Merge pull request #4671 from ktf/big-sim-plugin

Big plugin for Simulation.
Merge pull request #4659 from perrotta/hltEgammaUpdates

Updates in HLT for EGamma as in CMSHLT-79 and CMSHLT-80.
Merge pull request #4455 from JuantAldea/TrackBase-Hitpattern-Redesign-no-pull

TrackBase & HitPattern redesign discussed on the RECO meeting of 08/05/2014
added LogWarning printout
update the MEt uncertainty tool, using now splitted files. now consistency in MET naming in PAT
update MET configuration for PAT
CPUTimer: switch to clock_gettime

  - switch from gettimeofday/getrusage to clock_gettime,
    with the same speed but better accuracy (at least on x86_64 Linux)
  - switch from clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME) to clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
    with a very similar performance, but conceptually more sound
Removed SimTracker/TrackHistory/ from tracking area
Enable using our on loader only for selected executables.

This is necessary to keep cmsShow standalone tarballs into account.
Merge pull request #4675 from ktf/fix-tls-cmsRun-only

Enable using our on loader only for selected executables.
fix array index out of bounds in mip fraction
Add tofBin to stripDigiSimLink, associate recHit via simHit index
Different implementation of fix, now problem with 'PileUpEventPrincipal::getByLabel()' is already bypassed when calling 'TrackingTruthAccumulator::accumulate'; also 'vertexDistanceCut' and 'HepMCProductLabel' are added to SimGeneral/MixingModule/python/trackingTruthProducer_cfi.py as parameters
further generalization for N's used in the tauN computation
Merge pull request #4530 from rovere/VertexValidator

Initial version of a slimmed and simple vertex validator.
Merge in speedup and consolidation from the simLinkStrips branch
Minor changes and a cout
Revert "reverting all changes in RecoTauTag package"

This reverts commit 2f76dd6336d0e1eb43e09266a0be4b481d29d34c.
fixed wrong config of anti-E discriminators
after suggestions by muon POG