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Ashwin becomes fastest to pick 250 Test wickets
'Good to have the record out of the way'
IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin snaps Dennis Lillee's record. Photograph: BCCI
Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, on Sunday, added yet another feather on his cap as he became the quickest bowler to claim 250 wickets in Test cricket.
The 30-year-old created history during the fourth day of the ongoing one-off Test match against Bangladesh when he dismissed skipper Mushfiqur Rahim (127) by a flat delivery at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
By reaching the 250-wicket mark in 45 matches, Ashwin has also surpassed Australian bowling legend Dennis Lillee's record, who achieved the feat in 48 matches.
With the feat, he joins Anil Kumble, Kapil Dev, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Bishan Bedi as six Indians to reach the landmark.
Earlier, Ashwin headed into the Hyderabad Test two wickets short of the mark. He first scalped the wicket of Shakib Al Hasan (82) on Day three before making Rahim his 250th victim.
Ashwin, the No 1 ranked bowler and all-rounder in Test cricket, had a record-breaking last year for India as he notched up 72 wickets in 12 matches to finish as the highest wicket-taker in the world for the second consecutive year.
"Good to have the record out of the way," he said after the end of day's play.
"Today was one of those days when I started enjoying my spell right from the start. It's going to be an interesting day tomorrow. The wicket is not giving too much help for the spinners, we have to be very very patient in the morning session," Ashwin said.
"It was a delight to bowl in the second innings. I was a little rusty in the first innings, got into a better rhythm in the second innings straightaway, bowling with the new ball."
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Rhonda Rogombe at her high school graduation.
Rogombe's story is not an isolated case, but represents a common predicament for students of color, whose obstacles range from access to experienced teachers and rigorous high school courses, to disproportionately harsh discipline and the availability of school counselors.
This is the season of new beginnings. High school graduations, filled with proud parents clutching balloons and cell-phone cameras, mark the end of 12 years of education as young adults embark on an exciting new phase of life. Yet as we celebrate the completion of the race, we often give scant attention to the endurance and perseverance required to finish. This is particularly acute for black girls. When the emphasis is on crossing the finish line, we can overlook the unique struggle of black girls – how race, gender, and class combined create hurdles that can make their path to college a steeplechase.
Research shows that encouragement and assistance from teachers and school counselors are critical as students of color pursue college admission. Those elements are frequently missing from black girls' high school experience. They were indisputably missing from mine. A graduate of Girls' High School, a public college-prep magnet school in Philadelphia, it was universally accepted that every student would go to college. As the oldest child of college-educated parents, it was universally accepted I would go to college. What was almost universally absent was the guidance to take "You're going to college" from an ambition to a reality.
A study of the Chicago Public Schools found 87 percent of black students aspired to college but only 65 percent had enrolled in a two- or four-year postsecondary program that fall.
Most teachers are overwhelmed and college counselors are a vanishing breed. This condition is not exclusive to black girls. But we know that vital resources – help with navigating the financial aid labyrinth, and assistance with college essays and booking college visits – are scarce at schools with large black student populations.
This is validated by Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has studied and published on increasing college access for marginalized students.
In black neighborhoods schools lack "the fundamental tools to get into college … we're failing (black students) as educators, as support staff, as communities," she explains, bolstered by a study examining gaps in college preparation. On key measures, such as the percentage of high schools with no counselor and student-to-counselor ratio, black students fare worse than peers in affluent, predominately white schools. Another piece of the puzzle is access to college-level courses. Black girls are more likely to attend segregated, high-poverty high schools where "a quarter…do not offer Algebra II; a third…do not offer chemistry," putting the full range of college prep classes out of reach.
The picture grows even more complex when coupled with the shortage of skilled, experienced teachers and teacher expectations. The role of educators in creating a college-going culture was "the single most consistent predictor of whether students took steps toward college enrollment " in a two-year analysis of Chicago Public Schools students.
In schools staffed primarily with novice teachers the expertise and support to untangle college funding choices and fill out college applications are severely lacking. And in schools with more seasoned staff black girls can still flounder. "As much as I thought I would be helped on those things, I was kind of clueless to FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), financial aid, and scholarships" says Jerusa Nyakundi, 18, of Minneapolis.
Black girls are also treated as problem children rather than encouraged to realize their potential, says Goldrick-Rab, and data bears this out. They are suspended six times more often than white girls, increasing their chances of dropping out – and even when they graduate, high school discipline records can pose a serious risk in transitioning to higher education. More targeted college planning and purging teacher bias are central to addressing the pervasive barriers black girls confront.
In the Chicago study, researchers found an overwhelming majority of black students aspired to college – 87 percent – while only 65 percent had enrolled in a two- or four-year postsecondary program that fall. That's an unconscionable number of unrealized dreams and aspirations.
The first step is getting teachers to understand the importance of teacher expectations on student success.
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The purpose of the Breeders Award Program (BAP) is to recognize outstanding achievements in the breeding of aquarium fish and invertebrates. It is also the purpose of the BAP to encourage distribution of aquarium fish and invertebrates, sharing of breeding techniques, and participation by society members.
The vast majority of fish are worth ten points and belong to class B. Therefore, in order to keep the list manageable, only fish belonging to classes A, C and D are listed. Only fish and invertebrates in Class B which have been awarded points to a breeder have been listed.
BREEDER: 25 POINTS--can be earned by breeding fish from any class or classes.
SENIOR BREEDER: 50 POINTS--can be earned by breeding fish from at least two classes.
ADVANCED BREEDER: 100 POINTS--can be earned by breeding fish from at least three classes.
EXPERT BREEDER: 300 POINTS--can be earned by breeding fish from all four classes and must include at least two second generation spawnings from any class or classes.
SUPERIOR BREEDER: 700 POINTS--can only be earned by breeding at least three species of fish each from classes A, B, and C, and at least two species of fish from class D, and must include at least four second generation spawnings from any class or classes.
Classes A, B, and C: The aquarist must spawn and raise fry to at least sixty (60) days of age. Points can only be earned by auctioning a trio or sexable pair of the fry at a monthly meeting. The proceeds of which will be split 50/50 between the breeder and the New Hampshire Aquarium Society.
Class D: The aquarist must spawn and raise fry to at least sixty (60) days of age. Points can only be earned by auctioning a trio or sexable pair of the fry at a monthly meeting. The proceeds of which will be split 75/25 between the breeder and the New Hampshire Aquarium Society. In addition, the aquarist must write an article for "THE GRANITE FISHER" detailing the spawning procedure and submit it to the Editor before points can be awarded.
1. Sixty (60) days old means after hatching for egg layers.
2. The aquarist must own the fish he is breeding.
3. Points are awarded only once for each species or recognized subspecies with the exception of second generation spawnings. Second generation spawnings will be awarded five (5) more points than the normal class points.
4. Certificates will be awarded at the completion of the breeding requirements.
5. Aquarists are encouraged to submit any fish they feel should be reclassified to the BAP committee for consideration. The BAP Committee will then submit these reclassifications to the Board of Directors for approval.
6. It is the responsibility of the aquarist to see that the breeder award points are recorded by giving all the necessary information to the chairman of the BAP.
7. The Board of Directors will make final judgment on all interpretations of the above rules, requests for variances of above rules, and reclassifica-tion of fishes. The Board of Directors will also appoint the BAP Committee.
8. The BAP Committee reserves the right to verify spawnings. Classification of species is subject to change. Validity of scientific name is not guaranteed as there is ongoing work in the scientific arena classifying and reclassifying many families. Common names form a work in progress.
Killiefish Exception: Killiefish breeders are encouraged to maintain the collection site name associated with their stock and BAP points will be awarded for different collection sites. Fish submitted without a collection site name can be entered one-time plus second generation as "aquarium strain".
Native Species: Determination of fresh water vs. marine species for native species not commonly found or discussed in the aquarium trade will be made on the basis of Peterson's Field Guides.


