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April 24, 2024

Ninja the 90 year old soccer sensation

Ninja the 90 year old soccer sensation
Ninja the 90 year old soccer sensation
5 Good News Stories
Ninja the 90 year old soccer sensation

A newborn fox at the Richmond Wildlife Center is raised with minimal human contact, using a unique method where caretakers wear fox costumes. Adidas plans to donate over $150 million from Yeezy sales to anti-racism organizations after ending their partnership with Kanye West. A high school student, Selena Zhang, invents a solar and AI-powered trap to combat the invasive lanternfly in the Northeast. Providence College students raise funds for their beloved overnight security guard, James, to visit his family in Nigeria for the first time in over a decade. Lastly, 90-year-old Mike Fisher, nicknamed Ninja, makes headlines for his outstanding performance in walking football, scoring multiple goals against much younger opponents.


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0:03 Caalaroga Shark Media. Hello, I'm shutting back with five good news stories. Good news for a newborn fox. The fox was dropped off at the Richmond Wildlife Center in Virginia, and the scientists there have someone dressed up as a fox. This is to prevent the actual fox from over associating with humans. A Facebook video shows a staff member bottle feeding of the fox while wearing gloves and a red, furry pointed mask to cover their human face. One of these scientists say it's important to make sure that the orphans that are raised in captivity do not become imprinted upon or habituated to humans. The red furry pointed mask is to make sure that the actual fox doesn't see a human face while feeding. This is critically importive we're going to get her into the wild.

0:50 They've also given the actual fox a snugly toy fox to mimic the sensation of her mother. Ki Williams, the director of the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council, said she hadn't heard of humans dressing up as foxes to care for them before. She said the technique was more common in caring for birds, something you'd see much more as somebody dressing up in a whole crane suit something like that. Sometimes they'll just dress up in a covering that hides their shape a little bit so they don't quite look like a human, they look like a weird mass, or they'll use a hand puppet. The purpose is to not inhibit a wild animal's healthy fear of humans and essential survival trait by causing the animals to associate humans with food or nurturing. They hope to place this fox with other rescued foxes of a similar age and other wildlife centers, and to eventually release her into the wild if given the all clear by health authorities. Completely switching topics. After ending its longtime relationship with Kanye West, Adidas was left with one point three billion dollars worth of yeasy shoes those were in warehouses.

1:46 Decided to sell some of the remaining shoes and they're going to donate more than one hundred and fifty million dollars from the sales of the shoes to organizations fighting anti Semitism and other forms of hate. So far, it's made donations to the Anti Defamation League and the Filines and keeps a Floyd Institute for Social Change, which is run by the brother of George Floyd. A high schooler has invented a solar and AI power trap for those invasive lantern flies. This is a big deal in the Northeast. The spotted lantern flies an invasive insect that's done a lot of damage in New Jersey and know around here there are signs that say if you see them, just kill them, and you feel bad because they're really pretty. Lantern flies know what they're doing. The lantern fly has been found in seventeen other states, where it feeds on plant sap, causing the plants to become stressed and making them more susceptible to disease. Selena Jang first noted the mothlike bugs at a local market and wanted help get rid of them without using things like insecticides or sticky vands. Selena has created the r Treeficial, a solar powered, self cleaning, artificial intelligence driven tree that lowers the lantern fly. It then eliminates the bug using an electronic mesh.

2:53 The umbrella structure mimics the tree of Heaven, which is a known host plan of the lantern fly. It emits an incense made from the tree's essence to lure the lantern fly, and a double electric net uses AI to recognize when a lantern fly is landed on the trap. And then good news out of Providence College. Students living in Raymond Hall had noticed that James, the overnight security guard, hadn't visited his family in Nigeria in more than ten years, so they made a plan. They set up an online fundraiser to collect money for him. Within seven days, the college students presented James with a gift of three thousand dollars for the trip. A video captured james reaction as he fell to the ground in surprise. Admit a course of we love you. James Daniel's an ra and Raymond Hall, and he said, we take care of our home. That's what we do at Providence College. As long as I've been here. They've done that for me. We've done that for each other, so now we're doing it for you. James Brandon helped organize the fundraiser. He said, James is the kind soul anyone's ever met in this building. He means so much to us. It was amazing how fast everyone connected we were to put it together for him. And good News by Ninja the soccer player. He is averaging a hat trick every game. But here's the deal. Ninja is ninety years old. He hasn't played since nineteen forty nine, but he's back. Baby. Mike Fisher, nicknamed Ninja by teammates, is now playing every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for two local walking football teams after he started playing for them at aged eighty two. Mike started playing soccer at fourteen, carried on until he was in his forties. Then he got back into it in his eighties. Apparently, he celebrated his ninetieth birthday by hitting five goals in a game against opponents forty years younger than him.

4:26 He's either really good where they're really terrible, where someone knew it was his birthday. Anyway, it's a good story. Mike says. They call me Ninja because they say I'm gona the blink of an eye. If you ask anyone if they play with Mike Fisher, they want to have a clue. But if you say, do you play with Ninja, they'll know who you mean. I still love football and I'll keep going for as long as I can, or at least while I'm still scoring on a regular basis. The feeling of scoring goals never gets old, even if I am. And those are your five good news stories for today. If you enjoy the program, tell a friend about it. They may like it too. If you enjoy my company, I also host a podcast called Daily Comedy News, where we talk about stand up comedy seven days a week. That show is also clean and fun. You have an awesome day.