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Mayor Michael B. Hancock chose Brad Buchanan to replace Rocky Piro as executive director of the Department of Community
Planning and Development (CPD), it caused furrowed brows among many of Denvers
dedicated cadre of neighborhood activists.
AS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, BRAD BUCHANAN hopes to return to a more functional process of respectful engagement and conflict resolution between neighborhood groups, developers, and the city. Photo by Paul Kashmann
Piro, who resigned unexpectedly in February after barely a year on the job,
had garnered broad support among Denvers registered neighborhood
organizations. He was chosen to lead CPD when Peter Park left in mid-2011 after
spearheading the first major redesign of Denvers zoning code and zoning
philosophy in half a century.
Buchanan, an architect by trade, is seen by some as too connected to big
business and big developers to be open-minded on the continuing raft of issues
and projects that often set neighborhood preservationists and advocates at odds
with the development community.
A former member and chair of the Denver Planning Board (2005-2013),
Buchanan served on the Denver Zoning Code Task Force (2005-2010) and as chair
of the Downtown Denver Partnership (2010-2011). He is founder of Freedom By
Design, a non-profit providing design and construction services for the
disabled community.
Most recently, Buchanan was intimately involved in the design of a mixed-use
redevelopment of the former St. Anthonys Hospital site in west-central Denver.
Neighbors objected to bringing downtown-scale density to a property on the edge
of an established residential area of largely single-family homes.
Buchanan is aware of the need to allay concerns and heal rifts. The
sacred trust between the neighborhoods and the city has certainly been
bruised, he said at a recent meeting of Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation (INC),
an umbrella group of 80-plus Denver registered neighborhood organizations. I
am absolutely committed to rebuilding that trust, to creating a forum for
healthy, productive engagement to make changes that better peoples lives.
Noting that promises can at times be hollow, he promised, I will win you over
with my actions.
As a first step to facilitating engagement, Buchanan recently
accelerated the rezoning notification process, alerting communities to rezoning
applications 30 days earlier than in the past. Nobody knows context like the
immediate neighbors, he told The
Profile. Were going to invite
public comment for our staff to assess and understand as they develop their
recommendations as part of the review process. That additional month is
important time. Theres been this sense that by the time an application reaches
Planning Board, the train has left the station.
Addressing another contentious area, Buchanan has
delayed publication of a text amendment designed to clarify the citys
calculation of open space requirements in larger-scale developments. Text
changes in the 2010 citywide rezoning have led to projects being approved with
less open space than would have been allowed under previous guidelines. In a
letter to INC, Buchanan promised to convene a public task force to consider the
issue before a final amendment is made. This future amendment will correct the
existing error regarding open space calculations in GDPs (General Development
Acknowledging the flood of building that is under way following years of
recession-driven stagnation, Buchanan said, Weve got wind in our sails right
now, which is a good and a bad thing. In 2013 we processed twice the number of
permits we were presented with in 2009, but (due to budget-balancing personnel
cuts) we did it with 60 percent fewer people.
Buchanan admitted that the reduced staff has kept the city from timely
completion of required inspections and reviews. We are substantially behind.
Currently, about half of that work is in backlog from family room
fix-ups to high rise development. Were going to
address that backlog as quickly as possible within the constraints of competing
budget priorities, he stated.
In the planning area, CPD has a full plate of historic proportion. A
never-ending need for neighborhood plans is competing with an avalanche of
special projects. A redo of Blueprint Denver (the land use and transportation
plan drafted in 2002) should come to the fore in the next year or two, while
the revitalization and reintegration of the Elyria/Swansea and Globevile neighborhoods hits the front burner as Colorado
Department of Transportation prepares a re-engineering of I-70, from I-25 to
Tower Rd.
Add to that the ongoing evolution of the aerotropolis
on and around the DIA grounds; rebuilding the National Western Stock Show for
the next century; planning for a new gateway into Denver along Brighton Blvd.;
transit station planning; and the ongoing challenges in
downtown; and Mr. Buchanan and his staff look to be stretched for the
foreseeable future.
