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The greatest thing to go from farm to table – at least since that time you had a dream about a date with Daisy Duke — is steak.

But where does porterhouse come from? What’s the best way to cook a skirt steak? And, most importantly, what beer should you be drinking while enjoying a tri-tip?To find out, we teamed up with the butcher boys at PDX meat emporium Urban Farmer and watched them hack the prime cuts out of a cow, then came up with your definitive guide to beef cuts. Read on to know everything.

CHUCK

Where it is on the cow: Basically all the shoulder right behind the neck.

What it is: Chuck’s a value steak, but that doesn’t mean it’s not delicious when you get the right slab and have it prepared properly. The chuck eye is like the rib eye’s less well-to-do brother. The top blade’s what you’re getting with a flat-iron steak. Pot roast is all chuck. The rest goes into burgers. You’re a hell of a diverse guy, Chuck.

What to look for when buying it in a supermarket: Chuck’s often generically labeled, so definitely look for the one without a ridiculous amount of fat on it… otherwise, you’re grilling up something that belongs in a slow-cooker.

How to cook it: Because it’s a tougher cut, you need to pay special attention; if you keep it on the grill too long, chuck’s gonna be tougher than a certain Texas Ranger. You can also braise it, but you’ll definitely want to hit it with some tenderizer first. Or tie it up and roast it.

Sauce pairing: A thin red wine sauce.

Wine/beer pairing: A full-bodied red wine… because wines with body issues don’t eat steak.

How much a good cut costs per pound: $4-$8/lb, depending on your preferred cut.

BRISKET

Where it is: The lower breast, known on the human as the under-boob.

What it is: One of the most universally loved cuts around the world, it’s a mainstay in pho and extremely popular on the Korean BBQ menu. In Texas, it’s pretty much the state animal.

What to look for: You want a nice layer of fat on that sucker. Also, give it a poke: if it’s super-stiff, it’ll show when you cook it. If it’s soft, you’re gonna have something that melts in your mouth.

How to cook it: There are a billion ways to cook it, but in the interest of not being shot by the whole of Texas, the best way is to hit it with a rub and then slow-smoke it until it’s basically falling apart and rocks a pink ring otherwise reserved for "The Cat in the Hat."

Sauce pairing: A tangy BBQ.

Wine/beer pairing: A cold tall boy.

Cost: $6-$8/lb.

TRI TIP

Where it is: Toward the rear, right above the flank and behind the short loin.

What it is: For a while, this hunk of bottom sirloin was typically used for burgers. Then, in the ’50s, some dude in Cali decided that it would be better off as a grilled or smoked steak. He was right, and thus was born the Santa Maria steak, which is pretty much what all Californians eat (when they’re not starving themselves).

What to look for: Find one in the shape of a gigantic heart, one that’s fairly tender to the touch that contains a moderate amount of fat — these bad boys can be lean and easily dry out.

How to cook it: Grill that sucker. It’s the Cali way.

Sauce pairing: Smother it in BBQ or hot sauce and you’ll be all set.

Wine/beer pairing: No need to get fancy here. A Pacifico or six should do it.

Cost: $4-$5/lb.

FLANK STEAK

Where it is: Right in the belly.

What it is: Most popularly used for the ultra-rare London broil and cut in chunks for stir-fry and carne asada, the flank’s like the skirt’s tougher brother, and typically requires either a super-slow or super-fast cook in order to become chewable.

What to look for: It’s gonna be long and thin, so find one that’s fairly consistent in girth (that’s what she said) — one that’s fat on one end and skinny on the other’s gonna be a bastard to cook evenly.

How to cook it: Because cows apparently have washboard abs, you’re gonna need to marinate this sucker, then either braise it or broil the holy hell out of it. Either way, you need to keep an eye on it so it doesn’t become so tough you pull a jaw muscle.

Sauce pairing: If you’re going the broil route, just hit it with your favorite steak sauce. If you’re going carne asada, you’ll want your favorite salsa.

Wine/beer pairing: A Spanish red (the wine, not the Barcelona-based commie) to accentuate the blood and spice.

Cost: $7-$9/lb.

TENDERLOIN

Where it is: Right in the middle of the loin, in that magical place between the short loin, the sirloin, and the round.

What it is: The tenderest, leanest part of the cow. It is the source of the filet mignon.

