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Thriving as a minority-owned business in corporate America : building a pathway to success for minority entrepreneurs / by Cunningham, William Michael,Author(DLC)n 2005035944;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The dramatic increase in minority- and female-owned companies continues to transform the business world while setting standards for those who follow. Thriving as a Minority-Owned Business in Corporate America offers you a comprehensive guide to current practical knowledge of minority business development, from grants and loans to market building. This book demonstrates how you can use specific laws, institutions, and new technologies to set up and steer your business to success. Expert coverage includes both established and underused resources at the federal, state, and local levels dedicated to minority business expansion. You will learn how to tap resources made available by government agencies like the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and programs such as the Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI). Non-governmental funding sources (e.g., banks, credit unions, venture capital) are also examined in depth, with sound advice on approaching each. The author explores the critical role of social media in leveling the playing field, spotlighting minority/female business-related sites and strategies for leveraging your online presence. And he provides real-world guidance on business certifications, tax breaks, credit issues, and more. Whether you're in start-up or expansion mode, after reading this book, you will have the know-how needed to seize the opportunity and succeed with your enterprise. What You Will Learn *Discover unused and unrecognized resources at the federal, state, and local level set up specifically for minority business *See the difference between banks, thrifts, credit unions, angel investors, and venture capital, and how to approach each *Use social media in support of minority business development goals *Examine social media sites and trends: current and relevant minority business related social media sites and trends Who This Book is For Anyone: Asian, Hispanic, women, Black or White who wants authentic, impactful information on creating or supporting minority-owned businesses.
Subjects: Minority business enterprises; Entrepreneurship; Minorities;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The new India : the unmaking of the world's largest democracy / by Bhatia, Rahul(Journalist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-424) and index."Since Narendra Modi's election in May 2014, India has become more dysfunctional and dangerous than ever. The "world's largest democracy" has seen a cascade of events ushered in by a nationalistic and religious government that have threatened the freedoms and identities of its citizens. If you support Modi, you are a bhakt, among the devoted. If you do not, you are an urban naxal, an unpatriotic traitor, and enemy of the Hindu faith. There is, increasingly, no room in between. In The New India, journalist Rahul Bhatia investigates this slow burn of democracy in India, connecting past and present to offer the first thorough account of how the country is sliding towards autocracy. He describes the religious, societal, and technological changes that have brought India to a point at which a nationalist mindset that despises democracy and human rights is spreading fast, all in an effort to bind the multiethnic, multilingual, and multicultural country into a single identity. Through a character-driven narrative informed by on the ground reporting, he investigates the disinformation machine at the heart of the Modi government, the corrupt lawmakers whose work targets religious minorities, the police force bent on raiding every public newsroom, and the CEO behind the largest data collecting agency in the world whose invention has forever altered Indian elections. At the same time, Bhatia shows us the consequences of these efforts on everyday citizens--from Muslims attempting to hold on to their property to students protesting the government's overreach of their education to journalists being threatened for uttering a single word against the BJP party. What emerges is a timely, urgent and at times shocking portrait of a country that has turned on itself"--
