Fresno State WASTES one- and- a- half million dollars on coach

Pat Hill, coach for Fresno State football, was fired today. Pat Hill has been coaching at Fresno State for 15 years, but the university says season ticket sales are down over 40% with revenues down. The record for the team this year is reported as 4 - 9. Many had been demanding the university get rid of Pat Hill all season long. This will be a costly firing. Pat Hill has 2 years remaining on his contract and he is due 80% of his salary. Pat Hill will get around $650,00 a year for the next two years, plus benefits. In addition, the university will have to hire behind the coach to fill the position.
I feel the people who continued Hill on the last contract and offered him such a ridiculously huge salary should also be fired for mismanagement of university funds. I feel the students should also vote as to how much the next coach will be paid, after all, they are getting hit with tuition increases to pay these exorbitant salaries.

Apple iPad vs Kindle Fire

Apple's 10-inch, 16GB iPad vs the 7-inch, 8GB first-generation Amazon Kindle Fire.

Both a called tablets, so which one to choose after you decide you want to buy a tablet. 

Unless you're a banker or a Wall Street scammer and doing really well this recession, it would be hard to justify shelling out money for both an iPad (at $499) which has been out for 18 months

and a Kindle Fire (which costs $199). The iPad has a bigger screen, more apps, and more memory.

The Kindle Fire has advantages over the iPad. The biggest advantage is the price. At $199 it makes real financial sense and most people will not even enjoy all of the benefits of their Apple iPad, before the next model appears on the shelves at another $700.00. I love to read Google books because it remembers my last page. Well, Kindle Fire does the same thing with books, TV shows and movies. You don't have to lose your spot. It also has Flash.

Considering the price difference, I would go for a $200 model in this economy and consider an updated iPad in later.years. I don't like the 8GB memory though. Yes, the kids will feel inferior against the rich kids, but the parents will not be into bigger debt, there are fewer problems if it is lost or stolen and the kids can still get their work onto the Kindle Fire. Other models are lowering prices to meet the Kindle Fire and we just might see a good price war for Christmas. So, I say wait for the holiday price changes, then decide what works best for you.