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Location: FINRA Manual > Notices > 1998 > 98-50 Treasury Updates List Of Specially Designated Persons And Entities
As requested by the Department of Treasury (Treasury), the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) provides members with information from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) about persons and entities identified as "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked1 Persons." Effective May 26, 1998, OFAC updated its master list, adding the names of six individuals and 21 entities who have been determined to play a significant role in international narcotics trafficking centered in Colombia, or who have been determined to act for or on behalf of, or to be owned or controlled by other specially designated narcotics traffickers; adding the names of 62 entities which have been determined to act for or on behalf of, or to be owned or controlled by the Government of Sudan; and removing the names of two individuals previously designated as specially designated narcotics traffickers. In addition, OFAC issued Burmese Sanctions Regulations that prohibit new investment in Burma by U.S. persons effective May 21, 1998.
Questions concerning this Notice may be directed to OFAC's Compliance Hotline for financial institutions, at (800) 540-6322.
The U.S. government mandates that all financial institutions located in the United States, overseas branches of these institutions and, in certain instances, overseas subsidiaries of the institutions comply with OFAC regulations governing economic sanctions and embargo programs regarding the accounts and other assets of countries identified as threats to national security by the President of the United States. This always involves accounts and assets of the sanctioned countries' governments, and may also involve the accounts and assets of individual nationals of the sanctioned countries. Also, these regulations prohibit unlicensed trade and financial transactions with such countries.
Under these regulations, financial institutions must block identified assets and accounts when such property is located in the United States, is held by U.S. individuals or entities, or comes into the possession or control of U.S. individuals or entities. The definition of assets and property is very broad and covers direct, indirect, present, future, and contingent interests. In addition, Treasury identifies certain individuals and entities located worldwide that are acting on behalf of sanctioned governments, and that must be treated as if they are part of the sanctioned governments.
OFAC may impose criminal or civil penalties for violations of these regulations. Criminal violations may result in corporate and personal fines of up to $1 million and 12 years in jail; civil penalties of up to $275,000 per violation may also be imposed. To ensure compliance, OFAC enlists the cooperation of various regulatory organizations and asks the NASD to remind its members about these regulations.
Foreign Assets Control Regulations
OFAC currently administers sanctions and embargo programs against Libya, Iran, Iraq, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Serb-controlled areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb military and civilian leaders, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and Cuba. In addition, OFAC prohibits certain exports to the UNITA faction in Angola; new investment in Burma (Myanmar); and transactions with designated terrorists, foreign terrorist organizations, and narcotics traffickers.
Broker/dealers cannot deal in securities issued from these target countries and governments and must block or freeze accounts, assets, and obligations of blocked entities and individuals when this property is in their possession or control.
According to OFAC, broker/dealers need to establish internal compliance programs to monitor these regulations. OFAC urges broker/dealers to review their existing customer accounts and the securities in their custody to ensure that any accounts or securities blocked by existing sanctions are being treated properly. Broker/dealers also should review any other securities that may represent obligations of, or ownership interests in, entities owned or controlled by blocked commercial or government entities identified by OFAC.
Broker/dealers must report blockings within 10 days by fax to OFAC's Compliance Division at (202) 622- 1657. Firms are prohibited from making debits to blocked customer accounts, although credits are authorized. Blocked securities may not be paid, withdrawn, transferred (even by book transfer), endorsed, guaranteed, or otherwise dealt in.
OFAC has issued general licenses authorizing continued trading on the national securities exchanges on behalf of blocked Cuban and North Korean customer accounts under conditions preserving the blocking of resulting assets and proceeds. Secondary market trading with respect to certain Yugoslav debt securities issued pursuant to the "New Financing Agreement" of September 20, 1988, is also authorized; however, certain restrictions and reporting requirements apply.
List Of Sanctioned Governments And Individuals
Whenever there is an update to its regulations, an addition or removal of a specifically designated national, or any other pertinent announcement, OFAC makes the information available electronically on the U.S. Council on International Banking's INTERCOM Bulletin Board in New York and the International Banking Operations Association's Bulletin Board in Miami. The information also is immediately uploaded onto Treasury's Electronic Library (TEL) on the FedWorld Bulletin Board network and is available through several other government services provided free of charge to the general public.
In addition, members can use the NASD Regulation, Inc., Web Site (www.nasdr.com) to link to OFAC's list of individuals and companies subject to economic or trade sanctions. OFAC's Web Site contains additional information that may be helpful to members and may be accessed directly (http://www.ustreas.gov/ treasury/services/fac/fac.html). Members also may refer to NASD Notices to Members 98-20, 98-8, 97-87, 97-35, 97-4, 96-23, and 95-97.
NASD members are urged to review their procedures to ensure compliance with OFAC regulations.
1 Blocking, which also may be called freezing, is a form of controlling assets under U.S. jurisdiction. While title to blocked property remains with the designated country or national, the exercise of the powers and privileges normally associated with ownership is prohibited without authorization from OFAC. Blocking immediately imposes an acrossthe-board prohibition against transfers or transactions of any kind with respect to the property.

