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WATCH: Azerbaijan Blocks Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh Lifeline Road – Interview with Gev Iskajyan
Aliyev's Azerbaijan blocked the sole road connecting Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia since December 12, 2022, limiting access to essential goods and services for 120.000 ethnic Armenians living in the independent region.
To shed light on the humanitarian situation in Artsakh, we spoke to Gev Iskajyan, the representative for the Armenian National Committee in Artsakh.
While tens of thousands of Armenians live in dire conditions in the independent enclave, President Aliyev has finally shown his true colours by revealing the end-game of Azerbaijan's aggressions on Artsakh and Armenia proper; the complete annihilation of the Armenians from the region.
Azeri journalist Cavid Ağa has translated Aliyev's historical revisionism speech
Aliyev enhances his historical revisionism target: "Our books on historical facts need to be updated. […] We will invite scientists, archaeologists, historians from the countries we consider our friends to hold a prestigious international conference and present it."
— Cavid Ağa (@cavidaga) December 24, 2022
"Many steps should be taken so that this topic does not leave the agenda, but instead, this topic is included in the international agenda. Because today Armenia is a mono[ethnic]state. When we say this, we are rightly telling the world community that this is intolerable."
"They expelled all other peoples from there and established a state for themselves in someone else's land. Armenia has never been in this area. Today's Armenia is our land. When I say this many times, they object to me, they try to imply that I have a territorial claim."
"I say this as a historical fact. If someone can confirm otherwise, please, come and do so. When was the Armenian people moved to our lands, Karabakh, Zangezur? By whom, how and for what purpose was it transferred? We know that very well."
Says Armenians had no state in S.C.: "Even if there was one – it is not yet clear whose state they want to claim in their name – it was somewhere else. Therefore, we must present [our claims] in a purposeful, organized manner, in the correct form. I am sure we will achieve it."
"In parallel with this, we should also work on the Concept of Return to Western Azerbaijan (Armenia) with collective efforts. After the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, this is the issue on our agenda."
"Of course, it was perhaps too early to talk about it until the Karabakh conflict was resolved. However, I think we should not waste time today. A Return Concept should be developed. Still, it should be a peaceful concept, as they say."
"We should take the provisions acceptable to us in all international conventions and claim our right based on it. There must be a Return Concept."


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To encourage kids interest in classic cars, Hagerty International invited its Junior Judges to vote for Car of the Show at Chris Evans hugely popular CarFest North, in aid of BBC Children in Need.
These judges, aged from 8 to 14 years old, were given the job voting for their favourite classic car on the car club stands in the glorious sunshine at Cholmondeley Cadstle last weekend.
Mk III as well as a Moskvitch 427.
However, the children voted unanimously for Graham Durber's recently restored 1960 Mercedes Benz 190SL. Local Junior Judge Josh commented, "this carwas the one we all agreed we wanted our Dad to have in the garage at home."
On receiving his award from the Judges and Children In Need's Pudsey Bear, Graham said, "this is a brilliant program. It is essential that we all try and give the kids a better understanding of classic cars so that they can become the next generation of enthusiasts."
Organised by Hagerty International, the UK's classic vehicle insurance specialist, the programme connects young car enthusiasts with a variety of classic cars and vintage motorcycles, to help connect kids with historic cars and bikes.
"We appreciate that we need to do all we can to encourage children to see, feel and learn a little about classic cars." stated Hagerty MD, Angus Forsyth. "Our Junior Judges program gives them the opportunity to get up close with these fabulous vehicles and we hope this ignites their interest in older cars."
Hagerty Insurance Agency, LLC is the leading insurance agency for collector vehicles in the world and host to the largest network of collector car owners. Hagerty offers insurance for collector cars, motorcycles and even "automobilia" (any historic or collectible item linked with motor vehicles). Hagerty also offers overseas shipping/touring insurance coverage, commercial coverage and club liability coverage. UK-based subsidiary, Hagerty International, was established in 2006 to cater for the parallel market sector in the UK and Europe, and now offers a bespoke portfolio of insurance products, underwritten by Hiscox and Axa Assistance. For more information, visit www.hagertyinsurance.co.uk or tyher USA office at www.hagerty.com .


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AJ Access Platforms' website are being found on Google's first page for keyphrases such as:
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Аспидата (Vipera aspis), наричана също каменарка, е вид змия от семейство Отровници (Viperidae), разпространена в Западна и Южна Европа.

Разпространение и местообитание
Аспидата е разпространена в Североизточна Испания, по-голямата част от Франция, най-югозападните части на Германия, Западна Швейцария и Италия, включително Сицилия.

В България са открити само два екземпляра, при това в началото на 20 век. Единият е от района на Харманли и е уловен през 1933. Другият е намерен в колекцията на Катедрата по зоология на Софийския университет "Свети Климент Охридски" без подробности за мястото или годината на улавянето му. Освен тези два екземпляра, на Балканите са намирани и един край Сараево и един край Рипан, южно от Белград. Откриването на аспиди толкова далеч от основния им ареал, както и наблюдения на процеса в Словения, показват, че тя е изтласкана от Балканския полуостров от разпространението на пепелянката (Vipera ammodytes).

Аспидата предпочита слънчеви местности със сравнително сухи почви. Най-често се среща по каменисти склонове, но понякога се намира и в равнините.

Подвидове
 V. a. aspis
 V. a. atra
 V. a. francisciredi
 V. a. hugyi
 V. a. zinnikeri

Описание
Обикновено аспидата достига дължина 60-65 cm, в редки случаи до 85 cm. Мъжките са по-дълги, но по-тънки от женските. Опашката е много къса - 1/9 до 1/7 от общата дължина при женските и 1/8 до 1/6 при мъжките. Главата е широка, заострена отпред и ясно отличима от врата. Върхът на муцуната е леко, но отчетливо, повдигнат нагоре. Гръбните шарки варират силно, но много рядко имат ясната зигзагообразна форма, характерна за усойницата (Vipera berus).

Хранене
Храни се главно с гризачи и гущери.

Размножаване
Ражда по 4 до 8 малки с цвета на възрастните.

Отрова
Отровата на аспидата е по-силна от тази на пепелянката, но по-слаба, отколкото при усойницата. Въпреки това ухапването е болезнено, а според Щемлер 4% от случаите, в които не е получена медицинска помощ, са фатални.