What to look for: Find one with a good network of fat rolling through it, and make sure the sucker’s as firm as possible, not all squishy like a meat Gusher.

How to cook it: You can roast a big’un and cut it into nice little bloody medallions, or blast that sucker in a broiler or on a grill to get the maximum flavor out of it.

Sauce pairing: Either a Bordelaise or garlic/mustard… or just put a lobster tail up top and call that sauce.

Wine/beer pairing: Go big — get the best Pinot you can find.

Cost: $20-$25+/lb.

T-BONE AND PORTERHOUSE

Where it is: The front end of the short loin, also known as the delicious part.

What it is: Two of the most prized cuts on the cow, they’re being lumped together here because people usually have a tough time telling them apart. Simply put, porterhouse steaks contain a larger portion of tenderloin. T-bones have more strip steak, plus clout among 1950s gangs. Both are delicious.

What to look for: Make sure the meat’s bright red, the cut is thick, and there’s a perimeter of fat that makes it look like a meaty Africa surrounded by an ocean of gristle.

How to cook it: Give it a dry rub, then fire-grill that bad boy. You don’t need to go nuts on the seasonings… the meat speaks for itself.

Sauce pairing: Pretty much anything works here, from a whiskey/mushroom to honey/balsamic/whatever to good old A1.

Wine/beer pairing: Any red wine should do you fine, but many folks maintain that a strong steak deserves a strong, dark beer — just for consistency, hit up a porter. Or a stout, if you don’t want to match.

Cost: $16-$22/lb.

RIB EYE

Where it is: Right in the ribs.

What it is: Basically the best part of the prime rib section, rib eye’s a cut that does not actually have an eyeball inside. Instead, the eye refers to being cut from the center of the rib. As with prime rib, the layer of fat gives it an extra-awesome juiciness. Get it boneless, or be a total badass and get a tomahawk chop with the full rib sticking out.

What to look for: Make sure it’s bright red, with white strips of fat running throughout it… those suckers’re gonna melt right in.

How to cook it: Hit it with a nice dry rub and grill that sucker medium. This is also the meat used in the best cheesesteaks, so if you’re going that route, you’re thin-slicing it raw and grilling it up.

Sauce pairings: If you’re grilling, just a simple mushroom sauce. If you’re cheesesteaking, hit it with Cheez Whiz.

Wine/beer pairing: A nice Pinot noir to help accent the spices.

Cost: $12-$14/lb.

PRIME RIB

Where it is: Right in the center. You know… in the ribs. The prime part.

What it is: Some call it a standing rib roast. Some a Sunday roast. But to the connoisseur of every single Friday-Saturday special at every diner in America, it’s prime rib, and it’s glorious: a fatty, ultra-rare cut of deliciousness that makes every bite taste like a holiday.

What to look for: Get it bone-in if you can (ask the butcher to cut the meat away from the bones for you), and make sure you get a hunk with tons of fat — fat equals flavor. And, of course, size matters… the bigger the prime rib, the better, since you’ll be able to get ultra-rare bits in the middle and fully cooked hunks at the end.

How to cook it: Hit it with salt & pepper (no use messing with perfection), then toss that sucker in the oven to slow-roast. Occasionally drink the juices that come out.

Sauce pairing: Just some good old jus should do it, but horseradish is also acceptable.

Wine/beer pairing: A nice pale like Rogue’s Dead Guy will help balance the salt/pepper crust.

Cost: $8-$12/lb.

SKIRT STEAK

Where it is: Right along the front of the belly, underneath the rib.

What it is: A long, fatty cut from the diaphragm, this bad boy’s usually what you’re eating in a fajita or in a stir-fry. You’ll also find it served up on a skillet and cut against the grain to maximize tenderness.

What to look for: Since they’re long, you can use the floppiness factor: shake that sucker like a baby. The more it wiggles, the better off you’re gonna be.

How to cook it: Perhaps because cows are such strong singers, the diaphragm’s pretty tough, so you’ll want to marinate this sucker for a while before you either toss it on a high-heat grill or braise it. Make sure to cut it against the grain to maximize juiciness. Oh, and before you do anything, remove the gross membrane.

Sauce pairing: If you’re fajita-ing, then salsa. If you’re grilling, try an Argentinian chimichurri/garlic sauce.

Wine/beer pairing: Pop a cold amber, especially if you’re going spicy.

