Happy new year 2016! In the new year, celebrates on the end of a year or the beginning of another?

NEW YEAR - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Happy new year! When the clock strikes midnight will resound, let's leave 2015 last year we and engage in 2016 in the middle of the party favors, champagne and two braces cuts.

yet, this time, Eve will certainly have a bitter taste. Not sure what mood is the celebration of the end of a terrible year marked by bombings, the crisis of migrants, war... Unless new year's Eve is rather festive welcome a new year, hopefully fewer dark?

that celebration on exactly to the new? The end of a year or the beginning of another? This year, the question arises both there want to leave 2015 behind us.

81% of the French say in fact that the year was bad

, which is not surprising.

to welcome the first day of the year

A priori, new year's Eve and new year eve, is the celebration, as its name implies, of the upcoming year, exactly in the same way that we celebrate Christmas on the evening. Proof is the wishes of the new year that we exchange, on the one hand, clearly turned to the future: health, love, success... They are not oriented to the past but to the future.

on the other hand, the first day of the year is the opportunity to take

good resolutions

, they, again, obviously for the coming year.

we did not always celebrated the new year on January 1st. As

explains on the Point

Sophie Horay-Lungin,

magazine editor Historia

, for a long time the first year was celebrated on March 1. "It is in the 15th century, on 9 August 1564 Charles IX, by the edict of Roussillon Isere, sets 1 January as the first day of the first month of the year," she wrote. This date will still be offset at the 18th and it is Napoleon who will restore the Gregorian calendar on 1 January 1806.

Eve, also known as Eve according to the name of Pope Sylvester 1, is celebrated to welcome the first day of the new year. According to tradition, it turns on its 31 for '

porter at least one new piece the first day of the year

'.

tradition to "happy new year" at midnight as it has long existed, the Romans already exchanging these words and kissing under the mistletoe.

even if the dates have evolved and calendars are not the same across cultures (in China and in many countries of Asia

is famous for example

lunar new year), peoples have always celebrate the arrival of the new year,

recalls Slate

.

if from year to year, we continue to celebrate the new year, it is, according to David Ropeik, teaching at Harvard, because it is

anchored in our deepest instincts

. When midnight rings, "we decide that it is a change that puts an end to a year and begin another, different,"

says on Psychology Today

. "This unique ticking has always led us the celebration and we still pulled out of daily activity during which we are too busy to think, look back, take stock, assess our actions and we resolve to do better in the future." "Apart from our birthdays, any time of the year hogging as much our attention", he continues.

an instant hinge to a future that we hope better

why is it so important? For David Ropeik, the symbolism of this moment summed up in three words: "survival instinct". "Phew! A new year has passed, and we're still here! ", he laughs at imager. While we take resolutions, related to our survival, for the following year: "have a life more healthy, better, longer?", he wondered.

"December 31, acts as a powerful marker in time. "It gives us the opportunity to tell us: before December 31, I was not this one or that one, from 1 January, I would be this one or that one ',

explains it on Psychology psychoanalyst Luce Janin-Devillars

. "This change in calendar allows us to master time, to decide a before and an after."

it abounds in the direction of David Ropeik, explaining that the beginning of a new year makes you want to look ahead: "we are all subject to the time that advance and leads us inevitably towards death. But the dawn of January 1 leads to another life. As if we were living a form of renaissance. Start a new year, it is to afford a bit of eternity."

you will understand: 31 in the evening, we made the balance on last year, but mostly is projected in the future. In this sense, the "new year" is aptly named. There is no doubt that this year more than any time, it is definitely towards a future less demanding that our hopes will turn.

discover in the slideshow below how the French are considering 2016 and the future:

Waste & Climate: portrait of E-cover

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SUEZ and MakeSense joined in 2014 to create Future of Waste, the program devoted to solutions alternatives of reduction, reuse and recycling of waste. On the occasion of the COP21 Future of Waste mobilized and launched its first Impact program Waste ; Climate, aimed to impress on the public the link between global warming and waste, and to help entrepreneurs to enhance their positive impact on the climate. Each week, open_resource call Future of Waste for a portrait of contractor of the Waste ; Climate program.

in Senegal, the device of collection and treatment of used tires is largely insufficient. Thousands of tires are thus stored in the nature, or burnt, with strong dangers to the environment and human health. The start-up E-cover address this problem by transforming used tires in new products, in particular building materials.

in Senegal, in urban areas, stake it grows today with the habits of the consumer society, where emphasis is more focused on the purchase of products is renewing constantly, most often without mentioning what happens to waste. The quantities of improperly treated waste are actually colossal. For example, there are today in Senegal

nearly 70,000 tons of waste plastics

in nature. Used tires are another type of commonly encountered waste, and their accumulation represents a danger to the environment due to the emission of toxic fumes fire.

start-up E-cover

E-cover is a start-up based in Dakar, Senegal, which aims to enhance the present waste in landfills by turning them into new products: a circular economy model, which creates value by reducing waste.

the first activity of E-Cover is the recycling of tires, thus making this widespread waste of a resource. Tires are composed of a complex alloy, they present a high potential income when they are valued. The most common method for "recycling" is to burn them to retrieve the metal they contain, but this method is not ecological. In this context, E-cover has developed a process of ecological cutting, grinding recycling and compaction of recovered tires. The first products made by E-cover are grouped within the'RE-tires' range which includes floor coverings, tiles and tiles made from recycled tires...

E - Cover today seeks to industrialize and streamline its manufacturing process and launched a campaign of crowdfunding to acquire the machinery needed for this.

alternatives that valorise waste

for construction materials the design of construction from processed waste materials seems to open a wide range of innovation. Thus pave ' Stic, an another start-up based in Senegal, recycle plastic waste in cobblestones; GreenWood an Indian start-up uses from straw from the culture of the rice - usually burned - to produce accessible construction materials.

