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  • The downtown Reno, Nevada, skyline is barely visible due to wildfire smoke on Monday, July 30, 2018. According to Washoe County health authorities, several wildfires burning in Nevada and in California have caused air quality to deteriorate in the Reno, Nevada, area over the past week. Health officials in Washoe County Health District's Air Quality Management have reported that Washoe County experienced the highest (worst) level of ozone air pollution since 2008. An Air Quality Index (AQI) for ozone was 140 this past Sunday, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups. The highest ever for ozone in Washoe County was an AQI of 164 in 1984, Unhealthy.
    Wildfire Smoke_Reno_2018073055969.JPG
  • The downtown Reno, Nevada, skyline is barely visible due to wildfire smoke on Monday, July 30, 2018. According to Washoe County health authorities, several wildfires burning in Nevada and in California have caused air quality to deteriorate in the Reno, Nevada, area over the past week. Health officials in Washoe County Health District's Air Quality Management have reported that Washoe County experienced the highest (worst) level of ozone air pollution since 2008. An Air Quality Index (AQI) for ozone was 140 this past Sunday, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups. The highest ever for ozone in Washoe County was an AQI of 164 in 1984, Unhealthy.
    Wildfire Smoke_Reno_2018073055962.JPG
  • Thursday, July 26, 2018<br />
Many park and concession employees and campground hosts remain in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California, during the valley closure. Yosemite Valley closed at noon yesterday to all visitors due air quality and firefighting personnel and equipment on the roads due to the Ferguson Fire. The fire is burning near the park's El Portal entrance.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Yosemite Valley closed to visitors at 12:00 noon today, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, due air quality and safety concerns due to a wildfire burning near the park. The Ferguson Fire has closed Highway 140, one of the main arteries into the park. Many park employees, park concession employees and campground hosts remain inside Yosemite Valley at present.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Yosemite Valley closed to visitors at 12:00 noon today, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, due air quality and safety concerns due to a wildfire burning near the park. The Ferguson Fire has closed Highway 140, one of the main arteries into the park. Many park employees, park concession employees and campground hosts remain inside Yosemite Valley at present.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Tuesday, July 24, 2018
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Tuesday, July 24, 2018
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • EVA RUPPEL sits at her front door on her rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Ruppel does not cage the +/-170 dogs she has rescued, allowing them freedom to interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property, as well as inside her home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and rehome Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
<br />
It is impossible to visit Sri Lanka without seeing street dogs in nearly every public space, near hotels, guest houses and restaurants, schools, offices, markets, hospitals, police stations, bus terminals, railway stations, temples, etc. These dogs do not have their own homes, but they are usually highly tolerated and are typically fed collectively by people in a particular area.<br />
<br />
According to the NGO, Kandy Association for Community Protection through Animal Welfare (KACPAW), 100 unsterilized dogs will give rise to 3,000 dogs in one year. The Sri Lankan government, as well as several NGOs, work to spay/neuter animals, but there is need to educate the public and maintain funds to stay on top of their efforts.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
While married, Ruppel’s husband asked that the couple keep only three dogs in their home at any one time, and she respected his wishes. This 60-something year old lost her husband to a ruptured brain blood vessel in 1995 when he was 51 years old, after nine years of marriage. After his death, she began rescuing more and more animals and she now lives with 170 dogs, plus a dozen or so cats.<br />
<br />
With the support of her father, she started Tikiri Trust. Her father passed away in 2011, and he left her an inheritance, which she continues to use to support her cause. <br />
<br />
Ruppel, who is fluent in German, English and Sinhala, said that she has found homes for “hundreds, if not thousands” of dogs. She
    Rescuing Sri Lanka Dogs_201802215999...jpg
  • PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP speaks with Nevada Governor BRIAN SANDOVAL, after exiting Air Force One with BEN CARSON in Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. Behind Trump, Sandoval and Carson is Nevada GOP State Chairman, MICHAEL J. MCDONALD. <br />
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Trump is speaking at the American Legion convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. The American Legion is a war time veterans association that often holds its annual convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
    Barbutes_TrumpReno_20170823-28706.jpg
  • PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP waves to VIP guests before departing the Reno, Nevada, airport on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. <br />
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The President is speaking at the American Legion convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. The American Legion is a war time veterans association that often holds its annual convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
    Barbutes_TrumpReno_20170823-28925.jpg
  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
TOMMY CALDWELL (bottom-yellow shirt) works his way through a difficult move while his climbing partner, KEVIN JORGESON (Center-green shirt) watches, as the two men attempt to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California. Multiple cameramen document the climber's final pitches on this historic climb.
    201501147990_DawnWall_Barbutes.jpg
  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
TOMMY CALDWELL (Top-yellow shirt, red helmet) raises his arm as he tops out on the Dawn Wall on Yosemite National Park's El Capitan (El Cap). On belay blow, his climbing partner, KEVIN JORGESON (Bottom-red shirt) raises his arm toward CALDWELL. CALDWELL is the first man to free climb the Dawn Wall, long considered by many in the climbing world to be an impossible feat.
    201501144373_DawnWall_Barbutes.jpg
  • A Yosemite National Park concession employee walks through a rather desolate and smoky Yosemite Valley on Thursday afternoon, July 26, 2018. Yosemite Valley closed at noon yesterday to all visitors due to poor air quality as well as for safety concerns. Firefighting personnel and equipment are traveling through the park, as well as along adjacent roads because of the Ferguson Fire burning near the park's El Portal entrance. Park and concession employees and campground hosts remain in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California, during the closure.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Thursday, July 26, 2018<br />
A smoke plume, as seen from Highway 120 in Yosemite National Park, rises from the Ferguson Fire, burning above El Portal, California. Yosemite Valley closed at noon yesterday to all visitors due to poor air quality and safety concerns. Firefighting personnel and equipment are traveling through the park, as well as along adjacent roads due to the Ferguson Fire. The fire is burning close to the park's El Portal entrance.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Yosemite National Park concession employees walk through a Half Dome Village parking lot on Thursday afternoon, July 26, 2018. Yosemite Valley closed at noon yesterday to all visitors due to poor air quality as well as for safety concerns. Firefighting personnel and equipment are traveling through the park, as well as along adjacent roads because of the Ferguson Fire burning near the park's El Portal entrance.Park and concession employees and campground hosts remain in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California, during the closure.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Thursday, July 26, 2018<br />
Upper Pines campground remains empty and enshrouded in smoke and an orange haze due to the Ferguson Fire burning near the park's El Portal entrance. Yosemite Valley closed at noon yesterday to all visitors due to poor air quality and for safety concerns. Firefighting personnel and equipment are traveling through the park as well as on adjacent roads.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Swinging Bridge, typically a popular destination for  Yosemite Valley visitors, is deserted on Thursday afternoon, July 26, 2018. Yosemite Valley closed to all visitors at noon yesterday in part because of poor air quality, as well as for safety reasons due to firefighting personnel and equipment on roads because of the Ferguson Fire. The fire is burning near the park's El Portal entrance.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Yosemite Valley closed to visitors at 12:00 noon today, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, due air quality and safety concerns due to a wildfire burning near the park. The Ferguson Fire has closed Highway 140, one of the main arteries into the park. Many park employees, park concession employees and campground hosts remain inside Yosemite Valley at present.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Yosemite Valley closed to visitors at 12:00 noon today, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, due air quality and safety concerns due to a wildfire burning near the park. The Ferguson Fire has closed Highway 140, one of the main arteries into the park. Many park employees, park concession employees and campground hosts remain inside Yosemite Valley at present.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Yosemite Valley closed to visitors at 12:00 noon today, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, due air quality and safety concerns due to a wildfire burning near the park. The Ferguson Fire has closed Highway 140, one of the main arteries into the park. Many park employees, park concession employees and campground hosts remain inside Yosemite Valley at present.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Yosemite Valley closed to visitors at 12:00 noon today, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, due air quality and safety concerns due to a wildfire burning near the park. The Ferguson Fire has closed Highway 140, one of the main arteries into the park. Many park employees, park concession employees and campground hosts remain inside Yosemite Valley at present.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Tuesday, July 24, 2018
