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+/*
+This SOFTWARE has been authored by an employee or employees of the University of 
+California, operator of the Los Alamos National Laboratory under Contract No.
+W-7405-ENG-36 with the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of Chicago,
+operator of the Argonne National Laboratory under Contract N. W-31-109-ENG038. 
+The U.S. Government has rights to use, reporduce, and distribute this SOFTWARE.
+The public may copy, distribute, prepare derivative works and pubically display
+this SOFTWARE without charge, probided that this Notice and any statement of 
+authorship are reproduced on all copies. Neither the Government nor the Univer-
+sities make any waranty, express or implied, or assumes any liability or respon-
+sibility for the use of thie SOFTWARE. If SOFTWARE is mmodified to produce de-
+rivitive works, such modified SOFTWARE should be clearly marked, so as not to
+confuse it with the version available from LANL.
+*/