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[sguitarist18]

Apple announced new emojis, including a hijab emolji. What about a yarmulka?  http://bit.ly/NewEmoljisComing

The real question is, what does that express?

[as2]

The real question is, what does that express?

That iPhones will follow Samsung, and their phones will randomly start blowing up.

[myi]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/opinion/if-you-could-be-someone-else-would-you.html

Don't try to be someone else , be who you are because everyone else is taken. @myi

To add to this here's a beautiful little story..

Value your life

A little boy went to his grandfather and asked him, "What is the value of life grandfather?"

The grandfather gave him a stone and said, "First I want you to find out the value of this stone, but don't sell it."

The boy took the stone to a fruit vendor and asked him what its value would be.

The vendor saw the shiny stone and said, "How about you can take a dozen apples and give me the stone."

The boy apologized and said that his grandfather had asked him not to sell it.

He went ahead and found a vegetable vendor.

"What could be the value of this stone?" he asked the vegetable vendor.

He saw the shiny stone and said, "How about you take a sack of potatoes and give me that stone."

The boy again apologized and said he couldn't sell it.

Further ahead, he went into a jewelry shop and asked the value of the stone.

The jeweler saw the stone under a lens and said, "I will give you one million dollars for this stone."

The boy was surprised, but explained that he couldn't sell the stone.

Further ahead, the boy saw a large shop of precious stones and asked the value of this stone.

When the precious stone shop owner was an expert in these matters. When he saw the stone, he lay down a cloth and put it on it.

Then he walked in circles around the stone and bent down and scratched his head in front of it. "From where did you bring this priceless uncut diamond from?" he asked.

"Even if I sell everything I own, my whole shop, I won't be able to purchase this priceless diamond."

Stunned and confused, the boy returned to his grandfather and told him what had happened.

His grandfather said,

"The answers you got from the fruit vendor, the vegetable vendor, the jeweler and the precious stone's expert explain the value of our life.

You may be a precious stone, even priceless, but, people will value you based on their own limited perceptions, beliefs, motives and expectations. How they value you says more about them than it does about you!

For this reason it is important to value yourself. Respect yourself. No longer indulge in meaningless comparisons with others. For you are unique, original and the only one of your kind in this universe. This is the value of your life.

Associate ever more with those who recognize your true value and ever less with those who see you just as a means to fulfill their own dreams and ambitions.

May you value the diamond in yourself and recognize the diamond in others as well.

[aygart]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/our-changing-news-climate-1500412008

[David Smith]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/our-changing-news-climate-1500412008

Is the firewall part of that climate?

[aygart]

Is the firewall part of that climate?

You mean the paywall? Try this
https://www.facebook.com/flx/warn/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Four-changing-news-climate-1500412008&h=ATOk1b884mv53ulr42vML6PH6S4Cso8hDAyI8He5ZcSWPH43jNvPpLrWs-mnoG3wN29-KtuFGrpZeLRZD8e8J-2oUCWvYx1iyQ&_rdr

or this
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Four-changing-news-climate-1500412008&h=ATP1z4VFI7d_Cb5zGc6nVx6dTMpeGrWBcfWSgPCAQ4ju1gc7_gTy4revFugxq5Dx5oRQlyduJNajsjVIsMqYlwzg00nEoB5s2wbpwdgqnGPUs4Q

[Hjay]

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/232688

[Moshe123]

To add to this here's a beautiful little story..

Value your life

A little boy went to his grandfather and asked him, "What is the value of life grandfather?"

The grandfather gave him a stone and said, "First I want you to find out the value of this stone, but don't sell it."

The boy took the stone to a fruit vendor and asked him what its value would be.

The vendor saw the shiny stone and said, "How about you can take a dozen apples and give me the stone."

The boy apologized and said that his grandfather had asked him not to sell it.

He went ahead and found a vegetable vendor.

"What could be the value of this stone?" he asked the vegetable vendor.

He saw the shiny stone and said, "How about you take a sack of potatoes and give me that stone."

