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Happy Winter Solstice!Gleðileg Jól!
Festive Yule.
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Too many face palms during the movie 2012!
But seriously folks, we did just watch the movie 2012, and I can make a few comments on it. I'd like to start out by making a list of academic and applied areas that were butchered by the movie:
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