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Celtics Face Game 7 Showdown, Gronkowski Joins Patriots Hall · Sunny Mornings Boston

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  Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Friday, May 1st. You'll be interested
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  to know, 175 years ago, today, in 1851, London
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  opened the first great international exposition
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  in a dazzling crystal palace, showcasing industrial
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  innovation, fine arts and inventions from around
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  the world. The gathering celebrated human creativity
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  and technological progress, setting a global
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  model for cultural exchange and inspiring future
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  public exhibitions and universal curiosity. So
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  now you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning, it's mostly sunny and it
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  feels like 43 degrees with 6 mile per hour wind.
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  The sunset will take place at 743 and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 535. It looks like we're
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  in for some mostly sunny weather today with a
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  high near 63 and a light northwest breeze around
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  8 miles per hour. If you're inland, it will hit
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  a high of 63. Tonight, expect a slight chance
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  of rain showers after 4 a .m. with partly cloudy
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  skies, a low around 46, and a calm west wind
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  around 4 miles per hour. The new shore buoy at
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  Cape Cod Bay reads 49 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Saturday is mostly
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  cloudy with a chance of showers and a high near
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  59. and southwest winds around 5 mph. Sunday
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  stays mostly cloudy with spotty showers likely
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  and a high near 57 as winds turn northwest around
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  7 mph. Monday warms to a sunny high near 66 before
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  breezy southwest winds increase Tuesday into
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  the low 70s with gusts near 29. This podcast
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  on by and don't forget to tell them. Sunny mornings
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  send you. In local news, an unexpected scare
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  occurred on Friday at Six Flags New England in
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  Agawam when the Superman, the ride coaster, stalled
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  at the top of its lift hill on April 24. Riders
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  were forced to walk down a steep maintenance
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  staircase. as park employees guided them to safety.
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  The popular coaster, standing at 208 feet tall,
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  reaches speeds of 77 miles per hour and features
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  a 221 -foot drop. According to Six Flags New
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  England's website, the ride has extensive safety
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  sensors that can stop the coaster if needed.
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  Videos shared on TikTok captured the moment riders
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  were evacuated. Now on to sports. The $13 billion
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  World Cup is set to be the most lucrative competition
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  in the history of sport, despite some of the
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  48 competing countries struggling to make ends
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  meet. FIFA president Gianni Infantino described
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  the event as the greatest event that humanity
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  has ever seen. FIFA's financial report indicates
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  that the organization expects to earn $13 billion
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  from the four -year cycle, with nearly $9 billion
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  anticipated this year. In comparison, the Paris
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  2024 Olympics recently generated $5 billion.
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  Further details will be revealed on Thursday
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  as Infantino discusses FIFA's budget for 2027
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  -2030. In local sports, tonight the Red Sox host
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  the Astros at Fenway. looking to snap a skid
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  after getting swept by Toronto. Boston is inconsistent
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  early. They're 12 -19, but Wilson Contreras and
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  company have shown flashes. First pitch is at
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  7 -10. Meanwhile, the Celtics face elimination
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  in Game 7 tomorrow at TD Garden against Philadelphia.
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  Boston led the series 3 -2, but dropped Game
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  6 badly. 106 -93. The Sixers came alive in the
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  middle quarters, outscoring the Celtics 62 -40.
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  Tyrese Maxey had 30 points, but Jason Tatum is
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  still dealing with a lower leg injury from last
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  night. The Celtics know what championship basketball
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  demands. They won it all last year. One game.
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  Winner advances. On the ice, the Bruins are in
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  must -win territory against Buffalo in Game 6
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  tonight. The Sabres lead the series 3 -2, but
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  Boston force this with a dramatic 2 -1 overtime
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  win Tuesday. David Pasternak with a game winner.
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  The Garden is going to be loud. Victor Arvidson
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  is out with an upper body issue, but Jeremy Swayman
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  has been sharp. This is survival. Finally, Rob
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  Gronkowski has been voted into the Patriots Hall
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  of Fame in his first year of eligibility, joining
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  Brady, Edelman, and Vrabel in the last four years.
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  The tight end played nine seasons in New England,
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  with 521 catches for 7 ,861 yards and 79 touchdowns.
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  In top news. You are probably paying more for
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  insurance lately. A new analysis suggests that
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  Americans are being overcharged by $150 billion
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  annually for home, auto, and business insurance.
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  This analysis by the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
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  details how insurers are paying out less on claims
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  than they did decades ago. In 2024, for every
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  $1 collected in premiums, insurers reimbursed
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  62 cents for claims, down from an average of
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  80 cents in the 1980s and 1990s. Brian Shearer,
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  director of competition and regulatory, stated
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  that the low loss ratios indicate the insurance
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  industry is charging too much. In business news,
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  credit expert warns borrowers about the American
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  drain as new mortgage scoring models take effect.
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  For millions of invisible Americans who have
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  paid rent on time for years but lacked a traditional
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  credit score, the door to the American dream
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  just swung wide open. However, one expert warns
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  not to trip on the threshold. Following a landmark
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  announcement from the Department of Housing and
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  Urban Development and the Federal Housing Finance
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  Agency to accept VantageScore 4 .0 and FICO Score
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  10 -T, The mortgage industry is bracing for a
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  surge of new applicants. Micah Smith, a leading
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  credit repair influencer, says that while the
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  inclusion of rent and utilities is a landmark
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  shift, borrowers must be wary of the American
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  drain. Smith cautions that the new models are
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  more rigorous than many realize. He states, people
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  say getting a home is the American dream. I call
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  it the American drain when you do not do it properly.
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  The acceptance of VantageScore 4 .0 represents
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  the first major change to mortgage credit requirements
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  in over three decades. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is down 3 % for the week to $77 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 5 % to about $2 ,000. And XRP is down
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  5 % to $1 .37. Moving on to a more local vibe.
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  In our community spotlight on health and wellness,
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  we are working with a national Pilates studio
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  to bring you some free classes, so listen up.
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  Check out Club Pilates, with several locations
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  in the Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  wellness approach, cultivating strength, reducing
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  tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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  research affirms its benefits. So now you can
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  check out Club Pilates for a free class. With
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  locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline,
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  and Framingham, just be sure to tell them sunny
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  morning sent you by. And now, back to the show.
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  Let's talk tech. In the Muscovy Altman case,
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  a judge warns lawyers that artificial intelligence
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  itself is not on trial. On April 30th, 2026,
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  in Oakland, California, tensions rose during
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  Elon Musk's testimony against OpenAI. Musk's
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  attorney, Stephen Molo, raised concerns about
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  the potential for artificial intelligence to
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  cause human extinction, prompting Judge Yvonne
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  Gonzalez -Rogers to refocus the discussion. Rogers
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  emphasized the trial's focus on Musk's claim
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  that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman betrayed public trust
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  for personal gain. This lawsuit reflects a long
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  -standing feud between the two former associates
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  filled with public disputes. And in entertainment
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  news, the follow -up to The Devil Wears Prada
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  is arriving in theaters on Friday. with Anne
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  Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, and Emily
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  Blunt reprising their roles two decades later.
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  This long -awaited sequel follows the original,
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  adapted from Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel,
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  inspired by her experiences with former Vogue
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  editor -in -chief Anna Wintour. The first film,
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  featuring Hathaway as aspiring journalist Andy
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  Sachs, grossed $327 million worldwide. becoming
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  a lasting pop culture phenomenon. Critics described
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  the film as pretty and polished and preposterous.
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  Well, alrighty folks, it's time for the quote
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  of the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  American inventor and visionary Thomas Edison.
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  And he said, Genius is 1 % inspiration and 99
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  % perspiration. highlighting the relentless effort
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  behind human creativity and technological progress.
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  And that's a wrap for this morning. You can check
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  out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some
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  captivating aerial videos with local news and
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  the weather reports. Have an amazing day, my
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  good friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
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  episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.