It's no secret Hollywood is becoming more and more dependent on the foreign box office to make a profit on films.

China is currently the largest source of international box office earnings, and by 2018, it's predicted to be the number one source for box-office income. Thus it's no surprise that "Iron man 3" had alternate scenes for Chinese audiences and upcoming sequel "Transformers: Age of Extinction" was filmed in China.

Which films received the biggest boost overseas last year?

We looked at the top 100 grossing movies of 2013 from the biggest studios and narrowed it down to films where the overseas gross accounted for 70% or more of the film’s box-office gross. These films are ordered by increasing dependence on foreign earnings.

Though "Runner, Runner" bombed opening weekend in the US ($7.7 million), it picked up in the foreign markets.

(Source: Box Office Mojo)

Ron Howard's "Rush" was a slow draw domestically. It's international gross helped bring it near $100 million.

(Source: Box Office Mojo)

DreamWorks Animation's snail tale "Turbo" was one of the weakest-performing animated films in the states.

(Source: Box Office Mojo)

Years after the recession took the life out of the U.S. economy, American cities are finally back on the growth track.

In fact, 351 metro areas will see job gains this year, according to a new report published by the Conference of Mayors and produced by IHS Global Insight.

"The North American energy boom will continue to create jobs, investment, and a competitive advantage in manufacturing," according to the report.

A handful of cities are ahead of the pack. We pulled the cities from the report that saw GMP ("gross metro product") grow by 4% or more in 2013.

12. Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL

2013 employment change: 2.0%

2013 GMP change: 4.1%

Like many cities in Florida, Sebastian and Vero Beach were both hit hardest by the housing market crash. As that market recovers, so have Floridian cities. 

Source: Conference of Mayors / IHS Global Insight

11. Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN

2013 employment change: 3.4%

2013 GMP change: 4.1%

A recent Gallup poll ranked Nashville in the top five places for job growth.

Source: Conference of Mayors / IHS Global Insight

10. Trenton-Ewing, NJ

2013 employment change: 2.0%

2013 GMP change: 4.2%

Trenton, unfortunately, is expected to have a growth rate slower than that of the U.S. in 2014. Despite being a neighboring city of East Rutherford, host to the Super Bowl, Trenton is not expected to have benefited from the event materially.

Source: Conference of Mayors / IHS Global Insight

If the polar vortex has you running south of the border, look no further.

Condé Nast Traveler put together a list of the best hotels and resorts in Mexico, based on reviews from tens of thousands of travelers as a part of its Gold List 2014.

From Cabo's vibrant nightlife to Riviera Maya's pristine white sand beaches, Mexican hospitality has a lot to offer.

10. El Dorado Maroma, Riviera Maya

Readers' Choice Rating:95.6

Price: Starting at $4,215/night

Maroma beach provides a secluded, enchanting setting for an intimate getaway. Adventurous couples will enjoy the exclusive resort's variety of outdoor activities, such as sport fishing, diving, and parasailing. Unwind with a dip in the lazy river, or a moonlight massage on the beach.

Source: El Dorado Maroma by Karisma

9. Las Ventanas al Paraíso, San José del Cabo

Readers' Choice Rating: 95.6

Price: Starting at $1,331/night

This Rosewood Resort location lies at the tip of the 1,000-mile Baja Peninsula, combining a breathtaking desert landscape with one of the world's richest marine ecosystems. A trip to the spa is a must — its services are inspired by the ancient healers of Baja and tap into the powers of earth, air, fire, and water for ultimate rejuvenation. 

Source: Las Ventanas al Paraíso

8. Capella Pedregal, Cabo San Lucas

Readers' Choice Rating: 95.7

This luxury beach resort is reached via a privately owned tunnel carved through the heart of the mountain. Guests can experience true Cabo culture in the vibrant shops, dining, and entertainment of the nearby Cabo San Lucas village — if they can pry themselves away from the two oceanfront infinity pools.

Source: Capella Pedregal

Last month, I finally booked myself a weekend behind the wheel of the the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, fully loaded with Z51 performance package and painted a dazzling bright yellow.

With a base price of $53,800 (including the Z51) and loaded up with just about every feature available, my ride came with a $71,960 sticker.

I had planned several non-driving activities for that weekend, which I regretted as soon as I climbed into the Stingray (this requires the same muscles you use to get into a crawl space).

