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Amtrak NextGen Acela Launch, Red Sox Triumph, Parsons Trade · 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, August 29th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 116 years ago, today in 1909. At the
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  Grande Semaine Deviation near Rhimes, France,
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  more than 100 ,000 people gathered to witness
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  the arrival of the Zeppelin LZ3. a majestic airship,
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  marking a triumphant moment in human ingenuity
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  and the dawn of modern aviation. This inspiring
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  event celebrated the spirit of exploration, the
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  marvel of lighter -than -air flight, and the
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  boundless potential of human creativity, uniting
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  crowds in wonder and hope. So now you know. And
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  now, it's time for the weather report. This morning,
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  it's partly sunny, and it feels like 65 degrees,
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  with 9 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 720, and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 607. It looks like we're in for some rain
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  showers early this morning, with a good chance
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  of thunderstorms later, mostly cloudy skies,
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  and a high near 77, falling to around 71 in the
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  afternoon. with a south wind of 10 to 14 mile
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  per hour. Tonight, expect partly cloudy skies
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  with lingering showers and thunderstorms until
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  after 7, a low around 56, and light west winds.
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  For all you beach runners out there, the first
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  low tide Friday will be at 10, with a high tide
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  at 415. The near shore gooey at Cape Cod Bay
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  reads 67 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Expect sunny skies on Saturday
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  with a high near 75 and a west wind around 6
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  to 9 miles per hour. Saturday night will be mostly
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  clear with a low around 55 and a west wind near
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  6 miles per hour. Sunday continues with sunny
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  weather, a high near 76. and a north wind around
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  6 miles per hour. Sunday night remains mostly
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  clear with a low around 56 and a southwest wind
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  2 to 6 miles per hour. Labor Day features sunny
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  skies with a high near 76 and a northeast wind
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  2 to 7 miles per hour. Monday night will be partly
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  cloudy with a low around 57 and a south wind
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  2 to 6 miles per hour. Tuesday brings mostly
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  sunny conditions, a high near 75, and a northeast
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  wind 2 to 7 miles per hour. Tuesday night will
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  be mostly clear, with a low around 56, and a
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  south wind 3 to 7 miles per hour. Bonjour, food
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  enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to you by
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  on El Camino Real South, just north of Encinitas
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  Boulevard, This cafe is a haven for culinary
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  day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
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  to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. In local
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  news, Amtrak launched its next gen Acela. Linking
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  Boston to Washington, District of Columbia, and
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  New York City. Top speed is 160 miles per hour.
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  Five trains are running now, with 28 planned
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  by 2027. And the first Boston departure was set
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  for South Station at 5 .55 in the morning on
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  Thursday. Cars feature free fifth -generation
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  Wi -Fi, power outlets, USB ports, adjustable
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  reading lights, and a very quiet ride. Amtrak
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  will adjust schedules to cut travel time, fares
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  remain unchanged, and NextGen will gradually
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  replace original Acela sets while both continue
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  operating. Now onto sports. Dallas traded Micah
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  Parsons to Green Bay after his public trade demand
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  and he signed a four -year $188 million deal
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  with $136 million guaranteed, averaging $47 million,
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  a record -setting non -quarterback contract.
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  At 26, Parsons owns 52 and one -half sacks in
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  63 regular season games. Winners include Parsons
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  and agent David Mulugida, the Packers and NBC.
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  With September 28, Sunday night football packers
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  at Cowboys poised for ratings history. Losers
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  include owner Jerry Jones, rookie head coach
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  Brian Schottenheimer, Kenny Clark, Dallas fans,
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  and local sports. Yesterday afternoon at Oriole
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  Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, the Red Sox
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  won over the Orioles 3 -2. Rasneider and Jackson
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  each hit home runs. with Jan Gonzalez driving
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  in the go -ahead run in the eighth. Jay Hicks
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  earned the win, Varsia took the loss, and Matz
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  earned the save. The Sox finished with eight
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  hits and no errors, leaving five runners on base.
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  Boston's record improves to 75 -60. Tonight,
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  the Sox face Paul Skeens and the Pirates. First
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  pitch is scheduled for 7 -10 in Boston. with
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  temperatures near 64 degrees and cloudy skies.
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  In top news, Dallas traded Micah Parsons to Green
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  Bay after his public trade demand, and he signed
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  a four -year $188 million deal with $136 million
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  guaranteed, averaging $47 million, a record -setting
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  non -quarterback contract. At 26, Parsons owns
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  52 1⁄2 sacks in 63 regular season games. Winners
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  include Parsons and agent David Mulugida, the
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  Packers, and NBC. With September 28, Sunday Night
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  Football, Packers at Cowboys poised for ratings
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  history. Losers include owner Jerry Jones, rookie
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  head coach Brian Schottenheimer, Kenny Clark,
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  and Dallas fans. In business news, a firm's shares
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  jumped 15 % in extended trading after the buy
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  now pay later provider delivered a clear earnings
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  and revenue beat for its fiscal fourth quarter.
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  Earnings per share were 20 cents versus 11 cents
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  expected. Revenue reached $876 million versus
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  $837 million expected. with revenue up 33 % from
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  $659 million a year ago and gross merchandise
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  volume rising 43 % to $10 .4 billion from $7
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  .2 billion. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down
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  2 % for the week to about $111 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 6 % to just under $4 ,500. And XRP is
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  down 4 % to $2 .90. Moving on to a more local
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  vibe. In our community spotlight on health and
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  wellness, we are working with a national Pilates
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  in the Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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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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  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 science. A former NASA engineer, Charles
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  Buller, now at Exodus Propulsion Technologies,
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  claims an electrostatic propellant -less drive
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  can counter Earth's gravity. He says a new force
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  allows electric fields to generate sustained
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  thrust without expelling mass, enabling center
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  -of -mass translation. Unaffiliated with NASA,
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  he presented at APEC, citing colleagues from
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  NASA, Blue Origin, and the Air Force, and a 2023
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  trial that reportedly beat gravity. Skepticism
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  is warranted as Roger Scheuer's M -drive from
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  2001 failed under testing, despite a 2016 NASA
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  Eagle Works hint with later studies, including
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  Dresden University of Technology, finding zero
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  thrust. And in entertainment news. Darren Aronofsky
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  embraced something closer to light with caught
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  stealing. Set in 1998 New York City, this rosing
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  chase follows Henry Thompson, a Lower East Side
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  bartender and former ball player, now drifting
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  and drinking, played by Austin Butler. A neighbor's
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  cat, a mysterious key, and brutal men ignite
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  pursuits across the city, including a drone shot
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  through the Unisphere in Queens. Low -stakes
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  drills and a vivid New York portrayal gets a
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  graded B-, it's rated R, and 107 minutes. 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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  Have 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.