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Category Archives: Inspirational Tales
The Sense of Humor that the Bus Driver Has
Through an act of kindness toward a stranger, hoping, that someone else will follow your lead, and show the same kindness needed, to the man too, translated…
I took my six-year-old son out and waved at the bus driver as we were, catching the bus. Unless nobody's getting on or off, the driver would, stop at every bus stop.
To a certain stop, we saw the driver run really fast off the bus, then, slowly, helped a visually impaired person on board, right then and there, I saw the man with a sign with the bus route written on it, readied, to put it inside his knapsack, and that was when I'd learned, that as the visually impaired man heard the bus wheeze by his side, he'd, taken out the sign, so the drivers can see it.
like this??? kindness, sighted! Photo found online
The driver confirmed with him what station he was getting off, returned back to the driver's seat, I saw the man with his cane, prodding around, headed slowly, toward a certain object on the bus, I'd, reminded him quickly, "sir, there's a seat next to you!", he'd, patted the structures of the seats, asked, "right here? Thanks!", my husband next to me spoke in synchrony, "Yes, be careful sitting down!", I watched him smiled, and nodded toward our direction, then, he'd, picked up his cell phone, put on his earphones, and immersed himself in the music happily.
As I was about to get out, the man was, still enjoying his music, I'd, held my son's hands, as we got off the bus, because I believed, that this, was going to be, a beautiful relay, that as others saw how helpful I'd been to this man, that he was in need of assistance, I'm more than certain, that others onboard the bus will also, lend him, a helping hand.
And so, kindness still, started with one, and this woman hoped, that with her show of kindness toward the visually impaired passenger onboard the bus, someone else will also, follow her example, in lending the man, a helping hand, and this, is exactly, how kindness gets passed down from one person to the next, it all starts, with one!
Filed under A Cycle of Kindness, Awareness, Cause & Effect, Connections, Helping Behaviors, Inspirational Tales, Lending a Helping Hand, Life, Observations, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, Stories of Hope, Story-Telling, Translated Work, Values
Tagged as Watching Someone Help Someone in Need
Disregarding the Costs, the Mobile Supermarkets Entered into the Distant Regions, "We Can't Care about the Costs"
A social welfare program, that didn't, CARE about the cost, but only, helping the locals, we need more of these in the world right now that's for sure! From the Newspapers, translated…
The mountain regions in Yilan is off-the-maps, the locals can't shop easily, the Helping with Love Supermarket's C.E.O., Chu made a wish of "delivering the groceries to the distant regions", push for the mobile supermarket programs, used two million dollars to alter the 3.5-ton truck into a mobile marketplace, yesterday, the truck was official, it'd, delivered the meats, the vegetables, the fruits, the instant noodles, the soy sauces, the daily needs, along with, over a thousand groceries, up to the mountains, to sell.
photo from UDN.com the grovery store on wheels…
The mobile supermarket at the start of the year, started the trials of using a 1.5 ton truck, it'd gone to the regions of Nanshan, in Datong, the Four Seasons, the Ylang, the Song-Luo, Le-Shui, Ying-Shih, along with Nan-Ao, the native tribal areas first, and, also, to the communities far off in the northern Yilan, Gueishan, Daxi, and other local communities, so these distant towns can also, get their needed groceries.
"We don't care about the costs!" the mobile supermarket is out on the road a lot, of it, it takes two hours per way, to the 1,200 meter high Datong's Nanshan Tribes, a total of four hours, over a hundred meters, Chu said, the items in the mobile supermarket is exactly the same as what we sell in the cities, in prices too.
The mobile supermarkets' "shelves" don't have the randomized groceries, it'd been, surveyed by the statistics, to see which items are mostly needed by the locals, and, everything the locals need, they can, preorder it from online, the meats, the vegetables, and, then, after the orders were, placed, the mobile supermarket drives up the mountains, there's no extra, delivery charges.
Chu said, other than deliveries made to the distant regions, if there are larger scale functions, or nursing homes that needed, the mobile supermarkets will deliver, "when we are, service-oriented, we stopped considering the costs!", Chu said, that the mobile supermarkets bring in a set income, and, considering the costs of gas, of the wear and tear of the vehicles, the drivers, and the costs for hiring the cashiers, they'd have a negative earning, but, because of the needs of the distant regions, it needs, to be done.
And so, this, is something wonderful this man started, he saw a need, and, provided the services, and, we need more of these, understanding minds, more of these, helping states of minds, to make this world a better place, and this man is, already, doing more than his share, to make a difference, in the lives, of others, not caring about the costs.
Filed under A Cycle of Kindness, Because of Love, Cause & Effect, Cost of Living, Helping Behaviors, Inspirational Tales, Kindness Shown, Miscelaneous, News Stories, Properties of Life, Social Issues, Stories of Hope
Tagged as Grovery Stores on Wheels, Social Welfare Programs Not Funded by the Government
The Sensible & Rational Sides of a Marathon
A more "scientific approach" to running a marathon here, translated…
I can't really run, but due to chance, I'd had a ton of friends who are, marathoners.
In order to experience this, I'd, entered into my very first, smaller scale, but beautiful marathon around the Sun Moon Lagoon, and I'd, signed up for the shortest distance, the "Fun Run". The group of us used brisk walking to replace the jogging; but I'd, still needed to train for it. like this??? Photo from online
On that day, I'd gone to train with a group of visually impaired runners to the riverside. They'd used a rope, with knots tied on both ends, one end on the visually impaired runner, the other on the seeing volunteers, like the three-legged race, they'd moved forward together. I'd, followed them closely behind, not long thereafter, there's, this huge distance between me and them, and, before I knew it, they'd, vanished, into the distances.
I'd continued holding my own tempo, with the cold wind blowing across my forehead, sweating down, it'd felt, really, awkward. There's, almost no one else by the riverside pass, most of the times, it was, just me, and every now and then, a cyclist would, speed by me, and then, I was left, all alone. Most of the time, what accompanied me was, this strong sense of, solitude.
And yet, for the visually impaired to run the marathons, wouldn't it be……I'd, blurted out, "BORING to even think on it!"
"how can you be bored, by 'thinking' about it?" in a gathering, the topic of marathon, it'd, sparked up this debate for the two individuals on each end, they'd told me, a ton of imaginations they had of, marathons.
One of the accompanying runners started as an "intern". He'd followed a more experienced guide runner to run with the visually impaired. On the way there, he was, led by the experienced guide, and on the way back, he'd, led. He'd spoken, with that disbelief in his voice, "The experienced guide told me twenty kilometers' worth of stories, and the whole path was only, twenty-one kilometers long, oh mine!" Whatever she'd thought up of, she'd, told me, to her grandmother, to her childhood, to the flowers by the road, the weather, her job………and a turn, before us, there was, this pass, paved with the shades of the trees, and, she'd started, talking about, Mother Nature, what's meant by "blue skies", what's a "green pasture", what's a "never-ending ocean"……she was able to, pull out that horizontal pass, and, through it, led the visually impaired runners onto a journey, like the runners aren't there to run, but instead, to listen to a tale.
I was curious, why did she talk, incessantly? Turns out, as the visually impaired runner started running, he'd started cramping, and the volunteer chose to tell the tales, to distract him from his own physical discomfort. If he'd only told of what they'd encountered on the way, it would be, too boring, after all, ordinary people don't run too fast, and the scenes, are almost, at a standstill; and this experienced accompanying runner, thought of how to get the visually impaired runner, to enjoy the run as he ran blind………so, this, is how fun running a marathon can be!
And yet, not all the visually impaired runners are, blessed enough, to have a companion runner who's so full of facts to tell. I'd recalled that many years ago, I'd, gone to chat with a visually impaired runner of an international marathon on this subject, he was very rational, so was his companion runner, he'd, described the marathons he ran as a "battery cell".
He'd told me, that running a marathon, it's, a test of how long the battery on you will last, and, you'd needed to, assigned the energies spent on the way effectively. He'd made the examples, "If your battery is fully charged, the best case scenario is, you're able to use it, to finish an entire marathon. Like how it takes a hundred minutes to run a marathon, then, it would be best, if you'd, used one-percent energy per minute that you run!" You can estimate conservatively, that you'd only needed fifty percent energy to get to the finishing lines; nor can you, overspent, like as you're half way through, you'd, used up all your energies. If you'd run faster, how much energy will be spent, if you run slower, how much energy it will, cost you, you'd needed to, recalculate the time needed constantly, add in your physical strengths, and combine it with the speed to which you're, running with, and use the exact amount of time, to drain up all the energies you may have in you, to just make it, past the finishing lines………
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! How much, this, represented life itself!
And so, from this, you can see, that running, is no longer just about exercising the body, you need to make the precise calculations, of how much energy it takes you, and, calculate, and factor in all the possible things that can happen on the roads, which is why running a marathon, is sort of an art, and a science!
Filed under A Cycle of Kindness, Connections, Helping Behaviors, Inspirational Tales, Kindness Shown, Lending a Helping Hand, Lessons, Life, Observations, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, Values
Tagged as as a Companion Runner for the Visually Impaired
A Bunch of Foolish Business Owners in Taiwan, Sponsored Children Who Lived in Poverty Abroad… "Weathered Through My Share of Hardships, and Now, I Want to Help Those Like Me"
Passing the kindness along, because they'd been through the hardships of their lives, and now, they want to help! From the Front Page Sections, translated…
"I'd Never Bent in Business in My Life, Never Borrowed Any Money from Anybody, But, for the Sake of Helping to Raise Funds for the Charity, I Don't Know How Many Times, I'd, Already Bent My Back, Begged Others, to Pull the Money Out of Their Own Pockets". The Man Who'd Said this, was the Fu-Wei Technology Group's C.E.O., Hsiao, He'd Started His Company in Changwha, and it'd Already Grown, to Across the Straits to China, Became a Factory for the Intelligent Switching System's Provider Company, This Past Few Years, He Had Another "Job" He'd Poured His Heart & Soul into—to Help the Fund for Families & Children to Raise Funds for a Children's Center, Along with Helping to Sponsor the Children in Poverty Here, as Well as Abroad.
In mid-October, the temperature in middle Asia's Kyrgyz is already in the teens, Hsiao and thirty more other members of the Taiwan Fund for Children & Families arrived in the dead of winter. This group consisted of members for Changwha, they were all small-scale business owners, they'd weathered through the poverty in their childhoods, and built up their businesses, from the ground up. Although many members are approaching their golden years of life, they'd still, taken the three transfers of economy flights to Kyrgyz. Every member of this group had one thing in common: they are all, very stingy when it comes to themselves, but, they'd, become more than generous in their charitable acts, other than being the permanent sponsors who'd donated $200,000N.T. at once, this time, they'd also, taken along the collected funding of $2.5 million N.T.s, other than visiting with the children they were sponsoring, they'd also, hoped to help build the watering stations in the communities too, Hsiao laughed and told, "We pay the highest amount for this trip!", and this sort of a foolishness, the outside world often, couldn't, understand.
Sponsoring Foreign Children, "Donating the Time, AND the Money"
