yuan1954yinyi [entries|friends|archive] yuan1954yinyi [ userinfo | livelogcity userinfo ] [ archive | journal archive ]

The Duke glanced at Erlein whose back was to the... 890 [Mar. 4th, 2010|02:23 am] The Duke glanced at Erlein whose back was to the four of them, then very briefly he held up his left hand with the third and fourth fingers carefully curled downHe gazed at Alessan deliberately and then back to the man beside Catriana Devin didn't understandAn oath? he thought, confused Sandre lowered his hand but his eyes remained locked on the Prince'sThere was an odd, challenging expression in themAlessan had suddenly gone pale And in that moment Devin understood "Oh, Adaon," Baerd whispered on a rising note, as Devin leaped up on the cart beside him"I do not believe this!" Neither did Devin What Sandre was telling them, quite link post comment

"Very well," he said to Tomasso"You have now told... 691 [Feb. 15th, 2010|02:30 am] "Very well," he said to Tomasso"You have now told us why we are here and have made clear your father's purpose and your ownFor my own part I will make a confessionI will confess, in the spirit of truth that a death vigil should inspire, that being ruled by a coarse, vicious, overbearing minor lord from Barbadior brings little joy to my aged heartIf you have a plan I would like to hear itOn my oath and honor I will keep faith with the Sandreni in this Tomasso shivered at the invocation of the ancient words"Your oath and honor are sureties beyond measure," he said, and meant it "They are indeed, bar Sandre," said Nievole, taking a heavy step forward from the fire"And I will dare to say that the word of the Nievolene has never been valued at lesser coinThe link post comment

Most people do not know my partner is my catIf... 198 [Feb. 13th, 2010|02:54 am] Most people do not know my partner is my catIf they accept the offer, and I don't want the deal, I call my home and speak to my catI make this absurd statement to illustrate how absurdly easy and simple the game isSo many people make things too difficult and take them too seriously Finding a good deal, the right business, the right people, the right investors, or whatever is just like datingYou must go to the market and talk to a lot of people, make a lot of offers, counteroffers, negotiate, reject and acceptI know single people who sit at home and wait for the phone to ring, but unless you're Cindy Crawford or Tom Cruise, I think you'd best go to the market, even if it's only the supermarketSearch, offer, reject, negotiate link post comment

Average mutual fund buyers are too busy working... 578 [Feb. 11th, 2010|02:34 am] Average mutual fund buyers are too busy working to pay taxes and mortgages, save for their children's college and pay off credit cards They do not have time to study to learn how to invest, so they rely on the expertise of the manager of a mutual fundAlso, because the mutual fund includes many different types of investments, they feel their money is safer because ii is "diversified This group of educated middle class subscribes to the "diversify" dogma put out by mutual fund brokers and financial planners The real tragedy is that the lack of early financial education is what creates the risk faced by average middle class peopleThe reason they have to play it safe is because their financial positions are tenuous at best Their balance sheets are not balancedThey are loaded with liabilities, with no real assets that generate incomeTypically, their only source of income is their paycheckTheir livelihood becomes entirely dependent on their employer So when genuine link post comment

They do not have time to study to learn how to... 578 [Feb. 11th, 2010|02:34 am] They do not have time to study to learn how to invest, so they rely on the expertise of the manager of a mutual fundAlso, because the mutual fund includes many different types of investments, they feel their money is safer because ii is "diversified This group of educated middle class subscribes to the "diversify" dogma put out by mutual fund brokers and financial planners The real tragedy is that the lack of early financial education is what creates the risk faced by average middle class peopleThe reason they have to play it safe is because their financial positions are tenuous at best Their balance sheets are not balancedThey are loaded with liabilities, with no real assets that generate incomeTypically, their only source of income is their paycheckTheir livelihood becomes entirely dependent on their employer So when genuine "deals of a lifetime" come along, those same people cannot take advantage of the opportunityThey must play it safe, simply link post comment

When my oldest son became hopelessly in debt with... 406 [Feb. 10th, 2010|03:06 am] When my oldest son became hopelessly in debt with his credit cards as a freshman in college, I not only helped him destroy the credit cards, but I also went in search of a program that would help me educate my children on financial matters One day last year, my husband called me from his office"I have someone I think you should meet," he said"His name is Robert KiyosakiHe's a businessman and investor, and he is here applying for a patent on an educational productI think it's what you have been looking for Just What I Was Looking For My husband, Mike, was so impressed with CASHFLOW, the new educational product that Robert Kiyosaki was developing, that he arranged for both of us to participate in a test of the prototypeBecause it was an educational game, I also asked my 19-year-old daughter, who was a freshman at a local university, if she would like to take part, and she agreed About fifteen people, broken into three groups, link post comment

