The First Easter

Posts Tagged ‘blog’

good easter desserts

Easter Celebrations – Three Things You Should Cut Out On Easter!

Parents spend a lot of time thinking and arranging Easter activities but what few parents will realize is that as the kids grow older, they need new things to do. Here are some things that as parents, you shouldn't be doing to keep the kids entertained.

The Easter Bunny

Just as the kids stop sitting on Santa's lap at a certain age, they will stop wanting to have their picture taken with the Easter bunny at the mall. As kids they might think he is cute but when they grow up, all they see is a guy dressed up in a bunny suit and that is far from appealing. When your kids begin to withdraw from these activities, don't force them into it further.

The giant chocolate bunny

It's just gross that you have a gigantic chocolate bunny that all the kids are going to dig their teeth in to; it's the equivalent of everyone using the same toothbrush. If you're looking for a centerpiece that everyone can eat, try Easter fruit baskets or fruit bouquets. You can take the pieces apart and each kid can have his/her own. At the end of the day you will have some left over fruit and not a petrified looking chocolate bunny with teeth marks all over it.

All the bunny themed stuff

It's a good idea to get the kids involved in important holidays but don't expect them to grow bunny fur. While they will like the Easter gift baskets and dyed eggs, they won't want to wear bunny ears or dress in pink. Let them choose their own Easter apparel.

Dressing up as the bunny

If you dress up as the Easter bunny but don't dress up as Santa Clause, chances are that the bunny suit is getting old. And if your kids tell you that you're embarrassing them in the rabbit suit, it's about time you stopped.

No chickens either

If the bunny suit is history so is the chicken outfit. Cute and cuddly depictions of either of these farm animals are only appealing up to a certain age. Don't think that the kids might not like the bunny any more but they might still give the chickens a chance.

The Easter Parade

You might not like standing in line waiting for some giant balloons to pass but this is surprisingly one of those things that fascinate kids for a long time so don't miss it.

 

 

About the Author

Easter gift baskets and easter fruit baskets are a timeless easter gift for kids. Easter fruit bouquets are suitable gifts for kids, great centerpieces for tables.

craft easter kid

Get your Kids' Creativity Flowing with some Holiday Crafts

Most children love arts and crafts. Whether in school or at afterschool programs, these classes give children the ability to express themselves in creative ways. Elementary school teachers report that most pupils look forward to art class. The time gives kids a much needed respite from facts and figures. It lets them relax and let their minds wonder in unexpected ways.

Tragically, many school districts have opted to cut art program budgets in recent years. As test scores continue to fall and schools struggle to meet basic proficiency requirements in math and reading, art, music and physical education programs have been put on the proverbial chopping block. Millions of concerned parents have spoken out against these reductions to no avail. As a result, many of them have started doing arts and crafts at home.

The Benefits of Arts and Crafts

In addition to letting a kid's imagination run wild, arts and crafts are a wonderful way to bond with your children. Like any shared project, kids feel like they are part of a team and that they are free to express their own ideas. Working on simple art projects at home can help your child become more independent and assertive. Most importantly, it will give her a sense of accomplishment. The statement, "I made that" is a very powerful one.

Holiday-Themed Projects

The holidays are probably the best time to work on arts and crafts with your kids. Not only do most children love the imagery and emotions that are associated with the holidays, but it often gives them a chance to show off their artwork to an audience. Because friends and family members stop by on most major holidays, your child can put her favorite creations on display.

Winter Projects

Winter is the unquestioned leader when it comes to holiday crafts. christmas, Hanukah, New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day can bring out the creative spirit in just about any child. Before the weather turns cold, parents should stop by their local arts supply store and stock up on colored pipe cleaners, glue, construction paper, poster boards and whatever else they think their little artist might have fun with.

One simple winter project children often enjoy is making a New Year's Eve hat. The hat can be made from either construction paper or poster board and glued or taped into a cone shape after it has been decorated. Magic markers, pipe cleaners, crayons, glitter, metallic sticker stars and glue are all that you
will need.

Though kids typically make cards for Valentine's Day in school, a fun project for home is to construct a mailbox for cards from an old shoe box. Simply cover the box in construction paper, cut a slit in the lid, and let your little cupid decorate it. Once again, magic markers, stars, glitter and glue are important tools.

