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Apophysis 2.04 beta JF's version with pie.Variation of
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Very standing out colors and cool design. Great work!
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Thank you very much 
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Really fun, crisp design with great colours
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Nice work!! Love all the color in it..
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Sadly no! I could sure use some anise/licorice flavored jellybeans about now.
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I haven't got any that I could pass on to you through the modem but perhaps you like a few haribo gummibears?
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Now if we could only figure out how to materialize them on this end after scanning them...LOL
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Yes you told me about your Swiss ancstors
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I'll have to hit my aunt up for copies of the pictures she took when she and her husband visited there if she has any.
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If she is resistant to body punishment ask google
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LOL No, I'll just ask nicely...LOL
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There are a few hits in google switzerland : [link]
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Thank you for that link! I looks like a lot of nice pictures and informtion there..
Since beginning to research my family ancestry, I've wished that I had taken German as a language instead of Russian when I was in college.
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There are just too many languages on this planet
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LOL I hear you on that one...
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To know Russian surely can come in handy often. I wish I could speak more langages too but I learn better by hearing and being in a place where the language I want to learn is spoken therefore I haven't made an atempt to learn any languages after I got tied down to here when I got the kids.
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I know what you mean...if one doesn't have occasion to use a language, it's easy to forget it. I suppose quite a few nationalities pass through Switzerland for vacations and travel.
I guess it was folk music that got me somewhat interested in languages in the first place. I used to listen to the international shortwave transmissions a lot when I was growing up and heard songs in many languages. Sometimes it makes it easier to learn the language that way...
The way this city has been growing in recent years, it's surprising how many new nationalities are finding their way here to North Dakota. And next month, the city of Minot to the north of us hosts their annual "Norsk Hostfest" which brings in a lot of Scandinavian visitors as well as those of Scandinavian descent living here in the US & Canada. It has lots of food, entertainment and crafts for that week.
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Yes we do have people comming here from all over the world but I don't live in town and in my area there are no tourists
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One thing about our state is that it is mostly rural with flat to low rolling hills for the eastern half. The western half becomes a bit more hilly and rugged with the 'Badlands" making up the western edge of the state, made up of heavily eroded land with buttes and grasslands. Our state is heavily agricultural...we grow a wide variety of grains and other row crops like corn, soybeans, sugarbeets and canola among some. The western half of the state is more into grazing which supports mostly cattle, horses, sheep and bison. There are some ranchers that have gotten into more exotic things like elk, llamas and osteriches. The lakes and rivers also attract fishermen and in the fall, hunters for the wide variety of birds....pheasants, ducks and geese. And, the western half of the state has large lignite coal reserves and oil. And, we export a lot of electrical energy from our hydroelectric & coal fired power plants which are among the cleanest burning, and with out constant wind, they have recently been adding wind energy to that total electrical power. We have a rather moderate climate with precipitation averaging from 10 to 30 inches per year...depending upon which end of the state one is. The western half is semi-arid and the eastern part gets more of the snow and rain. And, visiting the small towns here in the western half of the state, one still hears German spoken.... Many Germans settled here between 1880 and in the early 1900's.
Plus, the state also supports 9 colleges and universities, with 3 located here in Bismarck, which is also the location of our state capitol. The largest universities are in the eastern part of the state, the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University which draw students from all over the world. I met and worked with a lot of foreign students while I was at NDSU. And, we had a lot of foreign born teachers there, too. So, it helped to familiarize oneself with the various languages.
Since I graduated, the university has better than doubled its student enrollment, and it has become quite a technical research center. With all their new buildings and expansion, I think I'd get lost on that campus if I visited it today.
The World Atlas has a bit of a fact page about No.Dak. [link] I guess our land area is about 4 times the size of Switzerland. Of course, if you flattened out all your mountains, you country would be bigger than our state...LOL
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Thank you for the detailed description. I live in a rurals surrounding too. Sort of. There is no mono culture in my area as the fields are too small but I pass mais, corn, grass or potatoe fields on the way to town. Luckily there is plenty of forest too to take walks and a nice river. I love to go to town for entertainement but wouldn't want to live there anymore. I wonder if this is a sign of getting old
After I clicked on the link to the world atlas that you sent me I spent ages reading what they got there about switzerland. It's interesting to read foreign opinions and reports about ones country for a change
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I envy you the forests. Out here on the prairies, there aren't many trees, except those planted by farmers as wind breaks and those that grow along the rivers. I loved the forests in Minnesota where I spent summers with my grandparents. Living in the forest was different....no wind, at least not on the ground. It would blow over the tops of the trees and one wouldn't feel it down on the ground.
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Oh it is often windy in your region? That's headache climat no? What kind of wildlife can you see?
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Depending on where one is in the state, it varies...here in Bismarck, we are still in one of the major migratory flyways of birds, ducks and geese, so we see quite a variety of them. There are also a wide variety of raptors...hawks, harriers and eagles and a species of vulture. Among the predators, we have cougars, bobcat, fox, coyotes and occasionally wolves, and recently a black bear. There are pheasants, grouse and partridges among the game birds. We also have a high populaton of deer throughout the state, some elk in the western half of the state, along with bighorn sheep. And, I know there are a lot that I am missing of the smaller animals....like otters, ferrets, otters, prairie dogs, ground squirrels, etc. Then there are the reptiles..snakes, turtles and lizards or salamanders. And, I almost forgot...turkeys. It should be hard to forget a bird that big...LOL Their populations have gotten to be a nuisance around some towns. The turkeys love to raid the food bowls of peoples' pets. One turkey took to chasing cars along one street in a town north of here...LOL ...and people..
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It sounds like you live in a wildlife park
There was just one bear in Switzerland, the first since many many years and there was a bit fuss about him. Everybody was exited and had been watched very closely by friends and enemys because the enemys, the farmers didn't like him because he killed some sheeps and the ainimal protectors were eager to make sure that he didn't get shot. Anyway finally the poor guy became to friendly and came to close to the people and eventually got shot for that reason 
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That bear that happened into the state was most unfortunate and was struck by a truck along a highway a few days ago. There are a lot of hunters that come here for the pheasant/grouse, and duck seasons, as well as the deer seasons. The elk, moose and bighorn sheep only have a few permits issued on a bidding basis, which can get quite expensive. The fishing also draws a lot of anglers, too. The walleye is the most popular, followed by the perch, salmon, and pike and other species of fish.
There are hiking and biking trails all over the state which visitors can use, too. There is a 400 mile bicycle tour held here every August which goes along a different route each year. It has been quite popular, drawing bikers from all over. It's called the CANDISC and the riders spend their evenings in small towns along the route...and generally enjoy the scenery along the way.
The rural setting of our state gives both animals and people a lot of room to coexist.. Without the hunting, the deer populations get out of control at times, causing lots of accidents in some of the less hunted areas.
I guess there is a bit of something for everybody in the state.
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It sounds like a wonderful place to live. Great to raise kids I am sure.
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Superb design once again, I will be watching you
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Thank you so much for your kind comment and the 
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is it steps into the light with differnt colouring ? it's very nice anyway
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Australian x-mas
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