The need to facilitate getting people from home to mass transit
first mile and from there to their ultimate destination last
mile is a large piece of the need to revisit Blueprint Denver. That
first/last mile element is a real driver, said Buchanan. Large parts of Blueprint
were devoted to the need for a new zoning code. Obviously thats been dealt
with. Now were in a time where transit alternatives are critical. Until we
clearly define our needs and where they are, we cant get projects funded. The
good news is, the buffet of options is substantial.
The recent upzoning of a University Park
property to five stories that had been zoned at three as part of the
2010 zoning code update has led residents in that community to question
why a zone designation would be changed after such a short time, when part of
the zoning code redo was so developers and neighbors had something they could
rely on.
None of us (on the Zoning Code Task Force) expected that getting a new
code would preclude or stop rezonings from happening.
We hoped wed see a significant reduction. What we were hearing from elsewhere
is that we could expect to see a third or more in reductions of rezonings. What we found is weve had at least a 50 percent
drop. In 2008-2009 we averaged more than 50 per year. In 2011-13, we had a
total of 72, or 24 per year.
The late (former planning director) Jennifer Moulton liked to say that,
Cities are messy places, and she was right. What we do here
is not simple, its complex. Edges and
transition zones can be very hard to manage.
Whats interesting to me is, I ask all kinds of people to describe
their favorite place, the kind of place they like the
most. A developer or an activist will describe similar places
pedestrian friendly, often mixed use. Places where youre comfortable and
support neighborhood character. We argue about height, density and traffic, but
I believe the goal remains the same.
I dont have all the answers, said Buchanan. We wont always have
everyone happy with what everyone else is doing, but we can get to a place
where theres respectful communication between parties that love our city and
value the places
that have been created where people want to live, and developers
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Inaugurating the 33rd All-India Medical Conference in Trivandrum on December 26, Dr. B. Ramakrishna Rao, Governor of Kerala, advocated "a philosophy of co-existence between modern and indigenous medicine." He told over 1,200 doctors from various parts of the country attending the session that if capable members of the modern medical profession undertook research in Ayurveda and Unani, they might still find something useful in them to add to their own and to the sum total of human knowledge. Dr. C.S. Thakar, President of the Indian Medical Association, presided over the session. "I cannot believe," Dr. Ramakrishna Rao said, "that the indigenous systems which have persisted for so many thousands of years are absolutely unscientific and devoid of any merit. They have to be dispassionately examined and studied with the help of modern sciences. I feel, therefore, that your conference should consider the desirability of taking some more practical steps in this direction than expressing your moral support by adopting resolutions requesting the Government to establish institutions of research in the indigenous systems of medicine."
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WFAA was unable to reach the Addington family for comment on the indictment.
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Chris Bolling, a four-year officer, was racing to intercept a possible drunk driver who had nearly caused a head-on collision. The officer was traveling as fast as 86 mph in a 45 mph zone before he hit 77-year-old Billie Joe Addington.
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The Vermont Lake Monsters won 7 of their first 10 games and as of Monday morning stood at 7-3 with a two game lead over the second place Connecticut Tigers in the New York - Penn League's Stedlar Division.
The effort has been pretty much a team effort, which bodes well for Vermont if they lose some key players due to promotion.
Hurler Bobby Hansen is the only individual to lead the league in a major category. His 17 strikeouts in 10 1/3 innings of work was tops in the league as of Monday morning. The last two of the first ten games was a two game split in Connecticut last weekend.
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In the opener last Saturday Tiger's pitching held Vermont to just 4 hits, while their offense banged out a dozen hits to score 7 runs and cruised to a 7-1 win. Catcher Julio Rodriguez led the Tiger's offense going 3-for-3 with a double and he drove in a run. Shortstop Brett Anderson drove in a pair of runs with his solo hit in 4 trips to the plate. Centerfielder Jeff Rowland, third baseman Josh Ashenbrenner, first baseman James Robbins and designated hitter Matt Perry all drove in single runs for the victorious Tigers.
Starter Josue Carreno picked up the win to go to 1-1 on the year. Carreno pitched five innings of shutout baseball, allowing just two hits while striking out 7 and walking just two. He was relieved by Drew Gagnier, who threw two innings of hitless baseball, allowing one unearned run with two strikeouts and two walks. Kevan Hess then finished the game strong for Connecticut. Hess pitched the final two innings, striking out four of the final six outs, with two hits allowed but he issued no free passes.
