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Q: On which SE site should a question about the definition of logical operations be asked? What is the difference between Logical and Comparison operators in MySQL? was recently asked on SO.
Whilst the question was specifically phrased in relation to MySQL, it's clearly applicable to most languages and is actually seeking a conceptual distinction between different classes of operation rather than any solution to a practical problem faced in software development.  In particular, given that comparison operators are fairly easily understood, it's really seeking a conceptual definition of logical operations: the OP's comment upon my answer reinforces this view.
As such, it doesn't neatly fit within any of the categories that are on-topic for SO.  I feel that (perhaps once edited to exclude references to specific languages) it might better belong on another, more theoretical, site within the SE network.
Indeed, I flagged it for moderator attention:

I don't know on which SE site this question best belongs, but I have a feeling it isn't SO. Perhaps TCS? Or Philosophy? Or Math? Or maybe even Programmers?

But received the response:

declined - a moderator reviewed your flag, but found no evidence to support it

What further action, if any, should I take?
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*Where to ask question about logic?

*Posting specific theoretical questions?

A: This is a question about terminology used in MySQL. That makes it on-topic on Stack Overflow. It's a question about programming technology.
Yes, the question is applicable in a wider context. It could work on Programmers. If could even fit on CS, but only because the term happens to be used in many languages, not just in (My)SQL, which the asker didn't know — we'd close a question about a specific language's terminology as off-topic. (Questions about specific languages are usually off-topic on CS — a CS question that's about a specific language would have to be about its semantics, not about its terminology.)
Since the question is not off-topic on SO, I think the moderator made the right call.

A: First of all, this question is not about Logic itself. It's about how authors of MySQL categorize their operators, and how and why do they assign these particular names to these categories. There is no such thing as "comparison operator" in Logic AFAIK, there are just unary, binary, etc. operators, or relations.
In general, you're right, as you can strip the MySQL part and still consider a very similar topic. You can answer this type of question in regard to any programming paradigm, language, framework etc. or analyse typical nomenclature used in programming, so this probably fits better on "Programmers".

What further action, if any, should I take?

Vote to close the question as off-topic. There is no "Programmers" migration option, so you should probably choose the generic off-topic reason.

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Hedge Fund Socialism?
By Leo Kolivakis March 23, 2009
Wall Street got the news it wanted on the economy's biggest problems -- banks and housing -- and celebrated by hurtling the Dow Jones industrials up nearly 500 points:
Investors added rocket fuel Monday to a two-week-old advance, cheering the government's plan to help banks remove bad assets from their books and also welcoming a report showing a surprising increase in home sales. Major stock indicators surged about 7 percent, including the Dow, which had its biggest percentage gain since October.
Analysts who have seen the market's recent false starts are still hesitant to say Wall Street is indeed recovering from the collapse that began last fall. But the day's banking and housing news bolstered the growing belief that the economy is starting to heal, and that is what had investors buying.
"It's just hard to argue that there isn't an improvement in economic activity on the horizon," said Jim Dunigan, executive vice president at PNC Wealth Management.
The market began turning around two weeks ago on news that Citigroup Inc. was operating at a profit in January and February. A spate of more upbeat economic reports helped the market build on its gains, although the rally stalled last Thursday and Friday.
Analysts said they saw more fundamental strength in Monday's buying than they saw at the start of the rally. Dave Rovelli, managing director of trading at brokerage Canaccord Adams, said there appeared to be less short covering, which occurs when traders are forced to buy to cover misplaced bets that stocks would fall. Short covering contributed to the market's surge after the Citigroup news.
"There is definitely new buying," he said. Rovelli also said the approaching end of the quarter can make money managers eager to buy into a market to make the statements they send to clients look stronger.
Stocks shot higher at the opening and kept going. The Treasury Department said its bad asset cleanup program would tap money from the government's $700 billion financial rescue fund and involve help from the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the participation of private investors.
The market had been waiting for weeks to hear details of the government's plan for helping banks get rid of bad assets. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced an outline of the program last month but provided few details then about how it would work, leading to a stock plunge that sliced 380 points from the Dow.
But while analysts were pleased with the market's performance Monday, they were also still cautious; Wall Street more than gave back its big yearend rally and continued falling during January and February.
Subodh Kumar, an independent investment strategist in Toronto, said the Fed's announcement that it would buy government debt and the details on plans to help banks are giving traders hope for recovery.
"The market is shedding some of its excess pessimism. That doesn't mean the market goes straight up," he said.
The National Association of Realtors' existing home sales report was overwhelmingly positive for investors although it showed a decline in home prices in February.
Investors are embracing any sign that a glut in homes for sale may be easing. Monday's data followed a dose of good housing news last week as housing starts for February came in much better than expected.
The Dow rose 497.48, or 6.8 percent, to 7,775.86, its highest finish since Feb. 13. It was the biggest point gain for the blue chips since Nov. 13 when they rose 552 points and the biggest percentage gain since Oct. 28, when they rose 10.9 percent. It was the fifth-biggest point gain in the Dow's history.
Broader stock indicators also surged. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 54.38, or 7.1 percent, to 822.92, crossing the psychological milepost of 800. The Nasdaq composite index rose 98.50, or 6.8 percent, to 1,555.77.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 33.61, or 8.4 percent, to 433.72.
The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 index, which reflects nearly all stocks traded in America, jumped 7 percent. That's a paper gain of about $700 billion.
More than 10 stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume came to nearly 7.5 billion shares, about even with Friday's pace.
The Dow is now up 1,228 points, or 18.8 percent, from March 9, when it finished at its lowest point in nearly 12 years, although it's still down 1,000 points in 2009. The S&P 500 is up 21.6 percent in that time.
The Dow and the S&P 500 index remain more than 45 percent below their peak in October 2007.
So what should you make out of this rally? It basically confirms that the big banks were waiting for Treasury Secretary Geithner's plan to shore up their balance sheets. Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC), Wells fargo (WFC), JP Morgan (JPM) and Goldman Sachs (GS) were all up big today.
Hedge funds and prop traders who wanted more "juice" were out buying the Direxion Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS), up a whopping 41% today as the financial orgy gripped Wall Street.
