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Today we are excited to have D.B. Jackson to talk about the blending of history with urban fantasy in the first book The Thieftaker Chronicles called THIEFTAKER (available now from Tor Books). In her review, Abigail described it as "Harry Dresden meets Sherlock Homes…a completely immersive and thoroughly entertaining book. Jackson's well-researched historical details coupled with his fresh and comprehensive worldbuilding are not to be missed." Be sure to enter the giveaway below for a chance to win a copy of THIEFTAKER.
Blending of History with Urban Fantasy
D.B. Jackson
My newest novel, THIEFTAKER, book I of the Thieftaker Chronicles (Tor Books), is my first attempt at writing urban fantasy — historical urban fantasy, to be more precise. My previous novels were epic fantasies — sprawling, alternate-world stories filled with castle intrigue, wars, and sorcery. With THIEFTAKER I not only got away from the medieval castle stuff, I actually returned to our world.
The Thieftaker Chronicles, is set in Colonial Boston on the eve of the American Revolution. Each book features a stand-alone murder mystery built around a different historical event leading toward the rebellion against British rule. The mystery in this first book coincides with the Stamp Act riots of 1765. On the night of the riots, a young woman is found murdered. Officials of the Crown wish to blame the rioters, but our hero, Ethan Kaille, conjurer and thieftaker, has other ideas and soon finds himself enmeshed in a web of magic and politics. The mystery in the second book, THIEVES' QUARRY, which will be out in the summer of 2013, takes place against the backdrop of the occupation of Boston in the fall of 1768. And I have it in mind to write at least two more books in the Thieftaker "universe."
In blending the historical elements of my story into what I envisioned as an urban fantasy, I needed to find a balance between giving my book the gritty, almost contemporary feel one often finds in UF stories, and maintaining an authentic eighteenth century ambiance that would be true to my setting and my historical characters.
One of the keys to making that balance work lay in bringing to life the "urban" in my urban fantasy. Boston in the 1760s was a fascinating place. Once, only three or four decades earlier, it had been the preeminent city in Colonial North America. Though small by the standards of English cities, Boston was as large as any town in the New World. It was a vibrant, prosperous center of culture, commerce, and politics.
But an economic slump at mid-century took some of the gloss off the city, and as the impact of European wars reached the New World, Boston fell upon hard times. While its rivals, New York and Philadelphia, continued to grow, expand, and prosper, Boston stagnated. By the 1760s the city had become seedy, depressed, a gray shadow of what it had been. And yet, it would soon also become a hotbed of political activism. These developments were less than ideal for the city's people, but they make 1760s Boston the perfect setting for a murder mystery, and the perfect home for a protagonist who is down on his luck and somewhat past his own best days.
Thus, in this case, getting the historical details right — or as close to right as possible — enabled me to accomplish both of my primary aims. I created a setting for my book that, I hope, looks, smells, feels, and sounds like pre-Revolutionary Boston. I tried to capture the sensual (in the truest sense of the word) qualities of the city; I sought to convey the grim economic conditions; and, of course, I made the growing political upheaval central to my plot line. And in doing these things, I brought that grittiness I mentioned earlier to my story, because Boston at that time was, quite simply, a hard-edged city.
The other key element in maintaining historical authenticity while giving the book an urban fantasy flavor revolved around tone and the voice of my point of view character. In my epic fantasies, I tended to have a large cast of point of view characters. I could shift viewpoints with each new chapter, and sometimes within chapters with breaks in the text. Each character had his or her own voice, and had a unique take on events taking place in the story. And of course, epic fantasy often has its own style — a sweeping scope, a certain sense of world-shattering consequence to various events, a certain formality to the prose.
Urban fantasy, at least as I have written it, is quite different. First of all, Ethan Kaille is my only point of view character. Everything that the reader experiences is tinged with his perceptions and emotions. So in order to keep that voice fresh for an entire book, an entire series, I have to make it truly unique and idiosyncratic. This is one of the reasons I am so fond of Ethan as a character. I have given him an intricate background and made him complex, conflicted, difficult to like at some times, and yet charming at others. Because the story revolves around a mystery, I have also given the book a subtle "noir" tone, so that while my characters speak in the vernacular of the 1760s, the book reads as a crime thriller. And finally, in part because of this desire to have a mystery feel, I have made the story lean, the prose sparse. The result is a novel that is different in nearly every way from anything I've written before.
Too often, it seems to me, urban fantasy is assumed to be a very specific sort of book — contemporary in setting as well as tone, and populated by vampires, werewolves, zombies, or some other sort of creature. There is nothing wrong with such books. I love reading them. But urban fantasy is far more inclusive than such a narrow view implies. Urban settings can be found in a myriad of places and times, some of them familiar, others as exotic as the imagination allows. Gritty story lines can take any number of surprising twists and turns. Hard-boiled point of view characters can be of whatever gender, race, historical period, or even species the author chooses. With THIEFTAKER I wrote a book I might not have considered "urban fantasy" a year or two ago. But UF is more than a label, and more than a cluster of bookstore shelves. It is a dynamic genre, and one in which I am currently having a great deal of fun.
D.B. Jackson
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One copy of THIEFTAKER by D.B. Jackson & a T-shirt
Available now from Tor Books
Boston, 1767: In D.B. Jackson's Thieftaker, revolution is brewing as the British Crown imposes increasingly onerous taxes on the colonies, and intrigue swirls around firebrands like Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty. But for Ethan Kaille, a thieftaker who makes his living by conjuring spells that help him solve crimes, politics is for others…until he is asked to recover a necklace worn by the murdered daughter of a prominent family.
Suddenly, he faces another conjurer of enormous power, someone unknown, who is part of a conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of power in the turbulent colony. His adversary has already killed—and not for his own gain, but in the service of his powerful masters, people for whom others are mere pawns in a game of politics and power. Ethan is in way over his head, and he knows it. Already a man with a dark past, he can ill afford to fail, lest his livelihood be forfeit. But he can't stop now, for his magic has marked him, so he must fight the odds, even though he seems hopelessly overmatched, his doom seeming certain at the spectral hands of one he cannot even see.
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34 Responses to Guest Blog & Giveaway: D.B. Jackson on Blending of History with Urban Fantasy & win THIEFTAKER
I would go back to the 1960s. I think it would be a fun time.
I would go to Ireland but not sure of a specific time.
I would love to go back to the Regency period and experience England like Jane Austen did. Thank you for having D.B. Jackson today. His post is one of the best I've read and makes me want to read The Thieftaker even more (it's on my wishlist).
My favorite time to read about is turn of the century, but as I want my AC, I would love to go back to the 80s and be old enough to enjoy them.
I don't really want to go back in time because I would miss modern hygiene and medical care too much, but if I had to pick an era, I guess I'd pick the 60's. There was such a sense of hope and so much social upheaval that I think it would be very interesting.
I would hold onto my travel token and use it when and if I knew I could prevent a disaster from occurring. For example, if it would save my friend's son from dying in a car accident. I would be careful about using it on too big of an event just in case it would edit the future in a very bad manner.