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La Llorona Comes to Life at HHN23
Posted on August 13, 2013 by Chad Burton
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HORRIFYING MEXICAN LEGEND, LA LLORONA, COMES TO LIFE ATUNIVERSAL ORLANDO'S HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS 23 Orlando, FL (August 13, 2013)
Her legend is one of tragedy…of murder. To hear her mournful cries sends chills down your spine colder than the murky, watery depths she drowned her victims within. Forced to eternally walk the earth, she seeks others to share her pain and suffering – now and forever…
Guests will come face to face with the 500-year old legend that has haunted millions of people in Latin America for generations, as the popular Mexican legend La Llorona comes to life as a haunted house at Universal Orlando Resort's Halloween Horror Nights 23.
It will begin when guests enter an old Mexican chapel where they hear La Llorona's horrifying tale of murder, tragedy and fatal love. Guests step into the funeral of her victims, and as they progress, they'll hear her cold, ghostly whisper that announces her presence.
"La Llorona's intriguing and tragic story has been terrifying people in Mexico and all over Latin America for centuries," said Mike Aiello, Creative Director for Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights. "And now at Halloween Horror Nights, you will be transported into her mysterious realm and experience firsthand this disturbing folktale."
On select nights from Sept. 20 to Nov. 2, guests' worst nightmares will be unleashed as evil takes root at Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights 23. This year, some of the most outrageously terrifying, highly-recognizable names in entertainment and pop culture will become startlingly real horror experiences – including AMC's "The Walking Dead" and critically acclaimed horror films "Evil Dead" and "The Cabin in the Woods."
Universal Orlando's award-winning Halloween Horror Nights event is consistently named the nation's best and transforms Universal Studios Florida into a realm of movie-quality haunted houses, incredible live shows and streets filled with hundreds of horrifying "scareactors." More details will be revealed soon. Tickets and vacation packages are on sale now and can be purchased at Halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando.
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Conveniently located on Ponsonby Road, Loxy's hair salon provides 100% human hair extensions and offer clip-in, woven and micro-ring options. Ethically sourced, their clip-in extensions come in a unique 'Loxy collection clip' made up of 3 pieces – this makes them much faster and easier to put in, and is unique from many manufacturers that offer sets of up to 10 clips. Loxy's salon techniques include traditional weaving and micro-rings, and they do not use glueing or braiding – resulting in less damage to your real hair. They also provide a guarantee that your new extensions will last you at least 3 months, with most clients getting 9-12 months wear out of them. Loxy's provide hair up to 20 inches in length, and are open until 8:30pm on Thursdays so that your workday won't interrupt your appointment.
Superior Hair are specialists in not only hair extensions, but also in wigs and hair pieces for both men and women. They stock a wide range of extension options including clip-in, hot fusion, tape-in, micro-ring and micro-ring wefts, and they also provide halo and ponytail extensions. As an added bonus, for their clip-in extensions, they offer Afterpay as a payment method and overnight shipping. There are also subsidies available for those experiencing hair loss as a result of medical reasons. Superior offer a quality installation service as well as tutorials and videos online to help you care for and understand how extensions work.
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Willadele "Adele" Givens (born July 1, 1960) is an American actress and comedian. Her television appearances include The Hughleys, Moesha, The Parkers, Comedy Central Presents, Def Comedy Jam, Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry, Martin, Tracey Takes On... and The Steve Harvey Show. She currently lives in Lexington, Kentucky.
Givens was the 1989 Grand Prize Winner of the Crown Royal Comedy Contest held at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois. The next year, Givens was a finalist in the Miller Lite Comedy Search, which was won by Bernie Mac. Her movie appearances include Beauty Shop and The Players Club. Givens and fellow African American female comedians Mo'Nique, Laura Hayes and Sommore were the stars of The Queens of Comedy tour, filmed and subsequently shown on Showtime and released on DVD. In 2001, she hosted The Source's Hip Hip Awards Preshow which was shown on UPN.
On September 7, 2018, Adele was featured on Kayne West's single titled I Love It featuring rapper Lil Pump, they performed the song on Saturday Night Live on September 29, 2018, however, Adele was not performing on the stage, instead, she was featured on the screen, wearing the same outfit as she wore in the music video.
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"Miller Comedy Search celebrates 16 years of hilarious comedy" Chicago Defender, Real Times Inc. 2003. HighBeam Research. 16 Aug. 2009 <http://www.highbeam.com>.
"Adele Givens: `Queen' for a while" Philadelphia Daily News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService). 2003. HighBeam Research. 16 Aug. 2009 <https://web.archive.org/web/20020331041952/http://highbeam.com/>.


Better late than never, that's my opinion :) Sorry it took me so long to get this summary up.
The keynote talk at SLA 2009 in Washington, DC was made by Colin Powell and I must say it was better than I thought it would be!! :) I need to start by mentioning that my notes will seem like they're all over the place- but that's because Colin kept changing directions in his talk (which is what made it so interesting).
Colin Powell has his own librarians for his special collection. He often sends question to his librarian like – "Do you have a picture of me at age 6″ or "Did I ever say this to anyone?" And even though he pissed us (librarians) off by telling people to go to their offices and throw out their research materials and their books a few years ago – he didn't mean that he didn't appreciate librarians and what they did – he did it because he had to make a point – things had changed since his staff had started working – and it was time to catch up with technology.
Colin said, "We had to change because we're in a new world – in a world of information explosion – information that needed to be turned into knowledge" – and his staff had to understand that all the boundaries that existed years ago were gone – and he wanted them to move faster and faster – he wanted them to get online.
He asked how can we be an up-to-date organization if the stuff on our website is 2 or 3 years old (he was talking about the state department – but I bet we can find some libraries like this too) – it is a transactional world – it's no longer a lunar world – we don't measure in months, years, etc – we measure in transactions. He said "I want to beat Google, i want to beat the CIA – I want to be faster and better" – but his staff kept saying we like the old way – updating once a month – or once a year.
His favorite example to give people about the power of the Internet is a time when someone called and complained about a resolution to the UN. While his colleague was on the phone with him explaining his problem Colin didn't visit his own site – instead he went to Google – it took him 1 second to find the resolution in question and help the man on the other line. You have to move at the speed of light – you have to be faster than anyone else in the world we're living in if you're going to succeed.
He then mentioned Clay Shirky's Here comes everybody (a book that is still sitting on my wishlist). In the book, Clay mentions that in the old days you got a group together by sending flyers – or calling – but doing all that costs money – but now with the power of the information revolution and the technology we have – the cost of adding people to a group or assembling people is zero. An example of this would be the Flash Mobs that you can find videos of on YouTube.
That said, it's not just Google that's making us faster, it's YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
He mentioned that his 14-year-old grandchild was born digital whereas he's analog and got himself a $59 converter to become digital :) His grandchild was 4 1/2 before he would sit to have a book read to him – but he knew how to use the computer at 3. His grandkids won't answer emails or the phone – he has to tweet or text message them to get them to respond. This is what we've been hearing from reports left and right about digital natives.
Much to the dismay of librarians all over (who think Google is evil) Colin mentioned that he looked at SLA's ClickU, but instead of navigating through the SLA site, he just went to Google. He said he doesn't use bookmarks anymore because Google knows everything. He said, "I'm peddling as fast as I can to keep up with this stuff – it's exciting and it's fascinating" – but what does it mean to us as librarians?
SLA may have had the same title for 100 years – but the association is not the same – we are now working in the electronic world – people want to be able to work at the speed of light and what we do is so important because we keep our companies and businesses informed.
He talked about the flattening of the world. We're competing in everything – students don't need to come to America for superior education anymore – they can get it elsewhere. People aren't coming to our medical facilities – cause there are great services all over – it's a flat world. That said, he wants people to come here and stay here – to study because they learn about us – they learn that we're not a Hollywood sitcom or a Michael Moore book.
He told us to remember that the followers always get the work done – in order to get that work done you have to give the people who work for you a sense of purpose – and that has to come from the leader – and it has to come from a leader or who is passionate – and infectious and they have to see that passion coming out of the leader – you can't just talk the talk – you have to walk it – you have to invest in your people – that's why he bought those computers – leaders have to give followers the tools to get the job done – leaders have to compliment – a simple handshake or a handwritten note – it means the world – people thrive on this simple kind of attention – when you show them that you believe in them. A leader also has to be able to prune the organization – because the good followers know who the bad ones are and they're waiting for a leader to do something.
He mentioned that it may look like nothing is going right in the world right now – but a lot is going right – we just don't think about it right. More people are living under democracies than ever before – we have fewer enemies – we are now working with many countries that were once our enemies (Russia, China).
In short, he thinks this is a time of great opportunity.
Overall an amazing talk and such an energetic man. I'm very happy that I got to be there for that talk!!
Nice write up. I'm curious though: did he not say anything about the use and misuse of privileged knowledge during his time in the Bush Administration? I think Powell's a good and impressive man, but I feel like he has some credibility issues with information professionals. Thanks!
Nope, he didn't say anything about that.
The guy on the other end of the phone line about the UN resolutaion was Igor Ivanov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Ivanov)! Thanks for the great notes - I didn't really manage to get anything down.


