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- Microsoft public cloud services : setting up your business in the cloud / by Barton, Blain,author. ;
Get practical instructions and real-world advice for setting up public cloud services using Microsoft cloud technologies. This book is structured into lessons with links to demos and labs to give you hands-on experience setting up a work environment, building websites, customizing online marketing, building customized apps, and other essential tasks.- Subjects: Information technology; Management information systems.; Cloud computing.;
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- Scenes : people, places, and events that shaped the United States Senate / by Koed, Betty K.,author.(CARDINAL)314891; Berry, Sonceria Ann.; United States.Congress.Senate,issuing body.(CARDINAL)139237;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Origins, evolution, and traditions -- Senators famous and forgotten -- Senate of the Civil War era -- Landmark moments in Senate history -- Senate personalities -- The Senate and the Capitol.Origins, Evolution, and Traditions. The Great Compromise of 1787 ; The teacup and saucer story ; Election of senators ; The long journey to quorum ; The Oath of Office ; Jefferson's Manual ; A senatorial salary ; The Senate opens its doors ; The acting Vice President ; The first unanimous consent agreement ; The first holiday recess ; Annual reading of Washington's Farewell Address ; Creating a Committee on Appropriations ; Origins of the filibuster ; Grand masters of the filibuster ; Establishing a cloture rule ; Smoking banned in the Senate Chamber ; Evolution of modern leadership ; A Congressional codel ; Congress on the air ; The Senate gets a new gavel ; The enduring tradition of maiden speeches ; Give us a (summer) break! ; The Senate goes on TV -- Senators Famous and Forgotten. The famous Daniel Webster ; Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri: Old Bullion Benton ; Charles Sumner of Massachusetts: A leader for a new generation ; Henry Wilson of Massachusetts: The Cobbler of Natick ; Stephen Douglas of Illinois: The Little Giant ; Benjamin Wade of Ohio: A neglected radical ; Hiram Revels of Mississippi: The first African American senator ; Blanche Bruce of Mississippi: The man between ; William Allison of Iowa: The cautious boss ; James Blaine of Maine: The Magnetic Man ; Francis Warren of Wyoming: A political baron of the West ; Walter George of Georgia: The Sage of Finance ; George Norris of Nebraska: The almost famous senator ; William Borah of Idaho: The Great Opposer ; Carl Hayden of Arizona: The Senate's work horse ; Gladys Pyle of South Dakota: Pioneering for women in politics ; Dennis Chavez of New Mexico: El Senador ; Edward Costigan of Colorado: A one-term wonder ; Robert Wagner of New York: An intrepid fighter ; Robert Taft of Ohio: Mr. Republican ; Margaret Chase Smith: The lady from Maine ; Earle Clements of Kentucky: The quiet partisan ; Wayne Morse of Oregon: The loneliest man in the Senate ; Robert Kerr of Oklahoma: The uncrowned king of the Senate ; Barry Goldwater of Arizona: The voice of modern conservatism ; George Murphy of California: The man behind the Candy Desk ; Everett Dirksen of Illinois: The Senate's Golden Voice ; Edward Brooke of Massachusetts: The bridge builder --Senate of the Civil War Era. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 ; James Grimes and the consequences of the Kansas-Nebraska Act ; The caning of Charles Sumner ; Civil War begins for the Senate ; Crittenden's Compromise ; Jefferson Davis bids farewell ; The Senate's extraordinary recess ; Senators witness the First Battle of Bull Run ; The death and life of Edward Baker ; Henry Wilson and the Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 ; Clara Barton's benefactor ; The Trent Affair ; The Prayer of One Hundred Thousand ; Constructing a national symbol ; William Pitt Fessenden and wartime finance ; Senators and the Reconstruction Amendments -- Landmark Moments in Senate History. The Senate passes the Judiciary Act ; The uproar over Jay's Treaty ; The impeachment trial of Judge John Pickering ; Saving Senate records ; Webster's first Reply to Hayne ; Webster's Second Reply to Hayne ; Henry Clay's last compromise ; Recusants save President Andrew Johnson ; The Kate Brown story ; Charles Sumner crusades for a Civil Rights Act ; Alcorn's great insult ; The impeachment trial of William Belknap ; William Alden Smith investigates the Titanic disaster ; The Senate and the Suffragists ; Election sets stage for treaty defeat ; Rebecca Felton becomes the first woman senator ; Thomas Walsh investigates Teapot Dome ; Senate leaders compete ; Southern women set the stage ; The election of Hattie Caraway ; The First Hundred Days ; Joseph Robinson and the court packing plan ; Winston Churchill addresses Congress ; Alben Barkley resigns leadership post ; The Truman Committee investigates ; Arthur Vandenberg and a bipartisan foreign policy ; Senator Smith's Declaration of Conscience ; The suicide of Senator Lester Hunt ; Senator Watkins leads the charge for censure ; The first televised presidential debate ; African American staff challenge segregation ; Smith vs. Cormier, 1960 ; Bipartisan strategy brings success in 1964 ; Invoking cloture on the 1964 Civil Rights Act ; Senator Hayden votes no ; Dirksen's death prompts leadership race ; Female pages blaze a trail ; The Senate debates the Panama Canal Treaties --Senate Personalities. Humphrey Marshall defies his constituents ; Richard Johnson and the proposal to explore the hollow Earth ; Miss America visits the Senate ; Arthur Gorman and the Washington Senators ; Three brothers compete for one Senate seat ; Sing a song of shotgun ; Mark Twain takes on Congress ; The Sons of the Wild Jackass ; Baby Duvall milks the Senate ; Mark Hanna and the Presidential Election of 1896 ; Will Senate tradition be snubbed? ; Fighting Bob lives to fight another day ; Maud Younger's victory ; Senator socks constituent ; The story of Bishop Sims ; The Man in the Green Hat ; Senator Thomas brings spring to the Senate ; Cactus Jack presides ; The Kingfish puts on a show ; Barkley vs. Harrison ; Leader McNary builds a vigilant opposition ; Homesick Harry's impromptu visit ; Overwork makes the Senate surly ; J. Edgar Hoover moonlights on Senate staff ; Mach Buster Maggie, supersonic Senator from Maine ; Margaret Chase Smith, foreign correspondent ; Lyndon Johnson, master manipulator ; K7UGA BARRY ; The Ev and Charlie Show ; Mr. Marigold ; Battle of the Octogenarians ; The last Senate duel -- The Senate and the Capitol. Washington's tomb ; Behind the Capitol's littlest doors ; Freedom's journey ; Mystery of the Senate bathtubs ; Senator James McMillan and the National Mall ; The Senate Cottage ; Senate hideaways ; The Senate subway ; The Marble Room ; The Famous Five, then Seven, and now Nine ; The Taft Memorial Bell Tower ; The Senate's tradition of naming rooms and spaces."The history of the United States Senate is full of dramatic moments, famous senators, and nation-changing events, but it is also peppered with colorful characters and humorous incidents that have become part of the lore of an institution now more than 230 years old. This volume presents a collection of 150 scenes from Senate history. Varied in length and wide-ranging in topic, each scene represents a part of a much larger story"--- Subjects: United States. Congress. Senate; Legislators;
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