Surprising coincidence! & Opening a new epoch!

Today is 26th, June ‼️It's just after one year from the day 【26th, June 2015】 !

On the day last year there was the lab regular seminar and I was presenter. And the day was professor's birthday. We usually celebrate him by giving a birthday party.

It was the last presentation at the former group.

In the seminar I declared my interest and hope in my study.

He had imposed me to find a theme of my doctor course's study totally alone.

He requested me " something completely Creative and Novel ", Not an etude or development .

He instructed me to meditate deeply and alone and just Flounder without reading treatises or books or consulting someone.That was only instruction. 

However I could not conceive of a creative and bright idea just by Meditating alone so I 

 I introduced several treatises interesting to me, 

I insisted that I would cling to spin frustration system, phase transition, Triangular lattice or those derivations from triangular lattice, of course Free Energy!

My supervisor at that time didn't give me any advice or instructive comment as usual.

Moreover, I made a Slide for celebrating his birthday as the last of Slideshow,.

After my presentation we gave a birthday party for Professor ( my former supervisor).

BTW, speaking of the day, it always reminds me that it is a memorial day, because on the day the US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is a legal right across the US.

The topic has often been brought up in talks with my friends, especially who study law.

"Interpreting the U.S. Constitution "

"More recently, ruling such as the 2015 Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage have been seen as victories for proponents of the living Constitution.  

The ruling is based on the Fourteenth Amendment,which says that no state could deny "the equal protection of the laws "to its citizens.

However, it is almost certain that when it was passed in 1868, it was not meant to extend to homosexuals,whose behavior was generally considered sinful at the time.

The modern Supreme Court,however,ruled that discriminating against same-sex couples was unconstitutional.

Although people such as law professor Adam Winker of the University of California,Los Angeles,have called this "one more nail in the coffin of Originalism ", shifts in judicial opinion happen regularly,as Supreme Court justices are appointed by political administration with differing views on constitutional interpretation."

(Extracted from Eiken grade 1 , 2015-3 )

My close friend described the coincidence as 

" Surprising coincidence! & Opening a new epoch!".

Oh, it's pity!

I will be able to challenge this test again next January because I can never manage the schedule on the day at any costs.(>_<)

昨年のこの日、研究室セミナーで私が発表者だった。そして、この日は先生のお誕生日。量子研では毎年当日かその前後に教授のお誕生日パーティーを開く。

それは、私にとって量子研で最後のセミナー発表と先生のお誕生日パーティーになってしまった。。。

そのセミナーで、私は、自分の研究興味と願いを宣言した。

彼は、博士課程の研究テーマで習作や発展ではなく《何か完全に創造的で新しいもの》

を完全に1人で考えて持ってくるように課した。

そして、彼は、私に、他者の論文や本を読んだり誰かに相談するのではなく、ただ1人で沈思黙考して、のたうちまわるべきだ、と言った。それが唯一の指導だった。

しかし、そんなことは私にはとてもできなかった。だから、私は、いくつか興味惹かれる論文を紹介し、私は、そこの内容の習作・発展をやりたいと伝えた。私は、セミナーで、今後も三角格子、またはその派生格子、スピンフラストレーション、相転移、そして自由エネルギーに固執し続けると主張した。

いつものことだったが指導教員は、有用なアドバイスや教育的なコメントはなにも下さらなかった。

私は、セミナー発表スライドの最後には、彼のお誕生日会の為のスライドを作っておいた。

その直後は、先生のお誕生日会だったから。

ところで、この6月26日といえば、私はいつもこの記念すべき日を思い出す。

「米連邦最高裁判所は２０１５年６月２６日、同性婚を合憲とし、州法で禁じることを違憲とする判決を下しました。」

この話題、特に法学系の友達と時々話題にに持ち上がるしね。

まさにその印象的な歴史に残るような日が、私の最後のセミナーとお誕生日会だったと話したら、親友が

" Surprising coincidence! & Opening a new epoch!".

だって（笑）。

英検一級2015年3回目の問題より。

"Interpreting the U.S. Constitution "

"More recently, ruling such as the 2015 Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage have been seen as victories for proponents of the living Constitution.  

The ruling is based on the Fourteenth Amendment,which says that no state could deny "the equal protection of the laws "to its citizens.

However, it is almost certain that when it was passed in 1868, it was not meant to extend to homosexuals,whose behavior was generally considered sinful at the time.

The modern Supreme Court,however,ruled that discriminating against same-sex couples was unconstitutional.

Although people such as law professor Adam Winker of the University of California,Los Angeles,have called this "one more nail in the coffin of Originalism ", shifts in judicial opinion happen regularly,as Supreme Court justices are appointed by political administration with differing views on constitutional interpretation."

この試験、【どうしても調整できない予定】のせいで、長らく受験できないのが残念だなぁ！

来年１月こそ受けれたらいいのだけど……