This book is based on a story I told my grandson Joshua. He loved all kinds of trucks but especially loved garbage trucks. I wanted to share this story with other children that love garbage trucks just as much as Joshua did.
A sacred promise, a covenant you make to yourself and to future generations. How to have authority over tomorrow by living with purpose and intention today. When you do so, you inevitably choose legacy living not only in times of unexpected calamity and loss. You choose it as a lifestyle. You inextricably knit legacy into the precious fabric of who you are.
Eugenio Violante wears two fedoras—one as the Don of La Cosa Nostra, the other as the owner of Wastefellas Garbage Co. His business operates in a community with a newfound sense of environmental values due to recent media backlash from local news anchor Michael Disco. One of Wastefellas’ troubled employees, Chuck McBinny, is the spotlight of the public’s newest outrage. As tensions escalate, a civil war ignites. Wastefellas Garbage Co and its mafia counterparts take on the townspeople, leaving casualties in their wake. The stubborn battle rages in the name of environmental righteousness. Vastly outnumbered, Wastefella’s Garbage Co makes its final stand against the town.
Luna had everything in her life planned out; dream job by 30, marry the perfect guy, and maybe have kids down the line. But then she loses Parker, the “perfect guy”, who dumped her in an airport. She meets Cody, a tattooed bartender who breaks down her walls, sees who she really is and not who she’s trying to be, she can’t help but let go of her plans. When Parker shows up as her new co-worker, with the perfect life she dreamt of within reach, she can’t help but consider her options almost losing Cody in the process. That is until an accidental pregnancy throws a grenade to her life. Will Luna lean into Cody and finally, learn how to deal with the unexpected? Following Unexpected Departure, & the life of Luna, Riley's best friend. Unexpected Days is book 2 of the Eternal Port Valley Series but each can be read as a standalone.
Surprise: Embrace the Unpredictable and Engineer the Unexpected is a fascinating look at how we can handle and harness surprise in our work, relationships, and everyday lives. Pop Quiz! Do you prefer when: A) Things go according to plan? B) When the unexpected happens? Most of us pick control and predictability. Yet research reveals a counterintuitive truth: surprise is the key that unlocks growth, innovation, and connection. It is also the secret ingredient in our best memories. Through colorful narratives and compelling scientific findings, authors Tania Luna and Dr. LeeAnn Renninger shine a light on the world's least understood and most intriguing emotion. They reveal how shifting our perception of surprise lets us thrive in the face of uncertainty. And they show us how surprise acts as a shortcut that turns a typical product into a meaningful experience, a good idea into a viral one, awkward small talk into engaging conversation, and daily life into an adventure.
Learn what a microservices architecture is, its advantages, and why you should consider using one when starting a new application. The book describes how taking a microservices approach from the start helps avoid the complexity and expense of moving to a service-oriented approach after applications reach a critical code base size or traffic load. Microservices from Day One discusses many of the decisions you face when adopting a service-oriented approach and defines a set of rules to follow for easily adopting microservices. The book provides simple guidelines and tips for dividing a problem domain into services. It also describes best practices for documenting and generating APIs and client libraries, testing applications with service dependencies, optimizing services for client performance, and much more. Throughout the book, you will follow the development of a sample project to see how to apply the best practices described. What You Will Learn: Apply guidelines and best practices for developing projects that use microservices Define a practical microservices architecture at the beginning of a project that allows for fast development Define and build APIs based on real-world best practices Build services that easily scale by using tools available in most programming languages Test applications in a distributed environment Who This Book is For: Software engineers and web developers who have heard about microservices, and want to either move the project/applications they work on to a service-oriented environment, or want to start a new project knowing that building services helps with ease of scaling and maintainability. The book is a reference for developers who have a desire to build software in smaller, more focused and manageable chunks, but do not know how to get started.
"Food and Morals" by J. F. Clymer explores the intricate relationship between dietary choices and ethical considerations. This thought-provoking work delves into the moral implications of food consumption, addressing issues related to dietary habits, nutrition, and the broader ethical framework that informs our choices. Clymer's exploration of this complex topic encourages readers to reflect on the ethical dimensions of what we eat and how our food choices impact society and the environment.