What Happened When One Woman Had Her Picture Photoshopped In 25 Different Countries

“Make me look beautiful.”

That’s what Esther Honig asked 40 photo editors to do — in over 25 countries. Using the service-sharing site Fiverr, Honig, a human
interest reporter, sent a picture of herself to be photoshopped around the world to see just how much cultural values are applied to
standards of beauty. The results throw the idea of “the perfect woman” into sharp relief.

Honig found that individuals from every country applied a distinct perspective on beauty to her image. She was surprised by the degree
to which a country’s cultural values could show up as aesthetic preferences. Specifically, an image she received back from Morocco was
“a bit of a shock initially.” She told The Huffington Post via email, “It definitely highlighted my own lack of cultural awareness. Of course,
someone from a country where the primary religion is Islam might elect to add a Hijab to my image as that aligns with their own cultural
customs. For me it really added depth to my project by touching on the concept of religion and custom, not just aesthetics.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/26/photoshop-around-the-world_n_5534062.html

Heroin deaths spike in Maryland

PHOTOS OF THE DAY — Riders on horses

A rider rears up on his horse while surrounded by a cheering crowd during the traditional Fiesta of San Joan (Saint John) in downtown Ciutadella, on

the Spanish Balearic Island of Menorca, on June 23, 2014. The riders of the horses are representatives of ancient Ciutadella society – nobility, clergy, craftsmen and farmers.

7 Years of the iPhone: An Interactive Timeline

It’s been seven years since the very first iPhone was sold on June 29, 2007, and now, the smartphone is ubiquitous: Here are the highlights from iPhone’s seven sensational years.

http://time.com/2934526/apple-iphone-timeline/

Virginia man in child endangerment case agrees to have a vasectomy

Some fear Jessie Herald’s unusual plea deal echoes the state’s dark history of forced sterilizations.

WOODSTOCK, Va. — When Jessie Lee Herald fled the scene of a crash with his injured 3-year-old son late last year, authorities reached a breaking point with a man who had been in and out of jail and fathered seven children with six women.

A Shenandoah County prosecutor proposed a plea deal that would not only send the 27-year-old to prison, but would also require him to do something to ensure he would not have another child: Get a vasectomy

In unusual plea deal, Virginia man agrees to a vasectomy

			In unusual plea deal, Virginia man agrees to a vasectomyThe child endangerment case has set off debate over whether the punishment is appropriate.
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Detroit Resumes Cutting Off Water to 150,000 Residents, Prompting Appeal to United Nations for Help

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Why the chicken crossed the road depends on one’s perspective!!

SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because, gosh-darn it, he’s a maverick!

BARACK OBAMA: Let me be perfectly clear, if the chickens like their eggs they can keep their eggs. No chicken will be required to cross the road to surrender her eggs. Period.

JOHN McCAIN: My friends, the chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON: What difference at this point does it make why the chicken crossed the road?

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or against us. There is no middle ground here.

DICK CHENEY: Where’s my gun?

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken.

AL GORE: I invented the chicken.

JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white?

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he is acting by not taking on his current problems before adding any new problems.

OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross the road so badly. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

ANDERSON COOPER: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he’s guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way the chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I’ve not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.

GRANDPA: In my day we didn’t ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.

BARBARA WALTERS: Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart-warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2014, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2014. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

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Can’t you imagine the explanations from the people above??

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There are many issues

“There are many issues that is presently going on and needs your input.”

PHOTOS OF THE DAY — Bad car crash