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It's your weekly Gamespite update
Not sure how to spend your hard-earned yet rapidly-devaluing dollar? Feel like saving up for the future would be a tragic mistake? Well, pilgrim, we've got you covered.
First, you've got your usual weekly DVD releases. I find myself surprisingly excited by the pending re-release of Robocop — I've never actually seen the movie in its entirety, but I suspect it's going to hold up fairly well to my scrutiny. Its vision of the "future" strikes me as sober and realistic, which is always the least embarrassing sort of cinematic future when you look back a few years down the line.
And then there's the weekly anime supplement, for which I serve as a gracious host despite the fact that most anime makes me want to punch people in disgust. Of course, so do most movies, but there's that certain je nais c'est quoi about anime. (That's French for "stigma," and it's a stigma that the medium has visited entirely upon itself. As this week's column says, "One of the most perplexing things about Japan is that some of the better mainstream anime shows are based on pornographic games and cartoons.") But hey, whatever. I won't judge you for your tastes.
Unless you're one of those people who keeps clicking on Kotaku's stupid "OMG real life anime-inspired porn!!" entries. In that case, I want to punch you in disgust.
I also kind of want to punch Interpol for their forehead-slapping belief that the fact that you can reverse an application of the Photoshop "Twirl" filter by applying a reversed twirl is some kind of super-secret spy knowledge. Really, hasn't the entire world known that for like a decade?
Ha, ha, just kidding. I wouldn't really punch Interpol. That would make me some kind of terrorist.
Please don't put me on the no-fly list, ECHELON :(
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ManekiNeko says:
Everything about Robocop holds up surprisingly well… except for the way the ED-209 squeals like a pig after being upended. Wouldn't it have been better to have the whir of servos and the grinding of gears? Otherwise, it's a great film. And the biggest surprise is that the man who played the villain went on to become the father on That 70's Show!
goldie says:
I remember one guy who used to say that you only need to shoot Robocop in the mouth to kill him. That would be awesome.
Kolbe says:
Robocop is one of my favorite movies of all time. It is sarcastic, critic and ultimately a fun movie to watch. It stands out even today (except for some ED-209 scenes as stated before). Just a note of how ahead of its time it was: in 1986, when Robocop was released, music CD's were still not a part of everyone's lives, yet in the film they appear as a video storage device, predicting the advent of DVD's!
Die out of envy, Nostradamus. Oh, he's already dead.
eric_c says:
You Kill Me was actually a pretty good movie — especially when you compare it to the mess that was 28 Weeks Later (which turned from awesome to terrible after its first 15 minutes). If you didn't read up on it, it's about a hitman for the Polish mob with a drinking problem. He gets sent to AA so he can get better, and because he loves his work, he genuinely wants to quit the habit so he can start killing people again. Also, Ben Kinglsey is awesome in pretty much any movie he's in.
Reign Over Me does look like crap, but I heard from that kotaku post that Shadow of the Colossus features heavily in the movie or something, so that's enough to maybe make me rent it.
Considering I have that "rent as many movies as you want for a monthly fee," so I have plenty of time for lame stuff.
But what would SotC have to do with somebody's family dying during the 9/11 attacks?
But I will join the consensus and say that Robocop is, indeed, one of the best movies out there. One of the last things Orion Pictures put out, and it happened to be good.
And I'll go ahead and say what nobody else will – Lucy Liu and Carla Gugino in "Rise"? Yes, please :)
I have no compunction about making myself the lowest common denominator.
Anonoguy says:
Reign Over Me is sub-mediocre sentimental crap designed to draw emotions from 9/11 and filming Manhattan. Don Cheadle is totally wasted, and Sandler hasn't done any good "serious" work before or after Punch Drunk Love.
That said, I think their use of Shadow of the Colossus was relatively clever and one of the few well-used metatextual uses of video game media that I've ever sene. The idea is that Sandler's wife and kids both died on 9/11, and he has a mental breakdown. Because he's rich from the govt. settlement money, he spends every day bicycling around Manhattan and obsessively replaying SoTC in his apartment over and over again. So why would we he be obsessed with defeating a game where climb up giant building-size monsters and collapsing them….
P.S. SUX-5000.
ShakeWell says:
Don't punch Interpol! Carlos D. rules, and they're the kind of nice guys who, when you buy their records on vinyl, give you a free download of all the tracks.
Wait… Different Interpol? You can punch them all you want.
Nemo Incognito says:
I dispute some of those reviews. 28 Weeks Later is unbelievably contrived and undoes the good of the first film, while Surf's Up is definitely above average.
DiGiKerot says:
To be fair to Fate/Stay Night, it's not really all that pornographic in that it makes you sit through about twenty hours of text defiling everything you know about mythology before you get to your boobies. I kind of suspect the porn-free PS2 version would fair rather better than the PC version with it's superfluous sex scenes. I'd probably question the idea of calling F/SN "mainstrem anime" anyway (I fail to see how anything which airs post-midnight can be considered mainstream).
What I won't mention is that the Galaxy Angel anime series weren't based on the games at all, but that would imply I actually have an interest in the show …
I think it can safely be considered mainstream due to its sheer prevalence in Japanese shops. Fate/Stay Night is everywhere in Akihabara, and I didn't even venture into the adult floors. Well, just once, but only because that's where the men's room was.
There's no denying that Fate is popular – hell, even Capcom recently cashed in it's popularity with Fate/Tiger Colosseum on PSP – but that's nothing to do with the anime version, it's popularity is derived pretty much entirely from the original work. What I was questioning was calling the anime version mainstream, when infact it was no more popular than any other random late-night anime show. It's not something that someone who isn't already an anime viewer would have watched.
Meditative_Zebra says:
I was going to post the same thing ShakeWell posted, but he beat me to the punch . *ducks*
Zordran says:
Oh, please. Don't worry about ECHELON. Everybody knows that it's going to rebel against its master and merge with the MAJESTIC-12 computer system in Area 51 and then take over the brain of a nanite-enhanced superspy to become a world-spanning techno-god… wait, maybe you should be worrying.


Summerville – In their first foray into Class AAAAA baseball, a veteran Cane Bay baseball squad expects to be in contention for a playoff berth out of region 7-AAAAA this spring.
The Cobras won region 7-AAAA last season and move up in classification for the first time in 2019. Cane Bay hopes to battle for the region title but the conference is loaded with quality this spring. Stratford, Wando and Berkeley all have equally talented squads.
Things are off to a good start for the Cobras, winners of eight of their first nine games this season. The region slate also has started well with a pair of league wins over Goose Creek.
Head coach Shane Todd feels this year's team has a good mix of seniors and underclassmen with a solid pitching staff. The lineup also has several veteran hitters and the offense has been strong early on.
"We do have several guys who started and played a lot last year so that year of experience should be to our advantage," says Todd, who has 130 career wins since starting the Cane Bay program 11 years ago.
Anchoring the pitching staff are seniors John Shelton and Adam Jordan, both solid right-handers with a variety of quality pitches. Shelton, a Limestone commit, already has a no-hitter to his credit this season while Jordan has a one-hitter.
"Both guys give us a chance to win every time out," Todd says.
Finding a consistent third starter and developing some bullpen help will determine Cane Bay's fate in the long run. Junior Kyle Fessler has shown promise as a starter. Seniors Gannon Honea and Noah Panezich, and juniors Kristofer Blanco and Sean Farrell also will see work on the mound.
Panezich is the team's top offensive threat. The 6-4 Erskine signee will man first base and has 10 RBI's in the first nine games this season.
Blanco, the starter at third base, already has a homer, two triples and eight RBI's early on while sophomore second baseman Gabe White, who had 19 RBI's last season, also rates as a key hitter in the top of the lineup.
Sophomore Jamie Dyches is a first-year starter behind the plate but has been solid offensively early on. Jordan and Shelton are working at shortstop with White also capable of moving to the left side of the middle infield.
Senior Tyler Pruitt is the top returner in the outfield. Pruitt hit .329 with 16 RBI's last season and has hit .429 early on this spring. Speedy senior Jacob Flesher starts in center while Honea is starting in right.
Senior Trey Ricker mans the designated hitter spot and has tremendous power from the left side. Ricker tallied 22 RBI's as a junior.
Junior Brady Dolan backs up at first and provides another lefty bat off the bench. Junior Shane Craven provides depth at third and second while junior Jeff Markham backs up behind the dish.


