Equipe de France: Jérémy Toulalan offre sa prime à un club amateur

Le milieu de terrain international tricolore a bien renoncé à sa prime du Mondial 2010 et a reversé l'intégralité de la somme au club amateur de Plougonven dans le Finistère Nord.
Jérémy Toulalan a fait des heureux en Bretagne. Le milieu défensif de l'Olympique Lyonnais a en effet choisi d'offrir sa prime de la Coupe du Monde 2010 au club amateur de Plougonven, dans le Finistère Nord. C'est ce qu'indique le Télégramme ce dimanche. Le choix de l'ancien Nantais de reverser la somme de 107 000 euros au club de la Jeunesse Unie Plougonven, vient des nombreuses attaches familiales qui le lient à cette région. Le journal régional indique que les grands-parents du joueur ont habité tout près du stade et joué au sein du club.
Les dirigeants de la JUP n'ont pas encore décidé de ce qu'ils feraient avec ce montant: "Cette somme, colossale pour ce petit club de 210 licenciés ne tombera pas directement sur le compte de la JUP. C'est la Fédération française de football qui s'occupe de tout, à charge pour Plougonven de définir ses projets avant d'envoyer les justificatifs de ses investissements", précise le Télégramme. Une bonne nouvelle pour le football amateur breton. Rappelons que Jérémy Toulalan avait écopé d'un match de suspension après les évènements de Knysna en juin dernier.(yahoo.fr)

Piqué : «Abidal avec nous l'an prochain»

Eric Abidal sera-t-il de retour dans l'effectif du FC Barcelone la saison prochaine ? Si rien n'est encore certain pour le latéral gauche français opéré le 17 mars d'une tumeur au foie, son coéquipier Gerard Piqué en est convaincu.

L'opération d'Abidal «a été un coup très dur pour nous tous, mais il se remet et il sera de retour avec nous la saison prochaine», a ainsi déclaré le défenseur central du Barça au journal espagnol El Pais.

Ces robots qui améliorent la précision chirurgicale

Le robot possède quatre bras mobiles télécommandés par le chirurgien assis à quelques mètres derrière une console. Sa dextérité permet de réaliser, par exemple, certaines sutures quasi infaisables pour la main humaine. 

Ces assistants high-tech sont surtout utilisés en urologie et en gynécologie.

