Bruno Vigneron Photographer

Some beings have, just the time of a shoot, barely a breath, glances with an impressive strength.

The new CRS unit (CRS N°83) settles in Chassieu As announced last summer by Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, the new CRS unit (CRS N°83) is moving to Chassieu in the Lyon metropolitan area. It will be operational from November 24. Made up of 200 civil servants, CRS N°83 has a number of specific features: immediate availability and real-time intervention. The company's aim is to provide high-intensity policing, such as in the event of urban violence, and to intervene in crisis situations of all kinds, with rapid deployment (10 minutes). These civil servants have been recruited internally to create a special unit: the CRS 83, specialized in urban violence and the fight against drug trafficking. Disorganizing opponents, getting them to give up, making arrests: training is rigorous and highly technical. Civil servants learn to work in cohesion and autonomy. It's a complex mechanism for a group of several dozen individuals. They have to rehearse many times to ensure maximum safety and efficiency in the field. The unit will be mobile throughout France While each police officer in the unit is trained in first aid, eight of them are specialized in first aid. Their mission: to extract the injured, bring them to safety, and perform first aid. Essential training, as the CRS can also intervene in the event of a terrorist attack. This unit numbers 170 police officers. In the rest of France, two other new-generation CRSs are currently being trained, in Marseille and Nantes.

The Banque Alimentaire is organizing its annual food drive from November 24 to 26. The Banque Alimentaire du Rhone is the largest food bank in France, with its 2,500 m2 of warehouse space, 750 m2 of refrigerated area, 600 m2 of service premises. In 2020, the Rhone Food Bank distributed the equivalent of 11 million meals to people in need, an average of 30,000 meals a day all year round. The 79 French Food Banks collect, manage and share foodstuffs to help mankind restore itself, as defined by the charter of the French Federation of Food Banks. They are supplied by several sources: the "pickings" made by volunteers from unsold supermarket produce, food companies, small and large producers, the State through the CNES (Credit National pour les Epiceries Sociales), Europe through the FEAD and the Collecte Nationale. They need food donations this weekend.

Abrivado Festival 2023 Saintes Maries de la Mer - France - 11/11/2023 1,000 horses, 200 gardians and thousands of enthusiasts were on hand on the beach at Saintes Maries de la Mer on November 10 and 11, 2023 for one of the biggest Abrivado festivals in the south of France. A unique encounter between the Camargue, horses, bulls and all lovers of the bullfighting tradition.

Thierry Lhermitte is well known as an actor, but less well known as a horseman. Thierry Lhermitte introduces himself to the trainees as follows: "Hello. My name is Thierry, and I'm a riding instructor. And he's got the look: elime leather jacket, leather Marechal pants, etc. In fact, he's got all the makings of a rider. In fact, he has all the makings of a quiet rider, a bit like Robert Redford in "The Man Who Whispered in Horses' Ears". Calm, attentive and very present. He's here as a professor of equine ethology. So we won't be talking about his film career during the stay. A rider since childhood, for the past twenty-five years he has been passionate about this form of training, which listens to animal behavior and enables us to better observe and guide a horse. He holds a diploma in equestrian ethology and holds the BPJEPS Equitation pleine nature - BFE EE1 - BFE EE2 - and a professional liability insurance policy. This course takes place at the Chateau de Neydens stables in Saint-Cergues (Haute-Savoie). Eight hectares of greenery between France and Switzerland. Thierry Lhermitte responded to a request from the HOPE association, which helps women affected by cancer to rebuild their lives through equitherapy, and of which he is an ambassador. He always comes here on a voluntary basis.

