northern hemisphere) or July to October (southern hemisphere), also known as "the famine months".
In temperate climates, the midwinter festival was the last feast celebration, before deep winter began.
Most cattle were slaughtered so they would not have to be fed during the winter, so it was almost the only time of year when a supply of fresh meat was available.
The majority of wine and beer made during the year was finally fermented and ready for drinking at this time.
Don't get me wrong, I am more than grateful to not have to worry about overall survival (at least to date—part of me does fear the end days). But what I sense underneath these observations is an overall uncertainty. Will the sun come back? Will the ground come back to life? How long do we have to wait to take off these stinky sheep goat skins?
Uh-oh. That was not a quick trip. 20 minutes or so later, I dug up some information about the clothing of Neolithic agrarians, the purported first builders of Stonehenge. I wanted to check on the veracity of the sheep skin claim. I found no mention of sheep skip, but did read that tanned goat hides were used. So were capes woven from grass. Read more at a Brief History of World Costume. Again, no guarantees on source validity.
Time to wrap up. I had intended to write about resolutions for this year, but I could not help falling down the rabbit hole. I will force myself to stop and just post without going back to scrutinize. Because my biggest goal of all is to temper my "maladaptive perfectionism"* which so often compromises my ability to bring projects across the finish line—small and big, trivial and important.
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Q: Declare callback event handlers correctly I have a simple delegate, event and property allowing me to create callback subscriptions on events:
public static class Test
{
    /// Delegate for property changed event
    public delegate void TestEventHandler();

    /// Event called when value is changed
    public static event TestEventHandler OnTestHappening;

    /// Property to specify our test is happening
    private static bool testHappening;
    public static bool TestHappening
    {
        get
        {
            return testHappening;
        }
        set
        {
            testHappening = value;

            // Notify our value has changed only if True
            // ie. Only fire an event when we're ready as we'll hook methods to the Event that must only fire if ready
            if ( value )
            {
                if ( OnTestHappening != null )
                    OnTestHappening();
            }
        }
    }
}

I can then easily subscribe and unsubscribe to the event and fire the event callbacks as needed:
public class Tester
{
    private void Main()
    {
        Testing();

        // Start the test
        Test.TestHappening = true;
    }

    private void Testing()
    {
        // Unsubscribe from event
        Test.OnTestHappening -= Testing;

        // Check if we're busy testing yet
        if ( !Test.TestHappening )
        {
            // Subscribe to event
            Test.OnTestHappening += new Test.TestEventHandler( Testing );

            return;
        }

        // Do stuff here....
    }
}

When compiling, code analysis gives me, "CA1009: Declare event handlers correctly?" and I've searched high and low and found many questions, articles etc but none that feel like they address my scenario.  I can't seem to find a concrete starting point for the conversion and I'm starting to wonder if I'm meant to completely rewrite the implementation?
Edit: Firstly I really appreciate the assists, I did look carefully through all the sites I could before posting this and I did see (and try work with) each of the links that you all posted.  I even went back and studied delegates and events again but I feel like I'm missing the starting point somehow because each time I try change a part of it, I just keep producing errors that I can't come back from like:
public delegate void TestEventHandler( object sender, EventArgs e );

With the other links I visited, I could only find 1 similarity to my code (either in the delegate, the handler or the property) but couldn't find anything that related enough to mine to actually instil that "eureka" moment
Edit 2: I have now rebuilt my example with what "looks" to be the correct standard but this code is so fugly it looks like it was beaten with a confogulus stick and dipped in a tank of confutious before being deep fried in horriduculous:
public static class Test
{
    /// Delegate for property changed event
    public delegate void TestEventHandler( object sender, EventArgs e );

    /// Event called when value is changed
    public static event TestEventHandler OnTestHappening;

    /// Property to specify our test is happening
    private static bool testHappening;
    public static bool TestHappening
    {
        get
        {
            return testHappening;
        }
        set
        {
            testHappening = value;

            // Notify our value has changed only if True
            // ie. Only fire an event when we're ready as we'll hook methods to the Event that must only fire if ready
            if ( value )
            {
                if ( OnTestHappening != null )
                    OnTestHappening( null, EventArgs.Empty );
            }
        }
    }
}

public class Tester
{
    private void Main()
    {
        Testing( this, EventArgs.Empty );

        // Start the test
        Test.TestHappening = true;
    }

    private void Testing( object sender, EventArgs e )
    {
        // Unsubscribe from the event
        Test.OnTestHappening -= Testing;

        // Check if we're busy testing yet
        if ( !GlobalClass.SystemOnline )
        {
            // Subscribe to the event
            Test.OnTestHappening += new Test.TestEventHandler( Testing );

            return;
        }

        // Do stuff here....
    }
}

Please tell me I've missed something and that there is in fact a more elegant implementation
Edit 3 : Based on the code by Enigmativity, I've reworked the code to it's most basic form. I've also moved the code setting the variable to true in a different method so it doesn't look so daft sitting in Main.
public static class Test4
{
    /// Event called when value is changed
    public static event EventHandler TestHappening;

    /// Property to specify our test is happening
    private static bool test = false;
    public static bool Test
    {
        get
        {
            return test;
        }
        set
        {
            // Notify our value has changed only if True
            // ie. Only fire an event when we're ready as we'll hook methods to the Event that must only fire if ready
            if ( value )
            {
                TestHappening( null, EventArgs.Empty );
            }
        }
    }
}

public class Tester4
{
    private void Main()
    {
        Testing( this, EventArgs.Empty );
    }

    private void Testing( object sender, EventArgs e )
    {
        // Unsubscribe from the event
        Test4.TestHappening -= Testing;

        // Check if we're busy testing yet
        if ( !Test4.Test )
        {
            // Subscribe to the event
            Test4.TestHappening += Testing;

            return;
        }

        // Do stuff here....
    }

    private void SomeMethodCalledFromSomewhere()
    {
        // Set the value to true and thereby start the test
        Test4.Test = true;
    }
}

*

*Would this be considered good code or should I rather have the OnTestHappening method as defined in Enigmativity's code?

*Why can't I use a parameterless delegate?  It's now using the default ( object sender, EventArgs e ) but that feels overkill and doesn't make sense why the compiler is happy with it but according to coding standards it's considered bad code?  I'm not arguing the standard but rather trying to understand it's reasoning.

A: As per Storm's request, here is how I would most likely structure the code. It's more inline with the standard conventions.
public static class TestClass
{
    public delegate void TestEventHandler(object sender, EventArgs e);

    public static event TestEventHandler TestHappening;

    private static bool test = false;
    public static bool Test
    {
        get
        {
            return test;
        }
        set
        {
            test = value;
            if (test)
            {
                OnTestHappening();
            }
        }
    }

    private static void OnTestHappening()
    {
        var handler = TestHappening;
        if (handler != null)
            handler(null, EventArgs.Empty);
    }
}

And Tester would look like this:
public class Tester
{
    public void Main()
    {
        TestClass.TestHappening += Testing;
        Go();
    }

    private void Testing(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(TestClass.Test);
        TestClass.TestHappening -= Testing;
    }

    private void Go()
    {
        TestClass.Test = true;
    }
}

Calling it would look like this:
var tester = new Tester();
tester.Main();

Running this outputs True to the console.

