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Your weekday morning blend from Instant Tea:
1. For a third straight week, LGBT advocates plan to speak during the Dallas County Commissioners Court's meeting today and call on commissioners to add transgender employees to the county's nondiscrimination policy. Last month, commissioners voted to add sexual orientation but not gender identity to the policy. The Commissioners Court meets at 9 a.m. in the County Administration Building, 411 Elm St.
2. The Maryland Senate on Monday voted to kill a measure that would have protected transgender people from discrimination in housing, employment and credit — but not public accommodations. The vote marks the second major disappointment this year for LGBT advocates in Maryland, where the House thwarted a marriage equality bill last month.
3. A University of North Carolina freshman says he was attacked and severely burned in an anti-gay hate crime on the school's campus last week. The UNC administration, which failed to notify students until a week after the attack occurred, now says it plans to report the incident as an anti-gay hate crime to the federal government.


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Legassi Gardens Apt
"Enjoy a relaxing stay at Legassi Gardens! We offer you attractive furnished and serviced apartments (sleeps 1-4), FREE airport pickup, and a unique on-site ital vegetarian café, in a serene garden setting.
We are ideal for the 'laid-back business traveller': arranging IT & Secretarial support, Language Translation services, Legal Support services.
4 x4 vehicle plus driver hire is available.
We can also cater all meals (vegetarian).
We also offer special discounts to guests on a Gap Year or Sabbatical. Come and get involved in the real Ghana, working with local people on projects that actually matter to them.
* FREE FAST Internet access
* Bore-hole water source
* Back -up generator
Each apartment provides:* Your own front door and private patio * 2 bedrooms (either 2 double, or 1 double & 1 single bunks)* A sitting area* Kitchenette with fridge* Colour television & fans
We are near to Achimota and its main bus station, taking you to many destinations throughout Ghana. Our location makes us convenient not only for visiting central Accra and the University, but also the historical satellite towns of Aburi and Nsawam, farms, villages and and many more.
Our Stress Free Letting service gives rent inclusive of furnishing, utilities, staffing, maintenance and off-street parking.
We have a usual minimum stay period of 7 nights for which a free airport pick up is provided. We will accept shorter stays with a reasonable charge for airport pickup.
Children are welcome.
A free laundry service is included
Ital Vegetarian Cafe serving breakfasts and meals throughout the day, and 'room service'
Great location for 'experiencing' Ghana
No pets please.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Apartment Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Airport Transfers
- Bar
- Bicycle parking
- Book Exchange
- Cable TV
- Cafeteria
- Cash Only
- Ceiling Fan
- Child Friendly
- Cooker
- Credit Cards Not Accepted
- Currency Exchange
- DVDs
- Free Airport Transfers
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Fridge/Freezer
- Internet Access
- Iron / Ironing Board
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Restaurant
- Taxes included
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Towels Included
- Utensils
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Find us at Pokuase Junction, not far from Achimota, off the Accra-Kumasi motorway, or off the Kwabenya-ACP Junction road, (via Legon university), or off the new Awoshie-Pokuase motorway! There are many routes to our location.
We are near to Pokuase train station, 5 minutes walk up the hill from Pokuase junction, on Addis Avenue.
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On Addis Avenue, off Virginia Walk, in Holy Hills, Pokuase near ACP and Pokuase Train station. Find us at Pokuase Junction, off the Accra-Nsawam dual-carriageway or off the new Awoshie to Pokuase Motorway.


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The new year is not starting off very well for wealthier Americans.
Just two hours into Jan. 1, the Senate approved a "fiscal cliff" tax bill that raises a variety of taxes on higher earners for the first time in 12 years. Then as the first day of 2013 wound down, the House passed the same bill, formally known as H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
As soon as President Barack Obama signs the measure, the top income tax rate will go up to 39.6 percent. Many people in that tax bracket also will face higher taxes on their investment income, as well as a reduction of their personal exemption amounts and itemized deductions.