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Усойници
Фауна на Палеарктика
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Basic DPNSEE documents
Drug-induced deaths in Serbia
The Drug Policy Network South East Europe published the Analysis of the data on drug-induced deaths in Serbia 2008 – 2019.
DPNSEE has prepared the analysis using statistic about the drug-induced deaths managed by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. The data used are segmented using codes of the causes of death, agreed with the Ministry of Health and the Institute for Public Health "Dr Milan Jovanović Batut", in accordance with the standard protocol of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).
The statistics include annual tables presenting number of those passed away by different indicators: gender, age, location, substance that caused death, consequence of long term use or accidentally, etc.
The key data from the Analysis include:
735 people died from drug use in Serbia in the period 2008 – 2019
13,60% of them were female
After sharp drop in 2010 and 2011 and the lowest number of deaths in 2017, last two years we have an increase of 72,73%
Serbia is in the bottom of the European scale of drug-induced deaths per million people (8,21)
2/3 of deceased was in the age range 25 to 40
150 deaths were consequence of long-term use of drugs. Out of them 97 was connected with opioids, 2 with cocaine, 4 with hallucinogens and 47 with multiple substances
585 were consequence of intoxication, with 212 accidental, 48 intended and 325 with unclear intention
206 intoxications were related to heroin use, 81 to other opioids and 122 with psychodysleptics; only one with cannabis derivatives and none with LSD
By far, most of the intoxications happened at home
In 2018, two people aged 17 – 19 died; in 2019, two aged 65+
DPNSEE emphasized controversies and questions with reliability of the data:
Ministry of Health has no updated data on causes of death. We must wait until mid-next year to get the data from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia to know which they were.
Drug-induced deaths are not always reported. Instead, they are classified as stroke, heart attack, heat stroke or suffocation by vomiting.
Other causes of death are also not registered, including AIDS and Hepatitis caused by using infected sterile equipment for injecting drugs (registered earlier), chronic pneumonia, liver damage, random injuries and violence and suicides caused by drug use.
There are no yet data about coronavirus influence to drug-induced deaths in Serbia. But, the Analysis envisages that it may result in more deaths due to additional risk of overdose and intoxication caused by depression, anxiety, stress, isolation and loneliness, use of whatever drug is available and mixing them (also with alcohol and legal drugs), lack of support (doctor visits, group counselling, treatments, emotional support, etc.), lack of basic income, lack of proper nutrition, etc.
Naloxone is legally used in Serbia only by emergency ambulance staff. Civil society organisations have proposed wider availability of naloxone, but this proposal was rejected during the process of amending the Law on Psychoactive Controlled Substances.
To read the Analysis, please follow this link>>>.
The presentation with bilingual data (Serbian and English) is available following this link>>>.
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Las Vegas Mob Museum
Discussion in 'Other Las Vegas Topics' started by krainey, Nov 23, 2011.
krainey New Member
There's a new attraction coming to Vegas in 2012: The Mob Museum, whose full name is the National Museum of Organized Crime & Law Enforcement, is opening on February 14. It focuses on the history of organized crime in the US, particularly in Las Vegas, with a lot of cool interactive exhibits about the mob members and law enforcement figures who were important to the events.
The Mob Museum in Las Vegas is in the building that housed a federal courthouse where the Kefauver Committee hearings on organized crime were held in the early 1950s, so even its location is historic. It looks like this will be a great addition to the already long list of fun things to do in Las Vegas.
For information about its location, ticket prices, hours, etc., check out the Las Vegas Mob Museum page, where you can also get more details on the FBI's role in fighting organized crime and the historical figures involved on both sides, such as Carlo Gambino and Eliot Ness.
(Just to clarify for anyone who's curious, this is different than the Las Vegas Mob Experience at the Tropicana, which is still open but filed for bankruptcy protection in October.)
krainey, Nov 23, 2011
kolopanir New Member
Las Vegas Mob Museum history
it was about time they opened such museum. Las Vegas and the world of organized crime has been always connected and most people have been known this for decades. was a well-known secret. Hopefully, Las Vegas Mob Museum will do a good job at embracing that history.
One interesting fact about the LV MoB museum is that it's being built downtown in the United States Post Office and Federal Courthouse building, which was one of the sites of the televised Kefauver Committee hearings in the 50's
kolopanir, Nov 24, 2011
jlinBar New Member
I know it's Sin City we're talking about but I'm not sure if a mob museum is the best idea for the city since It'll merely glorify Mobsters and gangster mentality. Still, the museum sounds very appealing and I'd definitely go next time I visit Vegas! Hopefully there will be some lesson learned after the visit…
jlinBar, Nov 25, 2011
noHope8 New Member
facts about Las Vegas Mob Museum
The Museum has acquired one of the most iconic artifacts in mob history – the brick wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Also, the Mob Museum will open on the 83rd anniversary of the infamous Massacre, considered one of the most significant dates in Mob history.
noHope8, Nov 28, 2011
mitraveler New Member
The museum also focuses on the lawmen, so it's not just one-sided.
mitraveler, Nov 28, 2011
wanderer Moderator
Has anyone had a chance to go yet? Is it cool?
wanderer, Apr 27, 2012
Voltio22 New Member
Vegas Mob Museum
wanderer said: ↑
just visited it last week and i gotta tell you that i was amazed at how much there was to see and do inside the Mob Museum. I spent 3 hours inside and could have spent a longer because there are multiple levels and many fun interactive exhibits..you can even get to shoot weapons, which is all cool!
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by xyzzy (Pilgrim)
on Sep 24, 2009 at 19:09 UTC ( #797282=perlmeditation: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??
I love Perl. It is definitely my favorite language out of the ones I know well enough to work in, and when using other languages I sometimes wish they had some of the features and shortcuts you can use in Perl. Yet there are a few aspects of Perl which annoy me to no end. Such as the fact that there are two sets of comparison operators. Using == with strings accounts for at least 90% of my mistakes. What "features" of Perl irritate the fellow Monks?
"Everything is true." "Even false things?" "Even false things are true" "How can that be?" "I dunno man, I didn't do it."
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by chromatic (Archbishop) on Sep 25, 2009 at 02:01 UTC
Yet there are a few aspects of Perl which annoy me to no end. Such as the fact that there are two sets of comparison operators.
You'd like the language much, much less if there were only one set of comparison operators. Perl would have to guess about which type of comparison you meant, and the heuristics for guessing rely on a lot of potential scary action at a distance. These bugs happen occasionally (I can think of one I've seen in the past decade), but they'd be much, much more common if you couldn't specify your intent for a comparison.
Re^2: irritation makes perls
by xyzzy (Pilgrim) on Sep 25, 2009 at 19:57 UTC
I don't deny that a language needs to be able to differentiate between numeric and string comparisons, but it's a hard habit to break coming from other languages. Like remembering how to spell elsif.
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by GrandFather (Sage) on Sep 24, 2009 at 20:03 UTC
Occasionally I get tripped up by the difference between:
print anId("Stuff");
print anId ("Stuff");
Having my own views on how white space ought be used, I find this behaviour particularly nasty. It really doesn't DWIM!
True laziness is hard work
by papidave (Pilgrim) on Sep 25, 2009 at 21:06 UTC
Thank you, Grandfather, for another good reason to use indirect filehandles. Whitespace dependencies make me shudder.
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 24, 2009 at 19:44 UTC
I hate when I misspell shift and think the element should come out the other end.
by Herkum (Parson) on Sep 25, 2009 at 14:21 UTC
Such as the fact that there are two sets of comparison operators
Would you rather do what all the other languages do, declare every variable as specific type( a string, a number, a null, or an object). I can live with two operators.
Using == with strings accounts for at least 90% of my mistakes
You must be use to another language, like Javascript. This is not a problem with Perl, but rather what you have become used to.
Turns out you shouldn't use == in javascript, JS doesn't have warnings/strict (although it will have strict in the future)
'' == '0'          // false
0 == ''            // true
0 == '0'           // true
false == 'false'   // false
false == '0'       // true
false == undefined // false
false == null      // false
null == undefined  // true
" \t\r\n " == 0    // true
Since I was a C programmer for so long before Perl, I occasionally mistype my code and put == when I ought to use eq. When it does happen, I get a message like Argument "" isn't numeric in ... because I use warnings;, and then it's easy enough to fix. That said, and compiler dependencies aside, there is a purely practical argument for having two equivalence operators: they do different things.
To understand that, consider the following toy program:
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The string "0.0" is different from the string "0", but it's the same numerically. Yes, we could get the same thing with an overloaded equivalence operator and strong typing on all variables -- but to be honest, I find all that extra code to be a nuisance. Also, the dual-purpose nature of scalars allows us to return "0 but true" from a subroutine and let the caller use it as a boolean pass/fail or numeric count value (see Re: True or False? A Quick Reference Guide for details).
by elTriberium (Friar) on Sep 29, 2009 at 19:03 UTC
I don't completely understand your point. In C you have to use strcmp to compare 2 strings. So why would you be used to "=="?
You are probably forgetting bondage discipline Use strict warnings and diagnostics or die
by ack (Deacon) on Sep 28, 2009 at 15:15 UTC
This is one of those nit-picky things that annoys me, but that I've gotten used to and it rarely bites me anymoer. The annoyance is the odd spelling of } elsif { in the if{} structures.
I've always been curious, why is it elsif rather than elseif?
As I noted, it is just an annoyance...nothing earth-shattering. On rare occasions I still end up mis-typiing it...I think my typing fingers get ahead of my brain...never a good thing.
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by leocharre (Priest) on Sep 29, 2009 at 15:50 UTC
and what about 'elif'
by Zen (Deacon) on Sep 28, 2009 at 19:44 UTC
The "Object Oriented" features (or hack, depending on your point of view), in their entirety.
And occasionally I'd like autovivification to be a pragma.
And compiling perl with VS2005 or later is a downer.
And the ancient GUI toolkits need makeovers.
And lack of CPAN quality control/source origin verification.
... guess I'll stop here. Much love for perl, though.
by boblawblah (Scribe) on Sep 30, 2009 at 21:17 UTC
And the ancient GUI toolkits need makeovers
use Gtk2;
by CaMelRyder (Pilgrim) on Sep 30, 2009 at 21:59 UTC
I hate hate hate the negative logic constructs such as unless.
¥peace from CaMelRyder¥
by Joost (Canon) on Sep 30, 2009 at 23:32 UTC
You don't have to use them :)
I hate that some stuff just ISN'T there:
The OO system. It can do pretty much everything you want from a class based OO system, but it's too verbose to the point of discouraging good practices (i.e. no good, fast, standard, portable way doing private instance variables and methods sucks). There are good modules that help, but too late - they have tons of dependencies and most code you're working with won't use them. Class::MOP and related modules should have been in the core since 5.0 and perl's built-in collections should have been based upon the standard OO model.
No *real* lisp-style macros. Personally, I think lisp macros are probably not workable in perl anyway, but once you've used them, they're absolutely amazing.
No good inter-thread communication system. Why can't I pass real objects from one thread to another? IMO this makes threads in pure-perl code completely useless. You have to do all the work you have to do in forking code, and the forking code is probably more stable.
Auto-vification has it's issues too, especially with strict/warnings enabled.
Everything else, I've already mentioned before too many times. For instance: Re^3: Perl Vs Ruby and Re: No garbage collection for my-variables.
"What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"
by CaMelRyder (Pilgrim) on Oct 01, 2009 at 21:32 UTC
Sure, I don't have to use them but that doesn't mean that I don't run into them while maintaining other people's code.
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Q: problem with NoReverseMatch in Python(Django) I created a website based on Django, and clicking on the trash displays an error. I can't understand what this is related to. I understand that there is not much information, but if you have any suggestions about what this is related to, please tell me!
I attach the error
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Error during template rendering
In template C:\Users\User\Desktop\sex\PythonShopDjango\shop\mainapp\templates\base.html, error at line 35
Reverse for 'change_qty' with keyword arguments '{'ct_model': '', 'slug': ''}' not found. 1 pattern(s) tried: ['change\-qty/(?P<ct_model>[^/]+)/(?P[^/]+)/$']
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urlpatterns = [
    path('', BaseView.as_view(), name='base'),
    path('products/<str:ct_model>/<str:slug>/', ProductDetailView.as_view(), name='product_detail'),
    path('category/<str:slug>/', CategoryDetailView.as_view(), name='category_detail'),
    path('cart/', CartView.as_view(), name='cart'),
    path('add-to-cart/<str:ct_model>/<str:slug>/', AddToCartView.as_view(), name='add_to_cart'),
    path('remove-from-cart/<str:ct_model>/<str:slug>/', DeleteFromCartView.as_view(), name='delete_from_cart'),
    path('change-qty/<str:ct_model>/<str:slug>/', ChangeQTYView.as_view(), name='change_qty'),
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    path('make-order/',MakeOrderView.as_view(), name='make_order')
]

