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Boston Engineer Guilty of Iran Sanctions Violation, Celtics Acquire Paul George · 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 Tuesday, July 14th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 237 years ago, today, in 1789, Paris
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  crowds stormed the Bastille, a symbolic royal
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  fortress, sparking a popular uprising that pushed
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  for liberty, equality, and new popular participation
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  in government. That breakthrough shifted power
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  toward the people and inspired wide political
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  reform movements across Europe, marking a decisive
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  step toward modern democratic ideals. So now
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  you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning it's sunny and it feels
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  like 73 degrees, with 9 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 817, and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 521. It looks like we're in
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  for a mostly sunny day, with temperatures reaching
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  near 97 and a moderate west breeze, around 12
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  miles per hour, gusting up to 29. Here inland,
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  it will hit a high of 98. Tonight, expect mostly
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  clear skies with a low of 79. and a moderate
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  west wind around 12 miles per hour, gusting up
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  to 29. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads
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  67 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Wednesday will be mostly
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  sunny and hot with highs near 95 and a west wind
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  around 10 miles per hour. Thursday stays warm
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  near 92 with a light west breeze. cooling to
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  the mid -80s on Friday as northwest winds pick
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  up slightly. Then a chance of showers and thunderstorms
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  returns on Saturday with a high near 84 and southwest
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  winds. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This podcast
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  They are open every day from 8 to 5. So stop
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  on by and don't forget to tell them. Sunny mornings
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  send you. A Natick engineer was found guilty
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  on Monday of conspiring to unlawfully export
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  electronic components to Iran, violating U .S.
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  sanctions. Mahdi Mohammed Sadagi, who previously
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  worked at Analog Devices, was accused of assisting
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  an Iranian business associate in bypassing American
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  export control laws. Prosecutors claimed this
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  associate's Tehran -based company was involved
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  in military drone navigation systems for Iran's
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  Revolutionary Guard. Sadeqi faces sentencing
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  on October 13th and remains free until then.
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  He was convicted on three of five charges, while
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  his attorney argued that the prosecution's case
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  was flawed and lacked proof of any gained benefit.
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  Now onto sports. The 2026 World Cup semifinals
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  are set, featuring soccer's heavyweights. Cape
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  Verde's blue sharks in Mexico brought joy, while
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  the United States faced a shocking end. Cristiano
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  Ronaldo and Luka Modric bid farewell, as Brazil,
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  Germany, and Uruguay struggled. The semifinals
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  will showcase France against Spain in Argentina
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  versus England. with matches at A .T. and T.
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  Stadium and in Atlanta. Spanish coach Luz de
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  la Fuente emphasized that everyone is a heavyweight.
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  Kylian Mbappe, with a record of 12 goals in knockout
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  stages, is poised for a thrilling match -up against
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  Spain's Le Mignamel. Messi reflected on the challenges
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  of being a defending champion in local sports.
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  The Red Sox completed a perfect sweep of the
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  Mets in New York, winning 3 -2 Sunday behind
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  strong relief pitching from Oroldis Chapman and
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  Garrett Whitlock. That victory extended Boston's
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  winning streak to nine games, and the Bats are
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  heating up at exactly the right time. Masataka
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  Yoshida drove in two runs with a solo homer in
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  Saturday's shutout. while Andrew Monasterio also
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  went deep as the Sox, dominated early in the
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  series. Boston's now 46 and 48 on the year, right
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  back in contention in the AL East. Speaking of
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  the all -star game tonight in Philadelphia, Wilson
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  Contreras is representing the Red Sox and made
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  a statement in the home run derby, advancing
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  to the semifinals with 13 homers. but for second
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  -most in the opening round. The catcher's been
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  a wicked addition this season with 20 home runs
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  already. But here's the head -scratcher. Sonny
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  Gray, the Sox ace with an 11 -1 record and a
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  2 .54 era, second -lowest in the AL, got left
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  off the All -Star roster entirely. That's a curious
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  snub for Boston's best pitcher. Meanwhile, the
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  Celtics made one of the off -season's biggest
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  moves, acquiring nine -time All -Star Paul George
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  from Philadelphia in exchange for Jalen Brown.
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  Boston also signed free agent Mitchell Robinson
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  to a three -year, $47 .4 million deal, adding
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  championship pedigree and elite rebounding to
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  the front court. In top news, States are suing
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  to block Paramount from acquiring Warner Bros.'
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  discovery in a significant Hollywood merger.
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  Led by California, the lawsuit argues that this
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  unlawful merger would result in higher prices,
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  lower quality, and less content for film and
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  television. California Attorney General Rob Bonta
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  emphasized that they are fighting for free and
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  fair markets. Paramount, however, claims that
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  the lawsuit could harm entertainment workers
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  and warned that delaying the transaction could
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  lead to significant cuts. The merger, valued
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  at approximately $111 billion, faces scrutiny
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  from multiple states and regulators. In business
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  news, humanoid startup Limous Dynamics is preparing
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  to go public, just over four years after its
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  founding during the pandemic. Founder Wiljam
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  stated, listing is a must. highlighting the importance
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  of timing. The company recently raised $200 million
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  in a pre -initial public offering round. Zheng
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  compared this to Chinese electric car startups
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  that successfully listed in the United States.
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  Limus's valuation reached $2 .2 billion with
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  participation from international investors. China's
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  investment in humanoid technology surged to $7
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  billion in the second quarter. The approval process
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  for humanoid companies is accelerating with Limx
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  aiming to ship thousands of robots to the Middle
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  East. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down 1 %
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  to about $63 ,000. Ethereum is unchanged at just
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  under $1 ,800. And XRP is down 1 % to $1 .08.
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  Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community
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  spotlight on health and wellness, we are working
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  with a national Pilates studio to bring you some
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  free classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates
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  with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
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  presents a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating
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  strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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  benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates
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  for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
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  Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
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  to tell them Sunny Morning sent you by. And now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk science. Russia
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  is launching a NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts
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  to the International Space Station on July 14.
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  The trio will lift off from Baikonur Cosmodrome
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  in Kazakhstan atop a Russian Soyuz rocket at
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  1047 in the morning Eastern Daylight Time. You
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  can watch the live coverage starting at 945 in
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  the morning Eastern Daylight Time on Space .com
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  or NASA's YouTube channel. The crew, including
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  NASA's Anel Menon, will dock with the International
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  Space Station after just two orbits, around 1
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  .56 in the afternoon Eastern Daylight Time. Menon
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  will conduct various scientific experiments during
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  their eight -month mission. And in entertainment
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  news, Disney's live -action Moana did not make
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  the splash expected, leading to questions about
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  its box office potential. and the future of animated
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  remakes. Despite anticipation of an opening above
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  $60 million, the film debuted with only $43 million
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  in North America, marking one of the weakest
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  debuts for Disney's remakes. With a production
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  budget of $250 million, the film struggled against
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  competition from other family films. Critics
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  gave it a 34 % approval score, though audience
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  response was more positive with an A Sinema score.
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  The timing of its release, alongside the upcoming
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  Mona 2, may have impacted its performance. Well,
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  all righty, folks, it's time for the quote of
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  the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  French philosopher and writer Jean Jacques Rousseau.
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  And he said, Man is born free, and everywhere
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  he is in chains. This reflects the enduring struggle
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  for liberty and equality, themes that resonate
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  with the storming of the Bastille and the pursuit
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  of democratic ideals. And that's a wrap for this
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  morning. You can check out our Instagram, YouTube,
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  and TikTok for some captivating aerial videos
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  with local news and the weather reports. Had
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  an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see you
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  tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.