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Lakers Sale, Massachusetts Budget, AI Innovator Soham Parekh. · 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, July 7th. You'll be interested
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  to know, 97 years ago today, in 1928, sliced
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  bread was sold for the first time by the Chillicothe
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  Baking Company in Chillicothe, Missouri. This
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  innovation made possible by Otto Rowetter's bread
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  slicing machine. revolutionized the baking industry
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  and transformed daily life, making it easier
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  for families to enjoy uniformly sliced bread.
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  The phrase, the greatest thing since sliced bread,
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  originated from this remarkable achievement,
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  symbolizing the impact of this simple yet profound
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  invention. So now you know. And now, it's time
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  for the weather report. This morning, it's mostly
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  sunny and it feels like 74 degrees with 11 mile
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  per hour wind. The sunset will take place at
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  8 .16 and it will rise again tomorrow at 5 .07.
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  It looks like we're in for a hot day with a high
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  near 91, some partly sunny spells, and a slight
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  chance of rain showers this afternoon. Expect
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  a light southwest breeze at about 10. Tonight.
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  We'll see mostly cloudy skies, a low around 74,
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  and a chance of showers and thunderstorms with
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  light winds. For all you beach runners out there,
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  the first high tide Monday will be at 945 with
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  a low tide at 330. The near -shore buoy at Cape
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  Cod Bay reads 65 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Expect patchy fog
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  and showers with thunderstorms likely on Tuesday
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  with a high near 89. Wednesday brings a slight
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  chance of rain with highs around 79. Expect cooler
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  temperatures Thursday and Friday with highs near
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  75 and 76 and a chance of showers and thunderstorms
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  both days. Nights will be mostly cloudy with
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  lows in the mid -60s. 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, Massachusetts
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  has a new budget as Governor Maura Healey signed
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  the fiscal year's $61 billion operating plan
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  on Friday, marking the earliest approval in nearly
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  a decade. However, last -minute changes included...
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  vetoing provisions worth about $130 million.
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  This includes removing coverage for GLP -1 weight
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  loss medications for state employees, unless
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  medically necessary. The budget is $3 billion
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  higher than the current year's plan and includes
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  funding for public transit, hospitals, and a
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  ban on charging renters broker fees. Experts
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  note that while it is a positive step, more fiscal
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  control is needed. Now on to sports. In a groundbreaking
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  move, Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter has
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  finalized a $10 billion deal to purchase the
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  Los Angeles Lakers, solidifying his status as
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  a major player in sports. Walter, known for his
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  driven nature and commitment to excellence, has
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  also made significant acquisitions. including
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  the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chelsea Football
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  Club. With a personal fortune estimated in the
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  10 figures, Walter's investments extend to diverse
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  sectors, from sports to technology. His calculated
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  approach emphasizes long -term gains, ensuring
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  he remains a powerful force in the evolving landscape
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  of professional sports. In local sports. Yesterday
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  afternoon in Washington. The Sox completed a
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  sweep, defeating the Nationals 6 -4. Trevor Story's
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  towering homer and Romy Gonzalez's clutch sacrifice
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  fly led the charge. Crochet earned the win while
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  Hicks secured the save. Despite Dijon's double
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  for the Nationals, the Sox's bats, including
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  homers from Story and Rafaela, proved too powerful.
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  The Sox now stand at 46 wins and 45 losses, and
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  Fenway faithful can celebrate another satisfying
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  victory on the road. Tonight, the Sox take on
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  the Rockies at Fenway for Game 1 of a three -game
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  series. Richard Fitz, carrying a 4 .50 earned
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  run average, faces Austin Gomber, who holds a
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  5 .49. First pitch is at 710 with clear skies
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  and a temperature around 84 degrees. In top news,
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  the olive oil crisis deepens as climate change
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  disrupts this once low -stress crop. In Greece,
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  thieves are now stealing olives, driven by desperation
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  amid rising temperatures. Olives, vital to Greek
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  culture and economy, have seen escalating thefts.
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  with one mill losing 37 tons worth, more than
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  $300 ,000. The harvest for 2023 to 2024 was alarmingly
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  low, prompting some farmers to abandon their
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  groves. Olive oil production, crucial for the
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  nation, faces challenges from climate impacts,
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  labor shortages, and rising costs, leaving the
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  future precarious. In business news. South Florida
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  is now being labeled as the epicenter of housing
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  weakness in the United States. Recent analysis
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  from Bloomberg reveals a significant drop in
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  home buying contracts in cities like Miami, Fort
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  Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, with pending
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  sales in Miami plummeting by 23%. Homes are taking
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  longer to sell, averaging 81 days in Miami, compared
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  to the national average of 40 days. While Florida's
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  housing market is under strain, the median home
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  sale price in the U .S. still increased by 1
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  .3 % year over year, indicating a complex national
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  landscape. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is unchanged
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  over the weekend at about $109 ,000. Ethereum
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  is unchanged at just under $2 ,600. And XRP is
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  unchanged. at $2 .27. 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. Meet Siam Perik. a software
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  engineer who is gaining attention across the
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  tech startup landscape. On social media, people
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  jest that he is supporting modern digital infrastructure
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  single -handedly. Recently, Suhail Dashi, founder
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  of the AI design tool Playground, revealed that
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  Parekh had been working multiple jobs simultaneously,
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  leading several startups to share similar stories.
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  Parekh admitted he had to work 140 hours a week
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  out of necessity due to financial struggles.
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  Despite his controversial past, he has now secured
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  a position at Darwin, an AI video remixing startup,
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  with their CEO praising his talent. And in entertainment
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  news, in The Old Guard 2, directed by Victoria
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  Mahoney. the sequel to the beloved Netflix superhero
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  film, we reunite with our immortals, including
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  Andromache, portrayed by Charlize Theron. The
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  film opens with the return of Quinn, played by
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  Veronica Ngo, who has harbored anger after centuries
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  of entrapment. While the sequel attempts to capture
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  the emotional depth of its predecessor, it falls
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  short, feeling like a collection of half -measures
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  and surface -thin character development. Additionally,
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  the lack of a satisfying conclusion leaves audiences
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  hanging, creating disappointment rather than
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  anticipation for a future installment. 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 American
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  inventor and businessman, Henry Ford. And he
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  said, Failure is simply the opportunity to begin
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  again, this time more intelligently. 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 day, my good friends.
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  We'll see you tomorrow with another episode of
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston.