Why Do Hanukkah and Christmas Come On The Same Day This Year?
Hanukkah falls on Kislev 25, just as it does every year.
This year, incidentally, the Hebrew month of Kislev coincides with the month of December.
And that's how we end up lighting the first candle on Erev Christmas.
Which means, you have nine more days to prepare for Hanukkah.
I'm thinking about how best to light up Hanukkah in eight different ways. "We have come to banish the darkness" is a contemporary Israeli Hanukkah song that speaks to the darkness many of us may be feeling (whether due to personal issues or anxiety about our country and the world).
Here are suggestions for bringing more light into the world for every night of Hanukkah. Read them all now so that you're ready to welcome the lights of Hanukkah next week!
When you say the blessings for the first night and say the shehecheyanu to give thanks for being alive to celebrate this holiday, add this prayer from HIAS for the world's refugees.
Second Night Light promises to bring light to HBT members and friends of all ages with fun, joy, family, and friendship. Come spin the dreidl with our youngest members and hear stories of Hanukkahs past. Discover the magic of the HBT community. Bring your own hanukkiyah (Hanukkah menorah) to light up the social hall.
Snuggle up and enjoy Ezra Jack Keats' The Snowy Day. Did you know that Keats was Jewish? Read the classic book that changed children's literature in 1962,celebrate the author's 100th birthday, and watch the streamed animated special with a Hanukkah twist.
No, it's not calorie-free. T'ruah offers fair-trade Hanukkah gelt (in milk and dark chocolate). Read this kavvanah and enjoy your chocolate while lighting up your conscience!
Maybe you can't escape those feelings of fear, anxiety, and loss. Maybe candles aren't enough. RitualWell offers prayers and rituals to find healing in hard times. Have you ever visited a mikveh? If you haven't watched it, see the Mayyim Hayyim video that features HBT, Rabbi Penzner, and member Forbes Graham. Or watch it again.
Spring training is just eight weeks away!
Get a taste of spring by celebrating baseball—Jewish style.
That's what Hanukkah means, after all. How will you pick yourself up after 2016 and bring your light into the world? Start off 2017 with resolve to recommit yourself to live the values you espouse. Will you add an hour or two each week or each month to write letters, volunteer, show up at a rally? Will you add a little more to your donations to the organizations you believe in most? Will you add an act of kindness every day? Will you come to HBT one more time each month to support and sustain our community and nurture your soul? Make a list and put it somewhere where you will see it every day.
Hag urim sameyach! Happy Hanukkah!
Posted on December 15, 2016 by Web Editor.


This week's Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is your top ten fairy tale retellings that you've already read or want to read. Fairy tale retelling have taken off in literature of late, especially in the young adult genre, and many of them sound fascinating. Fairy tales are such a part of each cultures collective memory it's amazing they are coming back to the forefront again.
In no particular order, here are my top ten picks!
A Cinderella retelling I have yet to read but do currently own!
Perhaps my top 5 favorite books from childhood.
A novel I just recently acquired at work.
Such a cute and ingenious retelling of multiple fair tales.
A graphic novel retelling of fair tale characters in a new setting.
A Wizard of Oz retelling.
I've been wanting to read this novel for ages.
This week's Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is the top ten most anticipated new releases of 2015. I honestly can't say I really look for new releases in books. I more just stumble across books in various places. The only novels I actively look for in new releases are usually new books in a series or new books by an author I love. I couldn't quite get to ten in this list but I do have 6, some of which have already been released. So, without further ado, here are my most anticipated new releases for the year!
I'm a little on the fence with this one, especially with all of the controversy surrounding the release of the novel. It's so hard when a book is so beloved to release a new companion novel. I feel like it's almost a lose lose for Harper Lee. Everyone will compare it to To Kill A Mockingbird. We will just have to wait and see. I have high hopes for this one.
This book I found in an article in a magazine at the dentist's office. The premise sounded so intriguing that I had to put it on this list.
I'm a sucker for the Kate Morton formula. I love the historical fiction, mystery aspects of her novels.
This is the sequel to Bray's novel The Diviners. I really enjoyed The Diviners and loved the 1920s atmosphere. I have high expectations for the sequel that I'm sure Bray can meet.
This book is already out and has been sitting at Target where I eye it every time I walk past. I've been dying to read this book but for some reason haven't gotten around to it yet. I loved Oliver's Before I Fall, and this book has an intriguing premise.
This novel has also been released and is going to be featured in my Book Battle. Stay tuned for some good old fashioned Golden Age mystery fun.
This week's Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by the Broke and the Bookish, is the top ten books you'd like to see made into a movie or TV show. I know there are a lot of adaptations that just don't quite hold up to the novel but I still do like to see how they adapt from the page to the screen. The amounts of work that go into each is extraordinary. It's always interesting to see movies/TV shows that completely deviate from the novel. It always makes me wonder why. Without further ado, here are my choices of books I'd like to see made into either a movie or TV show.
This is one about the end of the world and the preparations that go into that. I'd love to see it made into a TV show so that they can expand and take the concept further. What happens at the end of the world? Who will make it?
This novel would make a wonderful movie. Kind of like A Wrinkle in Time but with it's own unique flair. Plus, it would be fun to see New York City in the 1970s on the big screen.
Based on Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy, this novel tells the tale from a different perspective. There's already been a movie about this case, A Place in the Sun with Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift, but I think it would be interesting to see the tale from the new characters point of view. It's a bit more sinister.
This novel would make a beautiful movie. If they get the cinematography right and the screenplay. I loved this book so much. It's basically a love story to literature and the written word. I imagine a kind of Pan's Labyrinth type of feel.
I can see this being a movie or a TV mini-series. The plot line and characters were so captivating I'd love to see how they would translate that to the screen.
This would make a wonderful TV show. Filled with eccentric characters and a delightful small town backdrop, I think these novels would be like Nancy Drew meets the Gilmore Girls.
Movie all the way on this one. The novel had me laughing out loud and pining right along with the characters.
I absolutely adored this book and the inventive concept. I think it would make a great movie. The writing is so colorful and vivid it would be an easy one to adapt.
A favorite childhood book of mine. I'd love to see it made into a movie just to see how they make those dolls move.
This one would make a great mini-series to give it enough time to tell the tale. The story is so captivating and heartbreaking. Reminds me a bit of The Flame Trees of Thika in the sense that it's about a family trying to adapt and find their way in difficult situations.
What made your top ten this week?
First of all I think Jane Austen would be hilarious in real life just like she is in her books. I love some irony and sarcasm. I would also love to ask her what she thinks of all of these Pride and Prejudice spin off books.
This is one of the authors I would be most intimidated to meet. She's such an amazing talent I don't know if I could even form words. I've read so many of her novels and watched the movie adaptations I would love to just listen to her talk and see how her brain works.
Another author I would be really intimated to meet. Chandler's writing style is, to me, perfection. He can write a sentence with a bang like no one else.
One of the authors I've just recently discovered, Nova Ren Suma is absolutely amazing. Her writing is so lyrical and just immerses you in a wave of words. I would love to talk to her about writing technique and how to craft the perfect YA novel.
This lady saw so many amazing events in her life. I would love to talk to her about the time she spent in the Haight in the 60s and what the experience was like.
Once again I group these two together because in my childhood I loved them like the same person. I would love to talk to them together about their writing styles and if there ever was any competition between the two in their chosen genres. I also want to know how they're able to produce such a large body of work.
This is one author who knew how to live it up. I think that if you met him in real life he would just be a crack up and charm you with his wit and intelligence.
I would love to meet the mind that spawned such masterpieces as Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood. He was truly one of the best literary voices of his generation.
Her Dublin murder squad series just keeps getting better. Each novel has kept me on the edge of my seat. I would love to find out what her inspirations are.
Last, but certainly not least, I would love to meet the queen of all suspense and the mother of the Golden Age mystery. What happened to you during those 11 days and where did you go?
Who are some of the authors you'd love to meet?
This Tuesday's topic is the top ten characters from books you've read that you'd like to check back in with. Who hasn't wanted to know what happens after the book ends? I think we're all curious about what happens next to beloved characters. There's a whole genre for continuing character stories. So without further ado, here are the ten characters I'd like to check in on.
1. Orianna Speerling from The Walls Around Us So I know I just read this but I already am wondering what happened next to this character especially after the novel's explosive ending.
2. Molly from Dreadful Sorry A favorite book from childhood and one I've read for the Book Battle. I'd love to find out where she is now and if she and Jared stayed together.
3. Elizabeth and Darcy from Pride and Prejudice I know there's been so many takes on this novel but I want to know straight from Jane Austen's mouth what would have happened to these two characters.
4. Frank Mackey and family from Faithful Place I've been wondering for a while what happened to Frank and his family after the tragedy at the end of Faithful Place. I know French revisits characters from past books and am hoping she will for Frank.
5. Merricat from We Have Always Lived in the Castle This book left me wondering long after I finished the last page. What happened to Merricat and her sister after the village turned against them?
6. Gemma Doyle The last book left on a bit of a cliff hanger and I wasn't ready to let this trilogy go.
7. Faina from The Snow Child This was such a beautiful take on a fairy tale. I loved the setting and the characters and would love to catch up with the snow child herself.
8. Cassandra Mortmain from I Capture the Castle I was so thoroughly enchanted by Dodie Smith's book and the world she created. Man do I want to read this book again.
9. The unnamed main character from Rebecca I have read this book at least 4 times, and plan on reading it again for the Book Battle. Du Maurier is such a gifted story teller. Each time I read the tale I wonder what next.
10. Nancy Drew By far, Nancy Drew captured my childhood. I've always wanted to know what happens to Nancy when she grows up. Does she leave River Heights? What about Bess and George and Ned, the long suffering boyfriend? Inquiring minds would love to know.
Happy Tuesday everyone! I'm so excited to finally contribute to Top Ten Tuesday. I've seen this post from so many bloggers I follow that I decided it was about time I get in on it as well. This week's theme from The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Books From My Childhood That I Would Like to Revisit. Be prepared for some waves of nostalgia. In no particular order here are some of my absolute favorite books from childhood.
I was so absurdly obsessed with Nancy Drew as a kid. It was my goal to own every single mystery ever penned by the many authors who were Carolyn Keene. Nancy was always so effortlessly confident and in charge, and always managed to solve the mystery.
I include these books because I started them in elementary school and went on from there. I loved the world of magic and courage that Rowling created. I was one of those kids waiting for my letter to arrive by owl through the chimney.
My third grade teacher introduced me to these books and I immediately fell in love with them. The school where nothing is ever quite what you think it is and everyone has a story, from the students to the staff.
I must have read this book at least a dozen times in elementary school. It had all the elements. It was scary, it had a mystery, dark pasts, family secrets, and a very creepy right out of Are You Afraid of the Dark dollhouse. One of my favorite childhood reads.
Joan Lowery Nixon was the queen of suspense for the elementary aged kid. I read as many of her books as I could get my hands on. The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore is one of my favorites by Nixon. A girl gets kidnapped but then no one believes her, including her parents. So it's up to her to prove the world that what she's saying is the truth.
A combination of I Spy and pure magic, Dr. Suess's Wacky Wednesday will forever remain one of my favorite childhood reads. I could read this book for hours trying to find all of the things written on the page in the pictures. So much entertainment jam packed into such a small book.
I first got one of these books at my elementary school's book fair. It's so simple but the mysteries are ingeniously thought out. I pictured myself as a tiny Sherlock Holmes. These books went with me on many a family road trip tucked into the backseat.
This book was also purchased at a book fair. It only took the first chapter for me to fall head over heels for this magical little book. What a great re-working and re-weaving of popular fairy tales.
These books are like a staple in every elementary school teacher's classroom library. I started reading these in the first grade and would take out as many as the school library would let me. I loved the mystery and adventure the characters encountered in the series.
I loved Ramona's antics and her crazy schemes. Her character just flew off the page and right into my imagination. She was spunky and knew what she wanted and how she was going to get it. I also watched the TV show Ramona to add in a bit more Ramona fun.
What were some of your favorite books from childhood? Have you read any of the ones on my list? Let me know in the comments section. Happy Reading!