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The year where the rules have not stopped to be painful (in the debate)

FEMINISM - A few drops of blood every month that made rivers of ink to flow. A stain on a sheet, a marathoner unbuffered, a set doll and even a debate in the National Assembly and the Senate. Why the rules both did speak about them this year?

in 2015, it is always a difficult subject to discuss or even taboo. Taboo because we often call them small names for not having to say the word "rules". Because advertisers still use blue blood to be menstrual blood. Because some people think that a woman who is menstruating is going to be either (or both) capricieuse, upset or depressed.

but, the lines move. From 2013,

Cup menstrual

, both ecological and economic hygienic protection (

or even same feminist

) meet more in addition to successes. From 2014,

the veil is finally lifted on

endometriosis, a terrible disease that affects one woman in ten one of main symptoms are very painful rules.

vision and

connotation have rules in our culture are ambivalent

. The rules are the symbol of the fertility of women, they are often so presented to girls who we explain puberty. During menstruation, the woman was also often considered by the religions primarily as unclean: impossible for it to Cook, to sleep in the same bed as a man and

today still engage in sexual intercourse

.

rules require discretion. We do not say 'I have my rules,' and we are not going to the toilet with a visible hand pad. In short, is made as if they were virtually not there. However in 2015, the rules is imposed in public debate. Why? Because of the anonymous, women more known and

of "menstrual activists"

as the Anglo-saxons call (literally of "activists of the rules") gave voice...

retain their name, it will continue for sure in 2016:

Who are the French who still have no cell phone in 2015

telephony - 2015 will be marked with a white stone in the world of telecommunications. This year, according a

report published late November

, Credoc ago more than French equipped with a mobile phone rather than a phone fixed. Respectively, 92% of the population is equipped with a mobile device compared to 89% for his ancestor to wire.

mobile phone is obviously driven by the attractiveness of smartphones, which are now 58% of the French, compared to only 17% in 2011. If these figures are impressive, they are not especially surprising. After all, things have really changed since the launch of the

Bi-Bop

in 1991. A phone and a low-cost package cost virtually more nothing.

however, 8% of the population, or close to one in ten, didn't always laptop in 2015. Who are these people who have no network?

little graduate aged woman when looking in detail the results of the survey conducted by the Credoc, can make the composite drawing of the person most likely did not have mobile phone in 2015.

it is mostly a woman (58%) rather aged 55% of persons 70 years and more have no mobile phone. Those without access to the network live in only general (41%) or two (39%).

on the economic side, they often have no degree (43%) and have two-thirds of low income or are in the lower middle class. They live also in majority in municipalities of less than 20,000 inhabitants.

a very different profile that has no landline

kind of person with no mobile phone is actually quite similar to that with no internet at home, recalls the Credoc. These are more "often rather elderly women. It is in majority of unattached individuals, individuals with low levels of diploma. 53% are retired, with a low level of income. And finally, 31% live in a rural community,"said the research centre.

another lesson of the study: "97% of persons with no mobile phone have at least one fixed line. One in ten having a mobile has no fixed line".

and indeed, the identikit of the French who had no landline telephone by 2015 is significantly different. It is predominantly a human (53%) and rather aged 18 to 39 years. They live however they also mostly alone, or even two, have no diploma or patent and are more represented among people with low incomes.

Happy holidays with recipes of chocolate hot hot hot cocoa

chocolate – from the cocoa powder, chocolate tablet, milk and a saucepan. To succeed

good hot chocolate, it takes patience, good ingredients... and the little more that will change your usual recipe. The variations are numerous and often fairly easy to achieve.

proof with these eleven ideas:

5 approaches to give meaning to your Christmas gifts

Christmas - new year gifts can sometimes lose in substance when they boil down to a gift package put together quickly done well done, despite the endless lists, of the long queues in the shops and all the money you spent.

but it is possible to proceed otherwise. Scientists have studied for years the practice of the gift, and developed to achieve some techniques so this tradition is source of vitality. The following tips will guide you to find gifts that have meaning, both for the one who provides that whoever receives.

"most importantly, in the exchange of gifts, it's to show that you understand the person and that you care really to it", said Ryan Howell, psychologist at the State University of San Francisco and co-founder of

Beyondthepurchase.org of

.

this implies in general to tailor the gift to the recipient. As Ryan Howell wrote

Live Science

website, studies have proven that people wanting to offer

well found gifts bought never the same for two of their friends. Even if the friends in question did not, were not likely to compare their gifts and appreciate them just as much.

should also not neglect the practical side.

a study dating from 2014

, published in the specialist magazine The

, Journal of Consumer Research

, shows that it focuses too often on the urge to pleasure, and not enough on how the recipient will be able to use his gifts. In another study, subjects tended to move towards enticing gifts but impractical (for example, a dinner in a excellent restaurant far away), and away from the more accessible but less desirable options (for example, a dinner in a local restaurant, but of lesser fame). On the other hand, recipients of the said gift preferred the more practical gift.

in other words, avoid to choose gifts based on what we would like to offer, but rather by what the recipient really wants to receive.

offer, it is "a way to see another for what it really is and what he wants," said Allison Pugh, sociologist specializing in the study of consumption at the University of Virginia.

make a gesture to friends or a charity touches

the notion of happiness

. According an article published in 2009 by the "Harvard Business School", it seems that happy people give more to charity and make a donation makes happier,

indeed leading a virtuous

.