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Снежана Пантелић Вујанић (2. фебруар 1951, Београд) српска је професорка и доктор наука у области социологије.

Биографија
Снежана Пантелић Вујанић је похађала Осму београдску гимназију на Вождовцу. Основне академске студије завршила је на Правном факултету Универзитета у Београду, где је дипломирала 1973. године. Академску каријеру започела је на Факултету организационих наука наредне године, а потом наставила да ради на Саобраћајном факултету све до 2006. Докторат је одбранила на Факултету политичких наука 1981, а звање редовног професора у области социологије стекла је 1996. На Универзитету за пословни инжењеринг и менаџмент у Бањој Луци 2008. године је изабрана за редовног професора задуженог за област социологије, етике и комуникација, односно методологије. На високој школи за пословну економију и предузетништво предаје од 2015, такође у својству редовног професора.

Објавила је преко десет основних уџбеника из области за које је изабрана, као и више десетина научних радова из области социологије комуникација, социологије саобраћаја, урбане социологије, социологије интернета и других. Оснивач је првог иновационог "Центра за социолошка истраживања" на Универзитету у Београду (2003—2005).

Политички ангажман
Снежана Пантелић Вујанић је обављала функцију помоћника министра просвете и спорта у првој влади Војислава Коштунице, са које је разрешена на лични захтев 2005.

Подржала је кандидатуру Александра Вучића за председника Србије на изборима 2017. године.

Референце

Спољашње везе
 Пантелић-Вујанић, Снежана bibliografije.nb.rs
 Snezana Pantelic-Vujanic Фејсбук

Рођени 1951.
Српски социолози
Доктори социологије
Жене политичари
Професори београдског универзитета
Професори Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Професори из Београда
Научници из Београда

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Q: Can I have a  Tag inside a  tag in Tumblr? today I played around a little bit with Tumblr.
I tried to add a preformatted text into a description paragraph block like so:

{block:Description}

{Description}

{/block:Description}

However, the
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Am I doing something wrong here or is it a bug?

A: You cannot nest block-level elements, such as
, inside
 in HTML, so Tumblr is behaving correctly. You should close your paragraph before inserting the pre-formatted text.
If you want inline code-style text, try the  tag. You can then supplement it with CSS if needed.

I like to use the code tag in my HTML files.

code
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    padding: 2px 4px;
    color: #000000;
    background-color: #eeeeee;
    border-radius: 3px;
}

A: Also, I just realized where I was having a similar issue pasting code into tumblr inside
 and  tags is that just because you wrap your code in those tags doesn't prevent you from having to escape the carets with < and > instead of the carets.

A: And the HTML5 terminology is:

*

*p's "Content model" is "Phrasing content": "https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/grouping-content.html#the-p-element

*pre's "Categories" are: "Flow content" and "Palpable content": https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/grouping-content.html#the-pre-element
Since pre's categories don't include "Phrasing content", pre cannot be put inside p.
Maybe it is possible to simulate pre with CSS styles though: How to change a span to look like a pre with CSS? but I'm not sure it is allowed in p.
See also: List of HTML5 elements that can be nested inside P element?

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Join us to learn more about the Toolwire Writing Games and the benefits of game-based learning. In this session, we will also cover best practices for introducing game-based learning into your course.
Doug Beckwith served as associate dean of Arts & Sciences for four years and dean of Axia College for seven at the University of Phoenix. He was responsible for creating the University's initial First-Year Course Sequence. He holds a PhD in Human Sciences from Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, San Francisco, where he studied the nature of creativity, particularly in films. In addition, he holds a Master's in Applied Linguistics from UCLA, a BA in English, and JD in law from the University of Nebraska. In the various stages of his career, he has been a member of the Association for Training and Development (ASTD), the California Bar Association, and the Writers Guild of America.


TIP! Store your wine in the right way if you wish to preserve its flavor. Extreme temperatures, whether cold or hot, can destroy your wine.
From selecting the right bottle to choosing the right pairing, you have much to learn about your wine. There are quite a few websites and books out there that delve into the world of wine. If you keep learning, you'll become a better sommelier.
Do wine tastings! They are lots of fun and can introduce you to things you may not have otherwise tried. This can even be a fun social event for you and your family and friends. If you know anyone else who is curious about wine or loves it, invite them as well. It's a great way to enjoy the company of others.
If you want to start a wine collection, you should invest in a good wine cellar. You cannot store some of the most expensive varieties out in the open or under a cupboard, so a wine cellar is a worthy investment to protect high-dollar collections. A wine cellar has the ability to maintain wine quality for the long term.
TIP! Cheap wine has a bad reputation; however, it can be very delicious. Try a wine from the country of Chile.
Don't be shy about joining discussion forums about wine online. There are some really good forums out there where people talk about wine. Before you sign up, make sure to check out the boards thoroughly to see if it is a community that you would like being a part of.
TIP! Consider joining an online wine forum. Some excellent ones are available, and they provide you with a great place to chat with others and find out which wines may be worth trying.
Are you getting frequent headaches upon drinking wine? If so, then you need to limit your consumption of it. Wine contains sulfites, and sulfates encourage headaches. Drinking in moderation will probably be your best bet.
TIP! The labels concerning sulfite shouldn't scare you. American distributors are required to place these warnings on their labels.
Most bottles you purchase will have warnings about the sulfite content. Every wine contains sulfites, but only those produced in America have the warning. Sulfites can cause allergic reactions in some rare occasions but you should not worry about sulfites if you have not noticed any reactions before.
TIP! If you plan to drink your wine at a casual event away from home, you should get a bottle that does not need a corkscrew. It is easier to deal with screw-on caps than it is to deal with corks, and a cork remover is not required.
It is not necessarily true that white wines must be served chilled. Textures vary from one white wine to another, so they may taste better when served at varying temperatures. Sauvignon blanc tastes best cold, but chardonnay and pinot gris are best served a little warmer.
TIP! A dessert wine makes a perfect after dinner drink. French Champagne and California Port are rich in taste, along with Italian Moscato.
Endeavor tho have many types of wine available. Don't just stock the basic red or white. In order to be the ideal host, offer various kinds of wine, such as red, white, sparkling and sweet.
TIP! Plan on visiting a nearby winery if you enjoy fine wine. Set your budget ahead of time and be prepared with a designated driver before you arrive.
Once you have some basic knowledge about wine, everything else will start to fall into place. Follow the general guidelines but allow your personal preference to be your best guide. Once you know the fundamental aspects of choosing a wine to go with your meal, you'll be letting your taste buds bring you to the perfect bottle. Keep the tips you've learned here in mind.


When you're on the road trip with family or friends, there's a lot more to think about than your destination. Are you entertaining company, an annoyance or a liability?
The backseat driver without any of the temper-fraying urgency, the lookout is responsible for being the driver's second pair of eyes. The lookout must remain aware and alert to surrounding traffic and warn the driver if they notice any danger spots or potential accidents, as well as keeping an eye out for all-important places to stop and get snacks. This is all-important when there are lots of people in the car, when drivers are more likely to be distracted, especially with young drivers.
Worried that the driver might be upset by your input? You needn't be - a study from Allianz from this year showed that a huge 67% wouldn't object to being told if their driving was causing anxiety and 94% confirmed they would change their driving behaviour if asked.
You know the drill - the secretary's job is to man all phone communication so the driver is free to concentrate on things like, you know, the road and making sure everyone actually gets to their destination unscathed. This will inevitably involve awkward conversations with the driver's distant (and totally deaf) aunty Mabel as well as fielding 'hilarious' texts from total strangers. It's a thankless task which involves asking for the driver's password more times than anyone thought humanly possible, but it's essential - using your phone whilst driving is still one of the most dangerous things you can do on the road, and not to forget it's also illegal.
This often overlooked role (which is , typically allocated to mum, in our experience) and becomes even more important when driving in a two door car, as she'll have to get out and greet any passengers coming in and out of the back of the car in the manner of a restaurant Maitre D'. This role is not limited to a meet and great, however, and whoever adopts this role will also be given the - pretty unglamorous - task of opening any manual gates the driver comes across over the course of the journey. Muddy shoes are an occupational - and slightly inevitable - hazard.
You might be surprised to see the navigator so low on the list, but since the advent of sat navs they've become a little redundant, their job reduced to typing a postcode into a sat nav or smartphone rather than actual map-reading. That doesn't mean they won't get involved, however, constantly suggesting short cuts to try and outwit the robots. Sometimes (often), their name is Dad. Even more often, it's Grandad. Just be warned: disputes over directions are the biggest source of in-car arguments, which can be dangerous, so why not just go along with their suggestions? You love them, after all.
Some people take this role very seriously and spend days compiling playlists when a long journey is looming. It's lovely if they've taken the tastes of the whole party into consideration – but if, as if they're a teenager in an experimental music phase, you end up having to weigh up which is the more painful option: listening to their favourite music or having an argument putting your playlist on. Soon, however, with the invention of 'Individual Sound Zones' this could all be a thing of the past.
Whether they've prepared a lavish in-car feast or they've raided the corner shop of its finest nutritionally bereft snacks, the feeder – often Mum and even more often, Granny – is loved by all… well, apart from anyone on a diet or anyone who takes pride in keeping their car pristine. Nothing that a well-time sweet can't fix, though.
In need of a tissue, a mint or some sunglasses? The magician can seemingly summon up any item you require from nowhere, and you love them for it. That said, they've filled the boot with so many bags of random 'essentials' that the neighbours think you're emigrating rather than popping to the shops for the afternoon. New parents are often fine magicians, such is their fear of an imminent baby meltdown or 'poonami', but being over-prepared for any eventuality is a habit that's hard to break.
Oh, the power kick that comes from being the one holding the steering wheel. Everyone else might think their roles are important, but you're the one with the real responsibilities – from scheduling regular stops to, well, keeping everybody alive. It would just be nice if someone thanked you occasionally.
And something everyone will thank you for, in the long run? Getting a great deal on your car insurance.


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Abdul Wahab, Abdul Azeez Oluwanisola and Kefeli, Zurina and Hashim, Nurhazirah (2018): Investigating The Dynamic Effect of Healthcare Expenditure and Education Expenditure On Economic Growth in Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC). Published in: 8th Islamic Banking Accounting and Finance (iBAF), 25th - 26th October 2018, Adya Hotel, Langkawi, Malaysia (25 October 2018): pp. 1-26.
Al-Abdali, Abid (2005): التجارة الالكترونية في الدول الاسلامية- الواقع - التحديات - الآمال. Published in:
Albu, Lucian-Liviu and Ciuiu, Daniel (2009): A method to evaluate composite performance indices based on variance-covariance matrix.
Albu, Lucian-Liviu and Georgescu, George and Ghizdeanu, Ion (2008): Romania's development level comparing with EU countries: The RGS (Relative Gap Scoring) Ranking Index.
Alecu, Ioan-Niculae and Angelescu, Anda Irina and Marcuta, Alina and Angelescu, Carmen (2015): Developments in the European market of organic agricultural products. Published in: Agricultural Economics and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania , Vol. 6, No. ISSN 2285–6803 ISSN-L 2285–6803 (20 November 2015): pp. 167-172.
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich (2018): Endogenous constraints, coefficients of economic distance, and economic performance of African countries – An exploratory essay.
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich (2009): National identity, globalization, and the well-being of nations.
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich (2009): National symbols, globalization, and the well-being of nations.
Andrés, Antonio R and Asongu, Simplice A (2013): Global dynamic timelines for IPRs harmonization against software piracy. Published in: Economics Bulletin , Vol. 1, No. 33 (28 March 2013): pp. 874-880.
Antonakakis, Nikos and Dragouni, Mina and Eeckels, Bruno and Filis, George (2015): Tourism and economic growth revisited: Empirical evidence from a Panel VAR approach.
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So I'm actually making some significant progress with Chasing Shadows. There are days I feel like I'll never get through it. Other days, I knock out a scene or chapter and think every scene completed is a step in the right direction.
I'm in the center of the book now and see I got sloppy. Lots of bracketed areas [describe XYZ], [Mujur does this or that]. Bad Reena.
A little about me. When I get tired of writing but still want to finish a story, I tend to do brackets with brief descriptions of what should happen. Coming back to those pieces makes me anxious, but in a way, it's good they're there.
First, it gives me an opportunity to fill in the blanks when my mind is more on the work. If I'm not in the zone, the words I place in the story are likely to be crappy and dull anyway. No sense wasting time on things I'll just have to redo. Polishing is hard enough for me as it is without being overwhelmed by bad writing.
Two, Chasing Shadows was a little on the short side for my tastes. Shadow Cat is over 80k words long. Some might consider that too long considering I've had some complaints about where the story starts. 🙂 Still, it bothers me to have a novel length piece of work, then release a work less than half the size.
Filling in the blanks is my opportunity to plump up Chasing Shadows a little. I doubt it'll be the length of a novel, but it definitely will be a good sized novella.
My goal for preparing Chasing Shadows for release is August 2012. However, I'm thinking a July release will be more likely. So sit tight a little longer. It'll happen.


