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Berklee's Global Rank, Celtics Triumph, Bitcoin Dips · 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, December 3rd. You'll be interested
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  to know. 58 years ago, today, in 1967, a team
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  led by South African surgeon Christian Barnard
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  performed the first human heart transplant, replacing
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  a failing heart with a donor organ in a complex
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  surgical milestone. The achievement proved that
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  organ replacement was possible and opened new
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  paths for life -saving cardiac surgery worldwide.
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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 mostly cloudy and
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  it feels like 22 degrees, with 13 mile per hour
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  wind. The sunset will take place at 411. and
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  it will rise again tomorrow at 656. It looks
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  like we're in for some mostly sunny skies today,
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  with a high near 39 and a light west wind blowing
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  at 5 to 13 miles per hour, gusting up to 25.
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  Tonight, expect mostly cloudy conditions with
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  a low around 28 and a gentle southwest breeze.
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  For all you beach runners out there, the first
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  high tide Wednesday will be at 9, with a low
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  tide at 330. The nearshore gooey at Cape Cod
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  Bay reads 48 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather, Thursday will be
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  partly sunny with a slight chance of rain showers
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  in the early afternoon, then a chance of snow
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  showers and highs near 39. with west winds of
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  10 to 18 miles per hour and gusts up to 31. Tonight
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  will be mostly clear and much colder, with lows
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  near 13 and northwest winds 13 to 22 miles per
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  hour, gusting to 33. Then Friday looks sunny,
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  with highs near 28 and lighter west winds. 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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  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, Berklee College of Music in Boston has
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  earned impressive international recognition,
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  landing the number two spot on the Hollywood
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  Reporter's 2025 list of the world's top music
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  schools. This prestigious ranking place is Berklee,
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  just behind Columbia College Chicago, while surpassing
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  renowned institutions like the Juilliard School
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  and the University of Southern California Thornton
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  School of Music. The ranking highlights Berklee's
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  strong reputation for preparing students for
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  careers in film, television, and other professional
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  music industries. Notably, Berklee's Screenscoring
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  department, led by Sean McMahon, is recognized
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  as a leading program for aspiring composers.
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  Now on to sports. NFL Red Zone has significantly
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  increased commercials in Week 13. So much for
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  commercial -free football. During its seven -hour
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  broadcast, Red Zone aired 16 advertisements ranging
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  from 15 to 20 seconds long. This is a notable
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  increase from the four ads promised at this season's
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  start. The telecast included two minutes of double
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  -box advertisements split across game windows.
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  In total, Red Zone aired 16 elements of sponsored
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  content for a combined 5 minutes and 10 seconds.
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  Fans expressed frustration on social media with
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  some canceling subscriptions. I did too, and
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  I think it's time to send a message. In local
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  sports, Jalen Brown scored a season -high 42
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  points. sealing the game with a breakaway dunk
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  in the final seconds as the Boston Celtics beat
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  the New York Knicks 1 -23 to 1 -17 in a rematch
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  of last season's Eastern Conference Semifinal.
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  Derek White contributed 22 points, scoring seven
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  in the last four minutes, while Jordan Walsh
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  added six points and five rebounds in the fourth
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  quarter. Boston has won four of its last five
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  games against top Eastern Conference teams. Next,
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  the Celtics will visit Washington D .C. on Thursday
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  night. In top news, how old is too old to shovel
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  snow? Here is what hard experts say. As winter
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  approaches, many people are preparing to shovel
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  snow, which can be dangerous for those with pre
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  -existing heart conditions. Dr. Barry Franklin
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  noted that shoveling heavy snow can be more demanding
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  on the heart than a treadmill stress test. Between
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  1990 and 2006, nearly 200 ,000 adults were treated
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  for snow shovel -related accidents, resulting
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  in over 1 ,600 deaths. Dr. John Osborne advised
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  that adults 65 and older should be more cautious,
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  especially those with risk factors for heart
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  disease. In business news, Harvard's significant
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  wager on Bitcoin came just before a downturn
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  in the cryptocurrency market. The university
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  reported nearly $500 million in crypto holdings
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  in its last quarterly report. Although Bitcoin
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  rebounded recently, it has dropped over 20 %
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  this quarter. Harvard could have avoided losses
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  if it sold its holdings in early October. Currently,
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  it stands to incur a potential 14 % loss on its
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  shares. Despite the setback, these losses are
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  negligible for Harvard's endowment, which totals
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  $57 billion. This incident highlights the risks
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  of institutional investment in cryptocurrencies.
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  In crypto movement, Bitcoin is up 8 % to just
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  under $94 ,000. Ethereum is up 10%. to just under
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  $3 ,100. And at CACSRP is up 9 % to $2 .20. Moving
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  on to a more local vibe. In our community spotlight
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  on health and wellness, we are working with a
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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. Security researchers
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  have discovered that Wi -Fi signals can be used
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  to image environments and identify people with
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  near 100 % accuracy. In the future, anyone who
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  regularly walks past a cafe or restaurant with
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  public Wi -Fi could be identified, even without
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  a smartphone. Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute
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  of Technology have found that commercially available
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  Wi -Fi routers can recognize individuals based
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  on signal changes from nearby devices. The propagation
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  of Wi -Fi radio waves can create an image of
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  the router's physical environment, similar to
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  how cameras work. This technology poses a serious
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  risk to personal privacy, as it could allow surveillance
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  in public and private spaces. and in entertainment
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  news. Netflix's proposed acquisition of Warner
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  Bros. Discovery Studios and streaming unit is
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  expected to lower streaming costs for consumers
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  by bundling Netflix and HBO Max, according to
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  sources familiar with the proposal. The vast
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  majority of Netflix users also subscribe to HBO
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  Max. In recent talks, Netflix argued that the
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  combination would benefit consumers by reducing
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  the cost of a bundled offering. This move aims
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  to address potential regulatory concerns regarding
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  consumer choice and pricing. If successful, the
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  deal would expand Netflix's content library,
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  but may not significantly increase its market
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  share. Analysts suggest that this combination
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  could create a formidable competitor to other
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  services. Well, alrighty, 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 author and motivational speaker,
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  Zig Ziglar. And he said, And that's a wrap for
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  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.