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Boston Seaport Hotel Approved, Cees Face Warriors Showdown · 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, February 19th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 179 years ago, today, in 1847. Dentist
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  William Morton administered ether to a patient
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  at Massachusetts General Hospital. allowing surgeons
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  to perform painless operations with calm and
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  control. This breakthrough introduced reliable
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  anesthesia into surgery, transforming patient
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  care by enabling more complex procedures and
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  advancing surgical science. So now you know.
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  And now, it's time for the weather report. This
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  morning it's mostly sunny and it feels like 24
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  degrees with 4 mile per hour wind. The sunset
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  will take place at 521 and it will rise again
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  tomorrow at 629. It looks like we're in for a
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  mostly sunny day with a high near 38 and a light
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  northeast breeze. Tonight, expect mostly cloudy
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  skies with a low around 27 and light winds. For
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  all the beach runners out there, the first low
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  tide Thursday will be at 615, with a high tide
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  just before 1230. The near shore buoy at Cape
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  Cod Bay reads 33 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Friday looks snow
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  likely late morning into the afternoon with a
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  mix of rain and snow at a high near 36. then
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  turning to rain and snow Friday night, with 1
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  to 3 inches possible overnight. Saturday stays
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  cloudy with more snow likely and light accumulations,
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  then a chance of snow showers into Sunday as
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  highs hold in the mid -30s, and winds become
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  breezy Sunday night into Monday with gusts as
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  high as 22 to 28 miles per hour. Bonjour, food
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  enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to you by
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  Versailles Cafe and Pastries in Encinitas. Nestled
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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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  delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs Benedict
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  or their gluten -free crepes. You can grab a
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  panini for lunch or just breeze on through to
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  get your morning coffee. They are open every
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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, there's a new hotel coming to Boston's
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  Seaport District. EGH Hotel Partners, a collaboration
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  between Global Hospitality Investment Group and
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  a global investment management firm, announced
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  the approval of a new 15 -story hotel on Anchor
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  Street. across from the Thomas M. Menino Convention
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  and Exhibition Center. The project will feature
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  438 guest rooms, an indoor -slash -outdoor lobby
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  bar, rooftop space, and a landscaped entry plaza.
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  The Boston Zoning Commission approved this sustainable
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  design, which aims to achieve LEED Gold Certification
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  on February 11. Kevin Kolkett, founder and CEO
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  of Global Hospitality Investment Group, expressed
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  excitement about enhancing the vibrancy of D
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  Street. Now on to sports. Team USA knocked out
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  Sweden in overtime to reach the Olympic men's
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  hockey semi -finals on February 18, 2026. This
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  was not the first time victory slipped from their
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  grasp so close to the finish line. Professional
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  athletes are hardwired to bounce back. focusing
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  on the neck shift, as Carolina Hurricanes defenseman
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  Jakob Slavin stated. Quinn Hughes scored the
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  overtime winner, leading Team USA to a tense
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  2 -1 victory. They now face Slovakia, a ninth
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  -ranked team with only seven NHL players. Team
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  USA is a favorite to advance to the gold medal
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  game against either Finland or Canada. In local
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  sports, The Celtics are gearing up for a crucial
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  matchup against the Warriors in San Francisco
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  tonight at 10. Currently sitting second in the
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  Eastern Conference with a record of 35 wins and
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  19 losses, the Seas hope to improve on their
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  road record of 17 wins and 10 losses. While the
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  Warriors have been strong at home, the Celtics
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  rank last in the East for assists, averaging
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  just 23 .9 per game. Top performers include Jalen
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  Brown, averaging 21 .6 points, and six rebounds
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  in the last ten games for Boston. In top news,
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  Mark Zuckerberg testified in Los Angeles, California,
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  regarding claims that social media makes children
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  addicted. The CEO of Meta faced scrutiny in a
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  civil trial over alleged harms to minors from
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  social media services. Zuckerberg stated that
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  children under 13 have never been allowed on
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  Instagram, despite claims that the platform targets
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  young users. He faced tough questioning while
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  a judge warned against recording devices in the
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  courtroom. Zuckerberg's appearance has drawn
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  significant public and media attention, highlighting
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  shifting perceptions of his role in social media's
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  impact on youth. Metta's political spending has
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  also increased. as the company seeks to reshape
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  its public image. In business news, tax avoidance
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  by the super wealthy is an economic issue as
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  well as a political one. California's plan to
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  impose a one -off wealth tax on its richest residents
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  faces challenges. With 255 billionaires, California
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  has the highest concentration in the United States.
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  Theta reveals that the wealthiest 1 % of households
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  have increased their share of overall U .S. wealth
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  since 1990. The effective tax rate for the U
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  .S.'s 400 wealthiest individuals is 24%, compared
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  to 45 % for top labor income earners. As wealth
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  concentration rises, the debate on how to tax
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  billionaires continues. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is down 1 % to about $67 ,000. Ethereum is down
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  1 % to just under $2 ,000. And XRP is down 4
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  % to $1 .43. 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...
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  Sunny morning sent you by. And now, back to the
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  show. Let's talk tech. Med -Ed is reportedly
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  planning to launch a smartwatch this year. The
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  new wearable could arrive four years after meta
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  -shelf plans for an earlier smartwatch. This
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  smartwatch will feature health tracking and artificial
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  intelligence capabilities, along with an updated
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  version of its Meta Ray -Ban display smart glasses.
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  The smartwatch is expected before a pair of mixed
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  reality glasses, codenamed Phoenix, which have
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  been delayed until 2027. If successful, the Malibu
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  2 smartwatch will heighten competition with Apple,
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  which is rumored to be developing its own AI
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  smart glasses. Meta will also contend with competitors
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  like Google, Garmin, Samsung, and Fitbit. And
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  in entertainment news... Chris Stapleton's All
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  American Road Show is extending into 2026 with
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  recent announcements made on January 8th. Fans
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  with code THR30 at Vivid Seats. The tour runs
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  from January 10th to October 10th, across many
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  cities including Hollywood, Florida, Las Vegas,
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  and Nashville. Well, all righty, folks. It's
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  time for the quote of the day. And today, our
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  quote comes from the American architect and visionary,
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  Frank Lloyd Wright. And he said, the mother art
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  is architecture. Without an architecture of our
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  own, we have no soul of our own civilization.
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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. you