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"""Requirements specific to SQLAlchemy's own unit tests.

"""

from sqlalchemy import util
import sys
from sqlalchemy.testing.requirements import SuiteRequirements
from sqlalchemy.testing import exclusions
from sqlalchemy.testing.exclusions import \
     skip, \
     skip_if,\
     only_if,\
     only_on,\
     fails_on_everything_except,\
     fails_on,\
     fails_if,\
     succeeds_if,\
     SpecPredicate,\
     against,\
     LambdaPredicate,\
     requires_tag

def no_support(db, reason):
    return SpecPredicate(db, description=reason)

def exclude(db, op, spec, description=None):
    return SpecPredicate(db, op, spec, description=description)

class DefaultRequirements(SuiteRequirements):
    @property
    def deferrable_or_no_constraints(self):
        """Target database must support deferrable constraints."""

        return skip_if([
            no_support('firebird', 'not supported by database'),
            no_support('mysql', 'not supported by database'),
            no_support('mssql', 'not supported by database'),
            ])

    @property
    def check_constraints(self):
        """Target database must support check constraints."""

        return exclusions.open()

    @property
    def named_constraints(self):
        """target database must support names for constraints."""

        return skip_if([
            no_support('sqlite', 'not supported by database'),
            ])

    @property
    def foreign_keys(self):
        """Target database must support foreign keys."""

        return skip_if(
                no_support('sqlite', 'not supported by database')
            )

    @property
    def on_update_cascade(self):
        """target database must support ON UPDATE..CASCADE behavior in
        foreign keys."""

        return skip_if(
                    ['sqlite', 'oracle'],
                    'target backend %(doesnt_support)s ON UPDATE CASCADE'
                )

    @property
    def non_updating_cascade(self):
        """target database must *not* support ON UPDATE..CASCADE behavior in
        foreign keys."""

        return fails_on_everything_except('sqlite', 'oracle', '+zxjdbc') + \
            skip_if('mssql')

    @property
    def deferrable_fks(self):
        """target database must support deferrable fks"""

        return only_on(['oracle'])

    @property
    def unbounded_varchar(self):
        """Target database must support VARCHAR with no length"""

        return skip_if([
                "firebird", "oracle", "mysql"
            ], "not supported by database"
            )

    @property
    def boolean_col_expressions(self):
        """Target database must support boolean expressions as columns"""
        return skip_if([
            no_support('firebird', 'not supported by database'),
            no_support('oracle', 'not supported by database'),
            no_support('mssql', 'not supported by database'),
            no_support('sybase', 'not supported by database'),
        ])

    @property
    def standalone_binds(self):
        """target database/driver supports bound parameters as column expressions
        without being in the context of a typed column.

        """
        return skip_if(["firebird", "mssql+mxodbc"],
                "not supported by driver")

    @property
    def identity(self):
        """Target database must support GENERATED AS IDENTITY or a facsimile.

        Includes GENERATED AS IDENTITY, AUTOINCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT, or other
        column DDL feature that fills in a DB-generated identifier at INSERT-time
        without requiring pre-execution of a SEQUENCE or other artifact.

        """
        return skip_if(["firebird", "oracle", "postgresql", "sybase"],
                "not supported by database"
            )

    @property
    def temporary_tables(self):
        """target database supports temporary tables"""
        return skip_if(
                    ["mssql", "firebird"], "not supported (?)"
                )

    @property
    def temp_table_reflection(self):
        return self.temporary_tables

    @property
    def reflectable_autoincrement(self):
        """Target database must support tables that can automatically generate
        PKs assuming they were reflected.

        this is essentially all the DBs in "identity" plus Postgresql, which
        has SERIAL support.  FB and Oracle (and sybase?) require the Sequence to
        be explicitly added, including if the table was reflected.
        """
        return skip_if(["firebird", "oracle", "sybase"],
                "not supported by database"
            )

    @property
    def insert_from_select(self):
        return skip_if(
                    ["firebird"], "crashes for unknown reason"
                )

    @property
    def fetch_rows_post_commit(self):
        return skip_if(
                    ["firebird"], "not supported"
                )

    @property
    def binary_comparisons(self):
        """target database/driver can allow BLOB/BINARY fields to be compared
        against a bound parameter value.
        """
        return skip_if(["oracle", "mssql"],
                "not supported by database/driver"
            )

    @property
    def binary_literals(self):
        """target backend supports simple binary literals, e.g. an
        expression like::

            SELECT CAST('foo' AS BINARY)

        Where ``BINARY`` is the type emitted from :class:`.LargeBinary`,
        e.g. it could be ``BLOB`` or similar.

        Basically fails on Oracle.

        """
        # adding mssql here since it doesn't support comparisons either,
        # have observed generally bad behavior with binary / mssql.

        return skip_if(["oracle", "mssql"],
                "not supported by database/driver"
            )

    @property
    def independent_cursors(self):
        """Target must support simultaneous, independent database cursors
        on a single connection."""

        return skip_if(["mssql+pyodbc", "mssql+mxodbc"], "no driver support")

    @property
    def independent_connections(self):
        """Target must support simultaneous, independent database connections."""

        # This is also true of some configurations of UnixODBC and probably win32
        # ODBC as well.
        return skip_if([
                    no_support("sqlite",
                            "independent connections disabled "
                                "when :memory: connections are used"),
                    exclude("mssql", "<", (9, 0, 0),
                            "SQL Server 2005+ is required for "
                                "independent connections"
                        )
                    ]
                )

    @property
    def updateable_autoincrement_pks(self):
        """Target must support UPDATE on autoincrement/integer primary key."""

        return skip_if(["mssql", "sybase"],
                "IDENTITY columns can't be updated")

    @property
    def isolation_level(self):
        return only_on(
                    ('postgresql', 'sqlite', 'mysql'),
                    "DBAPI has no isolation level support"
                ) + fails_on('postgresql+pypostgresql',
                          'pypostgresql bombs on multiple isolation level calls')

    @property
    def row_triggers(self):
        """Target must support standard statement-running EACH ROW triggers."""

        return skip_if([
            # no access to same table
            no_support('mysql', 'requires SUPER priv'),
            exclude('mysql', '<', (5, 0, 10), 'not supported by database'),

            # huh?  TODO: implement triggers for PG tests, remove this
            no_support('postgresql',
                    'PG triggers need to be implemented for tests'),
        ])

    @property
    def correlated_outer_joins(self):
        """Target must support an outer join to a subquery which
        correlates to the parent."""

        return skip_if("oracle", 'Raises "ORA-01799: a column may not be '
                    'outer-joined to a subquery"')

    @property
    def update_from(self):
        """Target must support UPDATE..FROM syntax"""

        return only_on(['postgresql', 'mssql', 'mysql'],
                "Backend does not support UPDATE..FROM")

    @property
    def update_where_target_in_subquery(self):
        """Target must support UPDATE where the same table is present in a
        subquery in the WHERE clause.

        This is an ANSI-standard syntax that apparently MySQL can't handle,
        such as:

        UPDATE documents SET flag=1 WHERE documents.title IN
            (SELECT max(documents.title) AS title
                FROM documents GROUP BY documents.user_id
            )
        """
        return fails_if('mysql', 'MySQL error 1093 "Cant specify target table '
                                        'for update in FROM clause"')

    @property
    def savepoints(self):
        """Target database must support savepoints."""

        return skip_if([
                    "sqlite",
                    "sybase",
                    ("mysql", "<", (5, 0, 3)),
                    ], "savepoints not supported")

    @property
    def schemas(self):
        """Target database must support external schemas, and have one
        named 'test_schema'."""

        return skip_if([
                    "sqlite",
                    "firebird"
                ], "no schema support")

    @property
    def cross_schema_fk_reflection(self):
        """target system must support reflection of inter-schema foreign keys
        """
        return only_on([
                    "postgresql"
                ])

    @property
    def unique_constraint_reflection(self):
        return fails_on_everything_except(
                    "postgresql",
                    "mysql",
                    "sqlite"
                )

    @property
    def temp_table_names(self):
        """target dialect supports listing of temporary table names"""

        return only_on(['sqlite', 'oracle'])

    @property
    def temporary_views(self):
        """target database supports temporary views"""
        return only_on(['sqlite', 'postgresql'])

    @property
    def update_nowait(self):
        """Target database must support SELECT...FOR UPDATE NOWAIT"""
        return skip_if(["firebird", "mssql", "mysql", "sqlite", "sybase"],
                "no FOR UPDATE NOWAIT support"
            )

    @property
    def subqueries(self):
        """Target database must support subqueries."""

        return skip_if(exclude('mysql', '<', (4, 1, 1)), 'no subquery support')

    @property
    def mod_operator_as_percent_sign(self):
        """target database must use a plain percent '%' as the 'modulus'
        operator."""

        return only_if(
                    ['mysql', 'sqlite', 'postgresql+psycopg2', 'mssql']
                )

    @property
    def intersect(self):
        """Target database must support INTERSECT or equivalent."""

        return fails_if([
                "firebird", "mysql", "sybase",
            ], 'no support for INTERSECT')

    @property
    def except_(self):
        """Target database must support EXCEPT or equivalent (i.e. MINUS)."""
        return fails_if([
                "firebird", "mysql", "sybase",
            ], 'no support for EXCEPT')

    @property
    def parens_in_union_contained_select_w_limit_offset(self):
        """Target database must support parenthesized SELECT in UNION
        when LIMIT/OFFSET is specifically present.

