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Posts for December, 2010
Pass the DREAM Act
Congress should pass the DREAM Act during the lame-duck session. It would allow the children of illegal immigrants to gain legal status if they attend college or serve in the armed forces. These are kids whose parents brought them to the U.S. illegally. They didn't have a say in the matter. I don't see the harm that the critics claim. I do see the good. It would be an act of compassion — with benefits both for the recipients and the rest of us as young people become productive citizens. (16)
Finding a job quickly in this economy is not realistic
The fiscally conservative must be applauding now that unemployment benefits have not been extended by Congress. Most of the unemployed will now be eligible for only 26 weeks of assistance. Six and a half months to find a job in this economy is not realistic. It is not about ego, salary, education, experience or skills. There are nowhere near enough job openings, at all levels and in all industries, for the number of people looking. So while the conservative congratulate themselves on taking steps to reduce the deficit, they should also understand that they have merely shifted the allocation of resources, and have not truly reduced expenditures. Instead of providing a lifeline through unemployment checks, society will have to provide emergency services for the soon-to-be homeless, hungry, and desperate. (20)
Is crime really down?
We keep hearing statistics from the Milwaukee Police Department stating crime is decreasing in Milwaukee. I simply don't believe this claim. Six of my acquaintances have experienced home burglaries in the last four months, which are more burglaries than I have been aware of in my circle within the last five years. Other than this admittedly somewhat weak anecdotal evidence of an uptick in crime, a man was robbed near my front porch this weekend while waiting for the bus. The MPD went door to door questioning my neighbors looking for witnesses. I was not home at the time, so I called my contact at the district station to find out what the description of the perpetrator was. Multiple officers could not locate any record of the crime in any of their systems, despite officers looking for witnesses for about an hour. If crime records magically disappear as this one seems to have done, it is no wonder the crime rate is reportedly "decreasing." (4)
How would you punish the king of spam
A local FBI agent, the Journal Sentinel Editorial reports, has captured the "king of spam." He's just accused at the moment, but suppose he's convicted. What should Oleg Nikolaenko's penalty be for generating 10 billion unwanted e-mails a day.
Should he be forced to eat SPAM – the food kind, without eggs – everyday for the rest of his life?
Be creative in your response. We may include some of your comments in Friday's editorial. (10)
The case for Fed intervention
Today's dreary jobs report is one more argument in favor of the Federal Reserve's policy of "quantitative easing" – known as QE2 (second time they've done it, thus QE2).
The Fed essentially is creating money out of thin air and using it to buy long-term securities. The bet: Forcing down long-term interest rates through this action will help juice the recovery a bit. It's a form of economic stimulus, and with Congress declining to do anything else, the Fed is the only game in town. Will it work? We've argued that it is worth trying. And so have economists.
The November jobs report showed that overall employment growth fell to 39,000 from 172,000. The other metrics were equally bad. The economy simply isn't creating jobs – not nearly enough jobs – to bring unemployment down.
This is one of the sad consequences of financial-induced recessions. They tend to take a long time to resolve. And that's a good argument for continuing support for the unemployed. With five folks for every job opening, it's tough out there. We're willing to bet that most of those collecting unemployment would rather be working and making a lot more than the average unemployment check. We don't buy the argument that unemployment benefits are a large incentive to quit looking for work. What work? (7)
Try a little honesty for a change
On our Sarturday page, we urge President Barack Obama to get behind a plan for deficit reduction. And we think Paul Ryan and Obama both have a chance to make their marks - for better or worse.
On a related note in the Sunday paper, we lament the lack of honesty when it comes to the debate in Washington, D.C., over the Bush tax cuts. Even with a compromise in sight, these folks just can't seem to deal straight, can they?
Also on Sunday, we'll tackle a new idea called the Milwaukee Promise.
Have a great weekend. (6)
Heartwarming experience
I experienced a heartwarming outpouring of good wishes and bonhomie after my recent injury in a traffic accident. And that was just from the personal injury attorneys. Their brightly colored solicitations depicted artful photographs of twisted wreckage and the comforting words: "BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT?" Even better was the unsolicited call from a doctor's office I'd never heard of wishing me well. "How are you feeling?" the person asked. Aside from my blood pressure, you mean? (1)
Walker proposes changes at Commerce. Good.
Governor-elect Scott Walker plans big changes to the state Department of Commerce along the lines of what we've advocated for - a public-private partnership. The devil is in the details. But this makes sense. Here's what we said when the plan came out in August. Here's the original Be Bold report and here is another report that Walker apparently referred to. This report grew out of the economic summits recently.
Keep smoking ban
Rumblings from Madison hint that the new state Legislature may try to roll back, at least partially, the state smoking ban now in place. Yes, passing laws that curtail an individual's freedom ought to be scrutinized. But when one person's freedom can affect another person's health, a valid reason exists to police that conduct. One study shows that 600,000 people die from secondhand smoke a year, whereas another study puts the state figure at 800. Case closed. No one should be allowed to smoke in a public or commercial space, even a bar that poses that sort of preventable risk to others. (18)
Bernanke on '60 Minutes:' He's right.
On CBS' "60 Minutes" last night, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered one of the best arguments yet for Fed action in the face of a withering economic downturn. And he talked about what the Fed did in the immediate aftermath of the crash two years ago. He also said it "could be years" before the country sees normal employment levels. Certainly not good news for a certain someone who plans to run for reelection in 2012. (281)
A step forward by county
The Milwaukee School of Engineering's plan to develop a soccer field and parking structure in the Park East corridor received unanimous support Monday from a Milwaukee County Board committee chaired by Supervisor Theo Lipscomb. This is good news for the Park East, for downtown and for MSOE; the full board should provide the same support for sale of the land. The soccer field will provide some needed green space in an urban setting and the parking structure fills an infrastructure need that could help other potential developments in the area. It also should be noted that Lipscomb, who had earlier expressed some concerns about the project, voted for it in committee and said the county was moving at "light speed pace" for county government. Good for him - and good for the county.
Would be a shame to lose bookstore
I have been living in Milwaukee for over 37 years. It is a very livable city and unlike any other place in the world. When my friends and business acquaintances visit me, I give them a tour of the lakefront, library, Miller Park, the Milwaukee Art Museum, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, the Federal Building and Downtown Books. Recently, I read that a new hotel for business travelers could replace this used bookstore. I agree we need more hotels, but it would be a shame to lose this longtime Milwaukee landmark. (10)
China still has long way to go
Some pundits hold up China as a shining example of a country doing so many things right — on energy, IT, education, etc. Yes, China's economy is booming. But China's cheerleaders shouldn't ignore the many things it continues to do wrong: forced abortions, some late-term; human rights abuses; oppression and censorship; unfettered pollution; sometimes shoddy construction and manufacturing that have had deadly consequences. America certainly isn't perfect; let's not pretend that China is. (8)
The Democrats' logic
According to the Democrats' logic that for every $1 of unemployment compensation granted, $2 is returned to the ecomomy, it would appear that their answer to America's economic woes would be for higher unemployment so more people could receive unemployment aid. The left wonders why it lost the last election; I wonder how it ever won in the first place. (22)
FDR's day of infamy speech
Sixty-nine years ago, the Japanese attacked the American naval base at Pearl Habor. As a way of remembering what happened and honoring those who lost their lives that morning, here is a link to a National Archives site where you can find an audio version of FDR's famous "day of infamy" speech to Congress the next day as well as the original typed copy. The speech is a stirring reminder of the power of political rhetoric -- of the power of persuasion. FDR was a master of this in his day. There is a video of the speech here. (17)
Let's talk about transparency
In this lame-duck session, Congress must return to passage of the Disclose Act, which amends the tax code so corporations that fund phony issue ads in elections can no longer do so anonymously. This bill died earlier at the hands of folks who seem to have a problem with transparency, though they give other reasons — which can be taken care of with amendments. Talk about transparent. Those who oppose this are against transparency. It's that simple. (11)
So, is this really a second stimulus?
