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For The Food Network’s Guy Fieri, host of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” Deborah Lee of Papa's Soul Food Kitchen and BBQ, prepared the Soul Burger which has among its ingredients ground pork with a blend of spices, onion, green bell pepper, celery, BBQ sauce, crispy southern-fried onions, coleslaw, cornmeal bun. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Portraits14.jpg Eugene playwright Rachael Carnes received an Oregon Arts Commission Career Opportunity grant toward creating a full-length piece based on her 10-minute play on the life of Sarah “Sally” Hemings. Eugene playwright Rachael Carnes received an Oregon Arts Commission Career Opportunity grant toward creating a full-length piece based on her 10-minute play on the life of Sarah “Sally” Hemings. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/RMNP_VIP_2013_Nelson_WebRez-144.jpg Road Hogs ESTES PARK, COLORADO The Road Hogs are a group of olders volunteers who work on the byways of Rocky Mountain National Park. 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The group also is working with the larger Oregon Distillers Guild to lobby for regulation changes and reduced state taxes on their industry. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Portraits10.jpg Brendan O'Meara is the creator of the "Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara." Brendan O'Meara is the creator of the "Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'Meara." https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/WheelerNeonSky13.jpg Marvin Mabe pause while returning from the Fossil Mercantile in Fossil, Oregon. Marvin Mabe pause while returning from the Fossil Mercantile in Fossil, Oregon. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/NeonSky12.jpg Shelley Bowerman holds a Spring Veggies assortment to be delivered to a CSA member of Moondog’s Farm in Eugene. Bowerman has also started Lane County Bounty, an online marketplace for local goods that she had in the works before the coronavirus pandemic. "I wanted to create a place where all of the local farmers could showcase what they do best and where the consumer could find everything that they need," Bowerman said. Shelley Bowerman holds a Spring Veggies assortment to be delivered to a CSA member of Moondog’s Farm in Eugene. Bowerman has also started Lane County Bounty, an online marketplace for local goods that she had in the works before the coronavirus pandemic. "I wanted to create a place where all of the local farmers could showcase what they do best and where the consumer could find everything that they need," Bowerman said. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Bangladesh040620101657.jpg People | Andy Nelson Photography and Multimedia Photojournalist View People by Andy Nelson Photography and Multimedia Photojournalist. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/SINGLES05.jpg President Clinton President Bill Clinton listens to a speech while at the White House in Washington, DC in 1998. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/_A256663.jpg People | Andy Nelson Photography and Multimedia Photojournalist View People by Andy Nelson Photography and Multimedia Photojournalist. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/WheelerNeonSky5.jpg Health care officials in Wheeler County have met the challenge of keeping the coronavirus in check. But it has required hard work and consistent communication with the community. From left, Wheeler County Public Health and Asher Community Heath Center liaison Joan Field, Wheeler County Public Health Administrator Dr. Robert Boss, Wheeler County Public Health Program Coordinator Karen Woods and Wheeler County Public Health Nurse for their Covid-19 response Sharen Milligan Health care officials in Wheeler County have met the challenge of keeping the coronavirus in check. But it has required hard work and consistent communication with the community. From left, Wheeler County Public Health and Asher Community Heath Center liaison Joan Field, Wheeler County Public Health Administrator Dr. Robert Boss, Wheeler County Public Health Program Coordinator Karen Woods and Wheeler County Public Health Nurse for their Covid-19 response Sharen Milligan https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/SINGLES02.jpg Benezir Bhutto WASHINGTON, DC Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benezir Bhutto. https://andynelsonphotos.com/wheeler-county,-oregon---wide-open-spaces-with-no-covid-cases monthly 0.8 https://andynelsonphotos.com/unlocking-climate-secrets-in-vietnam's-ancient-trees monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/VietnamTreesExpedition09.jpg Unlocking Climate History in Trees DALAT, VIETNAM Le Canh Nam, forest specialist with the technical and scientific research department of Bidoup Nui Ba National Park, cores a fokienia tree in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park near Dalat, Vietnam. Known to the Vietnamese as Po Mu, the fokienia trees were the focus of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory tree ring laboratory expedition. Trees in excess of 700-years old were found by the researchers during their work in the park. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Vietnamexpedition08.jpg Unlocking Climate History in Trees DALAT, VIETNAM The trip to the research site in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park near Dalat, Vietnam entailed a long journey by motorcycle then a hike into the campground. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/VietnamTreesExpedition02.jpg Unlocking Climate History in Trees DALAT, VIETNAM Buckley ferries bags across the Da Nhim River on the border of Bidoup Nui Ba National Park near Dalat, Vietnam. Heavy rains washed away the bridge that normally makes crossing easier. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Vietnamexpedition13.jpg Unlocking Climate Secrets in Vietnam's Ancient Trees | Andy Nelson Photography and Multimedia Photojournalist View Unlocking Climate Secrets in Vietnam's Ancient Trees by Andy Nelson Photography and Multimedia Photojournalist. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Vietnamexpedition21.jpg Unlocking Climate History in Trees DALAT, VIETNAM Brendan Buckley, Doherty Research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Tree Ring Laboratory, pauses while hiking to ancient trees in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park near Dalat, Vietnam. Buckley has worked hard to forge collaborations with Vietnamese researchers and park officials in an effort to gain access to ancient trees in the Central Highlands. 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The five millimeter corer is hollow and as it drills into the tree, a smal core of tree rings is encased in the corer. The core is then removed and placed in a tube for transport back to the lab where it will be mounted sanded and the tree rings analyzed. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/anewtrees01.jpg Unlocking Climate History in Trees DALAT, VIETNAM Le Canh Nam, forest specialist with the technical and scientific research department of Bidoup Nui Ba National Park, cores a fokienia tree in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park near Dalat, Vietnam. Nham found the grove of trees used by the expedition on previous forays into the forest. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Vietnamexpedition63.jpg Unlocking Climate History in Trees DALAT, VIETNAM The ancient trees host a myriad of plant specieds including wild orchids. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/anewtrees06.jpg Unlocking Climate History in Trees DALAT, VIETNAM Le Canh Nam, forest specialist with the technical and scientific research department of Bidoup Nui Ba National Park, cores a fokienia tree in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park near Dalat, Vietnam. Nham found the grove of trees used by the expedition on previous forays into the forest. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/VietnamTreesExpedition10.jpg Unlocking Climate History in Trees DALAT, VIETNAM Kevin Anchukaitis, postdoctoral research fellow at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Tree Ring Laboratory, left, listens with mobil ranger team leader Cao Minh Tri, as Le Canh Nam, right, discusses a core sample from a fokienia tree. The Vietnamese rangers and researchers are essential to the success of work done by the tree ring scientists providing logistical support and intimate knowledge of the forest and its environs. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/VietnamTreesExpedition11.jpg Unlocking Climate History in Trees DALAT, VIETNAM Tightly spaced growth rings show the slow pace of growth of a fokienia tree in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park near Dalat, Vietnam. The core is placed in a tube for transport back to the lab where it will be mounted sanded and the tree rings analyzed. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/VietnamTreesExpedition13.jpg Unlocking Climate History in Trees DALAT, VIETNAM Buckley bathes in a creek near base camp after his first day of field work in the park. They were able to core 8 trees the first day finding trees with rings that likely put the trees older than 500 years. https://andynelsonphotos.com/home monthly 0.8 https://andynelsonphotos.com/sports monthly 0.8 https://andynelsonphotos.com/ngamba-island-chimpanzee-sanctuary monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Chimp.jpg Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary ENTEBBE, UGANDA https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/SINGLES18.jpg Caregiver ENTEBBE, UGANDA Robert Okello, a caregiver at Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda, rests with a young chimp after playing on a forest walk on the 100-acre island. 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Joe Biden, left, watches as fellow candidate John Edwards emerges from speaking to the Bremer County Democrats Summer Fundraiser in Waverly, Iowa. Biden was making the rounds talking to potential supporters in caucus and primary states in his second run at the presidency. He trailed Edwards significantly in the polls. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Biden04.jpg The Lonely Run of Joe Biden IOWA Biden, left, waited with his granddaughter, Naomi Biden, while being introduced at the Bremer County Democrats Summer Fundraiser in Waverly, Iowa. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Biden03.jpg The Lonely Run of Joe Biden IOWA Biden made an emphatic point about the war in Iraq while speaking to the Bremer County Democrats Summer Fundraiser in Waverly, Iowa. 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Sporadic gunfire was heard during the day. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/98586017_an002red.jpg Thailand Protests Red shirt protesters interlock arms as they move in unison while confronting police while marching down the street to the residence of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/98586017_an011red.jpg Thailand Protests Thai "red shirt" protesters cheer after singing the Thai National Anthem at their main protest site in Bangkok Thailand's central commercial district. The protesters had changed their shirts from red to many colors on orders of their leaders to more easily blend in with the publice. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/98586017_an001turmoil.jpg Thailand Protests Anti-government protesters rebuild across across a major Bangkok intersection near Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand. 