Ablation de la prostate, le plus souvent, mais aussi de certaines tumeurs ORL ou gynécologiques, chirurgie de l'obésité… De plus en plus d'interventions sont pratiquées avec des robots chirurgicaux, des outils qui permettent d'améliorer le confort du chirurgien et du patient et de simplifier les suites opératoires. Depuis cinq ou six ans, le nombre de ces assistants high-tech croît de façon exponentielle. Plus de 1 750 robots baptisés Da Vinci sont désormais en service sur la planète, dont les trois quarts aux États-Unis, indique leur fabricant américain Intuitive Surgical, qui a un quasi-monopole sur ce marché. La France s'y met aussi. «Aujourd'hui, 42  établissements de santé, CHU et cliniques, sont équipés, contre 5 en 2006», précise le Dr Alain Hérard, urologue à la polyclinique de Courlancy (Reims), qui organisait récemment un colloque sur la chirurgie robotique.
Concrètement, la plateforme se compose de deux éléments. Au contact du patient, le robot proprement dit est une grosse machine avec quatre longs bras mobiles, télécommandés. L'un porte une caméra endoscopique, les trois autres de fins instruments chirurgicaux adaptés à une chirurgie cœlioscopique (qui se pratique à travers une incision de quelques millimètres). L'autre partie, positionnée à quelques mètres, est une console devant laquelle s'assied le chirurgien. De là, confortablement installé, il visionne la zone opératoire agrandie et en 3D, et pilote à distance les instruments via des joysticks et des pédales. De fait, en dépit du fantasme populaire, ce n'est pas le robot qui opère mais l'opérateur humain. «Un robot n'est ni autonome ni programmable, ce n'est qu'un outil» insistent les chirurgiens de la clinique de Courlancy, qui a acquis un robot Da Vinci fin 2006.
Il y a une vingtaine d'années, l'arrivée des techniques de cœlioscopie avait bouleversé la chirurgie en diminuant la taille des incisions et donc le traumatisme opératoire. L'utilisation de robots prolonge ces progrès. «Ils permettent de cumuler les avantages de la cœlioscopie et de la chirurgie ouverte» synthétise le Dr Hérard. Derrière sa console, le chirurgien a une vision binoculaire en 3D, comme en chirurgie traditionnelle, alors que les caméras de cœlioscopie classique n'offrent qu'une vue en 2D. Ensuite, la technique est plus «facile» à acquérir que celle de la cœlioscopie, et les gestes sont plus sûrs. En cœlioscopie, le chirurgien est de côté et tient ses instruments à bout de bras, au risque d'amplifier les imperfections de ses gestes et notamment les tremblements. En chirurgie robotisée, «il travaille dans l'axe, et les mouvements brusques sont filtrés, comme avec un ABS», insiste le Dr Hérard. Par ailleurs, la dextérité des bras du robot (mobile sur six axes) permet de réaliser des gestes - certaines sutures par exemple - quasi infaisables pour la main humaine. Principal bémol signalé par les opérateurs, l'absence de «retour de force», c'est-à-dire de ressenti du toucher des organes.
En pratique, dans le monde, l'urologie représente 70 % des interventions avec assistance robotique, principalement pour des prostatectomies mais aussi pour certaines ablations du rein ou la correction de malformations urinaires. Aux États-Unis, environ 80 % des prostatectomies pour cancer de la prostate sont effectuées avec l'aide d'un robot, soit plus de 73 000 interventions par an. La proportion est de 18 % en France, et devrait atteindre 25 % fin 2011 selon le Dr Alain Hérard. Dans cette indication, les atouts de la chirurgie mini-invasive robotisée sont multiples, comme l'ont confirmé plusieurs études : réduction des douleurs postopératoires, moindres saignements, cicatrices limitées et, au final, hospitalisation plus courte et reprise des activités plus précoce. La récupération fonctionnelle (pour la continence urinaire et les érections) est aussi plus rapide que lors d'une intervention classique.

Problème d'ordre financier

Les indications des robots chirurgicaux, dont toutes ne sont pas encore validées, se développent dans bien d'autres disciplines. Les ORL s'y intéressent, notamment pour opérer des tumeurs de la base de la langue ou des amygdales, par voie transbuccale. «Aux États-Unis, il y a un gros boom en gynécologie, notamment pour les hystérectomies (ablation de l'utérus, NDLR) dans le cadre de cancers de l'utérus ou du col utérin, indique le Dr Abdi Majidi, chirurgien gynécologique à la clinique Courlancy. Les robots ont aussi des applications pour des pathologies non cancéreuses : fibromes utérins, endométriose, prolapsus…» Ils tiennent aussi une place croissante dans la chirurgie de la thyroïde, de l'obésité etc. «Je ne connais pas de chirurgien ayant utilisé le robot qui ait fait machine arrière», assure le Pr Pascal Rischmann, chef de service en urologie à l'hôpital Rangueil (CHU de Toulouse), qui insiste sur la précision du geste chirurgical et le confort procurés par cette technique. Le problème principal est d'ordre financier. La machine coûte 1,5 à 1,9 million d'euros, auxquels s'ajoutent des frais élevés de fonctionnement. «Entre l'amortissement, la maintenance, et le changement des instruments, nécessaire toutes les dix opérations, le surcoût peut aller jusqu'à 4 000 euros par intervention», précise l'urologue toulousain. Une somme dissuasive pour bien des établissements, d'autant que le supplément n'est pas systématiquement répercuté aux patients. Pour convaincre son hôpital, le Pr Rischmann a «bataillé» quatre ans. Et comme dans beaucoup d'endroits, le robot est mutualisé, partagé entre plusieurs spécialités. D'autres innovations se dessinent pour l'avenir. Un nouveau modèle de robot, doté d'un bras unique portant des instruments hyperminiaturisés et très flexibles commence ainsi à être testé dans plusieurs centres européens. Intérêt : permettre des interventions par les voies naturelles, ombilic par exemple. Sans aucune cicatrice.