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from django.shortcuts import render
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from .mixins import CategoryDetailMixin, CartMixin
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
from django.contrib import messages
from .forms import OrderForm
from .utils import recalc_cart
from django.db import transaction

class BaseView(CartMixin, View):

    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        categories = Category.objects.get_categories_for_left_sidebar()
        products = LatestProducts.objects.get_products_for_main_page('notebook', 'smartphone',
                                                                     with_respect_to='notebook', )
        context = {
            'categories': categories,
            'products': products,
            'cart': self.cart

        }
        return render(request, 'base.html', context)

class ProductDetailView(CartMixin, CategoryDetailMixin, DetailView):
    CT_MODEL_CLASS = {
        'notebook': Notebook,
        'smartphone': Smartphone,
    }

    def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        self.model = self.CT_MODEL_CLASS[kwargs['ct_model']]
        self.queryset = self.model._base_manager.all()
        return super().dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)

    context_object_name = 'product'
    template_name = 'product_detail.html'
    slug_url_kwarg = 'slug'

    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
        context['ct_model'] = self.model._meta.model_name
        context['cart'] = self.cart
        return context

class CategoryDetailView(CartMixin, CategoryDetailMixin, DetailView):
    model = Category
    queryset = Category.objects.all()
    context_object_name = 'category'
    template_name = 'category_detail.html'
    slug_url_kwarg = 'slug'

    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
        context['cart'] = self.cart
        return context

class AddToCartView(CartMixin, View):

    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        ct_model, product_slug = kwargs.get('ct_model'), kwargs.get('slug')

        content_type = ContentType.objects.get(model=ct_model)
        product = content_type.model_class().objects.get(slug=product_slug)
        cart_product, created = CartProduct.objects.get_or_create(
            user=self.cart.owner, cart=self.cart, content_type=content_type, object_id=product.id,
        )
        if created:
            self.cart.products.add(cart_product)
        recalc_cart(self.cart)
        messages.add_message(request, messages.INFO, "Товар добавлен!")
        return HttpResponseRedirect('/cart/')

class DeleteFromCartView(CartMixin, View):

    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        ct_model, product_slug = kwargs.get('ct_model'), kwargs.get('slug')
        content_type = ContentType.objects.get(model=ct_model)
        product = content_type.model_class().objects.get(slug=product_slug)
        cart_product = CartProduct.objects.get(
            user=self.cart.owner, cart=self.cart, content_type=content_type, object_id=product.id,
        )

        self.cart.products.remove(cart_product)
        cart_product.delete()
        recalc_cart(self.cart)
        messages.add_message(request, messages.INFO, "Товар удален!")
        return HttpResponseRedirect('/cart/')

class ChangeQTYView(CartMixin, View):

    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        ct_model, product_slug = kwargs.get('ct_model'), kwargs.get('slug')
        content_type = ContentType.objects.get(model=ct_model)
        product = content_type.model_class().objects.get(slug=product_slug)
        cart_product = CartProduct.objects.get(
            user=self.cart.owner, cart=self.cart, content_type=content_type, object_id=product.id,
        )
        qty = int(request.POST.get('qty'))
        cart_product.qty = qty
        cart_product.save()
        recalc_cart(self.cart)
        messages.add_message(request, messages.INFO, "Вы успешно изменили количество!")
        return HttpResponseRedirect('/cart/')

class CartView(CartMixin, View):

    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        categories = Category.objects.get_categories_for_left_sidebar()
        context = {
            'cart': self.cart,
            'categories': categories,
        }
        return render(request, 'cart.html', context)

class CheckoutView(CartMixin, View):

    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        categories = Category.objects.get_categories_for_left_sidebar()
        form = OrderForm(request.POST or None)
        context = {
            'cart': self.cart,
            'categories': categories,
            'form': form
        }
        return render(request, 'checkout.html', context)

class MakeOrderView(CartMixin, View):
    @transaction.atomic
    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        form = OrderForm((request.POST or None))
        customer =  Customer.objects.get(user=request.user)
        if form.is_valid():
            new_order = form.save(commit=False)
            new_order.customer = customer
            new_order.first_name = form.cleaned_data['first_name']
            new_order.last_name = form.cleaned_data['last_name']
            new_order.phone = form.cleaned_data['phone']
            new_order.address = form.cleaned_data['address']
            new_order.buying_type = form.cleaned_data['buying_type']
            new_order.order_date = form.cleaned_data['order_date']
            new_order.comment = form.cleaned_data['comment']
            new_order.save()
            self.cart.in_order = True
            self.cart.save()
            new_order.cart = self.cart
            new_order.save()
            customer.orders.add(new_order)
            messages.add_message(request, messages.INFO, 'Спасибо за ваш заказ! Скоро с вами свяжутся')
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/')
        return HttpResponseRedirect('/checkout/')

cart.html
{% extends 'base.html' %}

{% block content %}

Ваша корзина {% if not cart.products.count %} пуста {% endif %}

{% if messages %}
    {% for message in messages %}

        {{ message }}
        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-label="Close">
          ×
        </button>

    {% endfor %}
{% endif %}
{% if cart.products.count %}

      Наименование
      Изображение
      Цена
      Кол-во
      Общая цена
      Действие

  {% for item in cart.products.all %}

      {{ item.content_object.title }}

      {{ item.content_object.price }} сом.

        <form action="{% url 'change_qty' ct_model=item.content_object.get_model_name slug=item.content_object.slug %}" method="POST">
           {% csrf_token %}
          <input type="number" class="form-control" name="qty" style="width:70px" min="1" value="{{ item.qty }}">

          <input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value="Изменить кол-во">
        </form>

      {{ item.final_price }} сом.

        <button class="btn btn-danger">Удалить из корзины</button>

  {% endfor %}

       Итого:
       {{ cart.total_products }}
       {{ cart.final_price }} сом
       <button class="btn btn-primary">Перейти к оформлению</button>

{% endif %}
{% endblock content %}

A: You're passing in kwargs, but I think the url tag in templates only works with args.
In cart.html, try passing in positional args instead
{% url 'change_qty' item.content_object.get_model_name item.content_object.slug %}

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africans began queuing exterior ticket places of work on Thursday night after FIFA released an additional ninety,000 World Cup seats on to the market including the beforehand offered-out remaining and semi-finals.
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eBay has the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 12" 64GB i3 on sale for $630, with no tax in NJ. Limit of 5 per account.
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That means you will take home about $30 just on the sale of one. Remember, you can buy 5 so you can make $150 on the sale alone!
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Amazon's voice-activated assistant Alexa is coming to several laptop and desktop computers sold by HP Inc., Asus, and Acer.
The three personal computer giants debuted personal computers on Monday that are designed to work with Alexa, part of a push by Amazon to spread its voice assistant to more third-party devices. The companies announced the new computers against the backdrop of this week's annual International Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas.
Although most people interact with the Alexa voice assistant through Amazon's web-connected speakers, the Echo and the Echo Dot, the online retail giant has been increasingly courting third-party companies to embed Alexa in their own devices.
Amazon (amzn), Google (goog), and Microsoft (msft) believe that voice-activated assistants are a new frontier for interacting with computers. As a result, these companies are investing heavily in voice technology and are increasingly debuting products like Google and its Google Home speakers that use voice assistants to do things like play certain songs when asked.
People can already access Alexa on their PCs through an Amazon-sanctioned website for developers to test their Alexa apps, or skills, built for the Echo. The new HP Inc. (hpq), Asus, and Acer computers, however, come with features specifically designed for Alexa and make it easier to access the service rather than having to visit a website.
For example, the HP Pavilion Wave comes with a special LED that lights up to show that Alexa is listening. That computer, like Acer's Amazon-supported PCs, also contains custom Intel audio processors that are intended to help Alexa better hear and respond to people's voices.
People can use Alexa on their computers, for example, to check their online calendars, play music or podcasts, and control Internet-connected devices like lights and thermostats in their homes, Acer said.
Alexa's integration into PCs poses a challenge to Microsoft, which is trying to push its Cortana voice-activated assistant as the preferred way for people to talk to their Windows-powered computers for performing simple tasks. The more people use Alexa instead of Cortana when scheduling appointments to their online calendars, for instance, the less data Microsoft collects for improving Cortana.
Vuzix, a technology and consumer gadget company, also said over the weekend that its Vuzix Blade augmented reality glasses would come embedded with Alexa. The $1,000 glasses can superimpose digital images on the real world, and with Alexa, people can presumably ask the eyewear to also show them weather information, sports statistics, or restaurant menus, according to USA Today.


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The expanded campaign will continue through 2019. The original 30,000m program, with 12,000m left to be drilled, will be completed by July 2019.
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The nation's capital, Lisbon, is a hub of culture and shopping. Winding streets spread out over a series of hills, revealing beautifully quaint buildings whichever way you walk. Martim Moniz, a hotbed of quirky street stalls and art installations will allow you to witness the huge mixture of tourists that the city attracts. Later, enjoy the sun set over the bay from the Miradouro-area, or alternatively, from the original castle on the hill, Castelo de S. Jorge. Tasty treats can be sampled in pastel de nata (custard tarts) almost everywhere, while a host of savoury options can be found at the Time Out Market. Nights are best capped off with a drink in hand as you head to the famous Clube do Fado in Alfama to catch some traditional Portuguese blues. These fado performances are a mainstay around the city, and are dripping with emotion and energy - there really aren't many other things like it in the world.
While in Porto, take in some of the hidden gems in the city. Visit Lello and Irmao, one of the oldest and arguably most beautiful book stores in the world, with carved wooden interiors and a host of captivating texts. Admire the views of the city from Torre dos Clerigos or tuck into the city's signature dish, the francesinha. Consisting of layers of bread, different types of meat, cheese and topped with a fried egg, this hearty dish will fill your belly ahead of the essential port wine tour that the city is known for.
Portugal is also full of beautiful coastlines and scenic islands. At the very south of the country, the sandy beaches of the Algarve stretch as far as the eye can see. Away from the mainland you'll find the Azores, a cluster of islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, which contain marvellous caves and caverns as well as the highest mountain in Portugal, Mount Pico. Further south you'll find the island of Madeira, a prime spot to go whale and dolphin watching for the experience of a lifetime. The island is also a good location to sample famous local fortified wine, while watching the sunset over the statue of football star, and Madeira native, Cristiano Ronaldo.
With holidays to Portugal you can look forward to more than a nice hotel and a beautiful beach. Portugal's coastline is stunning –with dramatic cliffs, powerful surf, and miles of picturesque beaches. It's no wonder that tourists head to the Algarve and the islands, while the cities and wine regions are equally as fascinating. There is so much to see and do in Portugal that choosing a destination can be tough.
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Rio de Janeiro: A City in Preparation
Jay Leonard Last updated: November 27, 2012
Two of the world's biggest sporting events are about to hit the famous city "trapped between the mountains and sea". The FIFA World Cup in 2014 and Olympic Games in 2016 will have Rio de Janeiro buzzing and encourage millions of visitors from all around the globe to flock to the city; Rio has experience of this, of course.
Rio de Janeiro (image courtesy of Sunset Visitor)
When you think about it, Rio is an obvious choice for a major event because it has one every Lent: Carnival! The Rio de Janeiro Carnival usually sees around 2 million people lining the streets to see the various parades and performances that illuminate this already beautiful city. So infrastructure is obviously not a massive issue. As big as carnival is though, it is not the World Cup and it is not the Olympic Games so what is the city doing to prepare for these events?
The FIFA World Cup 2014
The most obvious construction relating to the world cup is the building and upgrading of stadiums in Brazil so it can cope with masses of football fans from all around the world. Not one of the 12 stadiums being used will go without an upgrade but an astonishing 7 of the stadiums are either brand new or being completely rebuilt. Thankfully for Rio de Janeiro the 'Estadio do Maracana' only needs minor upgrades so, unlike Recife or Manaus for example, the construction work will be relatively minor. The largest modification being made to Rio's premier stadium is a roof that covers all of the seated areas: despite the risk of a major downpour in Rio during June/July being relatively slim.
The Olympics Games 2016
Brazil's sports minister has already been quoted as saying that Rio wants to follow the "London model" when it comes to delivering the Olympic Games and, it has to be said, the London games were quite spectacular and infrastructurally sound; so how is Rio going to emulate London? Well a top class Olympic village is a good starting point and plans are already underway. A 62 hectare plot of land has been set aside in the Barra area of Rio for the construction of 32, 17 story, buildings which will contain just short of 18,000 beds. In a smart move by the Rio authorities, the majority of this construction will be undertaken by private companies who will convert the Olympic village into housing after the games, meaning less public money needs to be spent on the construction.
Transport links within Rio will also be upgraded for the games with a high speed bus link being developed; the promise of which was part of Rios bid. These buses will travel along special bus lanes that will connect Santa Cruz and Campo Grande to Barra. It is believed these buses will reduce travel times within the city by at least an hour.
It is almost impossible to estimate the cost of an unfinished construction project of this magnitude but for a small insight it is worth noting that construction firms from Britain alone have been commissioned with over £70 million worth work for both events.


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The Berkshire Yeomanry was a part time regiment of the British Army formed in 1794 to counter the threat of invasion during the French Revolutionary Wars. It was the Royal County of Berkshire's senior volunteer unit with over 200 years of voluntary military service. After taking part in the Second Boer War, it saw action as mounted troops in the First World War and as artillery (145th (Berkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery) in the Second World War. Its lineage is maintained by 94 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, part of 39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment. The Headquarters of the Squadron is based in Windsor, Berkshire. The Berkshire Yeomanry had a number of battle honours won from Europe to the Far East and Private Frederick Potts was awarded a Victoria Cross for service during the Gallipoli Campaign.

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Under threat of invasion by the French Revolutionary government from 1793, and with insufficient military forces to repulse such an attack, the British government under William Pitt the Younger decided in 1794 to increase the Militia and to form corps of volunteers for the defence of the country.  The mounted arm of the volunteers became known as the "Gentlemen and Yeomanry Cavalry".  The first Troop raised in Berkshire was the  Abingdon Yeomanry on 10 April 1794.  Other corps followed so that eight were in existence by the end of 1800:
 Abingdon Yeomanry, raised 10 April 1794
 Reading Cavalry, raised 3 July 1794 – probably absorbed by Woodley corps 1798
 Newbury Association Cavalry (Donnington), raised 23 April 1798
 Woodley Cavalry, raised 11 May 1798 – two troops, probably absorbing Reading corps; reduced to one troop 1799
 Thatcham Association Cavalry, raised 24 May 1798
 Hungerford Association Cavalry, raised 1 June 1798
 Maidenhead United Cavalry Association, raised June 1798
 Loyal Windsor Cavalry, raised 30 September 1800

When the Fencible and Provisional cavalry regiments (full-time home defence troops) were disbanded in 1800, Sir Morris Ximenes of Bear Place, at Hare Hatch near Wargrave, and some of his fellow officers of the Windsor Foresters (5th Fencible Cavalry) offered to raise another part-time 'Troop of Gentlemen Cavalry' in Berkshire, which became the Wargrave Rangers on 21 March 1800.

The brief Peace of Amiens in 1802 saw a number of corps disbanding, to be re-raised in 1803 with the resumption of hostilities.
 Abingdon Yeomanry, service renewed 31 August 1802
 Donnington and Newbury Cavalry, reformed 22 August 1803
 Woodley Cavalry, service renewed 8 October 1802
 Thatcham Volunteer Cavalry, reformed 24 February 1803
 Hungerford Yeomanry, reformed 30 September 1803
 Maidenhead Cavalry, reformed 13 October 1803
 Loyal Windsor Cavalry, service renewed 30 September 1802
 Wargrave Cavalry, reformed 22 March1803
 Aldermaston Cavalry, raised 13 August 1803
 Vale of White Horse Cavalry, two troops raised 3 September 1803

Sir Morris Ximenes offered to raise and pay for an additional corps of volunteer infantry to be attached to the Wargrave troop, with wagons to travel in; it is not known if this proposal was taken up.