This is a successful combination of portfolio website and blog. 10 Jimdo pages with the Barcelona design template | 8 days Looking for the right website for your Jimdo website? Have a look at our Barcelona artwork because it is almost as varied and full of opportunities as the thrilling Barcelona itself. So many great choices that make it simple, great looking and great for your website.
In order to show you how adaptable the Barcelona submission can be, here are ten excellent sample sites from around the globe that will excite you! How much do we appreciate the Barcelona designs? With a few mouse clicks changing pictures and backgrounds you can easily and cleanly switch the look to something tough.
These discreet templates are simple to create, be it for your own small product range or your own on-line store. Web sites that use Barcelona usually focus on high-resolution photographs that stand out while maintaining a minimalist look. Therefore, it is not surprising that Barcelona is loved by performers and on-line shops.
The things we like about Barcelona: Celebrity placement of your company logos above: Barcelona is the perfect place if you have a logotype you want to present. Enables an eye-catching wallpaper: Navigate horizontally under your logo: Keeping your navigations in line for a beautiful, clear look.
Barcelona can process sites with many or few pages. Barcelona works well for all shapes and sizes, ranging from an on-line shop with many items to a small website with only three pages, as you can see from the examples below. If you place all this information at the bottom of your page and not on the side, you'll have lots of room in your Contents pane for photographs, text, and other items.
In order to show you these virtues in practice, I have put together ten examples of Jimdo sites from around the globe that look great with Barcelona. Look closely and see if this pattern is right for you. Simply click on the pictures to get your own Jimdo page idea!
It adheres to plain lettering and a discreet colour pattern. That harmonises very well with her easy but conspicuous profile on her homepage. Distinctive colours contribute to the overall neat and well-structured look of your website. There is a consistent whiteness in both the back and bottom, giving Oh So Betty a beautifully minimalist look.
In order to highlight its website, the studios focus on gorgeous pastels and sophisticated graphic art. Coming from Spain, Sami Garra uses Barcelona designs to show off her brilliant craftsmanship, which consists of tender figurines on piece by piece papers, jewellery and sweet postage. Rather than using whites, she uses a bright grey for her backdrop, which provides her with a cheerful touch of colour and enjoyment matching her wares.
It also skilfully uses navigational tools to have its shop available in both English and German - a great use of the templates. Alice and Marco, the two proprietors, decorate their website with nice pictures inviting the visitors to their guest house. Open San's writing emphasizes the sophisticated combination of backgrounds, photographs and text.
Alice and Marco's love for their guesthouse radiates through their inspirational Jimdo page. The example uses high-resolution photos of the company instead of a sound backdrop and provides a beautiful note that sets it apart from other sites. A blurred wallpaper and superimposed patterns allow the visitor to concentrate on the contents and beautifully highlight the work.
And this page is also a good example of how easy a Barcelona website can be and still is a hit - your website has only three pages! Stefan focuses on the essential on his website: The user sees a conspicuous picture on the homepage, the logotype is the ideal size and is clearly legible, the menu is easy to navigate and the backdrop is just plain whitish.
Stefan's excellent photographs tell their own tale and look fantastic. Skilfully using the sliding controller's function, É-sens switches between nice pictures that fit in well with the spa design. Wallpapers show alternate blooms of some of the plants. I feel almost like mediation in itself, following the soft changes in the pictures.
They not only found a good way to improve their website with the wallpaper function, but also took full advantages of the Style Editors colour selection: If one of the pictures drops behind the contents area, you can easily recognize a bright whitish backdrop so that the text is still readable.
Fine photographs in the back are only overlaid to such an extend that the flower is still transparent through the contents and the text in the front is still legible - an incredible contact and use of the built-intool. All you need is a great colour theme and an attention to detail, and this example shows that you don't need any unusual wallpapers or photographs.
Everything on this website is perfectly coordinated, from the colour schemes to the minimum symbols, the way in which pictures and texts are shown to the typeface ("Open Sans Condensed"). The handcrafted jewellery by Pauli Bird uses the large Barcelona logotype area and easy navigational features to its full benefit. Would you like to try Barcelona on your own website?
Navigate to Templates in your menu editor to open the Templates selection dialog, and then select Barcelona from the group. You don't have a Jimdo page yet? Launch a free page with the Barcelona submission here.


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Cherif Ndiaye (born 23 January 1996) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Adana Demirspor on loan from the Chinese club Shanghai Port.

Professional career
Ndiaye joined Waasland-Beveren from the Senegalese club Grand Yoff FC. He made his debut for Waasland-Beveren in a 1–0 loss on 21 January 2017 to K.V. Oostende.

On 28 January 2023, Ndiaye returned to Turkey on loan to Adana Demirspor with an option to buy.

Career Statistics

References

External links
Ndiaye Maxifoot Profile
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1996 births
Footballers from Dakar
Living people
Senegalese footballers
Association football forwards
S.K. Beveren players
HNK Gorica players
Göztepe S.K. footballers
Shanghai Port F.C. players
Adana Demirspor footballers
Belgian Pro League players
Croatian Football League players
Süper Lig players
Chinese Super League players
Senegalese expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Croatia
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate footballers in China
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in China

