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Boston's Honus Wagner Card Auction, Frankel's Olympic Feat · 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, February 17th. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat
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  Tuesday. Communities embraced vibrant parades,
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  music, colorful masks, and the tossing of beads
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  as neighbors and visitors shared joyful hospitality
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  everywhere. So now you know. And now it's time
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  for the weather report. This morning it's cloudy
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  and it feels like 25 degrees with four mile per
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  hour wind. The sunset will take place at 519
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  and it will rise again tomorrow at 632. It looks
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  like we're in for some patchy freezing drizzle
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  and isolated snow showers this morning with cloudy
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  skies and a high near 35 plus a light southwest
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  breeze. Tonight, expect partly cloudy skies with
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  a low around 30 and a gentle west wind. For all
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  you beach runners out there, the first high tide
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  Tuesday will be at 11 with the low tide at 515.
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  The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 32 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Wednesday brings a slight chance of
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  snow in the morning, followed by rain and back
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  to snow, with a high near 39 and light southwest
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  winds, with less than one inch of new snow possible.
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  Snow continues into Wednesday night before changing
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  to rain and snow, late with a low near 29 and
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  about one inch of additional accumulation possible.
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  Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This podcast is brought
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  to 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, one of the rarest baseball cards, a Honus
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  Wagner, is up for auction and has local roots.
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  Ken Goldin, star of Netflix's King of Collectibles,
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  The Golden Touch, recalls never having seen a
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  Wagner card like this in his 48 years of collecting.
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  Originally pulled from a pack of sweet caperol
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  cigarettes over 100 years ago, this card has
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  been kept in the same family for that long. As
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  of now, the auction closing on February 21st
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  has a current bid of $3 .9 million. which could
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  climb to $4 ,758 ,000 with fees. This card represents
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  a true treasure trove in the world of collectibles.
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  Now on to sports. Two American moms in their
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  40s rocketed to gold and bronze in an Olympic
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  bobsled showdown. Elana Myers -Taylor, age 41,
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  and Kaylee Humphreys age 40, secured gold and
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  bronze medals. Myers -Taylor built on her record
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  as the Black athlete with the most Winter Olympics
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  medals. In a nail -biting race, Myers -Taylor
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  won her first career gold, while German Laura
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  Nolt took silver. Humphries, who gave birth in
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  2024, now holds three Olympic gold medals and
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  two bronze. Both women have faced significant
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  challenges as the lead athletes and parents,
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  yet they continue to inspire future generations.
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  In local sports, Aaron Frankel is making waves
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  as the goalie for the fleet and Team USA, helping
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  advance to the gold medal game in the Winter
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  Olympics. Frankel turned aside all 21 shots in
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  a 5 -0 semifinal victory over Sweden. marking
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  a historic moment as the first player in Olympic
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  women's hockey to record three shutouts in a
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  single tournament. With an impressive safe percentage
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  of .985, she has only allowed one goal on 68
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  shots, contributing to Team USA's dominance with
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  a total outscoring of 36 -1. Frankel is looking
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  to secure Olympic gold against Canada on Thursday,
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  sharing the team's deep desire for victory. In
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  top news, 60 minutes at VO2 max effort is all
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  you need to run faster. Research shows the Norwegian
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  4x4 can lead to major speed gains. After eight
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  weeks of testing, researchers found the four
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  -minute interval group had the greatest VO2 max
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  improvements. The workout includes 10 minutes
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  of easy running for a warm -up, followed by three
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  sets of 30 -second strides. then four sets of
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  four minutes at mile pace and concludes with
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  five to ten minutes of easy running to cool down.
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  Interval workouts stimulate your heart rate,
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  helping improve the ability of your muscles to
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  take in oxygen. In business news, Lufthansa's
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  Boeing 787 business class debacle is almost over
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  after a year's long certification delay. The
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  airline has been flying Dreamliners with only
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  four of the 28 high -dollar seats sold. By mid
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  -April, Lufthansa expects to boost the number
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  of sellable business class seats to 25. Beginning
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  April 15th, Lufthansa plans to carry passengers
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  in these seats, while three remain blocked. Lufthansa
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  flies eight Allegris -equipped Dreamliners and
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  expects to have 29 by the end of 2027. They are
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  set to first fly from Frankfurt to various international
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  destinations, including Austin and New York GFA.
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  In crypto movement, Bitcoin is up 1 % to $69
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  ,000. Ethereum is up 2 % to $2 ,000. And XRP
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  is up 2 % to $1 .49. 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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  studio to bring you some free classes, so listen
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  up. 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. Scientists have figured out
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  the problem with Johnson & Johnson's COVID vaccine,
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  which is linked to rare but dangerous blood clotting.
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  Researchers discovered that this issue has a
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  genetic cause as outlined in a recent study.
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  Between 2021 and 2022, out of nearly 19 million
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  doses of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine in the United
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  States, at least 60 cases of blood clotting were
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  reported, resulting in nine fatalities. A similar
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  situation occurred with AstraZeneca's vaccine,
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  leading to concerns and subsequent pauses in
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  usage. The findings could enhance vaccine safety
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  for future pandemics. as understanding this blood
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  clotting issue is crucial. And in entertainment
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  news, Anderson Cooper is ending his time at 60
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  minutes. The CNN anchor, who has been a correspondent
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  at the CBS News Magazine for nearly two decades,
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  opted not to renew his contract, sources say.
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  Cooper's final segment aired Sunday, featuring
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  an interview with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns.
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  He remains with CNN, where he anchors Anderson
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  Cooper 360 and hosts a podcast called All There
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  Is. Cooper stated, 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 labor leader and
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  civil rights activist, Cesar Chavez. And he said,
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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.