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Boston Traffic Surge, Red Sox Triumph, Caitlin Clark Nike Deal · 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 Wednesday, August 27th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 63 years ago today, in 1962, NASA launched
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  the Mariner 2 spacecraft, marking humanity's
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  first successful interplanetary mission. This
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  pioneering journey to Venus provided invaluable
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  data about the planet's atmosphere and surface,
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  significantly enhancing our understanding of
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  the solar system. The success of Mariner 2 paved
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  the way for future explorations, inspiring generations
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  to reach beyond our world and explore the cosmos.
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  So now you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning it's sunny and it feels
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  like 61 degrees with five mile per hour wind.
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  The sunset will take place at 723 and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 605. It looks like we're
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  in for a mostly sunny day with a high near 77
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  and a slight chance of rain showers after 11
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  a .m. accompanied by a light northwestern breeze.
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  Tonight. Expect mostly clear skies with a low
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  of 57 and calm winds. For all you beach runners
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  out there, the first low tide Wednesday will
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  be just after a 30 with a high tide at 245. The
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  nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 67 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather, expect mostly sunny skies on Thursday.
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  with a high near 78 and a light southwest wind.
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  Friday brings a chance of rain and thunderstorms
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  with a high near 77. Friday night expect mostly
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  cloudy skies and a low around 57. Saturday features
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  a slight chance of rain with a high near 73,
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  and Saturday night will be mostly clear with
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  a low around 55. Sunday looks sunny with a high
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  near 75, and a low around 57 at night. 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, as college students fled back to campuses
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  across Boston, the city is bracing for an increase
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  in traffic and the dreaded phenomenon of storrowings.
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  Temporary parking restrictions are set from now
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  through Tuesday, September 2nd, affecting neighborhoods
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  like Fenway, Alston, Mission Hill, and Roxbury.
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  The Massachusetts Department of Conservation
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  and Recreation is actively working to prevent
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  oversized vehicles from hitting pedestrian bridges,
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  particularly on Storo Drive and Soldiers Field
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  Road. A humorous public awareness video features
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  digital strategist Ryan Hutton urging drivers
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  to start with driving with your eyes open to
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  avoid becoming a victim of... ...storrowing.
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  Now onto sports. Caitlin Clark, the Indiana Fever
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  star and the number one pick in the 2024 WNBA
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  draft, has been announced as Nike's newest signature
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  athlete. This exciting partnership includes the
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  launch of a unique logo, a collection of sportswear
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  and apparel, and a signature sneaker set to debut
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  in 2026. Clark expressed her pride in joining
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  the ranks of all -time greats, emphasizing, this
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  is more than just a logo, it's a dream come true.
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  Her logo collection will be available starting
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  October 1st with a navy and yellow shirt releasing
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  on September 1st. Clark's remarkable journey
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  continues as she breaks records and inspires
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  fans globally. In local sports Last night at
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  Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, the
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  Red Sox won over the Orioles 5 -0. Lucas Gialito
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  pitched eight strong innings, allowing four hits.
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  Trevor Story and David Hamilton each hit home
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  runs, helping build the lead. The Sox finished
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  with 9 hits and 0 errors. Boston's record is
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  now 73 -60 after this regular season game 2 of
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  4. Tonight, the Red Sox clash again with the
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  Orioles in Baltimore for Game 3 of this 4 -game
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  series. Brian Baio is 10 -6 with a 3 .07 earned
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  run average, facing Dietrich Enns, who is 1 -2
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  with a 4 .97. First pitch is at 635 under clear
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  skies and a comfortable 77 degrees at Oriole
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  Park at Camden Yards. In top news, a new private
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  school called Alpha School is making waves in
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  Virginia, offering a unique education model for
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  $65 ,000 a year. Students will study for just
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  two hours a day using adaptive apps, while afternoons
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  focus on essential life skills. Instead of traditional
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  teachers, students will have guides. Co -founder
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  Mackenzie Price emphasizes that children do not
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  need to be in class all day. With support from
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  influential backers, Alpha aims to expand into
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  charter schools. Critics question the effectiveness
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  of this model for less motivated students, but
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  proponents argue it encourages individualized
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  learning. In business news, Tech executives are
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  urging young people to rethink the value of college
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  degrees in light of industry changes. Palantir
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  CEO Alex Karp stated that work performance is
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  far more important than educational background,
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  claiming that joining Palantir guarantees career
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  success. Apple CEO Tim Cook echoed this sentiment,
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  noting that half of Apple's U .S. workforce lacks
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  four -year degrees. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang suggested
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  he would choose different subjects if he were
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  in college today. With many successful leaders
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  and tech being dropouts, the conversation around
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  education and skills is evolving, emphasizing
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  adaptability and relevant experience over formal
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  credentials. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is up
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  1 % to about $112 ,000. Ethereum is up 4 % to
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  just over $4 ,600. And XRP is up 4 % to $3 .00.
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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. Scientists
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  are making groundbreaking strides in translating
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  the inner monologue, which could be a game changer
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  for patients facing mobility issues or speech
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  -related disabilities. A team at Stanford's Neural
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  Prosthetics Translational Laboratory has developed
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  a brain -computer interface, or BCI, that interprets
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  neural activity from the brain's motor cortex.
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  This method allows for the decoding of imagined
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  speech, providing a voice to individuals unable
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  to communicate effectively. While current technology
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  has a limited vocabulary and an error rate of
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  up to 33%, future improvements may enhance accuracy
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  and restore fluent speech to those affected by
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  paralysis. Get ready for the 10 most important
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  movies set to shake the awards season in 2025.
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  From The Long Walk, based on a Steph King novel
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  about a life -or -death walking contest, to One
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  Battle After Another, featuring Paul Thomas Anderson
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  and Leonardo DiCaprio, the lineup is intriguing.
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  Dwayne Johnson stars in The Smashing Machine,
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  while the Persian thriller It Was Just an Accident
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  won the Palm Dior this summer. Guillermo del
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  Toro's Frankenstein, Bugonia, starring Emma Stone,
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  and J. Kelly, featuring George Clooney, promise
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  to captivate audiences. Finally, James Cameron's
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  Avatar, Fire and Ash, and Chalamet's Marty Supreme
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  round out this exciting year. Well, all righty,
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  folks. It's time for the quote of the day. And
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  today, our quote comes from the American inventor
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  and visionary, Alexander Graham Bell. And he
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  said, leave the beaten track occasionally and
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  dive into the woods. Every time you do so, you
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  will be certain to find something that you have
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  never seen before. And that's a wrap for this
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  morning. You can check out our Instagram, YouTube
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  and TikTok for some captivating aerial videos
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  with local news and the weather reports. Had
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  an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see you
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  tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.