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  WOMEN IN COMMUNITY SERVICE
WICS is a private, non-profit corporation sponsored by a coalition of five major national women's groups - American GI Forum Women, Church Women United, National Council of Catholic Women, National Council of Jewish Women, and National Council of Negro Women.
WICS volunteers and/or staff are located in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
WICS volunteers have provided assistance, counseling and guidance to half a million young people during and after their education and training in JOB CORPS.
www.volunteerinfo.org /wics.htm   (791 words)

  
 WICS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
HISTORY -     WICS was founded at the height of the Civil Rights Movement and in response to President John F. Kennedy's national call to action, urging women to join in the fight against domestic injustice and to act for social change.
WICS programs for women and youth provide pre- and post-employment training, life skills and job readiness, support and transitional services combined with personalized mentoring and case management.
WICS programs for women are designed to meet the needs of women from many walks of life, building their readiness for employment and their abilities to manage life and family beyond their jobs.
www.iowacommunityaction.com /What'sNew/WICS.htm   (802 words)

  
 AF2025 v1c2-4 | Worldwide Information Control System (WICS) | (Ch 4)
WICS will alert ground controllers when unusual events occur; for instance, when a satellite is nearing the end of its life and needs to be replaced.
Simultaneously, WICS would monitor the status of aircraft systems, automatically alerting ground facilities of the presence and nature of any trouble so a fix could be prepared in advance and implemented as soon as the aircraft lands.
In the case of manned aircraft, WICS will prevent information overload by selectively filtering and reducing data to give the pilot exactly what he or she needs in terms of targeting data, nearby threat updates, weather conditions, and so forth.
www.fas.org /spp/military/docops/usaf/2025/v1c2/v1c2-4.htm   (1652 words)

  
 WiCS: Women in Computer Science (Brown University)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Women in Computer Science (WICS) was formed by female undergraduate students at Brown in the late 1980s as an affinity group of Women in Science and Engineering (WISE).
The goal of WICS is to encourage women at all levels to pursue their interests in the field of Computer Science.
WICS is responsible for organizing social events for women in the department to meet and get to know each other.
www.cs.brown.edu /orgs/wics   (224 words)

  
 AF2025 v1c2-3 | Worldwide Information Control System (WICS) | (Ch 3)
WICS will use a constellation of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites, called LEO Harvesters, to gather and preprocess the data from a number of existing (in 2025) space- and ground-based data- collection sources.
A challenge for WICS will be to process the data from each individual system while keeping track of the separate applications and user requirements.
WICS could avoid the problem by employing a dedicated system, identical to the commercial system but owned and operated by the military.
www.fas.org /spp/military/docops/usaf/2025/v1c2/v1c2-3.htm   (3008 words)

  
 World Islamic Call Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the field of culture, cooperation between the WICS and ISESCO is embodied in tens of programs.
The WICS and ISESCO jointly provided financial support to more than 15 Islamic institutions to help them achieve their scientific, educational and cultural missions.
The WICS also cooperates with Islamic Fiqh Academy (IFC), the OIC's Fiqh arm, Istanbul Center for Arts and History, its civilization arm), in addition to cooperation with the General Secretariat in organizing a number of forums and conferences of joint interest.
www.islamonline.net /the-wics/English/society/Articles/01.shtml   (536 words)

  
 WICS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WICS, which brands itself as "ABC NewsChannel 20", is the ABC affiliate located in Springfield, Illinois.
WICS began operations on September 30, 1953 as an NBC affiliate, although it carried programming from all four networks of the era: NBC, CBS, ABC, and DuMont [2].
WICS 20 (Champaign / Springfield) - WTVO 17 (Rockford) - WHOI 19 (Peoria)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WICS   (428 words)

  
 World Islamic Call Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The WICS aims to preach Islam by presenting its coverage of all aspects of life.
It is love and mercy for all human kind, without enforcing anybody to adopt it against their will, according to Huraibah.
He added that those unions that bring together youth from different countries represent political leverage, increase their political powers, and their ability to participate in decision making in their countries.
www.islamonline.net /the-wics/English/society/Articles/06.shtml   (999 words)

  
 Stanford Women In Computer Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
WICS is an organization within the Stanford Computer Science Department whose purpose is to support and promote women in Computer Science by encouraging discussion and raising awareness of the issues they face.
The WICS mentoring program is aimed at providing a social network and environment of understanding and support for students facing the unique cultural issues associated with being a female in Computer Science today.
In addition, WICS organizes a lecture series featuring women in Computer Science telling the stories of their research and academic passions in the context of their lives as students, academics, and women in Computer Science.
www.stanford.edu /group/wics   (223 words)