I like your expansive view of urban fantasy. I would love to see the genre evolve, especially to include other time periods and cultures. Thieftaker sounds awesome. Thanks for the chance to win.
I live in an old gold mining town and always wanted to see it in its gold rush days. Thanks for a chance to win a copy, it's already on my wish list.
Fun post! Thieftaker sounds like quite the story. I like how you have written a Historical Urban Fantasy, a lot of elements brought into it.
If I could travel back in time I would pick around the time of 300 BC, and end up in Ireland/Scotland/England and see where their tales came from…see if there was any truth to the legends.
Thanks for a great post and Congrats on the new release!!!
I'd have to say that I'd love to go back and visit the days of Ancient Rome and Egypt. See the whole Antony and Cleopatra thing up close!
Thanks for the giveaway!
If I could travel back in time, crap, that's a seriously hard question. Where wouldn't I go. I'd go to my past, to the Italian Renaissance (to meet Da Vinci), to the 60s (Woodstock), and probably every time period I can think of to experience it for myself.
I'd go back to ancient Greece, I'd love to see all that marvel with my own eyes!
I would go back to Scotland before the Jacobite Rising. A more simple time for my Scottish ancestors.
I would pick the 1960s. Thanks for the chance to win!
What a fascinating idea for an urban fantasy! I would love to go back to early US colonial times. That era has always interested me.
If I could travel back in time I'd wouldn't go too far back, I'm too afraid. What with the disease, lack of sanitary facilities, etc. I'd probably stick to something a bit more modern, like Victorian era America or England, or maybe 1920's America.
I would go to North America before 1482 perhaps a good 100 or 200 years before then. That way i could see what Native American life was like before outside influence! I would to see my ancestors and learn their ways!
HMMMM so many choices but I think I would love to go back in time to Ireland. This sounds like a great read, thanks for the giveaway.
What a data of un-ambiguity and preserveness of valuable knowledge about unexpected emotions.
I would travel back to the time of King Arthur and Camelot. I think that was such a romantic time period.
I think I would choose the Renaissance…until I had to use the bathroom.
I want to visit England in the early days of Beatlemania.
1800s England
I think I would go to New Orleans in the early 1800s. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share with us today. The Theiftaker sounds awesome Now if you could live anywhere, finances not being an issue, where would to live?
I would go to Victorian England
I would go back to World War II era. For some reasons, I just seems to be curious about this time period and I keep on researching this era.
Ahhh, so excited about this giveaway!!! I've been wanting to read this book since I first saw notice of it on Tor's website. Yay! Congratulations to you, Mr. Jackson!
If I could travel back in time, and if I were allowed to use that ability to alter the past, I would most definitely go back to January of 2008 and prevent my sister from being killed by her husband. I don't care what I'd have to do to accomplish it, and I don't care if it altered the future somehow – I'd give just about anything to be able to change that.
If I weren't "allowed" to use this time-traveling ability for that purpose and could only use it for observational purposes, I'd most definitely go back to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. It is the period of time about which I read the most books, and I would love to see what it was really like!!
Hmmm choices choices, ancient china, or ancient egypt. although celtic ireland (way pre christianity) are all times I would like to visit
I would go back to Victorian England or Ancient Egypt.
I would go to England during the Victorian era, I wish I would be able to travel back and forth so it would be a little bit more bearable to live.
I love historical fiction novels and fantasy novels – blending them together sounds amazing! I can't wait to read Thieftaker. As for traveling back in time I would love to visit the medieval era. But I would want to come back to present day quickly because I am a huge fan of modern plumbing!
Honestly I'm not sure if I would go back in time. I'd probably end up somewhere and no indoor plumbing. I need indoor plumbing. Camping for a while is one thing, but living like that is another… LOL
Either WWII or colonial America, though the lack of plumbing comment does give me pause on my latter choice.


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What would your ideal government system look like?
What would your ideal government system look like? Is a two party system such a good idea?
Topics: 2012 US election government systems design
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Nov 13 2012: I believe a good system of government is a multi party democracy with some sort of proportional representation. Essential services such as education, healthcare, public transportation, and public broadcasting should be provided by the government. There should be a robust free market of goods and services. Critical infrastructure such as roads and power grids should be owned by the government with construction and maintenance contracted out to the private sector. Government should be responsive to the public on issues regarding the environment and responsible resource development and the public should benefit from the exploitation of raw resources such as oil, minerals and timber.
Democracy is the best we have. We have very serious challenges ahead in our future and we need a system that is responsive to the input of the public that will bear the burden of these challenges.
Nov 14 2012: That's a fair question. In Canada "essential services" is a politicized term and I'm clumsy using it outside of a Canadian context.
Basically, if a service is deemed by the democratic process to be important for the functioning of society, but is not profitable as a business or affordable to the general public, then the government should provide that service. The examples I stated, education, healthcare, public transportation and public broadcasting fall into fall into this category. Baking bread can be done profitably in a manner that is affordable to the vast majority of people in Canada, therefore it should be left to the market.
The government need not monopolized the service. In the case of education and broadcasting in Canada, the private sector also provides the services and the country is culturally richer as a result.
Nov 14 2012: the definition of basic service can be of two kinds. either it is subjective, something we simply decide or choose. similar to what is entertaining, what is tasty, etc. there can be no debate about what should be entertaining, it is what it is. one can only describe it, or try to influence it, etc. the other possibility that we can assign an objective definition to basic service. in this case it is up to debate what should we include in it. the correct solution can be found.
according to your definition here, essential service falls into the former category. it is not researched, debated, verified or proven, rather it is decided by democratic process.
using this definition, what you said basically is that government should provide services that people demand. which is the very definition of democracy. it sounds like profound, but it adds nothing to the system itself. you just want to system to function as it was intended, and provide what people want.
whether it is a good idea, is an open question. i claim that it is not, and the effects are terrible.
Nov 17 2012: "according to your definition here, essential service falls into the former category. it is not researched, debated, verified or proven, rather it is decided by democratic process."
That's not really true. Government policies (at least where I live) are very heavily researched. They are researched by the government itself, as well as various third parties from differing ideological camps. They are studied in universities and think tanks which try to understand the consequences of government policy. They are also debated. They are debated in the open in parliament. They are debated in the media, they are debated behind the scenes by people involved and they are debated by the public in their living rooms.
As far as objective proof is concerned, that is simply outside the realm of possibility. Objective proof is no easy task. I would go so far as to say that nothing has been objectively proven in all of Ted conversations.
Humans are doomed to make decisions based on incomplete information, often under tight deadlines. This is true for all levels of government from cities to the UN. It is also true of all businesses. We simply do not have the luxury of objectively proving a policy will be beneficial before creating it.
Subjectivity is as innate to human nature as ignorance.
As far as the "terrible effects" are concerned I just don't see them. I don't see the terrible effects of public education, public broadcasting, public transportation and public healthcare. I don't see the terrible effects of our electrical grid, police officers, fire fighters, safety inspectors, sewer system, water infrastructure, roads, railways, and ports. I believe those have in fact been very good for the economy, and have supported the free market.