Cost: $6-$8/lb.

STRIP STEAK

Where it is: The short loin (middle of the back).

What it is: Some call it the New York strip (because the dude behind Delmonico’s Restaurant claimed to have invented it). Some call it a club steak. Some people eat it in New York clubs, which is super-confusing. Basically, it’s the thick side of a T-bone, and one of the most popular cuts in the world.

What to look for: Find one that’s fairly firm with significant marbling (which is the fat interspersed throughout, not something that causes madness).

How to cook it: Like the T-bone & porterhouse, you don’t need to do much here… just salt/seasoning and a hot grill. Since it’s boneless, though, you’re gonna need to keep an eye on it to make sure it cooks evenly, as screwing up such a divine thing is cause to get punched in the mouth.

Sauce pairing: Do yourself a favor and hit it with a garlic/herb butter sauce.

Wine/beer pairing: Either an oatmeal stout or an imperial red ale.

Cost: $14-$18/lb.

TOP ROUND

Where it is: The rear leg.

What it is: One of the toughest and leanest of all the cow’s meats (apparently cows do a lot of time on the Stairmaster between bouts of standing around all day), which makes it super-popular for jerky and stew, and in health-conscious carnivores’ lettuce wraps.

What to look for: Minimal marbling and a distinct pinkness… if it’s all fatty, it’s not round (but you probably are).

How to cook it: You need to keep it tender, so your best bet is braising it or slow-roasting it to keep the juices locked in before thin-slicing it.

Sauce pairing: Toss on a layer of horseradish, or add extra moisture via a au jus or wine sauce.

Wine/beer pairing: A mellow Cabernet Sauvignon.

Cost: $6-$9/lb.

TOP SIRLOIN

Where it is: Basically the small of the back, but with no Chinese-symbol tattoo (except maybe the USDA symbol).

What it is: Also known as the chateaubriand, this is the cut right below the tenderloin. It’s also referred to as the top butt. Snicker accordingly.

What to look for: Keep an eye on the words… if it just says “sirloin”, it’s probably not the good one. Find a “top sirloin”, and find one that’s about 1-2 inches thick with a nice band of fat.

How to cook it: Either roast it or grill it up as steaks, just be sure to trim the fat accordingly if you’re roasting so it’s not just a big, nasty glob.

Sauce pairing: Cover it in a mushroom marsala or a bourbon sauce for maximum umph.

Wine/beer pairing: A robust Merlot.

Cost: $10-$13/lb. 

SEE ALSO: Here's The Delicious Looking Steak Apple Is Serving At The Company's Headquarters

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It takes considerable skill to stay organized.

People can become overwhelmed with the onslaught of news, emails, texts, projects and errands that consume considerable chunks of their personal time.

In order to manage all of this, a simple to-do list may not be enough to balance everything.

Like everything else, there is an app for that.

Popular apps like Evernote have become powerful weapons against the clutter that can consume you.

From managing finances to planning your travel itinerary, these apps will be invaluable to you when trying to get stuff done. Check them out.

The Cal app for android is an impressive calendar that syncs all of your most important tasks into one hub.

Any.do, the maker of the popular Cal app for iPhone, has released a new version for with Android. It operates the same way as a traditional calendar app except it streamlines everything you need into location. Cab service Uber will is incorporated into the program if you need to quickly get a ride to the airport. Cal can provide suggestions for you on restaurants and diners in case you are scheduling a business meeting or simply having drinks with a friend. It's perfect for those people who can't plan events without any support.

Price: Free

Available:iPhone and Android.

Evernote will never let you down when it comes to organizing your life.

Although it's not a new app, Evernote will never disappoint you when it comes to getting stuff done. The app is simple. It creates to-do lists that are comprehensive and easy to edit. You can dive deeper into the other offerings it has by trying out like Evernote Webclipper to collect anything you see online that looks interesting.

Price: Free

Available:iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows.

Inbox Cube for iPhone sorts emails into visually pleasing and easy to navigate boxes.

The biggest source of frustration when it comes to time management can be emails. Within one day, inboxes can be swarmed with useless spam and pointless messages. Inbox Cube can sort various segments of an email into boxes to help with categorization. Email cubes contain messages you need to respond to, attachment cubes host any documents you'd need to read later, and contact cubes will host information you need to get in touch with someone. Once these are sorted, users can control what to read without having to constantly search and scroll through various inboxes.