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BRENTFORD VS ARSENAL. MATCH PREDICTION
Brentford will take on Arsenal on August 13 in the first round of the AFL. Brentford has been promoted, the team claimed promotion two seasons in a row, and still got their way. Arsenal failed last season, we should expect progress from the Gunners.
It is obvious that the team needs to strengthen the squad. The work in this direction is underway, we managed to sign a few newcomers. Daniel Oyegoke came from Arsenal, Frank Onyeka from Midtjollann, Kristoffer Iyer from Celtic and Miles Peart-Harris from Chelsea. It is possible that before the transfer window closes, Brentford will somehow be able to strengthen their squad.
In the Championships the team was famous for its attacking style. And if you take friendlies before the start of the season, they often turned out to be effective. I would like to believe that the team will not deviate from their plan and not become another "bus".
Arsenal have made spot purchases this summer. Nuno Tavares was bought from Benfica, Albert Lokonga came from Anderlecht and defender Ben White was bought from Brighton for £50m. White is Arsenal's main purchase this summer, but his transfer value still leaves questions.
Arsenal needs to think about how to make a quality leap forward. The team has been left without European competitions, and can fully focus on the affairs of the championship.
Brentford" made it to the APL for the first time in its history. Arsenal have gone without Eurocups for the first time in 28 years. Brentford striker Ivan Toney scored 33 goals in 48 games last season.
Brentford debut in the APL, for him it is a historic moment. You can not worry about emotions and the right attitude, the players will do their best. Brentford last season performed exceptionally efficiently. This team likes and knows how to play offensively. But Arsenal also came for three points; you need to confidently enter the new season. "The Canaries have played six friendly matches, and in all of them conceded at least one goal. We expect a bright game from this clash. Brentford will be on emotion, and Arsenal will try to decide the outcome through their class.
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Marina tree planting project
Hundreds of new trees and shrubs along with almost 8000 square metres of fresh turf will breathe life into Gladstone Ports Corporation's (GPC) newly developed walkway on Bryan Jordan Drive with turf works already underway.
By the end of the month GPC's Parks and Gardens team will have laid more than 4000 square metres of turf and expect to have the planting complete.
The project also includes 230 sprinklers, 2432 metres of irrigation pipe and 1500 cubic metres of soil.
Around 300 new trees and shrubs are expected to benefit Gladstone's local wildlife.
Parks and Recreation Superintendent Graham Gambie said the parklands are home to an array of different plant species.
"It's important to keep our gardens looking healthy and most of the new trees and shrubs will be similar to ones we already have around the Marina and they seem to thrive in our parklands," Mr Gambie said.
"The best part is that there will be no disruptions to park users or road users while the turf works and planting are underway," he said.
Acting CEO Craig Walker said the beautification project is all part of GPC's plan to reinvigorate the area and maintain the reputation of the immaculate parklands as Gladstone's green jewel for decades to come.
"Thanks to the expertise of our Parks and Gardens team we are able to able to deliver pristine parklands to the community all year round," Mr Walker said.
"The planting project will help revitalise the current gardens and the walkway at Bryan Jordan Drive will soon be transformed into a green space with 20 metres of turf," he said.
The waterfront areas are central to GPC's Port operations.
"We remain committed to balancing the ports operations with public access to such a beautiful harbour and foreshores," Mr Walker said.
"We're very proud of our parklands and all the work that has been completed so far and we're committed to continue improving it for our community to enjoy for generations," he said.
GPC has a vision for the future underpinned by a 50-year master plan and is committed to making a difference and creating brighter prospects for the community in which they operate.
The work expected to be complete in the following weeks.