Last but not least, we have a simple Christmas project. As you might imagine, there are hundreds of home Christmas projects from which to choose. But there is just something about making stockings to hang from the mantel. With a standard undecorated felt stocking or even a large red sock, a little artist can create something festive with glitter and fabric paints.

Spring Projects

Most kids love decorating Easter Eggs. Dipping hardboiled eggs in a mixture of vinegar and food dye is enough to give them some color. But for creative-minded kids, that is just the beginning. Once the eggs dry, the shells can be painted with simple water colors and sprinkled with glue and glitter. Another simple trick most people do not know is to use crayons to color warm eggs. After boiling in the water, hold the egg in a paper towel or an oven mitt and let your child draw on it. If the egg is warm enough, the wax from the crayons will melt and create unique designs.

Summer Projects

Because summer is one long holiday for kids, there are few distinct days to celebrate. In fact, there is really only one - the Fourth of July. Hats and crowns decorated with the national colors is a nice, simple project to celebrate America's independence. Red, white and blue pipe cleaners can be glued to a narrow band of poster board and fitted to your child's head. Don't forget the sticky stars!

Fall Projects

Halloween and Thanksgiving are every bit as colorful and full of iconic images as Christmas or Valentine's Day. Spooky pumpkins, witches, skeletons and bats can all be traced and colored using construction paper. Plastic googly eyes can compliment any creepy creature. And for Thanksgiving, it is all about the turkey. A creative project that requires some skill is to make a pet turkey with a pinecone. The feet, beak and feathers can all be Cut Out from construction paper and glued onto the pinecone and the face can be painted on later.Affordable art supplies can be found at local arts and crafts stores or from sellers on the internet. Find some holiday crafts your kids will love now!

About the Author

Mike Smithy is a freelance writer who writes about hobbies and interests including products such as holiday crafts.

Science News

Science as a Media Event

One need not make any extensive surveys of different media to provide evidence for this failure. It is enough to see how sports has managed to gain more coverage in various media over the last few decades vis-a-vis science. One may argue that this is so because there are always some sports events occurring all over the world which naturally draw the attention of media. But contention here is that scientific activity, scientific community and laboratories all over the world can also be turned into what are called 'media events' if enough pains are taken by science communicators to achieve this status for science. First and foremost it will require the maximum cooperation of scientists.

For instance, anniversaries of scientists, institutes, organisations and societies, including the World health Day, etc., can be celebrated; discussions and debates with the concerned scientists organised; and doors of concerned laboratories and organisations thrown open to masses and media.

Be that as it may, intention through this paper is to highlight the essentials and limitations of science popularisation so that there appears a fundamental change in the way of looking at this subject. Hopefully, it will lead to more effective strategies to popularise science among the masses.

Science writing is an art

Science popularisation is mostly done by science- trained persons and professional scientists. It is therefore looked upon more as a scientific activity rather than anything else. But science writing is more of an art rather than a science. It is scientific only in the sense one should have scientific knowledge but all the writing abilities are required to make a good presentation of science. It is due to the present lack of emphasis on the art aspect of science popularisation that this field of activity has suffered to date. Those few scientists or science-trained persons who have consciously or unconsciously known the art of science writing and have practised it, have only been successful in popularising science.

Science is a human activity

The second reason why popular science does not tick with the masses is because it is not projected as a human activity but an activity of scientists who simply believe in the search for truth - and nothing but truth! The human side of science is totally neglected in all popular science presentations. The follies and prejudices of scientists, the emotional life of scientists, the irrational circumstances in which scientific work is often undertaken and discoveries and inventions made, etc., are quite often deliberately not highlighted fearing that it would give bad name to science and scientific research. In short, the human face of science or scientific research is often neglected in popular science presentations. There is therefore a strong need to give science a human face. It would not only mean adding human stories to popular science presentations but also talking about realities in scientific research.

Tip of the iceberg presentation

The third reason why popular science presentations often go wide off the mark and make the audience yawn and go for something else is the inability of science communicators to distinguish between technical report writing and popular science writing, thanks to their scientific training or background. They try to cram into a popular science presentation as much as they know or find out about a subject.

Actually, popular science presentation should be like the tip of the iceberg. It should however make one not only familiar with the tip of the iceberg but also aware of the unseen larger part of the iceberg floating under the water. In other words, it should reveal little about science but enough to make one realise the existence of that science with its entire ramification. It should excite one's curiosity enough so that one would like to probe further into that science. It should not necessarily tell everything about a science but at the same time it should not miss science.

