Changes from ver 1.0-3 to ver 1.0-4     [Oct-03-2014]
   1) bigsplines-package
	*   Minor updates for prediction functions.
	*   Updated some references throughout.
   2) predict.ssa
	*   Added option for including intercept.
	*   Stability and usability improvements.
   3) predict.ssg
	*   Added option for including intercept.
	*   Stability and usability improvements.            
   4) predict.ssp
	*   Added option for including intercept.
	*   Stability and usability improvements.

Changes from ver 1.0-2 to ver 1.0-3     [Aug-26-2014]
   1) bigsplines-package
	*   Major update: support for non-Gaussian responses (see bigssg and makessg) 
	*   Updated contact information (helwig@umn.edu)
   2) bigssa
	*   Added weights input (for weighted penalized LS)
	*   Added check for input gcvopts (to ensure options are valid)
   3) bigssg
	*   Extension of the bigssa function for non-Gaussian data
	*   Handles data from five distributions: Binomial, Poisson, Gamma, 
            Inverse Gaussian, and Negative Binomial
   4) bigssp
	*   Added weights input (for weighted penalized LS)
	*   Added check for input gcvopts (to ensure options are valid)
   5) makessa
	*   Added weights input (for weighted penalized LS)
	*   Added check for input gcvopts (to ensure options are valid)
   6) makessg
	*   Extension of the makessa function for non-Gaussian data
	*   Handles data from five distributions: Binomial, Poisson, Gamma, 
            Inverse Gaussian, and Negative Binomial
   7) makessp
	*   Added weights input (for weighted penalized LS)
	*   Added check for input gcvopts (to ensure options are valid)


Changes from ver 1.0-1 to ver 1.0-2     [July-12-2014]
   1) bigsplines-package
	*   New title:   bigsplines: Smoothing splines for large samples
	*   Updated references
   2) bigspline
	*   binsamp is called internally, so all binsamp changes apply
	*   Accuracy, stability, and speed improvements for rounding parameters
	*   Added knotcheck input (for stability)
   3) bigssa
	*   Accuracy, stability, and speed improvements for rounding parameters
	*   Added knotcheck input (for stability)
	*   Added gammas input (for smoothing parameter initialization)
   4) bigssp
	*   Accuracy, stability, and speed improvements for rounding parameters
	*   Added knotcheck input (for stability)
	*   Added thetas input (for smoothing parameter initialization)
   5) bigtps
	*   Accuracy, stability, and speed improvements for rounding parameters
	*   Added knotcheck input (for stability)
   6) binsamp
	*   Bug fix: with exactly 1 data observation in each bin
	*   Changed default to nmbin=11
	*   Accuracy, stability, and speed improvements 
	*   Added option for algorithm in ver 1.0-0 (for reproducibility of JCGS paper)
	*   Added return (to print knot indices)
   7) imagebar
	*   Bug fix: last color of bar is now plotted appropriately
   8) makessa
	*   Accuracy, stability, and speed improvements for rounding parameters
	*   Improvement: handles misordered interactions (e.g., time:space vs space:time)
	*   Added knotcheck input (for stability)
	*   Added gammas input (for smoothing parameter initialization)
   9) makessp
	*   Accuracy, stability, and speed improvements for rounding parameters
	*   Improvement: handles misordered interactions (e.g., time:space vs space:time)
	*   Added knotcheck input (for stability)
	*   Added thetas input (for smoothing parameter initialization)


Changes from ver 1.0-0 to ver 1.0-1     [May-17-2014]
   1) bigspline
	*   Bug fix: confirmatory smoothing with length(lambda)=1
	*   Bug fix: bin-sampling of knots
	*   binsamp is called internally, so all binsamp changes apply
   2) binsamp
	*   Improved bin-sampling algorithm
   3) bigtps
	*   Bug fix: confirmatory smoothing with length(lambda)=1
