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Dunkin's Coffee Bucket Craze, Celtics Fall to Nuggets · 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 26. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today is National Pistachio Day. This
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  nutty holiday celebrates the vibrant green snack
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  and its playful pop open shell ritual, loved
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  by snackers and chefs alike across recipes and
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  traditions. So now you know. And now it's time
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  for the weather report. This morning it's mostly
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  sunny and it feels like 21 degrees with 10 mile
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  per hour wind. The sunset will take place at
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  530 and it will rise again tomorrow at 619. It
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  looks like we're in for a mostly sunny day with
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  a high near 41 and a light west wind at 8 to
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  14 miles per hour. Tonight, expect mostly clear
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  skies with a low around 20 and light winds from
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  the northwest. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod
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  Bay reads 34 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Friday will be
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  sunny with a high near 38 and light west winds,
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  becoming mostly clear and down to around 27 overnight
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  with a light south breeze. Saturday turns milder
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  and mostly sunny with a high near 45, but a chance
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  of snow returns Sunday before 5 p .m. with highs
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  near 36 and northwest winds near 7 miles per
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  hour. Sunday night into Monday features colder
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  air with lows in the low teens, and a slight
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  to small chance of snow Monday and Monday night
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  as highs fall to near 25. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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  This podcast is brought to you by Versailles
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  Cafe and Pastries in Encinitas. Nestled on El
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  Camino Real South, just north of Encinitas Boulevard,
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  this cafe is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge
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  in their amazing Eggs Benedict or their gluten
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  -free crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch
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  or just breeze on through to get your morning
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  coffee. They are open every day from 8 to 5.
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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, Dunkin'
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  has recently launched a unique offering, a 48
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  -ounce coffee bucket. Designed for those hectic
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  mornings when getting out of bed feels like a
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  challenge. These buckets, complete with a giant
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  straw for sipping iced coffee, were exclusively
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  available at select New England stores, but have
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  already sold out. While priced starting at $8,
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  the availability was shrouded in mystery, with
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  some locations in Boston and Wilmington mentioned
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  online, though many customers reported not finding
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  them. According to the New York Times, this bucket
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  holds enough coffee for 25 Dunkin' Munchkins,
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  doubling the amount of a medium -iced Dunkin.
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  Now on to sports. Cincinnati has filed a breach
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  of contract lawsuit against former quarterback
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  Brendan Soarsby, seeking a $1 million buyout
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  for violating a multi -season revenue sharing
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  agreement. Soarsby transferred to Texas Tech
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  last month, despite having one season remaining
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  on his agreement. The lawsuit states that Sorsby
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  promised to pay $1 million if he transferred
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  before the agreement's completion. Cincinnati
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  reached out to Sorsby's representation, who stated
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  he refuses to pay anything. Sorsby's agent claims
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  the legal action is misguided and that the university's
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  demands are unlawful under Ohio law. Texas Tech
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  declined to comment on the suit. In local sports,
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  The Celtics' four -game win streak was snapped
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  by the Nuggets, who secured a 1 -of -3 to 84
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  victory in Denver. Nikola Jokic led the way for
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  the Nuggets with 30 points, 12 rebounds, and
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  six assists. Jalen Brown was the top scorer for
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  the Celtics, contributing 23 points and 11 rebounds.
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  Boston struggled, shooting just 35 % from the
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  field and only 28 % from three -point range.
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  The C's will return home to TD Garden on Friday
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  night to take on the Nets, looking to bounce
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  back from this tough loss. In top news, the remote
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  work dream isn't dead, but it is slipping away.
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  Roles that allow you to work from home are four
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  times harder to get than other jobs, according
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  to one estimate. Landing a remote job in 2026
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  is only slightly less competitive than cracking
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  an NBA roster. The share of open jobs listed
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  as remote has held steady between 8 % and 8 .6
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  % for the past six months. Remote job opportunities
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  are narrowing amid layoffs and slower hiring.
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  40 % of applications submitted through LinkedIn
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  are for remote roles. even though those jobs
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  represent only 8 % to 9 % of listings. In business
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  news, New York City's proposed 9 .5 % real estate
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  tax hike is stirring a national debate. Home
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  prices nationwide have increased 55 % over the
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  past five years, creating anxiety about rising
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  assessments and taxes. Mayor Zorin Mamdani suggests
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  that if Albany does not raise taxes on millionaires,
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  the city may need to raise property taxes instead.
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  Property taxes, or real estate taxes, fund essential
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  services like schools and local government. In
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  fiscal year 2022, these taxes accounted for 27
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  .4 % of total state and local tax collections.
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  The stability of property tax revenue is crucial
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  for local governments. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is up 5 % to about $69 ,000. Ethereum is up 9
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  % to $2 ,000. And XRP is up 6 .5 % to $1 .46.
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  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 now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk science. New research
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  involving 77 ,000 patients reveals the hard truth
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  about GLP -1 medications. While the impact on
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  weight loss is undeniable, results may only be
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  temporary. When patients stop taking these drugs,
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  much of the weight they lost returns, along with
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  medical complications. Scott Isaacs, an endocrinologist,
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  stated, the only way that they work is if you
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  keep taking them. Research from the University
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  of Oxford indicates that weight returns to pretreatment
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  levels within about 1 .7 years after cessation.
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  As patients experience these changes, many are
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  questioning their long -term commitment to GLP
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  -1. Costs and side effects are significant concerns,
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  with annual out -of -pocket expenses reaching
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  at least $4 ,200. And in entertainment news,
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  in a reimagining of kind hearts and coronets,
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  Glenn Powell stars in How to Make a Killing,
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  a film that blends greed, desperation, and romance.
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  Powell plays Beckett Redfellow. a clothing store
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  clerk from Belleville, New Jersey, who plots
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  to murder his seven wealthy cousins for their
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  inheritance. The film features a cast including
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  Margaret Qualley and Ed Harris, with a narrative
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  that satirizes the financial landscape. Despite
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  its dark theme, it invites the audience to identify
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  with its murderous protagonist in a playful manner.
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  Overall, it offers a humorous critique of contemporary
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  greed culture. Well, alrighty folks, it's time
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  for the quote of the day. And today, our quote
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  comes from the American author and motivational
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  speaker, Zig Ziglar. And he said, you don't have
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  to be great to start, but you have to start to
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  be great. 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.