David Leonhardt makes an interesting point in his column in The New York Times today. He thinks Obama essentially extracted a second stimulus from the Republicans. Is that how you see it? A second stimulus? Or his head handed to him? And here's our editorial from this morning on the same topic. (7)
Colleges must help with promise
The Milwaukee Promise, which is a proposal to offer free or reduced tuition to graduates of Milwaukee Public Schools who obtain state college or technical school admission, is a step in the right direction. The motivation this proposal invites is a welcome idea. However, state colleges must also make a change to make the Promise work. Many MPS graduates are ill-prepared for the rigors of college-level courses. Schools offer 090 and 095 level courses to ready freshmen for regular classes. Often these classes are offered at partial credit and are not engaging or even boring (according to students I know who took them). Part of making sure students succeed in college involves turning them on to higher education. If they are behind in credits and bored to death in low-level courses, we may be wasting the Milwaukee Promise investment, as the students who take these courses are the most likely to drop out. Restructuring these classes should be a priority along with the promise. (7)
The last great heavyweight champion was Mike Tyson. No offense, but Lennox Lewis was boring. Tyson headlines the 2011 class for the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Joining him is Mexican great Julio Cesar Chavez; junior welterweight champ Kostya Tszyu; referee Joe Cortez; and Sylvester Stallone. Yes, they added Rocky to the list and he wasn't even a good fictional fighter. How many times did Apollo Creed send him to the mat? This decision needs a standing 8 count. (3)
How about some common sense?
A man stopped along the highway in Mukwonago, picked up a ball that had been tossed over a fence from a grade school playground, tossed it back, got back into his car and left. A few minutes later, he drove back, got out of his car and walked near the playground, looking for something. He told some of the children that he was looking for his glasses, then left in his car again. The school "playground monitor" chased the children away from the fence, reported the incident to the principal, who reported it to the local police. The police instituted extra patrols around the school the next day. The incident made the news. Upon hearing the news, the local minister who had created the "incident" notified all that there was nothing to fear. However, the principal notified all the parents that the school would continue to be vigilant and would report "any suspicious" incident to ensure the safety of the children. When did we lose our common sense, not to mention courage? When did we stop reasoning? Couldn't the playground monitor have asked a simple question? Do you think the next person will bother to toss the ball back? What message was sent to the 6-year-olds? Is there no end to the paranoia? (6)
You be the editorial writer
With Governor-elect Scott Walker still vowing to kill the Milwaukee-to-Madison rail project, federal transportation officials today beat him to the punch. They yanked most of the $810 million in high-speed rail money that Wisconsin won and say they'll send the cash to California, Florida, Illinois and other states.
We're planning an editorial on this issue for Friday's newspaper. If you were writing that editorial, what would you say? (34)
It's not nice to ignore voters
Voters in the Green Lake School District rejected a referendum to exceed spending limits to make some building improvements. But the district is going ahead anyway with some projects because they improve energy efficiency, something the state allows on "green" projects. Others are doing the same thing. I'm all for energy efficiency and going green where it makes sense. But blatantly ignoring the will of voters on such taxes always gets officials in trouble — as it should. (2)
End MPS residency requirement
A recent Journal Sentinel story on putting the best Milwaukee Public Schools teachers where they are most needed offers several good ideas. Although most of them would take time to implement, one could produce immediate results: ending the city residency requirement. Logic dictates that it would lead to more applicants, and the larger the applicant pool, the better the quality of teacher who could be hired. It is wrong to deprive high-needs children of that possibility, especially when studies show what a difference good teachers can make. Come to think of it, it's also wrong to deprive teachers of the right to choose where they will live. (16)
Not a good sign
It's hard to tell which Christmas figure Milwaukee County Board Chairman Lee Holloway most resembles, Ebenezer Scrooge or the Grinch. It certainly isn't Santa Claus. Two weeks before Christmas Eve – and more than two weeks before he actually takes office as acting county executive – Holloway sent out e-mails to 27 top county officials telling them to resign or retire from their jobs. Those who resign are being given the option of reapplying for their posts; they have to decide by Thursday.
The targets are officials appointed by Governor-elect Scott Walker, and include Sue Black, director of the parks system, which has won national awards under her tenure. Holloway wants Black to retire? She's one of the county's most competent professionals. Jack Takerian, transportation and public works director, and acting Health and Human Services Director Geri Lyday, who is struggling to fix the train wreck at the county's Mental Health Complex, are other able professionals who don't deserve such treatment.
There is a parallel here: When he took office in 2002, Walker asked department heads to submit resumes if they wished to stay on - but he didn't ask anyone to resign. We're not convinced any of this was necessary. At the very least, Holloway – who may run for county exec in the spring - could at least have waited until he was acting county executive to start demanding resignations. This, coupled with an earlier demand that county employees need to show proper respect to the board, isn't a good omen. (17)
Remembering Ron Santo
I'll miss Ron Santo. The Cubs announcer and should-be-in-the-Hall-of-Fame third baseman was my boyhood idol. He died recently of cancer. The Ronnie I remember: The click of the heels after a win; a shot I saw him hit onto what was then a tarp in dead center at Wrigley; the heartfelt groans at yet one more Cubbies mishap. But also: His steadfast crusade to find a cure for juvenile diabetes. I follow the Brewers now, but I'll always be a Santo fan. He was a genuine original. (5)
On free speech, where's the proper line?
