St. Patrick's Day may be an Irish holiday, but it's celebrated all over the world.

In fact, you might be surprised to learn that the first St. Patrick's parade didn't happen in Ireland — it was held in New York City, in 1762.

While the NYC parade continues to be the largest St. Paddy's gathering, people everywhere dress up and take to the streets on March 17 to celebrate shamrocks, leprechauns, and pints of Guinness.

Here are 13 of the world's biggest celebrations.

New York City, NY

New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade has taken place every year without fail since 1762, making it the oldest parade in the world. It's also the largest — with around 150,000 marchers in the parade, and two million onlookers creating a clover-green stream along Fifth Avenue.

Dublin, Ireland

Unsurprisingly, the Irish capital holds the world's largest parade outside of New York City. Every year, around 500,000 Dubliners — half the city's population — and hordes of tourists gather in the busy Temple Bar neighborhood to drink Guinness and party.

Boston, MA

With a sizable Irish community — 22.8 percent, to be exact — Boston's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade draws a huge crowd. There's plenty of Irish dancing, men in kilts, and bagpipes.

Knowing how to time your vacation well and take advantage of favorable exchange rates can save you quite a bit of cash. 

Money magazine just announced the winners of its second Best in Travel Awards, which used data-driven methodology to determine the best international destinations for American travelers to visit this year.

The editors considered the 230 most popular travel destinations overseas, based on the amount of hotel nights booked and plane tickets bought, as well as the volume of online searches.

The list is ranked by the overall cost to visit, the number of high-quality amenities, and the drop in year-over-year hotel prices, airfares, and exchange rates. Only one international winner was chosen per global region.

From Asia to Europe, these are the top seven destinations to get the most bang for your buck.

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7. New Delhi, India — According to Money, flights to New Delhi have dropped by almost 12% in the past year, and a return ticket will cost you $740 on average. It's home to the historic "Red Fort" and is only a three-hour drive to the Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. If you hire a private driver to help you explore, it will only cost you $100 a day, according to Money.

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6. Marrakesh, Morocco — A week-long trip for two will cost around $3,364, according to Money's analysis. Hotel prices have dropped 8% this year, and the average airfare is below $1,000, so you'll have more money to spend on its vibrant markets and sampling a traditional Hammam massage.

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5. Paris, France — With the US dollar strong against the Euro right now, a trip to this glamorous European capital is much more affordable than usual. Average airfares were $740 in 2016 and hotel rates dropped almost 7%, according to Money. Visit some of the city's most prized attractions, like the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, and the Notre Dame de Paris, or spend the day shopping in the Marais district.

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We've given you a glimpse into the fabulous lives of the super rich— and noted some of the outrageous things they can buy with their billions — but perhaps more representative of their extravagant lives are their lavish homes.

Thanks to CNBC's show "Secret Lives of the Super Rich,"and Luxury Listing's new Instagram account, we get a peek into how the super rich live. 

We sorted through CNBC's Instagram account, @cnbcsuperrich and @luxlistingsnyc, and gathered pictures of some of the poshest homes out there.

Dare to dream!

This is an update of a post originally published by Kathleen Elkins.

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Their penthouses look like something from the future.

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There's no need to travel to the real Arc de Triomphe when your patio looks like this.

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If the infinity pool or Jacuzzi get boring, the Atlantic is just a few strides away.

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• Chase Guttman is a photojournalism student who has already authored a guide to drone photography.
• It's in his blood. His father is renown travel photographer Peter Guttman.
• He appreciates the way drone photographs contextualize their surroundings.

 
Chase Guttman's childhood was, perhaps, a bit different than most.

"I was land yachting in the Mojave Desert when I was three months old, on my parents' lap," he told INSIDER.

Through his father's work as a travel photographer, he'd visited all 50 states by the time he turned 18. Now a 20-year-old junior at Syracuse University studying abroad in France, he's become a talented travel photographer in his own right — just ask his 46,000 Instagram followers.

He has now visited 50 countries and counting, and, having mastered the use of drones to produce stunning images of his destinations, he recently authored "The Handbook of Drone Photography." He even teaches travel photography courses, though he's still a photojournalism student himself.

Guttman spoke to INSIDER from Strasbourg about why drones are one of the best ways to see the world.

"I grew up in a very visual family," Guttman said.

His father is Peter Gurman, a renown travel photographer who hosts annual slideshow viewings in the family's apartment on the Upper West Side. 

