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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, July 18th. You'll be interested
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  to know, 177 years ago today, in the year 1848,
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  the first women's rights convention commenced
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  in Seneca Falls, New York. Organized by Lucretia
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  Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, this groundbreaking
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  gathering marked the beginning of the organized
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  women's rights movement in the United States.
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  Stanton presented the Declaration of Sentiments,
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  a document boldly proclaiming that all men and
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  women are created equal and outlining grievances
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  against the unequal treatment of women. This
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  convention ignited a nationwide movement. ultimately
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  leading to the passage of the 19th Amendment
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  in 1920, granting women the right to vote. The
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  Seneca Falls Convention stands as a monumental
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  milestone in the ongoing pursuit of gender equality
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  and So now you know. And now, it's time for the
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  weather report. This morning, it's sunny, and
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  it feels like 69 degrees. with 19 mph wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 8 .12 and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 5 .19. It looks like we're
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  in for a beautiful Friday with plenty of sunshine
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  and a high near 82, accompanied by a light northwest
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  breeze. Tonight, expect mostly clear skies with
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  a low around 63 and light winds. For all you
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  beach runners out there, the first low tide Friday
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  will be at 1145 with a high tide at 6. The near
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  shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 62 degrees for
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  the water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather,
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  expect mostly sunny skies on Saturday with a
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  high near 85 and light southwest winds. Saturday
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  night brings a chance of rain showers and thunderstorms
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  with lows around 70. On Sunday, expect showers
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  and thunderstorms likely before 2 p .m., then
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  a high near 83. Sunday night will be mostly clear
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  with a low around 65. Monday stays sunny with
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  a high near 79 and clear skies at night with
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  a low around 60. Tuesday looks sunny again, with
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  a high near 80 and partly cloudy at night, with
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  a low around 64. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This
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  in their amazing Eggs Benedict. or their gluten
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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, a Massachusetts
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  town is changing its name to Duncan for just
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  one day on July 24th. The Stowe Select Board
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  voted unanimously to honor the grand opening
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  of a new Dunkin' store marking the end of the
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  town's Dunkin' Desert status. The previous two
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  locations closed in 2022, and the situation gained
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  national attention through a viral TikTok. Mark
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  and Megan Pess, who own multiple Dunkin' franchises,
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  purchased the former beef North Ale site. The
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  grand opening will feature giveaways, including
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  100 days of free coffee and a $5 ,000 donation
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  to the Stow Food Pantry. Now on to sports. Pittsburgh
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  Steelers superstar pass rusher T .J. Watt has
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  officially signed a long -awaited three -year
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  contract extension worth $123 million. making
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  him the highest -paid non -quarterback in NFL
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  history for the second time. At 30 years old,
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  Watt is poised to finish his career with the
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  Steelers, where he is the all -time leader in
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  career sacks. Winners from this deal include
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  Watt himself, head coach Mike Tomlin, and new
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  teammate Jalen Ramsey, while the Cincinnati Bengals
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  and Cleveland Browns find themselves in tough
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  positions as they navigate their own contract
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  situations. In local sports. Tomorrow afternoon
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  in Chicago, the Sox take on the Cubs at Wrigley
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  Field. Lucas Giolito, sporting a solid 6 -1 record
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  with a 2 .25 earned run average, faces Colin
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  Rhee, who's 3 -3 with a 3 .91. This is game one
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  of the three -game series with the Cubs favored.
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  Expect sunny skies and 75 degrees, with first
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  pitch at 220. In top news, Republicans are poised
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  to achieve their long -standing goal of cutting
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  federal funding for public broadcasting following
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  the Senate's approval of a $9 billion package.
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  The vote was narrowly passed at 51 to 48, targeting
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  the Public Broadcasting Service, National Public
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  Radio, and Foreign Aid. Notably, two Republicans,
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  Susan Collins from Maine and Lisa Murkowski from
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  Alaska, dissented. This marks a significant shift
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  in the Senate's approach to discretionary spending,
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  as the bill heads to the House for final approval.
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  Critics, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck
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  Schumer, argue that these cuts will harm vulnerable
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  communities both domestically and abroad. In
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  business news, Netflix has solidified its position
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  as a leading player in streaming and an impressive
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  performer in the stock market. Despite a challenging
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  period in early 2022, when subscriber losses
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  led to a stock plunge, Netflix's share prices
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  have since surged more than 500%, driven by revenue
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  growth and strategic initiatives. Currently,
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  the stock trades at approximately 59 times projected
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  earnings, making it one of the most expensive
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  in the S &P 500. If you had invested $1 ,000
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  in Netflix 10 years ago, it would now be worth
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  an astonishing $11 ,102. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is up 1 % for the week to about $121
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  ,000. Ethereum is up 0 .5 % to just over $3 ,600.
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  And XRP is up 27 % to $3 .60. 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
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  now, back to the show. Let's talk tech. If you
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  own an Intel Mac, you have a year to upgrade
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  to a new model, as Apple has confirmed that MacOS
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  27 will only support Apple Silicon. In June,
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  Apple unveiled the latest version of MacOS, cutting
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  many Intel Macs from the compatibility list.
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  The final version supporting Intel Macs will
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  be MacOS 26 Tahoe, which is limited to a few
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  models, including the 13 -inch MacBook Pro from
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  2020. and the 16 -inch MacBook Pro from 2019.
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  While these models will receive security updates
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  for two years, fewer than five years of operating
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  system updates is unusual for Apple. And in entertainment
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  news, Arnold Schwarzenegger remains hopeful about
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  the possibility of a King Conan movie, which
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  could bring his iconic career full circle. In
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  a recent interview with Collider, he reminisced
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  about his early role in the 1982 film Conan the
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  Barbarian and expressed a desire to continue
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  the franchise. He noted that the right director
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  and writing could lead to a successful sequel.
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  Schwarzenegger mentioned discussions with director
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  John Milius and highlighted the need to convince
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  those who own the rights to move forward. He
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  believes that a compelling script is within reach
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  and hopes for progress soon. Well, all righty,
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  folks, it's time for the quote of the day. And
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  today, our quote comes from the American suffragist
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  and social reformer Carrie Chapman Catt. And
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  she said, To the wrongs that need resistance,
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  to the right that needs assistance, to the future
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  in the distance, give yourselves. And that's
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  a wrap for this morning. You can check out our
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  Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating
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  aerial videos with local news and the weather
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  reports. Have an amazing weekend, my good friends.
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  We'll see you Monday with another episode of
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston.