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Topsfield Fair Pumpkin Record, Bruins Roster, FICO's Market Shift · 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, October 6th. You'll be interested
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  to know. Thirty years ago, today in 1995, Swiss
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  astronomers Michael Mayer and Didier Colloz announced
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  the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting
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  a sun -like star. A groundbreaking moment in
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  astronomy that expanded our understanding of
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  planetary systems beyond our own. A truly inspiring
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  milestone in human discovery. So now you know.
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  And now, it's time for the weather report. This
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  morning, it's sunny and it feels like 64 degrees,
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  with 7 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 614. and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 648. It looks like we're in for a sunny Monday
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  with a high near 85 and a light southwest wind
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  around 10 miles per hour tonight. Expect mostly
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  clear skies with a low around 62 and a gentle
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  breeze. For all you beach runners out there,
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  the first high tide Monday will be at 11 with
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  a low tide at 515. The nearshore buoy at Cape
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  Cod Bay reads 64 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather, Tuesday will be
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  mostly sunny with a high near 80 and a southwest
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  wind around 10 miles per hour. Then rain showers
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  move in after 8 p .m. with lows near 60 and an
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  80 % chance of precipitation. Wednesday starts
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  with showers before 8 a .m. and then more showers
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  and thunderstorms with a high near 68, and a
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  west wind near 10 miles per hour, then clouds
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  break to partly cloudy Wednesday night with lows
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  near 45, and a north wind near 8 miles per hour.
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  Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought
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  to you by Versailles Café 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 a remarkable
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  turn of events at this year's Topsfield Fair,
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  Alex Newell from Abington, Connecticut, shattered
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  the record with his astonishing pumpkin, weighing
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  in at 2 ,507 pounds. This victory is particularly
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  special for Newell, as he and his wife, Liz,
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  welcomed their first child, Nova, just a day
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  before his big win. Newell, who began growing
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  pumpkins at eight years old, expressed his excitement,
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  stating, I saw the giant pumpkins, I got some
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  seeds, and I couldn't get enough of it. The fair,
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  which runs through October 13th, featured 33
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  competitors this year, with Daniel Cressena and
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  Thomas Keenan taking second and third places,
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  respectively. Now onto sports. Last night on
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  Sunday Night Football. The Patriots upset the
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  Bills in Buffalo, 23 to 20. Drake May was 22
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  for 30, with 273 passing yards, zero passing
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  touchdowns, and no interceptions. Josh Allen
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  was 22 for 31, with 253 passing yards, two passing
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  touchdowns, and one interception. Next Sunday,
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  the 3 and 2... Pats head to New Orleans to play
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  the Saints at one. The four -and -one Dills lick
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  their wounds and head to Hotlanta for Monday
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  Night Football. And tonight on Monday Night Football,
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  we have the two -and -two Chiefs at the three
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  -and -one Jaguars starting at 815 Eastern on
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  ESPN. The Chiefs are favored by three -and -a
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  -half with the over -under set at 45 -and -a
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  -half. in local sports. The Boston Bruins have
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  finalized their roster for this season, and young
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  player Matt Poitras will start the season in
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  Providence, and not up in the bigs. This is disappointing
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  for the 21 -year -old, who previously played
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  33 games with the Bruins and scored 5 goals and
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  15 points. Despite his potential, he did not
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  impress the coaching staff enough to secure a
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  spot. Head coach Marco Sturm noted Poitras' effort
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  in practice, but emphasized the need for him
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  to play more freely. With strong performance
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  in the IL, Poitras could earn a call -up to the
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  Bruins. In top news, Fair Isaac Corporation,
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  known as FICO, is transforming the credit scoring
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  market by offering mortgage lenders direct access
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  to its credit scores without relying on Experian.
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  Equifax, or TransUnion. Following this announcement,
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  shares of FICO surged by 18%, while shares of
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  credit scoring firms dropped by up to 11%. This
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  shift is one of the most significant changes
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  in decades, prompted by regulatory scrutiny.
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  FICO's new program allows resellers to purchase
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  scores for $4, plus an additional $33 upon loan
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  closure, potentially increasing mortgage costs.
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  The impact on borrowers will depend on how resellers
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  and credit bureaus respond to these changes.
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  In business news, high earners age 50 and older
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  are facing new restrictions on retirement savings.
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  Starting next year, catch -up contributions for
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  those individuals will need to be made after
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  tax if their income exceeds $145 ,000. This change,
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  mandated by the Internal Revenue Service, means
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  that many will pay taxes up front during their
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  high -earning years, rather than during retirement.
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  With catch -up limits reaching up to $11 ,250,
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  this may push some into higher tax brackets.
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  However, it could encourage savers to reassess
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  their investment strategies, potentially favoring
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  Roth accounts for tax -free withdrawals in retirement.
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  In crypto movement, Bitcoin is up 3 % over the
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  weekend to $124 ,000. Ethereum is up 1 % to just
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  over $4 ,500. And XRP is down 1 % to $2 .97.
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  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. OpenAI is
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  shifting its approach to copyright works in Sora,
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  its AI video generation application. Chief Executive
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  Sam Altman announced that copyright holders will
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  gain more control over how their characters are
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  utilized. Users can now create and share videos
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  within a social media feed. Prior to the app's
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  launch, OpenAI informed talent agencies and studios
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  they would need to opt out to avoid their copyrighted
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  material appearing in generated videos. Altman
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  emphasized that this policy will resemble the
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  opt -in model for likenesses, but with additional
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  controls. He also noted that OpenAI must find
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  ways to monetize Sora while sharing revenue with
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  rights holders. And in entertainment news. In
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  Hollywood, the rise of artificial intelligence
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  actress Tilly Norwood is causing quite a stir.
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  Aline van der Velden, founder of AI production
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  studio Particle 6. envisions Tilly as the next
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  big star, aiming for representation by a major
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  talent agency soon. However, industry leaders
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  are expressing concerns about the implications
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  of AI performers. Gersh Agency president Leslie
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  Siebert labeled Tilly's phenomenon as frightening.
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  While some actors fear job displacement, others,
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  like producer Scott Stuber, emphasize that the
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  human condition in storytelling remains irreplaceable.
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  As studios consider AI's potential, the debate
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  surrounding creative authenticity and ethical
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  boundaries continues. Well, alrighty folks, it's
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  time for the quote of the day. And today, our
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  quote comes from the American astronomer and
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  science communicator, Carl Sagan. And he said,
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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.