"It's basically this get-together at our house at the end of the year where my dad narrates and goes through all the photos that he's taken from around the world in that year," he said. "I always appreciated the photography and seeing people's reactions to the images, and that's really how I got engaged with photography."

He started with toy cameras, then progressed to point-and-shoot models ("which I lost a bunch of at a ridiculously young age," he said) and DSLRs.

He began using drones two and a half years ago.

For the month of September, I emulated a financial plan for retiring earlyand put50% of my disposable income into savings.

After rent, utilities, and all my other fixed costs for the month, I was left with roughly $140 per week to spend on food amd entertainment (even less when you consider I had to factor in an expensive bachelorette party at the end of the month). While that's certainly more than enough money to live on comfortably, it was immediately challenging to adapt to a much lower budget than I was used to.

Over the course of the month, I only made two trips to my local Trader Joe's, which set me back $24 and $34, respectively. While I ate out a few times and was blessed with a free box of pasta that got me through a few meals, that $58 covered more than 90% of my meals for the month.

I followed a few pieces of conventional wisdom to keep my bills low — swap beans for meat, cook in batches, bulk up meals with carbs — but the biggest factor that contributed to my modest total was that I only bought exactly what I needed.

I've followed a simple meal planning strategy for years that forces me to maximize the ingredients I already have on hand and only purchase a limited number of items each week, which helps me avoid ending up with random perishables that inevitably go to waste.

"Meal planning" sounds complex and time-consuming, but it takes me less than half an hour per week. Here's my super simple strategy:

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First, I make a two column template for the week, leaving spots open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner each day on the left and a shopping list on the right. Second, I mark down any days I know I already have meals taken care of, and therefore don't have to cook, including everything from meals out with friends to free pizza at work.

Third, I plan to use up any ingredients I've already paid for. I go through my cabinets, fridge, and freezer and take stock of what I already have. If I have any leftovers or items that can be a meal on their own, such as a frozen veggie burger or bowl of pasta, I fill those in first. After that, I start creating meals that can be mostly built with ingredients already in my cabinets, such as rice and pasta. I list out every single item needed for a dish, adding any I need to purchase to my shopping list as I go.

Finally, I add in any meals that require a completely new set of ingredients, again adding each new item to my grocery list as I go. If I know I'm going to have a busy night and won't have time to cook, I don't feel bad about putting "frozen dinner" on my shopping list either — it's still cheaper than ordering in when I'm feeling lazy.

At least 70% of billionaires have a bachelor's degree, according to Wealth-X, and 22% have a master's degree. While the path to riches may not be paved in college degrees, it certainly helps.

Based on data from Wealth-X, we compiled a list of the top 10 universities by the number of billionaire graduates.

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8. TIE: University of Chicago

Notable graduate: Former Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham

Number of degrees earned by billionaires: 22

8. TIE: New York University

Notable graduate: Twitter founder and programmer Jack Dorsey

Number of degrees earned by billionaires: 22

7. Yale University

Notable graduate: Former Coca-Cola chairman Roberto Goizueta

Number of degrees earned by billionaires: 23

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• Kalapana Cultural Tours venture into the heart of the Kilauea Volcano.
• The town of Kalapana was covered in lava in 1986.
• Tourists can approach the volcano by boat and walk on its surface.

A trip to Hawaii is sure to involve idyllic beaches, and perhaps a hike on one of its many nature trails.

But if you're looking for something a little bit more, say, explosive, Kalapana Cultural Tours offers boat tours into Kilauea, an active volcano that completely buried the town of Kalapana in 1986.

Who could pass up a chance to meet Madam Pele, the fire goddess herself?

Kalapana Cultural Tours is a private tour company based in Kalapana.

The boat tours venture into the heart of the Kilauea Volcano.

To locals, she's known as Madam Pele, the fire goddess.

The Obamas know where to dine out, especially when it comes to New York City. 

In the past few months alone, they've been hitting some of the trendiest spots around town, fully living up to their reputation of having great taste in restaurants. 

From trying out farm-to-table grub in Greenwich Village, to hitting old school Italian joints in Nolita, here's a look at some of the best restaurants they've visited in New York. 

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Cosme (Flatiron)

35 East 21st Street

This upscale Mexican restaurant is one of the trendiest places to eat in New York right now. Business Insider editor Emily Cohn witnessed Barack and Michelle Obama's visit firsthand last year, after almost being turned away by police and told to "find somewhere else to eat."Grub Street reported that the Obamas ate tuna tostadas, blue shrimp, burrata, and the famous duck carnitas, which cost $89 to share. 

