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== Julia O'Malley- In a rough neighborhood, a bulldozer wit == | |||
<html>There's something just right about rolling through Fairview with Paul Fuhs in his blue convertible 1976 Cadillac Eldorado. It's a flashy car held in high regard by rappers and grandparents alike. Fuhs, a rising neighborhood leader,[http://cgi.www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~niels/local/cp/epad/epad.cgi?res=165 Early Retirement and Stress], has a similarly democratic sort of charm. | |||
People in Fairview call him a bridge-builder. A street diplomat. A greaser of political wheels. | |||
"My ex-wife, " he told me, "calls me the smiling bulldozer." | |||
Technically speaking, Fuhs, a sturdy, salt-and-pepper haired 64-year-old, is a lobbyist. He has worked for years in representing maritime interests in Juneau. (He began his maritime career as a diver and underwater explosives expert). He was the mayor of Dutch Harbor from 1985-1991. In the case of Fairview, his client isn't a city or corporation. It's the neighborhood where he grew up. Fairview may be the only neighborhood in Anchorage employing a lobbyist, but given the depth of the blight there, it's probably a good idea. | |||
Fuhs lives with his wife and daughter on 11th Avenue, in a nice house located on what has historically been the rougher side of Cordova Street. (In the interest of full disclosure: my dad also grew up also on the shabby side of Cordova a block away.) Fuhs' mother lives next door to him in the house where he was raised. She is 92. | |||
As public attention and redevelopment money has been focused on Mountain View over the past decade, Fairview has remained out of the spotlight. It may now be one of the city's most troubled pockets, burdened with more than its share of street alcoholics and crime, plagued with low-rent hotels and poorly-managed rentals, hollowed out as the recession shuttered many of the automotive businesses at its core. | |||
Not to say that change isn't happening in Fairview. Its proximity to downtown has encouraged slow but steady gentrification along the blocks between Cordova and Merrill Field,[http://www.jerseys-hearts.com/Nike-Bills-94-Williams-Black-Impact-Kids-Limited-Jerseys-30292/ Nike Bills 94 Williams Black Impact Kids Limited Jerseys], particularly Fuhs' part of the neighborhood between Cordova and Gambell. A core group of advocates made up of businesses and residents has formed. Fuhs is the most politically connected among them and has some of the deepest local roots. He took a serious interest in Fairview about two years ago he said, when residents and businesses were fighting Karluk Manor, a new kind of housing project for chronic alcoholics that allows them to live there without quitting drinking. The neighbors were not successful in stopping the Manor, but they did form the Fairview Business Association, a non-profit made up of local businesses -- among them the Lucky Wishbone, Brown's Electric, Alaska Aces, Morrison Auto Group and Copper River Seafoods -- paying annual dues of between $500 and $2,500. | |||
Fuhs helped write the group's bylaws, and then the FBA turned around and hired him as a consultant. After that, he helped secure a $200,000 legislative appropriation in 2012 to study the redevelopment of Gambell Street. The state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities was supposed to begin a repaving project in 2015, but Fuhs is now looking to fund further road improvements at the same time. | |||
The Fairview Community Council has been looking for progress for a long time, Council President SJ Klein told me. But penetrating government bureaucracy has been the biggest impediment. | |||
"(Fuhs) is the perfect antidote to bureaucracy," he said. "He puts his head down and keeps on pushing until he breaks through." | |||
I met Fuhs at his house this week with plans to take a drive through the neighborhood. Before we left, he spread out a couple of maps on his kitchen table. The vision for the new Gambell Street is three-lane, more pedestrian-oriented street. Fuhs would like to see wider sidewalks, buried utilities and better streetlighting. Pending studies by traffic engineers, Mayor Dan Sullivan has signed on in support of these plans. (In case you were wondering about the so-called highway-to-highway connector project, which could bring major change to the Gambell/Ingra area and link the Glenn and Seward highway corridors, it's been pushed off 20 years.) | |||