[Note: Retail investors should never buy and hold leveraged ETFs. They will kill your portfolio.]
Why shouldn't the Masters of the Universe party? Geithner's new plan needs hedge fund and private equity backing:
President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner today unveiled an ambitious plan for a public-private partnership to buy up the toxic assets that have caused bank lending to grind to a halt. But the hedge funds and private equity firms needed to make the Public Private Investment Program work are expressing misgivings amidst Congressional action to restrict bonuses at companies receiving bailout money.
Geithner's plan would use up to $100 billion in bailout money to back private investors that buy some of the hundreds of billions of dollars of illiquid assets and loans that have thus far proven resistant to a solution.
"Our judgment is that the best way to get through this is if we can work with the markets," Geithner told The Wall Street Journal. "We don't want the government to assume all the risk. We want the private sector to work with us."
Some alternative investment executives were briefed on Geithner's plan yesterday. They expressed their concern, not about PIPP, but about the American International Group bonus outcry, and legislation that would tax at a 90% rate any bonuses handed out by firms receiving more than $5 billion in government bailout money.
According to The New York Times, those executives said they would only participate in PIPP if Treasury sets no compensation limits. The Journal says Geithner agrees that they should not be subject to the terms of the AIG legislation, should it pass the Senate and receive the president's assent.
Now that they are not subject to compensation limits, they can focus on scamming the TALF:
Today's new public-private partnership bailout scheme is very similar to the TALF, the Fed program that will let hedge funds lever up their purchases of distressed assets. It's the same deal: The banks get to dump "toxic" assets, the hedge funds set a price, and taxpayers get their money back if anyone makes a profit.
But it looks like the TALF could easily be scammed, resulting in huge losses for the taxpayer.
Zero Hedge explains the process.
First the hedge fund buys an asset with a face value of $100 for $80. The hedge fund puts up $2.40, while the Fed contributes the rest, $77.60. Huge leverage.
The next day, the hedge fund re-runs the model and realizes that they overpaid the bank. Turns out, it was only worth $20 -- which was where the market had been, sans-government leverage.
The hedge fund loses it entire $2.40, and the taxpayer loses its entire $77.60.
BUT! The bank buys the asset back from the hedge fund at $20, while paying it a $5 million fee for its trouble.
The upshot: The banks sells high, buys low. The hedge fund collects a fee for holding the asset. And the taxpayer is screwed.
Good deal, eh!?
It's a great deal for everyone but the chumps footing the bill. And some very smart people are not convinced this plan will succeed.
Nobel-prize winning economist Paul Krugman said in remarks published on Monday that the latest U.S. Treasury bailout program is nearly certain to fail, triggering a sense of personal despair:
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday unveiled a plan aimed at persuading private investors to help rid banks up to $1 trillion in toxic assets that that are seen as a roadblock to economic recovery.
"This is more than disappointing," Krugman wrote in The New York Times. ""In fact it fills me with a sense of despair."
"The Geithner scheme would offer a one-way bet: if asset values go up, the investors profit, but if they go down, the investors can walk away from their debt," the Princeton University economist said, citing weekend reports outlining the plan.
"This isn't really about letting markets work. It's just an indirect, disguised way to subsidize purchases of bad assets," he added.
Krugman called it a recycled idea of former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who later abandoned the "cash for trash" proposal.
"But the real problem with this plan is that it won't work," he says, adding that bad loans may be undervalued because there is too much fear in the current climate.
"But the fact is that financial executives literally bet their banks on the belief that there was no housing bubble, and the related belief that unprecedented levels of household debt were no problem. They lost that bet. And no amount of financial hocus-pocus -- for that is what the Geithner plan amounts to -- will change that fact," Krugman wrote.
While the real economy is being hurt by the meltdown of the financial system itself, Krugman says this is not the first or the last time this has happened. And there are lots of roadmaps to get us out.
"It goes like this: the government secures confidence in the system by guaranteeing many (though not necessarily all) bank debts. At the same time, it takes temporary control of truly insolvent banks, in order to clean up their books," Krugman said.
Time is running out on the Obama administration to take control of the banks - and the crisis.
"If this plan fails - as it almost surely will - it's unlikely that he'll be able to persuade Congress to come up with more funds to do what he should have done in the first place," he wrote.
The White House strongly disagreed with Krugman's assessment, defending the administration plans on the morning talk shows.
"I think Paul's just wrong on this one," Christina Romer, head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" show just ahead of the plan's release.
"This is really tails both the government and the private sector win, heads both the government and the private sector lose. We both are going to have, as the saying goes, skin in the game."
Those same thoughts were expressed by James Galbraith who called Geither's plan "extremely dangerous":
In short, because the plan is yet another massive, ineffective gift to banks and Wall Street. Taxpayers, of course, will take the hit Why does Tim Geithner keep repackaging the same trash-asset-removal plan that he has been trying to get approved since last fall?
In our opinion, because Tim Geithner formed his view of this crisis last fall, while sitting across the table from his constituents at the New York Fed: The CEOs of the big Wall Street firms. He views the crisis the same way Wall Street does--as a temporary liquidity problem--and his plans to fix it are designed with the best interests of Wall Street in mind.
If Geithner's plan to fix the banks would also fix the economy, this would be tolerable. But no smart economist we know of thinks that it will.
We think Geithner is suffering from five fundamental misconceptions about what is wrong with the economy. Here they are:
The trouble with the economy is that the banks aren't lending. The reality: The economy is in trouble because American consumers and businesses took on way too much debt and are now collapsing under the weight of it. As consumers retrench, companies that sell to them are retrenching, thus exacerbating the problem. The banks, meanwhile, are lending. They just aren't lending as much as they used to. Also the shadow banking system (securitization markets), which actually provided more funding to the economy than the banks, has collapsed.
The banks aren't lending because their balance sheets are loaded with "bad assets" that the market has temporarily mispriced. The reality: The banks aren't lending (much) because they have decided to stop making loans to people and companies who can't pay them back. And because the banks are scared that future writedowns on their old loans will lead to future losses that will wipe out their equity.
