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SUMMARY:NCU Tops Microsoft Cup
DESCRIPTION:\nNCU takes top two spots at Microsoft's Imagine Cup\nJoseph McKinson (centre)\, country manager\, Microsoft Jamaica Inc\, receives a demonstration of the Electronic School Computer Aid for Primary Education (eSCAPE) from Northern Caribbean University's (NCU's) Team Educ.8 (from left) Trevor Williams\, Trecia Thompson\, Warren Robinson and Caray McKenzie.\nGeared at improving literacy in primary schools\, eSCAPE earned Team Educ.8 an unprecedented back-to-back victory at the Microsoft Imagine Cup\, the world's premier technology competition. Another NCU team\, Xormis\, placed second in the competition to give Jamaica the top two spots.\nIn congratulating the team\, McKinson said: "NCU's performance is nothing short of consistent\, outstanding and exemplary. They could not have been so successful without a solid university administration\, which obviously understands the importance and role of technology."\nNow in its eighth year\, the Imagine Cup provides students with a platform to showcase their software development and technical skills to the world's most challenging problems. It has grown into a truly global competition with more than 300\,000 students from over 100 countries and regions vying for a chance to win cash\, other prizes and gain real life professional experience that could help them turn ideas into real products and solutions.\nThe NCU team goes on to the worldwide finals\, which will be held July 3-8 in Poland under the theme "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems".\nMicrosoft Chairman Bill Gates has said that he wished there had been an Imagine Cup when he was growing up as it gets people involved in changing the world.\n
URL:http://bunting.org.jm/event/ncu-tops-microsoft-cup-jun-7-2010/
LOCATION:503 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tourism Can Serve Generations
DESCRIPTION:\n\nSouth Coast Area chairman and vice-president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA)\, Judy Schoenbein\, is stressing the importance of Jamaicans cherishing and protecting the tourism industry.\nDelivering the keynote address at the Manchester Chamber of Commerce's monthly meeting at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville last week\, Schoenbein argued that tourism was a renewable export which\, if used properly\, would serve for generations.\nSource: The Gleaner\nRead more here \nhttp://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100607/news/news3.html\n
URL:http://bunting.org.jm/event/tourism-can-serve-generations/
LOCATION:503 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States
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