Some important observations

The author's experience with popularising science over the years has forced him to arrive at some postulates. They are merely based on experience and intuition. Any research has not been conducted to back them up with facts and figures. In fact, much research is required to prove or disprove them. If in case they are proved, they can easily be called the 'Laws of Science Popularisation' because despite the best of our efforts we have not been able to popularise science the way we want among the masses. There must be some hidden laws governing our efforts to popularise science. These postulates are stated as follows:

Postulates of science popularisation

1st : Only those elements of science receive attention in a society, which suit its goals or which inspire awe.

2nd : A science communicator tends to impose his or her limited ideas of science, scientists and scientific research upon the audience.

3rd : The amount of space allotted to science in different media of a country is the index of the quality of life of its average citizen.

4th : The quality of science communication or presentation in a country is directly proportional to the quality of science produced in it.

5th : To popularise science is to humanise science.

One can deduce certain things from these postulates. The first postulate indicates that people at large read science because it serves their purpose or because the subject is topical, sensational or controversial or simply excites their curiosity. A handful only read science for the sake of knowledge per se. Much research is required to identify those subjects so that science could be more effectively popularised. For instance, health science and environment interest people at large, astronomy and space fascinate them, Nobel Laureates, UFOs, etc., are held in awe by them.

The Second postulate is dangerous for science itself. Consciously or unconsciously, the layman imbibes the limited or narrow image of science, scientists and culture of science from the communicator, whether he be Jacob Bronowski or Peter Medawar. Notions such as scientists are mad individuals or scientific research is yet another profession are creations of science communicators. That makes science communicator a very responsible person.

The third and fourth postulates are intuitive relationships between two unrelated things or activities. Further research is needed to prove or disprove these two laws by taking data from different countries. However, one must add here that in India we raise a hullabaloo to increase science coverage in our media at the first available opportunity but it often comes to nothing. Also, while writing a popular science article on a subject one often needs the assistance of a scientist doing research in that very subject. But in India the scientist of the concerned subject is often not available for consultation and as a result our writings lack the necessary quality, verve and colour.

The fifth, the last but not the least important postulate, though obvious, reminds us that we must give science a human face so that masses are not afraid of it. It is the basic aim of science popularisation.

christmas tree of science popularisation

The aim of drawing the 'Christmas tree of science popularisation' is to illustrate the importance of various media that take science to the masses, though every medium has its own significance and a vital role to play in communication. But unless a person climbs up the tree, as his or her interest in science is aroused or increased - in other words, unless one begins to read newspapers, magazines and then books - he or she would not have become fully science literate.

Necessarily, the percentage of people reading books would be very small as the top of a Christmas tree indicates. But it is a must to know this tree because the role of any medium should not be underestimated and every medium should be given equal importance simultaneously. For instance, if a student's interest in science is aroused by science fair or 'Jatha' held in the town, it has to be sustained and maintained by wallpapers, newspapers and even books; otherwise, one's interest would flag and eventually die. Other supplementing media should be made available to the student in form of public libraries, for instance. So, the Christmas tree of science popularisation needs to be watered and tended carefully to produce a science literate society.

Conclusion

According to the postulates forwarded here there are (as yet unknown) limits to the extent science can be popularised among the masses. It is not possible to have a fully science literate society. Moreover, science communicators need to take into account aforementioned aspects about science popularisation for more effective communication of science to the masses.

ProVFX Visual Effects and Editing School has been written by Pranay Rupani who is a Freelance Writer

About the Author

Freelance writer for MetroMela and Channel 6 Magazine. Managing partner of ProVFX Visual Effects and Editing School.

easter 2009 april 12

Mount Panorama Circuit

The Circuit

The Pit Straight

The Pit straight of Mount Panorama, which is adjacent to the pit complex, has a different start line and finish line. For the standing start only, the start line is 143m closer to Hell Corner so that all the pit bays are located after the finish line for lap counting purposes. The start line is located where it is so that traffic does not go too far around Murray's Corner when the start grid is formed.

Hell Corner

The common misperception of nomenclature due to the accidents that happen at this turn are widespread. Hell Corner was so named after the tree stump that existed on the apex of turn one, it was believed that any motor bike riders who hit the stump would die in an act of folly and thereby be doomed to an eternity of death having no time to repent of their sin.