In 1804, five troops in the north and west of the county – Abingdon, Donnington with Newbury, Hungerford, and the Vale of White Horse (two troops) – were regimented as the Western or  1st Berkshire Cavalry under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon Charles Dundas, MP, former commanding officer of the Berkshire Provisional Cavalry. An attempt the following year to regiment the Maidenhead, Windsor, Woodley (including Reading) and  Wargrave troops was unsuccessful. The Aldermaston, Thatcham and Windsor Troops were disbanded in 1807, followed by the Maidenhead in 1809.

In late 1813, with the war drawing to a close, the remaining independent troops were invited to amalgamate with the 1st Berkshire Cavalry; the Woodley Troop joined while the Wargrave Rangers  disbanded early in 1814, the officers having retired. However, the 1st Berkshire Cavalry maintained a troop at Wargrave from 1817 to 1820, after which the Woodley and Wargrave troops joined the Eastern Berkshire Yeomanry Cavalry raised on 14 January 1820 by Major Payn of the new Maidenhead Troop.

19th Century
After the Battle of Waterloo the Yeomanry were kept in being in 'for Military Service in aid of the Civil Power' in the absence of organised police forces,
case of civil disorder. Government support for the Yeomanry was withdrawn in 1828 and many corps were disbanded; the 1st Berkshire Regiment was disbanded in January 1828 and the Eastern Regiment in April.

However, just two years later a wave of unrest swept the country and the government restored Yeomanry pay for drills and periods of service in aid of the civil power. Four independent troops of yeomanry were re-formed in Berkshire in 1831:
 Hungerford
 Newbury with Welford Park
 Vale of White Horse
 Woolley

These had dwindled to just the Hungerford Troop by 1838. This was increased to two troops by 1852, three in 1853 and four by 1874. About 1847 the unit adopted the title of Royal Berkshire Yeomanry Cavalry; although there is no evidence of official permission for the 'Royal' title, it remained in use until 1902. The official title was Berkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry (Hungerford). On 1 April 1893, the troops were reorganised into two squadrons.

Following the Cardwell Reforms a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the Army List from December 1875. This assigned Regular and Yeomanry units places in an order of battle of corps, divisions and brigades for the 'Active Army', even though these formations were entirely theoretical, with no staff appointed. The Berkshire Yeomanry were assigned as 'divisional troops' to 1st Division of II Corps based at Aldershot, alongside Regular units of infantry, artillery and engineers. This was never more than a paper organisation, but by 1899 the Berkshire Yeomanry together with the Middlesex Yeomanry formed the 1st Yeomanry Brigade. In the 1890s the regimental headquarters (RHQ) moved from Hungerford to Reading.

Imperial Yeomanry

Following a string of defeats during Black Week in early December 1899, the British government realised that it would need more troops than just the regular army to fight the Second Boer War. On 13 December, the decision to allow volunteer forces to serve in South Africa was made, and a Royal Warrant was issued on 24 December. This officially created the Imperial Yeomanry (IY). The force was organised as county service companies of approximately 115 men signed up for one year, and volunteers from the Yeomanry and civilians (usually middle and upper class) quickly filled the new force, which was equipped to operate as Mounted infantry. Although there were strict requirements, many volunteers were accepted with substandard horsemanship or marksmanship and had little time to train before arriving in South Africa. The first contingent of recruits contained 550 officers, 10,371 men in 20 battalions of 4 companies, which arrived in South Africa between February and April, 1900.

The Berkshire Yeomanry raised the 39th and 58th (Berkshire) Companies, which landed in South Africa  on 28 February and 4 April 1900 and served in 10th and 15th Battalions, IY, respectively, alongside Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire companies (10th Bn was commanded by Lord Chesham of the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry). Upon arrival, the battalions were sent throughout the zone of operations.

Chesham's 10th Bn IY was attached to 1st Division under the command of Lord Methuen and Chesham became Brigadier-General  of the division's mounted troops. On 5 April Methuen learned of the presence of a small Boer Commando led by the French Comte de Villebois-Mareuil and ordered Chesham's IY and other mounted troops to saddle up at once. The force caught the commando, pinned it with a few rounds of artillery fire, and then advanced by small rushes on both flanks, the IY taking the left flank. De Villebois-Mareuil was killed and his men surrendered. The Battle of Boshof was the first action for the new IY, but with little field training, only a brief musketry course, and few officers, they 'acted like veteran troops'. Methuen was 'much struck by the intelligent manner in which they carried out the attack and made use of cover'.

By May 1900 both the 10th and 15th Bns IY were serving in Methuen's Column, which quickly became known as the 'Mobile Marvels'. On 14 May Methuen marched on Hoopstad and then continued into Orange Free State protecting the flank of Lord Roberts' main army. Methuen's column reached Bothaville on 24 May, but Roberts became concerned about his communications, so Methuen was switched to protecting the rear, and marched to Kroonstad, where the column arrived on 28 May, having completed a march of  in 15 days over poor roads. On 30 May, Metheun was informed that the 13th (Irish) Bn IY was cut off at Lindley, and he rode with his own IY battalions to relieve them, covering  in 24 hours. The mounted column had a five-hour fight to force its way past 3000 Boers led by Christiaan de Wet. Most of the force in Lindley had already surrendered, but 5th and 10th Bns IY under Lt-Col George Younghusband were able to free a number of the prisoners. Methuen then pushed on to relieve 9th Division, which was besieged at Heilbron, completing a march of  in under a month.

Methuen's Column now took part in the pursuit of de Wet's force south down the railway towards Kroonstad, beginning with a sharp action at Rhenoster River on 24 June. The 'Great de Wet Hunt' began in earnest in August. On 6 August Methuen set out with 5th and !0th Bns IY, some infantry and artillery to catch the Boer commander at Scandinavia Drift, switching to Schoeman's Drift when better intelligence arrived. De Wet and half his force had got across the drift before Methuen arrived, but the rearguard was cleared and the column pressed forward. Methuen sent Chesham and the IY towards Frederikstad to cut off de Wet, but after their long march the day before the yeomanry could not keep up with the Boers.

The Great de Wet Hunt by numerous British columns continued through August and September, with Methuen personally leading a column including the 1st Yeomanry Brigade under Chesham. Methuen drove his force on with little rest, to Welverdiend Pass and Taaibosch Spruit, then to Frederikstad. On 12 August the column engaged the Boers at Mooi River Bridge for four hours, capturing guns and wagons and freeing British prisoners. Methuen's column had covered  in six days, driving de Wet towards the Olifant's Nek pass, which Methuen believed was blocked by other columns. On the night of 13/14 August his troops set out to catch the Boers, engaging them at Buffelshoek about  from the pass. However, the Boers escaped through the pass, which had not been blocked. With his troops exhausted, Methuen had to call off the pursuit.

Drives to catch the remaining commandos went on for almost another two years. The First Contingent of the Imperial Yeomanry completed their year's term of service in 1901 and were replaced by a Second Contingent. The two Berkshire companies, in which 600 men of all ranks of the Berkshire Yeomanry had served by the end of the war, earned the regiment its first Battle honour: South Africa 1900–01.

The Imperial Yeomanry were trained and equipped as mounted infantry. The concept was considered a success and before the war ended the existing Yeomanry regiments at home were converted into Imperial Yeomanry, with an establishment of HQ and four squadrons with a machine gun section. This included the Berkshire (Hungerford) Imperial Yeomanry (Dragoons), renamed on 17 April 1901.

Territorial Force
On 1 April 1908, the regiment was renamed for the final time as the Berkshire (Hungerford) Yeomanry and transferred to the Territorial Force, trained and equipped as dragoons.  Its organisation was:

It was ranked as 26th (of 55) in the order of precedence of the Yeomanry Regiments in the Army List of 1914.

First World War

In accordance with the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c.9) which brought the Territorial Force into being, the TF was intended to be a home defence force for service during wartime and members could not be compelled to serve outside the country. However, on the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914, many members volunteered for Imperial Service.  Therefore, TF units were split in August and September 1914 into 1st Line (liable for overseas service) and 2nd Line (home service for those unable or unwilling to serve overseas) units.  Later, a 3rd Line was formed to act as a reserve, providing trained replacements for the 1st and 2nd Line regiments.

1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry
The regiment was mobilized with its brigade on 4 August 1914 upon the outbreak of the First World War.  Initially, it concentrated in Berkshire and on 5 August 1914 joined the 1st Mounted Division. On 2 September it was transferred to the 2nd Mounted Division and in mid November 1914 it moved with its division to Norfolk on coastal defence duties.

In April 1915, the 2nd Mounted Division moved to Egypt arriving at Alexandria between 19 and 21 April and was posted to Cairo by the middle of May.  The regiment was dismounted in August 1915 and took part in the Gallipoli Campaign.  It left a squadron headquarters and two troops (about 100 officers and men) in Egypt to look after the horses.

