羽毛ケイトウ（赤） (Plumed Cockscomb: Red)

　羽毛ケイトウ（羽毛鶏頭、ヒユ科）。2010年8月30日、堺市・笠池公園で撮影。

Plumed Cockscomb; botanical name, Celosia argentea var. plumosa; family, Amaranthaceae. The photo was taken at Kasaike Park, Sakai, on August 30, 2010.

From tweets of yesterday (edited by rephrasing, adding words, etc.)

About Astrophysics

"Slowly, painfully Seiji Ozawa regains his bounce," New York Times. —'The conductor Seiji Ozawa has characteristically exuded life, energy and a positive spirit, both on the stage and in personal contact. [ . . .] "I felt that I was very happy that I became a musician," he said. "Music was so important. And then I had so much time, and I couldn’t do anything else, and music became more and more important." '

About Astrophysics

"Eight of the most extreme places in the solar system" (Slide show), Scientific American.

"Non-expanding cosmology attempts to oust Big Bang theory," Technology Review arXiv blog. —David F. Crawford, arXiv:1009.0953v1. (Retweeted by hey_leia)

About Peace and Politics

[Retweet of hutenma1's words] 普天間基地撤去を求める高校生の会：現在、署名2458筆。—署名に協力して上げて下さい。

About Physics

[Retweet of madgestar's words] "Exotic matter could show up in the LHC this year," New Scientist. (Retweeted by fermin771009)

[Retweet of jonmbutterworth's words] Physical Review Letters now accepted the first LHC paper to explore beyond the Standard Model.

About Science

[Retweet of Nobelprize_org] Mark your calendars with the 2010 Nobel Prize Announcement dates, starting on October 4: Announcements of the 2010 Nobel Prizes and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

About Universe and God

"Baroness Greenfield criticizes 'Taliban-like' Stephen Hawking," Telegraph. (Retweeted by Physlad and hey_leia)

Exchange of Words with Friends

[To haisyasan] 珍しい同姓のよしみでフォローさせていただきました。私の父の出身地は石川県七尾市東浜ですが、貴殿もその辺りにご関係はありませんか。

[From haisyasan] 先生の名前は存じております。残念ながら地元丹波篠山市の出身です。よろしくお願いします。

[To haisyasan] お返事のツイートとフォロー、ありがとうございました。丹波篠山のご出身ですか。それでも、はるか遠い祖先でつながっているかも知れませんね。よろしくお願いします。