Mountain Straight

Mountain Straight is a long straight that begins the climb up the mountain towards Griffins Bend. V8 Supercars reach speeds up to 250 km/h (155 mph) as drivers race over the crest immediately prior to braking for Griffins Bend. In the days before modern aerodynamics, drivers would have to lift off the throttle to prevent becoming airborne over the crest halfway up the straight.

Griffins Bend

Also known as GTX Bend (the corner's first sponsor), Griffins Bend was named after the Mayor of Bathurst whose vision it was to create the scenic road/race-track. Drivers heading around this right-hander have to be careful not to drift too far out of this negatively-cambered turn and hit the wall upon exit.

The Cutting

Referred to for many years as "BP Cutting", this is a pair of left hand corners, leading into a steep 1:6 grade exit. Overtaking is virtually impossible here, and it is very hard to recover from a spin here because of the narrow room and steep gradient. This corner was the location of the infamous 'race rage' incident between Marcos Ambrose and Greg Murphy, after Murphy and Ambrose collided when both drivers refused to give the other "racing room" during the 2005 Supercheap Auto 1000, Ambrose's last before he moved to the United States for racing. Murphy then disappeared into a resident's house to view the replays on TV before returning to the pits.[citation needed]

Reid Park

After exiting the Cutting, drivers have a right hand turn, heading up, then into a left hand turn. This is Reid Park. The most famous incident in the history of the Bathurst 1000[citation needed] was here when Dick Johnson crashed his Ford Falcon in the early laps of the 1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 race avoiding a large rock that had fallen from the spectator area. The car was destroyed, taking with it Johnson's means of supporting his racing ambitions. An emotional public appeal followed during the race's telecast which re-launched Johnson's career and restored flagging public interest[citation needed] in touring car racing.

Sulman Park

After Reid Park, drivers brave a steep drop, flowing into a climbing left hand turn, heading back towards the highest point of Mount Panorama. This is also the location of Sulman Park and its Nature Park. Jason Bright crashed here in his Ford Falcon in practice during the 1998 FAI 1000, then saw the car rebuilt in time to scrape into qualifying in the dying minutes before Bright and Steven Richards went on to victory. This corner was also the scene of a shocking crash in a support race in 2006 that claimed the life of Mark Porter.

McPhillamy Park

McPhillamy Park is a downhill, deceptively fast left hand turn which is guarded by a crest prior to turn-in, rendering the corner blind to approaching drivers. Drivers have to stay close to the wall while turning so as not to go out wide upon exit. To go too close however may cause the car to clip the inside kerbing, which Allan Moffat famously did in practice for the 1986 James Hardie 1000, crashing heavily, head on to the concrete. McPhillamy Park is the location of longest running campsite for those who camp at the track for sometimes over a week ahead of the race.

Brock Skyline

A short straight connects McPhillamy to the next corner. Now named 'Brock's Skyline' after the legendary Peter Brock, Skyline is a sharply descending right hand corner which signifies the beginning of the descent from the top of the Mountain. The corner acquired the name from the visual effect of looking upwards at the corner from below, such is the sharpness of that initial plunge. During the 1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500 Tony Roberts launched over Skyline backwards after losing control of his Ford Falcon, before tumbling down the hillside.

The Esses

The Esses are the series of corners which begin at Skyline and stretch down the Mountain towards Forrests Elbow. There have been many notable accidents at this part of the circuit, including a blockage of the track in 2003 when Jason Bargwanna made contact with David Brabham.

The Dipper

The most famous of the Esses, the Dipper, the fourth in the sequence, is a sharp left hand corner, so named because, before safety changes, there was quite a dip in the road surface and then a steep drop not far from the edge of the road. Many cars used to get two wheels off the ground, sometimes having their left front wheel dangling off the side of the track before the concrete walls were put up.

Forrest's Elbow

The summit, looking from Forrest's Elbow to Skyline and beyond.

'The Elbow' named after Jack Forrest, a motorcycle racer who scraped his elbow away after laying down his bike is a slow, descending left-hand turn that leads on to the long Conrod Straight. The corner's line drifts towards the outside wall on exit and drivers have to be careful of getting too close. It was just past here,at the kink, during the pole qualifying session (the top ten drivers from Friday's qualifying session participate in a final session to determine the top ten starting positions for the race) for to the 1983 James Hardie 1000, that Dick Johnson clipped a tyre barrier just after exiting the corner, which sent his Ford Falcon careening into a grove of trees, totally demolishing it.

