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Joe Burrow Surgery, UMass Donation, Bitcoin Surge, Weather Update · 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, September 16th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 138 years ago, today in 1887. The Montreal
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  Protocol was signed in Montreal, Canada, marking
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  a landmark moment of global cooperation to protect
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  the Earth's ozone layer. by facing out harmful
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  chlorofluorocarbons, a shining example of human
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  unity and scientific foresight. 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 partly sunny and it feels like
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  59 degrees, with 2 mile per hour wind. The sunset
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  will take place at 648. and it will rise again
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  tomorrow at 626. It looks like we're in for some
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  mostly sunny conditions today, with a high near
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  72 and a gentle northeast wind around 5. Tonight,
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  expect mostly cloudy skies with a low of 55 and
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  light winds. For all you beach runners out there,
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  the first high tide Tuesday will be at 715, with
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  a low tide just before 1. The nearshore gooey
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  at Cape Cod Bay reads 67 degrees for the water
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  temperature. Looking ahead in the weather. Expect
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  a slight chance of rain showers Wednesday afternoon
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  with mostly cloudy skies and a high near 72.
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  Wednesday night brings a chance of rain showers
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  with mostly cloudy skies and a low around 60.
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  On Thursday, a chance of rain showers is possible
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  before 4 p .m. with partly sunny skies at a high
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  near 78. Thursday night will be mostly clear
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  with a low around 62. Friday is looking sunny
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  with a high near 80. Friday night remains mostly
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  clear with a low around 52. Saturday will be
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  sunny with a high near 66. Saturday night will
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  also be mostly clear, with a low around 48. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to
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  you by Versailles Cafe and Pastries in Encinitas.
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  Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
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  Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe is a haven for
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  culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs
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  Benedict or their gluten -free crepes. You can
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  grab a panini for lunch or just breeze on through
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  to 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, Daniel Rickshaw, a retired executive who
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  spent 26 years at Apple, has committed $50 million
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  to UMass Amherst, the largest donation in university
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  history. Richo's donation aims to close gaps
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  in STEM education, leveraging his product development
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  expertise from groundbreaking Apple devices like
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  the iMac, iPhone, and iPad. UMass's engineering
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  college will be renamed the Daniel J. Richo Junior
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  College of Engineering. $40 million will create
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  a permanent endowment for undergraduate scholarships,
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  graduate fellowships, faculty recruitment, and
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  research initiatives in engineering. The remaining
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  $10 million will support cross -disciplinary
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  research initiatives. Now onto sports. Benkel's
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  quarterback Joe Burrow will undergo surgery for
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  a turf toe injury, and he is expected to miss
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  at least three months. Muro left the game against
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  the Jacksonville Jaguars in the second quarter
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  and was seen with crutches and a walking good
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  after the match. In his absence, backup Jake
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  Browning led the Bengals to a come -from -behind
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  victory, completing 21 of 32 passes for two touchdowns.
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  Cincinnati will face the Minnesota Vikings on
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  Sunday, as they hope to recalibrate their offense
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  around Browning's strengths. Burrough's recovery
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  will be closely monitored as he aims for a return
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  later this season. And last night on Monday Night
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  Football, the Bucs beat the Texans in a nail
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  -biter 20 -19. Faker Mayfield was 25 for 38 with
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  215 yards passing, two touchdowns and zero interceptions.
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  CJ Stroud was 13 for 24. with 207 yards, 1 touchdown,
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  and no interceptions. In Game 2, the Chargers
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  beat the Raiders 20 -9. Justin Herbert was 19
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  -27, with 242 yards passing, 2 touchdowns, and
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  0 interceptions. While Geno Smith was 24 -43,
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  with 180 yards, 0 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions.
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  Next week, the 2 -0 Chargers face the 1 -1 Broncos
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  in Los Angeles, in local sports. The Red Sox
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  were off last night, but tonight they are back
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  in action at Fenway Park, taking on the Athletics
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  in Boston for Game 1 of a three -game series.
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  Connolly Early, who is 1 -0 and a 0 earned run
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  average, faces Jeffrey Springs. who is 10 and
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  11 with a 4 .28. First pitch at 6 .45. In top
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  news, California quietly became the biggest holder
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  of MicroStrategy. It emerges as the top state
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  pension backer. The State Board of Administration
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  of the Florida retirement system has significantly
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  increased its holdings in MicroStrategy. increasing
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  its indirect exposure to Bitcoin. Florida owns
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  220 ,1 ,860 micro strategy shares, valued at
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  $88 million. The fund added 61 ,390 shares, representing
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  a 38 % increase from the previous quarter. As
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  the leading state with a public employee's retirement
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  system owning 357 ,183 shares, legal and regulatory
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  constraints largely prevent public retirement
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  systems from holding cryptocurrency directly.
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  In business news, Elon Musk, the Tesla billionaire
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  who tops Ford's rankings of the world's richest
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  people, has returned to his day job after leaving
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  President Donald Trump's White House. Musk, who
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  holds $1 .3 billion worth of Bitcoin on Tesla's
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  balance sheet, has issued a warning about the
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  spiraling $37 trillion U .S. debt pile. He stated,
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  So if AI and robots don't solve our national
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  debt, we're toast. The U .S. debt has surged
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  due to COVID era spending and rising interest
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  rates, raising fears of a potential crisis for
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  the U .S. dollar. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is unchanged at about $115 ,000. Ethereum is
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  down 2 % to just over $4 ,500. And HexRP is down
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  1 % to $2 .99. 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 Sunny
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  Morning sent you by. And now, back to the show.
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  Let's talk science. Coffee naps might be the
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  weirdest and smartest way to recharge. Research
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  suggests a cup of coffee followed by a short
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  nap could sharpen focus and fight fatigue. In
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  Spain, it is common to follow lunch with coffee
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  and a short siesta. Experts are now investigating
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  the scientific merit of this practice. Caffeine
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  is a potent adenosine antagonist that keeps us
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  alert. Combining a nap with coffee could amplify
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  the stimulant's effects. Early research indicates
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  caffeine naps may reduce fatigue and boost cognitive
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  performance. However, more studies are needed
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  to confirm these findings. Ultimately, individual
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  responses to caffeine naps vary. Claire Dane
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  stars in The Beast in Me, a gripping new series
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  where she plays a reclusive author caught in
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  a deadly game with her neighbor, portrayed by
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  Matthew Ray, who harbors dark secrets. The teaser,
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  released on Monday, opens with Dane stating,
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  we are, all of us, drawn to monsters, adding,
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  we flirt with death to prove we are truly alive.
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  Set to premiere on November 13th on Netflix,
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  The show follows Daines as Aggie Wiggs, who becomes
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  obsessed with her neighbor, a former suspect
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  in his wife's disappearance. Executive producer
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  Howard Gordon of Homeland highlights the show's
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  complexity, stating, it really is about all of
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  our complicity. Brittany Snow, Natalie Morales,
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  Jonathan Banks, and David Lyons also join the
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  cast. Well, all righty, folks, it's time for
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  the quote of the day. And today, our quote comes
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  from the American environmentalist and author,
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  Rachel Carson. And she said, And that's a wrap
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  for 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.