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+%======================================================================
+%                    S T A R T U P . M 
+%                    doc: Tue Apr 17 14:48:48 2012
+%                    dlm: Tue Apr 17 14:49:28 2012
+%                    (c) 2012 A.M. Thurnherr
+%                    uE-Info: 9 1 NIL 0 0 72 0 2 4 NIL ofnI
+%======================================================================
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+%addpath /Data/src/Matlab/ant
+addpath /Data/LADCP/Software/LDEO_IX/current
+addpath /Data/LADCP/Software/Thurnherr/shear_inversion/2012_NBP0901