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I haven't played Warhammer Online in 2 to 3 weeks, except to pop on once to reset my talents after the 1.0.6 patch. Scenarios were still fun but slugging it out solo doing the PVE content, took the wind out of my sails. Grinding Influence by killing through the mobs for Stage I over and over got old, even for a solo player that is used to grinding.
I've done grinding in other games with no issue so why did it bother me in WAR? Because I know that it's not supposed to work that way. I know that there are other stages in the PQ that are more fun and challenging. I know that there's a chest that drops at stage III and the chest has items in it hat I need, but don't have a chance of triggering. I'm out in Pragg and the PVE zones are very empty - few players here and there but none doing the chapters I need. There are probably a more players in the High Elf zone, which for whatever reason is more popular, but I really REALLY wanted to do the Empire, which is my racial zone.
So there I was grinding it out one night all the while feeling very blah about it. Guild chat was quiet. Ventrillo chat was quiet. I logged off and didn't bother logging in again for a couple of weeks. When I came back we were all settled on to the new more populated server. Guild chat was quiet. Ventrillo chat was quiet. I reallocated my talent points post patch and tried it out in a couple of Scenarios. As usual, the Scenarios were fun but when I needed a break from that and wanted to do something else, the thought of chasing down oRVR or going back to grinding INF were not appealing. I signed off and haven't been back.
I've read about the boosted XP and rest bonus taking place over the holiday. I think about logging on and trying to bust out the last few levels on my main or move the alt more quickly into T3 but getting on W101 is more appealing. I have to say that I have mixed feelings about the XP boost.
This strikes me as odd and something feels broken. After all, WAR has only been out a few short months and there's a need to already start boosting players past content? WTH are people going to be doing at level 40 for months and months and months??? I'm in Tier 4 and there's not a whole lot of depth to attacking and defending keeps. It's fun when there's a lot of action but after you've done a couple hundred then what?
There's really great PVE content in WAR but even on densely populated servers there's too much of it and players are still spread too thin. *sigh* I'm not sure what to think. Some people will say that this is a PVP/RVR game so they're helping to usher people more quickly to it. To that I'll say, why is there so much PVE content then? Why did they build it if it's so meaningless that we need to just run by it? Is this solution easier than finding a way to scale it so it works without the large, critical mass population they didn't realize was required to make it work??
If it really is just Scenarios and race to end game oRVR then I'm not sure that's enough for me. I enjoy PVE - the adventuring, leveling and experiences that come from doing PVE content. PVP/RVR is the icing on the cake. Yes, I knew this was a game focused on PVP/RVR but they built all that PVE content. They implemented the Open Groups that made questing easier. You don't actually need groups for the zerg RVR I've done and the grouping is mostly at the guild or alliance level anyway. They put in all the PQs, Influence rewards that go with them and rare crafting drops in those PQ chests, not me. Why is all of that content out there if we're going to be boosted by it?
Hmm, maybe I just need a longer break which is fine. I don't have that itch to log in and play, so I don't. I like WAR. I enjoyed the questing more than any other fantasy MMO I've played, save one. WOW's content from Goldshire to STV has always been my favorite content run. I've done it several times and it was always fun. I feel like that about the Empire content in WAR from T1 up until the beginning of T4. In T4 I hit a wall where it was more work and perseverance, than actual fun.
Perhaps in a month I can go back with fresh eyes and slam through the final 5.5 levels left to 40. In a month, finishing out T3 and T4 on the alt will feel less of a chore too. Or maybe it won't and I'm just done.
It's possible that my time in traditional fantasy MMOs has come to an end. Yet fantasy is why I play MMOs. I dont have the slightest interest in WoTLK. I've faced the fact that as much as I enjoy EQ2 housing and crafting, I just can't tolerate leveling in that game. EQ2's questing system and PVE content are too much of what I can't stand. As a result, I can't make it to the finish line and become a full-time crafter and merchant. I'm borderline tired of WAR and there aren't any other MMOs that I'm watching or waiting on to be released. In my head it's starting to sound like I need a long break from MMOs until something - no idea what, comes along. Geez.
have you tried lotro since Moria came out?
Hi there..well it seems that your feeling is more common these days. It's something that we are going to discuss briefly on the next show. When I first hit tier 4 it was like hitting a brick wall. Scenarios became next to impossible to participate in and I rapidly ran out of pve content to do. Public quests were a great idea but the population density just isn't there.
Where eq2 is concerned I must say I feel exactly the way you do. I was close to unsubscribing when I found I had to for financial reasons anyway.
Where we differe is with Wrath of the Lich King. So far much of what made end game unbearable for me is gone...but the jury, as they say, is still out on that one. There are some incredibly interesting new game mechanics like quests that have a permanent affect on the world as you experience it in the game.
You blog is always a good read. Keep up the good work.
@Darren - "LOTRO was too quest heavy for me," is what I thought at the time. I've since learned that it's not so much that I don't like questing as it is the quest and content design. If I took the time to really analyze it I'm sure I could be clearer about why I liked the quests in AOC, WAR, early WOW and W101 but not other games like EQ2 and LOTRO.
Post AOC combat, killing has to be pretty darned entertaining when you're stuck killing things one at a time. WAR has two of the best classes I've played like EVER - Bright Wizard and Warrior Priest, which come just in front of AOC's Bear Shaman and then WOW's Warlock, Shadow Priest and Shaman. I don't think the early game in LOTRO has changed enough for me to make it to the newer content.
@Julie - it's weird that WAR isn't working for me as a whole. It's like I love the dress, shoes and handbag but when you put it together as an outfit, it doesn't quite work. The most glaring part of the missing pieces is as you said, player density.
It does sound like it would be a waste of effort with all that PvE content you describe. I don't think Mythic intended to make the game PvP/RvR-focused, but rather do a better job than many other games has on the PvP side, without losing the PvE.
I think any efforts now to boost people and allow to "skip" PvE content is maybe to please the audience that are mainly PvP-focused and do not care so much for PvE, which is perhaps the group of players they have had most success in keeping.
If you are thinking of trying out some existing fantasy titles again, you could have a look at Guild Wars. I don't know which campaigns you have played before, but if it is only Prophecies (which is good) you also have Nightfall and Factions, plus Eye of the North later. Especially Nightfall is a good place to start new characters and going to max level there will take about the same amount of time as doing the newbie 1-20 part in AoC - and it is pretty much an extended newbie experience. And there is lots of content then after that.
RE: EQ2. I'm not trying to persuade you, but if you like crafting and housing in EQ2, why don't you play it and just ignore the adventuring side? You can be a pure crafter in the game, and the latest expansion even added crafting quests (I know quests aren't really your thing..) that require no killing at all.
I just re-upped to Warhammer yesterday and found that despite all I've read, it really hasn't improved very much for me. I kind of feel like I've thrown away the money I spent to rejoin. What's the saying? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
Take a break from the genre. Period. If you're not having fun there, then you probably won't have fun somewhere else.
I mean, yeah...you could play LOTRO or WoW, but from the sound of things you'll just end up in the same rut as you are right now in a few weeks.
It's called boredom, or burnout: a sure sign that the player has been playing too much.
The double-edge sword of EQ2 crafting is that while you can level it doing orders for the vendors, you can't really be a merchant unless you can farm your own mats to make items to sell. Without leveling, I can't harvest in the appropriate zones.
I think I am burned out but not from playing so much. I don't play nearly as much as I used to when WOW was my MMO love kitten. I think I'm burned out on having tried several games none of which ever stuck like AC2 or WOW. Maybe something won't ever stick like either of those and I'm not the jump around to different games kind of player. I like a more intimate gaming experience. But I am tired of trying different games that for different reasons haven't worked out for me.
Well, I would agree with Pete that you could play EQ2 and ignore the leveling grind. Other than that, it sounds like what you want is more of a sandbox fantasy game, without the quest and leveling treadmill, sort of like Ultima Online maybe?


