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Teacher resources: Finding news masterclass
BBC Radio 5 live journalist Karlene Pinnock has to find stories and guests for her programmes every day at work.
With stints on programmes like Newsbeat also on her CV, Karlene is an expert when it comes to the business of finding news and coming up with fresh angles and ideas for existing stories.
Watch Karlene's video to learn her real-life tips for spotting great stories and identifying the best people to talk to about them.
This video contains references to using social media - aimed at pupils aged 13 and over - which you should check you are happy with before using in the classroom.
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Video: Finding news (3 mins)
Activity: Spot the sources (10 mins)
Quiz: Using Twitter safely as a journalist (30 mins)
Quiz: What is news and where to find it? (10 mins)
You can recap the key points from the video using the accompanying worksheet or read a transcript of the video:
Key points: Finding news masterclass [31.93]
Transcript: Finding news masterclass[23.22]
You can download this video in .mp4 file (30 MB) or .avi file (549 MB) format. See the guide to downloading files.
BBC journalists are increasingly using social media such as Twitter as a way of finding stories, information and ideas.
These sites can be fantastic sources of information but need to be used responsibly, especially by young people.
Read School Report's guide to using Twitter safely as a journalist for some top tips, while the BBC Webwise team have some great tips and information about how to use social media safely and responsibly.
Our masterclass videos are also available to download, either from the box above or from this link.
BBC News School Report is a project which gives 11-16 year-old students in the UK the chance to make their own news reports for a real audience.


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Objective-C style formatter
I'm very picky about the formatting of my Objective C code. Lately I've been obliged to work with quite a bit of Objective C code that wasn't written by me, and I would like to format it according my own customary code formatting standards (e.g. ANSI bracket style, spacing between method name and first argument, etc, etc.
Of course, I know I can throw together something in Perl to automate this for me, but I was hoping there was a tool out there which could do the job for me. So, is there some free tool available for formatting Objective C files?

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4 Bluetooth speakers: Improve your mobile sound
Today's smartphones and tablets still have less-than-stellar speakers. Try one of these for a better audio experience.
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It's been about six months since I reviewed five mobile Bluetooth speakers to see how well they compared. These lightweight speakers were meant to make up for the awful sound quality provided by most smartphones and tablets (and many laptops, for that matter). They ranged widely in size, price and quality -- some were great for tossing in your coat pocket, while others had the chops to offer fine audio at home.
Well, there's a whole new crop that has become available since then. For this roundup, I've gathered four recently introduced mobile Bluetooth speakers to see how they compare.
These four devices are much more similar to each other than the others. To begin with, they fall into a narrower price range: from $100 to $200.
In addition, all claim up to a 30-foot range between the speaker and the music source; in informal testing, that was pretty much borne out. All include the ability to also act as a speakerphone, should somebody call while you're playing music -- and all were able to do so in my tests, although the quality of the audio differed.
Interestingly, while their basic designs are quite different, all four speakers come in the bright mono-colors that seem to be in vogue these days. I have to admit that this made it far too easy to refer to each not by its name, but by its color -- "red speaker, "green speaker," "black speaker" and "blue speaker" -- making the testing process sound a bit like a Dr. Seuss recitation.
(All four give you a choice of which color you want, from the Solemate, which comes in black or white, to the Zooka, which lets you opt for one of nine different colors.)
I tested the speakers by playing a group of music tracks that ranged from quiet to lively to must-be-played-loud, both voice and instrumental. (For the curious, I've listed the six tunes I used as tests in the sidebar to the right.)
I also accepted a phone call while playing music and chatted with my caller for several minutes to try out the speakerphone features.
Admittedly, any judgment of the quality of these speakers must be -- by necessity -- subjective. However, with any luck, this can serve as a guide if you're trying to choose a mobile speaker for home, office or travel. (Note: We've ordered the reviews from least to most expensive.)
Carbon Audio
Dimensions: 1.5 x 2.0 x 9.25 in.
Weight: 19.2 oz.
Price: $99.95
The Zooka is, if nothing else, interesting for its style.
The 1.5 x 2.0 x 9.25-in. oblong-shaped device has two 30mm speakers at each end and an open slot running along its length. The slot is there so you can fit the speaker onto the top of a laptop display (assuming the display is slim enough to accommodate the 0.25-in. slot). You can also fit it onto the side of a tablet, to use as a handhold.
But wait, there's more -- if you fit the bottom of your tablet into the slot, you can then pull a 2.75-in. metal rod out of a hole in one end of the Zooka and screw that into the back of the speaker; the Zooka then acts as a kickstand. (Unfortunately, when it was stored in its hidey-hole, the rod had an unfortunate tendency to slide out when I picked up the speaker.) The Zooka sits comfortably on a desktop as well.
I was able to fit the speaker onto the display of a Chromebook CR-48 laptop and a Galaxy Nexus 7 tablet. In both cases, it was something of a squeeze to accommodate it; the Zooka is obviously more suited to an iPad.
Other than its design, the Zooka is fairly minimalist. On the side opposite the slot, there is a power button with an LED indicator, volume down/up buttons and a button to pair Bluetooth connections (which is also used to pause music and to connect/disconnect a phone call). There is also a 3.5mm AUX audio-in jack and a single micro-USB-to-USB cable (a rather short one, at that -- only about 12 in.).
Even the documentation is minimal; you get a small card that shows (with pictures) how to turn the Zook on and start the Bluetooth connection. If you need any more directions, you have to go to the website.
The Zooka's casing is made of a smooth, soft-to-the-touch plastic and is available in nine different colors. According to the company, each charge provides up to 8 hours of play time.
How did it sound?
Unfortunately, while the Zooka has a nicely innovative design, its audio wasn't up to the quality of the other three speakers in this roundup. While the sound was fairly well equalized, it wasn't nearly as strong, clear or full as the others, and a lot of the subtleties of the music were lost. Of course, this is the least expensive speaker of the four reviewed here, so you're not going to get the same audio quality as something twice the cost.
