Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Technology

Video Games
  • Released on February 2003, is an upgraded version of Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. The SP in Game Boy Advance SP stands for Special Player.
  • U.S. released for $ 99.99 on 2003 then lowered on 2004 to $ 79.99.
  • Japan released for ¥12,500 on February 14,2003
  • Canada released for 149.95

  • Game Boy Advance SP
    Manufacturer Nintendo
    Product family Game Boy line
    Type Hand held game console
    Generation Sixth generation era
    First available February 14, 2003
    March 23, 2003
    March 28, 2003
    CPU 32-bit RISC-CPU (16.78 MHz)
    Media cartridges
    Units sold 43.23 million (as of March 31, 2008)[1] (details)
    Best-selling game Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire, 13 million combined (as of November 25, 2004)[2]
    Pokemon Emerald, 6.32 million (as of March 31, 2007)[3]
    Backward
    compatibility
    Game Boy, Game Boy Color
    Predecessor Game Boy Advance (concurrent)
    Successor Game Boy Micro (redesign)
  • Date Japan Americas Other Total
    2003-03-31 0.82 million 0.83 million 0.46 million 2.11 million
    2003-06-30


    4.84 million
    2003-12-31 3.14 million 7.82 million 4.34 million 15.30 million
    2004-03-31 3.68 million 8.78 million 4.70 million 17.16 million
    2004-06-30


    19.33 million
    2004-09-30 5.02 million 12.46 million 6.21 million 23.68 million
    2004-12-31 5.94 million 16.13 million 8.67 million 30.73 million
    2005-03-31 6.00 million 16.69 million 9.10 million 31.79 million
    2005-06-30



    2005-09-30 6.16 million 18.08 million 10.08 million 34.32 million
    2005-12-30 6.35 million 20.40 million 10.64 million 37.40 million
    2006-03-31 6.42 million 20.95 million 10.86 million 38.23 million
    2006-06-30 6.46 million 21.30 million 11.08 million 38.84 million
    2006-09-30 6.48 million 21.95 million 11.37 million 39.79 million
    2006-12-30 6.50 million 23.06 million 11.78 million 41.33 million
    2007-03-31 6.50 million 23.47 million 11.95 million 41.92 million
    2007-06-30 6.50 million 23.78 million 12.14 million 42.43 million
    2007-09-30 6.51 million 24.01 million 12.31 million 42.82 million
    2007-12-31 6.51 million 24.01 million 12.51 million 43.02 million
    2008-03-31 6.51 million 24.00 million 12.71 million 43.23 million



Monday, May 5, 2008

Holoidays

Thanksgiving

  • Traditional North American Holiday which is in a form of a harvest festival

"The First Thanksgiving", painted by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930).
  • It was celebrated almost in every part of the world such as the US, Canada, Grenada, and the Amerindians
The United States
  • An annual one-day legal holiday to express gratitude for the things one has at the end of the harvest season, usually directed to God
http://www.lifehack.org/wp-content/files/2007/11/20071121-first-thanksgiving.png
Canada
  • An annual day one-day legal holiday to give thanks to things once has at the close of the harvest season. The holiday is celebrated on the second Monday in October.
The image “http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/images/symbols_facts&lists/thankstitle.gif” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.
Grenada

  • A national holiday of Thanksgiving Day on October 25. It is unrelated to holidays in the United States and Canada even though it bears the same name. It marks the anniversary of the US led invasion of the island in 1983 in response to the illegal deposition and execution of Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop.
The image “http://www.cbu.edu/~aross/biodept/cat_Thanksgiving.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.
Amerindians
  • The Thanksgiving Address is a process which has gone on for thousands of years. It is an oral tradition that gets passed down from generation to generation which still goes on to this day. The Thanksgiving Address is called the (Ohenton Kariwatekhwen) O-Honn-Doo Ga-Re-Wa-Deh-Gwonh. In the (Kanien'Keha:ka) Ga-Kneeu'-Gay-Haa] language this means the words that come before all else.
http://www.geocities.com/worldkigo/thanks01.jpg
What Thanksgiving Means To Me?
  • To me thanksgiving means to give thanks to what has gone on in your life. To give thanks to your family and friends. Or even the gathering of your family and friends to celebrate and acknowledge your thanks to everything you have or had.