, happiness generated by the charity is greater when the gift encourages social exchanges.

a study published in 2013,

magazine International Journal of Happiness and Development shows that donors felt better after making a gift through a friend or a loved one in an anonymous way. So try the experience to make a donation to the poor on behalf of a friend. It will perhaps make you radiate, one and one.

new brand-new objects straight out of the shop do not always represent the best solution.

a study published in March 2015

University magazine The Journal of Marketing

stresses a predilection for the handmade objects to offer to those we love. People are even willing to pay up to 17% more expensive for handmade gifts. This study also suggests that hand gifts are generally considered to be a most beautiful proof of love. What is the intention first of those offering gifts.

family heirlooms can also provide a good breeding ground.

a 2009

study, published in the Journal of Consumer Research, suggests that, even when families send very impersonal heritage - silver-, the symbolic value of this financial capital exceeds its cash value.

Conversely, do not panic if your child's Christmas list looks like the complete catalog of Toys R'Us. A small dose of factory-made gifts can sometimes help children connect with their peers.

"children's toys are constitutive of a true social cement," notes Allison Pugh, who observes the way children position themselves against consumption. "By this I mean that it is almost a language that is clean".

having the same 'things' helps to establish common bases, phenomenon which, according to the sociologist, should reassure parents reluctant to disappoint their children on Christmas day. It is not provided to encourage materialism, grade it, but rather to admit that material possessions can have rewarding odds.

the good news is that children have a great capacity for adaptation: those who do not have latest toys or games fashionable discover often by a circuitous, allowing them to engage all the same.

if there is a rule of thumb for gifts, it is this. After the results obtained by researchers at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, recipients of seats in concert or subscriptions to the zoo, for example, feel more

connected to the person who makes them this gift

, compared with those who receive objects. The donor and the recipient need not necessarily live the whole experience to enjoy this wonderful connection.

,

however an article published recently

by scientists at the University of Washington in St. Louis (Missouri), and the National University of Seoul raises a major problem: not realizes more often than not that intangible gifts represent a much better choice than a nice knot on a package. According the results of their study, a part of this problem lies in the fact that we hesitate to make gifts of this type to persons whose one feels very close.

"risk taking is yet minimal," said Ryan Howell. Those who expect to receive an object look forward most of the time to an empirical gift. Conversely, those who expected something else often prove very disappointed by a material gift.

offer an experience of life takes even more meaning for children. According to Allison Pugh, spend a moment with a child creates memories that will last much longer than a simple toy.

"If the gifts are intended to express and to build relationships of love, one of the most beautiful ways to do is to give of his time", said the sociologist. "It is always a gift extremely strong."

this article published originally on the Huffington Post American, has been translated by Mathilde Montier for Fast for Word.

VIDEOS. Foie gras ducks mutilated and their ducklings crushed in French productions filmed by L214

animals - The images are still unsustainable once. After turning in hidden camera in Brittany

to highlight the crushing of the male chicks a hatchery

and Alès in the Gard

to show acts of cruelty and ill treatment reserved for the animals to the slaughterhouse

, L214 association broadcasts Monday, December 21 clips on the rearing of ducks for foie gras.

"these videos shed light on a sector that has a lot to hide",

says the spokesman for the association for the defence of animals Brigitte Gothiere

,

with the world

. "Producers, with great publicity, succeeded in making foie gras a product of luxury and so-called tradition, but the images show abject things and animal abuse. The grinding is certainly permitted by legislation but it should cause immediate death, which is not always the case."

one of the videos,

broadcast by developed and filmed a few days ago in the region Pays de Loire

, shows actually the sad fate of the ducklings. Males are cut off the spout to prevent assaults linked to cage aquaculture and females who do not produce as much of foie gras, are crushed. A step which they emerge sometimes mutilated but alive.

the other video, put online on YouTube of the association account, provides an overview of the conditions for ducks that lay eggs for hatcheries. Filmed in April in a farm in the Southwest, the clip shows including the exhaustion of the artificially inseminated canes and abuse they suffer.

"there is neither transparency nor traceability in this sector, so we want to show the scenes, how the product was obtained," explains Brigitte Gothière in the

world

which reminds that ducks intended to produce liver fat are high 40 days in chick brooders, then 40 days outdoors, before be installed in cages to be force-fed during ten days.

during this period, the animals are insert into the esophagus a pump that sends almost a "kilo of mash of corn in three to four seconds", wrote the evening newspaper. A practice that causes many health problems and kills 2% of the animals.

"in seeing these images, you can wonder about the legitimacy of a pleasure of a few seconds. Foie gras does not kill that force-fed ducks", summarizes with the

Point

Sebastien Arsac, him also spokesperson for L214 - ethics and animals. On its website,

association open elsewhere today

petition asking the prohibition of grinding of the ducklings and calls the profession to do away with this "standard industry practice" which transforms these animals in 'hatchery waste'.

How many presidents has the Fifth Republic? Test your knowledge on history

CA MARCHE - "how many presidents has the Fifth Republic?" "What is called the King of France known as the Sun King?" These questions are asked this Saturday November 19 at Montreuil at the quiz "France in questions", organised by

mixités UNFICYP association.

after

the dictation of the cites

which has experienced little success, Abdellah Boison is back with a series of twenty questions on the Republican symbols. The inhabitants of this suburb of 93 will have to respond in a good hour.

the first session of this quiz was held in Argenteuil on 7 November. "It was a test that allowed me to adjust the number of questions, said Abdellah Boison, I was aiming for a hundred people, fifty more came." I closed questions, multiple choice, but young people began to seek clues, it ran in all directions, then this time, questions are open, each written answer that he wants".

at Argenteuil, the theme was French gastronomy, in Montreuil, values and history that make the France. "I chose this matter a few days after the November attacks, said Abdellah Bojic. I needed to act, my way, with the populations the most sensitive to all the questions raised by the attacks. Today, when someone pulls out a flag, told that it is a racist. I want to popularize the France and the culture so that young people no longer ashamed to sing the Marseillaise. More is known about something, more you love it. My goal to me, is to love France, to discover its advantages. Thus, avoid talking about 'integration'. These people that I see in the suburbs, Yes, they are not integrated, but not by hatred of the France, but rather by ignorance of what constitutes the backbone of this country, its history, its policy, its values. When I hear young people born in France who say they are African, I want to show them that they can feel pride from their country of birth."

Abdellah Boison yet did not part of people who hung the french flag on their window a week after the attacks. "I preferred to do a minute's silence during dictation that I was organizing the same day in Toulouse. I do not strong symbol to display a picture of its flag on Facebook. Me I want to work on the ground, among young people, these future generations who will be the France. I remain profoundly optimistic."

on the occasion of this quiz, Abdellah has agreed to submit its questions to the readers of the

HuffPost

at the same time that they will be put to those present at the Palais des Congress de Montreuil. So, do you know what the Marianne wearing on his head? Attention, it is gone, 20 questions, you might well dig head on the last.

also on the HuffPost:

The impact of the health horror films inspired by scientists

unusual - Horror and terror. This film genre has the reputation of us "bloodcurdling" and the expression might be more truthful than we think. A group of Dutch researchers was actually interested in the effects of these "works" on health and revealed that horror films influence the rate of a protein which plays a central role in blood clotting.

each year-end, the serious medical revue "

British Medical Journal (BMJ)

" abandoned his usual research subjects in favour of mischievous and surprising studies. Program of its last cuvée, articles on the use of the MRI

to locate the spirit of Christmas in our brain

,

the largest consumers of caffeine

in the medical corps or a survey on

the veracity in the films in the "Austin Powers"

saga. And, therefore, the consequences of horror on our bodies.

Professor of epidemiology Banne Nemeth, two other doctors and a researcher of

medical center the University of Leiden

in the Netherlands have decided to drive

a study on the impact of terror on our

hemoglobin. To complete their experience, they have screened 2 films to a group of 24 young healthy volunteers.

initially, 14 of them were entitled to

Insidious

, a horror film with evil forces and Paranormal phenomena. The following week, same day and same time, they looked

A year in Champagne

, a documentary on the backstage of the achievement of one of the most famous wine in the world. The other 10 volunteers have viewed these two films, but in the other direction. These viewers were placed 'in a comfortable environment', specify the authors of the study.

fifteen minutes before and after the meeting, blood samples were collected from the subjects of the study. The participants were subjected to conditions: no drinking or smoking during the day before watching, note the fear felt on a scale of 0 to 10. And in this area,

Insidious movie of course largely prevailed over the story bubbles in Champagne.

researchers measured the rate of

13 factors involved in the process of

blood clotting. These proteins that circulate in the blood, are involved in the formation of clots. At the end of the analysis, they found that only the rate of one of these factors,

factor VIII or anti-hemophilique A

, suffered the change during the experiment.

factor VIII plays an essential role in clotting. It is at the level of the intrinsic pathway, this mechanism that triggers the coagulation whenever a lesion is detected. If factor VIII is deficient in the body, it is responsible for hemophilia. Conversely, if bleeding is excessive, it may result in the formation of blood clots may hinder traffic (venous thrombosis).

gold, the study on the impact of the horror on our health has shown that factor VIII levels were increased in the blood over half of respondents (57%), against only 14% during the viewing of the educational film "A year in Champagne", explain the researchers. Levels had even declined in 18 people who looked at the educational film.

even though the study's authors acknowledge that, for the time being, their results are not of interest "evident", because only the factor VIII has undergone a change, they prefer to avoid a hazard. "A celebration of Christmas really relaxing and joyful without exposure to frightening situations, appear to be advisable to reduce the risk of venous thrombosis," they conclude.

In this children's book, a fairy tale original where the main character is a Princess trans

LGBT - He was once, in a very distant country, a prince who wanted to be a Princess.

The Royal Heart

, by New York writer Greg McGoon, is a fairy tale like you didn't used to see. Its main character, you will have understood it, is a transgender Princess.

published in September 2015, the book is not translated into french. In its original language, on Amazon,

it is already out of stock

. The history of this tale, beyond gender identity, is tolerance.

"it is never too early to teach tolerance to children. We live all on the same planet',

says its author, Greg McGoon, to our colleagues from the Huffington Post U.S.

. "To function healthily, we should begin to adopt this large palette of lives and experiences to overcome fear or disgust and recognize the part of us that wants to be fully accepted. If children live with the fear of not be accepted then the company missed something."

for everyone to have his "it was once"

this book, the first in a series on people lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) is important for its author, who believes that "fairy tales lack LGBTQ persons" (Q to

queer). He hoped that "everyone can have his 'once upon a time'",

tells to the Huffington Post

.

obviously, this book is not only for children who identify with the character. But the story, says, "can be the springboard to a discussion if need be". It is also a means for parents of a trans child, to show that they support.

for children, this fairy tale must mean above all: "Well take care not you flee yourself, not ignore you or silence the voices which is in you,"

author says. As well as "Love people for who they really are". And in the end, it ends well.

PHOTOS. These tattoos are an invitation to travel

unusual - For some people, the virus of the trip lasts a lifetime. And even if the photo albums and knickknacks to remember the wonderful memories, sometimes you want to wear your irresistible desire to travel on your flight stick.

as well to commemorate a trip, pay tribute to a moment or just remind you to never stop go on an adventure, a custom tattoo allows you to do all this.

a Palm tree, a map of the world or just a few words, these Globetrotters have chosen "to ink" on their skin their love for the escape. Symbolic drawings,

identified on the Huffington Post U.S.