Adopting an animal without thinking is condemning it to abandonment. Dogs, cats... Record number of abandonments at the SPA on the eve of the 2023 summer holidays. On 30 June, the French Society for the Protection of Animals (SPA) recorded a record number of abandoned animals on the eve of the summer holidays. On that day, its 63 shelters in France had 8268 inhabitants, compared with 7983 at the same time last year. This year, the reason given by pet owners is the difficulty of caring for their pets, in particular because of the cost of food and care, which is unaffordable in the face of inflation. This alarming figure is likely to be revised upwards in the coming days. While the society hopes that responsible adopters will come forward as soon as possible, it also reminds us that it needs donations to feed and care for the animals in its care. To prevent further abandonment, the SPA has just launched a new TV and cinema campaign: "Adopting an animal without thinking is condemning it to abandonment". "This film denounces, with a great deal of irony, the absurdity of choosing an animal that is not adapted to the situation or its lifestyle," explains the SPA, which hopes that it will make people think about the issue. Faced with this increase in abandonment, the French government is stepping up targeted controls. From the end of June to September, the DDPPE (Direction Départementale de la Protection des Populations) launches its summer checks, targeting establishments with increased activity during the summer period. The aim of these checks is to ensure compliance with animal welfare legislation and to protect holidaymakers.

Making better lives of the elderly with "A velo sans age". Since its creation in 2012 by Ole Kassow in Denmark this movement keeps growing. Ole Kassow created it to pay homage to his father who was in a wheelchair all his life and wanted to do for the elderly what he had not been able to do for his father. Today it is more than 35,000 volunteer pilots in 52 countries. These trips out into their local environment provides a unique opportunity for the elderly to share their stories and experiences with pilots but also with passers-by, very often curious. And it also allows residents to make new friends in the residence. This intergenerational meeting contributes to the physical and mental well-being of the elderly and also of the volunteers, while thus offering nursing homes an opportunity to stimulate health and mobility. Ole received the 2014 Danish Community Award from the Danish Ministry of Employment for his initiative and he became an Ashoka Fellow, the world's leading NGO for creating change and social entrepreneurship.

Deployment of tactical vehicles, which will travel by rail to Estonia, to be deployed within the Lynx operational mission on the Tapa military camp, with the 13th Demi-brigade of the Foreign Legion. The new French inter-army sub-battlegroup engaged on the East Flank in Estonia will be equipped with the most modern and efficient means, in the continuity of the mechanized and armored battalion of the Aigle mission in Romania. Griffon combat vehicles, multipurpose logistics carriers, small protected vehicles and other equipment have been loaded at the Valbonne loading dock. This logistical movement is coordinated by the EC National Contingent Command (PC NCC) based in Lille. This command post is responsible for coordinating the logistical movement, thus ensuring end-to-end projection autonomy in Europe. This deployment, and especially that of the Griffons, as part of the Lynx operational mission integrated into the Battle Group of the Enhanced Forward Presence under British command in Estonia, demonstrates France's strategic solidarity with its NATO partners. The eFP is proof of the determination of Allied military forces to repel any attack or incursion on Alliance territory. The eFP also illustrates NATO's political and military credibility and the high level of interoperability of its members. During 2022, France assumed command of the NATO Response Force (NRF). Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the French armed forces have been participating in the reinforcement of the Atlantic Alliance's dissuasive and defensive posture on the eastern flank of Europe. This major effort involves reassuring our partners on NATO's borders, reinforcing our committed assets and projecting new capabilities. French armies have been deployed continuously to the eFP mission since March 2017. This commitment demonstrates France's solidarity with its Baltic partners and more broadly its reliability and credibility within NATO. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the President of the Republic decided to maintain French participation in the eFP BG in Estonia. On March 17, 2022, France deployed an infantry sub-group specialized in combat wear in difficult environments.

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Army divers, the Military Engineering troops present the first nautical shooting range, unique in France, allowing to train shooting from a wet surface. The interest for diving specialists is to be able to train shooting from wet surfaces after infiltration, (immersed under oxygen, in a kayak or small boat). It also allows divers to train for a change of environment, i.e. to go from water to land, while being in combat action since the shooting range offers a course going into the forest after targets placed on the bank.

