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Lancashire news and traffic live: updates from M55, M6, M65, M61
All the latest from the Lancashire road network on May 21
M6 motorway junction 33. (Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)
Coming to you with all the latest news and traffic updates from Lancashire.
We'll be keeping an eye on Lancashire's motorway network, roads, railways and news taking place in the county and reporting it live.
We will be covering all areas, including Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Lancaster, Blackpool, Chorley, Morecambe, West Lancashire, Ribble Valley and more.
Keep updated by following our live blog, as we'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video this morning.
Here's some of the top stories to start your day with:
Man found dead at foot of Lee Quarry in Bacup
Police appeal to find women after "brutal assault" outside Papa John's in Penwortham
For the latest news and breaking news visit the LancsLive website.
To keep updated, follow LancsLive on Facebook and @LiveLancs on Twitter.
Have you got news for us? Contact our newsdesk on lancslive@reachplc.com.
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Here are some of the top stories from across the county today:
Blackburn woman dies after suffering serious head injury in M6 crash near Leyland - read here.
Chaos as sheep goes on rampage and head butts police officer in Lancaster - read here.
Row after mother pulls autistic boy out of Accrington Academy - read here.
To keep updated with the latest traffic updates and news across Lancashire, visit www.lancs.live.
Chaos as sheep goes on rampage and head butts police officer in Lancaster
A sheep caused chaos in Lancaster after running wild on the roads and head butting a police officer.
Lancashire Police are currently taking care of a sheep that caused chaos in Lancaster (Image: Lancashire Police)
Officers from Lancashire Police were called to the city centre as the sheep was running on the one way roads on Monday morning (May 21).
Many witnesses took to social media to post about the sheep passing them on the street.
Local resident, Graham Pye, posted a video and said: "Ewe don't half see some strange things on the way to work."
To read the full story, click here.
Busy but moving traffic - Blackpool Promenade
There is busy but moving traffic on Blackpool Promenade between Talbot Road for the North Pier/Talbot Square, and Chapel Street, for the Central Pier.
Heavy traffic - Colne
There is heavy traffic on A56 Skipton Road Southbound at Windsor Street, in Colne.
Fire breaks out in Ribchester garden shed
Two fire engines were called to Ribchester after a fire broke out in the garden shed.
The incident took place on Manor Avenue at 3.17pm on Tuesday (May 21).
Crews from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service discovered a fire involving a shed in a garden and used two breathing apparatus, one jet, a ceiling hook, one triple extension ladder, one hooligan tool and a hose reel to extinguish the fire.
Firefighters also had to remove part of the ceiling and were in attendance for over an hour and a half.
Heavy traffic - Nelson
There is heavy traffic on Scotland Road between Leeds Road and M65 junction 13 Roundabout, in Nelson.
Slow traffic - Cleveleys
There is slow traffic on Rossall Road at Victoria Square, in Cleveleys.
Blackburn woman dies after suffering serious head injury in M6 crash near Leyland
A woman has died after suffering a serious head injury during a crash on the M6 near Leyland.
Traffic on M6 following tragic accident (Image: Motorway Cameras)
The incident took place at around 6.40pm on Wednesday, May 15, between Junction 27 and 28 northbound.
Police were called to reports of a collision between a Peugeot 207 car and a petrol tanker.
Sadly, the driver of the Peugeot, a 21-year-old man from Blackburn, was found with a number of serious injuries and died at the scene.
A 21-year-old woman from Blackburn, a passenger in the Peugeot, suffered a serious head injury and was taken to Royal Preston Hospital.
She died of her injuries in hospital on Monday (May 20).
Two teenagers injured following serious collision in Wrightington
Two teenagers have been left with injuries following a serious collision in Wrightington.
A generic street view image of Toogood Lane, in Wrightington (Image: Google Instant Street View)
The incident, involving a Vauxhall Corsa and Mercedes CL500, took place at around 4.30pm on Monday (May 20) on Toogood Lane.
The driver of the Vauxhall, a 17-year-old boy from Appley Bridge, suffered suspected spinal fractures and internal injuries. A passenger in the vehicle, a 17-year-old girl, also from Appley Bridge, suffered a fractured collar bone and an internal injury.
Lancashire Police are currently investigating the incident, and are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Slow traffic - Leyland
There is slow traffic on Wigan Road between Dawson Lane Traffic Lights and Lancaster Lane (Woodsman traffic lights) in Leyland.
Lane closed on M58 near Skelmersdale due to vehicle fire
One lane is currently closed on the M58 near Skelmersdale due to a vehicle fire.
The closure is in place just after junction five towards the M6.
Lane one has been closed, and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service are on scene.
Highways England are also in attendance and are encouraging motorists to take care in the area.
Man arrested as brick thrown at Tommy Robinson's campaign van in Preston
A man has been arrested after a brick was thrown at Tommy Robinson's campaign van during a rally.
Tommy Robinson held a rally in Preston (Image: Tony Worrall)
Around 600 people gathered at Ashton Park in Preston yesterday evening (May 20) to hear the MEP candidate speak.
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is a former EDL leader and is touring the north-west of England with a digital advertising van which displays a huge picture of his face.
Hundreds turned out for the event, with supporters taking photos and holding English flags.
Slow traffic on M6 following clearing of obstruction near Longridge
There is slow traffic on the M6 due to all traffic being stopped while a obstruction was cleared.
This was near the junction 31A for Longridge on the Northbound carriageway.
Traffic was stopped previously, but all lanes have now reopened.
Blackburn road closed in both directions following accident
A road in Blackburn has been closed in both directions due to an accident.
A generic street view image of Accrington Road, in Blackburn (Image: Google Instant Street View)
The incident took place on Accrington Road at around 3.45pm on Tuesday (May 21).
There is queuing traffic in the area as a result of the closure, from Audley Range to A678 Furthergate.
Congestion is building to Bank Lane.
For updates from the incident, follow our live blog.
Mum of missing schoolgirl Charlene Downes recalls last time she spoke with her daughter
The mum of a missing school girl from Blackpool, Charlene Downes, has recalled the last conversation she had with her daughter.
Charlene Downes, 14, who disappeared from her home town of Blackpool on Saturday, November 1, 2003 (Image: Lancashire Police/PA Wire)
The 14-year-old was last seen alive on November 1, in 2003, before she disappeared without a trace.
Despite her body never being found, police believe she was murdered shortly after she went missing but no one has ever been convicted of her killing.
Now, almost 16 years after the case rocked the seaside resort of Blackpool, a new Channel 5 documentary, The Murder of Charlene Downes, re-examines the case.
Slow traffic - Darwen
There is slow traffic on Blackburn Road in both directions near to the Co-op in Darwen.
This is in the roadworks area.
All lanes reopened on M6 following earlier car fire
All lanes have reopened on the M6 near Lancaster following an earlier car fire.
The closure was in place between junction 34 and junction 35 for Carnforth.
Lane one, of three, was closed but has since been reopened.
One lane closed on M6 following vehicle fire near Lancaster
One lane has been closed on M6 near Lancaster.
The closure is in place on the northbound carriageway between junction 34 and junction 35 for Carnforth.
Highways England are currently on scene, and have confirmed lane one, of three, is closed due to a vehicle fire.
They are urging motorists to take care in the area.
Colne heavy traffic
Traffic is currently heavy on a road in Colne.
The A56 Skipton Road southbound is affected at Windsor Street.
Row after mother pulls autistic boy out of Accrington Academy
Emma Martin pulled her son Timothy James Fisher out of the Accrington Academy (Image: Lancs Live)
A mother pulled her autistic son out of school saying that the academy has failed to support his needs.
Emma Martin sent her 11-year-old son to Accrington Academy but made the decision to take him out of school because she believed they were not providing him with adequate care.
The school, however, have stated that they believe parents are 'overwhelmingly supportive' of their approach and they are an inclusive school which wants the best for every student.
Ms Martin says that since he started at the school in September, her son, Timothy James Fisher (TJ) had been locked in a bathroom, let out of school early and left to wander the town in the rain, and assaulted by other pupils on two separate occasions.
The school said it could not respond to specific allegations for data protection reasons.
Calls to close Leyland care facility after 'alarming incident'
Lakeland House Incident, Bent Lane, Leyland
Residents in Leyland are calling for a facility for vulnerable adults to be closed down.
Lakeland House, on Bent Lane, opened four years ago on the site of the former Waggon and Horses Pub.
The so-called "bridging unit" can house up to 11 individuals who are being prepared to live independently in the community.
But after the latest in what they say is a series of alarming incidents, some locals want to see the suburban centre shut its doors.
Read full story here.
Burscough traffic
Traffic is slow on the A59 High Lane in Burscough.
This is in both directions from Square Lane to Pippin Street.
Temporary traffic lights are in operation.
Man taken to hospital after M6 incident
Traffic is being held at the M6 junction 28
North West Ambulance Service have confirmed that a man was taken to hospital following the incident on the M6 at Leyland.
He was taken to Royal Preston Hospital.
A spokesperson for said:
"One person was taken to hospital following the incident on the M6.
"They were taken to Royal Preston Hospital."
The extent of the man's injuries are not known at this stage.
Man fighting for life after Blackpool attack
Generic view of Elizabeth Street in Blackpool (Image: Google Street View)
A man is fighting for his life after he was attacked in Blackpool.
Police were called at around 8.45pm on Sunday (May 19) to reports a man had been found with significant injuries.
Officers attended the scene to find a man in his 20s with a significant slash wound to his throat and a stab wound to his body.
At this stage it is thought an altercation may have occurred in the Iddon Court block of flats before he made his way outside where the attack continued on Elizabeth Street.
Video shows youths throwing stones at cars in Preston
A video is being shared on social media which shows youths throwing stones at cars in Preston.
The incident took place on Riversway, close to Preston Docks.
Footage appears to show around five youths throwing stones into the direction of the road, close to where McDonalds is situated.
Ashton and Riversway People and Communities Together (PACT) group posted the video to Facebook last Saturday in a bid to warn residents.
See the video here.
M6 broken down lorry
One lane is closed due to a broken down lorry on the M6 southbound.
This is from junction 34 at Lancaster to junction 33 at Garstang.
Traffic is coping well.
Lane one of three is closed.
M58 reopens
All lanes have reopened on the M58 eastbound following an earlier broken down vehicle.
The vehicle has now been removed on M58 Eastbound.
Lane one of three was closed between junction 5 at Up Holland to the M6 junction 26 at Orrell Interchange.
This has now reopened.
Broken down vehicle - M58
One lane closed due to broken down vehicle on the M58 Eastbound.
This is from junction 5 at Up Holland to the M6 junction 26 at Orrell Interchange.
Lane one of three is currently closed.
M6 live: Air ambulance attends incident near Leyland
Traffic is being held due to an incident on the M6 northbound near Leyland.
Emergency services are currently at the scene where police say a man is thought to have 'come off a bridge'.
An air ambulance is in attendance along with other emergency services.
The motorway is blocked in both directions from junction 29 at Lostock Hall to junction 28 at Leyland.
Live updates here.
M6 live: Minibus overturns on the M6 near Lancaster
Lancaster Services on the M6 motorway. (Image: Colin Lane)
A minibus has overturned on the M6 near Lancaster.
The crash has happened on the motorway heading southbound from junction 33 at Lancaster to junction 32 at Broughton, Preston.
Traffic is heavy as a result of the incident.
It was initially reported that the incident was a 'multi-vehicle collision'.
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The Immortal Hour è un'opera del compositore inglese Rutland Boughton. Boughton scrisse il proprio libretto, basandosi sull'omonima commedia di Fiona MacLeod, pseudonimo dello scrittore William Sharp.

Storia
The Immortal Hour è una fiaba o un'opera fiabesca, con un'atmosfera e un tema simili a Rusalka di Dvořák e Il flauto magico di Mozart. Magia e spiriti della natura giocano un ruolo importante nella trama. Le persone fatate non sono folletti dispettosi e infantili, ma sono orgogliosi e potenti: semidei immortali temuti dai mortali e che possono (e lo fanno) interferire con la vita di uomini e donne. In alternativa, la progressione di Etain nel regno dei mortali e la sua ricerca e redenzione da parte di Midir hanno somiglianze con la leggenda di Orfeo ed Euridice.

In questo lavoro Boughton ha combinato un approccio wagneriano ai temi musicali e al simbolismo con un approccio modale di tipo folk alla musica stessa, riflettendo le origini celtiche del racconto, basato sulla storia irlandese Tochmarc Étaíne.

Storia dell'esecuzione
The Immortal Hour fu eseguita per la prima volta a Glastonbury il 26 agosto 1914, al Glastonbury Festival inaugurale che Boughton aveva co-fondato. Lo stesso Boughton cantò la parte di Dalua, in sostituzione di un cantante che si era ammalato. Nel 1921 Penelope Spencer fu ingaggiata da Boughton per mettere in scena danze e cori per il Festival di Glastonbury, alcuni dei quali incorporò in quest'opera.

L'opera andò in scena a Londra per 216 rappresentazioni consecutive nel 1922 e per altre 160 rappresentazioni l'anno successivo e fu rappresentata a New York nel 1926.

Fu ripresa al Sadler's Wells Theatre di Londra nel 1953. La prima registrazione dell'opera completa, sponsorizzata da The Rutland Boughton Trust, ebbe luogo nel 1983 e fu pubblicata l'anno successivo da Hyperion Records (CDD22040) su CD e in set in vinile.

Accoglienza critica
Dame Ethel Smyth nel 1922 disse "The Immortal Hour mi incanta. L'intera cosa mi ha preso". Nel 1924 Sir Edward Elgar descrisse l'opera come "un lavoro di genio".

Parlando nel 1949 Sir Arthur Bliss disse: "Ricordo vividamente come Boughton ha fatto vivere i suoi personaggi e l'effetto magistrale della scrittura corale". Lo stesso anno Ralph Vaughan Williams affermò che "In qualsiasi altro paese, un'opera come The Immortal Hour sarebbe stata nel repertorio anni fa".

