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Massachusetts Budget Override, Zdeno Chara, Bitcoin Trends · 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, October 8th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 77 years ago, today in 1948, the world
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  witnessed a remarkable first when a pioneering
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  Swedish engineer, Arne Larsson, received the
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  world's first internal pacemaker implant in Salna
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  City, Sweden. A moment that heralded a new era
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  in life -saving cardiac technology, inspiring
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  generations of medical innovators. So now you
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  know. And now, it's time for the weather report.
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  This morning, rain showers are likely, and it
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  feels like 67 degrees, with 10 mile per hour
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  wind. The sunset will take place at 610, and
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  it will rise again tomorrow at 650. It looks
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  like we're in for some rain showers and patchy
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  fog early today, then more showers and thunderstorms
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  between mid -morning and late afternoon, with
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  a high near 69 and a gentle west wind around
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  12 miles per hour. Tonight, expect mostly clear
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  skies with a low around 45. and a northwest wind
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  around 10 miles per hour. For all you beach runners
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  out there, the first low tide Wednesday will
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  be at 615 with a high tide at 1230. The nearshore
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  buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 63 degrees for the
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  water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather,
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  Thursday will be sunny with a high near 57 and
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  northwest winds near 13 miles per hour. gusting
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  to 23. Friday and Saturday turn milder and mostly
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  sunny, with highs rising to near 62 Friday and
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  around 67 Saturday, with light west to southwest
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  breezes and lows in the low to mid 40s. Sunday
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  brings a chance of rain showers after 11 a .m.
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  with a high near 63, and northeast winds near
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  6 to 12 miles per hour. Continuing into Sunday
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  night with a low near 50. Bonjour, food enthusiasts.
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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, the Massachusetts
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  House plans to vote Wednesday and you'll override
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  several of Governor Maura Healey's budget vetoes
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  for the fiscal year 2026. These overrides aim
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  to restore funding for nursing homes, charter
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  schools, and economic development programs, which
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  House leadership deems absolutely necessary.
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  Among the vetoes expected to be overridden are
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  $25 million for nursing home rates, nearly $20
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  million in charter school reimbursements, and
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  $2 million to support the state's manufacturing
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  industry. House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron
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  Mikowitz argued that the legislature had already
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  accounted for potential revenue volatility during
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  budget negotiations. Despite fiscal challenges,
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  the House is prepared to increase spending in
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  the state budget. Now on to sports. The Cleveland
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  Browns traded quarterback Joe Flacco and a sixth
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  -round pick to the Cincinnati Bengals for a fifth
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  -round selection on Tuesday. The Bengals, struggling
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  with a two -win and three -lost record, have
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  been reeling without quarterback Joe Burrow,
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  who was out with turf toe. Meanwhile, the Browns,
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  with a one -win and four -lost record, opted
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  for youth over Flacco, who was recently benched.
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  This trade improves the Brown's draft stock while
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  giving the Bengals a veteran presence in Flacco,
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  who is expected to help until Burrow returns
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  in December. The trade could also pave the way
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  for rookie Shadir Sanders to make his NFL debut
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  in local sports. Former Boston Bruins captain
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  and longtime defenseman Steno Chira expressed
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  his honor after the team announced it will retire
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  his number next year. The Bruins revealed that
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  they will retire Chara's number 33 on January
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  15th prior to their game against Seattle. Chara
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  will become the 13th player in franchise history
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  to have his number raised to the Rafters. He
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  captained the Bruins to the Stanley Cup in 2011
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  during his 14 -year tenure in Boston. Chara shared,
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  teammates, fans, and family. Owner Jeremy Jacob
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  stated, there will never be another Zdeno Chera,
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  highlighting his incredible impact on the team
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  and community. In top news, Kaiser Permanente
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  workers plan a massive strike across California
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  next week. Tens of thousands of nurses and health
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  professionals in Northern California are preparing
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  to strike on October 14th. in what union leaders
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  say will be the largest work stoppage in the
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  company's history. The United Nurses Associations
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  of California and Union of Healthcare Professionals
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  issued a 10 -day strike notice to Kaiser executives
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  on Friday. The five -day strike is expected to
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  affect more than two dozen hospitals and clinics
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  across California and Hawaii. Union leaders cite
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  stagnant wages and unsafe staffing levels as
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  key issues. Kaiser Permanente stated it has been
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  negotiating in good faith and hopes to avoid
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  a strike. In business news, Bitcoin, the world's
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  largest cryptocurrency, could join gold and the
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  United States dollar on central banks' balance
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  sheets by 2030, according to strategists at Deutsche
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  Bank. Central banks hold reserve assets to manage
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  exchange rates and pay off external debt. So
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  far, Bitcoin has been too volatile and illiquid
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  to qualify, but Deutsche Bank's Marion Labour
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  and Camilla Cezanne argue that Bitcoin is now
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  almost there. Bitcoin's growing liquidity, partly
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  due to the United States' approval of spot Bitcoin
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  exchange -traded funds in 2024, may make it more
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  appealing to central banks. However, Bitcoin
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  remains far from receiving approval from major
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  central banks like the Federal Reserve and the
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  European Central Bank. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is down 2 % to just under $122 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 5 % to just under $4 ,500. And XRP is
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  down 4 % to $2 .86. Moving on to a more local
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  vibe. In our community spotlight on health and
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  wellness, we are working with a national Pilates
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  studio to bring you some free classes, so listen
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  up. Check out Club Pilates with several locations
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  in the Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  wellness approach, cultivating strength, reducing
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  tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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  research affirms its benefits. So now you can
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  check out Club Pilates for a free class. With
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  locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline,
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  and Framingham, just be sure to tell them Sunny
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  Morning sent you by. And now, back to the show.
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  Let's talk tech. Google's latest AI model uses
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  a web browser like you do. The new Gemini 2 .5
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  computer use model can click, scroll, and type
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  in a browser window to access data that is not
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  available via an application programming interface.
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  Google is previewing this model designed to navigate
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  and interact with the web, letting AI agents
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  perform tasks within human -designed interfaces.
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  It utilizes visual understanding and reasoning
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  capabilities to analyze user requests and complete
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  tasks. Gemini 2 .5 is available to developers
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  through Google AI Studio and Vertex AI with a
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  demo on browser base. And in entertainment news,
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  Kiss of the Spider Woman is a stunning musical
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  until Jennifer Lopez starts singing. The film
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  showcases a good story, despite generic songs
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  from John Kander and Fred Ebb, which are weakly
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  performed by Lopez. Breakout star Toneja dances
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  beautifully, yet Lopez's performance lacks passion.
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  Directed by Bill Condon, the film dazzles with
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  choreography and production design, promising
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  a bright future for Toneja. Lopez resembling
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  Madonna. shines as an actor and dancer, elevating
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  moments with her performance. However, her singing
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  fails to impress, revealing a thin voice that
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  lacks the needed strength for the role. Well,
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  alrighty folks, it's time for the quote of the
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  day. And today, our quote comes from the British
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  philosopher and mathematician, Alfred North Whitehead.
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  And he said, and to preserve change amid order.
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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.