They landed at "A" Beach, Suvla Bay on 18 August and moved into bivouacs at Lala Baba on 20 August. On 21 August it advanced to Chocolate Hill via Salt Lake and Hetman Chair and took part in the attack on Scimitar Hill.  Due to losses during the Battle of Scimitar Hill and wastage during August 1915, the 2nd Mounted Division had to be reorganised. On 4 September 1915, the 1st Composite Mounted Brigade was formed from the 1st (1st South Midland), 2nd (2nd South Midland) and 5th (Yeomanry) Mounted Brigades.  Each brigade formed a battalion sized unit, for example, 2nd South Midland Regiment and each regiment a sub-unit.  The brigade embarked for Mudros on 31 October and returned to Egypt in December 1915 where its component units were reformed and remounted.

The brigade left the 2nd Mounted Division on 17 January 1916 and was sent to the Western Frontier of Egypt as an independent formation. On 31 March 1916, the remaining Mounted Brigades were numbered in a single sequence. As a consequence, the 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade was redesignated as 6th Mounted Brigade.  The brigade served with the Western Frontier Force from January to October 1916.  It joined the newly formed Imperial Mounted Division in January 1917 and took part in the First and Second Battles of Gaza.

The complete brigade was transferred to the newly formed Yeomanry Mounted Division on 27 June 1917, joining it at el Maraqeb. From 31 October it took part in the Third Battle of Gaza, including the Battle of Beersheba and the Capture of the Sheria Position. It took part in the Battle of Mughar Ridge on 13 and 14 November and the Battle of Nebi Samwil from 17 to 24 November. From 27 to 29 November, it withstood the Turkish counter-attacks during the Capture of Jerusalem.

In March 1918, the 1st Indian Cavalry Division was broken up in France.  The British units (notably 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, 17th Lancers, 1/1st Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons and A, Q and U Batteries RHA) remained in France and the Indian elements were sent to Egypt.  By an Egyptian Expeditionary Force GHQ Order of 12 April 1918, the mounted troops of the EEF were reorganised when the Indian Army units arrived in theatre. On 24 April 1918, the Yeomanry Mounted Division was indianized and its title was changed to 1st Mounted Division, the third distinct division to bear this title.  On 24 April 1918, the 6th Mounted Brigade was merged with elements of the 5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade: the Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars and the Berkshire Yeomanry left the brigade on 4 April and were merged to form C Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.  They were replaced by 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) and 38th King George's Own Central India Horse from 5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade.

C Battalion, MGC was posted to France, arriving on 28 June 1918.  In August 1918 it was renumbered as 101st (Bucks. & Berks. Yeo.) Battalion, Machine Gun Corps.  They remained on the Western Front for the rest of the war.  At the Armistice, it was serving as Army Troops with the Second Army.

2/1st Berkshire Yeomanry
The 2nd Line regiment was formed at Reading in September 1914.  By March 1915 it was with 2/2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade in 2/2nd Mounted Division and was at King's Lynn in Norfolk.  On 31 March 1916, the remaining Mounted Brigades were ordered to be numbered in a single sequence; the brigade was numbered as 11th Mounted Brigade and the division as 3rd Mounted Division.

In July 1916, the regiment was converted to a cyclist unit in 8th Cyclist Brigade, 2nd Cyclist Division, and was stationed in the Maidstone area of Kent.  In September 1916 it moved to the Ipswich area of Suffolk.  In November 1916, the division was broken up and regiment was merged with the 2/1st Hampshire Yeomanry to form 11th (Hampshire and Berkshire) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment in 4th Cyclist Brigade.  In March 1917 it resumed its identity as 2/1st Berkshire Yeomanry and by July 1917 it was at Wivenhoe.  About January 1918 it went to Ireland with the 4th Cyclist Brigade and was stationed at Dublin and Dundalk until the end of the war.

3/1st Berkshire Yeomanry
The 3rd Line regiment was formed in 1915; in the summer it was affiliated to the 7th Reserve Cavalry Regiment at Tidworth.  Early in 1917 it was absorbed into the 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment at Tidworth.

Interwar
On 7 February 1920, the Regiment was reconstituted in the Territorial Army with HQ still at Reading.  Following the experience of the war, it was decided that only the fourteen most senior yeomanry regiments would be retained as horsed cavalry, with the rest being transferred to other roles.  As a result, on 22 June 1921, the Regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry and simultaneously transferred to the Royal Artillery to form 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire) Brigade, RFA with HQ at Aylesbury.

The two yeomanry regiments retained their own identities and badges within the amalgamated unit, with each providing two batteries.  The Berkshire Yeomanry formed 395 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Battery at Reading and 396 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Battery at Newbury.

The brigade / regiment underwent a number of redesignations before the outbreak of the Second World War.  In February 1922 it regained its yeomanry title as 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) Brigade, RFA.  Another title change came in June 1924 as the Royal Field Artillery was reamalgamated back into the Royal Artillery and it became 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) (Army) Field Brigade, RA.  The final change came in November 1938 as artillery brigades became regiments, hence 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA.

Second World War
By 1939, it became clear that a new European war was likely to break out, and the doubling of the Territorial Army was authorised, with each unit forming a duplicate.  The Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Yeomanry were separated on 25 August 1939, with each being reconstituted as field regiments of the Royal Artillery.  The Buckinghamshire contingent became 99th (Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery and the Berkshire contingent became 145th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.

145th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
With the outbreak of war in September 1939, 145th Field Regiment, RA was mobilised at Newbury and assigned to 61st Infantry Division.  Field regiments were organised in 1938 into two 12-gun batteries. The experience of the BEF in France 1940 showed the problem with this organisation: field regiments were intended to support an infantry brigade of three battalions. This could not be managed without severe disruption to the regiment. As a result, field regiments were reorganised into three 8-gun batteries.  The third battery (509) was formed in the regiment at Antrim on 14 January 1941.  It gained its subtitle, initially as 145th Field Regiment, RA (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) (TA) from 17 February 1942, amended on 12 May 1942 to 145th Field Regiment, RA (Berkshire Yeomanry) (TA).

The regiment remained in the UK for most of the war, only moving to India in February 1945. There, it was successively assigned to 39th Indian Division at Dehra Dun, 36th British Infantry Division at Poona, 26th Indian Infantry Division at Bangalore, and 25th Indian Infantry Division at Cocanada. Post war, it moved to Malaya and Java. The regiment was placed in suspended animation in ALFSEA on 1 June 1946.

Postwar
The regiment was reformed on 1 January 1947 as 345th (Berkshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, RA, with HQ at Newbury and a battery at Windsor.  The Windsor battery was detached to form 662nd Medium Regiment, RA, which was shortly afterwards redesignated as 346th (Berkshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, RA.  They were amalgamated on 16 August 1950 as 345th (Berkshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, RA.  On 31 October 1956, the regiment was reduced to a single battery as R (Berkshire Yeomanry) Battery in 299th (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, Berkshire Yeomanry, and Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Field Regiment, RA.

On 1 May 1961, the battery was amalgamated with the Westminster Dragoons to form C (Berkshire Yeomanry) Squadron, Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons, RAC  and converted to armoured cars.  This was a short lived arrangement: on 1 April 1967 the Berkshire and Westminster Dragoons was reconstituted as two units with the Berkshire elements forming A Company (Berkshire Yeomanry), The Royal Berkshire Territorials at Windsor.  At the start of 1969 it once more changed role as 94 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Squadron in 71st Signal Regiment, Royal Signals.  The squadron became independent in 1996, joined 31st Signal Regiment in 2003 and transferred to 39th Signal Regiment in 2006.

A second squadron was formed from C Company, 2nd Battalion, Wessex Regiment, in October 1995 as D (Berkshire Yeomanry) Squadron, Royal Yeomanry, at Slough.  This was disbanded on 1 June 2000.

Victoria Cross

Trooper Frederick William Owen Potts, , 1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry, won the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

On 21 August 1915 in the attack on Hill 70, Private Potts (although wounded in the thigh) remained for over 48 hours under the Turkish trenches with another private from his regiment who was severely wounded, and unable to move. He finally fixed a shovel to the equipment of his wounded comrade and using this as a sledge, dragged the man back over 600 yards to safety, being under fire all the way.

Present role of the squadron
Today the squadron is a Army Reserve squadron of the Royal Corps of Signals, serving within both of the Royal Signals UK Brigades.  The squadron supports NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), providing essential Combat Net Radio communications for the ARRC or international coalition force.

Battle honours
The Berkshire Yeomanry has been awarded the following battle honours:
Second Boer War
South Africa 1900–01
First World War
Arras 1918, Scarpe 1918, Ypres 1918, Courtrai, France and Flanders 1918, Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915–17, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Palestine 1917–18
Second World War
The Royal Artillery was present in nearly all battles and would have earned most of the honours awarded to cavalry and infantry regiments.  In 1833, William IV awarded the motto Ubique (meaning "everywhere") in place of all battle honours.

Badge
The regiment's badge features the Uffington White Horse in the Vale of White Horse, historically in Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes when it was transferred to Oxfordshire.

