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Spirituality for Badasses
November 15, 2021 November 15, 2021 Cynthia
Best-selling humor, self-help author J. Stewart Dixon offers a very different take on healing our Covid stressed lives with his new book SPIRITUALITY FOR BADASSES!
By J. Stewart Dixon
SPIRITUALITY FOR BADASSES: HOW TO FIND YOUR INNER PEACE AND HAPPINESS WITHOUT LOSING YOUR COOL, Nonfiction/Self-Help/Humor, PIE Publishing, 268 pp.
Spirituality for Badasses was fun to read. There are great points that were made and ways that brought me to a more self awareness while the instruction was presented in a real life, down to earth, funny and entertaining way. I think the title gives it away that this is a totally different kind of experience and it truly was.
J. Stewart Dixon asks the reader to ask questions about themselves without really asking anything of the reader. The questions are deep. It is completely relaxing and enjoyable and I laughed out loud. I honestly think the author would want that to happen. Laughing is joy. Feeling joy is a good thing. Being happy is the goal. And with all of that, yes Spirituality for Badasses is stirring and absolutely thought provoking.
Spirituality for Badasses is a journey, a road trip, an adventure and J. Stewart Dixon is the tour guide. The destination felt like an awakening of my own self empowerment and a little bit like giving me permission to feel it, to feel good.
Every now and then the author stops the car, literally. Shows the reader how to breathe and be in the moment. To really be in the moment, no matter how we are feeling, to feel it. No matter what we are doing, to be aware of it. To be self aware, aware of all surroundings and all actions. The ride and the adventures the reader is taken on felt like examples of life. How we react, how we feel, how our emotions can get away from us. The speed, the drop, the frenzy, fear, rush. Then when there is nothing to feel, what is one willing to do to feel?
It's an exercise and it sounds simple enough but obviously most of humanity avoids it. It's not a quest of getting everything one wants or everything going in the right direction all of the time. It is real life happening and allowing oneself to be part of it under any circumstances. Even down to simplest thing like taste.
Stewart Dixon, award-winning, best-selling humor and self-help author of Spirituality for Badasses has a bone to pick with conventional therapy and pharmaceutical companies concerning our collective bounce back and healing from the stress, anxiety and depression of Covid-19.
Asserts Mr. Dixon in the introduction to his book: "So you see…I really do get it. I used to be depressed, anxious, too smart for my own good, opinionated and unhappy…a real loveless, badass-hole. But now I'm just a spiritual badass. Spirituality removed the hole. I transformed. I changed. I grew up. I learned some hard lessons. And I did all this without ever losing my cool, integrity, smarts, libido, sense of humor or soul. And that's just what this book is going to help you do. "
Kirkus Reviews – the prestigious book review media outlet wrote this about the book: "A motivational work blazes a spiritual path for those who consider themselves too cool for such things. A jokey yet earnest and useful guide to enlightenment for badass readers."
On a whirl-wind virtual tour of radio station and podcast interviews J. Stewart Dixon has been offering his "calm island in the middle of the hurricane" solution to eager hosts such as celebrity chef Pete Evans from Perth, Australia and sportscaster i-Heart radio-DJ Ken Broo from Cincinnati, Ohio. "It's about noticing that part of you, which hasn't changed your whole life. If you can notice and nurture this inner badass part, you'll be pleasantly surprised by its' ability to heal, help and restore."
Mr. Dixon knows first-hand about finding an inner badass, as he suffered from years of depression during his early adulthood. "I didn't throw myself into spirituality to become a saint or a purist– I did it because I was hurting and in pain. I did drugs and alcohol. I tried therapy and Prozac. None of it worked. I was dragged kicking and screaming into spirituality and mindfulness practices and what I found was that, lo' and behold, this sh%# works."
A common question Mr. Dixon receives is, of course – Why all the swear words and humor? "I love the title Spirituality for Badasses because it instantly disarms any preconceived notions about spirituality and renders it friendly, approachable and down-to-earth. I think many of us are burned out by absolute truths, cures and opinions right now. So– I'm simply offering an alternative non-pharmaceutical "cure" that worked for me. As a bonus, I've thrown in some humor, and to keep it real, a few swear words."
Mr. Dixon's background as an engineer and business owner has also shaped his opinion about spirituality and mental health. "As an engineer most of my adult life, I've been hired to reduce complex systems into bite-sized, manageable portions. In Spirituality for Badasses I do the same: Mental health and spirituality is, to say the least, complex. I spent decades sifting through and integrating it, and what I came up with – which I'm proud of and grateful for today- was a process that worked both for myself and the thousands of readers who are now finding their own inner badasses."
"In his new book, Spirituality for Badasses, J.Stewart Dixon has written an irreverent, exuberant, free-wheeling, stream-of-consciousness saga that chronicles the spiritual journey in ways that are unique, humorous, challenging and a hell of a lot of fun. Gone are the heavy-handed, esoteric pontifications so often included in books about "living like a spiritual warrior" and, instead, J. focuses more on de-mystifying this eternal quest by successfully normalizing its ordinariness. So, buckle up and be prepared for a wild ride that's readable, accessible and eminently relatable. Two enthusiastic thumbs up! Highly recommended!"
-Chuck Hillig, Licensed Psychotherapist, Spiritual Teacher& Author of Enlightenment for Beginners, The Way IT Is, Seeds for the Soul, Looking for God, and The Magic King
"Spirituality for Badasses is The Way of the Peaceful Warrior for the rebels among us who are tired of sickly-sweet approaches to spirituality and have a sincere need to laugh out loud on the regular. J. Stewart Dixon is a true original … He's your irreverent, potty-mouthed best friend and big brother, but don't let the humor fool you: the teachings offered here are profoundly liberating, important pointers to awakened awareness. Dixon teaches us all to en-LIGHTEN-UP with his special blend of hilarious, profound, crazy-ass wisdom."
-Erin Reese, M.S., Spiritual Counselor & Teacher & Author of Truth Seeker: A Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Liberation & The Adventures of Bindi Girl: Diving Deep Into the Heart of India
"Accessible. Compulsive. Irreverent. Fun. Practical- All the while lacking nothing in richness or depth. Take an adventure with J – a spiritual guide that comes off more Han Solo than Obi Wan Kenobi on the surface – as you journey along with the R-rated spiritual everyman with a lizard draped over his shoulders on a path that winds inside and out, through valleys and up mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, as you make your way toward becoming more your badass true aware self. This book is rich!"
-Zac Cannon, Pastor
Publisher: PIE Publishing / Awakening Resource Center, LLC;
Soft Cover: ISBN: 978-0-9858579-9-8; 329 pages; $15.99; E-Book, $5.99
Book Website: www.spiritualityforbadasses.com
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B08SMP9982
I get it. I really do.
You're a badass.
Cool, hip, down-to-earth, together, sane, practical, tough, smart, confident, fringe, alternative, creative, funny, athletic. However, you want to quantify your badass-ness.
You've been this way your whole life, or maybe it took a couple of decades for you to cultivate it, or maybe it just kicked in yesterday at 3:09 p.m. Who knows…and who cares, right?
Because something is missing.
It seems that being a badass just isn't – enough.
Let me make this easy for you. I'm also a badass…
…except that for most of my adult life I've been involved with spirituality. And maybe you can relate here – this badass has always had…um, a slight issue: He doesn't really love spirituality, being spiritual or hanging out in spiritual circles.
No thank you.
This badass…well, eh…he loves beer.
Amazon → www.amazon.com/dp/B08SMP9982
Spirituality for Badasses and 21 Days blossomed out J. Stewart's life as a spiritual seeker, finder and teacher. He teaches based on his direct experience, twenty-nine years of interaction with numerous nonduality-advaita-zen-unorthodox teachers, his ongoing education / certification in modern mindfulness and a degree in communications / engineering from Syracuse University.
He has been interviewed by Rick Archer on Buddha at the Gas Pump, was the meditation editor of the mind/body/spirit blog All Things Healing, was a board member of Sevenoaks Retreat Center (a nondenominational spiritual retreat center in Madison, VA) and is the owner/founder of a tech design -install firm called Charlottesville Audio Visual Services.
J. Stewart Dixon has been a very creative individual for most of his life. In addition to two self-published books, he has written and produced a rock musical, has two professionally produced and recorded CDs with his former band Alchemy and has dabbled in abstract art.
He lives in central Virginia with his family. When he's not working or creating he can be found cavorting with the fish, bears, and bald eagles on the local rivers with a fly rod in his hand.
Visit his website at http://www.spiritualityforbadasses.com or connect with him on Facebook.
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Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim is the oldest Jewish congregation in the state of Alabama and one of the oldest Reform Jewish congregations in the United States. Located in Mobile, the congregation was formally organized in 1844.  The current synagogue for the congregation is the Springhill Avenue Temple.