As a speakerphone, the Zooka didn't really work well. There were so many digital drop-outs that sometimes I didn't understand what my caller was saying, and she reported some issues at her end as well. In short, it would only be useable for quick, emergency calls; most users would probably need to move to their phones for longer conversations.
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The Zooka offers a reasonable sound and has an innovative design that could make it a fun gift for iPad owners. But if you're at all picky about your audio quality, you might want to spend a few more bucks for something a bit better.
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So while I wished Tom all the best on his birthday itself, I wanted to do a little something more for him. So I got in contact with Gene Mollica, the cover artist for the Remy books (and a bunch of other books; go like his Facebook page!), and he graciously provided me with a high-res copy of the unlettered cover art.
Side note: it's some of the most gorgeous work I think Gene has ever done.
From there, I took the cover art and built some promotional wallpapers for the book, which may be found below in a variety of resolutions. Click on the link to the appropriate size for your monitor and download!
Tom, happy birthday again, my friend.
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Due out tomorrow is Brian Staveley's new novel The Providence of Fire. It's the sequel to The Emperor's Blades, an amazing epic fantasy novel in the tradition of Brandon Sanderson and George R. R. Martin. If you haven't read it yet, I encourage you to do so. It's a great read!
To celebrate the release of The Providence of Fire, Brian Staveley has written a guest post for The Ranting Dragon (which you will find here), and Tor Books has graciously provided us with three hardcover copies of the book to give away to our readers.
Here's the blurb for The Providence of Fire:
The conspiracy to destroy the ruling family of the Annurian Empire is far from over.
Having learned the identity of her father's assassin, Adare flees the Dawn Palace is search of allies to challenge the coup against her family. Few trust her, but when she is believed to be touched by Intarra, patron goddess of the empire, people rally to help her retake the capital city. As armies prepare to clash, the threat of invasion from barbarian hordes compels the rival forces to unite against their common enemy.
Unknown to Adare, her brother Valyn, renegade member of the empire's most elite fighting force, has allied with the invading nomads. The terrible choices each of them has made may make war between them inevitable.
Between Valyn and Adare is their brother Kaden, rightful heir to the Unhewn Throne, who has infiltrated the Annurian capital with the help of two strange companions. The knowledge they possess of the secret history that shapes these events could save Annur or destroy it.
Interested in one of these hardcover copies of The Providence of Fire? Simply fill out the form below!
Unfortunately, due to restriction of rights, this giveaway is only available to readers from the US and Canada. This giveaway will end on Saturday, January 17th, at which time we will mail three randomly selected winners.
Here's the blurb for The Providence of Fire:
The conspiracy to destroy the ruling family of the Annurian Empire is far from over.
Having learned the identity of her father's assassin, Adare flees the Dawn Palace is search of allies to challenge the coup against her family. Few trust her, but when she is believed to be touched by Intarra, patron goddess of the empire, people rally to help her retake the capital city. As armies prepare to clash, the threat of invasion from barbarian hordes compels the rival forces to unite against their common enemy.
Unknown to Adare, her brother Valyn, renegade member of the empire's most elite fighting force, has allied with the invading nomads. The terrible choices each of them has made may make war between them inevitable.
Between Valyn and Adare is their brother Kaden, rightful heir to the Unhewn Throne, who has infiltrated the Annurian capital with the help of two strange companions. The knowledge they possess of the secret history that shapes these events could save Annur or destroy it.
To celebrate the release of The Providence of Fire, The Ranting Dragon is participating in a blog tour hosted by Tor Books. Not only are we hosting a giveaway of the book, Brian Staveley has also written a delightful guest article for us. Without further ado, I present to you On the Limits of Outlining by Brian Staveley:
A Human Tooth in the Pasta – On the Limits of Outlining
You just don't know, when you go out to dinner with your wife, that there's going to be a human tooth in the pasta, prompting you to storm out of the restaurant and go to the pool hall instead, where you run into an old girlfriend, Elsa something-or-other, who is too busy licking the bartender's ear to notice you're there, but whose mere presence manages to kick off a marital spat that concludes in someone striking the cue ball just a little too aggressively on the break, the cue ball hitting you squarely in the face, and a visit to the ER where a sleepy doctor explains that there's no way to splint a face, a long trip back home followed by make-up sex, and then, nine months later, a second child.
No, mom, if you're reading this, we're not having another kid. Still, I think the anecdote pretty much illustrates the dangers of relying too much on an outline.
I get asked a lot whether I'm a plotter or a pantser, an architect or a gardener, someone who has his metaphorical shit together or someone who leaves stale bagels in the car. I always find this question difficult to answer, because, although I've sometimes left stale bagels in the car, the question of plotting isn't a binary one. I always plot out my books. And I can almost never stick to the plot.
Thing come up in the process of writing. The neatly plotted graph paper might suggest that Chapter 18 is the chance for two characters to finally have sex. Great. Sex is great. But they need a place to have sex, and I'm not an obsessive enough plotter that I'll have cleared out a comfortable bedroom for them six months earlier. In the effort to get the characters some privacy, it's easy to run into the unexpected.
Maybe, for instance, they row a small boat out to an island near the harbor mouth. Hold on – whose boat is it? They steal it? Fine, but theft has consequences, and before you know it, we're into a chase scene and a chapter in jail, where the two lovebirds meet the head of a shadowy underworld…
No. NO! No time for a shadowy underworld. They borrowed the boat. From a friend. Which friend? This friend just cropped up suddenly? Now? In Chapter 18? Hold on a sec. We have to go back, have to weave her into the earlier chapters, but now that she's here, well, look at that! She could definitely play a role in this earlier fight scene, a role that is almost certainly cool, and quite certainly not ordained by the outline…
You start to see the problem.
No writer I know enjoys writing a synopsis. I think that's because the fun of writing is in the details – the smell of the curry, the pinch of the underpants, the nicks in the blade of the sword – and a synopsis or an outline elides the details. When it comes time to write the book, however, those details have a weight and import all their own, and it's astounding the way one extra tooth in the pasta can lead to the birth of a child who will one day lead a rebellion that destroys an empire.]]>
The Risen King is the third and final book in the Risen King trilogy. The first book, The Iron Locket, is available as a free eBook. Why not download it and see if you like it?
