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"I'm not just a champion of the early rounds; I'm the champion because I fight and pass through the challenges that are present." - Jose Aldo
The last time the king of the featherweight division, Jose Aldo, was featured in our news section before his fight in January of 2012 against number one contender Chad Mendes at UFC 142, he alerted us on two matters, both of which came true.
"He [Mendes] will lose his undefeated record on January 14th; I see that happening," said Aldo. "And if the KO happens, I'll have a surprise for the fans, indeed."
Aldo laughed, but that surprise really was a surprise, as the product of Nova União squad ran across the cage after knocking out Mendes in the first round, passed through the opened Octagon gate and literally celebrated his victory on the shoulders of the Brazilian fans in the crowd. (Watch his victory celebration)
He promised and he delivered.
"Yes, I did," he says of the promise. "I had it on my mind already. The people, they were having a pretty animated party in the bleachers, so it was great to celebrate with them and they got real pumped."
Aldo revealed that everything he did was very well planned, with only his wife Viviane and translator/friend Derek Kronig Lee knowing what was going to happen. Lee tried to dissuade Aldo of this mad idea, but the champion says that since he didn't tell us before the fight what he'd do, only saying it would be a surprise, the fact is…
"If I knocked Mendes down, I'd run (laughs) to the fans," he says. "Andre Pederneiras (his coach) didn't know about it, because he could stop me. But at the end of it all, it was a beautiful and historic celebration with the crowd."
The commotion caused by his post-fight run was small if we compare it to what happened to Aldo later in 2012. The sequence began with the birth of his first daughter, Joana, an injury that sidelined his opponent Erik Koch from a UFC 153 bout and brought Frankie Edgar to the table, and then his own injury from a motorcycle accident which sidelined the champ for the rest of the year. He tried to describe the ups and downs of the last 12 months, a difficult task because this is a man who only wants to fight.
"[Breathes deeply] Piece by piece, like a fighter, I didn't change due to Joana's birth; I'll keep myself hungry and focused on my job. But it's hard to talk about all those events because I don't like to mix my private life with my professional life. Joana was born and changed my life. This is one more responsibility, and becoming a parent is the dream of every couple and thank God our time has come and it added a bunch of happiness to our home."
"But if I stop for one moment to think about what happened to me (in 2012), besides the birth of Joana, I'll get crazy. Koch, Hatsu Hioki and perhaps "Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung could have been my challenges and none of them are in front of me. Frankie Edgar will be though."
The Superfight against Edgar is the main event of UFC 156, scheduled for Saturday night in Las Vegas. Everybody wanted to see this fight, and everybody wanted to book it, either at featherweight or lightweight. The buzz of Aldo going up to 155 was huge, but once Edgar lost his rematch against Benson Henderson and Koch was forced out of the bout with Aldo, the Brazilian will welcome the former lightweight champion in his seventh consecutive title bout.
"The division was packed once again, but I knew if he lost his rematch against Bendo, he'd drop to 145," Aldo told. "The fans say they expected this fight, and I do too. This is a dream match for me, because the man had an excellent history during his lightweight times and now we'll see what will happen."
Since the beginning of the UFC career of "The Answer" in the 155-division, people said he was too small for the peers. He answered by beating BJ Penn twice and Gray Maynard once. After two defeats in very close fights with Henderson, Edgar is in the weight class everybody wanted to see him compete in - featherweight. Aldo believes the New Jersey native is tough as nails, but that all the advantages are in his hands as he game plans for the former lightweight champion.
"He didn't cut too much weight for the lightweights, but now he needs to," Aldo analyzes. "The speed here [at 145] is a key factor too. He was fast at lightweight, and trying to emulate a few moves and the pace he set can open the gaps for counter attacks and things like that. So let's see what happens."
As for the assumption that since Edgar put in nearly 29 rounds in his last six fights compared to Aldo's 20 that the later rounds will belong to the challenger if it goes that far, Aldo disagrees.
"Everything can be talked about and seen, but when the door locks there are many options for a fighter," he said. "Before my fight against Urijah Faber in WEC, people said that if he pushed me to the limit of the fifth round, I'd break. But I did it and I did it twice in the UFC, proving I'm not just a champion of the early rounds; I'm the champion because I fight and pass through the challenges that are present."
So we have to ask, will Aldo have a new celebration if he wins?
"If God permits, I'll bring the victory and I'll dedicate it to my daughter. What will it be? A surprise once again, but I promise nothing to get my manager and my coach mad."
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The base's senior officer, Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, said there is a "strong possibility" that Spc. Ivan Lopez had a "verbal altercation" with another soldier or soldiers immediately before Wednesday's shooting, which unfolded on the same Army post that was the scene of an infamous 2009 mass shooting.
However, there's no indication that he targeted specific soldiers, Milley said.
Lopez never saw combat during a deployment to Iraq and had shown no apparent risk of violence before the shooting, officials said.
The 34-year-old truck driver from Puerto Rico seemed to have a clean record that showed no ties to extremist groups. But the Army secretary promised that investigators would keep all avenues open in their inquiry of the soldier whose rampage ended only after he fired a final bullet into his own head.
"We're not making any assumptions by that. We're going to keep an open mind and an open investigation. We will go where the facts lead us," Army Secretary John McHugh said, explaining that "possible extremist involvement is still being looked at very, very carefully."
Investigators were also looking into Lopez's psychological background. He had sought help for depression, anxiety and other problems, military officials said.
"We have very strong evidence that he had a medical history that indicates unstable psychiatric or psychological condition," Milley said. "We believe that to be a fundamental underlying cause."