If I were writing this in a more standard way, it would look like this:
public class TestEventArg : EventArgs
{
    public TestEventArg(bool updatedValue)
    {
        this.UpdatedValue = updatedValue;
    }
    public bool UpdatedValue { get; private set; }
}

public class TestClass
{
    public event EventHandler<TestEventArg> TestHappening;

    private bool test = false;
    public bool Test
    {
        get { return test; }
        set
        {
            var old = test;
            test = value;
            if (test != old)
                OnTestHappening(test);
        }
    }

    private void OnTestHappening(bool updatedValue)
    {
        var handler = TestHappening;
        if (handler != null)
            handler(this, new TestEventArg(updatedValue));
    }
}

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TCM is a powerful healing system. Studies have shown that TCM is an effective treatment for a range of diseases and conditions. Many scientists have studied TCM in China and believe that it can contribute to the discovery of new treatments for otherwise incurable conditions. This article outlines some of the current research. It also lists a list of TCM clinics. For more information on TCM in China, read the full article on a local website or contact a TCM professional.
While TCM is growing in popularity in China, it is still unreliable. The WHO's decision to include TCM in Chapter 26 of the ICD-10 code is problematic. The ICD-10 standard requires that TCM practitioners follow the international standards for writing scientific papers. While this may be a step in the right direction, it is a major hurdle to achieving the goal of a safe and effective TCM market.
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PUBLISHED: December 11, 2021 at 6:05 a.m. | UPDATED: December 14, 2021 at 5:29 a.m.
When the pandemic shut down wide swaths of the country in March 2020, the economies of all Bay Area counties tanked — except for Santa Clara County's.
Unlike counties such as San Francisco and Napa whose financial health suffered in large part because they lean heavily on tourism and service industries still feeling the lingering effects of shutdowns, Santa Clara County thrived, according to newly released federal data.
While every single Bay Area county and California's largest counties, such as Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange and Sacramento, reported negative gross domestic product (GDP) numbers in 2020, Santa Clara County posted a 4.4% increase, from $325.6 billion in 2019 to $340 billion.
And nationwide, Santa Clara County's performance was just as remarkable. Among what the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis defines as large counties — those with more than 500,000 residents — Santa Clara recorded the largest increase in the country.
Local economists attribute Santa Clara County's outlier performance to the cluster of high-tech industries that have made it their base. Technology was one of the very few industries that didn't skip a beat during the pandemic, and many of the larger companies have boasted record profits.
"Santa Clara County has the highest concentration of tech employment by far of any county or metropolitan area in the United States," said Steve Levy, director of the Palo Alto-based Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy. "And that's been true for a long time."
Statewide, Los Angeles County reported a -6.3% GDP, Sacramento -2.8%, San Diego -2.9% and Orange -4.4%.
The GDP — which measures all goods and services produced within a region from the physical like a cheeseburger to the digital like a Facebook ad — is considered a barometer of an economy's health.
Positive numbers usually indicate that companies are hiring, Levy said, but a higher GDP doesn't necessarily translate into more money for a county because income taxes paid by companies and employees go to the state and federal government.
He and other local economists say that although many tech companies are headquartered in other Bay Area counties like San Mateo and San Francisco, it's their intense clustering in Santa Clara County that makes the real difference.
The county is home to trillion-dollar companies like Apple and Google, as well as those worth hundreds of billions of dollars like Meta (formerly Facebook), Nvidia and more recently Tesla, which moved its headquarters in December to Texas but still employs thousands of people in its Palo Alto offices and Fremont car production plant.
How the county's tech companies function today also gave them an advantage during the pandemic, Levy said.
Silicon Valley used to build physical products like semiconductor chips, he said, but that manufacturing has been moving to countries like Taiwan and South Korea, as well as other parts of the country. Last month, for example, Samsung announced plans to build a $17 billion chip factory near Austin, Texas.
Instead, Levy said, the tech companies that remain in Santa Clara County are much more service-oriented, offering digital products like Zoom, whose use increased dramatically during the pandemic and whose employees were easily able to shift online.
In addition, the county is not as reliant on industries that were slammed by the pandemic, said Sean Randolph, senior director of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute. He pointed to Napa, which had the largest decrease in GDP during 2020, as a region that relies heavily on tourism and the restaurant industry.
And even though San Francisco has some technology companies like Salesforce and Airbnb, the drop in international tourism offset the positive growth those corporations provided, he said.
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"I think the tech companies in San Francisco did as well as they did in Santa Clara County, but they don't have the same density and scale for the most part that they do in Santa Clara," Randolph said. "And then you have the counterbalancing factor that the hospitality sector is so large (in San Francisco). And they did the worst in any sector here across the country."
While the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis' county GDP numbers are delayed by a year, both Levy and Randolph said they expect 2021's numbers to look similar to 2020.
"If you figure that tech continues do very well — there's been so many IPOs (initial public offerings), and you look at all the venture investment, from that standpoint, it has been just an extension of 2020," Randolph said. "Then you flip to the other side. The tourism story is the same. Tourism is not recovered or it's very slightly recovered. There has been an uptick in tourism for sure, but it's mostly domestic."
The numbers seem to contradict the ongoing narrative of tech companies fleeing California for cities like Austin, whose three counties did show GDP increases between 0.5% and 2.7% during 2020.
But Levy thinks the "Texodus," as it's come to be known, is overblown. While the federal government's 2021 data may show a better picture of how the winds are blowing, he pointed out that California is still posting record levels of venture capital money and big tech companies like Meta and Apple are leasing huge amounts of office space.
But the spectacular wealth Santa Clara County has experienced since the beginning of the pandemic also raises questions about the area's ongoing inequality crisis.
In February, the 2021 Silicon Valley Index released by San Jose-based nonprofit Joint Venture Silicon Valley's Institute for Regional Studies, found that income inequality in the region "has grown twice as quickly as that of the state or nation over the past decade."
Sixteen percent of the region's households hold 81% of the area's wealth, while the region's bottom 53% held only 2% percent of "investable assets," according to the study.
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New Year, New Laws
With the new year, there comes a host of new laws that go into effect, and 2020 is no different. There are several new laws that will impact Georgians on a daily basis. Some of the new laws that went into effect on January 1, 2020 are:
This is known as the "Title Ad Valorem Tax: Used Cars and Tax Rate" and works to lower the title ad valorem tax ("TAVT") rate from 7 percent to 6.6 percent until June of 2023. In addition to the lower TAVT, the law also changes the calculation of the TAVT on used vehicles. Now, when a used vehicle is purchased from a retailer, the TAVT will be based on the retail sales price, rather than the book value. The result may be that the TAVT on the used vehicle is now higher than it would have been otherwise under the old method of calculating the TAVT.
This law will give doctors a way to work around what is called "step therapy". Step therapy is when an insurance company requires a patient to try certain medications first and have those drugs fail before the patient can receive the drug prescribed by the patient's doctor. If your health plan renews or starts on January 1, this law allows your doctor to apply for an exception to avoid step therapy and skip straight to the drug that is prescribed by the doctor.
This law provides that it you use a 529 Plan to save for college, your state tax deduction will double from $2,000 to $4,000 per child for single taxpayers, and double from $4,000 to $8,000 per year for taxpayers who file jointly with their spouse. This will allow you to save more each year in a 529 Plan in an effort to prepare for the increasing cost of higher education.
This law establishes a business court that handles business issues such as contract disputes, copyright disagreements, and other complex business cases. The purpose behind establishing the business court is for the business court to provide a forum where there are dedicated business court judges who are well-versed in the area of business law and, thus, better-equipped to handle complicated business cases. Additionally, the hope is that the business courts will be able to hear cases much more quickly than traditional Superior or State Courts, where litigants can wait many months, or sometimes over a year, before reaching trial. Please see our prior blog article for more details about the business court.
This law requires titling of boats and watercraft (similar to how other vehicles are titled), and provides the rules for the titling system. It is designed to deter and impede theft and facilitate the ownership, transfer and financing of boats and watercraft.
This law revises fees that superior court clerks can charge to file documents related to real estate and personal property. Rather than charging a per-page fee, for many documents, the clerks will now charge a flat fee. The goal is for the fee structure to be clearer and easier to understand.
This law amends the criteria used by tax assessors to determine the fair market value of real property. This is an effort to make the value reached by the tax assessors more representative of the true fair market value of real property.
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A: 0 is falsy in javascript, so they're making allowance for the obj[delta] value to be 0. In this two-sum task they seem to be allowing [0, target] as a valid answer.
Another interesting OR fact: the || operator actually returns the value of the first non-falsy operand. So it can also be used to return default values.


