18th November : Significance

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Everyday has its own importance. May it be related to our lives or not.

It is important for sumone. so we all should atleast know about it. Even if we dont celebrate it.

Today is 18th November 2016

Do u all know what is the importance of today's day in our life's??

want to know why??

check the next post to know about it...

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Housing Day

GIS Day

Occult Day

Mickey Mouse Day

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Housing Day

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes them apprehensive about ownership.

Jerzy Kosinski

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Homelessness is a serious problem, even in what we perhaps foolishly refer to as first world countries', and Housing Day was established as part of a movement to combat it all over the world. In the US alone there are 643,000 homeless people, and 200,000 in Canada according to a 2008 study, and in many locations homelessness is treated as a criminal problem. Housing Day works to help change this perception, and to provide a home for those who are currently suffering from homelessness.

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History of Housing Day

Housing Day first appeared in 1998 with the determination to establish homelessness as a national disaster. The mayors of the largest cities in Canada, included Toronto mayor Mel Lastman, a declaration was adopted from the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee to formally recognize homelessness not as a criminal issue, but as the national disaster and threat to the people of Canada it truly is. Like every person in the world, everyone Canadian has a right to a safe home.

There is a common misconception that the majority of the homeless population are those who simply don't want to work, an idea that has been debunked by statistics. In the US 25% of those who are homeless are those who suffer from mental illness of one variety or another, 13% are those fleeing domestic violence in their homes, choosing life on the streets versus living with their abusers.

Tragically, 12% of them are veterans of their armed forces, largely abandoned by the system once they leave active duty. Even more tragically, of those who live on the streets, 238,000 of them are members of family, many of whom live homeless together either on the road, or in places where those without residences gather, including shelters.

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How to celebrate Housing Day

When you wake up in the morning and look at the roof over your head, the first thing you can do is recognize your good fortune and appreciate the life you live and the fact that you have a warm house to come home to each night. Then you can look into your community and see how much homelessness affects where you live, you may be surprised to find that even in smaller communities there are those who have to sleep on the streets each night, or take up residence in shelters. Look into organizations in your community on Housing Day, and see what you can do to make a difference in your neighborhood.

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GIS Day

GIS.. Geographic Information System... A simple three letter phrase that describes a system that has come to affect every aspect of our lives. From our GPS systems to Google Maps, GIS systems are integrated in everything and serve to make our lives easier every single day. Thanks to this amazing science, we are able to have our deliveries made on time, and get straight to the house of a new friend without getting lost, even though we've never been there before. GIS is a truly amazing thing!

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History of GIS Day

A Geographic Information System is specifically designed to manage all of the information involved with interpreting and present geographical data. While this involves a broad number of technologies, they all come down to one thing. Storing and processing data about the world around us and making it available to be used in a format able to be interpreted and used by other systems.

GIS Day was established in 1999 by Esri President and Co-Founder Jack Dangermond after he had been inspired by Ralph Nader to do so. Recognizing the importance and implication of this system, and that it was important that the people of the modern age be familiar with the effect it had on their lives, this holiday was established with the distinct purpose of raising awareness.

While currently primarily used terrestrially, you can bet that when we start putting permanent satellites into orbit around other planets, this technology is going to be vital in driving the study and colonization of the solar system, mining of resources within it, and observing the unique traits of distant planets.

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How to Celebrate GIS Day

There's a lot of fun ways to celebrate GIS day, starting with researching all the ways this incredibly technology has affected our lives. Take a trip to somewhere you've never been, using a GPS system to guide you, research the topography of campgrounds and mountains around your area, or see how an area has changed over the years.

Even better, if you're the adventurous sort, you can participate in a past-time known as geo-caching. Geo-caching involves hunting down little caches of secrets stored by fellow geo-cachers. Whether it's a secret message scrawled on a piece of wood hidden under a rock, or a weather-sealed container stuffed inside a hollow trunk, geo-caching is a fun activity made possible by GIS technology.