        E.g. (SELECT ...) UNION (SELECT ..)

        This is known to fail on SQLite.

        """
        return fails_if('sqlite')

    @property
    def parens_in_union_contained_select_wo_limit_offset(self):
        """Target database must support parenthesized SELECT in UNION
        when OFFSET/LIMIT is specifically not present.

        E.g. (SELECT ... LIMIT ..) UNION (SELECT .. OFFSET ..)

        This is known to fail on SQLite.  It also fails on Oracle
        because without LIMIT/OFFSET, there is currently no step that
        creates an additional subquery.

        """
        return fails_if(['sqlite', 'oracle'])

    @property
    def offset(self):
        """Target database must support some method of adding OFFSET or
        equivalent to a result set."""
        return fails_if([
                "sybase"
            ], 'no support for OFFSET or equivalent')

    @property
    def window_functions(self):
        return only_if([
                    "postgresql>=8.4", "mssql", "oracle"
                ], "Backend does not support window functions")

    @property
    def two_phase_transactions(self):
        """Target database must support two-phase transactions."""

        return skip_if([
            no_support('firebird', 'no SA implementation'),
            no_support('mssql', 'two-phase xact not supported by drivers'),
            no_support('oracle', 'two-phase xact not implemented in SQLA/oracle'),
            no_support('drizzle', 'two-phase xact not supported by database'),
            no_support('sqlite', 'two-phase xact not supported by database'),
            no_support('sybase', 'two-phase xact not supported by drivers/SQLA'),
            no_support('postgresql+zxjdbc',
                    'FIXME: JDBC driver confuses the transaction state, may '
                       'need separate XA implementation'),
            exclude('mysql', '<', (5, 0, 3),
                        'two-phase xact not supported by database'),
            ])

    @property
    def views(self):
        """Target database must support VIEWs."""

        return skip_if("drizzle", "no VIEW support")

    @property
    def empty_strings_varchar(self):
        """target database can persist/return an empty string with a varchar."""

        return fails_if(["oracle"],
                        'oracle converts empty strings to a blank space')

    @property
    def empty_strings_text(self):
        """target database can persist/return an empty string with an
        unbounded text."""

        return exclusions.open()

    @property
    def unicode_data(self):
        """target drive must support unicode data stored in columns."""
        return skip_if([
            no_support("sybase", "no unicode driver support")
            ])

    @property
    def unicode_connections(self):
        """Target driver must support some encoding of Unicode across the wire."""
        # TODO: expand to exclude MySQLdb versions w/ broken unicode
        return skip_if([
            exclude('mysql', '<', (4, 1, 1), 'no unicode connection support'),
            ])

    @property
    def unicode_ddl(self):
        """Target driver must support some degree of non-ascii symbol names."""
        # TODO: expand to exclude MySQLdb versions w/ broken unicode

        return skip_if([
            no_support('oracle', 'FIXME: no support in database?'),
            no_support('sybase', 'FIXME: guessing, needs confirmation'),
            no_support('mssql+pymssql', 'no FreeTDS support'),
            LambdaPredicate(
                lambda config: against(config, "mysql+mysqlconnector") and
                config.db.dialect._mysqlconnector_version_info > (2, 0) and
                util.py2k,
                "bug in mysqlconnector 2.0"
            ),
            LambdaPredicate(
                lambda config: against(config, 'mssql+pyodbc') and
                config.db.dialect.freetds and
                config.db.dialect.freetds_driver_version < "0.91",
                "older freetds doesn't support unicode DDL"
            ),
            exclude('mysql', '<', (4, 1, 1), 'no unicode connection support'),
        ])

    @property
    def sane_rowcount(self):
        return skip_if(
            lambda config: not config.db.dialect.supports_sane_rowcount,
            "driver doesn't support 'sane' rowcount"
        )

    @property
    def emulated_lastrowid(self):
        """"target dialect retrieves cursor.lastrowid or an equivalent
        after an insert() construct executes.
        """
        return fails_on_everything_except('mysql',
                                      'sqlite+pysqlite', 'sqlite+pysqlcipher',
                                      'sybase', 'mssql')

    @property
    def implements_get_lastrowid(self):
        return skip_if([
            no_support('sybase', 'not supported by database'),
            ])

    @property
    def dbapi_lastrowid(self):
        """"target backend includes a 'lastrowid' accessor on the DBAPI
        cursor object.

        """
        return skip_if('mssql+pymssql', 'crashes on pymssql') + \
                    fails_on_everything_except('mysql',
                                       'sqlite+pysqlite', 'sqlite+pysqlcipher')

    @property
    def sane_multi_rowcount(self):
        return fails_if(
            lambda config: not config.db.dialect.supports_sane_multi_rowcount,
            "driver %(driver)s %(doesnt_support)s 'sane' multi row count"
        )

    @property
    def nullsordering(self):
        """Target backends that support nulls ordering."""
        return fails_on_everything_except('postgresql', 'oracle', 'firebird')

    @property
    def reflects_pk_names(self):
        """Target driver reflects the name of primary key constraints."""

        return fails_on_everything_except('postgresql', 'oracle', 'mssql',
                    'sybase')

    @property
    def datetime_literals(self):
        """target dialect supports rendering of a date, time, or datetime as a
        literal string, e.g. via the TypeEngine.literal_processor() method.

        """

        return fails_on_everything_except("sqlite")

    @property
    def datetime(self):
        """target dialect supports representation of Python
        datetime.datetime() objects."""

        return exclusions.open()

    @property
    def datetime_microseconds(self):
        """target dialect supports representation of Python
        datetime.datetime() with microsecond objects."""

        return skip_if(['mssql', 'mysql', 'firebird', '+zxjdbc',
                    'oracle', 'sybase'])

    @property
    def datetime_historic(self):
        """target dialect supports representation of Python
        datetime.datetime() objects with historic (pre 1900) values."""

        return succeeds_if(['sqlite', 'postgresql', 'firebird'])

    @property
    def date(self):
        """target dialect supports representation of Python
        datetime.date() objects."""

        return exclusions.open()

    @property
    def date_coerces_from_datetime(self):
        """target dialect accepts a datetime object as the target
        of a date column."""

        return fails_on('mysql+mysqlconnector')

    @property
    def date_historic(self):
        """target dialect supports representation of Python
        datetime.datetime() objects with historic (pre 1900) values."""

        return succeeds_if(['sqlite', 'postgresql', 'firebird'])

    @property
    def time(self):
        """target dialect supports representation of Python
        datetime.time() objects."""

        return skip_if(['oracle'])

    @property
    def time_microseconds(self):
        """target dialect supports representation of Python
        datetime.time() with microsecond objects."""

        return skip_if(['mssql', 'mysql', 'firebird', '+zxjdbc',
                    'oracle', 'sybase'])

    @property
    def precision_numerics_general(self):
        """target backend has general support for moderately high-precision
        numerics."""
        return exclusions.open()

    @property
    def precision_numerics_enotation_small(self):
        """target backend supports Decimal() objects using E notation
        to represent very small values."""
        # NOTE: this exclusion isn't used in current tests.
        return exclusions.open()

    @property
    def precision_numerics_enotation_large(self):
        """target backend supports Decimal() objects using E notation
        to represent very large values."""

        return skip_if(
                [("sybase+pyodbc", None, None,
                    "Don't know how do get these values through FreeTDS + Sybase"),
                ("firebird", None, None, "Precision must be from 1 to 18"),]
            )

    @property
    def precision_numerics_many_significant_digits(self):
        """target backend supports values with many digits on both sides,
        such as 319438950232418390.273596, 87673.594069654243

        """
        return fails_if(
                    [('sqlite', None, None, 'TODO'),
                    ("firebird", None, None, "Precision must be from 1 to 18"),
                    ("sybase+pysybase", None, None, "TODO"),
                    ('mssql+pymssql', None, None, 'FIXME: improve pymssql dec handling')]
                )

    @property
    def precision_numerics_retains_significant_digits(self):
        """A precision numeric type will return empty significant digits,
        i.e. a value such as 10.000 will come back in Decimal form with
        the .000 maintained."""

        return fails_if(
                [
                    ('oracle', None, None,
            "this may be a bug due to the difficulty in handling "
            "oracle precision numerics"),
                    ("firebird", None, None,
        "database and/or driver truncates decimal places.")
                ]
                )

    @property
    def precision_generic_float_type(self):
        """target backend will return native floating point numbers with at
        least seven decimal places when using the generic Float type."""

        return fails_if([
                    ('mysql', None, None,
                                'mysql FLOAT type only returns 4 decimals'),
                    ('firebird', None, None,
                                "firebird FLOAT type isn't high precision"),
                ])

    @property
    def floats_to_four_decimals(self):
        return fails_if([
                    ("mysql+oursql", None, None, "Floating point error"),
                    ("firebird", None, None,
                        "Firebird still has FP inaccuracy even "
                        "with only four decimal places"),
                    ('mssql+pyodbc', None, None,
                                'mssql+pyodbc has FP inaccuracy even with '
                                'only four decimal places '
                            ),
                    ('mssql+pymssql', None, None,
                                'mssql+pymssql has FP inaccuracy even with '
                                'only four decimal places '),
                    (
                        'postgresql+pg8000', None, None,
                        'postgresql+pg8000 has FP inaccuracy even with '
                        'only four decimal places '),
                    (
                        'postgresql+psycopg2cffi', None, None,
                        'postgresql+psycopg2cffi has FP inaccuracy even with '
                        'only four decimal places '),
                ])