She did turn at that, and her heart ached a... 312 [Feb. 6th, 2010|03:01 am] She did turn at that, and her heart ached a little to see the helpless worry in his eyesShe knew how he would have grieved for her last nightThe marks of sleeplessness were in his face link post comment

Releasing his reins he swung down off his horse... 328 [Feb. 4th, 2010|02:59 am] Releasing his reins he swung down off his horse and, striding forward, held out an open palm to AlessanWho met both, the smile and offered hand, with his own Devin found himself gasping with the rush of relief that swept over him, and then cheering wildly at the top of his voice with twenty outlaws in that dark Certandan pass What he noticed though, even as the cheering reached a crescendo, was that neither wizard was shoutingErlein and Sertino sat very still, almost rigid on their horses, as if concentrating on somethingThey gazed at each other, expressions identically grim And because he noticed, because he seemed to be becoming the sort of man who saw things like this, Devin link post comment

A true luxury is a reward for investing in and... 734 [Feb. 3rd, 2010|03:09 am] A true luxury is a reward for investing in and developing a real assetFor example, when my wife and I had extra money coming from our apartment houses, she went out and bought her MercedesIt did not take any extra work or risk on her part because the apartment house bought the car She did, however, have to wait for it for four years while the real estate investment portfolio grew and finally began throwing off enough extra cash flow to pay for the car But the luxury, the Mercedes, was a true reward because she had proved she knew how to grow her asset columnThat car now means a lot more to her than simply another pretty car It means she used her financial intelligence to afford it What most people do is they impulsively go out and buy a new car, or some other luxury, on creditThey may feel bored and just want a new toy Buying a luxury on credit often causes a person to sooner or later actually link post comment

I thought it might possibly be different... 343 [Feb. 2nd, 2010|03:14 am] I thought it might possibly be different tonight The back of her hand was tingling where his lips had touched her and her pulse was suddenly erratically fastFighting for composure, Elena asked, "I don't understandWhat did I do?" His sorrow was still there, but somehow it seemed gentler now, less naked in his faceHe said, quite calmly, "Tigana is the name of a land that was taken awayIts loss is part of the evil that brought the shadow-figure to this hill, and to all your other battlefields for twenty years nowElena, you won't understand this completely, you can't, but believe me when I tell you that you could not have heard the name of that land back in your village, whether by the light of day or under the two moonsNot even if I spoke it to you from as near as we are now, or cried it link post comment

I thought it might possibly be different... 593 [Feb. 2nd, 2010|03:14 am] I thought it might possibly be different tonight The back of her hand was tingling where his lips had touched her and her pulse was suddenly erratically fastFighting for composure, Elena asked, "I don't understandWhat did I do?" His sorrow was still there, but somehow it seemed gentler now, less naked in his faceHe said, quite calmly, "Tigana is the name of a land that was taken awayIts loss is part of the evil that brought the shadow-figure to this hill, and to all your other battlefields for twenty years nowElena, you won't understand this completely, you can't, but believe me when I tell you that you could not have heard the name of that land back in your village, whether by the light of day or under the two moonsNot even if I spoke it to you from as near as we are now, or cried it link post comment

"You don't know?" said Erlein di Senzio loudly"A... 234 [Feb. 1st, 2010|02:58 am] "You don't know?" said Erlein di Senzio loudly"A terrible oversightAllow me the introductionMy lady, may I present to you the Devin was the first to react, which surprised him, thinking about it afterwardsHe'd always been quick though, and he was closest to the wizardWhat he did, the only thing he could think of to do, was pivot sharply and bury his fist as hard as he could in Erlein's belly As it was, he was only a fraction of a second ahead of Catriana on Erlein's other sideShe had leaped to clap her hand over the wizard's mouthThe force of Devin's blow doubled Erlein over with a grunt of painThis in turn had the unintended effect link post comment

An instant later that particular dilemma was... 234 [Feb. 1st, 2010|02:58 am] An instant later that particular dilemma was rendered irrelevant "You don't know?" said Erlein di Senzio loudly"A terrible oversightAllow me the introductionMy lady, may I present to you the Devin was the first to react, which surprised him, thinking about it afterwardsHe'd always been quick though, and he was closest to the wizardWhat he did, the only thing he could think of to do, was pivot sharply and bury his fist as hard as he could in Erlein's belly As it was, he was only a fraction of a second ahead of Catriana on Erlein's other sideShe had leaped to clap her hand over the wizard's mouthThe force of Devin's blow doubled Erlein over link post comment