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • EVA RUPPEL visits with three rescued dogs on her property located near Kandy, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Ruppel does not cage the approximate 170 rescued dogs living with her, allowing them freedom to roam and interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property, as well as inside her home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and rehome Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
<br />
It is impossible to visit Sri Lanka without seeing street dogs in nearly every public space, near hotels, guest houses and restaurants, schools, offices, markets, hospitals, police stations, bus terminals, railway stations, temples, etc. These dogs do not have their own homes, but they are usually highly tolerated and are typically fed collectively by people in a particular area.<br />
<br />
According to the NGO, Kandy Association for Community Protection through Animal Welfare (KACPAW), 100 unsterilized dogs will give rise to 3,000 dogs in one year. The Sri Lankan government, as well as several NGOs, work to spay/neuter animals, but there is need to educate the public and maintain funds to stay on top of their efforts.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
While married, Ruppel’s husband asked that the couple keep only three dogs in their home at any one time, and she respected his wishes. This 60-something year old lost her husband to a ruptured brain blood vessel in 1995 when he was 51 years old, after nine years of marriage. After his death, she began rescuing more and more animals and she now lives with 170 dogs, plus a dozen or so cats.<br />
<br />
With the support of her father, she started Tikiri Trust. Her father passed away in 2011, and he left her an inheritance, which she continues to use to support her cause. <br />
<br />
Ruppel, who is fluent in German, English and Sinhala, said that she has found homes for “hundre
    Rescuing Sri Lanka Dogs_201802215017...jpg
  • EVA RUPPEL sits with two rescued puppies at her rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Ruppel does not cage the approximate 170 rescued dogs living with her, allowing them freedom to roam and interact in small packs in multiple pens throughout her property, as well as inside her home. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and rehome Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
<br />
It is impossible to visit Sri Lanka without seeing street dogs in nearly every public space, near hotels, guest houses and restaurants, schools, offices, markets, hospitals, police stations, bus terminals, railway stations, temples, etc. These dogs do not have their own homes, but they are usually highly tolerated and are typically fed collectively by people in a particular area.<br />
<br />
According to the NGO, Kandy Association for Community Protection through Animal Welfare (KACPAW), 100 unsterilized dogs will give rise to 3,000 dogs in one year. The Sri Lankan government, as well as several NGOs, work to spay/neuter animals, but there is need to educate the public and maintain funds to stay on top of their efforts.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
While married, Ruppel’s husband asked that the couple keep only three dogs in their home at any one time, and she respected his wishes. This 60-something year old lost her husband to a ruptured brain blood vessel in 1995 when he was 51 years old, after nine years of marriage. After his death, she began rescuing more and more animals and she now lives with 170 dogs, plus a dozen or so cats.<br />
<br />
With the support of her father, she started Tikiri Trust. Her father passed away in 2011, and he left her an inheritance, which she continues to use to support her cause. <br />
<br />
Ruppel, who is fluent in German, English and Sinhala, said that she has found homes for “hundreds,
    Rescuing Sri Lanka Dogs_201802215018...jpg
  • June 22, 2017<br />
A Neptune Air Tanker drops fire retardant on the Hunter Creek Fire, which is burning just west of downtown Reno, Nevada, on Thursday, June 22, 2017. According to a Truckee Meadows Fire representative, the cause of the fire is not known, but the point of origin is known. The blaze is estimated at 250 acres and is approximately 35% contained. No structures have been damaged. One firefighter suffered a minor heat-related injury. At least eight agencies are battling the fire, burning mostly on U.S. Forest Service land. Washoe County park and trail access is unavailable until investigation and operations are complete.
    BarbutesTracy_HunterCreekFire_201706...jpg
  • June 22, 2017<br />
A Neptune Air Tanker drops fire retardant on the Hunter Creek Fire, which is burning just west of downtown Reno, Nevada, on Thursday, June 22, 2017. According to a Truckee Meadows Fire representative, the cause of the fire is not known, but the point of origin is known. The blaze is estimated at 250 acres and is approximately 35% contained. No structures have been damaged. One firefighter suffered a minor heat-related injury. At least eight agencies are battling the fire, burning mostly on U.S. Forest Service land. Washoe County park and trail access is unavailable until investigation and operations are complete.