Carbone (Greenwich Village)

181 Thompson Street

This high-end Italian restaurant has become a favorite of the Obamas, according to Eater. It's no surprise, given that Carbone has a Michelin star and a reputation for being one of the best places to eat Italian food in the city. The spicy rigatoni vodka is the dish you can't miss.

Upland (Gramercy Park)

345 Park Avenue South

Upland has a laid-back modern Italian menu crafted by its Californian chef, Justin Smillie. The Obamas lunched in the private dining room downstairs with U2 singer Bono on March 10. They walked out to a standing ovation, Eater reported. 

Before launching Tasting Table, a foodie site with an audience of 8 million readers, CEO Geoff Bartakovics worked in the world of finance as a business manager in fixed income trading at UBS.

But even though he spent seven years in banking, his true passion has always been food. Author of the upcoming book "Tasting Table: Cooking with Friends" and a cook since he was just nine, Bartakovics knows a thing or two about how to please a hungry group of guests.  

We recently visited Bartakovics' New York City home, a delightful two-story, one-bedroom apartment that's situated in an old carriage house in Soho. We learned a lot about one of his favorite hobbies: hosting dinner and cocktail parties.

Here are his best hosting tips.

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Overshare on the details beforehand.

Bartakovics said that guests can sometimes feel uneasy when they first arrive if they weren't given the important details of the evening.

"Err on the side of oversharing with an invitation that clarifies who's invited — your friend and a guest, or just your friend? The dress code — come as you are, or dress for success? And, a signal that this is a dinner party, not a casual stop-by," Bartakovics said.

Be politely bossy until the evening gets going.

While people generally don't like being told what to do, there is an exception for when they've first arrived at a dinner event that has unfamiliar faces. 

"Put everyone at ease when they arrive by taking their coats and sending them straight to the bar you laid out for easy self-service. Let them know that they should help themselves to the cheese and salumi platter while you wait for the rest of the guests and that you'll sit for dinner around 9," Bartakovics said.

He also suggests seating placement cards so guests don't hover around the table uncomfortably while they're trying to find a seat.

Do the heavy lifting.

When it comes to serving the food, even the simplest preparation can help encourage guests to dive into a dish.

For the appetizers, such as a meat and cheese platter be sure they're already cut. "I always cut into most of the cheese and meats on a platter to encourage folks to get going and demonstrate how to keep helping themselves," Bartakovics said.

If you're serving dinner family-style, be sure that dishes aren't too heavy so that they can be easily passed around the table. "Divide large dishes into two bowls if necessary," he said.    

There are people who who've worn many hats over the course of their careers. And then there's CEO of CUI Global Bill Clough.

He's led tactical law enforcement teams. He's flown around the world many times as a federal air marshal. He's worked as a bodyguard for Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor. He's even argued a case before the Supreme Court.

Then, in 2011, he took the helm at CUI Global, when the publicly traded power and energy company was struggling.

Clough told Business Insider that his range of past experiences have influenced how he operates in his latest role.

"I deal with people a little differently than most purely business people do, because I've worked with people under very different, very trying circumstances, and sometimes in life-or-death situations," he told Business Insider.

Here are six lessons Clough learned across his varied career:

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Stay flexible

As a child, Clough hoped to become an airline pilot like his father. He learned to fly young, earning his pilot's license before his driver's license.

"I focused my career on becoming a pilot," Clough said. "Went into the Coast Guard and spent time in the Coast Guard Reserve. I came out and was fully prepared to become a pilot."

However, his timing was off.

"At the same time, hundreds of other guys were coming out of Vietnam with thousands of hours of jet time, who also wanted to be pilots," he said. "And I didn't have that jet time."

Piloting was out of the question in such a competitive market, but Clough quickly came up with a backup option. During his time in the Coast Guard, he'd developed an affinity for law enforcement. Instead of clinging to his original plan, he tested at a number of different police departments and ended up getting hired by one in Northern California.

Hone your leadership skills

During his career in law enforcement, Clough worked on robbery, homicide, K9 squads, narcotics, and even joined one of the first SWAT teams in the country.

He said that working with "very elite, small units that were quite motivated and good at what they did" honed his leadership abilities.

"They're very structured, they're very enthusiastic, they're very driven to do well, and when you focus that in a way that's positive for everyone you can really make a difference," he said. "When you're in a tactical situation, I can't be worried you doing what you need to do. If I need to worry about you, I don't need you. I don't want you here because you will get both of us injured or killed."

He said that the same wisdom also applies to business.

