Every December, Art Basel Miami transforms the normally sexy city into an even greater aesthetic haven. 

While the international art fair in Miami draws dozens of blue chip and up-and-coming artists to display their work for gallerists and collectors, the event is also a great backdrop for the rich and beautiful to have a beach getaway.

Just in time for the city's must-attend cultural affair, StyleCaster has compiled a list of Miami's most stylish residents. On this year's list, you'll find everyone from fashion bloggers and models to publicists and philanthropists.

Here are the most stylish people in Miami this year (in no particular order):

1. Rachel Russell is a stylist with an upcoming clothing line of travel inspired accessories, called KEMANA, that she produces in Bali.

2. Danielle Hamo is an Israeli-born nutritionist for gourmet meal company The Fresh Diet. She's about to launch her own healthy eating and fresh lifestyle company.

3. Amanda Del Duca is a fashion blogger for her personal style blog Capture Fashion. She also styles for the likes of Terry Richardson and Galore Magazine, and works as the creative director for a swim and resort wear store.

4. Brett David is a top dealer of exotic cars. He runs a dealership that represents Lamborghini, Audi, Pagani and Lotus, and once sold a $1.8 million car off his Instagram page.

5. Daniela Ramirez is a fashion blogger with Nancy's Klozet. She's also studying for her master's degree and aspires to work in television. 

6. Marcella Novela is a philanthropist who founded Art Conductor, an organization that stimulates the flow of energy and creativity between artists and the Miami community.

7. Ariel Burman is a lawyer turned boutique owner. He deals in preppy-surf lifestyle at his store called Cottage Miami.

8. Jessica Goldman is the CEO of Goldman Properties. She has a foothold on the hottest emerging street art scene in the world: The Wynwood Walls, which currently houses the largest curation of street art in the world.

9. TYPOE is a street artist. He’s also a partner in Primary Projects, which is focused on public arts like the Primary Flight wall, a revolving mural at Wynwood. His one man show, Game Over, will debut soon.

10. Elysze Held is a personal stylist, fashion editor, and contributor to almost every Miami based style magazine and television show.

11. Lauren Gnazzo is a publicist for Miami’s finest.

12. Anthony Spinello is a gentleman-gallerist. His gallery, Spinello Projects, is only in its second year, but has already been asked to show at Art Basel Miami.  

13. Jessica Motes is a Miami-born model. She has worked two years in Milan plus an Oscar de la Renta campaign. She also runs a new e-commerce store and lifestyle website, Hippie Bling.

14. Biz Martinez has worked in Miami's nightlife industry for 13 years. He currently works as the Music Director and Talent Buyer for LIV/Story and Miami Marketing Group.

15. Charlotte Joncquiert comes from Paris and works as the marketing manager for Hermes Parfums.

16. Franck Izquierdo is a hair stylist who owns Prive Salons in the SLS Hotel in Miami, which is expanding its flagship location and opening in two more cities.

17. Agustina Woodgate came to Miami from Buenos Aires to work as an artist. She’s doing everything from a solo show to designing commemorative art benches for the entire city of Miami Beach.

18. John Lin founded Lin Projects to arrange luxury events branded with the Miami experience in South Beach. He’s also heavily involved in the art scene and contributes to several art and fashion magazines.

19. Dani Parets is a stylist with work on display at Art Basel in the “Patterns of Eternity” exhibition, which showcases a series sculptures, paintings, and photography. 

20. Robert Onuska owns Stella’s Sweet Shoppe, where he creates delectable desserts in Miami. He also plans special events and caters.

21. Alan Zelcer has lived in Miami for over 30 years. He works as the CEO of Isaco International Corporation, launching brands like Papi, Rico, and Equipo underwear in hundreds of stores nationwide.

22. Adrienne Bon Haes and Marvin Friedman make a stylish couple. Bon Haes is an artist and a designer who makes clothes out of found objects like lace curtains and table cloths. Friedman is a trial lawyer and private 20th century art and film dealer.

23. Shauna Slavin and Nikki Galper design jewelry together. Last year, they launched their jewelry collection MasonHarlie, which combines Shauna’s classic, edgy style with Nikki’s boho-chic look.

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We recently took a look at the highest-paid players in the NFL. Now let's look at the highest-paid player at every position.

It is no surprise that the highest-paid position in the NFL is the quarterback. The ten highest-paid quarterbacks this season have an average salary cap figure of $15.2 million, $4.3 million more than the next highest-paid position.

It is also no surprise that Peyton Manning is on the list. However, some of the names at other positions may be a surprise.

