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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

News and Weather Briefing for Tuesday, April 04, 2023



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On This Day
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GENERAL OUTLOOK

Drier conditions and a bit warmer today. Wednesday will be unseasonably warm with chances of showers and thunderstorms in the mountains, ahead of the next cold front. Showers and thunderstorms become more widespread across the area on Thursday as the cold front pushes across our region by late Thursday. Temperatures will be much cooler for the weekend with chances for rain continuing.



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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Wednesday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Patchy fog between 7am and 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s. Calms winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday

Patchy fog before midmorning.Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.

Thursday

A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 60%.

Thursday Night

A chance of showers before 10pm, then a chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 53. Chance of rain is 40%.
Highlands Plateau

Today

Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 11pm and 2am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday

A slight chance of showers before 7am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of rain is 20%.

Wednesday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 50s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday

A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Thursday Night

Showers likely before 11pm, then a chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Chance of rain is 60%.
Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Patchy fog between 7am and 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calms winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

A 20 percent chance of showers after 2am. Patchy fog between 1am and 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Winds out of the south around 7 mph.

Wednesday

Patchy fog between 7am and 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs near 80. Winds out of the south 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Wednesday Night

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the south 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Thursday

A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Chance of rain is 60%.

Thursday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10pm, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.


Nantahala Area

Today

Patchy fog between 7am and 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calms winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with lows around 60. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday

Patchy fog before midmorning.Otherwise, partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 20 mph early in the morning shifting to come out of the south by midmorning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday Night

A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 11 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.

Thursday

A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain is 60%.

Thursday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10pm, then a chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain is 60%.


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Hazards and Tropical Weather

Hazardous weather is not expected today.





Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.

Space Weather The Sun Works Up Some Big Flares and Fast Wind | Space Weather News: 31 March 2023




Back to Top El Nino is Coming - A Look at What That Means and What to Watch for Over the Coming Months | hurricantrack





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Almanac

24 Hour Smoke Forecast









PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 50 (GOOD)


Fire and Smoke Map




Local Air Monitor

Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the high range (10.9 out of 12) today with Maple, Oak, and Elm being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the high range (11.0 out of 12).



Record Weather Events for April 4th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 90°F in Highlands in 1946
Lowest Temperature 16°F in Highlands in 1936
Greatest One-Day Rain 2.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1979
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 0.8 inches in Highlands in 1901

Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of April Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin on 04-26-1986
Lowest Temperature 13°F in Highlands on 04-01-1987
Greatest Rainfall 7.00 inches in Highlands on 04-07-1895 (also a state record)
Greatest Snowfall 9.5 inches in Franklin on 04-04-1987

Record Weather Events for April 3rd in North Carolina

rdrd Highest Temperature 94°F in Lumberton, Robeson County in 1946
Lowest Temperature 6°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2021
Greatest Rainfall 2.72 inches in Chapel Hill, Orange County in 1901
Greatest Snowfall 16.0 inches in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County in 2005
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of April Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 102°F in Carthage, Moore County on 04-29-1981
Lowest Temperature 1°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-08-2007
Greatest Rainfall 7.30 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 04-16-2011
Greatest Snowfall 19.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 04-11-2003




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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)

SUNDAY, APRIL 30th

Youth Mental Health-Help Rally From 2pm to 4pm at the Town Gazebo LINK: https://fb.me/e/RrdJAWHS

Come join us on our first Youth Mental Health and Bullying Rally to raise more awareness about this urgent need for us children. This inaugural event is the first youth led event for Youth Mental Health as far a we know in Franklin NC.

Our event will close with our March from Macon County Court House to Franklin Town Hall.

Local speakers include NC State Senator Kevin Corbin, Franklin Chief of Police Holland, and others

Youth provider organizations will be on site to share resources and education

For more information send email to whyuskids0@gmail.com

SATURDAY, MAY 6th

Friends of the Greenway Spring Arts and Crafts Event (FROG FAIR) From 10am to 4pm

Friends of the Greenway announce their Spring arts and crafts event. FROG FAIR will be held May 6, 2023 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. Volunteers needed too. 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 and State News



• NC Forest Service: 91 wildfires across Western North Carolina on April 1 [Asheville Citizen-Times]

• USDA Forest Service invests to reduce wildfire risk across North Carolina [Macon Media]

• EBCI Director of Development named Top 40 under 40 by NCAIED [The Southern Scoop]

• NC lawmakers discussing bill that would scale back car safety inspections [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]

• NC General Assembly debates if charter schools can dip into public school funds [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]

• Help for people affected by Canton mill closure [BPR]

Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]



• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2023 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]



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Special Section: Former President Donald Trump Indicted for Fraud
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(This is a special section to allow readers to read/view news coverage of indictment of the former President from sources not necessarily in their particular echo chamber)

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National and World News Roundup

