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Frog Jump Festival, Ohio
The traditional Frog Jump festival was held on August 15, 2010, in Valley City, Ohio. For more than 45 years, Valley City has been jumping for joy when frogs take to the pavement to test their leg strength in a peculiar festival that celebrates their leaping abilities. More than two thousand people gather annually to partake in the fun. Frog owners often bring their slimy competitors in old coffee cans, coolers and jars. There are about 600 frogs entered into the contest by toddlers, retirees and everyone in-between. Trophies are awarded to the winners. Food, beverage and souvenirs are available as well as music and games.
The organizers say:
The purpose of the Frog Jump Festival is to have a thoroughly enjoyable family fun day for the community and for our visitors. Our measure of success comes when we see kids, parents and grandparents all leave happily at the end of the day, satisfied, with full tummies, and glad they attended again this year. Some are lucky enough to be carrying one or more trophies. It is also the major fund raising event of the year for the Chamber. These funds are then used to benefit the community.
The organizers say:
The purpose of the Frog Jump Festival is to have a thoroughly enjoyable family fun day for the community and for our visitors. Our measure of success comes when we see kids, parents and grandparents all leave happily at the end of the day, satisfied, with full tummies, and glad they attended again this year. Some are lucky enough to be carrying one or more trophies. It is also the major fund raising event of the year for the Chamber. These funds are then used to benefit the community.
2011 Nissan Juke
Remember the Nissan NX of the mid-'90s? The tiny, econobox-based sportster was as cute as a bug and spent its brief lifespan mixing it up with other long-gone, sporty front-wheel drive affordables like the Mazda MX-3, Honda Civic CRX, Toyota Paseo and even the Hyundai Scoupe. While there were a lot of inexpensive, racy looking coupes back then, most automakers just don't see any money in that segment anymore. Instead, when they look to spin something off of their entry-level B-class chassis, most veer toward the white-hot crossover segment.
Consider the latest example, Nissan's 2011 Juke. Come to think of it, this in-your-face city slicker has some startling similarities to the NX. For one, at 162.8 inches long, it's deceptively small – just 0.4 inches longer than the '90s coupe. Further, both the Juke and the NX1600 rely on 1.6-liter four-cylinder power. And like the Sentra-based NX, the more emotional Juke is based on the same humble underpinnings that give structure to Nissan's workaday offerings, in this case, the Versa and Cube. And while the Juke may not be cute as a bug, there's something downright insectian about its Predator-like mug.
Despite not being a traditional sporty car, Nissan has been talking up its controversially styled mini-ute with many of the same descriptors, so we hopped a plane to Vancouver to see if the Juke could bob and weave its way into our hearts. Follow the jump to find out how it fared.
Consider the latest example, Nissan's 2011 Juke. Come to think of it, this in-your-face city slicker has some startling similarities to the NX. For one, at 162.8 inches long, it's deceptively small – just 0.4 inches longer than the '90s coupe. Further, both the Juke and the NX1600 rely on 1.6-liter four-cylinder power. And like the Sentra-based NX, the more emotional Juke is based on the same humble underpinnings that give structure to Nissan's workaday offerings, in this case, the Versa and Cube. And while the Juke may not be cute as a bug, there's something downright insectian about its Predator-like mug.
Despite not being a traditional sporty car, Nissan has been talking up its controversially styled mini-ute with many of the same descriptors, so we hopped a plane to Vancouver to see if the Juke could bob and weave its way into our hearts. Follow the jump to find out how it fared.
Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 GFX Notebook with Radeon HD550v
Fujitsu has recently announced new variant of its LifeBook AH530 laptop that was released a few month ago, namely the Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 GFX. The notebook is comes with mix a Mobility Radeon HD550v graphics card with 1GB of dedicated memory, a spill-resistant keyboard with a full numeric keypad for high usability.
Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 GFX is sports a 15.6-inch high definition glossy LCD widescreen display with resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, HDMI output, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, a 4-in-1 card reader, Bluetooth 2.1, a DVD writer or Blu-ray drive, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, and a 6-cell battery that enabling up to 4 hours of run time.
The new Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 GFX notebook is boasts an Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processor, up to 8GB of memory, and up to 500GB hard drive. The mobile computer has two stylish color options: glossy black and ink blue. The cost of the Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 GFX notebook in Russia is start from 25,000 rubles and is begin shipping by the end of this month.
Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 GFX is sports a 15.6-inch high definition glossy LCD widescreen display with resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, HDMI output, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, a 4-in-1 card reader, Bluetooth 2.1, a DVD writer or Blu-ray drive, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, and a 6-cell battery that enabling up to 4 hours of run time.
The new Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 GFX notebook is boasts an Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processor, up to 8GB of memory, and up to 500GB hard drive. The mobile computer has two stylish color options: glossy black and ink blue. The cost of the Fujitsu LifeBook AH530 GFX notebook in Russia is start from 25,000 rubles and is begin shipping by the end of this month.