Here's the short blurb for The Risen King:
In an unprecedented move, three corners of Faery have joined together to defend their land from the terrible Leanansidhe. King Arthur has risen once again to the height of power and stands strong with Queen Aiofe at his side. In this final book of the Risen King trilogy, they go head-to-head with the most powerful faery the land has ever faced.
To celebrate the release of this book, Samantha Warren is sharing with us ten things you might not know about her:
The story takes place in a small village, where survival of the fittest reigns. This is long after the fall of our modern world, an event known as The Ruin. Through the eyes of Kira, we see a community that discards the weak and deformed, mistreats children as burdens, and doesn't allow women many rights such as learning how to read. Kira, when she was born with a twisted leg, was saved by her mother who fought for her life, but after her mother died, the community saw little reason for Kira to live. However, a guardian, one of the rulers of the community, recognized Kira's talent for weaving and threading, and gave her the task to restore the famous Singer's Robe, which records the history of mankind through its wonderful images, and is worn by the Singer during a special ceremony called the Gathering. The robe is full of color, except for one, blue. The secret to dying the color blue into any fabric has long been lost.
Writing style: strengths and weaknesses
Lowry has a gift for writing. She provides a palette of colors and ideas that can be dark and morbid for a young adult novel, but she is able to give birth to new and rich ideas. The book, however, is not without flaws. Very few things tie together until the very end of the novel, and some plot resolutions are not fully explained, potentially leaving the reader unsatisfied. We get a good sense of the world that surrounds Kira, but we are not clear on how this dystopian situation had developed, or what lies beyond Kira's small village. Though most likely, what the book lacks by itself it makes up for in the rest of the quartet. It is the second book in The Giver series so naturally it can be assumed that reading all the books, and in order, will get a much better sense of Lowry's world. We do not get much relief at the end of the novel, as Kira's story appears to not just be ending but beginning. The book may only just be an introduction into Lowry's world.
Culture and character development
The world and characters presented in Gathering Blue strike an interesting balance between the familiar and unfamiliar. A dystopian novel functions by emphasizing the worst aspects of human history, such as the oppression of women and the mistreatment of the disabled within Kira's community—both of which we have dealt with in our own history. There are also unique, unfamiliar aspects to Lowry's world. Artists like Kira, such as Thomas the Carver and Jo the Singer, are harnessed and valued for their talent. Their artistic talent is magical, but is also stifled and contained by the oppressive rule of their guardians. Kira, Thomas, and Jo are forced to obey their guardians and solely work on preparing for the song of the Ruin, a performance that tells the history of mankind. Eventually, Kira is also given the task to not just retell history, but create a future through her threading, as the back of the Singer's Robe remains barren.
Kira is our eyes as she sees the faults and lies in her community. We understand her pain and her struggle as she tries to fight for her life in a community that wants to have her killed. The community, the culture, is heartless and unkind, only seeking their own survival and uninterested in protecting the lives of their neighbors, or even their own children. They are people at their worst, and Kira and a few others are the few who are enlightened with goodness and kindness.
Why should you read this book?
I read this book first long ago, when I was in middle school. Lowry's world was addicting for me, though morbid and dark for most young adults. There is truth in her dystopia, an understanding of the good and evil humans have been, and can be capable of. Lowry is a necessary read for many young adults who enjoy literature, but I have discovered new things in the novel by re-reading this now, as an older person. It is a worthwhile read for older adults too. Lowry is a powerful writer who takes the simplest ideas and writing style and wields them with strength and meaning, and I greatly enjoyed the result.
Plot style and format
The novel is narrated by our author and a series of documents that she supposedly has in her care. The documents are written by her father and his professor, describing their adventures to Transylvania, Istanbul, Bulgaria, and many other places in search of the tomb of Vlad Dracula. Paul tells his daughter how he acquired a mysterious old book, a book that is empty except for the image of a dragon in the center. This symbol ties to the Order of the Dragon, the religious order that was led by Vlad Dracula. Soon after, his professor, Rossi, goes missing under mysterious circumstances, and Paul suspects that the Order of the Dragon is related. The only way he feels he can find his lost professor is to unravel the mystery and secrets surrounding the history and death of Vlad Dracula.
The story is written in distinct layers. The father acquires Rossi's documents on his own adventures, and he traces the professor's steps while recording notes for his daughter. Ultimately his own daughter, our narrator and author, retraces his steps herself in the present day, and the quest is handed down. How the story unfolds is unique. We read through first person experiences. Common with historical mysteries there is disappointment, and no progression at times, until a piece of historical evidence long forgotten is found.
The pace of the novel is slow, and may feel drawn out at times, but it eventually picks up and remains intriguing. I assure you that this novel is one-of-a-kind. It is nothing like our other contemporary vampire novels, nor is it like Stoker's classic. Its style is unique and rich with history, alluring for any fan of mythical history. Kostova's language is fluid, rich, and appealing to the senses. As our characters travel around Europe the reader truly gets to experience each location. Kostova captures the senses and emotions of Central Europe with great accuracy and imagination. She has the power to place the reader with the characters. It is her writing style that makes the novel strong.
Character development
Since the story is written in layers of first-person perspective, we slowly get to see the character development. The documents that describe each perspective are scattered throughout the novel, so the reader doesn't get a sense of the character right away. The characters are nevertheless extremely rich and intriguing. They are easy to sympathize with, and Kostova can easily put the reader in their shoes.
I feel that the strongest character is, ironically, not the narrator, but her father. In Paul's writing, the reader gets the best sense of the character, his emotions, his anxiety, his curiosity, and his passion. I craved to learn what he was learning, and this curiosity kept me reading. What is good about the novel is that the reader get a first person perspective of the narrator, her father, and her father's professor, so nothing is lost when it comes to character development.
Why should you read this book?