History
The first permanent Jewish presence in Mobile can be documented back to 1763.  Most of these early Jews were merchants and traders, having moved to Mobile after the French lost their North American possessions to Great Britain in the Treaty of Paris.  Jews were not allowed to officially reside in colonial French Louisiana due to the infamous Code Noir, a decree passed by France's King Louis XIV in 1685.  It is known that the code was rarely enforced in the colony, but there is no documentation of Jews residing in Mobile at that time.

The first prominent Jewish citizens of Mobile were George Davis, an Englishman from Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Dr. Solomon Mordecai from North Carolina; and Philip Phillips, an attorney from Charleston, South Carolina.  Phillips was later elected to the Alabama State Legislature and then to the United States Congress.  By the time of Phillips election to Congress in 1853, over fifty Jewish families were living in Mobile.  Although no records survive that document the spiritual activities of Mobile's earliest Jewish citizens, on June 22, 1841 Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim purchased plots in the city's Magnolia Cemetery.

Despite the earlier purchase of burial plots, the congregation did not become officially organized until January 25, 1844 when a constitution and bylaws were registered with the Mobile County Probate Court.  The constitution was signed by Israel Jones, president; David Solomon, vice-president; L.H. Goldsmith, treasurer; and D. Unger, B.L. Tim, and Roshon as trustees.  The congregation's full name in the document is listed as Sha'arai Shomayim U - Maskil El Dol or Gates of Heaven and Society of Friends of the Needy.  At the time of organization, the congregation had over fifty contributing members.  They then began planning the erection of a place of worship.

Early synagogues

During 1844 and 1845, Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim held services on Friday evenings and Shabbat morning in private homes.  On March 13, 1846, the congregation appointed its first rabbi, Benjamin da Silva.  On December 27, 1846, they dedicated their first temple, the Emanuel Street Synagogue, located between Government and Church Streets.  The first marriage ceremony was performed there on July 25, 1847.  In late 1848, Benjamin da Silva moved to New Orleans and Baruch M. Emanuel was appointed to lead the congregation. By 1850, the need for a new house of worship was apparent and the congregation purchased the old Musical Association Hall, a building that could accommodate 300 worshipers.

The congregation had outgrown the Musical Association Hall almost as soon as they moved into it. On March 11, 1853 they dedicated their Jackson Street Synagogue.  The building had been built as a Unitarian church in 1846.  Baruch Emanuel gave up leading the congregation in early 1853, before services had been held in the new building.  Julius Eckman was appointed as the new rabbi but quickly fell into disfavor.  He was succeeded by Dr. Isaac Schatz.  The congregation suffered a catastrophe on December 11, 1856 when the new synagogue burned down. A stove in the basement caught the wooden building on fire.  The congregation turned to selling subscriptions in order to rebuild on the same site.  Several non-Jews contributed to the rebuilding, among them Dr. Josiah C. Nott and N. St. John.  A month after the disaster the congregation published a thank you notice in the Mobile Daily Register to "our fellow citizens of Mobile" for their assistance after the fire.  By the end of March 1857 the members had collected $3,555 in donations and on June 2, 1857 the congregation broke ground for a new synagogue.  The new building would be stuccoed brick in the Greek Revival style with Ionic columns.

The Civil War years
With the coming of the American Civil War, Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim saw many of its members serving in the Confederate States Army.  Men known to have served include Moses Holberg, S. Pickard, Adolph Proskauer, Joseph Proskauer, S. Rosewald, M.H. Rochotsch, L. Siegel, J. Sonnentheil, S. Stein, Nathan Strauss, and Leopold Strauss.  Congregation members known to have died in the conflict include Joel Jones and Conrad Weill.  The congregation created a Hebrew Military Relief Association with a mission of aiding Confederate soldiers and their families.  Its initial assets were $1,416.

Cemetery
The congregation's old cemetery in a section of Magnolia Cemetery was full by the 1870s, making a new cemetery a necessity. The congregation purchased land for the new cemetery, now known as Sha'arai Shomayim Cemetery, from William and Caroline Leinkauf on March 17, 1876.  They adopted a number of resolutions for governing the new cemetery and placed the lot prices at $50 per lot.  The new site, near Magnolia Cemetery, was consecrated on December 3, 1876.  The cemetery was laid out by Samuel Brown, the congregation's vice president.  He had live oaks planted around the perimeter of the grounds, and in 1890 the ornamental cast-iron gate and fence was installed.  The first burial was that of Israel Jones, on December 28, 1876.  One of the most notable interments to ever take place in the cemetery was that of Esau Frohlichstein on May 14, 1914.  He was one of fourteen American soldiers killed in the U.S. siege of Veracruz during the Mexican Revolution.  Thousands of Mobilians took part in his burial service and his marker is inscribed with a letter that he wrote to his parents the night before the attack.  In part it reads, "Don't be afraid if I get killed.  For the old saying 'Rather die a hero than live a coward' will land at Vera Cruz in about four hours."

Later synagogues

Plans for a new and larger synagogue began to take shape in the first decade of the 20th century, with the cornerstone for the new temple laid on June 6, 1906 at the corner of Government and Warren Streets. Alabama Lieutenant Governor Russell McWhortor Cunningham was the featured speaker for the event.  A building fund of $25,400 had been accumulated, but the congregation president, Jacob Pollock, estimated that $5000 more was needed to complete a structure that would "honor the Jewish population of Mobile."  Construction continued and the new Government Street Temple was dedicated on June 21, 1907.  The dedication had been delayed by a week due to the organ not being completed.  Eight rabbis took part in the dedication processional: Maximilian Heller of New Orleans; Henry Ettleson of Fort Wayne, Indiana; Bernard Ehrenreich of Montgomery, Alabama; Jacob Schwarz of Pensacola, Florida; David Marx of Atlanta, Georgia; Max Raisin of Meridian, Mississippi; Morris Newfield of Birmingham, Alabama, and Alfred Geiger Moses.

The Government Street Temple served the congregation for many years, but after World War II the population of Mobile was shifting westward out of downtown and the congregation found the Government Street Temple difficult to keep in good repair.  After discovering that repairs would amount to more than $20,000, the building committee decided to sell the old building for not less than $100,000 and build a new structure.  On July 18, 1952, the committee announced that it was buying a lot on Springhill Avenue for $40,000 and hiring architect T. Cooper Van Antwerp to design a new synagogue, with a budget of $250,000.  A groundbreaking ceremony was held on February 21, 1954 for the new temple.  Then, on September 2, 1955, a dedication ceremony for Springhill Avenue Temple was held with Dr. Julius Mark, Senior Rabbi of Temple Emanu-El in New York City, delivering the dedication sermon.  Today the congregation has continued to grow to its present size of about 250 families.

References

External links
Spring Hill Avenue Temple, Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim

Jews and Judaism in Mobile, Alabama
Religious organizations established in 1844
Reform synagogues in Alabama
Buildings and structures in Mobile, Alabama
1844 establishments in Alabama