Scott & White Memorial Hospital in nearby Temple, Texas, was still caring for several of the 16 people who were wounded. All of them were in either serious or good condition, and some could be discharged before the end of Thursday.
Hospital officials had no information about patients being treated elsewhere, including at a base hospital. But because Scott & White is the area's only trauma center, the patients with the most serious injuries were probably taken there.
Investigators searched the soldier's home Thursday and questioned his wife, Fort Hood spokesman Chris Haug said.
Lopez apparently walked into a building Wednesday and began firing a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol. He then got into a vehicle and continued firing before driving to another building. He was eventually confronted by military police in a parking lot, Milley said.
As he came within 20 feet of a police officer, the gunman put his hands up but then reached under his jacket and pulled out his gun. The officer drew her own weapon, and the suspect put his gun to his head and pulled the trigger, Milley said.
Lopez grew up in Guayanilla, a town of fewer than 10,000 people on the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico, with a mother who was a nurse at a public clinic and a father who did maintenance for an electric utility company.
Glidden Lopez Torres, who said he was a friend speaking for the family, said Lopez's mother died of a heart attack in November.
The soldier was upset that he was granted only a 24-hour leave to attend her funeral, which was delayed for nearly a week so he could be there, the spokesman said. The leave was then extended to two days.
Lopez joined the island's National Guard in 1999 and served on a yearlong peacekeeping mission in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in the mid-2000s. He enlisted with the Army in 2008 and saw no combat during a four-month deployment to Iraq as a truck driver in 2011, McHugh said.
A review of his service record showed no Purple Heart, indicating he was never wounded. He arrived at Fort Hood in February from Fort Bliss, Texas.
He saw a psychiatrist last month and showed no "sign of any likely violence either to himself or others," McHugh said.
Suzie Miller, a 71-year-old retired property manager who lived in the same Killeen apartment complex as Lopez, said few people knew him and his wife well because they had just moved in.
"I'd see him in his uniform heading out to the car every morning," Miller said. "He was friendly to me and a lot of us around here."
The shootings revived memories of the November 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, the deadliest attack on a domestic military installation in U.S. history. Thirteen people were killed and more than 30 were wounded.
Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan was convicted last year in that assault, which he has said was to protect Islamic insurgents abroad from American aggression. After that shooting, the military tightened base security nationwide.
Associated Press writers Ramit Plushnick-Masti in Houston; Christopher Sherman in McAllen; Robert Burns, Eric Tucker and Alicia Caldwell in Washington; and Dánica Coto in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico.


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While this sounds nice, how, exactly, does one become a "prescribed patient?" Once a doctor "prescribes" such a device, what are his responsibilities? Does this obligate the physician to 24/7/365 availability for EKG interpretations? How are HIPAA-compliant tracings sent between doctor and patient? How are the tracings and medical care documented in the (electronic) medical record? What are the legal risks to the doctor if the patient transmits OTHER patient's EKG's to OTHER people, non-securely?
At this point, no one knows. We are entering into new, uncharted medicolegal territory.
But the legal risks for prescribing a device to a patient are, sadly, probably real, especially since the FDA has now officially sanctioned this little iPhone case as a real, "live" medical device. But I must say, I am not a legal expert in this area and would defer to others with more legal expertise to comment on these thorny issues.
This issue came up because a patient saw the device demonstrated in my office and wanted me to prescribe it for them. So I sent AliveCor's Dr. Dave Alpert a tweet and later received this "how to" e-mail response from their support team:
Dear Dr. Fisher,It is clear AliveCor wants to provide the device and its app, but will not be responsible for the interpretation of EKG's. That is up to the doctor and their patient how to manage the clinical expectations of this technology. While some patients could probably perform EKG interpretation basics, I would guess most don't really understand what that wavy line means. Hence, this is where a discussion should be held with a patient BEFORE prescribing this device and the expectations defined before its use.
Thank you for your interest in the AliveCor Heart Monitor. I'm writing in response to your tweet to Dr. Dave (Alpert) yesterday. Below are the instructions; in addition these instructions can be found at www.alivecor.com (click on the "Buy Now" link in the upper right corner).
To obtain a monitor for your patients, please follow these steps:
1. Write a prescription for the "AliveCor Heart Monitor for iPhone 4/4S"
2. Ask your patient to go to here and submit the following:
a. The prescriber's information - your name, address, phone number, license number and license state or NPI (National Provider Identifier)
b. A copy of the prescription (attach a scanned copy or photo)
3. Go to www.alivecor.com and click on the "Buy Now" link in the upper right to purchase the monitor
a. In the "NPI/State Medical Lic #" enter "Prescription"
NOTE: The patient's credit card will be charged once they place their order, however we can't process their order unless we have received their prescription.
Please know that at this time AliveCor does not provide any ECG interpretation, diagnosis or analysis of the data obtained with the monitor. Patients will be instructed to contact you, their physician, regarding any questions they may have regarding their recordings.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
For me, I am happy to provide interpretations free of charge when needed as long as it is convenient and non-disruptive to my clinical responsibilities and personal life. There are only so many hours of the day and since I must value that time, cannot bill for this EKG-reading service, and have no quality control over the caliber of the recordings submitted, I consider my interpretations of tracings sent to me to be provided to the patient as a "good Samaritan" in every legal sense of the term. Patients who have clinically worrisome symptoms and need emergent analysis of their heart rhythm should seek help in an emergency department or call 911 and not expect a doctor to provide an immediate interpretation of their tracing, unless such an arrangement is defined clearly between doctor and patient before issuing the device. Expecting a doctor to make urgent clinical decisions based on this single-lead EKG app is of limited utility, in many (and maybe most) instances in my view, so patients should look at this device as a convenient adjunct to more conventional medical care. While it might come one day, the AliveCor iPhone EKG has simply has never been tested for emergency use as of the time of this writing.