Bad assets are "bad" because the market doesn't understand how much they are really worth. The reality: The bad assets are bad because they are worth less than the banks say they are. House prices have dropped by nearly 30% nationwide. That has created something in the neighborhood of $5+ trillion of losses in residential real estate alone (off a peak market value of housing about $20+ trillion). The banks don't want to take their share of those losses because doing so will wipe them out. So they, and Geithner, are doing everything they can to pawn the losses off on the taxpayer.
Once we get the "bad assets" off bank balance sheets, the banks will start lending again. The reality: The banks will remain cautious about lending, because the housing market and economy are still deteriorating. So they'll sit there and say they are lending while waiting for the economy to bottom.
Once the banks start lending, the economy will recover. The reality: American consumers still have debt coming out of their ears, and they'll be working it off for years. House prices are still falling. Retirement savings have been crushed. Americans need to increase their savings rate from today's 5% (a vast improvement from the 0% rate of two years ago) to the 10% long-term average. Consumers don't have room to take on more debt, even if the banks are willing to give it to them.
Importantly, Galbraith thinks the plan is flawed because it does not deal with the collateral of the borrowers. "Banks will sit there and they will not come back and start a new credit expansion".
"Furthermore, the structural problem of banking system will remain which is that the financial system as a whole is much too large relative to the economy, so the shrinking of the financial system which has to occur to restore its health will not have occured."
For those who think there is no alternative to the public-private investment fund, professor Galbraith says that is "hogwash":
Aside from being legally proscribed, the upside of FDIC receivership is the banks are restructured and reorganized for potential sale (either in whole or parts), Galbraith says. Such was the fate in 2008 of, most notably, Washington Mutual and IndyMac.
Crucially, FDIC receivership also means new management teams for insolvent banks; and Galbraith notes new leaders will have no incentive to cover up the fraudulent or predatory lending practices of their predecessors. Given the entire system was "massively corrupted by the subprime debacle," the professor believes criminal prosecutions on par with the aftermath of the S&L crisis - when hundreds of insiders went to jail - is a likely (and necessary) outcome of the current crisis.
But don't expect to see many "perp walks" if Geithner's current plan comes to fruition. That's one reason Galbraith called the plan "extremely dangerous" in part one of our interview.
So why isn't the Obama administration pushing for FDIC receivership? "Political influence of big banks," the economist says.
One person who enthusiastically supports the new public-private plan is Bill Gross of PIMCO. Mr. Gross was on the Nightly Business Report on Monday calling it a "win- win-win" and stating that the plan will allow buyers and sellers of toxic assets to meet find common pricing levels:
GHARIB: Another prickly area is pricing. The banks are going to want to sell these assets as, at as high a price as possible and the private investors are going to want to buy them at a low a price as possible. So there is a big gap. Could that pricing issue derail the plan?
GROSS: I think it's still a problem. We're just going to have to find out, probably in 30 to 60 days when all of this comes together. I mean the banks up until this point for a typical loan have wanted $0.70 or higher, the private market in terms of buyers have wanted $0.40 or lower and that a huge gap. What this financing does though, this leverage, this availability of money at 1 to 1 1/2 percent financing, in other words, the ability to borrow money at a cheap rate, what that does is make it possible for the 40 percent price to move up to $0.60 or $0.65 and still be on a comparable basis. So buyers and sellers have moved much closer together based upon this particular plan.
GHARIB: All right so if the buyers and sellers finally can work something out, how soon do you think that this could get the credit flowing in the economy?
GROSS: Well, it will take some time. You know, I mentioned it will take 30 to 60 days to implement or to begin to implement this particular plan. And then once the toxic waste so to speak is cleared off the balance sheets if it is, then you know, the new lending will begin and that will take six to 12 months. So this not a situation by any means where the U.S. economy or the global economy is out of the woods. We expect further deterioration in terms of unemployment, further deterioration in terms of economic growth but this is a major step to cushion that process.
GHARIB: But today President Obama was saying that he sees glimmers of hope in the economy and last week we also got some very optimistic comments from Fed chief Ben Bernanke. Are you beginning to see a turn at all in the economy?
GROSS: Not yet. You know, I think that's still six to 12 months out and I think ultimately Susie that when the economy does turn, that those that are expecting it to turn and to move back up to normal levels, to levels of growth of 3 to 4 percent, unemployment rates back to 4 1/2 to 5 percent, that they are sadly mistaken. We are moving to what we call a new normal which reflects a very subdued level of economic growth and a very subdued rate basically of growth for economic assets and financial assets.
GHARIB: Just have a little time left and I hate to leave it on a down note. But worst-case scenario, what if this Treasury plan doesn't work? What does that mean for the economy and for reviving the financial system?
GROSS: Well, if it doesn't work, it means that the basically the $5 trillion hole that Pimco estimates that the U.S. economy has to fill back in, that the Fed, the Treasury, that the fiscal stimulation plan in terms of the budget deficit has to fill in, it means that that would be a tremendous, tremendous effort going forward. Basically this program has to work.
Late tonight, Charlie Rose invited Andrew Ross Sorkin, Joe Nocera and Paul Krugman to discuss the public-private plan (click here to view this interview but it might not be available until tomorrow on the website).
Joe Nocera stated that you can't use the stock market as a barometer of the financial system's health because it too volatile. He said the credit markets hardly flinched on Monday (read this Bloomberg article on bank bond spreads). He was also concerned about the populist backlash, saying it could be profoundly "destabilizing".
Andrew Ross Sorkin mentioned his New York Times article, If Goldman Returns Aid, Will Others?, where he states that Goldman is planning to give back its TARP money soon. On Charlie Rose, he agreed with Joe Nocera's concerns about the populist backlash because it could engender a "domino effect" where weaker banks also want to return TARP funds.
I quote from the article:
It remains possible that Treasury could try to persuade Goldman to hold off on paying the money back until the economy stabilizes. That could stir up a new flavor of public outrage.
For his part, Krugman once again made the most sense, stating that the plan is ensuring another Japanese-style lost decade of "zombie banks". He went over the Geithner plan arithmetic and he said that it's basically trying to "bribe" private funds into buying these assets using government subsidies.
Krugman thinks we need to adopt the Swedish model and bring back the Resolution Trust solution that was used to work through the S&L crisis. He said that he finds it ironic when people say "we are not like the Japanese because we moved faster". In his eyes, we are only prolonging the agony. I couldn't agree more.
