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Berklee Layoffs, Celtics vs 76ers, Louvre Heist, Bitcoin News · 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, October 21st. You'll be interested
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  to know. 146 years ago, today, in 1879, Thomas
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  Edison successfully tested a practical incandescent
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  light bulb that glowed steadily using a carbon
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  filament. and improved vacuum conditions. This
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  achievement marked a major milestone in electric
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  illumination, inspiring broad development of
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  electric lighting systems and practical applications
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  that transformed homes and industry. So now you
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  know. And now it's time for the weather report.
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  This morning rain showers are likely and it feels
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  like 58 degrees with 6 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 548, and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 706. It looks like we're in
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  for some rain showers and patchy fog early today,
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  then more showers and thunderstorms likely through
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  the afternoon, with a high near 66 and a light
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  south wind. Tonight, expect mostly clear skies
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  with a low around 45 and light winds. For all
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  you beach runners out there, the first low tide
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  Wednesday will be at 615, with a high tide just
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  before 1230. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay
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  reads 58 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather, Thursday will be sunny
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  with a high near 60 and a southwest wind near
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  10 miles per hour. Friday stays mostly sunny
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  with a high near 60 in lighter west winds. Then
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  Saturday and Sunday cool a bit with highs falling
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  to the mid -50s and northwest breezes. A low
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  near 38 Sunday night brings a slight chance of
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  rain showers after 10 p .m. Bonjour, food enthusiasts.
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny mornings send you. In local news, Berkeley
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  College of Music is laying off 70 employees,
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  citing budget challenges, in a letter to the
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  college community. President Jim Luciz stated
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  that key challenges include rising costs, a dynamic
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  enrollment environment, and shifting national
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  policies. These layoffs account for 3 % of the
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  college's workforce, but no faculty were affected.
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  All programs and academic offerings will continue
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  as before and affected employees will receive
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  severance compensation, subsidized health care
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  continuation, and career transition support.
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  In response, students stage a walkout demanding
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  greater transparency from the administration
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  regarding future plans. This announcement follows
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  the Boston Conservatory at Berkeley facing out
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  its contemporary theater, Bachelor of Fine Arts
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  program earlier this year. Now on to sports.
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  On Monday, a Florida jury awarded Jack Nicklaus
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  $50 million in his defamation lawsuit against
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  Nicklaus companies, owned by billionaire banker
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  Howard Milstein. Nicholas, aged 85, filed the
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  lawsuit in response to statements made by Milstein
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  and other officials in a previous New York court
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  case. He claimed the defendant suggested he considered
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  a $750 million deal with the Saudi Arabian -financed
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  LIV Golf League. Nicholas' attorney stated that
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  proving damages to reputation is difficult, but
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  they were pleased with the verdict. The jury
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  found Nicklaus Companies actively participated
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  in damaging false claims about him. Nicklaus
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  Companies previously paid him $145 million for
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  exclusive rights to his services in local sports.
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  The Celtics begin the season at home tonight
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  against the Philadelphia 76ers. Last season,
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  the Seas achieved an impressive 61 wins and 21
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  losses. with 39 wins and 13 losses in Eastern
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  Conference action and 28 wins and 13 losses at
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  home. The Celtics averaged 15 .6 points off of
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  turnovers, 14 .2 second chance points, and 30
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  .4 bench points. In contrast, Philadelphia struggled
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  with 24 wins and 58 losses overall, allowing
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  opponents to score 115 .8 points per game. Injury
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  Updates Jason Tatum is out with an Achilles injury,
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  while Paul George is day -to -day with a knee
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  issue. In Top News After a group of thieves brazenly
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  broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris and snatched
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  eight pieces of jewelry, the race is on to recover
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  them before they enter the black market. Robert
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  Whitman, a former art crime investigator with
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  the Federal Bureau of Investigation, stated that
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  everybody in the business is discussing this
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  theft. The Global Network for Stolen Art trades
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  billions of dollars yearly, with the United States
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  logging over $1 .2 billion in jewelry thefts
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  annually. Whitman described the thieves as audacious,
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  but amateurish, noting they left behind significant
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  evidence, including the damaged crown of Empress
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  Eugenie. In business news, Warner Brothers Discovery
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  has officially announced it is up for sale following
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  interest from multiple parties, including Paramount,
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  owned by billionaire Larry Ellison and his family.
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  This marks the third time in a decade that its
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  assets have been on the auction block. The company's
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  board has initiated a review of strategic alternatives
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  in response to unsolicited interest. Despite
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  receiving bids for its entire operation, including
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  coveted channels like CNN and HBO, both offers
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  were rejected. Warner Brothers Discovery stock
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  surged nearly 11 % to $20 a share, valuing the
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  company at $50 billion. The company is exploring
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  options for a potential split into two entities,
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  one focused on the studio and streaming service,
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  and the other on basic cable and international
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  operations. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is unchanged
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  at about $109 ,000. Ethereum is unchanged at
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  just under $3 ,900. And XRP is unchanged at $2
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  .42. 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
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  now, back to the show. Let's talk tech. Liam
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  Fetus, a respected researcher at OpenAI, recently
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  announced his departure, igniting a frenzy among
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  venture capitalists for his startup, Periodic
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  Labs. The startup secured an enormous $300 million
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  seed round, led by Andreessen Horowitz. with
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  Felicis being the first investor. Fetus and his
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  collaborator, Eekendogus Cubuck, aim to automate
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  material science using advanced technology. Their
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  mission is to discover new superconductor materials,
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  potentially revolutionizing energy consumption.
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  While they have set up their lab, the robots
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  are still in training, indicating that scientific
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  discovery remains a challenging endeavor. The
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  investor who penned a love letter did not win
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  the deal. And in entertainment news, the Springsteen
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  biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere has more soul
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  than swagger. An electric moment occurs while
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  recording Born in the USA with the E Street Band
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  showcasing the boss at his best. Director Scott
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  Cooper's musical drama focuses on the making
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  of Springsteen's 1982 Nebraska album, exploring
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  his troubled inner life rather than his working
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  -class rock swagger. Jeremy Allen White portrays
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  Springsteen while the film dies into his childhood
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  trauma and creative struggles. Despite some storytelling
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  misfires, Deliver Me From Nowhere offers a solid
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  portrait of an artist grappling with his identity.
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  Well, alrighty, folks. It's time for the quote
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  of the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  American journalist and author Robert Quillen.
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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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  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.