So I may do a test run to see how it goes on a test basis but I can already see some legal concerns for doctors who prescribe this device. Until a clear interpretation workflow is established that can provide comprehensive coverage of interpretations paired with a well-defined and easy-to-use interface with a medical record system, patients should understand doctors' possible hesitation to prescribing this device to a multitude of patients for personal use.


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At some point this past summer Kristan Scott wondered if his senior thesis project had a future.
Since the spring of his junior year, the Princeton University molecular biology major had studied the scientific literature related to a mutant gene linked not only to colorectal cancer but also to the cancer's ability to resist chemotherapy. He was now hoping to reproduce and observe this resistance in yeast developed in the lab of his thesis adviser Alison Gammie.
But the resistance was not happening. Not that Scott could see, anyway.
After a discussion with Gammie earlier this fall, however, he implemented a different approach. He had been tracking cell survival, but that all-or-nothing type of measurement would not detect more subtle interactions between chemotherapy and the mutant cells. Instead, Scott focused on a cell's growth rate. While not a new strategy generally, he said, it was a clever technique in this case and, most importantly, it worked.
"It was a relief when it started working," Scott said. "Before then, when I had to struggle to reproduce resistance, it was hard. Because work in biology can take years, I didn't expect to have a large amount of data for my senior thesis, but I still wanted it to be good. Science can be rough throughout but it's really satisfying when you finally get interesting data."
Once Scott figured out how to record chemotherapy resistance, he helped find the ideal combination of cancer treatments that restored the yeast's sensitivity to it. This result, which will be part of a paper currently being written in Gammie's lab, suggests a potential new chemotherapeutic approach for treating certain cancers.
Like any breakthrough, Scott's was the product of perseverance, a trait that he has shown consistently even in a situation when a young researcher could easily be discouraged, said Gammie, a senior lecturer in Princeton's Department of Molecular Biology who oversees a lab with Princeton Professor of Molecular Biology Mark Rose.
"Kristan's project was a little risky in the sense that we weren't sure he was going to be able to find the right conditions to see the drug resistance," Gammie said. "But he works really hard. He doesn't postpone or procrastinate. We talk about something and he does it. That's often the factor that determines how successful students are with their thesis. That was definitely the factor for his."
Also exciting for Scott, a Miami native with an interest in medical school, is the clinical relevance of his work. The Gammie lab focuses on the role of mismatch-repair protein mutations in the growth of cancer. These proteins act as a kind of biological spell-check, Gammie said, that ensures the DNA of genes is free of errors. While the work in Gammie's lab is conducted on yeast, her group works with University of Connecticut Professor of Medicine Christopher Heinen to translate the results to human cancer cells.
Scott focused his work on MSH2, a gene associated with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer, which accounts for roughly 5 percent of all colorectal cancer cases. Mismatch-repair genes can experience mutations that make the MSH2 gene itself a mutant and can lead to colorectal and other cancers with a strong resistance to chemotherapy, Scott said.
For his senior thesis, Scott examined how the mutations in MSH2 bestow that strong defense against chemotherapy. In addition, he wanted to better understand how the mutant cells respond to the cell damage wrought by chemotherapy and whether the deficient mismatch-repair proteins mean that cancerous cells are not receiving the message to die.
The reproduction of resistance was key to tracing where it came from, Scott said. He worked with the chemotherapy drug cisplatin — frequently used to treat colorectal cancer — and a yeast strain developed by Tim Arlow, a doctoral student in Gammie's lab. The yeast strain was sensitive to a spectrum of drugs, yet had the defective MSH2 gene. Thus, the researchers knew the yeast should be responding to the treatment and could then better understand why cells with mutant MSH2 genes were resistant to cisplatin.
After he observed this resistance, Scott helped figure out that a combination of cisplatin and a cancer treatment called bortezomib restored the sensitivity of some defective yeast strains to chemotherapy, an important result that expanded on Arlow's work, Gammie said. This finding will be included in the upcoming paper of which Scott will be a co-author.
Scott's determination, though, was among the most impressive qualities of his work, Gammie said. Once he identified the best combination of cancer treatments, he reproduced the results.
"It was a combination of perseverance and technology that allowed him to reproduce the resistance," Gammie said. "And he's repeated it enough times that we believe it. Kristan showed scientific maturity in his willingness to repeat his results. He understands that if you don't reproduce your results, you can't publish them."
Scott credits Gammie's mentorship as essential to his overcoming the challenges of his thesis research, as he was able to discuss ideas, obstacles and new approaches when he needed to.
"The amount of time I have put into this project is more than I've ever done before," Scott said. "Still, there was never a point when I wanted to give up because with Alison there was always something new to try, a different way from what I had been doing."


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Spring is on its way, and a lot of Spring recreation items are going on sale. Here are some of the best things to buy this month.
Every month, we look back at the best times to buy anything during the year, and pull out items each month to remind you what's coming. Obviously, none of this is to say you should go on a shopping spree—but if you've been holding off for a lower price on something, these are the things that get the sale treatment in March.
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Boats: If you're looking to get your sea legs, now's a good time to start looking at boats. This is for a number of reasons, as the folks over at Boatline and Bankrate suggest: First; it's boat show season, which means that you can buy used boats at discounted prices while everyone gets excited for the new models. And second; it's the off season in many parts of the country—not a lot of people take their boats out in the dead of winter—so demand is down, along with prices.
