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Fred Uytengsu (Alaska CEO) and Guy Concepcion (athlete/swim coach) traversing the waters off Mactan. They placed 4th and 5th place respectively in the Competitive Category.
PCC supports 2nd Olango Challenge
Open water swimming competition from Pacific Cebu Resort in Brngy. Subabasbas to Tambuli in Brngy. Maribago. A distance of 6 kms.
North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers of the 188th Engineer Company (Vertical) play in the Sam McQuade Sr. Charity Softball Tournament, Defenders of Freedom Division, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on July 7, 2012. Sgt Christopher McKay, of the 188th's Other Guys scores as Spc Aaron Pitcher follows, in a game against the Outlaws. (Photo by Spc Chelsea Miller, 188th Engineer Company)
One the guys from the Batu Hijua mine and his girl friend and the Manager from another establishment, The Tropicana Resort, which is just down the road a little way. Having talked to him, they run surfing safari's, organise travel, accomodation, the whole lot out of Bali and Lombok.
These were a group of really fun guys! They wanted to take photo after photo... it was kind of ironic.. they actually wanted more than the bridesmaids did! LOL
This is the first time I've seen a Red Velvet Mite since this guy; www.flickr.com/photos/katievision/907673022/ Four years, almost to the day. And by the way, the 'red fuzzy bug' is my MOST viewed flickr photo EVER. I think they must only come out after rain on cloudy mornings in July...? I guess I'll look them up and give you the real facts.... your nature science info on these fascinating bugs; Mites are curious creatures closely related to ticks, but fortunately, most do not bother humans. Velvet mites are harmless to humans.
Mites in the family Trombidiidae are the large red velvet mites found in the soil, soil litter, and other terrestrial habitats. These mites have a complex life cycle. The several instars of larvae generally are parasitic on insects such as grasshoppers, beetles, and aphids, but adults are free-living predators of small arthropods and their eggs. Because of their feeding habits, velvet mites have been considered as possible biological control agents for invertebrate pest species.
The velvet mites found in the deserts likely are in the genus Dinothrombium because members of the genus are found in sandy desert areas. Other mites that look similar to these are in the genus Thrombium, which are found in organic soils. Velvet Mite (Family Trombidiidae, Dinothrombium spp.)
On desert soils, Dinothrombium adults only come out on the surface of the sand after heavy rain and may only forage for a few hours per year. After a complex mating dance, female Dinothrombium lay as many as 100,000 eggs.
As might be expected based on the bright red color, velvet mite taste bad and are avoided by predators. On the other hand, extracts from red velvet mites are used for the treatment of male infertility in traditional eastern medicine.
2 guys from different social classes, generation, equal passion. Playing Chess.
Market St San Francisco.
A pleasant evening on the Tableview beachfront
Shot these using a Pentax Asahi 55mm f/1.8 Prime Lens on my Canon EOS 500D Body using an adapter ring.
VERY pleased with the results.
The Aperture ring was wide-open at f/1.8 and focus was set to infinity.
I changed the focus during some of the exposures, but they all started at ∞.
SANTA ROSA, CALIF - OCT 28, 2010: Guy Fieri, photographed inside his Johnny Garlic's restaurant in Santa Rosa, California. PHOTO BY JOHN LEE
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