{"id":15927,"date":"2017-04-05T23:16:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T23:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coralreefpalau.org\/?page_id=15927"},"modified":"2020-09-15T13:57:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T04:57:26","slug":"lori-j-bell-colin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coralreefpalau.org\/our-team\/lori-j-bell-colin\/","title":{"rendered":"Lori J Bell Colin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1491534081001{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;16031&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;15753&#8243; 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