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'El Camino' is an underwhelming sequel
by Natalie Thomas
Latest Issue of North Texas Daily
16th, January 2020
Warning: spoilers ahead
I had a mixed feeling when the "Breaking Bad" sequel "El Camino" was first announced. I was content with having a fantasy of what happened to Jesse Pinkman after "Breaking Bad" ended with a nice, happy ending for him and possible survival of Walter White. A theory that has changed, obviously.
The action starts with Jesse in a Chevrolet El Camino, seeking refuge with his friends, Badger and Skinny Pete. The two tend to him in a comical, loving way which did a good job of showing their bond and the lengths they're willing to go to help Jesse.
Jesse's fear and trauma are showcased well and are never forgotten or pushed to the side. The pained look in Jesse's eyes was agonizing, to say the least. He's a broken man, and him keeping his gun with him even in the shower of his friend's house is very telling. A heartbreaking scene from this sequence is when Jesse shakily stares at himself in the mirror during his shower, while the morning light accentuates the gashes on his back.
The film jumps back and forth between the present and the past, these flashback scenes give you a deeper glimpse of his trauma.
Todd Alquist was dull and I quickly lost interest whenever he was on screen. Todd going on an unnecessarily long tangent about the weather with Jesse down in his cage was boring, awkward and shows how slow and dragged out the movie could be.
As a fan of "Breaking Bad," it was a shock to casually hear about Walter dying on a Tuesday night on the radio. However, Jesse seems on edge when he hears the news, and you feel transported and frozen in that car with him.
Jesse is referred to as "kid" and "teenaged" throughout the film, but when you look at his matured face it takes you out of the fantasy a bit. He's older, distinctly different and very beaten up.
The colors of each shot of the film really tie everything together. Neutral browns, grays and blacks add to the eerie and urgent feel the movie has, such as the contrasts demonstrated in the different apartment scenes.
We also get a glimpse of the relationship between Walter and Jesse. There was a familiar scene with the duo eating – Walt trying to give him advice and Jesse being defensive. Walt's appearance in the film did feel a bit unnecessary, but it was a good fanservice moment.
You don't have to go back and binge-watch the show to watch the movie – it holds up on its own. However, the movie falls flat. The two hours felt long, some scenes felt unnecessary and didn't add anything for me. I would've preferred if the movie were shorter.
"El Camino" proved that Jesse didn't need Walt to survive and can stand up on his own, although he fumbled in usual Jesse-like fashion, he still managed to get what he wanted.
Additionally, Aaron Paul's performance of the character truly shines and makes up for the lackluster plot. I'm glad I was able to see him move to Alaska and get the fresh start he deserved. Seeing Jesse drive off in the Alaska snow was satisfying. I was only left wondering if his past would eventually catch up to him in Alaska.
Another highlight for me was the appearance of Jesse's old romantic flame. Her change in philosophy about the world showed the change in Jesse's view as well. Aaron Paul dressed in that season 2 outfit so many years later made me chuckle.
"El Camino" was enjoyable and simultaneously dull. Comical at times, and at others chilling. There wasn't anything significant aside from Jesse being reunited with Badger and Skinny Pete, the confirmation of Walt's death and his mental image of Jane on his drive through Alaska.
But in the end, the film gave Jesse the spotlight he always deserved.
My rating: 3.5/5
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Nextcloud is a new open source project that makes a private cloud platform at your home. The objective is to give people back control over their data. As Frank Karlitschek (the founder) announced on 2 June 2016, it was born as a fork of the well-known OwnCloud project to reboot it in a better way.
As OwnCloud, Nextcloud is a web application to store data in your own private machine in a centralized manner. The service is similar to Dropbox or Google Drive, but your personal data reside on your personal server under your control, not in someone else's data center. Nextcloud permits to store your files, folders, contacts, photo galleries, calendars (or anything else) on a server of your choice protecting your privacy. Thanks to the web/mobile/desktop apps, you can access your data wherever you are, whenever you need it. Your data is always synchronized amongst your devices. One folder, two folders or more – get the most recent version of your files with the desktop and web client or mobile app of your choice, at any time.
NethServer has switched to Nextcloud from version 7 and developers have built the software packages for the community to easy install and update the app.
What are the differences with OwnCloud ?
We love Nextcloud because it aims to significantly accelerate development, focusing on an open process with fewer blockers like Contributor License Agreement or closed enterprise app. It reduces barriers to contribution and increases transparency to enable more input of customers and users. This will provide the bug fixes and security hardening all users need in a very rapid manner.
Nextcloud includes all the enterprise features of OwnCloud as a base installation, integrates a new WebRTC based communication platform with video conferencing and text chat, it has an improved his app store to facilitate developers to deploy new apps and have more and more functions. It has also improved the update process, the possibility to add multiple site federations and so on.
It also offers Collabora, a LibreOffice-based online office which supports all major document, spreadsheet and presentation file formats to edit your file online.
Installing and properly configuring Nextcloud requires some efforts: you need to install the web server, the database, the software and integrate all those parts together. And if you need to integrate it with your existing system user and groups ? Or configure daily incremental backups ? Or if you want to manage automatic update/upgrade to the latest version ? Using NethServer it is possible to have a Nextcloud 1-Click installation and automatic subsequent updates without any efforts.
NethServer is a server Linux distribution which have the main goal to make sysadmin's life easier with Open Source. NethServer helps sysadmins being successful in the IT space by leveraging all the power of a Linux server without complexity. It offers a simple and easy to use web interface, to install and configure all features of a server, from user creation to software installation.
The installation remains the same of ownCloud with Nethserver 6: you can install it with 1-single click and start to use it immediately.
Install Nextcloud from Software center: point your browser to NethServer Software center and select Nextcloud from the list, then click ADD.
The package manager will download the latest Nextcloud version and install it.
Once the installation is complete you can login to Nextcloud with your NethServer user account at https://your_server/nextcloud. You can always login as "admin" user.
A new community has grown up with a number of participants always increasing that permit to have a great product. As Jos Poortvliet (the Nextcloud community manager) said in his blog: "Nextcloud is the future of open source file sync and share and it is the next generation of on-premise cloud technology."
This new project is amazing and NethServer is the best choice to use it without any effort, easily and quickly.
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KXNW, a television station (channel 34) licensed to serve Eureka Springs, Arkansas, United States, which used the call sign KBBL-TV from July 2006 to September 2006
KWNL-CD, a television station (channel 9) licensed to serve Winslow, Arkansas, which used the call sign KBBL-CA from September 2003 to July 2006
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ALBUM REVIEW: The Weeknd – 'Starboy'
Rathan Paul Harshavardan· December 3, 2016
In preparation for The Weeknd's release of Starboy, I decided it'd be the best time to refresh my memory of RnB that didn't involve Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston.
After soaking in some R Kelly, and more recent acts like Angel and Kalin White, who are just as good as the Weeknd, especially in the broader sense of the RnB genre, Starboy dropped just in time with a few surprises. The Weeknd's themes though still the same – drugs, cars, women, misogyny, sadness, and love – deviate from their dark RnB roots to radio friendly pop right from the start, and it's a refreshing direction to take, now that people have noticed him.
Everyone from Max Martin, Diplo, Cashmere Cat, Daft Punk, Cirkut, Benny Blanco, Labrinth and the likes of collaborators like Future, Kendrick Lamar, and Lana Del Rey feature on some of the best tracks on the album. With RnB at its centre, pop, disco, funk, and a little bit of rock are sprinkled in to highlight what each one of these artists bring to Starboy. The titular lead track serves as an example of a good balance of disco and RnB, especially with the menacing drums looping in the background, transforming the Weeknd's take on the excesses of life to highs rather than lows. Daft Punk, have an uncanny talent for mixing and matching vocal tones and their synthetic music as is evident on Starboy and I Feel It Coming. Taking advantage of Tesfaye's high vocal register and falsetto, Starboy and I Feel It Coming are perfectly manipulated to sound like radio ready tracks and in my opinion may not have been as successful if it weren't for the Weeknd featured on the vocals.
Party Monster and Reminder open with menacing beats but back up the tone with killer choruses on the former and well-paced verses on the latter with the slightly disappointing False Alarm sandwiched between them. False Alarm, feels like an afterthought that could've missed making it on the album, since its reception wasn't as warm as the other singles earned upon their release. There's a sample involved, a nod to his Ethiopian heritage, well intended but ill placed. Rockin', with its pop-rock-RnB vibe feels like too many ideas were fused together to make a slightly disoriented mess of a song, since smart vocals and not wordplay is the Weeknd's strong suit, but is banger nonetheless.
Redeeming himself on tracks like Secrets and True Colors, the Weeknd returns to smoother RnB fare without the darkness he often tends to favor on his tracks. There's talk of love on the bright side on Secrets and True Colors, with the themes straying from a sense of wayward relationships to love with no conditions applied and for once directed to a woman with little or no misogyny implied. True Colors, on the other hand is better than Secrets partly due to Benny Blanco and Cashmere Cat's involvement. Cashmere Cat whose reputation of producing beats tailor made for RnB artists that use harmonies and vocal runs that fans hear on records that never make it to the radio, doesn't disappoint.
The only collaborator off his debut returning to Starboy is his muse Lana Del Rey. With writing and vocal credits on Starboy, the Weeknd enlists his muse and her penchant for unearthly vocal runs, both on Party Monster and Stargirl – a record that features Lana on vocals while the Weeknd joins her at the end. Produced by Labrinth, the track serves as a reminder of the close friendship Lana and The Weeknd share. Despite collaborating with the likes of Beyonce and Nicki Minaj, the XO singer recruits his best friend on the album for a separate cut that elevates her to be his Stargirl, the only woman his music seems to subconsciously refer to. The chanteuse on the other hand, doesn't let us down – hypnotic vocals about sex in the kitchen and falsetto vocals fill up nearly a minute and a half of the interlude – and made me want more from this pair.
Kendrick Lamar – rapper extraordinaire – in his first collaboration with the Canadian artist, brings his A-game. While Tesfaye's vocals are autotuned to a slightly unacceptable level, it is Lamar's unstructured yet smart wordplay on Sidewalks that really steal the show. The vocal bridge adds texture to the track, letting the instrumentation and vocals only step in when needed. One of the highlights of the album, this track is followed by Six Feet Under. A killer track featuring vocals from Future the rapper, it samples Metro Boomin and Ben Billion's production off Low Life from Future's album EVOL and continues where Beyonce's 6 Inch Heels dropped off after the Weeknd featured on it. For once the woman in the Weeknd's world is not a coke snorting, gold digger but a go getter and that marks a remarkable change in his view of the women in his life.
Love To Lay returns to pop fare by Max Martin and Ali Payami. Simple lyrics, drums, a simple melody and an RnB bridge characterize the track as does its follow up, A Lonely Night. The Weeknd's claim that Prince influenced the sound on the album may be true but, the vocal style executed on this track alludes to Michael Jackson and the 80s synth movement. On Attention, Cashmere Cat returns to his role of a producer and adds vocals too, making it another standout on the album.
With a bevy of writers and producers including Cirkut, Savan Kotecha, and Max Martin, Ordinary Life juxtaposes life after fame, with religious and pop culture references. Taking inspiration from his mixtape days and Lana's debut Born To Die, the artist's muses about how his life isn't ordinary after he shot to fame. The drug and sex fueled track takes you back to the debauchery the Weeknd indulges in quite regularly and for once reintroduces the listener to his earlier work. As if in direct opposition to Ordinary Life, Nothing Without You, has the singer pining for love and admitting his faults for once, stripping the playboy image down to reveal a hopeless, monogamous romantic. The Diplo produced track, introduces slow jams and doses of dance music but is edited perfectly to include the unique vision both the artists bring to the track.
All I Know, helmed by Cashmere Cat, works well with the sung verses, until its featured artist Future steps in. Now, I like mumble rap with auto tune done once in a while but, Future is starting to make this his signature style and this needs to stop. Future, does nothing but ruin the vibe with his style of rapping and the bars are insipid at best. If another rapper were featured or the feature dropped altogether, the track could work well. The autotune on the rapper's voice draws attention away from the Weeknd's organic, raw vocals and feels like auto tune was added to save the featured artist's vocals from drowning the song far more than it needed to.
Die For You brings in elements of R Kelly's vocals a la the Weeknd's slow burner off his debut, Angel. There's pain and loss minus the vulgarity and is the kind of slow burner that ironically got him that Teen Choice Award he mentioned on Reminder, even though he is no role model in his own words. With Die For You, the Weeknd's vocals get the Cashmere Cat treatment and also stands out as one of the best tracks on the album. I Feel It Coming brings Daft Punk's 80 synth back into vogue as an influential sound on this album and their collaborations stand out from the rest, purely due to the finesse lacing these tracks.
Abel Tesfaye does not disappoint. The direction he's taking with this album isn't the same one we've seen on his mixtapes and debut and that is a good thing. My only gripes are the use of autotune and Illangelo's absence. The longtime producer is missing on this record and under his helming the Weeknd did release some amazing tracks. Their separation over creative differences certainly led to the inclusion of a few poorly conceived tracks, unavoidable I assume but, might bring cohesion to the record. Even with the weak songs, the Weeknd experiments with genres but to any listener who's familiar with his sound, it feels safe. Pick up the album to see what fame feels like at the top, especially when you're backed with an army of producers and the heavenly vocals of The Weeknd.
Rathan Paul Harshavardan
Indian dude in Aotearoa, passionate foodie, music lover, tech freak, Android and Tumblr addict. I write for various publications internationally, but talk Bjork booming over some piping hot pie (provided that music is playing on some Android phone) and I promise you we'd be having conversations worth writing about.
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This is one time that you'll see Miss Molly acting ladylike. It is far more likely to see her tearing around the house like a madwomen (or kitten) or shamelessly flopping on top of the warmest nearby human. I have a video of this, but I'm still having a hard time finding the videos on my camera and downloading them. I'm getting old, inept or both.
Day 4 of socailizing our cats we've had them out and about with each other, and while the growling and hissing continues, its lessened and they are generally tolerating each other. Molly so desparately wants to be friends though. Unfortunately, this results in her occasionally running right up to Zoe and getting hissed at. I have to give her credit for being persistant. It is hard to imagine how Molly hasn't melted Zoe's heart, but I am a mere sappy human not a cat. Scott says give them another day or two. Zoe has been affectionate, but is resisting Molly's charms for now. Even I can see that she's weakening though, especailly when Molly is doing something unusually silly, like chasing her tail or wresting with the chair legs.
There have been a few big things happening in the news. In Baker, a terrible fire has destroyed the main BLCS compound. Its a huge disaster any where, but it will not likely have a good effect on life for folks in Baker. Not only are they are huge source of jobs, it is a huge source of local services like managing buildings, construction, vehicle rentals and deliveries. The good news is no one was hurt, but its going to be a tough thing to rebuild in the north.
The other is a mudslide just west of Banff which has closed the highway in both directions, although it sounds like east bound traffic is moving again.