The EBRC Jaguar is the new French armored reconnaissance and combat vehicle presented during a test at Camp de Canjuers on February 09, 2022.
The purchase of this vehicle is part of the Scorpion program intended to modernize the army cavalry.
It is a new generation six-wheel drive armored reconnaissance vehicle intended to integrate into combat in urban or mountainous areas.
The Jaguar's T40 turret carries two MMP-type missiles in a retractable launcher, with two more munitions available in the hold.
It is equipped with a 40mm CTAS cannon and a 7.62mm machine gun. The turret can aim the gun up to a 45 degree angle to deal with high targets
The Jaguar benefits from state-of-the-art technology in terms of equipment. It is equipped with recent self-protection systems such as laser warning detectors, missile start detectors, firing start detectors and radio jammer.
It also protects against mines and improvised explosive devices.
Twenty vehicles have been delivered with the expectation of being combat-ready in 2023, and 300 vehicles are expected to be delivered by 2030. The Ministry of Defense has awarded its development to Nexter, Thales, and Arquus


"Les Petites Cantines" opening soon in Paris Solidarity restaurants to alleviate loneliness and isolation Created 5 years ago in Lyon , “Les Petites Cantines” is a non-profit network of neighborhood canteens, where guests welcome and meet through sustainable, participatory meals at free prices. The "Petites Cantines" rely on mutual aid and collective intelligence to help build a society based on trust. Each guest is invited to join the association, at free price, so that it can offer him a meal, the price of which is also free. Everyone gives what he wants, what he can. Guests participate according to their means, which makes it possible to cover the costs of the canteen. Some give more, it makes it possible to welcome people who give less. For the moment installed in Annecy, Lille, Lyon, Strasbourg and Grenoble, many others are planned in Brussels, Metz, Macon, Bruz, Sartrouville, les Lilas, Oullins plus 2 new ones in Lyon

"The invisibles of the quays have a life, adventures, dreams, stories, torments and passions under their clothes. Near the banks of the Rhone, the daily life of a small world of ordinary and zany marginals. Just because you don't have a roof over your head doesn't mean you can't have wonderful stories. Nathalie Bianco succeeds in giving the homeless their share of poetry. She looks at them with a kindly eye. After reading the novel, it is impossible not to become attached to this gallery of colourful characters. Whether it's Nono, who "boasts of using very correct French" and who has some Cyrano in him. Roxanne, who went from foster home to foster home before being "put back into society" at the age of 18, or Malik, a young bicycle delivery man pursued by drug dealers. And the others who call themselves Six Dix, Vava, the Russian, Malik, the Ragondins. Just because you don't have a roof over your head doesn't mean you can't have great stories... A dive into the world of the Malaussène family Nathalie Bianco, from Lyon, was revealed by social networks, she explores the shortcomings of our time. After Les courants d'air (2019), her first novel, she published Les printemps (2020) and Les Petites (2021). The latter is her fourth.

Originaire de Lyon, Nathalie Bianco, autodidacte, s’est tout d'abord fait connaître sur les réseaux sociaux, au travers de ses «coups de gueule», billets d’humeur et autres chroniques décapantes sur l’actualité . Elle a progressivement utilise sa plume singulière pour écrire des ouvrages dans un premier temps en auto-édition. Ses romans tour à tour drôles et touchants échappent à tous les codes, pour explorer avec un humour et une sincérité désarmante les travers de notre époque. En nous livrant une part d’elle-même, Nathalie Bianco, citoyenne engagée, donne à son roman toute sa légitimité. Aujourd'hui elle publie son premier ouvrage sous le nouveau label Sixième(s) des éditions Amphora.

Le sujet de l'insécurité est omniprésent et les autorités sont sous pression. La police est intervenue à nouveau dans le quartier de la Guillotière. Dans ce quartier du septième arrondissement de Lyon, les habitants comme les commerçants sont en colère car l'insécurité est omniprésente. Une opération de police a donc été lancée dans le quartier de la Guillotière à Lyon vendredi 19 novembre 2021 Le maire de Lyon Grégory Doucet, le Procureur de la république et le préfet du Rhône, Pascal Mailhos, etaient sur place pour répondre aux médias sur la place Gabriel Péri. Depuis le 25 octobre, le magasin Casino situé place Gabriel-Péri, a même décidé de fermer ses portes dès 17 heures, las des bagarres et des vols. Sous pression, les autorités organisent chaque semaine des opérations policières. Le 16 novembre, près de 80 agents municipaux et nationaux sont intervenus, autour de la place du pont, pour lutter contre la vente de cigarettes à la sauvette, le trafic de stupéfiants et l'insécurité.

