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Patriots vs Dolphins, Ole Miss Victory, Bitcoin Steady · 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, January 2nd. You'll be interested
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  to know. 187 years ago, today in 1839, Louis
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  Daguerre, a French artist and chemist who was
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  one of photography's earliest pioneers, is thought
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  to have taken the first photograph of the moon.
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  Though unfortunately, it was destroyed when his
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  studio burned down soon afterward. So now you
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  know. And now, it's time for the weather report.
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  This morning, it's partly sunny, and it feels
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  like 9 degrees, with 6 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 423, and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 711. It looks like we're in
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  for some mostly sunny weather today with a high
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  near 28 and a light west wind at 6 to 10 miles
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  per hour. Tonight, expect mostly clear skies
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  with a low around 18 and light winds. For all
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  you beach runners out there, the first high tide
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  Friday will be at 930 with a low tide just before
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  4. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay. reads
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  39 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather, Saturday will be mostly
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  sunny with a high near 30 and a west wind around
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  6 to 10 miles per hour, then a slight chance
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  of snow after 3 a .m. with a low near 20. Sunday
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  is partly sunny with a high near 29 and a slight
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  chance of snow before 8 a .m. followed by a chilly
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  Monday near 26 with mostly sunny skies and a
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  chance of snow late Monday night into Tuesday.
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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, at Mad River Glen in Vermont, skiers experience
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  the charm of the oldest continually operating
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  single -chair lift in the United States. built
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  in 1948 and restored in 2007. This historic ski
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  area features 60 trails and offers a unique non
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  -commercial atmosphere as the first and only
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  cooperatively owned ski resort in America. With
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  a vertical drop of 2 ,037 feet and a focus on
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  preserving its natural state, Mad River Glen
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  has thrived as a cooperative for 30 years. While
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  the mountain band's snowboarding for safety reasons,
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  it continues to attract skiers who cherish its
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  distinctive vibe and meditative atmosphere. Now
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  onto sports. Lucas Carnero kicked a 47 -yard
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  field goal in the closing seconds, and the Ole
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  Miss Rebels defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 39
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  -34 in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday night. securing
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  a berth in the college football playoff semifinals.
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  Ole Miss will play the 12 -2 Miami Hurricanes
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  in a college football playoff semifinal at the
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  Fiesta Bowl on January 8th. Miami secured its
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  final four berth with a win over the number two
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  seed Buckeyes in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's
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  Eve. Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal stated,
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  Y 'all saw the 5 % chance we had to make the
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  college football playoff. Players saw it. The
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  Rebels improved to 13 -1, avenging a prior loss
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  to the Bulldogs. In local sports, the Patriots
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  will host the Dolphins in their regular season
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  finale on Sunday. After clinching a playoff spot
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  and the AFC East Championship, they are now vying
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  for the number one seed. To achieve this, the
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  Patriots must win and hope for a loss or tie
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  from the Denver Broncos. For home field advantage
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  in the playoffs, a victory is essential alongside
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  a Broncos loss. Kickoff is at 425 on Fox. In
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  top news, new laws in 2026 will impact Social
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  Security. food delivery tips, and tax deductions,
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  reflecting significant changes from President
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  Trump's administration. These changes will affect
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  the financial lives of Americans as new legislation
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  aims to advance or restrict policies. The Big
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  Beautiful bill, signed on July 4th, will raise
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  the standard tax deduction to $32 ,200 for married
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  couples and $16 ,100 for single taxpayers. Additionally,
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  Social Security payments will increase by 2 .8%.
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  In Virginia, a new law limits social media use
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  for minors, while California will ensure tips
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  do not offset delivery pay. In business news,
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  California has extended the deadline for 17 ,000
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  migrant truck drivers to reapply for commercial
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  licenses until March 6, instead of January 5.
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  U .S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened
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  to cut $160 million in funding over the licensing
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  delay escalating the state -federal conflict.
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  The Department of Motor Vehicles announced that
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  the licenses of these drivers, which had been
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  revoked because the expiration dates extended
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  past VSAT expiration dates, can now remain valid
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  for 60 more days. DMV Director Steve Gordon emphasized
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  that commercial drivers are an important part
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  of our economy. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is
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  unchanged for the week at just under $89 ,000.
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  Ethereum is unchanged at $3 ,000. And XRP is
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  down half a percent to $1 .88. Moving on to a
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  more local vibe. In our community spotlight on
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  health and wellness, We are working with a national
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  Pilates studio to bring you some free classes,
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  so listen up. Check out Club Pilates with several
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  locations in the Boston area. Pilates presents
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  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. Researchers
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  are hunting America for hidden data centers.
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  A team from the nonprofit research group EPOC
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  AI is using open source intelligence to map the
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  growth of data centers across the United States.
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  They analyze satellite imagery and legal documents
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  to create an interactive map detailing costs,
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  power output, and ownership. EPOC AI's findings
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  reveal that the data center industry is controversial
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  and expanding, driven by significant investments
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  in artificial intelligence. Their maps provide
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  valuable insights, despite challenges in accessing
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  complete information about smaller data centers.
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  The goal is to illuminate this burgeoning sector,
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  even if some details remain hidden. And in entertainment
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  news, MTV did not die on New Year's Eve despite
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  social media posts, but the music left a long
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  time ago. You may have seen news claiming that
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  MTV officially shut down, ending with video killed
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  the radio star by the bugles. However, MTV is
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  still operating, even if it is currently airing
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  repeats of the Big Bang Theory. On New Year's
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  Eve, several MTV -branded music channels in the
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  United Kingdom were shut down, but the flagship
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  MTV UK channel continues to broadcast. In the
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  United States, existing MTV channels will continue
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  without change, including MTV and MTV2. While
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  MTV has not been music television for a long
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  time, it still operates some digital music channels.
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  Well, alrighty folks, it's time for the quote
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  of the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  American author and philosopher, Albert Hubbard.
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  And he said, 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.