See also

 Imperial Yeomanry
 List of Yeomanry Regiments 1908
 Yeomanry
 Yeomanry order of precedence
 British yeomanry during the First World War
 Second line yeomanry regiments of the British Army
 List of British Army Yeomanry Regiments converted to Royal Artillery
 Royal Corps of Signals

Notes

References

Bibliography
 L.S. Amery (ed), The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902, London: Sampson Low, Marston, 6 Vols 1900–09.

 Andrew Cormack, 'Captain Moses Ximenes and the Berkshire Fencible Cavalry', Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol 97, No 389 (Summer 2019), pp. 109–19.

 Col John K. Dunlop, The Development of the British Army 1899–1914, London: Methuen, 1938.

 N.B. Leslie, Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1695–1914, London: Leo Cooper, 1970, .
 Cliff Lord & Graham Watson, Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920–2001) and its Antecedents, Solihull: Helion, 2003, .

 Stephen M. Miller, Lord Methuen and the British Army: Failure and Redemption in South Africa, London: Cass, 1999, .

 Col H.C.B. Rogers, The Mounted Troops of the British Army 1066–1945, London: Seeley Service, 1959.

 Edward M. Spiers, The Army and Society 1815–1914, London: Longmans, 1980, .
 Maj G.Tylden, 'The Yeomanry in Berkshire', Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol 28, No 115 (Autumn 1950), p. 132.

 Steve White, Strike Home: The Royal Bucks Yeomanry 1794–1967, Leicester?: Steve White, 1992, .

External links
 Anglo Boer War
 The Drill Hall Project
 The Long, Long Trail
 Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)
 Roll of Honour

Berkshire Yeomanry Museum

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Yeomanry regiments of the British Army in World War I
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First African-American Marines visit SDSU
by J.D. Hodges
The Montford Point Marines Association visited San Diego State on Wednesday evening to deliver a presentation and answer questions.
The Montford Point Marines were the first African-Americans to join the U.S. Marine Corps.
They were established following an Executive Order signed by President Roosevelt in 1942 that allowed African-Americans to be recruited into the Marine Corps. One of the original Montford Point Marines in attendance, 89-year-old Carrel Reavis, said Eleanor Roosevelt also deserved credit for encouraging her husband to issue the executive order.
Before President Truman desegregated the armed forces in 1948, African-American recruits didn't go to San Diego or Parris Island, where the Marine Corps trained its recruits in World War II, as it does today. Instead they were sent to Montford Point in North Carolina where approximately 20,000 African-American recruits were given basic training from 1942-49.
MPMA estimates only 500 original Montford Point Marines are still alive today.
The speaker for the event was retired Sergeant major Melvin O. Chestnut. Sergeant major is the highest rank an enlisted Marine can attain. The hour-long presentation delivered by Chestnut and other Montford Point Marines told the unique story of their journey.
The Montford Point Marines were the first African Americans to john the U.S. Marine Corps.
The original Montford Point Marines also answered questions during the presentation. The men, who are all almost 90 years old, spoke about the hardships they faced as recruits during boot camp. From trapping snakes in the woods to being treated as second-class citizens because the color of their skin, the veterans said being an African-American Marine was challenging.
"The worst of all though was how people treated you in your uniform," Reavis said. "Nobody knew they had black Marines then, so you could get arrested."
Reavis then told of a fellow African-American Marine that missed his mother's funeral because he was arrested in Georgia on the way to the service.
J.T. Inge, another of the original Montford Point Marines, talked about the challenges African-American Marines faced even in their off-time.
Inge said if they wanted to go out for a meal, there was only one restaurant in town that would serve them. Catching a bus ride home was also tough.
"There was not a waiting room for blacks at the bus station and we had to wait outside no matter the weather," Inge said. "And if a bus came and there were no seats on there for blacks you had to stand up."
There were almost 75 people in attendance for the event. Political science junior and current Marine Devin Davis attended the presentation to show respect.
"I respect these guys," Davis said. "They have a legacy and I wanted to hear what they had to say."
Anthropology senior Katie Sharp attended the event because of personal ties.
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The original Montford Point Marines who came to SDSU said they had no hard feelings about how they were treated and were all thankful for the opportunity to serve.
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Professors Unite to Battle Osteoporosis in Astronauts
News September 23, 2015 / 9:25 PM
By Dom Fonce
Alicia Prieto-Langarica, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics at Youngstown State University, is collaborating with Marnie Saunders, a biomedical engineering professor at the University of Akron, to study bone micro-fractures and regeneration, and its effects on astronauts.
The research examines the constant regeneration that takes place in bones.
"With each step we humans take, we're causing very small micro-fractures in our bones. We have one type of bone cells that eat up the debris left by the cracks and another that lays more bone down to fill them back up," Prieto-Langarica said.
The goal of the research is to see what makes the cells lie and remove bone and how they communicate.
Prieto-Langarica said that astronauts, who have walked in zero gravity, come back to earth very susceptible to osteoporosis at a young age. This is due to there being no gravity in space and no stress on the bones.
"Our main goal is to figure out the smaller workings of bone cells, called osteoclasts, in microgravity, which is spaceflight, to help understand how to counter the effects of osteoporosis," Saunders said.
Prieto-Langarica said she never considered what was occurring in bones. Similarly, Saunders had never considered what math could add to her research. After meeting at a conference, the two began working together and have continued to do so for about three years.
Saunders is running physical tests on the stimulation of bone cells. Prieto Langarica is building mathematical models on the computer that conduct the same test, in hopes to save physical resources.
"We can run a million tests on this mathematical model, and it helps us find the best areas to run our physical research," Prieto-Langarica said. "The two methods work together for us to have the best possible research."
Prieto-Langarica credits Gabrielle Van Scoy, an undergraduate in the math department, for creating the program that runs her models.
"The program was created using MATLAB, which is a sort of programming language that is really good with matrices and plotting things," Van Scoy said.
The program only models bone formations, but Van Scoy is hoping to model bone metabolism as well.
"The program runs 26 steps, which represent the 26 days that the bone cell research is being done in the lab at the University of Akron," Van Scoy said.
She said the program has yielded positive results in its early stages and is consistently similar to the 26-day physical experiments being done in Akron.
"Another neat thing about the program is that we can see what the sheet of bone looks like because the 3D matrix essentially stacks each day, and image, on top of the previous," Van Scoy said.
Van Scoy credits Prieto-Langarica with pushing her to major in applied mathematics instead of electrical engineering.
"If it weren't for Dr. Prieto, I would not love math nearly as much as I do now, and I most definitely wouldn't be a math major," Van Scoy said. "I am so grateful for her encouragement and her belief in me. She has definitely changed my life."
Prieto-Langarica, Saunders, Van Scoy and Flora Opoku Asantewaa, a graduate student handling the statistics involved in the research, will soon be publishing a small portion of their research in a journal.


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Gemma Collins: Self-Harm & Me is a British television documentary fronted by media personality and businesswoman Gemma Collins. The documentary follows Collins as she gives an intimate and personal account of her struggles with self-harm and how it has impacted her life. The special aired on 16 February 2022 on Channel 4. The documentary received mostly positive reviews from critics writing for newspapers including The Guardian, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph, who praised the different side that Collins had shown to her personality and accredited her with raising awareness for self-harm.

Production
The commissioning of the documentary was announced by Channel 4 in July 2021 and was described as a raw and candid documentary revealing Gemma Collins' "painful experience" with self-harm. The film was produced by Definitely, which is part of the production company Banijay UK who worked with Collins alongside mental health charity Mind to investigate what is behind the rise in cases of self-harm in the United Kingdom. Upon the announcement, Lee McMurray, the commissioning editor for Channel 4, said: "Gemma Collins has taken the brave decision to open up about her own experience with self-harm. As an instantly recognisable and relatable figure we applaud her courage in revealing her own struggles, and hope this film and her insight will spark vitally important conversations around young people and self-harm." Collins described the documentary as the "best television [she's] ever made", because she is "not [her alter ego] the GC on there – she is very much herself". She also added that she was keen to tackle the subject of self-harm following the suicide of her friend Rhys the previous year.

Content

Gemma sits down with therapist Mandy Saligari, whom she first met when she appeared on In Therapy in 2016; and tells her that she began self-harming at the age of 13, confessing that she felt scared and ashamed and never told anybody due to the fear of being admitted to a mental health hospital. She admits that the first time she self-harmed was in front of her parents, who were shocked but continued as normal and the incident wasn't spoken about again. Gemma meets her school friend Vicky, who tells her she knew "something wasn't right" and that [Gemma] never opens up about how she is feeling. Gemma then visits a pharmacy and demonstrates the type of plasters she would use to hide her scars before attending a self-harm support group in Essex, where she speaks to three women about their experiences. Her fiancé Rami recalls the time he had caught Gemma self-harming and her subsequent reaction of reassuring him that it wouldn't happen again. She discusses her future plans to have a baby with him and reveals her fears about revisiting self-harm once she's a mother. Gemma tells Mandy she feels very "settled" with Rami, that he loves her for her and showed her compassion throughout her struggle with self-harm. She also discusses how her mother's upbringing contributed to the way she herself was raised, stating that because her mother was adopted and felt abandoned, she grew up with no confidence and therefore pushed [Gemma] to always be confident and perform. Gemma says as a result of this she struggled to open up about her emotions but says she doesn't blame her mother.