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CisionScoops at The Philadelphia Inquirer & BioFuels Journal, Additions at The Center for Public Integrity and Farewell at Reuters
March 29, 2018 / in Media Blog / by Cision Media Research
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CisionScoop: Tauhid Chappell announced that he will be moving to The Philadelphia Inquirer as their engagement editor. He comes to the outlet from The Washington Post, where he had been the social media editor since 2016. before that, Chapell was with KXTV-TV as a digital content editor.
CisionScoop: BioFuels Journal has ceased publication as of the first quarter of 2018. Jerry Perkins, the editor for the magazine, has retired after nine years to focus on freelance writing, editing, designing and photography. Prior to joining BioFuels Journal, Perkins was a freelance writer for DSM Magazine and Successful Farming.
The Center for Public Integrity welcomes two new additions to the team. Rui Kaneya joins as an investigative reporter, covering state politics. Kaneya was most recently an investigative reporter for Honolulu Civil Beat. Meanwhile, Matt Stroud joins the national security team where he covers war technology and the proliferation of high tech weapons. Stroud has previously written for Bloomberg, The Associated Press and The Verge.
ABC news correspondent Nick Watt has moved from ABC to CNN's Los Angeles bureau. He still holds the title of correspondent, reporting from around the globe for CNN News broadcasts and platforms.
The Wall Street Journal recently named Kate Linebaugh deputy U.S. news coverage chief. She has been with WSJ for 13 years, and joined U.S. news last year to lead the East Coast bureau. She has also held positions with the paper as the corporate news bureau chief and a reporter. h/t Talking Biz News
Rafael Nam, the chief correspondent covering monetary policy & markets in India for Reuters, has left the news service. Nam joined Reuters in 2007, where he started as a correspondent covering South Korea's stock markets and Asia bonds.
The Associated Press has named Tom Berman as the regional news director for the Chicago bureau. This is a new position overseeing coverage across the Midwest region. Berman has been with the AP since 1997, where he started in Boston. He has been with the Chicago bureau since 2014 as an editor.
Stephen Schenck has been named the news editor for Android Police, where he will be covering Android software and applications, consumer electronics and Google. Schenck was previously the chief news editor for PocketNow.
Former print editor for The Denver Business Journal, Boots Gifford, has been named editor in chief for Golf Business magazine. Before the Denver Business Journal, Gifford was special sections editor and associate editor of FrontRange Tech Biz. h/t Talking Biz News
Cleveland FOX affiliate station WJW-TV has announced that anchor Bill Martin has moved from anchoring the 10 p.m. and 5 p.m newscasts, down to just the 5 p.m. broadcast. Martin has been with the station's early evening newscast since 1994.
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Malcolm Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Brenner is the founding director of the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy and the Fayez Sarofim Distinguished Service Professor at Baylor College of Medicine in the Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Human and Molecular Genetics. He is also a member of the Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Center, the Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, and the Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor. Over the past 30 years, Dr. Brenner has devoted his career as a physician-scientist to the field of stem cell transplantation through the therapeutic use of T cell immunologic approaches and genetic engineering strategies. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Therapy and as former President of the American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT)and International Society for Cell Therapy.
Dr. Brenner has earned widespread recognition for his scientific achievements and leadership in the field, including the ASGCT Outstanding Achievement Award, Human Gene Therapy's Pioneer Award, and the American Society of Hematology Mentor Award. Most recently Dr. Brenner has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine for his contributions. He obtained his BA and medical degrees as well as his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in the UK where he became a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and the Royal College of Physicians. Dr. Brenner is a co-founder of AlloVir, formerly ViraCyte, LLC.
Michael Dustin, Ph.D.
While at the University of Washington, St. Louis, Prof. Dustin led a collaborative group in discovering requirements for the T-cell immunological synapse. He then moved to the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine at New York University School of Medicine, where he collaborated on new intravital microscopy projects. Continuation of work on the immunological synapse led to a basic description of the supramolecular assemblies that make up the mature immunological synapse. Specialized functions of the immunological synapse in cytotoxic T-cells and regulatory T-cells were also explored. This work includes the recent observation that the small vesicles enriched in T-cell receptor, synaptic ectosomes, are directly budded into the immunological synapse, handing off T-cell receptor and other cargo to the antigen presenting cell. He was director of the NIH funded Nanomedicine Center for Mechanobiology from 2009-2014 In order to further advance studies on the immunological synapse and translation to treatment of human diseases he moved to the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at the University of Oxford in 2013.
Wolf H Fridman, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Fridman's research interests have been focused around the role of the immune system in controlling human tumors and the biological functions of receptors for IgG antibodies, both through basic and translational approaches. His team identified the protein references which trigger the biological functions of the receptors for IgG. He first demonstrated an immune response of the patient to his own cancer in acute leukemia. He then focused on the analysis of the tumor microenvironment with the demonstration of the beneficial effect of a Th1-oriented immune response to control clinical outcome in cervical cancer. His studies have changed the paradigm of host/cancer interactions by demonstrating that the "immune contexture", taking into account the functionality, the location, and the density of the immune infiltrate in colorectal tumors, is the major prognostic factor for human cancers.
Thomas Gajewski, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Gajewski investigates and develops new treatments for patients with melanoma. He has a special interest in the development of immunotherapies against this disease. Dr. Gajewski also leads development of immune-based therapies for other cancers, using new laboratory data on how the immune system is regulated to develop novel clinical trials. He serves as an editor for Cancer Research and Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. In addition, he is immediate past president of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer and has served on the program committees for the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
Stephan A Grupp, M.D., Ph.D.
Stephan Grupp, M.D., Ph.D., is the Chief of the Cellular Therapy and Transplant Section, Director of the Cancer Immunotherapy Program, and Director of Translational Research in the Center for Childhood Cancer Research at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and the Yetta Dietch Novotny Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania. A bone marrow transplant physician, he is a member of the Division of Oncology and the Medical Director of the Cell and Gene Therapy Lab. He has been a member of the National Academy of Medicine since 2019. His primary area of clinical research is the use of CAR T and other engineered cell therapies in relapsed pediatric cancers. He led all of the pediatric ALL trials of CTL019 (now approved as Kymriah), including the largest and most successful engineered T-cell therapy clinical trial conducted to date, as well as the global registration trial for CTL019. As a result of this work, he presented the Clinical Perspective at the July 2018 FDA ODAC meeting, at which reviewers voted 10-0 for recommendation of approval for Kymriah in pediatric ALL. His primary laboratory interest is the development of new cell therapy treatments for pediatric cancers.
Andy Sewell, Ph.D.
Sewell group research is focused around T-cell ligands and the receptors that recognise them (αβTCR, γδTCR, CD4 and CD8). Most of our work is based around understanding the basic biology of antigen recognition by human T-cells and we have developed two working, unpublished pipelines for the discovery of new T-cell targets. We also collaborate with various partners to undertake translational projects. Areas of interest include: Dissection of successful immune responses after adoptive transfer of Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes; TCR gene transfer therapy; New CAR-T technologies; Artificial (non-biologic) T-cell antigens as vaccines; T-cell/TCR-based diagnostics in autoimmune disease; and, Unconventional (non-HLA-restricted) T-cell responses to infection and tumours.
Mario Sznol, M.D.
Dr. Mario Sznol is a Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology). Dr. Sznol, formerly with the National Cancer Institute, has an international reputation in cancer drug development. Dr. Sznol's expertise and experience is in cancer immunotherapy, drug development for cancer, and treatment of patients with melanoma and renal cell carcinoma. He is working to expand the opportunities for clinical trials at the Yale Cancer Center, particularly those focusing on immunotherapy and novel agents.