Finally, I leave you with this Harper's Magazine article by Ken Silverstein, Hedge Fund Socialism:
There's already much debate about the merits of the administration's plan to clean up toxic assets, but one person I spoke with—a well-connected Democrat representing a big investment firm — was absolutely crystal-eyed about the fundamentals:
Even as details are being worked out, he saw ample opportunities for his firm to make huge profits. Banks, hedge funds and other investors that take part in the plan cannot lose money, thanks to the government's support and guarantees. Taxpayers, he said with a mix of regret and satisfaction, were getting shafted again.
Paul Krugman has it just right:
For the private investors, this is an open invitation to play heads I win, tails the taxpayers lose. So sure, these investors will be ready to pay high prices for toxic waste. After all, the stuff might be worth something; and if it isn't, that's someone else's problem.
Incidentally, try to imagine if the Bush Administration had floated this plan. Is there anyone from the liberal blogosphere who wouldn't be denouncing this as a Wall Street giveaway? Particularly given the architects of the Obama administration's plan? As Frank Rich wrote:
"Given that Summers worked for a secretive hedge fund, D. E. Shaw, after he was pushed out of Harvard's presidency at the bubble's height, you have to wonder how he can now sell the administration's plan for buying up toxic assets with the help of hedge funds. It will look like another giveaway to his own insiders' club. As for Geithner, people might take him more seriously if he gave a credible account of why, while at the New York Fed, he and the Goldman alumnus Hank Paulson let Lehman Brothers fail but saved the Goldman-trading ally A.I.G.
I want you to think about something else. Who funds hedge funds and private equity funds? Pension funds, insurance companies, endowment funds, and some banks.
I find it perverse that pension funds will pay 2% management fee and 20% performance fee to some hedge fund or P.E. fund that will then get a government subsidy to buy these assets at 30 or 40 cents on the dollar hoping to sell them to a greater fool at a higher price.
I got a better idea (call it the 'Kolivakis Pension Plan'). Why don't the world's largest pension funds band together to create a "Pension Resolution Trust" taking these assets off the banks' books and then selling them off slowly over many years as the global economy eventually recovers?
Why pay fees to hedge funds, private equity funds or the PIMCOs of this world when you can band together and use your financial clout and deep pockets to make money by directly taking ownership of these assets?
Admittedly, this will require some serious planning, some changes in individual investment policies and some resources to make it work, but it can also help pensions deal with their deficits while they help the credit system get going again.
I think it's time we start thinking "outside the box" and start implementing some long-term solutions to deal with a virulent financial crisis that threatens global peace and prosperity.
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AURA Travel embraces .travel domain
As if starting up a business and marketing a new brand is not challenging enough on its own merits, doing it in a new top level domain name space adds its own share of trepidation along the way.
AURA Travel is an online start-up set to revolutionise, commoditise, and standardise the holiday rentals by owner niche of the accommodation market, while providing an online platform that easily facilitates listing, search, and booking of holiday rental properties.
The business name the company chose – AURA – has its own historical reasons and drives. This was only half of the challenge. Choosing an online domain name extension was the other half. Because AURA was effectively launching a new online, unknown brand, the domain name extension in itself was considered a quintessential component of the brand. The popular TLDs (i.e., .com domain space) was not only saturated, but also somehow monotonously insignificant due to its popularity.
Scouting the web for alternatives, AURA arrived at the .travel extension which was recently released as a part of a number of domain name spaces offering specialisation for different industry verticals.
The .travel domain made sense instantly. This is what AURA's new business was offering – accommodation for people who travel – for business, for pleasure, or for no reason at all. What it did, is what travelers needed, whether looking for a place to stay while in vacation around the globe, or booking a weekend escape a couple of hours' drive away.
As much as the domain name made sense, it was initially dismissed, because it was too new and unknown. Let's face it, who is not scared of the unknown? Eventually, however, AURA came back to it and decided to launch its brand new business on a brand new domain name space that made sense to what it did. The company was excited and full of start-up spirit. It was all new and starting from scratch, so why not give it a go? The company was no longer just AURA – it became aura.travel.
Within days, AURA bumped into the first few challenges. Using its email addresses in online forms was often rejected as "not a valid email." It became apparent that older form validators were not aware or compliant with the newer domain extensions. AURA made it its mission to contact the webmasters of these sites and let them know that their form validation was out of date. While a minuscule contribution in this sense, AURA can attest that overall, in the last 12 months, the web has changed and became radically more aware of the new domain names. The automated validation issues initially experienced seem to have mostly vanished.
User adoption was the next major hurdle. AURA's customers found it hard to "get" its domain name. Whenever someone said "aura.travel," the response was, "travel dot what?" or "aura.travel.com?" It was almost like arriving in a foreign country, and having a name that is hard to pronounce. However, AURA's faith was restored by Google, who did not seemed scared at all by its .travel name. In fact, looking at the increasing search results and website hits, its name may have found inherent value in its novelty. This is exactly what AURA was banking on in the beginning.
Following this episode of identity crises, AURA completely embraced its uniqueness, persevering with its brand – aura.travel.
Now, a year later after its website launch, the results speak for themselves. AURA considers its journey so far a great success and is looking forward to further expanding globally. The company is still aura.travel, and it will never give that up for the world.
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The incident took place as the man showed up to work, and supervisors suspected there may have been an issue. Apparently, there was a nearly empty bottle of rum in the trunk of the patrol car. The police officer was also found to have a blood alcohol content of .21 percent, close to three times the legal limit.
The officer was sentenced to 60 days in jail. He was also ordered to serve probation for a period of six months. The man was suspended from work, and termination proceedings are pending.
In a case such as this, there may be blood tests, breath tests and/or field sobriety test results. Personal observations of the arresting officers may be relevant, along with other evidence, and lead to a person being charged with drunk driving. Regardless of the tests administered or the claimed results, anyone in Indiana who is arrested and charged with drunk driving will likely benefit from speaking to an attorney who can examine the test results and related evidence and fully represent the interests of the accused individual throughout the criminal proceedings. Defense counsel will focus on protecting all legal rights while fighting for a favorable conclusion.
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The Red Cross has escalated its call for blood and platelet donors after a difficult Independence Day week for donations.