An instant later that particular dilemma was... 250 [Feb. 1st, 2010|02:58 am] An instant later that particular dilemma was rendered irrelevant "You don't know?" said Erlein di Senzio loudly"A terrible oversightAllow me the introductionMy lady, may I present to you the Devin was the first to react, which surprised him, thinking about it afterwardsHe'd always been quick though, and he was closest to the wizardWhat he did, the only thing he could think of to do, was pivot sharply and bury his fist as hard as he could in Erlein's belly As it was, he was only a fraction of a second ahead of Catriana on Erlein's other sideShe had leaped to clap her hand over the wizard's mouthThe force of Devin's blow doubled Erlein over link post comment

Some rare cases I have seen, of persons, who, by... 578 [Jan. 30th, 2010|02:26 am] Some rare cases I have seen, of persons, who, by a peculiar tact, can produce order and system without severity link post comment

The leader turned to them and gave a word at... 798 [Jan. 28th, 2010|02:12 am] The leader turned to them and gave a word at which every man of the gypsy party drew what weapon he carried, knife or pistol, and held himself in readiness to attackIssue was joined in an instant The leader, with a quick movement of his rein, threw his horse out in front, and pointed first to the sun, now close down on the hill tops, and then to the castle, said something which I did not understandFor answer, all four men of our party threw themselves from their horses and dashed towards the cartI should have felt terrible fear at seeing Jonathan in such danger, but that the ardor of battle must have been upon me as well as the rest of themI felt no fear, but only a wild, surging desire to do somethingSeeing the quick movement of our parties, the leader of the gypsies gave a commandHis men instantly formed round the cart in a sort of undisciplined endeavour, each one shouldering and pushing the other in his eagerness to carry out the order In the midst of this I could see that Jonathan on one side of the ring of men, and Quincey on the other, were forcing a way to the cartIt was evident that they were bent on finishing their task before the sun should setNothing seemed to stop or even to hinder themNeither the levelled weapons nor the flashing knives of the gypsies in front, nor the howling of the wolves behind, appeared to even attract their attentionJonathan's impetuosity, and the manifest singleness of his purpose, seemed to overawe those in front of himInstinctively they cowered aside and let him passIn an instant he had jumped upon the cart, and with a strength which seemed incredible, raised the great box, and flung it over the wheel to the groundMorris had had to use force to pass through his side of the ring of SzganyAll the time I had been breathlessly watching Jonathan I had, with the tail of my eye, seen him pressing desperately forward, and had seen the knives of the gypsies flash as he won a way through them, and they cut at himHe had parried with his great bowie knife, and at first I thought that he too had come through in safetyBut as he sprang beside Jonathan, who had by now jumped from the cart, I could see that with his left hand he was clutching at his side, and that the blood was spurting through his fingersHe did not delay notwithstanding this, for as Jonathan, with desperate energy, attacked one end of the chest, attempting to prize off the lid with his great Kukri knife, he attacked the other frantically with his bowieUnder the efforts of both men the lid began to yieldThe nails drew with a screeching sound, and the top of the box was thrown back By this time the gypsies, seeing themselves covered by the Winchesters, and at the mercy of Lord Godalming and DrSeward, had given in and made no further resistanceThe sun was almost down on the mountain tops, and the shadows of the whole group fell upon the snowI saw the Count lying within the box upon the earth, some of which the rude falling from the cart had scattered over himHe was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes glared with the horrible vindictive look which I knew so well As I looked, the eyes saw the sinking sun, and the look of hate in them turned to triumph But, on the instant, came the sweep and flash of Jonathan's great knifeI shrieked as I saw it shear through the throatWhilst at the same moment MrMorris's bowie knife plunged into the heart It was like a miracle, but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumbled into dust and passed from our sight I shall be glad as long as I live that even in that moment of final dissolution, there was in the face a look of peace, such as I never could have imagined might have rested there The Castle of Dracula now stood out against the red sky, and every stone of its broken battlements was articulated against the light of the setting sun The gypsies, taking us as in some way the cause of the extraordinary disappearance of the dead man, turned, without a word, and rode away as if for their livesThose who were unmounted jumped upon the leiter wagon and shouted to the horsemen not to desert themThe wolves, which had withdrawn to a safe distance, followed in their wake, leaving us aloneMorris, who had sunk to the ground, leaned on his elbow, holding his hand pressed to his sideThe blood still gushed through his link post comment

