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Community Events Big Gospel Concert

Author, Lecturer and Board Chairman of Antioch Youth Center will be returning to Montego Bay. Moon and his group will be sponsoring a free concert in Sam Sharpe Square. Featured artist will be a men's quartet from the US.

For an interview please contact Mr. Moon at (478) 781-8390 or e-mail reachingone@wmconnect.com

Moon, (reachingone@wmconnect.com)

Interest in Articles

I would like to see how I can add The Commentator articles to my online paper. Would The Commentator be so kindly interested in this?

Rodger McKenzie (cali94542@yahoo.com)

Editor’s Note: From time to time, The Commentator gets requests like this one. The policy of The Commentator is this: As long as The Commentator is acknowledged, then there is no objection to re-producing the articles elsewhere.

Searching for information regarding the 1966 commonwealth games

Hello. My name is Lynn and I am a first year undergraduate student at the University of Central Lancashire in England. For one of my module’s assignment I have to cover the Commonwealth games of any particular year and I have chosen the 1966 games in Kingston. I now face the problem of research. I have been searching but to no avail. I am wondering if your newspaper dates back to as far as 1966 and if you have any detailed coverage of the games. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Lynn Matthews, (lmatthews1@uclan.ac.uk)

Editor’s Note: The Commentator started publishing in 2005

Comprehensive Online Help for Caribbean High School Students

The developers of Caribbeanexams.com have taken e-learning for high school students to a new level. High school students are now able to use the company's exam preparation system found at www.caribbeanexams.com to take online practice tests and review material covered in grades 7-11. The system adequately prepares students for their grades 9 and 11 examinations.

The High school component of the Caribbeanexams system is dubbed High School Practice Tests (HSPT) and provides revision material and practice tests for: Mathematics, English Language, Information Technology, English Literature, Principles of Accounts, Geography and Principles of Business. Students pursuing Economics, Spanish and the sciences (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) will benefit from revision material and practice tests effective January 1, 2007.

Simulation

All tests are simulated, so students must work in a proficient manner to complete same. However, students have the opportunity to: pause the timer and take a break, stop the timer and return another day to complete the test, or if they are finished taking a test before the time has expired, they can stop the timer and have their test graded immediately. Conversely, once the time expires, the system automatically stops the student and grades the test. Test results are made available immediately and students are also afforded the opportunity to peruse their graded paper.

Re-sit

Students have the option to re-sit an entire test multiple times or they can choose to resubmit only the questions they got incorrect with a view to improving their final score.

24/7 Online help desk with free homework assistance

In addition to test preparation, facilitators are available 24/7 via the system's online help desk to assist students in grades 7-11 with their SBA's, homework and assignments. If students need an explanation to a question they can immediately send an online query to an educational professional who will provide a response/explanation. Students studying information technology are able to get real assistance with pseudocode/algorithm development and programming assignments from a cadre of IT professionals.

Real time online grade book

Each student is provided with an online grade book that records their scores, calculates their average and hosts a copy of each graded paper. Scores are sent to the grade book immediately after a test is taken. This way, parents and teachers are afforded the opportunity to conveniently monitor students' performance.

Registration

The current subscription cost for HSPT is: 6 months US$89, 9 months US$109 and one year US$129. Subscription fees can be paid at any branch of Scotiabank or online using a credit card. Schools are provided with a discounted subscription cost and need to contact the company to discuss same.

Free one day pass

Parents, students and schools can access the system by requesting a free pass, which will afford them the opportunity to peruse the system for an entire day prior to registering.

Caribbeanexams can be contacted at admin@caribbeanexams.com. You can visit the company's website at www.caribbeanexams.com.

Shalette East, (shaleast@cwjamaica.com)

Six bombs and a can of peaches

One editor asked me, "Why would I publish 'The 72 Virgin War'?"

The answer is: it is a shotgun loaded with six bombs and a can of peaches. If you published it, it will have an explosive global effect on the six institutions (business, banking, marriage, science, religion and government) responsible for war. It will not destroy them. It will only reorder their modus operandi.

The can of peaches is the future it will precipitate, where anyone and everyone has the power to make this world better, where that practice is encouraged, and where no one will be able to stop them from making it better.

The gun is in your hands. Will you pull the trigger?

Marc Kramis, (marc@kramis.com)

The Blue Mountain Project

Dear Fellow Jamaicans:

Jamlink, in accordance with its efforts to promote cohesive philanthropy in Jamaica, is pleased to introduce the Blue Mountain Project, a non profit organization that has it’s 501c3 in the United States and is registered in Jamaica.

In an effort to promote sustainable community development, the Blue Mountain Project (BMP) is committed to enriching the lives of rural Jamaican communities by providing assistance with basic healthcare, educational resources, and training opportunities. Ways that the BMP accomplishes this mission includes:

- Hagley Gap Health Clinic: Free health services such as check-ups, wound cleanings, blood pressure checks, blood sugar testing, mental health counseling and health education.

- Fun Camp: Free educational camp that expands the minds of the children in Blue Mountains. A free hot lunch is provided.

- Nutrition for Life: A food commodities program which provides basic staples like rice, beans and milk powder at no cost.

- Service Learning Training Program: A training program giving locals the opportunities to learn about tourism industry first hand by coordinating the various aspects of the Service Learning Program for the first world volunteers.

Just a few ways to get involved with the Blue Mountain Project:

- Adopt a School Program needs first world classrooms to participate in pen pal relationship with children in Jamaica.

- The new community resource center and library needs books and other educational materials.

- Community Volunteers, medical (such as general practitioners, dentist and pediatric), Educational (teachers workshops) to participate in the Service Learning Program

- Adopt a Wall in the clinic to help provide privacy for patients. It costs $250 USD to erect a wall with a plaque inscribed with the donor’s name.

- Benefit Album is currently seeking artists and producers to finish this dynamic fundraising project.

- Water testing needs to happen in order to install the proper water filtration system. Most people in this area wash their clothing, bathe and drink from the river.

- The Board of Directors has openings for professional that are interested in furthering the mission.

- Buy a 2007 BMP calendar from www.lulu.com/fundraisingBMP. This calendar features artistic photos of the people and places in Jamaica. 100% of the profits will support the organization.

If you would like to learn more about the Blue Mountain Project please visit the website at www.BlueMountainProject.org . You will find a video, a wide range of photos and opportunity to sign up for the monthly newsletter.

Thank you in advance for your interest and support.

The Blue Mountain Project, (jamlink@gmail.com)

Birth pangs

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said during the midst of the fighting in Lebanon that we are "witnessing the birth pangs of a new Middle East." So you see the new Middle East, which is being born. It is a Middle East of confrontation and bloodshed, of violence and war, of the beginning of wars which His Word predicts, which will lead up to the final war of Armageddon.

The birth pangs have been violent ones, just as the new Middle East will be a violent one, for nation will continue to rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. His Word will be fulfilled, as the Lord has spoken it, and you will see the things, which the Lord has said come to pass. The time draws closer, and it is not only a time of birth pangs but of sorrows for those who dwell in the region, the innocent who suffer from the deeds of the men of war, and feel as if they walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death.

Pray that they will seek and find refuge in Him, and pray for your brethren, that they may provide peace and comfort and salvation.

Ted Rudow III, MA, (Tedr77@aol.com)