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The Afghan War Diary, made availôÙable by the WikôÙileaks group, is the disôÙcloôÙsure of interôÙnal US MilôÙiôÙtary logs. WikôÙileaks has been known to release data that conôÙtains latôÙiôÙtuôÙdiôÙnal and lonôÙgiôÙtuôÙdiôÙnal inforôÙmaôÙtion useôÙful for spaôÙtial analyôÙsis. I〙ve taken the libôÙerty to map the some-76,000 milôÙiôÙtaryô logs.

The milôÙiôÙtary logs are a colôÙlecôÙtion of top secret clasôÙsiôÙfied corôÙreôÙsponôÙdences that detail varôÙiôÙous milôÙiôÙtary encounôÙters and sitôÙuôÙaôÙtional reports. Some of the most popôÙuôÙlar headôÙings in the log are: eneôÙmies killed/wounded in action, friendôÙlies killed/wounded in action and reportôÙing unit (squad/other).

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Not unlike other superôÙstores around the world, Costco〙s presôÙence has had someôÙwhat of a proôÙfound impact on our conôÙsumerisôÙtic lives. The abilôÙity to purôÙchase goods at larger than norôÙmal quanôÙtiôÙties, someôÙtimes well below averôÙage retail value, makes it an attracôÙtive shopôÙping expeôÙriôÙence. The first Costco opened in San Diego, CalôÙiôÙforôÙnia, 1976. It〙s growth shows wildfire-like spread throughôÙout the United States west coast. It is only in the mid-to-late 90〙s which show remarkôÙable expanôÙsion of Costco locaôÙtions to cenôÙtral and eastôÙern United States.. ConôÙtinue reading ô£

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As our trip to MonôÙtrûˋal nears, Heather (my girlôÙfriend) and I have been stuôÙdiously keepôÙing track of the places that we would like to explore. One thing is for sure, we are going to be more than preôÙpared because we are using google fusion tables. May it be a raved about restauôÙrant or a groôÙcery store that is closôÙest to our hotel, we have every place of interôÙest accesôÙsiôÙble online as a map or in tabôÙuôÙlar forôÙmat. ConôÙtinue reading ô£

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An earthôÙquake meaôÙsurôÙing in at 5.9 magôÙniôÙtude, hit VirôÙginia (epiôÙcenôÙtre)ô atô approxôÙiôÙmatelyô 17:51:03 GMT. I am writôÙing this post from my office at RyerôÙson UniôÙverôÙsity, Toronto, Ontario, where we also felt the ground move beneath us.ã€Î Okay, to be frank, I didn〙t feel anyôÙthing. But my classôÙmates and colôÙleagues have reported that they felt the earthôÙquake.ô Now, the reaôÙson why I am postôÙing about this, is not exactly because I think the earthôÙquake was that sigôÙnifôÙiôÙcant and worth menôÙtionôÙing. I would like to share with youô a litôÙtle map that I creôÙated a few ConôÙtinue reading ô£