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573 F. 2d 260 - National Labor Relations Board v. Houston Distribution Services Inc
573 F2d 260 National Labor Relations Board v. Houston Distribution Services Inc
98 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2538, 83 Lab.Cas. P 10,613
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner,
HOUSTON DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC., and Southwest Warehouse
Service, Respondents.
Fifth Circuit.
Elliott Moore, Deputy Associate Gen. Counsel, Paul J. Spielberg, Supervisor, Vivian A. Miller, Atty., John S. Irving, Gen. Counsel, John E. Higgins, Jr., Deputy Gen. Counsel, Carl L. Taylor, Assoc. Gen. Counsel, N.L.R.B., Washington, D. C., for petitioner.
David T. Maddox, Robert T. Sabom, Houston, Tex., for respondents.
Application for Enforcement of an Order of the National Labor Relations Board.
Before THORNBERRY, GOLDBERG and CLARK, Circuit Judges.
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
This is an application by the National Labor Relations Board for enforcement of its order issued against Houston Distribution Services, Inc. (Houston Distribution) and Southwest Warehouse Services, Inc. (Southwest). The Board found that the respondent, a single employer consisting of the two companies, violated Sections 8(a)(3) and (1) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., by refusing to hire three employees formerly employed by its predecessor, Shipper's Transportation & Storage, Inc. (Shipper's), and by discharging four employees in order to avoid bargaining with the Union.1 The Board further found that the respondent was a successor employer and that a majority of its employees in an appropriate unit had designated the Union as their collective bargaining representative and that the respondent had refused to bargain with the Union in violation of Sections 8(a)(5) and (1) of the Act. The Board's decision and order is reported at 227 N.L.R.B. No. 152 (1977). We grant enforcement.
Southwest complains that the Board proceeded against it without a charging party ever naming Southwest. Southwest contends that the Board's action is in violation of 29 U.S.C. § 160(b) which requires the Board to issue a complaint pursuant only to a charge made by a charging party.2
The original charge named Houston Distributing and the Board issued a complaint against it. At the hearing before the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), it was discovered that although the employees thought they worked for Houston Distribution, the actual employer was Southwest.3 After this became apparent, the ALJ amended the complaint to include Southwest.
While Southwest does not contend that the ALJ is without power to amend the complaint, it urges that the ALJ cannot do so without an underlying charge specifically naming Southwest. As Southwest correctly points out, the Board is without power to initiate a proceeding without benefit of an underlying charge, NLRB v. Indiana & Michigan Elect. Co., 318 U.S. 9, 63 S.Ct. 394, 87 L.Ed. 579 (1943); NLRB v. Westex Boot & Shoe Co., 190 F.2d 12, 13 (5 Cir. 1951); however, the charge when made is not to be strictly construed. In Texas Industries, Inc. v. NLRB, 336 F.2d 128, 132 (5 Cir. 1964), we said:
It is established that this section precludes the Board from issuing a complaint on its own initiative and that a charge is a prerequisite to the institution of proceedings before the Board. N.L.R.B. v. Kohler Co., 7 Cir. 1955, 220 F.2d 3. However, the charge is not a formal pleading, and its function is not to give notice to the respondent of the exact nature of the charges against him. N.L.R.B. v. Fant Milling Co., 1959, 360 U.S. 301, 79 S.Ct. 1179, 3 L.Ed.2d 1243; Consumers Power Co. v. N.L.R.B., 6 Cir. 1940, 113 F.2d 38. This is the function of the complaint. The charge rather, serves merely to set in motion the investigatory machinery of the Board. It is largely for the benefit of the Board, not the respondent, so that it may intelligently determine whether and to what extent an investigation is warranted. Consequently, the Board has considerable leeway to found a complaint on events other than those specifically set forth in the charge, the only limitation being that the Board may not get 'so completely outside * * * the charge that it may be said to be initiating the proceeding on its own motion * * *.' N.L.R.B. v. Kohler Co., supra. See also N.L.R.B. v. Reliance Steel Products Co., 5 Cir. 1963, 322 F.2d 49; N.L.R.B. v. Raymond Pearson, Inc., 5 Cir. 1957, 243 F.2d 456.
We do not believe that the addition of the correct corporate entity is so completely outside the original charge that the Board could be said to have initiated a proceeding of its own motion. The distinction is between the total absence of a charge and a charge made, although not perfect in every particular. Workingmen are not required to wander the maze of corporate structure.
The respondent next brings forward the obligatory substantial evidence point and an objection concerning the proper test to be applied in refusal to hire cases.
REFUSAL TO HIRE
Gary R. Stillwell is the owner of Southwest which in turn owns Houston Distribution. Stillwell was in the moving and storage business until April 1974 at which time he sold the moving part of his business and remained in the storage business. He operated Southwest which had two employees and was non-union. Stillwell was also a consultant for Weingarten Realty which owned Shipper's. Weingarten desired to sell its interest in Shipper's and Stillwell formed a new company, Houston Distributing, to take over Shipper's operation. Shipper's had approximately twenty-five employees and all were told that applications for employment would be available on February 3. Stillwell also ran a newspaper advertisement seeking qualified employees. Shipper's former employees were union members.
Nine former Shipper's employees were hired by Southwest. Six new employees were also hired. Former Shipper's employees Eugene Plater, Emmett Lewis, and Phillip Ware were not hired. The Board found that these men were not hired because of union animus.
THE PROPER BURDEN OF PROOF
The respondent urges that the Board used the wrong standard in ascertaining the burden of proof in refusal to hire cases. The respondent insists that the only issue which the Board should have addressed was whether the failure to hire the three former employees was "solely" because of their affiliation with the Union. In Howard Johnson Co., Inv. v. Hotel Employees,417 U.S. 249, 94 S.Ct. 2236, 2243 n.8, 41 L.Ed.2d 46 (1974), Mr. Justice Marshall stated, "Thus, a new owner could not refuse to hire the employees of his predecessor solely because they were union members or to avoid having to recognize the union."
We do not think this comment was an attempt to formulate a test for burden of proof in successorship cases. Rather, this is a clear example of impermissible conduct on the part of a successor employer. We do not think that quotation from Howard Johnson addressed the case in which the employer had both permissible and impermissible motives in refusing to hire a predecessor's former employees. Indeed, after citing with approval two cases, neither of which adopts a "sole motivation" test, Mr. Justice Marshall further states, "There is no suggestion in this case that Howard Johnson in any way discriminated in its hiring against the former Grisson employees because of their union membership, activity, or representation." Id.
If the Board were to find for the employees only when union animus is the sole reason for the refusal to hire, the Board could seldomly be upheld. We believe that the Board's task in these cases is to find substantial evidence of union animus. NLRB v. Foodway of El Paso, 496 F.2d 117, 119 (5 Cir. 1974); K. B. & J. Young's Super Markets v. NLRB, 377 F.2d 463 (9 Cir.), cert. denied, 389 U.S. 841, 88 S.Ct. 71, 19 L.Ed.2d 105 (1967); Tri State Maintenance Corp. v. NLRB, 132 U.S.App.D.C. 368, 408 F.2d 171 (1968).
SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
We are persuaded that the Board's conclusion that the three former workers were not hired as a result of a plan to avoid dealing with the Union is supported by substantial evidence.
While it is plain that Southwest was under no obligation to hire the entire workforce of Shipper's, Tri State, supra, 132 U.S.App.D.C. at 370, 408 F.2d at 173, or to hire exclusively from the pool of former workers, we think that Southwest's behavior toward this pool gives the Board adequate reason to hold that Southwest refused to hire the three employees in furtherance of a plan to avoid bargaining with the Union. First, it is undisputed that Stillwell was concerned about the employee quality at Shipper's warehouse. Given the twenty-five former workers to choose from, good business judgment would dictate that Southwest hire only the best workers from Shipper's. Nevertheless, Southwest never inquired about the quality of the workers, even though such inquiry could have easily been made. Second, the reasons advanced by Southwest for not hiring the three men justify the Board in imputing bad motive to Southwest. Southwest contends that Plater, Lewis, and Ware were rejected out of hand because they could not report to work immediately, their applications were either incomplete, ambiguous about the job sought, or without indications of previous warehousing experience. Although their applications disclose that they were all willing to report for work no later than February 4, others similarly situated obtained employment from Southwest. The Southwest hiring agent knew that all of the applications were made by former Shipper's employees and that Shipper's had employed only warehousemen. It is therefore inconceivable that the hiring agent did not know that the potential employees were all experienced warehousemen regardless of any ambiguity in their applications. Furthermore, the agents made no attempt to question any of the applicants about their job history, skills, or job preference. We think that the Board was supported by substantial evidence on the record taken as a whole.4
DISCHARGE OF FOUR EMPLOYEES
It is settled that an employer "may discharge for good cause, bad cause or no cause at all, without violating the Act, as long as his motivation is not anti union discrimination and the discharge is not punitive for legitimate concentrated activity protected under the Act." Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. v. NLRB, 449 F.2d 511, 513 (5 Cir. 1971).