The road changes are just the beginning of what Fuhs and the members of the business association want to see in Fairview. He hopes to convince developers to construct buildings along the Gambell corridor with shops on the ground floor and condos above that would be marketed to retiring boomers. He wants the city to offer tax abatement for redevelopment projects in the neighborhood, allowing developers to write-off some of their required city infrastructure upgrade costs on their property taxes. He envisions something like Portland's Pearl District, a former warehouse area remade into luxury condos, shops and restaurants. | |||
On Friday, Sullivan told me he's in favor a tax abatement program, if the city is able to offer it. That's something the city is looking into, because Sullivan would like to try something similar at Ship Creek, he said. The mayor lived in Fairview as a young man, he said. He and Fuhs have been acquainted since junior high. The neighborhood is in need of some "tender, loving care," he said. | |||
Fuhs and I drove through perhaps Fairview's seediest intersection, at 13th and Gambell, and swung down Hyder, where a group of intoxicated characters were loitering in the street. They smiled and waved at us in the car. He smiled and waved back. | |||
Among the smaller projects Fuhs is working on is getting a Fairview coffee shop (the vendors he'd talked to say the neighborhood is still too rough). He also wants to clean up the bluff above the jail near Lucky Wishbone, which is rife with illegal camping and unsavory activities. Many of the neighborhood problems come back to homeless inebriates, he said. The neighbors attribute that to the concentration of social services in the area. With that said, Fuhs told me he has become a believer in the Karluk Manor. | |||
"It's taking people off the street," he said. "It actually works." | |||
He'd like to see another facility like it with double the capacity, just in another part of town. | |||
Some of his other ideas for cleaning up the neighborhood are unorthodox. He wants a liquor store next to Brother Francis Shelter and Beans Cafe that sells directly to street alcoholics. It would relieve some of the traffic to the liquor stores on Gambell, he said. The proceeds could go to treatment. And he'd like public bathrooms to keep street people from going on private property. | |||
He's confident that the neighborhood is at the beginning of a transformation. | |||
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Fuhs pulled in to one of his favorite examples of urban renewal on Gambell: the complex of the corner of Ninth Avenue, a once-vacant car dealership that is now Anchorage Athletic Club, Downtown Grill and Driven Auto Body. It's owned by Tony Stanley, a businessman Fuhs has known since his Dutch Harbor days. Stanley's son, Logan Stanley,[http://forum.balisoulmate.com/showthread.php?6600-Importance-of-Joomla-SEO-for-Websites&p=9880#post9880 Importance of Joomla SEO for Websites], runs the grill. We took a seat on its patio, one of the most elaborately landscaped patios I've ever seen. Fuhs ordered us both iced teas. When Logan came out, Fuhs informed him that the community council was going to give him an award for the investment in the restaurant. The restaurant was just the kind of re-development that the neighborhood would someday be known for, he said. | |||
Julia O'Malley writes a regular column. Reach her by phone at 257-4591, email her at , follow her on Facebook or Twitter: @adn_jomalley.</html> | |||
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R Bud Norris – Norris is the Astros’ highest paid player ($3 million) and leads the team in ERA (3.63) and strikeouts (81). He’s likely a No. 4 starter on a winning team. But the pitching market is weak this year and Norris has long drawn attention.
R Lucas Harrell – The former No. 2 starter was recently demoted to the bullpen and has a 5.06 ERA. Harrell has less value than Norris. But he doesn’t want to be a reliever and has soured on the club’s new direction.
L Erik Bedard – The crafty 34-year-old lefthander has been dependable in 2013. While his numbers (3-5,Lowering Costs In Your Website SEO, 4.67 ERA) don’t shine, there’s always a spot for a proven starter in August and September.
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R Jose Veras – The 32-year-old righthander has 17 saves before the All-Stark break for a club that was out of the playoff picture in mid-April. If another team wants Veras, it’s hard to see the Astros not giving him up.
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<html>Alaskans can help prevent Elodea infestations
(Anchorage, AK) State agencies are working together this summer on efforts to control the spread of Elodea, an invasive aquatic plant that is threatening fish habitat and recreational activities in certain lakes and slow-moving rivers in Southcentral Alaska and the Fairbanks area.