Bears Story au quartier de Croulebarbe: les « Nounours des Gobelins » Apres la fermeture des restaurants et lieux culturels en octobre 2020, un libraire du 13eme arrondissement de Paris a eu une idée pour rompre la morosité des habitants du quartier et des rares touristes: il a repeuplé les commerces de nounours géants. De grandes peluches d'1m40 de haut qui intriguaient et donnaient le sourire à ceux qui les croisent.  Ces nounours remplissaient tous ces lieux qui ne pouvaient plus accueillir de public, permettant ainsi de garder un peu de vie dans le quartier et ainsi dire aux visiteurs que leur place est gardée au chaud en attendant le retour à la normale. Et le phénomène perdure... Pharmacies, agences immobilières, salles de sport...le nounours est désormais devenu l'accessoire incontournable des commerçants des Gobelins. Philippe, le libraire, prête un ours aux commerçant à l’unique condition qu’ils en fassent quelque chose. Les particuliers aussi peuvent en avoir un. Ils faut envoyer un mail pour en faire la demande auprès de Philippe. Ils viennent ensuite le chercher et le nounours des Gobelins vient vivre la vie de la personne pendant 48 heures. Ca veut dire que si elle prépare un gâteau, elle le fait avec le nounours, si elle va dans une soirée ou au théâtre, elle emmène le nounours, s'ils vont faire des courses, pareil...etc" Le pharmacien met une perfusion à l’animal, chez le libraire il lit, on le retrouve conduisant un scoter chez le concessionnaire ou encore attablé à une terrasse de café 


Here is Jon, lion of 10 or 15 years old recovered a few days ago by the Tonga association. This starving lion, arrived in St Martin la Plaine, was entrusted by "One Voice" association, further to a seizure by the authorities in a circus in Normandy. He weighs only 116kg, almost half the weight of a lion his age. His coat is very damaged with many skinless areas. It is a bruised lion, it bears many wounds on the body, in particular on its tail which presents several open wounds some of which are very deep. The state of its dentition is very degraded, several teeth are very damaged and it no longer has a hook. Jon has no claws either. He has a very soft character, he shows no sign of aggressiveness and even seeks contact. The former owner claims that because of the coronavirus, he could not feed him ... And what about the wounds? Once healed, a place awaits Jon in a reserve in South Africa Tonga is a center is unique in France https://www.association-tonga.com/ The association collects wild animals seized by the authorities for lack of authorization to detain, poor conditions of detention or ill-treatment. They come from circuses, laboratories or individuals. The association's premises are located near the Espace Zoologique de Saint Martin la Plaine and are not open to the public.

The Fogueres de Sant Joan is the city’s most important celebration, and is officially declared as of International Tourist Interest. Its origin lies in the tradition of burning useless objects with the arrival of the summer solstice. Throughout the city, over 200 large satirical papier mâché statues are set up.  These will go up in smoke on the 24th June during the spectacular Night of Burning or Noche de la Crema, alongside the popular Banya or soaking as firefighters put out the blazes. The celebrations include events such as the Mascletas (a stunning fireworks and firecrackers competition held from the 4th to the 24th in the Plaza de los Luceros square at 2pm) "Feria", which originally referred to an often agricultural economic event, still means "fair". In the field of leisure activities , a "feria" is always attached to bullfighting shows, and the festivities that accompany bullfights. The origin of the fair is always linked to a votive festival, like the Feria de San Isidro, patron saint of the city of Madrid. Feria pays tribute to a farmer who did charity with his wife Maria Torribia, although they themselves were in the greatest destitution (1080-1172). In the mid-nineteenth century, many gypsy women farmers began attending these fairs in their long, hand-made dresses from old clothes. They were often decorated with ruffles to make the simple fabrics more beautiful and more aesthetic. There are also ferias in Latin America (Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela). In Mexico, the largest fair is San Marcos National Fair, the oldest in the country. Its first edition took place in 1604.

