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Celtics Host Knicks, Red Line Speeds Up to 50 MPH · 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 Friday, October 23rd. You'll be interested
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  to know. 25 years ago, today, in 2001, Apple
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  introduced the original iPod, a portable music
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  player with a cavity for a thousand songs, and
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  a simple click wheel that changed how people
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  carried and enjoyed their music. That compact,
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  friendly device reshaped personal listening and
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  launched a new array of portable media. So now
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  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 38 degrees with 9 miles per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 547 and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 707. It looks like we're in
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  for a sunny day with a high near 55. and a light
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  north breeze around 8 miles per hour. If you're
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  inland, it will hit a high of 55. Tonight, expect
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  clear skies with a low around 38 and calm winds
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  around 3 miles per hour. The nearshore gooey
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  at Cape Cod Bay reads zero degrees for the water
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  temperature. Looking ahead in the weather, Saturday
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  will be sunny with a high near 58 and light northwest
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  winds. Sunday and Monday warm a bit, with highs
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  near 62 on Sunday and near 66 on Monday. Then
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  a cooler Tuesday with highs near 55, and north
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  winds around 6 to 10 miles per hour. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to
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  you by Versailles Cafe & 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, the T plans to increase redline speeds
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  between JFK and North Quincy. More Red Line passengers
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  can soon expect faster travel times as MBTA General
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  Manager and Interim Transportation Secretary
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  Phil Aang announced on Thursday that trains will
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  soon reach speeds of 50 miles an hour. Aang stated,
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  that will mean from JFK to Braintree, 50 miles
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  an hour for our riders, shortening trips, speeding
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  up their trips, giving them back time in the
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  day. This increase represents a 10 mile per hour
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  boost over current levels. with the Red Line
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  originally designed for that speed. In addition,
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  the Orange Line trains are now cruising at 55
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  miles an hour between Assembly Station and North
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  Station. Now onto sports. The World Series opens
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  tonight at American Family Field, where the Tampa
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  Bay Rays visit the Milwaukee Brewers for Game
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  1. First pitch is at 8 o 'clock Eastern. Neither
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  franchise has ever won a title. so a first -time
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  champion is guaranteed. Tampa Bay is the American
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  lead pennant winner after beating Cleveland in
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  six games. Milwaukee returns to the fall classic
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  for the first time since 1982. Tampa Bay is reportedly
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  starting right -hander Drew Rasmussen, who is
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  11 -0, since the all -star break. The Rays are
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  without left -hander Shane McClanahan, who is
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  done for the postseason. Meanwhile, last night
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  on Thursday Night Football, the Chicago Bears
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  beat the New England Patriots 30 -24 at Soldier
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  Field. Caleb Williams threw a 12 -yard touchdown
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  to Colston Loveland to open the second half.
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  Caro Santos then kicked a career -long 58 -yard
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  field goal late. Romo Dunze recovered New England's
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  onside attempt to seal it. Chicago moves to 5
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  -2. and New England falls to 4 -3 in local sports.
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  The Celtics open the home schedule tonight at
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  TD Garden against the Knicks with tip -off at
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  7 o 'clock. Boston is 0 -1 after blowing a late
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  lead in Detroit on Tuesday. This is a retooled
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  group. Jalen Brown has gone to Philadelphia with
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  Paul George and two first -round picks coming
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  back. The reigning champion next beat Boston
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  111 -89 here last February. On the ice, the Bruins
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  routed the Predators 6 -0 last night. David Pasternak
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  had two goals and two assists. Back -up goalie
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  Michael DiPietro stopped all 28 shots. Kastelic,
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  Leinholm, Middelstad, and Peterka also scored.
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  The Bruins host the Sharks tomorrow night at
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  7 o 'clock. They beat San Jose 6 -3 on October
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  13th. On the gridiron, Boston College visits
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  Georgia Tech tomorrow afternoon at 3 .30 on the
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  ACC Network. The Eagles are 3 -3 after beating
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  Pittsburgh 27 -21. Containing quarterback Haynes
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  King is the key. Meanwhile, the Red Sox made
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  their first off -season move. They signed catcher
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  Riley Adams to a minor league deal. He's a non
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  -roster invitee with 263 big league games behind
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  him. In top news, U .S. unemployment claims fell
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  to 194 ,000 last week, the fewest in three months,
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  indicating low layoffs and strong job security
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  for most Americans. The Labor Department reported
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  a decrease from 200 ,000 a previous week. Jobless
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  benefit applications serve as a proxy for layoffs,
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  providing insights into the job market's direction.
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  This year, claims have remained historically
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  low, not exceeding 230 ,000. The four -week average
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  dipped to 197 ,750. Despite rising energy prices
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  linked to the conflict with Iran, the job market
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  remains sturdy with a low -hire, low -fire trend.
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  In business news, treasury yields logged their
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  biggest drop since the 2023 banking crisis. The
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  scramble for safety was attributed to a confluence
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  of factors suddenly plaguing the market all at
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  once. On Thursday, treasury yields sank during
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  a rare bout of extreme buying as technology stocks
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  plunged. Investors headed for cover in one of
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  the world's largest and most liquid asset classes.
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  This dramatic shift highlights the current volatility
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  in the financial landscape, as market participants
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  seek more secure investments amid rising uncertainties.
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  In crypto movement, Bitcoin is unchanged for
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  the week at about $82 ,000. Ethereum is unchanged
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  at about $2 ,000. And XRP is up 1 .5 % to $1
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  .32. 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 tech. The Aged Intelligence
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  Society co -founded by Shoshanna Berger and Nina
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  Wildorf, is transforming how women engage with
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  artificial intelligence. Their invite -only dinner
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  parties have taken off as women solve mid -life
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  problems using frontier tools. Wildorf emphasizes,
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  this is the most formative technology of our
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  generation, and it's here. With events oversubscribed,
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  their substack has gained over 1 ,000 subscribers,
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  including notable figures. Ruger and Willdorf
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  create a supportive environment, encouraging
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  participants to explore AI tools rather than
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  shy away from them. They believe that optimizing
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  time is crucial, as women have long been undervalued
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  in the marketplace. And in entertainment news,
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  A24 has given 2026's biggest surprise hit additional
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  theaters after a phenomenal box office debut.
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  The documentary film, You Can See Everything,
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  topped the domestic box office chart with a remarkable
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  opening of $15 million in just 855 theaters.
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  This achievement marked the first time a documentary
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  in fewer than 1 ,000 theaters reached this milestone.
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  The film co -directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance
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  Oppenheim reported 2 ,000 sold -out shows. With
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  a certified fresh score of 97 % on Rotten Tomatoes,
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  It is poised to challenge DC Studios' Clayface
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  at the box office. The expansion into over 2
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  ,600 theaters is expected to yield $25 million
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  to $30 million this weekend. 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 author
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  and futurist Isaac Asimov. And he said, The saddest
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  aspect of life right now is that science gathers
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  knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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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.