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Celtics Triumph, Weymouth Business Boom, Bitcoin Slump · 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 5th. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is National Nutella Day. This
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  creamy holiday honors the beloved hazelnut cocoa
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  spread, which traces its roots to an Italian
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  pastry chef named Pietro Ferrero and a 1964 innovation.
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  Scalabrate with a playful toast, a spoonful on
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  warm toast, or a shared breakfast moment with
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  friends and family. So grab your jar and join
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  the sweet fun -go -celebrate. 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
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  9 degrees, with 6 mile per hour wind. The sunset
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  will take place at 5 .03. and it will rise again
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  tomorrow at 648. It looks like we're in for some
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  sunny weather today with a high near 29 and a
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  light northwest wind around 6 to 9 miles per
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  hour. Tonight, expect partly cloudy skies with
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  a low of 13 and a gentle north wind. For all
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  you beach runners out there, the first low tide
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  Thursday will be just before 730 with a high
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  tide just after 130. The nearshore 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 will be
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  mostly cloudy with a high near 28 and a slight
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  chance of snow late with light northeast winds.
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  Saturday brings snow with highs near 27 and northwest
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  winds 3 to 13 miles per hour, gusting as high
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  as 26. than much colder Sunday with highs near
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  17 and breezy northwest gusts. 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, high -end supermarket Sprouts Farmers Market
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  and drive -through coffee shop 7 Brew are set
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  to open in Weymouth after receiving key approvals
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  from the town last month. The businesses will
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  occupy a vacant Honda dealership at the intersection
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  of Front, Main, and Winter Streets. This project,
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  on a lot of approximately 90 ,000 square feet,
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  was approved by the Weymouth Board of Zoning
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  Appeals and the Conservation Commission in January.
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  The Sprouts will be the first location in New
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  England, while Seven Brew already has a kiosk
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  in Springfield. Both companies emphasize their
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  commitment to quality, with Sprouts offering
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  organic and gluten -free products. Now on to
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  sports. The 2026 Winter Olympics faced significant
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  infrastructure concerns in recent weeks. The
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  first event in Italy, the set of mixed doubles
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  curling matches, experienced a power outage just
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  five minutes into the competition. With clocks
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  and scoreboards down, play was halted for about
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  five minutes, during which athletes entertained
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  themselves. The local organizing committee cited
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  an energy issue, but details remain unclear.
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  While the curling venue has a strong historical
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  background, issues persist with the hockey and
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  sliding arenas, including ongoing construction
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  and safety concerns. The situation raises doubts
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  about the overall readiness of the games. in
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  local sports. The Celtics continued their winning
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  streak, taking down the Rockets 114 to 93 on
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  Wednesday night. Derek White shone with 28 points,
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  including six three -pointers, helping the team
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  secure a fourth straight victory despite the
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  absence of star Jalen Brown. Houston's coach,
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  Aym Udoka, was ejected after a heated exchange
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  with officials. while Alperen Sengen also got
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  tossed for arguing a call. The Seas dominated
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  the third quarter, going on an 18 -3 run to extend
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  their lead, showcasing impressive shooting from
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  White and Baylor shiremen. Next, the Celtics
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  will host Miami on Friday. In top news, experts
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  say the U .S. needs an additional 2 million to
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  20 million homes to address the housing crisis.
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  highlighting the significant shortfall. Moody's
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  estimates that 2 million new homes are necessary,
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  while Goldman Sachs suggests 3 million. Zillow
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  believes the figure exceeds 4 million, and Brookings
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  estimates 5 million, with McKinsey claiming 8
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  million. In contrast, congressional Republicans
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  argue the shortfall could be as high as 20 million.
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  Some economists even contend that there is no
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  shortage at all. Vacancy rates and household
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  dynamics complicate the assessment, with 18 %
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  of adults aged 25 to 34 living with parents in
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  2023. In business news, the crypto hoarding strategy
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  is unraveling. Bitcoin fell below $76 ,000 on
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  Saturday, saddling Michael Saylor's company with
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  paper losses on its token purchases. The strategy
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  that rewarded companies for hoarding cryptocurrencies
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  is now punishing them. Bitcoin Ether and other
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  digital tokens are in a slump, causing shares
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  of companies like Strategy to slide. Investors
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  are concerned that big firms may unload their
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  holdings, triggering further declines in digital
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  coin prices. With Bitcoin now trading at around
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  $78 ,000, down 38 % from its early October peak,
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  the market braces for a potential breaking point.
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  In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down 7 % to just
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  over $71 ,000. Ethereum is down 7 % to just over
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  $2 ,000. And XRP is down 9 % to $1 .45. 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
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  now, back to the show. Let's talk science. Popular
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  weight loss drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegevy,
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  are intended as lifelong treatments for obesity
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  and type 2 diabetes, not quick fixes for weight
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  loss. A recent analysis reveals that nearly half
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  of the individuals using GLP -1 medications stop
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  within a year, often unaware of the consequences.
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  Studies indicate that individuals typically regain
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  lost weight within about one and a half years
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  after discontinuing these drugs. Moreover, blood
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  sugar and cholesterol improvements reverse, leading
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  to a faster weight regain compared to lifestyle
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  changes. Experts stress the importance of combining
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  these medications with long -term lifestyle strategies
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  for sustained success. And in entertainment news,
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  Alan Richen faces an unimaginable threat in the
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  trailer for Netflix's sci -fi feature, War Machine.
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  The film, from writer -director Patrick Hughes,
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  launches on the streaming service on March 6.
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  Dennis Quaid, Stephen James, Jay Courtney, Isai
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  Morales, Blake Richardson, Keenan Lonsdale, and
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  Daniel Weber round out the cast. The story centers
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  on a team of United States Army Rangers recruits
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  who encounter an unparalleled danger during a
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  training exercise. Whatever that thing is, it's
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  hunting us, and it won't stop, Ritzen says in
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  the footage. It's not about us anymore. It's
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  warning everybody that thing's coming. Well,
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  alrighty, folks. It's time for the quote of the
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  day. And today, our quote comes from the American
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  economist and author, John Kenneth Galbraith.
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  And he said, And that's a wrap for this morning.
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  You can check out our Instagram, YouTube, and
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  TikTok for some captivating aerial videos with
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  local news and the weather reports. Have an amazing
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  day, my good friends. We'll see you tomorrow
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  with another episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.