Price: Free

Available: iPhone

Budapest was once ruled by monarchs and Communists. Today, it’s the playground of twenty-something hipsters.

The graffiti-ridden District VII is the center of trends like “ruin pubs,” or abandoned buildings that have been converted into bars. In this travel video, watch me explore the labyrinthine pub Szimpla.

I rocked out at Sziget Music Festival, where Nick Cave and Bat For Lashes performed under a glowing Ferris wheel. To learn about the local food scene, Taste Hungary took me on a walking tour that included tastings of Unicum herbal liqueur and seven-layer Dobos cake.

Click here to see why Budapest is now the hipster capital of Europe >>

Check out a video showing highlights of the city below.

In the next installment of this 3-part series, La Carmina coolhunts in Vienna and Bratislava. Follow along her Eurail train journey on her travel blog.

Disclosure: Transportation was provided by Eurail.com, and accommodations by Hotel Continental Zara. 

With my Eurail pass, I easily rode the train from Vienna to Budapest’s city center. Movie buffs might recognize Keleti Station from the last "Mission Impossible" film.

The architecture reflects the city’s long and tumultuous history. Today, these century-old walls are covered with street art.

District VII is the hangout of hipsters. Kiraly and Kazinsky Streets are lined with indie shops and cafes.

Movie marketers spend millions of dollars to make sure their films stick in your head, but how well do you remember the biggest movies of the year?

We've broken down some of this year's blockbusters — and flops — to nothing more than their marketing tagline and a zoomed in glimpse of an iconic image or poster from the movie.

If you're stumped, we've added hints.

Note how similar some of the taglines are.

See how well you know the biggest movies of the year.

If you need a hint, highlight the black box below the iconic movie image. We'll give you the answer on the following slide. Movie taglines will appear up here. Here's the first one: "Even heroes fall."

Hint:It's not "Star Trek."

Movie: "Iron Man 3"

Tagline: "Earth will fall."

Hint:"John Harrison" was the bad guy.

"Fast and Furious" actress Gal Gadot was announced this week as the new face of Wonder Woman.

The actress will play the iconic DC Comic character in the upcoming "Batman / Superman" movie where she'll star alongside Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill.

Not familiar with Gadot?

Here's everything you need to know about Warner Bros.' future Amazonian Princess.

Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress and model.

She won Miss Israel in 2004.

Don't worry about whether she can play a tough female lead. Gadot served in the Israeli Army for two years in the Israel Defense Forces.

She's a motorcycle chick ...

 Gadot owns a black 2006 Ducati Monster-S2R.

The brutalist war memorials found throughout the former Yugoslavia were weird enough when they were built in the 1960s and 70s. Today, separated by the end of an architectural movement and the disintegration of the country, they seem almost alien.

Belgian photographer Jan Kempenaers treats them purely as artistic objects in his book, Spomenik, named for the Serb-Croat word for monument.

Known for photographing geographical oddities, Kempenaers was captivated by the spomenik after seeing them in an art encyclopedia. After hearing that many had been destroyed or abandoned, he set out to record what was left.

Thousands of the monuments were commissioned by dictator Josip Tito to commemorate the resistance against Axis invaders during World War II. The abstract style stood in contrast to socialist realism and also served a political purpose.

"Tito couldn't erect figures or busts in honour of generals because he didn't want to be seen to be favouring any ethnic group, for example a Bosnian general or a Serb war hero, so instead they made these things that didn't refer to people," Kempenaers told The Guardian.

Although the monuments, made of reinforced concrete, steel, and granite, used to be tourist attractions, they have receded into obscurity since the fall of the Soviet Union and the Yugoslav Wars. When Kempenaers told locals what he was photographing, he says they thought he was crazy. 

SEE ALSO: 2014 Olympic Host City Sochi Is A Strange Place [PHOTOS]

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Today is Johnny Manziel's 21st birthday. It's also the start of finals week at Texas A&M.

Last night he celebrated in Las Vegas, according to tweets from his friends.

Manziel became a lightning rod for acting like college kid on a national stage during his A&M career. He went to spring break, partied with Rick Ross, and made friends with Drake.

Now that he's 21 and heading to the NFL, the days of his late-night exploits becoming news stories are probably over.

You've got to love Johnny Football. 