As part of these efforts, agencies are encouraging the general public to: report Elodea sightings; get involved in eradication efforts; and prevent the inadvertent spread of Elodea from their aquariums, boats and floatplanes. A detailed checklist on how Alaskans can identify and report Elodea is available at. For information on preventative measures,Nike Broncos 87 Decker Black Impact Kids Limited Jerseys, go to.
The public outreach on Elodea is a part of multi-agency effort in Alaska to control the spread of aquatic invasive species, which are estimated to cost the United States tens of billions of dollars each year in damages and spending on control measures. Additional invasive species that can impact waterways and have already arrived in Alaska include reed canarygrass, purple loosestrife, knotweed,Hamburg blank blue away jerseys, red legged frogs and northern pike. Agencies are also watching out for potential invaders such as New Zealand mud snails and zebra and quagga mussels.
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Working together with federal officials, the agencies have established an Elodea working group to set goals and identify specific actions to address infestations around the state. The working group had its first official meeting on Monday, June 24, in Anchorage to discuss and develop statewide priorities and goals for the management of Elodea.
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Elodea is believed to be Alaska s first widespread aquatic invasive plant, but it won t be the last if we do not start working together and that includes educating and involving the public in prevention efforts, said Brianne Blackburn, the Invasive Plants Coordinator for DNR s Division of Agriculture.
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Protecting All Unborn Life in Texas
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On a hot summer night in the back seat of a car you got your one and only shot at birth. Had your mother consumed one less Lone Star or your father remembered to buy a condom your life might have been miserably snuffed out, but here you are; a glorious accident. Your father chose life which makes you a tribute to the sanctity of every sperm.
Many are not so lucky. Every year trillions of spermatozoa are senselessly destroyed, most of them murdered for pointless pleasure. Each death is a harrowing indictment of a culture of sexual anarchy which places pleasure ahead of life.
The Texas Legislature is working hard,Got a smartphone- Retailers may be tracking you 0, over the objections of Senators like Wendy Davis, to protect unborn life, but their insufficient efforts so far reflect an insulting bias against men. Government is quick to recognize the vital reproductive power of women and seek to protect them with thoughtful pro-life legislation. Meanwhile men are ignored, their contributions to the reproductive process devalued and denigrated by society. This anti-male bias must end. Life in all its forms deserves protection.
The Bible describes in explicit detail God��s anger at senseless slaughter. In Genesis 38, God demonstrated the punishment due for spermicide. Not waiting for human justice, God in a rare act of vengeance intervened personally to execute Onan for destroying his own irreplaceable seed.
Christianity, from its earliest thinkers like and recognized the meaning of this passage and the primacy of life over passion. By direct act,The 100K Adsense Blueprint Is What We Will Be Taki,Rangers 99 Gretzky blue Jerseys, God placed an exclamation point in the scripture making clear the utter sanctity of every sperm.
Science has not yet definitively measured the pain experienced by slain spermatozoa as they struggle vainly to survive. Needless to say, if the public were forced to watch the heart-wrenching end of these beautiful fountains of life, destroyed before they can see their fathers or know God��s love, opinions about spermicide would change overnight. That��s why the Godless voices of the mainstream media never cover this vital issue.
Bible-believing Christians are not free to pick and choose which scriptures they will respect. Especially when God��s word is so inarguably explicit, Christians are compelled to use their influence in the political arena to bring God��s justice in the world. Anything less would bring judgment on our own heads and call down holy wrath on our nation.
Government must act immediately to see that every discharge is conducted in a sincere effort to allow living sperm to pursue the possibility of birth. Anyone destroying these precious lives or encouraging others to do so should be brought to justice.
Legislation should be enacted requiring men to account for every discharge. This legislation should not be unreasonable or unnecessarily intrusive. It should provide exemptions from prosecution for innocent accidents. Any affected sheets or undergarments must be produced and the materials should be disposed of with the appropriate solemnities.
Naturally, repeat cases should be subject to heightened scrutiny. Those found guilty of deliberate spermicide without procreative intent should be punished for the murder they have committed.
