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Entries by Kate Kelly from 01/2010

A New Year's Resolution for Communities

| Posted 01.06.2010 | Books
Read More: Colorado, Green Living, Gettysburg, Citizen Activism, Pueblo, Ball State University, Community Planning, Books News

I bring to your attention the publication of the second edition of Community Planning: An Introduction to the Comprehensive Plan by Eric Damian Kelly.

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The Ultimate Gift: A Green Goodbye

| Posted 01.12.2010 | Politics
Read More: Cemeteries, Memorials, Green Living, Embalming, Civil War, Natural Burial, Politics News

If you love stories, cemeteries are almost irresistible--every headstone has a tale to tell. Whether it's a date, a name, a poem, or a piece of statua...

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Post Office Gave Wings to Aeronautic Progress

| Posted 01.19.2010 | Politics
Read More: Aeronautics, Postal Service, Progress, Early Mail Delivery, American History, Post Office, Politics News

"Innovation" and the "United States Postal Service" are not words that we would normally find in the same sentence, but next time you go to the airpor...

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War Communication Before Modern Technology

| Posted 01.26.2010 | Politics
Read More: Spy, U.S. Military, Hot Air Balloon, Morse Code, Robert E. Lee, Civil War, Union Army, Telegraph, Politics News

The Chief Aeronaut of the Union Army Balloon Corps, convinced Union Major General George B. McClellan to permit him to attempt to relay information via telegraph, but from a balloon.

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