Simply put, I've never had more fun in a car. The Stingray is hugely powerful. Frills are limited, everything is designed to keep you focused on the road. And people absolutely love it. Even in January, I kept the window down, because so many people caught me at red lights and wanted to talk/shout nice things at me.

Their collective spirit is summarized by the first guy who spoke to me: "Dude, your Corvette is sick, bro."

First, let's just take it in. Gorgeous. The color, by the way, is "velocity yellow." I heard the working title was "look at this thing!" yellow.

The car's interior is simple, and focused on the driver. I felt like a fighter pilot sitting in this thing.

Partly, that's because of the head-up display — it gives you speed and RPM, right in front of your eyes. I think every car should have one of these.

Dozens of tribes around the world have managed to survive outside of the modern world, though their existence is perpetually at risk.

British photographer Jimmy Nelson tried to record them as they exist today, traveling to thirty one tribes from 2009 to 2012.

“My dream had always been to preserve our world’s tribes through my photography,” Nelson told Business Insider. "Their lifestyle is one of much more purity and beauty than ‘ours.’ It is free of corruption and greed. I want the tribes to be proud of their authenticity and defend it in order to preserve it.”

Nelson shared photos of some tribes, from the Tsaatan people of northern Mongolia to the Maasai people of Kenya. For the rest, check out his Web site and his book, "Before They Pass Away."

When Nelson first made contact with the tribes, he left his cameras behind. After staying and talking with the tribe for several days, Nelson would ask about photographing them. The Nenets of Siberia (pictured) hunt and herd reindeer. In order to communicate, Nelson had to use translators. He says that approaching the tribes with respect made it easy for the locals to trust them. Melanesians (pictured) occupy parts of a number of Pacific islands. He says that visiting tribes living in extremely cold climates, like these Kazakh men, was “very intense, because they are surviving on the edge of the planet.” When Nelson took his gloves off to take this photo of three Kazakh men, his hands froze to the camera in the minus-20 degree weather. Nelson was crying in pain and a local woman broke custom, putting his hands under her jacket until he returned feeling. It was an extraordinary example of their kindness. The natives of the Mustang region of Nepal are traditionally animal herders. When Nelson first met the Tsaatan people, they invited him to drink with them. After a night of drinking, Nelson struggled to pee outside the teepee in −40 degree weather. He peed on himself, attracting a stampede of reindeer (who are attracted to salt). The reindeer began licking him and the group started laughing hysterically.Nelson, who used to be an advertising photographer, says that he wanted to make the tribes look "monumental" and "important." The men of New Guinea’s Huli people (pictured) wear elaborate headdresses and ceremonial wigs when they go to war. The Maori people of New Zealand recently received control of large tracts of forested land as redress for breaches by the government from 19^th-century treaty.The Yali people live in Papua, Indonesia. Their territory is isolated from outside civilization due to challenging geography. The Samburu people of Kenya are a gerontocracy, meaning that the elders control the tribe. They have a monopoly on marriages and herds.Himba people live in Northern Namibia and Angola. They are semi-nomadic and pastoral, known for covering themselves in otjize, a mixture of fat and ochre, which gives their skin a reddish tint. The Maasai people of Kenya are well regarded for their ability to farm in deserts and scrublands. "I feel that we must try to let the tribes co-exist in these modern times, by supporting their cause, respecting their habitats, recording their pride and helping them to pass on their traditions to generations to come," Nelson said of the tribes he documented.

SEE ALSO: Meet The Ancient Ethiopian Tribes That Could Soon Disappear [PHOTOS]

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Las Vegas is a lot of fun. But every part of the Vegas Strip is designed to confuse tourists into parting with their cash. The casinos have no windows or clocks, they're designed like mazes so you can't find the exits, and it's difficult to get from one venue to the next without taking a taxi. Even crossing the street sometimes requires a half-mile walk to and from a pedestrian bridge.

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In short, The Strip can make you feel stupid for being there, like you're a sheep getting shorn by the casino resorts.

Zappos' CEO Tony Hsieh has created an inspiring shopping and dining experience in Downtown Las Vegas — six miles form The Strip that most tourists stay on — and it's the complete opposite of The Strip. It's small-scale, walkable, neighborhood-y and centered around small business and startups.

Called Downtown Container Park, all the businesses inside it occupy 30 reconstructed shipping containers and 41 modular metal cubes. The center courtyard is dominated by a giant treehouse playground.

We visited it recently and liked it a lot. Take a look.

This giant metal praying mantis greets visitors at the front gate of Container Park. It has a surprise in store ...

Flames shoot out of its antenna at unpredictable moments! Hsieh got it from the Burning Man festival. The BI team ducked and screamed in terror the first time it flamed — you can feel the heat on your eyebrows.

The containers are arranged in a block-long pedestrian mall. It's lovely at night. Hsieh invested $350 million of his own money into the Vegas Tech Fund to make it happen.

The annual International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge, sponsored jointly by The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the journal Science, announced its winners for 2013 on Thursday.

The competition, now in its 11th year, recognizes scientists who use some form of visual media to communicate scientific data and research in an accessible way.

"The winners made scientific data beautiful and brought their new ideas to life, while at the same time immersing the viewer in science," Monica M. Bradford, executive editor of Science, said in a news release

Judges appointed by NSF and Science selected winners in five categories: Photography, Illustration, Posters & Graphics, Games & Apps, and Video. There are were also many honorable mentions.

The criteria used to judge more than 200 entries included elements like visual impact, effective communication of a scientific idea, and originality.

First place in the photography category is a close-up shot of the whirlpool generated by tiny cilia, hairlike organelles, on a coral's surface.

This photo created with polarized light microscopy reveals the micro-structure of the Japanese plant Fuzzy Deutzia.

This image showing the micro-structure of polymers was created by mounting a camera on a microscope. It won the people's choice award for photography.

The New York Post revealed today that power couple David Lauren and Lauren Bush Lauren bought celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz's West Village home for $28.5 million.

David Lauren is the son of designer Ralph Lauren, while Lauren Bush Lauren is the niece of former President George W. Bush and the granddaughter of former President George H.W. Bush.

The Post also reports Bush Lauren’s mother Sharon Smith Bush — a broker at Corcoran — helped represent the couple in the sale.

Leibovitz had been trying to unload her trio of West Village townhouses for well over a year, and she finally succeeded in January, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The seven-bedroom compound was originally listed for $33 million in 2012 with Brown Harris Stevens. After languishing on the market, it was discounted to $29.9 million and taken over by the Corcoran Real Estate Group, complete with bright new pictures of the home. The 10,200-square-foot property finally sold for $28.5 million in January.

The trio of buildings were combined and renovated by Leibovitz herself, who started buying them in 2002. The compound has a main home, Leibovitz's studio, and a two-story guest home with its own bedroom, kitchen, and two fireplaces.

In the backyard is a slate patio with a private garden area accessible by the street. The photographer sold her home to reportedly move closer to the uptown school of her three daughters.

Leibovitz's old compound is located on the corner of Greenwich Street and occupies more than 10,200 square feet of space.

Source: Corcoran Real Estate Group

The property is comprised of three townhouses that have all been meticulously renovated and restored with all new plumbing and electrical systems.

Source: Corcoran Real Estate Group

The brick buildings originally date back to the 1830s, and altogether have 16 rooms and 13 wood-burning fireplaces.

Source: Corcoran Real Estate Group

If your home is your castle, the bathroom undoubtedly holds the throne. 

Since people spend, on average, a year and a half of their lives in the bathroom, it should be a nice place to be, especially if you're plunking down a million or more for your house.

The experts at the real estate listing site Estately helped us find the homes on the market right now with the most luxurious bathrooms you can imagine. We're talking everything from sitting rooms equipped with flatscreen TVs to marble statues and golden fixtures. By far, California plays home to some of the most extravagant loos across the country.

This cool bathroom fits into its Western locale.

Address: 6427 East El Sendero Road, Carefree, Arizona

Price: $2.2 million

As seen on HGTV, this remodeled home takes advantage of its western location. It sits on a totally private 3.6 acre hillside and affords great views of the Black Mountain through its floor-to-ceiling windows.  

Source: Estately

Lounge in this bathroom fit for Southern belles and gents.

Address: 423 Seneca Road, Great Falls, Virginia 

Price: $5.2 million

This stately, 12,000-square-foot manor home is perfect for those who crave the Southern lifestyle. It's full of colonial architectural detail and has a master bathroom equipped with a steam room and steam shower.