Who put boot into Wembley wall?

SIT COULD BE YOU ... Fergie was seated in the stands away from manager's area - but only during the game

MANCHESTER UNITED hit the wall after their FA Cup semi-final defeat to City - and now the question is whodunnit?

Someone in Alex Ferguson's camp took out their frustrations on the wall in the manager's area of the dressing room at some point during their Wembley visit.
United are expected to be hit with a bill.The FA would make no comment last night but Wembley sources confirmed the wall of the 'away' dressing room had been damaged.
It was repaired by the time Stoke arrived on Sunday - but players could still see traces.
Suggestions indicate the hole was probably caused by a kick but there is no suggestion of a criminal act or police involvement.
Boss Ferguson sat in the stands during the tie as he saw his tilt for the Treble collapse.
Paul Scholes cannot have been happy after his second-half red card.
Could Rio Ferdinand or Anderson - incensed by Mario Balotelli's full-time celebrations following City's 1-0 win - have lashed out?
Or was it a member of the backroom staff? Fitness coach Tony Strudwick was apparently in the vicinity.
United sources last night claimed the damage would "cost no more than £50 to repair."

Fergie ready for summer clear-out

ALEX FERGUSON has warned his Manchester United squad he will not be afraid to wield the axe this summer.

The Old Trafford boss is facing a clear-out, with the futures of several stars up in the air.
United head to Newcastle tonight knowing they could still end the season by lifting both the Premier League and Champions League trophies.
But there are question marks over up to TEN of their squad going into the close season and Fergie says he has never let emotions get in the way.
He admitted: "It's a horrible thing to say but you can't be sentimental in this job.
"My job is to manage United, to produce results and I am no different from any other manager. I'll not be regarded in the same way if I'm not successful.
"Everything to do with me is black and white.

OW NO ... Hargreaves' deal ends

"If it's on the football field and I see something I feel is a retrograde step, I have to act and make decisions.
"It is something that I have always been good at.
"I can make quick decisions and I am lucky that way.
"In management, you have to be able to make decisions - sometimes you're not right. But it doesn't concern me too much because the important thing is being able to do it."
Keeper Edwin van der Sar, 40, is joining Gary Neville, 36, in retirement and Paul Scholes, also 36, is leaning towards hanging up his boots.
Owen Hargreaves and Michael Owen are out of contract, while Wes Brown and Tomasz Kuszczak are likely to be up for sale.
Darron Gibson and Gabriel Obertan have struggled this season and a question mark still hangs over £30.75million club record signing Dimitar Berbatov.

United have an option to extend the former Tottenham striker's deal, which has a year to run, by a further 12 months but he is unlikely to be happy with his current bit-part role.
Ferguson has been forced to make key decisions in the past even with some of his favourite players. And he will have to make more this summer as he revealed last month he could bring in three new signings in the close season.
Some will inevitably make way and the United chief added: "I love the players that I've had and I've been very, very fortunate to have had great players who have come through my career with me.
"At Aberdeen there were the likes of Miller, McLeish, and Kennedy, who were players that were very loyal to me.
"At United I've had Giggs, the Nevilles, Scholes and Butt, who represent the spirit of the club. All of the players that I have had here have played a part in my success.
"So when I see something happening, as in the cases of Nicky Butt and Phil Neville, I have had to release them to other opportunities.
"It was getting to the stage that I was terrified of talking to them and telling them they weren't playing.
"It wasn't fair to them because they were good players and played a big part in the resurrection of United.
"When the time came for me to let them go, I knew I was cutting really important, loyal strings and I didn't enjoy it."
Meanwhile, Berbatov could pay the price for his misses on Saturday in the 1-0 FA Cup semi-final loss to Manchester City by being benched at Newcastle tonight.
The Bulgarian fluffed two great chances to put United in control early on.
But Wayne Rooney returns from his two-match ban for swearing into a TV camera and Javier Hernandez looks set to get the nod alongside him.
Van der Sar insists his glittering career can still finish on a double next month.
The loss at Wembley denied the Dutchman the chance of winning the only domestic medal which has eluded him during his six years with the Red Devils.

