Places in the world I would like to visit

Portland, Oregon:

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On this photo is the Flat Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden, that is situatiated in Portland, Oregon. Beutiful to my mind, would love to visit it!
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The precious sinner

Hello everyone!
I've heard very interesting and... beautiful news! And I would like all of you know about this:
Stephen Webster has designed a new collection of rings. Well, not just a new collection though. This is a very special collection! And it's amazing :) Well, you decide yourself now: 

Gluttony




Pride



Greed



Envy



Sloth



Lust

Honestly, I still can't say which one would I prefer (or which ones)... Maybe the "Envy" one, or the "Lust" one... :) I'm definitely in love with this cute collection! Which one would you choose??!
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Places in the world I would like to visit

Guys.. Last week I've discovered several places in the world to visit.. You should see that! And tell me what do you think.
Royal Pavillion, United Kingdom:

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This building is called Royal Pavillion. It's situated in Brighton in UK. Honestly!.. When I've seen it I thought first that it might be some kind of a palace.. an arabian maybe.. Well, I was too surprised to find out the building is in England. Anybody knows what is this place dedicated to?.. 

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Neversink Pit, USA:

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On this picture people are spelunking in Neversink Pit, in Jakson County, in Alamaba! What are exactly these guys doing?? I'm pretty sure - whatever they might be doing - I won't take a chance to see it with my own eyes: too scary..brr.. But isn't the pic is nice? Interesting to my mind.

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Badlands National Park, USA:

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Badlands? Badlands..?! How? Is it a real name of the place?? Yes, seems that it's something I've also never heard about. On this picture there are erosion patterns in the land of Badlands National Park, that is in South Dakota. Anybody has ever seen this by himself??

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And, well, the dessert... Funafuti, Tuvalu Islands:

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Isn't it beautiful?? Oh yes, it is :) Right now...there...without any doubts...What about you? :) This is an Islet in Funafuti Lagoon, Tuvalu.

Well, I hope you liked the selection.

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Margi...Beauty on the verge of extinction

My dad sent me a link to a very nice article about amazing creatures called Margai or Margi (not really sure about its name translation, in russian it's Марги, Маргай*):

Margi - is a kind from cat's family, living in Latin America. The length of its body is about 60cm, not including a 40-centimetric tail. The weight fluctuates from 4 to 8 kg. In general the cat looks as a smaller copy of related to it ocelote. It has a yellowy-brown wool with dark ring-alike stains. The big expressive eyes of Margi are perfectly in harmony with the colourful woollen 'dress' of this cat. Their long tail serves this animal as a balance weight at movement on branches, after all Margai spends a lot of time on trees. The weight of this charming animal varies approximately from 2 to 5 kg.

This cat conducts a semiwood way of life and is active basically at night. It perfectly swarms up trees and can jump from a branch on a branch as a squirrel. Even from completely vertical trunk Margai goes down a head downwards. Life expectancy of the cat is about 18th years in general. Margi lives mainly in warm, dense woods; neither colds, nor light forests this temperamental, prompt animal loves. Time after time it gets on plantations of cocoa or coffee.

The creature conducts a single way of life. Usually the food appears in small mammals also living on trees; birds, wood lizards, frogs and even insects; sometimes the cat finishes with small monkeys. In some areas of the South America people take Margais instead of a house cat.

Last years because of cutting down of tropical woods the livestock of Margais siderably reduced. Besides, poachers quite often kill him for the sake of beautiful, dense and soft fur.

Now these wonderful longtailed cats, as well as many other cat's familys with beautiful wool, are threatened with extinction.

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