"If I can't trust you to do what I need you to do, then I don't need you," he said. "Because then, what am I doing? What I'm doing is trying to do my own job and trying to do your job as well. And I can't do that."

Get your priorities straight

On June 14, 1985, terrorists from Hezbollah and the Islamic Jihad Organization hijacked TWA Flight 847. The incident helped spur US President Ronald Reagan to resurrect the largely defunct Federal Air Marshal Service.

Clough applied for the job, due to his tactical background. He was able to fly around the world, but the role came with a downside — the enormous amount of time spent away from his wife and young children.

"My wife said, 'Frankly, I didn't buy into this. You're traveling for six months, I don't know where you are, it's dangerous,'" he said. "And the long and the short of it was, I made a decision at that point to focus back on the family and change careers."

At that point, Clough decided that he wanted to pursue a legal career, and ended up enrolling in UC Hastings College of the Law.

Last October, a new app appeared on the App Store aimed at preventing crime. 

Called Vigilante, the app showed users where crime was happening in real time — and seemingly encouraged them to help stop it. 

Vigilante went viral in less than two days, spreading quickly due to a controversial video that showed someone using the app to prevent a would-be mugging, filming the incident and scaring the assailant away.  

But Vigilante had a short life span: The app was pulled from the App Store about 48 hours after it launched due to safety concerns. 

Now, Vigilante is back on the App Store as Citizen, a crime avoidance tool for metropolitan areas. Here's how it works.

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There are three major differences between Citizen and Vigilante, the first one being the change in name.

Founder and CEO Andrew Frame told Business Insider that he felt the name Vigilante distracted people from the company's core mission, which is to protect people and cities — not to encourage vigilantism.

Citizen also increased its safety messaging, making it clear that the app is only designed to keep you aware of crimes in your area, de-emphasizing the "vigilante" suggestion from the previous app.

The third major change involved reaching out to public safety experts, police, and civil rights leaders — among others — to get input on how to make this app safe for people to use.

For now, Citizen is only available in New York City — Frame said the company wants to prove the concept in New York first before taking it elsewhere.

"We do have demand to come to many cities across the country already and we do have that on the roadmap," Frame said. But this will take time, he said, since Citizen does require physical infrastructure and set up in each individual city.

Netflix grabs the headlines when it comes to streaming video challenging traditional TV, but a bunch of upstart services have begun to snag real audiences as well.

After a slow start, HBO Now has over two million subscribers, Showtime has more than 1.5 million streaming subscribers, and CBS All-Access was nearing that number last month. And it's not just the incumbents picking up steam. Niche services that go after people who love anime, or indie movies, or comedy have also taken hold.

In fact, over a million people now pay to subscribe to anime powerhouse Crunchyroll.

To get a sense of who is subscribing to these new services, Quantcast, a tech company which measures online trends, took a look at the demographics by combining search history and other offline data. While who is searching for a particular service isn't a perfect proxy for subscribers, it gives us a rough sense of who is interested.

Quantcast found that, by and large, the services skewed younger (18-44) and male. There was some variation, however, when it came to income level.

But the fun part came when Quantcast analyzed related interests based on other things these people were searching for. Some of them made perfect sense, like WWE Network subscribers also being interested in extreme sports. But others were pretty amusing, like Hulu and Netflix subscribers generally being into "home furnishings."

Here is what the streaming services you watch say about you, according to Quantcast:

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Netflix

Income trend: No skew.

Related interests: Sports, home furnishings, finance, and hotels.

HBO Now

Income trend: $50-100K.

Related interests:Computers, movies, and environment.

Hulu

Income trend: No skew.

Related interests: Consumer electronics, home furnishings, and travel.

It's no secret that hedge funds have not been doing well.

2016 was an especially rough year for the once mighty kings of Wall Street.

High fees and lackluster returns have forced many investors to pull their money out of hedge funds. The $3 trillion industry shrunk by about $70 billion last year, the biggest drop since 2009, according to data tracker HFR.

But that doesn't mean that hedge fund managers, long known to be some of the wealthiest people on Wall Street, are on their way to the poor house.

Forbes has just released its list of the highest-earning hedge fund managers and traders of 2016. And it shows that top hedge funders are doing just fine when it comes to their take home pay.

In fact, the top managers pulled in fortunes, despite the fact that several of them – at least four of the top eight earners – failed to beat the S&P 500 last year, which investors can buy for close to free. (The losing funds were run by billionaires Ray Dalio, Dan Loeb, Ken Griffin and David Tepper. The S&P 500 returned 9.5% in 2016.)

