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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A strong cold front moves into the area Monday and brings the scattered showers to an end. The coldest air of the season so far will be ushered in and bring about widespread freezing temperatures and frost for most of the week, with a warming trend back to near normal expected for the weekend.
Due to the high winds today, please consider putting off any outdoor burning you have planned.
FROG FAIR SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, NOV 5th FROM 10AM TO 4PM
Friends of the Greenway announce their Fall arts and crafts fundraising event. FROG FAIR will be held Nov 5, 2022 from 10-4 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge in Franklin. Vendor spaces are available (only registration fee goes to FROG)--check our website (littletennessee.org) for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Make sure to mark your calendar--arts and crafts, food, and music will make it a special day. For more information, email frog28734@gmail.com.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Thursday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Areas of frost between 8am and 11am. Otherwise, sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 60.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds of the northwest 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs near 50.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 30.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 6 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 50s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing.
Nantahala Area
Today
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 101 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with highs in the upper 40s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around 20. Calm winds.
Thursday
Sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 50s.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with lows around freezing.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Due to the high winds today, please consider putting off any outdoor burning you have planned. A Freeze Warning has been issued for this morning. The next several days will see well-below normal temperatures.
Freeze Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
1041 PM EDT Mon Oct 17 2022
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the 20s expected.
* WHERE...The mountains of western North Carolina.
* WHEN...From midnight tonight to noon EDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Freezing temperatures will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing.
Record Weather Events for October 18th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2021)
Highest Temperature 83°F in Franklin in 1984
Lowest Temperature 23°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1943
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Franklin in 1879
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Six of 1879. This was before tropical cyclones were given names)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of October Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 10-05-1954
Lowest Temperature 12°F in Franklin on 10-30-1910
Greatest Rainfall 9.91 inches in Highlands on 10-04-1964
Greatest Snowfall 1.0 inches in Highlands on 10-20-1913
Record Weather Events for October 18th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 92°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1938
Lowest Temperature 9°F in Marshall, Madison County in 1919
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Franklin, Macon County in 1879
Greatest Snowfall 2.0 inches on Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2009
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Six of 1879. This was before tropical cyclones were given names)
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of October Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 103°F in Wadesboro, Anson County on 10-03-2019
Lowest Temperature 8°F in Banner Elk, Avery County on 10-21-1952
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 12.53 inches in Lumberton, Robeson County on 10-08-2016
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 11.0 inches on Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 10-25-1990
Climate Normals Accumulated Rainfall for the Year to October 1st
Franklin 42.38 inches
Coweeta Experimental Station 53.91 inches
Highlands 65.66 inches
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
200 AM EDT Tue Oct 18 2022
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.
What's Up in the Tropics with Mark Sudduth - October 17, 2022 - Thoughts on Remainder of 2022 Hurricane Season
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
A smoke fieldmap was not provided for today. -->
Air quality is in the upper range of green for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the upper range of green.
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the low-medium range 4.2 out of 12) today with Ragweed, Chenopods, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low range (2.2 out of 12).
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
The Macon County Board of Education will hold a joint meeting with the Macon County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 6:00 p.m., in the Fine Arts Center on the campus of Franklin High School.
During this joint session, LS3P architecture will present the proposed schematic design for Franklin High School. The Board of Education may also conduct other business as needed.
The public is encouraged to attend.
Thursday, October 20, 2022 - 6:00pm
in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room-
BARTRAM'S 1775 TRAVELS
We're continuing to bring attention to the historical significance of locations in and near Franklin. Brent Martin, director of the Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy will talk about botanist/explorer William Bartram's 1775 visit to this area. Visit blueridgebartram.org to learn more.
FROG FAIR SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, NOV 5th from 10AM TO 4PM
Friends of the Greenway announce their Fall arts and crafts fundraising event. FROG FAIR will be held Nov 5, 2022 from 10-4 at FROG Quarters, 573 E. Main at the Town bridge in Franklin. Vendor spaces are available (only registration fee goes to FROG)--check our website (littletennessee.org) for registration forms or stop by FROG Quarters. Make sure to mark your calendar--arts and crafts, food, and music will make it a special day. For more information, email frog28734@gmail.com.
RECEPTION FOR RETIRING POLICE CHIEF BILL HARRELL
A reception for the retiring Franklin Police Chief will be held at the Franklin Town Hall (lower level) on Monday, November 7th from 2pm to 5pm.
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Local and State News
• Democrats outraise Republicans in key NC races, but conservative groups are bolstering GOP prospects [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• COVID transmission high in many mountain counties, now flu cases arrive [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Leaves keep giving after the show is over [Sylva Herald and Ruralite]
• Ask the Mayor, Sunday, October 16th, 2022 [WHLC-FM (Highlands, NC)]
• Haywood County woman indicted on 58 charges [WRGC-FM (Sylva, NC)]
• Election 2022 Questions: how to vote early in NC [BPR]
• How to judge a judge: A guide for North Carolina voters [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - September 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council - September 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council - Special Called Meeting for August 30, 2022 [Macon Media]
State Budget Details
• NC Budget Table of Contents [Google Drive (PDF)]
• NC House Bill 103: 2022 Appropriations Act [Google Drive (PDF)]
• Joint Conference Committee Report on the Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2022 [Google Drive (PDF)]
• House Bill 103 Information and Voting History [NC General Assembly Website]
• Raises for state employees, preparations for recession, in proposed state budget [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
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Special Section: Russo-Ukrainian War Updates
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 17 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 17th]
• Ukraine: Explosions rock Kyiv, struck by waves of drones [AP News]
NATO begins annual nuclear drills amid tensions with Russia over Ukraine war | Al Jazeera
Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 11.Ottoman Retreat, Russian Power,Ukrainian Populism
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 236 [Al Jazeera]
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (UTVD Operational Update: ZSU Counter Offensive in Kharkiv, 10-12 Sep 22.)
1/ UTW – Operational Update: ZSU Counter Offensive in the Donbas, 04-10 Sep. The ZSU is engaged in what may likely become the most stunningly successful counteroffensive since the IDFs OPERATION GAZELLE during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. #ukrainecounteroffensive #UkraineWillWin pic.twitter.com/nrC8cg02ia
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) September 10, 2022
--> • In Norway, 4 Russians caught taking photographs illegally [AP News]
• Hungary to ratify NATO membership of Sweden, Finland on October 24 – EU Lawmaker [KBC News (Kenya)]
• Drones batter Kyiv as Ukraine’s east & south see heavy fighting [Courthouse News Service]
• Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners, including 108 Ukrainian women [Al Jazeera]
• Pentagon in Talks on Ukraine Starlink Funding, but Elon Musk Says Request ‘Withdrawn’ [Wall Street Journal]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• Apartment building ablaze after Russian military plane crash (VIDEOS) [Russia Today]
• Russia's Geran-2 kamikaze drones become nightmare for Kyiv [Pravda ]
• Air-raid warnings sound across most Ukrainian regions — Strana [TASS Russian News Agency]
Sep 7, 2022 | Eastern Economic Forum plenary session | kremlin
Putin speaks at concert to celebrate 'annexation' of Ukrainian regions | CNBC Television
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
• Iran Crisis Update, October 17 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for October 17th]
• Iran’s Response to Protests Draws EU Sanctions Targeting Authorities [WSJ (video/audio)] [WSj (article archive)]
• Satellite photos show damage at Iran prison amid protests [AP News]
USPS briefs public on election mail security ahead of 2022 midterms | CBS News
• Inspector in Charge Harris Delivers Remarks on Election Mail Security [United States Postal Inspection Service]
What does Xi's expansion of power mean for China's future? | DW News
• Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. adults with diabetes ration insulin to save money, study finds [NBC News]
• Drought-hit Mississippi River reveals 19th-century trading ship [CNN]
• Ghislaine Maxwell says she feels ‘so bad’ for Prince Andrew in first interview since 20-year prison sentence [Fox News]
• UK to issue ‘threat alert’ over China’s attempts to recruit RAF pilots | Royal Air Force [The Guardian]
• Hearing aids available over the counter for as low as $199, without a prescription, as 2017 law takes effect [CBS News]
• Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, agrees to buy conservative social media platform Parler, company says [CNBC]
• Trump Organization charged Secret Service as much as $1,185 per night to stay at Trump properties [NBC News]
Washington Today (10/17/22): POTUS Biden kicks off student loan relief application season | C-SPAN
Global National: Oct. 17, 2022 | Indigenous police services face barriers over funding structures
Nightly News Full Broadcast (October 17th)
PBS NewsHour full episode, October 17, 2022
• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County:
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 5:32pm CEST, 12 October 2022, there have been 619,770,633 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,539,058 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 4 October 2022, a total of 12,723,216,322 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 5:32pm CEST, 12 October 2022, there have been 95,425,327 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,051,649 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 16 September 2022, a total of 604,511,670 vaccine doses have been administered.