  
 CSC News:WiCS Kicks Off Spring Semester with First Meeting
WiCS is a network of students, faculty, alumni, and industry working together to address the underrepresentation of women in the Computer Science field.
WiCS' mission is to "support, promote and retain women in computer science by providing opportunities for personal and professional development, social interaction, and outreach".
Mission in mind, WiCS' attending undergraduates, graduates, professors, and even Dr. Mladen Vouk, the Interim Head of Computer Science, discussed their plans for the upcoming semester.
www.csc.ncsu.edu /news/news_item.php?id=233   (327 words)

  
 AF2025 v1c2-1 | Worldwide Information Control System (WICS) | (Intro)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
WICS can overcome the deficiencies of today's system and can provide a revolutionary command and control capability for military operations in the possible futures of 2025.
WICS is designed to be flexible and responsive, adapting to 2025 technologies, and providing information products that are tailored to individual users.
This system, the Worldwide Information Control System (WICS), would provide a means for global data collection, intelligent processing, and instant global communications with enough flexibility for both peacetime and contingency operations.
www.au.af.mil /au/2025/volume1/chap02/v1c2-1.htm   (1965 words)

  
 WICS TV 20 - TV station in Springfield, Illinois USA covering Springfield general entertainment at Mondo Times
WICS TV 20 is a TV station in Springfield, Illinois, USA covering general entertainment.
WICS TV 20 is an affiliate of the NBC Television Network.
WICS TV 20 contact information is available to Mondo Times Advanced and Professional Members.
www.mondotimes.com /1/world/us/13/814/2092   (116 words)

  
 WICS@UO: Women in Computer Science
First WICS meeting for 2006-7 will be on October 12, 1:30-2:30 in room 260, Deschutes.
Please come with ideas for what you would like to see happen in WICS this year including but not limited to: mentoring, guest speakers, projects, career guidance events, tutoring, and outreach.
WICS provides a lecture series featuring women in Computer Science, tutoring for the introductory core courses, a mentor program providing a social network, a monthly lunch series to build on those social networks, and educational/career workshops.
www.cs.uoregon.edu /groups/wics   (227 words)

  
 Women in Conflict Studies (WICS)
WICS was born as a result of casual conversations among a small group of assistant professors.
WICS hopes to complement the variety of venues available for professional socialization, networking, and mentoring by providing another outlet aimed to encourage and support the participation of women in our field.
WICS operates two listservs, one for women in faculty positions and one for female graduate students.
www.ruf.rice.edu /~wics   (956 words)

  
 WICS Springfield
WICS was the second Central Illinois station with sign-on listed as October 30, 1953.
WICS was over the early years primarily an NBC affiliate, but 1954 editons of TV Guide also listed the station as an ABC affiliate.
It was also in 1967 WICS installed videotape equipment which enabled the station to record commericals for airplay.
www.dougquick.com /wicsspringfield2.html   (2546 words)

  
 Technical Report 98-001: EM Control Library API: The World Wide Laboratory
A WICS Server is written using the EMC Library (improved performance will likely be gained if it is written accessing the direct instrument control functions at layer 1 instead).
Currently the WICS Server is just an idea, it has not yet been implemented for any instrument.
By funneling all requests through the EM WICS Server the system is able to maintain consistent control over the instrument and manage duplication of requests in an intelligent manner.
www.itg.uiuc.edu /publications/techreports/98-001/world_wide_laboratory.htm   (689 words)

  
 Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The WICS Mentorship Awards are designed to encourage established scientists, both male and female, to develop the research and publication skills of female graduate and undergraduate students in cognitive science.
Three awards of up to $2,000 will be made each year to scientists who have demonstrated sustained, effective mentorship of female students and who have also served as a research advisor or supervisor to one or more female students during the academic year immediately preceding the nomination.
The WICS Travel Award Committee has chosen the four recipients of the 2004 award.
psych.rice.edu /wics/awards.html   (1151 words)

  
 WICS@SFU: Women in Computing Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Reasons for expulsion include illegal actions related to their activities as a member of WICS and actions deemed to be against the mandate of the club.
Introduces information about the way motions may be made and passed within a WICS meeting, as well, defines procedure code to be followed in case of dispute.
It will be standing policy for WICS meetings to be announced at least one week in advance by an email to the cmpt-women mailing list and at least two posters to be placed on the WICS board and in the CSSS common room.
www.sfu.ca /wics/AboutUs/MeetMin/May16-2005.html   (1778 words)

  
 WICS at FIU - School of Computing and Information Sciences
WICS at FIU - School of Computing and Information Sciences
Dear students, WICS, ACM, and UPE would like to invite your to our semester picnic in Crandon Park, Key Biscayne.
WICS offers FREE tutoring to WOMEN taking any Computer Science or Information Technology classes.
www.cis.fiu.edu /wics   (173 words)

  
 PCUW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
WICS is a student-run organization at the University of Pennsylvania that aims to support and promote women in computer science by raising awareness of issues they face and fostering communication and a sense of community among them.
WICS also aims to help and encourage women to pursue a college degree and a successful career in a Computer Science related field.
New members are welcome to get involved by suggesting events or helping us put an event together.
dolphin.upenn.edu /~pcuw/wics.shtml   (241 words)

  
 Cisco 1700/2600/3600/3700 Series 1-Port ADSL WICs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The single-port ADSL WICs, which fit into any of the WIC or VIC/WIC slots on the Cisco 1700/2600/3700 series modular access routers, provides high-speed digital data transmissions between the customer premises equipment (CPE) and a central office (CO).
The ADSL over POTS WIC with Dying Gasp Support (WIC-1ADSL-DG) is available on the 12.2(15)ZL for the 1700 Series.
The ADSL over ISDN WIC (WIC-1ADSL-I-DG) is available on the 12.2(13)ZH for the Cisco 1700 series and will be available on Cisco IOS 12.2(15)ZJ for the Cisco 2600XM, 2691 and 3700 series routers.
www.cisco.com /cpropart/salestools/cc/pd/rt/1700/prodlit/17ad_ds.htm   (1291 words)

  
 WICS @ NCSU | About
WICS is intended for students, faculty, alumni, and industry professionals interested in computing.
There are two WICS mailing lists: wics and wics-announce.
wics is a discussion list that is open for anyone to post to, while wics-announce is an announcement only list that only the president of WICS may post to.
students.engr.ncsu.edu /wics/about.html   (235 words)

  
 Technical Report 98-001: EM Control Library API: The World Wide Laboratory
The WICS Server manages security and device sharing among multiple clients accessing an instrument.
This WICS Server will be referred to as an EM Control Server.
One of our next tasks will be to replace this server with a WICS server.
itg.uiuc.edu /publications/techreports/98-001/world_wide_laboratory.htm   (689 words)

  
 Arizona Computer Science: Wics minutes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We discussed having the WICS club shirts be polo shirts with the WICS logo embroidered on the front left corner.
Please email Kelly if you would like to be a part of the meetings, with your ICQ UIN number, and when you would like to have the meetings.
WICS will be trying to get a virtual meeting room on the Old Pueblo Moon virtual space site.
www.cs.arizona.edu /wics/feb25.html   (364 words)

  
 WICS - Women in Information and Computer Sciences - 06/07 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
WICS is eager to see YOU at our events!
WICS is dedicated to helping YOU achieve success in Computer Science!
Thank you to everyone who have helped with our mission: to help and encourage women to pursue a college degree and a successful career in the Computer Science fields.
www.ics.uci.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /~wics   (309 words)

  
 Texas Department of State Health Services, Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
WIC is a nutrition program that helps pregnant women, new mothers, and young children eat well, learn about nutrition, and stay healthy.
Nutrition education and counseling, nutritious foods, and help accessing health care are provided to low-income women, infants, and children through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program, popularly known as WIC.
Click here for eligibility requirements and more information about the program.
www.dshs.state.tx.us /wichd/default.shtm   (101 words)

  
 WICS 2006 - Call For Papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
To submit a paper, send a plain ASCII text email containing the title and abstract of your paper, the authors' names, email and postal addresses, phone, and fax numbers, and identification of the contact author.
To the same message, attach your submission in PDF or PostScript format, indicating "WICS 2006 submission" in the subject.
Please feel free to contact any member of the organizing committee in case of questions.
wics.homelinux.org /wics06/index.html   (295 words)

  
 WICS@SFU: Women in Computing Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
After conducting an e-mail vote on the maillist, "WICS - Women in Computing Science" was announced to be the official name of the group.
A brainstorming activity was conducted to gather ideas about WICS events and website.
Design of the WICS logo was created by Elissa.
wics.cs.sfu.ca /AboutUs/aboutUs_history.html   (478 words)

  
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www.acsparts.com /WICS-Standard.html   (298 words)

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