For some. the length of this book can be disheartening. My edition is almost 650 pages. Historical fiction is an acquired taste, and may not appeal to many people. Some readers may find the pace slow and not as action-packed as they would like, and for others, it can be confusing, with too many facts all at once. But I assure you that it is a captivating work, especially since the novel taps into the history of the real Vlad Dracula. This work inspires curiosity, and there is something always new to learn. I believe that history lovers, lovers of learning, and academics will find this work very satisfying. Fans of literary elegance and poetry will also find the writing rich and fulfilling. And I am certain that vampire lovers will also enjoy getting a real taste of this history. It is a wonderful piece of mystery and adventure that inspires the historian in all of us.
He pressed me, though, so I trawled through a variety in my head. Adventure? Courage? Battle? Medieval? Journey? Love? Loss? Triumph? None of these seemed to sum up the story to my satisfaction.
I eventually came up with one, though: Cycles.
No, I don't mean the sort with two wheels and a handlebar. I'm talking about the cycles of nature. Birth, death, and rebirth. The rising and setting of the sun. The phases of the moon.
These themes were an integral part of book one of The Elemental Wars, Heartwood. Legend says that the tears of the god Animus fell to earth and formed the heart of the holy tree, the Arbor, which controls the flow of energy across the land via its roots. Heartwood is about how the characters learn that the land and its people are one, and the giving and receiving of energy—including a sacrifice to the great tree—is essential to keep the land fertile and the tree strong.
Sunstone takes these themes and explores them further. Where the enemy in Heartwood was the element of water (the Darkwater Lords who rise from the ocean), fire is on the rise in Sunstone, and the king of the Incendi fire elementals is a firebird. In Greek mythology, the firebird symbolizes rebirth and resurrection, and the rise and fall of people and societies forms the central story of Sunstone.
The story is set across three separate timelines—one set 22 years after Heartwood, one five hundred years later and one over a thousand years after that, and these plotlines interweave, linking occasionally including at the end in the "Apex," an event that connects and concludes all three stories. Life is an ongoing cycle of growth, decay and regrowth, and the story really explores this and shows that when you are down, it's only a phase and the wheel will eventually turn and you'll be on the up again. And when things are good—you should make the most of them while they last.
So to sum the story up in one word? Cycles.
Another option might be… long. Haha!
Freya Robertson is a lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy, as well as a dedicated gamer. She has a deep and abiding fascination for the history and archaeology of the middle ages and spent many hours as a teenager writing out notecards detailing the battles of the Wars of the Roses, or moping around museums looking at ancient skeletons, bits of rusted iron and broken pots.
She has published over twenty romance novels under other pseudonyms and won prizes in fifteen short story and poetry competitions.
Freya lives in the glorious country of New Zealand Aotearoa, where the countryside was made to inspire fantasy writers and filmmakers, and where they brew the best coffee in the world.
You can find her online at her website as well as on Twitter and Facebook.
Freya Robertson's Sunstone was released by Angry Robot Books on March 25th. It is the sequel to Heartwood. Here's the synopsis:
The Incendi elementals that dwell beneath the mountains have found a way to tap into the Arbor's roots, which stretch not only across the land but also through time, and King Pyra is determined to crush the ancient tree.
Twenty-two years after the defeat of the Darkwater Lords, Chonrad's widow Procella and their three children are drawn back to Heartwood to investigate the rumour of strange fires springing up across the land. Across three separate timelines, the heroes must battle to join together their ancient sunstones, to overcome the Incendi threat, and to protect the Arbor and make earth victorious once more.
Today, we're thrilled to have a hardcover copy of Karl Schroeder's Lockstep up for grabs, courtesy of the generous folks over at Tor.
To win this hardcover copy of Lockstep, all you have to do is fill out the form below with your name and email address. Unfortunately, this giveaway is open to residents of the US and Canada only. The giveaway will end on Tuesday April 8 at 23:59 EDT.
Lockstep was featured on our March Anticipation list and looks like an incredibly interesting and fun sci-fi story. I'm sure looking forward to reading it myself! It's a hard science fiction space opera novel about a seventeen year-old guy who wakes up after being asleep adrift in space for over 14,000 years to discover his brother has somehow become the tyrant ruler of a thriving empire. Sounds interesting, right? Here's the synopsis:
When seventeen-year-old Toby McGonigal finds himself lost in space, separated from his family, he expects his next drift into cold sleep to be his last. After all, the planet he's orbiting is frozen and sunless, and the cities are dead. But when Toby wakes again, he's surprised to discover a thriving planet, a strange and prosperous galaxy, and something stranger still—that he's been asleep for 14,000 years.
Welcome to the Lockstep Empire, where civilization is kept alive by careful hibernation. Here cold sleeps can last decades and waking moments mere weeks. Its citizens survive for millennia, traveling asleep on long voyages between worlds. Not only is Lockstep the new center of the galaxy, but Toby is shocked to learn that the Empire is still ruled by its founding family: his own.
Toby's brother Peter has become a terrible tyrant. Suspicious of the return of his long-lost brother, whose rightful inheritance also controls the lockstep hibernation cycles, Peter sees Toby as a threat to his regime. Now, with the help of a lockstep girl named Corva, Toby must survive the forces of this new Empire, outwit his siblings, and save human civilization.
Karl Schroeder's Lockstep is a grand innovation in hard SF space opera.
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The Premise
What better time for Marvel to release their best movie yet? Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger. While the first film was essentially a superhero war movie, this newest film, helmed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, is a spy thriller with rollercoaster pacing and gorgeous character moments.
Following the events of Captain America: The First Avenger and his subsequent thawing from the ice that kept him a prisoner for seventy years, Steve Rogers—a.k.a. Captain America—fought for New York City alongside Marvel's other superheroes in The Avengers. Two years later, Captain America works alongside Black Widow as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, doing Nick Fury's dirty work. That is, until a regular op yields unexpected results and the Captain finds himself on the run from those he works for.
The Execution
During the last few months, I eagerly followed the hype surrounding The Winter Soldier. I read every interview with cast and crew and every raving early review, and watched and rewatched every trailer and TV spot for the movie. I even managed to get a lot of plot points spoiled while unsuspectingly browsing Reddit. Let me tell you, though: nothing I read and watched prepared me for the amazing experience that is Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Though I knew of all the plot twists in advance, the way this movie was executed still blew my mind. The sheer impact these events have on the Cinematic Universe made me catch my breath several times. I was literally on the edge of my seat for almost the entirety of the movie.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier does nearly everything right. From a spectacular car chase to an astonishing fight scene in an elevator, from baffling plot twists to heart-rending character moments, this is an almost perfect film from beginning to end. The implications for the future of the Cinematic Universe are manifold. Frankly, I can't even imagine how Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will go forward from this. More importantly, The Winter Soldier sets up Avengers: Age of Ultron splendidly. The question that's kept fans speculating since last ComicCon—who created Ultron?—is being answered in a perplexing and unexpected way.
As I said, though, The Winter Soldier is almost perfect. After the events of The Avengers, all of the superheroes went their own way again. Iron Man and Thor have already had their own adventures since, and all of these films were missing one important aspect: their superhero colleagues. Where were the other heroes while Iron Man was battling terrorists threatening America? Where were the other heroes while Thor was waging an epic fight for the future of the entire universe? And again, in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, where is Tony Stark while Captain America fights for the future of the agency Tony's dad, Howard Stark, founded? Where were the other heroes? Most sorely missed, though, was Hawkeye, who is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and Black Widow's partner. His absence in The Winter Soldier—he isn't even mentioned once—was most glaring indeed.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the best installment in Marvel's Cinematic Universe yet. It is the perfect lead-in to Avengers: Age of Ultron. Aside from some missing superheroes, it is a faultless, overwhelmingly spectacular cinematic event. If you've yet to see this film, brace yourself for over two hours of breathtaking, edge-of-your-seat awesomeness that will exceed even your wildest expectations.
As with last month, this will be a very balanced list. Featuring five female and five male authors—including one very exciting science-fiction novel with intriguing feminist themes—we present you with three science-fiction, three urban fantasy, and three epic fantasy novels, plus a dystopian science-fiction to top it off. And did I mention there are no less than three propitious debuts on the list? Seriously, it's exciting to see how many great novels are published across all subgenres and flavors of speculative fiction.
Anyway, judge for yourself! Here are The Ranting Dragon's ten speculative novels worth reading in April:
|Lovecraft's Monsters by Ellen Datlow ed.
|The first—and tenth—item on this list is Lovecraft's Monsters, an anthology edited by Ellen Datlow and filled with great speculative authors. Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, and Elizabeth Bear (who will show up further down this list, as well) are just some of the names featured in this Lovecraftian anthology. In Lovecraft's Monsters, H.P. Lovecraft's famous creations—Cthulhu, Shoggoths, Deep Ones, and more—are celebrated in all their terrifying glory. The monsters are lovingly rendered in spectacular original art by World Fantasy Award–winning artist John Coulthart.
|Published by Tachyon on Apr 15.
|The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon
|The first debut on this list is Alena Graedon's The Word Exchange. I hadn't heard of this novel until I received a review copy. When I read the weird premise, I was immediately intrigued. This dystopian novel is set in a not-so-distant future where words have become the currency. The protagonist, Anana, works on the very last dictionary ever to be published when her dad suddenly disappears and leaves behind a handwritten message indicating he's in danger. Anana's search takes her from dark basements and subterranean passageways to the hallowed halls of the Oxford English Dictionary—the spiritual home of the written word. The Word Exchange is a fresh, stylized, and decidedly original debut about the dangers of technology and the power of the printed word.
|Published by Doubleday on Apr 8.
|Salvage by Alexandra Duncan
|The second of three debuts on this list is Salvage by Alexandra Duncan. This thrilling, thought-provoking science fiction novel is about Ava, a girl living aboard a conservative spaceship. When she faces betrayal, banishment, and death, she decides to flee to the Gyre, a floating continent of garbage and scrap in the Pacific Ocean. Salvage promises to be literary science-fiction with a twist reminiscent of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, exploring themes of choice, agency, rebellion, and family. It sure sounds intriguing!
|Published by Greenwillow on Apr 1.
|Unwrapped Sky by Rjurik Davidson
|With a gorgeous cover and an intriguing premise, Rjurik Davidson's Unwrapped Sky promises to be one of those typical epic fantasy novels set in a magical location with a name the typical English speaker cannot pronounce. I'm a sucker for books like that, though, so I definitely look forward to Unwrapped Sky. The unpronounceable location in this case is Caeli-Amur, an ancient city perched on white cliffs overlooking the sea, ruled by three war-mongering Houses. Caeli-mutter-mutter is a city that harbors ancient technology and hidden mysteries and is soon going to change when ancient minotaurs arrive to celebrate a traditional festival. Frankly, Unwrapped Sky doesn't sound like it's going to do anything new for the genre, but amid all the fresh and original fantasy, some familiar, traditional tropes and epic worldbuilding sound wonderful. I just wish the city had a simpler name.
|Published by Tor on Apr 24.
|Peacemaker by Marianne De Pierres
|Angry Robot Books is one of my favorite publishers, well known for publishing quality speculative fiction with a bit of weirdness. Their new author, Marianne De Pierres, doesn't seem to be an exception to that. I wasn't familiar with De Pierres yet, but apparently she's already somewhat big in Australia and the UK. I'm pretty sure her newest science-fiction western Peacemaker is going to make her a global success, though. In Peacemaker, dead bodies start piling up and it's up to Virgin, a ranger in the world's largest natural landscape, to figure out what's going on. Set in a future megacity, Peacemaker is going to be a science-fiction novel with a mystery bent and Angry Robot's familiar weird edge.
|Published by Angry Robot on Apr 29.
|The Revolutions by Felix Gilman
|I liked Felix Gilman's Wild West steampunk novel The Half-Made World, and I absolutely adored its weird sequel, The Rise of Ransom City. Therefore, I am extremely excited for Gilman's next standalone novel, The Revolutions, introduced by the publisher as "a sweeping stand-alone tale of Victorian science-fiction, space exploration, and planetary romance." A tale of war between magic societies in historic London, The Revolutions will probably be as weird as Gilman's previous works, and it sounds twice as amazing.
|Published by Tor on Apr 1.
|The Here and Now by Ann Brashares
|It's time to fess up. I have a guilty pleasure unbecoming of a "serious" speculative fiction reader: I absolutely adore the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares. They are just so sweet and wonderfully written. I was, therefore, elated when putting together this list and discovering a new Brashares novel coming out in April—and it's the kind of novel definitely fit for discussion on The Ranting Dragon! The Here and Now is an epic romantic science-fiction thriller about a girl from the future who might be able to save the world; all she has to do is not fall in love. And guess what happens? If Brashares' previous works are any indication, The Here and Now will be a lovely science-fiction novel filled with realistic characters and heartrendingly beautiful romance.
|Published by Delacorte on Apr 8.
|The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
|When I first came across The Goblin Emperor, I wasn't sure whether this was a serious fantasy book or not. I mean, look at that title and cover! However, once I read the description, I knew one thing: Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor sounds seriously perfect! In this brilliant debut novel filled with political intrigue, dark magic, and steampunk-influences, a young half-goblin is unexpectedly taken out of exile to become emperor. Entirely unschooled in the art of court politics, he has no friends, no advisors, and the sure knowledge that whoever assassinated his father and brothers could make an attempt on his life at any moment. The Goblin Emperor promises to be a wonderful epic fantasy novel and is definitely a debut to keep an eye on.
|Published by Tor on Apr 1.
|Steles of the Sky by Elizabeth Bear
|Whenever I see one of the books in Elizabeth Bear's Eternal Sky trilogy pop up, I marvel at those beautiful covers and remember that I really need to read those books. I've heard it described as one of the best trilogies in fantasy, and it continues the recent emphasis on exploring new themes, worlds, and cultures in fantasy. The third and final volume in the brilliant Eternal Sky trilogy, Steles of the Sky, comes out this month and continues the story of Re Temur and the Wizard Samarkar, who fight against the Nameless Ones. One of my New Year's resolutions for 2014 is to read this trilogy. Who will join me?
|Published by Tor on Apr 8.
|Hollow World by Michael J. Sullivan
|Finally, the book most worth reading in April is a book I've already had the pleasure of reading. Michael J. Sullivan is known for rocking the publishing industry in all kinds of ways, having released books with a small press publisher, a "Big Five" publisher, and on his own. Sullivan undertakes a new approach with Hollow World, which was financed through Kickstarter first and is now being published by Tachyon Publications. More importantly, Hollow World is a deeply wonderful literary science fiction novel reminiscent of H.G. Wells's The Time Machine. Hollow World is one of those rare literary gems that exceed the speculative genre to become worthy of any English literature class.
|Published by Tachyon on Apr 15.
As always, I'd love to hear from you. What books are you particularly looking forward to? Did I miss any? Let me know in the comments and forums!]]>


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The Live Exhibits team look after all the living things on display at Melbourne Museum, from the trees and birds in the Forest Gallery to the thousands of invertebrates in Bugs Alive.
To support our collection of almost 100 invertebrate species on display at Melbourne Museum, Live Exhibits staff must occasionally collect bugs from the wild, and some of these can hold unwanted surprises inside.
A Chalcid wasp, newly emerged from the cocoon of its host caterpillar.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victorai
At least one in every ten insect species is a parasite on other insects. In Australia this adds up to several tens of thousands of parasitic insect species, all living their lives on the outside or, more commonly the inside, of other insects. Most of these parasites are wasps and flies, and most of their hosts are butterflies, moths and beetles.
Tachinid fly eggs on the outside of a doomed Leaf Beetle larva (Paropsis species).Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
Parasitic insects usually lay their eggs directly onto or into the body of their host, but may lay eggs on a food plant in the hope that they will later be ingested by a potential host. Once inside, the parasitic larva consumes the host's internal tissues while the host continues to go about its business. The parasite usually avoids the vital organs until the last minute – then polishes these off and finally kills its host.
Aphid 'mummies' – aphids that have been parasitised and glued to the leaf by Braconid wasps. When fully developed, the wasps will cut a perfectly circular hole in the back and emerge as adults.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
Parasitic wasps are able to find their hosts no matter where they might hide. In order to lay eggs on its host – Sirex Wood Wasp (Sirex noctilio) – Megarhyssa (Megarhyssa nortoni) can drill through 9cm of solid wood with its ovipositor (egg-laying organ). Megarhyssa females find their hosts using infrared detectors on their antennae; the outer bark of a tree is 0.5oC warmer where a larva lies underneath.
A female Megarhyssa (Megarhyssa nortoni) drills through a pine tree to deposit an egg on the Sirex Wood Wasp within.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
A parasitic wasp will sometimes inject venom that paralyses the host but keeps it alive, allowing the wasp to hide it away for its offspring as a sort of living larder. A large wasp dragging a larger, paralysed, huntsman across open ground is a familiar sight during summer.
A Pompilid wasp drags a huntsman (Isopeda species) from its hiding place under bark, before paralysing it and inserting an egg.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
A caterpillar can sometimes dislodge a parasite's eggs with its mandibles, but wasps usually lay their eggs just behind the caterpillar's head where they can't be reached. Many hosts are able to 'encapsulate' a parasite already inside their bodies, localising its damage and starving it of oxygen. When more than one parasite is laid inside a host, the larvae fight to the death within the host's body for the rights to its organs.
Thousands of parasitic wasp cocoons inside the empty shell of a Cabbage White Butterfly caterpillar (Pieris rapae). Each cocoon will soon produce a tiny wasp that flies off to find other caterpillars to parasitise.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
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Chenae Neilson is a Master of Science in Human Geography student at the University of Melbourne. This is the first post of an MV Blog mini-series celebrating the past, present and future of exploration on planet Earth and commemorating the adventures of Alfred Russel Wallace who died 100 years ago today.