The Red Cross says more than 550 fewer blood drives were organized by businesses and other community groups last week than during a typical week as individuals across the country celebrated the holiday and enjoyed summer activities. This could equate to as many as 15,000 fewer donations than needed, causing donations to now be distributed to hospitals faster than they come in.
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Posted May 10, 2019 11:32 by Josh Darvill
Honey G has put herself forward for The X Factor's All Star series line up.
A potential X Factor All Stars spin-off is said to be in the works for this year in place of the usual series.
Show boss Simon Cowell announced the plans earlier in the Spring, with a series featuring a line up of past contestants.
Honey G says she is up for a return and thinks it's "what the people want" too.
"I tick all the boxes," said Honey G, who appeared on The X Factor in 2016.
She told The Sun newspaper: "Give the people what they want and what the people want is Honey G.
"Nobody wants to see any one song a power ballad. My prediction is if they do that they'll stick with the low ratings.
"I think I am their best shot at getting Christmas No1."
Following her time on The X Factor, Honey G released a number of singles including The Honey G Show.
"I should be in the charts consistently getting chart hits," she said. "Every time I go on that stage I feel like I was born to be here."
Alongside Honey G, 2010 contestant Wagner has also put himself forward for the upcoming All Stars show.
He told The Sun: "I think X Factor could do with some more interesting acts, not serious people who sing like they are suffering or dying.
Wagner, who despite not coming close to winning has become one of the show's most iconic acts, added: "I'll bring the fun. When I'm on stage I love it. I'm 63 but I feel really young."
As yet no names have been confirmed for The X Factor's All Star line up, but rumour has it that Simon is keen to get a number of winners back including both Leona Lewis and Shayne Ward.
Also said to be in talks include the likes of Chico, Same Difference and Jedward.
Meanwhile, the judging panel is reported to also feature a line up of 'all star judges' from past series after both Ayda and Robbie Williams quit.
It was recently rumoured that Simon was in talks to get Dannii Minogue back on the panel.
The likes of Sharon Osbourne, Louis Walsh and Nicole Scherzinger have also been touted as possible judges for the special series.
The X Factor typically airs from September on ITV although scheduling for the 2019 series has yet to be announced.
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Kentucky has been a telehealth leader for many years despite outdated laws and regulations that restrict how telehealth may be used, preventing many Kentuckians from accessing healthcare services that are not available close to home.
Senate Bill 112, introduced by Senator Ralph Alvarado and signed into law by Governor Matt Bevin on April 26, 2018, will help make telehealth more accessible to the citizens of the Commonwealth by reducing the legal and regulatory restrictions that are currently in place.
As stipulated in SB 112, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services will be responsible for providing "oversight, guidance and direction" to Medicaid providers delivering care using telehealth and "shall maintain telehealth policies and guidelines to providing care that ensure that Medicaid-eligible citizens will have safe, adequate, and efficient medical care, and that prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of the Medicaid program." The legislation also requires that telehealth-based care must be coordinated with the patient's primary care provider to insure continuity of care.
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Lives have been changed and lives have been saved because telehealth improves access to healthcare services. Bono, lead singer for U2 and a committed humanitarian said, "Where you live should not determine whether you live". The enactment of SB112 on July 1, 2019 guarantees all Kentuckians will have access to healthcare services that help them live full and productive lives, no matter where they live.
-Rob Sprang is the director of Kentucky TeleCare at the University of Kentucky and the co-project manager of Kentucky TeleHealth Network.
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£700k improvement works for 'danger junctions'
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The junction of the A12 and Whalebone Lane North is set to receive £400k of improvements - Credit: Archant
Up to £700,000 is set to be spent on improving a pair of dangerous road junctions.
Cabinet members agreed to spend £400,000 making the junction of the A12 and Whalebone Lane North, in Chadwell Heath, safer.
Used by about 28,500 vehicles a day, Whalebone Lane North saw 47 collisions in the 36 months to March 2014, and a motorcyclist was killed at the junction in June last year.
The vehicle stacking lane on the northbound approach to the A12 will be widened, while an extra zebra crossing south of Pemberton Road will also be installed.
The narrowing of the junction with Mill Lane has also been proposed to reduce vehicle speeds on all roads between Whalebone Lane North between Millbrook Gardens and Adelaide Gardens.
A further £300,000 has been set aside for the junction of Ballards Road and New Road in Dagenham.
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Major Disaster
Paul Booker
Religion: not determined yet
Name: Major Disaster
Alter Ego: Paul Booker
Other Names: "Bennett Brodsky"
Classification: villain hero
First Appearance: Green Lantern (vol. 2) #43 (Mar. 1966): "The Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster!"
Creators: Gardner F. Fox, Gil Kane, Sid Greene
Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes
Number of Appearances: 72
Comic Book Appearances: 71
TV, Film Appearances: 1
Teams/Affiliations: Army of Crime; Injustice League; Justice League Antarctica; Justice League Elite; SKULL; The Justice League; The Suicide Squad
Enemy of: Thanatos
This character is in the following 3 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Green Lantern (vol. 2) #43 (Mar. 1966): "The Catastrophic Crimes of Major Disaster!"
Justice League Elite #1 (Sep. 2004): "Grand Experiment"
The Outsiders (vol. 1) #25 (Nov. 1987): "The Eve of Disaster"
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- http://www.comicvine.com/major-disaster/29-6204/
- http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0148236/
- http://www.cosmicteams.com/cosmic/suicidesquad.htm
- http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=majordisaster
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St. Dominic Academy 2016 Christmas Classic
AUBURN — St. Dominic Academy is pleased to announce that the boys' hockey program will be hosting the 2016 St. Dominic Academy Christmas Classic invitational hockey tournament from Tuesday, Dec. 27-29 at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn.
St. Dominic Academy will host state rivals Edward Little High School and Bangor High School, along with the following out of state schools: Notre Dame Fairfield and Northwest Catholic both from Fairfield and West Hartford Connecticut respectively; Bishop Brady High School of Concord, New Hhampshire along with St. Thomas Aquinas of Dover, New Hampshire and Rhode Island's Smithfield High School.
On Tuesday, December 27th games will be as follows:
Bishop Brady verse Edward Little High School, 1 p.m.