Source: Estately

Enjoy a restroom in the style of the Old Masters.

Address: 319 Atlantic Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida

Price: $7.9 million

Located in the heart of Sunny Isles, this 8,550-square foot home boasts 30-foot fresco ceilings painted by a European artist. The Italianate details carry through the rest of the house with a front entrance that features a courtyard and cypress landscaping. 

Source: Estately

The most-played PC game in the world isn't the Sims or SimCity or even World of Warcraft. It's League of Legends, and it's a lot of fun.

Part of this game's success is that players can compete in tournaments against other players from around the world. At the 2013 championships, the top two teams gathered in front of thousands at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. A team from Korea, called SK Telecom T1, took home the $1 million prize.

In 2013, it had 70 million registered users, up from 15 million in 2010, according to IGN. And of those 70 million registered users, it had 32.5 million active users. Together, they played a massive 1.3 billion hours each month.

The company's success comes in part due to its business model: It doesn't charge people to play. Once you're in the game, however, you can choose to pay for certain characters or for cosmetic items, such as new costumes for the characters.

These payments have helped Riot Games, the company behind League of Legends, bring in more than $624 million in revenue last year, writes Ian Sherr of the Wall Street Journal.

But just what is it that they're playing? Let's take a look at the basics and find out. (If you really want to dive deep in the gameplay, check out this beginner's guide.)

The first thing you have to do is sign up. Here is the log-in screen, where you pick a unique username.

After you've logged in, it asks you to download the game. You can also watch a video about what you're getting into.

Now you're ready to download the game. Depending on your connection, this might take a while, so grab a cup of coffee and get comfy.

Reputation is everything. That's especially true in America, a country where tourists spend $166 billion annually, lured by the image of the American lifestyle, according to The Atlantic. 

But what is the image we have of our own biggest cities? Real estate listing site Movoto wanted to find out. They organized an online survey that got more than 13,000 responses from across the nation.

The survey presented people online with one of the 16 biggest cities in America, based on population density, and asked a range of questions about their perceptions of that city — from how clean they thought the city was to how easy they thought it would be to "get laid" there.

Respondents ranked cities on a scale of 1 to 4, and the cities with the highest percentage of 3s and 4s, compared to overall responses to a category, won that superlative. Los Angeles got a lot of love, while people tended to have a poor opinion of Detroit, which lost nearly every category. Below the results, you can check out all the cities that were in the running.     

Most Fashionable 

Winner: Los Angeles (88.5%)

Honorable Mention: New York City (87.9%)

Least Fashionable: Detroit (42.7% thought it was fashionable)

Most LGBT Friendly

Winner: Los Angeles (82.6%)

Honorable Mention: San Francisco (80.2%)

Least LGBT Friendly: Detroit (42.1% thought it was LGBT friendly)

Most Hipster

Winner: Los Angeles (76.3%)

Honorable Mention: New York City (74.2%)

Least Hipster: Detroit (40.5% thought it was hipster)

Best Food

Winner: New York City (87.9%)

Honorable Mention: Chicago (87.3%)

Worst Food: Detroit (55.6% thought it had the best food)

Craziest Sports Fans

Winner: Boston (79.1%)

Honorable Mention: Chicago (78.7%)

Least Crazy Sports Fans: Washington, D.C. (53.9% thought it had crazy sports fans)

Cleanest City

Winner: Seattle (80.6%)

Honorable Mention: Tampa - St. Petersburg (79.8%) 

Dirtiest City: Detroit (30.7% thought it was clean)

Best Personal Hygiene 

Winner: Seattle (78%)

Honorable Mention: Dallas - Fort Worth (75.5%)

Worst Personal Hygiene: Detroit (37.6% thought its population had the best personal hygiene)

Most Intelligent

Winner: Seattle (83%) 

Honorable Mention: New York City (81.6%)

Least Intelligent: Detroit (47.9% thought it was intelligent)

Worst Traffic

Winner: New York City (70%)

Honorable Mention: Chicago (62.9%)

Best Traffic: Seattle (35.9% thought it had the worst traffic)

Friendliest City

Winner: Seattle (77.2%)

Honorable Mention: Minneapolis - St. Paul (74.6%)

Least Friendly City: Detroit (37.6% thought it was friendly)