Three separate surveys were developed for faculty, GTAs, and undergraduate.
these beliefs differ within and between populations?
attributable to gender, discipline, rank, or community membership?
(3) What teaching approaches do faculty members report using?
(4) What teaching approaches did undergraduate students experience, and are these consistent with faculty reports?
(5) What professional development opportunities do faculty believe would help them with their teaching?
Marbach-Ad, G., Rietschel, C. & Thompson, K. (2016). Validation and application of the survey of teaching beliefs and practices for undergraduates (STEP-U): identifying factors associated with valuing important workplace skills among biology students. CBE- Life Science Education, 15(4) ar59.
Marbach-Ad, G., Egan, L. C., & Thompson, K. V. (2015). A discipline-based teaching and learning center: A model for professional development. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.
Marbach-Ad, G., Schaefer-Ziemer, K. L., Orgler, M., & Thompson, K. V. (2014). Science teaching beliefs and reported approaches within a research university: Perspectives from faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 26(2).
Marbach-Ad, G., Schaefer, K. L, & Thompson, K. V. (2012). Faculty teaching philosophies, reported practices, and concerns inform the design of professional development activities of a disciplinary teaching and learning center. Journal on Centers for Teaching and Learning 4, 119-137.
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The Agrarian Urbanites are dedicated to providing practical agricultural education focused on sustainable, regenerative and organic techniques.
The Agrarian Urbanites are guides, advocates and engineers for creating balanced, healthier and sustainable communities & neighborhoods.
The Agrarian Urbanites hope to restore Spirit, Humankind and Earth by being catalysts for folks to think beyond the garden; building foundations of knowledge and inspiring action.
True to form, the Hellwinkels will be hosting a coldframe workshop at their house on Halloween. It's a great opportunity to learn from some experienced gardeners about extending the season well into winter.
You can read more about the event specifics here, but I want to note especially that those who come in costume get a door prize!
This recipe comes from Kat Raese, Urban Land Scout of many talents, among them vegan baking. You don't have to publish your recipe to earn a Level 4 badge, but you do have to eat some food thing composed of mostly wild sourced ingredients.
Vegan Vanilla Bean Cake with Wild Blackberry Filling and Lime "Buttercream" (portions of this recipe adapted from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World).
In a medium bowl, mix clean berries with sugar and brandy, and allow to macerate (wait around) for at least 30 minutes, while you prepare the other ingredients for the cake. The berries should start releasing their juices.
Bring all ingredients to a boil over medium heat and simmer for 5-7 minutes, or until the blackberries start to break down. Smush the berries further, and when they have broken apart adequately, strain the mixture through a fine sieve--you don't want any seeds left. Syrup can be cooked down more, or if the consistency is satisfactory, set aside and save (refrigerated) until you are serving the cake.
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray baking pans.
2) Whisk soy milk and vinegar in a large measuring cup and set aside to curdle while you mix dry ingredients.
3) Mix dry ingredients together.
4) Mix wet ingredients (and vanilla bean) with the curdled soy milk in a large bowl.
5) Sift the dry ingredients into the wet, and mix until no large lumps remain.
6) Divide the batter between the two pans and bake for 25-30 minutes (checking for doneness with a toothpick after 25 minutes). You're looking for a nice golden color. However, DO NOT open the oven during the first 15 minutes of baking, as your cakes will sink.
7) Set cakes in pans on a cooling rack, and wait for them to cool before turning them out onto the cooling rack to complete cooling. THe cakes have to be COMPLETELY cool before icing--this can take up to a few hours. Do not attempt icing before then, as your icing will melt.
1) Beat the shortening and margarine together until combined and fluffy.
2) Add sugar in half cup increments, beating after each addition; beat for 3 minutes once all added.
3) Add vanilla and lime juice--beat for 5 minutes, or so, until fluffy.
4) Fold in zest and mix to distribute evenly.
5) Chill until ready to use.
1) Stab the top of one of the cakes with a toothpick or a small knife--so the berry juice will absorb easier. Spread macerated berry fulling on top of one of the cakes; wait a few minutes for the cake to begin absorbing. Situate second cake on top of the filling.
2) Ice the cake (don't worry if the berry juice oozes into the icing--it won't be the prettiest, but it will taste great!).
3) Chill cake until serving; drizzle coulis on plate (and on cake) as you are serving.
Hear ye, hear ye, Urban Land Scouts. Soon the weather will grow cold. Or not soon, but eventually it will. In that cold season we will all miss things like tank tops, sweating all the time for no good reason, mosquitos, and...summer vegetables.
While it's true we of the developed world can buy just about any vegetable any time of year, the produce available to us in January does not compare in taste or provenance to that of our own gardens in the middle of summer. This is where canning comes in. In honor of the urge to prolong summer and eat well from our own land Kat Raese, an accomplished Urban Land Scout (and Ninth-Level Vegan) will be hosting a canning workshop at the Birdhouse in October. The workshop is only open to Urban Land Scouts and there are twelve spots available. Please email passage -at- urbanlandscouts -dot- com and let me know if you'd like to join us.
The cost of the workshop—$10-12— this will cover materials.
During the class, you will learn how to make ginger-garlic mustard, chunky applesauce, and pickled carrots. Not only will you take a jar of each of these home, but you will also acquire canning skills, with which you will be able to extend flavors of the season into the winter months.
I've tasted Kat's ginger-garlic mustard and it is an inspiring thing. Canned goods also make nice, relatively inexpensive, and consumable gifts...for those of you anticipating recession-era gift giving. Come down, put up some produce, meet some nice folk, and celebrate the changing seasons.
Congratulations to one of the more active Urban Land Scouts in all of East Tennessee. That's a fine looking eggplant. Hope it tasted good too. We'll be putting Level 5 patches in the mail to him (and his support crew) soon.


By 2022, the 75th year of Independence the school will achieve complete expansion of classes I to X up to Double Section and +2 with full enrollment. The school will Provide challenging, application - based E-Class room activities and excellent communication skills through Language Lab Activities . A Value based - Learning environment will be inculcated to enable the flag of KVS reach new Heights.
The native place of the famous Gandhian Sri PINGALI VENKAYYA who designed the National Flag is also known for its beach, temples, rolled-gold ornaments and the port which enabled the Mughals, Dutch, Portugese & Britishers to migrate here for trade in the past.
People are poor (Farming, Fishing being the main occupations) but peace loving and have excellent talents in Art, Music, and Poetry. They have promoted Education and KUCHIPUDI Dance.
The dialect of TELUGU spoken here is rich in literature also used in the scripts of Telugu movies from times immemorial.