Over the last 250 years, the taxonomic classification of life on Earth has described approximately 1.2 million species that share the planet with us, Homo sapiens. However, every year, we discover thousands of new species. Often these are organisms that have been concealed from scientific observation within impassable forests or the dark of the ocean abyss. A 2011 estimate suggests there are over eight million species on Earth, which means we have described fewer than 15 per cent of them. This stems, in part, because we have explored only five per cent of the world's oceans, and scientists have yet to survey many terrestrial environments.
This celebration of exploration marks the centenary of the death of explorer, naturalist, and evolutionary biologist Alfred Russel Wallace who died on 7 November 1913. To commemorate Wallace we return to the region of his most famous exploration.
Alfred Russel Wallace, circa 1895.Image: London Stereoscopic & Photographic CompanySource: Wikimedia Commons
"Nature has taken every precaution that these, her choicest treasures, may not lose value by being too easily obtained."Alfred Russel Wallace
From 1854 to 1862, Wallace traveled across the Indonesian archipelago from the Sunda shelf in the west through the island of Sulawesi and to the Bird's Head of New Guinea in the east. On this journey he noted a distinct transition from more Asian fauna to more Australian fauna – the line demarking this dramatic transition became known as the 'Wallace's Line'. The broader region between Asia and Australia, including the island of Sulawesi, is termed Wallacea, which hosts an endemic combination of Asian and Australian lineages. Wallace's exploration of Sulawesi made a significant contribution to the species catalogue in this region and also became the backbone of evidence for his own theory of evolution by natural selection. Wallace's adventures in Wallacea were later chronicled in his book, The Malay Archipelago, written in 1869.
Map of Wallacea, featuring the island of Sulawesi and the biogeographic lines defining breaks between Asian fauna within Sunda and Australasia.Image: Maximilian DörrbeckerSource: Used under CC BY-SA 3.0 from Wikimedia Commons.
Despite the countless scientific findings made during the Age of Exploration in the 1800s, exploration still remains important today, particularly in a world where natural environments are under threat.
Wallace's trail of exploration has been retraced many times by contemporary scientists, amateur naturalists, and television personalities. Exploration may mean something different to each. For the scientist, these areas are revealing new species and answering questions about the evolutionary history of the region. To the naturalist, the 'discovery' of animals found nowhere else on earth and the chance to walk in the footsteps of an influential figure may be the very definition of exploration. Regardless of our definition of exploration, areas like Wallacea hold many new possibilities.
Over 100 years later, two research scientists at Museum Victoria, Dr Kevin Rowe and Dr Karen Rowe, have been following in the footsteps of Wallace. Some of their recent findings will be the subject of the next blog in our mini-series.
Karen Rowe hiking into a remote field camp on Mount Dako, Sulawesi where scientists from MV, Indonesia and the United States inventoried mammals and birds for the first time in 2013.Image: Kevin RoweSource: Museum Victoria
Remember The X-Files? If you were a fan, you fell into one of two camps – you either liked the mythology arcs, or the Monster-of-the-Week episodes. I fell firmly into the latter camp. I liked one-off weirdness, lacking the attention span for conspiracy narratives. It is in this spirit that I present to you a short episode of "What on earth is THAT?!" from the Discovery Centre.
At the beginning of winter this year, a woman came into the Melbourne centre with some "mysterious objects". We get a lot of mystery items here, and they are normally fairly easy to identify – pieces of manufacturing slag, cicada cases, random pieces of urban archaeology that work their way up from old rubbish pits.
As she removed them from her bag, she said, "they look like fossilised champignons." An odd description, but entirely accurate. The items she unwrapped did indeed look like small mushrooms. They weren't fossils, as they were obviously made of a chalky substance; soft enough to flake and leave a slight powdery residue on one's fingertips. Our visitor said she had discovered them in the mud on the shores of a freshwater pond on Kangaroo Island, and mentioned, in an offhand manner, that they were amongst some crayfish carcasses, and perhaps they had something to do with local platypus? I was stumped. My colleague Wayne, a chap with a palaeontological background, was equally stumped.
Crayfish gastroliths, brought in to the Discovery Centre for identification.Image: Siobhan MotherwaySource: Museum Victoria
Found in platypus territory, and made of chalky material? We did some preliminary research: were they dehydrated platypus eggs? Some weird botanical thing? A fungus? Yes, I did google "fossilised champignons". Getting nowhere, we turned to our various departmental experts in Mammalogy, Marine Invertebrates and Geosciences; even our pet Entomologist. No luck.
On the off-chance that our Live Exhibits manager had seen something similar on fieldwork, I emailed through the photographs to him, and he shared them round the office. Victory! Gentleman-and-scholar Adam Elliot knew immediately what they were. It turned out that our enquirer's by-the-by remark about the crayfish was the salient information – these "fossilised champignons" are freshwater crayfish gastroliths. When preparing to shed, the crayfish forms these stones to store the calcium they will need to help form their new exoskeleton. After they've shed (a process called ecdysis – remember that one for word games), they reabsorb this calcium to help create their new shell. These particular examples are very, very large.
Crayfish gastroliths, brought into the Discovery Centre for identification.Image: Wayne GerdtzSource: Museum Victoria
This blog post from the WA Museum gives a great rundown on how the process works, and includes a photo of some smaller gastroliths from a similar identification request.
So there you have it, mystery solved. We'll keep an eye out for more oddities – I've always liked them best.
One cold August morning at 5am, a team of us were outside along Birrarung Marr 'on set' shooting a commercial for the new First Peoples exhibition. Here are just a few behind the scenes photos of the shoot.
"... Hear our stories, know the joy in our hearts..."
Aunty Fay Carter and Dharna on set.
Image: Matthew McCarthySource: Clear Design
Final touch up before we begin shooting.
Aunty Fay Carter (slightly hidden), Uncle Jack Charles, Dharna Nicholson-Bux and Marbee Williams with the make up artist.Image: Matthew McCarthySource: Clear Design
Marbee Williams and Uncle Jack Charles on set with the Melbourne skyline in the background. Image: Matthew McCarthySource: Clear Design
The advertising for the First Peoples exhibition is centred around the word Wominjeka. The word means welcome in the local Koorie languages for Melbourne, Boonwurrung and Woi wurrung. You can find out about Victorian Aboriginal languages in the exhibition or our online map.