The proof adduced at the hearing shows that Wilford Davis, Curtis Mack, Raymond Mills, and Nathaniel Jones were discharged in the middle of a pay period without any misconduct proximate to their discharge. More telling is the fact that a Union meeting had been scheduled to follow shortly after the discharges. This timing evidence may give rise to the inference that the discharges were motivated by anti-unionism. NLRB v. Central Power & Light Co., 425 F.2d 1318, 1322 (5 Cir. 1970). The respondent points to the fact that it had good cause to fire the four workers. However, the mere existence of good cause for the discharge is not enough to vitiate the Board's finding unless the good reason was a motivating cause of the discharge. Central Power & Light Co., supra; NLRB v. Southeastern Stages, 423 F.2d 878, 879 (5 Cir. 1970). This court has not adopted the "but for" test for determining union animus advanced by the First Circuit in Coletti's Furniture, Inc. v. NLRB, 550 F.2d 1292 (1 Cir. 1977). See Federal-Mogul Corp. v. NLRB, 566 F.2d 1245 (5 Cir. 1978).
At this point the respondent objects to what may be fairly termed a remarkable colloquy between it and the ALJ. In order to show that some of the discharged employees were not good employees, the respondent called Brett Griffin to testify before ALJ Joel Harmatz. Griffin was hired by Southwest as a result of the newspaper advertisement placed by Southwest. He was termed throughout this proceeding as a "college student" although it appears that he was a full time employee of Southwest. Griffin is a union member, although not a member of the relevant union in this proceeding and he is white. The following are excerpts from the colloquy:
JUDGE HARMATZ: I would also note for the record that Mr. Griffin and Mr. Tremble (phonetic) are Caucasian, and that all of the alleged discriminatees are black people.
MR. MADDOX: For clarification of counsel, what is the relevance of that point, your Honor?
JUDGE HARMATZ: It's something that suggests the possibility of bias, to be quite frank. It's a possibility. I don't know whether it exists, but I think that people, unfortunately, have allowed their subjection to their conditioning pattern in a community to influence their judgment as to people who do not particularly come from their racial background.
It's one of the factors that I consider this type of testimony to be strongly prejudicial about, which I am not going to accept as objective evidence on which I necessarily would have to make a credibility resolution.
JUDGE HARMATZ: I think this is a matter of practical knowledge, and it relates to the competency of this man's testimony.
It relates to his capacity. It has some relationship from my perspective of considerations that bear upon whether testimony is competent, and whether a particular witness has a capacity to give such testimony.
And I think it is relevant, and I want anybody who reviews me to take note of that circumstance.
I have to consider the possibility of race influencing the objectivity of his judgment.
We have done as Judge Harmatz asks and we, as a reviewing court, have taken note of the fact that Judge Harmatz has held, among other things, that a witness' competency to testify can be based on the color of his skin. We are amazed.
The National Labor Relations Board is required to conduct its proceedings "so far as practicable" in accord with the federal rules of evidence. 29 C.F.R. §§ 101.10(a), 102.39 (1976). The word "practicable" is not a carte blanche to ignore the rules of evidence. This is a term with meaning and substance. There is no conceivable reason why NLRB proceedings should not be conducted under the accepted rules of competency. Rule 601 Federal Rules of Evidence states:
Every person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided in these rules. However, in civil actions and proceedings, with respect to an element of a claim or defense as to which State law supplies the rule of decision, the competency of a witness shall be determined in accordance with State law.
See NLRB v. Decker & Sons, 569 F.2d 357 (5 Cir. 1978). We find it difficult to countenance such an egregious violation of the federal rules and only decline to refuse enforcement of the Board's order because of the cumulative nature of the proposed testimony.5
Finally, the Board found that the respondent, as a successor employer, violated Section 8(a)(5) of the Act by refusing to recognize and bargain with the Union. Southwest contends that it is not a successor employer and is therefore not required to bargain with the Union. Howard Johnson Co. v. Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders Int'l Union, 417 U.S. 249, 261-62, 94 S.Ct. 2236, 41 L.Ed.2d 46 (1974); Golden State Bottling Co. v. NLRB, 414 U.S. 168, 184 n.6, 94 S.Ct. 414, 38 L.Ed.2d 388 (1973); Burns International Security Services, Inc. v. NLRB, 406 U.S. 272, 280-81, n. 5, 92 S.Ct. 1571, 32 L.Ed.2d 61 (1972).
The Board argues that Southwest comes within the successorship doctrine because the essential nature of the business did not change6 and more than one-half of Southwest's employees were union members.
The Board contends that the relevant measuring day to determine if the company had a majority of Union members is the initial day of operations. Southwest, on the other hand, contends that the relevant measuring day is after a full complement of employees had been employed and a shakedown period completed. The respondent urges either a six or nine week shakedown period. Southwest relies on the following statement in Burns, supra, 406 U.S. at 294-95, 92 S.Ct. at 1586:
In other situations, however, it may not be clear until the successor employer has hired his full complement of employees that he has a duty to bargain with a union, since it will not be evident until then that the bargaining representative represents a majority of the employees in the unit as required by § 9(a) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 159(a).
In Pacific Hide & Fur Depot, Inc. v. NLRB, 553 F.2d 609 (9 Cir. 1977), the Ninth Circuit in determining the relevant measuring date for successorship liability examined this passage from Burns. In rejecting the argument similar to the one advanced here by the Board, the court found that in some business situations, the first day of operations is not the controlling date for determining successorship liability and that in some cases the full complement of employees is not reached until after a period of business operations. We believe that the Ninth Circuit has correctly interpreted this passage from Burns. Practical business necessity requires that some new employers be given some time to change the character of the new business. The first day of operations does not, in every case, freeze time and solidify existing relations.
Using the Pacific Hide approach Southwest argues that it needed an opportunity to clean, organize and inventory the new facility as well as integrate the new facility with the old one before reaching a full complement of employees. Southwest contends that about sixty days after it took over operations the shakedown was complete and on that date since there were seven non-union workers and only four union workers there was no duty to bargain with the union.7 Pacific Hide is in point, except for one very important distinction that the respondent neglects in its calculations. In Pacific Hide there was no improper refusal to hire and no improper firings. In the present case three workers were not hired because of Union bias and four were fired because of Union bias. As we stated in NLRB v. Foodway of El Paso, 496 F.2d 117 (5 Cir. 1974) at 120:
Foodway next contends that substantial evidence fails to show that the Union represented a majority of the employees and that it was therefore under no duty to bargain with the Union. It is manifest that but for Foodway's discriminatory refusal to offer employment to Allied's unit employees, the Union would have continued to enjoy a majority representative status. We decline to permit an employer to rely upon its own wrongdoing and thus avoid its legal responsibilities. See Burns, supra, at 280, n.5.
Including the seven Union members into the calculations, it is apparent that the Union represented more than one-half of the respondent's employees and the respondent has a duty to bargain with the Union.
ENFORCED.
Teamsters Freight, Tank Line and Automobile Industry Employees Local Union No. 988
Section 10(b) of the Act provides:
Whenever it is charged that any person has engaged in or is engaging in any such unfair labor practice, the Board . . . shall have power to issue . . . a complaint stating the charges in that respect . . ..
29 U.S.C. § 160(b).
Houston Distributing was wholly owned by Southwest
The Board also points out that Southwest placed a newspaper advertisement seeking qualified employees. While such an advertisement, logically, could be a part of an anti-union plan, we do not think that the newspaper advertisement in itself can represent anti-unionism. The employer is under no obligation to hire from the pool of former Shipper's employees. Certainly, an employer who is under no obligation to hire from a particular pool of employees may seek qualified employees from the public at large
It is further worth noting that distinguished historians from various viewpoints all agree that one of the primary reasons for the fourteenth amendment was the existence of "Black Codes" in some states which frequently prohibited blacks from testifying against whites. Agreement is universal that these codes were unconstitutional and it has long been thought that testimonial competency cannot be constitutionally based on race. Of course, the fourteenth amendment is directed at the states, but the same would hold true in an NLRB proceeding because of the fifth amendment. See R. Berger, Government by Judiciary, 26 (1977); H. Hyman, A More Perfect Union, 420 (Sentry Ed. 1973)
We agree that the employing industry remained substantially the same as its predecessor. NLRB v. Zayre Corp., 424 F.2d 1159, 1162 (5 Cir. 1970)
In Pacific Hide, the Ninth Circuit found it unnecessary to determine the exact measuring day. Given our disposition of this case, we too, decline to name an exact measuring day. Our holding is that the measuring day in every case is not the first day of operation