Conrod Straight

Formerly known as Main Straight, Conrod Straight was so named because of a con-rod failure that ended the race of Frank Kleinig in his Kleinig/Hudson race-car. Conrod Straight is the fastest section of Mount Panorama, with today's V8 Supercars just reaching 300 km/h (186 mph). The straight is a roller-coaster ride featuring two distinct crests, the second of which was rebuilt in 1987. It has been on Conrod where five of the six car-racing deaths on the circuit have occurred Bevan Gibson, Tom Sulman, Mike Burgmann, Denny Hulme and Don Watson. All except Hulme (heart attack) died in high-speed accidents. However, the chicane introduced into Conrod Straight has made it one of the fastest turns in the world. Most drivers arrive at the initial part of the chicane at over 290 km/h (180 mph).

The Chase

The Chase, Murrays corner and the home straight

Known for many years as 'Caltex Chase', this three turn sequence was added in preparation for the World Touring Car Championship round in 1987 as Con-Rod Straight exceeded the FIA's length for an un-broken straight. The section was dedicated to Mike Burgmann who had died in an accident at the chicane's spot the previous year. It interrupts Con-Rod Straight with Australia's fastest right hand bend (world's fastest for touring cars), descending to the right away from the dangerous crest prior to the spectator bridge, before a sharp 120 km/h (75 mph) left hand bend then second right hand corner returns the competitors to Con-Rod Straight for the blast down to Murrays Corner. This corner was the scene of Peter Brock's only rollover in his motor racing career when he rolled his Vauxhall Vectra during practice for the 1997 AMP Bathurst 1000.

Murray's Corner

Murray's Corner is the final corner before Pit Straight and the lowest point of the circuit. It is a 90 degree left hand turn, and is a favourite overtaking spot as drivers hold braking duels for the corner.

Lap records

The outright lap record on the modern circuit was recorded by Greg Murphy (Holden VY Commodore) during the Top Ten Shoot Out in 2003 (2:06.8594). When announcing he would team up with Murphy for the 2009 event, five-time winner Mark Skaife said "No one gets around the mountain better than Murph when he's dialled in -- four wins and a long-standing lap record are testament to that."Lap records for the various racing classes are:

V8 Supercars: 2:08.4651 - Jamie Whincup (Ford BF Falcon).

Development V8 Supercar: 2:10.1022 - Dean Canto (Ford BA Falcon).

Carrera Cup: 2:10.2419 - Alex Davison (Porsche 997 GT3 Cup).

GT: 2:12.6963 - Bryce Washington (Lamborghini Gallardo).

Formula Ford: 2:24.1300 - Jordan Ormsby (Van Diemen RF93).

Performance Car (GT-Production): 2:27.1194 - Terry Bosnjak (Mazda RX-7 SP2).

Touring Car Masters: 2:28.1630 - Paul Stubber (Chevrolet Camaro).

Mini Challenge: 2:30.2732 - Jason Bargwanna (Mini Cooper S).

Commodore Cup: 2:33.3209 - Geoff Emery (Holden VS Commodore).

Aussie Racing Car: 2:34.9536 - Nick Percat (AU Falcon - Yamaha).

V8 Utes: 2:34.9815 - Kim Jane (Holden VE Ute SS).

Saloon Car: 2:37.7007 - Steve Kwiatkowski (Ford AU Falcon).

Formula Vee: 2:44.1467 - Benjamin Porter (Checkmate JP02).

HQ Holden: 2:56.0330 - Peter Holmes (Holden Kingswood).

Historic Bathurst 1000 lap records

Group A 2:14.50 - Mark Skaife (1991 - Nissan Skyline GT-R R32).

Group C: 2:15.13 - Peter Brock (1984 - Holden VK Commodore).

Super Touring: 2:16.8034 - Jason Plato (1997 - Renault Laguna).

Notable races

Main article: List of Mount Panorama Races

The very first race held at the Mount Panorama circuit was the 1938 Australian Grand Prix. Since that historic meeting 'the Mountain' has attracted some of the biggest races in the country. The Australian Grand Prix was held here four times and the circuit also played host to the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix for a significant portion of pre-world championship life. The Australian Tourist Trophy and the Australian Touring Car Championship also visited sporadically as well as numerous other Australian Championships. The circuit has been home to one of the world's classic endurance events, the Bathurst 1000 as well as other races inspired by it, the Bathurst 12 Hour and Bathurst 24 Hour.

