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But when it comes to what is or isn't right for a wedding guest,

  But when it comes to what is or isn't right for a wedding guest,  Burke said there isn't really a black and white answer: "Who's really to say what is and isn't appropriate for someone else to wear on their own body. As long as their outfit isn't offensive, then it's really nobody's business what someone chooses to wear," she said. "Everything went out of control," the wedding guest said. "I was on the dance floor partying it up with family and friends when I felt a splash down my front. I looked down, and I almost freaked out because I thought I got shot or something. There was this huge red wine stain dripping down my front, and I saw M's sister, mom, and aunt laughing, with M's sister holding a glass." "They kept laughing, and I saw A giggle and M grin. That's when I decided I would leave and take back the cheque," she said. "That's when they stopped laughing. M started to ask me to stay, and ...
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If Wrangham is right, cooking not only gave early humans the energy

  If Wrangham is right, cooking not only gave early humans the energy  they needed to build bigger brains but also helped them get more calories from food so that they could gain weight. In the modern context the flip side of his hypothesis is that we may be victims of our own success. We have gotten so good at processing foods that for the first time in human evolution, many humans are getting more calories than they burn in a day. “Rough breads have given way to Twinkies, apples to apple juice,” he writes. “We need to become more aware of the calorie-raising consequences of a highly processed diet.” It’s this shift to processed foods, taking place all over the world, that’s contributing to a rising epidemic of obesity and related diseases. If most of the world ate more local fruits and vegetables, a little meat, fish, and some whole grains (as in the highly touted Mediterranean diet), and exercised an hour a day, that would be good news for our health—and for the planet. Th...
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