Jan. 29, 2024
We found the missing Space Tomato PLUS What ever happened to Bat Kid?
A missing tomato grown in a NASA experiment has been finally found, a group of strangers named the 'Delta Six' form a bond over a voucher deal at the airport, Colorado begins a voter-approved wolf reintroduction program, a New York woman raises enough...
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RSS Feed A missing tomato grown in a NASA experiment has been finally found, a group of strangers named the 'Delta Six' form a bond over a voucher deal at the airport, Colorado begins a voter-approved wolf reintroduction program, a New York woman raises enough money to pay off millions in medical debt after her death, and an update on Miles, the boy who became 'Bat Kid' for a day with Make-A-Wish is now cancer-free and living a regular life.
The Missing Tomato in Space
The Delta Six: An Unexpected Bond
Wolves Return to Colorado
A Legacy of Debt Relief
Bat Kid: A Hero's Journey
WEBVTT
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Caalaroga Shark Media. I'm Jennie Mack
with five good news stories. Hey,
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00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:14.279
good news for NASA and one of
their astronauts. We found the missing tomato.
3
00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:19.199
Back in September, NASA astronaut Frank
Rubio returned from spending over a year
4
00:00:19.239 --> 00:00:22.879
in space. He set a record
by spending three hundred and seventy one days
5
00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:26.600
on the International Space Station. He
was supposed to spend about six months in
6
00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:30.359
space, but he wound up spending
a little longer up there after the spacecraft
7
00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:33.320
that brought him to the ISS was
damaged. But that's the least of his
8
00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:37.719
worries. What happened to the tomato. One of the experiments he was doing
9
00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:41.280
up there was trying to grow tomatoes
in space. They did a good job.
10
00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:44.960
The tomatoes grew in space with only
air and water, no soil.
11
00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:47.799
One goal of the experiment was to
learn how to grow fruits and vegetables to
12
00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:50.920
help feed astronauts on long trips through
space. You never know when you're gonna
13
00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:54.240
get stuck up there for an extra
six months. Rubio told NASA he loved
14
00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:57.640
working with that little plant, seeing
growing develop and when the plant finally produced
15
00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:00.920
tomatoes, all the astronauts on board
got to sample them, except mister Rubio.
16
00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:04.519
He lost his tomato. He had
put it in a plastic bag and
17
00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:07.239
brought it out to show some students
who were on a video call. He
18
00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:11.280
thought he'd use velcro to attach the
bag to part of the space station,
19
00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:14.280
but when he came back, he
found the bag was gone. Hm.
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00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:17.719
Boy, that could get ugly in
a space station. Did you steal my
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00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:22.560
tomato? Other members of the crew
enjoyed teasing Rubio about the missing tomato.
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00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:25.040
They claimed that he ate it but
didn't want to admit it. It became
23
00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:27.159
a joke among the astronauts. He
said, he spent lots of hours looking
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00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:30.439
for the tomato. I wanted to
find it so I could prove like I
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00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:34.680
didn't eat the tomato. Eventually,
he came to believe the tomato had dried
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00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:37.879
out and someone else found it and
threw it away. Rubio returned to Earth
27
00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:41.239
no tomato. Rubio was asked did
you eat the tomato? And he said,
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00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:42.760
I wish I had at this point
because I think everybody thinks I did.
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00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:48.959
Well. Good news, a fellow
astronaut has called down to Earth and
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00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:53.159
said, we found the tomato.
Now We still don't know where the tomato
31
00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:56.480
was found or what it looked like. But the tomato was found, or
32
00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.159
was it or they just want to
make him feel better. The Wall Street
33
00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:02.200
Journal wrote about the Delta six.
You know sometimes you're at the airport and
34
00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:05.959
the airline is like, hey,
anybody want to wait a little longer and
35
00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:08.960
grab a voucher? Well, in
this case, the voucher valued climbed quickly.
36
00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:13.439
Once the voucher got around two thousand
dollars, the group that would become
37
00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:15.759
the Delta six gathered by the gate
agent to take the deal and work out
38
00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:20.759
logistics. The six of them,
ages twenty six to forty seven, realized
39
00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:23.439
they had a lot in common,
a love for Jackson, Wyoming and a
40
00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:27.479
good voucher offer, also the sudden
need to fill time at the Atlanta airport.
41
00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:30.000
They now have a Delta six group
chat where top has included how they
42
00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:35.319
spent their voucher money. One member
made a final truck payment, another went
43
00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:38.960
to Santa Fe. Another got a
coat. Croft is one of the Delta
44
00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:40.199
six and said, what really stood
out to me is how quickly in a
45
00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:45.240
situation like this he could become connected
to strangers. Hopefully they don't wind up
46
00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:49.919
on an island with a smoke monster. Good news for the wolves. Colorado
47
00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:53.919
has released their first five wolves and
a reintroduction plan approved by voters, to
48
00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:59.360
the chagrin of ranchers. Five wolves
are released in a remote part of Colorado's
49
00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:04.240
Rocky Mountains to kick off a voter
approved reintroduction program. They flipped up on
50
00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:07.680
the cage and the wolves kind of
hung out for a second. After about
51
00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.080
half a minute, the humans around
the crate stepped back, and then the
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00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:14.080
wolf was like, all right,
I'm out of here and took off.