Computer Monitors: Black Friday isn't the only time to grab cheap computer monitors. January and February are inventory clearance time, according to CNET, which means that you're going to find some nice sales as manufacturers clear the way for other models. Check out our guide on picking the best monitor to find the right one for you.
Gas Grills & Air Conditioners: If you live in a colder area, February is a trying month. Luckily, summer-centric products like grills and air conditioners are quite a bit cheaper, says Bankrate, since no one else is really looking to get one. If you're in the market, now's a good time to grab.
Wedding Supplies: Like grills, everyone is waiting for the spring to plan their wedding—which means it's much easier to find a venue and negotiate prices this month, before the nice weather hits. Maybe an indoor wedding is right for you instead. While you're at it, check out this list of other ways to save on your wedding.
Winter Coats & Clothing: For obvious reasons, the later you get into winter, the cheaper winter clothing gets. If you can wait until the end of the season, both TIME and Dealnews agree: you can find some nice discounts.
Chocolate: For obvious reasons, Valentines-themed chocolate goes on sale after Valentine's day, so you can stock up for cheap. If you miss out, wait until Easter passes by, then grab yourself some cheap chocolate rabbits.
Frozen Foods: As silly as it sounds, March is National Frozen Food Month, which means you're likely to find some deals in the frozen food section at your local grocery store. Since frozen food lasts a long time—and since frozen produce is often just as nutritious as fresh—now would be the time to stock up. Just make sure you're storing everything properly.
Golf Clubs: Spring is on the way, which means new golf clubs are coming out, says LIVESTRONG and SaveAMillionShots.com. If you can deal with having last year's models, you can nab them for a cheaper price as the pro shop clears them out. Keep an eye out around Father's Day, too, when golf clubs tend to go on sale.
Luggage: Dealnews found that March is a good time to pick up travel gear at a discount, likely because its between vacation seasons. If your old bags are starting to feel a little worn, now's a good time to prepare for your spring and summer vacations.
We'll be posting updates for you guys every month, so you're aware of the deals going on all year round. If you're curious to see what's coming up, you can always check out our full best time to buy guide to see the entire year at a glance. And, if you know of any deals we didn't mention, share them in the comments below.


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I have always wanted to go to Austin. I can't even wait, I'll be bummed if I can't come out there for the show.
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So, I'm feeling all good and all this past Wednesday afternoon, wrapping up teaching for the week, posting a little 'hey I'm off for a few days' post, gearing up for a little travel and a lot of talking, good friends, interesting projects, s'all good.
Then I head into the washroom to freshen up before heading home for the day – after an afternoon of lecturing – and notice. That. My. Fly. Is. Open.
Zipper. DOWN.
As it must have been for, oh, the previous couple of hours. During which time I:
1) Chatted with a colleague outside the student union building;
2) Met with three different students, seeking help on assignments;
3) Conducted an hour-long lecture on the thought of Karl Marx.
So, of course, I had to spend the next half-hour in the washroom, assuming every conceivable lecture-posture and examining the effects of said postures on visibility of open fly (hands in pockets – fly gapes open; arms folded over chest – fly gapes open; pacing – fly gapes open.)
I ceased posturing when a faculty member from the Department of Economics came in and raised her eyebrows at me, and immediately set about washing my hands, quite unnecessarily.
It was at that point – my attention momentarily diverted from my crotch – that I noticed that I had suddenly sprouted a giant zit on the very frontmost tip of my nose. And became immediately obsessed with figuring out whether that zit had been there throughout My Afternoon of Zipless Stupidity or had just sprouted, and, then, whether the presence of a giant zit on the nose of a zipless lecturer might distract from her state of ziplessness.
I concluded that it all just sucked. I remain committed to that conclusion. Am silly, and slovenly, and none too happy about it.
So tomorrow morning I get on plane with my zit and travel to Kentucky whereupon I will meet good friends and speak publicly and generally expose myself to further opportunities for embarassment. Feelin' good about that.
Nothing like a double dose of the stupids AND the uglies to nuke one's self-confidence.
Tomorrow will be a better day. But I'll be sticking to skirts, just in case.


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DETROIT (AP) -- BMW is recalling more than 30,000 SUVs to fix an oil leak that can knock out the power-assisted braking.
The German automaker says the recall covers X5 SUVs in the U.S. from the 2007 through 2010 model years. The vehicles were made between Sept. 12, 2006, and March 18, 2010. They have eight-cylinder engines.
The company says a small amount of oil can leak from a brake hose and cause the power-assisted braking to fail. Brakes would still work, but the problem could increase stopping distances and cause a crash.
BMW says it has no reports of crashes or injuries. The problem was discovered when warranty claims increased.
The company will replace a brake vacuum line hose for free. The recall is expected to start this month.


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You may not have heard of pectus excavatum — or "sunken chest," as it's commonly known — but there's a good chance you know someone who was born with it.
It's the most common deformity of the chest wall, affecting roughly one in 500 people — boys much more often than girls. And while sunken chest can be corrected with surgery, the procedure is invasive and very painful. Many families won't do it.
But a new method using magnets and an external brace, developed by Michael Harrison, a pediatric surgeon at the University of California, San Francisco's Benioff Children's Hospital, could provide an alternative to the surgery.
People with pectus excavatum have chests that are concave. Sometimes, the condition is evident at birth. Other times, it develops gradually. It's not life-threatening, but it can put pressure on the lungs and heart.