The first live episode of The Voice Nigeria season two aired on Sunday, August 27, and an excited audience was present at Terra Kulture in Lagos to experience thrilling performances from the contestants on Africa's biggest singing reality show.
Celebrities like Akpororo, Linda Ejiofor, Kemi 'Lala' Akindoju, Mawuli Gavor and the finalists of last season's Voice were just a few of the known faces in attendance, as popular television personality OzzyAgu hosted the on-ground event set for the screening of the live broadcast. The live shows involve four members of each team performing, with the coach choosing to save one contestant and the three remaining contestants put up for public voting. One lucky contestant who amasses the most votes ends up being saved.
The red carpet at the screening kicked off at 6.00pm local time, and guests were seated by 7.00pm as the live show began. #TeamPatoranking got the show rolling as the contestants took to the stage one after another.
Kessydriz performed Tina Turner's What's love got to with it, whilst Afolayan sang J Martin's E No Easy. Hightee thrilled with Lauryn Hill's Doo Wop and Voke sang Reekado Bank's Ladies and Gentlemen. Patoranking saved Hightee. #TeamYemiAlade was up next with Chris Rio performed Stiches by Shawn Mendes.
Ifeoma touched a few nerves as she sang Andra Day's Rise up. Jahnomso followed with Show me love by Robin S and Bunmi sang YemiAlade'sWant you. YemiAlade eventually made a call and saved Ifeoma.
Following this string of impressive performances was #TeamWaje with Efezino kicking off with a rendition of Clean Bandit's Rockabye. Glowrie gave an emotional performance of Adele's Hello while Favour sang Tiwa Savage's All over and Wow, the 80s man, raised the bar with his performance of Kool and the Gang's Get down on it. Glowrie was saved by Waje.


Guaranty Trust Bank plc in collaboration with Style House Files, a creative development agency, have announced a partnership with Selfridges, UK, the famous London fashion destination voted the best department store in the world for the second time consecutively.
The partnership which re-affirms the Bank's on-going support for the growth and exposure of African fashion and Art, is tagged "Guaranty Trust Bank presents Ndani – a Style House Files Initiative'. Ndani represents the beauty of Africa and the innovative partnership entails the display of African fabrics and designs made by select fashion designers. These designers will exhibit at Selfridges on London's Oxford Street in the UK between November 2012 and January 2013.
Participating labels include: Lagos Fashion and Design Week (LFDW) 2012 Young Designer Of The Year Finalists, AGU and House of Silk, DOT Handbags, Eki Orleans, Ituen Basi, Jewel By Lisa, Lanre Da Silva Ajayi, Odio Mimonet and Tiffany Amber. These designers will be showcasing their Spring Summer 2013 womenswear collection and accessories exclusively at the special Nigerian pop-up store within Selfridges during the project.
Guaranty Trust Bank plc is one of the few Nigerian financial institutions that have maintained a defined Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy since its inception in 1990. The Bank actively supports numerous programmes across Africa that positively affect child healthcare, education, the arts, community development and environmental sustainability. Its most recent projects in this regard include the sponsorship of the GTBank – Lagos State Principals Cup, a grassroots football development initiative amongst secondary school students, and its public school intervention project called "Adopt-a-school", a programme that involves infrastructure and human capacity development.
Guaranty Trust Bank was established in 1990 and presently operates from over 200 offices in Nigeria and ba nnking subsidiaries in Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire and the United Kingdom.
StyleHouse Files is a creative development agency that focuses on the development of the Nigerian fashion industry. Established in March 2010 it has become an industry resource that is centred on growing fashion into a viable business model and providing training for fashion and creative professionals in Nigeria and Africa at large. Stylehouse Files are the producers of the Lagos Fashion and Design Week, an annual fashion trade show.
In June 2010 Selfridges was named Best Department Store in the World by the IGDS (Intercontinental Group of Department Stores). The title, which Selfridges held until June 2012, is the industry's highest accolade. Selfridges won the title again in June 2012, for an unprecedented two times consecutively. The title applies until June 2014. Selfridges has four stores in London, Birmingham and Manchester (Trafford Centre, Exchange Square) and an online store delivering within the UK. Selfridges was founded in 1909 by American retail genius Harry Gordon Selfridge who created what is widely recognized as a revolution in retail with his seminal store. Today Selfridges is acknowledged as one of the most influential and exciting fashion destinations in the world.


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L'écriture hiéroglyphique égyptienne est un système d'écriture figurative : les caractères qui la composent représentent en effet des objets divers  tels que des plantes, des figures de dieux, d'humains et d'animaux ( classification des hiéroglyphes). Les égyptologues y distinguent traditionnellement trois catégories de signes :
 les signes-mots (ou idéogrammes), qui représentent un objet ou, par métonymie, une action ;
 les signes phonétiques (ou phonogrammes), qui notent un son (consonne, suite de consonnes ou voyelle) ;
 les déterminatifs, signes « muets » qui indiquent le champ lexical auquel appartient le mot.

Apparue à la fin du  avant notre ère en Haute-Égypte, l'écriture hiéroglyphique est utilisée jusqu'à l'époque romaine, soit pendant plus de trois mille ans. La connaissance des hiéroglyphes se perd avec la fermeture des lieux de culte dits « païens » par l'empereur  vers 380. Des Européens se sont aventurés dans des tentatives de traduction au début du  (Johan David Åkerblad, Thomas Young), avec des succès incertains, mais il faudra, après la découverte de la pierre de Rosette, le génie de Jean-François Champollion pour briser, après quatorze siècles, ce qui paraissait être « un sceau mis sur les lèvres du désert ».

Étymologie

Le mot hiéroglyphe dérive du grec  / , formé lui-même à partir de  /  (« sacré ») et  /  (« graver »).

À l'époque gréco-romaine, il désignait « celui qui trace les hiéroglyphes » et non les hiéroglyphes eux-mêmes, qui se disaient  / tà hierogluphiká (grámmata), c'est-à-dire « les (caractères) sacrés gravés » sur les monuments (stèles, temples et tombeaux). Ultérieurement, par un glissement de sens, le mot hiéroglyphes finit par désigner les caractères hiéroglyphiques eux-mêmes.

Les Égyptiens eux-mêmes nommaient leur écriture « /ˌmaːt'aw ˈnaːcaɾ/ » (« parole divine ») soit, en

Par extension, on qualifie souvent de hiéroglyphique une écriture utilisant le même principe logographique que l'égyptien. Ainsi, on parle du hittite ou du maya hiéroglyphiques. Il n'est cependant pas admis de dire des caractères chinois qu'ils sont des hiéroglyphes. Hiéroglyphes comme sinogrammes appartiennent à l'ensemble plus vaste des logogrammes.

Histoire et évolution

Les hiéroglyphes égyptiens, quoique très différents de l'écriture cunéiforme mésopotamienne, y trouvent peut-être leur origine, l'Égypte ayant été au minimum influencée par le système inventé en Mésopotamie.

L'écriture hiéroglyphique est attestée dès le  : la plus ancienne inscription a été découverte en 1986 sur une tombe dans l'antique site d'Abydos et remonte aux années 3250/3200 avant notre ère, c'est-à-dire simultanément à l'apparition des caractères cunéiformes en Mésopotamie. Elle fut employée pendant plus de  : la dernière inscription connue à ce jour est datée de , et se trouve dans le temple de Philæ.

Dès l'Ancien Empire, l'égyptien hiéroglyphique fut un système d'écriture où se mêlaient idéogrammes, signes consonantiques (unilitères, bilitères, et même trilitères) et déterminatifs (voir plus bas). À partir de la , les scribes utilisèrent un certain nombre de bilitères comme syllabaires (sȝ, bȝ, kȝ etc.) pour transcrire les noms sémitiques ou d'origine sémitique, mais l'écriture dite syllabique ne sortit jamais de ce domaine.

Quelle que soit leur fonction, les signes sont figuratifs : ils représentent quelque chose de tangible, souvent facilement reconnaissable, même pour quelqu'un qui ignore le sens du signe. En effet, pour le dessin des hiéroglyphes, les Égyptiens s'inspirèrent de leur environnement : objets de la vie quotidienne, animaux, plantes, parties du corps. À l'époque de l'Ancien, du Moyen et du Nouvel Empire, il existait environ sept cents signes hiéroglyphiques, alors qu'à l'époque gréco-romaine, on en dénombrait plus de six mille.

Les hiéroglyphes étaient gravés sur pierre ou bien, dans le cas de l'écriture hiératique, tracés au calame et à l'encre sur un support moins durable.