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A week of controversy, resignations, rumors, meetings—and mirth?
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Christopher R. Altieri
Recapping the dizzying array of stories since Monday, both inside and outside of Rome.
September 13, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri The Dispatch
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It has been a doozy of a week in the news out of — and into — Rome, and it isn't even over. Let's recap the dizzying array of stories since Monday (many of which have ties to older, long-percolating and still-developing ones):
Announcements of "unprecedented" meetings; promises of responses from underlings to accusations touching the person of the Holy Father, personal reply to which the Holy Father has deemed beneath his dignity;
Oblique reference in extemporaneous remarks at morning Mass, to the current circumstances in the Church — a * series * of * remarks *, actually, given on each day the Pope has celebrated Mass (quasi-) publicly in the chapel of the Domus — in which he returns with a regularity one could fairly describe as systematic, to the idea that public accusation of wrongdoing — specifically episcopal wrongdoing — is the work of the devil in collaboration with worldly "elites", undertaken in order to scandalize "the people" whose default disposition is to "love" their bishops, but who may become accomplices of the devil if they are riled up;
A leaked document out of Germany, detailing thousands of cases of abuse by clerics over several decades;
The release of a heavily edited and oft-interpolated transcript of a weeks-old private encounter with Irish Jesuits, in which the Pope admits he did not believe the accusations of clerical and episcopal malfeasance that reached him from Chile, until he had seen them documented by a trusty cleric — an admission that quite possibly gives the lie to his January protestations of ignorance — "You, with goodwill, tell me: there are victims [of Bishop Barros, or of the alleged coverup of Bishop Barros]," he told reporters en route to Rome from Perú in January. "But I have not seen them because they have not come to me," he continued, in an extension that now forces upon us the question, "Which is it?" — and an assertion that the real problem is "elitism" in the Church — an assertion which, because of the timing of the thing, could appear to mitigate his statements at Mass this week, but actually aggravate the already awful character of his position when read chronologically;
The announcement that the embattled Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington, DC — who was shocked — shocked! — to learn his predecessor, Theodore Edgar "Uncle Ted" McCarrick, had sexually assaulted children, and in more than three decades had never heard a whisper of his other perverse proclivities (though nearly everyone except Wuerl and the other leading members of the US hierarchy apparently had), will travel to Rome "in the near future" to convince the pope to accept his resignation, which has been sitting on the pope's desk for three years;
The forced resignation of a 57-year-old Brazilian bishop in connection with his arrest — in March of this year — on charges of embezzlement to the tune of more than $600,000;
Confirmation — after whispers in the Italian press — of a months-old, papally-ordered investigation into financial irregularity at the Sistine Chapel Choir;
The resignation, five days after he was required to submit his resignation for limits of age, of one US bishop with a reputation for luxury and perverse lasciviousness — Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston (emeritus) — and the announcement of an ecclesiastical investigation into allegations against Bransfield of sexual misconduct with adults (the Archdiocese of Baltimore, which has the Diocese of Wheeling Charleston in ecclesiastical receivership on Papal mandate, informs CWR that the inquest will be "lay-led" — oh, and there is a hotline: 1-833-272-4225).
That, in roughly chronological order, gets us to about noon on Thursday, September 13th, 2018 — the hour at which a meeting of Pope Francis and the leadership of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops was scheduled to begin. It's been rough going for those men, too:
USCCB President, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston (news broke Wednesday of a seriously mishandled clerical abuse case in his diocese, and partly on his watch);
USCCB Vice-President José Gomez of Los Angeles (who tried to keep his negligent predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, out of public ministry, but couldn't, because only the Pope can discipline cardinals);
USCCB General Secretary, Msgr. Brian Bransfield of Philadelphia (apparently a relative of the emeritus bishop of Wheeling-Charleston).
Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop Gomez, and Msgr. Bransfield were joined by the President of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., of Boston:
Cardinal O'Malley has promised to do better, after admitting he ignored a 2015 letter from Fr. Boniface Ramsey, OP, regarding McCarrick, but still has not explained what happened to another 2015 letter from victim-advocate Juan Carlos Cruz;
Cruz's letter detailed the abuse he suffered at the hands of the disgraced Chilean former celebrity priest, Fernando Karadima, and explained the roles of Cardinals Francisco Errazuriz and Ricardo Ezzati of Santiago de Chile, and the former bishop of Osorno, Juan Barros — one of Karadima's protégés — in the coverup of Karadima's predations, a coverup in which other reports also implicated the apostolic nuncio to Chile, Archbishop Ivo Scapolo.
A statement from the USCCB described the meeting as "lengthy, fruitful and good," but offered no details and strongly suggested no decisions had been taken. "We look forward to actively continuing our discernment together," the statement said, "identifying the most effective next steps."
The USCCB statement also said Francis "listened very deeply, from the heart." Apparently, Francis could not bring himself to authorize an investigation into the role in the Church of the man, who is credibly alleged — quite apart from the "testimony" of the former nuncio, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò — to have corrupted and abused seminarians and priests, and raped children — and who cannot be trusted not to have agents and sympathizers within the US Church hierarchy and clerical ranks.
The now-embattled USCCB president, Cardinal DiNardo, called for a Vatican investigation into the McCarrick debacle — and presumably into related questions — on August 16th, and repeated his call on August 27th, in concert with the Executive Committee of the Conference. In both statements, Cardinal DiNardo announced his intention to bring the issues to the Holy Father, in person. The Vatican only announced the pope's meeting with the USCCB leadership two days ago.
The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, however, did release this photograph, which was taken at the meeting:
One ought to be glad they're all able to see the lighter side of all this, even if the mirth eludes the rest of us.
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Q: opencv_ffmpeg2413_64.dll Linux build for OpenCV I am using opencv2413 for image processing and camera capture. My code runs fine on windows where i used windows build of opencv. With opencv you have to dynamically load some dll's such as System.loadLibrary(Core.NATIVE_LIBRARY_NAME);
        System.loadLibrary("opencv_ffmpeg2413_64"); however, when i use the same code on Linux with Java7 its complains because of DLLs. I am looking for replacement which i found for  Core.NATIVE_LIBRARY_NAME the SO file but i cant find foropencv_ffmpeg2413_64.dll. Any advice how create/find that SO or do i have to change it to different library for camera capture? Thanks