"Honor and Loyalty" it is the legionnaire's motto. He never abandons his own. IILE, the last sanctuary for old legionnaires. Unique in the world “The creation of the Institution of the Invalids of the Foreign Legion is a beautiful dream cherished by all those who not only commanded the Legion, but above all loved it; all those who have understood in its humblest and most secret wheels, the specific mentality of the legionnaire who, in happiness as in misfortune, needs to feel at home” , was to declare the General Koenig, during the inauguration in May 2, 1954. More: http://maya-press.net/iile-the-last-sanctuary-for-old-legionnaires/ "Honneur et fidélité", telle est la devise du légionnaire, et jamais il n’abandonnera les siens. L'IILE, dernier sanctuaire pour vieux légionnaires. Unique au monde, cette institution est inaugurée le 2 mai 1954 par le général Kœnig. Il dira « La création de l'Institution des Invalides de la Légion étrangère est un beau rêve qu'avaient caressé depuis longtemps tous ceux qui ont, non seulement commandé, mais avant tout aimé la Légion; tous ceux qui ont compris dans ses rouages les plus humbles, comme les plus secrets, la mentalité propre du légionnaire qui, dans le bonheur comme dans le malheur, a besoin de se sentir chez lui. ». Le légionnaire a un code d’honneur. 7 règlements qu'il a sur lui en permanence,du képi blanc au général. L’article 7 décrit: Au combat tu agis sans passion et sans haine, tu respectes les ennemis vaincus, tu n'abandonnes jamais ni tes morts, ni tes blessés, ni tes armes.

Major Barbarus, mante religieuse ou gendarme... ebats amoureux du doryphore ou de la cantharide... Toute cette société à observer a quatre pattes... Photos: Bruno VIGNERON/Maya-Press

New app for victims of domestic violence APP-ELLES is a new women's personal safety app. (or men) Whether you are victims or witnesses, in case of emergency or danger, this app allows you to alert and quickly contact your relatives, emergency services, associations or all the other help resources available in your area. Present in more than 13 countries, it also relays local information and national programs. In case of danger, victims can instantly send an alert to 3 trusted contacts. At the same time, women (or men) victims of domestic violence can call the emergency services, inform their interlocutors of the nature of the alert and speak, everything is listened to and recorded in real time.

Blind football is an international Paralympic discipline, it is the adaptation of football for the visually impaired. In France, the French Handisport Federation manages licensed athletes and competitions.
Players compete in teams of five (four visually impaired players and a goalie) and compete in two distinct categories:
Blind 1: for players who are blind or have poor visual perception. All practitioners in this category will be placed on an equal footing while playing with an opaque eye patch and blackout eye patches. The guardian, meanwhile, is sighted.
Blind 2 / Blind 3: for visually impaired players. The caretaker can be sighted or visually impaired. Visual acuity in the better eye, after correction, should not exceed 1 / 10th (tolerance nationally up to 2 / 10th) or exceed 20 ° of visual field. For more details, a player classified B2 has a maximum visual acuity of 1 / 20th and a maximum visual field of 5 °. A B3 player, on the other hand, has a visual acuity of between 1 / 20th and 1 / 10th and a visual field of between 5 ° and 20 °.
Footballers use a sound ball, equipped with bells to spot it.
Blind football has its own World Cup and European Championship.
The France team will be at the Tokyo games.
League 1 clubs like the Racing Club de Lens or the Toulouse Football Club have their own blind football section.
Here, the Lens club.