Apparue avant la civilisation pharaonique, l'utilisation des hiéroglyphes gravés n'est donc pas liée aux nécessités administratives d'un État en formation. Elle se limitait aux domaines où l'esthétique et/ou la valeur magique des mots avaient de l'importance : formules d'offrandes et fresques funéraires, textes religieux, inscriptions officielles. L'écriture consiste d'abord en de courtes inscriptions  désignant un souverain, une bataille, une quantité, puis, aux environs de 2700 avant notre ère, sous le règne du roi Djéser marqué par le développement des pratiques religieuses et des rites funéraires, s'élaborent des phrases construites que l'on retrouve essentiellement dans les pyramides.

Après le temps consacré au développement du système d'écriture de type hiéroglyphique, quatre autres stades d'évolution (et de simplification progressive) de cette écriture peuvent être distingués : après le stade hiéroglyphique vient le stade des hiéroglyphes linéaires ; puis vient celui de l'écriture hiératique ; vient ensuite celui de l'écriture démotique ; enfin, vient le copte, comme dernière étape du processus d'abstraction et de simplification.

Une première simplification du système d'écriture égyptien est qualifiée par les égyptologues de hiéroglyphes linéaires. Ceux-ci conservent l'aspect figuratif des hiéroglyphes gravés, mais étaient tracés avec moins de précision que ces derniers ; ils ont par ailleurs constitué un premier pas vers l'abstraction de ce système de représentation. Ils étaient peints sur les sarcophages en bois et les papyrus des « livres des morts ».

L'écriture hiératique, troisième stade de l'évolution du système d'écriture égyptien, en constitue la forme cursive. Réservée aux documents administratifs et aux documents privés, elle était tracée au pinceau et avait pour supports les ostraca (tessons de poterie ou de calcaire), les tablettes de bois, ou plus rarement le papyrus et le parchemin, d'un coût très élevé.

À partir de l'époque saïte (), le hiératique fut partiellement supplanté par une nouvelle cursive, le démotique. Il s'agit d'une simplification extrême de l'écriture hiératique, réservée aux actes administratifs et aux documents de la vie courante, d'où son nom d'écriture « populaire ». L'écriture hiératique n'était alors plus utilisée que pour consigner des textes religieux ou sacerdotaux, conjointement avec les hiéroglyphes, d'où son nom d'écriture « sacerdotale ». À l'époque ptolémaïque, le grec s'imposa de plus en plus comme langue administrative : à partir de 146 avant notre ère les contrats écrits uniquement en démotique avaient perdu toute valeur légale.

Le copte, enfin, est le dernier stade de la langue et de l'écriture égyptiennes. Il est encore utilisé de nos jours, mais uniquement comme langue liturgique. Il s'écrit au moyen de l'alphabet grec auquel on a ajouté sept caractères démotiques pour transcrire les sons étrangers au grec.

L'écriture égyptienne n'est plus utilisée actuellement pour écrire quelque langue moderne que ce soit. Cependant, selon certains chercheurs, c'est elle qui, via le protosinaïtique, aurait donné naissance à l'alphabet phénicien, lequel, à son tour, sera à l'origine des alphabets hébreu, araméen et grec, donc des caractères latins et cyrilliques.

Le système d'écriture

Les hiéroglyphes gravés égyptiens sont tous, ou peu s'en faut, figuratifs : ils représentent des éléments réels ou imaginaires, parfois stylisés et simplifiés, mais parfaitement reconnaissables dans la plupart des cas.

Jean-François Champollion, le déchiffreur des hiéroglyphes, considéré comme le père de l'égyptologie, définit le système hiéroglyphique comme suit :
C'est un système complexe, une écriture tout à la fois figurative, symbolique et phonétique, dans un même texte, une même phrase, je dirais presque dans un même mot.

En effet, un même caractère peut, selon le contexte, être interprété de diverses manières : comme phonogramme (lecture phonétique), comme idéogramme ou comme déterminatif (lecture sémantique). Nous verrons plus loin que le déterminatif, qui ne se lit pas, facilite la lecture en « déterminant » le champ lexical auquel le mot appartient : ainsi, le déterminatif de l'« homme assis » (A1 d'après la classification de Gardiner) accompagne les mots désignant la fonction (« vizir », « prêtre »), la profession (« artisan »), l'ethnie (« Asiatique », « Égyptien », « Libyen », « Nubien ») ou encore les liens de parenté (« père », « fils », « frère »).

Dans les parties qui suivent, les hiéroglyphes seront translittérés, c'est-à-dire retranscrits à l'aide de symboles d'un autre système d'écriture.

Lecture phonétique

On lit le caractère indépendamment de son sens, selon le principe du rébus. Les phonogrammes sont formés soit d'une consonne (signes dits mono- ou unilitères), soit de deux (signes bilitères) ou de trois (signes trilitères). Les vingt-quatre signes unilitères constituent le pseudo-alphabet hiéroglyphique (voir plus bas).

L'écriture hiéroglyphique s'apparente à un abjad : elle ne note pas les voyelles, à la différence du cunéiforme par exemple. C'est une écriture défective (scriptio defectiva).

Ainsi, le hiéroglyphe représentant un canard se lit sȝ, car telles étaient les consonnes du mot désignant cet animal. On peut cependant utiliser le signe du canard sans rapport avec le sens pour représenter les phonèmes s et ȝ à la suite (indépendamment des voyelles qui pourraient accompagner ces consonnes) et ainsi écrire des mots comme sȝ, « fils », ou, en complétant avec d'autres signes qu'on détaillera plus loin, sȝw, « garder, surveiller », sȝtw, « terre ferme » :

L'« alphabet » hiéroglyphique

Pour certains caractères, le principe du rébus devint celui de l'acrostiche : on ne lit plus que la première consonne du mot.

Ainsi, on peut regrouper les vingt-quatre caractères unilitères en une sorte d'« alphabet » hiéroglyphique, qui, cependant, ne fut jamais utilisé comme tel en remplacement des autres hiéroglyphes, bien que c'eût été possible : en effet, tous les mots égyptiens auraient pu être écrits au moyen de ces seuls signes, mais les Égyptiens n'ont jamais franchi le pas et simplifié leur écriture complexe en alphabet. Le pseudo-alphabet égyptien est donc composé de caractères ne notant qu'une seule consonne, bien que certains d'entre eux en désignent plusieurs quand ils sont employés comme idéogrammes.

Les compléments phonétiques

L'écriture égyptienne est souvent redondante : en effet, il est très fréquent qu'un mot soit suivi de plusieurs caractères notant les mêmes sons, afin de guider la lecture. Par exemple, le mot nfr, « beau, bon, parfait », pourrait être écrit au moyen du seul trilitère

Il est donc écrit nfr+f+r, mais on lit nfr.

Les caractères redondants accompagnant les signes bilitères ou trilitères sont appelés « compléments phonétiques ». Ils se placent devant le signe à compléter (rarement), après (en règle générale) ou bien ils l'encadrent, servant ainsi d'aide à la lecture, d'autant que le scribe, pour des raisons de calligraphie, inversait parfois l'ordre des signes (voir plus bas) :

Les compléments phonétiques permettent notamment de différencier les homophones. En effet, les signes n'ont pas toujours une lecture unique :

La présence de compléments phonétiques  permet de savoir quelle lecture suivre :

 st :

 ws :

 ḥtm :

Enfin, il arrive parfois que des mots aient changé de prononciation par rapport à l'ancien égyptien : dans ce cas, il n'est pas rare que l'écriture adopte un compromis dans la notation, les deux lectures étant indiquées conjointement. C'est le cas notamment pour l'adjectif bnrj, « doux (i. e. d'une saveur agréable) », devenu bnj, et le verbe swri, « boire », devenu swj. On les écrit, en moyen égyptien, bnrj et swri,

Lecture sémantique

Outre une interprétation phonétique, les caractères peuvent être lus pour leur sens : on parle dans ce cas de logogrammes (plus précisément d'idéogrammes) et de déterminatifs (ou sémagrammes).