A: I have solved the issue. You don't need SO for ffmpeg,. All you have to do is create a build from the source on Linux. Install ffmpeg on the same machine.sudo apt-get update``sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo apt-get install ffmpegUse java -jar -Djava.library.path="" to the compiled build/lib. You only need to System.loadLibrary(Core.NATIVE_LIBRARY_NAME); Make sure you have Aache Ant installed. Thats all.

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The standard criteria to determine if and when an Initial Response or subsequent Update has been provided to the customer is the presence of a public comment made on the ticket by the agent.
However, depending upon the way in which your Customer Support process operates and how you communicate with your customers there might be a need to implement alternative rules to determine when an initial response or update has been given, and so avoid an SLA violation without the need to apply a public comment.
The CloudSET SLA Management extension framework provides enablers that allow for the specification of custom rules for this purpose and the following steps describes how to achieve this type of custom behavior.
Having selected the option to include the Respond event and/or the Update event in your model (3, 4 & 5) all components necessary to automatically start the corresponding event timer will be generated.
The components used to identify when a public comment has been applied to the ticket will also be generated to automatically stop the timer and identify the event has occurred.
However, if there is a requirement to identify when a response or update has been given externally to Zendesk it will also be necessary to select the appropriate option in the your model configuration (6).
The selection of these options will generate all components required to manually control when the event timer stops using additional rules to identify when the event has occurred.
*Note: depending upon the model in use as part of your setup the labels for these options might differ slightly.
Once the appropriate model options are selected and the configurations are saved, a corresponding Checkbox ticket field will be generated (2).
If the SLA3 Respond Phone box or the SLA3 Update Phone box is checked then the SLA Management solution will respond by stopping the corresponding timer and if this has occurred before the calculated due date/time, the SLA measurement will be marked as passed.
However, as with all SLA3 generated ticket fields these Checkbox fields will be hidden and unavailable for direct use in the ticket form.
It is therefore necessary to implement additional custom components to determine the rules and circumstances under which the box should be checked, as outlined in the following steps.
In the absence of a naturally occurring Zendesk event to identify when a response or update has been given during a phone call or via another external messaging service, a Zendesk Macro can be provided for use by an agent to identify when the event has occurred.
It is recommended that this macro is used to apply a suitable private comment to the ticket (2), since this gives a clear indication that the event has occurred, when the macro was applied and by whom.
The presence of this private comment (3) will also explain why the event timer has stopped and the SLA has been marked as passed even though a public response hasn't been given to the customer.
However, it is also recommended that the macro doesn't check the box used to indicate to the SLA Management solution that the event has occurred.
Otherwise in the event that the macro was applied in error although the comment can be removed, it won't be possible to reset the hidden Checkbox without refreshing the page and the update could be applied inadvertently.
For the reasons outlined in the previous step it is recommended that a trigger is used to identify when the macro has applied the private comment (2) and if so checks the box to indicate the occurrence of the event (3).
This ensures that the box is only ever checked if and when the macro has been deliberately applied, in which case the SLA Management solution will respond by stopping the corresponding timer and if this has occurred before the calculated due date/time, the SLA measurement will be marked as passed.
*Note: the above example shows the action necessary to indicate an initial response, but if indicating an update it will be necessary to check the box for the field named SLA3 Update Phone.
It is often the case that a ticket is created by an agent on behalf of the customer following a phone call or a message received via an external service unknown to Zendesk.
Under these circumstances the initial response to the customer request or issue will have been given during the phone call or communication thread and the ticket description will include a record of the response.
Since the initial response has already been given the need for a subsequent public comment to stop the clock and pass the response SLA can be avoided using a trigger such as that shown in the screenshot above.
Depending upon the way in which your Customer Support process operates and how you communicate with your customers, there might also be a requirement to implement support for additional custom rules and conditions that determine when an initial response or update has been given.
These rules can be implemented using a trigger to check the appropriate box (SLA3 Respond Phone or SLA3 Update Phone).
Please also see the article named Ignoring Public Comments for an Initial Response or Update.