But Arsenal's late slip in drawing 1-1 against Liverpool on Sunday has put United in control of the title race - while they are in the last four of the Champions League.
Van der Sar insists nobody is feeling too gloomy.
He said: "People have been talking up the Treble, making comparisons with 1999 but as players we don't think about that. Hopefully we get the other two. It won't be difficult to pick ourselves up. We know how important the league is. We are in first position, so we have to make the best of it.
"No one likes to lose but in general, there's a good feeling about how things are going.
"There are goals in the team and defensively we are sound."
United, who still have to go to Arsenal on May 1, know 13 points from their last six matches will be enough to clinch a 19th league title.
Winger Nani said: "The FA Cup defeat has not damaged us but we must forget it and focus on becoming Premier League champions.
"Losing the derby will not affect our morale but this is a decisive week for us. If we win our next two games we are practically the champions. The title is in our hands

Situation humanitaire critique dans l'ouest de la Libye

Des rebelles libyens se battent contre des forces pro-Kadhafi à Misrata, lundi 18 avril.AFP/PHIL MOORE

Plus de cent personnes ont été tuées en moins de quarante-huit heures à Nalout et Yefren, deux villes au sud-ouest de Tripoli attaquées par les forces fidèles au colonel Kadhafi, selon des habitants de cette zone.

"Les bataillons de Kadhafi n'ont pas arrêté le pilonnage de la région, surtout de Nalout et Yefren, avec des roquettes Grad. Il y a eu cent dix morts parmi les rebelles et les civils dans ces deux villes", a déclaré un habitant de Yefren sous couvert d'anonymat. Un résident de Nalout, localité proche de la frontière tunisienne, a indiqué que les forces pro-Kadhafi étaient "en train de perpétrer un massacre" dans cette région montagneuse, faisant état d'au "moins cent morts en deux jours".
MITRAILLEUSES ET ROQUETTES
Un autre témoin évoque, dans la petite ville de Ghazaya, au nord-ouest de Nalout, des combats incessants à la mitrailleuse lourde et aux roquettes depuis dimanche 17 avril au soir. Selon lui, "les rebelles avancent de plusieurs côtés autour de Ghazaya, encerclant les forces pro-Kadhafi et les empêchant de quitter la ville".
Quelque onze mille berbères libyens des montagnes au sud-ouest de Tripoli se sont réfugiés en Tunisie la semaine passée, a rapporté l'agence officielle tunisienne TAP. Durant le week-end, trois mille personnes seraient arrivées dans la ville-frontière de Dehiba, dans le sud de la Tunisie, fuyant "d'intenses bombardements", toujours selon TAP.
COMBATS ACHARNÉS À MISRATA
Dans la ville assiégée de Misrata, le bilan des victimes s'est alourdi et la situation humanitaire reste inquiétante. En six semaines, un millier de personnes auraient péri à Misrata et trois mille auraient été blessées, d'après des sources médicales.
Des ONG présentes sur place, comme Médecins sans frontières (MSF), constatent que les besoins médicaux sont flagrants. "Quatre vingts pour cent des morts sont des civils", a indiqué le docteur Khaled Abou Falgha, précisant que les combats incessants depuis la fin février avaient fait trois mille blessés. Contacté par Le Monde.fr, le docteur Andrei Slavuckij, qui faisait partie de l'expédition de MSF à Misrata, estime que "l'urgence humanitaire est partout".
L'ONU a reçu l'autorisation du gouvernement de M. Kadhafi d'y envoyer une mission du Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires de l'ONU. Tripoli a d'autre part garanti "un passage sûr" à des équipes internationales humanitaires dans les zones qu'il contrôle. Auparavant, le secrétaire d'Etat pour le développement international britannique, Andrew Mitchell, avait déclaré à la BBC que la situation à Misrata s'était "sérieusement détériorée ces derniers jours". Il a annoncé que son pays allait évacuer par la mer, via l'Organisation internationale pour les migrations, cinq mille travailleurs étrangers qui y sont encore bloqués.

New Moms Have Worse Health Habits

New motherhood apparently takes a toll on a woman’s health. Young mothers of small children exercise less than other women their age and don’t eat as well, according to a new report.