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Boll was helped off the ice after absorbing a vicious hit by Hordichuk early in the first period of the contest.
Racing along the boards to win a puck and clear it from his zone, Boll was cleanly checked by Rick Rypien. Following the collision, Hordichuk blindsided him and drove Boll's head into the dasher board. Boll was down and out for a relatively long period of time and even as he was helped to the dressing room, he appeared groggy and dazed.
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Marc Trestman's departure to the NFL puts a new twist on an old debate.
Every year a handful of players from around the CFL sign down south and hope to stick with an NFL club, and now a head coach has done it.
In the 1970's, Marv Levy was the head coach of the Alouettes before leaving for the Kansas City Chiefs and then the Buffalo Bills, leading the team to four straight Super Bowl appearances.
Almost 40 years later, Trestman's move south raises the same question we ask every time CFL talent leaves for the NFL: is it a good thing for the three-down league?
On one hand, former CFLers in the NFL act as ambassadors for the league, whether actively or not. It's not hard to picture a borderline NFL talent see someone like Cam Wake having tremendous success with the Miami Dolphins and at least not consider Wake's path – the CFL – to jumpstart his own career.
There is also, of course, the numerous import players that arrive in the CFL each year based on recommendations from players familiar with the league.
Time will tell if the Trestman hiring encourages more American coaches to venture north to the CFL.
On the other hand, the argument reads that allowing Trestman to leave only validates the notion that the CFL is a minor league, and any star – player or coach – will leave for greener pastures at any chance.
The answer of course, could ultimately come in how Trestman does in Chicago. Success leads to credibility, but if Trestman struggles, it's a different story.
Will Trestman be thought of as a coach that simply used the CFL as a means to an end, or an ambassador that led the movement of American coaches plying their trade this side of the border.
Concerned Alouettes fans aside, the majority of those around the CFL seem pleased for Trestman and his hiring by the Chicago Bears. The Rouge asks: Should they be?
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Inevitably, no matter what we try to do, there is always some kind of risk no matter what we do with our dogs. Fido might go out in the suburban backyard, and a cougar would scale the fence to gobble him up. A wolf might pick off the good old reliable Roy the Cattle Dog scouting ahead on a hike out in the bush; or a curious street-savvy coyote might be bold enough to take a petite leashed Maltese going for a neighbourhood stroll in the presence of her owner. These are hidden dangers we might face as soon we leave the sanctity of our front steps.
In Finland, Norway and Sweden, since wolves are endangered and are a protected species, there is an increase in frequency of attacks upon hunting dogs. In Canada, this is not unheard of and it is an accepted part of life– and we control it by hazing predators, or by shooting the ones taking livestock. However the Scandinavians came up with something rather unusual. It's called "wolf-jerking."
Mirka from Gekkoo No Kennel in Finland was kind of enough to share these pictures of something she read about in a magazine a few years ago with us on a forum:
In Finland, these are called "susiliivi," and in Sweden, they are called "vargvast." Both means "wolf vest". The electric vest, lines with wires, is actually quite heavy for the dog to wear, weighing about a kilo [about 2 pounds] for a medium-size dog. The other vest is made with four rows of 40mm spikes mounted on four layers of ballistic nylon fabric and Kevlar.
So how do they work? Well, the spiked model is fairly obvious. It is nothing revolutionary. The idea of using iron and steel to deter predators has been going back for eons and it is still used today in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Far East. In fact, it is not uncommon to see cabins in North America lined with thick long iron nails, often around window-stills, to deter bears and mountain lions from snooping around. So the spiked vest is an old concept applied to what hawgdawg enthusiasts call a "cut vest".
The idea behind the electronic vest is if a wolf attacks a dog, it would receive a powerful jolt. This is not unlike the idea of using shock collars as a non-lethal depredation method pioneered by the Defenders of Wildlife.[1] Now, the vest is far from perfect, as one anecdote reveals a scenario where the dog was shocking itself repeatedly.
What is amusing is one prototype protects the neck; while the other protects the belly. Nevertheless, in a country where poaching a wolf lands one in serious hot water, these are rather interesting solutions.[2]
However, it is futile to refrain from captioning this:
And to be honest, when I see the electric vest, Barney's "Suit Up!" catch-phrase, from "How I Met Your Mother", echoes in my head.
- In North America, wolves are protected in a few states, and the population density is too low for ranchers to protect their livestock through depredation. A study shows wolves regularly comes back to a bait station every 5 days. Using a shock collar fitted on 5 individuals, the incidence rate was reduced to every 47 days and the shocked wolves moved away 0.7 kilometres away from the shock zone. The interpretation of the study is the shock collars could be used to establish buffer zone during calving seasons.[source]
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- Wolves went extinct in the 1970s in Sweden, and was recolonized from Finland. However there is a growing concern there is an under-reporting of poaching, despite the fact a four-years penal sentence serves as a deterrence, as there are only 250 out of a projected 1,000 individuals in 2011. Consequently, because of the high illegal hunting pressure, the Swedish wolves are highly inbred suffering from skeletal and reproductive disorders.[source]
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Hawley, J., Gehring, T., Schultz, R., Rossler, S., & Wydeven A. "Assessment of Shock Collars as Nonlethal Management for Wolves in Wisconsin." Journal of Wildlife Management 73 (4), (2009): 518-525. Accessed August 14, 2011. doi:10.2193/2007-066.
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[HTML] [PDF] Lieberg, Olof, Guillaume Chapron, Petter Wabakken, Hans Christian Pedersen, N. Thompson Hobbs and Håkan Sand. "Shoot, shovel and shut up: cryptic poaching slows restoration of a large carnivore in Europe." Proc R Soc B (2011): 1-6. Accessed August 17, 2011. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1275.
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Tunturisuden Susipalstalle. "Ruotsalainen susiliivi". Last accessed August 15, 2011. http://www.tunturisusi.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1850 [Images: Unknown]
Sheep! "Karakachan Livestock Guardian Dogs". Last accessed August 15, 2011. http://www.sheepmagazine.com/issues/31/31-2/karakachan_livestock_guardian_dogs.html [Image: The Bulgarian Biodiversity Preservation Society]
PYSTYKORVA.INFO. "Susiliivit pystykorvalle". Last accessed August 15, 2011. http://www.pystykorva.info/viewtopic.php?p=12187 [Images: Vilperi]


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I'd really like a title for Maria at one of the two coming up (e.g., before clay), but just feel like I have no insight on her form. Of the top players she's faced, she's smoked a struggling Venus and mentally absent Sam and has been demolished by Li and Serena. For some reason, I'm getting 2007 vibes from 2013. It could just be that there are so many unknowns right now with her form and mentality for me.
Didn't you also say Maria will win AO after Serena lost?
I'm now thinking she flames out by R4/QF at both.
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Fire district: No guaranteed service to new homes
Whatcom County Fire District 13 board of commissioners
last week ordered their staff to no longer guarantee their
ability to serve new construction projects in their area
to the county in writing.
Technically known as letters of service or concurrency, the Whatcom County Planning and Development Services normally requires such guarantees from independent taxing districts before approving a project.