The Taiwan Fund for Children & Family is one of the oldest foundations that helped children out of poverty, in two years, it would enter into its seventieth year of being set up, being able to come so far to this very day, the foundation didn't rely on government assistance, but the kindness of the members of this society. From fourteen years ago, the foundation started helping overseas, to help the children in poverty in China in helping them attain better education, and improving their health statuses, currently, there are, SIX total stations abroad. There was also, a group of sponsors, who'd flown to the various stations abroad by the year, to visit with their children whom they'd never met, and donated the money to better the living environments locally, although they're unlike the huge corporations, being able to toss down a huge sum all at once, but, they'd donated their money AND time for long-term.
It Wouldn't Matter if the Needs Were International or Not
But, this group of sponsors were often questioned, there are children in poverty locally too, why would they help the children in poverty abroad? Hsiao said, ninety-percent of the donations collected by the foundation is being used in Taiwan, only ten-percent are being used overseas, he'd believed, that if there's a need, then, help shall be given, doesn't matter if it's national or internationally. A member of the group, Chen, who once owned a travel agency, she'd weathered through carrying up her husband's debts of over twenty million dollars N.T., and she'd not only managed to pay it all up, she'd even, bought a property, opened up her own travel agency. She said, that being born in the fifties and sixties, everybody was poor, and they'd, received help from abroad back then too, and now, as she'd become, able, she felt compelled, to give back too, "And I'd found, that doing good, can make me even more money!"
And so, this man started something wonderful, because he'd been tried by his own life, grown up in poverty-stricken environment, and knew, how important, having the necessities of life, including the chance of receiving an education is, that is what he's helping those children in less fortunate backgrounds to achieve, providing them with their most basic needs, so, the children won't have to worry, and they can, focus on getting an education, and hopefully, pull themselves, out of the poverty they were, born into.
Filed under A Cycle of Kindness, Inspirational Tales, Life, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, Values
Tagged as Business Owners Who'd Worked Their Ways Out of Poverty, Sponsoring Children in Need
February 6, 2018 · 5:17 am
Keep the Love Flowing
The cycle of kindness, also rolls down continually, from one person, to the next, we need more stories like these, especially at this day and age! Translated…
The rain came pouring down on my exercise walk, I'd rushed into the breakfast shops to hide out, the shop owner's mother in her seventies ushered me in, and she'd, taken out a yellow raincoat from the closets, for me to put on, her act of kindness had, warmed up my heart.
As the rain slowly dissipat4ed, as I was, about to, return the raincoat, she'd started telling me the funny things that happened to her while she was on a trip to the eastern side of the island. A couple of years ago, she'd gone to Hualien to travel during the New Year's holidays with her family, and, the trip was a spur of the moment thing, and, she'd only worn the short sleeves and shorts, and, the cold fronts made everybody shiver, and so, they can only, run back into the cars to hide, they'd not gone anywhere.
And, a woman who was standing at the side of the road saw, she'd immediately gone home, brought a ton of clothes for them to choose from, waited until the seven, eight adults and children had, selected the thick coats and smiled and said their thank yous, they'd wanted to ask her address, so they can send the clothe back, but, the woman turned them down. She'd told them, that her kids are all grown and lived elsewhere, that the clothes were just, taking up space in her home. And, every time after that, as the family saw the clothes, they'd always, smiled on it, and, remembered the kindness from the woman, who'd given them the coats to wear.
In order to keep the love flowing, the breakfast shop also gathered some donated clothes for the comers to borrow, other than keeping the shop connected with the local communities, it's, a way of repaying the woman for her kindness. As I'd heard, I thought, maybe I can write this tale down, or maybe, by chance, that kindhearted woman that the family met in Hualien will see, that her kindness had become, a cycle already.
And so, this, is how some random act of kindness had touched so many lives, and, by passing the kindness to the strangers that came to the breakfast shop, the owner is keeping the kindness that was shown to her and her family flowing, and we need more stories like this in the world we live in right now!
Filed under A Cycle of Kindness, Awareness, Because of Love, Cause & Effect, Connections, Friendships, Inspirational Tales, Interactions Shared with the World, Interpersonal Relations, Kindness Shown, Lending a Helping Hand, Memories Shared, Observations, Philosophies of Life, Properties of Life, Stories of Hope, Story-Telling, Teaching by Example, The Education of Children, Translated Work, Trends
Tagged as the "Vicious Cycle" of Kindness
The Homosexuals Talked About Coming Out of the Closet, Parents Are the Hardest
From someone's firsthand experiences, from the Front Page Sections, translated…
Yesterday was the "No More Fears for Homosexuals Day", the Taiwan Partnerships League had asked seven homosexual couples to share their stories with the public, and, "coming out of the closets" became the focus of the discussion.
There were over hundreds of the public who'd attended the forum, there were mothers with their children, and four members of the Taipei's First All-Girls' High School who came, in their school uniform, to conduct an interview. The very first gay couple who had an ad on their union, He, Wang, celebrated their third anniversary on May 19th, even bought the prepared cakes to share their joys with everybody else there.
A gay man, Lai who already received the blessings from his own father, had difficulties, coming out to his father two years ago, his father was the one who asked him if he was homosexual. Lai said, most homosexuals would hid for ten, twenty years, gained acceptance of who they are themselves, then, come out to their parents, and yet, the parents had no other choice, but to face the realities, "the parents of homosexual individuals in accepting their children, is harder than the homosexual individuals themselves; it is, a hard, and long road, taking the parents out of the closets with us."
Lai's father suggested that as the homosexual children come out, they'd wanted their parents to feel at ease, in the areas of health, academia, and life in general; but, coming out of the closets is only the first step, they'd still need to know and understand one another. He'd spoken truthfully, from before he didn't interact with his son that much, when his son came out, he'd thought to himself, "Would I keep watching his backside, or, will I NOT even see the shadows he'd casted?", after he'd accepted his son as he was, they'd become closer to one another.
Hsiang He, Tien-Ming Wang said, they'd treated one another's parents with respect and filial piety since the very start, and so, they'd gained their supports from earlier on, and, each other's parents and relatives had even turned into what made them so close to one another. They'd called out to the homosexuals who'd attended the forum, that they should all come out, "If you don't come out, you're not truthful to your own lives, you don't take the responsibilities for yourselves, you'd interacted with your parents, through a screen."
A physically handicapped homosexual, Vincent told, that he and his partner had introduced each other to one another's families a very long time ago, it's just that they didn't tell the families that they are lovers, and the family was so grateful at how Wei-Wei is so kind to Vincent. Until once, his mother told others, "if something were to happen to Vincent in the future, ALL of his assets go to Wei-Wei, you all can't fight him over it!", that, was when Vincent learned, that his family had already accepted them, as a couple.
From this, you can see, that the support from the families is all too important, because families are the people whom you're closest to, and, to disclose a part of who you are, is the hardest part, but, these homosexual couples had amazing members of their families who'd given them all the support they needed.
Filed under Awareness, Cause & Effect, Coping Mechanisms, Cost of Living, Gay Rights, Homosexuality, Inspirational Tales, Lessons, Life, News Stories, Observations, Perspectives, Properties of Life, Values
Tagged as Coming Out of the Closets, Gaining Acceptance from the Families, Support of the Parents
The Multiple Tastes of Life, the Stone Soup Project's Plans to Keep the Homeless Fed
Story of hope here, translated…
Last year, the volunteer for the raw materials at the March 18th student movement, Wu, saw how the donated food got dumped out because it couldn't be finished. There were homeless people who'd come forth and asked, "if he could have some of the foods?", and someone had turned the man away, using, "the food is for the students", it'd made Wu empathic.
One evening, the resources group received a casing of steamy buns, Wu's coworkers from Fair Trade Organization, Chu, Chang were able to sneak the buns to Longshan Temple. That, was their very first encounter with homeless people, and, their views of the homeless were altered completely.
Wu said, that day at Longshan Temple, he'd met an older man, who'd handed out the steamed buns for them, at eight or nine in the evenings, as the homeless had returned home to sleep after working their odds and ends, the older man kindly placed the buns next to those who were already asleep, and it didn't play out like how they thought it would, people fighting over the food items handed out.
After being in long-term contact with the homeless, they'd understood, that the homeless don't just lay around all day, and do nothing, seventy percent of the homeless actually have jobs, and they'd gone out, early in the morn, to work, and, it may be working at the construction sites, or, holding up signs by the side of the roads.
Chu wanted to do something for these individuals, so, she'd called up Wu, Chang, plus her coworkers, "Uncle", "Baby", and became the team of "the Tastes of Life". The five youths averaging not yet 30, last July, put forth the "Stone Soup Project", asked the online community to donate the foods that they can't manage to finish, and the team found a chef, to cook the hot meals, so the homeless won't go hungry.
"The Stone Soup Project" had gotten a ton of supports, and, there were local shops in Wanhua that had supplied the food sources, and they'd held over eight Stone Soup Food Sharing Activities. Not only were they trying to get the food items donated, they are also looking for more volunteers to help out, so, more people can get in touch with the homeless population.
Chu said, a lot of people wouldn't DARE stare straight into the eyes of the homeless or handicapped people on the streets, feared that it wouldn't be polite, "turning their heads away, they were actually, refusing to deal with the issues". They'd hoped, that through sharing of the food, there would be more chances for people to have interactions with the people on the streets who were being ignored by the world, the next step they wished to take is toward the vendors on the streets, to get the public involved, to break the barriers, so people can understand, that even the smallest offerings can help take care of someone in need.
So, this, is how kindness starts small, and grows bigger and bigger, isn't it? The man first felt empathic over the situations he'd encountered, which initiated a response in him, to care, and, through helping, he got to know, that he was making a difference in the lives of those who are homeless, which then became the drive, for him, to keep doing what he was doing, and, he wanted to help others to get to understand the culture of the homeless, so they can be more aware like he himself had become too.
Filed under A Cycle of Kindness, Cause & Effect, Cost of Living, Helping Behaviors, Inspirational Tales, Interpersonal Relations, News Stories, Observations, Perspectives, Social Awareness, Social Issues, Stories of Hope, Story-Telling, White Picket Fence
Tagged as Community Outreach, empathy, Showing Cares & Concerns for the World
A Hand-Wash Carwash
Xin-Yun had always had her small Toyota sedan washed at the malls, and, she'd just spent the last of her twenty ticket packages. In the morning, at ten when she drove to the marketplaces, she'd passed through a certain hand-wash car wash, she though, that she could just drop her car off, walked to the marketplace, and afterwards, she could get her car back.
She'd parked the car by the side of the road, walked out, the carwash was a huge steel roof shack, about four storefronts, with three cars already parked inside, there were two stands by the door. A man of around forty years of age walked out, very thin and tall, with a dark complexion, said to her coldly, "We have a lot of customers right now, you want to get your car washed, come back at four in the afternoon."
Xin-Yun said, "Fine!"
The man glanced over at her license plate, said, "I'll take down your license plate, at four in the afternoon, because it's the New Year's, the price will increase to $450N.T.s".