Forbes identifies the earnings of each listee as well as insights about the firm's performance and background.

We've included the top eight hedge funders from the list. As a group, they earned more than $6.8 billion. The firms they founded or run manage a combined $400 plus billion.

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6. David Shaw, founder of D.E. Shaw & Co

David Shaw didn't find his way to Wall Street until after he worked in academia as a computer science professor at Columbia University. That technical background has influenced the way in which his firm, D.E. Shaw & Co, has done business. 

Earnings in 2016: $400 million

Firm's assets under management: $40 billion

6. Paul Singer, Elliott Management

Paul Singer's firm, Elliott Management, had an impressive 2016. According to Forbes, the firm secured $2.4 billion from outstanding bond payments from the government of Argentina after a 15-year showdown. And the hedge fund also delivered returns of 13% last year after fees.

Earnings in 2016: $400 million

Firm's assets under management: $31 billion

6. Daniel Loeb, founder of Third Point

Dan Loeb founded his activist hedge fund Third Point in 1995. According to Forbes, the firm has "navigated financial markets more deftly than many of [their] battered activist peers over the last few years." Last year, Third Point's main fund returned 6.1%.

Earnings in 2016: $400 million

Fund's assets under management: $15 billion

8. "The Mob Song"

Let's start at the end. The last song we hear in Beauty and the Beast is called "The Mob Song" and it focuses on Gaston riling up the villagers in order to get them to help him attack the Beast's castle. Then the action shifts to the castle, and the servants all pick up the song as they prepare for the attack.

There's nothing really wrong with the tune, it doesn't do anything wrong. It just doesn't have the magic that so many of the other songs so instantly have. Its biggest problem is that it ends the movie. Other than hearing the title song again, we don't get any other music in the film. Which is too bad, because it doesn't really end the movie on a high note.

You can listen to it here. 

7. "Gaston (Reprise)"

The reprise of Gaston's theme is fairly short when it comes to the actual singing part. It does, however, have the great line about thinking being a "dangerous pastime," one of the best lines in the entire film, but that's about all there is to it. Still, Gaston's theme is a great one, so this song gets points simply for being associated with that one. It's so good that it really would have been nice if the reprise were a bit longer. It would give us a reason to listen to it more often.

You can listen to it here.

6. "Something There"

One of the interesting things about Beauty and the Beast as a musical is that it doesn't have a traditional love song duet. The falling in love moment of the film really happens during the dance and the singing of the title song.

"Something There" is a little different. It's the beginning-to-fall-in-love song. It a lovely tune that has each character's inner monologue regarding the other. Is there something happening here, or is it just me? The most fun part of falling in love is the actual falling, and "Something There" really captures it. It's the only time our two lead characters sing together, and it's magical.

You can listen to it here. 

Pie has long been a staple dessert across America.

To find out which slices are the best, we asked our friends at Foursquare to help us.

In order to do so, Foursquare found the venues that received the most reviews, tips, and shouts relating to pie from its Foursquare City Guide Foursquare Swarm apps.

From chocolate to key lime to pecan, these places serve the best slices of pie in the country.

ALABAMA: PieLab, Greensboro

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ALASKA: Glacier Brew House, Anchorage

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ARIZONA: Rock Springs Cafe, Black Canyon City

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The new "Legend of Zelda" game is an impressive, influential new entry in a long-running series.

In "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild," Nintendo is re-stating its relevance as a modern game developer. The game is a true delight — smart, and silly, and challenging, and rewarding. It's also a massive game world that's at once enormous and densely packed with stuff to do. 

Praise is easy now, of course, but doesn't take into account the years of work that went into such an undertaking. In recognition of the years of hard-yet-fascinating work that created "Breath of the Wild," Nintendo put together a short documentary. In these videos you'll find out the origins of the game's development, how the company used a prototype that looks awfully familiar to test concepts for "Breath of the Wild," and maybe even what this image is:

Check out all three below!

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The first video in the series focuses on the early days of the game's development, starting in 2013:

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The second focuses on the game's massive open-world environment, as well as the game's sound design.

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The third and final video in the series tackles the game's story and characters, and how Nintendo's team put a new spin on fan-favorite characters like Link and Zelda:

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Land Rover built an SUV designed to handle any disaster situation.

Jaguar added some extra touches to its Discovery SUV to create an emergency car for the Red Cross. Aptly called Project Hero, the car made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show, which opened to the public March 9.

Scroll down for a closer look:

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The SUV comes with a drone that can magnetically attach to the roof even while the car is moving.

