Saturday, April 30, 2016
Friday, April 29, 2016
Glycan
If in the English-speaking world, one still uses the term carbohydrates,
this is not the case in French, where one uses the term glucides to replace
hydrates de carbone. This is because of recent advances in biochemistry,
in particular the study of glycans. Sugars are less interesting in
and of themselves, but rather in their conjugates with proteins and fats - known as
glycans - and giving rise to glycobiology.
Glycans are the object of many viruses, and are involved in the recognition of
sugar bound proteins by the immune system, at the root of auto-immune illnesses.
They are also involved in the propagation of cancers.
this is not the case in French, where one uses the term glucides to replace
hydrates de carbone. This is because of recent advances in biochemistry,
in particular the study of glycans. Sugars are less interesting in
and of themselves, but rather in their conjugates with proteins and fats - known as
glycans - and giving rise to glycobiology.
Glycans are the object of many viruses, and are involved in the recognition of
sugar bound proteins by the immune system, at the root of auto-immune illnesses.
They are also involved in the propagation of cancers.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Happy!
Went to a student haunt with Lyse (downtown Montreal) and had a bowl of Ramen. Which I managed to eat with chopsticks; trick is, the spoon in the left hand is an intermediate stop between the bowl and self. All the lifting happens with the chopsticks!!
Ramen are wheat-based noodles - a Northern food - as opposed to rice noodles found in pho.
Left greasy-faced and happy.
Saturday, April 23, 2016
TTIP_ CETA
President Obama is in Europe to defend a free-trade treaty between the US and the European Community; he is heading to Hanover, Germany, next. Canada already has an agreement which is very similar. The two need to be voted into law by European nations. There are still some sticking points.
As explained in Le Monde, the concerned sectors are the following:
Cette harmonisation réglementaire concerne pour l'instant neuf secteurs: l'automobile, la pharmacie, la chimie, les cosmétiques, l'ingéniérie, les pesticides, le textile, les appareils médicaux, les technologies de l'information et de la communication. Les services financiers en sont exclus pour l'instant et les services culturels n'en feront définitivement pas partie.
Opponents in North America decry it is an assault on buy local policies that may well cost jobs. Europeans are wary of American regulatory norms - or rather, the lack of them - on the quality of products, environmental protection, product testing (cosmetics) and so forth.
The creation of this large trading zone is seen as necessary to protect developed economies in an increasingly competitive world economy, but it remains a road fraught with difficulties. Opponents are demonstrating in Hanover today.
As explained in Le Monde, the concerned sectors are the following:
Cette harmonisation réglementaire concerne pour l'instant neuf secteurs: l'automobile, la pharmacie, la chimie, les cosmétiques, l'ingéniérie, les pesticides, le textile, les appareils médicaux, les technologies de l'information et de la communication. Les services financiers en sont exclus pour l'instant et les services culturels n'en feront définitivement pas partie.
Opponents in North America decry it is an assault on buy local policies that may well cost jobs. Europeans are wary of American regulatory norms - or rather, the lack of them - on the quality of products, environmental protection, product testing (cosmetics) and so forth.
The creation of this large trading zone is seen as necessary to protect developed economies in an increasingly competitive world economy, but it remains a road fraught with difficulties. Opponents are demonstrating in Hanover today.
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Birthday Wishes
Elizabeth 2 really does have everything. Her son, the Prince of Wales,
has gone so far as to remark that we will all go down in history as having
lived in the era of Elizabeth.
With the difference that I see things as a girl, I would liked to think that the
age of Elizabeth will be remembered as the time when a lot of silly ideas about
women went down.
So on this, the day of her turning 90, I am sending my best wishes and a girlie
present: an idea about how she might want to change her hair. Granted wearing
a crown does impose limitations, she could perhaps go a little in the direction of
the style worn by journalist Sophie Davant, arguably the best haircut on French
television. Happy Birthday, your Majesty!
has gone so far as to remark that we will all go down in history as having
lived in the era of Elizabeth.
With the difference that I see things as a girl, I would liked to think that the
age of Elizabeth will be remembered as the time when a lot of silly ideas about
women went down.
So on this, the day of her turning 90, I am sending my best wishes and a girlie
present: an idea about how she might want to change her hair. Granted wearing
a crown does impose limitations, she could perhaps go a little in the direction of
the style worn by journalist Sophie Davant, arguably the best haircut on French
television. Happy Birthday, your Majesty!
Friday, April 15, 2016
Different
So here's the difference between a therapist and a coach.The therapist may not want to help the patient suffering from something he or she has struggled with themselves, whereas a coach will often work from their own experience to mentor others.
It is a HUGE difference in that one can trust the therapist to offer the best advice on tap. A coach might well be brilliant, but that requires one to judge...
It is a HUGE difference in that one can trust the therapist to offer the best advice on tap. A coach might well be brilliant, but that requires one to judge...
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