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2279-04. Death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 2, 2018
Underside of death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Dissected death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) at the base of a pine on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Side view of death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 2, 2018
Death cap mushrooms (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) in foreground and Amanita sect. Amidella(?) in background on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 2, 2018
Dissected death cap mushrooms (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) in foreground and Amanita sect. Amidella(?) in background on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 2, 2018
Side view of a death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018
Death cap mushrooms (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Death cap mushrooms (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 6, 2018
Pair of death cap mushrooms (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 6, 2018
Amanita sect. Phalloideae (left), Amanita sect. Vaginatae (middle), and Amanita hygroscopica(?) (right) mushrooms near a small dried shallow pond on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Death cap mushrooms (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, April 22, 2018
Amanita sect. Vaginatae or may be Amanita volvata mushroom on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 5, 2018
Dissected Amanita sect. Vaginatae or may be Amanita volvata mushroom on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 5, 2018
Fleshy white mushroom Amanita sect. Lepidella on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 21, 2018
Side view of Amanita sect. Lepidella mushroom on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 21, 2018
Dissected Amanita sect. Lepidella mushroom on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 27, 2018
Cap of grisette mushroom (Amanita sect. Validae) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 21, 2018
Death cap mushroom (Amanita Phalloideae) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 15, 2018
Side view of Amanita sect. Lepidella mushroom on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 27, 2018
Gills of grisette mushroom (Amanita sect. Validae) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 21, 2018
Brown cap of some grisette mushroom (Amanita sect. Vaginatae) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 15, 2018
Underside of death cap mushroom (Amanita Phalloideae) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 15, 2018
Side view of grisette mushroom (Amanita sect. Validae) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 21, 2018
Grisette mushrooms (Amanita sect. Vaginatae) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 30, 2018
Gills of grisette mushrooms (Amanita sect. Vaginatae) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 30, 2018
Brown cap of grisette mushrooms (Amanita sect. Vaginatae) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 30, 2018
Dissected grisette mushrooms (Amanita sect. Vaginatae) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 30, 2018
Dissected mushrooms Amanita sect. Vaginatae on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018
Underside of mushrooms Amanita sect. Vaginatae on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018
Mushrooms Amanita sect. Vaginatae on sandy soil on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018
Grisette mushrooms (Amanita sect. Vaginatae) with grey caps on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 6, 2018
Underside of grisette mushrooms (Amanita sect. Vaginatae) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 15, 2018
Gills of grisette mushrooms (Amanita sect. Vaginatae) with grey caps on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 6, 2018
Light brown caps of grisette mushrooms (Amanita sect. Vaginatae) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 15, 2018
Amanita sect. Phalloideae mushrooms on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, September 15, 2018
Dissected Amanita sect. Phalloideae mushrooms on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, September 15, 2018
Little Dove Ringless Amanita mushrooms (Amanita trygonion) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 30, 2018
Rooted Agaric mushroom (Oudemansiella sect. Radicatae) extracted from rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018
Young Little Dove Ringless Amanita mushrooms (Amanita trygonion) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 30, 2018
Collection of Little Dove Ringless Amanita mushrooms (Amanita trygonion) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 30, 2018
Dissected Little Dove Ringless Amanita mushrooms (Amanita trygonion) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 30, 2018
Death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
Gills of gunpowder Lepidella mushroom (Amanita onusta) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 21, 2018
Jackson s Slender Caesar mushroom (Amanita jacksonii) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 6, 2018
Gunpowder Lepidella mushroom (Amanita onusta) on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 21, 2018
Cap of Jackson s Slender Caesar mushroom (Amanita jacksonii) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, October 6, 2018
Dissected gunpowder Lepidella mushroom (Amanita onusta) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 21, 2018
Side view of gunpowder Lepidella mushroom (Amanita onusta) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 21, 2018
Some soft pale yellow Amanita mushroom with distant gills on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, September 15, 2018
Gunpowder Lepidella mushroom (Amanita onusta) on white background on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 21, 2018
Dissected death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
Jackson s Slender Caesar mushrooms (Amanita jacksonii) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 30, 2018
Side view of a death cap mushroom (Amanita sect. Phalloideae) in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, October 28, 2018
Cap of Xanthoconium purpureum mushroom found in deep shade on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 2, 2018
Chicken of the woods mushroom (Laetiporus gilbertsonii var. pallidus(?)) on a log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Chicken of the woods mushroom (Laetiporus gilbertsonii var. pallidus(?)) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Gills of a milkcap mushroom Lactarius xanthydrorheus on a slope of the almost dry creek half a meter above its bottom near Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Dossected chicken of the woods mushroom (Laetiporus gilbertsonii var. pallidus(?)) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Chicken of the woods mushroom (Laetiporus gilbertsonii var. pallidus(?)) on a rotting oak log on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Gills of some Pleurotus mushroom taken from a slender tree with wide leaves on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 30, 2018
Close up of some Pleurotus mushroom taken from a slender tree with wide leaves on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 30, 2018
Some Pleurotus mushroom growing on a slender tree with wide leaves on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 30, 2018
Side view of a milkcap mushroom Lactarius xanthydrorheus on a slope of the almost dry creek half a meter above its bottom near Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, June 9, 2018
Death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides)(?) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 13, 2018
Caps of mushrooms Amanita minutula on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 7, 2018
Small mushrooms Amanita minutula on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 7, 2018
Side view of mushrooms Amanita minutula on floodplain on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, July 7, 2018
Amanita sect. Lepidella mushroom on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, September 15, 2018
Cap of a mushroom Amanita sect. Amidella on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 13, 2018
Mushroom Amanita sect. Amidella on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 15, 2018
Amanita sect. Lepidella mushroom in a pine forest on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, July 7, 2018
Tylopilus sordidus mushroom on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, May 26, 2018


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Q: Why does it look like template inheritance only works with nested blocks? Hello I have the following 3 templates (simplified for the purpose of this post):
1 - base.html:
//link stylesheet

{% block page_content %}
{% endblock %}

//add bootstrap, jQuery and run scripts

2 - base_app.html:
{% extends "base.html" %}

{% block page_content %}
//html here
{% endblock page_content %}

{% block page_app %}
{% endblock page_app %}

3 - base_app_main.html:
{% extends "base_app.html"%}

{% block page_app %}

//html i wanna display when I call render(request, 'base_app_main.html', context)

{% endblock page_app %}

As it is right now, when I display 3 - base_app_main.html it does not display the parts inside the {% block page_app %}block, however if I change 2 - base_app.html as below it then works:
2 - MODIFIED base_app.html:
{% extends "base.html" %}

{% block page_content %}
//html here
{% block page_app %}
{% endblock page_app %}
{% endblock page_content %}

And I cannot understand why the template inheritance does not work in the first case and does in the second ?
The documentation or online tutorials I could find do not give relevant multiple inheritance examples.

A: I think it described pretty clears in the docs about template inherit

If you use {% extends %} in a template, it must be the first template
  tag in that template. Template inheritance won't work, otherwise.

What you did the first try is basically {% extend %} inside of an {% extend %} in 1 template ,it resulting with the main template which is your base.html have 2 extend tag. And that equal to Template inheritance won't work

A: So for anyone who gets stuck on the same point, this explanation from an online tutorial made it all clear for me:

In line 1, {% extends "base.html" %} tells Django template engine that the current template is a child template and inherits from base.html. This must be the first line in the child template otherwise it won't work. When template engine encounters this line it immediately loads the parent template (i.e base.html) and then replaces the blocks of content in parent template with the blocks of content of the same name defined in the child template.

Basically the template that actually gets rendered in those inheritance schemes is the ancestor or here base.html. If you read the below carefully:

and then replaces the blocks of content in parent template with the
  blocks of content of the same name defined in the child template

You will see that in the first case when I render base.htmlI will render what is in the {% block page_content %} block of it's child which is base_app.html. So the webpage I get will not contain anything pertaining to the {% block page_app %} block.
The way to fix this is to make the information from {% block page_app %} in base_app_main.html bubble up to our base.html.
To do that I found 2 solutions:
1 - Nesting, or modify base_app.html to:
{% extends "base.html" %}

{% block page_content %}
//html here
{% block page_app %}
{% endblock page_app %}
{% endblock page_content %}

In this case when base.html is rendered it will take all the information from the {% block page_content %} block which now includes the {% block page_app %}block and render everything successfully.
2 - Modify base.html as such:
//link stylesheet

{% block page_content %}
{% endblock page_content %}

{% block page_app %}
{% endblock page_app %}

//add bootstrap, jQuery and run scripts

This will explicitly ask base.htmlto render the {% block page_app %} block of it's child and also work.
--> Which method is preferred ? I am not sure. The explicit method (2) seems more straightforward, but it also means that if your base.html is used across many different projects it will be cluttered with a lot of blocks. Whereas the implicit (1) method is better in terms of DRY... maybe some of you guys can let me know which is "standard".

A: The parent template only takes content from the child within the matching {% block %}{% endblock %}.  Your base.html only has a page_content block, so the other block in the child is not included.  You could modify base.html to look like this:
//link stylesheet

{% block page_content %}
{% endblock %}

{% block page_app %}
{% endblock page_app %}
//add bootstrap, jQuery and run scripts


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package no.java.submitit.app.pages.admin

import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form._
import org.apache.wicket.model._
import no.java.submitit.app.pages.{LoginHandler, LayoutPage}
import no.java.submitit.app.SubmititApp
import no.java.submitit.app.pages.borders.ContentBorder
import no.java.submitit.app.pages.panels.LoginPanel

class AdminLogin extends LayoutPage {

	contentBorder.add(new LoginPanel("login", new LoginHandler {
    def onLogin(pwd: String) {
      val authenticated = SubmititApp.authenticates(pwd)
      if (authenticated) {
        setResponsePage(new PropertyModificationPage(true))
      }
    }
  }))