He went wild at Spring Break in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Source: Busted Coverage

Really wild.

He taunted an opponent by pretending to sign an autograph in his face ... after being investigated for selling autographs.

Jee Young Lee works within a small, 160-square-foot studio.

She makes all of the props in her photos by hand.

Her work records her process of growing up.

German brewers want the United Nations to recognize their beer as a piece of "intangible cultural heritage," NBC News reports. If the UN approves the request, Germany's beer will be protected by UNESCO, the same agency that looks after The Great Wall of China, the Grand Canyon and Egypt's pyramids.  

"Germany has an unchallenged reputation as a beer nation," Hans-Georg Eils, the president of the German Brewers Association, told NBC News. 

The country has a strict beer purity law, called Reinheitsgebot, set down by Bavarian Dukes about 500 years ago. They allow only four ingredients in the brewing process: water, malt, hops, and yeast. 

In UNESCO's definition of intangible cultural heritage, the agency includes "the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts."

Marc-Oliver Huhnholz, a spokesman for the German Brewers Association, said to NBC News that German beer "is really a special craftsmanship."

"From just four ingredients, we can make so many different tasting brews," Huhnholz said.

The German brewing tradition is known the world over. In Namibia, a former German colony, Namibia's Windhoek Lager stamps every bottle with the word "Reinheitsgebot" to signify the purity of the beer that comes from the German method. 

SEE ALSO: Beer Experts Say These Are The 20 Best Beers In The World

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A 9-year-old pit bull in Ontario has become famous for balancing objects on his head.

His name is Scout, and his owner Jen Gillen has been putting random things — from cupcakes to vases of flowers — on his head for two years now. The impromptu and silly project has taken on a life of its own recently, popping up on Reddit and news outlets across America as "Stuff on Scout's Head."

"He doesn’t get any of the food that goes on his head unfortunately — unless it’s his kibble or that giant raw bone,"Gillen says on her Tumblr. "That’s half the secret to his tricks, he never gets any human foods and is extremely obedient! He gets a lot of pigs ears, bully sticks, etta says chews, or raw cuts of meat as rewards though."

It all started when a friend of Gillen's pointed out that Scout has an extremely flat head, and asked if he could balance a roll of toilet paper. "He instantly posed and balanced it so well, that I decided to try my luck, and try some other humorous items,” Gillen told TODAY.com.

Gillen also hopes that her Instagram, Facebook, and Tumblr of "Stuff on Scout's Head" will raise awareness for another important issue — in Ontario, any pit bull born after August 2005 is considered illegal and can be killed due to breed-specific legislation meant to curb dog-fighting (Scout was grandfathered in since he was born before the law took effect).

"Pit bulls are extremely smart, loyal, and can be trained impeccably for good with the right owner," Gillen insists. "These pictures also have gotten countless people to ask what breed he is, surely these people that don’t know he’s a 'pit bull' have heard awful things about this breed of dog."

And since Scout is a rescue, Gillen also plans to draw more attention and donations to animal shelters with her (and Scout's) newfound fame.

"If anyone were to profit at all from this, I hope it’s all the rescues out there, whether they have pit bulls or not, who are so under-appreciated and under-funded for all their hard work," she explains on her Tumblr. "I’d rather the outcome from all of this be much greater than a dollar in my pocket."

You can donate to the rescue that Scout came from originally on the All Breed Canine Rescue website or send an email asking how you can help to allbreedcaninerescue@sympatico.ca.

See more of the awesome pictures of Scout on Gillen's Instagram, Facebook, and Tumblr.

SEE ALSO: The Best Dog Pictures Of The Year

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Google announced this week on that it added a new feature on the Google Takeout service.

Now, users have the ability to export data from their various Google accounts, including Gmail and Google Calendar, in order to create a customized archive or carry over all your info to another service. The Gmail portion of the service will roll out over the coming weeks, but it is available for other Google apps.

This is how you can create your own personal database from your Google accounts.

Head to Google Takeout, log in with your Google credentials, and click the blue "Create an archive" button.

The next screen will give you options on what to archive. As of right now, you can choose from 11 products. Lets' start with Google Calendar. Click archive.

The process moves quickly. You should receive an email notification too. Download your archive. It expires within a few days, so do it quickly.

Once you download the zip file, calendar information should appear in whatever calendar program is on your computer. You can also save information from Google Hangouts chats and other services. Soon, you'll be able to download all your data from Gmail.