The controversy over WikiLeaks' disclosure of thousands of confidential documents must give one pause. It is a crime to steal those documents, but one has to wonder about the veracity of the classification system that allows many of those documents to be made "secret." From some disclosures, it is merely embarrassing to find out how shallow and petty our "leaders" are and, in others, shocking to find out how we are lied to by those "leaders." Our free press and freedom of speech are the main barriers between us and anarchy. How do we draw the proper line? It's not really clear, is it? (4)
The 'small' stuff matters, too
The argument against a ban on earmarks — i.e. congressional pork — goes something like this: They make up such a minuscule part of the federal budget, why bother? Instead, focus on the big stuff. A better argument: Focus on both. The notion that $16 billion or so is petty cash is illustrative of the Beltway mind-set. But even if earmarks are only half of 1% of the budget, the message in this hesitancy from members is: I've got mine, and that's what matters most. (8)
A bad deal
Republicans and Democrats are poised to strike a deal that would extend unemployment "insurance" and the Bush tax cuts—all for the low, low price of $900 billion. The argument for compromise goes like this: You can't let unemployment benefits expire during a recession and you don't raise taxes in a recession so do both now and worry about paying for it later. Apparently, we have learned nothing from the Simpson-Bowles report, which was supposed to signal a new seriousness about dealing with our nation's fiscal crisis. Passing a $900 billion bill with no plan to pay for it is irresponsible. (7)
It's all about perspective
Polls seem to indicate how much average Americans are turned off by Washington's polarized politics and how much they long for bipartisanship and cooperation. So it's interesting to hear reactions to the recent tax-cut deal. Compromise or hostage-taking? It's all about perspective. What you may blast as paying ransom when it's your side that acquiesces, you may laud as compromise when it's the other side that folds. And vice versa. Both sides play this game, sometimes without much thought to the greater good. (6)
A downward race
When you take a job and negotiate your compensation, you and your new employer are likely to begin by looking at the average wage and benefits for that type of position, in that industry and in that geographic location. Adjustments are made up or down around the average based on the individual's skills, education and experience. So what happens when the average goes down? Everyone in that profession suffers. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but eventually the bargaining power of everyone in that line of work - whether waitress, machinist, accountant or secretary and whether unionized or not - is limited by that lower average. When any profession loses compensation, the loss doesn't stop at the machine shop doors. This downward race has no winners. (15)
Parents shouldn't carry all the blame
A California law gives judges the option of sending parents to school for training when their kids are convicted of gang-related crimes. Why stop with the parents of gang-bangers? Why not the parents of obese kids, bullies and kids failing school? Yes, parents share in part of the blame, but not all. Good parents can have problem children. The focus should be on fixing all of the issues that affect everyone: racism, classism and society's other "isms" that we fail to address. (14)
Ryan and others need to rise above partisanship
Congressman Paul Ryan is poised to become the next chair of the House Budget Committee. He also recently served on President Barack Obama's deficit reduction commission. Although the commission provided a road map for getting the country out of its fiscal mess, Ryan voted against the report. He has explained why he did so, but one is still left to wonder whether principle or politics played the larger role in his decision. Solving the deficit problem will require bold and painful measures that won't be an easy sell to the public. It will also require influential legislators such as Ryan to rise above partisan squabbles and lead the way. (27)
Talk about dysfunctional
If Wisconsin Democrats want to understand why they're no longer the voters' darlings, they need look no further than Wednesday's fiasco in Madison. Springing Jeff Wood from jail so he could vote in the Assembly on state contracts brings new meaning to the term "work-release." And state Sen. Russ Decker's final stab at his fellow Democrats by voting with Republicans against the contracts brings the standard meaning to the term "up yours." The knives are out. (7)
The public-private reversal
We have had a risk/reward reversal with public jobs and the private sector. At one time, people would accept the risk of layoff, downsizing and relocation for the greater financial reward offered by private-sector employment. Government workers typically avoided the risks that come with mergers, transfers and business closures, accepting less economic compensation in return. Somehow, our government workers decided they needed union protection from the taxpayers, resulting in unsustainable above-market compensation and benefits. The net result is a broken, underfunded system that needs major reform. The first baby step is to require some retirement contribution throughout the employment lifecycle. (32)
Who was Wisconsin's civic/political leader of the year?
Who was Wisconsin's top political or civic leader in 2010? Here's your chance to tell us. Take the poll or if you have someone else to nominate, click on the comments section below and tell us who you'd pick. The only criterion: He or she must have had a major impact on Wisconsin's civic or political life during the past 12 months. (20)
Those unilateral unions
Let's pile on the public unions. After all, they have unilaterally imposed these generous contracts -- just told municipalities, counties and the state what they wanted and got it all rubber-stamped. What? Government officials have been across those bargaining tables? For years, through successive administrations? Who knew; unions will bargain the best possible deal for their members? Concessions, sure, for budget's sake -- but in bargaining. Perspective, please. (24)
Jensen: In the clover
Here's the lesson in former Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen's "bright, bright sunshiny day" in court, in which he essentially beat the felony charges against him in the caucus scandal.
The lesson: If you have money, expensive lawyers and enough time, you don't have to go to jail. And if you get your venue changed to a hometown jury instead of a jury in the place where you committed the alleged crime, you're in the clover.
In other words, you can do all this if you're not an average Joe. »Read Full Blog Post(13)
Water users left high and dry
The Milwaukee Water Works said it needed its recently approved rate hike to cover rising expenses and to offset declining usage. So when financially strapped homeowners reduce their water usage to cover their rising expenses, will they keep getting hit with higher rates? The average Milwaukee homeowner will pay 25% more per year. Average folks -- some on fixed incomes, some jobless, some struggling with pay cuts -- are having to make do with less. They don't have the default option to get revenue from someone else. (14)
In this balloting, our endorsement is clear
Editorial writers are natural born skeptics. The old line: "If your mother tells you she loves you, check it out," applies. And yet, we've got a soft spot for Santa. And so the Editorial Board is once again this year endorsing the honorable Mr. S. Claus from the humble North Pole district.
And tomorrow, we'll publish the famous "Yes Virginia," editorial, which was written by New York Sun editorial writer Francis P. Church in 1897. »Read Full Blog Post(7)
Lift the cap? You decide
Republicans say they want to lift the cap on the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program - the voucher school program - after they take power in the Legislature. There also is talk of expanding the program to other areas of the state and possibly changing income guidelines. The program allows low-income students to attend private schools using taxpayer-funded vouchers.
Our view: Lifting the cap makes sense if accountability standards remain in place. We'd also be open to expanding the voucher program to other communities if those communities want it and if there is a strong system of private schools available for students. But we think the program should remain focused on low-income students.
What do you think? Take the poll and leave your comments. (5)
Bad numbers
The website TopRetirements.com ranks Wisconsin as one of the 10 worst states for retirees, based largely on fiscal health, taxation and climate. Regardless of Wisconsin's precise rank, the state's poor marks in these categories ring true. Moreover, just like retirees, business owners and entrepreneurs are influenced in their own decisions by such rankings. Governor-elect Scott Walker has vowed to tackle the state's fiscal health and taxation,and we should hold him accountable. If he is successful in addressing them, we can give him a pass in not fixing Wisconsin's inclement climate. (10)
Could you do it?
