A man explains in voice of how fights in balls or dancing begin and take place. "It always starts with two three slaps... They attack the material. They need a lot of noise. There must be broken glasses". Scenes of fights between young men, filmed at night, illustrate his point.
In Paris, the first Apple iPad has just been released, to the delight of the brand’s aficionados who were looking forward to this moment. The very first customer is received as a hero by the sellers and declares with humor: "At least once, I would have been the first for something..." Reaction of another customer who nevertheless considers that it is very expensive, considering the lack of real technological innovation compared to an iPhone, if not the size of the screen...
Laurent Fabius has launched a plan to deploy 120,000 computers in schools through 11,000 workshops to familiarize young people with microcomputers. Interview with the Prime Minister: "Teachers are concerned to be at the forefront of modernization..."
A "Girls and Maths" day was organized at ENS Lyon to encourage high school students to turn to scientific studies. Indeed, their presence is still weak in this fields. According to studies at the CNRS, a certain sexism, and the preconceived idea that women would be less gifted than men for mathematics are largely responsible for the lack of confidence that girls and women have in this subject. Interviews: Aude LEMAR-VERRIER (computer and applied mathematics engineer) // Véronique CHAUVEAU (co-organizer of the "Filles et Maths" day// Pascal HUGUET (psychologist and research director at the CNRS)
The Armada, a gathering of sailing ships in Rouen since 1986, also hosts warships. Military frigates or customs patrollers are popular with the public attending this maritime festival. Report on the Plover, then on the Dutch minehunter, the "Makkum" and interview of its commander, Lieutenant Menno VISSER. Visit of the customs patrol, the Jacques Oudart Fourmentin and interview of his commander Thierry GONZALES.
Gigantic rave party in Nantes for the closing of the festival Guy l'éclair dedicated to techno music, from 9 pm to 8 am. Internet users around the world can log in to participate in the party.
Every year when the spring is cold, there is the problem of collective heating in buildings. Tenants of a low-income housing project tell how hard the current 15 degrees are to endure in their apartments and ask for heating to be restored. The landlord explains the rule for restarting the heating: it is necessary that more than 50% of the tenants ask that the heating be restarted in the notebooks kept by the building guards.
Cohabitation between hens and urban dwellers is developing in the Ile de France. In Bobigny, the "Poulailler d'Hélène" is the delight of the children of a city that takes care of the chickens daily: food preparation, cleaning and egg collection.