The young mothers consumed more calories — eating more saturated fat and drinking more sweetened beverages — and got about an hour less of moderate to vigorous physical activity each week than similar childless women, who were active for three hours a week on average, the researchers found.

While it’s no surprise that a mother of a small child might have less time to exercise, there is no explanation for the poor quality of her diet. New fathers also had less time to exercise, but their diets didn’t change, nor did they gain weight.

Le mercato sera une course de fond

Un mois et demi avant la fin de la saison, les grandes manoeuvres ont déjà commencé. Ce mardi dans son dossier «Spécial Transferts», France Football dévoile les affaires en cours... et à venir. (Photo Presse-Sports)

Principale tendance : le marché estival s'annonce maussade, faute d'argent. Les clubs ont donc logiquement ciblé des joueurs libres, tels que Sylvain Marveaux (Rennes), Morgan Amalfitano (Lorient) ou Pierre-Alain Frau (Lille), qui ne manquent pas de sollicitations.

Si cela ne signifie pas pour autant que les mouvements seront rares, il ne faut pas s'attendre à un départ au sprint, mais plutôt à une course de fond. En effet, avant d'acheter, la plupart des formations de l'élite vont devoir vendre. A l'image de l'Olympique de Marseille, qui est passé d'une politique de transferts dispendieux à une stratégie de restriction financière.

Néanmoins, cela n'empêche pas les clubs d'anticiper, préparer, chercher, lister des noms, comme le montre l'enquête de France Football de ce mardi.

NUR AND RUHANDE ARBORTUM AS TOURIST SITES OF BUTARE

Butare is one of the largest cities in Rwanda. It is situated in southern province, Huye District, and 135 km from Kigali. It was the largest and most important city in Rwanda prior to 1965, when it lost out to more centrally locate to Kigali. Today the site of several academic institutions, Butare is still regarded to be the intellectual and cultural pulse of Rwanda. It has several attractions, among them the National University of Rwanda (NUR) and the Ruhande Arboretum. 

The NUR is the largest university in Rwanda.  It has several campuses and scattered buildings in Butare and outside. The main building is located at Ruhande section nearby a large Arboretum. The main attractions of NUR are the main library, NUR buildings and its environment composed of beautiful garden and trees.

The NUR first building was built by the Belgians between 1948 and 1949, and it belonged to the white sisters. Until 1957 it was the home of the primary school for white children, at which time it became a multi-racial school. It comprised classrooms, dormitories, refectory and a house for non-religious people. In 1963 ownership of the building passed to the Dominican brothers of Canada to house the NUR.

According to donizius Byamukama, the NUR communication and marketing officer, the university visited mostly on academic grounds by Rwandans and other people from different countries.

A Byamukama says those who visit the university are the lecturers and students from other universities and other academic institutions. They visit the campus for research and studies. He says the foreigners who get to the campus are lecturers who come in correspondence to teach NUR students. For example lecturers from Canada come to give lessons in Journalism and Communication department.

They are other people who visit Butare town for their personal purpose and get opportunity to visit the university. They are curious to see the largest and oldest university.

Asked about the income generated from those visitors, Byamukamasaid the NUR is visited for free. ‘‘We don’t charge anyone for the visit…Those students and researchers connot pay money because we give priority to intellectual curiosity not to tourism.”

People visiting the university are attracted by the beaty of the nearby arboretum.

The arboretum of Ruhande has an area of about 200 ha subdivided into about 529 numbered plots of which 454 plots are planted with introduced trees species (both indigenous and exotic species). The size of each plot is generally 50x50 m (0.25 ha). The arboretum counts now 203 trees species established with varying frequencies and sizes. Among the species 146 are broad leave species of which 18 are indigenous species and 128 are exotic species, 69 being Eucalyptus species. These are also 56 conifers of which 2 are indigenous; and 3 species of bamboos of which 2 are indigenous. People visit the arboretum for different purposes. Some of them get there for picnic. They want to get a fresh air and puff of wind that makes them feel comfortable. There small roads along which people walk. It is a nice area, suitable for picnic.

