version 0.2 corrected version misalignment in package man page and Description file version 0.1.21 Fixed escaped LaTeX specials in help files version 0.1.20 Added GlassPatterns data set that was omitted or had disappeared. version 0.1.16 Deprecated polmer function. The code is still available in the scripts, 'Ch9.R' This serves to eiminate any explicit dependencies on the lme4.0 package. version 0.1.15 Mention of where to find lme4.0 in DESCRIPTION file to comply with CRAN policy version 0.1.14 fixed use of ::: to :: except for lme4.0 references which remain for the time in polmer function fixed incorrect reference to data set in ModelFest.df example version 0.1.12 started NEWS file some fixes in scripts, new example to replace mcmcsamp usage w/ lme and intervals from nlme package