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![]() ![]() It’s “bite sized, processed, colorful, with a non-threatening texture, sort of like a cross between candy and a chicken nugget.”īut Tide Pods’ appearance held an unforeseen threat. “Tide Pods obviously remind people of foods, especially foods that have been made to appeal to children,” John Allen, an anthropologist at Indiana University and author of “The Omnivorous Mind: Our Evolving Relationship with Food,” said in an email. Other examples of this tactic include bottles shaped like soft drinks and labels that depict colorful fruits.īy developing products that create links to food, play or other positive experiences, customers are less likely to automatically associate these items with an unpleasant or boring chore, Basso said. Frédéric Basso, a professor at The London School of Economics and Political Science, who has researched this trend, known as “food imitating products.” Tide Pods’ design was reflective of a long strategy of consumer product makers designing cleaners and personal hygiene products that exhibited food or drink attributes, according Dr. People also liked how the Tide Pods felt in their hands, researchers found. The company developed a see-through fishbowl-shaped plastic container that showed the pods clearly to stand out on the shelf. How we got addicted to using Q-tips the wrong way Q-tips, a brand of Unilever, is seen on display in a store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 24, 2022. P&G did not say why it changed the colors. Today, it features a patented three-chamber design that separates detergent (the green compartment), stain remover (white) and whitener (blue). Tide Pods appealed to customers with its lightweight design, blue, orange and white-striped swirl and soft, squishy feel. The product was so successful that other manufacturers raced to create similar versions. ![]() Within a year, Tide Pods crossed $500 million in sales in North America and controlled about 75% of the market for single-dose laundry packets, the company said at the time. P&G spent $150 million on an advertising blitz rolling out Tide Pods to consumers. Stand Out.” The spot encouraged customers to “pop” Tide Pods into the washing machine and watch their clothing “pop” with brightness. “We want to shake this category up with innovation.”Īt the Academy Awards telecast in 2012, P&G introduced Tide Pods in a sparkling, vibrant commercial with the tagline “Pop In. The goal was to “disrupt the ‘sleep-washing’ ” among consumers who “automatically pick up” detergent, P&G’s marketing director for North American fabric care told The New York Times. It involved more than 75 employees and 450 different packaging and product sketches. P&G’s next attempt – creating a tablet with liquid that would eventually become Tide Pods – was a hugely difficult engineering task. Here, former CEO Bob McDonald showcases an early version of Tide Pods' clear package design. “It wasn’t even close to hitting the goals,” one former P&G employee later told The Wall Street Journal. But the company pulled them off the market two years later – the powder tablets didn’t always dissolve completely and they worked only in hot water. In 2000, P&G introduced Tide Tabs: tablets filled with powder detergent. It was on the market for about five years. In 1960, P&G launched Salvo, a compressed powdered tablet. Tide Pods was not P&G’s first attempt to develop a laundry tablet. Within the company, working on Tide has been a coveted job and often a stepping stone to the executive suite. Tide came to dominate the detergent sector and was at one point P&G’s largest US brand. Tide, which arrived on the US market in 1946 as the first synthetic detergent, has long been one of P&G’s most important brands on a roster that includes Gillette, Pampers, Dawn, Bounty and other staples of American homes. But P&G created a product so visually appealing and irresistible that it inadvertently turned into a public health risk. In 2012, after eight years, P&G finally introduced America to Tide Pods, a delectable blue, orange and white single packet of concentrated detergent. It set about trying to develop a distinctive palm-size, liquid-filled detergent capsule that would catch shoppers’ eyes on the shelf and make doing laundry a bit more exciting. The company needed to develop something so different that it would convince consumers to switch away from liquid detergent. The product has been one of Procter & Gamble's most successful innovations in years. Tide Pods' signature three-chamber design. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Conversely, when they are an inch or less, the force of the moving bandsaw blade often breaks them off the part, but this can pit the part surface. I have found (while cutting off the raft) that when the supports are an inch or more in length, they generally stay in place on the part and have to be manually removed (but this is now much quicker and easier without the raft). You can cut off the raft and then work through other areas of the supports. I agree on the post processing and support removal, its really a chore that I dislike as well, but the power bandsaw makes it somewhat easier. I lower the density and then manually reposition or add supports where I think they look empty. I reduce both the density and point size prior to printing. It works great for parts off the Form 3, but parts from the Form 3L may require a larger model where the part can fit into the band cutting area. ![]() There may be no better solution, but I thought I give it one more try by being more explicit.Īny bright ideas, other than “don’t do that”? Thanks in advance. All my time is going to be spent in either removing supports in the print, or playing with alternatives. I’m never going to get the production I need. With 48 hour printing times, the trial and error of manual placement isn’t practical, since I’m only making a few of each model. I’ve been looking at the suggested alternative software, but they make support generation into a career. Slope and density and touch point size are at a minimum It would be ideal if I could simplify part of the lattice, eliminating some cross linking, leaving out the cross bracing (in part). But the choice is either too few touchpoints, or a lattice that is so dense it becomes a solid. The autogenerate in Preform prints successfully, and is quick (sort of) to generate the supports. Not all get one, and this works, but there are still a bazillion points, which generate a highly complex lattice underneath. To try and be clear, I need a lot of touch points, since the model is a bird with feathers, and each tip wants a touch point. Meaning a hack saw, metal shears, and needle nose pliers sort of a chore. This makes removing the structure a chore. The problem I face is that the underlying structure becomes too dense when I apply the right number of touchpoints. ![]() By the way, things like springs need to be printed sideways or at an angle to prevent the spring action from interfering with the peal process.I’ve had success by cranking down the density, slope and touchpoint size to the minimum. I don’t know of a common place to post things around here. I’ve printed custom springs and 2-56 threader holes! speaking of which, if people need standard springs or ones with hooks, I can send you pro E files or generate STL files for you specific dimensions. This is like the cheaters way to speed up printers for the time being because it shouldn’t require too much effort to implement this in the software.Īll and all, I’m liking my printer and thus far, I haven’t had any failed prints. This would allow things you don’t care about like the supports to be printed faster making the whole things faster. From first marker to second marker or finish can be set to a finer resolution like 0.05mm. Zero to first marker could be all the support structure just before the model and it can be set to 0.1mm. The person is able to change the slice resolution for each section. Each section can be user set and the default value would simply be to whatever the user selected upon file creation. Anyways to keep things simply, my thinking is to have a slider much like the slice viewer that allows maybe 2 or 3 different layer height thickness. I was about to post this as a new topic but figured somebody else must have thought of this before me. ![]() ![]() ![]() Brooklyn Crab is a three-tiered eatery with a front and back lawn. Wander far enough down Van Brunt Street in Red Hook and take a right on Reed, and the Brooklyn Crab will appear to you just as the desert oases did in the Bible, or like that cactus mirage in Fievel Goes West. Purple is located at Hotel Indigo at 180 Orchard Street on the Lower East Side (21, ).īROOKLYN CRAB: This place is the low-key Disneyland of Greater New York. Stay until you exchange numbers with someone, which, given the house party vibes and the wide sections of seating, shouldn't be hard to do. If you're there at sunset, the tops of Manhattan's buildings will catch the light just so, and for one fleeting moment you'll wonder whether it wouldn't be so bad after all to go through life as a walking cliché.Ĭocktails are strong ($16, but basically two $8 cocktails' worth strong) and the company is handsome as all hell. Purple would still feel artsy and HBO-ready, thanks to its sprawling Orchard Street-side lookout. The clientele is made up of exactly the kind of folk you'd expect at an artist's loft party, too, nautical blouses, perfectly-draped cardigans and all. The LES rooftop bar perched on top of the Indigo Hotel was designed to resemble an artist's loft, complete with cedar shelving units, Mod furniture and shaggy rugs. Purple (which took some flak for its name upon opening) looks like something straight out of a Season 1 episode of GIRLS. Loopy Doopy Rooftop is located at the Conrad New York Hotel at 102 North End Avenue in Battery Park City (64, /dine). Nights here can get busy and the velvet rope does come out, so show up early before the after-work crowd piles in. They're filled with Prosecco and dunked with an upside down People's Pop. You'll join airily-clad businesspeople and hotel clientele lounging on the wooden deck, enjoying the breeze coming off the Hudson, and sipping on the bar's signature item: $22 sparkling ice pop cocktails served in fishbowl stemware. On the 16th floor of the Conrad sits Loopy Doopy, a rooftop bar that feels far more stylish than its name.Īim to drink here in the mid-afternoon, when this place is truly serene. If this where "the other side" travels on business, maybe I should start dating up. The hotel's lobby is a breathtaking (yes, I was actually breathless) at 15-stories high, hung with 10-story artwork by Sol LeWitt. ![]() THE LOOPY DOOPY ROOFTOP AT THE CONRAD HOTEL: Half the luxury of going to Loopy Doopy is walking into the Conrad itself. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Redfin is redefining real estate and the home buying process in Elk Grove with industry-leading technology, full-service agents, and lower fees that provide a better value for Redfin buyers and sellers. If you're looking to sell your home in the Elk Grove area, our listing agents can help you get the best price. Our Elk Grove real estate stats and trends will give you more information about home buying and selling trends in Elk Grove. Redfin has a local office at 1180 Iron Point Road, Suite 150, Folsom, CA 95630. 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Method Scrub the potatoes and place into a large pot of boiling salted water. Fry until golden brown this usually takes about 10-15 minutes. Once heated, add the chopped bacon and onion. Heat up a frying pan, and add the teaspoon of oil to the pan. Here is roughly the procedure laid out so that you can decide if you want to make this today.įor more details see recipe at the bottom of the post with the quantity of the ingredients. Finely dice the onion, and chop the bacon into small pieces. Traditionaly a simple unsweetened puff pastry is used. Add the diced onions and cook until they soften about 3 minutes. In a medium saute pan, cook the bacon over medium-low heat until it begins to crisp about 3-5 minutes. Remove the onions from the pan and set them aside. Add the onions and cook, frequently stirring to avoid burning, for 30 minutes or until well-browned and caramelized. Melt the butter in a heavy-based frying pan over medium heat. You can use a short crust pastry, a puff pastry or even a filo pastry (if that is what you have at home). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 425. You will need between 6-8 medium onions sliced nice and thin. ![]() ![]() Making this dish is rather easy if you have the pastry ready. My mother's family (and this recipe) is from the Cathedral City Beauvais in Picardi however, different variations may exist in Alsace, Lorraine, Normandi, and even Ils-de-France (Paris area). It's a traditional main course dish, served for lunch or dinner, in Northern France. An onion tart is a savory open pie-like pastry with an onion custard filling. ![]() ![]() Jayanth calls himself an 'Investment Student' at MoneyGuide. IRDA license both Life and General Insurance.NCFM certification in Derivatives Market (Dealers) Module, from NSE.NCFM certification in Capital Market (Dealers) Module, from NSE.NCFM certification in AMFI-Mutual Fund (Advisors) Module, from NSE. ![]() ![]() Certified Financial Planner (CFPCM), from Financial Planning Standards Board India.PGDFA from Indian Institute of Banking & Finance, MUMBAI.He also wishes to open public library & display all his collection when he retires. Sathish has been an investment consultant for past 6 years and has 15 years of experience in financial services industry.Īn avid reader, sports enthusiast, Indian cricket fan & he dearly wishes for more Gold medals to India in Olympics. Sathish Padakannaya calls himself a 'Chief Strategist' at MoneyGuide. We provide simplified & uncomplicated advice. At MoneyGuide you will find a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the field of finance & investments. ![]() We are located at Jayanagar 3rd block, Bangalore and have been in the financial planning business since 2008. It is for that reason that we provide Financial Planning only in conjunction with Investment Management. In order to enable every client to achieve their financial goals, it is imperative that a financial plan is not only tailored to suit their needs, but also that it is properly executed. It is our belief that both Financial Planning and Investment Management are not mutually exclusive. We provide every client with customized Financial Planning and an Investment Management strategy designed to suit their individual needs. Our approach is to integrate your financial planning and Investment Management needs into one comprehensive program designed for your overall long-term financial goals and objectives. 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Your position as a well-informed professional will only be enhanced by the cutting-edge information and functionality available through Raymond James’ Financial Planning Suite. ![]() ![]() ![]() When the Load Test rampdownduration was longer than 1 minute, the UserSessions data results in an Aborted Session State.In some instances VSImax was unable to be calculated when using the EUX2021-preview, which would cause a load test result page to endlessly load.When the text in the description field of application tests was too long, the icon displayed on another line.It is not clearly shown which endpoint could not be reached When checking for new webdriver versions and one of the download endpoints cannot be reached, none of the webdrivers would be updated.When sorting columns, special characters were ignored.Some empty values were sorted to the top and others to the bottom. The sorting of empty columns was not always consistent.The package is now included in the EUX2023 build Tests that were run on a system without the C++ runtime package would have errors or get stuck when using EUX2023. ![]() The Universal Web Connector now has the ability to open in a maximized window using a command line parameter to prevent the window from becoming too small and can be used for web based desktop sessions.The Universal Web Connector now has a mechanism to automatically respond to browser pop-up messages to ensure uninterrupted running of the UWC scripts.The Universal Web Connector now has the ability to set a timeout for the waitForElement function making it possible to control how long it waits for an element to appear.The calculation of the capacity over time graph in the operational dashboard has been improved to show more accurate results when viewing multiple environments at once.The calculation of the cost per user over time graph in the Operations Dashboard has been improved to show more accurate results when viewing multiple environments at once.The SLA Report now has a time zone notation next to the date so it is clear which time zone is displayed on the x-axis in the SLA results graphs.Pagination for test results and configuration pages is now saved in local storage of the browser, leaving the setting persistent when using the same browser.When editing an Application that has a password, Login Enterprise now shows an indication that a password was already set and that it doesn't have to be set again after edit.The Login Enterprise Operational Dashboard now contains a graph in the Performance view that shows that average EUX scores for Continuous Tests that are linked to an environment: Operations Dashboard.Support for registering with Microsoft Azure as a provider allows Login Enterprise to collect information, via an API, about user count so it can be added to the cost dashboard: Providers A "Provider" attribute has been added to a Login Enterprise configuration.Python version is upgraded from v2 to v3 (Appliance, Update Migration Script and Menu Items).The Angular web development framework has been updated from v14 to v15.The useInPrivateBrowsing flag in a script when creating a workload for the Edge Browser opens a normal window instead of a private (incognito) window.Load Tests results with a very large amount of data (e.g., data collected for 1000 sessions) do not present a VSImax indication (red "X") in the chart.Load Tests results with a very large amount of data (e.g., data collected for 1000 sessions) do not present hover-able datapoints in Charts.Sessions can sometimes be stuck at "gathering EUX" when there are consecutive EUX script execution errors.The Raw Data export zip file now contains the name of the test to more easily distinguish the exports.Within the environment configuration, it is now allowed to enter a 0 value in the OPEX and CAPEX fields.This setting does not automatically adjust for daylight savings The SLA Report now has the option to configure a specific time zone for the report.As such, a setting of 0 will prevent the user account from being disabled automatically Accounts can now be configured to a specified number of failures before the account is disabled.Continuous Tests now have the option to set specific email address(es) per threshold.The Universal Web Connector now has the ability to set and retrieve variables that persist across the lifecycle of the connector to avoid using cookies, which do not persist when the URL changes.The Login Enterprise user interface now uses the full page width with responsive components for tables, charts, and forms.Login Enterprise now has a collapsible sidebar menu, making it easier to navigate through the Login Enterprise user interface.This data will be collected as raw data and for this release, session metrics can only be retrieved via the Public API or via the Raw Data Export functionality in the Login Enterprise user interface Login Enterprise can now collect CPU and Memory usage data (percentages) for Continuous Tests and Load Tests from within the session via Windows performance counters. ![]() ![]() ![]() More research is needed to understand if diosmin aids back pain compared with more established treatments. However, compared with a control group taking mannitol and dexamethasone, diosmin was not more effective at reducing subjective back pain ( 25). In one study, 300 people reported minor improvements in back pain after taking 900 mg of diosmin 3 times daily for 2 weeks, followed by the same dose twice daily for 2 weeks, then a maintenance dose of 450 mg twice daily for 1 month ( 25). Though diosmin may reduce symptoms of CVD, it’s best to speak to a healthcare professional before supplementing with it. Other studies report similar findings ( 22, 23, 24). Still, a 2017 study in 1,051 people noted that diosmin wasn’t as effective at treating CVD symptoms as other medications, such as Venoruton (Novartis) and Pycnogenol (pine bark extract). ![]() Furthermore, they showed diosmin reduced leg heaviness, swelling, cramps, and restless leg syndrome ( 17, 18).ĭiosmin treats CVD by reducing inflammation, improving the health of veins, and increasing blood and lymphatic circulation ( 3, 19, 20, 21). These include CVI, varicose veins, spider veins, leg ulcers, and phlebitis - a condition in which the leg veins become swollen ( 16).Ī 2012 review of 10 studies concluded that moderate evidence supports the use of MPFF (diosmin) to improve CVD symptoms, such as leg ulcers, edema, varicose veins, tingling sensation, general quality of life, and subjective pain ratings ( 16).Ī 2016 review and 2018 meta-analysis supported these findings. Chronic venous diseaseĬhronic venous disease (CVD) is an umbrella term for conditions related to weak or diseased veins. Overall, diosmin may not be as effective as other hemorrhoid treatments ( 11, 12, 14, 15). Though these results are promising, most improvements are seen in people in the early stages of hemorrhoid disease. Additionally, diosmin has been shown to reduce recovery time following a hemorrhoidectomy, or surgical removal of hemorrhoids ( 3, 11, 12, 13). Other studies reveal similar improvements in hemorrhoid symptoms. In a review of 24 studies in over 2,300 people, plant flavonoids like diosmin decreased hemorrhoid-related itchiness, bleeding, discharge, and other hemorrhoid symptoms ( 10). Numerous studies suggest that diosmin helps treat internal and external hemorrhoids. Research suggests that this compound may reduce inflammation in the veins and thus improve blood flow ( 2). People may also take diosmin for other blood vessel disorders, including varicose veins, blood clots, retinal hemorrhage (bleeding in the retina of the eye), venous leg ulcers, and venous stasis (slow blood flow in the legs) ( 8, 9). Hemorrhoids are swollen veins located near the anus, while CVI refers to swollen, blocked veins in the legs ( 6, 7). Depending on your location, it may be called Diovenor, Daflon, Barosmin, citrus flavonoids, Flebosten, Litosmil, or Venosmine ( 4, 5).