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Authored by Deepak Anupalli, Co-Founder and CTO, WaveMaker, Inc
The Global Digital Transformation Market is expected to grow from USD $469.8 Billion in 2020 to USD $1,009.8 Billion by 2025 while enterprises are responding to market demands by transitioning toward a new digital era – with haste.
There is much to be said about the velocity at which this transition is being made. This is particularly the case for organizations that have relied on traditional software platforms and methodologies for decades.
Take, for instance, large Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and solution providers. They typically create custom software solutions for their clients at scale, but delivering complete customized software using a traditional development team is simply not a scalable business model in these times.
In terms of cost, traditional development platforms and processes are burning a huge hole in the enterprise pocket. Typically, enterprise software costs are factored in on a short-term basis, but the bigger picture leaves much to be desired. The overall cost to maintain, update, re-platform, or rebuild software with traditional development teams on a long-term basis is astronomically higher. Add the cost of lingering technical debt, and enterprises that rely on traditional methods might have a problem that won't be going away anytime soon.
It's no wonder that enterprises are switching to Rapid Application Development platforms like low-code that can offer not only speed, but also customization, composability, and the ability to build customer experiences that differentiate them from competitors.
Low-Code for Mainstream Accelerated Development
Low-code is a modern approach to agile software development. A low-code platform enables professional developers to build products in a visually declarative manner, by abstracting commonly used functionalities as components. These components can be dragged and dropped onto an application canvas and then configured and customized per application. Such a methodology allows developers to tackle complexity with ease and build products, almost 3X times faster than traditional approaches. Components that represent an entire functionality bundled with UI, logic, and data can be stored in internal repositories that can be customized for any use case across the enterprise application landscape. This allows SMEs and business users to provide their expertise while building applications, and in turn, democratizes software development leading to better ideation and innovation.
Etching a Sustainable Development Path with Low-Code
While low-code platforms give an initial boost to rapidly build and deliver software to the market, can they also help enterprises build software with the right architecture, provide iron-clad security, and the best software to scale? Most importantly, can low-code approaches help businesses build software that is sustainable in the longer term?
The answers to these questions depend on the choice of platform and the enterprise's long-term strategy around the platform. Low-code adopted as a quick fix for an immediate problem cannot scale up as a long-term strategy.
On the other hand, the adoption of a low-code platform as the basis for an enterprise-wide, long-term strategy – with the right methodologies and best practices set around it – will enable growth, ensure sustainability, and allow businesses and their apps to scale.
The Low-Code Maturity Path
1. Faster Go-To-Market: The low-code advantage with composable components and integrations
The first advantage of adopting a low-code platform is, of course, speed and agility. Using a composable experience platform, existing development teams can pool their resources, integrate with best-of-breed APIs, and rapidly componentize them as LEGO-like blocks. These components can then be assembled together to quickly compose custom software that is highly integrable and customizable. Faster go-to-market is just the first milestone.
However, there is an initial ramp-up time for the learning curve, albeit a smaller one than with other approaches, and the gains are usually best observed when building multiple apps or when there is wider adoption of the platform across the organization.
Once existing development teams build familiarity with the low-code platforms and align with the technology stack offered, a core competency for the platform is created internally within the organization. This is a determinant for the success of the low-code strategy within the ecosystem.
2. Respond at the Speed of Need: Allow developers to customize and extend functionality quickly
After the go-live, it is important to look at the turnaround time at which changes can be rolled out using the same low-code platform. Business and development teams should be able to collaborate, review changes, and align on business objectives for successful change rollouts.
In a traditional development setup, software updates typically must go through the entire build, review, and QA process. Some of the changes could lead to regressions, which necessitates the need to have expert software development teams to govern them.
With low-code, changes can be confined to specific layers of an application, ( such as user interface, data model, and business logic), and only the functional aspects of the app are impacted, leaving the underlying software components, integrations, and their integrity intact.
3. React to Disruptive Market Forces: Compose and create new experiences
Changing market needs usually demand that software development teams be very agile to remain in sync with business changes. It is here where the true differentiator of low-code lies.
Only a few low-code platforms enable a composable way of defining and creating new experiences from existing components, cutting down the time it takes to make drastic changes or even a complete overhaul of the app experience. A composable low-code platform offers a powerful way to create components that can be reused by development teams to compose new applications and user journeys, allowing businesses to experiment with new product ideas and innovate.
4. Evolve with The Industry Trends: Adapt to industry trends with continuous product evolution
Every software product goes through its own evolutionary process and has to scale as the number of users grows and adoption kicks in for wider markets. It becomes very critical for the product to support a wide array of capabilities such as internationalization (e.g. i18n), support for accessibility, multi-cloud deployment, versioning for components, penetration testing, industry-specific compliance, and so on.
Mature low-code platforms have out-of-the-box support for these capabilities making the development process easier for development teams as the software evolves.
5. Scale and Sustain: Respond to technology disruptions quickly, upgrade, and sustain
It is estimated that engineers spend a whopping 30% of their time resolving issues arising due to technical debt when modernizing software. A changing technology landscape renders it very difficult for software to withstand the test of time. Technical debt will show its damaging effects unless the platform was built with resilience in mind and there is a process in place to handle the debt.
With new technology innovations, software should adapt and change course to thrive and sustain itself. Low-code platforms enable a layer of abstraction for development teams, allowing them to stay closer to their business solutions and do the heavy lifting of technology advancements underneath the platform strategy.
Migration of underlying JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS to Angular, stack upgrades for the backend such as Java 9 to Java 11, and so on are only possible if the right architecture is in place. Upgrades happen under the hood, and since low-code does all the laborious work behind the scenes, the transitions happen seamlessly.
Organizations that are contemplating adopting a low-code platform are making a wise choice. However, due diligence is required to zero in on the right platform. If the motive is to enable business users to develop simple apps for their internal use, any no-code platform can do the job.
However, if the low-code platform is for serious app development, then all stakeholders including IT teams, business users, CTOs, and CIOs need to create a strategic plan for its adoption in a collaborative manner. Organizational best practices of change management, upgrades, and rollouts need to be consolidated and built around low-code. Processes for each stage of app creation need to be set in place. The low-code platform of choice must offer flexibility and scalability unconditionally. It should ideally be able to ride the maturity curve as the use cases expand and as adoption spreads throughout the organization, allowing organizations to deliver, customize, compose, and upgrade at the speed of their need.
Originally published in DEVPRO JOURNAL
Authored by Vikram Srivats, Chief Commercial Officer, WaveMaker, Inc
After the grueling stress test of a global pandemic, corporations must now contend with the stresses of war and a weakening macroeconomic environment and yet transform to become modern, composable, and competitive enterprises. Technology executives at the center of this transformation are pursuing bold yet pragmatic strategies, including building and scaling new software-driven business capabilities quickly. For them, the holy grail seems to be democratizing software application development itself – with low-code/no-code (LCNC) approaches – to deliver at speed and at scale to the business.
Professional developers and enterprise architects get involved in governing LCNC development as enterprises become deliberate about policies, processes, and people to scale this movement responsibly. But pro-coders themselves are not yet active adopters of LCNC platforms – they range from interested observers (at best) to those that detest LCNC platforms (for valid reasons).
Based on industry estimates, around 35-40% of a pro coder's time is spent in setting up, creating guardrails, importing, and integrating with data sources, writing code from scratch, making code secure, testing and retesting applications, managing source control, and versioning, adding internationalization, making them accessible, optimizing for performance, and maintaining or upgrading applications. Another 30% of the time is spent on non-technical or operational activities. That leaves less than half of their productive time for thinking, innovating, and crafting complex and compelling apps and experiences.
Clearly, pro-coders experience pain. So, what should low-code platforms offer to entice pro-coders to adopt and, better yet, embrace them? Let's dig in.
Rule 1: Be Open. Provide Familiarity and Visibility
What if a low-code platform used an open standards-based, popular tech stack (React, Angular, and Bootstrap for UI; Spring for backend; Docker containers)? What if developers could actually see and read real (not model-generated or metadata-driven) code being generated? What if this code was written the way they code?
Pro coders are accustomed to seeing, reading, and understanding real code in a language or framework that is open and widely accepted. So, just give it to them.
Rule 2: Custom Everything
Developers need the ability to add fine-grained logic to their applications; that is, writing custom services or creating custom APIs in a code editor alongside the drag-and-drop canvas.
Low-code platforms should offer developers the ability to configure each out-of-the-box widget to a high degree to allow for creating visually captivating experiences.
Imagine if developers could go beyond a standard UI widget library and create their own custom components – building blocks of API-infused UI – and add them to their private library. Sometimes, developers may also need to import pre-built components (React or Angular or GraphQL components exported as standard Web Components) into their low-code development platform and reuse them.
Finally, developers may want to create their own application theme – a combination of fonts, layouts, colors, and styles – to create a differentiated yet consistent branded user experience across one or more applications or products.
Rule 3: Integrate Easily with Data Sources. Set Up Quickly.
Integration and extraction from data sources such as APIs (REST, SOAP, or WebSocket), databases (such as MySQL, Maria DB, PostgreSQL, Oracle DB, SQL Server, IBM DB2, Amazon Redshift, SAP Hana, HSQL, and Mongo DB) or streaming data sources (like Kafka embedded in the app) – must be supported and be effortless.
CRUD operations are usually hardcoded by the developer and take up a lot of time. If a low-code platform could automatically generate all the CRUD APIs once the data source is imported, it cuts down the development time immensely. Similarly, an editable abstraction of the database that replicates the schema of the DB can help developers manipulate the data from within the platform itself.
Once imported, developers should be able to bind their UI easily and quickly to the backend via passing variables. Data from a REST call should then be easily displayed as entities on a page without any workarounds or wordy importing and model definition. Likewise, with a Swagger import, descriptions should be able to handle reusing the same model in multiple endpoints or recursive models.
Rule 4: Apps Must Be Secure, Scalable, and Performant
For user authentication, developers may need to integrate with database, LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, and other authentication providers. SSO should be easily enabled with support for SAML federation and Central Authentication Server (CAS). For authorization, low-code platforms need to support coarse as well as fine-grained permissions that extend across pages, individual widgets on a page, and even individual APIs exposed by the application.
Developers look for protection against OWASP vulnerabilities (XSS, CSRF, brute force attacks, SQL injection) and support of encryption standards such as TLS 1.2+ during app hosting. Ideally, low-code platforms need to be certified by security leaders like Veracode who perform rigorous static and dynamic tests (iAST, SAST, DAST, and SCA).
Through session-less architecture, distributed caching, horizontal scaling through containers, and UI framework-specific performance features (for example, Angular 13 has lazy loading, Brotli compression, tree shaking, Ivy), developers using low-code platforms can build highly performant apps, minimizing chattiness and UI-to-backend roundtrips. As an example, instead of storing the state in a session, it can be backed by a distributed cache (such as Redis) to allow apps to scale horizontally.
Rule 5: Deploy Anywhere, Anyhow
Developers cannot be constrained to a vendor-specific app deployment infrastructure. They need the freedom and flexibility to host their apps anywhere – on any public, private, or hybrid Cloud, on K8s clusters, or on bare metal/on-premise infrastructure. Low-code platforms that offer a development model where the UI is decoupled from the backend, can allow UI and backend artifacts to be separately packaged and deployed (UI to CDN; as an example, backend to a standard Java server like Tomcat) using a standard archive or a Docker image.
Rule 6: Complex and Long-Lived Apps & Large-Scale Platforms
Developers hand-code some of the most complex apps and systems in use today. They need low-code platforms to step up to the plate and deliver equally complex apps that can be sustainable over the long term in terms of maintenance and enhancements.
For example, low-code platforms need to integrate with 3rd party BPM tools (Camunda, jBPM, Flowable, Activity) that help developers orchestrate detailed workflows/tasks and need to support a full 2-way data exchange with the BPM tool's runtime engine. Within low-code platforms, developers will expect to easily manipulate complex data (pick a certain number of arrays and use logic to combine them into a new set of arrays) and easily represent complex graphs without custom styling/CSS or tangling with data formats.
Developers may need to conditionally retrieve data using a parent-child relationship, be able to localize and internationalize applications, handle complex core code merges and upgrades with customized apps in deployment, deal with Swagger changes pushed to already imported Swagger files without rewiring all the variables, write and support complex business logic interleaved with visual development, support multiple app themes at runtime, support apps as deep links, set click targets to measure/launch intents or URLs, and so on.
Rule 7: No Vendor Lock-In, Restrictions, or Fine Print
Lock-in is a strict no for developers who value independence and freedom. That starts with access to generated code. Low-code platforms that do well in this space readily offer developers the ability to not only see and read generated code but also to export source code outside of the platform to an IDE of their choice.
Developers also don't like low-code platforms that force them to use their runtime environment to deploy their apps, effectively locking developers and their employers into the platform through the app's lifecycle. Lastly, from a licensing perspective, low-code platforms that restrict developers to a limited number of apps, app objects, or end users effectively throttle developers to a commercial model that becomes quickly expensive with usage and more apps.
Rule 8: Modern (Cloud-Native) Environments, Practices, and Standards
Developers using cloud-native low-code platforms benefit in terms of collaboration, ease of access, availability, flexibility, security, frequent and easy upgrades, horizontal scaling, and the overall unit economics of the model for their app development and deployment.
Developer-friendly low-code platforms generate code using modern design patterns (for example, a Java maven project) enabling developers to see, extend, and customize code across all layers of the application stack. They enable every user to have a workspace running as a container instance. When an app is built, a repo is automatically created for it in the low-code platform's source control/Git (and integrated with Prometheus/EFK for logs and metrics).
Finally, developers appreciate low-code platforms that embrace modern standards, say Android Material Design specification for visual design and building interaction across multiple devices using out-of-the-box widgets and themes. They value the ability to create functional, distributable, reusable, API-integrated, and independently testable experience components. Low-code platforms that offer twelve-factor standards assure developers that their apps are trustworthy.
Rule 9: Play Well with Design, Build, Test, and Release Processes and Toolsets
Developers using low-code platforms will want their apps to connect to, integrate with, or be embedded in other hand-coded apps. Beyond iFrame support, low-code platforms that support embedding via a micro frontend approach (such as Single SPA) offer sophisticated functionality for developers to create seamless end-to-end experiences that cover high-code and low-code developed apps.
Professional application development teams tend to use design tools like Figma, Sketch, or UXPin; QA tools like Selenium, Protractor, or Karma for testing web apps; Appium for testing mobile apps; and performance testing tools and app profilers like AppDynamics or New Relic. DevOps teams have a plethora of tools for the build, test, integration, and deployment processes. Post-deployment, developers would like to monitor app performance events, and page tracking via Google Analytics or Adobe Analytics. Low-code platforms that endear themselves to developers will have to play well and integrate seamlessly with these toolsets and design, build, test, release, and monitoring processes.
Lastly, while low-code platforms may provide their own VCS (such as Gitlab), they need to offer easy integration with external repositories like GitHub or Bitbucket. Developers should be able to pull, view, and push changes and merge conflicts between source control systems. They will appreciate low-code platforms that support app versioning from code-level commits to component-level and application-level versioning for releases (including a major or minor version format), allowing multiple versions of the app to co-exist in different deployment environments such as test, stage, or pre-production.
Rule 10: Future-Proof Me, My Apps, and My Employer
A UI developer or backend developer using low-code platforms should be able to develop a complete application with, for example, a basic knowledge of SQL, JS/Java, and zero DevOps, and transform to full-stack developers. Using the Java world as an example, developers don't need knowledge of advanced JS framework, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap, Spring, ORM, REST, advanced SQL, native device programming, mobile integration, building and running Docker scripts, or manual integration with CI/CD pipelines.
For technology stack upgrades for apps built using a low-code platform, developers should be able to open apps in the target version of a low-code platform with the latest tech stack (as an example, Angular 14 for UI). The app upgrade should be automatic, and the transition seamless.
Developers and CTOs/CIOs alike are constantly worrying about creating technical debt for the future. Enterprise-friendly low-code platforms are built on an open-standards-based modern tech stack, shift the burden of tech upgrades to the platform, offer source code that is extensible outside of the platform using commonly available skillsets, and play well with a modern enterprise's toolsets, practice, and standards.
Originally published in Embedded Computing Design