    @property
    def fetch_null_from_numeric(self):
        return skip_if(
                    ("mssql+pyodbc", None, None, "crashes due to bug #351"),
                )

    @property
    def duplicate_key_raises_integrity_error(self):
        return fails_on("postgresql+pg8000")

    @property
    def python2(self):
        return skip_if(
                lambda: sys.version_info >= (3,),
                "Python version 2.xx is required."
                )

    @property
    def python3(self):
        return skip_if(
                lambda: sys.version_info < (3,),
                "Python version 3.xx is required."
                )

    @property
    def cpython(self):
        return only_if(lambda: util.cpython,
               "cPython interpreter needed"
             )

    @property
    def non_broken_pickle(self):
        from sqlalchemy.util import pickle
        return only_if(
            lambda: not util.pypy and pickle.__name__ == 'cPickle'
                or sys.version_info >= (3, 2),
            "Needs cPickle+cPython or newer Python 3 pickle"
        )

    @property
    def predictable_gc(self):
        """target platform must remove all cycles unconditionally when
        gc.collect() is called, as well as clean out unreferenced subclasses.

        """
        return self.cpython

    @property
    def hstore(self):
        def check_hstore(config):
            if not against(config, "postgresql"):
                return False
            try:
                config.db.execute("SELECT 'a=>1,a=>2'::hstore;")
                return True
            except:
                return False

        return only_if(check_hstore)

    @property
    def range_types(self):
        def check_range_types(config):
            if not against(
                    config,
                    ["postgresql+psycopg2", "postgresql+psycopg2cffi"]):
                return False
            try:
                config.db.scalar("select '[1,2)'::int4range;")
                return True
            except:
                return False

        return only_if(check_range_types)

    @property
    def oracle_test_dblink(self):
        return skip_if(
                    lambda config: not config.file_config.has_option(
                        'sqla_testing', 'oracle_db_link'),
                    "oracle_db_link option not specified in config"
                )

    @property
    def postgresql_test_dblink(self):
        return skip_if(
                    lambda config: not config.file_config.has_option(
                        'sqla_testing', 'postgres_test_db_link'),
                    "postgres_test_db_link option not specified in config"
                )

    @property
    def postgresql_jsonb(self):
        return only_on("postgresql >= 9.4") + skip_if(
            lambda config:
            config.db.dialect.driver == "pg8000" and
            config.db.dialect._dbapi_version <= (1, 10, 1)
        )

    @property
    def psycopg2_native_json(self):
        return self.psycopg2_compatibility

    @property
    def psycopg2_native_hstore(self):
        return self.psycopg2_compatibility

    @property
    def psycopg2_compatibility(self):
        return only_on(
            ["postgresql+psycopg2", "postgresql+psycopg2cffi"]
        )

    @property
    def psycopg2_or_pg8000_compatibility(self):
        return only_on(
            ["postgresql+psycopg2", "postgresql+psycopg2cffi",
             "postgresql+pg8000"]
        )

    @property
    def percent_schema_names(self):
        return skip_if(
            [
                (
                    "+psycopg2", None, None,
                    "psycopg2 2.4 no longer accepts percent "
                    "sign in bind placeholders"),
                (
                    "+psycopg2cffi", None, None,
                    "psycopg2cffi does not accept percent signs in "
                    "bind placeholders"),
                ("mysql", None, None, "executemany() doesn't work here")
            ]
        )

    @property
    def order_by_label_with_expression(self):
        return fails_if([
                    ('firebird', None, None, "kinterbasdb doesn't send full type information"),
                    ('postgresql', None, None, 'only simple labels allowed'),
                    ('sybase', None, None, 'only simple labels allowed'),
                    ('mssql', None, None, 'only simple labels allowed')
                ])

    @property
    def skip_mysql_on_windows(self):
        """Catchall for a large variety of MySQL on Windows failures"""

        return skip_if(self._has_mysql_on_windows,
                "Not supported on MySQL + Windows"
            )

    @property
    def mssql_freetds(self):
        return only_on(
            LambdaPredicate(
                lambda config: (
                    (against(config, 'mssql+pyodbc') and
                     config.db.dialect.freetds)
                    or against(config, 'mssql+pymssql')
                )
            )
        )

    @property
    def no_mssql_freetds(self):
        return self.mssql_freetds.not_()

    @property
    def selectone(self):
        """target driver must support the literal statement 'select 1'"""
        return skip_if(["oracle", "firebird"], "non-standard SELECT scalar syntax")

    @property
    def mysql_fully_case_sensitive(self):
        return only_if(self._has_mysql_fully_case_sensitive)

    def _has_mysql_on_windows(self, config):
        return against(config, 'mysql') and \
                config.db.dialect._detect_casing(config.db) == 1

    def _has_mysql_fully_case_sensitive(self, config):
        return against(config, 'mysql') and \
                config.db.dialect._detect_casing(config.db) == 0

    @property
    def postgresql_utf8_server_encoding(self):
        return only_if(
            lambda config: against(config, 'postgresql') and
            config.db.scalar("show server_encoding").lower() == "utf8"
        )


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Villa Sunrise 1
Living area: 190 m2
Persons: 6
From 245 € Daily 1.715 € Weekly
Villa Marina Dalmacija
Persons: 10
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Villa Divina Rogoznica
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Do you crave rest of soul and body in the Mediterranean? Are you daydreaming of sunny beaches, blue sea and pristine nature? Leave your daily routine brimming with work, duties and worries and visit Rogoznica, one of the safest ports on the Adriatic!
Get to know Rogoznica
The quiet Mediterranean town of Rogoznica stretches along 54 km of coastline and is one of the safest and most beautiful ports in the Adriatic. Thanks to its ideal location in the heart of Dalmatia, Rogoznica has a very pleasant climate and features an annual number of 2600 of hours of sunshine, while rains are extremely rare during the summer season.
The old town center is located on the islet of Kopari and in the second half of the 19th century was artificially connected to the mainland. Filled with old, stone houses and tall pine trees, the old town center radiates authenticity and irresistible charm of a coastal town. Villas in Rogoznica are not to be found over the old town, but they are not lacking in the remaining parts of the town, promising the perfect holiday for you and your loved ones.
What to see during your Stay in Rogoznica
Rogoznica is a small town rich in sacral landmarks such as the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the 17th century, the church of St. Nicholas, the church of St. John of Trogir and the Church of Our Lady of the Chapel. In addition to the beautiful sacral buildings, the Rogoznica open-air Marine Aquarium is definitely worth a visit as well as the lavender maze planted on top of Kopara.
You will also be enchanted by the lake Zmajevo oko (Dragon Eye Lake) on the Gradina peninsula, a unique hydrogeomorphological phenomenon on the eastern Adriatic coast. Surrounded by rocks 4 to 24 m high and about 15 m deep, the lake was once, according to legend, the lair of the dragon Murin. Just like the lake, villas in Rogoznica will enchant you with their beauty!
A stay in Rogoznica would not be complete without paying visit to Marina Frapa. The Marina was declared as the best marina in Croatia and the best nautical base in the world by the German Master Yachting Trade Leaders Club. It features altogether 10 quays and a transit quay with 700 berths. It also includes a hotel and other catering facilities, nightclubs, various sports fields and congress halls. As with the marina, you will be enchanted by the villas in Rogoznica, which fit beautifuly into the picturesque town, without negatively affecting its authenticity.
In the immediate vicinity of Rogoznica lies Punta Planka, the most prominent part of the mainland of the eastern Adriatic coast. This place is known as the most dangerous place on the Adriatic where north and south hurricane winds collide, raising sea waves up to several meters in height. This magical place is an image of wild and unbridled beauty and will delight all lovers of photography.
While exploring all the beauties of the town, the villas in Rogoznica provide you with luxurious accommodation for you to enjoy and unwind in while enjoying the offer of this magnificent area.
Tourism and attractive beaches in Rogoznica
Tourism began to develop in Rogoznica as early as 1870. Because of its long tradition the tourist offer in Rogoznica is at an enviable level. Quality restaurants and bars, as well as a variety of entertainment and cultural events make Rogoznica the perfect place for a family vacation. Just as the rich offer of accommodation in the form of hotels as well as private accommodation units, Rogoznica beaches offer something for everyone.
The beautiful beaches of Rogoznica are mostly pebbly and somewhat rocky. Numerous beaches are one of the reasons why visitors come to Rogoznica as well as the attractive and secluded coves with offering an opportunity for relaxation in absolute privacy. Beaches Art, Crljina, Gradina, Koper, Račice and Soline are just some of the sunny pristine beaches of Rogoznica, ideal for families with children.
Numerous villas in Rogoznica are located in the vicinity of the stunning beaches where visitors spend their days breathing in the salty sea air, listening to the waves and soaking up the sun.
Join the many satisfied visitors and enjoy the well-deserved holiday in Rogoznica! Villas in Rogoznica are waiting for you!
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Paris, 7 February 2019
Fourth-Quarter 2018 revenue
Sustained revenue growth in 2018, up 3.3% like-for-like(1) at €7,258 million
Fourth-quarter 2018: €1,997 million, up 2.1% like-for-like(1)
Lagardère confirms its Group recurring EBIT growth target(1) for 2018 at between 1% and 3%(2)
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The Group is actively pressing ahead with rolling out the strategy to refocus its operations around Lagardère Publishing and Lagardère Travel Retail, with the completion of significant new transactions on both the acquisitions and disposals sides of the equation. As part of the plan, the acquisition of HBF, a transformational acquisition for Lagardère Travel Retail's US-based Foodservice activities, was completed in November 2018, and exclusive negotiations have been initiated for the sale of the Television business (excluding Mezzo) in January 2019.
Full-year 2018:
The Lagardère group's continued growth momentum was powered by a solid performance at Lagardère Travel Retail, and was achieved despite lacklustre business cycles at Lagardère Publishing and Lagardère Sports and Entertainment.
Revenue totalled €7,258 million, up 3.3% like-for-like and up 2.5% on a consolidated basis. The difference between consolidated and like-for-like revenue is essentially attributable to a negative foreign exchange effect resulting mainly from the depreciation of the US dollar. Changes in the scope of consolidation had a positive impact on revenue, due chiefly to acquisitions at Lagardère Publishing and Lagardère Travel Retail, partially offset by the divestment of LARI, Doctissimo and MonDocteur by Lagardère Active.
Fourth-quarter 2018:
Group revenue came in at €1,997 million versus €1,918 million in fourth-quarter 2017(3), a rise of 2.1% like-for-like and of 4.1% on a consolidated basis.
By division (like-for-like basis):
Lagardère Publishing: revenue edged up 1.4%, buoyed mainly by the success of General Literature in the United Kingdom and United States, which offset the decline in Partworks and the unfavourable comparison basis linked to the success of Astérix et la Transitalique in 2017.
Lagardère Travel Retail kept up its growth momentum during the period (up 5.6%), driven mainly by expansion of the store network and good sales performances in the EMEA region and in France.
Lagardère Active saw revenue fall 6.6%, due mainly to the decline in advertising and circulation revenues at Magazine Publishing.
Lagardère Sports and Entertainment: revenue was up slightly by 0.9% due to strong performances from the Olympics division and Football activities in Europe, offsetting the disposal of Tennis activities in Sweden.
1. REVENUE AND ACTIVITY BY DIVISION
Revenue for 2018 totalled €2,252 million, down 1.2% like-for-like and down 1.6% on a consolidated basis. The difference between consolidated and like-for-like figures is attributable to a €40 million negative foreign exchange effect resulting mainly from the depreciation of the US dollar, partially offset by a €30 million positive scope impact, chiefly relating to the acquisitions of Jessica Kingsley, Summersdale, Kyle Cathie, Worthy Publishing and Bookouture.
As expected, the slight decline in business in 2018 essentially reflects the absence of curriculum reform in France and to a lesser extent in Spain, as well as an unfavourable comparison effect linked to the success of Astérix et la Transitalique in 2017 in these same regions. These factors were partly countered by good momentum in the United States, driven by the success of best-selling titles such as the Bill Clinton and James Patterson novel The President is Missing and Nicholas Sparks' Every Breath, along with good performances at Perseus. Over the year as a whole, Education was down 13.4% or €49 million, with the decline offset in part by a strong performance from General Literature, which gained 2.2% or €22 million.
E-books accounted for 7.9% of total Lagardère Publishing revenue in 2018, with the proportion remaining stable versus 2017, while Digital audio books represented 2.7% of revenue versus 2.0% in 2017.
Fourth-quarter revenue totalled €645 million, up 1.4% like-for-like and up 3.4% on a consolidated basis. The difference between consolidated and like-for-like figures is due primarily to a €10 million positive scope effect, which includes the Worthy Publishing, Kyle Cathie, Jessica Kingsley and Summersdale acquisitions.
On a like-for-like basis, the main changes in each geographic area can be explained as follows:
In France, business held firm (down 0.7%) due mainly to the success of Michelle Obama's Becoming and to a good performance for Livre de Poche paperbacks, which more than offset an unfavourable prior-year comparison effect (Astérix et la Transitalique, Dan Brown's Origin and E.L. James' Darker).
Strong 6.3% growth in the United States essentially reflects a good backlist performance, in particular further success for Jen Sincero's You are a Badass at Perseus. A busy schedule of new title releases also helped lift growth, particularly Nicholas Sparks' Every Breath at Grand Central Publishing.
Good business momentum in the United Kingdom (up 8.9%) was mainly driven by the success of General Literature, particularly J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and Stephen Hawking's Brief Answers to the Big Questions.
The Spain/Latin America region was up slightly, gaining 2.3%.
Partworks fell 4.6% due to a limited number of new launches compared to 2017 and to the slowdown in business in Argentina following the devaluation of the peso.
2018 revenue totalled €3,673 million for the division, a rise of 8.8% like-for-like and of 7.7% based on consolidated figures. The difference between consolidated and like-for-like data is attributable to a €62 million negative foreign exchange effect resulting mainly from the depreciation of the US dollar, and to a €25 million positive scope effect, breaking down as follows:
a €40 million positive impact from acquisitions, relating mainly to HBF and to a lesser extent Duty Free operations in Poland and of Travel Essentials activities in the Czech Republic;
a €15 million negative impact from deconsolidations, mainly resulting from the divestment of Press Distribution activities in Hungary.
Fourth-quarter revenue was €947 million, a rise of 5.6% like-for-like and of 9.4% on a consolidated basis versus 2017, with the difference between the two figures mainly reflecting a €29 million positive scope impact, essentially attributable to the HBF acquisition.
The figures below are presented on a like-for-like basis.
France delivered a solid 6.5% increase in revenue, buoyed notably by continued growth in regional Duty Free platforms (particularly Nice), the success of new Aelia Duty Free and Relay concepts, and network expansion in Foodservice.
The EMEA region (excluding France) delivered 4.5% growth, buoyed chiefly by good sales performances and a positive network effect in Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic) and by vigorous growth of regional platforms in Italy. The concessions opened in Geneva and Dakar in fourth-quarter 2017 are now fully comparable, explaining the slowdown in growth this quarter.
North America reported 5.6% growth attributable to network expansion in Foodservice, and to a combination of successful sales initiatives and a continued robust passenger traffic.
The Asia-Pacific region turned in another good performance, with revenue up 7.6% on the back of bullish growth in Asia driven by a sustained network effect in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan), which more than offset contrasting performances in the Pacific region. The fourth quarter marks one year since the launch of the liquor and tobacco concession at Hong Kong airport in partnership with China Duty Free Group.
Revenue for 2018 totalled €895 million, down 2.3% like-for-like and down 3.6% on a consolidated basis. The difference between consolidated and like-for-like figures is mainly due to a €13 million negative scope effect, primarily linked to the divestment of LARI, MonDocteur and Doctissimo, which was partially offset by the acquisition of Skyhigh TV and Aito Media Group.
2018 revenue was down slightly year-on-year, with a good performance from TV channels and audiovisual production partially countering a drop in advertising and circulation revenues at Magazine Publishing, as well as lower audience figures for the Europe 1 radio station.
The fall in advertising revenue for the division as a whole was contained over the year at 1.8%, thanks mainly to upbeat trends in advertising revenues from TV channels.
Circulation revenue fell 4.5% for the year as a whole, mainly stemming from a decline in news-stand sales.
Revenue for the quarter came in at €270 million, down 6.6% like-for-like and down 10.2% on a consolidated basis. The difference between consolidated and like-for-like figures is mainly due to a €12 million negative scope effect, primarily linked to the divestment of LARI, MonDocteur and Doctissimo, which was partially offset by the acquisition of Skyhigh TV and Aito Media Group.
Magazine Publishing declined 8.6% on the back of falling advertising revenues (down 10.5%) in a deteriorating market, and lower circulation revenues (down 4.9%), reflecting a more subdued news output than in 2017.
Revenues for the Radio segment slipped 2.7%, due mainly to the impact of lower audience figures for the Europe 1 radio station.
TV activities retreated 6.1%, with a slowdown in audiovisual production in the fourth quarter due to especially strong programme delivery flows in the previous quarter. Audiovisual production posted revenue growth overall in the second half of the year. TV channel advertising revenues remained upbeat.