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TRAI has recently floated a consultation paper for regulatory framework on over-the-top (OTT) service like internet-based calling and messaging services and net neutrality.
The address munging is done to make it tedious for spammers or cyber criminals from copying email ID for automatically sending e-mails.
Depending on technological developments and experience gathered, it added, the duration of licence can be reviewed after a gap of 3-4 years.
The site has been facing frequent outage since yesterday when it made comments public that it received in response to consultation paper floated for regulation of over-the-top players and Net neutrality.
The last date for applying is April 9. Government employees wishing to apply will have to take retirement from their current positions.
The Authority has released the draft 'Telecom Consumers Protection (Eighth Amendment) Regulations, 2015' and is seeking comments of stakeholders.
Similar to the '911' in US, govt can integrate all existing emergency numbers such as 100, 101, 102 and 108 into the proposed '112' helpline number.
Top carriers including Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and Aircel met TRAI Chairman on Wednesday and suggested that the ceiling price should be raised.
It also seeks data to identify cross subsidisation, investigate predatory pricing and understand telecom operators pricing and arrangement.
Having such a policy will open the doors of the sector to new players and offer more choices to consumers.


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Large family group portraits tomorrow - Best dSLR settings?
I'm shooting large family portraits outdoors tomorrow for 25th anniversary.
I have a Canon Rebel Xsi with Kit Lens. I've photographed groups before and they come out great and full of spirit but the crispness of the people in the group is never what I want it to be.
Any advice on what settings may help??
|May 21, 2010, 04:12 PM
Consider the position of the sun and most importantly the background, you need a small (think f8) aperture to ensure a large enough depth of field and a quick shutter speed to ensure crispness. For this you will need a well lit scene.
|May 21, 2010, 04:16 PM
try for around f/8 to provide a larger DoF, ISO 100 or 200, and the fastest shutter speed you can get (though if you can't get faster than 1/60th, you'll have to open up the aperture). Keep your lighting even across the groups - don't have half the group in a shadow, the other half brightly illuminated.
There's no universal settings that are always going to work, but when photographing groups, keeping everybody in focus with a smaller aperture is rather important.
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|May 21, 2010, 04:58 PM
Most important thing before the camera is the lighting. Is the lighting suitable/flattering for group portrait? And, is there sufficient light to ensure fast enough shutter speed for a crisp shot?
After that, you can think about camera settings. Lack of sharpness could be due to poor focus, inadequate depth-of-field (aperture settting), or subject movement (slow shutter speed.)
If there's plenty of light, you can dial back the aperture to f/5.6 or so (which will ensure adequate DOF and I believe is in the sweet spot of that Rebel kit lens), and still have sufficient shutter speed to stop movement. With an XSi, you should be able to shoot anywhere from ISO 100 to 400 without any significant decrease in quality, ISO 400 will give you more flexibility with the other settings. IIRC, the Canon kit zoom is sharper at wide angle than zoomed in, which is probably good for a group portrait.
If the shot is for tomorrow, I would take some test shots today at around the same time as the shoot tomorrow. This will also help you a lot in terms of finding best lighting/positioning.
|May 21, 2010, 05:15 PM
Also if you have a tripod, that would help a ton as well, as you wouldn't need to worry about available light AS MUCH.
|May 21, 2010, 05:30 PM
OK, sorry, I couldn't resist that, I've had a bad week :-(.
previous posters are correct. Your kit lens may seem a little fuzzy because it's not being used at its optimum aperture, which is around f/8. Hopefully your kit lens is the stabilized version, as its optical quality is far superior to the older version (as well as the obvious advantage of IS). IS or no IS, keep your shutter speed above 1/100s (or at least 1/60s) to avoid blur from people moving. If you don't have enough light for f/8 and 1/100s or faster feel free to bump your ISO up as high as 400; if you're exposing properly you'll likely not notice the difference in the final image unless you're making really huge prints. If you're outdoors, not in the shade, and it's not getting dark, you should be fine at ISO100 though (read this if you really want to know).