Logogrammes

Un hiéroglyphe utilisé comme logogramme désigne l'objet dont il est l'image. Les logogrammes sont donc le plus souvent des noms communs ; ils sont généralement accompagnés d'un trait vertical muet indiquant leur valeur de logogramme (l'utilisation du trait vertical est détaillée plus bas). En théorie, tout hiéroglyphe aurait pu servir de logogramme. Les logogrammes peuvent être accompagnés de compléments phonétiques. Dans quelques cas, le rapport sémantique est indirect, métonymique ou métaphorique.

Déterminatifs

Les déterminatifs ou sémagrammes se placent en fin de mot. Ce sont des caractères muets servant à indiquer le champ lexical du mot. Les cas d'homographies étant très fréquents (d'autant plus que seules les consonnes sont écrites), le recours aux déterminatifs est primordial. Si un procédé similaire existait en français, on ferait suivre les mots homographes d'un indice qu'on ne lirait pas, mais qui en préciserait le sens : « vers [poésie] » et le pluriel « vers [animal] » seraient ainsi distingués.

Il existe de nombreux déterminatifs : divinités, humains, parties du corps humain, animaux, plantes, etc. Certains déterminatifs possèdent un sens propre et un sens figuré. Ainsi, le rouleau de papyrus,

Voici quelques exemples d'utilisation des déterminatifs permettant d'en illustrer l'importance :

Nota :

Tous ces mots ont la connotation méliorative « bon, beau, parfait ». Notons qu'un dictionnaire récent indique une vingtaine de mots se lisant nfr ou formés à partir de ce mot — preuve de l'extraordinaire richesse de la langue égyptienne.

Sens de lecture

Les hiéroglyphes s'écrivent de droite à gauche, de gauche à droite ou de haut en bas, la direction usuelle étant de droite à gauche. Le lecteur, pour connaître le sens de lecture, doit considérer la direction dans laquelle sont tournés les hiéroglyphes asymétriques. Par exemple, quand les figures humaines et les animaux, facilement repérables, regardent vers la gauche, il faut lire de gauche à droite, et inversement.

Les mots ne sont pas séparés par des blancs ou des signes de ponctuation. Cependant, certains caractères apparaissent surtout en fin de mot (notamment les déterminatifs, uniquement présents en fin de mot), de sorte qu'il est parfois possible de distinguer les mots par ce biais. Il est évident toutefois que seule une solide connaissance de la langue et de sa syntaxe permet de découper un texte en mots.

Le quadrat

Les hiéroglyphes ne sont cependant pas simplement alignés les uns à la suite des autres : en effet, ils se répartissent harmonieusement dans un carré virtuel (c'est-à-dire non tracé), ou quadrat (aussi écrit cadrat), à la manière des sinogrammes. À la différence des sinogrammes, cependant, tout caractère ne remplit pas entièrement le quadrat : certains n'en remplissent que la moitié, horizontalement ou verticalement, d'autres le quart.

L'ordre de lecture des éléments disposés à l'intérieur d'un quadrat est indépendant du sens de lecture global, qu'il soit horizontal (quadrats disposés en lignes) ou vertical (quadrats disposés en colonnes). Les signes qui occupent un quadrat se lisent de gauche à droite puis de haut en bas, ou bien de haut en bas puis de gauche à droite.

Particularités calligraphiques et contraintes

Il existe plusieurs particularités calligraphiques, dont voici les principales :
 les caractères se répartissent en quadrats (voir plus haut) ;
 pour éviter qu'un quadrat ne soit incomplet, on inverse parfois des signes afin de rendre l'ensemble plus compact. De même, dans un souci d'esthétique, on choisit avec soin les compléments phonétiques, bien qu'il y ait redondance ;
 on inverse parfois les hiéroglyphes d'oiseaux tenant en un quadrat et les signes d'un quart de quadrat (le p par exemple) ; dans ce cas, le petit caractère précède et occupe le creux du quadrat ;
 on peut omettre des signes, surtout ceux notant les phonèmes ꜣ et j ;
 les signes désignant les dieux sont placés en tête d'énoncé, de syntagme ou de mot composé, par antéposition honorifique (inversion respectueuse).

Cependant, même si les hiéroglyphes sont inversés, la lecture et la translittération n'en tiennent évidemment pas compte.

Signes annexes

Trait de remplacement

Les caractères offensants, funestes, tabous, rares ou complexes peuvent être remplacés par un trait oblique :

Cartouche

On place dans un cartouche les noms de dieux (exceptionnellement) et les deux derniers noms (roi de Haute et Basse-Égypte et fils de Rê) de la titulature royale (toujours) :

Mais bien que ce soit normalement réservé aux pharaons ou aux dieux, au cours de la Troisième Période intermédiaire, certains grands prêtres d'Amon-Rê faisaient écrire leurs noms dans des cartouches.

Trait de remplissage

On fait usage du trait de remplissage pour terminer un quadrat qui serait, sinon, incomplet.

Signes agglutinés

Il existe des signes qui sont la contraction de plusieurs autres. Ces signes ont cependant une existence propre et fonctionnent comme nouveaux signes : par exemple un avant-bras dont la main tient un sceptre sert de déterminatif aux mots signifiant « diriger, conduire » et à leurs dérivés.

Redoublement

Le redoublement d'un signe indique son duel, le triplement son pluriel.

Signes non figuratifs

Il s'agit :
 du trait vertical indiquant qu'il s'agit d'un idéogramme (pour les cas d'ambiguïté où un même signe coexiste comme caractère phonétique et idéogramme) ;
 des deux traits obliques du duel et des trois traits verticaux du pluriel ;
 et, emprunté au hiératique, le suffixe de formation du pluriel : W

L'orthographe

La notion d'une orthographe « correcte » de l'égyptien hiéroglyphique ne se pose pas dans les mêmes termes que pour les langues modernes. En effet, pour presque chaque mot, il existe une ou plusieurs variantes. Par conséquent, on peut se demander si la notion de correction orthographique n'était pas étrangère à la langue égyptienne. En effet, on y trouve :
 des redondances ;
 des omissions de graphèmes, dont on ignore si elles sont intentionnelles ou non ;
 des substitutions d'un graphème à un autre, de sorte qu'il est impossible de distinguer une « faute » d'une orthographe « alternative » ;
 des erreurs et des omissions dans le tracé des signes, d'autant plus problématiques quand l'écriture est cursive : écriture hiératique mais surtout démotique où la schématisation des signes est extrême.

Traduction
En mai 2017, est mise en place la plate-forme VÉgA (Vocabulaire de l'Égyptien Ancien), traducteur de hiéroglyphes en ligne.

Exemples de hiéroglyphes

Exemples de hiéroglyphes extraits de la grammaire égyptienne de Jean-François Champollion (1836).

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

Sur l'histoire du déchiffrement des hiéroglyphes
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Articles connexes
 Code ISO 15924 : Egyp
 Pictogramme, idéogramme, logogramme
 Grammaire d'égyptien hiéroglyphique

Liens externes

 Grammaire égyptienne de Champollion le jeune en ligne, Typo.Firmin Didot Frères, Paris, 1836, 555 p.
 « Comment les hiéroglyphes ont-ils été déchiffrés ? », Sans Oser le demander, France Culture, 14 avril 2022.

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