Ruhande arboretum is also used for teaching and search purposes by students and teachers from the NUR and other local and foreign higher learning and research institutions. Furthermore, a number of agricultural associations and organizations regularly organize training excursions at this arboretum.

At the level of climate moderation, the urban population of Butare town enjoys the benefits from the microclimate created by the arboretum. The arboretum constitutes for sportsmen such as athletes and walkers and for students an ideal cool and calm place with fresh air.

The lush green vegetation that is very beautiful, the long trees of different species and small animals including monkeys, gazelles, birds and bats; all of these attract visitors who enjoy watching them.

The arboretum of Ruhande was establish in 1933 at the request of the Resident of Colonial government for the territory of Rwanda-Urundi in attempt to meet the ever increasing demand for firewood and timber. At the beginning, the prime objective of the station was to serve as a production and multiplication field for indigenous and exotic trees seeds in order to solve the supply crisis for fuel wood and timber in Rwanda. Fast growing tree species were to be studied and selected for dissemination.

The manager of the arboretum is for Rwanda Institution of Agronomic Science known by its French acronym as ISAR.  It is now an experimental research site for forestry and agro-forestry, currently known as ISAR-Ruhande Research station.

BAMBE Jean Claude, a technician in ISAR-Ruhande, says the arboretum serves for multi-fold objectives including; dissemination of best trees species, genetic conservation of various tree species, research on agro-forestry technologies, biodiversity conservation and so on. He says it is the only one arboretum they have in Rwanda and the largest in Africa.

In addition to seed production, the management plan for arboretum provides for the production of valuable timber from old plots and firewood to communities in neighborhood. The arboretum provides also non wood such as honey of high quality.

As the NUR doesn’t generate the income from its visitors, the arboretum doesn’t either. ‘‘We don’t ask money to visitors because our main objective is research not tourism,” Bambe says. ‘‘But now there is a negotiations to combine research and tourism.’’

The arboretum of Rwanda plays an important role at the national, regional and international levels as hoard of varied forestry and agro-forestry and agro-forestry seeds.

Pancreatic Cancer Drugs Sutent And Afinitor Recommended By FDA Advisory Committee

Sutent (sunitinib malate) and Afinitor (everolimus) were recommended for approval for the treatment of unresectable pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, a rare type of pancreatic cancer - by the FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee. Patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET) have limited treatment options; no new drug has been approved in three decades. Unresectable means that it cannot be removed by surgery.

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors affect approximately 0.32 in every 100,000 people, a very rare type of cancer. Unlike other pancreatic cancers, which result in death within a few months, pNET generally grows more slowly. Approximately 95% of all pancreatic cancers are pancreatic adenocarcinomas.

Dr. Mace Rothenberg, senior vice president of Clinical Development and Medical Affairs, Pfizer Oncology Business Unit, said:

"We are encouraged by the panel's favorable review of sunitinib for the treatment of unresectable pancreatic NET. Following today's discussion, we will work closely with the FDA to ensure that it has all of the information that it needs to finalize its review. If approved in the United States, sunitinib would be a major advancement in the treatment of patients with pancreatic NET, a disease for which there remains a significant unmet medical need."

Although the FDA Advisory Committee's recommendations are not binding, the Agency tends to go along with what their members advise. Earlier on in the day the Committee recommended that another drug, Afinitor (everolimus) also be approved for the same type of cancer.

The Committee appeared to be more impressed with Novartis' everolimus (Afinitor), which received a unanimously favorable vote, compared to 8-2 in favor of Pfizer's sunitibib (Sutent), a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

Everolimus, which already was approved for kidney cancer treatment by the FDA on March 30, 2009, will probably exceed sales of $1.3 billion in 2015, experts estimate. Sunitinib is also an existing kidney-cancer drug - it was approved for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma and imatinib-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) on January 26, 2006. Everolimus is currently used as an immunosuppressant to prevent the body from rejecting transplanted organs.

The Data Monitoring Committee for the SUN 111 trial (for Sutent) recommended the halting of randomization for the study in interest of patient safety and also on data indicating a high probability the study would meet its primary endpoint - progression-free survival - if it were to carry on to the end date of the study. A final analysis showed that Sutent more than doubled progression-free survival.

Comment danser lorsque l’on ne sait pas

Deux solutions en club lorsque l'on ne sait pas danser :

_ on n'y va pas
_ on reste accoudé au bar/la table (avec la bouteille de champ', comme si c'était un aimant…)
Ces deux solutions entrainent chacun leurs problème. Alors comment danser quand on se sait pas danser ?

La solution "on n'y va pas" : pas de jolies nanas qui se sont faite toutes belles pour l'occasion, pas de musique qui fait vibrer les gens, on écoute "fun" à la maison.
La solution "je reste au bar/à ma table" : on n'attend pas le premier pas d'une femme, si on veut quelque chose, on va le chercher (et aussi : aussi près de la caisse, c'est le meilleur moyen d'être pris pour un pigeon dès le début.)
Donc : on évite de se cuiter pour se donner du courage (l'alcool en club coûte cher, et, les patrons comptent autant (si ce n'est plus) sur les timides que sur les alcooliques), on évite de rester à côté du bar, et on : va sur le "dancefloor".
Sur place : on ne se regroupe pas entre copains pour se tenir les épaules et sautiller. C'est typiquement le genre de choses que font les hommes qui n'assument pas. Pour draguer en boîte, la compétition est rude, et c'est le meilleur moyen pour se la mettre sous le coude ce soir.
Il va falloir prendre son courage à deux mains, et se forcer un peu (au début). Une fois qu'on commence à se détendre, se lâcher, ça vient tout seul et on se sent bien.
On se lâche, soit, MAIS : on ne fait pas comme lorsque l'on est tout seul dans sa chambre, je compte sur vous. Le plus simple est de : regarder. Regarder comment dansent les filles. La plupart des mecs ne savent pas danser, sont des AFCs, … Donc : on regarde les femmes. Elles savent se mettre en valeurs, et un peu de sensualité ne vous fera pas de mal.
Attention : ne les singer pas non plus, vous risqueriez de vous faire prendre. Regardez deux trois pas de danse, et placer les à différents rythmes. C'est tout.
Je finirai par une phrase d'Audiard (Michel, de son prénom) :
"La danse, c'est du pelotage : tout ce qu'on fait avec les pieds est parfaitement secondaire. Tout le monde s'en fout

Parents of young children less apt to be fit: study

Parents of young children are more likely to engage in unhealthy behavior than adults without kids, new research suggests.

A study of young adults from Minnesota found that mothers of children under 5 years old ate more unhealthy food, exercised less and weighed more than their childless counterparts, researchers reported Monday in the journal Pediatrics.

Fathers of young kids were also less physically active, but otherwise there were few differences between men who had children and those who didn’t. The concern is that the apple won’t fall far from the tree when it comes to poor eating and exercise habits, said lead study author Jerica M. Berge of the University of Minnesota Medical School.

“Parents can transmit [these habits] to their kids,” Berge said.

A separate study, also published Monday in Pediatrics, seems to bear that out. It found that preschool-aged Hispanic children whose parents were sedentary tended to have low activity levels as well.

Berge’s study is based on survey responses from more than 1,520 young adults taken between 1998, when they were juniors and seniors in high school, and 2009, when 149 of them had at least one child.

Researchers looked at how the dietary intake, physical activity and body mass index of parents of children younger than 5 years old, compared with those of adults the same age without children.

They found that mothers ate about the same amount of fruit, whole grains and fiber as women without children. But mothers also consumed more sugar-sweetened beverages, saturated fat and total calories than non-mothers.

“What this might suggest is that parents, even though they’re trying to be healthy and model healthy behavior . . . they don’t have the time to make healthy meals,” Berge said.

“Instead they make quick meals and meals that are more palatable to kids . . . and usually consume those with the kids.”

The fact that women tend to spend more time with the kids probably also explains why there were differences between mothers and non-mothers that weren’t seen with men, Berge said.

Mothers in the study also may have retained weight from pregnancy, causing them to have a higher body mass index than childless women.

Berge said the findings should prompt pediatricians to consider talking to parents about their eating and exercise habits during their children’s visits.