K-SEC
Meeting Summary
October 3, 2016
Here is a summary of the materials we read at the K-SEC meeting on October 3, 2016.
- Attendees (in ABC order):
Kanzawa, Kotake, Nishimura, Nishiwaki, Sadayasu, Sekiguchi, Shirashoji, Tomozawa, Tsurumoto, (Total of 9)
- Reading materials
- Hillary Clintonfor President - Sekiguchi
This is the New York Times editorial endorsing Hillary Clinton for president.
In any normal election year, we’d compare the two presidential candidates side by side on the issues. But this is not a normal election year. A comparison like that would be an empty exercise in a race where one candidate — our choice, Hillary Clinton — has a record of service and a raft of pragmatic ideas, and the other, Donald Trump, discloses nothing concrete about himself or his plans while promising the moon and offering the stars on layaway. (We will explain in a subsequent editorial why we believe Mr. Trump to be the worst nominee put forward by a major party in modern American history.)
The 2016 campaign has brought to the surface the despair and rage of poor and middle-class Americans who say their government has done little to ease the burdens that recession, technological change, foreign competition and war have heaped on their families.
Over 40 years in public life, Hillary Clinton has studied these forces and weighed responses to these problems. Our endorsement is rooted in respect for her intellect, experience, toughness and courage over a career of almost continuous public service, often as the first or only woman in the arena.
As first lady, she rebounded from professional setbacks and personal trials with astounding resilience. Over eight years in the Senate and four as secretary of state, she built a reputation for grit and bipartisan collaboration.Mrs. Clinton has shown herself to be a realist who believes America cannot simply withdraw behind oceans and walls, but must engage confidently in the world to protect its interests and be true to its values, which include helping others escape poverty and oppression.
We trust Hillary Clinton is fully qualified for the job, and the country should put her to work.
2. The benefit of going bald – Sadayasu
This is an article by BBC’s by Zaria Gorvett which talks humorously about some bright side of going bald.
For as long as men have had access to mirrors, they’ve been fretting about their scalps getting lonely. It was a particular obsession of Julius Caesar, who tried everything to get his hair back; the wreath of laurels he wore was less a nod to Roman tradition than an attempt at covering up his shiny pate.
How to prevent or recover hair once lost was their obsession. The Vikings used a lotion of goose poo. The ancient Greek medic Hippocrates believed the best cure for baldness was really pigeon droppings. One 5,000 year-old Egyptian recipe suggested blending the burned prickles of a hedgehog immersed in oil with honey, alabaster, red ochre, etc.
Alas, none of them worked. Since then, people spent enormous time and efforts to come up with something to prevent men going bald. Many theories have been were given and many products introduced. For example, in 1897, a wave of panic rippled across the globe after a French dermatologist announced he had discovered the true culprit: a microbe. But he lost his hair like any other bald men. .
At present we are in general consensus that people inherit the baldness while they are in their mother’s womb by a potent break-down product of certain hormone. Well, there is not much you can do about it.
Then, the article points out the bright side of going bald. While the bald and balding men may not be considered as physically attractive as the other men, the bald men are generally rated as more intelligent, influential, knowledgeable, well-educated, high social status, honest and helpful.
- Role assignment for October 17, 2016
Kotake, NIshimura
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