Changes in version 2.4-0                        

NEW FEATURES

    o   yuleNrate functions are much faster and use 
	much less memory           

BUG FIXES

    o   mccrTest, birthdeathSim are adjusted to the new geiger version

OTHER CHANGES

    o   some small changes to keep R CMD chech happy

    o   updated laser dependencies to geiger 1.99-3

    o   the internal functions Iyule, Iyule2rate, Iyule3rate have been deleted 

    o   some data files have been renamed 

    o   fitNDR_1rate and fitNDR_2rate functions are removed, as they are superseded by MEDUSA in Geiger