, which show that travel is synonymous with live:

8 reasons why people who have confidence in them live differently

psychology - Some people have a natural ease. The other focus immediately to them. But this insurance has nothing genetics. It feeds on their way to behave on a daily basis.

it is therefore good news: This means that each of us can adopt this attitude. Here are some examples that show that safe people they approach any things in the same way as the others.

1. They are more productive

self-confidence is synonymous with energy. Studies suggest that people who have confidence in them

are more productive because their proactive attitude makes them act

. It is therefore not surprising that they seem to be perfectly comfortable in the office.

2. Their body language stimulates

confidence studies show that how we influence our State of mind. A

good posture and some

stretching can generate an energy boost, and safe people they do not deprive.

3. They sometimes doubt they

person is perfect, not even those who are naturally uncomfortable. The difference is that they are aware, and that this does not prevent to live. Studies have shown that it is essential to accept if one

wants to lead a happy existence

, but few people apply. Safe people they are not superhuman. They simply assume their imperfections, and that does not prevent to live.

4. They want to succeed

the word 'no' does not part of their vocabulary, especially when it comes to succeed.

according to a study published in the journal of Basic and Applied Social Pyschology

, self-confidence is essential in the professional world.

as explained in the magazine Fast Company

, more a person is able to visualize his goal, more it has chances to reach it.

5. They identify with a

model people who have confidence in them say constantly that they are Beyonce. Okay, okay, I might take my case for a generality but everyone can be inspired by his favorite star. A study published in the journal Personal Relationships

has also demonstrated that the fact written list of the qualities we share with an idol of the same sex

incited overtaking

.

-

-6. They have

principles they trust their reflection, without ignoring the ideas of others. Susie Moore, specialist of self-confidence, explained in a post of the

HuffPost

that people who trust are able to hear other points of view but still rely on their judgment.

"most people often want to do, but

are sometimes too cautious

" Conversely, safe people of them listening to what others say to them, but do not let themselves away from their goal,"she wrote.

-

-7. They do not fear failure

everyone knows setbacks at one time or another. Confidence is not a question of perfection, but capacity to learn from his mistakes. In addition, studies suggest that people who have

insurance appear to be smarter than the other

.

8. They do not hesitate to

having self-confidence assertive, dare to assert themselves. Safe people they give the impression of being uncomfortable, even if this is not the case.

as recently sang Demi Lovato

: "There's no harm in show that it has confidence in itself."

this blog, released originally on the Huffington Post American, has been translated by Bamiyan Shiff for Fast for Word.

12 sincere answers to your questions about lesbian sex

sexuality - People ask many questions about what lesbians may well do in bed (or on the kitchen table, or even in the back seat of a über).

as all other forms of sexuality, that of lesbians is complex. But some questions seem to be more frequent (and disturbing) than others.

the

HuffPost Gay Voices

wanted to do away with prejudice and shed light on the different practices. This is why we asked

Alex Berg

(producer of the HuffPost Live

), Jincey Lumpkin (author of a pornographic blog),

Jenny Block

(author of

O Wow: Discovering Your Ultimate Orgasm

, not yet translated) and the famous Youtubeuse

Arielle Scarcella

to answer frequently asked questions on sex between women so that you finally understand everything that happens there!

Note: We talk here about relationships and sex play between women, including those who have sex with other people of the same sex without is defining as "lesbian". In addition, if the examples below apply in many cases, they are not all all homosexuals or women who sleep with other women. Finally, this article uses a pictorial vocabulary whose playback can be troublesome in some environments.

this article published originally on the Huffington Post American, has been translated by Maëlle Noelvis for Fast for Word.

For an original Christmas tree, bet on the recycled wood, branches or even duct tape!

DECORATION - my beautiful FIR, King of the forests, there it is, there is! Christmas is almost here and we now need to think to decorate the House and the tree that our Interior take festive! I don't know about you, but this year I wanted to change the traditional Nordmann fir and manufacture our tree surfing on the mode of the DIY ("do it yourself").

if like me you want to bet on originality, here are a few small ideas...

Jean-Baptiste Bahers: Combat global warming

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although it is difficult to quantify, the contribution of climate change waste is proven. Manageability and recoverability are therefore essential to combat the warming of the planet. Lighting Jean-Baptiste Bahers, teacher-researcher in environmental assessment and territorial ecology at École des métiers de l'environnement Rennes.

selective sorting, recycling, recovery... These concepts are now part of our daily lives. But when was waste management?

I am tempted to answer: at the dawn of time! Collection and reuse have always existed, but mentalities, discourses and processes that have evolved. In France, for example, the massive use of virgin materials (including plastics) from the 1890s has contributed to the decline of the trade of chest, and gave birth to the concept of urban waste and to businesses that provide management. Some major current operators were born in this sphere, between the years 1910 and 1940.

you mentioned a change in attitudes, what is it?

until the 1990s, the waste had a negative connotation, it was only garbage that should be eliminated by burying them in the ground or incineration. Recycling remained minority. little by little speeches have evolved into a positive connotation of waste, thanks to the mobilization of environmental associations, institutions and companies in the sector. It makes even the bad sorter, today!

there is also much talk of circular economy, covered by this term?

is a political concept and economic appeared for the first time in China in the early 2000s and which gave rise to a law passed in 2008 in France, it has emerged in the discussions around the Grenelle of the environment. Circular economy is not stabilized scientific definition. However, there are operational definitions such as that of the Ademe *, who speaks of an economic system interchange and production which, at all stages of the life cycle of products, aims to increase the efficiency of the use of resources and lessen the impact on the environment, while developing the well-being of individuals.

what the waste recovery fit in this approach?

this is one of the three pillars of the circular economy, the other two being the eco-design and industrial ecology *. However, one must distinguish the material recycling (recycling and reuse) of energy recovery, which consists in transforming waste to produce electricity or heat. The first is doubly beneficial since it avoids both tap into deposits of non-renewable resources and consume energy. It is strongly encouraged by the regulations.

