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A Non-Engineer’s Journey to IEEE Leadership

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He has held leadership positions in the IEEE Jamaica Section , in IEEE Region 3 , and on the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities board. Both are from Jamaica. Her husband is a computer science professor at the University of Technology, Jamaica , in Kingston. The Jamaica Section has 135 IEEE members.

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Where to Eat, Sleep and Shop in Kingston, Jamaica

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Even if youve never been to Kingston, Jamaica, youve likely heard the citys sounds. Ska, reggae, rocksteady, dub and dancehall all genres born and bred in the coastal city have played on airwaves worldwide for the better part of the past century. About a fifth of Jamaicas population of 2.8 I often say, if the U.S.

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In Uruguay, 50,000 Steps in a City Where the Sidewalk Never Ends

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If you go in the summer as the Northern Hemisphere shivers in the cold you may find yourself part of a mass migration of locals toting folding chairs to the promenade, turning it into, essentially, the citys outdoor living room. The promenade stitches together different pieces of Montevideo, a city of about 1.3

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Why N.Y.C. Hotel Rooms Are So Expensive Right Now

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About 65,000 migrants are being sheltered in hotels, tent dormitories and other shelters, in large part because of the city’s legal obligation to provide a bed to anyone who needs one. More than two dozen hotels are in the vicinity of the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, and Kennedy International Airport. There are notable clusters.

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The 25 Best Restaurants in Austin Right Now

Baua Electric

Here, conchas dusted with Barbie-pink strawberry jamaica powder share space with a sheet cake topped with prickly-pear buttercream and a black-bean honey bun. The seasonal vegetables are often very good, in no small part because they’re often cooked in tallow (as are the seasonal fried crawfish hand-pies, which are wonderful).

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Travel 2025: ‘Friend-Finding Tours,’ Private Islands and a Mixed Bag of Prices

Baua Electric

You wont have to whip out your wallet for every rum punch and sushi roll at the Princess Senses The Mangrove in Jamaica, where rooms include overwater bungalows (from around $600 a night). On the pricing front, several newcomers are adopting a model usually associated with bargain beach vacations the all-inclusive minus the bargain.

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U.S. Warns Spring Breakers Headed to Mexico, Jamaica or the Bahamas

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Moore, 75, has always felt safe during her stays in Jamaica, where she’s returning for the fourth time on Wednesday. But this year, while she’s still happy to take a trip, a travel advisory for Jamaica, reissued in January by the U.S. Moore, the traveler heading to Jamaica, but it hasn’t deterred her from making the trip. “In

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