Your camera & lens are light enough that you should be able to get away with using a fairly inexpensive tripod. make sure that the camera platform is as level as possible, and try not to shoot in a windy place so that the wind doesn't shake things around. Use the self-timer as well (which I assume you're doing anyway if you're actually in the photo).
Your lens exhibits a fair amount of barrel distortion towards the wide 18mm end (this means that straight lines look curved and people look funny; most wide-angle lenses do this, some more than others of course), so you want to place the camera somewhere that you can get everyone in the frame between the 28 and 55mm settings on the zoom. When I'm using my GF's IS kit lens it's usually in the 35mm position (where it's physically shortest) & I only change the focal length when I can't physically move to get the framing I want.
Depending on where you are, about +/-2 hours after dawn & before sunset is usually when the light is nicest. Avoid direct overhead midday sunlight or shooting when it's too dark or with the strong color cast and long shadows of late sunset. Cloudy days can actually be good for this sort of thing if it's just mild overcast as the shadows are a lot softer, the time of day matters a lot less, and no one is squinting or wearing sunglasses or a hat.
Shoot RAW, and expose to the right if you're comfortable with that (jpegs are fine if you get the white balance & exposure right at the shot, but RAW enables you to fix things later). In general, it's a really good idea to shoot some practice shots in the light & environment where you'll be shooting and go check them out on a computer (not just on the back of the camera) to make sure they're acceptable. Netbooks are really handy for this sort of thing if you have one.
good luck & have fun.
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|May 21, 2010, 05:48 PM
This is all awesome! Thanks so much!
At some point I will be getting a few new lenses, I also have 2 remotes (1 wireless, 1 wired) to help steady.
Again, thanks, this is great!
|May 21, 2010, 08:02 PM
take a lot of shots too
someone will blink or whatever and you can sub those from another shot
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|May 21, 2010, 10:53 PM
iMac, and MacBook Pro.
|May 21, 2010, 11:06 PM
Aside from SLR settings, you might want to try taking a few shots with the family all talking amongst themselves while standing in position, like smiling, laughing and making faces, etc.
Sometimes that comes out as the best shot, and comes out really well.
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Apple's strategy: make an iPhone, wait for excitement to simmer down, then make another one. They do this instead of pumping "revolutionary" (garbage) models in constantly (ahem, Motorola).
This is obvious. Who's going to buy a 4S today?
|Apr 25, 2012, 02:25 AM
There are a lot of good theories and I think everybody's right on some sense. Market saturation, upgrade cycles, the holiday quarter drop, this all contributes to the downshift in sales.*
My small theory? Phones are just getting too damn good. I used to upgrade my android phone every few months hoping the extra speed would take care of the lag. Or there were camera upgrades or software enhancements or new better screens.*
Now? Our wish list of must have features are dwindling and we're more happy with our phones now than ever. After being a new phone every few months kinda guy and getting an iPhone, I feel like I could finally have a phone for more than a year.*
What's to upgrade for? The processor on my 4s is fast enough, screen is just about perfect in my eyes, camera replaces my point and shoot and 4g is something I had on my last phone. I just don't care about it right now. I get a solid 3megs in my area with my 4s and what would I be doing to need more than that? I can load YouTube videos with a 2 second buffer time. Web pages load quick. Siri comes up quick. What else do I need?
I'm sure a lot of *people feel content with their 4's too. And with a lot of us having new iPads, we wouldn't care about upgrading to the next iPhone for a bigger screen.*A lot of what we want at this point is software and that'll make a lot of us look forward to ios6 more than the next iPhone
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The Linux community had two birthdays to celebrate recently. Debian GNU/Linux turned 17 on August 16 and openSUSE has been providing an excellent desktop Linux for five years.
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Carmel Valley's cool skate park
A few years ago, it was common to hear a skateboard slamming against concrete in a condo parking lot or on a set of stairs in a mall.
But over time, cities and businesses cracked down on skateboarding, leading to a rise in the popularity of skate parks as places to practice and socialize.
The Carmel Valley Skate Park, one of the newest in North County, is marking its second anniversary this month.
The 13,500-square foot park built in 2008 for $2.8 million averages between 3,000 and 5,000 visitors per month, making it the second most used skate park among the five city of San Diego parks, just slightly behind the Robb Field Skate Park in Ocean Beach.