Most Attractive Women

Winner: Los Angeles (87.6%)

Honorable Mention: Miami (84.3%)

Least Attractive Women: Detroit (47.7% thought it had the most attractive women)

Most Attractive Men

Winner: Miami (78.3%)

Honorable Mention: Los Angeles (78.2%) 

Least Attractive Men: Detroit (43.9% thought it had the most attractive men)

Easiest City For Men To Get Laid

Winner: Detroit (52.3%)

Honorable Mention: Atlanta (48.7%)

Hardest City For Men To Get Laid: Seattle (39.2% thought it was easy for men to get laid here)

Easiest City For Women To Get Laid

Winner: Detroit (53.3%)

Honorable Mention: Chicago (51.7%)

Hardest City For Women To Get Laid: Minneapolis - St. Paul (39.5% thought it was easy for women to get laid here)

Highest Sexual Promiscuity In Men

Winner: Los Angeles (79.2%)

Honorable Mention: New York City (78.2%)

Lowest Sexual Promiscuity In Men: Minneapolis - St. Paul (58.9% thought men here had high sexual promiscuity)

Highest Sexual Promiscuity In Women

Winner: Los Angeles (80.8%)

Honorable Mention: New York City (76%) 

Lowest Sexual Promiscuity In Women: Minneapolis - St. Paul (54.4% thought women here had high sexual promiscuity)

Here's a list of the 16 cities involved in the poll, followed by the number of people who responded to questions about them.

Atlanta - 1,236

Boston - 1,093

Chicago - 654

Dallas-Fort Worth - 884

Detroit - 1,005

Houston - 846

Los Angeles - 795

Miami - 691

Minneapolis-St. Paul - 718

New York City - 1,096

Philadelphia - 700

Phoenix - 658

San Francisco - 700

Seattle - 678

Tampa-St. Petersburg - 696

Washington, D.C. - 614

SEE ALSO: The 28 Best Countries For Healthy Eating

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Minnesota is probably the last place you would think of surfing, but a group of diehard surfers is making it happen on Lake Superior in the freezing winter, when the waves are biggest.

Photographer and Minnesota-native John Haynes captured the chilly scene last year and shared some photos here.

Most surfers go out to Lake Superior to surf, two and half hours from Minneapolis.

Picking which day to go is the trickiest part. In order for there to be good waves, there needs to be a very specific type of wind blowing, which usually happens around strong weather systems like snowstorms.

The weather can be so unpredictable that surfers will see an ideal wind forecast the night before a trip and then wake up in the morning to find out that the wind changed and everything is calm.

Every four years, the Winter Olympics come around to give athletes all over the world a chance at sporting glory. Throughout the years, audiences have seen not only incredible athletic feats, but more than a few mishaps, scandals, and tragedies. 

From the inspiring story of the 1988 Jamaican bobsled team (which inspired the film, "Cool Runnings) to the U.S.' "Forgotten Miracle" hockey win over Canada in the 1960 games, there's been no shortage of drama. With the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics set to take off in the coming weeks, we take a look back at the iconic Olympic moments that have come before it. 

The first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France in 1924. This is the U.S. team during the opening ceremonies.

Eleven-year-old Sonja Henie stands with world champion figure skater Gilles Grafstrom at the 1924 Games. Gramstrom won the Olympic gold while Hennie would go on to win the gold in 1928, 1932, and 1936.

The first Winter Olympics held in the United States was at Lake Placid in 1932. Then-Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt shakes hands with American Olympic captain J.A. Stevens.

"The Soviet government's passion for mass-organizing is on display in Sochi, where the tumbling green slopes of the Caucasus Mountains meet the Black Sea in a subtropical climate that allows a May-to-October vacation season."

That's how the Chicago Tribune introduced Sochi to Americans in a 1987 travel article.

Before winning the rights to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi was known as a resort town, if it was known at all.

Over a million people visit the Black Sea city every summer to swim, shop, lay on the beach, and generally relax.

You'll see a lot of cold-looking imagery coming out of Sochi next month. But these photos of Sochi in summer show what the host city typically looks like.

Sochi sits on the Black Sea. It's one of the warmest places in all of Russia.

Kids jump off an old concrete embankment.

Just like any typical Jersey Shore town, there's a water park near the boardwalk.