Wisconsin now has 10 counties with a poverty rate greater than 15%, and most counties experienced a 10% increase in the poverty rate, according to an assessment of the recent census data published in the Journal Sentinel. The Census Bureau uses the poverty threshold to calculate these statistics. The poverty threshold is adjusted for inflation and is dependent on price data for the previous year to determine the current year's threshold. Therefore, the poverty threshold does not account for current price fluctuation, such as the recent increase in gas prices. Many people commenting on the Journal Sentinel story seemed to perceive persons living at or below the poverty level as lazy or otherwise unfit. I would like these people to ask themselves whether they could support a family with two adults and two children on the poverty threshold income of $21,756 per year? What about $25,000? Or even $30,000? (18)
Unions need to make concessions
In "The Right-to-Work Debate," the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association's Bob Peterson strangely complains that right-to-work legislation is anti-democratic (Crossroads, Dec. 19). And forced union membership is not? While indeed labor unions have made a fundamental contribution to the American middle-class way of life, they have also been known for their thugs and violence and chip-on-the-shoulder class warfare. Yet now, labor leaders such as Peterson are contending for their own privileged class of public-sector workers paid above the national average. As recent votes at Mercury Marine and Kohler demonstrate, present economic realities dictate more concessions than confrontations from labor. When will labor leaders admit this? (14)
Long-term effects
Despite falling property values, the ratio of property values to personal income is still higher now than it was at any point during the period from 1974-2004, reports the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, suggesting that the "housing bubble" still has some air in it. Residential values fell 3.5% in 2010 in the state, the alliance says. The recession is said to be over, but its effects on local governments, and especially on individual homeowners, may be with us for a long time. (2)
It's a good thing?
Venezuela's congress passed Internet regulations banning online messages that "disrespect public authorities," "incite or promote hatred" or are aimed at creating public "anxiety." Whoa. Imagine if America adopted such rules. Based on the, er, colorful comments posted regularly on newspaper websites, half the population would be chronic violators. It's a good thing the web in America is an anything-goes free-for-all. (Hmm, maybe that's not such a good thing.) (8)
Concussions need to be taken seriously
Some youths are rebels, but far more aren't. They'll do what it takes to earn the community's admiration. And who is more admired than football stars? So vast numbers of American youngsters are drawn to the game. Adult influence largely drives the process, and adults must accept responsibility for whatever harm follows. But as the Journal Sentinel recently reported, some regional high school football programs lag in recognition that brain concussion is common in football, even in high school. The NFL now says brain damage from multiple concussions is too much to ask of elite athletes. All the more so for student athletes. (8)
What customer service?
I attempt to withdraw $160 from an ATM, not my bank's. It gives me $40 and no receipt. I can't get a live person at this institution. My 24-hour banking service tells me I have to go to a real branch of my bank and request they dispute the charge. I do. They tell me they can only dispute their own ATMs. I get a live person at the other institution and they tell me I need my bank to dispute the charge. Long story short, all fixed — I think. Customer service? What happens to those who don't question? (19)
Where's the outrage?
As I pumped my $3.05 per gallon gas recently, I began to wonder where all of the outrage is from liberals over the escalating prices. I recall President Barack Obama saying during the 2008 campaign that it wasn't really important that gas prices went up so much, but that they just went up too fast. During the Bush era, the lefties were always complaining about President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and all of their oil buddies conspiring to set high prices. Now that their guy is in charge, their silence is deafening. Just add this to the ever-growing list of liberal hypocrisies. (81)


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Williams, Dillard and Thevenot claim offensive, defensive and special teams honors, respectively
NEW ORLEANS, La.-Sophomore wide receiver Jeremy Williams, junior linebacker James Dillard and sophomore kicker/punter Ross Thevenot were named the Tulane University football team's Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week, respectively, Tulane head coach Bob Toledo announced Monday.
The weekly honors are the first of the year for Tulane as the Green Wave opened the 2007 season with a tough, hard-fought 38-17 loss to Mississippi State Saturday evening in the Louisiana Superdome.
Williams, a Freshman All-American last season, picked up where he left off a year ago in the season-opener as the native of Baytown, Texas, paced the squad with 85 yards on four receptions. Highlighting Williams' outing was 67-yard reception from junior quarterback Scott Elliott in the first quarter in part of a five-play, 73-yard touchdown drive that tied the score at 14-all.
The 56-yard grab was the longest catch of Williams' career and the longest reception by a Green Wave student-athlete since Nov. 12, 2005, when then-junior wideout Preston Brown hauled in a 68-yarder from Elliott at Rice. Williams now has at least one catch in all 12 games he has played in, and his four grabs on Saturday was second best on the squad.
Dillard picked up Defensive Player of the Week honors after posting a career-best 16 tackles (10 solo, six assists) to go along with a forced fumble. He had three tackles in both the first and fourth quarters, two in the second and eight in the third.
The Pembroke Pines, Fla., native's tackle total against the Bulldogs was the most by a Tulane player since then-sophomore Anthony Cannon (now in his second season with the NFL's Detroit Lions) had 16 stops vs. Southern Miss in the Louisiana Superdome on Sept. 25, 2004.
Thevenot, meanwhile, pulled double duty for the Wave, averaging 40.9 yards on seven punts and connecting on all three of his scoring opportunities. He split the uprights on a 26-yard field goal and converting both PAT attempts. A native of Lake Charles, La., Thevenot dropped one punt inside the 20 yard line and had a long of 48 yards. On kickoffs, he averaged 61.0 yards on four boots.
Williams, Dillard, Thevenot and the Green Wave return to action on Saturday, Sept. 15, when they open the Conference USA portion of their schedule against the Houston Cougars at 6 p.m. in the Louisiana Superdome. The Houston game is the second of four consecutive home games for Tulane to open the 2007 season as the Green Wave will also play host to Southeastern Louisiana on Sept. 22 and arch-rival LSU on Sept. 29.
Season and single-game tickets for the 2006 season remain on sale through the Tulane Athletics Ticket Office. Tickets can be purchased in person, over the telephone at (504) 861-WAVE or via the internet at www.TulaneGreenWave.com.

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Lip Placement isnt a big deal unless you REALLY suck after a long time doing this.
Being in the center is kinda rare.
Im a bit off to the right myself.
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Lip Placement isnt a big deal unless you REALLY suck after a long time doing this.
Being in the center is kinda rare.
Im a bit off to the right myself.
If you are sounding ok with this dont worry about it.
Hello WarrenG. Study the lip types to rim size charts on the Stork Mouthpiece internet site. This will help you get into the over all best rim size. Your teeth formation will have a bearing also.
The first simple exercise in the Carmine Caruso Method book, repeated over and over till lips tire. Rest and them move on to the rest of your playing. Do this everytime before practicing and this should help you find your best over all lip placement.
Read his book very carefully and proceed very slowly. Mr Carmine Caruso's method book is his method of correcting, fixing, or restrengthing a embouchure etc.
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in my opinion -- I played to the side of my mouth for most of high school -- but with that was limitations on range (A above the staff was the limit), and soon an apparent sound quality issue developed. The center of the lips is the lip tissue that vibrates most freely.
I changed to the center of my lips --- YES it was dreadfully hard - to go from playing somewhat OK, to "learning over" and sucking for a year or so.
so I would seriously decide on what level you want to play at -- if you want personal enjoyment, a community band -- then play where it feels most comfortable.
However - if you think in the future -- you might want to get the MOST out of the trumpet -- that YOU can get -- then seriously contemplate on moving to the center of the lips.