Xin-Yun thought, four more days until New Year's Eve, it's normal for the car washes to hike up the prices, I'll do something else now, and, drop my car off at four, and go shopping at the dusk market place. She'd recalled how unrelenting the man who looked mean was, actually, he looked, like an awful person. She thought about the shocking events from four days ago, the shooting at the jail that alerted every member of the public, of how the six escapees all committed suicide. She thought, that maybe, the owner of this carwash is a reformed inmate who'd started his life anew.
At four o'clock, a woman was hosing a car parked by the entryway down, with her black slacks, tucked into her beige colored boots. She'd hollered toward the inside, "Someone's here!"
That man left what he was working on, said to her, "We have too many cars today, bring it by tomorrow."
Hsin-Yun Said, "You told me to come back at four!"
The man walked to the office, picked up a notebook, nodded toward her, said, "Give me your keys/", then, said, in a hard tone of voice, to the women who sat, face to face, at the desk, "Nothing to do, go wipe that car dry."
Forty minutes later, Hsin-Yun carried the bags from shopping back to the carwash again, the man was busy, told her, "Your car just had the rinse, wait forty more minutes."
Hsin-Yun told him, "Then I'll sit down to wait.", she'd found a chair by the desk and sat.
This iron clad roof shack was more simplistic than ever, even the desk, the chairs, are all worn too. The man was cleaning off the windshield wiper of another car, she'd noticed, that he not only worked swiftly, and took care of the details too. The cell phone rang on the desk, the girl who was wiping dry the Hsin-Yun's car came to get it, flipped it open, and, took it to the man's ear. The man still busied about with his hands, said, "We can't squeeze you in tonight, bring your car by eight in the morn tomorrow."
Hsin-Yun said to the owner, "Boss, you have an amazing business. As the New Year's is about to come, everybody needed her/his car washed." He'd replied, "We're like this regularly too."
Hsin-Yun thought, that a hard working man, the heavens naturally blessed. The woman who was rinsing the car off, petite, with a beautiful face. The two girls who were wiping off the car, in jeans, slimly built, seeing their three faces, Hsin-Yun all of a sudden came to her senses, they're mother and daughters, she'd misread the man of the house, it is, a family-owned carwash. The cell phone rang again, the shorter girl answered it, "Dad, it's Mr. Lin from the watch shop.", the owner said, "Tell him to come get his car."
It is, a family. The two girls were wiping the water off of Hsin-Yun's car, the shorter girl said to the taller, "Go wipe the backseat!"
Hsin-Yun asked the shorter girl, "Are you the older sister?", she'd nodded. Hsin-Yun said, "No wonder you're giving out orders!"
The man said, "You two decide what you want for dinner."
The older girl said, "Dad, what do you want? You'd only had just two bites for lunch, you mustn't skip dinner too."
Hsin-Yun said, "You are way too busy. Did your mother cook for you?"
The woman said, "I don't cook at all, I don't have the time! We'd bought our meals out."
Hsin-Yun saw that there was an ASUS laptop on the office desk, the two girls are probably college students, and during their winter vacation they'd helped the parents in the carwash. She'd commended them, "But, both your girls are well-rounded, beautiful too!"
Smile curled up the couple's faces now, the man said, "I'd just raised them."
The younger girl called, "Dad, what, are we having?", the man said, "I don't know!", the younger girl said, "You don't know? I won't buy anything for you then! Starve then!", the man said, "You little BRAT!"
The harsher the jokes, it means that more tightly-knit the family members. As Hsin-Yun left the carwash with her car, she'd lifted her head up to see the signs, "The Honesty Carwash".
And so, this man kept his family well, and because he was able to manage his own family so very well, naturally, his business is well off too, because everything starts at the MOST basic levels, and, the most basic functional unit of the societies would be the families, and, this man treated his family well, and, the children are very well-rounded, so naturally, his business is well-off also.
Filed under Connections, Expectations, Family Dynamics, Family Matters, Inspirational Tales, Interactions Shared with the World, Interpersonal Relations, Life, Observations, Perspectives, Translated Work
Tagged as a Man Who Runs His Business Like He Runs His Family, a Microcosm of the World
March 9, 2015 · 10:22 am
Without the Darkness in His Past, He Couldn't Have Produced Such Inspirational Works
Without the darkness in his past, he couldn't have produced such inspirational works, I know, it's odd, how someone with such a dark past, can produce so much brightness in his work, right???
But, perhaps, it's because of ALL that darkness, that enveloped his past, that he felt compelled, to produce those works of light, who knows. One thing's for sure though, his work had, inspired a lot of people, helped a lot of lost souls find the light.
Without the darkness of his past, he couldn't have produced such inspirational work, he'd managed, to turn his own life around, and left it all, behind. His "former" life was filled with, a TON of uneasiness, a lot of pain, suffering, discomfort he can't run from, and so, he'd faced them all, HEAD-ON.
And now, he's out of the dark, and he's using his own experiences, battling with the addictions, the pains, to help others, hoping, that his life can be something that motivated others.
It's just, hard to imagine, that someone, whose work is filled with so much hope, so much goodness, came from this awful a past, and, after knowing this, his audience applauded him even louder, because we ALL know how hard it is, to overcome, and he did, MORE than that already!
Filed under Being Exposed, Cause & Effect, Coping Mechanisms, Expectations, Inspirational Tales, Life, Nature vs. Nurture, Overcoming Obstacles, Perspectives, Philosophies of Life, Socialization, Turning One's Life Around
The Story of the Marathon-Running Cougar
The features of a woman, translated…
Yuan-Xian is my high school classmate, she's happy and upbeat, doesn't calculate that much when she's with others, from when she was in school, she had been an athlete, until now, she's approaching fifty, and her love for sports still isn't fazed at all.
In the marathon madness that this country had fallen into, Yuan-Xian had gotten outstanding marks, and became a famous celebrity in her circle of friends who also loved running. So long as we'd gone on marathons with her, we'd always heard other runners, hollering out her name with glee; and there would be a ton of her fans waiting, to take that victory photo with her at the finishing lines, it'd made me so proud to call myself her friend.
Yuan-Xian would always shared her running experiences with an optimism, hoping to get more people involved in this meaningful activity; and, when she met someone who's depressed, she'd used her own story to encourage them, to take a step outside, because jogging can activate one's cells, making the causes of depression dissipate, she is, a success story in how running cured depression herself.
Many years ago, because of her life changed drastically, she'd gotten too deep into herself, and couldn't get back out, seen a ton of famous doctors, they're of no help at all, later on, she'd gotten involved with a group of friends who loved running, in their encouragements, and supports, and took her out running, she didn't have the time, to let her mind wander anymore. After she started running, the energetic self is back again, and since, her husband, as well as her kids, all gave her support for her running, it'd allowed her to run the races from all over, without any need to worry about her home fronts; plus, she'd shared with the other runners along the way, and can get to take in the beautiful scenes, within a year's time, her depression was cured, without the use of medication.
And now, Yuan-Xian had been running for ten years, and started up a league of runners on her own too. Awhile ago, we'd gone to Chi-Shang, at the borderline between Hualien and Taidong for a marathon, she'd gotten the first trophy with the time of three hours fifty-nine minutes for forty-five kilometer's distance, it was an eye opening experience for all of us, who'd gone with her, other than feeling proud of her. After she'd told us her story, we were all in awe, at her ability, to get herself out of her ivory tower, and the persistence and stamina she took to run.
And so, this, is the persistence of a woman, she'd found a cure for her own depression, without the medications, and, she'd gotten very much into this activity, running her marathons, and now, she's lifted up her own moods, and, managed to inspire a lot of people along the way too.
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Ask TON: Planning Reporting
October 31, 2012 TON Editors
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Welcome back for another installment of Ask TON. Here's our latest question:
I feel like I waste a lot of time when I'm reporting for feature articles—feeling hazy about what I'm aiming to learn, asking the wrong questions, having to go back and ask a lot of follow-up questions—not just a couple, but a lot of questions that in retrospect seem like they should have been the first and most obvious question. It's not that I don't plan my reporting. . . . I actually spend a lot of time writing lists of interview questions. But somehow, often my planning doesn't seem to quite hit the mark and I later realize that I hadn't really defined the story before I started reporting. What strategies do you use to plan out your reporting for features? Are there certain questions you ask yourself that seem to be reliably helpful?
Freelance journalist and author David Dobbs:
Doubtless many writers suffer this malady. I certainly did until I learned to love danger and go short, taking just a half-dozen or so written questions, never more than ten. At first you'll fear that you'll miss the good stuff. But if you do it right, you'll still get all the good stuff—and maybe some better stuff you might not get otherwise.
I used to bring 20 or 30 written questions to every interview, pared down from 40 or 50. My head would be a-swim, my attention divided with trying to remember them all. But after many interviews in which I broke flow and concentration and rapport by worrying over my little checklist, I realized that I was usually getting to most or all of its questions not by working the list but by exploring the answers to the half-dozen or so questions that I'd double-underlined beforehand as most important. When I focused on those few key questions and treated the others as afterthoughts, the interviews started to flow better, leading to keener insights, snappier quotes, and more information. Now I just take those half-dozen questions, which fit nicely onto a single page of a standard 6×9 notebook.
The key is organizing your interview around two central questions. The first is whatever your story (and interview) is out to answer; for example, "Do animals have consciousness?" The second is your interviewee's relationship to the first question; if it's a researcher, question might be, "What led you to study how octopuses use coconut shells?" (I'm not sure what you'd ask the octopus.) Do your homework, phrase these questions well, add three or four more, and you're probably set.
This isn't to say you will not or should not write down 50 questions beforehand. Certainly you should do enough reading to generate that many in your mind or even on paper. (How exactly does an octopus carry a shell? Did people think you were crazy asking octopuses if they had consciousness?) But after you generate your 50, cull them to a half dozen you actually take to the interview. And have faith that even of those six, the most important two—the story's central question and "How did you get tangled up in this?"—will usually lead you to the other 4 on your list and the 44 you left at home. Meanwhile you'll create a quality of conversation that you'd never generate by worrying over a checklist.
Worried you'll leave something out or think of something later? Of course you will. That's what email and phone calls are for. And after a fun, engaged conversation, your source will be happy to answer them.
Science News contributing editor Alexandra Witze:
If you have long lists of prewritten questions and you're not getting the information you need, consider broadening the scope of your interview. It's very easy to get distracted by specific details and miss the larger perspective, especially when reporting on technical subjects. Be sure you ask questions not just about "what" and "how" but also "why." Why is your source doing the particular thing you are reporting about? Ask about motivation, background and context. I once wrote a feature on the quest to measure the electron's electric dipole moment—you can't get much geekier than that—and the best detail emerged when a source started talking about how he'd spent his whole life trying to make this measurement, and why he was likely to fail at that quest. It's impossible to define a feature precisely before you start reporting, so make sure to include general questions that allow the source to go off in different directions than you might have anticipated at the beginning. My first question is almost always along the lines of "why are you doing this?"