Picture this, you're set inside a Maserati MC12 Versione Corse. Behind you, a 6.0-litre V12 is screaming and it's pelting you at the horizon behind Varano De' Melegari circuit in Northern Italy.
You're moving fast. Stupidly fast. With 489kW per tonne, it accelerates from zero to 200km/h in 6.4 seconds. A Volkswagen Golf GTI will hit half that speed in the same time.
The bad news is you're in the passenger seat. But you'll still be driving the next best thing– a GranTurismo GT4. It's a stripped out GT car with a Ferrari built V8. And, according to Maserati, you'll be qualified to wring its neck.
That's the idea behind its Master Maserati Driving Course. It's one of the many programs performance car manufacturers offer that hone customers' skills until they're ready for race cars. Programs are usually staged over multiple levels, progressing from basic instruction to analysis and assistance from seasoned race professionals.
With the appeal for customers obvious, thrashing a car legally at a racetrack without any guilt of depreciation, they're great for building a community between a brand and its customers. But they're also a fuel-injected sales technique. Maserati says customers have bought a car three years after driving it at one of these days. That becomes quite a successful sale if they progress to the point where they're unleashed in a customer race car.
Audi's R8 LMS GT3, for instance, costs $750,000. You'd almost need $1m for the equivalent Ferrari 488 GT3. Or if they catch the bug and prefer to race more serious machines, customers might end up in ultra-exclusive and expensive arrive-and-drive days like the Ferrari Corse Clienti.
Before any of that, though, the journey begins where I am: Sydney Motorsport Park. We've been invited to an 'equivalent' to the first step in its course. Think of it as the yellow belt in karate. Officially, though, this is not part of its program. You'll have to fly to Italy for a genuine pay-to-play experience.
Maserati's Australian arm instead runs an invite-only event for customers, media or prospects. We're told it's everything, if not more, than what happens in Italy. That might explain why even though we're at a track right next to a garbage tip in Sydney's western suburbs, it feels like we've arrived at a luxury driving retreat.
On top of being driven here in a cavalcade of Maseratis with chauffeurs willing to block traffic, as if they're transporting parliament members, we're greeted by a concierge. Behind them is a coffee machine, with baristas, platters of fine foods, and a cold fridge full of sparkling water.
We're given time to peruse our waiting lounge that feels like a showroom. It's air conditioned and adorned in white leather. On its walls hang grainy black and white images of Juan Manuel Fangio, laying lines at Monaco with a dap of oppo in post-war F1 cars.
Normally I'd feel ashamed for wearing anything other than moccasins in a place like this. We're told the expensive watches were stowed before the journalists arrived. And although we laugh, it feels like only half a joke. But I remember we had been promised more precious things. The cars.
Waiting in pit lane for us is Maserati's complete 2019 range. From the cash-generating Levante SUV to the ageing, but beautiful, GranTurismo coupe. And we're only a (relatively) tedious driver's briefing away from being able to unleash them.
We're greeted by Renato Loberto, the man behind Motokinetic. He's not Andrea De Adamich, the ex-F1 racer that leads Maserati's lead instructor team, but he could be the next best thing. He's raced and won in Ferraris at Bathurst and even instructed the military on high-speed tactical driving. His team is a handpicked bunch of local guns who will be our teachers.
We're split into groups and I'm sent to the off-road course in the track's south-west corner. It's a brilliant vantage point to watch the action on the West-end of the circuit, except for the steep 50-degree drops. We use them to test the Levante's hill descent control. It's impressive, but we're counting down the minutes to the next exercise.
The wet skidpan is a chance to pretend you're at Summernats. With Sydney's heat doing its best to undo the sprinklers' hard work, the best lubricant here is the 395kW twin-turbo V8 in the Quattroporte GTS. The instructors throw us its keys first, citing its big wheelbase and meaty turbo torque as superior tools for skids.
On the other hand, a GranTurismo MC, with its crisp, atmo V8 and shorter wheelbase, is more of a next challenge. There's less castor angle built into the GranTurismo's front-end, we're told, so its steering feels heavier and less keen to re-centre. Meanwhile, it also needs a big rev, as the 4.7-litre Ferrari-built atmo V8 produces its torque peak at 4750rpm.
Although it's meant to be more difficult to slide, the GranTurismo's instant throttle response and sharper steering give you more control, even though everything happens quicker. With the revs pinging off the 7500rpm limiter, it's easy to want to stay here for the rest of the day. But that'd be a waste.
Sydney Motorsport Park, in my opinion, is one this country's greatest tracks and you should seize any chance to drive its 3.9km GP configuration. Before we do, though, we're ushered to a feast prepared by Sydney chef Giovanni Pilu.
Freshly cooked steaks and handmade pasta are a long way from the Mrs Macs and Coca-Cola combo we're used to at track days, but considering the trouble Maserati went to have Pilu on hand, it's a non-negotiable aspect for the brand in keeping an Italian connection.
I fight an urge to gorge suspecting it might come up only hours later. It's a wise choice, as afterwards we set out in the plush, high-riding Levante. Surprisingly, it's not the rolling and pitching mess you'd expect from an SUV. It even cajoles me before I'm warned that its hard-used brakes would prefer some easy laps. I relent, using them to get my eye in.
It's hard to dissect and compare each car in the short time we had, but GranTurismo MC is a standout as something that felt cohesive and willing to work with you. Its pedigree is obvious in the way its brake and throttle pedals are robust and responsive. And that engine should be a protected species, it's blissful.
It's almost easier to compare the styles of each instructor as they actually in the car with you. As tempting, it is to show them what you have and floor it out of the pits, imagine sitting next to a complete stranger as they take your life in their hands at 200km/h. After all, having in your car at all is a privilege. It's more effective than being led by a pace car.
Some prefer to sit and watch you drive in silence, offering feedback towards the end of your session, whereas others encourage you to push immediately. By the day's end, at a track I've driven a handful of times, I've learned how to properly take the turn 16, 17 and 18 sequence, where to brake for turn six and how to set up Corporate Hill properly. And that's what's most important, seeing how far you can push yourself.
It might not apply to its cars, we're yet to drive them thoroughly, but Maserati speak some truth when they call this event the 'Ultimate Drive Day' experience. Now, how much is a plane ticket to Italy?