Meet The Speakers

Please note: This page is under construction. The following speakers presented at the January symposium in San Antonio, Texas. We will update the page soon with the speakers for Nashville.

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Speakers are grouped below by the segment of the symposium in which they are to present. For an alphabetical listing of speakers, see the list at right.

Physiology of Pregnancy | Estrous Synchronization | AI In Your Operation | Management, Environment & Nutrition | Embryo Transfer

The Physiology of Pregnancy
Dr. Jim Lauderdale President, Lauderdale Enterprises. Jim Lauderdale earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science from Auburn University (1962) and both a master’s degree (1964) and a doctoral degree (1968) in endocrinology and reproductive physiology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Jim was employed in 1967 by The Upjohn Company Animal Health business as a research scientist. His research during his 31-year employment was directed at increasing the efficiency of postpartum cow and postpartum sow reproduction, the role of prostaglandin F2 in the regression of the corpus luteum and as a practical means for controlling the estrous cycle of cattle and mares and time of parturition in swine, the use of steroids for enhancement of productive efficiency of beef cattle, and the development of bovine somatotropin to enhance the efficiency of milk production of dairy cows. The research with prostaglandin F2 led to the worldwide approval for the use of prostaglandin F2, Lutalyse® sterile solution, for use in cattle, mares and swine. Jim has served as president of the American Society of Animal Science and the Federation of Animal Science Societies. He continues to be an active member of ASAS and ADSA. Following retirement in 1998, Jim formed Lauderdale Enterprises Inc., an animal health consulting firm. He continues to work in the animal health industry, primarily in the area of domestic animal reproduction management.
Dr. Lannett Edwards Associate Professor and Graduate Director, animal science, University of Tennessee. Dr. Edwards is a native Tennessean. She obtained a bachelor's degree in agriculture and minor in chemistry at Austin Peay State University in 1989, a master's degree in dairy science focusing on reproductive physiology from Mississippi State University in 1992, and a doctoral degree in animal and molecular cell biology from the Univeristy of Florida in August 1996. She was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Her work focused on developing functional procedures to clone adult cattle. With the announcement of Dolly, the first ever clone of an adult animal, USDA provided the opportunity for her to work and study cloning procedures in Dr. Ian Wilmut’s laboratory at the Roslin Institute in Scotland for two months in fall 1997. After returning from Scotland, she accepted a position at the UT Department of Animal Science. As a reproductive physiologist, a long-term goal of her research program has and will continue to focus on generating information for eventual development of management strategies to improve reproduction of farm animals and creating alternative methods to alter sex ratio before the time of conception. To this end, she has spent a considerable amount of time determining effects of environmental stressors to reduce female fertility related to direct effects of hyperthermia on the oocyte and early embryo. In vitro production of embryos and cloning procedures are just two of many tools utilized in her laboratory to address basic problems facing animal agriculture. Her program involves both basic and applied research. Dr. Edwards is graduate director and an active member of the graduate faculty. She was most recently provided the opportunity to serve as responsible instructor for the undergraduate reproduction course at UTK and lectures in numerous others.
Dr. Michael F. Smith Professor, animal sciences, University of Missouri. Dr. Smith grew up in Michigan and received his bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University and his master’s and doctoral degrees from Texas A&M University. He joined the Division of Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri in 1980. He is a professor of animal sciences, and his academic responsibilities include teaching and research. He served as the interim director of the Division of Animal Sciences from 2001 to 2006. The long-range goal of his research program is to increase reproductive efficiency in cattle. Dr. Smith and his graduate students are trying to better understand the mechanisms regulating ovarian follicular maturation, ovulation, corpus luteum function, and the establishment/maintenance of pregnancy in beef cattle. He works closely with Dr. David Patterson on the development of economical and effective methods for timed insemination in beef heifers and cows.
Dr. Les Anderson Extension professor, University of Kentucky. Dr. Anderson was raised on a diversified livestock and crop operation in Monroe City, Mo. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Missouri, he received his master's degree in reproductive physiology from Iowa State University and his doctorate at Ohio State University. While at Ohio State University, Dr. Anderson was heavily involved in research that focused on estrous synchronization techniques, the understanding of the onset of puberty, and postpartum rebreeding in beef cows. Dr. Anderson is currently an Extension professor at the University of Kentucky. His primary responsibility includes statewide Extension education in beef cattle with an emphasis on reproductive management. Dr. Anderson is also chairman of the Beef IRM Coordinating Committee, which has been awarded more than $6 million to develop and conduct educational programs like Master Cattleman, Advanced Master Cattleman, Cow College and Master Grazer.
Dr. Richard G. "Dick" Saacke Professor emeritus, reproductive physiology, Virginia Tech. Dr. Saacke is professor emeritus of reproductive physiology at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and holds advanced degrees from Pennsylvania State University. His work has centered on the structure and function of spermatozoa and ova. Particular areas of research emphasis have included optimization of semen preservation methods and identification of semen traits important to sperm transport in the female, to fertilization, and embryonic development. The general focus of his work has been toward improvement of reproductive efficiency using artificial insemination. Saacke has been recognized for his research, having received the National Association of Animal Breeders Research Award in 1985, the Upjohn Physiology Award from the American Dairy Science Association in 1988 and the 2006 Casida Award from the American Society of Animal Science for training graduate students.
Dr. George E. Seidel Jr. Distinguished professor, Colorado State University. Dr. Seidel was raised on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania. He received a bachelor's degree in dairy science from Pennsylvania State University in 1965, and a master's degree (1968) and doctorate (1970) from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. His master's thesis concerned methodology of semen collection from bulls and biochemistry of semen. His doctoral thesis concerned the endocrinology of superovulation of prepuberal calves and culture and transfer of the resulting embryos. He went on to Harvard Medical School to study rabbit oocytes with electron microscopy. For the past 39 years, he has been at the Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Initially, work in Colorado was primarily on reproductive physiology of bulls and stallions. In 1973, the Embryo Transfer Laboratory was established. Farmers brought their valuable donor cows to this laboratory for superovulation and recovery of embryos, which then were placed into the uteri of less valuable cows for gestation. Over the next decade, more than 6,000 bovine embryos were collected and transferred in this manner. Fees for these services funded the bulk of the teaching and research of the Laboratory. Techniques such as nonsurgical recovery and transfer of bovine and equine embryos and cryopreservation of embryos were developed, refined and taught to others. The Laboratory became known for developing a simple, reliable procedure for bisecting embryos to produce identical twins in a variety of species. In 1978, Dr. Seidel spent a sabbatical leave at Yale. In 1986 he spent a sabbatical leave at the Whitehead Institute at MIT. Dr. Seidel was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Science in 1992. In the late 1990s, his laboratory made a huge, largely successful effort to make sexing sperm by flow cytometry/cell sorting practical for artificial insemination. Current research projects include in vitro oocyte maturation and fertilization, regulation of carbohydrate metabolism of preimplantation embryos, gene expression in early embryos, and cryopresevation of oocytes and embryos by vitrification. Dr. Seidel and his wife, Sarah, also own a cattle ranch including a registered Angus herd.
estrous synchronization
Dr. David Patterson Extension educator, reproductive management, University of Missouri. Dr. Patterson is a member of the faculty in the Division of Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Patterson, a native of Montana, completed his bachelor's and master's degrees at Montana State University. Research for his master's was conducted at the Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory in Miles City, Mont. He received his doctorate in reproductive physiology from Kansas State University. Dr. Patterson’s research efforts have gained wide industry acceptance and resulted in new strategies to synchronize estrous cycles of postpartum beef cows and replacement beef heifers. His research program has received funding for the past 10 years from USDA’s National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program in Animal Reproduction and led to the development of four progestin-based protocols to facilitate fixed-time artificial insemination in beef heifers and cows. Dr. Patterson led the development of Missouri’s Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program, which is the first comprehensive, state-wide, on-farm beef heifer development and marketing program in the U.S. Participation in this program from 1997-2010 involved roughly 700 farms, 200 veterinarians, 30 regional Extension livestock specialists, and more than 90,000 heifers. The marketing component of the program facilitated the sale of more than 21,000 heifers in sales across Missouri from 1997 through the spring sales in 2010. Impact on Missouri’s economy from the past 12 years of this program exceeds $40M.