Freelance journalist Laura Beil:
Sounds to me like you're spending more time thinking about the reporting than the story itself. If you're hazy going in, then you're apt to cast too big a net when you gather your material, getting details for details sake. Details are important—but if you overreport you're getting a lot of clutter.
Before I interview any source, I first ask myself one broad question: How is the information from this person likely to fit in the overall story? That helps me focus the interview going in. To answer that question, you need to have a good sense of the structure of your story beforehand.
So I'd say, look at your pre-interview material. See if there's a natural way to tell your story. Is there an obvious division of information? Is there a main character who can tell a narrative? Are you building up to some central point? Perhaps you're going to lay out events chronologically. Once I have a sense of how I'm going to tell the story, then I figure out which piece (or pieces) of that puzzle I want this source in particular to address.
Obviously, the structure is fluid until the story is written. It can change once you start reporting. Embarrassing to admit, but I've had stories that completely fell apart and had to be reworked because my original grand vision was wrong. But never do I dive into reporting without at least an overall idea how I think the facts are going to congeal.
There's one other question I use (for disclosure, I stole this from another journalist, but it always helps me focus an interview). I call it the "Hey, Martha!" question—as in, some guy is reading your story, and he looks up at his wife and says, "Hey Martha! Listen to this!" From all the facts you could possibly obtain from your source, ask yourself what would that guy want to know.
Freelance journalist and author Ann Finkbeiner:
I have no strategies worth mentioning and the only questions I ask myself turn out to be irrelevant. I'm over-stating but only a little. The problem is that reporting feature articles is a vast Catch-22: you don't know the story until you've reported it, you can't plan for reporting it (who to ask, what to ask them) until you know the story. So haziness, the wrong questions, the follow-ups, the wandering around in the swampy dark are just a normal part of the process.
That said, I think with the years I've been able to speed the process up a bit. I keep the assignment letter/query letter firmly in mind, and I figure out where the story is going to end—which is oddly much easier than it sounds. That gives me a general shape to a story and rules out a bunch of stuff that's related to the subject but irrelevant to the story. Then I make up the first round of questions and the answers to those make the second round of questions, maybe to some of the same people, probably also to different people.
I think this problem is infinitely worse with feature articles than with, say news stories or blog posts, where you know what you're going to write and just write it. I think of the process of reporting features as circling, rounding up, focusing, refining—some gradual process by which you successively figure out what the story is about. I often don't truly know until I've finished the first draft.
I would add that the general plot structure of any story is Conflict > Climax > Resolution, with Climax coming 2/3 of the way through the plot. But that's never helped me one bit, I can't ever figure out the Conflict or I can figure it out but it's boring, and so I don't recommend thinking about it. The other piece of concrete advice you already know: lists of interview questions.
So writing feature stories is hard and takes too long and creates way too much anxiety and insecurity and with any luck, the story will be thoughtful and one no one's written before.
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I feel you girl!! All the best!! Don't give up!!
I think that DanI had to resign so that she will come back to the company on merit. We have to get the low moments when she's defeated, so that when she wins the idea contest, we feel happy (in your face Ms Go!!) I am convinced she'll win that contest!
So she won the contest....lol!!
I loved the ending scene! it's been a while since a drama ended on a definitively positive note!
Excuse the quality of the pics, I got them off tvN's video on FB. I love how EunHo revealed their relationship. No need for the usual office dramatics of the gossip spreading the news.
I wish all the quote in the bonus book at the end of the drama could be collated into a book about EunHo and DanI!! They were so beautiful, I'll rewatch the drama just because I want to read them again and feel warm inside!!
The last time I was touched by a drama like this was Reply 1997 which is my favourite of all time. Both are now my favourites.
The last time I was touched by a drama like this was Reply 1997 which is my favourite of all time. Both are free pokie games .
Warmth sweet ending just like how the life should be flown and be lived full.
And of course the books message is the mine point of RBB, one book couldn't changes the world however good books always leave a strong impressions and resonance in the readers minds.
Let's pick one good book to brings our souls to Endeavour and make journey to beautiful thoughts and idea of humans intelligent could reach to restore our humanity.
I've really enjoyed all OST from ROMANCE IS A BONUS BOOK..
But my fav is the 1st OST by Jannabi "The story I could not see"
1.[+730, -15] This is a masterpiece that will make us wait 2 years for Lee Jong Suk ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ It had the best chemistry~♡ Lee Na Young and Lee Jong Suk, thank you so much~!!
2.[+648, -4] It's a well made drama that made me smile every time. I really enjoyed watching it, It was like reading a book, It was calm and beautiful!
7.[+78, -2] It wasn't light nor heavy, I liked it. I liked it because it didn't only focus on the romance. I was happy while watching.
OMGosh, i can't get over this drama... one of my most favorite thing aside from all the quotes in the book is about the love progression between dani and eunhoo.. this is such a mature love story with so much giggle.. not over the top.. hahahaha i love all of their scene together especially their dates..
but my most favorite part is thelending when they outted themselves to the people.. hehehe i have been repeating the scene over and over again just to see the surprise look from dani and how proud eun hoo is of her being her girlfriend.
i love how this transcend success of women in the workforce..
EH: She had studied more diligently than anyone, she's talented, and she works more passionately than anyone!
DY: Give me an idea.
EH: You want me to give you this valuable thing for free?
EH: That's a little insufficient.
DY: Just give me some ideas.
EH: Noona, could I sleep here…?
DY: Why is he asking something like that?
EH: Is that you, noona?! I am ready at any time!
SJ: I don't need your apology. Just don't appear in front of me anymore.
SJ: Please, let's just be cool, and only talk about work!
DY: You're here. Next to me. I only need you.
Time really flies fast! I read about this drama late Oct last year, and we're now done with the finale..
I've quoted @stroppyse 's translation of Episode 13 preview here. Does anyone remember watching the highlighted? From the preview, it looked like EH had invited DY over to his room and shy DY was pacing in the hallway. Perhaps a deleted scene?
They never showed the scene in the episode itself. The preview seemed to be hinting that DY initially refuses while EH is just ready for her. However, in the episode itself, when EH asks if he can spend the night, DY initially doesn't respond, but then as EH gets off the bed and starts to leave, DY casually remarks that he should change into his night clothes and come back. EH decides he doesn't need any special night clothes to sleep in, and so stays to sleep with DY, though we're really not shown much more than that. So, I think the bit in the preview where EH hits the wall and DY is being skittish, and then EH tells DY he's always ready for her was probably cut out of the final version of the episode.
There have been other places in this drama where a scene or a line is in the preview, but it's not actually in the episode. There was even a discussion about that on this thread.
tvN's Romance Is A Bonus Book has come to an end *sad* also this is Lee Jon Suk's last drama after he enlisted! But was this drama really that good?
I was truly satisfied with the plot and I appreciate the way it was neatly developed. This drama is the type that makes you feel at ease when you watch it, It was really relaxing as there were no dramas or unnecessary dragging, everything was gradually/smoothly build up and made sense.
Not unlike a good book, I feel bittersweet about reaching the end of the journey with our publishing heroes. We've faced great highs and hard lows together, and I will miss everyone, from sweet Dan-yi and Eun-ho to bickering Hae-rin and Seo-joon, and even spoiled Ji-yul and poor Hoon. But also like the best books, we get an excellent conclusion and the reassurance that our heroes stories will continue, even if we can't see it all in this volume.
And now we must leave Gyeoroo and its staff behind, though their stories will never leave our hearts. I know I'm being a little saccharine and sentimental, but I can't help but feel warm and fuzzy as this show draws to a gentle close. It was honestly everything that I wanted it to be: a poignant but also adorable love story, an office comedy, and even the mystery finally impacted me in the way I wanted it to, so that I felt for Author Kang and the sons he left behind.
We've been wondering for a while whether or not Eun-ho was truly Author Kang's son or just an enthusiastic student of the man, and now that we know the answer, nothing has diminished in their relationship. He promised to be Author Kang's son, and he upheld that promise until the very end. I am so relieved that Seo-joon never saw Eun-ho as a replacement or unwelcome member of the family, and instead saw how his father, even with his declining health, could want to hold tightly to the memory of Seo-joon but still falter. Even though Author Kang's memories were mixed up and confused, his feelings held tightly to him, and he transferred them to Eun-ho. I'm glad that Seo-joon was able to find his closure at last, and to even find a "brother" he could trust.
The show has done an amazing job of honoring both the publishing industry and what it does and the people who work in that environment, and Author Kang's parting sentiments bring these two loves together as one, with people and books both existing to touch the lives of others. It draws out the idea that every person has a story of their own, just like a book, and while an individual cannot change the entire world, it is still significant in the way that others feel comforted by it when they bring it into their lives. Just like Inner Thoughts of Plants wasn't necessarily a bestseller, it was still a work that deserved the chance to touch the hearts of others. And I really like the final sentiment, that it couldn't necessarily do it on its own, but with the help of others, our botany book will make it.
Eun-ho couldn't solve Dan-yi's problems, nor did he too often make the mistake of trying to. Instead he was there to comfort, to hold her hand, and to make her smile. For others, like Director Ko, sometimes we forget that stories (and people) are important, and instead dive into other pursuits like work. But in the end, everyone at Gyeoroo grows and thrives, even as their stories change.
Author Kang also reminds us that a story needs a beginning and an end, even if the ending is not the one we had hoped for. In perhaps his final moment of clarity, Author Kang realized the importance of recording his whole life, not just the beginning, and how that life and its story impacted others. Because even though many struggled through the end of his tale, in the end when the truth was revealed, he brought people together who were able to console one another.
Let it not go unnoticed that the final shot is not of our romantic couples however, but of Gyeoroo. A place of cherished work, where all of these characters came together to make stories for others, and to make their own along the way.
And so, the show leaves us with one final message at the end of the credits: the moon is beautiful.
Thank you for this. I thought I missed the scene lol.
To everyone, I've enjoyed reading all your posts - views, translations, personal anecdotes etc. Appreciate the effort you put into composing your posts. I sure have learned so much from the drama and from so many of you.
Overall, I enjoyed watching this drama. There are some parts and elements which I disliked, but the show also presented many themes and sub-stories which I loved and could relate to. So way more many likes than dislikes from me.
Looking forward to LJS's new works in 2 year's time. I do hope he takes on projects from OCN or JTBC, or a drama with minimal focus on romance. Something like OCN's Save Me will be awesome I think. LJS will definitely continue to participate as the romantic lead in major broadcasting stations' dramas; afterall, that's what most people like to watch and sponsors love to dress him up. But it will be good for him to break away from the stereotype roles more often.
See you guys around! The moon is indeed beautiful!


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Q: \newcommand Tikz argument problem I have this two commands to read x from y or y from x on a plot.
The problem is that the label is 180:#3 with above position instread of #3 east position.
The wish (less important) : how to merge the two commands in one ?
\newcommand{\ReadY}[3][180]{%
    \draw[very thin, dashed] (axis cs:#2,0)|-(axis cs:0,#3) coordinate (Y) ;
    \node[small dot,pin=#1:#3] at (Y) {};
}

\newcommand{\ReadX}[3][270]{%
    \draw[very thin, dashed] (axis cs:0,#2)-|(axis cs:#3,0) coordinate (Y) ;
    \node[small dot,pin=#1:#3] at (Y) {};
}

Has to be corrected to :
\newcommand{\ReadY}[3][180]{%
    \draw[very thin, dashed] (axis cs:#2,0)|-(axis cs:0,#3) coordinate (Y) ;
    \node[small dot,pin={[pin position={#1}]{#3}}] at (Y) {};
}

\newcommand{\ReadX}[3][270]{%
    \draw[very thin, dashed] (axis cs:0,#2)-|(axis cs:#3,0) coordinate (Y) ;
    \node[small dot,pin={[pin position={#1}]{#3}}] at (Y) {};
}

Is it possible to merge the two command in one ?
I mean :

*

*the first argument is the optinal angle,

*the second is the value I know

*the third in the value give by the function and red on the plot (the image or the antecedent)
the label has to be on this node.
Minimal example :
 \documentclass{standalone}
 \usepackage{pgfplots}

 % boite de couleur avec un filet autour
 \tikzset{%
     boxcolor/.style args={#1}{%
   fill=#1!25!white,rectangle,rounded corners=4pt,font=\footnotesize,draw=#1},
    small dot/.style={fill=black,circle,scale=0.3}}

\newcommand{\ReadY}[3][175]{%
    \draw[very thin, dashed] (axis cs:#2,0)|-(axis cs:0,#3) coordinate (Y) ;
    \node[small dot,pin={[boxcolor=green,pin position={#1}]{%
            \pgfmathprintnumber[use comma]{#3}}}] at (Y) {};
}

\newcommand{\ReadX}[3][265]{%
    \draw[very thin, dashed] (axis cs:0,#2)-|(axis cs:#3,0) coordinate (Y) ;
    \node[small dot,pin={[boxcolor=green,pin position={#1}]{%
\pgfmathprintnumber[use comma]{#3}}}] at (Y) {};
}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[xmax=2,xmin=-2,ymin=-2,ymax=2,
axis x line=center, axis y line=center]
\node[below left] at (axis cs:0,0) {\footnotesize $0$};
\ReadX{.5}{.5} ;
\ReadY{1}{1.5} ;
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Tahnks to Peter Grill, with more options and even en node to put something on the point itself :
\NewDocumentCommand{\ReadXY}{%
    D<>{green}% [#1] first color
    o%% [#2] = optional parameters x pin
        % (no x pin if no angle provided, which is the default)
    m%  % {#3} = x value (mandatory paramater)
    D<>{green}% [#4] second color
    o%% [#5] = optional parameters for y pin
        % (no y in if no angle provided, which is the default)
    m%  % {#6} = y value (mandatory paramater)
}{%
    \draw[very thin, dashed] (axis cs:#3,0) coordinate (ReadX)%
        |- (axis cs:0,#6) coordinate (ReadY) ;
    % new node on the point
    \coordinate (ReadXY) at (axis cs:#3,#6) ;
    %
    \IfValueTF{#2}{%
        \node[small dot,pin={[boxcolor=#1,pin position={#2}]
            {\smash[b]{\pgfmathprintnumber[use comma]{#3}}}}] at (ReadX) {};
    }{}%
    %
    \IfValueTF{#5}{%
        \node[small dot,pin={[boxcolor=#4,pin position={#5}]
            {\smash[b]{\pgfmathprintnumber[use comma]{#6}}}}] at (ReadY) {};
    }{}%
}%

A: I am not 100% sure I understand what you want, but this should give you an idea as to how to combine the commands into a single command.
The \ReadXY macro below has two optional parameters for the x and the y pin angle. If the angle is not specified that coordinate is not labelled. So, this one macro allows you to have four possible combinations:

*

*Label box x and y,

*Label only the x,

*Label only the y, and

*Label neither coordinate, but just draw the lines:

as illustrated here:

Code:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{xparse}
\usepackage{xstring}

\tikzset{%
    boxcolor/.style args={#1}{%
    fill=#1!25!white,rectangle,rounded corners=4pt,font=\footnotesize,draw=#1},
    small dot/.style={fill=black,circle,scale=0.3}}

\NewDocumentCommand{\ReadXY}{%
    O{}% [#1] = optional parameters x pin (no x pin if no angle provided, which is the default)
    O{}% [#2] = optional parameters for y pin (no y pin if no angle provided, which is the default)
    m% {#3} = x value (mandatory paramater)
    m% {#4} = y value (mandatory paramater)
}{%
    \IfStrEq{#1}{}{}{%
        \draw[very thin, dashed] (axis cs:0,#4)-|(axis cs:#3,0) coordinate (Y) ;
        \node[small dot,pin={[boxcolor=green,pin position={#1}]
            {\pgfmathprintnumber[use comma]{#3}}}] at (Y) {};
    }%
    %
    \IfStrEq{#2}{}{}{%
        \draw[very thin, dashed] (axis cs:#3,0)|-(axis cs:0,#4) coordinate (Y) ;
        \node[small dot,pin={[boxcolor=green,pin position={#2}]
            {\pgfmathprintnumber[use comma]{#4}}}] at (Y) {};
    }%
}%

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[xmax=2,xmin=-2,ymin=-2,ymax=2,axis x line=center, axis y line=center]
    \node[below left] at (axis cs:0,0) {\footnotesize $0$};
    \ReadXY[-120][-160]{0.75}{1.0};% <--- Label BOTH x and y
    \ReadXY[45][]{1.25}{1.4};% <--- Label ONLY x
    \ReadXY[][20]{-1.5}{-1.7};% <--- Label ONLY y
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

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Zgrajen je bil na Finskem, v Helsinkih februarja 1978, ime pa je dobil po viceadmiralu Juliánu Irízarju. Med falklandsko vojno je služil kot bolniška ladja. V incidentu leta 2007 se je vnel požar v električnem generatorju in ladjo delno uničil, vse od takrat ledolomilec ni v uporabi.