The first Motorsport event was a speed hillclimb held from Mountain Straight up to Reid Park. This event is still held today as a round of the NSW Hillclimb Championship.

In 2009, the circuit hosted the IGSA Gravity Sports World Championships: skateboard downhill and street luge downhill. The race began at Skyline and ended at Conrado Straight.

Racing deaths at Mount Panorama

Fifteen competitors have died during racing associated with Mount Panorama. Two spectators were also killed in 1955 after being struck by a crashing car.

April 17, 1949 Jack Johnson, MG TC, Easter Races

April 5, 1958 Barry Halliday, Motorcycle, Bathurst Tourist Trophy

October 2, 1960 Reg Smith, Porsche, Australian GT Championship

April 7, 1969 Bevan Gibson, Elfin 400 Repco, Mount Panorama Trophy

March 30, 1970 Tom Sulman, Lotus Eleven Climax, Sir Joseph Banks Trophy

April 2, 1972 Lan Hog, sidecar, bathurst tt race

April 17, 1976 Ross Barelli, Suzuki RG500, Easter Races

April 15, 1979 Ron Toombs, Yamaha TZ 350F, Easter Races

Easter 1980 Rob Moorhouse, Easter motorcycle races

October 5, 1986 Mike Burgmann, Holden Commodore VK SS Group A, James Hardie 1000

October 4, 1992 Denny Hulme, BMW M3 Evolution, Tooheys 1000

April 1994 Jim Colligan, Sidecar, Australian Tourist Trophy

April, 1994 Ian Thornton, Sidecar, Australian Tourist Trophy

September 30, 1994 Don Watson, Holden Commodore VP, Tooheys 1000

October 8, 2006 Mark Porter, Holden Commodore VZ, Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

Footnotes

^ V8Supercars, Times and Records

^ "Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 - Round 10 2003 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. October 12, 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?12/10/2003.MOUN.Q7. Retrieved 2007-12-16. 

^ "Skaife teams with Murphy for Bathurst". Stuff.co.nz. August 10, 2009. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/motorsport/2737840/Skaife-teams-with-Murphy-for-Bathurst. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 

^ "Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000-2007 V8 Supercar Series Rnd 10". National Software. October 7, 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?07/10/2007.MOUN.R12. Retrieved 2007-12-16. 

^ "Supercheap Auto 1000 - 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Rd10 Mount Panorama - Bathurst Fujitsu V8 Supercars - Race 2". National Software. October 11, 2008. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?12/10/2008.MOUN.R8. Retrieved 2008-10-18. 

^ "Super Cheap Auto 1000 - Rd 9 2006 V8 Supercar Series Mount Panorama - Bathurst". National Software. October 8, 2006. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?08/10/2006.MOUN.R11. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 

^ "WPS Bathurst International Motorsport Festival Mount Panorama". National Software. April 7, 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?08/04/2007.MOUN.R7. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 

^ "Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 Mount Panorama - Bathurst". National Software. October 11, 2002. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?13/10/2002.MOUN.R1. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 

^ "FAI 1000 Mount Panorama - Bathurst". National Software. October 13, 1999. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?14/11/1999.MOUN.R4. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 

^ "Super Cheap Auto 1000 - Rd 9 2006 V8 Supercar Series Mount Panorama - Bathurst". National Software. October 6, 2006. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?08/10/2006.MOUN.R1. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 

^ "Supercheap Auto 1000 - 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Rd10 Mount Panorama - Bathurst Fujitsu V8 Supercars - Race 2". National Software. October 11, 2008. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?12/10/2008.MOUN.R5. Retrieved 2008-10-18. 

^ "WPS Bathurst International Motorsport Festival Mount Panorama". National Software. April 6, 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?08/04/2007.MOUN.R2. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 

^ "Super Cheap Auto 1000 - Rd 9 2006 V8 Supercar Series Mount Panorama - Bathurst". National Software. October 7, 2006. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?08/10/2006.MOUN.R6. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 

^ "Supercheap Auto 1000 - 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Rd10 Mount Panorama - Bathurst 2008 Yokohama V8 Ute Racing Series - Race 3". National Software. October 12, 2008. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?12/10/2008.MOUN.R10. Retrieved 2008-10-18. 

^ "WPS Bathurst Motor Festival Mount Panorama". National Software. February 21, 2009. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?22/02/2009.MOUN.R7. Retrieved 2010-02-13. 

^ "WPS Bathurst Motor Festival Mount Panorama". National Software. February 9, 2008. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?10/02/2008.MOUN.R4. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 

^ "Primus 1000 Classic Mt Panorama - Bathurst". National Software. October 19, 1997. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?19/10/1997.BATH.R4. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 

^ * Greenhalgh, David; Thomas B. Floyd, Bill Tuckey (2000). Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960-1999. Chevron Publishing Group. p. 479. ISBN 1 875 221 12 3. 

^ * Greenhalgh, David; Thomas B. Floyd, Bill Tuckey (2000). Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960-1999. Chevron Publishing Group. p. 472. ISBN 1 875 221 12 3. 

^ "1997 AMP Bathurst 1000 Australian Racing Drivers Club". National Software. October 5, 1997. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?05/10/1997.ARDC.E7. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mount Panorama Circuit

Official Website

Trackpedia's guide to racing at Bathurst

Video of Greg Murphy's "Lap of the Gods" at Bathurst

Circuit info from official V8 Supercar Site

V8 Champ Garth Tander's personal tour of Mt Panorama

Skateboard downhill World Championship in Mount Panorama

v  d  e

ATCC / V8 Supercar tracks

Current

Yas Marina  Bahrain  Adelaide  Albert Park  Hamilton  Queensland Raceway  Winton  Hidden Valley  Townsville  Phillip Island  Bathurst  Surfers Paradise Street  Sandown  Symmons Plains  Homebush

Previous

Adelaide International  Amaroo  Calder  Barbagallo  Canberra  Eastern Creek  Gnoo Blas  Lakeside  Longford  Lowood  Mallala  Oran Park  Pukekohe  Shanghai  Surfers Paradise  Wakefield Park  Warwick Farm

Categories: Motorsport venues in Australia | V8 Supercar tracks | Motorsport at BathurstHidden categories: All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements from March 2008 | Articles with unsourced statements from February 2007 | Articles with unsourced statements from November 2009

About the Author

I am Cheap On Sales writer, reports some information about upright paper holder , copper paper towel holder.

day banner

Online Banner Advertisement

 

As all we know that banner advertising is not a popular and success way of advertising. Days are gone when banner advertising was the most effective way of advertise which leads to make sales. But these days banner ads always ignore by net users or you can say that they are enough mature to ignore them. So what we should think that banner advertising is over? No it is not.

 

That's true that banner advertising is not effective and successful as it was three four years ago. But these days advertising networks are finding new ways to to make it effective as well as popular. One of the new invention in advertising world is Rotate Banner Ads Plug In which is recently released by Max Banner Ads. This banner ads plug in enables affiliates to add and rotate banners in blogs without editing themes or monkeying with the codes.

 

This banner ads plug in allows you to handle square button banners in the sidebars or horizontal banners at the top of the blog. It also allows you to rotate banners within the posts. It means if you have number of posts then Each “zone” can have it’s own separate set of banner ads rotating however many at a time you choose. For this you just need to install and activate this plug in then set up your banner ads configuration according to your choice after that everything is automatic.

 

This plug in not only set up your banner ads but also it keeps stats of number of impressions, clicks and the click through percentage for each banner in each “zone” so that you can keep track of which ads are getting the best results.

 

So now we could say that this plug in is like a acid for banner advertising because banner advertising is loosing its place in online advertising. Net users are mature enough to ignore banner ads. And publishers and advertisers are not getting enough returns from banner ads. But now all advertisers and publishers are hoping that this plug in would make banner advertising more successful to provide maximum returns.

 

But if you want maximum return from banner ads then you need a right advertising network whatever you are A Publisher or A Advertiser.

 

XapAds is fastest growing online advertising company - which provides contextual advertising solution for online advertising. XapAds has biggest contextual advertising network that serves over 900 million impressions each month by partnering with over 100,000 specialized websites.

 

While the Advertisers are shedding a fortune on Online advertising, they are not getting the expected ROI as they should be get, reason behind this the key players of Advertising Business "Google", "Yahoo" etc are charging very high CPC. But Xapads has been incorporated for those Small and Medium sized websites who can't pay fortune for a meagre amount of clicks.

 

So just be the part of our team and you would be a happy Publisher or Advertiser. For more information please visit us at: http://www.xapads.com

 

About the Author

sachin aggarwal offering ideas about online banner advertising with the help of http://www.xapads.com