The 2008 Smart Bet Charity Poker Tournament will be held at the Chicago Cultural Center's beautiful Preston Bradley Hall under the largest tiffany dome in the world on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 6:30 PM. The tournament features an open bar, great food all evening and a staff of professional

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Please join us for the 2008 Supernova Bash on October 2nd at 6pm. Visit http://www.supernovabash.org for more information and to buy tickets.

For Michelle Anderson, performing well in her technology career isn’t just about crossing tasks off her list. It’s about changing perceptions. The 28-year-old single mother from Chicago is currently an end-user computing analyst for Northern Trust. According to Michelle, it’s a satisfying, lucrative career she never thought she could have growing up.

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We are looking for:

20 individuals who are looking to be apart of something much bigger than themselves!

In a nutshell, we provide a 4 month training---it's almost like, The Apprentice, The RealWorld, and School all rolled up into one!!

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Launch Into 2008! First Look: Top to Bottom of What's Nu in MS '08 Technology! Come join Microsoft, Neudesic, Insight and IMG for a day OUT of the office, learning about the newest Microsoft technologies and implementation strategies.

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Black Family Technology Week
Celebrating A Decade of Discovery
Baltimore, Md. -- The National Black Family Technology Awareness Campaign, will celebrate the tenth annual Black Family Technology Awareness Week (BFTAW), February 10th - 16th, 2008. BFTAW is a national public awareness campaign designed to encourage more African Americans to incorporate technology into their daily lives. Partners and corporate supporters for this year's campaign include the IBM Corporation, EMC, the US Navy, the Lockheed Martin Corporation, the National Black Data Processing Associates and NACME (National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering).

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Congratulations Shannon Coleman, 2008 recipient of the BDPA Member of the Year Award!

On Saturday, January 12th, i.c.stars celebrated the honoring of Shannon Coleman as she received an award from the BDPA.

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A local Chicago favorite, former news anchor, and Chicago Sun-Times writer, Carol Marin visited i.c.stars to do a bit of catching up with a couple of her mentees, Jerry Johnson and Thomas Chatman-current interns with i.c.stars.

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i.c.stars had a full house on Thursday November 29th, as we celebrated Growth and Community!

There was no gamble when SmartBet handed over a check for $20,000 from a charity event this past Summer.

It was an electric night when over 300 technology and community partners of i.c.stars came together to party!

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Please Join i.c.stars for our Expansion Tech Bash as we celebrate moving into a New Space at 212 W. Superior!

You can register at Here!

There will be 3 floors of food, networking, and celebration of learning, growth, and...
Growing Up Geek

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