Ruoli

Trama

Atto 1
Dalua, il Signore delle Ombre, si vede in un bosco oscuro e misterioso. È conosciuto come Amadan-Dhu, il Matto Fatato, l'Oscuro, ed è un agente di poteri invisibili e fatali, il cui tocco porta follia e morte ai mortali. È arrivato lì per costrizione, seguendo visioni, ma non sa per quale scopo. Viene deriso dagli invisibili spiriti dei boschi, che lo riconoscono come un emarginato, temuto anche dagli dei stessi. Afferma di essere lo strumento di poteri al di là persino degli dei e invita le voci a tacere. Si sente la voce di una donna ed Etain entra nella radura, con aria disorientata e cantando del meraviglioso luogo da cui lei è venuta, dove la morte è solo un '"ombra alla deriva" e dove il popolo dei Fatati - gli Shee - tiene la corte. Decide di tornare, ma viene ostacolata da Dalua. Mentre la tocca con un'ombra, lei dimentica tutto da dove è venuta, a parte il suo nome. Dalua si rende conto che il motivo del loro incontro ora gli è chiaro; un re mortale ha cercato l'amore immortale ed è condotto verso di loro sotto una coazione simile alla loro. Ordina ad Etain di andare ad aspettare il re. Eochaidh, che è il re supremo di Eiré, entra e viene accolto da Dalua. Dalua gli mostra visioni della leggendaria Fonte di Bellezza che il re ha perseguito nei sogni. Voci spirituali avvertono Eochaidh di tornare dalla sua gente, ma a quel punto è sotto l'incantesimo di Dalua e lo segue ciecamente nel bosco.

In una capanna, il contadino Manus e sua moglie Maive siedono con Etain, che si sta riparando da una notte tempestosa. Uno sconosciuto - Dalua - ha dato loro oro per l'alloggio di Etain e per il loro silenzio. Sono nervosi non solo per la tempesta, ma per la paura del popolo dei Fatati, di cui evitano di parlare o addirittura di nominare. Quando appare Eochaidh e chiede rifugio, sono terrorizzati, soprattutto perché è stato fuori dalla tempesta ma non è nemmeno umido! Li assicura che è mortale proprio come loro, ma poi vede Etain e dimentica tutto il resto. Etain ed Eochaidh cantano un duetto d'amore, interrotto da una risata beffarda dall'esterno. Etain gli dice che era un gufo. Mentre si siedono insieme, si possono sentire cantare le deboli voci delle fate.

Atto 2
È passato un anno alla corte di Eochaidh ed egli ha convocato una celebrazione per l'anniversario della sua conquista di Etain. Cori di druidi, fanciulle, bardi e guerrieri cantano e fanno brindisi alla coppia reale. Nel mezzo di tutto questo, Etain annuncia di essere stanca ed è stata turbata da strani sogni. Dà loro la buonanotte. Eochaidh ammette di aver fatto anche lui dei sogni sconvolgenti, in cui ha visto le Fate in marcia, belle, potenti e spaventose. La prega di non andare ma lei insiste. Non appena si è ritirata nella sua stanza, uno sconosciuto appare sulla porta: Midir, l'amante immortale di Etain, travestito da arpista. Viene accolto con diffidenza da Eochaidh, che è sconvolto quando lo straniero non gli dice il suo nome. Midir chiede un favore al re ed Eochaidh acconsente. È infelice quando scopre che è per baciare la mano della regina e farle una serenata con una canzone, ma la sua parola è stata data così Etain è svegliato. Midir canta la canzone Fatata ascoltata alla fine dell'Atto I. Etain, risvegliata alle sue origini immortali, se ne va con Midir al suono di un coro Fatato. Rimane solo il re dal cuore spezzato, e mentre implora di riavere i suoi sogni, Dalua interviene e lo tocca senza far rumore. Egli crolla, morto.

"How beautiful they are"
La canzone "How beautiful they are" appare prima in un coro di spiriti invisibili, poi viene ripresa da Midir degli "Shee" (Tuatha Dé Danann) come aria solista accompagnata da un'arpa.

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The match kicks off at 10am on Thursday morning AEDT (8pm Wednesday local time) as the young Aussies do battle with the two-time champions from Europe.
Trevor Morgan's side showed all their quality to beat tournament heavyweights Nigeria 2-1 in their final Group B encounter on the weekend to book their spot in the knockout phase.
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Bremanger ist eine Kommune in der Provinz Vestland in Norwegen, gelegen am Frøysjøen auf der Südseite der Mündung des Nordfjords. Sie grenzt im Osten an Gloppen und im Süden an Kinn. Jenseits des Nordfjords und seines Mündungsarms Fåfjord liegen der nördliche Teil von Kinn sowie Stad.

Die größten Ortschaften in der Kommune sind Svelgen (1.224 Einwohner; 1,11 km²) und Kalvåg (352 Einwohner; 0,41 km²). Der kleinere, aber namensgebende Ort Bremanger (366 Einwohner; 0,65 km²; Stand: 1. Januar 2011) liegt auf der Insel Bremangerlandet. Die Verwaltung ist in Svelgen. Darüber hinaus bestehen eine Vielzahl kleinerer Siedlungen und Höfe, wie zum Beispiel Elde.

Die höchste Erhebung ist der 1670 m hohe Blånibba. Gut vier Fünftel des Gemeindegebietes gehören zum Festland. Den Rest der Landfläche bilden mehrere Inseln im Mündungsbereich des Fjordes, darunter als größte Bremangerlandet. Das Ostende dieser Insel, der Steilhang des Berges Hornelen (860 m), gilt als höchste Meeresklippe Europas.

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Mixed emotions as Richmond Hill suspect pleads guilty
Gary Thompson has agreed to a 30-year sentence, but a victim's father is still looking for answers.
Mixed emotions as Richmond Hill suspect pleads guilty Gary Thompson has agreed to a 30-year sentence, but a victim's father is still looking for answers. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/2bnI9RB
Sara Salinas, IndyStar Published 1:57 p.m. ET Aug. 12, 2016 | Updated 7:18 p.m. ET Aug. 12, 2016
An aerial views of the two homes that were leveled and the numerous neighboring homes that were damaged in the fatal Richmond Hill explosion in November 2012.(Photo: Matt Kryger/IndyStar 2012 file photo from WTHR Chopper 13)Buy Photo
Almost four years later, John Longworth is still seeking answers in his son's death.
What exactly caused the fire that engulfed his son's home? What did those closest to the scene see during his son's final moments? Why didn't anyone involved speak up before it was too late?
With Friday's formal entrance of a plea agreement for Gary Thompson, one of five accused in connection with the fatal Richmond Hill explosion, Longworth said he might never get the answers.
"At the trial, you get to hear about how the victims died and how some of the neighbors tried to save them," Longworth said during testimony at Thompson's change of plea hearing. "When you just settle things and cut things short, it's like something is taken from you."
Gary Thompson (being escorted into a court hearing in 2015 in Indianapolis) reached a plea deal weeks before his scheduled trial in the fatal 2012 Richmond Hill explosion. (Photo: Kelly Wilkinson/IndyStar 2015 file photo)
Thompson, 45, was charged with 49 counts in connection with the November 2012 explosion in the southeast-side neighborhood that killed two, injured 13 and damaged dozens of homes. John "Dion" and Jennifer Longworth were killed.
"I'm not here saying the plea agreement needs to be thrown out," Longworth said. "I guess it's the best we could do, but I don't have to be happy about it."
Thompson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit arson and agreed to a 30-year sentence, which includes 10 years suspended, and two years of probation.
Another suspect in the case, Monserrate Shirley, also entered a plea deal, in January 2015. Each of the two men considered the ringleaders, half brothers Mark Leonard and Bob Leonard, stood trial and were sentenced to life in prison without parole.
"We were fully ready to go to trial on Gary Thompson," prosecuting attorney Denise Robinson told media after Friday's hearing. "We've been to trial twice before. Going to another trial wasn't the issue."
The issue, she said, was how much the state could prove as to when Thompson's involvement in the scheme ended.
"Through the two trials that we've had," Robinson said, "we believe that Gary Thompson, while he was involved, his involvement ended prior to that Nov. 10 weekend."
A fifth suspect, Mark Leonard's friend Glenn Hults, was charged with arson in April 2015 and is scheduled to go to trial in November.
Thompson's and Shirley's plea agreements are not yet finalized, pending the outcome of Hults' trial. Thompson is expected back in court for sentencing Dec. 2.
IndyStar reporter Michael Anthony Adams contributed to this story.
Call IndyStar reporter Sara Salinas at (317) 444-6157. Follow her on Twitter: @saracsalinas.
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Tessa Dowling: Utitshala osefresh!
13 August 2020 | Story Helen Swingler. Photos Je'nine May. Director Roxanne Harris, Lerato Maduna. Camera Evan Zerf. Video edit Oatmeal Productions. Coordination Lerato Maduna. Read time 9 min.
Dr Tessa Dowling (in red) with her third-year students (from left, front) Chloe McKellar, Stella Robbins and Finn Lewis (seated). (Back) Nic de Villiers and Liziwe Futuse, Dowling's PhD student and the section administrator. (Note: Masks were replaced immediately after the photo was taken.)
Dr Tessa Dowling, one of four recipients of a 2019 Distinguished Teacher Award (DTA), recently met some of her Xhosa Communication students on Muizenberg beach for a lesson. They were that keen to continue speaking and practising in the semester break. As they shared their associations with the ocean, Dowling was able to teach them a new, personal vocabulary about the sea.
"We met in our masks and watched amaza esiza esimka (the waves coming in and out) and I asked them to tell me about any memories of beach or sea experiences they had," said the University of Cape Town (UCT) scholar. "They had exciting stories to tell of near drownings and being tumbled under the water when very young, so there was lots of material for me to lead them out of the depths of the sea of not knowing the words, into the fresh air of Xhosa communication!"
The "groovy and innovative teacher" (utitshala ofundisa ngeendlela ezintsha ezifresh nezihlwaps) kindly answered questions UCT News put to her about her work and students – and teaching in lockdown.
Dr Tessa Dowling
Helen Swingler (HS): How long have you been with UCT?
Tessa Dowling (TD): I first started teaching at UCT in the late 1980s as a tutor, then as a junior lecturer. I left in 1997 to start African Voices, a company dedicated to producing learning software for South Africa's African languages. I came back to UCT in 2009.
HS: Is this your first DTA award?
TD: Yes!
HS: What do you teach and to whom?
TD: I teach Xhosa as a second language (this includes grammar, but with the emphasis on the grammar being useful to conversation and listening) in the Xhosa Communication stream – all courses from first to third year. I also teach in the honours in African Languages and Literatures programme. Some of my students in the Xhosa Communication stream are first-language speakers of Xhosa but have never studied their language formally. I supervise MA and PhD students. I even have a private student at Harvard (just in case you thought Xhosa wasn't international and just to show you how distinguished I am!)
HS: How large are your classes?
TD: My first-year classes are between 60 and 100 students. There are normally 20 second-years and 10 third-years and between 10 and 20 honours students.
HS: What do you love most (and least) about working with students?
TD: I love students who make me laugh and those who are self-motivated; second-language students who laugh at their own errors and then correct them, for example, saying "Ndiyabulala" (I murder) instead of "Ndiyabulela" (I am grateful); and first-language students who mix Xhosa with English and Afrikaans in creative and expressive ways, like "Ndoyiswe finish n klaar yile korona!" (I am so over this corona!); students who listen out for everything that is said in the language, tell me about Xhosa songs, movies and memes and get excited about it and share everything they learn with me. What I like least is students who worry too much about marks and too little about why they are learning the language.
HS: What do you believe makes a good teacher?
TD: I think there are some basic things like being well prepared and knowing your subject. Then there is flexibility, humility, humour and a willingness to change to suit the needs of different types of students.
HS: How would you describe your teaching style?
TD: Electric! Seriously though, I think my teaching style is familiar and friendly. I come from a huge family – I am one of eight children – and I think you learn a language best when you feel comfortable and at ease with your teacher and fellow classmates. You don't learn your first language by being afraid but by being loved. I think I try to replicate that feeling in my classes.
"I think you learn a language best when you feel comfortable and at ease with your teacher and fellow classmates."
HS: What are the main challenges of teaching African languages at university level?
TD: You have to keep the academic part of the course in mind. If students just want to learn phrases, they don't need an academic course. So, there must be a way of making metalinguistic awareness a part of the course without losing sight of the real, practical needs of the students.
HS: How has your relationship with your students, teaching style or subject matter changed over time?
TD: I am getting old, but my teaching style is getting far more groovy and innovative. But I still love a morpheme. I actually feel like I could sit back and be taught by my students; there are secrets about the language they need to tell me.
HS: Inclusivity is a huge part of UCT's vision. What role does language play in this and how can UCT begin to embrace this, given that South Africa has 11 official languages – a challenge to being taught in one's home language?
TD: Language is the star of the show. Having English speakers learning African languages shifts the balance of power. You will feel stupid when you learn a new language. And that is right and just. When I have students who couldn't speak a word of Xhosa three years ago and now conduct their research in Xhosa, I think we are going some way towards being inclusive. When students who are first-language speakers ask me to supervise their theses written in Xhosa, I think sekunjalo! Now is the time! When a member of the cleaning staff leans into my lecture room from the passage and puts in a few language observations of their own, I think that is inclusive.
"When a member of the cleaning staff leans into my lecture room from the passage and puts in a few language observations of their own, I think that is inclusive."
HS: What are the challenges for vernacular languages of new lexicons linked to new diseases? COVID-19, for example, comes with a bewildering array of terminology (masks, ventilators, social distancing, sanitising).
TD: What I love about speakers of African languages is their ability to make new lexicons, borrow from others and use any resources available to them. I listen to a few hours of Umhlobo Wenene FM (Xhosa national radio station) every day and I hear some people speak about iPPE and isocial distancing and others about izixhobo zokhuselo and ukugcina umgama ... so depending on who you are you can use either form. Language is adaptable; people are creative.
HS: How have you and your students been coping with teaching and learning in lockdown and how is this shaping you as a teacher?
TD: Ndiyafa sana! I am dying, babe! My students have to tell me what to do, like there is this function, it's called ikhalenda ... a calendar ... cofa pha Tess, click there. The people at the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) and Vula, people like the ever-calm and helpful Janet Small, have been amazingly helpful and have helped me manage remote teaching without losing energy and soul. So, I am getting there and still try to be electric with my PowerPoint [presentations] and online lessons, but I do miss my family of students. And my actual family. I can complain.
HS: What is the importance of this kind of recognition (DTA) to teaching staff?
TD: It's huge! You work so hard, you feel entranced by students stumbling towards knowledge and speech and then standing up on their own ... but you are not sure if anyone notices or cares about this side of the university. Or this side of being an academic.
HS: Is there anything else you'd like to add?
TD: Are there marks for this?
Note: The second part of the headline, "Utitshala osefresh", means "a teacher who is still fresh".
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Investigation Broaden in Israel's Pentagon Spy
Washington post reported Sunday that the FBI broaden the probe in the alleged Israeli spy in the pentagon to include interviews at the State and Defense departments and with Middle East affairs specialists outside the government.
Israeli Denies Intelligence Activities in the U.S.
Following reports that FBI had launched a probe into allegations that an official in the Pentagon has been passing intelligence information to Israel via the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC, Israel denied Saturday that it had any agents operating on American soil.
' Israel, for many years, has not carried out intelligence activity in the United States.' Israeli official source said.
The alleged Pentagon spy was identified as Larry Franklin, a desk officer in the Defense Department's Near East and South Asia Bureau, who worked with undersecretary of defense Douglas Feith.
Israeli denied receiving any classified information from Franklin, saying that relation with Franklin did not exceed the boundaries of accepted diplomatic contact.
American TV network CBS reported Friday that the FBI is convinced that an official in the Pentagon has conveyed "secret White House deliberations on Iran" to Israel via two representatives of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
A federal law enforcement agent said Saturday that arrests in the case could come as soon as next week.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan refrained from commenting on the issue, but described it as a serious matter.
The New York Times reported that Franklin shared creating the report on the relation between Iraq and Al-Qaida, which formed a base for launching the war on Iraq, and was later criticized by intelligence professionals.
CBS also reported that FBI investigators are concerned that Israel may have used Franklin in an effort to influence U.S. policy on the war in Iraq.
U.S. Defense Department said Saturday that the mole would not have had any influence on decision-making at that level.
The Franklin affair is expected to cause serious damage to Israel's image and obstruct its working relations with the administration, especially as it rose up in a crucial period ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
The issue that the Current U.S. administration fabricated intelligence information around Iraq-Al-Qaida relations to justify launching the war against Iraq is a hot election debate.
Reports on the Franklin affair present the Bush administration as weak and easy to manipulate, even to the level of launching a superfluous war; an image that is harmful on elections' eve.
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AIPAC will be the party who will suffer most. The reported direct involvement of committee officials in the Franklin affairs will set to question the legitimacy of the dual loyalty that the committee represents.


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Home Project News Juventus Women's team apologise after being condemned for offensive tweet
Juventus Women's team apologise after being condemned for offensive tweet
The Juventus FC Women section shocked the social media world last Thursday as they published a racist tweet on their official account. The message, which showed one of their players making an offensive eye gesture, was removed of their channels within 20 minutes, but astonished thousands on social media and received massive replies.
The tweet attracted universal condemnation, with the club being accused of "blatant racism". The offensive tweet showed Cecilia Salvai using her fingers to narrow her eyes while she also wore a red training cone on her head.
Juventus Women deleted the offensive tweet and posted an apology on Twitter which read "We sincerely apologise that our tweet, which was not meant to cause controversy or have any racial undertones, may have offended anyone. Juventus has always been against racism and discrimination.'
The club, very successful by winning the last four Women's Serie A league titles, published an excuse the following day in a statement on their website: 'We would like to express our deepest apologies for the social post that read as racially discriminatory content on the Juventus Women's Football Twitter account yesterday.'
https://twitter.com/JuventusFCWomen/status/1423370664778600450
The statement continues: 'Juventus immediately realised that the Club had committed an unforgivable mistake, and this mistake has seriously hurt the feelings of all people who oppose racial discrimination. For such a mistake, the Club assumes full responsibility for the occurrence of the incident and its serious impact.
Opposing racial discrimination and supporting the common development of multiple cultures are the principles that Juventus as a Club has always adhered to and continues to put into practice.
Juventus acknowledges this mistake, and the Club will make the most profound reflection and thorough review to prevent similar things from happening again.'
Later that evening, Orlando Pride posted a message on social media with the England striker Jodie Taylor wearing a T-shirt displaying the words "Stop Asian hate".
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— Orlando Pride (@ORLPride) August 5, 2021
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Supporting or Connective tissue
What is supporting tissue?
The third germ layer of the embryo, the mesoderm forms during the third week of development. The tissue formed by the mesodermal cells is known as mesenchyme and it is from mesenchyme that the different connective tissues of the body develop. The structural role of connective tissue has been overemphasized at the expense of its metabolic support function in the past and the now most authors rather use the term supporting tissue. Connective tissues are composed of several macromolecules, many of which are also constituents of the lung, the kidney, the walls of blood vessels, the vitreous gel of the eye, and the synovial fluid. Most organs and tissues contain small amounts of the same macromolecules assembled into membranes and septa. Therefore, virtually all structures contain connective tissue.
In contrast to epithelium, which contains no or little extracellular material, supporting tissues consists mainly of extracellular matrix (ECM) in which a few cells are imbedded. The extracellular matrix consists of at least 19 different types of collagens, the related fibrous proteins known as elastin and fibrillin, a series of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and extracellular structural glycoproteins.
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Traditional classification of connective tissue
Ground substance
Gel-like substance mainly composed of glycosaminoglycans and glycoproteins
Glycosaminoglycans consist of large, unbranched polysaccharide chains of repeating disaccharide units
Divided into four groups: hyaluronic acid, chondroitin sulphate and dermatan sulphate, heparin and heparan sulphate and keratan sulphate
Large open coil confirmation: strongly hydrophilic
High negative charge causes retention of water and positive ions
Fibrillar proteins
Fibronectin: mediates adhesion between cells and extracellular matrix components
Fibrillin: main component of microfibrils
Elastin: hydrophobic protein which is the main component of elastic fibres
Collagen: More than 19 different collagens have been identified. The fibrillar collagens are found in tissues as long, highly ordered fibrils with a characteristic banding pattern by electron microscopy.
Type I collagen, the most abundant, is found as cross-striated fibrils in a large number of tissues.
It is composed of two identical alfa-chains called alfa-1(I) and one alfa-2(I) chain.
Type II collagen, a fibrillar collagen of cartilage, is composed of three identical alfa-chains called alfa-1(II).
Type III collagen is found in small amounts in many tissues and in large amounts in large blood vessels.
It is composed of three identical chains called alfa-1(III).
Reticular fibres (reticulin), thin fibrils of type III collagen, form a loose mesh in many support tissue and are particularly prominent just below the basement membrane. They form a network to support the cells in parenchymal organs like the liver and kidney.
The nonfibrillar collagens are similar to the fibrillar collagens, but they also contain large globular domains. Self-assembly of most of the nonfibrillar collagens usually involves binding between the globular domains to form networks. For example, the type IV collagen in basement membranes self-assembles into a complex three-dimensional network that provides a diffusion barrier in the renal glomerulus and pulmonary alveolus and provides support for epithelial and endothelial cells in these tissues and in skin, the gastrointestinal tract, and blood vessels.
Structural glycoproteins
Laminin: major component of basement membranes
Entactin: binds laminin to type iv collagen
Tenascin: role in cell migration
Basement membrane (BM
Sheet-like arrangement of ECM proteins and GAGs between parenchymal cells and support tissue
Five major components: Type IV collagen, laminin, heparan sulphate, entactin and fibronectin
LM: Thin PAS positive line
EM: Lamina lucida, lamina densa, lamina fibroreticularis
Functions: Cell adhesion, diffusion barrier, regulation of cell growth
Cell adhesion to ECM
Hemidesmosome - anchor intermediate filament cytoskeleton to basement membrane (BM)
Focal contacts - anchor actin filament cytoskeleton to BM
Laminin receptor - anchor cells to laminin in BM
Diseases due to defective support tissues
Osteogenesis imperfecta - defective collagen formation due to genetic abnormalities
Ehlers-Danlos syndromes - mutations in genes for type I collagen
Marfan's syndrome - absence of fibrillin
Chondrodysplasia - mutations in genes for type II collagen
Alport syndrome - glomerular basement thickening
Systemic sclerosis - overproduction and accumulation of collagen and other extracellular matrix proteins in skin and other organs
Support cells
Fibroblasts - most common support cell, secrete and maintain ECM components
Adipocytes (fat cells) - store and metabolise fat
Defense and immune cells: mast cells, macrophages, plasma cells, white blood cells
Composition of different tissues and organs
Differences in the connective tissues of bone, skin and cartilage are in part explained by differences in the content of specific components. For example,
Tendons and ligaments consist primarily of type I collagen fibrils and small amounts of other components that help organize the type I fibrils into fibres and fibre bundles.
Cartilage consists primarily of fibrils of type II collagen in the form of arcades that are distended by highly charged GAGs.
The extracellular matrix of the aorta contains collagens that provide tensile strength and elastin that provides elasticity.
Differences among the connective tissues also depend on the three-dimensional organization of the molecular components. The type I collagen fibrils in tendon are packed into thick, parallel bundles of fibres, whereas type I collagen fibrils in skin are randomly oriented. In cortical bone, helical arrays of type I collagen fibrils are deposited around haversian canals.
Mammals, including man, feed intermittently but consume energy continuously and use lipids as a temporary storage of energy rich material. Fat or adipose tissue is a type of connective tissue specialised for storage of lipids. There two distinct types of adipose tissue that differ in distribution, vascularity and metabolic function.
White adipose tissue
Normal body fat
Very large spherical cells which may become polyhedral due to deformation
Contain single fat droplet with cytoplasm reduced to thin rim net to plasma membrane
Nucleus displayed to one side of cell and flattened by accumulated fat
Routine histological techniques extract the fat, leaving a large unstained space
Adipose tissue may be portioned by connective tissue septa visible to the naked eye
Brown adipose tissue
Prominent in newborn of all mammals
In adults most conspicuous in species which hibernate
Present in man throughout life
Cells are smaller than those of white adipose tissue
Cytoplasm relative abundant and contains lipid droplets of varying size
Cytoplasm contains extraordinary large number of mitochondria
Brown fat has a lobular organization
Highly vascular with blood vessel distribution similar to that of a gland
Numerous small unmyelinated nerves with axons ending on cell surface
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - is characterized by hyperelasticity of the skin and hypermobile joints.
Marfan syndrome - is characterized by a triad of features:
long, thin extremities frequently associated with other skeletal changes;
reduced vision as the result of dislocations of the lenses (ectopia lentis); and
aortic aneurysms that typically begin at the base of the aorta.
Connective tissue slides
Task: Structure
Slide 8 Identify: Basal lamina Kidney
Slide 42 Identify: Connective tissue cells Colon
Slide 5 Identify: Fat cells Mesenterium
Slide 100 Identify: Gelatinous connective tissue Umbilical cord
Slide 6 Identify: Loose connective tissue (collagen fibers and connective tissue nuclei) Mesenterium
Slide 30 Identify: Loose connective tissue and elastic fibers Mesenterium
Slide 48 Identify: Reticular fibers Liver
Slide 94 Identify: Loose connective tissue Thin skin
Slide 93 Identify: Fatty connective tissue Thick skin
Slide 94 Identify: Dense irregular connective tissue Thin skin
Slide 17 Identify: Dense regular connective tissue Cross and longitudinal section of a tendon
High magnification: lengtesnit
High magnification: dwarssnit
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Former Obama official named U.S. Postal Service board chair
By David Shepardson Posted on February 9, 2021
File photo of Ron Bloom, President Obama's top manufacturing adviser, speaking about the U.S. auto industry from the White House in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former official during the Obama administration was named on Tuesday as the new chairman of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) board of governors as Democratic lawmakers press for changes.
Ron Bloom, who has been on the board since 2019 and served as a senior Treasury Department official overseeing the restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler, was unanimously elected by the board.
Service changes made by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a supporter of then President Donald Trump, came under heavy criticism for delaying deliveries, prompting DeJoy in August to suspend operational changes ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Bloom said Tuesday the board was working on "a bold and comprehensive plan … to revitalize the United States Postal Service."
He added it "will further imbed the Postal Service as a vital part of our Government's critical national infrastructure."
At least two Democratic lawmakers want President Joe Biden to fire the entire postal board. There are three current vacancies on the nine-member board.
A White House official said "President Biden's focus is on filling these vacancies, nominating officials who reflect his commitment to the workers of the US Postal Service – who deliver on the post office's vital universal service obligation."
American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein said Tuesday it "is imperative that the Biden administration fill these openings promptly so that we can right this ship that has gone off course. Mail is not moving as it should."
Under court oversight, USPS delivered and processed more than 135 million blank and completed ballots and said 99.89% were delivered to officials within a week.
USPS Tuesday reported $318 million of income for the quarter ending Dec. 31, delivering a record 1.1 billion holiday season packages even as first-class mail revenue decreased by $177 million, or 2.7%.
Shipping and packages revenue increased by $2.8 billion, or 42.1%, on a volume increase of 435 million pieces, or 25%.
The Postal Service reported quarterly total revenue of $21.5 billion, an increase of $2.1 billion, or 11.1%, compared to the same quarter in 2019.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Mark Potter and Stephen Coates)
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Transcript for Episode 13.12
Writing Excuses 13.12: Q&A on Heroes, Villains, and Main Characters
From https://writingexcuses.com/2018/03/25/13-12-qa-on-heroes-villains-and-main-characters/
Q&A Summary:
Q: How do you make planned power increases not look like an ass pull?
A: Harbingers, clues, foreshadowing. Natural consequences. Power has a cost that must be paid, either beforehand by earning and foreshadowing, or later on.
Q: What do you do if your side characters or your villains start to outshine your main character? Aka the villain problem.
A: The villain has a plan, and the hero is just reacting. Give the hero something interesting, or let them take the lead and start acting. Focus on the main character and the storyline, and look at why the side character is taking over. Watch to see if you start enjoying writing the villain or side character more than the main character, then look at what's happening.
Q: How do you know when a character, main or side, is unnecessary and needs to be removed or killed off?
A: Look at the storyline and make sure that every character is contributing something important. Can you take the character out without changing the storyline? Do it.
Q: What are some tricks to disguise a viewpoint character as a hero, when they are really a villain?
A: Think about it this way. Is this person going from hero to villian because it's a fall, or a deception? Is the mystery part of your story?
Q: What is more fun for you? Creating a hero or a villain, and why?
A: Villains! Making them sympathetic, understanding their motivations. Heroes! Because we get to know them better, we can add so much more texture. Spaceships!
Q: How many side characters can you reasonably juggle within a single novel?
A: How big is the novel? How talented are you? Can you make the characters memorable? Make sure the story is good, don't worry about the size of the cast.
Q: What are the potential benefits and drawbacks of making your villain a POV character?
A: If we can see inside the villain's head, it's hard to retain mystery. You may be able to make the mystery or tension focus on how the character is going to get out of it, the consequences of the actions.
Q: When your villain/antagonist doesn't show up until late in the plot, how do you build them up early on despite their non-presence?
A: Put things they have done in early. Signs, clues that create tension, and make us wonder what is happening.
Q: One of my protagonists is, well, a bit of a jerk. She's arrogant, and insults some of the other characters. I don't want my readers to hate a protagonist, though. How can I make… create ways for them to like her?
A: Give them other things. Make sure we understand why they are a jerk, and give them other things that we do like.
[Mary] Season 13, Episode 12.
[Brandon] This is Writing Excuses, Q&A on Heroes, Villains, and Side Characters.
[Valynne] 15 minutes long.
[Dan] Because you're in a hurry.
[Howard] And we're not that smart.
[Brandon] I'm Brandon.
[Valynne] I'm Valynne.
[Dan] I'm Dan.
[Howard] And I've got questions.
[Chuckles]
[Howard] Well, Brandon's got the questions.
[Brandon] [garbled And hopefully you've got some answers.] I've got the questions.
[Brandon] Thank you all who sent in questions. I'm just going to start throwing them at people. We're going to start with Howard's favorite on the list. How do you make planned power increases not look like an ass pull?
[Howard] [laughing] That's… I read that one…
[Howard] And have noth… I had never heard that particular phrase nouned before.
[Dan] Nouned. See, the back story that you guys don't know is that right before recording this, we told Valynne she had to not swear. So…
[Valynne] I've been very good.
[Howard] Oh, that's…
[Brandon] Can you answer the question?
[Howard] The question, then. How do you make… What was the word, powers?
[Brandon] Yeah, how can you…
[Dan] It was planned power increases.
[Howard] Planned power increases. How do you make… How do you make the increase in abilities of your protagonists look like something that is organic to the story rather than looking like something that… Rather than looking like a deus ex machina. Rather than looking like something that knocks the reader out of the story, because they don't feel like it fits.
[Dan] Just arbitrarily leveled up.
[Howard] Yeah. Honestly, the key to this is whatever power is, whatever that ability is, the fact that it was going to manifest had to have some sort of harbingers. There had to be something connected to that that was already in place. He's going to develop the power of magical body odor? For the week prior to that, people are asking, "What is that smell? What is that… Have you bathed? What's going…" And then, all of a sudden, it manifests.
[Howard] And we feel like, "Oh. Yes. This is a thing." By the way, the body odor superpower is, in point of fact, an ass pull.
[Valynne] Well, I think the point of that is just thinking about what the natural consequences would be for something should it manifest.
[Dan] Yeah. Power has a cost. That cost can come before hand, by earning it, or foreshadowing it, or later on.
[Brandon] Thank you to Rohan, by the way, who sent that question in and gave us a new word to use.
[Brandon] Melina and Tiffany both asked variations on the same question, which is, "What do you do if your side characters or your villains start to outshine your main character?" This is the classic, what we call, the villain problem.
[Dan] Often what is going on when this happens is that your villain has a plan of action, and all your hero is doing is reacting to it. That can make your heroes look very pale and weak in comparison. So give your hero either something interesting to pull them through the first half, or really make a concerted effort in the second half of your story for the hero to take the lead and start acting… And kind of taking the fight to the villain.
[Brandon] Valynne, have you ever had this happen, because they've heard from us on this topic. Have you ever had a side character or a villain outshine your main character?
[Valynne] I think that any time I've had that, I get more interested… It's because I'm more interested in what's going on with the side character. So not only is it pulling my focus from what the storyline should be, I think sometimes it may just be that's a different story. So I have to refocus, and take a look at my main character and figure out what I am not doing that my side character is doing. Because that's usually the answer to why the side character is taking over. Sometimes it's that the side character is just a lot more humorous. That doesn't necessarily mean I need to add humor to my main character, but figure out why humor is… What is that humor… What is it accomplishing? That my main character, for whatever characteristics… What characteristics in my main character can I amplify to bring that out?
[Howard] For the reader, this sort of problem… We can tell when we like the villains and the side characters more than the protagonists. For the writer, the first symptom, the first twigging you get to this being a problem is when you are enjoying writing the villain and the side character more. If that has happened, pay very, very close attention to what is going on.
[Brandon] So Noah asks a kind of related question. How do you know when a character, main or side, is unnecessary and needs to be removed or killed off?
[Valynne] I really think that you have to look at your storyline and make sure that that character is contributing to something important. Sometimes it's not always as apparent as we need it… As we expect it to be. Sometimes it is that that character is the breath of relief. Because there's humor in that character. Sometimes there is some knowledge that that character adds, but we just need to make… If you took that character out, would the storyline be the same? I think, in any event, if you could take that character out, you probably… Without changing the story? You probably should.
[Dan] Yeah. I'm going… Right now, on my Patreon, I'm kind of serializing annotations on one of the early, early books that I did in a writing group with Brandon. There was one character who was pointless. So clearly pointless, in one of these chapters. Then, in the next chapter, got into a huge fight. It was so obvious. Like, it was just glaringly obvious that the writing group had said, "This character's dumb. Give him a reason to exist." I'm like, "Well, I'll make him the fighter." In hindsight, I wish that I'd just cut him out of the book. Because he didn't need to be there. The fight was extraneous because… It was a disaster.
[Brandon] All right. Asoff asks, "What are some tricks to disguise a viewpoint character as a hero, when they are really a villain?" Thought that was a very intriguing question.
[Hmmm…]
[Howard] Well, if we tell you the tricks, then…
[Howard] You'll know when we're doing it.
[Brandon] That's the subtitle…
[Brandon] Of Writing Excuses…
[Brandon] The entire podcast.
[Dan] I don't know if that is the right way to think about this. At least, it's not the way I think about this. If I have someone who is going to start as a hero and become a villain, then I think to myself, "Is that because they… This is going to be a fall? Or is this a deception?" If it's a deception… I mean, either way, really, I just write them as if they were a main character. I don't think that you need to put in any clues, necessarily, that say this person, keep an eye on them, they're actually bad, unless discovering that mystery is part of your story. You can just go ahead and write them as if they were a main character, and then have them do something awful at some point.
[Howard] This is a good job, also, for alpha readers. If the alpha reader says, "Wow, that came out of left field. I was totally not expecting that." "Well, how did you feel about not expecting that?" "Oh, it was fun." Great. You did it just right. "Oh, it was… Knocked me right out of the story." Okay. Maybe I need to put in some clues.
[Brandon] Here's a quick and fun one from Veronica. "What is more fun for you? Creating a hero or a villain, and why?"
[Valynne] Villains. Villains are… I love villains. I love them mostly because I like to make them sympathetic. I like people to understand their motivations and think, "In that scenario, I might do the same thing, even though it's horribly wrong." Or… I just love… I love villains…
[Valynne] Personally.
[Dan] I actually would say, for me, it's a hero. I have so much more fun writing them, because we get to know them better. Which means I can add so much more texture to them as characters. If I'm going to spend that much time introducing you to someone, I'm going to consider them a main character, whether that is hero or villain.
[Howard] Spaceships.
[Gasp]
[Brandon] Spaceships. Option C.
[Brandon] None of the above.
[Brandon] All right. Let's stop for our book of the week. Which is The Woman Who Smashed Codes.
[Dan] The Woman Who Smashed Codes is the book I am reading right now. So, full disclosure, I have not finished it. If the second half is terrible, I apologize. But the first half is amazing. It is a nonfiction story, nonfiction history book about the woman who helped create the NSA. She and her husband were kind of like the American version of Alan Turing. In the first and second world wars, they cracked all of the codes, they worked against Enigma, they hunted down Mafia, and all kinds of things. It's an incredible interesting story, but history has mostly erased her. We all remember… Or I guess those who know, William Friedman, who created the NSA and has a big bust of himself. His wife was, according to most historical documents, as or even more important, but has kind of been forgotten. This story of her and what she did and how she helped turn America into this kind of intelligence gathering nation, which it never had been before, is fascinating. It's by Jason Fagone, is how I'm assuming that name is pronounced. It's called The Woman Who Smashed Codes.
[Brandon] Excellent. Next question. Owen asks, "How many side characters can you reasonably juggle within a single novel?"
[Howard] How many pages do you have?
[Howard] How many… What's your word count?
[Dan] Is that a Dan Wells' novel or a Brandon Sanderson's novel?
[Valynne] I think it depends on how talented you are. If you look at Harry Potter, every single one of her side characters, you remember. If I am the one writing it, I probably can't juggle that many at all.
[Dan] Rowling… Harry Potter's a great example to pull out, because she's so good at this. Sometimes those side characters… the only thing interesting about Shamus Flanigan is that his potions always explode in his face. But we remember him, and we remember the potions exploding in his face. Then she finds a way, in book 7, to make that important. So it doesn't often take much.
[Brandon] I will make the point of… This is something that I got better through my career. The original reason that the Way of Kings which I wrote in 2002 and workshopped in my writing group, the reason it failed is because I tried to put into many characters, and couldn't juggle them at my skill level at that point. When I pulled back… We've made this point before on Writing Excuses. When I pulled back and did a more focused story, the story was way better. It's not that… You are… Large casts are not inherently better than small casts. We want a good story, no matter what it is. Sometimes, the right thing to do is to force and stretch yourself. Sometimes the right thing to do is say, "Well, what's the story that I can really tell right now and do a good job with?"
[Howard] Skill set is… It's the compression skill set. How much… How much work can you make that paragraph do? How much information… How much storytelling… We talk about how a scene has to have more than one job. If you've got lots of side characters to introduce, your skill with the prose has to be sufficient to carry all of those people through that scene believably. That… You just… You gotta learn how to make the words. It takes time.
[Brandon] Jake asks, "What are the potential benefits and drawbacks of making your villain a POV character?"
[Dan] In my experience, it is very hard to retain mystery if we can see inside the villain's head. So if the villain's plans need to remain mysterious in some way, or if we… Part of the joy of the book is figuring out what's going on, I… Which is how almost all of my books are structured. Then you can't get into the villain's head. So that's why I rarely ever do it.
[Valynne] I think that if you are going to do that, and if you're in the villain's head, I think that the mystery then therefore needs to be how is this character going to get out of it. Because you already know what's going to happen if they're the villain, but then you need to be more focused on how are they going to carry this out, and are they going to get away with it or are they not. The consequences of their actions become the mystery.
[Brandon] Excellent. All right. Corey asks, "When your villain/antagonist doesn't show up until late in the plot, how do you build them up early on despite their non-presence?" I might add to that, if you're not choosing to do viewpoints from the villain, how do you make sure they have a presence in the plot?
[Howard] The Schlock Mercenary book I am working on right now does exactly that. I accomplished it by putting things that they have done in the opening scenes. We might think that someone else has done them. But when we get our reveals, it becomes apparent that, "Oh. There's a bad guy here who is not the bad guy we thought was the baddest guy."
[Valynne] I think that there need to be things that… Just as you said, there need to be some little signs of what is going on that are… Something that is creating tension. So that when we find out the source of that tension, they all lead up to that person.
[Brandon] All right. We're going to end here. Liliana asks a question that several others have asked under different phrasings. I like hers the best. It says, "One of my protagonists is, well, a bit of a jerk. She's arrogant, and insults some of the other characters. I don't want my readers to hate a protagonist, though. How can I make… create ways for them to like her?"
[Dan] One of the books that I wrote last year is a YA horror in which I did that. I wanted the main character to be a jerk. She's a teenage girl, she just kind of… I do this increasingly as my daughter gets older, but… I made sure to give her other things. I made sure first of all that we understood, and this is something Valynne's talked about a lot, that we understood why she was a jerk. Why does she chafe so hard against everyone else in the story? Then on top of that, give her other things that we do like about her. So that we can kind of say, "Oh, yes, she's not nice, but she does this, and I really like that."
[Brandon] All right. Just a few things to mention. Jeb asks, "Tips for making a good ensemble of characters?" We did an entire month on ensemble stories, two years back. So go look that one up. "How do you decide to play character archetypes?" Victor asks. We will be doing several podcasts this year on archetype and cliche. So watch for that. There are a couple questions about making characters too good at everything or things like this. We have a podcast coming up about what we call iconic heroes. I think that's a term we got from Zub.
[Howard] Jim Zub.
[Brandon] We'll do an entire podcast on that. So some of these questions we will answer. Some we have just answered. Those who are asking about anti-heroes, listen to last month's episode. These were great questions. Thank you, guys, so much.
[Brandon] Valynne, I asked you to prepare a writing prompt for us.
[Valynne] So, my writing prompt is going to be, write about a female gamer who is trying to right social injustices with her gaming skills.
[Brandon] That is awesome. This has been Writing Excuses. You're out of excuses, now go write.
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A: For future Googlers, unbinding Ctrl + V in Settings->Keys & Macro allows Vim to handle it. You can use right-click to paste instead.

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