The fourth was only a young girl, and the drug... 517 [Jan. 27th, 2010|02:07 am] The fourth was only a young girl, and the drug had evidently affected her more strongly so I lifted her on the sofa and let her sleep The others were dazed at first, but as remembrance came back to them they cried and sobbed in a hysterical mannerI was stern with them, however, and would not let them talkI told them that one life was bad enough to lose, and if they delayed they would sacrifice Miss LucySo, sobbing and crying they went about their way, half clad as they were, and prepared fire and waterFortunately, the kitchen and boiler fires were still alive, and there was no lack of hot waterWe got a bath and carried Lucy out as she was and placed her in itWhilst we were busy chafing her limbs there was a knock at the hall doorOne of the maids ran off, hurried on some more clothes, and opened itThen she returned and whispered to us that there was a gentleman who had come with a message from MrI bade her simply tell him that he must wait, for we could see no one nowShe went away with the message, and, engrossed with our work, I clean forgot all about him I never saw in all my experience the Professor work in such deadly earnestI knew, as he knew, that it was a stand-up fight with death, and in a pause told him soHe answered me in a way that I did not understand, but with the sternest look that his face could wear "If that were all, I would stop here where we are now, and let her fade away into peace, for I see no light in life over her horizon He went on with his work with, if possible, renewed and more frenzied vigour Presently we both began to be conscious that the heat was beginning to be of some effectLucy's heart beat a trifle more audibly to the stethoscope, and her lungs had a perceptible movementVan Helsing's face almost beamed, and as we lifted her from the bath and rolled her in a hot sheet to dry her he said to me, "The first gain is ours! Check to the King!" We took Lucy into another room, which had by now been prepared, and laid her in bed and forced a few drops of brandy down her throatI noticed that Van Helsing tied a soft silk handkerchief round her throatShe was still unconscious, and was quite as bad as, if not worse than, we had ever seen her Van Helsing called in one of the women, and told her to stay with her and not to take her eyes off her till we returned, and then beckoned me out of the room "We must consult as to what is to be done," he said as we descended the stairsIn the hall he opened the dining room door, and we passed in, he closing the door carefully behind himThe shutters had been opened, but the blinds were already down, with that obedience to the etiquette of death which the British woman of the lower classes always rigidly observesThe room was, therefore, dimly darkIt was, however, light enough for our purposesVan Helsing's sternness was somewhat relieved by a look of perplexityHe was evidently torturing his mind about something, so I waited for an instant, and he spoke "What are we to do now? Where are we to turn for help? We must have another transfusion of blood, and that soon, or that poor girl's life won't be worth an hour's purchaseYou are exhausted alreadyI fear to trust those women, even if they would have courage to submitWhat are we to do for some one who will open his veins for her?" "What's the matter with me, anyhow?" The voice came from the sofa across the room, and its tones brought relief and joy to my heart, for they were those of Quincey Morris Van Helsing started angrily at the first sound, but his face softened and a glad look came into his eyes as I cried out, "Quincey Morris!" and rushed towards him with outstretched hands "What brought you here?" I cried as our hands met "I guess Art is the cause He handed me a telegram-'Have not heard from Seward for three days, and am terribly anxiousFather still in same link post comment

Hello, my account friends 892 [Jan. 26th, 2010|11:45 am] Welcome to my first blog link post comment

"French Defense Minister Assures Support to Afghanistan [Jan. 25th, 2010|05:48 pm] "French Defense Minister Herve Morin called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai here Thursday and assured France's support to the militancy-plagued Afghanistan. ""In the meeting, the French defence minister assured the firm support to Afghanistan, noting that the French government would continue offering training and supporting to the Afghan National Army and the police,"" said a statement issued by the Afghan Presidential Palace. The statement added that Karzai thanked France for its support, saying more foreign contribution would improve the living condition of the people as well as the capability of the national troops. More than 3,000 French troops have been stationed in Afghanistan within the framework of the NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force to help stabilize peace in the war-ravaged country. The statement failed to disclose the arrival and departure dates of the French defence chief. Foreign officials often pay unannounced visit to Afghanistan and wrap up their tour in the same manner due to security reasons. " link post comment

navigation [ viewing | most recent entries ]