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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • The band from Punahou School in Hawaii, where President Obama attended stay warm as they wait to march in the parade after the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Before a crowd of more than a million, Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. On an extraordinary day in the life of America, people waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness a young black man take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • The band from Punahou School in Hawaii, where President Obama attended stay warm as they wait to march in the parade after the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Before a crowd of more than a million, Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. On an extraordinary day in the life of America, people waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness a young black man take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • The band from Punahou School in Hawaii, where President Obama attended stay warm as they wait to march in the parade after the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Before a crowd of more than a million, Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. On an extraordinary day in the life of America, people waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness a young black man take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Millions of people came to Washington to the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.  Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness President Obama take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Thousands of people waited in the streets from 2 am in frigid temperatures to be sure to get a spot to see the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Before a crowd of more than a million, Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • A family poses in front of the Capitol in Washington DC ahead of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Before a crowd of more than a million, Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. On an extraordinary day in the life of America, people waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness this historic inauguration.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • A family from Atlanta, Georgia pose in front of the Capitol in Washington DC ahead of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Before a crowd of more than a million, Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. On an extraordinary day in the life of America, people waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness this historic inauguration.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Students from Pitzer College in Claremont, California pose in front of the Capitol in Washington DC ahead of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Before a crowd of more than a million, Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. On an extraordinary day in the life of America, people waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness this historic inauguration.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • People waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness  the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America In Washington DC January 20, 2009. Before a crowd of more than a million, Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States.
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  • Native American Indians from Montana wait with their horses to march in a parade after the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The electric and emotional mood was contagious as Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. .
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  • Baltimore City Police and Air Force guard the parade route in front of religious protestors ahead of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Before a crowd of more than a million, Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. On an extraordinary day in the life of America, people waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness a young black man take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Alabama Police guard the parade route ahead of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Before a crowd of more than a million, Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. On an extraordinary day in the life of America, people waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness a young black man take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Thousands of people waited in the streets from 2 am in frigid temperatures to be sure to see the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The electric and emotional mood was contagious as Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. .
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  • Thousands of people waited in the streets from 2 am in frigid temperatures to be sure to see the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The electric and emotional mood was contagious as Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. .
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  • The United States Capitol is prepared ahead of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. Before a crowd of more than a million, Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. On an extraordinary day in the life of America, people waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness a young black man take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Alabama Police guard the parade route ahead of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Before a crowd of more than a million, Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. On an extraordinary day in the life of America, people waited for hours in frigid temperatures to witness a young black man take command of a nation founded by slaveholders.  (Ami Vitale)
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  • Thousands of people waited in the streets from 2 am in frigid temperatures to be sure to see the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The electric and emotional mood was contagious as Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. .
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  • Mariama, a jubilent volunteer street crossing guard welcomes people to Washington DC January 18, 2009, ahead of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America . The electric and emotional mood was contagious as Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. .
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  • Supporters of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Omar Abdullah sing at a rally for him on Dal Lake in the capital Srinagar of Indian Kashmir Sept. 22, 2002.
