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Celtics vs. Grizzlies, Cloudflare's AI Labyrinth, Tufts Visa Controversy. · 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 Monday, March 31st. You'll be interested
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  to know, 136 years ago, today in 1889, the Eiffel
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  Tower, a remarkable wrought iron structure designed
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  by Gustave Eiffel, was officially inaugurated
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  in Paris, France. This iconic monument, standing
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  at a height of 984 feet, symbolized the technological
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  advancements of the era and celebrated the centenary
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  of the French Revolution. So now you know. And
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  now, it's time for the weather report. This morning,
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  there's patchy fog, and it feels like 41 degrees,
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  with 6 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 7 .07 and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 6 .17. It looks like we're in for some patchy
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  fog early, clearing by mid -morning, but we might
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  see some rain later, with cloudy skies and a
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  high near 66, along with a gentle breeze. Tonight,
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  expect rain and isolated thunderstorms with a
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  low around 43 and winds picking up to 15. For
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  all the beach runners out there, the first low
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  tide Monday will be at 715 with a high tide at
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  130. The near shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads
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  40 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Expect a chance of rain
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  early Tuesday, then mostly sunny skies with a
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  high near 52. Wednesday brings mostly sunny weather
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  at a high around 45. Rain is likely Wednesday
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  night into Thursday with a high near 66. Friday
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  offers a chance of rain before 4 p .m. with partly
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  sunny conditions and a high near 65. Nights will
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  be mostly clear to partly cloudy with lows in
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  the 30s and 40s. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This
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  podcast is brought to you by Versailles Cafe
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  and Pastries in Encinitas. Nestled on El Camino
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  Real South, just north of Encinitas Boulevard,
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  this cafe is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge
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  in their amazing Eggs Benedict or their gluten
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  -free crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch
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  or just breeze on through to get your morning
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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, Tufts
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  University student Rumisa Osterk was detained
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  by immigration officials following the revocation
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  of her student visa by Secretary of State Marco
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  Rubio. During a visit to Guyana, Rubio stated
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  that Osterk's criticism of Israel's response
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  to the October 7th attacks by Hamas, was the
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  reason for the revocation, providing evidence
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  of an opinion piece she wrote. Local leaders,
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  including Representative Ayanna Pressley, condemned
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  her detainment as a harrowing attack on free
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  speech, while others remember the literal attack
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  where Hamas murdered 1 ,200 Jews and took 250
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  hostages, including women and children. Osterk
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  remains in an immigration processing center in
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  Louisiana. as legal battles continue over her
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  case. Now on to sports. The men's final four
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  will feature a thrilling lineup of top teams,
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  Duke, Auburn, Florida, and Houston. All four
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  are number one seeds, meeting in San Antonio
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  on April 5th. Duke, led by Cooper Flagg, boasts
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  a strong defense, and recently captured the Atlantic
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  Coast Conference title. Florida's Walter Clayton
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  Jr. turned in a heroic performance, scoring 30
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  points in a nail -biting Elite Eight comeback.
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  Houston showcased impressive defense, holding
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  Tennessee to just 15 first -half points. And
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  Auburn, featuring Joni Broom's standout play,
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  overcame challenges to secure its place. in local
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  sports. Yesterday afternoon in Arlington, the
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  Sox came up short against the Rangers, losing
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  3 -2. Despite Rafi Devers and Trevor Story contributing,
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  the tight game slipped away. Sox pitcher Ron
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  Fitz allowed three runs over six innings. The
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  Sox are now 1 -3. This afternoon, the Sox take
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  on the Orioles in Baltimore at... John Newcomb
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  will be on the mound for the Sox. The Celtics
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  were off last night, but tonight, with a record
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  of 55 -19, the Celtics take on the Memphis Grizzlies
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  at the FedEx Forum. The Grizzlies sit at 44 -30,
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  currently in second place in the Southwest Division.
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  Boston enters with an impressive 8 -game winning
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  streak, while Memphis is on a 2 -game losing
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  streak. Jalen Brown is listed as questionable,
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  with a right knee posterior impingement. Tip
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  -off is at 7 .30. Tomorrow night, the Bruins
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  at 30 -35 -9 clash with the Capitals at the Garden.
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  David Pasternak, boasting 86 points with 51 assists.
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  spearheads the bees. In top news, HIMSS, the
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  telehealth startup known for its erectile dysfunction
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  treatments, is urging customers to lobby the
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  Food and Drug Administration to protect its compounded
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  GLP -1 weight loss medications. Originally developed
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  for type 2 diabetes, these medications, including
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  semaglutide and terzpatide, have seen a surge
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  in demand. However, recent FDA regulations threaten
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  their future. HIMSS claims its Fosempic generated
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  $225 million in revenue in 2024, and its ads
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  now encourage users to quickly support continued
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  access to these treatments. The compounded versions
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  cost significantly less than the brand -name
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  alternatives, yet transparency remains an issue.
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  In business news... An entrepreneur, Jeremy Gulbin,
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  is tackling the daunting challenge of revitalizing
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  local news through his ownership of 92 community
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  newspapers across the United States. Facing issues
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  such as tariffs, skepticism towards print media,
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  and competition from podcasts, he has found that
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  many of his papers are losing money. While at
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  his company, Sherry Road Media saw $30 million
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  in revenue last year, profitability remains elusive.
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  Gulben's goal is to foster community connections
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  through journalism, despite struggling to hire
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  reporters. As local newspapers close, he remains
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  committed to finding solutions, believing that
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  saving small newspapers is crucial. In crypto
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  movement, Bitcoin is down 5 % over the weekend
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  to $82 ,000. Ethereum is down 6%. to just over
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  $1 ,800. And Goat Seas Maximus is down 14 % to
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  $0 .05. Moving on to a more local vibe. In our
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  community spotlight on health and wellness, we
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  are working with a national Pilates studio to
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  bring you some free classes, so listen up. Check
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  out Club Pilates with several locations in the
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  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. Cloudflare is introducing a
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  new tool called AI Labyrinth to combat web scraping
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  bots. Instead of blocking these crawlers, the
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  company invites them to navigate through a web
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  of useless, AI -generated pages designed to slow
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  down, confuse, and waste resources. Cloudflare
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  reports handling over 50 billion web crawler
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  requests daily and aims to outsmart malicious
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  bots by leading them into a trap of fake data.
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  Website administrators can opt in through the
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  bot management section of their Cloudflare dashboard.
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  This is just the beginning of Cloudflare's efforts
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  to use generative AI to thwart bots effectively.
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  And in entertainment news, in a surprising turn,
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  Jason Statham's action thriller, A Working Man,
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  led the box office with $15 ,200 ,000 in its
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  opening weekend. Directed by David Ayer, the
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  film dethroned Disney's Snow White, which dropped
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  over 66 % in its second week, earning $14 ,200
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  ,000. Snow White has made $66 .8 million domestically,
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  but with a budget exceeding $250 million, it
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  faces challenges ahead. Competing for family
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  audiences next weekend is the Warner Bros. adaptation.
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  a Minecraft movie. Overall, box office revenues
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  remain sluggish, lagging behind previous years.
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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 activist, Helen Keller. And
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  she said, Optimism is the faith that leads to
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  achievement. Nothing can be done without hope
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  and confidence. 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.