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 Author:  Paul Ullrich
 Email:   paullrich@ucdavis.edu
 
-Copyright (c) 2017, Paul Ullrich
-All rights reserved.
-
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: