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Merry Christmas (and Peace on Earth)

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For the GGSS team (and many other people), today is the last working day before we get to take some much needed time off for Christmas. So in the only way we know how (and with the help of a field in New Zealand), we’d like to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas! Things will be quiet around here for a little while, as we both intend to…

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