2018 revenue totalled €438 million, down 4.1% like-for-like and down 3.6% on a consolidated basis. The difference between these two figures is due to a €10 million positive scope impact relating to the acquisition of Brave Marketing in 2017 and a €8 million negative foreign exchange impact primarily linked to the depreciation of the US dollar.
As expected, 2018 marked the lowest point of the four-year sporting events cycle and the decrease in revenue is primarily linked to an unfavourable calendar effect, with the non-occurrence of the 2017 Total Africa Cup of Nations and the 2017 Asian qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This was partially offset by good performances from the Olympics division and from Football activities in Europe.
Fourth-quarter revenue totalled €135 million, up 0.9% like-for-like and up 5.1% on a consolidated basis. The difference between like-for-like and consolidated figures is primarily due to a positive scope impact relating to the acquisition of Brave Marketing.
The slight increase in revenue is mainly attributable to strong performances from the Olympics division and Football activities in Europe, offsetting the disposal of Tennis activities in Sweden.
2. KEY EVENTS SINCE 8 NOVEMBER 2018
As part of the Group's strategy to refocus its operations around Lagardère Publishing and Lagardère Travel Retail and further to the announcement by Arnaud Lagardère:
Completion of the acquisition of Hojeij Branded Foods (HBF), a leading Foodservice operator in North America
On 20 November 2018, Lagardère Travel Retail announced that it had closed the acquisition of Hojeij Branded Foods (and its subsidiary Vino Volo), a leading Foodservice travel retail operator in North America.
HBF revenue for 2018 is expected to be between USD 240 million and USD 250 million, with recurring EBIT at around 10% of revenue. This acquisition was valued at USD 330 million(4). Recurring annual synergies should represent approximately USD 10 million as of the fourth year after the acquisition.
HBF was consolidated in Lagardère's financial statements with effect from 1 December 2018.
Exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of Gigamic
On 25 January 2019, Lagardère Publishing announced that it had entered into exclusive negotiations with the management of Gigamic with a view to acquiring all of the company's shares.
Gigamic, a creator, publisher and distributor of board games, brings out over a dozen new games every year and has over €15 million in revenue.
Disposals:
Exclusive negotiations for the sale of Billetreduc.com
On 17 January 2019, Lagardère announced that it had entered into exclusive negotiations with the Fnac Darty group for the sale of Billetreduc.com to Fnac Darty subsidiary France Billet. The agreement is expected to be finalised in the first quarter of 2019 and is to be submitted for review to the relevant employee representative bodies. Billetreduc.com is a leading distributor of "last minute" event tickets in France, with two million customers and almost €8 million in revenue.
Exclusive negotiations for the sale of the Television business (excluding Mezzo)
On 31 January 2019, the Lagardère group announced that it had entered into exclusive negotiations with the M6 group to finalise an agreement to sell the channels making up its Television business (excluding Mezzo) – Gulli and its international extensions, Canal J, TiJi, Elle Girl TV, MCM, MCM Top, RFM TV – and the related advertising sales brokerages. In 2017, the pro forma consolidated revenue and recurring EBIT of the Television business (excluding Mezzo) amounted to €98 million and €20.6 million, respectively.
The project will be submitted to the relevant employee representative bodies and will be subject to clearance by France's media regulator (CSA) and the competition authorities.
Sale of the Boursier.com business
On 4 February 2019, the Lagardère group announced the sale of the Boursier.com website and its financial markets information and publishing activities to the Les Échos – Le Parisien group, effective 31 January 2019. The amount of the transaction was €3.5 million.
3. OUTLOOK
GUIDANCE FOR 2018 GROUP RECURRING EBIT
The Lagardère group confirms its recurring EBIT target. For 2018, Group recurring EBIT growth is expected to be between 1% and 3% versus 2017(5), at constant exchange rates, excluding the impact of disposals at Lagardère Active and the acquisition of HBF by Lagardère Travel Retail, i.e., between €397 million and €405 million.
4. INVESTOR CALENDAR
IFRS 16 applied to Lagardère
The Group will publish a presentation showing the impact of the application of IFRS 16 to its consolidated financial statements at 1 January 2019, at 5:45 p.m. on 12 February 2019 (conference call at 6:00 p.m.).
Full-year 2018 results
Full-year 2018 results will be released on 13 March 2019 at 5:35 p.m.
General Meeting – Fiscal year 2018
The General Meeting of Shareholders will be held on 10 May 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris.
First-quarter 2019 revenue
First-quarter 2019 revenue will be released on 16 May 2019 (conference call at 10 a.m.).
5. APPENDICES
CHANGES IN SCOPE OF CONSOLIDATION AND EXCHANGE RATES
The difference between consolidated and like-for-like data is attributable to a €5 million positive foreign exchange effect resulting mainly from the appreciation of the US dollar, and to a €33 million positive scope effect, breaking down as:
a €49 million positive scope effect, relating mainly to the acquisition of HBF by Lagardère Travel Retail (positive €23 million), of Worthy Publishing (positive €3 million), and of Kyle Cathie, Jessica Kingsley and Summersdale (positive €2 million each) by Lagardère Publishing; of Skyhigh TV by Lagardère Active (positive €8 million); and of Brave Marketing by Lagardère Sports and Entertainment (positive €5 million);
a €17 million negative scope effect, relating mainly to the divestment of LARI (negative €17 million) and of Doctissimo and MonDocteur (negative €4 million) by Lagardère Active.
The difference between consolidated and like-for-like data is attributable to a negative foreign exchange effect of €110 million resulting mainly from the depreciation of the US dollar, and to a €52 million positive scope effect, breaking down as:
a €102 million positive impact from acquisitions, including the acquisition of HBF (positive €23 million) and the consolidation of Citi Tabak in the Czech Republic (positive €5 million) and IFS Duty Free outlets in Poland (positive €4 million) by Lagardère Travel Retail; the acquisition by Lagardère Publishing of Jessica Kingsley (positive €8 million), Summersdale (positive €7 million), Kyle Cathie (positive €5 million), Worthy Publishing (positive €4 million) and Bookouture (positive €3 million); the acquisition by Lagardère Active of Skyhigh TV (positive €12 million) and Aito Media Group (positive €6 million); and the acquisition by Lagardère Sports and Entertainment of Brave Marketing (positive €10 million);
a €50 million negative impact from disposals, essentially relating to the divestment by Lagardère Active of LARI (negative €30 million) and of Doctissimo and MonDocteur (negative €5 million), and the divestment by Lagardère Travel Retail of Press Distribution activities in Hungary (negative €11 million).
IFRS 15 RESTATEMENTS
The application of IFRS 15 had a positive impact of €57 million on Lagardère Active revenue for 2017 and a negative impact of €42 million on revenue for Lagardère Sports and Entertainment. The overall impact on consolidated 2017 revenue is a positive €15 million.
The difference between 2017 revenue restated for IFRS 15 and 2017 revenue as published on 8 February 2018 can be explained as follows:
restatements at Lagardère Active representing a positive €57 million, attributable to:
commissions paid to third parties for distributing magazines and collecting subscriptions, which were previously deducted from revenue and are now recognised as an expense, with a positive impact of €36 million,
the portion of revenue received by co-producers in the audiovisual production business, which was previously recorded as "Other income from ordinary activities" and is now recognised in revenue, with a positive impact of €21 million;
restatements at Lagardère Sports and Entertainment representing a negative €42 million, attributable mainly to:
signing fees for certain contracts, which were previously capitalised as sports rights assets and amortised and are now recognised in the balance sheet under advances paid and amortised as a deduction from revenue over the life of the contract, with a negative impact of €23 million,
income received from sales of entertainment venue tickets, which was previously recognised for its total amount and is now only recognised for the commission invoiced by the Group in its capacity as agent, with a negative impact of €14 million,
revenue generated under contracts for the sale of marketing rights with no other associated services, which was previously deferred over the life of the contract and is now recognised in full when the rights are actually sold, with a negative €3 million impact.
6. GLOSSARY
Lagardère uses alternative performance indicators which serve as key measures of the Group's operating and financial performance. These indicators are tracked by the Executive Committee in order to assess performance and manage the business, as well as by investors in order to monitor the Group's operating performance, along with the financial metrics defined by the IASB. These indicators are calculated based on elements taken from the consolidated financial statements prepared under IFRS.
Like-for-like revenue
Like-for-like revenue is used by the Group to analyse revenue trends excluding the impact of changes in the scope of consolidation and in exchange rates.
The like-for-like change in revenue is calculated by comparing:
revenue for the period adjusted for companies consolidated for the first time during the period and revenue for the prior-year period adjusted for consolidated companies divested during the period;
revenue for the prior-year period and revenue for the current period adjusted based on the exchange rates applicable in the prior-year period.
The scope of consolidation comprises all fully-consolidated entities. Additions to the scope of consolidation correspond to business combinations (acquired investments and businesses), and deconsolidations correspond to entities over which the Group has ceased to exercise control (full or partial disposals of investments and businesses, such that the entities concerned are no longer included in the Group's financial statements using the full consolidation method).
The difference between consolidated and like-for-like figures is explained in section V - Appendices of this press release.
Recurring EBIT
The Group's main performance indicator is recurring operating profit of fully consolidated companies (Group recurring EBIT), which is calculated as follows:
Profit before finance costs and tax
Excluding:
Gains (losses) on disposals of assets
Impairment losses on goodwill, property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and investments in equity-accounted companies
Net restructuring costs
Items related to business combinations:
Acquisition‑related expenses
Gains and losses resulting from purchase price adjustments and fair value adjustments due to changes in control
Amortisation of acquisition-related intangible assets
Specific major disputes unrelated to the Group's operating performance
= Recurring operating profit
Less:
Income (loss) from equity-accounted companies before impairment losses
= Recurring operating profit of fully consolidated companies (Group recurring EBIT)
A live webcast of the fourth-quarter 2018 revenue presentation will be available today at 10:00 a.m. (CET), on the Group's website (www.lagardere.com).
The presentation slides will be made available at the start of the webcast.
A replay of the webcast will be available online later in the afternoon.
(1) Alternative performance indicators. See the glossary at the end of this press release.
(2) Versus 2017 Group recurring EBIT, restated for IFRS 15, at constant exchange rates, excluding the impact of disposals at Lagardère Active and of the acquisition of HBF by Lagardère Travel Retail.
(3) Restated for IFRS 15. See appendices at the end of the press release.
(4) Based on a cash-free and debt-free valuation, net of partners' share in operating JVs (ACDBE programmes) estimated to be 16% over the period of the business plan.
Thierry Funck-Brentano - Tel: +33 1 40 69 16 34 - tfb@lagardere.fr
Ramzi Khiroun - Tel: +33 1 40 69 16 33 - rk@lagardere.fr
Florence Lonis - Tel. +33 1 40 69 18 02 - flonis@lagardere.fr
The Lagardère group is a global leader in content publishing, production, broadcasting and distribution, whose powerful brands leverage its virtual and physical networks to attract and enjoy qualified audiences.It is structured around four business lines: Books and e-Books; Travel Retail; Press, Audiovisual, Digital and Advertising Sales Brokerage; Sports and Entertainment.
Lagardère shares are listed on Euronext Paris. www.lagardere.com
Some of the statements contained in this document are not historical facts but rather are statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs. These statements reflect such views and assumptions prevailing as of the date of the statements and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause future results, performance or future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements.
Please refer to the most recent Reference Document (Document de référence) filed by Lagardère SCA with the French Autorité des marchés financiers for additional information in relation to such factors, risks and uncertainties.
Lagardère SCA has no intention and is under no obligation to update or review the forward-looking statements referred to above. Consequently Lagardère SCA accepts no liability for any consequences arising from the use of any of the above statements.