Quid of ecodesign?

intervenes at the other end of the chain over the recovery. its objective is to reduce the environmental impact of goods and services by creating appropriate centres for recycling or designing easier to recycle products after production.

how sorting is an important step in the management of waste?

it increases the technical performance of the processes. Indeed, it is easier to treat waste of the same nature rather than a mixture of substances. Note that over time the responsibility of the first sort is escalated from manufacturers to consumers, whether individuals or companies. This was good, but should also involve the citizens more upstream in the debates so that sorting is not only lived as a constraint.

what is your vision of recovery of the waste in the long term? are we on track?

I think. But I believe that we must also act on our consumption patterns to use fewer resources and more sober technologies on the energy plan another major challenge is the proximity: recycled are often exported to the other side of the world for use in the manufacture of consumer goods that require raw materials and energy.

why not recycle them locally to create employment and wealth on our territories? Or even make objects value added with the 'upcycling', which is to recycle industrial wastes into collective creations of applied arts?

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A beauty box to take care of her skin, her nails, her hair despite cancer

health - when a person is affected by cancer, simple little things can help him to cling to life. This is what was found despite it Charlotte, who was diagnosed with cancer of the ovary to 27 years, two years and a half.

this as, this young Parisian has mounted a gift for all "cancer fighters" project, the "fucked up K", as she calls it. This box, the name of 'The Fighting Kit',

for the moment the subject of participatory fundraising on Kiss Kiss Bank Bank

.

project is to "create essential kits to accompany cancer fighters", she explains in the introduction video (to watch at the top of this article). "When one is sick there are a lot of things that we do not control, but one can master the image it will return self."

of Add-ons to comfort

during his fight against cancer, between chemotherapy sessions and the transactions, she needed to get out of her "high head". And this happening by simple activities of daily life: taking care of her skin, her nails, to feel beautiful and worthy.

it is for this reason that, when it was announced its remission, she had the idea of launching a blog, "

Mister K fighting Kit:

"." I tells one year all my tricks, my state of mind, and every Tuesday from other 'K fighters' deliver us their testimonies,"she says to the

HuffPost

.

it had little success, what gave him want to turn tricks in kits to offer. "I realized that needs beauty, well-being, were fundamental, and that some were poorly informed about the perks that could comfort", she continues. "The idea of making real blog physically then appeared, in thinking and drawing these essential kits to smoothly accompany cancer fighters". Designer and Illustrator, she manages herself any design project.

in all, four kits are available, three for women: 'hair and eyebrows', 'foot and hands' and 'face and body'. As well as a kit for men, the "gentlemen". All are 50 or €60. "Each box responds to each 'problematic' bound to treatments," she stressed.

in addition to the classic beauty products that can be purchased in specialty stores or pharmacies, the originality of these box lies in these little more thought specially for people with cancer. Include USB keys with beauty of

tutorials blogger specializing Feminity ; JY

, turbans, booklets with personalized advice...

the idea is "to bring comfort to those who would need", she argues. "It is also, for the often poor relatives, a way to give their support to strengthen all the links, family or social - the small gesture or the stealthy glance which mean 'we are together'".

"futility is essential when one is ill"

currently, the project has collected more than €19,000 on a target of € 28,000. If all goes as planned, the boxes will be able to be marketed in January. Apart from his family and those who participated in the project, nobody could yet discover kits. But she says have so far had only benevolent returns on its project via the crowfunding page.

to those who might think that such kits are trivial compared to the severity of the disease, she replies "the futility is essential when we are sick, it is what linked you to life. Feel belle/beau to arm his fight,

it is in any case what has me souped-up every morning,"says. "When it suffered 36 chimios, 6 operations, I can tell you that the trivia are what it relates to stay fit and to give courage".

she confesses to be asked the question of the propriety of such an operation marketing around the disease. "But, in all sincerity, I think I have a certain 'legitimacy' and 'credibility'. My project is sincere, without taboo, and even the noblest causes need money to grow". And concluded: "I believe that my project resembles the solidarity world want my generation in this ocean of misfortunes".

The Blue House: in this House in the Morocco, entrepreneurs come take back on their work

succeed otherwise - The sound of the waves, the sea air, the Sun, hot coffee on the balcony, quiet. You are in Tamraght, small Moroccan village a few kilometres north of Agadir, not not on vacation but to work.

since the spring of 2015, it is betting that embarked

The Blue House

: bring in startups or "

digital nomad

" (

digital Nomad) to Morocco, their offer a space for coworking and fun activities, to booster their productivity and creativity.

A the origin of the project, taking conscience of a young French woman, Aline Mayard. Having alternated working in startup, journalism and travel, she finds herself one day in a startup in the Moroccan village where she set up The Blue House. The conclusion was simple, obvious: "I worked better", she explains to the

HuffPost

. "It feels more like the stress of everyday life. Finish the metro, the rain, the incessant calls relatives. Here is sea air, sea, bright offices... There is no more 'breaks fags' but the surf breaks. Short, it is far from the hustle and bustle of the cities,"it details.

