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Six Skov’s mom fell victim to a neurodegenerative disorder at the time Skov was born and died when Skov was 13.Now 24, Skov is a graduate student at Stanford University, and on the leadership team of a group of young people — many of them also deeply familiar with losing a parent — launching a new Bay Area program for kids and families affected by cancer, Camp Kaleidoscope.The nonprofit plans to offer children the escape, companionship and community that they themselves largely had to do without as they experienced the bewildering isolation of a parent’s decline, then suffered through the…
Can grapes bring you luck? Spaniards believe so, and at midnight on New Year’s Eve all across the country it’s a race to gobble 12 grapes all before the first minute of the year passes. The 12 grapes, which stand for the months of the year, need to be eaten one by one before the clock changes to 12:01. If the grapes are consumed, the tradition states good luck will be by your side for the entire year.Where does the tradition of eating 12 grapes come from?The origins of the “uvas de la suerte” tradition are hard to trace. The idea might…
Art Cashin’s sons pay homage to NYSE legend with New Year’s poem Source: www.cnbc.com
Gianni Savio, the Italian team manager who discovered many of the best South American riders and helped them race in Europe has passed away aged 76 after a long illness. Savio managed teams for the last 40 years, often fighting to find a multitude of sponsors to fill the team’s jersey and cover even a tiny budget while securing a wild card invitation to the Giro d’Italia.His love and passion for the sport overcame every difficulty but a serious illness had kept him away from races in the last year, with only a brief but emotional visit to recent editions of…
San Juan, Puerto Rico — A massive power outage hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year’s Eve. More than 1.2 million out of 1.47 million clients were without power, according to Luma Energy, a private company that oversees electricity transmission and distribution on the island. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the widespread blackout or when power would be restored. Luma officials did not immediately return a message for comment. In a post on X, Luma said it was in touch with crews and companies overseeing the generation of power in…
Solve today’s ‘Connections’ game from ‘The New York Times’ here with our hints and the final answer. Image Credit: NurPhoto via Getty Images Leave it to The New York Times to have an addicting yet educational word game to crack! Since “Connections” is one of the publication’s most popular games, the answer for today, December 31, 2024, was a tough one to solve. Luckily, we’ve got the hints and the final answer to today’s puzzle. How to Play ‘Connections’ “Connections” begins with a set of 16 words in a grid, and players have to separate the words into four related groups.…
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: MicroStrategy, VeriSign, Sangamo Therapeutics and more Source: www.cnbc.com
Florida’s Drop Top Customs is almost ready to deliver a convertible conversion for the latest Dodge Charger Photos of the Charger Daytona EV with the conversion applied have been posted to social media Pricing hasn’t been announced but a conversion for the previous Challenger costs $23,999 Dodge hasn’t announced plans to offer a convertible version of its latest Charger, and an open-top version of the modern muscle car likely isn’t coming, at least from the factory. However, buyers with a penchant for driving with the wind gushing through their hair now have an option thanks to the aftermarket. Florida’s Drop…
The Santos Tour Down Under have revealed the full entity list for the 2025 Australian stage races, with defending champion Stevie Williams (Israel-Premier Tech) joined in the men’s race by Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), Alberto Bettiol (XDS Astana), Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla), 2023 winner Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates XRG), Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Dylan van Baarle (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Damien Howson, who leads the Australian national team. The women’s peloton includes Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Liv-AlUla-Jayco), Chloe Dygert (Canyon-Sram), Amanda Spratt (Lidl-Trek), Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health), Alison Jackson (EF Education-Oatly) and Olympic silver medallist Ally Wollaston (FDJ-Suez). 2024 winner Sarah…
One great thing about Hennessey’s low-production Venom F5 supercar is the ability for customers to personalize their hypercars. The company has received some interesting requests since it launched the car four years ago, with Hennessey Design Director Nathan Malinick revealing in a recently published interview that at least one person has asked the company to put a gun holster in the glove box of their build. Malinick called it “very on-brand for Texas” in the CarBuzz interview, but did not reveal if the company fulfilled the request. According to company founder and CEO John Hennessey, its clients embrace its “Texas…