Subjects: Modī, Narendra, 1950-; Democracy; Hindutva; Muslims; Secret societies; Ideology;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The U.S. Senate : fundamentals of American government / by Daschle, Thomas,author.(CARDINAL)512443; Robbins, Charles(Charles Thaddeus),author.(CARDINAL)606912;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Foundations. A chain of history ; Making history every day ; Political parties ; Bipartisanship -- The Senate's structure and basic procedures. The symbol of American democracy ; "The Hill" ; The People's House and the Upper House ; Different strokes ; Checks and balances ; Speaking ; The VP : President of the Senate ; The workers and the workload ; Senate staff ; Constituent service ; Senate leadership ; Loading frogs into a wheelbarrow ; The majority and the minority ; Committees ; Committee chairs ; Senate rules ; Quorums -- Moving legislation. Introducing legislation ; Holds and filibusters ; Moving legislation ; The politics of inclusion ; Leading and representing ; Building coalitions ; Lobbyists ; The committee process ; Floor action ; Amendments ; The yeas and nays ; "The third house of Congress" ; Vetoes and overrides -- Budgets, investigations, special Senate functions. The Federal budget process ; Authorizing and appropriating ; Legislative oversight and investigations -- Nominations : advice and consent ; Impeachment ; Declaring war ; Treaties -- Life in the Senate. Business on a handshake ; Press and pressures ; Climbing-- and falling from-- the ladder ; Technology ; Women in the Senate ; Diversity ; Security -- The Senate today, and tomorrow. Compromise ; Escalating partisanship ; The Senate's slide ; The price of partisan gridlock ; The future."The U.S. Senate is the second book in the Fundamentals of American Government civics series, expoloring the innerworkings of this important part of the legislative branch. As with Selecting a President, this book is written for all audiences, but voiced toward high school seniors and college freshmen--or any citizen interested in a concise yet authoritative exploration of this representative entity. Written by former Senator Tom Daschle, and co-written by acclaimed journalist Charles Robbins, this compelling and digestible book careful examines and explains exactly how the Senate operates. From its electoral process to voting procedure, from historic beginnings to modern day issues--there is no area of this governmental body left un-revealed. Told with an insider's perspective there is no more defining or easily accessible compendium detailing the U.S. Senate"--
Subjects: United States. Congress. Senate.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Current medical diagnosis & treatment 2021 / by Papadakis, Maxine A.,editor.(CARDINAL)547333; McPhee, Stephen J.,editor.(CARDINAL)395352; Rabow, Michael W.,editor.(CARDINAL)605380;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1. Disease prevention & health promotion -- Chapter 2. Common symptoms -- Chapter 3. Preoperative evaluation & perioperative management -- Chapter 4. Geriatric disorders -- Chapter 5. Palliative care & pain management -- Chapter 6. Dermatologic disorders -- Chapter 7. Disorders of the eyes & lids -- Chapter 8. Ear, nose, & throat disorders -- Chapter 9. Pulmonary disorders -- Chapter 10. Heart disease -- Chapter 11. Systemic hypertension -- Chapter 12. Blood vessel & lymphatic disorders -- Chapter 13. Blood disorders -- Chapter 14. Disorders of hemostasis, thrombosis, & antithrombotic therapy -- Chapter 15. Gastrointestinal disorders -- Chapter 16. Liver, biliary tract & pancreas disorders -- Chapter 17. Breast disorders -- Chapter 18. Gynecologic disorders -- Chapter 19. Obstetrics & obstetric disorders -- Chapter 20. Rheumatologic, immunologic, & allergic disorders -- Chapter 21. Electrolyte & acid-base disorders -- Chapter 22. Kidney disease -- Chapter 23. Urologic disorders -- Chapter 24. Nervous system disorders -- Chapter 25. Psychiatric disorders -- Chapter 26. Endocrine disorders -- Chapter 27. Diabetes mellitus & hypoglycemia -- Chapter 28. Lipid disorders -- Chapter 29. Nutritional disorders -- Chapter 30. Common problems in infectious diseases & antimicrobial therapy -- Chapter 31. HIV infection and AIDS -- Chapter 32. Viral & rickettsial infections -- Chapter 33. Bacterial & chlamydial infections -- Chapter 34. Spirochetal infections -- Chapter 35. Protozoal & helminthic infections -- Chapter 36. Mycotic infections -- Chapter 37. Disorders related to environmental emergencies -- Chapter 38. Poisoning -- Chapter 39. Cancer -- Chapter 40. Genetic & genomic disorders -- Chapter 41. Sports medicine & outpatient orthopedics -- Chapter 42. Sexual & gender minority health -- Chapter e1. Anti-infective chemotherapeutic & antibiotic agents -- Chapter e2. Diagnostic testing & medical decision making -- Chapter e3. Information technology in patient care -- Chapter e4. Integrative medicine -- Chapter e5. Podiatric disorders -- Chapter e6. Women's health issues -- Chapter e7. Appendix: Therapeutic drug monitoring & laboratory reference intervals, & pharmacogenetic testing.Written by clinicians renowned in their respective fields, this trusted text offers the most current insights into epidemiology, symptoms, signs, and treatment for more than 1,000 diseases and disorders. For each topic, you'll find concise, evidence-based answers to questions about hospital and ambulatory medicine. This streamlined clinical companion is the fastest and easiest way to keep abreast of the latest diagnostic advances, prevention strategies, and cost-effective treatments."--back cover.
