In early April, people across the western hemisphere will be lined up to get the Nintendo DSi, the third and newest version of the Nintendo DS. The hand held game console is very similar to its predecessor, the Nintendo DS Lite, but the features new to the Nintendo DSi make it a great improvement.

One of the more well-known additions to the Nintendo DSi is the incorporation of two cameras. One is located on the inside hinge facing the player, and the other is in the outer shell. These cameras may seem unnecessary right now, but future games for the system could include motion and facial recognition to expand on game play, in addition to using customized pictures as character profile pictures. As technology develops, the cameras could become as important to game play as the controller is now.

The pictures you take can be stored on another new addition to the Nintendo DSi, the hidden SD card slot. It plays AAC audio, and can be used to store downloaded applications from the DSi Shop. The applications range from games to useful tools such as the Moveable Notebook, which lets you make notes and keep them stored for later.

The DSi Shop is like the Wii Shop Channel on the Nintendo Wii. It uses points, called Nintendo Points (previously Wii Points), to "purchase" the applications and download them. The applications range in worth from 200 to 800 points. Applications worth 800 points are labeled "Premium." In addition, any Nintendo DSi unit that accesses the DSi Shop prior to March 2010 will receive 1,000 free Nintendo Points.

There have been a few changes to the physical parameters of the Nintendo DSi, as well. The hand held game console is 12% slimmer than the Nintendo DS Lite and the speakers have been improved. The screens are slightly larger, and have five brightness levels instead of the four available in the Nintendo DS Lite. The power switch has also been replaced by the power button, which also serves as a "soft reset" for the system. Players can now change games or go back to the main menu without needing to turn off the game system.

An elimination between the Nintendo DS Lite and the Nintendo DSi is the Nintendo Game Boy Advance game slot. The Nintendo DSi is not backward compatible as the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite are, and the Nintendo DSi is not compatible with additions such as the grip used to play Guitar Hero: On Tour and Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades, and the Nintendo DS RumblePak. Many people, however, believe that this elimination is far less important than the benefits of the additions for the hand held game console.

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Washburn Guitars is a division of U.S. Music Corp., a world leader in the production and distribution of fretted instruments, amplification and sound reinforcement. The 125-year-old company began as a high-quality stringed instrument manufacturer in Chicago and has since acquired Oscar Schmidt (makers of the AutoHarp and student instruments), Sound Tech (sound reinforcement and pro audio gear), Randall Amplifiers and it's most recent acquisition, Vinci Strings. U.S. Music Corp. is rated as one of the top 50 companies in the music industry worldwide and is currently located in Mundelein, Illinois.

Many great guitarists are playing washburn guitars. Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has been playing the Washburn RR300 for two years and has been very amazed with a signature guitar over this time. When Washburn approached him about a Signature Limited Edition, he gladly agreed to work with Washburn on this special offering.

The RW300 brings together a Seymour Duncan P90 style pickup and a Fishman preamp with a piezo bridge. These pickups, in combination with the chambered mahogany body and solid spruce top, reduce the chance of feedback and give the RW300 a tremendously accurate and vibrant acoustic tone. Roger was the creator and sonic architect of such undeniable classics as Dark Side Of The Moon (which spent nearly 15 years on the Billboard 200 album chart), The Wall (which has been certified 23x RIAA platinum), Animals, Wish You Were Here, and Final Cut. Following Final Cut, Roger Waters left Pink Floyd.

His first full-length solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking was released in April 1984 to great critical and popular success, generating his first solo tour. June 1987's Radio K.A.O.S. continued the path of solo success, bringing Roger back to the stage. His last full-length solo album, the moody and ironic Amused To Death, considered by many to be a comparable achievement to Dark Side Of The Moon or The Wall, was released in August 1992.

Waters has been working on Ca Ira (pronounced sa-ira), an opera in English and French, a new rock album to be released in 2002 and Echoes the best of Pink Floyd, which was re-mastered by long time Pink Floyd producer James Guthrie.

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Adult outdoor games, such as fast pitch soft ball, have come a long way from the days when games were merely an unskilled sport and the focus was solely on the fun and frolic aspect; there was little or no careers to be made, no international accreditation to be earned, and no global trophy to be won, save that of the local sports club. Today with the advance of science, the focus on each and every World Series game is on skill, stamina, style and perseverance of the player. The players’ skill can be accurately measured, recorded and stored for later analysis; and the entire game watched live on TV by millions upon millions of diehard fans.

It is obvious that it is not only skill that is crucial to the success of any game but also the quality of the game instrument that is used. Fast-pitch baseball bat need to be light in weight to swing yet strong to hit the ball; its shape needs to be precise so that the ball will move in the specified direction as determined by the batsman. In order to achieve the parameters of excellence the right amount of material needs to be used in the appropriate places. For instance, in the case of the Fastpitch Soft Ball Bats aircraft aluminum of varying intensities, depending on the type of the bat, is used. The higher end versions of bats in this class include Alcoa C405, Alcoa 500 C-131 and Kaiser SC 500 and these are considered for professional batting; the specific grades that these bats come in are 7046 and 7050. The 7050 grade is particularly important advantageous since it is copper reinforced.

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