PUNTER: Michael Koenen — $3.3 million

TEAM: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

SALARY: $3.3 million

CAP HIT*: $3.3 million

CONTRACT: 6 years, $19.5 million ($6.5 million guaranteed)

*Base salary plus bonuses plus signing bonus prorated over the life of the contract

Data via spotrac.com

KICKER: Sebastian Janikowski — $3.5 million

TEAM: Oakland Raiders

SALARY: $3.5 million

CAP HIT*: $5.0 million

CONTRACT: 5 years, $18.9 million ($8.0 million guaranteed)

*Base salary plus bonuses plus signing bonus prorated over the life of the contract

Data via spotrac.com

CENTER: Scott Wells — $5.5 million

TEAM: St. Louis Rams

SALARY: $5.5 million

CAP HIT*: $6.5 million

CONTRACT: 4 years, $25.5 million ($13.0 million guaranteed)

*Base salary plus bonuses plus signing bonus prorated over the life of the contract

Data via spotrac.com

As cocktails in top bars become increasingly sophisticated, more work is required to perfect them, and much of that preparation now happens behind the scenes. Rather than infusing fruit into vodka in a big jar sitting on top of the counter, bartenders spend time in a kitchen or laboratory using vacuum machines, tabletop stills, industrial filters, and other equipment.

Ice is no longer fast-melting chunks spat out of a machine; it is frozen into specific shapes using specialized gear or hand-carved from crystal-clear blocks by professional ice carvers. A tasty daiquiri may include ingredients that were frozen with liquid nitrogen, distilled, and clarified, all to spare you from getting mint fragments stuck in your straw.

Bartenders are still using fresh and local produce, but they're fine-tuning every aspect of the cocktails in which they're used, from temperature to texture to physical format. In this slideshow we look at some of the cutting-edge equipment used in bars around the world.

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Artesian, London — CNC-Carved Ice

Ranked the World's Best Bar in 2013 for the second year in a row, The Artesian embraces opulence in its cocktail program, serving drinks like one that comes with a hovering scent balloon above the drink, and another inspired by "The Picture of Dorian Gray" that is served behind a mirror so that you must look at yourself while you drink it.

Even the ice at Artesian is fancy, carved especially for the bar with a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine something like this one. They use these machines to carve both round ice spheres out of blocks, and to emboss logos onto large ice pucks. These pucks float on top of drinks served in their giant cocktail glasses.

Tavernita, Chicago — Advanced Cocktail Tap System

Cocktails on tap have become a trend in recent years because customers want fancy, delicious cocktails with fresh, quality ingredients, but they don't want to wait 20 minutes for bartenders to add drops and dashes of 12 different things in every drink. By kegging cocktails, bartenders can make a large batch all at one time and serve them as fast as they could a beer. And though many bars are now offering one or two on tap, at Tavernita they have all sorts of beer and wine, plus ten cocktails on tap, and these include ingredients like paprika-infused rye whiskey, wine-pear syrup, and BBQ bitters.

The simplest way to serve a cocktail on tap is to use an inert gas like nitrogen and push it through the line as one would for wine on tap. But this only works for non-carbonated drinks like Negronis and Manhattans (and Sangria at Tavernita as well). Here they also offer some cocktails that are carbonated, like a Gin & Tonic with homemade tonic syrup, and a cachaca drink with grape soda. The kegs are all refrigerated and prepared by their "batchologist" whose job is to be very exacting with preparations, measuring ingredients by weight rather than by volume. They even calculate the dilution in advance and add water to the keg depending on whether the drink will be served on ice or not.

Little Jumbo, Victoria, Canada — Self-Contained Hydroponic System

Many bars and restaurants now grow their own herbs, fruits, and veggies on rooftop gardens, but that's probably challenging during the winters in Canada. Victoria bar owner Shawn Soole has installed a hydroponic system at Little Jumbo to grow produce throughout the year. The device is connected to the main water system and has lights on timers, so once they get the right sequence figured out, they can set it and forget it (until they need to reach in and pluck some for the drinks).

They have grown mint to make drinks like the traditional Mint Julep and the Pontarlier Julep, plus basil to make Gin-Basil Smashes, a cocktail that's a popular summer drink in Germany. While they're still dialing in proper growth times with the machine, Soole says he expects to grow verbena, lemon balm and thyme for use in future cocktails.

Have you reached your peak creativity level?

If you're under the age of 42, chances are good your best creative years are still ahead of you.

That's according to a new study out of the Creativity Research Journal by economist Philip Hans Franses of the Erasmus School of Economics in the Netherlands.

Franses examined the lifespans of 221 famous painters between 1800 and 2004, and attempted to determine the year they created their most masterful work based on the artist's most expensive painting ever sold. He gathered the data from both Robert Cumming's "Eyewitness Companions — Art" as well as the Artprice.com database.

"For each of these artists, the most expensive painting was identified and taken as an indicator of peak creativity," Franses said in the study. "Of course, many other measurements are possible, but this seems to be the most objective one."

Objective, yes, but not necessarily the best method. Most of the paintings associated with the more well-known artists in the study are not their most famous work. There was also only a smattering of female painters who made the list, like Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Mary Cassatt.

Nevertheless, Franses found that on average, the painters produced their most highly-valued work of art when they were an average of 41.92 years old.

He also noted that the paintings were created when the artists had lived roughly 62% of their total lives, and noted that the fraction was striking given that the famous "Golden Ratio" found in art, nature, and even financial forecasting is approximately .618. "[My results were] only 0.0018 away from the divine fraction," Franses said.

Below are some of the more famous painters included in the study, as well as the age they painted their most expensive work to date.

Francisco Goya, "Suerte de Varas" (76 years old)

Edouard Manet, "La rue Mosnier aux drapeaux" (46 years old)

Claude Monet, "Bassin aux nymphéas et sentier au bord de l'eau" (60 years old)

Mary Cassatt, "In a loge" (35 years old)

Georges Seurat, "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" (26 years old)

Vincent van Gogh, "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" (37 years old)

Paul Cézanne, "Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier" (55 years old)

Gustav Klimt, "Landhaus am Attersee" (52 years old)

Henri Matisse, "La robe persane" (71 years old)

Salvador Dalí, "Ma femme nue regardant son propre corps devenir marches" (41 years old)

Man Ray, "Impossibilité Dancer-Danger" (30 years old)

Pablo Picasso, "Boy with a pipe" (24 years old)

Frida Kahlo, "Autorretrato con chango y loro" (35 years old)

Georgia O'Keeffe, "From the plains" (47 years old)

Jackson Pollock, "Number 8, 1950" (38 years old)

SEE ALSO: 23 Recent Works Of Art That Shook The Course of History

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Australia has only won nine Winter Olympic medals.

It makes sense — there's no snow there and the winter games take place in Aussie summer.

But Australian athletes are starting to figure out ways of getting around those inherent disadvantages.

During October and November Aussie athletes worked out on the beach, snowboarded on sand dunes, and put wheels on their bobsleds in preparation for the upcoming Sochi Olympics.

It's pretty impressive.

Alpine skier Katya Crema set up a starting gate in her backyard, and her friend tried it out.

The aerial skiing team trains by jumping into a lake at a facility in Lilydale.

The ramp.

What do you give the person who has everything? A life changing experience, of course.

To help you think outside the box this holiday season, we've compiled a list of gifts you can't wrap, ranging from the practical — like buying someone a professional apartment cleaning — to the extravagant — like booking a seat on Virgin Galactic's first commercial space flight for a cool $250,000.   

We also looked for some of the best adventures you can get around the globe, like swimming with the dolphins in the Bahamas or climbing to the top of the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Australia. They're listed here in increasing order of extravagance.

A professional apartment cleaning is great for the less-than-tidy.

Who doesn’t love coming home to a nice, clean space? For the apartment dweller who’s let their housekeeping go for the majority of the year, schedule a professional cleaning for them from somewhere like Urban Maid Green.

The best part of this company is they use all natural cleaning products to limit the amount of toxic residue in your home. 

Pamper a fashion-forward friend with a personal shopper.

Also known as a personal stylist, these professionals aren’t just for sartorial old ladies. Since the luxury menswear market is growing faster than women’s, even guys like a professional’s opinion when it comes to dressing as dapper as possible.

Check out Nordstrom, Topman, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks or Neiman Marcus to make an appointment. 

Pick up some sessions with a personal trainer for a fitness buff.

Give the gift of fitness by arranging for someone special in your life to get some sessions with a personal trainer. It’s a great gift for health nuts. But it can also feel like a pampering since the service is more personal than a gym membership. 

Look for someone whose reputation you trust since they’ll be working so closely with your giftee. A super generous gift giver might look into Gunnar Peterson, who trains the likes of Kim Kardashian and Angelina Jolie. He’s also had his workouts appear in everything from Elle to Men’s Health.

The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will be lit tonight with hundreds of thousands of spectators in attendance and performances by Ariana Grande, Leona Lewis, and Toni Braxton.

The first Rockefeller Center tree, however, was not quite as snazzy (via @TIME).

AP has the first photograph of the tree from 1931, and it was pretty dinky compared to more modern versions.

This, however, was not the first "official" Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, which was completed in 1933. The tree pictured above was erected during construction of the building, when workers decorated a 20-foot balsam fir tree with a "string of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tins cans," according to Daniel Okrent in his book, "Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center."

And here was last year's tree. We've definitely upgraded.

SEE ALSO: 32 Things Every New Yorker Should Do This Winter

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The world's wealthiest men had to meet one important guideline to qualify for a new ranking of billionaires: they had to be single. 

Wealth intelligence firm Wealth-X analyzed the assets of the wealthiest unmarried men in the world to create this list of the richest bachelors.

Wealth-X Research uses a proprietary valuation model to assess all asset holdings, including privately and publicly held businesses and investible assets.

Included are tech tycoons, music moguls, and even a Russian oligarch. These bachelors may not all be young, and they may not even be looking for love, but they are eligible. 

#9 Charles Butt

Age: 75

Net Worth: $2.9 billion

Home Country: USA

Charles Butt is the CEO and Chairman of H.E. Butt Grocery, a Texas supermarket chain founded by his grandmother in 1905. Butt started working in the grocery store as a bagger when he was only eight years old. Now he owns the majority of the company, which operates 311 stores in Texas and 47 in Mexico. 

#8 Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila

Age: 36

Net Worth: $3.9 billion

Home Country: Colombia

Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila, head of the Santo Domingo Group, inherited his wealth from his beer-magnate father, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Pumarejo. The group's portfolio includes 15.1% of SABMiller, the second-largest brewing company in the world, and Caracol, Colombia's biggest broadcasting company. The family also happens to own a private island off the coast of Colombia. 

#7 Andreas von Bechtolsheim

Age: 58

Net Worth: $4.4 billion

Home Country: Germany

In addition to being a co-founder of Sun Microsystems in the 1980s, "Andy" was one of the first investors in Google, back when it was just a research project at Stanford. That initial $100,000 investment is now worth $2 billion in Google stock. Bechtolsheim currently serves as the chairman and chief development officer at Arista Networks. 

As a kid, Dasha Battelle was so fascinated by comics,  she used to copy them out of the newspaper and The New Yorker.

So when the 24-year-0ld New Yorker began her job as a paralegal, she realized she needed an outlet for her creativity. That's when she discovered Snapchat.

"Personally, using Snapchat is really rewarding," Battelle told Business Insider. "It's a creative challenge for me — the kind of 'outside the box' thinking that I haven't really encountered at work. I know a lot of people are skeptical about Snapchat's potential right now, but I really believe in this app and think it will continue to be successful."

Half-artist, half-skeleton.

Here's a starry starry Snap...

Lady Liberty and her latte.

Most of us can't live without a subscription to Netflix or Amazon Prime.

With busy schedules and other issues that arise, the ability to stream content to a multitude of devices from anywhere has become a perfect tool to prevent pop culture indifference.

How else could someone catch up on shows like Mad Men and Dexter when managing numerous deadlines for projects related to work?

Apps like VUDU and gadgets like the Roku Box have helped make this process simple to access these shows and movies you may have missed.

However, some people may turned off by the idea of watching their favorite shows on a smartphone or tablet. Concerns could be raised about the quality of what is on screen and being bothered by nuisances oc curing around them.

Fortunately, these are the 11 best apps that will alleviate this anxiety.

VUDU has a colossal library of movies and TV shows to watch on your tablet.

VUDU provides users with an extensive database of movies and TV shows to view on a variety of devices. Compatible machines include the iPad, Android tablets, Roku boxes and gaming consoles. The releases arrive on VUDU before they hit Netflix. While the sign-up process is free, the ability to rent more movies depends on paying the $2 dollar fee. Fortunately, there are no late fees.

Price: Free

Available: iPhone and Android. 

WATCH ABC delivers all your favorite shows and live streams to view on your tablet or phone.

In case you missed the most recent episode of Grey's Anatomy or Agents of SHIELD, try out the WATCH ABC app to catch up on your favorite shows. The interesting part of this app is that it can stream these series live on any device. None of its competitors are capable of doing that. Through the On Demand menu, you can access the most recent re-runs of comedy hits like Modern Family but a version for Android is available for select devices. 

Price: Free

Available: iPhone and Android. 

Comcast XFinity TV GO app gives subscribers THOUSANDS of movies and shows to stream from any Wi-Fi connection.

Comcast rebranded their mobile app as XFINITY TV Go. For subscribers to the cable service, the app allows for streaming from any Wi-Fi network nearby. The video quality is HD. The only downside is that the selection of channels is limited but it should be expanding soon.