}

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In keeping with my promise, today I'm posting photos of my most recent ice cream-inspired art! The same size and medium (colored pencil), this piece is joining my egg drawing in a new series of food art.
What I love about ice cream, aside from the fact that it's one of my favorite foods, is its iconic imagery. Ice cream, especially in a cone, is as much fun to look upon as it is to eat. It is void of negative connotations.
Loving the colors, shapes and textures, I have made a lot of ice-cream inspired art in my days in a variety of mediums, including paint, fiber, pen and colored pencil.
Today's piece features strawberry ice cream, a flavor that I am not one to eat but find to be a lot of fun to draw. I started by sketching an outline in dark purple before filling in the other colors. This is a helpful tip: when sketching the base of a drawing, find a color that will complement and blend with your finished piece. Nine times out of ten, you don't want to use black.
After drawing a general outline, I filled it in with lighter colors and gradually introduced darker colors when adding precision and details.
Not sure what food is next, but breakfast and dessert has me feeling compelled to render some sort of entree!
So often when life gets busy the first thing that gets cut from the schedule is fun. When there is a lot to be done I know I sometimes feel guilty "wasting time" or "goofing off". But having busy lives does not mean you should stop having fun. It simply means you make room for it in your schedule.
Andy and I both lead extremely busy lives. This year especially, as I am balancing a part-time job and commuting an hour to grad school and he is balancing his career and major home renovations.
Therefore, this past weekend we decided to create our own fun holiday experience by having our own personal Oktoberfest, inspired by the incredible parties that go on every October in Munich.
So what does this mean exactly? Well, keeping up with Oktoberfest tradition, it meant lots of food and lots of beer! Here's a recap.
For our food we decided to prepare traditional German dishes (obviously) and landed on a pretty diverse and delicious menu. For snacking and appetizer purposes we purchased some horseradish cheese dip and pretzels. However, we then got much more creative by actually making our own pretzels. I would recommend homemade pretzels to anyone as they are easy and fun to make as well as delicious.I also prepared homemade applesauce from the apples we had picked fresh.
For dinner we prepared beer brats with sauerkraut and spicy brown mustard, sweet and sour cabbage and homemade potato salad. Although the brats were just the typical packaged variety we improved the flavor by sauteing them in beer and crisping them on the grill.
And if that wasn't enough we also made an apple streusel cake for dessert!
Beer is an essential element of Oktoberfest, so therefore it was only right that we treated ourselves to several different variations of this brew. One of our favorites and a must have is Sam Adam's take on the beverage.
as well as their creative "Darktoberfest." The Darktoberfest obviously possesses a darker flavor and is extremely satisfying when paired with some of these hearty dishes.
And finally, after doing some research we discovered that Sierra Nevada actually partners with a brewery in Germany to create their Oktoberfest beer. We then deemed this beverage essential and I'm especially glad we did! (This beverage may now be one of my favorites).
So as the old expression goes, work hard play hard. When life gets tough make time for yourself and come up with new ways to celebrate. Fun doesn't always have to be large groups of people and extravagant parties. Sometimes fun is as simple and spending the day cooking with the person (and dogs) you care about most.


Serbia is hurrying to build a highway to the Bulgarian border before the completion of the second Bulgarian bridge on the Danube, according to Serbian Transport Minister Milutin Mrkonjic.
In 2010-2011, Bulgaria and Serbia have stressed the need to complete the construction of the Sofia-Nis Highway, with Bulgaria taking steps to construct the 70-km section from Sofia to Kalotina on the Serbian border. The route is part of the so called Pan-European Transport Corridor No. 10 from Istanbul to Central Europe via Sofia and Belgrade.
Meanwhile, Bulgaria is also working on the vastly-delayed construction of a second bridge linking it to Romania, the so called Danube Bridge 2 at Vidin-Calafat, which is expected to finally be completed in mid 2012. The bridge is expected to boost traffic along the route of Pan-European Transport Corridor No. 4, which starts from Greece's Thessaloniki (another arm starts from Turkey's Istanbul), and via Sofia and Vidin in Bulgaria goes off to Central Europe.
Speaking on Thursday, Serbia's Transport Minister Mrkonjic has declared that the construction of the highway along Corridor 10 is extremely crucial for both Bulgaria and Serbia, the BNR reported.
Serbia hopes to complete the second between Nis and Tsaribrod (Dimitrovgrad) by the end of 2012.
The so called "railway highway" between Nis and Sofia is still in the making as well, as the Serbian section between Nis and Tsaribrod is the only part of Corridor 10 that has not been electrified; this is expected to be done with a loan from the Czech government.
"Of course, the Danube bridge at Vidin-Calafat is a competitive project, that is why we are rushing with our work," Mrkonjic is quoted as saying.


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Quebecor claims Bell continues to abuse process in ongoing dispute
Quebecor says Bell's claim to $150 million in damages in a court filing is a delaying tactic
By Jonathan Lamont@Jon_Lamont
Following the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) mandatory order passed to TVA Group late last week, Canadian telecom Quebecor claims Bell continues to abuse process.
Bell claimed $150 million in damages from Quebecor in a court filing this week. Quebecor called the filing a "maneuver to evade the substantive issue" in the ongoing dispute over TVA's specialty channels.
Further, Quebecor said in a press release that it's "disappointed by Bell Canada's decision to engage in multiple delaying and diversionary tactics instead of responding to the CRTC's and Quebecor's call to negotiate in the matter of the fair value of TVA's specialty channels."
The two Montreal-based telecommunications companies appeared at a CRTC hearing on April 18th to resolve the dispute, leading to the commission's mandatory order for TVA to comply with regulations after it pulled the signal for its TVA Sports channel just as this year's Stanley Cup playoffs began.
At the hearing, Quebecor's CEO, Pierre Karl Péladeau, said TVA pulled the signal because of unfair treatment from Bell and the unfair negotiations. Further, Péladeau claimed Bell was taking advantage of smaller players with the prices it was charging.
More abuse of process by Bellhttps://t.co/VkWUVNr7wT
— Québecor (@Quebecor) April 26, 2019
However, regulations prohibit carriers in commercial partnerships from cutting signals if a dispute occurs.
Bell secured an injunction from the Quebec Superior Court requiring Quebecor to restore the signal. Because the order was only effective until April 23rd, Bell asked the CRTC to impose an order before the deadline, saying Quebecor could try and pull its signal again.
Accordingly, the CRTC filed the order with the Federal Court, noting that failure to comply may result in contempt of court proceedings, fines or other corrective measures. The commission also said the TVA Sports licence would automatically be suspended if the signal is interfered with or held before the dispute is resolved. The suspension would last for the duration of the time the signal isn't provided to Bell.
Quebecor also claims that Bell's legal action "appears designed to silence" the telecom, and intends to defend its rights in court.
Source: Quebecor
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When an artery becomes blocked or broken you will find that you are at risk for neuro damage and a stroke. It is a very common condition that will leave a person extremely disabled. This can cause your brain cells to die and it is not something that you can fix or repair. One of the most common types of strokes is known as the Ischemic stroke. You will find that it is caused by an artery. Depending on the person, you may have different side effects from the stroke that may not be too disabling, but it could also leave you completely crippled. It is important that you do everything that you can to not end up taking a stroke and that you will not have to deal with these types of disadvantages in life.
Did you know that the right and left side of the brain will control different sides of your body?. The two sides control the opposite side of the body so if paralysis occurs it will likely only be to one half of your body. If you happen to have a stroke and it affects the right part of your brain you will lose your vision. One the other hand, strokes affecting the left side may cause speech problems as a result. Any brain cells that die will cause memory loss and paralysis that may take over parts or the entire side of your body.
Your high cholesterol is the leading cause of having clogged arteries and that will cause you to have a stroke or heart attack. It is also related directly to developing heart disease, which makes you susceptible to heart related problems, which include stroke and heart attack. The doctor that you go to will be able to test your cholesterol levels at any time in your life, but you should get it checked once you become 18 or older. Don't wait to get checked out.
Being overweight, smoking, poor diet, lack of physical activity, and genetics can all be causes of elevated levels that may cause you harm. Also, to fight your chances of a stroke, you will want to use exercise and a diet to help you battle your high cholesterol. It may also be necessary to restrict your diet to get rid of sugars and saturated fats because they can cause elevated levels of bad cholesterol. You may also want to ask your doctor about certain medications that you can take to control your cholesterol.
Your friends and family will suggest that you go see a doctor so that you can avoid the horrors of a stroke. You will want to get annual physicals and regular check ups to see if you are at risk for a stroke or heart disease. With the high cholesterol, you will be at risk for a stroke and you will need to be kept under strict control to help prevent this disease from taking effects on you.