While we're still waiting for the full-size Millennium Falcon project to be completed, we also like this slightly more manageable idea which resides at the opposite end of the spectrum. These teensy papercraft starships were made by artist David Canavese, and are truly amazing. For starters, his Millennium Falcon model measures just about a 1/2 inch-long, despite preserving all of the critical details.
He's also made a miniature version of the Blockade Runner, which is quite a bit larger – a whopping 2.25 inches-long, as well as the Pincer-Class Heavy Transport, a ship found in the Star Wars: X-wing Rogue Squadron – The Phantom Affair graphic novel.
It looks like David also started work on a somewhat larger Victory-Class Star Destroyer several years back, but has yet to finish it due to the incredible level of detail required.


Amongst the most popular canvas paintings and fine art prints in C.l. Doughty are Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition on the Quest 1921-22 Other, Florence Nightingale Other, Mongol Soldiers Breaking Through the Great Wall of China Other, William Wilberforce Speaking Out Againstslavery in the House of Lords Other, A Knight Putting on His Armour Other, A Medieval Banquet Other, A Pageant of Kings - the Hundred Years' War Other, A Public Meeting with a Speaker Demanding Electoral Reform in St Peter's Fields Manchester Other, A Tale of True Adventure: Vengeance at Khartoum Other, A Victorian Lady Admires the New Treadle Sewing-Machine in a Showroom as Her Husband Looks On Other, . Also popular fine art prints are A Victorian Parlour Other, A Young Novice Praying Other, Abyssinian Tribesmen Attack the Fort at Gura in 1875 Other, Alfred Harmsworth Other, American Grizzly Bear Being Shot by Trappers Other, American War of Independence Other, Assassination! the Ides of March Other, Before Divorce Became Generally Accepted a Man Could Sell His Wife Other, Boadicea in Her Chariot Other, Boudicca Queen of the Iceni Other, .


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Q: Generating javascript object with array as value? I have an array of arrays with data like:
[[0,1],[0,2],[0,3],[1,1]]
What I want is an object that looks like:
{0: [1,2,3],
1: [1]}
I tried:
                var obj = {};

                $.each(List, function(index, value) {
                        obj[value[0]] = value[2];

                    });

But it obviously overwrites the previous value for the key. Is there an easy way to add all the values to each unique key (sort of like a dictionary)?

A: This tests to see if the property exists. If not, it creates it and assigns the Array.
Once the property and array exist, it can push in the value.
var obj = {};

$.each(List, function(index, value) {
    if( !obj[value[0]] )
        obj[value[0]] = [];

    obj[value[0]].push(value[1]);
});

http://jsfiddle.net/dYz8w/

You can avoid a .push() call when the Array is created if you do this...
var obj = {};

$.each(List, function(index, value) {
    if( !obj[value[0]] )
        obj[value[0]] = [value[1]];
    else
        obj[value[0]].push(value[1]);
});

http://jsfiddle.net/dYz8w/1/

And keep in mind that if you need to guarantee order of iteration, you should use an Array instead of an Object.
var arr = [];

$.each(List, function(index, value) {
    if( !arr[value[0]] )
        arr[value[0]] = [value[1]];
    else
        arr[value[0]].push(value[1]);
});

http://jsfiddle.net/dYz8w/3/

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A primary requirement of accepting the job as a U.S. Attorney is to never allow any form of conflict of interest to develop that may put into question the credibility of the U.S. Attorney's office and the Federal Court system.
The Local 17 Union member case that was completed earlier this year was a very serious case that impacts the safety and security of U.S. citizens and businesses.
The defendants involved in this case were accused of both threatening violence and of taking violent action on behalf of their Union. According to The Buffalo News the violent activity included stabbing a company executive, threatening to sexually assault a company representative's wife and destruction of occupied cars and destruction of expensive privately owned heavy construction equipment.
U.S. Attorney Hochul and his office was tasked with prosecuting this case against the Local 17 members which also involved the AFL-CIO who employed its own legal team to support the defendant legal teams because they deemed that a positive outcome for the defendants was critical to all union's future activities.
The AFL-CIO feared a precedent may be set in these cases resulting in the loss of the "Enmons loophole" that provides unions a defense when violence occurs in pursuit of union objectives.
The case against the union and its members impacts the safety and security of U.S. citizens and private companies, their employees and property. The U.S. Attorney was tasked with representing these claimants and the victims of these violent crimes and his office was expected to aggressively, without any outside influences, prosecute these cases to their fullest extent.
This standard was not met.
U.S. Attorney Hochul's wife Kathy Hochul received from the same unions involved in this case before her husband what can only be described as game changing large cash contributions, over $250,000, and game changing support that greatly contributed to her victory in the 2011 special election for congress.
Kathy Hochul's election to Congress and these funds greatly benefited both William and Kathy Hochul financially as a family. In fact Kathy Hochul on June 25, 2012 repaid herself $250,000 from her campaign account that was funded by this conflicted union money. These same unions that were making these payments to Kathy Hochul were at the same time highly engaged in a major case involving her U.S. Attorney husband. In fact the day prior to Hochul repaying herself the $250,000 – Local 17 paid $5,000 into that same account.
Take a look at the campaign money.
The AFL-CIO contributed over $250,000 in cash to Kathy Hochul's campaigns both prior to and immediately following her victory in 2011.
The unions involved in the case performed over 30,000 phone calls on behalf of Kathy Hochul prior to her 2011 victory in the special election.
The unions involved in the case knocked on over 20,000 doors within Hochul's district on her behalf.
Unions involved in the case had representatives hand out over 30,000 Hochul fliers at work sites employing union members that reside within Hochul's district.
The Hochul's accepted the UAW offer to hold her campaign night reception in 2011 at the AFL-CIO member UAW Buffalo Headquarters. Incredibly, U.S. Attorney Hochul apparently felt there was no conflict of interest involved with his family accepting this gift. The U.S. Attorney partied at the Buffalo union headquarters with the same unions he was facing in federal court at the same time.
Ultimately this support contributed greatly to the election of Kathy Hochul and all the monetary and associated job benefits that the Hochul family received as a result of this victory can't be denied.
Kathy Hochul's accepting these gifts and large cash payments completely compromised the U.S. Attorney and by association his office during the prosecution of these cases. Significant sentence reductions were handed down and the case was deemed a partial victory for the unions.
A review of this case by an independent investigator is warranted and corrective and preventive action must be performed to prevent such corruption in the future.
The behavior of U.S. Attorney Hochul and his wife in this case is not unique and has been repeated in many other cases. This chronic and long-term corruption of the U.S, Federal Justice System by the Hochul's must be stopped and action must be taken to prevent continued similar corruption.
The above report was the fifth in a series. The fourth report was focused on two cases where harsh sentences were handed down concurrent with cash from Plaintiffs flowing into the U.S. Attorney's wife's campaign.
The first three reports released in this series detailed the shocking sentence reductions that occurred in two major cases involving multiple defendants where all seven of the primary defendant's lawyers/legal teams contributed campaign cash to the US Attorney's wife concurrent with major activity occurring in the involved cases.
Example: In the violent drug dealer case of Anthony Lamarand – his lawyer made three separate contributions within hours of major case activity involving the U.S. Attorney's office and the Lamarand case on three different dates over a 15 month period showing a strong correlation between case activity before the U.S. Attorney and cash payments to the wife of the U.S. Attorney (her campaign fund).
These payments could explain the root cause of atypically short and long sentences observed by both the USA Today and the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in the Hochul district. In order to determine if that is true an investigation is warranted.
The credibility of the federal justice system has been impacted as a result of these actions by the Hochuls. the credibility of the U.S. attorney;s office and the federal court system must be restored through appropriate corrective and preventive action.
Part 2: Has WNY justice system been corrupted?