Notre Dame Fairfield verse Smithfield High School, 3 p.m.
Bangor High School verse St. Dominic Academy, 5 p.m.
St. Thomas Aquinas verse Northwest Catholic, 7 p.m.
Games on Wednesday, December 28th will begin at 1 p.m. followed by 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. with opponents dependent on prior day results.
Day three of the tourney will feature championship and consolation games at 11 a.m. and 1:10 p.m. utilizing both rinks of the Norway Savings Bank Arena.
"The goal of the St. Dominic Academy Christmas Classic is to provide a high caliber and unique hockey experience to our student athletes," Tournament Director Steve Ouellette said. "It showcases the proud tradition of St. Dom's hockey and we look forward, along with our sponsors and hotel partners, to hosting one of the best high school hockey tournaments in the Northeast. This is a great example of the benefit of having such a facility as the Norway Savings Bank Arena in our local reach and the impact that it has on our community."
For more information regarding the St. Dominic Academy Christmas Classic, please contact JP Yorkey, Athletic Director, St. Dominic Academy at: 207-782-6911.
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Did Mariah Carey's close relationship with hunky dancer Brian Tanaka cause fight with James Packer?
The billionaire and the superstar's back-up dancer are said to have exchanged words
Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka (Image: Instagram)
Mariah Carey has a close relationship with her hunky dancer Brian Tanaka and it's rumoured to have caused a problem with her fiance James Packer.
The billionaire is said not to have approved of Mariah's friendship with the hunky dancer, who has shared many pictures alongside the star in recent weeks, describing her as a "beautiful person", while travelling around on her private jet.
TMZ have reported that Packer and Tanaka had a heated exchange in June during one of Mariah's Las Vegas shows at Caesar's Palace.
It's claimed that a picture was circulated of Tanaka banning him from several casinos.
Tanaka is one of Mariah's favoured dancers, even appearing alongside her in Complex magazine this year, and he's not far from her side in backstage photos with celebrity guests.
Earlier today, it was reported that Mariah and the Australian businessman are "trying" to work things out.
The couple are currently taking a break from their relationship after having a fight in Greece and are now "discussing" if they'll get back together.
Her representative said in a statement: "Mariah and James had a fight in Greece, and have not seen each other since.
"[The fight was not due to] any cheating allegations or excessive spending. They are trying to work it out. Right now, they're not sure if they will stay together. They are discussing it."
Meanwhile, it was previously claimed that James ended their relationship after Mariah became obsessed with her reality television show 'Mariah's World'.
Mariah Carey, her children and James Packer arrive on a yacht for a holiday in Greece (Image: MAVRIXPHOTO/Vantagenews.com)
Mariah Carey, James Packer G'Day Los Angeles Gala, America - 28 Jan 2016 (Image: Startraks Photo/REX/Shutterstock)
Mariah Carey and boyfriend James Packer leave the Ziegfeld Theater together after 'The Intern' movie world premiere in NYC (Image: Splash)
A source said: "It's all over. James had huge reservations about Mariah's new reality TV show and the fact that she was willing to expose their lives to the world ... James is very generous, but Mariah takes it to the next level."
And things are said to have only got worse when Mariah didn't attend a birthday party for James' sister.
The insider added: "When she refused to come to Australia for [Packer's sister's] birthday party it created a lot of tension in the family. James' tight circle of friends never really thought they would marry."
Mariah Carey and James Packer visit the Juan and Andreas Restaurant in Formentera, Spain (Image: Splash)
Cheeky! (Image: Splash)
And Mariah previously revealed she was taking her time to tell her five-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe about her engagement as she wants them to understand that she will still be their mother first and foremost.
She shared: "I haven't talked to them about it completely because they are so young - they don't really understand things yet.
"You have to go slowly and explain things and always make sure they know that this is only going to be good for them. Their lives aren't going to change."


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So, I have seen the "major scenes" of these episodes before, and although I knew they were sad somehow they didn't quite register with me. I think I was in denial or something. But for some reason, when I rewatched them, I just lost it. Every freaking thing that happened, I was tearing up and crying. Omg. There are some parts that are slow, like the scenes about the emperor & his political ministers, but overall a lot of crap goes down in these episodes. Definitely tons of must-watch scenes.
"You are the only one that's still following me, even though I've brought trouble to you."
Omg. Hua Fei, Hua Fei. COME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Out of these few episodes, I have to say that the main highlight is Hua Fei. Perhaps Hua Fei is defeated and hopeless, but I also feel that she's even more fearless than before because she's seen it all. She doesn't care about what's to come because she thinks the worst has already happened. She's bracing herself for the worst, so it's almost like she has nothing to fear anymore. It's also really sad when she realizes that the only one who remained loyal to her is her trusty servant, Song Zhi, who she used to treat badly.
Unfortunately for Hua Fei, pretty much no one else can save her..and no one wants to save her. It's rather ironic that Zhen Huan & Mei Zhuang are so hurt over Hua Fei's wrongdoings that they are willing to resort to revenge. Also, the other concubines who never dared to speak out against Hua Fei are actually the ones that help secure Hua Fei's fate. It is almost weird to see even the Empress finally getting the upper hand in the harem, THAT is how messed up things were when Hua Fei was the leader. O_O
"He said he only loved me in the world. But there are a lot of women in the palace. He's staying here today, and tomorrow he stays over there. What I can do is wait. I wait for him until dawn, but he never came."
Anyways, on to the most awesome and tragic scene ever in episode 42. I have to say that this scene is freaking genius. The spotlight is all on Hua Fei, and Jiang Xin's acting is SPOT ON. It's so heartbreaking when Hua Fei starts to tear up as she demands a command from the emperor, because then she will willingly obey. All she wants is for the emperor to remember her, but the freaking emperor doesn't even care enough to hear about her suicide order. :'( I also love the part when she tells Zhen Huan about the good old days, when she used to be the emperor's favorite Second Wife. There is a change in Zhen Huan's expression, almost as though she realizes that there is so much that she doesn't know about the emperor's past, and that there really was a time when the emperor was happy without her. And that there was a time when Hua Fei never had to share the emperor with other women, which is why she is so jealous of Zhen Huan.
"His Majesty hated me this much?"