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The mission of the Bernardsville Library Foundation, a volunteer organization, is to be a source of private funding to enable the outstanding Bernardsville Public Library to continue to operate at a level of excellence without regard to variations in public funding.
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The entire Board looks forward to a successful year.
Our 2017 Homes of Distinction fundraiser took place in the U.S. Equestrian Team Stable and Carriage Barn elegantly decorated by Jeffrey B. Haines of Butlers of Far Hills and Laura Clare Design. Located in Gladstone, the U.S.E.T. historic Hamilton Farm is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2017. Guests spent the afternoon socializing, shopping the silent auction and wine pull, and enjoying delicious appetizers provided by The Bernards Inn. Live jazz was performed by duo John Zweig and Rick Crane.
Click here to view the Keepsake Journal-Part 1.
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Our 2016 Homes of Distinction fundraiser was a huge success! More than 220 people attended a cocktail party reception and silent auction on Sunday, May 15, at Faircourt, an exquisite Bernardsville estate once owned by the first in-laws of philanthropist Brooke Astor. The Tuscan style 30,000 square-foot villa sits on 15 acres landscaped by the son of Frederick Law Olmstead. The home was featured in the November 2015 issue of Architectural Digest. For those who attended, payments in excess of $50 per person are tax-deductible. Click here to see the 2016 Faircourt Keepsake Journal.
The 2015 Homes of Distinction was held on Sunday, April 12, 2015 at Little Brook Farm. Special thanks to homeowners Monique and Gregg Seibert. More than 200 guests enjoyed a cocktail reception and special presentation on the history of the Farm by Barry Thomson.
The current owners, from left, Gregg and Monique Seibert, chat with prior owners, Dr. Edward Babbott and Cynthia Babbott, now of Basking Ridge.
Guests mingle on the side patio.
Foundation President Leslie Brown-Witt was pleased to present a $70,000 check to the Library in 2014 and an additional gift in the amount of $45,000 in August 2015. In 2016, the Foundation increased its gift to $100,000, but it is imperative we receive continuing support from town residents for the Library.
Funding provided by our Borough Council exceeds state-mandated requirement, but rising costs and lowered property values have left us with an uncomfortably tight budget. That's why the Foundation has been challenged to raise $100,000 to meet the Library's shortfall for 2015 and why the "most important place in our town" needs your help.
We're grateful that several generous citizens have agreed to help us reach this goal: Drs. Neill and Julia Johnson have offered $10,000 with a dollar-for-dollar challenge match for any size donation… and an additional anonymous donor has offered a second $15,000 matching grant for gifts of $1,000 or more.
Please send in your donation today – in whatever amount you can.
Long-term efforts are also underway to fund an endowment that will generate income for Library operations in the future. The goal is to fund the endowment to ensure a secure future for the Bernardsville Public Library. In addition, the Bernardsville Library Foundation welcomes bequests of any size in individual estate planning, pledges paid over time, and insurance beneficiary designations.
Please click here for information about making a gift to the Foundation. Your help is urgently needed to offset budget restrictions that could reduce library hours and services.