53
00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:17.280
Some ranchers who were worried about the
wolves, well, if their animals are
54
00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:22.039
victim to wolf attacks, they'll be
paid in fair market value up to fifteen
55
00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:25.240
thousand dollars per animal. A New
York City woman who died of ovarian cancer
56
00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:30.520
raised enough money to pay off millions
of dollars in other people's medical debts.
57
00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:34.560
In a social media post arrange should
be posted after her death, Casey was
58
00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:38.360
thirty eight, asked followers to consider
donating to her cause. She said she
59
00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:40.280
planned to pay off other people's medical
debt as a way of celebrating her own
60
00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:44.199
life. She wrote on social media, if you're reading this, I've passed
61
00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:46.639
away. I've loved each and every
one of you with my whole heart,
62
00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:49.400
and I promise you I know how
deeply I was loved. To celebrate my
63
00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:53.080
life, I've ranged to by other's
medical debt and then destroy the debt.
64
00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:57.120
Wow. That's amazing. Thanks to
Richard for sending this story over. The
65
00:03:57.159 --> 00:04:01.400
campaign is the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt. The organization pays off a dollar of
66
00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:06.159
medical debt for every penny that is
donated. The family has raised over one
67
00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:11.560
hundred and seventy thousand dollars, which
has helped to erase up to seventeen million
68
00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:15.639
dollars in unpaid medical bills. Here
remember bat Kid from ten years ago.
69
00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:20.720
Back in twenty thirteen, Miles was
five years old. He transformed into bat
70
00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:25.519
Kid as part of a memorable wish
from Make a Wish, the nonprofit organization
71
00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:30.079
that Grant's dream come true wishes for
children battling critical illnesses. Wearing his bat
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00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:32.959
Kid masking gear, young Miles took
to the streets of San Francisco, where
73
00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:36.959
he stemied villains, foiled crime,
and even rescued San Francisco Giant's mascot,
74
00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:42.240
lou Seal these days. Miles is
cancer free and enjoys life in a small
75
00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:45.600
town near the Oregon border. Miles
says, I'm doing amazing. I'd just
76
00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:48.160
like to say, yeah, I'm
fine. He's no longer dressing up as
77
00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:51.839
bat Kid. He's got a football
uniform. Instead of driving a batmobile,
78
00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:56.000
he drives a tractor on the family
farm. What happened to the bad kid
79
00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:59.920
outfit on Halloween? Miles brother?
Word, that's your five good news to
80
00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:01.360
for today. If you enjoy the
program, tell a friend about it.
81
00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:03.199
They like it. Two, have
a great day.
1
00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:10.800
Caalaroga Shark Media. I'm Jennie Mack
with five good news stories. Hey,
2
00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:14.279
good news for NASA and one of
their astronauts. We found the missing tomato.
3
00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:19.199
Back in September, NASA astronaut Frank
Rubio returned from spending over a year
4
00:00:19.239 --> 00:00:22.879
in space. He set a record
by spending three hundred and seventy one days
5
00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:26.600
on the International Space Station. He
was supposed to spend about six months in
6
00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:30.359
space, but he wound up spending
a little longer up there after the spacecraft
7
00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:33.320
that brought him to the ISS was
damaged. But that's the least of his
8
00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:37.719
worries. What happened to the tomato. One of the experiments he was doing
9
00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:41.280
up there was trying to grow tomatoes
in space. They did a good job.
10
00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:44.960
The tomatoes grew in space with only
air and water, no soil.
11
00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:47.799
One goal of the experiment was to
learn how to grow fruits and vegetables to
12
00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:50.920
help feed astronauts on long trips through
space. You never know when you're gonna
13
00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:54.240
get stuck up there for an extra
six months. Rubio told NASA he loved
14
00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:57.640
working with that little plant, seeing
growing develop and when the plant finally produced
15
00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:00.920
tomatoes, all the astronauts on board
got to sample them, except mister Rubio.
16
00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:04.519
He lost his tomato. He had
put it in a plastic bag and
17
00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:07.239
brought it out to show some students
who were on a video call. He
18
00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:11.280
thought he'd use velcro to attach the
bag to part of the space station,
19
00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:14.280
but when he came back, he
found the bag was gone. Hm.
20
00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:17.719
Boy, that could get ugly in
a space station. Did you steal my
21
00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:22.560
tomato? Other members of the crew
enjoyed teasing Rubio about the missing tomato.