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If you thought all the pharmaceutical companies, the many doctors and the government are dedicated to the heath and well-being of you and your children, think again!
All three groups with few exceptions say the same thing about vaccines, which is that the vaccines are all safe and effective.
But are the vaccines safe and effective? Even if thousands upon thousands of infants, children and grown people die within hours or a few days of their receiving innoculations of vaccine from fully competant personnel?
Are these deaths accidental? Or is there some plan afoot to increase the death rate by same lot of people who have put on a enormous effort into wrecking to United States and the world economy for many years.
The purpose of these people for over one hundred years has been to set up world government, that is a single agency that world rule the entire planet, and to reduce earth's populations for seven to two billion.
A mighty undertaking! And these people are well-known to all of us. But to many they are just known powerful people and people of influence, never what they are!
Some groups call them the globalists. Others call them the new world order group or the Illuminati or the Bilderburgers or even the Council and Foreign Relations or Trilateral Commission members.
This is a very old story, one that became noticable to many alert people about twenty to thirty years ago. But it really started at least one hundred years ago with the founding of the pharmaceutical companies and the establishment of the Federal Reserve System.
The Infowars team has taken up this story and the routing out of facts as something that must be handled now. Our country is sliding into a dictatorial state or very close to it.
We are losing of freedoms at rate we have never experienced before to our government and corporations that regard true freedom as the property of the very, very few.
Review the work Infowars and Prisonplanet in the following following video. Then spread the word!
We have got to make more people aware of state we are in with ragard to pharmaceutical industry and government. The pharmaceutical industry calls the shots and the government plays along! The government agencies are not our protectors!


If you are looking for a way to explore your artistic side then Create is the camp for you. You are sure to have a great time learning new skills in crafts and more. Get ready for a week full of creative fun!


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Hello, can you please give me some advice on making a satin finish form 100% shiny finish. I´d like that on one of my guitars. Tried to carefuly sand the back side a bit with very soft grit, and it is quite good. But you can see some patterns here and there cause my hand pressure isnt the same all the time. Do you have any other way how to do this? Cause I want the front side to look good.
There is an agent added to the clear coat that gives it the satin finish, so while you can buff it out to a shine, it won't be quite as shiny as a gloss finish. If you have sanded the finish, make sure you're using a sanding block and let the sandpaper do the work; although if it was a factory satin finish, you probably could have just buffed it to a shine.


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United Methodist Church elects Iowa's new episcopal leader
Iowa's new episcopal leader was elected this week at the 2016 North Central Jurisdictional Conference, the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church announced on its website.Bishop Laurie Haller has served in the Michigan area since 1982, where she was senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Birmingham in the Detroit Annual Conference.Bishop Haller served eight years on the Board of Ordained Ministry in the West Michigan Conference, including four years as chairperson. Prior to her election as bishop, she had served on the Michigan Area Committee on the Episcopacy.The change goes into effect Sept. 1.
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Iowa's new episcopal leader was elected this week at the 2016 North Central Jurisdictional Conference, the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church announced on its website.
Bishop Laurie Haller has served in the Michigan area since 1982, where she was senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Birmingham in the Detroit Annual Conference.
Bishop Haller served eight years on the Board of Ordained Ministry in the West Michigan Conference, including four years as chairperson. Prior to her election as bishop, she had served on the Michigan Area Committee on the Episcopacy.
The change goes into effect Sept. 1.


Discovery of diarylpyridine derivatives as novel non-nucleoside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors.
Two series (4 and 5) of diarylpyridine derivatives were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for anti-HIV-1 activity. The most promising compound, 5e, inhibited HIV-1 IIIB, NL4-3, and RTMDR1 with low nanomolar EC50 values and selectivity indexes of >10,000. The results of this study indicate that diarylpyridine can be used as a novel scaffold to derive a new class of potent NNRTIs, active against both wild-type and drug-resistant HIV-1 strains.


