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Leapster Childrens Games - Superior Edutainment For Children
Are you trying to find education toys which will help prepare your preschooler for Kindergarten and beyond? Leapfrog has made a toy that does just that, called the Leapster two. This electronic toy was created for youngsters ages four - eight and has over 40 different games that may be played on it ; providing years of fun and learning.
Leapster games are age-specific and provide a bewildering array of educational benefits. For the preschooler, it's are an enjoyable way to learn their ABC's, numbers, colors and matching/memory talents. There are also games and present packs that introduce reading basics for this generation.
A wide variety of recognizable characters are used in the games allowing youngsters to interact with their favourite characters, for example TinkerBell, Dr. Seuss, Scooby Doo, Winnie the Pooh, and Curious George.
Games are created to adjust to every individual players pace. The same game can be played alternative ways based primarily on the selections made while using it. Kids navigate through the games through the interactive touch-sensitive screen and stylus, which promotes hand to eye coordination and writing talents.
The hand-held unit is ten x thirteen inches in size, weighing 1.6 pounds. It comes in 2 bright color combination's that youngsters love, Green/Blue and Pink/Purple. The small size makes it extraordinarily portable ; perfect for bringing in the automobile or over to a friends house.
A singular feature of the Leapster two and its games is that the handheld unit itself can be attached to the Leapfrog internet site employing a home PC and a free product called Leapfrog Connect. Once connected, new games can be tried and downloaded. Youngsters can also earn reward points while playing.
Another free service that Leapfrog offers is named the Learning path, a fabulous tool for moms and pops. When the handheld is attached to the Leapfrog website, info can be uploaded and interpreted into an enjoyable, graphical representation of the child's progress, what abilities they've been working on, and further activities for the skills the child is working on.
The Leapster Two are a perfect gift for any preschooler and will grow with the kid as they progress from grade to grade. More complicated games can be added as required or desired.
There are many education toys on the market, but the large number of games available and free online features offered by Leapfrog make this one unique!
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Forbes Touts Alabama's Nick Saban as the Most Powerful Coach in Sports
Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
So who is the most powerful coach in sports today? Nick Saban of Alabama according to Forbes magazine (9-1-08 issue). Forbes wastes no time in anoiting Saban as the best of the best and ahead of the rest when it comes to being the most powerful sports coach in our time.
While God-fearing, rabid fans in Alabama recognize that Saban is not God, they certainly think he is a god in the sense that he is a superhuman being who has power over human fortunes, namely the Crimson Tide.
What is unique about Saban's stature, as Forbes points out, is that Saban's 8-year, $32 million contract gives him complete and absolute control over every aspect of Alabama's football programrecruiting, coaching, business administration and public relations. No other coach of any other sport enjoys such an advantage, if in fact it does turn out to be an advantage. Time will tell.
Until success becomes evident, Saban's contract also has some very special perks, like 25 hours for his private use of a university airplane, two cars and a country club membership, all extras that make his annual compensation package closer to $5 million per year. He can also leave the school at any time without financial penalty, a rarity in big-time college coaching contracts.
His contract remains among the highest after his first year on the job, and his contract is bigger than all but a handful of NFL coaches.
No coach, according to Forbes, can match Saban's combination of money, control and influence, and that includes all coaches in the professional leagues. Suffice to say that Saban, and his agent, James E. Sexton II, know a thing or two about how to negotiate an exceptional professional contract.
Alabama can afford Saban. The Crimson Tide football program generated $52 million in revenue last year (yes, college football is BIG business), and had an estimated $32 million in profit. Yikes, that is major profit. How would you like to run a business that generates $52 million in revenue and has a profit of 61%.
Taxpayers in Alabama can also relax as well since not a cent of Saban's contract is paid by student or taxpayer money, it all comes out of the university's football program budget, which also funds 77% of the athletic department, including nonrevenue producing sports.
It is Saban who has been tabbed to lift the fortunes of Alabama back to the glory years the Crimson Tide experienced under Paul "Bear" Bryant, who won 6 national championships and 13 SEC championships. When Bryant retired in 1982, Alabama's football success took a dramatic drop in national prestige.
So how much of an impact has Saban had after his first year? Well, the team went 7-6 and beat Colorado in the Independence Bowl. Saban's first spring practice game drew 92,000 fans (you read it right). The waiting list for season tickets tripled to 10,000 after Saban's arrival. His recruiting class this year was rated No. 1 nationally by a consensus of tracking services.
Saban is a control freak (Alabama football practices are all but closed, and he personally authorizes all interviews with his players and coaches), but he is also very successful at what he does. He resurrected football programs at Michigan State (from squat to a 9-2 season in 5 years with 4 bowl games) and Louisiana State (a 48-16 record in 5 years, 5 bowl games, 2 SEC titles and a national championship) before arriving at 'Bama.
University of Alabama's president, Robert Witt, is fine with everything going on in its athletic program. There have been 100,000 donors to the university's recent $500 million capital campaign, many of whom are ardent football supporters.
So how will Alabama do this year? Probably very well. With Saban, you either produce on the field or you will be nursing splinters on your backside riding the bench. Nick Saban expects to win, not occasionally, but every bloody time.
That is very hard to do in the SEC, but for $4 million a year you learn to outthink, outwork and out recruit your opponents. Saban has some talent coming, and nothing beats talent when talent shows up to play.
About the Author
Read my other detailed, knowledgeable, interesting articles on college football, including:
"Nick Saban: A Great College Football Coach Who Might Bring Alabama Back to Greatness"
"Evaluating Three First-Year Coaches: Saban, Erickson and Dantonio - Part 1"
"Famous Quotes by Vince Lombardi, Knute Rockne and Lou Holtz During Football's Bowl Season"
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http://www.edbagleyblog.com
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