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Erinvale Estate Hotel & Spa (1666)
Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa
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Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan
Aswan, Egypt
A 19th-century Victorian Palace, the iconic Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan affords an authentic, magical experience on the banks of the river Nile. Discover sophisticated interiors by Sybille de Margerie in the historic Palace, a world of Moorish arches, exquisite refined dining, and luxurious accommodations in one of the 138 guestrooms and suites.
Sofitel Winter Palace Luxor
Luxor, Egypt
Built in 1886, Sofitel Winter Palace Luxor is a historic treasure perched on the Nile River amid luxuriant tropical gardens and ancient temples. Blending rich colonial design with the glory of Pharaonic times, this Luxor, Egypt hotel boasts sumptuous accommodations in 92 guestrooms and suites that have be the choice destination among luminaries and dignitaries for over a century.
Erinvale Estate Hotel & Spa
Somerset West, South Africa
This historic resort dates back to the mid-17th century, when it once constituted a portion of Willem Adriaan van der Stel's massive homestead. While the current structure that now constitutes the resort first appeared in 1817, it did not become known as the Erinvale Estate until Edward Strangman acquired the location some five decades later. Today, the Erinvale Estate Hotel & Spa is one of South Africa's most luxurious holiday destinations.
Raffles Hotel Le Royal
Considered an important part of Phnom Penh's history, Raffles Hotel Le Royal has stood for 90 years, its walls bearing witness to a revolution while honoring the past and embracing the city. Hotel Le Royal hosted royalty from day one, with His Majesty Sisowath Monivong, King of Cambodia, attending the opening ceremony in 1929.
The Murray Hong Kong
The Murray, Hong Kong, a Niccolo Hotel is located in the heart of Central, Hong Kong along legendary Cotton Tree Drive. The area is the business and retail heart of Hong Kong and is brimming with energy.
Fairmont Peace Hotel
Fusing ancient and modern into one flawless façade is the Fairmont Peace Hotel, a landmark hotel in Shanghai for over 80 years. Consisting of two buildings, the North Building and the South Building, the hotel is separated by Nanjing Road. The two buildings combined to become the Fairmont Peace Hotel in 1959 after standing as two separate entities for over 40 years.
The Strand Hotel
Acclaimed as a leading luxury hotel, the iconic Strand Hotel in Yangon has been a city landmark since it was founded in 1901. The beautiful Strand is a social epicentre of Yangon for locals and travelers. The 32-suite hotel is one of South East Asia's few grand colonial hotels.
Bagac, Philippines
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar is a 100-acre beach and mountainside heritage-inspired property. Home to almost forty original Spanish-Filipino colonial structures, the property showcases the vision of Jose Acuzar who collects, transplants, and restores built heritage.
Raffles Singapore
The Raffles Singapore rose from humble origins as a small seaside hotel that first operated in the late 1800s. When its owner died, the famed Sarkies Brothers acquired the building to develop a luxury hotel in Singapore.
The Great House Antigua
Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
Experience the best kept secret in the Caribbean: The Great House Antigua. This boutique hotel located within a 350-year-old stone house emulates elegance and excellence set within a tropical oasis.
Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, A Fairmont Managed Hotel
Hamilton, Bermuda
Known affectionately by locals as The Pink Palace, the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club is a treasured destination where history meets modern sensibility. This urban oasis was opened in January 1885 and has been a popular resort locale ever since.
Condado Vanderbilt Hotel
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
Since its inception in 1919, the historic Condado Vanderbilt Hotel has catered to sophisticated San Juan travelers who place one aspiration above all else – to pursue a lifestyle of five-star luxury and leisure within some of the world's most exclusive destinations. Discover Puerto Rico as it is meant to be experienced at the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel where exacting service, luxury accommodations, exquisite amenities, and fine dining are a hallmark of every stay.
Aranwa Sacred Valley
Urubamba, Peru
Built next to the majestic Vilcanota River, in the mystical landscape of the Incas on the route to Machu Picchu, Aranwa Sacred Valley is composed from a restored hacienda decorated in Colonial style inviting the magical balance of the ancient Inca culture and modern sumptuousness in the peaceful haven of the Huayllabamba district.
Le Regina Biarritz Hotel & Spa - MGallery by Sofitel
In the early 1900s, Fernand Journeau emerged as one of France's preeminent hoteliers. To capitalize upon his success, he decided to develop a hotel in the rustic, seaside municipality of Biarritz. Christening it Le Régina Biarritz, Journeau eagerly debuted his new establishment in the summer of 1907.
Le Grand Hôtel Cabourg - MGallery by Sofitel
Cabourg, France
Straddling the majestic Norman coastline is the Le Grand Hôtel Cabourg MGallery by Sofitel, a luxury hotel that has been entertaining guests for more than a century. First built during the 1860s, ambitious hoteliers reconstructed the Grand Hôtel in 1907 to serve the town's flourishing tourist population.
Hôtel Golf Château de Chailly
Chailly-sur-Armancon, France
Located between Paris and Lyon, Hôtel Golf Château de Chailly is a former 16th-century medieval residence. Classified as a historical monument, it has been completely restored to offer modern and elegant comfort in the traditional French style.
Grand Hotel des Sablettes Plage, Curio Collection by Hilton
La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
With its white façade echoing the azure blue of the sea, the Grand Hotel des Sablettes Plage, Curio Collection by Hilton, is a veritable balcony on the Mediterranean that offers a journey back into history. Built on the fortune of Marius Michel, Comte de Pierredon, Chevalier of the légion d'honneur, and Pacha of the Ottoman Empire, the Grand Hotel des Sablettes Plage played host to the prosperity of France's golden age, the Belle Époque, and survived two world wars.
Hotel Scribe Paris Opera By Sofitel
Experience Parisian luxury where history and lavish architecture blend with sleek contemporary design at the Scribe Paris Opéra by Sofitel. Book your stay at this luxury hotel at Historic Hotels Worldwide.
Hôtel Paris Bastille Boutet - MGallery by Sofitel
Hôtel Paris Bastille Boutet – MGallery by Sofitel derives its name from a historic Parisian company named Maison Boutet. The building was a factory for over 63 years, then transformed into a luxury boutique hotel. Since 2015, Sofitel has operated the site as part of its esteemed MGallery collection.
Hôtel Le Louis Versailles Château - MGallery by Sofitel
Hôtel Le Louis Versailles Château - MGallery by Sofitel sits on the site of a former equestrian arena used by the artillery, built by the War Ministry of Emperor Louis-Napoleon III in 1854. Though the site fell into disrepair, the impressive gateway from this period remains unchanged today and has been designated as an historic monument.
Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden
Built in the 18th century by the Saxon king, August the Strong, as a pledge of love to his mistress and faithfully restored in 1995, Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden is a beautiful combination of historic glory and contemporary elegance.
Kilkea Castle
Castledermot, Ireland
Just an hour's drive from Dublin lies Kilkea Castle, a member of Historic Hotels Worldwide.
Dromoland Castle Hotel
County Clare, Ireland
Ireland's most magical address, Dromoland Castle Hotel, has been welcoming guests since the 16th century. It is the ancestral home of the O'Briens of Dromoland, with a lineage that dates back over 1,000 years to one of the last High Kings of Ireland, Brian Boru. The castle was massively updated and renovated in the 1820s, with additions, carvings, and priceless art, and little having changed since then.
Great Southern Killarney
Great Southern Killarney is located in Killarney, Ireland, directly adjacent to Killarney Train Station. Killarney Bus station is a two-minute walk from the hotel, and Killarney National Park is just a five-minute walk away. Though its prime location is in the heart of the town center, the hotel is set amid six-acres of gardens to give it the private feel of a country estate.
Hilton Molino Stucky Venice
On the banks of Giudecca Island resides Hiltons Molino Stucky Venice hotel, an iconic building that has defined the Venetian landscape for more than a century. The pinnacle of industrialist Giovanny Stucky's commercial empire, the Molino Stucky originally functioned as one of Europe's largest mills from the 1880s until the 1950s.
Grand Hotel Tremezzo
Lake Como, Tremezzo, Italy
Immersed in the beauty of Lake Como offering a spectacular view of the glorious ancient town of Bellagio, and the surrounding Alps, the century old Grand Hotel Tremezzo is a treasured example of the finest authentic Italian-liberty Art Nouveau palaces. With period furnishings, intricate in detail, and unparalleled views, Grand Hotel Tremezzo envelopes the decadent ambiance throughout the walls and invites a sensation of harmony and tranquility.
San Clemente Palace Kempinski is set on a private island in the heart of the Venetian Lagoon. San Clemente Island played a key role in the history of the Republic of Venice, and for centuries it housed a monastery. The stunning San Clemente Church, built in the 12th century and among the oldest ones in Venice, reminds visitors of the monastic settlement.
Oscarsborg Castle
Oscarsborg, Norway
The Oscarsborg Castle sits on a small island south of Oslo in a structure originally used a fortress through the World Wars.
Hotel Ullensvang
Lofthus i Hardanger, Norway
Originally a "staging inn" with one straw bed over a shipping office, Hotel Ullensvang is rooted with deep Norwegian history and traditions. This property has been run by five generations of the Utne family after Hans Utne built the inn in 1846. A cabin in Lofthus near the inn was the inspiration and birthplace of the musical creations by the famous Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. Little by little, the hotel was expanded and restored to the luxury property that it stands today.
Solstrand Hotel & Bad
Os, Bergen, Norway
Originally an intimate escape for merchant princes to revitalize creative notions, Solstrand Hotel & Bad was built in 1896 by Christian Michelsen, who later became the first prime minister of Norway after gaining independence from Sweden in 1905. Today, Solstrand Hotel is run by the fourth-generation of the Schau-Larsen family and remains a holiday resort offering the its original wooden architecture affording the rich natural and cultural landscape that surrounds it.
Sofitel Grand Sopot
Sopot, Poland
Located on the Baltic Sea in the seaside resort city of Sopot, the Sofitel Grand Sopot hotel is an unforgettable retreat for guests visiting Poland. Completed in 1927, this Art Deco style resort has played host to many famous guests such as Omar Sharif, Charles de Gaulle, and Greta Garbo.
Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa
St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bordering the renowned 17th Road Hole of the Old Course, the Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa overlooks the famous links courses, the West Sands Beach, and the beautiful Scottish coastline. This prestigious AA Five Star-awarded resort has 144 guestrooms, including 35 suites, and is recognized as one of Europe's leading resorts.
Grand Hotel Kempinski High Tatras
Strbske Pleso, Slovakia
Grand Hotel Kempinski High Tatras is an oasis of luxury on the shores of a glacial mountain lake, overlooking the majestic panorama of the High Tatras. Its 98 luxurious guestrooms, conference spaces with state-of-the-art technology, and one of the finest and most beautiful spa facilities in Europe rank it among the world's most exclusive resorts.
Kempinski Palace Portorož
Portoroz, Slovenia
The Kempinski Palace Portorož boasts 164 superior and deluxe rooms, 17 exclusive suites, including a luxurious 230 square meters Presidential Suite and two rooftop Laguna Suites with open-air Jacuzzis. All guestrooms and suites are spacious, superbly furnished in modern or traditional design, with a park or a sea view.
Kempinski Grand Hotel des Bains St. Moritz
Enjoy dining at three gourmet restaurants, deep relaxation at Kempinski The Spa, restful nights in the 184 comfortable guestrooms and suites and 27 luxury residences, and hundreds of miles of pristine slopes on your doorstep at the Kempinski Grand Hotel des Bains St. Moritz.
Grand Hotel Zermatterhof
Discover the history and heritage of the Grand Hotel Zermatterhof. Nestled within the dynamic landscape of the Alps in a remote mountain village, this early 19th-century luxury hotel effortlessly blends old world charm with modern elegance. It's stunning setting and warm hospitality has attracted illustrious guests, from Audrey Hepburn to Walt Disney.
The Galata Istanbul Hotel - MGallery by Sofitel
Just in the heart of Istanbul's Beyoğlu neighborhood, on the European side of the city, sits The Galata Istanbul Hotel - MGallery by Sofitel. This historic hotel is situated directly between the Galata Tower and the Golden Horn, and guests will find it offers ideal access to the most celebrated areas of Istanbul.
Rosewood London
Nestled on London's charming High Holborn, Rosewood London is a historic Edwardian-Belle Epoque hotel built in 1914. Featuring 262 luxurious guestrooms and 44 opulent suites, 11 expansive meeting spaces, and the finest of dining options, this historic London hotel ensures a memorable stay.
Fairmont Chateau Laurier
As one of Canada's most recognizable landmarks, Fairmont Château Laurier offers an experience few can rival. Stationed in the center of Downtown Ottawa, this recently renovated hotel was built to resemble a Renaissance-era French Château.
Fairmont Banff Springs is the luxury stop in the heart of Banff National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built by the Canadian Pacific Railway to pursue a grand vision of opening up the Canadian west to tourists, Fairmont Banff Springs has had over 100 years of providing a sophisticated resort experience.
Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge
Jasper, Alberta, Canada
Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge began as a "Tent City," associated with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Embedded in the Canadian Rockies, the actual hotel was opened in June 1922 with eight log cabins, with the main building being billed as the largest single-story log structure in the world.
Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada
Just below the majestic Victoria Glacier sits the epic Fairmont Château Lake Louise. As part of Alberta's Banff National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Fairmont Château Lake Louise is globally recognized for its progressive environmental stewardship and responsibility.
Fairmont Empress
The Fairmont Empress is one of the oldest hotels in Victoria, British Columbia and is an iconic symbol of the city itself. Opened in 1908, this gorgeous hotel was designed by Francis Rattenbury and overlooks the Victoria Harbour.
Keltic Lodge Resort and Spa
Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada
Situated in serene Nova Scotia, Keltic Lodge Resort and Spa is the ideal getaway to experience Canada's finest outdoor offerings. Dating back to 1940, this beautiful resort boasts a variety of luxurious accommodations, fine dining experiences, and the best of indoor and outdoor activities.
Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu
Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada
Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu overlooks the picturesque St Lawrence River on top of Point-au-Pic, an area known for its hospitality and inspiring landscapes. It was built to accommodate growing tourism in the area due to the great salmon fishing that was discovered in the mid-1700s.
Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello
Montebello, Quebec, Canada
In Quebec, directly on the Ottawa River, sits the grand cedar structure of the Fairmont Le Château Montebello, a historic resort featuring buildings that date back to 1930. With over 10,000 red cedar logs used in the construction of the three main buildings, this resort contains the largest log cabin in the world.
Chablé Resort & Spa
Chocholá, Mexico
The 40-room Chablé Resort & Spa incorporates traditional Mayan architecture, warm woods, and modern touches to make it a true work of art. The original walls of the working hacienda serve as the framework for the guestrooms and offers delightful amenities such as a private outdoor pool, sunbeds, spacious terrace, and outdoor shower.
Hacienda Santa Rosa, A Luxury Collection Hotel
Santa Rosa, Mexico
Hacienda Santa Rosa, A Luxury Collection Hotel, is a former 17th century manorial house that was repurposed and adapted to serve as a luxury boutique hotel.
Hacienda Temozon, A Luxury Collection Hotel
Temozon Sur, Mexico
Hacienda Temozon, A Luxury Collection Hotel, was formerly a sisal hacienda of the 17th century and beautifully repurposed into a luxury 28-guestroom boutique hotel.
Hacienda Labor de Rivera
Teuchitlán, Mexico
Set on a 16th century Mexican estate, Hacienda Labor de Rivera is an elegant luxury boutique spa hotel. It is 4.8 km from the town of Teuchitlán and 7 km from the Zona Arqueológica Guachimontones. The whole region, including the nearby tequila distilleries, is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Hacienda San Jose, A Luxury Collection Hotel
Tixkokob, Mexico
Embedded within a centennial jungle, Hacienda San Jose, A Luxury Collection Hotel, is an original hacienda from the 18th century with expansive wild gardens and a swimming pool that floats over the jungle.
Hacienda La Magdalena
Zapopan, Mexico
Hacienda La Magdalena features eight guestrooms with bath and balcony, ten suites with Jacuzzis, and two presidential suites, each individually and elegantly decorated for serenity and a peaceful night's rest. Guests can bask under the sun by the pool or book a therapeutic spa treatment or massage. There is an on-site restaurant and bar, game room, business center, and event space for romantic weddings or playful celebrations.
Hacienda de los Santos
Alamos, Mexico
A family-operated boutique property, Hacienda de Los Santos welcomes guests in for limitless dining options, luxurious guest rooms, suites, and villas, and endless relaxation at the hotel's spa, and beyond within Alamos, Mexico.
Hacienda Xcanatún
Merida, Mexico
Hacienda Xcanatún is a luxurious boutique hotel, located in an authentic 18th century hacienda within Merida, Mexico, offering elegant accommodations, exquisite dining, and more for guests to enjoy.
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My new zig zag lights didn't quell my hankering for zig zags, I wanted some more to finish off our bedroom and found this set of two cushion covers from Etsy seller Say It With Pillows.
Along with these John Lewis value cushions in red and blue for £5 each, I now have enough zig zags and cushions in my life.
I like that the zig zags on the cushions and lights are a bit different and don't match exactly, do you?
Sorry for the lack of posts in the last month or so, we've had a few sad weeks and I wasn't hankering for anything that I could share with you here. But I've finally got my hanker back.
It feels like we've been decorating our bedroom for months, it started off as 1970s hideousness. Brown carpet, huge brown fitted wardrobes with smoked mirrored doors to make it even darker, gold spotlights, peach vertical hanging blinds, leaded windows that made you momentarily think you were in prison upon waking and an Artex ceiling. To make it more brown we had some beautiful but massive teak Lombok furniture that my husband brought with him when we moved in together.
We wanted rid of the brown and in its place a clean white room with navy and red accents. So once the ceiling had been skimmed, the double glazing replaced and the wardrobes removed we could think about the colour scheme. I had in mind chevrons or zig zags. (Don't know the difference between a chevron and a zig zag? Discover it here). But after looking in all my usual places and more I couldn't find any zig zag or chevron fabric in the UK that was just one colour on white, the few I found were a mish-mash of colours. It was while reading about Natasha's wedding fabric on Writer Reader Baker Bride that I discovered Spoonflower, unlike Natasha I didn't create my own fabric design but I did find the zig zags I was looking for.
In my excitement at ordering samples, I totally missed that Spoonflower are based in the US and it wasn't until a couple of weeks had passed that I looked back at the website and found out. So it did restrict how much I ordered as I wasn't sure if Her Majesty's boys at Revenue & Customs might whack a little extra on when it arrived in the UK. But when my three yards arrived less than two weeks later it came straight to my door.
The fabric was for lampshades, I wanted two small shades over the bed instead of bedside lamps and a big lampshade in the centre of the room. As I'd never tried making lampshades before I bought two small kits from Needcraft and thought I'd make them first to figure out how to do it and then bought the parts to make a big drum shade 70cm in diameter. They were surprisingly easy to make, if a little fiddly getting the fabric on straight. It reminded me of covering my school books with sticky-backed plastic as a kid.
Talking of school, I made the schoolgirl error of cutting the fabric for the small lampshades from the wrong edge of the fabric which meant I didn't quite have enough for the big one and had to fill it in with a patch, which caused a fair amount of swearing at the time, but you can hardly tell now it's up.
If you're wondering how to make a lampshade you can watch a video here.