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 2: An Afghan police officer gurads the stadium where President Hamid Karzai, together with representatives of the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and UNICEF kicked off a three-day nation wide immunisation campaign against polio September 2, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan.  The latest campaign will target 5.9 million children under the age of five and teams of vaccinators will go from village to village to ensure that all children in that age bracket are immunised. President Karzai adminstered the first drops of the Oral Polio Vaccine to an unidentifies Afghan child. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 2: An Afghan police officer gurads the stadium where President Hamid Karzai, together with representatives of the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and UNICEF kicked off a three-day nation wide immunisation campaign against polio September 2, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan.  The latest campaign will target 5.9 million children under the age of five and teams of vaccinators will go from village to village to ensure that all children in that age bracket are immunised. President Karzai adminstered the first drops of the Oral Polio Vaccine to an unidentifies Afghan child. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 2: An Afghan security guard and child watch the crowd as their President Hamid Karzai, together with representatives of the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and UNICEF kicked off a three-day nation wide immunisation campaign against polio September 2, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan.  The latest campaign will target 5.9 million children under the age of five and teams of vaccinators will go from village to village to ensure that all children in that age bracket are immunised. President Karzai adminstered the first drops of the Oral Polio Vaccine to an unidentified Afghan child. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 2: An Afghan police officer gurads the stadium where President Hamid Karzai, together with representatives of the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and UNICEF kicked off a three-day nation wide immunisation campaign against polio September 2, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan.  The latest campaign will target 5.9 million children under the age of five and teams of vaccinators will go from village to village to ensure that all children in that age bracket are immunised. President Karzai adminstered the first drops of the Oral Polio Vaccine to an unidentifies Afghan child. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 2: Afghan President Hamid Karzai, together with representatives of the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and UNICEF kicked off a three-day nation wide immunisation campaign against polio September 2, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan.  The latest campaign will target 5.9 million children under the age of five and teams of vaccinators will go from village to village to ensure that all children in that age bracket are immunised. President Karzai adminstered the first drops of the Oral Polio Vaccine to an  Afghan child. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 2: An Afghan police officer balances on the edge of the stands as he guards the stadium where President Hamid Karzai, together with representatives of the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and UNICEF kicked off a three-day nation wide immunisation campaign against polio September 2, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan.  The latest campaign will target 5.9 million children under the age of five and teams of vaccinators will go from village to village to ensure that all children in that age bracket are immunised. President Karzai adminstered the first drops of the Oral Polio Vaccine to an unidentifies Afghan child. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 2: Afghan President Hamid Karzai, together with representatives of the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and UNICEF kicked off a three-day nation wide immunisation campaign against polio September 2, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan.  The latest campaign will target 5.9 million children under the age of five and teams of vaccinators will go from village to village to ensure that all children in that age bracket are immunised. President Karzai adminstered the first drops of the Oral Polio Vaccine to an unidentifies Afghan child. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Ranchers from all across the Centennial Valley help J Bar L ranch brand young calves in August 2012. Branding is especially important in Western states, where grazing of public lands is vital to raising cattle. Cattle can easily wander or get mixed with other herds and being able to identify an animal's owner by a brand is critically important. 

Mark Boone, president of the Montana Cattlemen's Association, says the more environmentally focused philosophy used at J Bar L Ranch, first enshrined by Zimbabwean biologist Allan Savory, has seen a "steady increase" among Montana ranchers, especially with the newer generation, college-educated ones looking for ways to improve range productivity. 

Boone, who manages the VX Ranch, has read Savory's book himself, and his sense is that ranchers "use what fits" their operation. "I haven't heard, 'It didn't work out'," he adds, but ranchers do have to "tweak" things when Mother Nature "throws curve balls." This year, he notes, "drought has changed grazing plans entirely, with some shipping cattle to other states."
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  • Ranchers from all across the Centennial Valley help J Bar L ranch brand young calves in August 2012. Branding is especially important in Western states, where grazing of public lands is vital to raising cattle. Cattle can easily wander or get mixed with other herds and being able to identify an animal's owner by a brand is critically important. 

Mark Boone, president of the Montana Cattlemen's Association, says the more environmentally focused philosophy used at J Bar L Ranch, first enshrined by Zimbabwean biologist Allan Savory, has seen a "steady increase" among Montana ranchers, especially with the newer generation, college-educated ones looking for ways to improve range productivity. 

Boone, who manages the VX Ranch, has read Savory's book himself, and his sense is that ranchers "use what fits" their operation. "I haven't heard, 'It didn't work out'," he adds, but ranchers do have to "tweak" things when Mother Nature "throws curve balls." This year, he notes, "drought has changed grazing plans entirely, with some shipping cattle to other states."
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  • Children who were forced to migrate from their home in Pargwal, India cool off  as a truck sprays water on them near Ahknoor in the Indian held state of Jammu and Kashmir. Indian and Pakistani troops continue to exchange heavy mortar, artillery and machine-gun fire along the line that divides Kashmir between them. India is pressing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to crack down on the flow of Muslim militants from Pakistan into Kashmir.
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  • Supporters of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference president Omar Abdullah sing at a rally for him on Dal Lake in the capital Srinagar of Indian Kashmir Sept. 22, 2002.
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Virginia Tech students stand as President Bush arrives during a convocation and memorial April 17, 2007 for victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identifiedas the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Ranchers from all across the Centennial Valley help J Bar L ranch brand young calves in August 2012. Branding is especially important in Western states, where grazing of public lands is vital to raising cattle. Cattle can easily wander or get mixed with other herds and being able to identify an animal's owner by a brand is critically important. 

Mark Boone, president of the Montana Cattlemen's Association, says the more environmentally focused philosophy used at J Bar L Ranch, first enshrined by Zimbabwean biologist Allan Savory, has seen a "steady increase" among Montana ranchers, especially with the newer generation, college-educated ones looking for ways to improve range productivity. 

