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by Bruce Micheals

Dwight Henley, an Indiana University graduate and member of the Lakeland college program, says AP testing is an excellent alternative to CLEP testing, “Our college group is following Ojibway’s in transitioning from offering CLEP to offering AP. There really isn’t that much of a difference between the two as far as we are concerned: We’re dealing with the same company for a similar price and exam selection.”

by Bruce Micheals

Since 1994, the College Level examination program (CLEP) has been one of the best options for incarcerated students to accrue transferable college credits, but that will change as of 2012 when CLEP will no longer be available in paper an:1 pencil format. According to Mary Hoag, school principal at Lakeland Correctional Facility, the College Board (the company that provides CLEP) will be using a digital format which is unavailable to most prisoners. “Students have until October 1, 2011, to pay for the CLEP exams they want and until December 31, 2011, to complete the exams. After that, CLEP exams will only be available by computer,” said Hoag in b late summer meeting with this writer.

Discipline is for everyone’s safety. It is not simply a power struggle. On the surface some things seem picky but, realistically, could be very dangerous. Tell the students why, for example, they need to be on time. I tell them, “I’m responsible for your safety. To you, I may appear overly strict, but you could be getting beat up in a stairwell somewhere, and no one would even know to look for you.”  That usually disarms them and softens them a little bit.

By Richard Scheinin

Q Does this happen often, that individual orchestra members will write to a conductor?

A No, no, this is very rare. It was really an expression of love.

Unfortunately, not long after, at a certain point in the first season I had a problem with arrhythmia of my heart. I fell at the podium, and I had to miss a few weeks. But I’m well now; this was an arrhythmia problem — not a problem of musical rhythm!

Q From the reports I’ve seen, you’re now feeling strong.

A Yes, absolutely.

Next week, when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs in San Francisco for the first time since 1987, Riccardo Muti will be on the podium. This eminent conductor is practically a brand name, synonymous with La Scala (where he was music director from 1986 to 2005), the Philadelphia Orchestra (1980-92) and other great orchestras, including the Vienna Philharmonic, with which he enjoys an association of 40 years.

Here’s the deal in California.  Wearing the wrong color – red – can get you killed.  Which just goes to show you the sad state of affairs that exist in the once-Golden state.  Not only is California teetering on bankruptcy, but making the wrong fashion statement is a lethal mistake. 

On July 23, 2010, a jury convicted Jose Martinez of second-degree murder with gang and gun enhancements, along with conspiracy to commit murder, and conspiracy to commit street terrorism.  Martinez, who is 25 years old, is a gangbanger.  He belongs to the Surneno gang, which is a Mexican street gang.  He and eleven of his homies – who are also Surenos – shot and killed five people.  The five people were killed simply for wearing the color red.