Gemma speaks to her mother Joan who struggles to understand what was behind the reason for her self-harming, because she didn't have any stress in her life at a young age. When Gemma asks her why she didn't opt to seek help, her mum says that she didn't feel the need to because she always kept her eye on her. Gemma visits Harmless, a self-harm prevention centre in Nottingham where she speaks to its founder Caroline Harroe about the support they provide and the statistics of self-harm and suicide. She gets emotional when discussing her friend Rhys' suicide and attends the weekly drop-in session at the centre, where she meets two people who have self-harmed. Mandy suggests that the reason Gemma has struggled to open up about how she feels, may be because she has put her parents' feelings first in fear of upsetting them by talking about her own emotions. In the concluding scenes, Gemma and Joan reminisce watching her old stage productions and have an honest and frank discussion about why she self-harmed. Gemma shuts down her mother when she suggests that her self-harming was influenced by something she saw on television. Joan adds that her way of dealing with things was to "carry on and keep everything happy" and that she never thought [Gemma] was depressed, to which Gemma responds that those who self-harm can appear to be "happy" and "normal", but tells her mother she understands why she has struggled to deal with it. Gemma concludes by saying that she has "no grievances with her parents and loves them more than ever", stating that she is ready for the next chapter in her life and has "made peace" with her past.

Reception

Gemma Collins: Self-Harm & Me was nominated within the Authored Documentary category at the 27th National Television Awards. The documentary received praise for tackling the subject of self-harm, with Anita Singh of the Daily Telegraph describing it as "a superb takedown of the stiff upper lip". Singh said the programme demonstrated that "Collins was brought up in a family which, although loving, involved a level of artifice: everyone required to be smiling and strong, sailing through life without a care". She felt that many viewers would relate to the family dynamic shown in the documentary. Despite her critique of Joan Collins' attitude, Singh noted her compassion for the upbringing that she had experienced and felt that this contributed to her attitude when raising Gemma. Singh explained: "Collins's mother was a sweet woman who had buried her own pain at being abandoned as a baby and brought up in foster care. No wonder she attempted to create a perfect childhood of dance lessons and day trips for her daughter."

Nicole Vassell of The Independent felt that the programme showed "a different side" to Collins. She wrote that an important thing for viewers to take away from it was that Collins is "a completely different entity" to her on her other television appearances, and that in the documentary, she comes across as "sensitive, softly spoken and fiercely protective of her loved ones". However, Vassell felt that Collins had an inability to fully address her issues and that it stopped the documentary from reaching its full potential. She felt that Collins sometimes talked about self-harm as though it had not affected her, writing: "this sense of detachment is frustrating: if Collins shies away from going beneath the surface, there's only so much this project can explore". However, Vassell understood that this could be accredited to the mindset of Collins' mother, as well as noting that Collins' lifelong struggles cannot be "succinctly wrapped up" in a television special. Writing for The Guardian, Hollie Richardson described Collins as a "nice, normal person [...] who talks to people with genuine empathy". She praised Collins for the candid conversations she has with her mother about the past and for highlighting the difficulty many people have in speaking about mental health, especially across the generational divide.

References

External links
 Gemma Collins: Self-Harm & Me on Channel 4

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German Army to conduct hot weather tests of Puma infantry vehicle
28 August 2013	(Last Updated August 28th, 2013 18:30)
The German Army has shipped two new Puma infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) to UAE for hot weather trials under the direction of the Bundeswehr Federal Office for equipment, information technology and operation (BAAINBw) over the next two months.
Scheduled to be carried out by personnel of the Bundeswehr Technical Centre (WTD) 91 Meppen (weapons) and WTD 41 Trier for mobility, the testing forms part of extensive investigations required to demonstrate whether the vehicle fulfils military requirements.
Apart from testing Puma's suitability for very hot weather operations, the trials will also include firing and driving manoeuvres in desert conditions, as well as firepower and mobility evaluations.
During the trials, the temperature profiles inside the vehicle will be measured, then compared to the ambient temperature and analysed.
"The trials will include firing and driving manoeuvres in desert conditions."
Puma IFV successfully completed three-month cold weather testing in Lakselv, Norway, in 2012.
Based on the weather tests results, the first production of Puma IFV is expected to be delivered to the German Army in 2014.
Powered by a MTU V10 892 diesel engine, Puma is a 31.5t tracked armoured infantry fighting vehicle (AIFV) designed to replace the army's existing Rheinmetall Landsysteme Marder 1 vehicles, which entered service in 1971 and will soon reach the end of operational life.
Around 350 vehicles are currently being manufactured by Projekt System Management, a joint venture of Rheinmetall Land Systems and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, as part of a €3bn contract awarded in July 2009.
The contract originally covered 405 vehicles, but the numbers were later reduced in wake of the German army's restructuring programme.
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Categories: Dean, Director, Executive
Department:DEPT-A4802
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, one of the world's outstanding public research and teaching universities, invites applications and nominations for the position of dean of the College of Letters & Science (L&S). The college's educational and research programs span the entire spectrum of disciplines in the arts and humanities, biological, physical and mathematical sciences, and social sciences. L&S departments and programs, research labs and centers, generate both applied and theoretical knowledge that provides the foundations of a liberal arts education. L&S is the university's largest academic unit, serving 15,731 undergraduate and 4,135 graduate students in 37 academic departments and 5 professional schools who comprise approximately half of the university's enrollment. L&S has 816 faculty, 1105 professional staff, 291 university staff, and 979 full-time equivalent graduate assistants. L&S very recently created a new division that encompasses computer, data and information sciences, and is on the forefront of innovation in career services with SuccessWorks, which provides students with career and internship opportunities as well as support for students' personal and professional development. The college's faculty, staff and students also participate in more than 70 interdisciplinary research centers, institutes and programs. The dean, who reports to the provost, serves as the chief academic and executive officer of the college, with responsibility for its instructional, research and outreach environment including oversight of its $356 million budget, faculty recruitment and retention, advancement and external relations, student academic affairs, and climate in the college.
Position Duties:
List of Duties
* Earned doctorate in a discipline relevant to the position;
* A record of scholarly achievement and academic accomplishments appropriate to the individual's academic discipline, and capable of receiving tenure at UW-Madison.
* a record of successful, visionary leadership that shows understanding and appreciation of the dynamic, changing academic environment and the diverse missions and constituencies of a major public research university;
* successful leadership experience in managing a complex academic unit;
* communication and advancement experience;
* capacity to relate effectively to faculty, staff, students and external constituencies;
* demonstrated commitment to advance learning, research, public service, and to promote the diversity of students, faculty and staff, equal employment opportunity, affirmative action and non-discriminatory practices, and to advance an inclusive climate;
* commitment to outreach and public engagement activities that extend and apply our research, education and practice-based knowledge to help solve problems and foster lifelong learning;
* demonstrated ability to work effectively in an environment of shared governance;
* collaborative leadership with a problem-solving approach that is responsive to the instructional and research needs of other schools/colleges;
* ability to represent the college and university effectively in educational, governmental, business, alumni, and public forums;
A480200-COL OF LETTERS & SCIENCE/ADMINISTRATION/ADMIN
Electronic applications and nominations must be submitted to UWMadisonDeanLS@storbecksearch.com. Applications must be received by March 3, 2020 to ensure consideration. Later applications and nominations may also be considered.
The committee particularly encourages applications and nominations of women and persons of underrepresented groups. Applicants should include a current resume or curriculum vitae and a cover letter that addresses how their strengths and experience match the duties of the position. Nominators should provide the name of, and contact information for, the nominee. Please note that in accordance with Wisconsin statutes the names of nominees and applicants who explicitly request confidentiality will not be made public. However, the university is required to release the names and titles of the finalists who will be interviewed by the chancellor and the provost. Submit applications and nominations electronically to Leslie Smith, Chair of the L&S Dean and Screen Committee, UWMadisonDeanLS@storbecksearch.com.
Leslie Smith
UWMadisonDeanLS@storbecksearch.com
DEAN(A20NN)
218228-LI
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison is engaged in a Title and Total Compensation (TTC) project to redesign job titles and compensation structures. As a result of the TTC project, official job titles on current job postings may change in Spring 2020. Job duties and responsibilities will remain the same. For more information please visit: https://hr.wisc.edu/title-and-total-compensation-study/.
Advertised: 20 Dec 2019 Central Standard Time
DEAN, COLLEGE OF LETTERS & SCIENCE L&S/ADMINISTRATION/ADMIN Madison Dec 20 2019
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, one of the world's outstanding public research and teaching universities, invites applications and nominations for the position of dean of the College of Letters & Science (L&S).