The boy again apologized and said he couldn't sell it.

Further ahead, he went into a jewelry shop and asked the value of the stone.

The jeweler saw the stone under a lens and said, "I will give you one million dollars for this stone."

The boy was surprised, but explained that he couldn't sell the stone.

Further ahead, the boy saw a large shop of precious stones and asked the value of this stone.

When the precious stone shop owner was an expert in these matters. When he saw the stone, he lay down a cloth and put it on it.

Then he walked in circles around the stone and bent down and scratched his head in front of it. "From where did you bring this priceless uncut diamond from?" he asked.

"Even if I sell everything I own, my whole shop, I won't be able to purchase this priceless diamond."

Stunned and confused, the boy returned to his grandfather and told him what had happened.

His grandfather said,

"The answers you got from the fruit vendor, the vegetable vendor, the jeweler and the precious stone's expert explain the value of our life.

You may be a precious stone, even priceless, but, people will value you based on their own limited perceptions, beliefs, motives and expectations. How they value you says more about them than it does about you!

For this reason it is important to value yourself. Respect yourself. No longer indulge in meaningless comparisons with others. For you are unique, original and the only one of your kind in this universe. This is the value of your life.

Associate ever more with those who recognize your true value and ever less with those who see you just as a means to fulfill their own dreams and ambitions.

May you value the diamond in yourself and recognize the diamond in others as well.

This seems plagiarized and modified from a famous story in gemara. Can you find the story?

[Moshe123]

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/232688

Why not book for another day?

[henche]

To add to this here's a beautiful little story..

Value your life

A little boy went to his grandfather and asked him, "What is the value of life grandfather?"

The grandfather gave him a stone and said, "First I want you to find out the value of this stone, but don't sell it."

The boy took the stone to a fruit vendor and asked him what its value would be.

The vendor saw the shiny stone and said, "How about you can take a dozen apples and give me the stone."

The boy apologized and said that his grandfather had asked him not to sell it.

He went ahead and found a vegetable vendor.

"What could be the value of this stone?" he asked the vegetable vendor.

He saw the shiny stone and said, "How about you take a sack of potatoes and give me that stone."

The boy again apologized and said he couldn't sell it.

Further ahead, he went into a jewelry shop and asked the value of the stone.

The jeweler saw the stone under a lens and said, "I will give you one million dollars for this stone."

The boy was surprised, but explained that he couldn't sell the stone.

Further ahead, the boy saw a large shop of precious stones and asked the value of this stone.

When the precious stone shop owner was an expert in these matters. When he saw the stone, he lay down a cloth and put it on it.

Then he walked in circles around the stone and bent down and scratched his head in front of it. "From where did you bring this priceless uncut diamond from?" he asked.

"Even if I sell everything I own, my whole shop, I won't be able to purchase this priceless diamond."

Stunned and confused, the boy returned to his grandfather and told him what had happened.

His grandfather said,

"The answers you got from the fruit vendor, the vegetable vendor, the jeweler and the precious stone's expert explain the value of our life.

You may be a precious stone, even priceless, but, people will value you based on their own limited perceptions, beliefs, motives and expectations. How they value you says more about them than it does about you!

For this reason it is important to value yourself. Respect yourself. No longer indulge in meaningless comparisons with others. For you are unique, original and the only one of your kind in this universe. This is the value of your life.

Associate ever more with those who recognize your true value and ever less with those who see you just as a means to fulfill their own dreams and ambitions.

May you value the diamond in yourself and recognize the diamond in others as well.

I don't get it.  Who are you supposed to ask to value yourself? 

[myi]

I don't get it.  Who are you supposed to ask to value yourself?

"For this reason it is important to value yourself. Respect yourself. No longer indulge in meaningless comparisons with others. For you are unique, original and the only one of your kind in this universe. This is the value of your life.

Associate ever more with those who recognize your true value and ever less with those who see you just as a means to fulfill their own dreams and ambitions."

[henche]

"For this reason it is important to value yourself. Respect yourself. No longer indulge in meaningless comparisons with others. For you are unique, original and the only one of your kind in this universe. This is the value of your life.

