Let’s save the wildlife – Elephant (Loxodonta africana) – Myrela

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Teenager with Muslim background saved over 100 people in Moscow concert hall terrorist attack · Global Voices

Fifteen-year-old Islam Khalilov led more than 100 people out of Crocus City Hall during the terrorist attack. Screenshot of YouTube video by BakuTV YouTube Channel. Fair use.

As the exiled independent Russian media Meduza reported, 15-year-old Islam Khalilov, who works part-time as a cloakroom attendant, led more than 100 people out of Crocus Concert Hall during the terrorist attack by showing them the exit to the street through the office premises.  The Telegram channel 112 was the first to report this.

Islam Khalilov himself told the Moscow Online publication that he had been working part-time in the concert hall for about a year. On the day of the terrorist attack, he started his shift at 4 pm. When the attack began and he heard loud noises, he initially thought that “maybe some noisy company had come.” Khalilov realized something was wrong when people started running from the direction of the stairs.

I understood that if I didn’t react, I would lose my life and the lives of many people. Honestly, it was very scary. When I was in a crowd of people, walking to the door to open it, I thought they might come out of the stairs or from the escalator, I don’t know, throw a grenade or open lethal fire. Thank God, nothing happened, I managed to open the door in time and let everyone out.

Khalilov explained that, as an employee, he was instructed on how to act in an emergency situation, so he “knew where to take people to protect them.” As a result, he escorted about 100 people to the entrance of Crocus Expo, a building adjacent to Crocus Concert Hall. The teenager exited the building last so that he would know, in his words, “that he left no one behind.”

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Tempo | De malinha pronta

Photo: Filipa Moreira da Cruz

Oh tempo, espera por mim
Peço-te um minuto, um segundo
Nos teus lábios carmim
Dou a volta ao mundo
Oh tempo, volta para trás
Regresso ao passado
Sou de novo esse rapaz
Esguio e engraçado
Oh tempo, não corras
Um sorriso, um abraço
Tantas coisas boas!
Flores no teu regaço
Oh tempo, dá-me mais tempo
Um sussurro, um sopro
Aproveito cada momento
Pensam que estou louco
Oh tempo, tamanha quimera
Quem me dera
Que durasses mais
Que um dia de Primavera.

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The box…by Mágica Mistura – Mágica Mistura

I have it in a stored box.

She is mine, my secret…

It is full of affection, experiences, paths

In it I bring what I am, was and will be

This magic box has no bottom

No lining, no end…

It’s where I bring my dreams, my cries

I carry with her all the joy of a lifetime

I carry in this box what I want to change and I can’t

Whenever I want to remember who I am

I open my box and let myself fly

I go from butterfly to bat in seconds

From witch to fairy in the blink of an eye

These are the mysteries in my little box

When I open this treasure

I feel life renew

✨️Mágica Mistura

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Poster Girls by Meredith Ritchie Flexes the Muscles of Rosie the Riveter’s Women | From Behind the Pen

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I finished reading the second book for the 2024 North Carolina Reads statewide book club, Poster Girls by Meredith Ritchie. Women’s History Month was an ideal time to feature this book that spotlighted the strength and dedication of women. Here is my review of this book…

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