    BarbutesTracy_HunterCreekFire_201706...jpg
  • PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP speaks with Nevada Governor BRIAN SANDOVAL and BEN CARSON on the tarmac after exiting Air Force One in Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. <br />
<br />
Trump is speaking at the American Legion convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. The American Legion is a war time veterans association that often holds its annual convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
    Barbutes_TrumpReno_20170823-28712.jpg
  • PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP claps his hand as he walks toward VIP guests at the Reno, Nevada, airport on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. Trump is speaking at the American Legion convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. The American Legion is a war time veterans association that often holds its annual convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
    Barbutes_TrumpReno_20170823-55662.jpg
  • PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP arrives on Air Force One in Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. Trump is speaking at the American Legion convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. The American Legion is a war time veterans association that often holds its annual convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
    Barbutes_TrumpReno_20170823-28535.jpg
  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
Barely visible in the shadows, TOMMY CALDWELL and KEVIN JORGESON hug at the top of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California. The two climbers are the first to free climb this route, often considered by many in climbing communities, to be the most difficult climb in the world. Cameramen stand behind the two to document this historic climb.
    201501144463_DawnWall_Barbutes.jpg
  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
KEVIN JORGESON (Center-light green shirt) traverses toward his climbing partner, TOMMY CALDWELL (Bottom-green shirt) during their attempt to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California. Cameramen join the men on the wall to document the climb.
    201501147961_DawnWall_Barbutes.jpg
  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
TOMMY CALDWELL (yellow shirt) makes his way up the final few feet of the final pitch of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California. Below him, KEVIN JORGESON (red shirt), belays CALDWELL. The two men are the first to free climb the Dawn Wall, considered by many in the climbing community to be the most difficult climb in the world.
    201501144352_DawnWall_Barbutes.jpg
  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
TOMMY CALDWELL (RIGHT-blue shirt, red helmet) belays his climbing partner, KEVIN JORGESON (LEFT-green shirt) as JORGESON moves through a dihedral. The two men are attempting to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California. Cameramen are above the climbers.
    201501144138_DawnWall_Barbutes.jpg
  • Tuesday, December 30, 2014<br />
Either TOMMY CALDWELL or KEVIN JORGESON jumars up to a bivouac site on El Capitan. The two men take a rest day during their attempt to be the first to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California.
    201412302871_DawnWall_Barbutes.jpg
  • Tuesday, December 30, 2014<br />
Either TOMMY CALDWELL or KEVIN JORGESON jumars up to a bivouac site on El Capitan. The men take a rest day during their attempt to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California.
    201412302864_DawnWall_Barbutes.jpg
  • Aramark employee, JODIE HAYES, walks through a desolate Yosemite Valley and listens to music on Thursday afternoon, July 26, 2018. Many park and concession employees and campground hosts remain in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California, during the valley closure. Yosemite Valley closed at noon yesterday to all visitors due air quality and firefighting personnel and equipment on the roads due to the Ferguson Fire. The fire is burning near the park's El Portal entrance. <br />
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Hayes, from Ireland, busses tables at Base Camp and lives at Lost Arrow housing. She said, "It feels like the end of the world and we are the survivors." She will return to Ireland at the end of summer and will graduate from college.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • ALEX (l) and CRISTIAN (r), both from Romania, exit the Merced River near Stoneman Bridge in Yosemite Valley on Thursday afternoon, July 26, 2018. Both men are Aramark employees, a Yosemite National Park concessionaire, and they are on furlough while the Valley is closed to visitors due to the Ferguson Fire. Many park and concession employees and campground hosts remain in Yosemite Valley, California, during the closure. Yosemite Valley closed at noon yesterday to all visitors due to poor air quality, as well as for safety reasons. Firefighting personnel and equipment are traveling through the Valley, as well as roads adjacent to the park. The Ferguson Fire is burning near Yosemite's El Portal entrance.