Disney Junior Birthday Party Staring Doc McStuffins + Three More!
A Disney Junior Birthday Party staring Sophia the First, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Doc McStuffins, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Loads of fun, easy, ideas for a party that is sure to delight your preschooler!
I am so excited to share my little girl's 4th birthday party with you today! I was thrilled to be chosen to host a Disney Kids Preschool Playdate, and when I got the box of supplies and swag I knew just what I wanted to do: take our Preschool Playdate to the next level and make it a full blown Disney Junior birthday party! We have taken our kids to Disneyland twice, and those trips were truly some of our family's highlights of their young lives thus far. So many happy memories. Someday we will make the longer trek to Florida to visit Walt Disney World as well. My parents took us to WDW several times when I was growing up, and it was beyond magical. I'm just obsessed with all things Disney, let's face it!
My Disney love has definitely rubbed off onto my children. This is NOT our first Disney party! (See: Disney Adventure Party, Bippity Boppity Boutique Birthday Party, Minnie Mouse Bowtique Dream Party, Minnie Mouse 1st Birthday Party) Once I saw the adorable Disney Junior supplies and ideas in our box of goodies I knew a Disney Junior themed birthday party would be perfect for my little lady. She is growing up way too quickly, so I need to embrace her love of all things "Junior" while I can!
At all of my kid parties I try to start with an activity sitting at the table that they can do so that they are all in one place and relatively calm as other kids trickle in late. This time we made paper bag puppets. The girls chose to make Sofia the First puppets, and the boy (her brother and cousin) chose to make Jake and the Neverland Pirate puppets. The sparkly Tulip puffy paint was a big hit. The kids got over excited and squeezed it on in blobs that may take ten weeks to dry. Haha.
Once puppets were made and everyone had arrived we broke into two groups for stations. I love stations for birthday parties. The more kids there are the more stations I plan. It is nice to have smaller groups for the games. Everyone gets more turns and things feel so much more manageable. The first station was Pin the Smile on Minnie Mouse. The girls refused to wear the blindfolds, so we just had them close their eyes.
The second station was the biggest hit of anything we did at the party: a Doc McStuffins Stuffed Animal Hospital! The kids LOVED using our doctor toys and these adorable printables (which I found free to print on the Disney Junior website HERE.) Their absolute favorite thing was putting real band-aids on the stuffed animals. HOWEVER….a word to the wise: TAKE THEM OFF OF THE ANIMALS FAIRLY QUICKLY!! I made the mistake of letting them sit on their all day before trying to take them off, and some of them wouldn't budge. I soaked the ones that wouldn't budge in the sink and they eventually came off, but it was a hassle. Either use fake band-aids or just remove them in a timely manner.
After the stations, it was time for a Jake and the Neverland Pirates treasure hunt! Luckily, the weather was lovely that day, so we got to get outside and run out some of those little wiggles. My sister made this map from a brown paper bag (and had way too much fun burning the edges, by the way), and we gave the kids eye patches that I found at a party supply store.
They followed the map around the yard until they discovered a pirate satchel in a tree (tutorial for that HERE) that was full of double sided paper crowns – Sofia the First on one side and Jake and the Neverland Pirates on the other side. This was a big hit, especially with Big Brother, as I'm sure you can tell.
I love the happiness on this little gal's face. She had a special request that her Bapa (my dad) be there, so even though it was a random Tuesday afternoon he took the day off to be there. Sweetest.
The last fun thing that we did was a Sofia the First Princess Photo Booth. I grabbed this kids a few at a time during cake eating time and took silly pictures of them. I used HP Photo Booth Strips and the free Pocketbooth App to take them. IT WAS SO FUN!!! The HP Photo Booth Strips may just be my favorite thing that was in that book of goodies to use for this party. I also took a bunch of myself making silly faces and of selfies with my one year old niece. Too fun! We took this ADORABLE (and sturdy!!) Sofia the First American Tourister suitcase and stuffed it with princess dress ups from around the house for the photo booth. It was a hit, and the kids got to take a strip or two of photos home as part of their party favors!
When we sent off our happy, worn out little preschool playmates we gave them a Disney Junior knapsack, their photo strips, crowns, eye patches, and puppets from the party, and a few other goodies: The Lion Guard animals and temporary tattoos, Disney Junior stickers, and a Minnie Mouse bow.
Whew! I'm tired just reliving it! Thanks again to Walt Disney World and MomSelect for the opportunity to host this Disney Kids Preschool Playdate. It turned into a birthday party that will not be soon forgotten!
If you liked This Disney Junior Birthday Party Be Sure To Check Out My Other Disney Parties!
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This is the cutest ever! My son is turning 2 next month and I can't wait to use some of these ideas! Thanks for sharing!
The pictures tell it all! What a fun-filled theme for kids 🙂 Saw this on Artsy Fartsy Mama's link up.
Gorgeous party ideas! I really love the my little pony cake!


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Home News Environment Scientist Says We are 99.9% Likely to Have Caused Global Warming
McGill University physics professor, Shaun Lovejoy crunched numbers and applied a statistical methodology, to determine the probability that global warming is NOT a natural phenomenon.
He did this because one of the most heated debates revolves around whether or not global warming is something we can counter, because if it's a natural process, there may be nothing we can do.
The debate is fierce in the United States, where politicians, scientists, and big oil and gas companies fight for their own specific interests.
Big oil companies in the United States have released their own findings on climate change, and not surprisingly, their research says global warming is a natural process, which occurs over time.
Numerous American politicians with a track record of backing oil companies, have used these studies to defend the oil and gas industry. They argue against any policies that negatively impacts that industry. Some have even gone as far as denying global warming entirely.
American scientists for the most part agree that global warming exists, but depending on who's paying for the research, have differing views as to whether it is the natural warming of our planet, or if our burning of fossil fuels are to blame.
"This study will be a blow to any remaining climate change deniers," Lovejoy says. "Their two most convincing arguments – that the warming is natural in origin and that the computer models are wrong – are either directly contracted by this analysis, or simply do not apply to it."
Lovejoy's study uses "multi-proxy climate reconstructions" which is a scientific method of taking historical temperature data, along with natural markers left by climatic events over time, such as tree rings, ice core samples and lake sediments, to map out our climate over a very long time period.
Lovejoy's analysis found the carbon-dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels to be the greatest impact on our climate, which means we caused climate change – it's not a natural phenomenon.
The study does not use the traditional computer models used by scientists to estimate climate change, however, the study predicts "with a 95 percent confidence, that a doubling of carbon-dioxide levels in the atmosphere would cause the climate to warm by between 1.9°C and 4.2°C." These temperature ranges are in-line with the United Nation's International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), that predicts a 1.5°C to 4.5°C increase in global temperatures if carbon-dioxide levels were doubled.
"We've had a fluctuation in average temperatures that's just huge since 1880 (the start of the industrial revolution) – on the order of about 0.9C," Lovejoy says. "This study shows that the odds of that being caused by natural fluctuations are less than one in a hundred and are likely to be less than one in a thousand."
His study, published in the journal Climate Dynamics squashes any doubt on the issue, claiming that the so-called "natural-warming hypothesis" can be ruled out with confidence levels greater than 99.9%.
Meaning that we human beings are the cause for global warming.
Although the study's research does not use the typical sophisticated computer models used to track greenhouse gas emissions, the clever Montreal researcher went back to traditional scientific methods, using empirical and historical data from as far back as the 16th Century.
Just before Lovejoy's study was released, the IPCC announced that we still have time to slow climate change, but governments must quickly act to get their citizens off fossil fuels and onto alternative energy ones which don't contribute to global warming.
The UN panel says it is possible for global greenhouse emissions to be reduced by the recommended 40 – 70% by 2050. However, the member countries which adopted that target are not doing enough to meet those emissions reductions.
That drop in global greenhouse gas emissions would prevent global temperatures from rising by the feared 2°C. Scientists from around the world say that small an increase globally in temperature could lead to increased droughts, rising sea levels, and heat waves, which in turn would cause food shortages, severe flooding, and numerous deaths and disease.
"To avoid dangerous interference with the climate system, we need to move away from business as usual," said IPCC co-chair Ottmar Edenhofer, when the IPCC report was released in Berlin, Germany.
The IPCC's 33-page summary report, says global emissions of carbon-dioxide rose by one billion tons a year between 2000 and 2010, outpacing emissions increases in previous decades.
According to the IPCC, the top three emitters of greenhouse gases are the United States, China and the European Union. China currently emits more carbon dioxide than the United States, however that's only small comfort when you consider the bigger stat the IPCC dropped.
About half of the world's combined greenhouse emissions since 1750 have come in the past 40 years.
That backs Lovejoy's research, because it looks like we have caused global warming.
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Home The country and its people History & tradition
The Bregenzerwald's people are said to be self-confident and wilful. This is due to their history. The valley between Lake Constance and the Arlberg mountain, which was once completely covered in woods, belonged to the earls of Bregenz who assigned many rights to monasteries and the gentry. The Wald (German word for forest) was populated around the year 1000.
The farmers' republic
The people from the Bregenzerwald region are regarded as self-assured, almost headstrong. This results from their history. The valley between Lake Constance and the Arlberg mountain range, which once used to be completely covered by forests, was under the possession of the Earls of Bregenz who ceded many rights to monasteries and the lower nobility. The "forest" was colonized by people coming from Bregenz around the year 1000.
Already long ago did the farmers of the Bregenzerwald region develop a strong sense of belonging. The political structure of Vorarlberg – which was given extensive rights in 1380 by the Habsburg monarchy – provided the basis for a sovereign "farmers' republic" with its own constitution and an independent jurisdiction. The Landammann was elected in free elections, his town hall was located at Bezegg between Bezau and Andelsbuch.
Architecture and handicraft work
Whereas today the valley's prosperity is based on agriculture, trade and tourism, many people had to earn their living far away from home in earlier times.
The most significant Baroque monasteries and churches in eastern Switzerland and southern Germany were built by architects of the guild from Au which revolutionized church construction in the 17th century. The monasteries of Maria Einsiedeln, Disentis and Weingarten as well as the church and the monastic library of the St. Gallen monastery were constructed by experts of the Baroque Architect School in Au and Bezau.
The international success of today's architects and craftspeople reminds of this old tradition.
–> Handicraft work plays an important role in the Bregenzerwald region. One important part is the Werkraum Bregenzerwald organization.
One of the most famous Baroque painters, Angelika Kauffmann (1741-1807), was born into a family in Schwarzenberg. She was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy of Arts in London and a friend and teacher of Goethe in Rom.
Today's most popular artists from the Bregenzerwald region include the painter and art performer Tone Fink, the sculptors Herbert Albrecht and Herbert Meusburger and the action artist Paul Renner.
Franz Michael Felder from Schoppernau, a social reformer and writer in the first half of the 19th century, is well-known as author on a local level only which is absolutely unjustified. He was the founder of the first farmers' association in the Bregenzerwald region and thus was a formidable opponent of the Gallus Moosbrugger family, the "Earl of Cheese" of the region.
The Bregenzerwald dialect
The dialects in the valleys of Vorarlberg have Alemmanic roots. The spoken dialects remind of the Swiss German and the Swabian dialect.
Even people from Vorarlberg have difficulties understanding their compatriots who live in the Bregenzerwald region. Nearly every village has its own dialect.
The only thing they have in common are the Alemmanic roots which are reflected in the sound shift.
The Juppe – the traditional women's costume in the Bregenzerwald region
It is regarded one of the most beautiful and elegant traditional costumes in the Alpine region. The Juppe with its pleated dress and the hat.
Sunday Mass, weddings, festivals, processions, funerals etc. – all these are occasions to wear the beautifully embroidered costume with the pleated black, brown or white skirt and the hat made of varnished cambric.
The traditional costumes and the precious headdresses, the so called "Krönele" or "Schapele", are handed down from one generation to the other but are still fabricated by skilled women's hands.
All those who want to learn more about the complex fabrication of the traditional Bregenzerwald women's costume should not miss out on a visit to the Juppenwerkstatt Riefensberg, the traditional costume factory.
Mountain farming in the Bregenzerwald region
For centuries, the farmers of the Bregenzerwald region have applied a 3-step farming method. Thus, they preserve the mountain landscape and make optimum use of the pastures.
Alpine herbs give the milk the final touch
On the one hand, this farming method is applied for economic reasons, which means that the farmers make optimum use of the mountain pastures. On the other hand, this method forms the basis for the preservation and conservation of the highly sensitive mountain landscape. Furthermore, the mountain pastures feature many herbs which are the best food for milk cows. Thus, the milk becomes extraordinarily tasty and aromatic and is perfectly suited to be processed into a flavorsome Bregenzerwald mountain cheese.
Home-coming of the cows
In many Alpine regions, the cattle parade is regarded the highlight of a farming year. In Schwarzenberg, this tradition has been preserved just as it was 400 years ago. In mid-September, the cows return from their summer sojourn high up in the mountains.
The traditional market day
Every year, the traditional market day is held on September 16 in the village center of Schwarzenberg. It is mainly regional businesses who sell their products there. In the Angelika-Kauffmann-Saal, the best Alpine cheese is rewarded.