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India funding daily: Betaout, AgroStar, Lightspeed
A daily look at the top startup funding and acquisition news from India.August 13, 2015, 15:57 IST
500 Startups will offer $50,000-100,000 (Rs 30-60 lakh) per startup for an equity stake of 7%.
Here is quick look at some of the top startup funding and acquisition news from India.
Betaout raises Rs 3.2 Cr from Snapdeal co-founders and others
Delhi-based Betaout that makes marketing personalization software for ecommerce companies, has raised $500,000 or Rs 3.2 crore in seed round of funding from entrepreneurs in India and US. Read more.
Venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners has raised its maiden India fund of $135 million or Rs 865 crore, as it looks to double down on the booming startup ecosystem in the country. Read more.
AgroStar raises Rs 24 cr from IDG and Aavishkaar
AgroStar, a mobile commerce company selling agriculture inputs to farmers, has raised Rs 24 crore in its second round of funding led by venture capital firm IDG Ventures India with participation from existing backer Aavishkaar Venture Management. Read more.
FIS acquires software service company SunGard for $9.1 Bn
American banking and payments technology service company Fidelity National Information Services(FIS) has acquired software service company SunGard through a cash and stock deal valued at $9.1 billion. Pennsylvania-based SunGard started its India operations, at Pune and Bangalore, in 1993 and has a substantial employee base working out of these centres. Read more.
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Tag Archives: Stephen Chow
Triple Feature: Look Out, Officer! & Doubles Cause Troubles & The Mad Monk
Posted in Movies	by Kim
We've been doing double features for a while and I just couldn't figure out how to break up these three films so I decided to keep them together. Welcome to the very long ago but finally revisited for now Triple Feature. A long description for just a sporadic segment to say the least. However, Stephen Chow and 80s/90s Hong Kong Comedy is what I like. It had a lot of charm and is witty and fun for the most part. Other than Look Out, Officer!, the other two are first time viewings. All of them can be found on Netflix (Canada), if you have another version of Netflix then you will have to see if its there.
Its a longer post so let's check it out!
Look Out, Officer (1990)
Director: Sze Yu Lau
Cast: Stephen Chow, Bill Tung, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung, Vivian Chen, Kong Fong, Siu-Wai Mui
After police officer Biao is murdered, his soul cannot be at rest for his murder has been written off as a suicide. Therefore the heavens send him back to Earth as a spirit to find his 'savior' who will help him clear his name. Sing, a rookie officer, is the savior and in return for finding Biao's killer, Biao must get him a girlfriend and a promotion. – IMDB
Look Out Officer is one of the earlier films in Stephen Chow's filmography coming right after 1989's Saint of Gamblers that gave him the main character and revealing that he was able to be funny. This is one of the rare few movies where he carries the movie with other comedic actors instead of his partner of crime, Man-Tat Ng. However, it delivers so well. In some ways, its absolutely absurd and silly but there are some great moments that land well. Plus, it adds in a supernatural and crime element to the story. The effects are pretty much dated and fairly laughable but being a comedy, it just adds in to the great moments. To be honest, I actually forgot about some of the supporting and cameo roles here and how they were part of this movie but has gone through the years to bigger and better things in different areas of entertainment.
Perhaps because this was one of the handful of Stephen Chow movies that I watched when I was young that there is a nostalgic love that I have for it. However, something here works well although it does merge itself well with having a decent knowledge of the Hong Kong society especially with their emphasis on the crimes and the undercover part. Its not a perfect movie but a truly entertaining one as it works something like the spirit helping him, Biao is something like the genie to Aladdin who has the ability to destroy his plans if he so wishes. Bill Tung and Stanley Fung are both incredible actors on their own and both have a decent career so their presence definitely adds onto the overall success of the film to help some of the jokes here land and for Stephen Chow to work together with.
Doubles Cause Troubles (1989)
Director (and writer): Jing Wong
Cast: Carol DoDo Cheng, Maggie Cheung, Wilson Lam, Pak-Cheung Chan
When the tenant in their flat dies under suspicious circumstances, two bickering cousins are forced to navigate both sides of the law. – Netflix
Before Maggie Cheung got all serious with her acting role choices, she did a lot of comedic acting roles in the 80s and 90s films. On the topic of Stephen Chow from before, she did actually play a love interest for Stephen Chow in All's Well That Ends Well. In Doubles Cause Troubles, we have Maggie Cheung playing opposite talented actress Dodo Cheng who honestly is known for her humor and her overall empowering presence. Both of these ladies held their own as they played cousins bickering and eventually having to work together, realizing that they have a pretty good connection. In all the random silliness they get caught into for this, the focus here may be the crime elements and the other characters all hilarious to watch as well, especially Pak-Cheung Chan, however, they are the stars here as their presence is undeniable. They are the show.
Doubles Cause Troubles is a little over the top but the movie is a typical Jing Wong with a lot of signature comedic style that Stephen Chow films have also. His writing and directing is incredibly on point. There are so many familiar faces in this film, especially if you are familiar with the Hong Kong film industry. Especially Wilson Lam, who I've heard has been recently spotted coming back out of the woodwork to acting again. He was the non-comedic element that kept the film grounded in the crime element. The plot is a little everywhere as it masks the bickering for love and the crime elements of who is trustworthy. Its saving grace is how easily its two leading ladies can deliver all the jokes and make it an overall enjoyable experience packed with laugh out loud moments.
The Mad Monk (1993)
Director: Siu-Tung Ching & Johnnie To
Cast: Stephen Chow, Maggie Cheung, Man-Tat Ng, Anita Mui, Michael Wai-Man Chan
Internationally proclaimed comic genius Stephen Chow must change the lives of radiant prostitute Maggie Cheung Man-yuk, filthy beggar Anthony Wong, and a killer in this heavenly comedy directed by masterful new wave filmmaker Johnnie To. – IMDB
A double feature for Stephen Chow and Maggie Cheung in this segment, what are the chances, right? Suffice to say that I'm a big fan of Stephen Chow but even he has films that I don't quite like so much and The Mad Monk definitely falls into that one. Its not exactly the jokes or the acting that I don't like but rather the overall sillier and dumber approach here that gives off this off-hilter humor that I'm not a big fan of. There are some too over the top moments than preferred. The Mad Monk lacks in terms of being more unique.
I feel bad saying that mostly because the talented Siu-Tung Ching and Johnnie To paired up to co-direct this film. Siu-Tung Ching comes off making 3 movies each for The Swordsman and A Chinese Ghost Story, which I have a little memory of but have never revisited. While Johnnie To had come off of working on Justice My Foot with Stephen Chow, which happens to be one of my faves as well, its shocking to think that maybe this film might have worked if I was younger or discovered it when I was younger. It does have some strong cast here aside from the ones mentioned before like Anthony Wong who played one of the three people he need to save. Anthony Wong can be a funny man but he has some dramatic roles as well and is a very well-rounded actor.