"They'll tell you they get very fatigued when they exercise vigorously," says University of Minnesota Medical School pediatric surgeon Daniel Saltzman. "In fact, there's a vicious circle set where they don't want to exercise so they sit out, play video games, things like that."
But probably the worst part, at least from the perspective of a teenage boy, is how it looks. For 14-year-old Justin Rosales, it's just embarrassing.
"I show my friends that I trust," he says. "But not that much."
Rosales is from Stockton, Calif. That's in the Central Valley, where the average July temperature is 94 degrees. But Justin never swims without a T-shirt, says his father, because he's embarrassed to show the indent in his chest.
Justin is an only child. His dad works two jobs, but the whole family drives an hour and a half to Benioff Children's Hospital in San Francisco, where Justin is taking part in Harrison's clinical trial for the new procedure. The magnet procedure is in its second Food and Drug Administration trial, with about 15 children taking part.
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Other genealogy tools
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In addition to the tools in Gramps, there are other Free Software or Open Source genealogy tools to make websites, trees, parse GEDCOM, .... If Gramps tools do not meet your needs, you may wish to consider one of the following tools.
- 2 Blossoc
- 3 CollectiveAccess
- 4 Cranefoot
- 5 eSciDoc
- 6 Esp2ged
- 7 ExpoActes
- 8 Familier/Familiar
- 10 Gedail
- 11 GED2WWW-Genatoile
- 12 Gedcom one-to-one to XML
- 13 Généapro
- 14 GenXchange
- 15 Gramps-php-exporter
- 16 hrlib
- 17 hr2ged
- 18 JcArbGen
- 19 Karto
- 20 Omeka
- 21 openBMD
- 22 Phpmyfamily
- 23 PyPedal
- 24 Rodovid
- 25 SimplePyGed
- 26 Web Family Tree
- 27 XGenealogy
- 28 Xurano
- 29 Yggdrasil
- 30 Projects hosted on Sourceforge code
- 31 Projects hosted on Google code
- 32 Projects hosted on Github
- 33 Non-Free Software
- 34 Other Tools
- 35 Handset
ADAN (Archivage D'Actes Notariés) is a set of PHP modules in french with a search engine for managing Notarial certificates. It needs SHTML, PHP and MYSQL support. Released under GPL2.
Blossoc is a GPL linkage disequilibrium association mapping tool that attempts to build (perfect) genealogies for each site in the input and score these according to non-random clustering of affected individuals, and judge high-scoring areas as likely candidates for containing disease affecting variation.
CollectiveAccess is a highly configurable cataloguing tool and web-based application for museums, archives and digital collections. Available free of charge under the GPL open-source license, it requires little to no custom programming to support a variety of metadata standards, external data sources and repositories, as well as most popular media formats. In addition to multilingual cataloguing facilities, it allows publication of this data in the languages of your choice.
Cranefoot is a lightweight program designed primarily for geneticists but you can use it for other pedigree visualization as well. Processes hundreds of families and thousands of individuals at once and wraps the results into a single document. Under GPL license.
With eSciDoc, scientists, librarians, and software developers can work with research data, create novel forms of publications, and establish new ways of scientific and scholarly communication. It is under Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), an OSI-certified license.
Esp2ged is a program to move data from Espólín to the GEDCOM file format supported by (almost) all genealogy programs. Esp2ged is released under the GNU GPL License, version 3 or higher.
ExpoActes is a belgian (french) PHP/MySQL module for easily displaying, editing and modifing certificates on your web server host.
Released under GPL, you need at least Apache 1.3, PHP 4.3 and MySQL 4.0.
Levels for access:
- 1 = Access to city, parish
- 2 = Access to patronymic
- 3 = Access to tables (names and dates)
- 4 = Access to more informations on certificates
- 5 = Allowed to load data with Nimègue (Windows program)
- 6 = Allowed to load data with CSV (LibreOffice or text)
- 7 = ** not used
- 8 = Allowed to manage all data
- 9 = Admin
Seems Linux users need main module and config. This module is powerful but in French-only.
help (in french) for importing CSV on your server.
Familier/Familiar is a GPL cross-platform Family Tree management software using QT4. It supports viewing/editing file tree using drag-drop in multiple ways. Events allow you to define events in any number. It is available for both UNIX and Windows.
FASTLINK is a significantly modified and improved version of the main programs of LINKAGE. It has been used in over 1000 published genetic linkage studies. See also PedHunter and Cranefoot.
Gedail generates a Web genealogical site from a Gedcom file based on the gedcom 5.5 standard. It doesn't handle all gedcom elements. It is released under GPL.
GED2WWW was an open source software originally written by Leslie Howard. Jean-Baptiste Fahy maintained the program under GPL but the developments are now on a new program: GénàToile, which not display yet non-ASCII characters under UTF-8.
Gedcom one-to-one to XML
ged1212xml are scripts (awk|wsh ~ Javascript for Windows Script Host) to convert Gedcom data – one-to-one to wellformatted XML.
Généapro is GPL3 web genealogical software based on the GenTech data model.
GenXchange is an experimental collection of free GPL genealogy tools to work with GEDCOM 5.5 and GSF 2.0 files. This software allows export of data to GEDML and HTML files. GEDXchange runs on Linux, Windows 95 through Vista, and OSX operating systems. Written in C, these tool are a set of fast binaries (not scripts) of both graphical interface and command line interface applications to meet most genealogy viewing and recording needs.
gramps-php-exporter exports your Gramps XML database to a SQLite database, using python 2 or 3.
Additionally there are some PHP scripts to display your database on the web.
All privacy settings are honoured.
hrlib is a python library to read Heredis (a genealogy program) file. It allow you to read-only everything in a Heredis file with extension .hrX. Plus hrreportmaker create some reports with hrlib. It is able to use LifeLine report and also create new one in Python. There is no packages but files are on CVS. It is released under GPL.
hr2ged is a python program that transcribe Heredis file in Gedcom. It is available both with a GUI and on command-line. Also hr2db may transcribe to MYSQL, ACCESS (via ODBC), Gadfly. It is released under GPL.
JcArbGen is a KDE (qt) pedigree tree manager in french. It is released under GPL.
karto needs java and is released under GPL.
Karto allows to calibrate a scanned map with some known geo-points (Lambert, UTM, ...). After that, you can add any points (GPS points) in the map to build your own map. You can also add a transparent GIF image in the map after calibration (cave or mine). It doesn't work with common genealogical formats but with most images and textual masks. Useful if you want to display ancestors on your old map.
Omeka is a GPL flexible web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions.
openBMD is a free and cross-platform desktop application under GPL2 for the transcription of Birth, Marriage and Death (BMD) index records.
phpmyfamily is a dynamic genealogy website builder which allows geographically dispersed family members to maintain a central database of research which is readily accessable and editable. By having a central repository, family members can contribute as and when information becomes available without requiring them to send it to a central 'custodian', or disseminate via email, and allows anecdotal information and possible leads to be shared.
PyPedal - Python Pedigree Analysis is a Python module that provides tools for the manipulation of pedigrees, simple visualization of pedigrees, and the calculation of measures of genetic diversity from pedigrees.
Rodovid is a GPL2 drag-n-drop genealogic program for Linux or Windows based on Tk, Perl. You can edit info (name, sex, dates of birth, death, marriage, etc...) for individuals, add/remove photos, import and export GEDCOM data, creating sites like this one.
SimplePyGed - A simple Python GEDCOM parser, provides Python API to most commonly used GEDCOM records, tags and events. Released under GPL.
Web Family Tree
Web Family Tree draws a tree of ancestors and descendants for any person, showing any number of generations (where the information exists). Published with a GNU General Public License. Also, Gramps allows to export into this format. You may download the last version on freshmeat.
XGenealogy is a open-source genealogy program using GEDCOM 6.0 and written in java.
Xurano is a GNU Public License graphical editor to create and edit mid-size family trees (some hundred persons).
Yggdrasil is a PostgreSQL database and a PHP front-end for large genealogy or prosopography research projects, with focus on documentation of the entire population of a particular area. New BSD License.
Projects hosted on Sourceforge code
Sourceforge is hosting some free and open source projects.
Projects hosted on Google code
Google code (archive) hosted many free and open source projects.
Projects hosted on Github
Github hosting many free and open source genealogy projects.
Non-Free Software
In addition to Free Software and Open Source Software programs, there are no cost, shareware and commercial genealogy tools. It is not the goal of the Gramps project to promote such products, since they do not preserve the user's freedom and can lock the user's data out of his/her control.
For more information on no cost, shareware and commercial, see Cyndi's List or Geneasoft.
Other Tools
One can also exchange information with family web applications, but these are not directly genealogy related. They can be interesting to host data generated from genealogy applications (anniversaries, ...). Some free tools (you need the skill to set up a web service, most web projects have companies connected to them that for a fixed fee host and maintain the application for you):
- Family Connection: Family Connection is a GPL Web application based on Ruby on Rails, which restricts access only to family members by requiring a family password. It offers Family News, Address Book, Photo Album.
- Experimental Gramps mobile interface for devices with Meego and maybe devices with Tizen.
See also DenominoViso
- Experimental Maegen for Maemo5/N900.


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"Let's set party interests aside and work to pass a budget that replaces reckless cuts with smart savings and wise investments in our future. And let's do it without the brinksmanship that stresses consumers and scares off investors. The greatest nation on earth cannot keep conducting its business by drifting from one manufactured crisis to the next," Obama said to a sustained standing ovation from Democrats in the chamber while Republicans sat silent.
For now, Americans are far happier with Obama's leadership than they are with Congress. A recent Associated Press-GfK poll found that 54 percent of registered voters approve of the job Obama is doing, compared with just 17 percent for Congress.
But that isn't preventing Republicans from digging in their heels. House Speaker John Boehner told television correspondents and anchors Tuesday that immigration is about the only item on Obama's list that has a chance of passing this year. He said the president is more interested in getting a Democratic majority in both chambers next year and he doesn't believe Obama "has the guts" to take on liberals in his party over spending cuts.
Obama recognized that the divided Congress may not fall in line behind all his priorities, specifically mentioning climate change, but said he'd move forward with or without their support. "If Congress won't act soon to protect future generations, I will," Obama said. "I will direct my Cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take, now and in the future, to reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of climate change and speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy."
The White House is acutely aware that Obama must act fast if he wants to be a transformational leader. The president has maybe a year before electoral politics tends to accelerate the already nasty gridlock between the White House and Republican lawmakers.
That's because come next year, members of Congress will be focused on their own campaigns for the midterm election. Then attention focuses on the race to succeed Obama with the primary campaign taking shape in 2015.
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During the Los Angeles riots of 1992, Rodney King famously asked, "Can't we all just get along?" The answer should be an easy and unequivocal "yes," but it seems less and less likely these days.
King was speaking in term of race, but the same could be said of political ideology. Liberals, conservatives and every other point on the political spectrum used to co-exist fairly easily (with the exception of left-wing anarchists who don't get along with anyone). But these days détente has given way to anger and open hostility.