Remote working is becoming increasingly popular for both financial and personal reasons. The ability to record, save, and share video files, even videos of online meetings, is one method which makes this new way of working possible. Say somebody couldn't make an important meeting because they are in a different time zone and the meeting took place during the middle of the night in their local time. They may not be able to join in with the meeting, but they can at least catch up with all the points made during the meeting so they aren't left behind.
Faster internet connections make video streaming meetings easier, but we still do occasionally find ourselves with a weak or non-existent connection. When live streaming isn't possible, you can still upload and save video files to your computer or device and watch them later. This is useful for somebody who is travelling to a remote location or is unsure if they will have a reliable connection in the near future. Again, it means that everybody can be caught up with what is going on in a company and nobody is left out of the loop.
Expensive and annoying television adverts aren't the only method of reaching consumers anymore. Video ads now appear everywhere on the internet. An article in The Guardian outright states that video will become the future of content marketing in just a few years' time. Ads aren't the only method to make use of video marketing. There are also seminars, v-logs, instructional videos, and numerous other methods to use video for marketing purposes. Even a small one person business can set up their own YouTube channel, make videos with their smartphone, and promote them for free on social media to reach new customers or clients. Marketing departments are coming up with new methods all the time to adjust for changes in technology and new trends. Even so, the Guardian article claims that only half of all companies are using video in their marketing plan and losing out on potentially millions of new consumers.
Many employees feel that they can't speak up at work or share their ideas with colleagues. According to an interview in Film Industry Network, video is a convenient method for employees to get their voice and ideas out there and showcase their skills. This could be by voicing their opinion in an online meeting, which is less pressure than an in-person meeting for some people, or e-mailing a video to colleagues which is much more likely to be seen than an e-mail. Video technology is giving a voice to more people than ever before and business is no exception.
You can probably still remember when you could only check your answerphone when you got home at the end of the day or your e-mails when you arrived in the office the next morning. Today, almost everybody carries a smartphone in their pocket and can be reached instantly. Many argue that there are downsides to this and it is true that nobody should feel like they have their phones surgically attached to themselves at all times. But in the case of an emergency or urgent deadline, it is much more reassuring to know that you can reach any of your colleagues whenever you need to, and that includes sharing video files which even just a few years ago would take a long time to download.
One of the most commonly cited benefits of video technology is the financial rewards. The ability to video chat and share files digitally cuts down on the need to travel for meetings, post documents, or make long international phone calls. The reduced travel costs make employees happier and more productive and the reduced costs to the business improve profit margins and free up the budget for more important things.
Video technology is changing the very face of the internet so IT departments should be emphasizing the importance of it to all other departments. Keeping up with current and future developments should allow your entire company to stay ahead of the curve and avoid any missed opportunities.


I'm currently trying to do a bulk import of approx 400 supernets, which will each contain two subnets.
From what i understand (from Michal H's last post at http://thwack.solarwinds.com/thread/49316) IPAM v3.0 has a structured import option that should allow me to do this. I cannot find any documentation on how to format a spreadsheet to import supernets.
I've tried doing an export of a supernet with nested supernets and subnets, and it appears to create a seperate CSV for each subnet it can find under that supernet. The children supernets themselves are pretty much ignored.
Right in the middle of doing this now and it's not problematic yet.
1. Go to your Settings:IPAM Settings: Import IP Addresses from a file and the first screen should provide you links to example spreadsheets - one with supernet and enclosed subnet.
3. Add your own data and possibly remove URL Custom and Custom columns or add your own custom ones then save.
5. Go back to the import window and browse to your file and choose this File includes: Groups/Supernets/Subnets.
7. I do find that this will leave empty imported subnet folders around that you need to delete - not sure the workaround other then not selecting the above.
Also, IPAM 3.0 can not export structured subnets - that's why it always create separate file for each subnet.
let us know if you were able to successfully import.
Okay i'll give it a go. Thanks guys.
Sorry to wake up an old thread, but this is still not working very well on V4.2.
The res_sample_structure.xls that downloads from the link on the import page appears to be the same as Michal's post above. But so does the res_sample_ipaddress.xls - the files have identical content. The original files under inetpub\solarwinds\orion\ipam\res are different, though.
Address/CIDR, Address, CIDR, Type (subnet), Display Name, MASK, Neighbor Scan Address, and a few other descriptive ones.
For the Address, I'm putting the same thing as what I put in Address/CIDR - without the /24. e.g. 10.1.1.0. The IPAM Evaluation Guide does not explain anything about what to put in the Address column for a subnet import.
I was expecting the import to create the subnets and pre-populate the ranges of IPs. But it does not.
If I go into an imported net, and manually click Add IP Range, and fill in the starting and ending addresses, then discovery works fine. But I have several hundred subnets to import. They are not all contiguous, and some are smaller than /24.
So I'm looking for how to make this less painful.
we want to make this process better and let users to choose if IP addresses should be generated after import (for all, some or small only (C) subnets).
I am having the same issue and have downloaded the workaround tool but have no idea how or where to install this.
You should install "Add IPs" tool on solarwinds IPAM installed machine.


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Hi? I'm embedded developer in Korea.
I will test window version.. Hope MAC version comes soon !
Does project can build qmake file?
Did u make apps using Qt creator?
I connected MySQL using mariaDB.
But Qt program cant open QMySQL driver.
I figure out libmysqlclient.so.18 is missing.
You have to check mysqlclient library .
Enter qt source code and enter sqldrivers.
Type yum install libmysqlclient* . It will be installed mariadb-libs packages.


