The cats’ house This entry is a description of an illustration I downloaded below of Franco Matticchio, an Italian illustrator. I’ve counted 28 cats in the picture, without counting cats on TV in the middle at the right and on paintings hanged at the back of the room; and I may have forgotten some of them. On this picture, cats are like humans living in a developed country, enjoying a lot of comfort. Cats are having human behaviour : one of them is taking a book in the book-case. Another is opening the fridge. In the foreground, there is a table. 3 cats are sit down on chairs around the table and one of them has a plate in front of him. A fourth cat is lying on the table. In the foreground at the right there is a bed and a beside table. A cat is sleeping on the bed, and another is looking at him in back of the bed with only his head above. The odd thing is that beside the bed, there is a carpet with 3 slippers instead of 2 usually. As cats are everywhere, maybe a cat is hiding or sleeping in the cabinet at the left since doors aren’t closed. On the cabinet, there are 3 cactus. Beside the cabinet, a cat is playing with a ball of wool. In the middle at the right, there is a space dedicated to a living room where 4 cats are watching on TV. Two are sitting down or lying on sofa, one is sitting in front of the TV, and another is behind the pillar. Above the living room, a cat is walking vertically on the lamp wire, as if it was normal. On the pillar, there is a phone and memos which are pinned above and below. At the window, two cats are looking what happens inside. In the background, there is a kitchen and stairs leading to another room. A cat is going down the stairs, and another is waiting front to a closed door, beside a coat rack where are hanged a coat, a hat, and an umbrella. What might have happened ? Was there any witch who changed humans in cats ?

Nice studio flat, ideal situation, and nice host. For the St Valentin’s day we planned to go on Nice’s carnival but because of weathers conditions and raining, carnival’s processions were canceled. Even so we passed a good time, and the Did’s apartment contributed a lot for that. The St Valentin’s day went off pleasantly partly because it was a nice and convenient place. For the lunch, we bought a chocolate mousse cake in the pastry Serein, opposite to the Monopry, and it was absolutely delicious. In addition, Did indicated us a cheap butchery with tasty meat near the flat. The flat has an ideal situation because it is near everything in the old Nice, and the many stairs to reach the flat are quickly forgotten and keep us in form ! There are a lot of restaurants, bars, and shops that we can reach less than 5 minutes walking, of course including the pretty streets of the old Nice which are everywhere, and sea. Despite the perfect situation, the flat was very quiet! And it offered us a beautiful view over the rooftops. Did got us a pleasant welcome, taking the time to give us recommendations, presenting us his apartment and himself. He offered us a bottle of wine and he left available a basket with various kind of tea each one more appetizing than others and fruits. In addition, he was very flexible on schedule. Thanks a lot, Did.

Life beyond our planet. Is there any extraterrestrial life in the universe? The question seems to belong to science fiction, but we still have so much to learn. According to "BBC", «a number of respected scientists speculate that extraterrestrial life» (1). Some of them believe that there is a lot of different civilizations: « Some such as Frank Drake have even attempted to estimate the number of civilisations in our galaxy based on what we know about the Universe and life on Earth. »(1) He invented an equation called Drake equation which schematically based on averages and fractions of stars, planets, planets where life can be supported and where life can develop with intelligence, civilizations who can develop technology that releases detectable signs of their existence into space and the lenght of this signs. (2) According to "business insider", the optimistic estimate give a result around 140 000 species. (3) We could infer that statistically it is improbable that there isn’t intelligent life somewhere else in the universe. The 22nd of January 2015, the Times newspaper issued an article about an important discovery revealed by the NASA. « Since 2009 NASA’s Kepler Mission has been exploring the Milky Way using an extraordinary powerful space telescope. » (4) They recently announced the discovery of three earth-like planets where life could be thrive. But there still are thousands of planets candidate to inspect in order to discover where life could exist or develop. (5) What makes a planet habitable is liquid water available on a planet. That is to say temperatures shouldn’t be too high or too low. One of the earth-like planet is called « Kepler-62-f » and it spins around a star which is 2.5 billions years (6) older than our sun. So if a civilization exists on this planet, it could be older than our and have superior technology. The astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell said that « governments over the last 60 years had covered up the aliens' visitations and their obvious technological superiority. » He considered he was "privileged enough to be in on the fact that we've been visited on this planet and the UFO phenomena is real". (7)