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Summer Jobs in Chicago for young people ages 19-24

I obtained the following information from the Bronzecomm Newsletter and just would like to pass it on.


The
City Colleges of Chicago in partnership with the Chicago Department of
Family
and Support Services will offer 450 summer jobs this
year for 19
to 24 year old low-income Chicago Residents


 

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RF Solutions for the Wireless Market

Prescient Wireless is an well established supplier of Radio Frequency (RF) products and design services commited to servicing the wireless market with state of the art RF products that are targeted to a specific need as well as providing platforms for generalized and customized use.

Two of their featured products include:
WiMAX Radio Development Platform
100 Watt Linear Power Amplifier for 2500-2700 MHz WiMAX and LTE Applications

WiMAX Radio Development Platform

The PW-1100 series WiMAX Radio Development Platform (RDP) is a fully capable, dual antenna, RF to baseband converter unit, featuring an OBSAI RP3-01 compliant fiber interface. The RDP's unique capabilities and rich feature set make it well suited to support a number of WiMAX initiatives:

Key Features

  • Product Development
  • Technology Evaluation
  • Channel Monitoring
  • System Evaluation / Field Trials
  • Test and Debug Applications


100 Watt Linear Power Amplifier for 2500-2700 MHz WiMAX and LTE Applications

The PW-1204 is a solid state linear power amplifier that is designed for wireless applications in the 2500 to 2700 MHz frequency range. Utilizing state of the art LDMOS technology it is well suited for WiMAX or LTE applications. The typical output power of the PW1204 is 100 Watts, at the 1 dB compression point, with a typical gain of 35 dB. The amplifier has been optimized for maximum linearity with either a WiMAX or LTE modulated carrier and can be used with an external Digital Pre-Distortion (DPD) system to achieve maximum output power and efficiency.    

Key Features

  • Rugged LDMOS Design
  • Optimized for use with DPD
  • Integral Output Isolator
  • Single Power Supply
  • Over Voltage Protection
  • Fault Indicators
  • Compact and Lightweight
  • Shielded Enclosure 





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Wake Forest - attend their MBA program for FREE

The following is from an email I recieved today:
From: Derrick S.
Boone, Ph.D.


I
wanted to let you know about a great opportunity here at Wake Forest where you
can get
a FREE education and get PAID while you're doing it..  Our Dean of
the Schools of
Business is the former CEO of PepsiCo and very committed to
diversity.  He's gone around
to his CEO friends, ...<< MORE >>

Remember the shoe bomber?

A friend sent this to me by email regarding the shoe bomber.  I had forgot all about this person.

Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his
shoe and tried to light it?



Did you know his trial is over?

Did you know he was sentenced?

Did you see/hear any ...<< MORE >>

Scholarship Information




Florida A & M University is providing an outstanding opportunity for Black women entering college in the fall of 2009. It is designed to address their absence in the field of computer technology.



Dr. Jason Black is the Principal Investigator of a recently awarded $552,000 NSF Grant entitled African-American Women in ...<< MORE >>

Early Voting For Chicago Starts Monday October 13!

Early voting for the 2008 General Election starts Oct. 13 for Chicago voters.  Early Voting will be offered
from Oct. 13-30, 2008, seven days a week.

Mon. - Sat.
9am til 5pm
Chicago voters will be able to use any of 51 sites:
one in each ward, plus the Chicago Election Board office at 69 W. Washington St.

Sun.
Early Voting will be offered only at the Election Board Office at
69 W. Washington St., Lower Level, and only from ...<< MORE >>

What I think about the $700 Billion bailout

After reading a few articles yesterday, I am not unhappy that the bailout bill was not voted in.  To me it looked like there was not help for the taxpayers and all the money would be going to the financial institutions.  How was the economy going to improve by giving money to the banks so that they will be able to lend us more money?  To me, that does not make sense.
If the $700 Billions is ...<< MORE >>

Attention Sony Vaio Owners!


Sony has issued a recall of certain VAIO TZ-series notebook computers


I found this information on the US consumer product safety commisions website: www.cpsc.gov


Details of the recall are below:


Units sold: About 73,000


Manufacturer: Sony Electronics Inc., of San Diego, Calif.


Hazard: Irregularly positioned wires near the computer’s hinge and/or a dislodged screw inside the hinge can cause a short circuit and overheating. This poses a burn hazard ...<< MORE >>

Free Software download!


There are not to many things free in the world, so when I find something for free, especially software, I try to take advantage of it. Even if I just download and use it once, I'll just save it because you never know when one of these software tools will come in handy.


Wink


Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software. Its main purpose is for creating tutorials on how ...<< MORE >>

City of Chicago IPRA

Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA)


I found out about the IPRA when I attended one of the Chicago Budget Hearings. When I go to my local Caps meeting for my beat, I often hear a lot of complaints from people about the service they receive from Chicago Police Officers. We are often told at the beat meetings that if we are not satisfied with the service we receive from an officer that we ...<< MORE >>