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Swinging Bridge, typically a popular destination for  Yosemite Valley visitors, is deserted on Thursday afternoon, July 26, 2018. Yosemite Valley closed to all visitors at noon yesterday in part because of poor air quality, as well as for safety reasons due to firefighting personnel and equipment on roads because of the Ferguson Fire. The fire is burning near the park's El Portal entrance.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Yosemite Valley closed to visitors at 12:00 noon today, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, due air quality and safety concerns due to a wildfire burning near the park. The Ferguson Fire has closed Highway 140, one of the main arteries into the park. Many park employees, park concession employees and campground hosts remain inside Yosemite Valley at present.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Yosemite Valley closed to visitors at 12:00 noon today, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, due air quality and safety concerns due to a wildfire burning near the park. The Ferguson Fire has closed Highway 140, one of the main arteries into the park. Many park employees, park concession employees and campground hosts remain inside Yosemite Valley at present.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Yosemite Valley closed to visitors at 12:00 noon today, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, due air quality and safety concerns due to a wildfire burning near the park. The Ferguson Fire has closed Highway 140, one of the main arteries into the park. Many park employees, park concession employees and campground hosts remain inside Yosemite Valley at present.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Yosemite Valley closed to visitors at 12:00 noon today, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, due air quality and safety concerns due to a wildfire burning near the park. The Ferguson Fire has closed Highway 140, one of the main arteries into the park. Many park employees, park concession employees and campground hosts remain inside Yosemite Valley at present.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Yosemite Valley closed to visitors at 12:00 noon today, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, due air quality and safety concerns due to a wildfire burning near the park. The Ferguson Fire has closed Highway 140, one of the main arteries into the park. Many park employees, park concession employees and campground hosts remain inside Yosemite Valley at present.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Tuesday, July 24, 2018
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
    BarbutesTracy_YosemiteFergusonFire_2...jpg
  • EVA RUPPEL stands in front of one of many gated pens separating 170 rescued street dogs on her rural property near Kandy, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Ruppel does not cage the animals, allowing them freedom to interact in small packs. Ruppel created Tikiri Trust, with the financial assistance of her father, to rescue and rehome Sri Lanka's street dogs.<br />
<br />
It is impossible to visit Sri Lanka without seeing street dogs in nearly every public space, near hotels, guest houses and restaurants, schools, offices, markets, hospitals, police stations, bus terminals, railway stations, temples, etc. These dogs do not have their own homes, but they are usually highly tolerated and are typically fed collectively by people in a particular area.<br />
<br />
According to the NGO, Kandy Association for Community Protection through Animal Welfare (KACPAW), 100 unsterilized dogs will give rise to 3,000 dogs in one year. The Sri Lankan government, as well as several NGOs, work to spay/neuter animals, but there is need to educate the public and maintain funds to stay on top of their efforts.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
While married, Ruppel’s husband asked that the couple keep only three dogs in their home at any one time, and she respected his wishes. This 60-something year old lost her husband to a ruptured brain blood vessel in 1995 when he was 51 years old, after nine years of marriage. After his death, she began rescuing more and more animals and she now lives with 170 dogs, plus a dozen or so cats.<br />
<br />
With the support of her father, she started Tikiri Trust. Her father passed away in 2011, and he left her an inheritance, which she continues to use to support her cause. <br />
<br />
Ruppel, who is fluent in German, English and Sinhala, said that she has found homes for “hundreds, if not thousands” of dogs. She also provides free spay/neuter clin
    Resuing Sri Lanka Dogs_2018022159982.jpg
  • Used bottles of vinegar, used to clean up after 170 rescued street dogs, are attached to a fence on Eva Ruppel's Tikiri Trust shelter near Kandy, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, February 21, 2018.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
It is impossible to visit Sri Lanka without seeing street dogs in nearly every public space, near hotels, guest houses and restaurants, schools, offices, markets, hospitals, police stations, bus terminals, railway stations, temples, etc. These dogs do not have their own homes, but they are usually highly tolerated and are typically fed collectively by people in a particular area.<br />
<br />
According to the NGO, Kandy Association for Community Protection through Animal Welfare (KACPAW), 100 unsterilized dogs will give rise to 3,000 dogs in one year. The Sri Lankan government, as well as several NGOs, work to spay/neuter animals, but there is need to educate the public and maintain funds to stay on top of their efforts.<br />
<br />
Eva Ruppel left Germany for a three-month visit to Sri Lanka, which included time in a Buddhist meditation retreat, and she remains in this island nation 37 years later.<br />
<br />
While married, Ruppel’s husband asked that the couple keep only three dogs in their home at any one time, and she respected his wishes. This 60-something year old lost her husband to a ruptured brain blood vessel in 1995 when he was 51 years old, after nine years of marriage. After his death, she began rescuing more and more animals and she now lives with 170 dogs, plus a dozen or so cats.<br />
<br />
With the support of her father, she started Tikiri Trust. Her father passed away in 2011, and he left her an inheritance, which she continues to use to support her cause. <br />
<br />
Ruppel, who is fluent in German, English and Sinhala, said that she has found homes for “hundreds, if not thousands” of dogs. She also provides free spay/neuter clinics and free treatment of sick animals. A local area vet comes to her rural shelter several times a month to provide sterilizations and routine health checks and animals sometime
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  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
TOMMY CALDWELL (bottom-yellow shirt) works his way through a difficult move while his climbing partner, KEVIN JORGESON (Center-green shirt) watches, as the two men attempt to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California. Multiple cameramen document the climber's final pitches on this historic climb.
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  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
TOMMY CALDWELL (bottom-yellow shirt) works his way through a difficult move while his climbing partner, KEVIN JORGESON (Center-green shirt) watches. The two men are attempting to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California. Multiple cameramen document the climber's final pitches on this historic climb.
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  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
TOMMY CALDWELL (bottom-yellow shirt) works his way through a difficult move while his climbing partner, KEVIN JORGESON (Center-green shirt) watches, as the two men attempt to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California. Multiple cameramen document the climber's final pitches on this historic climb.
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  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
TOMMY CALDWELL (Top-yellow shirt, red helmet) raises his hand as he tops out on the Dawn Wall, making him the first person to free climb this difficult route on Yosemite National Park's El Capitan (El Cap). His climbing partner, KEVIN JORGESON (Bottom-red shirt) raises his arm while on belay below. Several cameramen surround the climbers to document this historic climb.
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  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
TOMMY CALDWELL (yellow shirt) makes his way up the final few feet of the final pitch of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan, making him the first person to free climb this difficult climb.  His partner, KEVIN JORGESON (red shirt) belays Caldwell. Several camera crew members surround the climbers.
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  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
TOMMY CALDWELL (left-yellow shirt) and KEVIN JORGESON (right-green shirt) work through their final pitches in their attempt to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
Onlookers in El Cap Meadow watch as Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson attempt to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
On a frosty morning in El Cap Meadow in Yosemite National Park, a coyote observes a man looking at El Capitan (El Cap) through binoculars. Onlookers came to watch Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson complete their free ascent of the Dawn Wall.
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  • Tuesday, December 30, 2014<br />
Either TOMMY CALDWELL or KEVIN JORGESON jumars up to their bivouac site on El Capitan. The men take a rest day during their attempt to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • October 4, 2014<br />
CHRIS ISAAK performs at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, on Saturday, October 4, 2014. The annual festival, a free event, runs through Sunday, October 5, 2014. <br />
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, conceived and subsidized by San Francisco venture capitalist Warren Hellman, has been held every year since the first event in 2001.
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  • Yosemite Valley roads were without typical heavy summer traffic on Thursday afternoon, July 26, 2018. Yosemite Valley closed to all visitors at noon yesterday in part because of poor air quality, as well as for safety reasons due to firefighting personnel and equipment on roads because of the Ferguson Fire. The fire is burning near the park's El Portal entrance.