Cliff Lamb Extension beef cattle specialist & associate professor, University of Florida. Cliff Lamb initiated his post-secondary studies at Middle Tennessee State University and graduated with bachelor’s degree in animal science in 1992. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees at Kansas State University. In 1998, after completing graduate school, Dr. Lamb became a beef specialist/assistant professor at the University of Minnesota. He was promoted to associate professor in 2003 and served in that capacity until moving to the University of Florida in 2008. His primary research efforts focus on applied reproductive physiology in beef cattle, emphasizing efficient reproductive management systems for replacement heifers and postpartum cows. In addition to research and extension, Dr. Lamb coordinates the beef research facilities at the University of Florida North Florida Research and Education Center in Marianna.
Sandy Johnson Extension livestock specialist, Kansas State University Research and Extension. Johnson is located at the Northwest Research and Extension Center in Colby. She was raised on a diversified livestock operation in northeast Nebraska and received a bachelor’s degree in animal science from the University of Nebraska. She went on to receive a master’s degree from the University of Missouri and a doctoral degree from West Virginia University, both in reproductive physiology. Johnson held a teaching position at Fort Hays State University before beginning her current position with K-State in 1998. Johnson conducts research in the areas of estrous synchronization, costs of breeding systems and cow-calf management.
Management & Nutrition
George Perry Assistant professor, beef reproductive management, South Dakota State University. George Perry was raised in south-central Texas on a small cattle operation. He received his bachelor’s degree in animal science from Texas A&M University. He obtained a master’s degree and a doctoral degree in reproductive physiology from the University of Missouri, with a large portion of his doctoral research conducted at the USDA research station in Miles City, Mont. Dr. Perry joined the faculty of South Dakota State in August 2003. He serves as an associate professor and the beef Extension specialist in reproductive physiology. His research efforts are in the area of factors that influence reproductive efficiency and pregnancy success. Some of his current research has focused on understanding why variation occurs between herds with fixed-time AI protocols.
Rick Funston	Extension reproductive physiologist, University of Nebraska.
Joseph Dalton Associate professor, Extension dairy specialist, University of Idaho Caldwell Research and Extension Center. Joseph Dalton earned a doctoral degree in animal science in 1999 from Virginia Tech. His educational programs at the University of Idaho emphasize the enhancement of reproductive efficiency and milk quality on Idaho dairy farms. His research specialty includes male and female reproductive physiology, and focuses on factors important to increasing the success of artificial insemination in cattle.
Larry Corah Vice president, Certified Angus Beef LLC, Supply Development Division. Bio to come.
Mike Kasten 4M Ranch, Millersville, Mo. Mike Kasten has been a full-time commercial cattle producer for more than 36 years. He produces Angus-based cattle with an emphasis on carcass quality for retained ownership. The production of high quality heifers for the Missouri Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program is a priority for his operation. Kasten has maintained total performance records on his cattle from birth weights to carcass traits. Mike is past president of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, past president of Missouri’s Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifers Inc., and past board member of NCBA. He has also been the recipient of the BIF Commercial Cattleman of the Year Award and the CAB Commitment to Excellent Award.
Roger Wann ABS District Sales Manager (TX, OK, LA and NM) and registered Angus breeder, Lindsay, Texas. Roger Wann was raised on a family commercial cattle ranch in eastern Oklahoma. The ranch now consists of 200 registered Angus in partnership with Roger’s father, Jim, and his brother, Danny. Roger received his bachelor's degree from Oklahoma State University in 1985. In 1988, he received his master's degree in physiology of reproduction from Texas A&M University. Since 1988 Roger has been a district sales manager with ABS Global Inc.

The Physiology of Pregnancy

Dr. Jim Lauderdale

President, Lauderdale Enterprises. Jim Lauderdale earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science from Auburn University (1962) and both a master’s degree (1964) and a doctoral degree (1968) in endocrinology and reproductive physiology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Jim was employed in 1967 by The Upjohn Company Animal Health business as a research scientist. His research during his 31-year employment was directed at increasing the efficiency of postpartum cow and postpartum sow reproduction, the role of prostaglandin F2 in the regression of the corpus luteum and as a practical means for controlling the estrous cycle of cattle and mares and time of parturition in swine, the use of steroids for enhancement of productive efficiency of beef cattle, and the development of bovine somatotropin to enhance the efficiency of milk production of dairy cows. The research with prostaglandin F2 led to the worldwide approval for the use of prostaglandin F2, Lutalyse® sterile solution, for use in cattle, mares and swine. Jim has served as president of the American Society of Animal Science and the Federation of Animal Science Societies. He continues to be an active member of ASAS and ADSA. Following retirement in 1998, Jim formed Lauderdale Enterprises Inc., an animal health consulting firm. He continues to work in the animal health industry, primarily in the area of domestic animal reproduction management.

Dr. Lannett Edwards

Associate Professor and Graduate Director, animal science, University of Tennessee. Dr. Edwards is a native Tennessean. She obtained a bachelor's degree in agriculture and minor in chemistry at Austin Peay State University in 1989, a master's degree in dairy science focusing on reproductive physiology from Mississippi State University in 1992, and a doctoral degree in animal and molecular cell biology from the Univeristy of Florida in August 1996. She was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Her work focused on developing functional procedures to clone adult cattle. With the announcement of Dolly, the first ever clone of an adult animal, USDA provided the opportunity for her to work and study cloning procedures in Dr. Ian Wilmut’s laboratory at the Roslin Institute in Scotland for two months in fall 1997. After returning from Scotland, she accepted a position at the UT Department of Animal Science. As a reproductive physiologist, a long-term goal of her research program has and will continue to focus on generating information for eventual development of management strategies to improve reproduction of farm animals and creating alternative methods to alter sex ratio before the time of conception. To this end, she has spent a considerable amount of time determining effects of environmental stressors to reduce female fertility related to direct effects of hyperthermia on the oocyte and early embryo. In vitro production of embryos and cloning procedures are just two of many tools utilized in her laboratory to address basic problems facing animal agriculture. Her program involves both basic and applied research. Dr. Edwards is graduate director and an active member of the graduate faculty. She was most recently provided the opportunity to serve as responsible instructor for the undergraduate reproduction course at UTK and lectures in numerous others.

Dr. Michael F. Smith

Professor, animal sciences, University of Missouri. Dr. Smith grew up in Michigan and received his bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University and his master’s and doctoral degrees from Texas A&M University. He joined the Division of Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri in 1980. He is a professor of animal sciences, and his academic responsibilities include teaching and research. He served as the interim director of the Division of Animal Sciences from 2001 to 2006. The long-range goal of his research program is to increase reproductive efficiency in cattle. Dr. Smith and his graduate students are trying to better understand the mechanisms regulating ovarian follicular maturation, ovulation, corpus luteum function, and the establishment/maintenance of pregnancy in beef cattle. He works closely with Dr. David Patterson on the development of economical and effective methods for timed insemination in beef heifers and cows.

Dr. Les Anderson

Extension professor, University of Kentucky. Dr. Anderson was raised on a diversified livestock and crop operation in Monroe City, Mo. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Missouri, he received his master's degree in reproductive physiology from Iowa State University and his doctorate at Ohio State University. While at Ohio State University, Dr. Anderson was heavily involved in research that focused on estrous synchronization techniques, the understanding of the onset of puberty, and postpartum rebreeding in beef cows. Dr. Anderson is currently an Extension professor at the University of Kentucky. His primary responsibility includes statewide Extension education in beef cattle with an emphasis on reproductive management. Dr. Anderson is also chairman of the Beef IRM Coordinating Committee, which has been awarded more than $6 million to develop and conduct educational programs like Master Cattleman, Advanced Master Cattleman, Cow College and Master Grazer.

Dr. Richard G. "Dick" Saacke

Professor emeritus, reproductive physiology, Virginia Tech. Dr. Saacke is professor emeritus of reproductive physiology at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and holds advanced degrees from Pennsylvania State University. His work has centered on the structure and function of spermatozoa and ova. Particular areas of research emphasis have included optimization of semen preservation methods and identification of semen traits important to sperm transport in the female, to fertilization, and embryonic development. The general focus of his work has been toward improvement of reproductive efficiency using artificial insemination. Saacke has been recognized for his research, having received the National Association of Animal Breeders Research Award in 1985, the Upjohn Physiology Award from the American Dairy Science Association in 1988 and the 2006 Casida Award from the American Society of Animal Science for training graduate students.

Dr. George E. Seidel Jr.

Distinguished professor, Colorado State University. Dr. Seidel was raised on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania. He received a bachelor's degree in dairy science from Pennsylvania State University in 1965, and a master's degree (1968) and doctorate (1970) from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. His master's thesis concerned methodology of semen collection from bulls and biochemistry of semen. His doctoral thesis concerned the endocrinology of superovulation of prepuberal calves and culture and transfer of the resulting embryos. He went on to Harvard Medical School to study rabbit oocytes with electron microscopy. For the past 39 years, he has been at the Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Initially, work in Colorado was primarily on reproductive physiology of bulls and stallions. In 1973, the Embryo Transfer Laboratory was established. Farmers brought their valuable donor cows to this laboratory for superovulation and recovery of embryos, which then were placed into the uteri of less valuable cows for gestation. Over the next decade, more than 6,000 bovine embryos were collected and transferred in this manner. Fees for these services funded the bulk of the teaching and research of the Laboratory. Techniques such as nonsurgical recovery and transfer of bovine and equine embryos and cryopreservation of embryos were developed, refined and taught to others. The Laboratory became known for developing a simple, reliable procedure for bisecting embryos to produce identical twins in a variety of species. In 1978, Dr. Seidel spent a sabbatical leave at Yale. In 1986 he spent a sabbatical leave at the Whitehead Institute at MIT. Dr. Seidel was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Science in 1992. In the late 1990s, his laboratory made a huge, largely successful effort to make sexing sperm by flow cytometry/cell sorting practical for artificial insemination. Current research projects include in vitro oocyte maturation and fertilization, regulation of carbohydrate metabolism of preimplantation embryos, gene expression in early embryos, and cryopresevation of oocytes and embryos by vitrification. Dr. Seidel and his wife, Sarah, also own a cattle ranch including a registered Angus herd.

estrous synchronization

Dr. David Patterson

Extension educator, reproductive management, University of Missouri. Dr. Patterson is a member of the faculty in the Division of Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Patterson, a native of Montana, completed his bachelor's and master's degrees at Montana State University. Research for his master's was conducted at the Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory in Miles City, Mont. He received his doctorate in reproductive physiology from Kansas State University. Dr. Patterson’s research efforts have gained wide industry acceptance and resulted in new strategies to synchronize estrous cycles of postpartum beef cows and replacement beef heifers. His research program has received funding for the past 10 years from USDA’s National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program in Animal Reproduction and led to the development of four progestin-based protocols to facilitate fixed-time artificial insemination in beef heifers and cows. Dr. Patterson led the development of Missouri’s Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program, which is the first comprehensive, state-wide, on-farm beef heifer development and marketing program in the U.S. Participation in this program from 1997-2010 involved roughly 700 farms, 200 veterinarians, 30 regional Extension livestock specialists, and more than 90,000 heifers. The marketing component of the program facilitated the sale of more than 21,000 heifers in sales across Missouri from 1997 through the spring sales in 2010. Impact on Missouri’s economy from the past 12 years of this program exceeds $40M.

