removed convenience methods used in another branch
removed convenience methods used in another branch

wgmueller1/pyhsmm,theDataGeek/pyhsmm,theDataGeek/pyhsmm,fivejjs/pyhsmm,fivejjs/pyhsmm,theDataGeek/pyhsmm,bikash/pyhsmm,fivejjs/pyhsmm,mattjj/pyhsmm,wgmueller1/pyhsmm,theDataGeek/pyhsmm,mattjj/pyhsmm,wgmueller1/pyhsmm,fivejjs/pyhsmm,wgmueller1/pyhsmm,bikash/pyhsmm,theDataGeek/pyhsmm,wgmueller1/pyhsmm,fivejjs/pyhsmm,bikash/pyhsmm