Price: Free

Available: iPhone and Android. 

It all started with the Big Bang — or did it?

Fans of CBS' Emmy-winning sitcom The Big Bang Theory have come to know and love Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, and Jim Parsons as their characters, Penny, Leonard, and Sheldon.

But they — and the rest of their adorably geeky gang — were hard at work in Hollywood long before the show's meteoric success.

Here's a look at the cast of The Big Bang Theory in some of their most noteworthy early roles.

"Big Bang Theory" cast then & now >

THEN: After appearing as Brady Bunch actress Maureen McCormick in the 2000 TV movie "Growing Up Brady," Kaley Cuoco scored a starring role on the ABC sitcom "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" (later known as "8 Simple Rules").

Then just 16 years old, she played Bridget Hennessy, the beautiful but ditzy oldest daughter of Paul Hennessy (the late John Ritter, who died three episodes into the second season). The series was canceled due to low ratings in 2005.

NOW: As Penny on "The Big Bang Theory," Cuoco has won one Critics' Choice Award and been nominated for multiple People's Choice and Teen Choice Awards.

(Not to mention the many accolades given to the cast and crew as a whole.) According to Deadline, she earns $350,000 per episode -- and is looking to top that if the show is renewed for an eighth season next year.

THEN: Before finding his inner geek on "The Big Bang Theory," Johnny Galecki was best known for playing David Healy on "Roseanne."

But he also had roles in some other 1980s and '90s classics. In 1989, at age 14, he starred as Rusty Griswold in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," alongside Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, and Juliette Lewis.

(Above photo is from "Roseanne")

Is Bitcoin the new gold?

Some former gold bugs certainly think so.

And its value has skyrocketedin recent months.

But many readers at this point are probably wondering ... what exactly is Bitcoin?

Robert McNally, an iOS developer at parking payment startup QuickPay, gave the following presentation to last year's Hackers' Conference in Santa Cruz, answering exactly that question. 

With his kind permission, we have republished it here. 

Let's begin ...

And start with basics.

In 2013, Bitcoin *is* money — at least for some — and that population grows each day.

By day, Jon Lovitch is the executive sous chef at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge. But by night, he's the creator of what has become, officially, the largest gingerbread village in the world. 

With 164 separate structures that weigh in at a total of 1.5 tons, this isn't your typical gingerbread creation.

There's a school, town hall, egg nog distillery, pierogi store, hot chocolate brewery, and train station. Nearly 2,240 pounds of snow-like icing coat the miniature city.

"GingerBread Lane" is on display at the New York Hall of Science in Queens now through mid-January, but preparation and construction is actually a yearlong process. Lovitch has dedicated about 1,500 hours of work to the village since February, baking each individual structure separately and storing them in an empty bedroom in his South Bronx apartment. 

The hard work has paid off — the Guinness Book of World Records has officially declared it the world's largest gingerbread village. 

And working on the festive project gives him a good break from his day job.

"Very little you prepare as a chef can last beyond a few days, and the products have to be as fresh as possible," Lovitch said to Business Insider. "Stuff with [GingerBread Lane] hits the floor, it's still used. If product breaks or has issues, I just reuse it. Also the taste with GBL is not relevant. At all. Only the smell."

The display gets some pretty entertaining reactions from visitors, many of them small children. 

"They just stare in amazement, and wonderment," he said. "It's pretty flattering."

After all of that hard work, disassembling the village will be tough, but visitors who happen to be there may get a treat. 

"[It's] gutwrenching, makes you almost cry. When I go that day,I stare at it for an hour or more, just stare. Then finally force myself to tear it down," he said. "If there's a big crowd to take a piece home, the giveaway — it makes it so much easier."

SEE ALSO: The First-Ever Christmas Tree At Rockefeller Center Was Pretty Pathetic [PHOTO]

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"This World Cup draw in Bahia may be the most ridiculous boondoggle of all time," Sports Illustrated's soccer writer Grant Wahl said yesterday.

The 2014 World Cup Draw will be held Friday in Costa do Sauipe — an isolated luxury resort near the port city of Salvador.

There are no residents within a 30-mile radius of the resort, according to ESPN's Gab Marcotti. And some are criticizing the event and its price tag ($11 million) as the height of FIFA's over-the-top extravagance.

The resort features swan boats, turtles, horseback rides, and white sand beaches. It's lavish, particularly when you consider the national economic woes that spawned widespread protests last summer.

The resort has nearly four miles of beaches.

It's split into a number of hotels. Here's the Sauipe Park Hotel.