To avoid appearing too severe, the law should contain humane provisions to protect the father��s health. If a discharge is necessary to protect the life of the father, there should a process by which a man can obtain a license for permissible waste. Even in such an extreme and presumably rare case, the father should be forced to view microscopic images of the sperm and he must have all of the consequences of his actions explained to him, including the possibility of spermal pain.
He must also be forced to hear stories of those who successfully held their sperm, discharging it later in a manner that led to procreation. The father must be notified of the potential to donate his sperm so that it may enjoy a chance at birth.
The doctor conducting the procedure must warn him of the possible psychiatric consequences, sometimes referred to as Post-Discharge Syndrome. Though medical science dismisses the syndrome, many prospective fathers report feelings of deep sadness and shame for the destruction of unborn life in which they participated,Best Price For SEO Services, along with an . These measures would protect men s interests by providing them with the information they need to make informed choices.
Only after judicial review, a cold shower,Youth Nike Saints 9 BREES black Game Jerseys, and an appropriate waiting period should a man be able to conduct the discharge, and then only in a facility equipped to handle the most sophisticated surgical procedures. These precautions express not only society��s great concern for life, but the desire to protect men from physical or emotional harm at this time when they are so emotionally fragile.
Thanks to beer, a great mix tape, and a youthful disregard for consequences, you received your precious chance to be conceived. So many people never got the opportunity you enjoy. The death cries of trillions of sperm ring out to heaven, calling down judgment on us all. Wise legislation could end this abomination and bring a fresh respect for life to our nation.
Protecting the sanctity of every human life means affording men the respect they deserve for their critical role in the reproductive process. As Texas moves to protect women from the dangers of abortion, let��s not forget that life begins long before the act is consummated. Fathers deserve equal respect and compassion.
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<html>There's something just right about rolling through Fairview with Paul Fuhs in his blue convertible 1976 Cadillac Eldorado. It's a flashy car held in high regard by rappers and grandparents alike. Fuhs, a rising neighborhood leader,Early Retirement and Stress, has a similarly democratic sort of charm. People in Fairview call him a bridge-builder. A street diplomat. A greaser of political wheels. "My ex-wife, " he told me, "calls me the smiling bulldozer." Technically speaking, Fuhs, a sturdy, salt-and-pepper haired 64-year-old, is a lobbyist. He has worked for years in representing maritime interests in Juneau. (He began his maritime career as a diver and underwater explosives expert). He was the mayor of Dutch Harbor from 1985-1991. In the case of Fairview, his client isn't a city or corporation. It's the neighborhood where he grew up. Fairview may be the only neighborhood in Anchorage employing a lobbyist, but given the depth of the blight there, it's probably a good idea. Fuhs lives with his wife and daughter on 11th Avenue, in a nice house located on what has historically been the rougher side of Cordova Street. (In the interest of full disclosure: my dad also grew up also on the shabby side of Cordova a block away.) Fuhs' mother lives next door to him in the house where he was raised. She is 92. As public attention and redevelopment money has been focused on Mountain View over the past decade, Fairview has remained out of the spotlight. It may now be one of the city's most troubled pockets, burdened with more than its share of street alcoholics and crime, plagued with low-rent hotels and poorly-managed rentals, hollowed out as the recession shuttered many of the automotive businesses at its core. Not to say that change isn't happening in Fairview. Its proximity to downtown has encouraged slow but steady gentrification along the blocks between Cordova and Merrill Field,Nike Bills 94 Williams Black Impact Kids Limited Jerseys, particularly Fuhs' part of the neighborhood between Cordova and Gambell. A core group of advocates made up of businesses and residents has formed. Fuhs is the most politically connected among them and has some of the deepest local roots. He took a serious interest in Fairview about two years ago he said, when residents and businesses were fighting Karluk Manor, a new kind of housing project for chronic alcoholics that allows them to live there without quitting drinking. The neighbors were not successful in stopping the Manor, but they did form the Fairview Business Association, a non-profit made up of local