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A carved ivory tusk rolls up a conveyor belt into a crusher, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York's Central Park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation destroyed illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Ivory sculptures are on display before being crushed, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York's Central Park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation destroyed illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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A representative from the National Geographic, center, and the Great Plains foundation pick up ivory sculptors before placing them into a crusher, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York's Central Park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation destroyed illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Animal rights activist chant slogans in support of the ivory crush, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York's Central Park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation destroyed illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts over the last two years. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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A New York State Environmental Conservation officer salutes as an ivory sculpture rolls up a conveyor belt into a crusher, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York's Central Park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation destroyed illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Crushed pieces of ivory spill out of a conveyor belt after having been crushed, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in New York's Central Park. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation destroyed illegal ivory confiscated through state enforcement efforts over the last two years. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT. - Flowers in Harold Showalter's garden in Etowah, N.C. He spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)

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One of several staircases Harold Showalter has constructed in his garden in Etowah, N.C. Harold spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home in Etowah, N.C. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT. - Harold Showalter with the crank-operated storage container he constructed from an old planter bed. Showalter spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home in Etowah, N.C. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)

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FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EDT. - Harold Showalter, 81, and his wife Linda are the people featured in the photos, in the half-acre backyard garden he's worked on for the last 19 years that has 23 terraces, all built by Showalter. He spends six days a week in his garden, which he meticulously constructed himself on the hillside behind his Mountain Valley Drive home in Etowah, N.C. He's created a masterpiece with 23 terraces, numerous walkways and a dizzying assortment of plants. (Derek Lacey /The Times-News via AP)

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A firefighter works behind a burned-out fire truck during a wildfire near Kalyvia in Greece, Thursday Aug. 3, 2017. Three firefighters have been hospitalized with burns and local authorities have issued an evacuation order for residents near a seaside town of Kalyvia, south of Athens as a wildfire threatened homes in high winds. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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A man looks at a burned-out car during a wildfire near Kalyvia in Greece, Thursday Aug. 3, 2017. Three firefighters have been hospitalized with burns and local authorities have issued an evacuation order for residents near a seaside town of Kalyvia, south of Athens as a wildfire threatened homes in high winds. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Firefighters work inside of a burned-out building during a wildfire near Kalyvia in Greece, Thursday Aug. 3, 2017. Three firefighters have been hospitalized with burns and local authorities have issued an evacuation order for residents near a seaside town of Kalyvia, south of Athens as a wildfire threatened homes in high winds. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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In this July 29, 2017, photo, corn farmer Jim Carlson of Silver Creek, Nebraska, waits to be interviewed by a television reporter while standing in front of solar panels he is building on his land in the proposed path of the Keystone XL pipeline. Despite new uncertainty over whether TransCanada, the builder of the Keystone XL pipeline will continue the project, longtime opponents in Nebraska aren't letting their guard down and neither are law enforcement officials who may have to react to protests if it wins approval. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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In this July 27, 2017 photo, Lt. Jesse Paluch, the supervising investigator for the state Department of Environmental Conservation in New York City, holds a netsuke carving of 3 men and a fish with a price tag of $14,000, in Albany, N.Y. Nearly two tons of trinkets, statues and jewelry crafted from the tusks of at least 100 slaughtered elephants will be crushed Thursday, Aug. 3 in New York City’s Central Park to demonstrate the state’s commitment to smashing the illegal ivory trade. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)

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Illustration on the American melting pot by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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China Intercession with North Korea Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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This Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, photo released by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources shows a convoy led by a half dozen police vehicles en route to Haleakala National Park, in Maui, Hawaii. Several arrests were made when protesters tried to block the equipment convoy for a solar telescope being built on a Hawaii mountain held sacred by some Native Hawaiians. (Hawaii DLNR via AP)

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This Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) shows protestors blocking the intersection of Kula Highway and Old Haleakala Highway in Maui, Hawaii. Protestors connected themselves with PVC piping to form a human chain across the road to try to block an equipment convoy for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope being built at the summit of Haleakala, a Hawaii mountain held sacred by Native Hawaiians. Several people were arrested. (Hawaii DLNR via AP)

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This Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) shows protestors blocking the intersection of Kula Highway and Old Haleakala Highway in Maui, Hawaii. Protestors connected themselves with PVC piping to form a human chain across the road to try to block an equipment convoy for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope being built at the summit of Haleakala, a Hawaii mountain held sacred by Native Hawaiians. Several people were arrested. (Hawaii DLNR via AP)