Cliff Lamb

Extension beef cattle specialist & associate professor, University of Florida. Cliff Lamb initiated his post-secondary studies at Middle Tennessee State University and graduated with bachelor’s degree in animal science in 1992. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees at Kansas State University. In 1998, after completing graduate school, Dr. Lamb became a beef specialist/assistant professor at the University of Minnesota. He was promoted to associate professor in 2003 and served in that capacity until moving to the University of Florida in 2008. His primary research efforts focus on applied reproductive physiology in beef cattle, emphasizing efficient reproductive management systems for replacement heifers and postpartum cows. In addition to research and extension, Dr. Lamb coordinates the beef research facilities at the University of Florida North Florida Research and Education Center in Marianna.

Sandy Johnson

Extension livestock specialist, Kansas State University Research and Extension. Johnson is located at the Northwest Research and Extension Center in Colby. She was raised on a diversified livestock operation in northeast Nebraska and received a bachelor’s degree in animal science from the University of Nebraska. She went on to receive a master’s degree from the University of Missouri and a doctoral degree from West Virginia University, both in reproductive physiology. Johnson held a teaching position at Fort Hays State University before beginning her current position with K-State in 1998. Johnson conducts research in the areas of estrous synchronization, costs of breeding systems and cow-calf management.

Management & Nutrition

George Perry

Assistant professor, beef reproductive management, South Dakota State University. George Perry was raised in south-central Texas on a small cattle operation. He received his bachelor’s degree in animal science from Texas A&M University. He obtained a master’s degree and a doctoral degree in reproductive physiology from the University of Missouri, with a large portion of his doctoral research conducted at the USDA research station in Miles City, Mont. Dr. Perry joined the faculty of South Dakota State in August 2003. He serves as an associate professor and the beef Extension specialist in reproductive physiology. His research efforts are in the area of factors that influence reproductive efficiency and pregnancy success. Some of his current research has focused on understanding why variation occurs between herds with fixed-time AI protocols.

Rick Funston

Extension reproductive physiologist, University of Nebraska.

Joseph Dalton

Associate professor, Extension dairy specialist, University of Idaho Caldwell Research and Extension Center. Joseph Dalton earned a doctoral degree in animal science in 1999 from Virginia Tech. His educational programs at the University of Idaho emphasize the enhancement of reproductive efficiency and milk quality on Idaho dairy farms. His research specialty includes male and female reproductive physiology, and focuses on factors important to increasing the success of artificial insemination in cattle.

Larry Corah

Vice president, Certified Angus Beef LLC, Supply Development Division. Bio to come.

Mike Kasten

4M Ranch, Millersville, Mo. Mike Kasten has been a full-time commercial cattle producer for more than 36 years. He produces Angus-based cattle with an emphasis on carcass quality for retained ownership. The production of high quality heifers for the Missouri Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program is a priority for his operation. Kasten has maintained total performance records on his cattle from birth weights to carcass traits. Mike is past president of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, past president of Missouri’s Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifers Inc., and past board member of NCBA. He has also been the recipient of the BIF Commercial Cattleman of the Year Award and the CAB Commitment to Excellent Award.

Roger Wann

ABS District Sales Manager (TX, OK, LA and NM) and registered Angus breeder, Lindsay, Texas. Roger Wann was raised on a family commercial cattle ranch in eastern Oklahoma. The ranch now consists of 200 registered Angus in partnership with Roger’s father, Jim, and his brother, Danny. Roger received his bachelor's degree from Oklahoma State University in 1985. In 1988, he received his master's degree in physiology of reproduction from Texas A&M University. Since 1988 Roger has been a district sales manager with ABS Global Inc.

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Les Anderson
Larry Corah
Joseph Dalton
Lannett Edwards
Rick Funston
Sandy Johnson
Mike Kasten
Cliff Lamb
Jim Lauderdale
David Patterson
George Perry
Richard Saacke
George Seidel
Michael Smith
Roger Wann
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