Projekt popravila in prenove je kontroverzen v Argentini, saj po sedmih letih in porabljenih (preračunano) 650 milijonih dolarjev leta 2014 še vedno ni bil končan. V to ceno ni vštet strošek najema ruskih ledolomilcev za nujno oskrbovanje oporišč na Antarktiki v vmesnem času.

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The domain within your query sequence starts at position 1671 and ends at position 1704; the E-value for the EZ_HEAT domain shown below is 1e-7.
Present in subunits of cyanobacterial phycocyanin lyase, and other proteins. Probable scaffolding role.
This short bi-helical repeat is related to HEAT repeats and is present in phycocyanobilin lyases and other proteins.
Cyanobacteria and red algae harvest light energy using macromolecular complexes known as phycobilisomes (PBS), peripherally attached to the photosynthetic membrane. The major components of PBS are the phycobiliproteins. These heterodimeric proteins are covalently attached to phycobilins: open-chain tetrapyrrole chromophores, which function as the photosynthetic light-harvesting pigments. Phycobiliproteins differ in sequence and in the nature and number of attached phycobilins to each of their subunits. These proteins include the lyase enzymes that specifically attach particular phycobilins to apophycobiliprotein subunits. The most comprehensively studied of these is the CpcE/Flyase P31967, P31968, which attaches phycocyanobilin (PCB) to the alpha subunit of apophycocyanin [(PUBMED:8132596)]. Similarly, MpeU/V attaches phycoerythrobilin to phycoerythrin II, while CpeY/Z is thought to be involved in phycoerythrobilin (PEB) attachment to phycoerythrin (PE) I (PEs I and II differ in sequence and in the number of attached molecules of PEB: PE I has five, PE II has six) [(PUBMED:9023176)].
All the reactions of the above lyases involve an apoprotein cysteine SH addition to a terminal delta 3,3'-double bond. Such a reaction is not possible in the case of phycoviolobilin (PVB), the phycobilin of alpha-phycoerythrocyanin (alpha-PEC). It is thought that in this case, PCB, not PVB, is first added to apo-alpha-PEC, and is then isomerized to PVB. The addition reaction has been shown to occur in the presence of either of the components of alpha-PEC-PVB lyase PecE or PecF (or both). The isomerisation reaction occurs only when both PecE and PecF components are present, i.e. the PecE/F phycobiliprotein lyase is also a phycobilin isomerase [(PUBMED:10708746)]. Another member of this family is the NblB protein, whose similarity to the phycobiliprotein lyases was previously noted [(PUBMED:9882677)]. This constitutively expressed protein is not known to have any lyase activity. It is thought to be involved in the coordination of PBS degradation with environmental nutrient limitation. It has been suggested that the similarity of NblB to the phycobiliprotein lyases is due to the ability to bind tetrapyrrole phycobilins via the common repeated motif [(PUBMED:882677)].
This repeat is also found in proteins not related to the phycobilisomes, such as archaeal proteins that are essential for chemotaxis and phototaxis [(PUBMED:19291314)], epoxyqueuosine reductases [(PUBMED:21502530)] and deoxyhypusine hydroxylases [(PUBMED:9546244)].
There are 111045 EZ_HEAT domains in 23056 proteins in SMART's nrdb database.
Taxonomic distribution of proteins containing EZ_HEAT domain.
This tree includes only several representative species. The complete taxonomic breakdown of all proteins with EZ_HEAT domain is also avaliable.
Click on the protein counts, or double click on taxonomic names to display all proteins containing EZ_HEAT domain in the selected taxonomic class.
This information is based on mapping of SMART genomic protein database to KEGG orthologous groups. Percentage points are related to the number of proteins with EZ_HEAT domain which could be assigned to a KEGG orthologous group, and not all proteins containing EZ_HEAT domain. Please note that proteins can be included in multiple pathways, ie. the numbers above will not always add up to 100%.


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Q: ASP.NET TreeView and Selecting the Selected Node How do I capture the event of the clicking the Selected Node of a TreeView?
It doesn't fire the SelectedNodeChanged since the selection has obviously not changed but then what event can I catch so I know that the Selected Node was clicked?
UPDATE:
When I have some time, I'm going to have to dive into the bowels of the TreeView control and dig out what and where it handles the click events and subclass the TreeView to expose a new event OnSelectedNodeClicked.
I'll probably do this over the Christmas holidays and I'll report back with the results.
UPDATE:
I have come up with a solution below that sub-classes the TreeView control.

A: Easiest way - if it doesn't interfere with the rest of your code - is to simply set the node as not selected in the SelectedNodeChanged method.
protected void TreeView1_SelectedNodeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e){
  // Do whatever you're doing
  TreeView1.SelectedNode.Selected = false;
}

A: After a somewhat lengthy period, I have finally had some time to look into how to subclass the TreeView to handle a Selected Node being clicked.
Here is my solution which exposes a new event SelectedNodeClicked which you can handle from the Page or wherever.
(If needed it is a simple task to refactor into C#)
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web

Public Class MyTreeView
  Inherits System.Web.UI.WebControls.TreeView

  Public Event SelectedNodeClicked As EventHandler

  Private Shared ReadOnly SelectedNodeClickEvent As Object

  Private Const CurrentValuePathState As String = "CurrentValuePath"

  Protected Property CurrentValuePath() As String
    Get
      Return Me.ViewState(CurrentValuePathState)
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value As String)
      Me.ViewState(CurrentValuePathState) = value
    End Set
  End Property

  Friend Sub RaiseSelectedNodeClicked()

    Me.OnSelectedNodeClicked(EventArgs.Empty)

  End Sub

  Protected Overridable Sub OnSelectedNodeClicked(ByVal e As EventArgs)

    RaiseEvent SelectedNodeClicked(Me, e)

  End Sub

  Protected Overrides Sub OnSelectedNodeChanged(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

    MyBase.OnSelectedNodeChanged(e)

    ' Whenever the Selected Node changed, remember its ValuePath for future reference
    Me.CurrentValuePath = Me.SelectedNode.ValuePath

  End Sub

  Protected Overrides Sub RaisePostBackEvent(ByVal eventArgument As String)

    ' Check if the node that caused the event is the same as the previously selected node
    If Me.SelectedNode IsNot Nothing AndAlso Me.SelectedNode.ValuePath.Equals(Me.CurrentValuePath) Then
      Me.RaiseSelectedNodeClicked()
    End If

    MyBase.RaisePostBackEvent(eventArgument)

  End Sub

End Class

A: Store what is selected and use code in the Page_Load event handler to compare what is selected to what you have stored.  Page_Load is called for every post back even if the selected value doesn't change, unlike SelectedNodeChanged.
Example
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html
<form id="form1" runat="server">

    <asp:TreeView ID="TreeView1" runat="server" OnSelectedNodeChanged="TreeView1_SelectedNodeChanged"
        ShowLines="True">
        <Nodes>
            <asp:TreeNode Text="Root" Value="Root">
                <asp:TreeNode Text="RootSub1" Value="RootSub1"></asp:TreeNode>
                <asp:TreeNode Text="RootSub2" Value="RootSub2"></asp:TreeNode>
            </asp:TreeNode>
            <asp:TreeNode Text="Root2" Value="Root2">
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Root2Sub1" Value="Root2Sub1">
                    <asp:TreeNode Text="Root2Sub1Sub1" Value="Root2Sub1Sub1"></asp:TreeNode>
                </asp:TreeNode>
                <asp:TreeNode Text="Root2Sub2" Value="Root2Sub2"></asp:TreeNode>
            </asp:TreeNode>
        </Nodes>
    </asp:TreeView>
    <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Selected"></asp:Label>
    <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
    <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label>

</form>

C#
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if(TreeView1.SelectedNode!=null && this.TextBox1.Text == TreeView1.SelectedNode.Value.ToString())
    {
        Label2.Text = (int.Parse(Label2.Text) + 1).ToString();
    }
    else
    {
        Label2.Text = "0";
    }
}
protected void TreeView1_SelectedNodeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    this.TextBox1.Text = TreeView1.SelectedNode.Value.ToString();
}

A: When you're adding nodes to the tree in the _TreeNodePopulate() event, set the .SelectionAction property on the node.
TreeNode newCNode;
newCNode = new TreeNode("New Node");

newCNode.SelectAction = TreeNodeSelectAction.Select;

//now you can set the .NavigateUrl property to call the same page with some query string parameter to catch in the page_load()

newCNode.NavigateUrl = "~/ThisPage.aspx?args=" + someNodeAction

RootNode.ChildNodes.Add(newCNode);

A: protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!IsPostBack)
        {
            TreeView1.SelectedNode.Selected = false;
        }
    }

works for me

A: c#:
TreeNode node = TreeTypes.FindNode(obj.CustomerTypeId.ToString());

TreeTypes.Nodes[TreeTypes.Nodes.IndexOf(node)].Select();

A: You can always use the MouseDown or MouseUp event and check to see if it the selected node.

A: I use the ShowCheckBox property and the Checked property to "highlight" the selected item.
When the SelectedNodeChanged event raises:

*

*I set to false the ShowCheckBox property and the Checked property for the old selected one and I set to true the ShowCheckBox property and the Checked property for the new selected one.