The action stemmed from a decision taken the night by the Whatcom County Council in approving the large Horizons at Semiahmoo residential and commercial development last week.
Despite claims from Whatcom County Fire District 13 commissioners and chief Tom Fields that the district is currently unable to provide an appropriate level of service without more money, specifically a "concurrency" or impact fee of $2,500 per living unit to buy equipment and hire more staff, the council voted unanimously to approve the project.
District 13 had earlier appealed a hearing examiner's ruling that found no basis in law for the rural district to impose such fees on new development, nor were some potential funding sources taken into account, nor were the fees substantiated by a capital improvement plan.
The council in turn both accepted the hearing examiner's opinion and then approved the project without any impact fees.
Meeting the next day, the District 13 Board of Commissioners responded by directing their staff "to not sign any further letters of service or concurrency on projects and developments," according to the wording of a motion that passed unanimously.
Fields said in a later interview that the hearing examiner and county council were ignoring some important details, such as funding medical calls, a large part of the district's activity.
"The hearing examiner said that we're funded in part from the Medic One levy last fall, but that isn't true. We get no funds, and yet are now expected to provide basic life support (BLS) services and transportation to St. Joseph Hospital. Each time that happens two of our people are gone for almost two hours," Fields said.
"Bobbink was also very much focused on the fees we need to charge," Fields went on, "but the issue is our lack of ability to keep up with the pace of development. Our commissioners are just trying to get out ahead on this thing."
Fields said that the dilemma that the 2005 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) levy placed his department in, with more services expected of his department without any new funding to support them, is an example of how conditions change.
"The county's comprehensive plan said that we were able to serve in 2004, but that changed," Fields said, "so we have to have the latitude to respond to new conditions and let our needs be known."
said that right now the district has $615,000 in capital
"We've got two engines with more than 100,000 miles on them that must be replaced at a certain age, and that will cost about $427,000 each. We also need to add staff. To legally and safely staff another station will cost us about $815,000 per year. With so much new construction, though, we just can't grow quickly enough to meet these new needs unless the developers help pay for what we need."
Hart, director of the county Planning and Development
Services, agreed that the pace of growth is an issue,
and that it has been occurring roughly twice as fast as was
predicted by the Birch Bay Community Plan completed in
It's significant. Five percent of the county's population lives in the Birch Bay Urban Growth Area (UGA) but in the next two to three years they'll have 20 percent of the county's growth, because their unused capacity for growth.
That is attractive to developers who have to pay a lot for that same capacity in Bellingham terms of impact fees for parks and roads, so they go where the cost is less.
The idea in Birch Bay particularly is to figure out a way to maintain the quality of life while making sure services are available and that development's not eating up all our capacity to deal with it."
Though district 13's action could conceivably freeze any developments that require but do not yet have a written guarantee of service, Hart said that he intended to sit down with Fields, "within the next few days, as soon as we get written notification of their action," to discuss solutions.
"We're all struggling with how best to pay for growth," Hart said in an earlier interview.
"One of the key things we'd be looking for would be a capital facilities plan that would include ways that the fire district measures its capacity as against demands for service, and what funding sources are available to help fund the need to increase that capacity."
Such funding would include developer contributions, "but what developers tell us is that they want a certain amount of predictability, and without a plan in place that shows them how their fees are computed, they don't feel they have that."
week Hart will ask the county council to
fund a planning and development department
initiative designed to develop strategies
leading to short and long term ordinances
concerning impact fees.
He plans to hire Transpo Engineering to work on traffic and Eco-Northwest to work on financial planning, "since we'll be looking at traffic and parks, but we'll also develop ways of working cooperatively with the independent taxing districts, including sewer, school, water and fire districts."
Fields said the district is actively pursuing funding through grants and other means.
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save some administrative expenses and slightly raise
the levy rate if the proposed district 3 merger goes
through with district 13,"he said, "and we're
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For many people, not a Grammy weekend will go by without thoughts of Whitney Houston , her legacy and what might have been had she lived past 48.
Monday marks a year since the singer was discovered unresponsive in the bathtub of her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where, downstairs, her mentor Clive Davis was to host his 2012 pre-Grammy party. Whitney had been expected to attend the exclusive event, so news of her death came as a shock to her peers in the industry and to the masses of fans around the globe who had fallen in love with "The Voice."
Whitney had traveled a bumpy road since her start in the mid-'80s. Her early success came with criticisms, including accusations from some people who said she was a sellout. Her mother, Cissy Houston , whose Remembering Whitney book was released last month, said in a recent Today interview that her daughter was hurt by people calling her "Whitey." And attacks like those, along with later problems in her marriage to Bobby Brown , contributed to Whitney's bouts with self-medication.
Substance abuse issues often threatened to overshadow more positive aspects of Whitney's life, but when fans remember the singer one year after her death, they'll likely be thinking of her storied career. She sold more than 170 million albums and singles worldwide, and won six Grammy Awards, two Emmys and countless other honors.
Her powerful voice earned her a slew of hits, including the early ones, like "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" and "The Greatest Love of All." People still talk about Whitney's 1991 Super Bowl performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner," and who can forget her stirring rendition of "I Will Always Love You"?
This past Saturday night, as music's biggest stars once again gathered at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy party, many found it hard to believe that it had been a year since the death of one of the greatest voices of our generation.
"I remember sitting next to her two years before at Clive's party, freaking out that Whitney Houston was sitting next to me and my wife," OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder recalled on the red carpet. "Two years later I get a text from one of Clive's right-hand men...like, 'Hey, just so you know, Whitney Houston passed away,' and I didn't believe it. The next two hours, as I'm getting ready to come here, was, 'Is this even gonna happen? I don't know, I don't think it is, I think they're canceling it.' And it ended up happening and it was really weird.
Asked for his favorite Whitney memory, Miguel noted, "Any of the performances, I mean, I think that's what we all fell in love with Whitney for, was her voice and how amazing she was live, you know? Pick a Grammy performance and that's it."
Singer, songwriter and producer Akon noted that the location of Clive's party will always be associated with that terrible night a year ago. "It's like one of those situations where it's like, surreal, and every time you go past the Beverly Hilton, you're like, 'Damn, that's the place where Whitney passed,' y'know?," he said. "So it's just a sad moment, but it's a bittersweet moment today."
Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men said he and the group regretted never working with Whitney, because it was a real possibility. "We saw her a couple years ago at the Grammys, actually, we were backstage together...we were all talking and we actually talked about doing a song together and we never did," he recalled to ABC News Radio. "So that was sad, just to know that, y'know, that'll never happen." He described Whitney as "down-home, homegrown...just a sister, just an aunt, just someone you love instantly."
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I'm trying to follow and learn more about the DRO vs. DRO in Mackie's thread from Beth. So as not to take away from Mackie's thread, I thought I'd start a specific thread about DRA (Differential Reinforcement of An Alternate Behavior) to pick Beth's (and anyone else's) brain(s).
