specify namespace for min and max
fix string casting bug in bad character exception message
Merge branch 'development'
Merge branch 'development'
Merge branch 'development'
Merge branch 'development'

pull lifotver fix from dev
Merge branch 'development'
Merge branch 'development'
There was a terrible bug introduced into the column iterator a couple months ago.  The relevant changes are undone, and hopefully everything works again.
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/development'
Merge branch 'development'
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/development'
enable --inMemory option while *creating* genomes too
Merge branch 'master' into development