Associate ever more with those who recognize your true value and ever less with those who see you just as a means to fulfill their own dreams and ambitions."

Who do you ask to value you?  Who is the diamond dealer in the moshol, who can tell if you are an uncut diamond or an uncut elephant, or a cut diamond that is worthless anyway?

[as2]

Who do you ask to value you?  Who is the diamond dealer in the moshol, who can tell if you are an uncut diamond or an uncut elephant, or a cut diamond that is worthless anyway?

Ask me. You're a henche.

[henche]

Ask me. You're a henche.

It's a bigger question than I was even saying. In the moshol, you go to a diamond dealer bec it's a diamond. If it was a tomato, you'd have gone a vegetable seller.  But how do you know if it is a diamond or a tomato?

So I think you should pay careful attention to what everyone thinks of you, and average it.

[Yehuda57]

It's a bigger question than I was even saying. In the moshol, you go to a diamond dealer bec it's a diamond. If it was a tomato, you'd have gone a vegetable seller.  But how do you know if it is a diamond or a tomato?

So I think you should pay careful attention to what everyone thinks of you, and average it.

Yehuda57 went to his wife and asked, "What am I worth?"
She looked at the screaming infant she needed to nurse, looked back at him and scoffed, "not a thing."
Unperturbed, he asked his infant child, "What am I worth?"
The child continued screaming.
He walked to his 6 year old daughter and asked, "What am I worth?"
She answered, "can I wear a crown to school tomorrow?" and before he could even answer, she continued, "why is the table brown? Can we have triplets? How do you spell morah? Do you know what happened in school today? My friend drank a whole bottle of water. Can you drink a whole bottle of water?"
"Why yes I can," he answered. "So what am I worth?"
With nary a shrug, she ran off to draw on the walls or something.
Just then, his phone buzzed, and he told his boss he wouldn't have the project completed 'til 9 the next morning. "but what am I worth?" he asked.
"Nothing' til 9 tomorrow."
He logged on to DDF, clicked on his profile and began to smile when he saw 5 Hat Tips and 148 likes.
He divided those between the hundreds upon hundreds of hours spent on DDF and his cheekbones took a sudden downward turn.

So, averaging everyone out, and accounting for DDF's lack of a "dislike" button, he's worth a scoff, a shrug, and occasional nod.

At least, that is, until 9 tomorrow.

[TimT]

Okayyy

[as2]

Yehuda57 went to his wife and asked, "What am I worth?"
She looked at the screaming infant she needed to nurse, looked back at him and scoffed, "not a thing."
Unperturbed, he asked his infant child, "What am I worth?"
The child continued screaming.
He walked to his 6 year old daughter and asked, "What am I worth?"
She answered, "can I wear a crown to school tomorrow?" and before he could even answer, she continued, "why is the table brown? Can we have triplets? How do you spell morah? Do you know what happened in school today? My friend drank a whole bottle of water. Can you drink a whole bottle of water?"
"Why yes I can," he answered. "So what am I worth?"
With nary a shrug, she ran off to draw on the walls or something.
Just then, his phone buzzed, and he told his boss he wouldn't have the project completed 'til 9 the next morning. "but what am I worth?" he asked.
"Nothing' til 9 tomorrow."
He logged on to DDF, clicked on his profile and began to smile when he saw 5 Hat Tips and 148 likes.
He divided those between the hundreds upon hundreds of hours spent on DDF and his cheekbones took a sudden downward turn.

So, averaging everyone out, and accounting for DDF's lack of a "dislike" button, he's worth a scoff, a shrug, and occasional nod.

At least, that is, until 9 tomorrow.

Please update us at 9. Is that eastern time?

[aygart]

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-myth-of-drug-expiration-dates

[as2]

Please update us at 9. Is that eastern time?

@Yehuda57 update?

[Yehuda57]

@Yehuda57 update?

Considering some of the projects I'm behind on involve a few DDFers, it's probably best not to answer that question.