Subjects: Diagnosis.; Therapeutics.; Medicine;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The avian hourglass: a novel / by Drager, Lindsey,author.(CARDINAL)409789;
"The birds have disappeared. The stars are no longer visible. The Crisis is growing worse. In a town as isolated as a snowglobe, a woman who dreams of becoming a radio astronomer struggles to raise the triplets she gave birth to as a gestational surrogate, whose parents were killed in a car accident. Surrounded by characters who wear wings, memorize etymologies, and build gigantic bird nests, and bound to this town in which young adults must decide between two binary worldviews--either YES or NO--the woman is haunted by the old fable of the Girl in Glass Vessel, a cautionary tale about prying back the façade of one's world. When events begin to unfold that suggest a local legend about the town being the whole of the universe might be true, the woman finds her understanding of her own life-and her reality-slipping through her fingers. A reflection on mental health, the climate emergency, political polarization, and the growing reliance on technology, The Avian Hourglass asks readers to reframe how they conceive of a series of concentric understandings of home: the globe, one's country, one's town, one's family, and one's own body." --
Subjects: Climate fiction.; Climatic changes; Families; Mental health; Sexual minorities; LGBTQ+ people.; Sexual minorities.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Y'all means all : the emerging voices queering Appalachia / by McNeill, Zane,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / Z. Zane McNeil -- Finding self and discovering queer in Appalachia -- Trans Appalachian: An interdisciplinary exploration / Beck Banks -- Queer in the holler: Appalachian image-making / Julie Rae Powers -- Different creatures / E.K. Hoffman -- For black Appalachians, southerners, and rural folks / M.AMA -- All them that don't call me they / Sair Goetz -- How I got my name -- Tennessee Jones -- Queer hills, hollers, and mountain people -- Your own country: Finding queer history in Johnson city, Tennessee / Samantha Allen -- Home grown: Critical queer activism in Appalachia and the south / Heather Brydie Harris -- Rainbow aging: Negotiating queer identities among aging central Appalachians / M. Aaron Guest -- An Appalachian crip/queer environmental engagement / Rebecca-Eli Long -- Performing the queer corpo-rural in plant time / Kendall Loyer -- Tree sit blockades and queer liberation / Chessie Oak -- Creating the queer-Appalachian archive -- Myths and electricity: The queer Appalachia project and unconventional queer archives / Maxwell Cloe -- Lessons for the long term: One story of the queer Appalachia platform / Rachel Casiano Hernandez -- The "Wyrd" and wonderful queerness of Appalachian oral history in theory and practice / Matthew R. Sparks -- The man, the moth, the legend: The role and function of folklore in queer-Appalachian social media communities / Brent Watts -- Crafting queer histories of technology / Hannah Conway."Y'all Means All is a celebration of the weird and wonderful aspects of a troubled region in all of their manifest glory! The seventeen writers in this collection eschew the contemporary trend of 'reactive' writing in the genre of Appalachian studies to provide examples of how modern Appalachians are defining themselves on their own terms with resiliency, ingenuity, and spirit. Multidisciplinary and multigenre, they incorporate critical race theory and queer theory to challenge the labels, stereotypes, and marginalization that queer folks in Appalachia have faced historically from within and outside the region." -- Back cover.