Where the FIFA big wigs are staying.

Goldman Sachs has unveiled its top six trade recommendations for the year ahead in a series of notes to clients.

The trades aren't for everyone and some of them are pretty technical.

Many of the recommendations are pair trades (buy one thing, sell another) driven by what is perhaps the most important and widely-expected macro development in the year ahead: a winding down of the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program.

"The purpose of the Top Trade Recommendation list is, as always, to connect specific and actionable trade ideas to the set of key market themes that are likely to play out over the course of the year and that we expect to form the backbone of our strategic approach to markets for the year to come," says Goldman Sachs managing director Noah Weisberger. "While our initial list will be comprehensive, and connect back to the economic and market forces as we see them currently, we are likely to add to the list of Top Trade Recommendations (along with our usual slate of tactical trade recommendations) as the year progresses, as our views evolve, and as market risks and opportunities shift." 

Go Long the S&P 500 In Aussie Dollar Terms

Originally introduced: November 25

Target return: 13%

The trade: Buy Dec 2014 S&P 500 futures and sell Dec 2014 AUDUSD futures.

The logic: Goldman says "the main case for U.S. equities is that the gap between real bond yields and earnings yields remains unusually high, in an environment where recovery should continue to convince investors that the economic backdrop no longer justifies this." Shorting the Australian dollar is a hedge: if Treasury yields rise too quickly — perhaps the biggest threat to U.S. equities in 2014, according to Goldman — the Aussie dollar should be one of the worst performers among major currencies. In addition, Goldman describes the Aussie as "a currency where we still expect reasonable declines" due to country-specific risks.

Go Long Euro Area 5-Year Rates, Short US 5-Year Rates

Originally introduced: November 26

Target: Yield differential of -130 basis points

The trade: Open long EUR swap (EONIA) 5-year rate and sell 5-year Treasuries.

The logic: Goldman forecasts U.S. growth will outpace euro area growth in 2014. "The choice of Treasuries over OIS or LIBOR on the short leg is motivated by the fact that yields on the former could underperform more than they have already in relative space as the Fed scales down its asset purchase program," says Goldman. "In the Euro area, we are of the view that German bonds may 'cheapen' further relative to EONIA as fixed income portfolios are rebalanced in favour of higher-yielding securities, particularly if the ECB eases further."

Go Long the Dollar Against the Loonie

Originally introduced: November 27

Target return: 8%

The trade: Go long the U.S. dollar-Canadian dollar exchange rate (USDCAD).

The logic: The macro view behind this trade is that the U.S. economy will outperform the Canadian economy in 2014. The Federal Reserve will begin winding down stimulus, while the Bank of Canada is one of the only major central banks with scope to ease further. And with reserve diversification into the loonie by EM central banks slowing, Goldman says Canada has lost a key source of funding of its current account deficit, which stands at 3% of GDP.

DigitalGlobe has compiled the 20 coolest satellite images from 2013, taken by the company's five Earth-imaging satellites.

The company is asking fans to vote for their favorite birds-eye views of Earth on its Facebook page. 

The top five images with the most "likes" will make it to the final round later this month. The website will announce the winning image in early January 2014.  

Right now, a medieval fortified palace in Syria's largest city, Aleppo, is in the lead with 572 likes. 

Check out all of the images here, then head over to the Facebook album to vote for your favorite. 

The Cambambe Dam on the Cuanza River in southern Africa's Angola. (April 28, 2013)

A false color image of wildfires in the Australian state of Tasmania. Healthy vegetation is colored red. (Jan. 6, 2013)

The Citadel of Aleppo, a medieval fortified palace in Syria. If you rotate the picture 180 degrees, the "hole" becomes a "hill," an interesting optical illusion. (May 26, 2013)

A bit more formal and conservative than the Spanish, the Portuguese hold tight to their traditions. They love to show visitors the old soul of Portugal, graciously offering opportunities to experience it. 

At the same time, amid the devotion to centuries-old cultural constants—seafood, port, blue-and-white tile work— there is a surprising willingness to modernize and update local customs and attractions. Only, of course, if done with proper respect to the past.

This itinerary, concentrated in Lisbon and the area surrounding Porto, works well for an extra-long weekend, providing a pleasurable taste of Portugal old and new.

Lisbon

Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon

The rooftop of a luxury hotel often houses a chic bar. But at the 282-room Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon, which was built in the 1950s and has a striking period art collection to match, the gym (Pilates studio, weights, cardio equipment, outdoor running track) takes the top spot.