One of the remarkable features of the Carmel Valley site is that professional skaters not only helped design it, but they return to skate there.
"You can see pro skaters training side by side with kids, and you can tell the kids are in awe," said Brian Moore, president of the Site Design group that designed the Carmel Valley Skate Park. "I've seen Andy Macdonald, Tony Hawk and Kevin Staab skate there."
Hawk, Chris Miller and Tony Magnusson were among the professional skaters who did a test run on the park before it opened. Miller, who has taken the masters title at the invitational Pro-Tec Pool Party at Vans skate park in Orange and is considered a legendary pool skater, helped design the 60-foot by 40-foot bowl with the Site Design Group based in Del Mar. The bowl design has varying depths from 6 to 11 feet with tile and pool coping, granite ledges and a stamped brick concrete bank to give a street feel and look. Miller is credited for the idea of making the hips mellow enough to speed through each transition in the bowl. The park has a small ditch run and urban elements, such as railings, stairs, banks and edges.
"I like the bowl because you can catch it with a lot of speed," said Canyon Kelley, 17, who lives in Carmel Valley.
Kevin Newgrass comes all the way from La Mesa to skate at the park. "I like the ledges and the step up on the pyramid. It pushes me to try new tricks," said Newgrass, 21.
Kenny "G" Graciano, 22, who lives in Solana Beach, is a regular at the park. "I like the people here — there are good vibes," Graciano said.
The park attracts skaters of different ages and skill levels.
"The last 20 years have seen a real boom in interest in skateboarding. We find that young skateboarders grow older and remain committed to the sport as adults," said Clay Bingham, a San Diego deputy parks director.
On a recent Saturday, 30-year-olds were doing tricks alongside teens and kids as young as 5 at the park.
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Rocky Long has an idea, but he's not telling
The quest to replace Aztecs running back Adam Muema is in full swing.
Sophomore running back D.J. Pumphrey rushed for 752 yards and eight touchdowns and proved to be a bona fide weapon in the open field.
But at 5-foot-9, 170 pounds, he's not built for the pounding an every-down back takes throughout the course of a game.
"I don't think D.J. is big enough or physical enough to be the guy that carries the ball 30 times a game. I don't think he's that kind of physical presence, but he does a whole bunch of good things," San Diego State coach Rocky Long said. "Obviously he's the big play guy, he's the guy in the open field…. If you can develop a guy that can run between the tackles, the two of them complement each other."
Even though the Aztecs have three talented freshman running backs – Rashad Penny, P.J. Walker and Daryl Dunlap – joining the team this summer, Long believes Muema's successor is already in camp with the Aztecs.
"I think we have several candidates," Long said, grinning. "I have a special one, but I'm not going to tell you who, because I have a bet with the offensive coaches on who it is.
"They don't agree with me. But they'll be wrong."
Still, the coach hinted that the running back he's betting on reminds him of a running back from his past.
Rodney Ferguson rushed for 4,231 yards during his career at New Mexico and played for the Buffalo Bills.
"They have very similar styles and very similar attitudes," Long said, cryptically.
He declined to name the back, but it's not a stretch to wonder if he's referring to 6-foot-1, 210-pound redshirt freshman Marcus Stamps.
Stamps is a big back in the mold of Ferguson, and Long has talked about their similarities in the past.
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Redshirt freshman safety Trey Lomax, a Mira Mesa grad, dislocated a finger on his right hand on Wednesday while defending against a past.
Long said Lomax had minor surgery on Wednesday night, and doctors were able to get the finger back in place. He's expected to practice on Monday with a brace on.
First impressions
Long wasn't impressed by how his players performed in their first practice.
That was partly because four of the five quarterbacks are inexperienced, and the entire safety corps is new.
"The quarterbacks seem like they have really good arms, quick arms…. They spin the ball really well, the ball comes out fast and in a tight spiral. They looked good throwing it. What they didn't do was throw it to the right people," Long said. "I saw more interceptions or possible interceptions yesterday than I ever have in my coaching career.
"The safeties were a lot like the quarterbacks. They looked better because the quarterbacks were terrible so the safeties intercepted passes. But sometimes they intercepted passes because they weren't in the right place. There were a lot of mistakes being made yesterday."


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