Some, not all, people have become less civil to those with whom they disagree politically. The modern left, birthed with the start of the eugenics-loving, racist progressive movement at the turn of the 20th century, always has embraced, to varying degrees, the concept of silencing opponents. Through the factions of communism, socialism and fascism (all takes on the same philosophy), leftists have made continuous attempts to silence and punish anyone who doesn't toe their line.
President Woodrow Wilson, a progressive hero, made it illegal to speak German in this country and, in the Sedition Act of 1917, outlawed the use of "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" against the government, flag or military. Wilson's rabid racism and implementation of segregationist policies in the federal government are routinely ignored by progressives today. But
But that was (and still is) what progressives stood for. They were the elites, the smartest the nation had to offer. And, as such, it was up to them to "improve" the world through government action. They were white, so blacks were inferior. They were smart, so anyone they deemed not to be was inferior, and so on. They believed certain "undesirable" people should be sterilized and thus bred out of existence.
Those deemed worthy or necessary to be allowed to continue to exist would be ruled by them because they, the progressives, quite simply knew better what people needed than the people themselves. Constitution be damned, they were "progressing" the human race.
Although their tactics have changed over time, their motivation and ultimate desires haven't – they want control and don't care who or what they destroy to get it.
Fast-forward to today. Progressives are in the process of seizing control of the health care system. Regulations and laws are making more and more businesses effective wards of the state functioning in the ever-narrowing window of what's left of the free-market.
But it's not just economics. The sentiments behind President Wilson's Sedition Act are alive and well. They're no longer embedded in government; they've moved to the media and academia. Speech codes limit not only the words students can use but their ability to express thoughts and opinions progressives deem unworthy. Progressive media outlets frame opposition to President Obama as racist in the hopes of scaring critics into silence.
Now this disparate world view and loyalty to ideology over country/liberty/reality is metastasizing into more places it will damage beyond repair.
Union workers voluntarily have driven Hostess out of business. Seems they'd rather have no pay than less pay, no pension over a restructured one. They commit economic suicide, and pampered, over-paid union bosses such as Richard Trumka blame the Bain Capitals of the world.
Even on something as serious as the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, progressives aren't interested in facts. Calls for truth-seeking are met with cries of racism because UN Ambassador Susan Rice, the sacrificial lamb the president sent out to lie for him, happened to be black. These progressives are not remotely interested in why Rice lied to the American people about what happened that sad night, nor do they care about being lied to themselves. They care about their agenda. Lying to the contemptible masses is acceptable and encouraged because the unwashed masses don't know what's best for themselves anyway.
This "progressive" attitude toward reality is now amplified by the web of social media, which empowers the spread of their fact-lacking desires to once-unheard drones who parrot it unquestioned to the world. Like a cold virus on a plane, it spreads. The truth, or even a desire to find it (as in the case of Benghazi), immediately butts up against a wall of willful ignorance built by a left-wing industrial complex of moneyed interests and true believers. No amount of contradictory evidence can convince them what actually is if they wish it not to be.
The right has its own version of this suborn, wishfully ignorant army. But it is smaller with much less funding. The reason this hive-mindset doesn't translate to the right is we are not all of like minds. Priorities to one conservative are not priorities to another. Diversity of opinion not only exists on the political right, it is encouraged. Nothing less would be accepted from a philosophy based on the individual.
The progressive left doesn't suffer from intellectual diversity. In spite of its penchant for bumper stickers calling for questioning of authority, celebrating diversity and "tolerance," progressives tolerate deviation from their prescribed norm like Hamas would tolerate the suggestion they observe Rosh Hashanah. That's why there's so little dissent from anything its leaders propose. No group of nearly 200 clear-thinking individuals who swore an oath to the Constitution and hoped to sway a majority of Americans to their cause would ever elect a radical San Francisco leftist their leader, yet Nancy Pelosi…
When Rodney King asked his famous question, we really could have all gotten along. But the intervening years saw the rejection of a liberal, almost moderate, left and the rebirth of a philosophy spawned from hatred and division with the sole goal of control. Although a great many Americans support this goal, the wool has been pulled over the eyes of many more who've been fooled into thinking liberty is a chip to be bartered for a crumb of pie rather than the key to making your own.
I opt against trading my liberty to sing kumbaya with those who seek to impose upon me that which I do not want because they deem it in my best interest. Our president can bow to anyone he wants, but I will no bow to him, nor will I bow to his ideological brethren. I will not bow to anyone. We can all get along, but as long as my opponents seek to deny me any of my liberty, I choose not to.


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Who in security topped the Inc. 5000 this year?
By Martha Entwistle
Updated Wed August 22, 2012
The Inc. 5000 has released its 2012 list, and again, there are a number of physical security companies included.
Top among the physical security companies that I saw on the Inc. 5000 list, which was officially released yesterday was VMS Alarms, a residential and small business security company and Monitronics dealer.
VMS Alarms ranks #526 on the 2012 List. It had a three-year growth rate of 731 percent; 2008 revenues of $2.3 million, and 2011 revenues of $19.5 million.
Here's my blog on security companies who made the list in 2011, and below are some other manufacturers and installers from the security industry:
#636 EP Technology: 2008 revenues of $2.8 million and 2011 revenues of $18.6 million. Manufactures and distributes intelligent video security products. Focuses on manufacturing and supplying closed-circuit television systems, security cameras and digital recording devices.
#770 Eid Passport: 2008 revenues of $5.3 million and 2011 revenues of $29.2 million. Offers products and services that combine identity authentication, background screening, and access management to make facilities, assets, and people safer and more secure. Eid Passport's patented programs enable highly secure facilities such as military installations, government buildings, manufacturing and distribution sites, ports, and commercial buildings to increase security and streamline access for authorized personnel.
