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 GPy
 ===
 
-A Gaussian processes framework in python.
+A Gaussian processes framework in python
 
 * [Online documentation](https://gpy.readthedocs.org/en/latest/)
 * [Unit tests (Travis-CI)](https://travis-ci.org/SheffieldML/GPy)
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