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+ H I S T O R Y
+ doc: Tue May 15 18:04:39 2012
+ dlm: Tue May 15 19:20:18 2012
+ (c) 2012 A.M. Thurnherr
+ uE-Info: 10 12 NIL 0 0 72 3 2 8 NIL ofnI
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+
+May 15, 2012:
+ - V1.0beta [.hg/hgrc]
+ - began history
+ - uploaded current version to server for use with first version
+ of re-implemented shear method