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"Satan himself lives here in San Pedro," a mortician from the second largest city in Honduras told The Guardian. "People here kill people like they're nothing more than chickens."

With a murder rate of 169 per 100,000 people in 2011, San Pedro Sula was named the world's most violent city in a study by Mexico's Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice.

Over the last few years, homicides in Honduras have risen, even while violence falls in neighboring countries like El Salvador and Guatemala.

Arms and drug trafficking have flooded the country, contributing to high gang violence. Lax gun laws (civilians can own up to five personal firearms), corruption, and poverty make life in San Pedro Sula even worse.

What's more, inmates have controlled Honduras' 24 prisons since the state gave up on rehabilitating convicts, according to a recent report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

In 2008, the mounting number of murders forced San Pedro Sula to store bodies in refrigerated trucks before transporting them to mass-burial sites.

A military coup ousted former president Manuel Zelaya in 2009, and the tense political environment only caused more problems. Here, one of his supporters holds his photo during a protest in San Pedro Sula, many of which turned violent.

Source: New York Times

A shocking incident in 2010 saw 18 people massacred in a shoe shop as part of a gang war. This photo shows police searching for weapons the very next day.

Hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson, who runs Kase Capital, gave a presentation to the Harvard Business School Club of New York this week about the lessons he's learned from short selling.  

Tilson said that he has two strong and conflicting feelings about shorting right now.

First, it's been a painful business recently.

"It's a horrible business, it's cost me (and my investors) a fortune over the past 4 1/2 years, I wish I'd never heard of it, and every bone in my body wants to cover every stock I'm short and never short another stock again." 

Then again, there are obvious opportunities.  

"In my 15-year career of professional investing, the only other times that have been as target-rich in terms of juicy, obvious shorts are late 1999/early 2000 and late 2007/early 2008 (and we all know how those ended...)."  

 Tilson said he can't bring himself today to cover his shorts.  He said covering them would be the "most boneheaded capitulation trade of all time." 

His presentation also features twelve reasons why you shouldn't short stocks. It also includes five reasons why you need to short stocks.  He also added some of his tips for shorting and stocks that he's currently betting against.  

Some of the world’s most breathtaking resorts are located far from sea level.

Nestled in mountain ranges and perched on top of desert cliffs, these hotels offer visitors picturesque views and quiet retreats away from the hustle of everyday life. Here are our picks for the world’s most stunning mountaintop hotels.

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Amangani

Where: Jackson Hole, Wyoming

At the edge of Jackson Hole's East Gros Ventre Butte is Amangani, (meaning peaceful home) one of the world’s most stunning mountaintop resorts. The hotel offers unparalleled views of the Grand Teton Mountains and the surrounding meadows and valleys.

Guests can enjoy the scenery from the hotel’s outdoor pool, or take in the breathtaking views from one of the resort’s exclusive suites. Learn about the surrounding area with a book on Native American culture from Amangani's redwood-decorated library or wander the resort's gallery of regional artwork and buy a piece of local jewelry to remember your mountain stay.

Plan Your Trip: Visit Fodor's Jackson Hole Guide

Wildflower Hall

Where: in the Himalayas near Shimla, India

Untouched scenery and antique furnishings make Wildflower Hall one of the world’s premiere mountaintop resorts. The hotel’s colonial-era décor and view of the nearby Himalayas will make you feel like you’ve stepped into a fairytale.

Visitors can explore the surrounding forests by foot, or enjoy views of the snow capped mountains from the resort’s heated outdoor pool. Indulge in holistic treatments at the Oberoi spa's private spa suites that offer exquisite views of mountains and tall cedars. During the winter enjoy skating on the hotel's own ice rink, and during warm summer days enjoy archery or croquet on the resort's lush lawns.

Plan Your Trip: Visit Fodor's India Guide

Vigilius Mountain Resort

Where: South Tyrol, Italy

Guests looking to escape the hustle and bustle can unwind at Vigilius Mountain Resort in South Tyrol, Italy. The resort is car-free, and the hotel prides itself on its eco-friendly practices.

Visitors can explore bubbling springs and pristine forests, and enjoy some of the best mountain views in the area. The resort is also home to a 13th-century church that adds to its romantic ambiance. Experience an elegant dinner at the resort's Restaurant 1500, or enjoy a cozy lunch with regional dishes cooked in the hundred-year-old tiled stove at the Parlour Ida, where homemade cakes are served as well.

