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Christian Publishers

Nov 21, 2007 Author: bluegreen butterfly | Filed under: arts and culture, reviews

I love reading books, and I just don’t read I will know the author first before I read what he writes. He must be of testimonial background. I also don’t just like to read, there was that longing also to be the one on the book, the author. For those wannabes, AuthorHouse has self-publishing services. AuthorHouse is the leading self-publishing company in the world since 1997 run by Christian Publishers. Publishing a book with AuthorHouse means you’ll be guided by author advocates who are serious about writing and publishing. Their AuthorCentric Self-Publishing Process can help you reach your book publishing goals. From discounts on color publishing to marketing, we can help you along the way.

Cell Station at Mt. Everest

Nov 20, 2007 Author: bluegreen butterfly | Filed under: arts and culture, electronics and gadgetry, technology

Sometimes when our cellphones don’t pick up signal, we would try to climb up to higher elevation just to be able to text or call. But now, it seems people would not need to climb to their roof anymore for there is going to be cell station at Mt. Everest! They want to be on top and do not see hurdles. China’s largest cell phone service provider successfully tested a transmission station on Mount Everest on Tuesday, making it possible for people in the area for next year’s Olympic torch relay to make calls, a state news agency reported. China Mobile had to hire yaks and porters to transport equipment up to the station at an altitude of 21,325 feet, the Xinhua News Agency said. Aside from the physical challenge of climbing the mountain, which straddles the border of Nepal and Chinese-controlled Tibet, the torch had to be designed to burn in bad weather, low pressure and high altitude.

Kindle e-book reader

Nov 16, 2007 Author: bluegreen butterfly | Filed under: arts and culture, Computers

The online retail giant Amazon will unveil its Kindle e-book reader equipped with a Wi-Fi connection that taps into an Amazon e-book store, which users can access to purchase new electronic books–and Amazon has reportedly signed onto a deal with Sprint for EVDO access. Additionally, the device comes with a headphone jack for audiobooks, as well as an e-mail address. They have a huge repository and huge track record of selling content. They also have customers who keep coming back to them; it will be an e-bust, though they bet to be not a total one.

Traditional Christmas pudding

Nov 15, 2007 Author: bluegreen butterfly | Filed under: arts and culture, entertainment

christmas puddingMy mother-in-law loves to cook different kinds of pudding. Now that the holiday is coming, she will surely have great tasting, finest Traditional Christmas Pudding for the festive high point of the day, Christmas dinner. Want to try the world’s oldest Christmas puddings? Matthew Walker Christmas pudding is based upon 13 traditional ingredients which according to folklore are said to represent Jesus and his 12 apostles. It’s Christmas, give yourself some break from the kitchen, its time to buy your Traditional Christmas Pudding online! The Christmas Pudding available from their site is known as The Pudding and maintains all the traditions both ingredients and cooking methods you would expect from the world’s oldest Christmas pudding maker.

The weather

Nov 8, 2007 Author: bluegreen butterfly | Filed under: arts and culture, Personal

It has been getting colder when I left the US. All the sweats, it is so hot in here. Well, it has always been around this range, it is just a bit warmer this time. We got quick heavy downpour with tumultuous thunders. Just still thankful that we were not hit by the storm that plague northern Europe this week. Hope they’ll recover soon.

Let’s eat Durian!

Nov 5, 2007 Author: admin | Filed under: arts and culture, Philippines, Photography

We went to Davao, my sisters, cousin and my uncle for some business, and we just stopped in the sidewalk to eat my missed fruit – Durian. Let’s eat!

durian fruit

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