Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/inversions/misfit.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/inversions/misfit.m	(revision 13788)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/inversions/misfit.m	(revision 13789)
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 	x=md.mesh.x;
 	y=md.mesh.y;
-	vx=md.initialization.vx;
-	vy=md.initialization.vy;
+	%vx=md.initialization.vx;
+	%vy=md.initialization.vy;
+	vx=md.results.DiagnosticSolution.Vx;
+	vy=md.results.DiagnosticSolution.Vy;
 	vx_obs=md.inversion.vx_obs;
 	vy_obs=md.inversion.vy_obs;
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@
 	x=md.mesh.x2d;
 	y=md.mesh.y2d;
-	vx=project2d(md,md.initialization.vx,md.mesh.numberoflayers);
-	vy=project2d(md,md.initialization.vy,md.mesh.numberoflayers);
+	%vx=project2d(md,md.initialization.vx,md.mesh.numberoflayers);
+	%vy=project2d(md,md.initialization.vy,md.mesh.numberoflayers);
+	vx=project2d(md,md.results.DiagnosticSolution.Vx,md.mesh.numberoflayers);
+	vy=project2d(md,md.results.DiagnosticSolution.Vy,md.mesh.numberoflayers);
 	vx_obs=project2d(md,md.inversion.vx_obs,md.mesh.numberoflayers);
 	vy_obs=project2d(md,md.inversion.vy_obs,md.mesh.numberoflayers);
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/northarrow.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/northarrow.m	(revision 13788)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/northarrow.m	(revision 13789)
@@ -74,3 +74,3 @@
 xN=max([A(1) D(1) E(1) F(1) G(1)])+ratio/3*abs(lengtharrow);
 yN=mean([A(2) F(2) H(2)]);
-text(xN,yN,'North','FontSize',fontsize,'FontWeight','b');
+text(xN,yN,'N','FontSize',fontsize,'FontWeight','b');
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/startup.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/startup.py	(revision 13788)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/startup.py	(revision 13789)
@@ -16,20 +16,5 @@
 	raise NameError('"ISSM_DIR" environment variable is empty! You should define ISSM_DIR in your .cshrc or .bashrc!')
 
-#Now add all issm code paths necessary to run issm smoothly. 
-#We capture the error output, so that we can warn the user to update 
-#the variable ISSM_DIR in this file, in case it is not correctly setup. 
-
-#ISSM path. Go through src/py and load everything we find  that looks like a python file
-for root,dirs,files in os.walk(ISSM_DIR+ '/src/py'):
-	if '.svn' in dirs:
-		dirs.remove('.svn')
-	for file in files:
-		if file.find(".py") != -1:
-			if file.find(".pyc") == -1:
-				#add to path 
-				sys.path.append(root)
-				file=os.path.splitext(file)[0]
-				#__import__(file)
-
+#Go through src/m and append any directory that contains a *.py file to PATH 
 for root,dirs,files in os.walk(ISSM_DIR+ '/src/m'):
 	if '.svn' in dirs:
@@ -38,8 +23,6 @@
 		if file.find(".py") != -1:
 			if file.find(".pyc") == -1:
-				#add to path 
-				sys.path.append(root)
-				file=os.path.splitext(file)[0]
-				#__import__(file)
+				if root not in sys.path:
+					sys.path.append(root)
 				
 sys.path.append(ISSM_DIR + '/lib')