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Everyday that I get to spend developing code, playing soccer, hanging out with friends, is another day in what I hope to make an extraordinary life. Sometimes you have to stop and wonder what just another day is in some of the worst places in the world where surviving is considered extraordinary. Photographer and filmmaker Sean Smith of the Manchester Guardian in the UK shows<\/a> us that reality in the piece linked here<\/a>.
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Everyday that I get to spend developing code, playing soccer, hanging out with friends, is another day in what I hope to make an extraordinary life. Sometimes you have to stop and wonder what just another day is in some of the worst places in the world where surviving is considered extraordinary. Photographer and filmmaker […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQyAq-Z","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":711,"url":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2013\/12\/08\/iso-recipe-for-freezing-kids-in-this-moment\/","url_meta":{"origin":61,"position":0},"title":"ISO: Recipe for freezing kids in this moment","date":"December 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"What a wonderful week of Amelia and Luka. We spent last week in North Carolina visiting family and friends. It's amazing to me how much they trust Doruk even though they barely see him. 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