Guests are rewarded with spectacular vistas of Lisbon, visible from the plate-glass windows that surround the space. If you’re feeling a little lazy, enjoy a quiet continental breakfast there instead. Rooms start at $465; Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca, 88; 351-21/381-1400

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Cork & Co. 

Cork, which is harvested from the cork oak native to Portugal, is one of the country’s most venerable products. At Cork & Co., it’s given a contemporary spin, made into umbrellas, coasters, place mats and a host of other surprising items (skip the impractical cork scarf).

Its location in the Bairro Alto, a boho-chic area of Lisbon, provides lots of window-shopping opportunities. Rua das Salgadeiras 10; 351-21/609-0231

Cervejaria Ramiro

If you have a shellfish allergy, Lisbon might not be the place for you — locals take the stuff very seriously. For proof, consider outstanding seafood restaurant Cervejaria Ramiro, where there’s always a wait.

Eager diners line up outside, sipping beers ordered from the inside bar, and turn the wait into a friendly block party. Langoustines, clams with garlic and giant grilled tiger prawns are all delicious. Ask for an order of lupini beans, which are like tart little versions of fava beans, a favorite snack of Lisboetas. Avenida Almirante Reis, no. 1–H; 351-21/885-1024

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Museu Calouste Gulbenkian

It might seem a stretch to compare this jewel of a museum — the collection of an early-20th-century oil baron —to the Frick Collection in New York or the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. But the comparison is apt, thanks to priceless paintings by the likes of Rembrandt, Hals, Degas and Gainsborough.

The decorative arts might be even stronger, from ancient Greek vases to golden Egyptian death masks to stunning Persian pottery. If you can only see one museum in Portugal, this should be it. Avenida de Berna 45A; 351-21/782-3000

100 Maneiras

A small restaurant decorated in cozy clapboard, 100 Maneiras has some big ideas when it comes to food. Chef Ljubomir Stanisic likes to be playful (a palate cleanser comes in little pots shaped like a human skull), including when he updates bacalao — salted cod, a Portuguese obsession—by hanging tiny dried chips of the stuff on a little clothesline.

All the dishes on the tasting menu, especially the foie gras lasagna, are well conceived. Make sure to get the wine pairings with each course. Rua do Teixeira 35; 351-91/030-7575

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Conserveira de Lisboa

Founded in 1930 and still occupying its original small, charming space in Lisbon’s scenic waterfront area, Conserveira de Lisboa does one thing very well: canned fish. Not just tuna, though — mackerel, squid and octopus are just the beginning.

Even if you’re not buying, this family-owned store is worth a stop for the colorful vintage packaging. And its long-standing relationships with area fishermen perfectly suit the current interest in sourcing food locally. Rua dos Bacalhoeiros 34; 351-21/886-4009

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Sintra

Pena National Palace

Hire a car and go directly from your Lisbon hotel to Sintra, the unesco World Heritage site and famed summer retreat in the mountains just outside the city. Focus on the over-the-top Pena National Palace (built in the mid-1800s), which is much more interesting than the nearby Sintra National Palace.

Designed by German engineer Baron Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege, Pena is a wild and woolly mash-up of architectural styles. Neo-Renaissance and neo-Gothic touches meet Moorish flourishes in additions to the old monastery. The rooms are surprisingly intimate, allowing guests to easily imagine life as a royal whiling away the summer months. Estrada da Pena, 2710-609; 351-21/910-5340

Vila Nova de Gaia

Graham’s Port Lodge

Porto, located about 170 miles north of Lisbon, has charm to spare, some of which comes from the presence of the port shipping houses spread out scenically along the south side of the Douro River, technically in the town of Vila Nova de Gaia.

Graham’s Port Lodge — the newest visitor experience among the fortified-wine producers—re-opened in March after a renovation. It is one of the largest, best-executed welcome centers in Europe, including a tasting room done up like a traditional gentleman’s club, a wine bar, a restaurant, a shop and a mini-museum of the brand’s history. Make sure to try the tawny ports. Rua do Agro, no. 141; 351-22/377-6484

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Porto

Livraria Lello & Irmão

Perhaps the world’s most beautiful bookstore, neo-Gothic beauty Livraria Lello & Irmão inspired J.K. Rowling, who once lived in Porto, for her design of the physical world in her Harry Potter books.

From the outside the building, built in 1906, looks like a church; inside the store is a perfectly composed vista of elaborately turned woodwork, trompe l’oeil paintings and a stained-glass ceiling dominated by a fantastical curving staircase with bright red steps. (Holster your camera—the staff strictly enforces a no-photos rule.)