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Monster Founder Dies At 74
By John Zappe November 28, 2008 August 7, 2015
Andrew J. McKelvey, the man who built Monster.com into a worldwide job search brand, died Thursday in New York City from pancreatic cancer.
In the 1990s, the 74-year-old billionaire fashioned what is today Monster Worldwide from a Yellow Pages advertising firm and two of the earliest online job boards, The Monster Board and Online Career Center. McKelvey got into the advertising business in 1967 when he founded Telephone Marketing Program, which would later lend its acronym to the fledgling advertising conglomerate, TMP Worldwide.
In the early years, the Yellow Pages advertising division was the financial engine for the business. But by 2003, in acknowledgment of the direction the company was headed, TMP Worldwide became Monster Worldwide. Three years later the division was sold off piecemeal with capital fund management firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson getting the North American portion.
By then McKelvey was on his way out as chairman and CEO of the company he founded. He resigned in late 2006 in the midst of an investigation by the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission into the backdating of stock options by the company. McKelvey later admitted to playing a role in authorizing the backdating and paid a cash settlement. Because of his already advanced cancer, prosecutors agreed to postpone further court action.
Less well known is McKelvey's philanthropy. The Associated Press says that since 2001, he has donated $25 million to the Andrew J. McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center at Emory University in Atlanta and has given $3 million to the Andrew J. McKelvey Lower School at the Hewitt School in New York.
His McKelvey Foundation has supported over 600 college students across the country, and he has provided funding for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and for the Andrew J. McKelvey Campus Center at his alma mater, Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa.
McKelvey is survived by his children, Geoffrey, Stuart, Christine, Amanda, as well as six grandchildren.
John Zappe
John Zappe is the editor of TLNT.com and a contributing editor of ERE.net. John was a newspaper reporter and editor until his geek gene lead him to launch his first website in 1994. He developed and managed online newspaper employment sites and sold advertising services to recruiters and employers. Before joining ERE Media in 2006, John was a senior consultant and analyst with Advanced Interactive Media and previously was Vice President of Digital Media for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group.
Besides writing for ERE, John consults with staffing firms and employment agencies, providing content and managing their social media programs. He also works with organizations and businesses to assist with audience development and marketing. In his spare time he can be found hiking in the California mountains or competing in canine agility and obedience competitions.
You can contact him here.
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Q: XMLHttpRequest not sending POST data I trying to send POST data to PHP file using XMLHttpRequest. The URL is right but PHP can't catch any of sent data and just back a null response.
I'm using pure javascript from client and PHP 7.1 on server
My PHP:
$data->msg = 'PHP is working';
$data->user = $_POST['user'];
$data->pass = $_POST['pass'];
echo json_encode($data);

My Javascript:
var data = { 'user': 'myUser', 'pass': 'myPass' };

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('POST', 'myurl', true);
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8");
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
    if (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200) {
        var res = JSON.parse(xhr.response);
        console.log(res);
    }
};
xhr.send(data);

// Expected output: {msg: "PHP is working", user: myUser, pass: myPass}

// But just recive: {msg: "PHP is working", user: null, pass: null}

I expect this response: {msg: "PHP is working", user: myUser, pass: myPass}
But just recive this: {msg: "PHP is working", user: null, pass: null}
As you can see PHP $_POST can't catch my sent post data and just back null. What's worng??

A: The problem is in your Content-Type. If you use application/json the PHP won't parse the post data into $_POST variable. You have to send them as form data to have PHP parse it.
See this question for more info Send POST data using XMLHttpRequest
Alternatively you can use file_get_contents("php://input") to get the raw body of HTTP request and parse the json with json_decode.
Example with file_get_contents and json_decode
PHP Code:
$in = file_get_contents('php://input');
$decoded = json_decode($in, true);
$data = new stdClass();
$data->msg = 'PHP is working';
$data->user = $decoded['user'];
$data->pass = $decoded['pass'];
echo json_encode($data);

JS Code:
var data = { 'user': 'myUser', 'pass': 'myPass' };

    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhr.open('POST', 'myUrl', true);
    xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8");
    xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
        if (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200) {
            var res = JSON.parse(xhr.response);
            console.log(res);
        }
    };

    xhr.send(JSON.stringify(data));
    return false;

Please notice that you need to JSON.stringify the data object before passing it as argument to send() method. Otherwise the data are not send correctly.

A: To receive json in php you need to read request body:
$request = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);

$data->msg = 'PHP is working';
$data->user = $request['user'];
$data->pass = $request['pass'];

echo json_encode($data);

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A charitable body
The Resource A charitable body
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Barnard, Robert
Murder -- Fiction
Endowments -- Fiction
Historic house museums -- Fiction
Manors -- England | Yorkshire -- Fiction
"Robert Barnard, the internationally acclaimed Diamond Dagger-winning crime writer, dissects family bonds at their best and worst in this stunning novel of suspense. What an honor--to become trustee of an English stately home museum. Yorkshire Detective Inspector Charlie Peace's wife, Felicity, is initially thrilled when she's asked to join the board that oversees Walbrook Manor, an eighteenth-century mansion that's now part of a charitable trust. She's in for some surprises. With its shabby salons and drafty hallways, Walbrook shows signs of the financial burden it caused its recent owners, members of the related Quarles and Fiennes families, known more for feuds than for affectionate familial ties. They are known also for shadowy intrigues, great and small, some of which may emerge now that Walbrook and its archives are open to the public. The revelations could be devastating and dangerous. Rupert Fiennes and Sir Stafford Quarles represent two lines of Walbrook's lords of the manor. Rupert seems relieved to have relinquished the estate to charitable hands, while Sir Stafford clings with perhaps unseemly pride to his position as chairman of the Walbrook Manor Trust Board. A tentative peace reigns, but when the wreck of a car and the remains of a body turn up in a nearby lake, it soon becomes clear that one of Walbrook's grimmest secrets may date to the years between the two world wars and may involve something much worse than mere malice. With police resources focused on more timely cases, Charlie and Felicity are left to discover that old sins are never forgotten, that "family" means more than a slot on the ancestral tree, and that sometimes there can be a good reason for murder. Suspenseful, witty, and, as always, superbly insightful, A Charitable Body shows acclaimed master of mystery Robert Barnard at his clever best"--
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Crown Office worker jailed for stealing more than £200,000 of evidence
Dec 1st 2020 7:07AM
A prosecution service worker who stole hundreds of thousands of pounds of cash and drugs from an evidence store has been jailed for more than three years.
Katherine Vaughan, 34, of Aberdeen, worked as a production keeper for the Crown Office in the city when she embezzled more than £90,000 in cash and stole £147,000 of drugs – including kilos of heroin and cocaine – over nine years.
Among other stolen evidence items found in her home in Great Northern Road were sanitary pads, a stun gun, cigarette ends, chewing gum, jewellery, clingwrap and a safe.
Katherine Vaughan has been sentenced to 3 years and 9 months imprisonment after the accused pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzlement carried out at premises in Aberdeen occupied by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service https://t.co/QaIT9WSQBV
— Judges Scotland (@JudgesScotland) December 1, 2020
The High Court in Edinburgh heard she used the money to buy expensive make-up and jewellery, as well as clothes, piercings and tattoos.
Jailing the first offender for three years and nine months, judge Lord Beckett told her stealing items of evidence that her job required her to keep safe was a "quite extraordinary breach of trust".
Vaughan knew her behaviour was wrong but it was a "compulsion", her lawyer Ximena Vengoechea told the court.
Ms Vengoechea said it stemmed from a troubled childhood, with Vaughan describing herself as a "problem child".
The court heard Vaughan made the first of several attempts to take her own life aged 12.
She struggled at school and was bullied after being diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome which caused hirsutism and weight gain.
Ms Vengoechea described Vaughan as a "woman that has been lonely, has developed a deep-seated sense of self-hatred and sense of worthlessness".
She added: "The reason for her behaviour, it's directly stemming from her sense of worthlessness."
The lawyer said Vaughan took money when she was feeling low to buy things to make her feel good.
The court heard Vaughan has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as depression and anxiety.
Lord Beckett told Vaughan he had taken into account a medical report indicating her mental health had some part in her offending.
He said: "You worked for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, whose functions include the prosecution of crime.
"In order to do that, it is entrusted by the police with evidence which has been seized during criminal investigations.
"The preservation of such evidence is necessary to prove cases in court and that is why it is kept secure.
"It was your job to keep it secure but over the course of almost nine years you embezzled the items referred to in the charge."
He added: "Whilst many of these things could have little or no use to you, you embezzled £91,832.82, of which £90,484.98 remains unaccounted for.
"Items taken – including a prohibited weapon, 1.7kg of diamorphine, commonly known as heroin, and 2.4kg of cocaine, which the police had taken off the streets and made secure – found themselves in the insecure location of your home.
"Whilst the court has heard that what you did has not actually impeded criminal prosecutions so far and it is possible that it may not do so, it plainly had that potential.
"This represents a quite extraordinary breach of trust."
Jailing her, he said: "Given the gravity of this crime, there is no suitable alternative to imprisonment.
"I consider it necessary to punish you and to seek to deter persons, as you were, in such a position of trust.
"As your case shows, such a crime was surprisingly easy for you to accomplish and went undetected for many years.
"The court must mark the gravity of this crime and condemn such conduct."
Vaughan pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to taking the items between January 1 2011 and September 27 2019.


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1) From Warrior I, open the arms so they are parallel to the floor. When the right leg is forward, bring the right arm in front of you and the left arm behind.
2) Open the left hip toward the back of your mat.
3) Keep the right knee bent and the right thigh parallel to the floor.
4) Draw the belly in slightly.
5) Find the shoulders directly over the hips.
6) Reach out through both finger tips.
7) The gaze is forward over the right hand.
8) Engage the triceps to support the arms, and the quadriceps to support the legs.
9) Repeat on the left side.
Make sure the right knee stays tracked over the middle toe of the right foot. Don't allow the knee to drift over to the left.
Hold the pose for ten breaths.