Land Rover says the drone can be used to transmit live footage to emergency response teams in disaster situations like earthquakes, landslides, and avalanches. It can also be used to rescue survivors or missing people.

The car is equipped with a sliding floor that can be used as an additional work surface.

Geoffrey Woo likes to start the day with a plate of eggs, cheese, and avocado. It might not sound like Woo, cofounder and CEO of "cognitive enhancement" supplements startup Nootrobox, is dieting.

But he subscribes to an increasingly popular diet — the ketosis, or "keto," diet — that he hopes will help him live longer and better. It has especially gained traction among Silicon Valley's biohackers, who often experiment with diet and medical devices in taking a DIY approach to biology.

The high-fat, low-carb diet turns the body into a fat-burning machine. When you turn off access to glucose, a primary fuel source derived from eating carbohydrates, the body taps into its own fat stores for energy.

See why health nuts from Silicon Valley to fashion runways are saying yes to fat.

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The keto diet has been called the "holy grail of good health and weight loss" by doctors and bloggers alike.

Source: Nootrobox and GreenMedInfo.com

On the flip side, it's a nutritionist's nightmare, according to Scientific American. The keto diet completely reorganizes the building blocks of the food pyramid as outlined by the USDA.

A strict keto diet cuts back carb consumption to 20 or 30 grams a day, which is about the number of carbohydrates in one small apple.

Source: TIME

On the keto plan, it's all about healthy fats.

"You'd want healthy fats to account for about 80% of your calories, and protein around 20%," Dr. Eric Westman, director of the Lifestyle Medicine Clinic at Duke University, told TIME.

By comparison, the average American gets roughly 50% of their calories from carbs, 15% from protein, and 30% from fat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Foods like avocado, butter, coconut oil, eggs, and fish high in omega-3 fats, such as salmon, albacore tuna, and sardines, are bountiful sources of healthy fats.

Is that organic fruit or vegetable you're eyeing worth paying about 50% more to reduce the likelihood of pesticide exposure?

Maybe, maybe not.

Use of pesticides varies from one crop, region, and grower to the next, and buying organic produce doesn't always guarantee the food will be free of residues. (The USDA allows organic farmers to use some pesticides; also, chemicals applied to conventionally grown crops can drift over to organic plots.)

Pesticide exposure likely isn't as dangerous as many advocacy groups claim, too, and washing all produce can limit exposure. Still, there is some evidence that pesticides may affect the health of kids.

"Even low levels of pesticide exposure can be harmful to infants, babies, and young children," Dr. Phillip Landrigan, a pediatrician and epidemiologist at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York, told USA Today. "[S]o when possible, parents and caregivers should take steps to lower children's exposures to pesticides while still feeding them diets rich in healthy fruits and vegetables."

The Pesticide Data Program— run by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) — is a good way to cut through the noise. Each year, the program examines thousands of samples of the foods children eat most frequently, tests them for pesticide residues, and releases its findings.

The USDA's reports aren't exactly easy to read, though, so a non-profit called the Environmental Working Group (EWG) compiles the data into its "clean fifteen": a list of conventionally grown produce items with the best track records when it comes to pesticide residues — and the ones EWG says you can probably skip buying organic.

Each food in the EWG's list below is ranked based on six criteria, primarily by the trace amounts and variety of pesticides found by the USDA.

While it's anything but the gospel when it comes to your own shopping choices, it can be a handy guide for busy families who don't have time to pore over the USDA's latest dataset.

Note: EWG also publishes a "dirty dozen" list of foods that it recommends buying organic.

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1. Sweet corn

Only about 1% of conventionally grown sweet corn sampled by the USDA showed detectable levels of trace pesticides, according to EWG.

2. Avocados

The same low percentage was true of avocados.

3. Pineapples

As a group, four of five samples "of pineapples, papayas, asparagus, onions and cabbage had no [detectable] pesticide residues,"said EWG.

Snowstorm Stella didn't meet forecast predictions in some major population centers, including New York City.

Instead, the storm shifted west and struck less dense areas around the East Coast. Meteorologists say particular features of the I-95 corridor make it especially difficult for forecasters to get right.

Nonetheless, the storm's impact was widely felt in inland areas. These photos show how intense it got.

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The snowstorm pushed huge amounts of snow and heavy winds across the East Coast on March 14.

Early forecasts suggested that major cities, including Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City, could experience historic snowfalls for March.

But the most intense bands of the storm skirted north and west, just missing New York City.