© The Blue House

digital Nomad

"there is not need to be grounded in a box to be productive", says Stuart Gardner, one of the first to have attended the project when it was still in the test phase, at the beginning of the year. "Have a nice view, air of the sea, sunset, all this makes us more productive and probably more creative," adds this Londoner. At the age of 30, he worked for the

GP Agency, based in London, headed the management but more generally of all aspects of the business. For this job, he must travel much. "I'm a 'digital Nomad' for about a year and a half. I worked, to mention only a few cities, in Paris, Berlin, Geneva, Rome, Vilinus, Stockholm... Currently I am in Taipei,"he says to the

HuffPost

.

Stuart during his stay in the Blue House second from the left, top)

- © The Blue House

Yoga, work, surf, work, meditation, work

through three programs, profiles of workers can settle for a few days in this big house. Startups wishing that their team take back, grow together, expand... can thus choose the "residence" programme, which lasts ten days. Only people, who have no fixed office and move a lot, can make the "retired", open to all, they are made for those who like to work in less stressful environments, want to disconnect, get to the green. Count € 600 per person for a residence, 100 to €150 for a retreat. Another private program exists, "offsites" for groups of 10 to 100 people.

on-site, these craftsmen of modern work can fully concentrate on their professional tasks and must take care of anything. "Meals, rooms, everything is planned. Yoga and meditation sessions and surfing courses are courses", details Aline Mayard.

"On a the ability to exit the program when you want to," said Stuart. "If one wants to spend the day on the beach, we can, if we want to spend the day professional calls, can also. Most of the time, we stood up and did a bit of sport before breakfast. This meal was followed by work, of surf, a small passage in the market or in the hammam, all depends on what we search. "For me, it was working all day and a bit of swimming in the ocean in early evening."

to be surrounded by people who work in the same way, but in other areas, seems to be successful. "We formed good links with people when one lives and works together, if only for a few days. Everybody gives a hand, helping others to work, solve problems. It was a very collaborative environment,"says Stuart.

© The Blue House

to finance this project, Aline Mayard launched a campaign of crowfunding on Indiegogo

early. It also could count on pre-sales. Stuart, for example, funded Aline on the platform. It is why he will return to the Morocco year next to a few days of retirement. Personal savings of Aline Mayard also increased. Today, she works always as

journalist for the Wamda

site, more of the time that she devotes to The Blue House.

a way of life increasingly prized

for the moment, two pilot programs have been held in the spring, one in March, another in May. The House officially opened its doors in October. The months of November and December will be quiet - Christmas and holiday in the approach requires - but the next session is scheduled from 9 to 19 January.

for work

, more and more self-employed workers or

entrepreneurs adopt this nomadic lifestyle. In the world, similar to The Blue House projects attract entrepreneurs looking for space to give free rein to their productivity. This is the case, for example, of the area of co-working

Hubud on the island of Bali Ubud or the "

Surf Office

" in the Canary Islands, Shiva and California. Each time, the formula is essentially the same: an idyllic setting of good activities for the body and mind, individuals that will boost your creativity.

"as a digital nomad, I meet more and more people who can travel and work, and I can easily imagine a future with the 'Blue House' at the four corners of the world where you can stop to work a few days", think Stuart, who adds that these houses also allow these workers relocated to avoid loneliness. "Being a digital Nomad is a super experience but like everything, there are some bad sides. In particular, you can quickly feel alone when you go from one place to the other." It is good, the objective of Aline Mayard, in the months and years to come, is to open other houses.

At what age was her first child? More in later... because the unemployment

unemployment - It is a French specificity, a pride. Despite the economic crisis, the french fertility rate has been able to keep. Our neighbours cannot say the same. But the figures may hide other realities. Two researchers from the Ined, Ariane Dwarakanath and Arnaud Régnier-Loilier, attempted to see to be able to better measure the impact of unemployment on the French fertility between 2005 and 2011.

their analyses, unveiled this Wednesday, December 9, show that after a period of unemployment, the desire to have a child and its realization are often delayed. A study on family and intergenerational relationships (Erfi) of large-scale, more than 10,000 men and women were questioned between 2005 and 2011. Among them, couples were questioned two or even three times on their projects of fertility.

to unemployment, the first child is not

unsurprisingly priority, couples who already had a first child in 2005 and who wanted a second have not bumped into their projects. Since the birth of their eldest child, they could check the majority of conditions to be met before becoming parents (having graduated, have a self-contained accommodation, be stable couple). Conversely, for the unemployed without children, interviewed in 2005, have a project of fertility in the short term was less part of their project and assets.

why? Firstly because the unemployed are less couple that occupied assets. When the first couple, two people have a professional activity is a "necessary condition before considering starting a family", the two researchers. Indeed, the unemployed person is not the same value depending on the time of life: as a couple, with children, the unemployed were statistically more likely to have already worked to qualify for unemployment benefits, which makes "the less uncertain future", say still Ariane Pailhé and Arnaud Régnier-Loilier.

man or woman, unemployment doesn't have the same

consequences on the other hand, the unemployed who said in 2005 wish to have a child in the next few years were less often directed this project than the employed. 25% of people who had no child at the beginning of the research and who have never stopped working had a child three years later against 8% of males and 6% of women who have experienced one or more periods of unemployment over the same period.

obviously, unemployment is not the only criterion to be taken into account to explain the realization or a project of pregnancy. However, the researchers noted that the link between unemployment experience and fertility calendar was confirmed for women. For men, the problem is otherwise. If the unemployed men are less likely to become a father for the first time, it is also because they are more often single. Indeed, for the unemployed men, the "couple" is delayed.

and this is the proof of the man who supports the needs of his made home still specimen model. "Get a steady job provides the financial resources necessary for the installation of the couple, ensure the two researchers. "Being unemployed unless effect on the couple for women development, showing that the model of human primary caregiver resources still prevails."

concerning the effects of unemployment, fertility and the decline of the arrival of the first child work on previous periods have shown that when the economic situation improves, birth follow.

