*I have read this atleast 5 times since this morning.*
*It’s so true and beautifully written.*

A woman climbed up the bus and sat down beside a man, hitting him with her numerous bags.

When the man remained silent,
The woman asked him,
Why he did not complain, When she hit him with her bags ?

The man replied with a Smile:
“There is no need to be upset about something so insignificant, as our
*Journey together is so short.*
Because, I’m getting off at the next stop.

This answer disturbed the woman so much,
She asked the man to excuse her and thought the words needs to be written in gold.

Our time in this world is so short, that darkening it with useless arguments, jealousy, not forgiving others, discontentment and bad attitudes are a ridiculous waste of time and energy.

Did someone break your heart?
Stay calm.
*The trip is too short*

Did someone betray you, intimidate, cheat or humiliate you?
Relax – Don’t be Stressed
*The trip is too short*.

Did someone insult you without reason?
Stay calm. Ignore it.
*The trip is too short*.

Did someone make a comment that you didn’t like?
Stay calm. Ignore.
Forgive, Keep them in your prayers & love them still for no reason.

*The trip is too short*

Whatever the problems some bring to us, It is a problem only if we think of it, Remember that
*Our journey together is too short.*

No one knows the length of our trip.
No one has seen tomorrow.
Nobody knows when it will arrive at its stop.

*Our trip together is too short*

*Let us appreciate friends and family.*
*Keep them in good humor.*
*Respect them.*
*Let us be respectful, kind, loving & forgiving.*

Because, We will be filled with gratitude and joy,
*After All, Our trip together is very short*

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Kanopy Study Shows Collection Diversity in Streaming Video is Very Important to Libraries

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – (December 21, 2020) – Jason Tyrrell, Kanopy’s VP of Content today. A primary mission shared by both academic and public libraries is to meet the streaming video needs of students and patrons for diverse and inclusive content such as African American Studies, LGBTQ+ Studies, Women’s Studies, Disabilities Studies and more. Preliminary results of a Kanopy survey of more than 960 librarians, publicly available January 2021, show that 94% of academic and 86% of public libraries say Collection Diversity is “very important” to “important.”  Yet only 26% and 29% respectively say they are fully meeting their users’ needs for such content.

“With such a large student body, at an urban institution, DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) is a huge “issue” on campus, meaning that there is a huge interest in all aspects at every level of the institution,” explained one academic librarian who participated in the survey.

“Our community is diverse. Many languages other than English are spoken in the homes of our patrons, we also serve a community that is very diverse in age, income level, education level, etc. More than 30% of our service population were born outside the US. We need a diverse collection to meet the diverse needs of our diverse community,” added a public library survey participant.

“We are currently engaged in an evaluation of the diversity of our whole collection. It is a slow process as there has not been standards across the industries involved for measuring diversity. Our existing catalogue has no easy way to measure diversity…,” wrote another public library participant.

Kanopy is helping more than 4,000 academic and public libraries around the globe fulfill the need for Collection Diversity with a growing selection of films, many of which are unavailable on any other streaming video platform. The company currently offers more than 30,000 titles—many of which are categorized as diverse—including a rich selection of non-English language titles.

Examples of Kanopy’s content focused on diversity, include:

• Skin: Inspired by real-life events, this Oscar-winner is set in a small supermarket in a blue collar town, where a black man smiles at a 10-year-old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash. SKIN was the Winner of the 2019 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

• I Am Not Your Negro: This Oscar-nominated documentary narrated by Samuel L. Jackson explores the continued peril America faces from institutionalized racism.

• Latinos Beyond Reel: Filmmakers Miguel Picker and Chyng Sun examine how US news and entertainment media portray — and do not portray — Latinos.

• Race – The Power of an Illusion: This film questions the very idea of race as innate biology, suggesting that a belief in inborn racial difference is no more sound than believing that the sun revolves around the earth.

• A Brave Heart:The Lizzie Velasquez Story – This award-winning documentary follows Lizzie’s triumphant journey to the other side of bullying, encouraging a more positive online environment. 

• Stonewall Uprising: This film explores how In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City. Such raids were not unusual in the late 1960s, an era when homosexuality was banned in 49 out of 50 states. That night, however, the street erupted into violent protests and demonstrations that lasted for the next six days.

“Kanopy recognizes that identifying diversity gaps in a library’s collection and finding resources to fill them can be challenging from both a time and financial standpoint,” said Kanopy CEO Kevin Sayar. “We aim to continually work with our suppliers to make it easy and affordable for libraries to meet their Collection Diversity goals.”  

About Kanopy

Kanopy is a premium, free-to-the-user streaming platform available through universities and libraries. Through partnerships with iconic film companies such as A24, Criterion Collection, Paramount, PBS and Kino Lorber, amongst others, Kanopy’s critically-acclaimed catalog provides thousands of the world’s finest documentaries, award-winning titles, must-see classics, world cinema, contemporary favorites and kids programming to public library members, and students and professors at participating institutions, funded through state-aided supplementary programs and tuition. The Kanopy app is available on all major streaming devices, including Apple TV, iOS, Android, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TV, Chrome cast and Roku. For more information, please visit www.kanopy.com.

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“An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy.

“It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He continued, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.”

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”

The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

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VERY URGENT!!! PLEASE CIRCULATE

In the coming days, DO  NOT  open  any message  with an attachment called:

BLACK  MUSLIM IN  THE WHITE HOUSE , regardless  of who sent it to you.

It is a  virus that opens an Olympics torch that burns the whole hard disk of your computer.  This virus comes from a known  person who you have in your list.

Directions:  You should send this message to all of your contacts.

It is better to receive this e-mail 25 times than to receive the virus and open it.

If you receive a message called  BLACK  MUSLIM  IN THE WHITE HOUSE even if sent by a friend, do not open, and shut down your  machine immediately.

It is the worst  virus  announced by CNN.  This  new virus has been discovered recently it has been classified by Microsoft as the virus most destructive ever.

This virus was discovered yesterday afternoon by  McAfee.  There is no repair yet for this  kind of virus.

This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the hard disk, where vital information function is stored.

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