Subjects: Sexual minorities; Appalachians (People); Appalachians (People); Appalachians (People); LGBTQ+ people.; Sexual minorities.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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Current medical diagnosis & treatment 2025 / by Papadakis, Maxine A.,editor.(CARDINAL)547333; Rabow, Michael W.,editor.(CARDINAL)605380; McQuaid, Kenneth R.,editor.; Gandhi, Monica,editor.(CARDINAL)883255;
Includes bibliographic references and index.Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2025 reflects the latest developments in medicine, guidelines, references, and more. It has authoritative, evidence-based coverage of more than 1,000 diseases and disorders along with a concise, yet thorough synopsis of diagnosis and treatment. Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2025 features: a comprehensive approach to patient care, focusing on the diagnostic tools relevant to daily practice; hundreds of drug treatment tables for quick access to indexed trade names; annual updates to topics in all chapters in a consistent format.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Diagnosis; Acute diseases; Therapeutics.; Diagnosis.; Diseases.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Sociology : a down-to-earth approach / by Henslin, James M(CARDINAL)723186;
Includes bibliographical references and indexpt. I. The sociological perspective -- 1. The sociological perspective -- The sociological perspective -- Sociology and the other sciences -- Origins of sociology -- Values in sociological research -- Verstehen and social facts -- Sexism in early sociology -- Sociology in North America -- Theoretical perspectives in sociology -- Trends shaping the future of sociology -- Summary and review -- 2. Culture -- What is culture? -- Practicing cultural relativism -- Components of symbolic culture -- Many cultural worlds : subcultures and countercultures -- Values in U.S. society -- Cultural universals -- Technology in the global village -- Summary and review -- 3. Socialization -- What is human nature? -- Socialization into the self and mind -- Learning personality, morality, and emotions -- Socialization into gender -- Agents of socialization -- Resocialization -- Socialization through the life course -- Are we prisoners of socialization? -- Summary and review -- 4. Social structure and social interaction -- Levels of sociological analysis -- The macrosociological perspective : social structure -- Social institutions -- The microsociological perspective : social interaction in everyday life -- The need for both macrosociology and microsociology -- Summary and review -- 5. How sociologists do research -- What is a valid sociological topic? -- Common sense and the need for sociological research -- A research model -- Research methods -- Gender in sociological research -- Ethics in sociological research -- How research and theory work together -- Summary and review --pt. II. Social groups and social control -- 6. Societies to social networks -- Societies and their transformation -- Groups within society -- Group dynamics -- Summary and review -- 7. Bureaucracy and formal organizations -- The rationalization of society -- Formal organizations and bureaucracies -- Voluntary associations -- Working for the corporation -- Humanizing the corporate culture -- U.S. and Japanese corporations -- Summary and review -- 8. Deviance and social control -- What is deviance? -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The functionalist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Reactions to deviance -- Summary and review --pt. III. Social inequality -- 9. Global stratification -- Systems of social stratification -- What determines social class? -- Why is social stratification universal? -- How do elites maintain stratification? -- Comparative social stratification -- Global stratification : three worlds -- How did the world's nations become stratified? -- Maintaining global stratification -- A concluding note -- Summary and review -- 10. Social class in the United States -- What is social class? -- Sociological models of social class -- Consequences of social class -- Social mobility -- Poverty -- Summary and review -- 11. Sex and gender -- Issues of sex and gender -- Gender inequality in global perspective -- How females became a minority group -- Gender inequality in the United States -- Gender inequality in health care -- Gender inequality in the workplace -- Gender and violence -- The changing face of politics -- Glimpsing the future, with hope -- Summary and review -- 12. Race and ethnicity -- Laying the sociological foundation -- Theories of prejudice -- Global patterns of intergroup relations -- Race and ethnic relations in the United States -- Looking toward the future -- Summary and review -- 13. The elderly -- Aging in global perspective -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The functionalist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Problems of dependency -- The sociology of death and dying -- Looking toward the future -- Summary and review --pt. IV. Social institutions -- 14. The economy -- The transformation of economic systems -- The transformation of the medium of exchange -- World economic systems -- The functionalist perspective on the globalization of capitalism -- The conflict perspective on the globalization of capitalism -- Work in U.S. society -- Facing the future : implications of global capitalism -- Summary and review -- 15. Politics -- Micropolitics and macropolitics -- Power, authority, and violence -- Types of government -- The U.S. political system -- Who rules the United States? -- War and terrorism : implementing political objectives -- A new world order? -- Summary and review -- 16. The family -- Marriage and family in global perspective -- Marriage and family in theoretical perspective -- The family life cycle -- Diversity in U.S. families -- Trends in U.S. families -- Divorce and remarriage -- Two sides of family life -- The future of marriage and family -- Summary and review -- 17. Education -- The development of modern education -- Education in global perspective -- The functionalist perspective : providing social benefits -- The conflict perspective : reproducing the social class structure -- The symbolic interactionist perspective : fulfilling teacher expectations -- Problems in U.S. education, and their solutions -- Summary and review -- 18. Religion -- What is religion? -- The functionalist perspective -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Religion and the spirit of capitalism -- The world's major religions -- Types of religious groups -- Religion in the United States -- The future of religion -- Summary and review -- 19. Medicine and health -- Sociology and the study of medicine and health -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The functionalist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Historical patterns of health -- Issues in health care -- Threats to health -- The search for alternatives -- Summary and review --pt. V. Social change -- 20. Population and urbanization -- Population in global perspective -- A planet with no space for enjoying life? -- Population growth -- Urbanization -- Models of urban growth -- City life : alienation and community -- Urban problems and social policy -- Summary and review -- 21. Collective behavior and social movements -- Collective behavior -- Early explanations : the transformation of the individual -- The contemporary view : the rationality of the crowd -- Forms of collective behavior -- Social movements -- Types and tactics of social movements -- Why people join social movements -- On the success and failure of social movements -- Summary and review -- 22. Social change and the environment -- How social change transforms social life -- Theories and processes of social change -- How technology changes society -- The growth machine versus the earth -- Summary and review -- Appendix -- Glossary
Subjects: Sociology;
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Real-resumes for students / by McKinney, Anne,1948-(CARDINAL)391040;
Instructs college students on presenting their work experiences, from part-time summer jobs to internships, in a professional manner designed to display strengths to future employers.
Subjects: Résumés (Employment); College students; College graduates;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Enslaved Native Americans and the making of colonial South Carolina / by Johnson, D. Andrew,author.(CARDINAL)855947;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Before Carolina -- The founding of an agro-slaving regime -- The maize and pease complex, native slaving, and the rise of rice -- Native enslavement expands alongside the maize and pease complex -- Native plantations, 1715-1740 -- Nanny and the sherds of history -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. The database of Enslaved People in colonial South Carolina -- app. B. GIS methods -- app. C. Probate inventory of Charlesworth Glover."In 1708, the governor of South Carolina responded to a request from London to describe the population of the colony. This response included an often-overlooked segment of the population: Native Americans, who made up one-fourth of all enslaved people in the colony. Yet it was not long before these descriptions of enslaved Native people all but disappeared from the archive. In Enslaved Native Americans and the Making of Colonial South Carolina, D. Andrew Johnson argues that Native people were crucial to the development of South Carolina's economy and culture. By meticulously scouring documentary sources and creating a database of over 15,000 mentions of enslaved people, Johnson uses a uniquely interdisciplinary approach to reconsider the history of South Carolina and center the enslaved Native people who were forced to live and work on its plantations. Johnson also employs spatial analysis and examines archaeological evidence to study Native slavery in a plantation context. Although much of their impact is absent from the historical record, Native people's influence persisted: in the specific technologies they brought to the plantations where they were enslaved; in the development of Creole culture; and in the wealth and power of the founders and early leaders of the colony. By focusing on the Native minority of the enslaved population, Johnson recasts the colonial history of America, uncovering the importance of enslaved Native people to the colonial project and the complex historical connections between race and slavery." --
Subjects: Enslaved Indians; Enslaved Indians; Slavery; Slavery; Indians of North America; Indians of North America;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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