((of course that is merely my opinion))
Only a good teacher can tell you if your mouthpiece placement is a problem. The chart you put up looks a lot like my setup but I would really need to see you to tell how closely you match the chart. If you wait until you start having problems you will have been doing it wrong a long time. It's better to get it right from the begining.
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Markie is right on. Thinking about embouchure or lips gets confusing and paralyzing. What matters is air. Establish a really good, ample, generous airflow. Close your lips around it with the least possible effort. I know I'm just a beginner compared to most here but that seems to be all there is to it. My 2 cents.
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I too, was told years ago that my off centered mouthpiece placement was hindering my performance. I finally worked on centering my embouchre. It took about a year before my sound returned. One of the many challenges was the lack of confidence in playing with my two main mouthpieces Bach 3C and Schilke 14a4a. The Schilke mouthpiece became way too shallow with my lips literally bottoming out. It has been a struggle finding the right mouthpiece.
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A Series of Film Screenings
Since 2012 the series Fade into You presents and discusses video works of international artists.
Costs 4,- €, wine and entrance fee included. A registration is not required.
The presentation takes place on wednesdays from 7 to 9 pm.
The wine is sponsored by Weingut Breidscheid in Ingelheim.
Gabriela Denk presents episode LVI-LVIII
Next dates:
Wed 07/20
Peter Land, The Lake, (1999)
Ger van Elk, The Flattening of the Brook's Surface, (1972-2002)
Wed 08/17
Sebastian Gräfe, Mit dem Meer spazieren gehen, (2008)
Julius von Bismarck, Punishment I, (2011)
Sebastian Gräfe is present.
Wed 09/28
Roman Signer, Punkt, (2006) und Einbruch im Eis, (1985)
Gabriela Denk presents episode LV
Wednesday, May 18, 7 pm
Rosalind Nashashibi: Eyeballing, 2005, 10 min
Courtesy of Rosalind Nashashibi and LUX, London
Gabriela Denk presents episode LIV
Wednesday, April 20, 7 pm
Nathalie Djurberg: The Mad Tea Party, 2004, 3:58 min, clay animation, video, music by Lloyd Francis
Nathalie Djurberg: New Movements in Fashion, 2006, 9:24 min, clay animation, video, music by Hans Berg
Courtesy: Giò Marconi, Milan; Lisson Gallery; the artists
Gabriela Denk presents episode LIII
Wednesday, March 16, 7 pm
Peter Watkins: Forgotten Faces, 1961, 18 min
Deimantas Narkevičius: The Role of a Lifetime, 2003, 16 min
Peter Watkins: Forgotten Faces, Courtesy of Doriane Films, Paris
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016, 7 pm
Camille Henrot
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Million Dollars Point, Frankreich 2011, 5:35 min
The footage of Coupé/Décalé and Million Dollars Point originates from the archipelago Vanuatu located in the Southern Pacific. Both experimental films show Camille Henrot's interest in cultural codes, their deconstruction and restatement, and also her interest in historical events. Coupé / Décalé engages in the style of historical ethnological documentations in the ritual of land diving on Pentecost-Island. Million Dollars Point evokes the younger colonial and military history: a underwater cemetery and dancing South Sea Beauties. The videos consider the fascination with the 'exotic' in geography and history but manipulated by Henrot so that the viewer questions his own stereotypes.
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Sabine Idstein presents episode LI
Wednesday, December 23, 2015, 7 pm
Birthday of Arnold Bode
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Courtesy the artist, David Zwirner New York and London and Victoria Miro, London
Sabine Idstein presents episode XLIX
Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at 7 pm
Beginning of the carnival
Marcel Dzama: Death Disco Dance, 2011, 4:00 min
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Courtesy David Zwirner, New York und Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
Sabine Idstein presents episode XLVIII
Wednesday, October 21, 2015, at 7 pm
Trafalgar Day
Isa Rosenberger, Vladimir's Journey (The Captain) 2013, 17:30 min
The main story line of the video Vladimir's Journey follows the life of Captain Vladimir K., starting in the former Soviet Union and after 1989 continuing in the USA. His story is preceded by a fictional scenario that refers in a haunting manner to the celebrated "Kitchen Debate" between the US Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1959. Vladimir's Journey refers on the one hand to the loss of homeland, but, on the other, emphasises that due to the captain's deep relationship with the sea, in the end it is the sea that is his real home.
The Cold War appears in Isa Rosenberger's work as a revenant at present.
Courtesy of the artist
episode XLVII
The event must be canceled due to illness.
Wednesday, 30 September 2015, at 7 pm
International Translation Day
Liz Magic Laser: The Thought Leader 2015, 9:22 minutes
Marko Schiefelbein: FREEDOM TO MOVE 2013, 6:33 minutes
A young boy, played by ten-year-old Alex Ammerman, gets up onto a stage and motivates the adult audience through his persuasive gestures and material. It is a form of presentation corresponding to the American TED Talks, which are mainly available via the Internet. The boy has adapted Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1864 novella Notes from the Underground. The native New-Yorker Laser, who was born in 1981, creates performances and videos exploring the dominant behavioural techniques and psychological strategies which are deployed by the media and politicians to influence their audience.
A man (W. Mirlach) vividly describes a surreal spatial situation to which he and an anonymous female partner react in an exceptionally dynamic and impulsive manner. This recollection of annihilating and subjugating the surrounding space mirrors the moving images in the Levi's Engineered Jeans advert of 2002. Schiefelbein's videos make use of the treasure trove of images and text from the world of advertising, while reflecting human alienation in a consumer-driven world. By reworking this familiar material from our collective memories, the artist, who was born in Stralsund in 1984, highlights the absurdity of advertising content.
Picture credits: Liz Magic Laser: The Thought Leader, 2015, single-channel video, 9:22 minutes, video still. Featuring actor Alex Ammerman. Courtesy of the artist, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, and Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam / Marko Schiefelbein: FREEDOM TO MOVE, 2013, 6:33 minutes, 4K resolution, stereo, colour, German with English subtitles, camera Felix Pötzsch, actor and text Wolfgang Mirlach. Courtesy of the artist.
Sabine Idstein presents episode XLVI
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, at 7 pm
Teddy Day
Stanya Kahn: Arms Are Overrated 2012, 11: 35 min
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Stanya Kahn: Arms Are Overrated, TRT: 13:26, HD color video with sound, © 2012 (with additional dialogue by Jedediah Caesar), Courtesy of the artist
Sabine Idstein presents episode XLV
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 7 pm
World Humanitarian Day
Hahil Altındere, Wonderland, February 2013; video, 8:25 minutes
Halil Altındere (born 1971 in Mardin, Turkey) analyses the social and political conventions of his homeland. Provocative and subversive, the artist uses the language and symbols of the system in order to criticize it. He devotes himself to the subcultures of Istanbul in his work Wonderland, while picking up elements of the diverse Turkish movie tradition. The music video simulates a violent protest against the governmental power represented by the police—a resistance that never actually occurred. In reality, the historic urban district depicted, one of the oldest Roma quarters in the world, was initially closed, then the inhabitants were driven off, and finally the area was completely rased and covered by new buildings. This measure was criticized by the European Parliament to no effect. In response to this classic instance of gentrification, and the powerlessness of the people concerned, the video presents a brilliant paradox dealing with lies, stereotypes, power, and homeland.