Covid-19. Home-care: Public health neglect is in the spotlight because of this epidemic. Populations very vulnerable to Covid-19, many elderly people cannot do without home care. Faced with the expansion of the Covid-19 epidemic, these home nurses face a double challenge: continuing to help the elderly on a daily basis despite the containment measures while avoiding their contamination. Emmanuelle and her husband Sylvain have been liberal nurses for 4 years. Like all of their Liberal colleagues, they find themselves on the front line in the battle against the Covid-19. They also had to fight for protections. A few months ago we were bullied, today we are heroes ... Yet we are the same, our vocation has not changed. " Home caregivers try to make life easier for their patients by rendering some services: doing some shopping going to the pharmacy managing administrative papers… Emmanuelle admits that she is not serene. “We only have the will to do well, the ambition and the faith in our profession. What makes me angry more than anything is that they lie to us. A lie supported by false scientific references. To justify the absence of material and in particular the masks, we are told that it is not useful while warning us against the fact that we can be asymptomatic vector. This is a flagrant contradiction. Drastic precautions are required. We must not be a vector of contamination. Protective equipment must imperatively and urgently be made available. We are essential vis-à-vis local health in our country ”.

Lyon, France. Police are checking the certificates of displacement of the French. This operation was carried out smoothly. Few fines have been written, but some warnings. The government is asking the French to stay at home confined to avoid the spread of the Coronavirus, aka Covid19.

La répartition originelle de l’Anodonte chinoise s’étend de l’Est de la Russie (bassin de l’Amour et Ile de Sakhaline) au bassin du Yang-tsé-Kiang en Chine et intègre certaines îles japonaises. En Europe, les premières mentions proviennent de Hongrie et de Roumanie où l’Anodonte chinoise a été introduite au début des années 1960. Le biologiste Vincent Prié, qui suit la prolifération du mollusque en France, tire la sonnette d’alarme. Introduite dans les années quatre-vingt en Camargue, elle se répand comme une traînée de poudre sur tout le territoire français en faisant disparaître les anodontes locales. Celles-ci ont un rôle écologique majeur car elles passent leur temps à filtrer l‘eau, à la clarifier. Une moule qui mesure une dizaine de centimètres filtre une quarantaine de litres d‘eau par jour Après avoir exploré, notamment en plongée, les rivières et les lacs de différentes régions, il lance l’alerte sur cette Eastern Asiatic freshwater clam qui prolifère discrètement au fond de nos cours d’eau et déséquilibre la faune. Cette espèce exotique s'est imposée en dix ans ; c’est rare que ça aille aussi vite." L’anodonte chinoise a une croissance rapide et peut atteindre 30 cm de long pour un poids de 800g. Loutres, rats musqués et ragondins, seuls prédateurs des moules, ne suffisent à réguler cette invasion.

Madame Agnes BUZYN, ministre des Solidarités et de la Santé, à Lyon le 5 avril 2019.
Au programme: visite de la residence Mounier d’Habitat et Humanisme, et échanges avec des residents étudiants et des personnes convalescentes.
Puis  visite de l’Escale Solidaire d’Habitat et Humanisme, avec un moment d’échange convivial: elle confectionne avec Mr le Préfet Mailhos plusieurs salades pour les bénéficiaires présents à l’Escale.

Exceptionnel! un bébé gorille est né le 22 janvier 2019 au zoo de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine. Cette petite femelle pèse un peu moins de 2kg et a vu le jour le 22 janvier, près de 10 ans après la dernière naissance enregistrée au sein du zoo. Les heureux parents s'appellent Gypsy et Likale et sont agée de 18 ans. Le bébé, lui, n'a pas encore de prénom, mais Eliane et Pierre Thivillon, les propietaires du zoo, y travaille ardemment. C'est le 13eme gorille locataire au zoo. Pierre et Eliane sont hebergés à l'interieur du zoo, dans l'appartement de Digit, une femelle gorille de 21 ans qu'ils ont recueilli quand elle avait 2 jours et demi. L’espace zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine est l’un des cinq parcs français à présenter des gorilles.

The 1st Spahis Regiment organized the commemoration of the Battle of Uskub on September 29, in memory of the commitment of their elders in Macedonia in 1918. The Uskub maneuver, today Skopje, is an attack by the Allied cavalry between 24 and 30 September 1918 in Macedonia, to cut the Bulgarian army in two, later leading Bulgaria to sign the armistice on September 29th. This commemoration took place in the presence of Philippe Loiacono, recently named General Military Governor of Lyon

Since 1643, the traditional vows of aldermen While the traditional vows of aldermen, Mgr Barbarin celebrates mass in the occasion of Virgin Mary's anniversary, then he grants traditional blessing to the city of Lyon and to its inhabitants from the balcony of the Fourviere Basilica.