Are you looking best tactics to play Top Eleven in a proper way? If the answer is yes then today here, we will give you some tips. Via help of these tips you are able to improve your player's skills and achieve a higher level. Before the tips, you need to know some basic information about the game. On the store, the game is available free of cost, but some elements are purchasable which are starting from real and virtual currencies. In the game, Tokens and cash are companies on currencies for performing various kinds of purchasing and upgrading related tasks.
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It was hot today, really hot... and with it being quiet on the bird front I thought I'd take my near-annual pilgrimage to the moors to look for Duke of Burgundy.
This butterfly is nationally scarce, but a few colonies hang on in North Yorkshire, centred around the town of Helmsley. They are tiny and easily overlooked, but the lekking behaviour of males makes them slightly easier to find; watch a bumble bee or other butterfly fly across the bracken and soon enough, a little male Duke will fly up to intercept the intruder!
Their tiny size (less than an inch across the wings) and restless behaviour makes them difficult to photograph, but I managed a few records before I fled the hillside to avoid an electrical storm. On top of a hill with a carbon fibre tripod is not an intelligent place to be when lightning strikes!
I missed out on a few passing migrants this Spring. Last year I noted reed warbler, grasshopper warbler, redstart and whinchat in May but things didn't work out this year. I'm sure they passed through, I just couldn't seem to coincide my time off with clement weather... indeed it felt there was a cold Northerly wind for the entire month.
However, a few birds fell to the binoculars: house martin and garden warbler were first spotted on 24th April and numbers have built up steadily through May. Yellow wagtail has only been heard, though I've not spent much time in their usual haunts. A single lesser whitethroat was heard near Bramper Farm and a hobby following the river was a welcome treat on 4th May.
The swifts returned on 6th May; the precise day I saw my first one last year, and I'm pleased to say they're using our roof space to roost again. On the same day, I finally caught up with corn bunting, singing atop a willow tree on the long river loop. To cap off a fine day, I also noted sedge warbler; the first one I've seen locally in a few years.
Also pleasing was the discovery of a couple of barn owl nests, just outside the patch boundaries.
The bird honoured with being my 100th species this year was spotted flycatcher, falling some two weeks after my 99th species. I was beginning to wonder whether I'd ever get there!
Very nice bird to get as the 100th!
Yep! And unlike last year I predicted it. How you getting on in Leeds? Do you think you'll get to 100?


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Media Fail: Plurality See Comey Book as 'Politically Motivated Attack' on Trump
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John Nolte
A plurality of voters, a full 42 percent, believe that the book written by disgraced former FBI Director James Comey is a "politically motivated attack on the president," according to a poll released by Rasmussen Reports.
Despite glowing press coverage 24/7 over the last week, an anemic 40 percent believe Comey's book is an "accurate portrayal of his dealings with Trump." Nineteen percent remain undecided.
This terrible number comes on the heels of a poll from earlier this week that showed a plurality of 46 percent want Comey prosecuted for leaking classified information.
In other words, a plurality of voters see Comey as a dishonest, partisan hack — which is the exact opposite of the image he and his media are desperately trying to craft. This is a massive failure, not only on Comey's part, but on the media's part. Since Trump fired him, both Comey and the media have been trying to shape him into a victim, into the last honest man in DC, into a selfless hero.
We the people are obviously too smart to buy that. We are also not all that interested in buying his book.
Rasmussen also reports that only 36 percent of those polled are even "somewhat likely" to read Comey's book, while 60 percent said they are unlikely to read it.
While Comey's book is currently a number one seller on Amazon, there is anecdotal evidence it will flame out fast.
Comey's biggest problem with public perception is that he does not wear well. He is obviously a man who is writing himself into his own story as the hero. Overall, though, he comes off as sanctimonious and insecure, a small, awkward and petty man hiding in a tall man's body.
His book was supposed to contain the smoking gun proving Trump should be impeached, instead it is full of petty attacks on Trump's appearance, self-aggrandizing, and holier-than-thou sermonizing from lifelong bureaucrat who leaked classified information and promoted partisan snakes like Andrew McCabe, who is now in serious legal jeopardy.
Moreover, Comey stupidly admitting that he re-opened the Clinton email investigation based on political considerations, based on his belief she would win the presidency and this was his way to remove a cloud over an incoming president's head, beggars belief. Worse still is the news that Comey informed Trump about the most embarrassing parts of the Russian dossier without informing him that the dossier was created by the Clinton campaign!
It is also becoming more and more clear that the only reason Comey even bothered to brief Trump on this unverified nonsense was to set the president up. Comey knew his briefing (the news of which was immediately leaked to CNN anti-Trump activist Jake Tapper — who was probably standing by in cahoots) would magically turn a phony memo into legitimate news. It was all a set-up to allow the far-left CNN to report on a dossier they had been dying to report on, which in turn allowed the far-left BuzzFeed to release the full contents of lies funded by Hillary Clinton.
Comey's biggest problem is that none of his so-called revelations back up his rhetoric. He undoubtedly hates President Trump, probably for firing him, but nothing he details in his book, his interviews, or even in those classified memos that were finally released to the public, justify his hatred or Robert Mueller's stupid investigation.
The public knows a witch hunt based on a nothingburger when they see one, and in Comey the public sees, not a man of integrity, but a petty bureaucrat with an inflated opinion of himself looking to get rich off of the media's abiding Trump hatred.
Comey will only be remembered as a footnote, and a ridiculous one at that.
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