Not every hit movie needs an astronomical budget and A-list stars to resonate with audiences. Check out some films that succeeded despite (and sometimes because of) the built-in limitations of being low on cash.

"The Purge"

Budget: $3 million
Opening Weekend: $34 million

Armed with little more than Ethan Hawke and a wickedly provocative concept, The Purge surprised studios by handily winning its opening weekend. The horror movie is about a future United States that allows a 12-hour period of lawlessness every year.

"Once"

Budget: $150,000
Domestic Gross: $9.4 million 

This low-budget musical stunned critics when it was first released in Ireland in 2006, and continued to win them over after it traveled overseas. The story of a street musician and a pianist who find love and make music together was acted out by two real-life musicians (Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová), who were not trained actors.

"The Full Monty"

Budget: $3.5 million
Domestic Gross: $50 million

This British movie about down-on-their-luck blue collar workers turned strippers had a little budget, but that didn't keep it from hauling in an impressive $257.9 million in worldwide box offices. It was also nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture, and won the BAFTA for Best Picture despite competition from Titanic.

The 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony in London was absolutely crazy.

It was a super-entertaining celebration of all things British — from the farm animals to music to Mr. Bean. The feel of it was the exact opposite of the Beijing Opening Ceremony — which was stunning, but in a very earnest way.

It was fun, above all else, which is probably what an Opening Ceremony ought to be.

To get you even more excited for Friday's Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, we pulled out the 12 most ridiculous moments from the festivities — they include the Queen, corgis, and a 40-foot Voldemort.

Let's see how it compares to Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Russia which begins at 11 a.m.

Peasants crawl out of the hole where a tree used to be

An enormous Cruella Deville

A 40-foot Voldemort getting attack by an army of Mary Poppins'

In a speech on American infrastructure Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden said that compared to airports like Hong Kong International, New York's LaGuardia feels like a "third world country."

In January, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called LaGuardia and JFK "inexcusable," and announced the state would take over responsibility for revamping both.

To give American travelers a look at what they're missing until those renovations are complete, we've put together a list of the world's best airports, based on the 2013 World Airport Awards, announced in April 2013 by leading airline reviewer Skytrax.

The awards, which include categories for best terminal, shopping, security, cleanliness, dining, and more, are determined by public opinion. More than 12 million people responded to this year's survey.

As President Obama noted in a press conference in April, the highest ranked U.S. airport is Cincinnati at #30. Not very impressive.

10. London Heathrow Airport

Yearly passengers: 69.4 million

Why it's awesome: Despite London Mayor Boris Johnson's concern that Heathrow gives visitors "a terrible impression of the U.K.," the overcrowded airport made it into Skytrax's top 10.

The third-busiest airport in the world in 2012, it took home the awards for Best Airport Shopping and Best Airport Terminal, for T5, which opened in 2008 after a $6.2 billion, 19-year design and construction process.

Heathrow's Skytrax review includes four or five out of five star rankings for ease of use, flight information, public transport, security staff efficiency, and more.

Source: Skytrax World Airport Awards. Yearly passenger figure is for 2011, provided by Airports Council International.

9. Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)

Yearly passengers: 62.6 million

Why it's awesome: Haneda moved up five places this year, partly thanks to how clean it is.

With a third international terminal that opened in 2010, Haneda can accommodate 90 million passengers annually.

More construction is already in the works: The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced plans to expand the new terminal with eight more gates, more parking, and a hotel, by March 2014.

The airport won the Skytrax awards for Best Airport Terminal Cleanliness and World's Best Domestic Airport, and took second place for Best Airport Immigration Service.

Source: Skytrax World Airport Awards. Yearly passenger figure is for 2011, provided by Airports Council International.

8. Vancouver International Airport

Yearly passengers: 18 million

Why it's awesome: The least busy airport in the Skytrax top 10, Vancouver International offers visitors a large collection of Pacific Northwest Coast Native art.

Skytrax named Vancouver International the Best Airport in North America for the fourth year in a row in 2013, a streak that justifies the $1.4 billion the airport spent ona  recent expansion.

Volunteers, known as Green Coat Ambassadors, work in the airport to help travelers get where they're going.

Source: Skytrax World Airport Awards. Yearly passenger figures provided by Vancouver International Airport.

Bill Maris, managing partner of Google Ventures, has listed his Palo Alto home for $2.85 million. 

