12-26-2015, 12:13 AM
Yvan Mamalet from Societe Generale said Spain’s potential growth rate has fallen to 1pc, from over 3pc before the crisis, a sign of how much damage has been done by the ‘hysteresis’ effects of long-term unemployment and lack of investment.
Political uprising in Spain shatters illusion of eurozone recovery - Telegraph
Islay whiskies get their signature flavour from smoking peat – the same vegetation that Scots have long been burning to heat their homes – in order to dry the malted barley used to create whisky. The results are polarising; some purists believe the peat takes away from the true flavour of the whisky, others become addicted, perpetually searching for something peatier.
BBC - Travel - Why you should never drink whisky on the rocks
Laphroaig, on the other end of the island and the other end of the peat spectrum, unapologetically overwhelms the palate with peat. Laphroaig’s recent “Opinions Welcome” campaign received feedback that varied from “like chewing on a well-tarred fishing boat” to “drinking the inside of an antique store”. The opinion that resonated most with me reads, “It’s like fighting a peat bog monster that is on fire, but suddenly you both pause, look in one another’s eyes and kiss.”
BBC - Travel - Why you should never drink whisky on the rocks
"In February, one study reported there were nearly 100 million people — perhaps 50 million on Tinder alone — using their phones as a sort of all-day, every-day, handheld singles club," Sales writes, "where they might find a sex partner as easily as they'd find a cheap flight to Florida."
Christian Schneider - Dating technology spells doom for humanity
For all the ways 2015 was a terrible year for the world, there is at least one metric by which it was a very good year. According to data from a United Nations report released this July, this year saw a historic decline in global poverty. The number of people living in extreme poverty has decreased so rapidly that it's been cut in half just since 1990:
This chart shows something actually great that happened in 2015 - Vox