businesses -- among them the Lucky Wishbone, Brown's Electric, Alaska Aces, Morrison Auto Group and Copper River Seafoods -- paying annual dues of between $500 and $2,500. Fuhs helped write the group's bylaws, and then the FBA turned around and hired him as a consultant. After that, he helped secure a $200,000 legislative appropriation in 2012 to study the redevelopment of Gambell Street. The state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities was supposed to begin a repaving project in 2015, but Fuhs is now looking to fund further road improvements at the same time. The Fairview Community Council has been looking for progress for a long time, Council President SJ Klein told me. But penetrating government bureaucracy has been the biggest impediment. "(Fuhs) is the perfect antidote to bureaucracy," he said. "He puts his head down and keeps on pushing until he breaks through." I met Fuhs at his house this week with plans to take a drive through the neighborhood. Before we left, he spread out a couple of maps on his kitchen table. The vision for the new Gambell Street is three-lane, more pedestrian-oriented street. Fuhs would like to see wider sidewalks, buried utilities and better streetlighting. Pending studies by traffic engineers, Mayor Dan Sullivan has signed on in support of these plans. (In case you were wondering about the so-called highway-to-highway connector project, which could bring major change to the Gambell/Ingra area and link the Glenn and Seward highway corridors, it's been pushed off 20 years.) The road changes are just the beginning of what Fuhs and the members of the business association want to see in Fairview. He hopes to convince developers to construct buildings along the Gambell corridor with shops on the ground floor and condos above that would be marketed to retiring boomers. He wants the city to offer tax abatement for redevelopment projects in the neighborhood, allowing developers to write-off some of their required city infrastructure upgrade costs on their property taxes. He envisions something like Portland's Pearl District, a former warehouse area remade into luxury condos, shops and restaurants. On Friday, Sullivan told me he's in favor a tax abatement program, if the city is able to offer it. That's something the city is looking into, because Sullivan would like to try something similar at Ship Creek, he said. The mayor lived in Fairview as a young man, he said. He and Fuhs have been acquainted since junior high. The neighborhood is in need of some "tender, loving care," he said. Fuhs and I drove through perhaps Fairview's seediest intersection, at 13th and Gambell, and swung down Hyder, where a group of intoxicated characters were loitering in the street. They smiled and waved at us in the car. He smiled and waved back. Among the smaller projects Fuhs is working on is getting a Fairview coffee shop (the vendors he'd talked to say the neighborhood is still too rough). He also wants to clean up the bluff above the jail near Lucky Wishbone, which is rife with illegal camping and unsavory activities. Many of the neighborhood problems come back to homeless inebriates, he said. The neighbors attribute that to the concentration of social services in the area. With that said, Fuhs told me he has become a believer in the Karluk Manor. "It's taking people off the street," he said. "It actually works." He'd like to see another facility like it with double the capacity, just in another part of town. Some of his other ideas for cleaning up the neighborhood are unorthodox. He wants a liquor store next to Brother Francis Shelter and Beans Cafe that sells directly to street alcoholics. It would relieve some of the traffic to the liquor stores on Gambell, he said. The proceeds could go to treatment. And he'd like public bathrooms to keep street people from going on private property. He's confident that the neighborhood is at the beginning of a transformation. "I believe people can do things if they are organized,NFL Caps-6,Ultimate Astros Astros potential trade list 1," he said. Fuhs pulled in to one of his favorite examples of urban renewal on Gambell: the complex of the corner of Ninth Avenue, a once-vacant car dealership that is now Anchorage Athletic Club, Downtown Grill and Driven Auto Body. It's owned by Tony Stanley, a businessman Fuhs has known since his Dutch Harbor days. Stanley's son, Logan Stanley,Importance of Joomla SEO for Websites, runs the grill. We took a seat on its patio, one of the most elaborately landscaped patios I've ever seen. Fuhs ordered us both iced teas. When Logan came out, Fuhs informed him that the community council was going to give him an award for the investment in the restaurant. The restaurant was just the kind of re-development that the neighborhood would someday be known for, he said.
Julia O'Malley writes a regular column. Reach her by phone at 257-4591, email her at , follow her on Facebook or Twitter: @adn_jomalley.</html>