Artemis II: Meet the Astronauts Who will Fly Around the Moon (Official NASA Video) | NASA



• Donald Trump Arrives in New York Ahead of Surrender in Hush-Money Case [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]

Trump arrives in New York ahead of expected Tuesday arraignment | CBS News



• No electronics in courtroom for Trump’s arraignment, judge says [Politico]

• War crimes trial of ex-Kosovo president kicks off in The Hague [Courthouse News Service]

• U.S. says its forces killed Islamic State leader in Syria [New York Times]

• Stunning before-and-after images: California reservoir went from almost empty to 100% full [Los Angeles Times]

• Chinese spy balloon gathered intelligence from sensitive U.S. military sites, despite U.S. efforts to block it [NBC News]

• A Florida toddler found in an alligator’s mouth was put in the lake by his father, police say [CNN]

• Drag Queen Story Hour goes on despite neo-Nazi’s attempt to burn church down [The Guardian]

• After bomb threats, Iowa City school district removes book targeted by anti-LGBTQ Twitter account [Iowa City Press-Citizen]

Trapped in paradise: how we got the homeless situation (part 1) | Kirsten Dirksen



Washington Today (4/3/2023): POTUS Biden pushes clean energy, economic agenda in Minnesota | C-SPAN RADIO



Global National: April 3, 2023 | Canadian Jeremy Hansen among astronauts chosen to circle the moon



Nightly News Full Broadcast - April 02


PBS NewsHour full episode, (April 03, 2022




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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]

In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 9:19am CEST, 29 March 2023, there have been 102,697,566 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,117,054 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 10 March 2023, a total of 664,718,300 vaccine doses have been administered.

Globally, as of 9:19am CEST, 29 March 2023, there have been 761,402,282 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,887,000 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 28 March 2023, a total of 13,317,121,247 vaccine doses have been administered.


• People with smell disorders may get relief with an experimental treatment [ NBC News ]

• All about XBB.1.16, new Omicron variant behind India's Covid-19 spike, from symptoms to risk factors [ Hindustan Times ]

• Within-host genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 lineages in unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals [ Nature ]

TWiV 997: Inside Omicron with Mohsan Saeed | Microbe TV



• TWiV 996: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]

• TWiV 997: Inside Omicron with Mohsan Saeed [Microbe TV]




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Science and Technology News Roundup

• NASA names crew for first human moon mission since Apollo [Washington Post]

• Deepest ever fish caught on camera off Japan [BBC News]

• Tesla ordered by jury to pay more than $3 million to Black ex-worker who endured racist abuse [CNBC News]

• Elon Musk seeks to end $258 billion Dogecoin lawsuit [Reuters]

• Disney Eliminates Its Metaverse Division as Part of Company’s Layoffs Plan [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]

• Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and other social media sites and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a 'perpetual police line-up' [Insider]

• For the first time, renewable energy generation beat out coal in the US [Popular Science]

• Z-Library returns, aims to avoid seizures by giving each user a secret URL [ARS TECHNICA]


Evergreen Links

• Red Dead Online player bids farewell to Google Stadia save by releasing horse they named after their departed daughter [Games Radar]

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 69 - Twilight of the Æsir



Hardcore History: AddendumEP24 Manifesting the Muse with Rick | Dan Carlin



• Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse [Venture Beat] [PDF of White paper]

• Yes, the Great Books Make Us Better People [New York Times]


How Do We Know What We Know? Philosophy of Science | Fraser Cain






Podcasts and Long Form Videos (History, Culture, Science, Space, Technology and Current Events)
Anything covering educational, entertainment, history, current events, and technology topics

Artemis II: Meet the Astronauts Who will Fly Around the Moon (Official NASA Video) | NASA



It's a Trap! - LINUX Unplugged 504 | Jupiter Broadcasting



The Level1 Show April 4 2023: Bucket of Laughs | Level1 Techs



Starship 24 and Booster 7 Ready for Stacking? SpaceX Starbase Update | NASASpaceflight



Most Emotional Storm Chase Ever - Hedrick, IA EF4 Tornado | Tanner Charles



It's a Trap! - LINUX Unplugged 504 | Jupiter Broadcasting



Alexander's Last Year - Reforms and Plans - Ancient History | Kings and Generals



This Can't Be Good... | Joe Scott



How Quantum Computers Break The Internet... Starting Now | Veritasium



Newbie Tips | Linux Out Loud 56



Strange Radiation Hitting Earth Every 1000 Years, But Nobody Knows Why | Antov Petrov



30 Windows Commands you CAN’T live without | Network Chuck





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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)



• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 03 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for April 3rd]

• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 405 [Al Jazeera]

• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 404: The assassination of prominent pro-war Russian milblogger Tatarsky in Russia [Euromaiden Press]


• Killed in Russia: Who was fighter-turned-blogger Tatarsky? [Al Jazeera]

