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We drove North for around five hours, dodging crazy drivers, loose turkeys and the rest of it, eventually arriving in Shkodër. As we searched for a place to pull up for the night, we noticed we had not one but two punctures! Luckily we were right opposite a tire shop, where we got them both fixed in no time. We even made it in time to see the sunset over Lake Shkodër.

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I’ve never been somebody who turned away from really hard work. I’m always looking to put the footwork in. Like with the mixing, if it takes eight months I will mix for eight months. If the master doesn’t come back right I’ll find someone else to do it. With the personal stuff I mean, if I feel like I’m just not getting it right I’ll just keep on trying different things until I feel like I’m hitting my stride in that department. I don’t know, finding your own path is not for the faint of heart. It’s the harder path. It’s easier to just keep doing the same shit over and over again and then be surprised when it’s still the same results. Somehow that’s easier than just doing something different. [x]
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I can’t live in a world where I feel insignificant. It’s impossible to be happy when you wished every aspect of your life was different. I wish I was still innocent, irrelevant to responsibilities - just a little child who thought the world’s possibilities was infinite.

Sad existence. // Written by J.A.Fiddy ( @jarfidd )

day twenty-eight :: my wish for 2018 Nothing but love and good stuff. Gotta stay positive; this world is rough. . Also, enjoy this spread from my #theminimalistartjournal #artjournal cause I forgot to take any photos yesterday. #decemberreflections2017 #artjournals #artjournaling #tiffartjournals #journals #journaling #journalingcommunity #creativelifehappylife #carveouttimeforart #getmessyartjournal

“I started this business two years ago when I was twelve. An older friend told me that we could make good money selling fruit. We buy the fruit from villages and bring it to the city where it gets a much higher price. My friend is six years older than me, but he couldn’t keep up, so I set off on my own. I work every day. I’ve already made enough money to buy some land. I’m going to build a house and use the rest for farming. My parents tell me that I should be in school. I respect their views, but I also make more money than them. So it’s hard to listen. Plus I’m learning a lot about business. Even though I’m skipping school, I don’t think I’m skipping education.” (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

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How do space plants grow? This experiment on the International Space Station hopes to find out. Space-grown plants look mostly normal, but have some distinct features compared to plants grown on Earth – most notably in the way their roots grow.

Roots evolved to grow “down” to search out nutrients and water, and on Earth, that response is predominantly governed by the force of gravity. But how does a plant know which way is down when there is no “down”? What determines the direction in which the plant’s roots should grow in space?

We are studying the molecular genetic signals that help guide plant growth in the novel environment of spaceflight, including how plants use new molecular “tools” to sense and respond to their environment when familiar signals are absent. What we learn could improve the way we grow plants in microgravity on future space missions, enabling crews to use plants for food and oxygen. This is just one of many petri plates filled with tiny plants from the Characterizing Arabidopsis Root Attractions-2 (CARA-2) that was recently harvest aboard the space station.

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Throwback to a perfect day in the Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria a few months ago.

Not every day is like this on the road- in fact, most are far from it. But it’s nice to slow down and enjoy the simpler things every now and again.

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