Its hard to fault anything here because I think the movie delivered as it had wanted to. Everything fit together except my mindset and comedy preference and that usually is the most subjective element to making comedies.
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Sunday List: Stephen Chow Films, Ranked [updated regularly]
Posted in Lists, Movies	by Kim
Stephen Chow was possibly the first actor to spark my love for cinema in general. Hong Kong cinema has changed quite a bit but most people associate it with action films from the likes of Jackie Chan and Jet Li for starters. There is an entire world of cinema to explore here. With that said, I have many actors and actresses that I'd love to explore.
Stephen Chow is the first up and honestly, in his extended filmography, I still have a long way to make this a complete list and will update it as I catch up and rewatch more of his films, both as an actor and/or director and some titles might even be rearranged. A few of the titles have been too many years since I've actually seen it and probably remember it and feel differently about it now. I'll expand on the descriptions of the films to be updated gradually as well. Remember to check back for more Stephen Chow goodness!
1.Tricky Brains (1991)
My love for Tricky Brains runs very deep. There are a lot of absurd humor here. In fact, the star power behind this movie definitely brings together a culmination of what defines Stephen Chow's career in the 90s. There is his comedic partner Man-Tat Ng who they have many fun and hilarious scenes together but also the incredibly talented Andy Lau joins in here. The ladies include many talents in the 90s which aren't around much nowadays in the Hong Kong film industry but were familiar faces back then. Its a movie about hiring someone to do pranks in mostly a bad way to waiver the view of someone. Of course, pranks, no matter how they are will misfire or succeed and those are the best and most fun moments of Tricky Brains.
You can read my review here.
2.God of Gamblers II (1990)
What happened to God of Gamblers, you ask? God of Gamblers is the sequel to what started out as a Chow Yun-Fat role. In fact, some would actually recognize God of Gamblers II as Knight of Gamblers which focuses on the talented Andy Lau who returns to Hong Kong in secret after training with God of Gambler as we saw in the first movie. Their goal is to set up a charity casino however the revenge from the going on in the first movie is what causes him to be caught up. Stephen Chow reprises his role here from All for the Winner which started up as a parody film of God of Gamblers and earned him the title of Saint of Gamblers which he carries into this film and teams up with Andy Lau while of course still having Man-Tat Ng as his uncle. When the magical powers and the actually skilled gambling powers combine, hilarity ensues.
I will be reviewing the God of Gamblers franchise here very soon.
3.Justice, My Foot (1992)
Justice, My Foot! boasts a fantastic cast. As usual, he is partnered up with Man-Tat Ng however, this time, they play as opposing forces where he impersonates a talented lawyer and Man-Tat Ng, plays as a judge. Along with this pairing which comes up with some hilarious moments even as they investigate a murder, the material is very light-hearted here. Anita Mui plays his wife. This Hong Kong super diva plays very well into this comedic role who is both a strong and convincing lady. This movie was on Netflix for a while last year but unfortunately has left it as this posts goes up.
4.All For The Winner (1990)
Pretty lady, Sharla Cheung and funny woman, Sandra Ng act together in this film that starts off as something of a parody film for Stephen Chow which gets his character the title of Saint of Gamblers and has special powers that he soon discovers can win him some big money as long as he follows the hidden rules. They try to exploit them as he reunites with his uncle in Hong Kong. There are some barriers to entry to this one mostly because it plays on the difference of Mainland Chinese versus Hong Kong Chinese and the etiquette and mannerism differences between the before 97 handover when Hong Kong was still a British colony. It also plays on a lot of puns and Chinese sayings that could get lost in translation or just lose its effectiveness in translation. However, this film was enough of a success to earn him a role that entered him for God of Gamblers 2 (which is #2 on this list).
5.All's Well Ends Well (1992)
All's Well Ends Well is an entertaining film to say the list. It was released as a Chinese New Year celebration movie. Rightfully so, as it is a comedic affair that also does something of a parody film like reenacting scenes in famous Hollywood movies. You'll recognize films like Ghost, Terminator and Pretty Woman for starters. Does it gain it a better entrance to a Western audience? Perhaps it can, mostly because there are a lot of unspoken humor just with its talented cast and their over the top reactions and expressions in each scene that makes the humor work. For myself, this is a movie I watched a child and still holds up incredibly well.
6.From Beijing With Love (1994)
7.The Mermaid (2016) Review
8.Look Out, Officer (1990)
9.Love on Delivery (1994)
10.Shaolin Soccer (2001)
11.Flirting Scholar (1993)
12.Royal Tramp (1992)
13.Hail the Judge (1994)
14.God of Cookery (1996) Review
15.Fight Back to School (1991)
16.God of Gamblers III (1991)
17.Forbidden City Cop (1996)
18.A Chinese Odyssey Part I: Pandora's Box (1995)
19.A Chinese Odyssey Part II: Cinderella (1995)
20.The Tricky Master (1999)
21.Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
22.The Lucky Guy (1998)
23.King of Beggars (1992)
24.Sixty Million Dollar Man (1995)
25.Lawyer Lawyer (1997)
26.Mad Monk (1993)
27.CJ7 (2008)
28.King of Comedy (1999)
Not seen:
Bo fung hon ji (1988)
Faithfully Yours (1988)
Dragon Fight (1989)
Just Heroes (1989)
Liu Mang Chai Po (1989)
Love is Love (1990)
Lung Fung Restaurant (1990)
The Unmatchable Match (1990)
Curry & Pepper (1990)
Sleazy Dizzy (1990)
When Fortune Smiles (1990)
Triad Story (1990)
Yi Ben Man Hua: Chuang Tian Ya (1990)
Legend of the Dragon (1991)
Fists of Fury 1991
The Magnificent Scoundrels (1991)
Fists of Fury 1991 II (1992)
Fight Back to School 2 (1992)
Out of the Dark (1995)
All's Well, Ends Well (1997)
Do you know Stephen Chow?
What other actors do you want me to rank their filmography?
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God of Cookery (original title: 食神, 1996)
Back in the 2018 opening post, I talked about injecting more foreign films with a particular focus to catching up and revisiting Hong Kong cinema. I've been thinking about a Foreign Friday segment for a good while (years probably) but never found the motivation. We just passed our 7th blogiversary here and its a fine time to embrace what I truly love. Hong Kong cinema was what started my journey into movies and so it makes sense to make it a much bigger presence here. With that said, the rigidness of when to post on a particular day is still on the back of my mind but maybe I'll get that going once I get back into a groove of reviewing Hong Kong cinema.
To kick things off (and mostly because, I had a chat about it with AC Film Club HERE) is 1996 comedy by Stephen Chow, God of Cookery.
God of Cookery (1996)
Director: Stephen Chow
Cast: Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Vincent Kok, Man-Tat Ng, Stephen Au, Nancy Sit, Kar-Ying Law, Suet Lam
The most renowned and feared chef in the world loses his title of God of Cookery because of his pompous attitude. Humbled, he sets out to reclaim his title. – IMDB