According to Realtor.com, the home has four bedrooms and a beautifully modern design, but the most interesting part of it may be who happens to live next door. 

Maris' home actually shares a small piece of land with a similarly designed house belonging to Apple CEO Tim Cook. Cook reportedly bought the modest 2,095-square-foot condo for $1.9 million back in 2010, around the same time Maris moved in.  

The decision to keep the rival close by is interesting, especially considering that other tech executives like Marissa Mayer and Mark Zuckerberg have been known to buy surrounding properties just to keep other people away. 

Maris reportedly moved to Mountain View in 2012, meaning that the opportunity to be Tim Cook's neighbor is yours for the taking. 

The house is listed with Zane MacGregor & Co. 

The 2,065-square-foot home is situated at the end of an ultra-private driveway, to the rear of Cook's home.

Enter through this glass-paned front door.

The entryway is decorated with some pretty interesting modern art.

It isn't that bankers are particularly insensitive people. It's just that they're very busy — and the way they see it, it's only Valentine's Day obviously, so their date will get over it, right?

Wrong.

Even if screwing up Valentine's Day doesn't end with tears and regret, it makes a big check mark on the "reasons-why-I'm-so-over this-relationship" tally.

To avoid this, Business Insider reached out to veteran Wall Streeters to get a sense of what they've done horribly, horribly wrong on Valentine's Day and how they've tried to rectify it.

Pro tip: You can't recover from having your assistant ask your date out for you.

When the bankers ran out of ideas (it was quick), we turned to our friends at InsideHook, a men's lifestyle newsletter for gentlemen of a certain caliber — the caliber that does not ruin Valentine's Day. In fact, the Inside Hook man ends up in the Valentine's Day Hall of Fame.

You want to get into the Hall of Fame.

Make it clear you're setting the agenda — because if you don't plan it, your date will dream it.

Make sure that your Valentine knows that you will be planning the day a few weeks ahead of time.

You don't actually have to do the planning then, but at least then you'll be in control.

And you want to be in control so your date doesn't get any fancy ideas they want to throw out there. For example, one banker was dumped soon after his girlfriend was shocked that he did not fly her to her family's vacation home in Stowe.

It was her idea.

First things first: Experiences trump things.

Taking your date out for an awesome outing will trump presents any day. Things get lost, get old, get eaten — experiences are memories that last forever (if they're any good).

InsideHook has a solid Valentine's Day guide complete with some ideas to get you started. Business Insider can attest that the NYC guide is very handy, and even if you're not in any of the cities Inside Hook covers — New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, or Los Angeles — at least you'll know that Valentino makes a killer leather clutch.

"Don't take a vegetarian to a steakhouse."

You want your date to enjoy the evening, yes? Then know their taste.

This requires attention to detail, a skill many Wall Streeters have in their professional lives, but not always their personal lives.

Notice your date doesn't order desert? Well then your date probably won't like the box of Godiva you picked up.

Never seen your date wear a pair of earrings? Well then you date's ears probably aren't pierced.

Pay attention.

The diamond and perfume industries work in overdrive around Valentine's Day, with tons of commercials for sparkly jewels and the latest designer scents.

But women want things they'll actually use and enjoy, not just the latest products companies are trying to hawk.

We've come up with a whole bunch of thoughtful and original gifts that your sweetheart will truly appreciate.

Help her document your adventures together with a cool camera phone lens.

For the budding photographer or Instagram fan, buy her these conversion lenses to make shots of buildings, landscapes, and people all the more fun.

These detachable lenses come in a fish-eye, macro, and wide angle version that clip directly onto a phone or tablet with a magnet.

Buy it: $10 on Amazon

Keep her fingers warm while she texts you with a pair of touchscreen gloves.

Keep your sweetheart's hands warm when she answers calls or texts with gloves that are touchscreen accessible.

These Mujjo gloves fit any sized hands and are super warm. They even have anti-pilling properties, and come in a variety of colors.

Buy it: $33 at Mujjo

Get her an art print to remind her how much she's loved.

Finding art that people like is difficult, but not if you raid their Instagram account.

CanvasPop uses Instagram pictures to create high-quality photos on canvas. The company makes sure that even low quality images have no jagged pixels or image degradation so that every photo of her favorite dog, vacation, or picture with you comes out crisp.

Buy it: Starting at $40