Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/SMBsemic.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/SMBsemic.m	(revision 27453)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/SMBsemic.m	(revision 27454)
@@ -102,5 +102,5 @@
 			fielddisplay(self,'dailyairhumidity','daily air specific humidity [kg/kg]');
 			fielddisplay(self,'dailytemperature','daily surface air temperature [K]');
-			fielddisplay(self,'rlaps','present day lapse rate (default is 7.4 [degree/km]; )Erokhina et al. 2017)');
+			fielddisplay(self,'rlaps','present day lapse rate (default is 7.4 [degree/km]; Erokhina et al. 2017)');
 			fielddisplay(self,'desfac','desertification elevation factor (default is -log(2.0)/1000 [1/km]; Vizcaino et al. 2010)');
 			fielddisplay(self,'rdl','longwave downward radiation decrease (default is 0.29 [W/m^2/km]; Marty et al. 2002)');
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/transient.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/transient.py	(revision 27453)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/transient.py	(revision 27454)
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
     """
 
-    def __init__(self):  # {{{
+    def __init__(self, *args):  # {{{
         self.isage = 0
         self.issmb = 0