God of Cookery happens somewhere in the middle of Stephen Chow's successful 90's career. I would call him the Jim Carey of Hong Kong because his humor is very much in line with how Jim Carey would be. Its absurd and nonsensical and the foundations of what is called "mo lei tau comedy". However, Stephen Chow's humor might be lost in translation at times however he excels at making up for it with his comical expressions. Coming from myself who grew up with Stephen Chow and speak Cantonese rather fluently, I can definitely appreciate his humor more than the Western world however, as we've seen with both Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle, he's a talented comedic actor and while those films differ slightly from his Hong Kong career, it definitely should be ones that will give you an entry point to look at his older works and see if you can find the appreciation for it that I have. The God of Cookery is a nice place to start. He shows off his love for Hong Kong, combines elements of food and martial arts and shows off his successful pairing with Man-Tat Ng who is a partner in crime for many of his 90's movies. At the same time, you see the likes of Karen Mok and for those more familiar with the older Hong Kong movies, some other talents sneak in there both as cameos and supporting roles.
I'm not going to lie that God of Cookery did take a second viewing to love it more. There is a lot of silliness here and it does get very over the top. Just take for example that the the arrogant cook that starts off the movie has some incredibly insensitive comments meant as humor followed by a rough treatment of the people around him. However, it also emphasizes the character here, also called Stephen Chow. However, the God of Cookery does get dethroned by his arrogance and picks himself back up with a nonsensical product called Pissing Beef Balls and a ragtag group of Temple Street vendors which are funny and awkward in each of their own ways. Alongside of that,there are some funny cameos from some known names in the Hong Kong industry like Nancy Sit and Kar Ying Law who have been around for a while that take on a nice comedic character.
However, the charm of the film does go to the God of Cookery himself and his female counterpart, Turkey (played by Karen Mok). The friendship that started it off and how he realizes her admiration from him and his distaste towards her because of her disfigured face does make for some over the top humor here. Of course, there is a decent superficial element to this as while Stephen Chow does fall for the character eventually, the added bonus is that she has made herself pretty in a turn of events. However, the quirky character that Turkey is makes for some fun bits as she bursts out in a familiar Cantonese song that talks about loyalty, friendship and comraderie, A lot of Stephen Chow's movie humor is within his dialogue and his puns that will get lost with the western audience unfamiliar with language however, there is also a decent bit of unspoken humor just through his funny reactions and expressions.
Odd, quirky, absurdity and over the top humor is what Stephen Chow movies are about. It captures both the characters and has a rather light-hearted journey of redemption in many cases. The creativity and the dialogue is actually quite vulgar however it also hits a lot of the essence of the Cantonese language and its crafty and clever use. Stephen Chow and Karen Mok are fantastic is this. While I do have to say that even as a fan, it took me a second viewing to fully appreciate it, there is quite a bit to love and enjoy if this is a type of humor that appeals to you. As I always say, humor and comedy is very different for everyone so it really depends on what you like.
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Podcast: Guest on Asian Cinema Film Club for God of Cookery
Its with great pleasure that I get invited onto my Game Warp co-hosts other podcast project with Stephen of Eastern Kicks to talk about 1996's Stephen Chow comedy God of Cookery. While its probably not my favorite of Stephen Chow movies, our discussion was a fun one as we got to share our love for his work and what works for this movie and why this might be a good entry point for many that shows off who Stephen Chow is at his best before his outstanding directorial and/or acting roles in Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle as well as 2016's The Mermaid.
As I figure out a great way to introduce Hong Kong cinema into my blog, guest duties on Asian Cinema Film Club definitely made me feel all great about it because Stephen Chow was my entry into film initially.
Since embedding Podomatic players don't exactly work here (or I haven't figured it out yet), here's the link:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/acfilmclub/episodes/2018-01-17T14_43_23-08_00
If you love all kinds of Asian Cinema, remember to check out the AC Film Club's other episodes!
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Three Movies I've Been Rewatching [July 2016]
Welcome to *hopefully* a new segment! I've been trying to figure out a list format for movies since a few years back but never really came up with anything. I know this idea isn't anything novel and maybe one of my blogging friends even do it. But, I realize that a lot of times things are slow around here because I'm busy and when I multitask, I put on movies I've seen before all the time. Some of them, I haven't reviewed and some I have. I will get around to reviewing those I haven't that show up on the list but I thought it'd also be nice to be able to go back to share of my older reviews that some of you might not have seen, especially since the blogging scene has changed quite a bit! 🙂
I'm hoping this is going to be a monthly segment which will always be a monthly wrap-up format. What do you think? I might change the list around and theme it differently, who knows. My ideas churning in my head always change.
THREE MOVIES I'VE BEEN REWATCHING THIS JULY
The AristoCats (1970)
The review for this one is coming up for the Baking Through Disney project. I know its ridiculous and slowed down but I'm going to be making it really soon!
The AristoCats is my go-to animated Disney movie. For one, I love cats and second, it has some adorable and fun songs. Three, ITS DISNEY! I think that pretty much answers everything. It holds a special place in my heart ever since I first saw years and years ago. My favorite character are the kittens, of course! They are so silly. And definitely Scat Cat and his band.
Justice, My Foot! (1992)
Also no review for this one! I haven't done a review on a Stephen Chow classic in a while so I'm going to get on that really soon.
I love Stephen Chow! He is literally the definition of humor to me. I guess if you read my The Mermaid review (or God of Gamblers 2 or Tricky Brains), you get a good idea of how much he's influenced me and my appreciation for humor. As stupid and absurd as it is sometimes, its actually all very smart and even more so when I speak Cantonese and understand it well so it doesn't even get lost in translation and I wish everyone could get it like I did. Justice, My Foot! isn't one I watched frequently but it also reminds me of the talent the Hong Kong industry has lost over the years, notably Anita Mui here and how Mimi Chu hasn't done any movies in ages and she's fantastic.
Mean Girls (2004)
I swore I reviewed it but apparently I didn't yet! Regardless, Mean Girls is possibly the first teen movie that I saw which totally converted me. You know, the days when I thought Lindsay Lohan was fantastic in her teen comedies (Just like Amanda Byne and She's the Man). That said, Mean Girls is pretty awesome. It is pretty funny and saw the beginning careers of Rachel McAdam which shows how far she's gone looking at last year's performance in Spotlight (which I reviewed HERE) and Lizzy Caplan (whether its in Cloverfield or Bachelorette). Of course, we also can't forget Amanda Seyfried (who I liked in Mamma Mia! and Letters to Juliet). Back to the movie, Mean Girls is 12 years old! I cannot believe it! It packs in a lot of humor and silliness and its plain ridiculous in parts but still so very enjoyable.
Honorable Mention: Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong (2015)
I know this is a new movie and I just had my review go up for The Timely Blogathon earlier in July but I've rewatched it at least three times since then.
That's my list!
What have you been rewatching?
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The Mermaid/Mei Ren Yu (2016)