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  • A Yosemite National Park concession employee rides her bike through a desolate Yosemite Valley on Thursday afternoon, July 26, 2018. Park and concession employees and campground hosts remain in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California, during the closure. The Valley closed at noon yesterday to all visitors due to poor air quality and firefighting personnel and equipment on the roads because of the Ferguson Fire. The fire is burning near the park's El Portal entrance.
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  • Thursday, July 26, 2018<br />
CRISTIAN (l) and ALEX (r), both from Romania, chat while atop of Stoneman Bridge in Yosemite Valley. Both men are Aramark employees, a Yosemite National Park concessionaire, and they are on furlough while the Valley is closed to visitors due to the Ferguson Fire. Many park and concession employees and campground hosts remain in Yosemite Valley, California, during the closure. Yosemite Valley closed at noon yesterday to all visitors due to poor air quality, as well as for safety reasons. Firefighting personnel and equipment are traveling through the Valley, as well as roads adjacent to the park. The Ferguson Fire is burning near Yosemite's El Portal entrance.
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  • Thursday, July 26, 2018<br />
A smoke plume, as seen from Highway 120 in Yosemite National Park, rises from the Ferguson Fire, burning above El Portal, California. Yosemite Valley closed at noon yesterday to all visitors due to poor air quality and safety concerns. Firefighting personnel and equipment are traveling through the park, as well as along adjacent roads due to the Ferguson Fire. The fire is burning close to the park's El Portal entrance.
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  • Thursday, July 26, 2018<br />
Upper Pines campground host, JULIE DUPRAY (l), entertains Yosemite National Park rangers, CHARLIE MILLER (c) and KAMERON BIEHL (r) in an RV she shares with her husband, Rusty. Many park and concession employees and campground hosts remain in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California, during the valley closure. Yosemite Valley closed at noon yesterday to all visitors due to poor air quality and for safety concerns. Firefighting personnel and equipment are traveling through the park as well as along adjacent roads due to the Ferguson Fire burning near the park's El Portal entrance.
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  • BRIAN CUSTARD, an Aramark employee from New Braunfels, Texas, prepares for a backcountry hike on Thursday afternoon, July 26, 2018. This is Custard's fifth trip to Yosemite and his first season as a concession employee. He plans to take advantage of his furlough by hiking up to the park's high country, which remains open to visitors. Yosemite Valley closed at noon yesterday to all visitors due to poor air quality and safety concerns. Firefighting personnel and equipment are traveling through the park, as well as along adjacent roads due to the Ferguson Fire burning near the park's El Portal entrance. Many park and concession employees and campground hosts remain in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California, during the valley closure.
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  • Thursday, July 26, 2018<br />
Yosemite National Park concession employees spend time along the Merced River near Stoneman Bridge while on furlough. Park and concession employees and campground hosts remain in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California, during the closure. Yosemite Valley closed at noon yesterday to all visitors due to poor air quality and firefighting personnel and equipment on the roads because of the Ferguson Fire. The fire is burning near the park's El Portal entrance.
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  • Yosemite Valley closed to visitors at 12:00 noon today, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, due air quality and safety concerns due to a wildfire burning near the park. The Ferguson Fire has closed Highway 140, one of the main arteries into the park. Many park employees, park concession employees and campground hosts remain inside Yosemite Valley at present.
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  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
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  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
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  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
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  • Smoke and haze from the Ferguson Fire obliterates views of icon Yosemite National Park icons including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and El Capitan on Thursday, July 19, 2018.
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  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
TOMMY CALDWELL (bottom-yellow shirt) works his way through a difficult move while his climbing partner, KEVIN JORGESON (Center-green shirt) watches, as the two men attempt to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California. Multiple cameramen document the climber's final pitches on this historic climb.
    201501147993_DawnWall_Barbutes.jpg
  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
TOMMY CALDWELL (right-yellow shirt) moves away from and KEVIN JORGESON (left-red shirt) on the final pitch of their attempt to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • Wednesday, January 14, 2015<br />
TOMMY CALDWELL (bottom-yellow shirt) and KEVIN JORGESON (top-green shirt) complete their final pitches in their attempt to free climb the Dawn Wall on El Capitan (El Cap) in Yosemite National Park, California.
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