But the real clincher of the scene is when Zhen Huan reveals that the emperor actually caused Hua Fei's miscarriage and infertility with the Huan Yi perfume. It is like every single word punches Hua Fei straight in the gut. You can just see her mind shutting down as she crumbles in her disbelief. She's pretty much realizing that the person she loves and trusts the most, is actually the one who never loved her and was willing to kill her baby. I don't even know how to describe it, but let's just say that Hua Fei's entire UNIVERSE is crumbling down. Jiang Xin is also genius in her acting because the last thing Hua Fei does is laugh crazily since she can't handle the pain. :'(((((((((( In the end, Hua Fei commits suicide. What a tragic ending 🙁 I really wanted her to go and spite the emperor or something, but of course even then she still loves him too much to do so.
Things feel really empty after Hua Fei's passing. The harem is just not the same without her. BUT NOW THE EMPRESS IS IN THE PLAYING FIELD. OMG. The freaking empress pulls a fast one on Zhen Huan by making her accidentally wear the late empress' dress. But the problem is that Zhen Huan isn't to fault! The freaking EMPEROR is gullible enough to think that Zhen Huan is actually Empress Chun Yuan's ghost or something! And then he flips out when he finds out it's Zhen Huan, and tells her to go REFLECT ON HER MISTAKE. *FACE PALM* He places her under HOUSE ARREST and doesn't even budge when she finds out she's pregnant. Childish much, emperor?
"Huan Huan? In his majesty's heart, I'm just a replacement for Empress Chun Yuan."
Zhen Huan was scared that she would have the same fate as Hua Fei, who was just an unloved and forgotten pawn of the emperor's. Turns out her fears are answered, and it's strikingly similar to Hua Fei's situation. She knows now that the emperor only used her as a replacement for the person he actually loves the most–Empress Chun Yuan. All this time, she thought the emperor truly loved her for who she was, but now she knows he only loves her for who she looks like. In other words, all the feelings that she thought were genuine were actually not even directed towards her. It's heartbreaking to see her crumble so easily, all because of the emperor's heart.
OMG. THE EMPRESS AND LING RONG ARE SUCH OPPORTUNISTS. I was totally caught off guard!!!!!! I knew the Empress would be a threat later on (because of spoilers) but if I had been watching with no background knowledge, then I probably wouldn't suspect her. Turns out she is like a hidden tigress in disguise. In a way she is scarier than Hua Fei because she knows when to strike, and when to lay low. She also has all the resources and power to pull things off. Even though she isn't really loved by the emperor, she is still the empress no matter what and she undoubtedly has some sort of influence over him.
OH, AND LING RONG DOESN'T DO NOTHING. Not that I was expecting her to. But the real kicker is that she even suggests that Zhen Huan should have a miscarriage. OMG. The really pathetic thing is that Ling Rong is pretty much the Empress' minion that doesn't do anything. She wants to act like she's all powerful and smart because she's on the empress' side, but really, the empress views her as a pawn.
"I don't know who will be my enemy after Nian Shi Lan is dead."
It's rather ironic that Mei Zhuang & Zhen Huan aren't even happy after Hua Fei's demise. More like, they don't even know what to do with this because they are so used to having Hua Fei around. Also, both of them are quickly brought back to reality when Zhen Huan falls from the emperor's favor. Unfortunately Mei Zhuang tries to help Zhen Huan, but she has no influence over the emperor so she can only watch by the sidelines.
On a final note…….the emperor and the Empress Dowager kill off Cao Pin. (promoted to a Pin) Literally. Cao Pin is cruel and calculating, but it turns out that the emperor/empress dowager are even moreso. Cao Pin was really the character I was going to fall back on after Hua Fei's death, because we all know she has the capability to be Zhen Huan's opponent. And yet she's easily killed off by the emperor. Darn it.
These few episodes were brilliant. Hua Fei's final scene and Zhen Huan's scenes after she realizes the emperor's true intentions are gold. Even in her final moments, I'd say that Hua Fei was really shining and pitiful, and definitely a character to remember. I will miss Hua Fei, but am curious to see more of the empress' dark side.
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I'm heisui, an Asian drama blogger and the creator of My Drama Tea. I love stories and writing, so I watch dramas and blog. I especially have a penchant for Japanese and Chinese dramas, and those hidden gems that are waiting to be discovered. Oh, and I'm Legend of Zhen Huan-obsessed!
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minriti says:
Ah, it's been so long since I last watched this drama. I can't grasp the feelings I had for Hua Fei during her death scene. I think I was sad for her too. It erased all the hate I had for her.
I don't know how far you are right now, but more tragedies follow this. Then the drama kinda enters a period of calmness and fluff, and I think the happiest days of ZH's life. Of course, that just sets her up for more heartbreak and tragedy.
heisui says:
Yeah I have watched random scenes from the later episodes and it's like one tragedy after another. 🙁
Thank you so much for the recaps….
I have problem with the server so I can't watch the drama directly. your recaps are the only consolation.
Hopefully you'll keep fighting till the end
Aw that's too bad, are the youtube videos not working for you? O:
I don't understand mandarin and relying on english translatiion. like I said, unfortunally only Viki have the translation and somehow after sometime I can't access the site anymore
That's odd, is it possible viki is not available in your country? Just recently I've experienced some glitches with viki, that might also be the reason.
hi i was wondering if you have any full length shots of zhen huan in the empress's sisters dress, its my favourite, i know hui fei wore it before but i love it on zhen huan !
Do you mean a screenshot or an official still? I will try to look for one!
a screen shot please thanks. xxx
This is the closest I could get, unfortunately I couldn't find any shots with the entire dress >_<
thanks a million ! its my fav dress on her !
I really like the color..it looks better than that green formal dress that she used to wear.
the green didn't suit her , i like how as she advanced the ranks she kept her style simple and over the top like hui fei did. did they recycle some of her clothes for huan as a yellow dress she wears looks like one hui fei wore.xxxx
Hmm I'm not sure if the yellow dress is recycled or not..I would think that she is a different height so maybe it is a different dress?
ooops meant to say and not over the top like hui fei
i think your right all i saw was a head shot of the two of them side by side and Hua fei has a orange color under neath the neck cloth and huan does not have that bight orange.