Look at me! Back to back new movies! Because I've being frequenting the theatres more this week, today's Netflix A-Z is postponed to next Tuesday. I don't go see movies with my mom a lot, mostly because she falls asleep when she goes into a dark space like a theatre but she was really interested in seeing The Mermaid once she knew one of the theatres here was showing it. For those who don't know, The Mermaid is currently the highest grossing movie of China. It is directed and produced by Stephen Chow and boasts one of the most captivating mermaid depictions. Hearing this, you know, I can't exactly skip it over. 😉
The Mermaid (2016)
Cast: Chao Deng, Yun Lin, Show Luo, Yuqi Zhang, Ivan Kotik, Hark Tsui
The Mermaid (aka Mei Ren Yu) is story about rich real estate developer, Liu Xuan (Chao Deng) who buys the entire Green Gulf to open his biggest resort. However, to do this, he places a sonar in the water to repell and drive away all the sea animals living there. One of these species are the merfolks. In an act to revenge and stop him, they send their young beauty Shan (Yun Lin) to kill him. In a turn of events, they fall in love but not without divulging the existence of mermaids and their home. How will he choose: Love or money?
In interviews, Stephen Chow has explained his love for fairy tales and this how he does this one. The Mermaid is an ultimate fairy tale that spans through being a comedy, romance, fantasy and action. How many people can say that they can make it work? Not a lot. But he did. The Mermaid is well deserved to be the highest grossing movie in China. The imagination, passion and details in this are impeccable. Stephen Chow may be my ultimate hero ever in movies but I have reservations on some of his previous directorial pieces but this one was entertaining, fun, and thrilling. Especially so if you know his filmography well because there are nods to some of his previous work and the style is Classic Stephen Chow. What works well is that the story is simple and yet the script is done so well to bring a lot of his classic absurd humor but still bring out the love for the characters he brings alive on screen, making it incredibly fun to watch.
I'm not as familiar with China movie industry as I am with Hong Kong. I know the division shouldn't be there but the quality of movies have always had a distance. However, when the production is done together, it usually does boast a certain level of quality. With this one, the leading actress Yun Lin is a young actress and this is her first movie. This is a good choice because she brings out a level of innocence that mermaids unknown to the humans on land have. There's a naivety and simpleness to her that makes her funny when met with the incredibly sly Liu Xuan. While I am unfamiliar to the industry, I have seen Chao Deng before. Where? I can't remember exactly but he's been in the business for some time as well. He carries a style and he can carry the pretty and sly playboy real estate developer that is ambitious and ruthless and really doesn't care for much but money. The chemistry that builds between Liu Xuan and Yun Lin may be awkward and over the top but highly entertaining to watch.
Other than him, we have cameos from a few actors that you will be familiar with if you've seen Kung Fu Hustle or Shaolin Soccer. There's a little bit of Tsui Hark that does a small role in The Mermaid. The evil jealous rich lady here is pretty good also and man, does she look all sorts of villainous. Stephen Chow also got huge acting veteran Adam Cheng and a singer/actress (who was in God of Cookery) to do one of the theme songs for a quite renowned Cantonese song.
What was surprising to me was the addition of Taiwanese pop star/TV drama superstar, Show Luo. I remember a few years back when I was watching Taiwanese TV series that he was so great and some of my favorite ones till today are with him part of the cast. Its refreshing to see him being his silly self and excelling at it even more than before. He grasps the role of being the octopus so well. He is absolutely comedic insert here. I'd have to say that 80% of his parts are purely roll on the floor laughing quality.
I've mentioned over and over again that humor and comedies are hard to achieve because different people have different types of comedy that they enjoy. For me, Stephen Chow and his style works the best for me. I call it absurd but I believe what some would call slapstick. Although I can't say for sure because I understood the film in its original language, but many of the humor is in reactions and not in words and that helps transcend through language which I think shouldn't be a problem (even if the subtitles have their little translation problems here and there). I'm sure another review will shed on the effectiveness of the humor.
I could talk about The Mermaid forever from production design to cast to humor to characters to just about anything, but The Mermaid has so much merit for being simple, fun and taking you into a fairy tale. This production video is in Chinese but it shows a lot of how it was constructed and whatnot. It talks about the 3D challenges and the meticulous detail and standards and also the dedication Stephen Chow had about getting this exactly how he envisioned it.
Overall, The Mermaid is a must-see. I'd be surprised if it didn't land on my Top 5 by the end of the year (if I did one of those). Stephen Chow's direction and vision is definitely one of his best. The Mermaid is done so well. The story is a simple fairy tale and its a ton of fun to watch with a huge amount of hilarious moments. I love it so much. Talking about it gives me the desire to see it a second time.
Have you seen The Mermaid?
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April Fools 2014: Tranquil Dreams
Check out my entry on the April Fools Blogathon over at Silver Screen Serenade. We had to choose 5 lovable idiots from movies or TV. I vouched for movies and it was tough to narrow it down in the end but here's i the final list. In my mind, lovable idiots seem to all have a good heart and pure intentions, they just don't really have the right mindset to do it, if not something else.
Drop by and see what other bloggers have chosen also. I've seen some pretty amazing lists 🙂
Huge thanks to Cara for putting this together and thinking up this April Fools Blogathon. It was so much fun 🙂
Silver Screen Serenade
Another day, another round of idiots! This set of April Fools is brought to you by the lovely Kim of Tranquil Dreams. Kim's blog is super cool with a whole variety of stuff–movie reviews, awesome travel photos, recipes, and much more. Be sure to go give it a looksee! Now let's see what fools Kim picked…
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Dominic Howard of Muse
After touring for most of 2004 and 2005 in support of their breakthrough release, Absolution, southpaw drummer Dominic Howard and his bandmates in British rockers Muse spent six months sequestered in a studio in southern France, putting together Black Holes And Revelations. It's the group's most dynamic and diverse record to date.
This time around, the band dove into new musical territory, including experimenting with various electronic instruments. Says Dom, "We had a lot of synths, drum machines, and vintage gear in the studio, so a lot of the tracks were born out of messing around with those instruments."
For his parts, the drummer approached each track individually. "The process in the studio is trial and error," Dom admits. "It was never: Let's setup a drumkit, get sounds, and record twelve tracks. It was a lot of messing around, changing mics and drums, and the moving kits to different parts of the room."
On stage, the drummer has expanded his basic four-piece acrylic Tama kit with a Roland SPD sampler in order to reproduce "Supermassive Black Hole," the album's most electronic-sounding song. "I'm running triggers for that one," says Dom. "I've sampled the sounds from the record, and I mix them with the live kit."
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A detailed biophysical model for a neuron/astrocyte network is developed in order to explore mechanisms responsible for cortical spreading depolarizations. This includes a model for the Na+-glutamate transporter, which allows for a detailed description of reverse glutamate uptake. In particular, we consider the specific roles of elevated extracellular glutamate and K+ in the initiation, propagation and recurrence of spreading depolarizations.