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Tim Hortons Offering Free Monster-Sized Iced Coffee on Mother’s Day

May 8, 2019May 9, 2019 Senior EditorAmazon, Buffalo, coffee chain, Columbus, detroit, Food, New York City, Tim Hortons, Toledo, United States

Usually, it’s American food companies out-sizing each other, but Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons is unleashing a massive freebie for Mother’s Day 2019, and if you’re a mom looking for a tank-sized pick-me-up, you definitely won’t want to miss it. This Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, participating U.S. Tim Hortons locations are offering a FREE “Mom-sized” iced coffee. That’s 52 ounces (yes 52 ounces) of iced coffee made with Tim Hortons Premium Blend. It’s the largest size coffee offered by any major coffee chain available in the U.S. If you’re wondering…

Fitness

Above the Knee (AK) Amputee Marathon Runner Tests His New Running Prosthesis

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 Senior Editorathlete, Biological engineering, Biomedical engineering, Clinical medicine, Medical specialties, Medicine, New York City, Össur, Otto Bock

Undeterred by any obstacles and with an intense spirit to excel, male athlete tests his new running prosthesis which will allow him to participate in marathons. His ultimate goal is to compete in an iron man triathlon. The running prosthesis is custom designed by Prosthetics In Motion. The prosthesis incorporates a flex run flex foot, and endolite knee unit. Prosthetic componentry powdered coated candy apple red. The carbon fiber design of the prosthesis was fabricated with a custom red dye. Prosthetics in Motion is located in the Heart of New…

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Netflix’s Someone Great Trailer | POPSUGAR Entertainment

March 11, 2019January 10, 2023 Senior EditorBlair, Brittany Snow, California, Gina Rodriguez, Jenny, Los Gatos, California, music journalist, Netflix, New York City, san francisco

A new Netflix romantic comedy is on the way, but this time around, it seems the story is more about falling in love with yourself and your friends, rather than a significant other. And, that’s a message we can certainly get behind! In the first trailer, above, we meet music journalist Jenny (Gina Rodriguez), who has landed a coveted gig at Rolling Stone. The only catch? It means moving from her home in New York City to San Francisco, leaving behind her longtime best friends Erin (DeWanda Wise) and Blair…

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Jean Sammet, Co-Designer of a Pioneering Computer Language, Dies at 89

June 4, 2017December 22, 2022 Senior Editoracademic discipline, accounting, addresses, admiration, advocate, ambition, aptitude, Base, basic data, Ben Shneiderman, Book, Brian Kernighan, bridge players, business data, Business Oriented Language, Calif, cardboard, Cards, changes, chess players, chief scientist, COBOL, COBOL code, college, Common, communication, computers, Computing Machinery, consistent voice, contemporary, creation, customers, Dag Spicer, decades, defense, developer, early versions, Edsger Dijkstra, enduring legacy, engineering discipline, excellent mathematics department, female president, Field, Freedom, Fundamentals, general guidelines, Generation, government agencies, Grace Hopper, grade, Grady Booch, hardware, health care, History Museum, IBM Research, immediate survivors, industries, industry, infancy, initial aversion, Interview, Jean E. Sammet, Jean Sammet, largest purchaser, late 1950s, lawyers, Lois Haibt, longevity, makers, manufacturing operations, maryland, math purists, maximum, Mind, mother, Mount Holyoke, Mountain View, Ms. Hopper, Ms. Sammet, names, nearly round-the-clock work, new language, new programming language, New York City, obscene piece, Parents, Pentagon, people, phone numbers, post, powerful tools, Princeton University, problem-solving skills, Problems, professional association, programmers, programming career, programming languages, prominent computer scientist, prominent women, purchasing, retailing, rigid career paths, role, Ruth Sammet, science, scientific calculations, senior curator, settled culture, Sherry-Netherland Hotel, short-term solution, so-called spaghetti code, Social Security numbers, software engineering, Sperry Gyroscope, Sperry Rand, sprawling programs, stints, structure, successor Sperry Rand, Sylvania Electric, Techniques, Technology, time, United States Department, utter astonishment, wider audience

“I thought of a computer as some obscene piece of hardware that I wanted nothing to do with,” Ms. Sammet recalled in an interview in 2000. Continue reading the main story Her initial aversion was not unusual among the math purists of the time, long before computer science emerged as an academic discipline. Later, Ms. Sammet tried programming calculations onto cardboard punched cards, which were then fed into a computer. “To my utter astonishment,” she said, “I loved it.” In the early 1950s, the computer industry was in its infancy,…

Food

Fine Dining is Made for the Masses at Chefs Club Counter and Beyond

April 5, 2017December 22, 2022 Senior Editor20-year Alain Ducasse, 56-seat restaurant, Amy Sowder/Chowhound, architect Fernando Santangelo, Belgian entrepreneur Stephane, Chef Didier Elena, Chefs Club Counter, Chipotle Mexican Grill, counter wear Frenchy, different restaurant concepts, egg-sandwich concept Eggslut, fancier Chefs Club, fast casual places, fast food, fast food concepts, fast food spots, fast-casual chain, fast-casual eateries, Fast-casual restaurants, financial advice online, Fine dining fare, fine fast-casual restaurant, Fine food, freshly baked gourmet, fun food, grass-fed beef slider, guest chefs, higher quality food, Himalayan pink rock, inventive new ways, inviting sit-down atmosphere, largest system-wide sales, medium-quality food, multiple Michelin-starred Aldea, New York City, open kitchen, opening preview party, Panera Bread Company, percent sales spike, Restaurant Business, Restaurant Concepts piece, restaurant industry, Sriracha mayo-like spread, strong employee culture, table service, unique restaurant, wine bar area

Fine Dining Made Easy Fast food seems like a bad combination these days. The new combo? Fast casual. Enter an even newer concept: Fine dining fare in a pop-up format made accessible, easy, and more affordable, with an ever-changing rotation of recipes from the globe’s top chefs. That’s the mission of Chefs Club Counter, which opened in New York City’s NoLiTa neighborhood on March 31. It’s part of a nationwide movement in the restaurant industry from fast food to fast-casual eateries with higher quality food. “It’s not for a certain…