AmandaS says:
I still don't like the 'reason' they had for killing off Cao Pin. Yeah, so she is 'cruel and calculating' but come on, Hua Fei was much worse. I really think they only said it as an excuse to kill her because she ratted Hua Fei out. Gonna be honest; If it had been me to state my opinion as to what should happen to Hua Fei then I would have said the same thing as Cao Pin: Let her die. It is not a crime to uphold justice on someone who has literally bribed and forced illness and death on others for personal gain.
Even if she was saying it just to fulfill her desire to see Hua Fei punished, it technically wouldn't be 'wrong' because it still would have been the correct thing to do, everyone was leaning that way in the first place and Cao Pin would not have kept the death on her conscious. It's like they were thinking: 'She wants Hua Fei to die because she committed crimes and nearly caused the death of her daughter?! Outrageous! After we kill Hua Fei, let's kill her too…' "Yeah, alright.'
Final note: Sorry for the ranting and I like your reviews on the show. x3
I know I'm still not quite sure why they killed her off so easily..especially when there are other concubines that are just as calculating as she is. Some of the other concubines were also destroyed by the emperor, but he didn't do it in such a direct way. I think that maybe her family wasn't of a very high status, so the emperor had no political benefit to being with her?
Overall, I feel sad for Cao Pin because she was separated from her daughter whom she loved so much. She did all this for her daughter's survival and yet she was killed because of it. 🙁
Yeah, I agree; I'm a mother myself so I can totally see where she's coming from, there's a lot you need to think about to keep your children and yourself safe especially back in those times. And also I agree with you that she could have been a real asset because she was smart and careful, I liked her a lot because she had the ability to keep herself out of trouble no matter what her roles were in any situation.
It would make sense if they felt she had no real benefit. Or I just thought, it could have been that the Emperor's feeling's for Hua Fei felt attacked by the suggestion she gave and that was why they said she was 'cruel and calculating'. But still, that's kind of a big temper tantrum to give in that situation. Ha, but who's to say no one, especially in history, has taken their emotions out with a hot head? XD Ah well. I'm still working on the series, but I still the like the interlocking dramas so far, I think the writers did very well weaving it all though.
From my understanding, the Emperor and Empress Dowager felt that Hua Fei was manipulative because of her family standing in the court. However, they decided to kill off Cao Pin because they felt she was a more evil mastermind than Hua Fei. Kudos to Hua Fei, she took the blame/fall upon herself when she realised things were not going her way but Cao Pin was very quick to pin the blame on others and they felt that when she ratted out everything that Hua Fei did/forced Cao Pin to conspire with her, they felt that she was too dangerous to keep alive.
How did they kill Cao Pin? The subtitle is really bad that I don't understand the story
I believe it was through poisoning her food.
You know, it was your post that made me to watch Zhen Huan. I was googling about Chinese period drama when I found your site. And the story is really interesting. So I bought the DVD.
I'm from Indonesia by the way but Chinese descent so I can't speak Mandarin.
I usually watched crime drama. The last one I watched is 'Sherlock' by BBC. I'm obsessed about Sherlock.
Wow, I'm glad you got into watching ZH through my blog! 😀 I've watched Sherlock too, it is a great show!
rebeccahuff says:
OMG…. I hadn't read any spoilers so yea, the Empress is such a shocker to me. But these episodes made me truly hate the selfish Emperor so much. UGH what a jerk. How could he be so stupid as to think that she knew whose dress she was wearing if she didn't even KNOW she resembled the late Empress??? DUH moment, just really annoying. I so enjoyed watching the scene where Hua Fei and Zhen Huan chatted before the suicide. Oh, stellar acting! Love love loved to hate Hua Fei… gonna really miss her. I am hoping that Zhen Huan is about to fall for the doctor who loves her, or anyone besides that selfish self serving Emperor! If only I had time to watch it 24 hours a day! ha ha
I KNOW RIGHT!?!?!? I mean, it was a sign of disrespect towards the late empress but it's all..HOW WAS SHE SUPPOSED TO KNOW?? Cut her some slack!!!!!!!!!!! And wow, the moment when Zhen Huan realizes that the emperor thought she was the late empress…it was like I could hear her heart breaking. 🙁
Yes yes Hua Fei's ending scene was SOOO GOOD, I can rewatch it over and over again and it is epic every time!
marsianot5 says:
I know you posted this a long time ago, but I felt like I still had to say something. I know that Hua Fei is supposed to be this really strong character that ultimately is broken down until she can't take it any more, but I have to give her props for dying her own way. I felt bad for her, but not as much as I probably should have. I still felt that even though she did what she had to out of necessity, and even though the EMPEROR (UGH HATE HIM) is the one who's really at fault, I don't think that it justified all of the crap she pulled on everyone else. She had people killed, lives ruined, all because Hua Fei couldn't keep her feelings in check. If you think about it, her brother was a gigantic jerk, but she knew what she was getting into when she joined the palace. She had to have heard stories. Nian Geng Yao was a real person, and he and his family were really punished in the way described in the show. If she or her brother didn't take their power for granted, bossing everyone around, and generally acting like they were better than the Emperor and Empress themselves, (not that they're totally innocent because they aren't), but things may have turned out differently.
Despite everything that Hua Fei has gone through, I can't REALLY feel sorry for her when I go back and look at what she's done.
I agree, I sympathize a lot with Hua Fei…but her circumstances don't necessarily justify all of her cruel actions. I think Hua Fei was actually one of the emperor's wives (not the 1st wife, I think she was maybe the 2nd wife?) when he was still a prince. So she probably didn't know that he would become emperor when she first married him.
Lisa luo-xu says:
I hate what hua fei has done to the other woman in the palce during that time she is a bad person i don't feel sorry for her she should have not done what she has done. She was jelous alot of times because of wan ping got favored alot of times during that time and because other people got children and she does not . It was shocking to see her tell somebody to push one of the consorts to the water. What she did was out of jelousy. If i was her i would know what i have done wrong and stopped before i kill somebody or before the empress finds out. I must say that the actress who played her was very good.
i enjoy reading yr synopsis of zhen huan. The little remarks you made, made me chuckle, e.g. "Childish much, emperor?" U added that much fun and common sentiments with your comments. thank you xx
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