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+from datetime import datetime
+
+from django.core.paginator import EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger, Paginator
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.views.generic import ListView
+from django.views.generic.dates import (
+    DateDetailView,
+    DayArchiveView,
+    MonthArchiveView,
+    YearArchiveView,
+)
+
+from ..events.models import Event
+from .models import ExternalArticle, PressRelease
+
+
+class NewsListView(ListView):
+    extra_context = {}
+    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
+        context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
+        # context['key'] = 'value'
+        context.update(self.extra_context)
+        return context
+                                    
+def listing(request, *args, **kwargs):
+    news_queryset = PressRelease.objects.all()
+
+#    if (not kwargs.has_key('allow_future')) or not kwargs['allow_future']:
+    news_queryset = news_queryset.filter(**{'%s__lte' % kwargs['date_field']:
+                          datetime.now()})
+
+    date_list = news_queryset.dates(kwargs['date_field'], 'year')
+
+    paginate_by = kwargs.get('paginate_by', 6)  # Show 6 news items per page, by default
+    paginator = Paginator(news_queryset, paginate_by)
+
+    page = request.GET.get('page')
+    try:
+        news = paginator.page(page)
+    except PageNotAnInteger:
+        # If page is not an integer, deliver first page.
+        news = paginator.page(1)
+    except EmptyPage:
+        # If page is out of range (e.g. 9999), deliver last page of results.
+        news = paginator.page(paginator.num_pages)
+
+    return render(request, 'news/pressrelease_list.html', {"news": news, "date_list" : date_list})
+
+class NewsYearArchiveView(YearArchiveView):
+    # queryset = Article.objects.all()
+    # date_field = "pub_date"
+    make_object_list = True
+    allow_future = True
+
+# def archive_year(request, **kwargs):
+#     callable = NewsYearArchiveView.as_view(**kwargs)
+#     return callable(request)
+
+class NewsMonthArchiveView(MonthArchiveView):
+    allow_future = True
+
+# def archive_month(request, **kwargs):
+#     # return HttpResponse("archive_month")
+#     callable = NewsMonthArchiveView.as_view(**kwargs)
+#     return callable(request)
+
+class NewsDayArchiveView(DayArchiveView):
+    allow_future = True
+
+# def archive_day(request, **kwargs):
+#     # return HttpResponse("archive_day")
+#     callable = NewsDayArchiveView.as_view(**kwargs)
+#     return callable(request)
+
+class NewsDateDetailView(DateDetailView):
+    # extra_context = {}
+    allow_future = True
+    # slug_url_kwarg = 'slug'
+
+    # def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
+    #     context = super(NewsDateDetailView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
+    #     context.update(self.extra_context)
+    #     return context
+
+# def object_detail(request, **kwargs):
+#     # extra_context = {}
+#     # extra_context['slug'] = kwargs['slug']
+#     # del kwargs['slug']
+#     # kwargs['extra_context'] = extra_context
+#     # return HttpResponse("object_detail: " + str(kwargs))
+#     # slug = kwargs['slug']
+#     # del kwargs['slug']
+#     callable = NewsDateDetailView.as_view(**kwargs)
+#     return callable(request)
+