Halil Altındere: Wonderland, February 2013; video, 8:25 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and Pilot Gallery
Sabine Idstein presents episode XLIV:
Wednesday, 29 July 2015, at 7 pm
Date of the death of Luis Buñuel in 1983
Roz Mortimer, Wormcharmer, 1998; 16 mm on DVD, 9 minutes; colour, sound, music: Benjamin Britten's Elegy performed by the Britten Sinfonia
A female voiceover relates fascinating facts about the world of worms. Visually, the information is illustrated by a variety of visual paradoxes, presented by an English lady in her suburban home. Not only are the worms explored in the surreal plot, but also the woman. Mortimer gives the viewer a natural connection to a new manifestation of unprecedented fetishism.
Peter Tscherkassky, The Exquisite Corpus, 2015; 35 mm digitized, no dialogue, 19 minutes
Following the surreal technique of the Cadavre exquis, Tscherkassky (born 1958 in Wien) formed his composition out of inhomogeneous parts, using the nudity of the depicted characters as the lowest common denominator. The found footage in the movie combines the physicality of the actors with the physical handling of the film. The analogue movie is itself a shaped pictorial ground, in accord with Man Ray´s darkroom experiments. Intentionally, it initiates the storyline of the ontology of the dream through organic signs and dislocations.
Sabine Idstein presents episode XLIII
Wednesday, 24 June 2015, 7 pm
St. John's Day
Jordan Wolfson, Infinite Melancholy, 2003; projected video animation, 7:58 min; colour, sound, dimensions vary with installation
In a slow, see-sawing swing, the visual pattern of the grey carpet gets larger, but as it does so, the design turns pale and divides into small sections, until it completely disappears. Then the movement swings back. The white changes into grey texture, a grouped style becomes apparent, and then the script appears and becomes legible as the uninterrupted "journey" of the camera drives over the endlessly repeated pair of words: "Christopher Reeve". Who is Christopher Reeve? The actor who played Superman four times in the 1970s and 1980s? The horseman who sustained a tragic accident in 1995? The activist who founded a paralysis foundation despite his own disability? Was he the friend of actor Robin Williams? Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure developed the model for the arbitrariness of the sign. In his theory, "Christopher Reeve" is a conventional sign, a symbol without similarity to the object to which it refers. This means that what the name actually suggests to a reader is dependent on the experience of that reader. The slowly played piano in Infinite Melancholy sets the mood, transforming the title into music by the hesitant playing of an etude. Christopher Reeve is represented in the 3-D-animation by the flyover, the letters, and the music. With it associations to the disposability of the Hollywood blockbuster superhero come into the viewer's mind, as well as the tragic fall of the actor and the resurrection of the man in real life. The American artist Jordan Wolfson (born 1980) influences the way that we read the conventional sign in his minimalistic work.
Courtesy of the artist, David Zwirner, New York, and Sadie Coles HQ, London
Sabine Idstein presents episode XLII
Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 7 pm
The anniversary of Winston Churchill's "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat" Speech
Harun Farocki, Inextinguishable Fire, 1969; 25 minutes
The short film Inextinguishable Fire by Harun Farocki (1944–2014; born in Nový Jicín) is the most important agitprop movie of the Vietnam movement. The former film student plays the role of a news presenter in 1969, loudly lamenting in front of the camera, "How can we show you napalm in action? And how can we show you the injuries caused by napalm?" Farocki had been reading a statement from a victim of the Vietnam War. Now he realizes that empathetic viewers will protect themselves from images of the destruction by closing their eyes.
How can one utilize media to demonstrate "the Inextinguishable Fire"? Farocki employs a self-inflicted injury to "give you only a hint of an idea of how napalm works". Wearing a sombre suit, he is the counterpart of the viewer, and hopes to become an intermediary. So he sears his skin with a lighted cigarette, and the viewer also feels the pain. Then he learns that napalm, which is inextinguishable, burns twelve times hotter than a cigarette, at 5000°C. Instead of the wounds inflicted, the movie shows the division of labour that results in the production of napalm, the Inextinguishable Fire.
Courtesy of the Galerie Thaddaes Ropac and Harun Farocki Filmproduktion
Sabine Idstein presents episode XLI
Wednesday, 22 April 2015, at 7 pm
International Mother Earth Day
Simon Wachsmuth, Rain, 2000; flash-animation, loop, silent
Günther + Loredana Selichar, GT Granturismo, 2001; digital video 5:10 minutes, 16:9 minutes
The animation Rain consists of white lines pouring diagonally from top to bottom against a black background. As their intensity and speed change, the stripes and lines are seen to be raining more or less. This work adapts Japanese landscape pictures, but transmits its antitype in a geometrical and technical manner. Simon Wachsmuth (born 1964, in Hamburg) is interested in media images, and especially in systems that utilise signs (codes). He investigates the circumstances of cultural interventions into natural processes and makes connections to social conventions. Rain reflects the correlation of culture, nature, and art. At the same time, it achieves a reduced, but intensive, spatial experience of a tremendous amount of data.
The car ride in the GT starts with the vehicle moving straight ahead. Outside, the natural landscape can be seen, presented in central perspective through the car's windscreen. Inside is the passenger, who "rides and he rides, he looks through his window, what does he see ... / all of it was made for you and me ... / so let's take a ride and see what's mine." The viewer finds himself a passenger in this road movie by Günther and Loredana Selichar. As in the virtual world of a computer game, he looks out into the scenery and views nature from a safe position—until nature strikes back. In kamikaze style, a horde of midges, bugs, and other insects are thrown against the windscreen, obliterating the view.
Sabine Idstein presents episode XL
Wednesday, April 1 2015, 7 pm
End of the Lenten season
Klaudia Stoll and Jacqueline Wachall, High Heel Obsession, 2012; 29:37 min, single channel projection, HD video, 16:9
Christian Jankowski: The Hunt, 1992, 1 min
The viewer participates from the ground-level perspective of a frog, as the artists relish the playful demolition of a variety of pieces of fruit. The scene takes place in a white-tiled bathroom, in which are visible the legs of the artists Stoll & Wachall, clad in nylons and petrol-blue patent leather platform shoes with stiletto heels. The subject of the video performance is an increasingly radical mixture of pleasure and pain (sensitivity and destruction), partitioned by pink title pages. There are hints of Baroque motifs, while all the action is dedicated to the camera and the pleasure of the viewer.
In an early work from 1992 titled The Hunt, Jankowski uses a bow and arrow to slay a yoghurt cup, bread, a frozen chicken, and margarine in a supermarket.
Sabine Idstein presents episode XXXIX
Wednesday, 11 March 2015, 7 pm
(Day of the catastrophe
Marcel Odenbach, Im Schiffbruch nicht schwimmen können, 2011, colour, sound; 8:23 min
Eugène Delacroix, who watched Théodore Gericault creating his work "The Raft of the Medusa" (1819) nearly 200 years ago, is reported to have said that the viewer of the depiction of the raft felt as if he, too, stood with one leg in the water.