*I use the selected node for any action

*Finally, I unselect the selected item:
myTreeView.SelecteNode.Selected = false

A: i have a problem look like but i solved it !
in server side code :
    protected void MainTreeView_SelectedNodeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        ClearTreeView();
        MainTreeView.SelectedNode.Text = "" + MainTreeView.SelectedNode.Text + "";
        MainTreeView.SelectedNode.Selected = false;

    }

    public void ClearTreeView()
    {
         for (int i = 0; i < MainTreeView.Nodes.Count; i++)
        {
            for(int j=0;j< MainTreeView.Nodes[i].ChildNodes.Count;j++)
            {
                ClearNodeText(MainTreeView.Nodes[i].ChildNodes[j]);
            }
            ClearNodeText(MainTreeView.Nodes[i]);
        }
    }

    public void ClearNodeText(TreeNode tn)
    {
        tn.Text = tn.Text.Replace("", "").Replace("", "");
    }

in client side code :


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We had a fantastic time in Washington. It's one state that is hard to get tired of. We can't wait to come back and explore more, but for now…we head east!
With Coeur d'Alene punched in our GPS, we contacted friends, Take That Exit, who used to travel full time but now have a sweet home in northern Idaho. Turns out that they were camping for the weekend up in Priest Lake and said we could join them. The kids were so excited to meet up with their kids again. It had been almost 2 years since we last saw them.
We made it to Luby Bay Campground and fell in love with the area.
The lake was beautiful, but it was so nice to visit with our friends again.
We were only there one night, but the kids got to swim and play on floats and get worn out with their old friends. We said our goodbyes in the morning and headed north. We were in need of some good boondocking.
We knew of a sweet boondocking site around Bonners Ferry, ID that some friends told us about. It was so nice to be back in the woods and alone!
We love to visit with friends, but there's just something so special and wonderful about being alone in the woods with the ones you love. No one else around, just you and nature. It's magical and if you haven't given boondocking a try, I highly suggest you do.
We ended up in a different spot than we originally planned, but I think our spot was a little better anyway.
There was a creek in our front yard and the view at sunset was incredible from down there.
We took it easy in this perfect little spot. Not a care in the world. Lots of resting, relaxing, and enjoying being together.
Since the creek in our 'front yard' was not very deep, we drove down the road to another spot where the water was deeper.
The first time I took them, they didn't want to get in. It was SO COLD. There's no way I'm getting in there, which really sucked because I was counting on this being our baths for everyone.
The kids braved the cold waters (well, the younger 3 did) and Adali and I watched them shivering and having the time of their lives.
I think this may have been their first time swimming in a creek.
The next day the were begging to go back and swim. I couldn't say no to another 'bath day' so yes! Let's go swimming!! They had so much fun and I may or may not have told them what skinny-dipping was and they may or may not have had the best day of their lives.
Next day was just the same. They had to go back to swim. This time I told Jonathan he should come with us so he can get in with them. He braved the freezing water and had a great time playing with them.
Jax warned him that, 'At first it burns because it's so cold, but then you get used to it once you can't feel your legs anymore.' Ha!
One night while Jonathan and I were Netflix and Chilling (ok we were really just Netflixing), we heard what we thought was a raccoon on our roof. It was really loud and sounded heavy. We got up to see what was out there which probably wasn't the greatest idea since we're in bear country. At one point it sounded like something was trying to come inside the vents on our roof. What the heck is it?
We grab a flash light and quickly open the door and there it was! A little tiny mouse just staring at us, standing on a bag of chips!
Jonathan quickly shuts the door and I freak out. What do we do? We don't have traps. Is there just one? We grab a couple bowls in hopes of trapping it when we open the door back up. That will work…right??
Jonathan opens the door and we're ready to trap it but…it's not there! WHAT? NO!
We pull everything out of the pantry in hopes of finding it but we don't. We lay back down and listen. Shortly after, we hear the noises again. We swing the pantry door open again and…no mouse. What the heck? I knew I heard it. I gently slide open the trash bin drawer and, there it is!! Just sitting in our trash can eating whatever it can find. I slam the door back and get our bowls ready. Open it again...and it's gone!
Clearly we don't know how to hunt mice. Those things are fast!
Long story short, we ended up getting traps the next morning and that night, we caught two! The next night we caught one. Then we had one night of hearing one but it never got on the traps…until the next night. We ended up catching 4 mice in 3 days! Shew. I'm so glad that's over.
We obviously have been in the area too long if tiny creepy friends are coming inside.
After getting a little stir crazy, we decided to make the long drive to go check out Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge.
We are blown away every new place we visit in Idaho. It's easy to see why so many of our friends are buying property in this great state.
Again, the pictures just can't capture the beauty there. If you find your self in the northern part of Idaho, make sure you visit this place. Incredible! Go towards sunset for an even more magical experience.
A couple days later we woke up, looked outside and we were so confused. They sky was red and it looked like a sunset.
We knew there had to be fires in the area so a quick search proved that there was indeed a lot of fires all around us. Eastern Washington, Western Montana, and north of us in Canada were all ablaze with wildfires. No wonder.
We knew we'd be heading out in just a couple days so we just decided to hang tight in our spot until it was time to head to Canada. The smoke continued to get worse and Jax and Ada started to feel really sick to their stomachs. It's time to get out of here.
We pulled out and headed north to Canada! We've been planning this trip for weeks and we were so excited to finally get to 'live in Canada' for a bit. It'll be a blast, eh?


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The British Tradition
The Glory of France: From Artifice to Reality
Nature Observed, Recorded, Stylized and Imagined
Sculpture Solarium
The Narrative Tradition
Romantic Landscape in America
E.I. Couse Gallery
Shared traditions between hemispheres and across millennium demonstrate the commonality of man's experiences. Some of the artistic traditions can be experienced through the interest in flora and fauna, real and imagined. Within these subjects, cultures developed imagery independent of each other yet, at times, with similar meanings; the dragon in the east and gryphon in the west, both symbols of power, exemplify such. Additionally, exchanged ideas facilitated through trade brought aspects of artistic traditions to other lands and back again, as demonstrated by Asian export porcelain. Fabricated in the east using native techniques these objects were decorated with imagery designed for consumption in the west, and never intended for use by the cultures responsible for production. Similarly, techniques, styles and imagery developed in the east were adapted by the west to fit within its cultural confines.
From cave paintings to today, man has turned to the animal kingdom for artistic inspiration. Globally, cultures employed animals as an actual object, applied elements or decorative schemes. These creatures provided utilitarian or spiritual service in both this life and the next. Mythical beasts based on aspects of animals, prized and feared, provide a cultural commonality. In the east, dragons appear throughout artistic expression whether forming handles for an urn or coiling around a jar. Similarly, in the western tradition, gryphons function as decoration for a compote or an American silver pitcher. Still, at times, prized creatures serve as a vessel such as a peacock for an incense burner.
Unidentified Artist. Urn, Chinese, Southern Dung Dynasty, 1127-1279
Gift of Mr. John L Booth
1962.16.13a
Nature Recorded and Imagined
Beginning in the 17th century, Europeans began to depict the bounty of nature creating elaborate botanical compositions. These works could also include creatures from land and sea invoking the ideas of bountiful feasts. Still life arrangements went beyond the purely decorative often to include particular fruit, flower or objects to convey a specific meaning. Further, artists explored death and memorial through the inclusion of skulls and other objects referencing the passing of life. Traditions such as tompe l'oile, meaning to fool the eye, continue with popularity in 19th century America depicting precious object and dead game.
Unidentified Artist. Earthenware painted blue with transparent underglaze, Korean Choson Dynasty, 1392-1910
Cypress at Monterey, California
William Ritschel. Cypress at Monterey, California, ca. 1914-1920. Oil on Canvas
Bequest of Mrs. Arnold Boutel
Ritschel worked in the American tradition of Tonalism, an aspect of Impressionism, which uses tonal variations of color to form a composition. He studied in New York and Europe, yet settled in California, where he drew inspiration from the cypress-covered cliffs. Evident in this work is Ritschel's influence from eastern art revealed through the square-shaped canvas and foreshortening of the composition, creating an allusion of two instead of three dimensions, an approach evident in the Asian ceramics.


