old_contents: from django.shortcuts import render
  from django.http import HttpResponse
  
  def basic(request):
      #Births.objects.all()
      #html = "<html><body>INSERT THING HERE</body></html>"
  
      my_list=list(Births.objects.all())
      render basic_temp.html, my_list
  
new_contents: from django.shortcuts import render
  from django.http import HttpResponse
  from django.template import RequestContext, loader
  
  from Overlay.models import Births
  
  #def basic(request):
  #    my_list=list(Births.objects.all())
  #    render basic_temp.html, my_list
  
  def basic(request):
  #    list = Births.objects.order_by('-County')[:5]
  #    my_list = (Births.objects.all().order_by('-county'))[:5]
      my_list=Births.objects.all()
      template=loader.get_template('base.html')
      context=RequestContext(request, {'my_list': my_list})
      
      return HttpResponse(template.render(context))
  
subject: Update views.py