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Six soldiers were killed during the fighting. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/MayhemSlideshow112.jpg Thailand Protests A protester pauses at the end of the day after skirmishes with the military. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/MayhemSlideshow070.jpg Thailand Protests Buddhist monks pray with Red Shirt protesters at their main stage area in the heart of Bangkok. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/MayhemSlideshow134.jpg Thailand Protests Men run for cover on May 19 as the military begins their crackdown to break up the protests. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/MayhemSlideshow121.jpg Thailand Protests A unarmed man falls after being shot while trying to help his comrades collect a wounded Red Shirt protester. More than 80 civilians were killed during the three-month span. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/MayhemSlideshow127.jpg Thailand Protests A wounded man is dragged to safety by two fellow protesters after he was shot while trying to help his comrades collect a wounded Red Shirt protester. More than 80 civilians were killed during the three-month span. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/MayhemSlideshow135.jpg Thailand Protests The leaders of the Red Shirts call off their protest early in the afternoon after bloodshed in the morning. The leaders turned themselves into police. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/MayhemSlideshow138.jpg Thailand Protests A Red Shirt supporter weeps as her leaders tell her to abandon the protest location they had occupied for nearly two months. The military was approaching the location quickly when the leaders made their announcement. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/MayhemSlideshow157.jpg Thailand Protests A soldier checks the abandoned protest site. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/MayhemSlideshow156.jpg Thailand Protests A lone Red Shirt sits in a sea of abandoned seats unwilling to leave the rally site. The crackdown marked the end of the latest round of political turmoil in the country. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/MayhemSlideshow160.jpg Thailand Protests A tattered Thai flag blows as CentralWorld begins to burn. What started as a small fire later engulfed the building. https://andynelsonphotos.com/bangladesh-levy-builders monthly 0.8 https://andynelsonphotos.com/iraq---in-the-beginning monthly 0.8 https://andynelsonphotos.com/food-insecurity-in-southern-africa monthly 0.8 https://andynelsonphotos.com/kosovo---exodus-and-return monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo03.jpg Exodus KUKES, ALBANIA Kosovars flee into Albania after being driven from their homes by Serbian paramilitary units. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo01.jpg Exodus KUKES, ALBANIA Kosovars flee into Albania after being driven from their homes by Serbian paramilitary units. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo02.jpg Exodus KUKES, ALBANIA Kosovars embrace in relief after they safely crossed the Albanian border from Kosovo. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo04.jpg Exodus KUKES, ALBANIA A Kosovar girl holds back tears as she crosses into Albania. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo05.jpg Exodus KUKES, ALBANIA Many refugees showed the wear of walking or riding miles to reach safety. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo06.jpg Exodus KUKES, ALBANIA Kosovars query an Albanian border guard about where to go after crossing from Kosovo. Information was limited for those crossing the border. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/SINGLES07.jpg Exodus KUKES, ALBANIA A family rearranges children on their tractor as they flee Kosovo in Albania. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo07.jpg Exodus KUKES, ALBANIA Kovovar refugees take cover under plastic sheeting. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo08.jpg Exodus KUKES, ALBANIA Thousands fled the ethnic violence in Kosovo and found refuge in Albania. Most left with onlya few possessions. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo10.jpg Exodus TIRANA, ALBANIA Children from Kosovo play in an abandoned swimming pool at a refugee camp in Albania. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo11.jpg Return PRIZREN, KOSOVO Kosovars wave to NATO troops as they cross back into the country. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo12.jpg Return DJAKOVICA, KOSOVO The old town of Djokovica was destroyed by Serbian paramilitary units. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo13.jpg Return DJOKOVICA, KOSOVO The old town of Djokovica was destroyed by Serbian paramilitary units. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo14.jpg Return PRIZREN, KOSOVO The silhouette of an executed Kosovar is all that remains on the floor of his home. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo15.jpg Return PRIZREN, KOSOVO Kosovars react to the sight of burned out buildings on their return home. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo16.jpg Return PRIZREN, KOSOVO Men pick through the rubble of their home burned by retreating Serbian troops. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo17.jpg Return PRIZREN, KOSOVO Back at her home, a young Kosovar picks fresh cherries. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo18.jpg Return PRIZREN, ALBANIA Food is offloaded and stored after a familiy returned home to Kosovo. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/Kosovo19.jpg Return PRIZREN, ALBANIA Despite their home being burned out, a Kosovar family still gathers for an afternoon meal on the grounds.