Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:26:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.francois.org/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=9 Two Guys From Barnum, Iowa And How They Helped Save Basketball : A History Of U.S. Patent 4,534,556 : Paul D. Estlund And Kenneth F. Estlund, Inventors by Francis B. Francois has recently been published. The book can be purchased online by clicking on this link. http://www.francois.org/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=9 Francis B. “Frank” Francois, who served as Executive Director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) for 18 years, on Wednesday was named the 2007 recipient of the Frank Turner Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Transportation. Mr. Turner received the honor at the Transportation Research Board Chairman’s Luncheon Wednesday, during this year’s TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. You can see the press release from TRB here. http://www.francois.org/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=9 Marie's book has been published! You can buy a copy A Culture of Everyday Credit: Housekeeping, Pawnbroking, and Governance in Mexico City, 1750-1920 (Engendering Latin America) at Amazon. http://www.francois.org/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=9 The system handling genealogy data has been updated using The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding©, which utilizes AJAX to allow for ancestor and decedent trees to be more interactive. This also results in the database now being in MySQL, and being accessed via PHP. In addition to the interactive charts, you can now build timelines of individuals, as well as compute how two people are related. You can also click on the little green magnifying glass you see next to locations to see them in Google Maps, which will open in a new window or tab. Click on the Genealogy button on either menu to get started. The new software has the ability to store histories, documents, photos, cemetery and other data. Overtime, this data will become more complete. As always, please contact us if you know something we don't. http://www.francois.org/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=9 Susan has an entry on her blog (complete with photos!) describing the events of this last weekend, at which a time reception was held as she was received into The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. Congratulations Susan!