Teracotage (u/Teracotage)

Teracotage commented on The Many Secrets of Georgian Honey worldsensorium.com/the-ma... · Posted by u/perihelions

gnabgib · 3 years ago

Server seems unhappy, but the archive has caught it: https://archive.ph/74dHx

Teracotage · 3 years ago

But nothing will catch the amazing place there, I visited this lake with my family there 2 years ago and the wonderful scents permeated the valley almost like magic. In my hotel room the jar of honey we bought lasted 4 days. https://sworld.co.uk/02/699964/photoalbum/lake-ritsa-in-geor...

Teracotage commented on Food Packaging scanofthemonth.com/scans/... · Posted by u/aemreunal

codetrotter · 3 years ago

The library possibly has her loan history still. You could ask her to check with them if they could find out for you.

Mostly for your own sake I mean. But if you do find out then please let us know too :)

Teracotage · 3 years ago

This should do https://www.templatemaker.nl/en/

Teracotage commented on Food Packaging scanofthemonth.com/scans/... · Posted by u/aemreunal

BOOSTERHIDROGEN · 3 years ago

Which book ?

Teracotage · 3 years ago

This website has templates for packaging https://www.templatemaker.nl/en/

Teracotage commented on Food Packaging scanofthemonth.com/scans/... · Posted by u/aemreunal

mensetmanusman · 3 years ago

Believe it is marketing for the tech.

Teracotage · 3 years ago

And to justify the prices, I paid more for a S. Korean glass jar that has a neat cap, than the price of the olive oil I stored in it.

Teracotage commented on Oxidation makes tea black sophiescuppatea.com/blogs... · Posted by u/cmogni1

Teracotage · 3 years ago

How about manipulating Oxidation of your tea cup? I add a squeeze of lemon and the tea lightens up in color, and it lasts longer before it tastes stale. In addition to lemon, I would add either cardamom,or cinnamon, or event mint leaves, and the over-oxidation that would make my cup of tea go stale will be delayed. I am that lazy tea drinker who is OD'ing on tea/j.

Teracotage commented on Estonia, allies to trigger NATO Article 4 twitter.com/EstonianGovt/... · Posted by u/throwaway5752

Teracotage · 4 years ago

'NATO response: This latest escalation could see Article 4 invoked by NATO, which means alliance needs to mobilize and may increase its military presence in countries on Russia’s and Ukraine’s borders. We don’t dare guess where the risks lie here, but it heightens danger.' Saxo Bank

Teracotage commented on Russia’s Putin announces military operation in Ukraine apnews.com/article/russia... · Posted by u/2OEH8eoCRo0

Teracotage · 4 years ago

It is very tragic, and so many refugees will be hitting the borders in Europe:Ukrainians in Russia ' 2.5 million as of December 2014.[5] Over 420,000 asylum-seekers from Ukraine had registered in Russia as of November 2017.

Teracotage commented on Imagine if a lemon law penalized schools for rotten educations washingtonpost.com/opinio... · Posted by u/mudro_zboris

spamizbad · 4 years ago

This was already tried with No Child Left Behind, with schools above proficiency obtaining additional funding and those falling below would be penalized. In many states, it created a testing frenzy, caused a huge push for curriculum standardization that rankled both teachers and parents. It funneled tons of money into test prep providers that probably would be better spent recruiting and retaining skilled teachers.

I wish education reform enthusiasts would try a different tactic.

Teracotage · 4 years ago

I think the model in Finland is better because it rewards talented teachers. Those teachers, if you have a favorite one, would excel at devising ways to simplify complicated things, I think.

Teracotage commented on The Dubai Debt Trap economist.com/1843/2021/1... · Posted by u/Geekette

Geekette · 4 years ago

It is less about fraud and more about the existence of draconian laws (imprisoning debtors) in a place that professes modernity and manipulation of or utter disregard for said laws by those in high places. All parties including the main lender knew about the irregularities you cited, yet they agreed to restructure the loan. The man's fraud charge normally carries a 3 year sentence but he's still in prison 13 years later because his sentence got extended based on the bank's request.

Teracotage · 4 years ago

Imprisoning debtors has been a request from British banks to operate in the country. Yes, banks wield vast powers but when you are playing with billions you gotta pay to play .I lost my life savings in that crisis, for no reason at all on my part. It was the greed of banks and many fraudsters . I was rightfully imprisoned in Dubai, which is very rare to admit, I was drunk on a public beach and kissing my girlfriend in Ramadan, in jail for 24 hours, every prisoner there claimed to be innocent, even a Russian mafia thug, that was as hilarious as this article form the Economist.

Teracotage commented on The Dubai Debt Trap economist.com/1843/2021/1... · Posted by u/Geekette

JohnGB · 4 years ago

One of many reasons that I will never enter the UAE. There is no rule of law, and so no protection if anyone decides to charge you for anything. I've read of women being raped and then being charged for reporting it which essentially admits sex outside of marriage, or of foreigners who get driven into by a local and then charged as if they were the ones being reckless.

That's not even going into their de facto slavery with foreign construction workers, environmental damage, and sexism.

Teracotage · 4 years ago

For those who did not bother to read the article, it is about fraud during the financial crisis. I feel sad for Cornelius and wish he is set free. As a resident of Dubai for 30 years, I am always curious to learn things that I may have missed about 'my city', yet this article is misleading in many ways, its few first paragraph where it states that Ryan Cornelius 'thought the authorities had simply made a mistake;' Really? He has taken a loan to complete a project in Dubai yet he took the money for a project in Pakistan. Later the writer says'Cornelius’s business forged invoices for items such as furniture and building materials to match the investment capital being funnelled to the Plantation. A later civil case, brought by dib in Britain, concluded that Cornelius was “fully implicated” in the creation of fabricated invoices to perpetrate a fraud'. The Economist used to be a decent publication with great journalism, unfortunately that is not the case anymore.