Then relax at the resort's spa, relishing the treatments that utilize the fresh waters of the Vigiljoch springs—believed to have healing powers.

Plan Your Trip: Visit Fodor's Italy Guide

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Is the stock market a bubble?

Liz Ann Sonders doesn't think so.

"The growing cries that we've reached sentiment or valuation extreme worthy of past tops, or a bubble at its bursting point, seems a bit premature,"wrote Sonders recently.

While there are warning signs for the economy and the markets, most signs actually suggest that fears of a bubble are way overblown.

Sonders, the chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, gave her brief Market Snapshot presentation earlier this week charting both the good and bad things about the market today.

While her message can't be characterized as a "raging bull," her evenhanded message is nevertheless likely to leave you feeling more sanguine about the current state of the markets.

Thanks to Charles Schwab for giving us permission to feature this presentation.

Here's everything going that's relatively bad today.

Here's everything that's relatively good.

Spending cuts are holding back the economy.

Fans of Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week take note: The February 2014 event will be markedly different than in years past with more up-to-date venues and an amped up exclusivity level.

Over the last decade, the show has become crowded with fashion bloggers, street photographers, and others with little connection to the industry. But IMG Fashion, the company that puts together the annual show, tells The Wall Street Journal all of that is about to change.

"It was becoming a zoo," Catherine Bennett, the senior vice president and managing director at IMG Fashion Events and Properties, said to the WSJ. "What used to be a platform for established designers to debut their collections to select media and buyers has developed into a cluttered, often cost-prohibitive and exhausting period for our industry to effectively do business."

The media list will be cut by 20%, according to the WSJ, with only those considered "of value to the designers" receiving invites. The major fashion VIP guests who are welcome will also have more backstage access for interviews, and even their own private green rooms (we assume so that Anna Wintour doesn't have to wait among the hoi polloi).

Otherwise, the shows will be streamed live on the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week broadcast, so if you no longer make the cut, you can still pretend you're there.

Read more about the new updated show and venues over at The Wall Street Journal.

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Here's a breakdown of the November report

Here's the total snapshot, with 203,000 jobs added in November

Wholesale trade has added 351,000 jobs since its May 2010 low

A 20,000-square-foot mansion in Colts Neck, N.J. is listed for $34,999,000, which makes it the most expensive home currently on the market in New Jersey. 

Besides its impressive size and price, the 9-bedroom house is also unusual in that its decor seems to have a distinctly horsey theme.

A massive equestrian center, complete with nine-stall barn, sits on the property, and there's plenty of horse-inspired details throughout the house. The decorations themselves are pretty extravagant. 

The equestrian estate lies on 127 acres of land in affluent Colts Neck, N.J.

The crisp white house is a rather large 20,000 square feet.

Purple velvet couches provide a jarring pop of color in this sitting room.

The U.S. isn't called "America the Beautiful" for nothing.

Each year, millions of tourists come from home and abroad to see the country's majestic landscape and iconic sites, from the Grand Canyon to the Statue of Liberty.

But there are also cool, quirky attractions, like Vermont's Ben & Jerry's Factory and Tennessee's Graceland, the former home of Rock and Roll King Elvis Presley.

From California to New York and everywhere in between, the country is chock-full of incredible attractions that keep luring in visitors. Here are the best tourist attractions in every state.

Did we get your state right? Let us know your picks in the comments. 

Jennifer Polland contributed to this story.

ALABAMA: Play a round at one of the 11 courses on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, a collection of championship-level golf courses around the state that bring in more than half a million golfers annually.

ALASKA: Visit Denali National Park to see a stunning array of wildlife and gaze at Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain peak in North America, with an elevation of 20,237 feet.

ARIZONA: Hike, kayak, raft, or horseback ride through the Grand Canyon, an epic 277-mile long canyon that's up to 18 miles wide and over a mile deep.

Nelson Mandela, who died this week at the age of 95, was one of the most influential people of the 20th century.

In a century that saw both institutionalized racism at its worst and unprecedented progress through the civil rights movement, the man who led South Africa out of apartheid was a central figure.

Below are some of his most memorable moments:

SEE ALSO: Here's the iconic speech that put Mandela in jail for 27 years

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