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Friday, March 2, 2018 - 13:04
The cohort of young academics conducting creative economy research is expanding thanks to the South African Cultural Observatory's (SACO) successful scholarship and bursary scheme which has supported a total of 16 young scholars since 2015.
The programme targets young academics completing postgraduate degrees in arts, culture and heritage-related topics.
For the 2017/18 period, the SACO awarded seven scholarships worth more than half a million Rand. These scholarships were awarded to three honours, three masters and one doctoral student from the Universities of Pretoria, Johannesburg, Rhodes and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
"The fundamental role that creativity and culture plays in the growth and development of the knowledge economy is often overlooked. Because of this, scholarship in these sectors remain chronically under-funded.
"The SACO seeks to remedy this and meet a real need for research to better understand the creative economy through our dynamic scholarship programme which supports young academics interested in the creative and cultural industries," said Prof Richard Haines, SACO chief executive.
Jane Thandi Mampane from the University of Pretoria was awarded an honours scholarship.
Her research paper entitled "Selling Black Beauty: Drum, Beauty Products and Black Consumers, 1950 -1960" explores how racial history and social stratifications dominated the 'black beauty industry' in South Africa during the 1950's and examines how this beauty industry continues to influence contemporary culture.
"The historical racial notions that are attached to beauty identities are the underlying factors that make up the markets of beauty products for black consumers. I wanted to explore how skin lightening and hair straightening products were identified as gateways for people to attain social, economic and political privileges in a racially divided society," Mampane said.
Mampane submitted her final research paper in December. "The SACO scholarship helped me enormously. I am from a poor economic background and would not have been able to afford to do my honours without the SACO's support. This scholarship opened up my doors to even bigger aspirations," she said.
Masters scholarship holder, Jean-Pierre Lesch, from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, is researching the importance of investing in the arts and culture industry in smaller South African municipalities. His research highlights the South African government's role in prioritising arts and culture activities in the country – particularly within the Saldanha Bay Municipality.
As a performing artist and resident of Saldanha Bay, Lesch is exploring how pressure from interest groups and organisations may compel government to invest more resources and funding into arts and culture development.
"Investment in the arts and culture sector can help to boost South Africa's economy. People often don't realise the role this sector can play in generating jobs for the youth of the country. This research is important to me as I personally know the struggle of actors and other performing artists. My research will provide information that will help small municipalities lobby for more support from government for arts and culture development," Lesch said.
"The SACO scholarship helped me tremendously. It has allowed me to further my education and at the same time concentrate on an issue that I believe has been overlooked for too long," he added.
The SACO is a project of the Department of Arts & Culture (DAC), hosted by the Nelson Mandela University in partnership with Rhodes and Fort Hare Universities.
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5 key takeaways from 1st night of Democratic National Convention
Democrats kicked off the four-day nominating process on Monday night.
ByKendall Karson and Meg Cunningham
Men pass in front of the Chase Center, where Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden will make his acceptance speech later this week to the Democratic National Convention, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., August 17, 2020.
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The first virtual convention opened on Monday night with a gathering (of sorts) featuring a diverse roster of Democratic Party loyalists, members of the old guard, ascending stars, former 2020 contenders and even some Republicans.
Over four days, Democrats are set to deliver an overriding message of unity -- one that they hope will carry through to November and bring voters of all stripes into the big tent party.
MORE: DNC 2020 Live: Former Democratic rivals for president rally behind Biden
Dominating the night, which is framed around the three major crises that continue to grip the nation ahead of the 2020 election -- the coronavirus pandemic, the ongoing economic downturn the virus has sparked and the national reckoning over racial injustice -- is the party's push to contrast President Donald Trump and presumptive nominee Joe Biden.
Healthcare workers facilitate tests at a drive-in COVID-19 testing center at M.T.O. Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism on Aug. 11, 2020, in Los Angeles.
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Biden, the speakers consistently argued, is the only one who can lead the country out of chaos and divisiveness.
This year's festivities are a sharp departure from conventions of the past, which are historically daunting productions planned years in advance and known for raucous crowds of party loyalists packed inside a convention hall. But the coronavirus pandemic has dramatically minimized the nominating celebration's footprint in Milwaukee -- with major programming taking place remotely across the country.
The convention's climax comes on Thursday, when Biden officially accepts the party's nomination at his 12th convention, marking the start of the general election season. On Wednesday, the party is set to make history, nominating the first Black person and first woman of Indian descent as a vice presidential candidate: Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif.
Here are 5 takeaways from the night:
Joe Biden, the healer
At the heart of Biden's campaign to oust Trump is a call to restore the soul of the country, and it was the thematic thread connecting every speech, taped video and montage at the first night of the convention.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., whose endorsement in late February helped propel Biden to the nomination, called Biden "an adopted son of South Carolina," arguing that the differences between Biden and Trump could not be more clear.
"We will need a president who sees unifying people as a requirement of the job, a president who understands the true meaning of community and how to build it through trust and humility," Clyburn said. "We need a president who understands both profound loss, and what it takes to bounce back.That's why I stand with Joe."
John Kasich speaks at The City Club of Cleveland, in Cleveland, Dec. 4, 2018.
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Another longtime friend of Biden, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, delivered both a personal appeal for Biden's candidacy and an implicit, blistering critique of Trump.
MORE: DNC 2020 Live: Republicans come out in support of Biden
"We need a leader as good as our people. A leader who appeals to the best within us, not the worst. A leader who can unify, not divide," Cuomo said. "I know that man, I've worked with that man. I've seen his talent. I've seen his strength. I've seen his pain and I've seen his heart... Joe Biden can restore the soul of America, and that's exactly what our country needs today."
Night 1 focuses on coalition's flanks
Beyond the virtual format, the convention balanced an ideological labyrinth, embracing the progressive wing of the party and Republicans disillusioned by the president.
The focus of the night wasn't entirely on the party's base, but instead on the flanks that could broaden the coalition Biden is seeking to build.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., the progressive stalwart and last of the 2020 candidates to exit the race, cited the progress his insurgent movement has made, suggesting that the priorities that once seemed radical only years ago, are now considered "mainstream." He also turned to all the reasons why his loyal backers must line up behind Biden, telling his base that while he and Biden are very different, he knows the former vice president "will move us forward."
"Joe supports raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour," Sanders said. "Joe will also make it easier for workers to join unions, create 12 weeks of paid family leave, fund universal pre-K for 3 and 4-year-olds and make child care affordable for millions of families... While Joe and I disagree on the best path to get universal coverage, he has a plan that will greatly expand health care and cut the costs of prescription drugs."
Sanders also underscored the stakes of the election.
"Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfs," he said, a sharp jab at the president. "We must come together, defeat Donald Trump, and elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as our next president and vice president. My friends, the price of failure is just too great to imagine."
And Sanders wasn't alone.
Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who ran for the Republican nomination against Trump in 2016, had one of the more controversial speeches of the night with his presence roiling some on the left, and brought one of the most unique pitches for Biden to voters on the fence.
Kasich, who crossed party lines to appear at the Democratic convention, was not alone in his stance, but he was the most high-profile Republican speakers, and reflected the breadth of Biden's efforts in courting voters.
"I'm sure there are Republicans and independents who couldn't imagine crossing over to support a Democrat," Kasich said. "They fear Joe may turn sharp left and leave them behind. I don't believe that because I know the measure of the man. It's reasonable, faithful, respectful, and, you know, no one pushes Joe around."
Michelle Obama steps off sidelines, into political spotlight
Former first lady Michelle Obama, who has strayed away from outright shows of politics, took aim at Trump by name, wrapping the first night of Democratic programming with a 20-minute speech to rally voters.
In speaking to Americans and potential voters, Obama said she understands the distaste many across the country have for politics, but that a "moral foundation" is missing from the White House.
"I am here tonight because I love this country with all my heart, and it pains me to see so many people hurting," she said. "Barack and I have tried our best to instill in our girls a strong moral foundation to carry forward the values that our parents and grandparents poured into us. But right now, kids in this country are seeing what happens when we stop requiring empathy of one another. They're looking around wondering if we've been lying to them this whole time about who we are and what we truly value."
Protesters hold signs outside the Minneapolis 1st Police precinct during a demonstration against police brutality and racism on June 13, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Obama's focus in the lead up to the election centered around voter engagement and registration-- while quietly denouncing and subtly the president and his time in the Oval Office. Monday night she chose a more direct path, highlighting what she sees as failures by the president: an economy in shambles, the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have died from the coronavirus pandemic and racial inequity which has plagued the nation for years.
"Because whenever we look to this White House for some leadership or consolation or any semblance of steadiness, what we get instead is chaos, division, and a total and utter lack of empathy," she said. "So let me be as honest and clear as I possibly can. Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. It is what it is."
She wrapped up her speech with a key phrase spoken by those who endorsed Biden: "I know Joe. He is a profoundly decent man, guided by faith. He was a terrific vice president. He knows what it takes to rescue an economy, beat back a pandemic, and lead our country -- and he listens. He will tell the truth and trust science. He will make smart plans and manage a good team and he will govern as someone who's lived a life that the rest of us can recognize."
An eye on November
Democrats sought to highlight Americans affected by Trump's presidency as part of their effort to leverage the convention to recruit swing voters ahead of the general election.
Between speeches from political mainstays throughout the Democratic party, everyday workers were given an opportunity to speak on their experiences throughout the last three-and-a-half years of the Trump presidency -- including the last few months of the coronavirus pandemic -- and underscore why they are now getting behind Biden.
The DNC tapped Kristin Urquiza, who lost her father earlier this summer to COVID-19.
Moderator Eva Longoria introduces Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, on screen, during the first night of the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 17, 2020.
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"He had faith in Donald Trump. He voted for him, listened to him, believed him and his mouthpieces when they said that coronavirus was under control and going to disappear, that it was okay to end social distancing rules before it was safe, that if you had no underlying health conditions, you'd probably be fine," she said of her father, who passed away at age 65.
"After five agonizing days he died alone, in the ICU, with a nurse holding his hand. My dad was a healthy 65-year-old. His only preexisting condition was trusting Donald Trump, and for that he paid with his life. I am not alone," she added.
Democrats test the virtual format
As the convention found its rhythm throughout the night, the event was not without adjustments and slight technical challenges as the organizers interspersed live speeches and taped pieces.
Some live speakers began slightly too early, some of the segments featured blurred videos, but nevertheless, the party persisted through it all.
MORE: 2020 Democratic National Convention Viewer's Guide: Biden anchored in Delaware, a virtual nomination and history to be made
For most of the night, the convention's organizers were juggling hundreds of feeds, broadcasting live videos from living rooms, rooftops, stages and balconies across the nation.
The first night of speakers, some of which were in real time, were also mixed in with pre-recorded remarks and montages featuring frontline workers, small business owners and an array of voters.
"Hey, everybody, how are you? Thanks for doing this," Biden told social justice activist Jamira Burley, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, NAACP President Derrick Johnson, and author Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, who all appeared on separate screens during a pre-recorded discussion on racial injustice - a scene that underscored just how much has changed for this year's convention.
This report was featured in the Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, episode of "Start Here," ABC News' daily news podcast.
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Vertical Gallery is proud to present TRANSIT, a group art show about trains, subways & bridges featuring New2, JC Rivera, Tim Conlon, Nick Fury, Paradigm Shift, Jonathan Michael Johnson, and Cope2. The exhibition is June 7 - 28, 2014 with an opening reception on Saturday, June 7, 6-10 PM. For this exhibition, the gallery selected artists who use a wide range of mediums including paper collage, glass making, photography, painting, found objects, mixed-media, model trains, and more.
gain recognition outside of Australia and has exhibited in both group and solo shows in Australia, United States and Europe. Washington, DC based Tim Conlon was featured and curated the G scale train exhibit in the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art's, Art in The Streets survey of graffiti and street art. Conlon will bring his famous model trains and large-format paintings to the exhibition. New York City artist Cope2 crosses between the art world, mainstream and street culture alike. One of New York City's most legendary prolific graffiti artists, he began tagging his name in the South Bronx since 1978. Cope2 brings his raw energy into abstract masterpieces, intertwined with his trademark bubble letters and tags on subway maps.
Chicago artists JC Rivera, Nick Fury, Paradigm Shift, and Jonathan Michael Johnson all bring unexpected new work to TRANSIT. JC Rivera, most known for his vinyl toys, brings a brand new concept with a collection of train paintings. Nick Fury bases all of his work on CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) experiences. Using white-out tape on paper, he has created a new collection of CTA disaster scenes that must be seen. Paradigm Shift ignores the line between Fine Art and Craft that people associate with glass. His sculptures will immediately change your perception. Photographer Jonathan Michael Johnson has been experimenting with new techniques that challenge the photographic print medium. He has deconstructed and reconstructed images to bring a new multi-layered effect. This will be his first time showing this new work.