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+# Sebastian Raschka 2014-2018
+# contributor: Vahid Mirjalili
+# mlxtend Machine Learning Library Extensions
+#
+# A class for transforming face images.
+# Author: Sebastian Raschka <sebastianraschka.com>
+#
+# License: BSD 3 clause