• A swarm of sneaky omicron variants could cause a COVID-19 surge this fall [Science News]
• Deep RNA sequencing of intensive care unit patients with COVID-19 [Nature: Scientific Reports]
• Boston University researchers’ testing of lab-made version of Covid virus draws government scrutiny [Stat News]
• Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, more lethal COVID strain in lab [Fox News]
• Materials analysis and image-based modelling of transmissibility and strain behaviour in approved face mask microstructures [Nature: Scientific Reports]
• The U.S. Just Lost 26 Years’ Worth of Progress on Life Expectancy [Scientific American]
• Another Covid Wave Could be Coming. Here’s How to Make Your Holiday Plans. [New York Times]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• NASA's Lucy spacecraft buzzes Earth on first anniversary of launch on mission to explore around Jupiter [Fox News]
• The Oral History of ‘The Sims’, the World’s Most Enduring Game [Vice News]
• Samsung Electronics Introduces Industry’s Fastest LPDDR5X DRAM at 8.5Gbps [Yahoo! Finance]
• Smart buoy 'hears' the sea to protect whales against ship collisions [Engadget]
• YouTube ends the test that made 4K a premium feature [The Verge]
• Complex Tradeoffs In Inferencing Chips [Semiconductor Engineering]
• The Hottest App Right Now? One Where Teens Have to Say Nice Things About Each Other [Wall Street Journal]
• 9 out of 10 banks still use mainframes. Google Cloud wants to reduce that. [Protocol]
• Experimental demonstration of entanglement delivery using a quantum network stack [Nature: NPJ Quantum Information]
• Fall of Civilizations #16. Bagan - City of Temples [SOURCE]
• 25 tips to help you prepare for the 2024 total solar eclipse [Astronomy Magazine]
• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics
The Level1 Show October 18 2022: Bloatteries | Level1 Techs
Social Media Rests on Cute - DTNS 4376 | Daily Tech News Show
Cordkillers 427 - Roku Lights, Roku Cameras, Roku Action! | Cordkillers
Discovery of What Seems To Be The Original Core of Milky Way Galaxy | Antov Petrov
The Eternal Landlords of the Philippines | Asianometry
The Archeological Find That Broke History | Answers with Joe
SpaceX Starship First, Intelsat G-33/G-34, HOTBIRD 13F, Crew 4 return, NASA CAPSTONE alive and more | Marcus House
Haunted House in Abandoned Brewery - The Lemp Brewery | The Carpetbagger
New technology targets tumors | National Science Foundation
Does The Tesla Semi Make Any Sense? | Engineering Explained
Khadas VIM1s: Android & Linux SBC | Explaining Computers
Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1936 | TWIT TV
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> More blasts hit Ukraine's capital Kyiv | DW News
What are ‘kamikaze’ drones? | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
Ukraine stages 'fake bloody inhabitants' following Russian missile strike in Kyiv? | FRANCE 24
Russian warplane crashes in southern city near Ukraine border; six killed 25 injured | WION
Kyiv mayor calls Russian drone strikes ‘genocide of the Ukrainian people’ | BBC News
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On This Day
October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 74 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
33 – Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation.
320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the Sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).
614 – King Chlothar II promulgates the Edict of Paris (Edictum Chlotacharii), a sort of Frankish Magna Carta that defends the rights of the Frankish nobles while it excludes Jews from all civil employment in the Frankish Kingdom.
629 – Dagobert I is crowned King of the Franks.
1009 – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.
1016 – The Danes defeat the English in the Battle of Assandun.
1081 – The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
1356 – Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel, Switzerland.
1540 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.
1561 – In Japan the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima is fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen, resulting in a draw.
1565 – Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.
1597 – King Philip II of Spain send his third and final armada against England, but ends in failure due to storms. The remaining ships are captured or sunk by the English.
1599 – Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.
1630 – Frendraught Castle in Scotland, the home of James Crichton of Frendraught, burns down.
1648 – Boston shoemakers form first American labor organization.
1748 – Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
1775 – African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
1797 – Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria
1851 – Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
1860 – The Second Opium War finally ends at the Convention of Peking with the ratification of the Treaty of Tientsin, an unequal treaty.
1867 – United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
1898 – The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
1900 – Count Bernhard von Bülow becomes chancellor of Germany.[4]
1912 – First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
1914 – The Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement is founded in Germany.
1921 – The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
1922 – The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
1929 – The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
1944 – World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
1944 – World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm, Germany.
1945 – The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1945 – A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'état against president Isaías Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day.
1945 – Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte.
1954 – Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
1963 – Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat, becomes the first cat launched into space.
1967 – The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
1977 – German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.
1979 – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
1991 – The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
1992 – Merpati Nustantara Airlines Flight 5601 crashes into Mount Papandayan near the town of Garut in West Java, Indonesia, killing 31.
2003 – Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
2007 – Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is uninjured.
2019 – NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-female spacewalk when they venture out of the International Space Station to replace a power controller.
2019 – Riots in Chile's capital Santiago escalate into open battles, with attacks reported at nearly all of the city's 164 Metro stations. President Sebastián Piñera later announces a 15-day state of emergency in the capital.
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Published at 3:10am on Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Author: Bobby Coggins
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