ĭiosmin is most widely used to treat blood vessel disorders, such as hemorrhoids and chronic venous insufficiency (CVI). This supplement is available over the counter in the United States, Canada, and some European countries. In most cases, the terms “diosmin” and “MPFF” are used interchangeably ( 3). Most diosmin supplements contain 90% diosmin with 10% hesperidin and are labeled MPFF. Today, diosmin is widely derived from another flavonoid called hesperidin, which is also found in citrus fruits - especially orange rinds ( 2).ĭiosmin is often combined with micronized purified flavonoid fraction (MPFF), a group of flavonoids that includes disomentin, hesperidin, linarin, and isorhoifolin ( 3). It’s believed to help reduce inflammation and restore normal blood flow in people with venous insufficiency, a condition in which blood flow is impaired ( 2). ![]() Diosmin was first isolated from the figwort plant ( Scrophularia nodosa L.) in 1925 and has been used since 1969 as a natural therapy to treat various conditions, such as hemorrhoids, varicose veins, venous insufficiency, leg ulcers, and other circulatory issues ( 2). ![]() ![]() ![]() Flux adjusts your display’s color temperature in relation to the time of day, taking sunrise and sunset into account. Natural light-you know, from the sun-varies throughout the day. See also: F.lux, A Hack For Your Devices And Your Sleep Schedule If you get a sense of visual fatigue (or worse, headaches) from gazing into your Mac’s glowing abyss, Flux is your answer. We can deny the deleterious effects of staring at a glowing rectangle all day, but unfortunately, the fact of eye strain remains. Like many of the tools on this list, Found can be triggered by a custom keyboard shortcut and trained to shuffle through your files in services like Dropbox, Google Drive, Gmail and Evernote. Happily, Found is considerably smarter than Mac’s native file hunter. Spotlight never really seems to dredge up the files I wanted, so in a fit of annoyance I disabled it with Terminal’s command line. If you’re not a Spotlight fan, Found might be for you. When you’re ready to deal with your digital hoarding, just toggle it back on. When you need some peace of mind, toggle Camouflage on with a shortcut and your desktop mess with be replaced with a delightfully stuff-free overlay. ![]() If you have a melange of screenshots, random unidentifiable files and other flotsam colonizing your precious desktop territory, enable Camouflage and poof-it’s gone. If you are not among their ranks, this add-on will let you fool yourself into thinking you are. Much like some people always properly pair their socks or maintain inbox zero, some among us keep their desktops entirely free of clutter. Once you’ve defined the parameters of how you like your windows arranged-maybe a half-and-half or quadrant array is far too basic for your needs-you can click and drag windows to “hot spots” that will snap them into place without any fiddling around trying to bend a window to your spatial will. At the simplest level, this Mac add-on/app lets you divvy your screen into two instantly. If you’re working with a limited amount of screen real estate, BetterSnapTool makes organizing your windows a breeze. If you’re a multitasker, especially on a notebook, this one is indispensable. If you’re not content with OS X’s built-in notifications sidebar-and why should you be?-power up Growl and decide exactly how you want to be notified of the endless cascade of potential social and app data that streams your way.ĭecide how each pop-up will act: where it will appear, what sounds it will make when and what exactly what those should look like. More of a platform than a single purpose add-on, Growl enables customized notifications for everything from Messages to Spotify. Conjure up Jumpcut’s menu, a transparent overlay triggered by a keyboard command (in my case Command + S), and you’ll be able to scroll through a hundred items, like handy URLs, email addresses and passwords that you might need at your fingertips. There are a few apps out there that expand your Mac’s inherent copy/paste skills, but Jumpcut is elegant, simple and so well executed that your fingers will rely on its custom shortcuts within minutes. But imagine if your computer’s capacity for recall worked a little more like your brain’s working memory, scrolling through recently relevant items and surfacing the one you need. We’re used to copying and pasting one item at a time-that’s just the way it works. ![]() ![]() A handful of these add-ons can make tasks that were previously awkward at best a breeze. Most of these tools for OS X are free and the rest are cheap-and all of them are essentials in our book. If you feel like your daily computer grind could use a little oomph, we’ve got some. ![]() |
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