Ironically, the selection of books is not that great, but visiting Lello—one of Portugal’s true architectural treasures—is still a must. Rua das Carmelitas 144; 351-22/201-8170

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Château de Villersexel, a French castle that was once the home of the noble Grammont family, is on the market at a $17.1 million asking price, The Wall Street Journal reports.

According to the owner, Baron Jean-Pierre Potet, the castle was destroyed twice: once in the year 1000 and again in 1871, during a battle of the Franco-Prussian War. When the Marquis de Grammont left the estate to fight in World War II, French civilians looted the castle, taking nearly all of its furnishings. 

Using old photos as an aid, Potet was able to recover most of the original decor from nearby antique stores. The 38,000-square-foot chateau has an astounding 30 bedrooms and 15  bathrooms and is being sold with all of its historic furnishings intact. The 74-acre property also includes horse stables and a working farm. 

The property is being sold by Xavier Attal of Immo Best International. 

The Château de Villersexel lies on 74 acres of property in northeast France, near the border with Switzerland.

The centuries-old castle is designed in the Louis XIII style.

Steps lead up to an imposing front door.

While T+L has its own little black book of hotel tips and air travel tricks, we wanted to take a page out of yours too.

So we teamed up with CNN to solicit advice from its seasoned iReporters as part of our Ways to Travel Better campaign—and posed some questions to get them going.

What's your secret to navigating a crowded airport? How about a tip for nabbing a table at the hottest restaurant in town? Do you have a favorite money-saving app or website?

"Use the bookmark feature on Yelp to map the things you're interested in checking out," suggested Amelia Jo Hruby of Chicago, "so you're not running across town all day."

Other iReporters chimed in with tips for packing, from keeping essential medicines in a ready-to-go bag to stashing a pair of socks in your carry-on, so you don't have to tread where thousands of travelers' bare feet have been.

Read on for more of their advice, and tell us what indispensable lessons you've learned on the road in the comments below, or on Twitter with hashtag #TravelBetter.

1. When buying tickets: 

“Buy tickets to major sights online before you go. You can skip the long ticket lines when you get there.” — David McTier, Huntsville, Texas

2. When packing:

“Choose your shoes first, and then the clothes that work with them. Look for neutral and flexible colors for the greatest versatility.” — Quia Querisma, Plano, Texas

3. When flying:

“For complicated trips, I like flight-research startup site Flightfox, where experts compete to help you reduce the total cost of your ticket by fare hunting and tapping regional budget carriers.” — Vince Wong, New York, New York

4. When dealing with frequent-flyer miles:

“Be patient and don’t cash in your miles to fly domestically. Save them for the big-ticket international airfare.” — Matthew Colver, Castle Rock, Colorado

5. When comparing costs:

“The website Rome2Rio makes transportation decisions easy by comparing the travel time and cost of flying, driving, and taking the train between two destinations.” — Sharon LeMaster, Decatur, Georgia

6. When going through security:

“I keep a pair of socks in my carry-on. I slip them on so I don’t have to touch the ground where thousands of other travelers’ feet have been.” — Heather R. Helline, Cleveland, Ohio 

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Reddit has been buzzing about a dad who takes his young kids' drawings on business trips and colors them in to pass the time on the plane.

It's both an adorable collaboration between father, son and daughter as well as an impressive collection of surrealist art. We reached out to the artist, Fred Giovannitti, who goes by Tatsputin on Reddit, to find out more.

"I invent industrial equipment designed to save and protect the world's marine ecosystems," he wrote. "To help pay for this, I travel 10 days each month to Las Vegas, where I own a small tattoo studio."

When he's not traveling, Giovannitti lives in Delaware with his wife and two children, eight-year-old Freddie and six-year-old Sofia.

"Sometimes people seem like they don't want to bother me so they keep quiet," Giovannitti said in an email to Business Insider, "Other times, with the more sociable flight mates, they think I'm coloring my own drawings and are always surprised to hear the story behind what I'm doing."

His work with tattoos inspired the way he chose to shade the drawings with colored pencils. Lately, he has started experimenting with coloring his kids' drawings on his iPad using the ArtStudio app after snapping a photo of the line drawing. Giovannitti said it actually takes less time for him to work with the colored pencils because he's more comfortable with the medium, but either way, he can finish a drawing in one of the three-hour legs of his flight across the country. 

"Although I will be dabbling more on the tablet," Giovannitti wrote, "I'll be sticking to the pencils mostly for our future collaborations."

Giovannitti colored this Santa just this week based on a drawing by his daughter Sofia.

Giovannitti also colored this holiday elf this week based on a drawing by his son Freddie.

This alien was colored using the iPad app ArtStudio.