I was saying that to me, a DRA is sort of the same "redirecting" to another desired behavior, always in a positive way. The example I'll use:
Tootsie used to like to nip all the time (this is quite common & normal behavior for Hahn's Macaws BTW). To her nipping is/was a form of communication. I never scold her for nipping, however, when she was doing it a lot as a baby, I would try to "redirect" her to something even more appealing. I used to keep little baskets full of foot toys all over the house and offer them to her as a way to forage and chew or hold something. It worked quite well. She is not so nippy these days except during a molt, which I expect. Soooo.....Beth would the basket of goodies being offered serve as a DRA or "redirection?" I have a good friend that is a dog trainer and behaviorist, who also specializes is working with aggressive....I hear all of the lingo from her and sometimes want to roll my eyes b/c I prefer simpler terms...lol However, to read your explanation of the DRA, hopefully, I'm getting it.


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The remarkable history of the Maya and their culture, as told through rare books, pamphlets, maps, and recent publications, is the topic of an exhibit now on view in the Wilson Special Collections Library at UNC. Continue reading
Attempts to restrict the vote in North Carolina in the decades following the Civil War are the focus of an exhibit of documents at Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Continue reading
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A masked gunman shot to death a 17-year-old boy and wounded three others in the parking lot of a McDonald's in Rogers Park Wednesday afternoon.
A short time after dozens of witnesses reported hearing at least six gunshots, the boy lay dead, a sheet covering his body as his mother moaned in grief outside yellow police tape in the 6700 block of North Clark Street.
Markeyo Carr, of the 6500 block of North Ashland Avenue, was dead at the scene, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
The victims had been in a verbal altercation with another group of people shortly before the masked gunman approached about 3:40 p.m., said Chicago Police Officer Veejay Zala, citing preliminary information. Then the shooter ran off, Zala said.
A girl, who police said was about 15, was shot several times, and an 18-year-old man, who was shot in the lower back, were taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston. Another 18-year-old man, who was shot in the arm, was treated at Weiss Memorial Hospital.
"Two of the male victims have documented gang affiliations," Zala told the Sun-Times.
Jaunita Carr-Clay, Carr's aunt, said her nephew loved to rap, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
"He made little videos at home on his own," she said. "He was very talented. He rapped about everyday life, reality."
She said Carr, who attended a nearby high school, had just come from his mother's house around the corner. "She'd given him a few dollars to get something to eat."
Faye McCoy, a retired nurse, was in a store across the street when she heard the gunshots. The gunfire ceased, and while rushing to see if she could help, McCoy walked right past the masked gunman.
"I didn't see his face," she said.
McCoy, who has lived in the area for more than 13 years, broke down when she saw the slain boy with a bullet wound in the side of his head. "I recognized his face," said McCoy, who knew Carr from working with local youth groups to prevent violence.
"There was no help for him," she said. "He was shot in the temple, it looked like. He took his last breath with me standing there . . . Blood was everywhere."
McCoy said she didn't think Carr was in a gang, and she lamented the needless death.
"I have great-grandkids, and it would hurt my heart to see one of them laying out here like that."
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The master of music degree in music technology innovation offers advanced studies to performers and composers who demonstrate excellent musical proficiency and technological acumen, and a desire to deepen their technology skills. Students in this program explore new artistic directions using innovations in music, technology, and the application of technology to music.
Students learn in individual, classroom, lab and studio settings to further their musical range by applying technology to create, compose, perform and produce music. This program is distinct from an audio engineering or electro-acoustic composition degree in its approach: students are not limited to studying audio or contemporary art music. They work in collaboration with Berklee's world renowned faculty to develop and execute a culminating experience or thesis project that leverages music technology in a manner that best suits and speaks to their knowledge, skills, artistic vision and career goals.
Students are immersed in the study and application of hybrid arranging and production, remixing, editing and mixing, composition, interactive music and live performance. Likewise, they may choose to explore further studio recording, DJing and turntablism, interactive video and audio manipulation, post-production, expanded composition and performance topics, controller design, and cultural studies unique to electronic music.
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- Advanced Large Format Studio Production
In this course, students learn the architecture and operation of an integrated studio centered around a large format digital console (in this case, the Avid System 5) and advanced methods of modern music production. Students learn specific recording techniques as well as critical information on digital audio, synchronization, music tracking, and mixing. Projects explore the flexibility of large format systems for use in audio engineering and production.
*Required in fall for those not enrolled in Accelerated Studio Recording Techniques; those enrolled in Accelerated Studio Recording Techniques can enroll in this course in spring.
Music Technology Innovation Seminar 1 is a comprehensive, practical and goals-oriented exploration of innovation in artistry, music and technology. The biographies, accomplishments and traits of innovative individuals will be considered, and students will prepare media-rich presentations on innovators of their choosing. Current brain science will be scrutinized, and best approaches to exploratory innovation, idea generation, evaluation and implementation will be examined with an eye towards adapting the most applicable practices to each student's field of specialization. This course will also function as a forum to integrate the skills and information students are learning in their other courses, as well as focusing students on defining their culminating experience/ thesis projects. The final project in the course will be a detailed definition and action plan for each student's culminating experience/thesis.
Our daily interactions in the social, cultural, and commercial spheres are increasingly digitally mediated, resulting in systems that are open to user input or that persist for an indeterminate amount of time. Thus, conventional notions of sequential narrative lose their efficacy, and a new type of system-based problem solving is required. Such nonlinear formats represent a growth area for composers and music producers. This course examines the network of emerging practices that are springing up in such fields as sound art and architecture and video game design, providing students with the technical and theoretical skills to navigate this new acoustic ecology of digital media. Using the graphical programming language Max, students will develop projects that examine precedents for nonlinear structure across boundaries of discipline, culture, and history. Developing fluency with alternative organizational models to traditional linear forms will allow students to innovate and thrive in a new digital ecosystem.
This course explores topics in electronic production and live performance techniques related to modern music and sound design. Students will be introduced to MIDI programming and processing with Max/MSP, advanced control techniques of audio and synthesis devices (in Ableton Live through Max and Max for Live), and aesthetic considerations in the production and live performance of electronically produced music. Students will explore strategies for integrating performance and production, resulting in a greater creative method for production and greater technological augmentation of performance. Students will develop their own dynamic computer/controller based music performance system and demonstrate it in a final performance and presentation.
This course explores the hybrid nature of modern recording techniques and stratagems. The curriculum thoroughly studies the simultaneous integration of advanced large format consoles, cutting-edge Digital Audio Workstation capabilities as well as advanced, creative acoustic recording methods. The traditional console recording paradigm will be expanded by seamlessly merging it with powerful Digital Audio Workstation signal processing, plug-ins, customized signal flow architectures and the on-going research of alternative acoustic soundscapes. The course aims at innovating and streamlining the technological aspects of the recording process as a means to ultimately facilitate the creative endeavor of capturing music and emotion through sound.
Spring Semester 2013-2014
This course provides musicians with the tools and techniques to create compelling, creative music videos, especially using "guerilla" techniques (self-produced,
low budget). The course introduces the fundamental techniques of music video production and provides practical, hands-on experience for producing professional music videos. Students learn by doing as well as by study. They analyze different techniques and methods of planning and production and put them into practice as they create their own videos.