The picture delivers an immediate shock. Its subject is the famous catastrophe, which was considered to be the consequence of inappropriate political decisions. After the French frigate Medusa was shipwrecked on its way to take over the colony of Senegal from the British, 149 people were imperilled as they were set adrift on a raft on the ocean. Only 15 of them survived—by resorting to cannibalism—and were rescued to return to France.
Marcel Odenbach (born 1953, in Cologne) surveys the world-renowned painting in the Louvre, together with three African men; these men originated from former colonies, and also entered Europe by sea. Odenbach invites the viewer of "Im Schiffbruch nicht schwimmen können" to participate in the immigrants' viewpoint, by capturing in images their statements about escape, home sickness, apprehension, and what it is like to be an outsider.
© Marcel Odenbach, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
Sabine Idstein presents episode XXXVIII
February 18, 2015, 7 pm
Ash Wednesday
John Skoog, Federsee, 2013, colour, 8 min (without text)
In the video Federsee by John Skoog (born 1985 in Malmö, Sweden) the camera either rambles over a snow-covered landscape and the inhabitants and houses of the small Schwabian town of Bad Buchau, or remains in a static frozen image, in the tradition of Scandinavian filmmaking.
The Alemannic Fasnet (Carnival) has ancient customs, with bells and rattles, wooden masks, processions and confrontations, but references to a local legend related to the lake give this pseudo-ethnographic movie a poetic dimension. The narrative takes place from dawn till sunset.
Courtesy of John Skoog and Pilar Corrias Gallery
Marcondes Dourado, Ogodô Ano 2000, 1996, 12:07 min, colour
Ogodô Ano 2000 is a portrait of Carnival in Salvador that looks beyond all the superficial extravagance. Marginal images from an outlying district of the city, which is popular with transvestites and homosexuals, are brought to the forefront. The tape slows down the different reports and duplicates the structure of the TV image. Record and play are working on different frequencies, so that the pictures, which are filmed from a screen, are in slow motion and have black markings. Consequently the magic of the carnival communicates with the dramatic irony of the film's appearance and the concealment of the electronic image.
Courtesy of the ZKM Karlsruhe
Sabine Idstein presents episode XXXVII
Wednesday, 28 January 2015, at 7 pm
European Data Protection Day
Peter Weibel and Hotel Morphila Orchestra, Wir sind Daten, 2013, 4:50 Min
Peter Weibel (born 1944, in Odessa) doesn't just have a CV as an artist, a CV as curator, and a CV as a professor, he can also provide a discography for the Hotel Morphila Orchestra since 1978. His work with this pop band preceded today's download, from a perspective of technique, when in 1982 he made their song "Sex in der Stadt" available to be recorded for free from the telephone earpiece of a call box. Wir sind Daten reflects the key words big data. At the beginning, the zeroes and ones, the codes of our communication system, are dancing on a black screen, following the digitized voice of Weibel. The song refers to and stresses our dependency on the digital system. While the optical chaos increases as the white characters join in a dance of more and more meaningless visual poetry on the black background, their doom is also evoked acoustically.
Cory Arcangel, Drei Klavierstücke, op. 11, 2009, Projection from a digital source, variable dimensions
Cory Arcangel (born 1978, in Buffalo, NY) spent six months creating his artwork Drei Klavierstücke, op. 11 . It adapts Arnold Schönberg's eponymous composition from 1909. The groundbreaking piece of atonal music, which secedes from the Western tradition of harmony, is played in Arcangel's video by cats. Cats, known as LoLCats on the Internet, are the most popular Internet meme in the world, and correspondingly one can find many cats playing the piano on the Web. Arcangel edited together the minutest details of 170 YouTube videos of piano-playing cats and (re-)composed them through a complex and arduous process to create a resourceful masterpiece.
Sabine Idstein presents episode XXXVI
Wednesday, 7 January 2015, at 7 pm
Sven Johne, Wissower Klinken, 2007, HD video, 8:20 min; actors: Leipzig-Nord Mens Choir
Sven Johne ( born 1976, Bergen, Rugen island) painstakingly investigates real incidents or current events in eastern Germany. Vacillating between reality and fiction, he characterizes the results as serious reports. In Wissower Klinken, a narrator recapitulates the occurrences concerning the tourist guide Klaus Barthels, who combined the ideals of the German romantic period by working as a singing wanderer at the chalk cliffs of Rugen, until he fell from them to his Save death. Initially, the members of the Leipzig-Nord Men's Choir follow the story with devotional scrutiny; finally they intone Schubert's Winter Travel.
Ulla von Brandenburg: Chorspiel, 2010, video on blu-ray DVD, audio 10:35 min; b&w
Ulla von Brandenburg's (born 1974, Karlsruhe) black-and-white movie Chorspiel is presented as a combination of a play and a song. By post-dubbing the dialogue with voices as diverse as a Greek choir, the family members are destabilized and simultaneously marked by a psychological dimension. The uncertainty of their future increases with the emergence of a shadowy Wanderer, who plays with a mysterious box, while the characters feel dark foreboding and try to predict a solution for their dilemma. The puzzling backdrop relates to the social questions referred to in the dialogue and on the stage.
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2015, Courtesy of Klemm's, Nagel-Draxler and the Artist, Produzentengalerie Hamburg and the Artist


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I wouldn't use Brasso on a horn. In my experience, something like Autosol, MAAS, or Simichrome works much better.
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This thread is what I get for browsing the site without logging in - my ignore list doesn't work unless I'm logged in. But as long as I'm here, a word about those two products. Brass Brite's cleaning action is due mostly to hydrochloric acid. Brass Shine's polishing is accomplished by ammonia and petroleum distillates. They sound suspiciously like some really crappy old products that have long been available in the USA. Well, Brasso for one. Vile, nasty stuff. MAAS is good, Simichrompoli is good, Flitz is good - there are lots of better options. MAAS is the way to go. But considering the horn she's planning on putting through the process, who cares?
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Speed limit on SR-522 through Kenmore and Lake Forest Park reduced to 40 mph
Many things have changed during the past few years through Kenmore and Lake Forest Park around State Route 522. Everything from population growth to tolls on the 520 bridge have increased traffic volumes along the busy arterial. Now, SR-522 will change too.
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) took action on Monday by lowering the speed limit from 45 to 40 mph. Crews were out replacing signs, which will be adorned with orange flags to alert drivers of the change.
"It better matches the condition of the roadway," said WSDOT spokesman Bart Treece. "We do speed limit reviews of roadways routinely and it more accurately reflects the conditions."
One of the biggest reasons for the change is the higher volumes of traffic on the road, preventing drivers from going a high rate of speed. Studies on traffic volume and average speed of cars on the road, along with requests from each city, has moved the changes forward.
The Kenmore City Council voted to reduce the speed limit last month. But since the road is a state highway, it had to have state approval.
"We have been asking them to for some time now," said Kenmore Mayor David Baker. "Some of us on the council have been trying to do this since 2004."