Boone, who manages the VX Ranch, has read Savory's book himself, and his sense is that ranchers "use what fits" their operation. "I haven't heard, 'It didn't work out'," he adds, but ranchers do have to "tweak" things when Mother Nature "throws curve balls." This year, he notes, "drought has changed grazing plans entirely, with some shipping cattle to other states."
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  • Ranchers from all across the Centennial Valley help J Bar L ranch brand young calves in August 2012. Branding is especially important in Western states, where grazing of public lands is vital to raising cattle. Cattle can easily wander or get mixed with other herds and being able to identify an animal's owner by a brand is critically important. ??Mark Boone, president of the Montana Cattlemen's Association, says the more environmentally focused philosophy used at J Bar L Ranch, first enshrined by Zimbabwean biologist Allan Savory, has seen a "steady increase" among Montana ranchers, especially with the newer generation, college-educated ones looking for ways to improve range productivity. ??Boone, who manages the VX Ranch, has read Savory's book himself, and his sense is that ranchers "use what fits" their operation. "I haven't heard, 'It didn't work out'," he adds, but ranchers do have to "tweak" things when Mother Nature "throws curve balls." This year, he notes, "drought has changed grazing plans entirely, with some shipping cattle to other states."
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  • Ranchers from all across the Centennial Valley help J Bar L ranch brand young calves in August 2012. Branding is especially important in Western states, where grazing of public lands is vital to raising cattle. Cattle can easily wander or get mixed with other herds and being able to identify an animal's owner by a brand is critically important. ??Mark Boone, president of the Montana Cattlemen's Association, says the more environmentally focused philosophy used at J Bar L Ranch, first enshrined by Zimbabwean biologist Allan Savory, has seen a "steady increase" among Montana ranchers, especially with the newer generation, college-educated ones looking for ways to improve range productivity. ??Boone, who manages the VX Ranch, has read Savory's book himself, and his sense is that ranchers "use what fits" their operation. "I haven't heard, 'It didn't work out'," he adds, but ranchers do have to "tweak" things when Mother Nature "throws curve balls." This year, he notes, "drought has changed grazing plans entirely, with some shipping cattle to other states."
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  • Ranchers from all across the Centennial Valley help J Bar L ranch brand young calves in August 2012. Branding is especially important in Western states, where grazing of public lands is vital to raising cattle. Cattle can easily wander or get mixed with other herds and being able to identify an animal's owner by a brand is critically important. ??Mark Boone, president of the Montana Cattlemen's Association, says the more environmentally focused philosophy used at J Bar L Ranch, first enshrined by Zimbabwean biologist Allan Savory, has seen a "steady increase" among Montana ranchers, especially with the newer generation, college-educated ones looking for ways to improve range productivity. ??Boone, who manages the VX Ranch, has read Savory's book himself, and his sense is that ranchers "use what fits" their operation. "I haven't heard, 'It didn't work out'," he adds, but ranchers do have to "tweak" things when Mother Nature "throws curve balls." This year, he notes, "drought has changed grazing plans entirely, with some shipping cattle to other states."
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  • Blacksburg, Va. UNITED STATES: Virginia Tech students show their support for the University President before  a convocation and memorial April 17, 2007 for victims of the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. A 23-year-old student from South Korea was identifiedas the gunman who carried out the deadliest school shooting in US history.  33 people died on Monday, police named the gunman as Cho Seung-Hui, a student at the school and resident alien in the United States. (AMi Vitale)
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  • Houses built for foreign families working for oil companies  sit in sharp contrast to the shanty towns that most Angolans have in the capital of Luanda in Angola.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • The capital of Luanda in Angola is shown in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • UMUTARA, RWANDA, OCTOBER 9, 2003: Rwandans gather to see their President Kagame speak in a village near Umutara, Rwanda, October 9, 2003. (Phot by Ami Vitale)
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  • KANDAHAR,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT.6 : Afghan soldiers patrol the city near the Governor's house the day after   an assassination attempt was made on President Hamid Karzai, September 6, 2002 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai was shot and wounded, not long after 15 people were killed and many others were wounded in blasts in Kabul.. .(Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KANDAHAR,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT.6 : An Afghan woman walks next to the Governor's house September 6, 2002 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The city remains tense after Kandahar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai was shot during an apparent assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai yesterday evening. .(Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Houses built for foreign families working for oil companies  sit in sharp contrast to the shanty towns that most Angolans have in the capital of  Luanda in Angola.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Homes that Angolans live in are in sharp contrast to the homes for foreigners and government officials in the capital of Luanda in Angola in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • A refugee camp outside the capital of Luanda in Angola is shown in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Homes that Angolans live in are in sharp contrast to the homes for foreigners and government officials in the capital of Luanda in Angola in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Angolan children attempt to surf on their hand made surf boards which they carved out of driftwood after they watched French foreigners surfing on the beaches outside of the capital of  Luanda in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • People walk along the main promenade in the capital of Luanda in Angola at dusk in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • The capital of Luanda in Angola is shown in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • UMUTARA, RWANDA, OCTOBER 9, 2003: Rwandans gather to see their President Kagame speak in a village near Umutara, Rwanda, October 9, 2003. (Phot by Ami Vitale)
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  • A Senegalese army tank drives through the border of Guinea Bissau  and Senegal  in the Casamance region of West Africa. Rebels in Senegal's southern Casamance [Cassamance] province have been waging a bloody independence campaign against the central government in Dakar since 1982. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC) has long used Senegal's southern neighbor Guinea-Bissau as a launching pad for attacks inside Cassamance. Guinea-Bissau's former president, Joao Bernardo Viera, was accused of supplying the rebels with weapons until he was overthrown in a coup in May 1999.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • A Senegalese army tank drives through the border of Guinea Bissau  and Senegal  in the Casamance region of West Africa. Rebels in Senegal's southern Casamance [Cassamance] province have been waging a bloody independence campaign against the central government in Dakar since 1982. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC) has long used Senegal's southern neighbor Guinea-Bissau as a launching pad for attacks inside Cassamance. Guinea-Bissau's former president, Joao Bernardo Viera, was accused of supplying the rebels with weapons until he was overthrown in a coup in May 1999.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Africans scramble to get on the few trucks that are allowed through the border of Guinea Bissau and Senegal. Rebels in Senegal's southern Casamance [Cassamance] province have been waging a bloody independence campaign against the central government in Dakar since 1982. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC) has long used Senegal's southern neighbor Guinea-Bissau as a launching pad for attacks inside Cassamance. Guinea-Bissau's former president, Joao Bernardo Viera, was accused of supplying the rebels with weapons until he was overthrown in a coup in May 1999.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • A Fulani from a village in the Casamance territory between the West African countries of Guinea Bissau and Senegal sits on an ancient tree durig a festival for peace.   Rebels in Senegal's southern Casamance [Cassamance] province have been waging a bloody independence campaign against the central government in Dakar since 1982. The Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance (MFDC) has long used Senegal's southern neighbor Guinea-Bissau as a launching pad for attacks inside Cassamance. Guinea-Bissau's former president, Joao Bernardo Viera, was accused of supplying the rebels with weapons until he was overthrown in a coup in May 1999.    (Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 9: An Afghan woman holds a photo of Afghan's interim President Hamid Karzai during a ceremony in Kabul Sports Stadium September 9, 2002  to comemerate the anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KANDAHAR,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT.6 :  Afghan children pump water near a cemetery where Taliban are buried September 6, 2002 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The city remains tense afterKandahar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai was shot during an apparent assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai yesterday evening. .(Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KANDAHAR,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT.6 :  Afghan children fly kites near a cemetery where Taliban are buried September 6, 2002 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The city remains tense afterKandahar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai was shot during an apparent assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai yesterday evening. .(Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KANDAHAR,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT.6 : Afghan soldiers guard the Governor's house as he meets with tribal elders after he was wounded yesterday during an assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai, September 6, 2002 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai was shot and wounded, not long after 15 people were killed and many others were wounded in blasts in Kabul.. .(Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KANDAHAR,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT.6 :  Afghans look at balloons near the old Governor's mansion September 6, 2002 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The city remains tense after Kandahar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai was shot during an apparent assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai yesterday evening. .(Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KANDAHAR,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT.6 :  Afghan children fly kites near a cemetery where Taliban are buried September 6, 2002 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The city remains tense afterKandahar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai was shot during an apparent assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai yesterday evening. .(Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KANDAHAR,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT.6 : An Afghan man prays near a cemetery where Taliban are buried September 6, 2002 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The city remains tense afterKandahar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai was shot during an apparent assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai yesterday evening. .(Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KANDAHAR,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT.6 : Afghan soldiers guard the Governor's house as he meets with tribal elders after he was wounded yesterday during an assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai, September 6, 2002 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai was shot and wounded, not long after 15 people were killed and many others were wounded in blasts in Kabul.. .(Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • KABUL,AFGHANISTAN - SEPT. 2: Afghan President Hamid Karzai, together with representatives of the Ministry of Public Health, WHO and UNICEF kicked off a three-day nation wide immunisation campaign against polio by administering the first  drops of the Oral Polio Vaccine to an unidentified Afghan child, September 2, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan.  The latest campaign will target 5.9 million children under the age of five and teams of vaccinators will go from village to village to ensure that all children in that age bracket are immunised.  (Photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • GERIHUN, SIERRA LEONE - JULY 18:Liberian refugees walk through their plastic tents  at the Gerihun camp near Bo, Sierra Leone July 18,2002. Sierra Leone is infamous for some of the decade's worst war crimes and the irony is that as Sierra Leonians are finally able to return home, their neighbors across the border are suffering from their own tragic decade old conflict and flooding into the camps which once housed the internally displaced Sierra Leonians. Liberia's rebels have waged an insurgency for three years, but have stepped up attacks recently against President Charles Taylor's government. Taylor, a former warlord who won presidential elections in 1997, says he is being targeted by some of his rivals from the 1989-96 civil war.  The heavy toll on civilians in the fighting poses a threat to the stability of other countries in the region, particularly Sierra Leone. There are about 50,000 refugees in Sierra Leone now according to the World Food Program and 100,000 internally displaced people within Liberia now. Sierra Leone, which has the U.N's largest peacekeeping mission with 17,3000 troops, is recovering from a ruthless 10-year-old war and held presidential elections in May. (photo by Ami Vitale/Getty Images)
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  • Ratno Devi and her two sons who were forced to migrate from their home in Pargwal, India prepare tents near Ahknoor in the Indian held state of Jammu and Kashmir, May 29, 2002. Indian and Pakistani troops continue to exchange heavy mortar, artillery and machine-gun fire along the line that divides Kashmir between them. India is pressing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to crack down on the flow of Muslim militants from Pakistan into Kashmir.
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  • Children who were forced to migrate from their home in Pargwal, India cool off  as a truck sprays water on them near Ahknoor in the Indian held state of Jammu and Kashmir. Indian and Pakistani troops continue to exchange heavy mortar, artillery and machine-gun fire along the line that divides Kashmir between them. India is pressing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to crack down on the flow of Muslim militants from Pakistan into Kashmir.
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  • An Indian boy stands inside a shop near Ahknoor in the Indian held state of Jammu and Kashmir, May 29, 2002. Indian and Pakistani troops continue to exchange heavy mortar, artillery and machine-gun fire along the line that divides Kashmir between them. India is pressing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to crack down on the flow of Muslim militants from Pakistan into Kashmir.
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  • Homes that Angolans live in are in sharp contrast to the homes for foreigners and government officials in the capital of Luanda in Angola in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Houses built for foreign families working for oil companies  sit in sharp contrast to the shanty towns that most Angolans have in the capital of  Luanda in Angola.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Angolan children attempt to surf on their hand made surf boards which they carved out of driftwood after they watched French foreigners surfing on the beaches outside of the capital of  Luanda  in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • The capital of Luanda in Angola is shown in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • The capital of Luanda in Angola is shown in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • The capital of Luanda in Angola is shown in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • People walk along the main promenade in the capital of Luanda in Angola at dusk in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Homes that Angolans live in are in sharp contrast to the homes for foreigners and government officials in the capital of Luanda in Angola in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • Houses built for foreign families working for oil companies  sit in sharp contrast to the shanty towns that most Angolans have in the capital of Luanda in Angola.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • The capital of Luanda in Angola is shown in this file photo.  President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has led Angola since 1979, said he would not run in presidential elections planned for next year.  Angola's brutal 26 year-civil war has displaced around two million people - about a sixth of the population - and 200 die each day according to United Nations estimates. .(Photo by Ami Vitale)
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  • UMUTARA, RWANDA, OCTOBER 9, 2003: Rwandans gather to see their President Kagame speak in a village near Umutara, Rwanda, October 9, 2003. (Phot by Ami Vitale)
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  • UMUTARA, RWANDA, OCTOBER 9, 2003: Rwandans gather to see their President Kagame speak in a village near Umutara, Rwanda, October 9, 2003. (Phot by Ami Vitale)
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