• Darya Trepova: Russia releases video of suspect in cafe killing of Vladlen Tatarsky [BBC News]

• First Polish jets reach Ukraine [TVP World]

• Ukraine updates: Lavrov vows 'tough' reply to 'hostile' EU [DW News]

• Finland joins NATO in historic shift prompted by Ukraine war [France 24]

• A Leaked IT contractor files detail Kremlin's stockpile of cyber-weapons [The Register]

• ‘Vulkan files’ leak reveals Putin’s global and domestic cyberwarfare tactics [The Guardian]

Wagner Group spreading lies about the battle of Bakhmut - Rock Rachon | TVP World



Ukraine War: 'We legally took Bakhmut', claims Wagner group leader | Sky News



Geolocation proves video showing soldiers harassing a Russian-speaking woman is staged | FRANCE 24



Russia blames Ukraine for St Petersburg blast that killed blogger | Al Jazeera



Russia Envoy Vasily Nebenzya to UN: Dollar transaction not reliable anymore | WION



Ukrainian artillery recruits train on UK-supplied AS90 self-propelled gun | The Sun



The Ukraine Air War - The Russian campaign and does Ukraine need Western jets? | Perun




News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective

Douglas Macgregor: No More Defense Lines to Stop The Russians | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor



• New videos of blast that killed military blogger Tatarsky emerge [Russia Today]

• Blast that killed Russian war blogger: What we know so far [Russia Today]

**note** New articles on Pravda have stopped on March 31st for an unknown reason... • Ukrainian soldiers not fleeing Bakhmut - PMC Wagner founder [Pravda]

• 19% of promised Western tanks supplied to Ukraine — statistics [TASS Russian News Agency]





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On This Day

April 4 is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 271 days remain until the end of the year.

On the Roman calendar, this was known as the day before the nones of April (Latin: Prid. Non. Apr.).



Historical Events

(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)




503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.

1268 – A five-year Byzantine–Venetian peace treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.

1423 – Death of the Venetian Doge Tommaso Mocenigo, under whose rule victories were achieved against the Kingdom of Hungary and against the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Gallipoli (1416).

1581 – Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for completing a circumnavigation of the world.

1609 – Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia.

1660 – Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of Great Britain promises, among other things, a general pardon to all royalists for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.

1796 – Georges Cuvier delivers the first paleontological lecture.

1814 – Napoleon abdicates for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French.

1818 – The United States Congress, affirming the Second Continental Congress, adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (20 at that time).

1841 – William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, becoming the first President of the United States to die in office, and setting the record for the briefest administration. Vice President John Tyler succeeds Harrison as President.

1865 – American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.

1866 – Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Dmitry Karakozov in the city of Saint Petersburg.

1887 – Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.

1905 – In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.

1913 – First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.

1925 – The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party in Germany.

1933 – U.S. Navy airship USS Akron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.

1944 – World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.

1945 – World War II: United States Army troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.

1945 – World War II: United States Army troops capture Kassel.

1945 – World War II: Soviet Red Army troops liberate Hungary from German occupation and occupy the country themselves.

1949 – Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

1958 – The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.

1960 – France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.

1964 – The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

1967 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.

1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.

1969 – Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.

1973 – The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City are officially dedicated.

1973 – A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.

1975 – Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

1975 – Vietnam War: A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people.

1979 – Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.

1981 – Iran–Iraq War: The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force mounts an attack on H-3 Airbase and destroys about 50 Iraqi aircraft.

1983 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.

1984 – President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.

1988 – Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.

1990 – The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.

1991 – Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.

1991 – Forty-one people are taken hostage inside a Good Guys! Electronics store in Sacramento, California. 3 of the hostage takers and 3 hostages are killed

1994 – Three people are killed when KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 crashes at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

1996 – Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.

2002 – The MPLA government of Angola and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.

2009 – France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.

2010 – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hits south of the Mexico-USA border, killing two and damaging buildings across the two countries.

2013 – More than 70 people are killed in a building collapse in Thane, India.

2017 – Syria conducts an air strike on Khan Shaykhun using chemical weapons, killing 89 civilians.

2020 – China holds a national day of mourning for martyrs who died in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease outbreak.

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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, April 04, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins


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Macon County Board of Elections 03-11-2014 The Macon County Board of Elections holds a special meeting to hear a challenge brought by Charles "Scoon" Nichols to the candidacy of Macon County Commissioner Ron Haven regarding his eligibility to file as a candidate in the District II County Commissioner race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9lNBy-faAA ********************* Jair Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US ahead of Lula’s inauguration https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/americas/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-us-lula-inauguration-intl-latam Dang. He pulled a Trump and snuck out of town and can't be civil during the transfer of power. What a toddler move. ******************** Fierce Kitty, Glorious Kitty, Little Ball of Fur. Honourable Kitty, Warrior Kitty, Qapla' Qapla' Qapla'-->
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