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GENERAL OUTLOOK
A low pressure system and associated cold front will settle just south of the area today, with high pressure building from the north through Thursday. Another cold front will approach from the northwest on Friday night and cross the area Saturday or Saturday night. Weak high pressure returns on Sunday and remain into early next week.
Stand Off in Cowee Ends With Arrest
• The Sheriff's Office was called out to investigate a report of a suspicious vehicle (a white utility truck) on Cherokee Mine Road late last night. After a deputy arrived, a brief pursuit occured. The truck was discovered abandoned on Gemstone Drive and a female was taken into custody. The driver of the vehicle (who was armed) barricaded himself inside the basement of a building for several hours, starting around 12.46am. He surrendered himself after a brief conversation with Sheriff Holbrooks at 4.26am this morning.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Friday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Scattered showers, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.
Tonight
Scattered showers, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain before 10am, then a chance of showers between 10am and 1pm, then a chance of rain after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 50. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Isolated showers between noon and 1pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the northeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday
A chance of rain before 11am, then a chance of showers between 11am and noon, then a chance of rain after noon. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the east 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the east 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the upper 60s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs near 80. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 40%.
Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then isolated showers between 8pm and 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the north around 5 mph becoming calm before daybreak. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain before 10am, then a chance of showers between 10am and 1pm, then a chance of rain after 1pm. Partly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the southeast 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
A 20 percent chance of rain before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the miud 70s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Scattered showers, mainly after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northeast 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
A chance of showers, mainly between 11am and 3pm, then a chance of rain after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with highs near 70. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of rain is 30%.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 70s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Hazardous weather is not expected today.
Latest US Drought Monitor Map for North Carolina.
Space Weather
Earth in Solar Storm Crosshairs | Live Informal Briefing 09 May 2023
Back to Top Hurricane Season 2023: What to Watch For As We Keep Tabs on El Nino | hurricanetrack
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Almanac
PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD/CODE GREEN) for most of the county, and the ridges and other higher elevations PM2.5 AQI is 45 (GOOD/CODE GREEN)
Fire and Smoke Map
Local Air Monitor
Pollen
Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (7.1 out of 12) today with Birch, Hickory, and Maple being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the medium range (6.9 out of 12).
Record Weather Events for May 17th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 89°F in Franklin in 1960
Lowest Temperature 29°F in Highlands in 1984
Greatest One-Day Rain 1.25 inches in Highlands in 2003
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of May Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-20-1996
Lowest Temperature 23°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-02-1963
Greatest Rainfall 5.97 inches in Highlands on 05-30-2018
Greatest Snowfall 2.5 inches in Highlands on 05-07-1992
Record Weather Events for May 17th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 97°F in Albemarle, Stanly County in 1941
Lowest Temperature 26°F in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 1984
Greatest Rainfall 3.57 inches in Laurel Springs, Ashe County in 2018
Greatest Snowfall 0.6 inches in Sparta, Alleghnay County in 1946
(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)
--> Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of May Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 107°F in Aurora, Beaufort Countyy on 05-26-2011
Lowest Temperature 14°F in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 05-09-2020
Greatest Rainfall 8.51 inches in Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County on 05-20-1942
Greatest Snowfall 15.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 05-07-1992
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
SATURDAY, MAY 27th
Clarks Chapel Fire-Rescue Annual BBQ Fundraiser From 2pm until sold out Plates are $10 each
Clarks Chapel Volunteer Fire Department is hosting their annul BBQ Fundraiser on Saturday, May 27. It will feature Barbeque, Music, Raffles, Silent Auction, and plenty of family fun. The fire department is located at 270 Fulcher Road in Franklin.
No events have been submitted for Macon Calendar.
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Local and State News
• Questions about Higdon House continue at recent Macon County Commissioners meeting [BPR]
• Franklin dedicates the Barbara McRae Cherokee Heritage Apple Trail along the Little Tennessee [The Southern Scoop News]
• Haywood commissioners support tax hike to fund school resource officers [Smoky Mountain News]
• North Carolina Senate's 2-year budget advances through committees, with floor votes next [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• NC lawmakers override Gov. Cooper’s veto of abortion bill. Here’s how everyone voted. [Raleigh News and Observer]
LIVE: NC Republicans begins effort to override Gov. Cooper's abortion bill veto
Macon Media is still experiencing transportation issues and was unable to get to the courthouse to cover this months meeting. Here is the county-sponsored video of the meeting:
Macon County Commissioners Meeting 3-14-23
• HB259 NC House Bill Budget Substitute [PDF Download (640 pages)]
Proposed State Budget for 2023-2025 [Download PDF]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners March 2023 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
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National and World News Roundup
NC House overrides Gov. Cooper abortion bill veto | WNCN-TV (Goldsboro, NC)
• IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax-prep giants [Washington Post]
• How energy prices will shape key House and Senate races in 2024 [Washington Times]
• What Everyone—Except the U.S.—Has Learned About Immigration [Wall Street Journal]
• North Carolina abortion: Lawmakers override governor's veto on 12-week ban [BBC News]
• IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax-prep giants [SOURCE]
• Journalists arrested and attacked, media offices set ablaze amid Pakistan protests [Committee to Protect Journalists]
Washington Today (5-16-23): Speaker McCarthy says debt ceiling deal possible by end of the week | C-SPAN
Global National: May 16, 2023 | How looming WestJet pilots strike could affect your travel plans
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - May 16
PBS NewsHour full episode, (May 16, 2023)
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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:
Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. Macon County Public Health will stop publishing weekly COVID updates but will continue to monitor local case levels and trends. In the event that case counts increase significantly, MCPH will notify the public and resume weekly COVID updates.
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 3:49pm CEST, 10 May 2023, there have been 103,343,569 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,125,209 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 5 May 2023, a total of 668,168,096 vaccine doses have been administered.
Globally, as of 3:49pm CEST, 10 May 2023, there have been 765,903,278 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,927,378 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 9 May 2023, a total of 13,350,312,122 vaccine doses have been administered.
• A Proclamation on Revoking the Air Travel COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement [ The White House ]
• Statement on the fifteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic [ World Health Organization ]
• The Covid–19 Crisis Is Officially Over. Everything Changed. [WSJ (video and audio)] [WSJ (article archive)]
• COVID no longer a global health emergency, World Health Organization says [ Sky News ]
• Masks Work. Distorting Science to Dispute the Evidence Doesn’t [ Scientific American ]
• CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is stepping down from agency [ NBC News ]
Ep 130 Osterholm Update: A Better Place | Osterholm Update
• TWiV 1002: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin [Microbe TV]
• TWiV 1003: Going clinically viral [Microbe TV]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• The Sky This Week from May 12 to 19: Ceres stands still [Astronomy Magazine]
• Google to delete accounts inactive for two years in security push [TechCrunch]
• Vice is going bankrupt, BuzzFeed News is dead. What does it mean? [The Guardian]
• Google, Meta, Amazon hire low-paid foreign workers after US layoffs: report [New York Post]
• Antidote Discovered for Lethal “Death Cap” Mushroom Poisoning [Technology Networks]
• Apple engineer on ‘need to know’ project stole secrets, fled to China after agents visited Mountain View home: feds [Mercury News (Santa Clara Valley, CA)]
• 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
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Cinetimes]
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 May 16 2023: Facebook: The Old and The Helpless | Level1 Techs
Stop treating AI like it's human - DTNS 4521 | Daily Tech News Show
Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech | Lex Fridman Podcast #377
10 Strange Unexplained Mysteries of the Moon | John Michael Godier
West Hubei Offensive - Pacific War #78 | Kings and Generals
What NASA Discovered Deep Beneath Saturn's Clouds Broke Their Models | CASSINI | Astrum
Civilization: Is the West History? | Episode 2: Science | BBC Select
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Special Section: The Russo-Ukrainian War
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 16 [Institute for the Study of War] [PDF for May 14th]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 448 [Al Jazeera]
• Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 447: Ukraine downs “hypersonic” Kinzhal missiles [Euromaiden Press]
• Ukraine receives jet fighter support pledge from UK, Netherlands [Al Jazeera]
• Ukraine reports gains around Bakhmut, heavy fighting continue [TVP World]
• Ukraine updates: Heavy Russian air raid repelled, Kyiv says [DW News]
• Ahead of spring offensive, Zelensky receives 'very strong commitment' from European economic powers [France 24]
• What weapons are being given to Ukraine by the UK? [BBc News]
• How spies took down Putin’s most insidious weapon against the West [The Telegraph (via Yahoo! News)]
Ukraine says it shot down six hypersonic missiles | Al Jazeera
Military aid to Ukraine - how long will it last? | World Today | TVP World
Ukraine update: Nightly airstrikes on Kyiv; Ukraine claims advances around Bakhmut | DW News
Russia hits Ukraine's capital Kyiv with 'exceptional' number of missiles, says official | BBC News
Where Ukraine's defense stands after missile attack on Kyiv | CBS News
Ukraine intercepts Russia's Kinzhal missile?!? Here's what happened | Sandboxx
🔴 (NSFW) - Ukraine Advances in Bakhmut, Storm Shadow Strikes? | Funker530 LIVE Recap
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
Either you attack the Russians now or you might as well surrender | Straight Calls with Douglas Macgregor
• China tells foreign embassies to remove pro-Ukraine posters – media [Russia Today]
• ISW: Russian Air Force starts new campaign to curb Ukraine's offensive [Pravda]
• Russia should work actively to become technologically independent — Medvedev [TASS Russian News Agency]
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On This Day
May 17th is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 228 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)
1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army.
1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.
1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men – by 1536 only four survive.
1536 – George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason.
1536 – Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage is annulled.
1590 – Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
1642 – Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
1648 – Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria in the Battle of Zusmarshausen.
1673 – Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
1756 – Seven Years' War formally begins when Great Britain declares war on France
1760 – French forces besieging Quebec retreat after the Royal Navy arrives to relieve the British garrison.
1792 – The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
1805 – Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt.
1809 – Emperor Napoleon I orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
1814 – Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian.
1814 – The Constitution of Norway is signed and Crown Prince Christian Frederick of Denmark is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
1859 – Members of the Melbourne Football Club codified the first rules of Australian rules football.
1863 – Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
1865 – The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
1875 – Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby with the jockey Oliver Lewis (2:37.75)
1900 – The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
1902 – Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
1914 – The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
1915 – The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
1933 – Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: The Largo Caballero government resigns in the wake of the Barcelona May Days, leading Juan Negrín to form a government, without the anarcho-syndicalist CNT, in its stead.[7]
1939 – The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
1940 – World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
1943 – World War II: Dambuster Raids commence by No. 617 Squadron RAF.
1954 – The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
1967 – Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
1969 – Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
1973 – Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
1974 – The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
1974 – Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
1977 – Nolan Bushnell opened the first ShowBiz Pizza Place (later renamed Chuck E. Cheese) in San Jose, California.
1980 – General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
1980 – On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in Chuschi (a town in Ayacucho), starting the Internal conflict in Peru.
1983 – The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds [1.9 kt]), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request.
1983 – Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
1984 – Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend", sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture.
1987 – Iran–Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USS Stark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
1990 – The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.
1992 – Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests.
1994 – Malawi holds its first multi-party elections.
1995 – Shawn Nelson steals an M60 tank from the California Army National Guard Armory in San Diego and proceeds to go on a rampage.
1997 – Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2000 – Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
2004 – The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
2006 – The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
2007 – Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953.
2014 – A military plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people.
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Published at 5:00am on Wednesday, May 17, 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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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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