In the campaign, we feature four Victorian Aboriginal people: Aunty Fay Carter (Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung), Uncle Jack Charles (Boonwurrung and Wiradjeri), Marbee Williams (Boonwurrung and Wiradjuri) and Dharna Nicholson-Bux (Wurundjeri and Yorta Yorta).
Dharna with Aunty Fay onset during the First Peoples commercial shoot at Birrarung Marr. August 2013.Image: Scottie CameronSource: Museum Victoria
Uncle Jack Charles onset during the First Peoples commercial shoot. Image: Scottie CameronSource: Museum Victoria
Marbee Williams onset for the First Peoples commercial shoot.Image: Scottie CameronSource: Museum Victoria.
If you live in Melbourne, hopefully you will have started seeing the word Wominjeka around town. If you see our posters, ads, brochures, flags or video, snap a photo and use #wominjeka if you're sharing it on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. We'd love to see it!
Examples of the advertising featuring Marbee Williams and Dharna Nicholson-Bux. Image: Clear DesignSource: Museum Victoria
The campaign development was highly collaborative, taking inspiration from the First Peoples Yulendj (knowledge) Group of Elders and representatives of Aboriginal communities from across Victoria, the First Peoples exhibition and Bunjilaka teams, and taking into consideration the feedback from recent focus group sessions with non-Aboriginal museum visitors.
Huge thanks to everyone who has helped with the development of the campaign!
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You might spy an unusual new installation in the Forest Gallery as part of The Red Queen exhibition showing at MONA, the Museum of New and Old Art in Tasmania. The installation by English artist Toby Ziegler, entitled My vegetable love; Cultural exchange, is in the shape of a Utah teapot fashioned from the same material used by male Satin Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) to make their bowers.
Jack, the older male bowerbird, interacting with the teapot bower.Image: Jon Augier / Toby ZieglerSource: Museum Victoria and MONA
The theme of My Vegetable Love is the interaction between the natural world (the Forest Gallery's bowerbirds) and the artificial world (a computer-generated teapot), with the object itself being a hybrid between the two. The main theme of The Red Queen is 'Why do human beings make art?', and this component investigates natural animal behaviours that appear, to us, artistic.
Juvenile bowerbirds are also intrigued by Toby Ziegler's teapot.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
It references a 3D mathematical model of a teapot created in 1975 at the University of Utah which has become a standard reference object in computer-generated imaging (CGI), and also as a regular in-joke in animated Hollywood movies. It appears somewhere in all Pixar movies and in the 'Third Dimension' episode of The Simpsons.
A modern render of the original CGI teapot created at the University of Utah by Martin Newell.Image: DhatfieldSource: CC BY-SA 3.0
Juvenile and female Satin Bowerbirds are olive green, but males turn a deep blue upon maturity at about seven years of age. Jack, the oldest male Bowerbird, has lived in the Forest Gallery as an adult for 13 years. Errol turned completely blue earlier this year, after more than 12 months in transition from his juvenile plumage.
Errol during his transformation from juvenile to adult plumage. His unusual patterning prompted many queries from puzzled visitors.Image: Jon AugierSource: Museum Victoria
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'Birds face off for balance of bower in exhibit' in The Age, 19 Jun 2013
Last week the Live Exhibits team went into the field in search of eels and other fish to restock the pond in Milarri Garden.
Live Exhibits keeper Adam Elliott demonstrates the best technique for transferring freshwater animals from nets.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
Last year the iconic Short-finned Eels (Anguilla australis) living in Milarri pond were moved to the Forest Gallery water system while we repaired and resealed the pond. Now Milarri pond is back in operation and ready for new inhabitants.
Short-finned EelImage: Rudie KuiterSource: Aquatic Photographics
Prior to the Milarri pond works, regular eel feeding sessions were very popular with museum visitors, giving our staff the opportunity to highlight the importance of eels as a traditional food source for local Aboriginal people. In western Victoria, kooyang (eel) were trapped using woven nets in sophisticated aquaculture systems by the Gunditjmara people for thousands of years – one of the featured installations of the upcoming First Peoples exhibition at Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre at Melbourne Museum.
Left: Maik Fiedel in deep water, checking his nets. Right: Melvin Nathan ensures the eels are well looked after in holding tubs.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
We collected the new eels west of Melbourne under permit, and we also caught other fish such as Tupong (Pseudaphritis urvilli), Flathead Gudgeon (Philypnodon grandiceps) and Common Jollytails (Galaxias maculatus) boost stocks in the Forest Gallery creek and pond system. These are just a few of the 50 or so species of freshwater fish found in Victorian waters.
Clockwise from left: Common Jollytail, Flathead Gudgeon, Tupong.Image: Rudie KuiterSource: Aquatic Photographics
Freshwater invertebrates, particularly Glass Shrimp (Paratya australis) were also collected to kick start the food chain in Milarri pond. Yabbies (Cherax destructor) will soon walk across land from nearby ponds, and many other invertebrate species will fly in or colonise via new plantings or by adhering to waterbirds. Pacific Black Ducks (Anas superciliosa), Little Pied Cormorants (Microcarbo melanoleucos) and other birds will soon arrive under their own power.
Young Jollytails and Glass Shrimp swim around under a Water Spider (Megadolomedes species).Image: Patrick HonanSource: Musuem Victoria
At the end of the collection trip, animal keepers Chloe and Dave released the eels into their new home, where they will live under the care of Live Exhibit staff for many years.
Dave Paddock releases the last of the eels into Milarri pond.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
Fish destined for the Forest Gallery must be quarantined for three weeks in tanks set up behind the scenes to ensure no parasites or pathogens are introduced to our resident fish population.
Dave sets up Tupong in quarantine some time after midnight in the Live Exhibits Lab.Image: Patrick HonanSource: Museum Victoria
A range of fish species as well as Macquarie Turtles (Emydura macquarii) can be seen daily in the Forest Gallery at Melbourne Museum. Silver Perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) and eel feeding presentations will recommence at Milarri pond in September when the water starts to warm and the eels' appetites return.
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