Le plasma lyophilisé est utilisé en France par les corps armés et produit par le Centre de Transfusion Sanguine des Armées (CTSA). La lyophilisation du plasma permet au soldat d'être transfusé de façon très facile, car il suffit de réhydrater le plasma avant la transfusion. Pour les civils, le plasma est conservé de façon congelée.

Paul Bocuse's funeral took place in the cathedral St Jean, Lyon.

Henri Launay created in 1964 the last sanctuary for doll of collection, in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. This "doll doctor", self-taught surgeon of French porcelain dolls, always dressed in his white blouse, gives a second life to childhood memories. Before the time of throwaway  was the time of the repairable: we kept the objects and therefore we repaired them " Customers come to tell him their memories, which he records to tell them in turn. Henri is known on the international scene: magazines such as the International Herald Tribune, the New York Times, talk about this doll doctor, but also Italian, Chinese, Korean or Japanese magazines. "I'm not the only one, but I'm exclusive. Some other people are also repairing, but repairs as I do ... I'm unbeatable, in all modesty!" Henri Launay est installé depuis 1964 dans le dernier sanctuaire de poupées de collections, dans le Xième arrondissement de Paris. Ce “médecin des poupées”, chirurgien autodidacte des poupées de porcelaine françaises, toujours vétu de sa blouse blanche, redonne une seconde vie aux souvenirs d’enfance. Et ses 90 ans ne l’empêchent pas d’avoir une très bonne vue. Avant l’époque du jetable existait le temps du réparable : on conservait les objets et donc on les réparait” À l’origine diplômé en électricité, Henri répare ensuite de la maroquinerie et des parapluies. C’est à la demande de ses clients qu’il s’est intéressé aux jouets. "Je ne connaissais pas les poupées. À la maison on est quatre garçons. On n’a jamais eu de poupée" Il répare les poupées de collections, mais aussi les peluches. Celles-ci lui sont souvent confiées par "des messieurs de 50, 60 ans, qui ont fait leur service militaire et ont emporté partout leur peluche". Alors, elles sont toutes usées, râpées. Des clients viennent lui raconter des souvenirs, qu’il consigne pour les raconter à son tour. Comme celle de cette petite fille, jetée avec sa mère et son petit frère sur les routes de l'exode. Arrive un char allemand et dans la panique, l’enfant lâche sa poupée. Un soldat descend alors du char, ramasse la poupée et la tend à l’enfant, qui plus de 70 ans plus tard n’a rien oublié. Ou encore celle de cette fillette tombée malade parce que sa poupée était cassée, et qui retrouve sa gaieté quand “monsieur Henri” répare le jouet. Des magazines comme l’International Herald Tribune, New York Times parle de ce docteur des poupées, mais également des magazines italiens, chinois coréen ou japonais. "Je ne suis pas le seul, mais je suis exclusif. Des gens qui font des réparations il en existe, mais des réparations comme je les fais… je suis imbattable, en toute modestie !"

ET-D5 is an anti-cancer molecule that can kill cancer tumors without damaging nearby organs. ET-D5 is developed by the start-up Ecrins -Therapeutics, founded in 2010. Oral chemotherapy. Aurélie Juhem, scientist and research director at Ecrins Therapeutics, is working on this molecule cancer for seven long years in partnership with the Institut Curie. Many promising tests have already been carried out on mouses. To move to the next stage, clinical trials in humans, the young start-up must raise € 500,000. The Financement of this research will be done through a platform of "crowdfunding". When this amount will be found, the first human trials could begin on patients of cancer center Léon Bérard in Lyon.

20 years ago," the Crocodile Farm of Pierrelatte" was opened by Eric and Luc Fougeirol.

Paris over the seasons. Photos: Bruno VIGNERON/Maya-Press