Innovation Seminar 2 picks up where MTI-515 Music Technology Innovation Seminar 1 leaves off, providing the platform for students in the music technology innovation master's program to launch the execution phase of their culminating experience/thesis project. The course will provide a framework for project management, including planned milestones, visiting artists, and material strategies to incorporate students' projects into tangible career opportunities.
Technology offers today's musicians unprecedented opportunities for creative expression via the development of new performance interfaces, interactive platforms, and multimedia environments. At the same time, digital distribution and mobile applications are allowing musicians to reach untapped audiences, even as older formats decline in prominence. This course prepares students for the challenges of the new digital economy by sampling some of the most prominent and promising of the new technologies available to today's cutting edge musicians. Topics to be covered include the following: sensing mechanisms for performance and interactive installations; control systems for actuating acoustic sound; the app as the successor to the CD; web pages as platforms as well as distribution mechanisms; real-time visuals for live performance; data processing, sonification, and visualization. Students will take a hands-on approach, with follow-along demonstrations and lab time in every class, allowing them to learn through experimentation and experience. Coursework will build on students' experience using Max, while also demonstrating how the skills they've already acquired apply to text-based programming languages, with an emphasis on JavaScript as used in HTML5 applications.
This course comprehensively explores and combines the in-studio aspects of professional multitrack mixing and unique qualities of live performance mix techniques. The curriculum thoroughly studies the integration of advanced large and small format consoles, Digital Audio Workstations, professional outboard equipment and cutting- edge control surface modules. In the studio, students will analyze and contrast the core/foundational elements of a mix versus peripheral accessory elements. From this analysis, hands-on mixing strategies as well as emotional destinations will be drawn in order to provide each student with a clear and focused goal for their mix projects. In live situations, the mix engineer will have a direct reactionary relationship to a live performance in order to express his or her artistic sensibilities in order to achieve a desired emotional impact. The course aims at streamlining the technological aspects of any mixing process as a means to innovate and ultimately facilitate the endeavor of creating deliberate emotional impacts through the manipulation of sound.
Summer Semester 2013-2014
Music technology innovation students are required to complete a culminating experience /thesis project. This creative, artistic or research project enables the student to make a contribution to the music industry. The student will work in consultation with his/her faculty advisor and/ or program director to develop his/her unique project. The goal is to complete original work at a professional level. A faculty committee composed of the advisor and one to two other faculty will evaluate the final project that results from the culminating experience. This team will serve as the examining committee.
Electives 2013-2014
In this course, students learn to use the turntable as a musical instrument. Students explore the culture and aesthetics of hip-hop, turntablism, club DJs, radio, and mash-up DJs. They also study the following techniques: cueing, mixing, beat matching, beat extending, mash-ups, blending, and scratching (basic, scribble, laser, uzi, stab, cut, transformer, crab, chirp, and flare). Students learn to compose and perform DJ sets with creative and technical mastery.
This course is an advanced tutorial in the use of new technologies for composing and producing music for visual media. It is recommended for graduate scoring students who are already thoroughly familiar with the use of at least one DAW and professional sound library. Over the last two decades a technological revolution has created powerful new tools—and a new musical and narrative language—for making and using music in media. This revolution in the methods of music making has not only led to an enormous new palette of sounds and compositional techniques, but it has also fundamentally transformed the ways that music is used in storytelling and has created a whole new set of expectations for music in media. This course will focus on the new techniques (musical and technological) and aesthetics of contemporary dramatic electronic composition. The use of synthesizers, advanced methods of sound design, modern production techniques, electronic compositional methods, the use of nontraditional music in the scoring process, and the aesthetics of modern dramatic media will all be investigated.
Offered fall semester
This course provides a comprehensive analysis of online and social media options available for the promotion of entertainment products and services. Students review the plethora of online tools for marketing, including online advertising, social media campaigns, social media etiquette, and games and contests. Students learn to create a total branding plan for an entertainment asset. The capstone of the course requires students to create an integrated online media plan for the promotion of a new entertainment product or services.
Offered spring semester
*Course content is subject to change.
This unique one-year project-focused program provides students with a deep knowledge of innovations and contemporary developments in music technology, electronic musicianship, and music production. Students are mentored and guided by faculty in, among other topics, hybrid arranging, composition, recording, editing, and manipulation techniques, live interactive performance systems, and the means of forward-thinking musical innovation.
The first-semester Innovation Seminar provides a foundation to the curriculum. Through the seminar, students explore the art and science of innovation, case studies of transformative musical innovators, and directly apply the principles of innovation to an advanced musical project. Supportive coursework includes Hybrid Recording Methods and Stratagems, Electronic Production and Live Performance, Non-linear Structures for Real-time Media, Interactive Music Technology Applications, Music Video Production and Dissemination, Advanced Studio and Interactive Performance Mixing.
Students' project work will be guided through directed study with technology faculty members. In the final semester, students complete their culminating experience (thesis) projects and present them to the campus.
Students conceive and produce a body of work as they prepare for careers in music technology innovation, composition and production, interactive and mixed media, remixing, electronic musicianship, DJing, live performance in solo and ensemble settings, and education. Graduates are better prepared for rapid changes in the music industry and adaptable to new creative directions.
Program Purposes and Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:
- Create music utilizing innovation and technology
- Master hybrid analogue/digital music production tools
- Apply innovative technology to live performance
- Analyze the emotional, kinesthetic, objective and subjective properties of music and sound
- Develop critical listening and assessment skills
- Speak in the language of music technology
- Complete a culminating project at a master's level
Download the 2013/2014 Graduate Studies Bulletin
Academic Calendar
The master's program runs from September to August. To see the academic calendar for the current academic year, click here.
Career Paths
These are some examples of the career paths students can pursue after completing this program:
- Recording artist
- Music producer
- Remixer/DJ
- Interactive and mixed media specialist
- Live performer in solo and ensemble settings
- Electronic and acoustic composer and orchestrator
- Developer for musical applications and audio for games
- Sound designer for visual media
- Music technology hardware/software developer
- Education and research
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NIEHS Grand Opportunity Grant Program (Nano GO)
The NIEHS Nano GO program supports large-scale research projects that accelerate critical breakthroughs, early and applied research on cutting-edge technologies, and new approaches to improve the synergy and interactions among multi- and inter-disciplinary research teams. The major goals of this program are to develop reliable and reproducible assays, methods and models to predict exposure, and biological response to nanomaterials across different systems and laboratories. The coordinated research efforts include diverse routes of exposure to nanomaterials and in vitro and in vivo models of exposure and response.
NIEHS Centers for Nanotechnology Health Implications Research (NCNHIR) Consortium
The NCNHIR Consortium is an interdisciplinary program consisting of five U19 and three U01 Cooperative Centers along with other active grantees funded through Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety (Nano-EHS) program. The NIEHS also established contractual agreements for nanomaterial characterization and an informational database to support this consortium. The overarching goals of these efforts are to gain fundamental understanding on how the physical and chemical properties of ENMs influence their interactions of ENMs with biological systems and to better understand potential health risks associated with ENM exposure. These findings will also guide safe development and use of nanotechnology.


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The debate about Graham Hancock's talk
Please use this space to comment on the debate around Graham Hancock's TEDx talk, as described here:
Closing Statement from TED
Thanks to all who participated in this conversation on TED's decision to move Graham Hancock's talk from YouTube to TED.com. It was scheduled as a 2-week conversation, and has now closed. But the archive will remain visible here.
We'd like to respond here to some of the questions raised in the course of the discussion.
Some asked whether this was "censorship." Now, it's pretty clear that it isn't censorship, since the talk itself is literally a click away on this very site, and easily findable on Google. But it raises an interesting question about curation. Should TED play *any* curatorial role in the content it allows its TEDx organizers to promote? We believe we should. And once you accept a role for curatorial limits, you have to accept there will be times when disputes arise.
A number of questions were raised about TED's science board: How it works and why the member list isn't public. Our science board has 5 members -- all working scientists or distinguished science journalists. When we encounter a scientific talk that raises questions, they advise us on their position. I and my team here at TED make the final decisions. We keep the names of the science board private. This is a common practice for science review boards in the academic world, which preserves the objectivity of the recommendations and also protects the participants from retribution or harassment.
Finally, let me say that TED is 100% committed to open enquiry, including challenges to orthodox thinking. But we're also firm believers in appropriate skepticism, or critical thinking. Those two instincts will sometimes conflict, as they did in this case. That's why we invited this debate. The process hasn't been perfect. But it has been undertaken in passionate pursuit of these core values.
The talk, and this conversation, will remain here, and all are invited to make their own reasoned judgement.
Thanks for listening.
Chris Anderson, TED Curator
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Mar 19 2013: Part 1: As a TED Senior Fellow and a rock art researcher, I wanted to comment on Graham Hancock's talk. I think it is important to frame this comment by saying that I am a big supporter of TED (pretty obvious since I am a TED Fellow LOL!) and that I really admire their willingness to let us have this conversation. To me, true censorship would have been if they pulled down the talk and never mentioned it again. I also wanted to say that having done a 4 minute Fellows talk and a 3 minute main stage talk at TED Global 2011 plus recently having done a 18 minute TEDx talk, I totally get how hard it is to get across your ideas clearly and accurately in such a short time span, and I am sure that Graham felt the same way. Much of his talk is about his personal journey and his opinions about governmental control of certain substances (don't necessarily disagree with a lot of what he said about drugs that are currently illegal – I am from the West Coast of Canada and the legalization debate is alive and well in my part of the world) and I don't have any comment on that, but I would like to take a couple of moments to clarify some of the remarks he made about Ice Age rock art at the beginning of his talk.
This art was created between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago by our distant ancestors, and the truth of the matter is that we have no idea why they did the art, nor are we ever likely to know for sure since the people who made it have been dead for at least 10,000 years, so there is no one for us to ask (modern peoples who still make art do it for a variety of reasons, so it's not like there is some universal explanation that we could easily extrapolate back that far). I was happy to see that Graham was careful in how he mentioned that it was only a possibility that shamanism could explain the art, as this is also the stance taken by rock art researcher David Lewis-Williams (who Graham mentioned).
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Mar 19 2013: But they did intend to take down the videos completely. They intended to censor the talks. This is evident in the email that was sent to the TEDx organisers.
It was only because there was a PR backlash that they reconsidered. And even then they misrepresented the speakers and so far have failed to issue an apology.
Mar 19 2013: Not so. The initial letter said explicitly that we were not removing the talks from the web. There was crystal clear intention from the start NOT to censor the talks. Crying 'censorship' on the web is like shouting 'fire' in a cinema. It creates havoc whether or not it's true. Tis a pity.
Mar 19 2013: The videos were removed from the YouTube channel posted in a corner on your website. On top came defamatory remarks. Sounds more like ideas suppressing rather spreading?
How many more hundreds of comments do you need? We can think for ourselves, thank you. No need for a judge, evaluator, censor. Be a neutral platform.
Mar 21 2013: The TED letter states:
After due diligence, including a survey of published scientific research and recommendations from our Science Board and our community we have decided that Rupert Sheldrake's and Graham Hancock's talks from TEDxWhiteChapel >
Both talks have been flagged as containing serious factual errors that undermine TED's commitment to good science…
TED respects and supports the exploration of unorthodox ideas, but the many misleading statements in both Sheldrake's and Hancock's talks, whether made deliberately or in error, have led our scientific advisors to conclude that our name and platform should not be associated with these talks.
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The Dow's most overbought stocks
This monthly scan is helpful for identifying which stocks may be too risky for new buying. It also turns up a pair of compelling 'buy' candidates.
By Tom Aspray, MoneyShow.com
The stock market's best January performance since 1997 has certainly changed the outlook of many investors.
In January 1997, the S&P 500 gained 6.1% versus 4.4% in 2012. In 1997, the S&P 500 rose another 4% and peaked on February 22 before starting a seven-week decline that took the index below the prior year's close.
However, historical analysis does indicate that if stocks are higher in January, they finish the year higher 86% of the time. In 1997, the S&P 500 finished the year 31% higher. An equal gain in 2012 would have the S&P 500 closing at 1,646.
Given January's strong stock market performance, it is not surprising that few Dow stocks are oversold. There are quite a few that are getting closer to their monthly Starc+ bands, however, and the proximity of a stock's monthly closing price to its Starc bands is one of the most reliable ways to identify overbought and oversold stocks. (For more on Starc bands, see Buy, Sell, or Wait: A Way to Decide.)
As the above table of the Dow's 10 most overbought stocks indicates, seven are now within 10% of their monthly Starc+ bands. For February, the monthly Starc+ band of the Dow Industrials stands at 13,623, which is 7% above its January close.
In addition to identifying stocks that are in the high-risk zone for new buying, the bands have also been very effective in identifying favorable investing opportunities, and this month, there are two stocks that look particularly attractive.
Chart Analysis: Home Depot (HD) tops the list this month and was second last month. It gained 5.6% for the month, closing at resistance that goes back to 2004, line a.
- The monthly Starc+ band is at $45.72 and HD has next major resistance (from 2002) at $52.60
- Monthly relative performance, or RS analysis, broke through resistance (line b) in September and is in a long-term uptrend, line c
- The on-balance volume (OBV) has failed to confirm the price action, as it has formed a series of lower highs, line d; this makes me nervous given the close proximity to the upper Starc band (Starc+)
- HD has first good support in the $42.50 area with additional support in the $40 area
- HD dropped below its monthly Starc- band last July when it hit a low of $28.13
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) is just over 5% below its Starc+ band and has additional resistance from the September 2008 high at $63.85.
- More importantly, WMT looks ready to break out of a 12-year trading range, lines e and f. ; in 2010, IBM broke out of a similar multi-year trading range that projected a move to $185-$192, which has since been met
- The upside targets for WMT are in the $84-$88 area
- Monthly RS has formed higher highs, line g, and a move above the 2010 highs would be further confirmation of a new uptrend
- Monthly OBV looks very strong, as it has broken its downtrend, line h, and is well above its rising weighted moving average (WMA)
- There is minor support at $60.30 with further support in the $59 area; long-term support stands in the $55.50-$56.50 area
Intel Corp. (INTC) is 9.6% below its monthly Starc+ band, but the monthly chart shows a bullish monthly close above multi-year resistance, line a, that goes back to 2005.
- The monthly Starc+ band coincides with the 2007 and 2005 price highs at $29-$28.90
- INTC traded as high as $34.60 in 2004
- The monthly RS line broke through its long-term resistance, line c, in October
- Monthly OBV broke through its resistance, line d, in 2010, and is acting much stronger than prices. It shows a powerful uptrend, line e
- There is initial support at $26 with more important support in the $24.80-$25.50 area
Caterpillar (CAT) broke through major resistance, line f, at the end of 2010. CAT then rose to a high of $116.55 in 2011 and then fell back to a low of $67.54. This took CAT below the monthly Starc- band last July.
- After the Starc+ band at $120.94, the 127.2% Fibonacci price projection target is at $131.50
- The monthly RS analysis also looks strong after breaking through resistance in 2010 ahead of prices. It retested support, line h, and is now close to new highs
- OBV did confirm the 2011 highs and held support at line i during last year's correction. It is now back above its weighted moving average
- CAT has traded in a wide range this week with a low of $104.45 and further support in the $102 area
What It Means: This regular monthly scan of the Dow, while intended to identify the most overbought or oversold stocks, also allows me to focus on the monthly charts and technical studies. These signals can be very powerful, and the long-term RS analysis can often identify the year's star performers (see The Year's Most Reliable Indicator).
I previously recommended several of the stocks on this list (updates below), and two stocks, Wal-Mart Stores and Caterpillar, now look most favorable for initiating new positions.
How to Profit: For Wal-Mart, go 50% long at $59.60 and 50% long at $58.80 with a stop at $56.22 (risk of approx. 5%).
For Caterpillar, go 50% long at $104.10 and 50% long at $102.76 with a stop at $95.55 (risk of approx. 7.6%).
Buyers who are long Home Depot should consider hedging the position with a covered call strategy.
Portfolio Update
- For Intel (INTC), buyers should be 50% long at $23.24. Raise the stop to $24.43 and consider adding a 50% long position at $25.66 using the same stop.
- For Pfizer Inc. (PFE), buyers should be long from $17.03. Half the position was sold at $21.48 and the stop was raised to $19.24.
- For Kraft Foods (KFT), buyers should be 50% long at $34.54 and using a stop at $34.52.
- For International Business Machines (IBM), buyers should be 50% long at $178.72 with a stop at $176.32.
- For Coca-Cola Co. (KO), buyers should be long at $66.24 or better with a stop at $66.32. Sell half the position at $68.62 or better.
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A man suspected of shoplifting at a Mesa Walmart Monday stole 11 Xbox One controllers, police said.
Officers hope by releasing surveillance images of the suspect, it will help lead to his identity and whereabouts.
The suspect entered a Walmart store at 1606 W. Signal Butte Rd. at about 5:40 a.m. on Monday.
The Xbox One controllers that the man allegedly stole are worth more than $600.
Police said they don't have much of a description of the suspect except that he's in his late teens to early 20s.
The vehicle the suspect used to escape was an older model, gray, four-door passenger car. The license plate is not known.
People with any information about the suspect are asked to use the "Submit a Tip" option at www.CrimeReports.com or text information to 274-637 (CRIMES). Begin your message with MESAPD.
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The Detroit Tigers got a big boost from Anibal Sanchez's arm. They got a helping hand from an umpire, too. The reward: a commanding 2-0 lead in the AL championship series, and a trip home with their ace ready to start.


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Old Car Auction In Pierce County Will Try Again
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Some of the vintage cars that sold at a September auction in Nebraska are up for sale again, after the bidders backed out.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that one New York bidder who bought 14 cars at the Lambrecht Chevrolet auction in Pierce defaulted on the deal, claiming a truck driver disappeared with his money.
Auction organizers say one Nebraska buyer apparently died before a sale was completed. Another person admitted to lying about a promise to pay, and a buyer from Illinois has not responded to repeated phone calls.
Auctioneer Yvette VanDerBrink says she is accepting online bids on 18 holdover vehicles until midnight November 24th. The vehicles up for bid include a 1949 Chevy pickup, a 1957 Chevy wagon, seven Impalas and a Corvair with 1.7 miles on the odometer.
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Dierks Bentley and Willie Nelson were among the stars on the bill for Friday night's second annual Johnny Cash Music Festival in Jonesboro, AR. The concert raised about $200,000 to benefit the effort to restore Cash's childhood home in Dyess, AR. A portion of the proceeds will also go to fund a scholarship established in Johnny Cash's name.
Johnny's daughter Rosanne Cash and his brother Tommy Cash and sister Joanne Cash Yates were also on hand for the concert. Plans are already underway for next year's event, which will recognize the 10th anniversary of Cash's death.
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Disney Infinity Sidekicks 3 Characters Pack
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The Disney Infinity Sidekicks 3 Character Pack includes Mike Wazowski, Mrs Incredible and Captain Barbossa.
Mike: When he's not helping his best PAL, Sulley, Mike can sneak and scare with the best of them. The upbeat, enthusiastic one-eyed little joker loves playing tricks.
Mrs. Incredible: With her super-stretch skills, Mrs. Incredible (aka Helen Parr) can whip across town, yank objects closer and swing up buildings. Evil-doers better not stretch her patience too far!
Barbossa: Watch out for Barbossa, this sword-slashing, crafty Captain who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
Place your Disney Infinity Figures onto the Disney Infinity Base to jump into original adventures in the worlds of Pirates of the Caribbean, The Incredibles and the Monsters University.
Charge two Wiimotes - individually or simultaneously - with this charging station. Insert the accompanying battery packs into the Remotes and connect the charging station to a USB power source or directly to your Wii. A single charge (approx. 3 hours) offers up to 18 hours of gaming per Remote.
- Practical charging station for simultaneously charging two Wiimotes
- 2 battery packs included
- Easy to connect and rapid charging via USB
- Connects to USB power sources or the Wii
- LED status indicators
- 3 hour charging time
- Up to 18 hours of gaming per Remote.
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The official Nintendo Wii U Accessory Set is perfect for taking care of your valuable gaming equipment.
The GamePad is more than just a controller, it's a groundbreaking tablet-like device which is central to your gaming experience on the Wii U. This kit comes with everything you need to keep its stunning 6.2 inch touch screen free from scratches.
This official Nintendo set includes a custom clear film screen protector which can be placed over the screen to guard against scratches and marks. The cleaning cloth easily and safely removes dust and dirt, while the large stylus is perfect for playing and selecting games and apps, along with writing and drawing on your GamePad.
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- Keep your screen safe from damage and marks
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The New Venom Wireless Sensor bar features updated cosmetics and packaging to add Wii U compatibility.