#826 Exacq Technologies: 2008 revenues: $6.3 million; 2011 revenues: $32.3 million. Develops open architecture, video management system solutions for security and surveillance applications.
#943 Sting Alarm: 2008 revenues: $1 million; 2011 revenues: $4.5 million. Installs and maintains advanced video surveillance and burglar alarm systems for high-rise residential towers, casinos, retail chains, and other customers.
#1097 LogicMark: 2008 revenues: $2 million; 2011 revenues: $7.7 million. Manufactures a line of personal emergency response systems. Users, such as the elderly or those with serious medical issues, wear a pendant with a speakerphone, and can push a button to call for help.
#1123 Nationwide Security Solutions: 2008 revenues: $1.6 million; 2011 revenues: $6 million. Sells and installs residential and commercial security and automation systems. Serves as the primary distributor for represent Monitronics International, a producer of security and monitoring technology for burglar, fire and medical emergency systems. Also offers two-way voice, cellular, and medical monthly monitoring plans.
#1255 Integrity Alarms: 2008 revenues: $1.6 million; 2011 revenues: $6 million. An ADT authorized dealer that sells, installs, and maintains home security systems in California, Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware.
#1312 Radiant RFID: 2008 revenues: $1.9 million; 2011 revenues: $6.3 million. Designs, installs, and integrates technology that tracks, locates, and monitors people and products for government, education, and corporate customers. It can be used to keep track of and protect a company's physical assets; for access control in gated communities; to monitor attendance and capture traffic flow at large events such as trade shows; and to manage large-scale evacuations.
#1464 SecurityHunter: 2008 revenues: $2.3 million; 2011 revenues: $6.9 million. Designs, manufactures and installs electronic and physical security systems that are used by federal agencies, including the Department of Defense.
#1483 AMP Alarm: 2008 revenues: $8.5 million; 2011 revenues: $25.7 million. Sells and installs security systems to protect people, their homes, and their possessions and to arrest and prevent burglary, fire, and medical emergencies.
#1485 Alert Logic: 2008 revenues: $7.1 million; 2011 revenues: $21.4 million. Provides security services for cloud computing allowing customers to defend against security threats and address compliance mandates. Alert Logic partners with over half of the largest cloud and hosting service providers to provide fully managed intrusion protection, vulnerability assessment and log management for nearly 2,000 enterprise customers.
#1661 InVue Security Products: 2008 revenues: $36 million; 2011 revenues: $98.9 million. Designs and manufactures security devices that allow retailers to openly display electronic merchandise that poses a high risk of theft.
#1824 Smith Monitoring: 2008 revenues: $2.1 million; 2011 revenues: $5.3 million. Offers home security and monitoring systems, and home automation integration systems.
#1894 NDI Recognition Systems: 2008 revenues: $2.1 million; 2011 revenues: $5.3 million. Designs and manufactures automated license plate recognition technologies for use in law enforcement and other public safety applications. Its offerings include both mobile and fixed cameras, mobile processors, the Talon recognition engine, VeriPlate mobile application software, and installation and support.
#2056 Defender Direct: 2008 revenues: $312 million; 2011 revenues: $136 million. Sells and installs ADT home-security and Dish Network systems for homeowners.
#2192 IntraLogic Solutions: 2008 revenues: $1.4 million; 2011 revenues: $3 million. Provides security and surveillance services and systems to school districts, municipal clients, state offices, government agencies and private-sector clients. Designs, installs and maintains broad-spectrum security systems that use the latest technology and cost controls.
#2196 DTT Surveillance Systems: 2008 revenues: $7.9 million; 2011 revenues: $17.2 million. Supplies, installs and supports digital surveillance and monitoring equipment for the restaurant and hospitality industries. DTT's video systems include security, theft-prevention and quality-control products.
#2961 PowerHome Technologies: 2008 revenues: $9.6 million; 2011 revenues: $16.8 million. Specializes in the sale and installation of residential and small business security systems.
#3477 Intelligent Access Systems of North Carolina: 2008 revenues: $8.8 million; 2011 revenues: $13.5 million. Offers electronic security integration, primarily in the critical infrastructure, healthcare, and higher education markets.
#3842 Electric Guard Dog: 2008 revenues: $12.4 million; 2011 revenues: $17.5 million. Provides perimeter electric security fencing across the nation for industrial and commercial locations.
#4175 Sentry Communications: 2008 revenues: $3.9 million; 2011 revenues: $5.1 million. Installs and services security systems, including digital CCTV, fire systems, and access control, for commercial, industrial, and residential clients.


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SEATTLE (AP) - Stand-up comedian and actor Katt Williams said he was ordered to leave a Seattle hotel late Monday, hours after he was released from jail following a dispute at a bar.
Williams was ordered to leave a Courtyard Marriott after an unspecified incident that involved a police presence, Seattlepi.com reported.
Williams didn't say why he was ejected, and neither police nor a hotel manager immediately returned calls from the Associated Press. Attempts to reach Williams were not immediately successful.
Williams was released from jail early Monday after police say he argued with a patron at a bar, menaced the manager with a pool cue and refused to leave World Sports Grille on Sunday. He was also accused of flicking a cigarette into a woman's face through a car window and throwing a rock at the vehicle.
Police say Williams struggled with officers who arrested him and jailed him for investigation of assault, harassment and obstruction.
Police say Williams also was involved in an altercation with three fans Friday evening after they tried to take a photo with him. He said they had forced their way into his dressing room.
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