22
00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:25.040
They claimed that he ate it but
didn't want to admit it. It became
23
00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:27.159
a joke among the astronauts. He
said, he spent lots of hours looking
24
00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:30.439
for the tomato. I wanted to
find it so I could prove like I
25
00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:34.680
didn't eat the tomato. Eventually,
he came to believe the tomato had dried
26
00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:37.879
out and someone else found it and
threw it away. Rubio returned to Earth
27
00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:41.239
no tomato. Rubio was asked did
you eat the tomato? And he said,
28
00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:42.760
I wish I had at this point
because I think everybody thinks I did.
29
00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:48.959
Well. Good news, a fellow
astronaut has called down to Earth and
30
00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:53.159
said, we found the tomato.
Now We still don't know where the tomato
31
00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:56.480
was found or what it looked like. But the tomato was found, or
32
00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.159
was it or they just want to
make him feel better. The Wall Street
33
00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:02.200
Journal wrote about the Delta six.
You know sometimes you're at the airport and
34
00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:05.959
the airline is like, hey,
anybody want to wait a little longer and
35
00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:08.960
grab a voucher? Well, in
this case, the voucher valued climbed quickly.
36
00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:13.439
Once the voucher got around two thousand
dollars, the group that would become
37
00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:15.759
the Delta six gathered by the gate
agent to take the deal and work out
38
00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:20.759
logistics. The six of them,
ages twenty six to forty seven, realized
39
00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:23.439
they had a lot in common,
a love for Jackson, Wyoming and a
40
00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:27.479
good voucher offer, also the sudden
need to fill time at the Atlanta airport.
41
00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:30.000
They now have a Delta six group
chat where top has included how they
42
00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:35.319
spent their voucher money. One member
made a final truck payment, another went
43
00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:38.960
to Santa Fe. Another got a
coat. Croft is one of the Delta
44
00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:40.199
six and said, what really stood
out to me is how quickly in a
45
00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:45.240
situation like this he could become connected
to strangers. Hopefully they don't wind up
46
00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:49.919
on an island with a smoke monster. Good news for the wolves. Colorado
47
00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:53.919
has released their first five wolves and
a reintroduction plan approved by voters, to
48
00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:59.360
the chagrin of ranchers. Five wolves
are released in a remote part of Colorado's
49
00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:04.240
Rocky Mountains to kick off a voter
approved reintroduction program. They flipped up on
50
00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:07.680
the cage and the wolves kind of
hung out for a second. After about
51
00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.080
half a minute, the humans around
the crate stepped back, and then the
52
00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:14.080
wolf was like, all right,
I'm out of here and took off.
53
00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:17.280
Some ranchers who were worried about the
wolves, well, if their animals are
54
00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:22.039
victim to wolf attacks, they'll be
paid in fair market value up to fifteen
55
00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:25.240
thousand dollars per animal. A New
York City woman who died of ovarian cancer
56
00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:30.520
raised enough money to pay off millions
of dollars in other people's medical debts.
57
00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:34.560
In a social media post arrange should
be posted after her death, Casey was
58
00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:38.360
thirty eight, asked followers to consider
donating to her cause. She said she
59
00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:40.280
planned to pay off other people's medical
debt as a way of celebrating her own
60
00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:44.199
life. She wrote on social media, if you're reading this, I've passed
61
00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:46.639
away. I've loved each and every
one of you with my whole heart,
62
00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:49.400
and I promise you I know how
deeply I was loved. To celebrate my
63
00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:53.080
life, I've ranged to by other's
medical debt and then destroy the debt.
64
00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:57.120
Wow. That's amazing. Thanks to
Richard for sending this story over. The
65
00:03:57.159 --> 00:04:01.400
campaign is the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt. The organization pays off a dollar of
66
00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:06.159
medical debt for every penny that is
donated. The family has raised over one
67
00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:11.560
hundred and seventy thousand dollars, which
has helped to erase up to seventeen million
68
00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:15.639
dollars in unpaid medical bills. Here
remember bat Kid from ten years ago.
69
00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:20.720
Back in twenty thirteen, Miles was
five years old. He transformed into bat
70
00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:25.519
Kid as part of a memorable wish
from Make a Wish, the nonprofit organization
71
00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:30.079
that Grant's dream come true wishes for
children battling critical illnesses. Wearing his bat
72
00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:32.959
Kid masking gear, young Miles took
to the streets of San Francisco, where
73
00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:36.959
he stemied villains, foiled crime,
and even rescued San Francisco Giant's mascot,
74
00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:42.240
lou Seal these days. Miles is
cancer free and enjoys life in a small
75
00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:45.600
town near the Oregon border. Miles
says, I'm doing amazing. I'd just
76
00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:48.160
like to say, yeah, I'm
fine. He's no longer dressing up as
77
00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:51.839
bat Kid. He's got a football
uniform. Instead of driving a batmobile,
78
00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:56.000
he drives a tractor on the family
farm. What happened to the bad kid
79
00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:59.920
outfit on Halloween? Miles brother?
Word, that's your five good news to
80
00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:01.360
for today. If you enjoy the
program, tell a friend about it.
81
00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:03.199
They like it. Two, have
a great day.