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Bruins Triumph, IRS Furloughs, AI Job Boom, Boston Weather · 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 Thursday, October 9th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 129 years ago, today in 1819, the Paris
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  Aero Club sponsored a grand ballooning race in
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  which Count Henry de la Vauve and Comptocastian
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  de Saint -Victor flew from Paris to Khorostyshiv,
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  Ukraine, covering over 1 ,153 miles and 33 hours,
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  a remarkable feat of early aviation and human
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  ingenuity. So now you know. And now, it's time
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  for the weather report. This morning, it's sunny
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  and it feels like 41 degrees. with 12 mile per
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  hour wind. The sunset will take place at 6 .09
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  and it will rise again tomorrow at 6 .51. It
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  looks like we're in for a sunny Thursday with
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  a high near 57 and a cool north wind blowing
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  at 10 to 14 with gusts reaching 25. Tonight,
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  expect clear skies with a low around 38 and light
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  winds. For all you beach runners out there, the
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  first low tide Thursday will be at 7 with a high
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  tide at 115. The nearshore gooey at Cape Cod
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  Bay reads 62 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather, Friday will be
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  sunny with a high near 62 and light west winds
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  of 3 to 7 miles per hour becoming clear overnight
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  with a low near 44. Saturday warms to near 67
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  and stays mostly sunny before a chance of rain
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  returns Sunday, with highs near 62 and breezy
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  northeast winds up to 16 miles per hour, with
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  showers possible into Monday. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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  This podcast is brought to you by Versailles
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  Camino Real South, just north of Encinitas Boulevard.
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  This cafe is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge
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  in their amazing Eggs Benedict or their gluten
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  -free crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch
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  or just breeze on through to get your morning
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  coffee. They are open every day from 8 to 5.
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny mornings send you. The City of Boston is
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  moving away from flex posts, transitioning to
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  more durable bike lane barriers this fall. City
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  officials are replacing the flexible bollards
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  with cast -in -place concrete, which sits on
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  top of the road. This change aims to reduce maintenance
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  costs and litter from broken posts, while providing
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  a safer environment for bikers. The chief of
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  streets for Mayor Michelle Wu has stated that
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  the long -term goal is to eliminate flex posts
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  in most cases, starting with new barriers along
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  Arlington Street and Boylston Street. Meanwhile,
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  state health officials are warning people and
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  pets to avoid parts of the Charles River due
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  to a growing algae bloom. Now on to sports. The
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  great Bill Belichick experiment has taken a dramatic
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  turn at the University of North Carolina. His
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  tenure as head coach has devolved into a situation
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  resembling the Carolina Panthers, leaving fans
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  embarrassed. With a record of two wins and three
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  losses, the football team's performance has disappointed
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  many. Fans left Canaan Stadium early during a
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  recent game against Clemson, underscoring their
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  frustration. Balchek's past success in the NFL
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  has not translated to college football leading
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  to widespread criticism. The planned documentary
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  about the team has been scrapped due to the growing
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  dissatisfaction surrounding him. And tonight,
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  on Thursday Night Football, the 4 -1 Eagles are
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  at the 1 -4 Giants. Kickoff is at 8 .15 p .m.
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  on Amazon Prime Video. Philadelphia is favored
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  by 7 .5, and the over -under is 40 .5 in local
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  sports. Last night, the Bruins and Capitals opened
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  their season at Capital One Arena. Bruins forward
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  David Pasternak shined with a goal and two assists
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  in a 3 -1 road victory over Washington. The first
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  period was low -scoring, with both teams combining
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  for only 11 shots. Pasternak broke the tie in
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  the second period with a precise shot, giving
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  Boston a one -to -nothing lead. Despite a late
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  goal from Tom Wilson, the Bruins held on, with
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  Morgan Gicke sealing the win. Boston faces the
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  Chicago Blackhawks tonight at TD Garden. In top
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  news... The Internal Revenue Service is furloughing
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  nearly half of its workforce due to the ongoing
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  government shutdown. About 34 ,000 IRS workers
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  are being furloughed, while another 39 ,870 employees
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  will remain on the job. This announcement comes
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  as the federal shutdown enters its eighth day
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  without an agreement between Republicans and
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  Democrats on a funding deal. The IRS stated,
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  Due to the lapse in appropriations, most IRS
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  operations are closed. Furloughed workers were
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  informed they will receive back pay once the
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  shutdown ends. This furlough follows mass layoffs
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  that reduce the IRS workforce by approximately
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  25%. In business news, artificial intelligence
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  is supposed to kill jobs, but instead there is
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  a hiring and office boom. Some artificial intelligence
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  executives have predicted significant job losses
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  due to the technology. However, many artificial
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  intelligence companies are hiring large numbers
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  of human employees. This is driving a surprising
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  resurgence in Silicon Valley's office market.
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  Eric Simons, chief executive officer of artificial
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  intelligence startup StackBlitz, recently announced
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  a new office lease in San Francisco. The buildout
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  is underway and employees are expected to move
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  in around January. Generative artificial intelligence
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  is reshaping the workforce while fueling new
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  job creation that drives office demand. In crypto
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  movement, Bitcoin is unchanged at just over $122
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  ,000. Ethereum is unchanged at about $4 ,500.
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  And XRP is down half a percent. to $2 .84. Moving
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  on to a more local vibe. In our community spotlight
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  on health and wellness, we are working with a
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  national Pilates studio to bring you some free
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  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 tech. Robocalls
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  are on the rise, with over 4 .1 billion received
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  in August alone by people in the United States.
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  To combat this, Apple is introducing a new tool
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  in its iOS 26 release to help users manage unknown
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  calls. This feature allows iPhone owners to choose
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  how to handle incoming calls, including letting
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  them ring, sending them to voicemail, or asking
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  the caller for more information. When using the
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  third option, Siri will answer and gather details,
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  displaying a status message on the lock screen.
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  To activate this tool, users need to install
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  iOS 26, open Settings, and select Screen Unknown
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  Callers. And in entertainment news, Wind River,
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  the next chapter star, Jason Clarke. reveals
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  that the sequel is about to come out soon, after
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  being locked up with the legalities. Originally
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  released in 2017, the first Wind River movie
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  was written and directed by Taylor Sheridan and
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  starred Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner. A
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  sequel was announced in November 2022, focusing
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  on Chip Hanson, a character from the first film.
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  Clark describes the sequel as extraordinary and
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  a beautiful movie. set within the Native community.
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  The completion and post -production phase of
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  Wind River 2 brings hope for an imminent release
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  date announcement. The first film grossed over
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  $44 million on a budget of $11 million. 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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  American inventor and visionary Alexander Graham
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  Bell. And he said... When one door closes, another
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  opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully
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  upon the closed door that we do not see the one
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  which has opened for us. And that's a wrap for
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  this morning. You can check out our Instagram,
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  YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating aerial
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  videos with local news and the weather reports.
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  Had an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see
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  you tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.