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Beginner's Guide to World Cinema Album
About Beginner's Guide to World Cinema
This Beginner's Guide to World Cinema album was released in 2012 and featured titles like La Vie en Rose [La Vie en Rose], Guilty [Amelie] and Preciso Me Encontrar [Central Station] from Edith Piaf, George Shearing and Cartola.
La Vie en Rose [La Vie en Rose]
Guilty [Amelie]
Preciso Me Encontrar [Central Station]
Guitarra [A Lisbon Story]
Madredeus
Volver [Volver]
Believe [Run Lola Run]
Kya Raaz Hai [Raaz 3]
Shreya Ghoshal, Zubeen
Beyond My Control [Angel-A]
Anja Garbarek
The Eye of the Tiger [From Persepolis]
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An opening cutscene plays of a conversation between two mysterious figures. We'll be seeing more of the woman in the upper-right later in the game.
You have been dropped off at Liberty Island, New York. Your handler, Alex Jacobson, relays your instructions -- meet your brother, Paul.
After a brief moment Paul approaches you on the docks. Note the crowbar on the ground.
Paul gives you a choice of weapons: a rifle, a GEP gun, and a crossbow. The crossbow comes with nonlethal tranquilizer darks -- my preference.
Paul also gives you this map of the island.
Here are your primary and secondary goals.
Pick up the crowbar and bust open the crates to find binoculars and this lockpick.
Take a look around the docks. Here is the UNATCO boat that brought you here.
Descend these stairs to the water below.
You'll find these crates floating in a shark cage. Bust the crates open for a Multitool and a Bioelectric Cell.
You should talk to every NPC you encounter in Deus Ex - repeatedly. This guard tells you that Gunther has gotten himself into trouble and it's up to you to bail him out.
Alex relays information of an informant on the North Dock who can help you get inside the statue.
You can speak to Paul repeatedly and get more information about your family and UNATCO.
Use your crowbar to bust open these crates for darts, a prod charger and 10mm ammo.
NSF terrorists patrol beyond. Use your binoculars to study their movements from a distance.
Search any bodies for supplies.
Avoid the NSF and head left to UNATCO HQ.
Approach this guard and he'll ask you about your tactics. If you take a hard line he'll approve and give you a security code for a bunker up ahead. We're taking a different approach -- tell him we're using a minimum of force.
He offers to sell you some equipment. The tranquilizer darts are what we're here for.
There's the bunker dead ahead. O-d-m writes that a lockpick can be found behind the bunker in a crate.
Smash this crate for a multitool. There's also another crowbar here.
Don't fret about this locked bunker -- we'll be back with the security code later.
Follow your map and compass toward the North Docks. Your immediate destination is the indicated shipping container.
On top you'll find this Data Cube with the security computer login: NSF001, password smashthestate. Also here is a Prod Charger and a Pepper Gun.
Once you get to the North Dock, Alex reminds you that the undercover agent Harley Filben is nearby.
A mercenary thug is on the right, so stay to the left. An NSF terrorist is circling counterclockwise. Wait until he is in this position before advancing. The crates contain nothing we'll be using -- rockets and 30.06 ammo.
To the left you'll find this shack with Harley Filben waiting in the doorway. Approach Harley and you'll automatically use the code words "Iron and copper."
Harley is concerned for the safety of the NSF commander. Choose the response, "You can trust me," and Harley will give you the key to the Statue's front entrance. This completes your secondary objective.
Talk to the drifter woman and she offers to sell you ammunition, but what she has to say is more valuable. "I'd go in the Statue from the back. Less security that way."
Ready a lockpick and drop into the water by this boat ramp.
Beneath the surface you'll find this ship. Pick the lock on the door directly ahead then come up for air.
Return to the ship and receive an Exploration Bonus of 50 skill points. Inside these crates you'll find Accuracy and Reload Weapons Modifications and a Sawed-off Shotgun.
Return to the docks. You'll find a crate with a Medkit where indicated.
Exit the docks the way you came, keeping the guards' backs to you.
Continue around to this underground bunker, careful to remain in the shadows.
Grab the Hazmat suit when the guard isn't looking.
Alex reports that the power box ahead is dangerous. There are several solutions to bypass the electric arcs. You can use a multitool on the control panel ahead, put on that Hazmat suit we just swiped, or, best yet, push the button (indicated) on the forklift.
Jump onto the rising lift then hop onto and over the power box.
You are awarded an Exploration Bonus of 250 skill points. The Weapons Crates contain Laser and Clip weapons mods, and this General Supply Crate holds a Bioelectric Cell.
Move the small metal crate and use it to step up to the shipping container directly ahead, then step onto and over the power box, once again avoiding the arcs as you return.
Return above and climb these shipping containers, moving the small metal crates as before to use as steps.
Don't miss the view from up here. Below is the bunker we just visited.
More NSF patrol here. Cautiously make your way to this ramp. Ascend the ramp to the upper level.
Ascend the next ramp up as well.
Here's your way in. Problem is, there is a gas grenade on the left wall. Disable the grenade then enter the Statue, keeping to the right.
Head right, then quietly listen to these two. To the right are stairs leading to your primary objective, the NSF commander. To your left are stairs leading to your secondary objective, Gunther. We're heading left.
Continue down the stairs to this landing. The camera (upper-right) will trigger the ceiling-mounted gun. Duck under the camera when it is pointed away. Bust open the crate for a lockpick.
Wait until the camera points left (inset), then run past the landing to these stairs. Crouch and descend the stairs, keeping the guard's back to you.
Approach this doorway and Alex radios that Gunther is being held behind the laser alarm.
Nearby is this Data Cube with info we had seen before, plus a Lockpick and a LAM.
Across the lobby is this medical crate. Bust it open to find a Medkit.
We could use a Multitool or hack the security system using the login and password we obtained before. Instead, we'll enter this ventilation shaft.
Activate your light and crawl through the ventilation shaft. You'll find this Multitool along the way, and a room to the left, which we will ignore for now.
Instead, continue to this room. You'll find a Data Cube with an ATM account number and PIN, a P250 and a Medkit.
Return to the ventilation shaft. This time enter the room we ignored before, then pick the lock on this door.
Two guards patrol beyond, and one guard remains seated. Alex tells you that Gunther is being held in the room behind the glass. Wait for the camera to turn away then hug the wall on the right and sneak behind the desk. If you are careful, the seated guard will not see you.
Break into the Security Computer Terminal with the login and password we obtained earlier (NSF001/smashthestate).
Turn the camera off. Unlock and open the door. Leave the turret alone because once it fires the guards take notice.
You must talk to Gunther outside his cell to receive your reward of 150 skill points. He asks you for a gun.
Deny Gunther the weapon, then hide behind the safety glass while he defeats the NSF with only a knife.
Here's the desk you were hiding behind earlier. On top is this Accuracy Mod and a baton.
Talk to Gunther again and he'll insult your more advanced nano-augmentation.
Now, to complete the primary goal. Return to the lobby through the ventilation shafts.
Return up these stairs, keeping the camera's back to you as you go.
You'll eventually arrive at these two again. This time, head right.
On your way up the stairs you'll receive two transmissions from Alex plus a Progress Bonus of 150 skill points.
Two NSF guards are at the top of the stairs. Carefully walk behind them and to the left.
A recurrent flaw in Deus Ex is that your behavior is sometimes judged by where you are rather than by what you do. Alex's caution for you to be "Easy" here is one example. Ascend the ladder.
The NSF commander awaits at the top. You are awarded a Critical Location Bonus of 750 skill points.
The commander surrenders. Ask him to tell you about the Ambrosia shipment.
Your objectives are updated -- return to UNATCO HQ. Keep talking to the commander and he'll let loose with his loopy conspiracy theories.
Your primary objective is now complete, but your biggest prize is this Augmentation Canister. Grab it now and we'll have it installed later. Your new goal: return to UNATCO HQ.
Descend to the base of the statue. Approach this map and Alex radios that Silhouette is suspected of destroying the Statue.
Return to the lobby. All of the NSF have been killed by UNATCO troops. At least none of the blood is on your hands. Note the ATM in the back.
Use the account number and PIN that we obtained earlier to withdraw 200 credits.
You'll find your brother, Paul, waiting for you at UNATCO HQ. Approach him for a brief conversation. Your objectives are updated: report to Manderley's office on level 2.
Enter UNATCO HQ and receive a Progress Bonus of 115 skill points.
You can chat with your fellow employees and even read the newspaper.
Use the retinal scanner (inset) to continue into the offices.
Your office is here on level 2.
Alex radios your login and password, and you are awarded an Area Location Bonus of 50 skill points.
Log in to your account and check your email. You'll want to do this periodically throughout the game.
You'll find Anna and Gunther in this break room. Approach them and endure their insults to complete a secondary objective.
Here is the location of your primary objective - Joseph Manderley's office.
On the secretary's desk is the Nano Key for the closet doors as well as this Data Cube with Manderley's login and password.
You are awarded a Critical Location Bonus of 250 skill points. Talk to Manderley and he updates your objectives -- meet with Jaime Reyes and Sam Carter.
Use the Nano Key from the secretary's desk to access the two hallway closets for supplies.
Descend to Level 3. In the corridor on the left are the offices for Anna, Gunther and Sam. The corridor on the right is where you'll find Jaime and Alex.
Let's start by visiting Medical. Jaime explains how to use the augmentation canister you picked up in the Statue.
Swipe this NanoKey to the MedLab closet.
Inside the closet you'll find a Medical Supply Crate with a Medkit.
Use the Medical Bot to install your augmentation canister we picked up earlier. Microfibral Muscle will allow us to move obstacles and is more desirable for a stealthy gamestyle than its counterpart, Combat Strength.
Next, step across the hall to see Alex.
This Data Cube on Alex's desk has the door code for the bunker near the helipad - 0451.
Hover your cursor over the indicated area on the floor to spot a secret panel. Inside you'll find an office door key, a Scope Weapon Modification, and 30.06 ammo.
Grab this candy bar -- we'll be using it later in the next level.
Next, head over to Sam Carter and receive a Subject Acquisition Bonus of 50 skill points.
Sam gives you a stealth pistol plus a selection of more equipment. The lockpick or multitool are good choices. Here, I choose the Multitool.
Lastly, you can check out Anna and Gunther's offices across the hall. Not much here other than a Bioelectric cell visible on the table behind Anna. A table on the left has a Data Cube with Gunther's login and password.
Beyond are these holding cells, and a baton on this desk to the right.
You can also wander into the ladies room and startle poor Shannon -- but we wouldn't be so crass.
Don't return to Manderley's office just yet. Instead, head back outside to this bunker.
Enter the door code we got from the Data Cube in Alex's office - 0451.
Inside, you'll find Tranquilizer Darts and a control panel.
Hack the panel (better yet, use the login and password courtesy onfactorial) to open this bunker. Descend to earn an Exploration Bonus of 50 skill points and an EMP Grenade.
The office door key we found in Alex's office opens the two locked offices on Level 1. Inside this office you'll find a Lockpick and a Multitool.
This office holds an Accuracy Weapon Modification and an office door key code under the desk.
When you arrive at Manderley's office you'll find Paul there as well. Your objectives are updated -- get down to the South Dock.
Manderley gives you 1000 credits for completing your primary objective and another 250 for rescuing Gunther. He also berates you for being in the ladies room. Tsk, tsk!
Finally, return to the South Dock and board the boat to end the level - without having fired a single shot!