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Good morning, Washington. Ever wonder which local university pays its professors the most? Thanks to the Post, we now know. According to a survey conducted by the American Association of University Professors, Georgetown pays its full and assistant professors the best in the region — on average, $158,900 and $88,900, respectively. Of course, no one holding down one of these jobs at any local university is struggling; even the last-place finisher on the list, Northern Virginia Community College pays its full professors $73,300 and their assistants $58,000. (Though here’s hoping that NVCC profs don’t have as many books as Allen Sessoms does.)

Transportation Budget Markups Released: The D.C. Council is spending the rest of this week and part of next marking up Mayor Vince Gray’s 2012 budget proposal. So far, the most dramatic changes have been via the pen of Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells, who chairs the Council’s public works and transportation committee. Mike DeBonis reports that Wells’ markups include providing an extra $6.2 million in subsidies to Metro, keeping the Circulator fare at $1 (Gray has suggested raising it to $2), and adding 40 more Capital Bikeshare stations. Wells suggests paying for all of it by raising parking fees and fines in residential areas.

Montgomery County, The Next Adams Morgan: The Bethesda area is preparing for the influx of visitors that will arrive in mid-June for the U.S. Open golf tournament at Congressional Country Club. According to the Gazette, 250,000 people are expected to visit the Bethesda area for the tournament, and residents are bracing themselves for the traffic uptick. Residents are even allowed to rent out their driveways to vehicles, though police aren’t recommending it.

Engineering Pool: Have you walked by the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool recently and wondered precisely what all those timber plugs are doing inside the empty pool? The Post has an update on the 2,133 wooden pilings being installed as part of the replacement of the 80-year-old pool. It’s an impressive exercise in scope, but also in precision — one worker told the paper that sinking the wooden beams is like driving “a toothpick through mud and hitting it on concrete.” Reconstruction of the pool is expected to last until spring 2012.

Briefly Noted: “Note to landlords: When selling a property, do not take prospective buyers on a building tour that includes a newsroom. Of a business publication. That knows who said potential buyers are.”…Infant falls into Washington Channel…Downtown gets new banners…Marylanders opposed to DREAM Act still fighting…Petworth farmers market to accept food stamps…BREAKING: Northern Virginia is more liberal than the rest of the state…Police looking for information about Central Place NE killing, death of Arlington cyclist…O’Malley signs law outlining utility reliability standards…Library of Congress launches National Jukebox, which should totally get you off Pandora for at least a couple of days.

This Day in DCist: 2010: it was a simpler time. WMATA general manager Richard Sarles was only planning “to be in the job for about six months,” Vince Orange was but a longshot candidate to return to the D.C. Council, and we could all come together and make jokes about modern art.