But some on the Kenmore City Council would have liked to see the speed reduced even more.
"The speed limit through Bothell and Shoreline on SR-522 is 35 miles per hour," said Baker. "That is the speed that I would have liked to see, but this is a start."
Baker said that for the council it is a matter of safety for Kenmore residents. Just last month a woman was trying to exit from a dental office on SR-522 in the 5700 block and was struck by a Metro bus. The woman had to be airlifted to Harborview Medical Center because it occurred at rush hour and the helicopter ride was the only way to get her to the hospital in a timely fashion.
But WSDOT officials cautioned that the road is not dangerous.
"We always look at collisions," said Mark Leth with the WSDOT. "It is right in range for the three-year average for a higher-volume arterial like this."
And while 40 is higher than the speed limits in Shoreline and Bothell, the stretch through Kenmore is a lot different with fewer stop lights than in Bothell and almost all straight and flat.
"It doesn't travel the same," said Leth. "At 40 miles per hour it is closer in speed but they travel differently."
Leth said that there has been an increase in traffic on SR-522 since tolling began on the 520 bridge last year but that the study looked at traffic volume increases a lot further back when coming to the conclusion to lower the speed limit.
"There has been quite a bit of development in that area," said Leth.
But SR-522 is not the only road with a speed decrease. The main thoroughfare in Kenmore of 80th Avenue Northeast, which runs north from Bothell Way, will also see a speed limit reduction from 40 to 35 mph. Those new speed limit signs will be placed later this month or in November.
"In recent years, we have seen much additional residential construction, children and increased traffic on 80th and safety has been a big concern," said Kenmore Councilman Allan Van Ness in a comment on a local Facebook page.
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Voicing one theme for the entire Bible and structuring all sermons around that idea may seem to be an impossible challenge. For veteran pastor and preaching professor Edmund Clowney it will not do to preach a text from either the Old or New Testaments without fully preaching its ultimate and primary focus-the person and work of Jesus Christ. He writes, "To see the text in relation to Christ is to see it in its larger context, the context of God's purpose in revelation."
Clowney's rationale for emphasizing Christ's presence in the Old Testament rests on the purpose of the Hebrew Scripture. The Old Testament follows God's one great plan for human history and redemption, and the plan is not only from him but centers on him: his presence in his incarnate Son. The witness of the Scriptures to Christ is the reason they were written, so it is appropriate to emphasize this element in the Old Testament as well as in the New Testament.
By offering numerous full-length examples of his own sermons that emphasize Christ as the principle theme of Scripture, Clowney illustrates for those who will never have the privilege of being his students how they can craft sermons which present Christ as the primary consideration of the text. He also offers specific instructions on preparing such a sermon. He discusses the personal habits of prayer and Bible study that prepare pastors to seek out Christ's presence.
Clowney emphasizes the importance of including a specific application in every sermon so that Christ is presented both in what he says and does to reveal himself in the biblical text and in what he says and does to direct Christians' lives today.
Students preparing for the pastorate, pastors desiring to increase their emphasis on Christ in their sermons, and those seeking Christ's presence in all of Scripture will find a help in Clowney's writings.
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While we always see Jedi Knights in the heart of the action on the big screen, have you already taken the Star Wars quiz and are still left wondering what they get up to when they've clocked off?
A Jedi Knight always has a clear mind and a strong understanding of what they need and want to achieve on a daily basis. They can visualize success like no one else – here is an insight into how to apply Jedi Knight attributes into your daily life.
Early to Rise
As protectors of peace (which is obviously a huge responsibility) Jedi Knights need to get ahead of the curve which means waking up super early. The Jedi Way is all about being ready to challenge the day as soon as it begins, so Jedi's are always the early birds who successfully catch the worm. Jedi yoga is popular first thing in the morning, to help the knights prepare for the day ahead with a strong, calm and focused mind set.
Eating the Right Food
For a Jedi, food means fuel, so they're incredibly mindful about what they put in their mouth. Can you imagine a world where a Jedi Knight gets heartburn mid-somersault or can't activate his light saber due to arthritis in his fingers? A Jedi Knight enjoys a well-balanced diet that gives them a lot of energy to prepare them for battle. So, instead of shoving bacon sarnies in their mouths you can expect to see them chomping on high-energy meat sources as well as raw vegetables, and taking in copious amounts of calcium, minerals and vitamins.
Exercise, Exercise and Exercise
A Jedi Knight's whole being is about physical activity and therefore they exercise regularly. They don't necessarily hit the gym hard, but they do ensure they're always on the move, whether in battle or in training. Good maintenance of the body is about getting exercise and lots of it, so you can expect to spot a Jedi keeping his body moving all the time.
Lots of Sleep
If you expect the Jedi Knights to be able to get up and fight for peace and justice all day, then you should know that they will need lots of sleep. Just like us, Jedis need to catch some zzzz's and this helps to ensure that they are always functioning at the highest level with both their minds and their bodies.
Keeping a Routine
One thing that's always really important to a Jedi Knight is their ability to stick to a routine, as this allows them to perform to the best of their abilities every day. Jedi Knights need to be productive all the time and apart from when they go into battle; they will rise at the same time each morning, eat the right food, exercise and get lots of sleep every day as a matter of routine. What a Jedi gets up to on a daily basis is far different to what we see in the movies and it's their health-busting routines that ensure they are able to bring their all to the big screens for our entertainment.


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Human resources (HR) technicians are responsible for the technical aspects of a human resource department, such as recruitment efforts, verifying credentials, and analyzing employee benefit programs. They are in charge of keeping accurate records of certifications, as well as classified information, on behalf of their organization. They must possess strong communication skills to interact with employees and respond to inquiries in a timely manner, and must be well-organized and have excellent problem-solving abilities. They usually report their progress to the human resources director of their company.Read More...
Those in this position share important information regarding confidential employee data with other technicians to reach all department goals within specific time-frames. However, they should also be able to work well by themselves with minimal input. Their primary responsibilities include verifying details in staff contracts, processing human resource benefits, and expediting concerns to human resource supervisors. They also update personnel files/ records and manage automated systems. These individuals must have good analytical skills to process large amounts of information and reach conclusions to present at business meetings. They must also recommend changes to the human resources processes to increase efficiency/productivity and minimize the use of company resources.
Those in this position must be proficient in office applications such as spreadsheet software to track employee hours, calculate payroll, and perform other accounting tasks. Human resources technicians also specialize in staff-support functions and provide assistance to other employees regarding compensation plans and benefit schedules. A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Psychology, or a related field is generally required. Previous years of experience in a technical capacity are highly beneficial. Industry certifications are also helpful.
Median of all compensation (including tips, bonus, and overtime) by years of experience.
For Human Resources Technicians, experience does not seem to be a major factor in determining pay. Folks who are navigating the first five years of their careers have a median salary of approximately $34K in this position. Those who have been around for five to 10 years don't get much more, though; the median salary in that group is $35K. People with 10 to 20 years of experience make an average of about $40K in this role. After two decades in the workforce, the average Human Resources Technician generally earns more than ever; median pay for this group is estimated at $43K.
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