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Climate change and food security: two issues

open_resource by SUEZ Jean-Louis Chaussade, Director General of SUEZ, offers his vision of a major challenge in relation to the revolution of the resource. For the first issue of the magazine open_resource, he brings his views on the link between climate change and food security.

in a context marked by the increase of the world population and the urban explosion, climate change poses a new challenge for current food production systems. Or the adoption of the sustainable development objectives of the United Nations a few weeks before the COP21, more than a trick of the calendar highlights the degree of urgency as the interaction between these major issues of our century.

climate change is not only a question of energy. Water resources, essential to agricultural production, are at the forefront of ecosystems affected by climate change. How to ensure food security and access to safe water for all in a world that could reach 9 billion people by 2035, and where the most pessimistic forecasts provide a temperature increase greater than 3 degrees Celsius if no agreement binding is concluded and signed during the COP21?

these challenges call actions and concrete answers to all the actors of our societies: public authorities or companies, NGOs, citizens.

ensure food security, promote sustainable agriculture, ensure equitable access to water for all: goals recognized as priorities by the United Nations in the

objectives of development sustainable

.

conflicts of use, water shortages, pollution of resources are threats to the stability of the systems of food production and drinking water production, threats that already exist today but who tomorrow will increase significantly as a result of climate change if ambitious decisions are not taken.

we already see the multiplication of drought in many parts of the world, from California to the Mediterranean basin. Today, we know that 40% of the world's population will live in areas in water stress by 2035, need to increase food production by 70% in the next thirty-five years to feed the world's population and that 600 million people could be hungry because of climate change by 2050. Faced with these findings, each in his role, we must work to the invention and implementation new production models.

agriculture, which today consumes 70% of water in the world, must adapt to produce more with less. This transformation is accompanied by the establishment of smart irrigation systems to make good drop in the right place and at the right time, through the development of tools for monitoring of groundwater levels, by implementing management solutions of groundwater or alternative as the water production - use...

sanitation and waste management also play a key role to respond to these challenges. Reduce the proportion of untreated sewage discharged in natural environments, fight against the dumping of wastes and their rejection in natural environments which lead them too often in the oceans, it is also work for the preservation of the biodiversity essential to the safety of food production.

technical solutions do not fail and will continue to grow. You can rejoice in the abundance of proposals, innovations that can be observed all over the world. But these technical solutions will not suffice without a change our attitudes and our actions. In this sense,

in food production, the reduction of wasted food is another key issue. It is estimated that one-third of the food produced in the world is lost every year because of issues of storage and routing up the food chain or waste on the part of consumers. In other words, 30% of agricultural land are cultivated to produce thrown food. It is as much water used in vain, as many new waste generated, whose degradation results in a significant gas production greenhouse.

as well, if the food waste was a country, it would be the third emitter of global greenhouse gases. We no longer have the means to assume the environmental cost of this waste.

optimization of the management of resources, the development of production models to make them more sober and more sustainable are needed more than ever to deal with the challenges we face. Commitment and expertise, political, economic, social or societal, will contribute to the new climato-responsible alliances required to makers of today for the generations who come.

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An original Christmas gift? Not if you buy Lego, a Playstation or a Playmobil

Gifts Christmas - Are you going to make a gift of original Christmas to your kids or will there be the same toy fashionable than his classmates? As every year, the choice is difficult both toys catalogues contain ideas of gifts more tantalizing than the other.

information portal and buying guide

Bonial

has unveiled the top 10 most popular products this year. So, are you going to look for a safe value or the gift that person will have?

A "more authentic" version cover of Kylie Jenner in a wheelchair

&amp; lt; p &amp; gt; HANDICAP - Kylie Jenner uniformed SM was in wheelchair &amp; lt; /p &amp; gt; &amp; lt; p &amp; gt; &amp; lt; p &amp; gt; magazine cover Interview, it was really a (very) bad idea. Several days after its publication, &amp; lt; /p &amp; gt; &amp; lt; p &amp; gt; controversy continues to swell &amp; lt; p &amp; gt; and coverage remains pointed the finger, including by persons with disabilities. One of them decided to reproduce the scene, to better denounce. &amp; lt; /p &amp; gt; &lt; p &gt; Erin, 24 years old, suffers from cerebral palsy. Condemned to live in a wheelchair, she is very active on social networks and in particular on &lt; /p &gt; &lt; p &gt; &lt; p &gt; Tumblr sound where she post many videos of her daily life. It is elsewhere on his site that the young woman is expressed as to the controversial cover of Kylie Jenner, December 3 &lt; /p &gt;<p>. the publication of Erin was hailed by thousands of Internet users. Upon its release, the cliche was angered on social networks and just a few hours after,</p><p>picture Ophelia Brown, an American girl in a wheelchair, put next to the picture of the magazine had the canvas tour.</p><p>

interviewed by the American channel

, E! News

,

Interview Magazine

team explained his choice. "At

Interview, we are proud of our tradition of work with incredible artists and promote their bold visions. Coverage of Kylie Jenner by Steven Klein, which refers to the British artist Allen Jones, is included in this tradition", justifies the team, which ensures that its intention was obviously not offending matter. Obviously, it is missed.

The POO of centipedes can also save the world

&amp; lt; p &amp; gt; SCIENCES - In addition to its incredible number of limbs, the centipede has other secrets, more intimate. On the side of his excrement. By studying them closely, François-Xavier Joly realized that they had a key role in the process of decomposition of leaves falling in the forest. Without knowing it, the millipedes are valuable CO2 cleaners. Demonstration. &amp; lt; /p &amp; gt; &lt; p &gt;<p>also on the HuffPost:</p>