But most of the rest of us will not see changes in our income tax rates.
Even better, some popular tax breaks that had expired were renewed.
Better still, the sunset provisions of the 2001 and 2003 tax laws were erased from the books. That means that tax provisions we've grown used to over the last decade-plus will continue to be around without worry about when they will expire.
Here are some of highlights of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
Tax rates
The top tax rate of 39.6 percent will apply to single taxpayers with adjusted gross income of more than $400,000 a year and married joint filers making more than $450,000 annually. Taxpayers making less than those amounts will continue to have their income taxed at the existing 10 percent, 15 percent, 25 percent, 28 percent, 33 percent and 35 percent rates.
Exemptions, deductions cut
Taxpayers who make more than $250,000 (single), $275,000 (head of household) and $300,000 (jointly filing couples) will lose some of the value of their personal exemptions and itemized deductions. The personal exemption phaseout, or PEP, will reduce affected taxpayers' exemption amounts by 2 percent. The Pease phaseout, named after former Ohio Democratic Rep. Donald Pease who pushed for the law in 1990, will cost higher-income taxpayers 3 percent of their Schedule A claims.
Investment income taxes
Beginning in 2013, the top tax rate on capital gains and qualified dividends is 20 percent for single taxpayers earning more than $400,000 a year and married jointly filing couples making more than $450,000 annually. For taxpayers who make less, the top tax rate on these investments remains at 15 percent. And those in the bottom two tax brackets (10 percent and 15 percent) would continue to owe no capital gains taxes.
Extenders extended
Most of the tax breaks that expire every year or so and are extended, earning them the name extenders, were renewed retroactively for 2012 as well as for 2013.
That means that on those years' tax returns eligible filers can claim the above-the-line educator expense, higher education tuition and fees and student loan interest.
The itemized state and local sales tax deduction also was renewed.
Certain homeowners can continue to claim private mortgage insurance, or PMI, as an itemized interest deduction. And eligible homeowners who have mortgage debt canceled or forgiven won't have to report that amount as taxable income.
Special tax provisions get longer life
Some key programs that were part of the 2009 Obama stimulus were approved for an even longer time, through the 2017 tax year. They are the American opportunity education tax credit that replaced the hope tax credit and the expanded earned income tax credit, or EITC.
The child tax credit, which now will remain at $1,000 and was made refundable for more parents under the 2009 law, also is in place for five years.
Alternative minimum tax
For years (and years and years) taxpayers who might face the alternative minimum tax have anxiously waited for Congress to increase the income amount that is exempt from the tax. The new fiscal cliff tax bill sets the 2012 amounts at $50,600 for single filers and $78,750 for married taxpayers. These amounts now will be indexed annually for inflation, meaning no more waiting for Congress to act.
Estate tax
The estate tax was scheduled to apply in 2013 to estates valued at more than $1 million. Under H.R. 8, that amount will be $5 million, but the tax rate on estates worth more than that will be taxed at 40 percent instead of the current 35 percent. This also is a permanent tax change.
As I mentioned, these are some high points in the bill. The 157-page document keeps plenty of other tax provisions in place. Bankrate will detail those throughout the 2013 tax filing season, both those that will affect your 2012 return due by April 15 as well as those you can use to minimize your 2013 tax bill.
Want the latest news on taxes, tax reform prospects, filing deadlines, Internal Revenue Service alerts and tax-saving tips? Subscribe to Bankrate's free Weekly Tax Tip newsletter.
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ECM Capitol reporter
Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton is willing to give the Republican stadium "switch-a-roo" a chance.
Dayton spoke yesterday afternoon after an hour-long meeting with Republican legislative leaders in which the Republican proposal for using general obligation bonding as a means of paying for a Vikings stadium was discussed.
Dayton, Democratic legislative leaders at his side, told gathered media outside the Governor's Office that he "meant every word" of his blistering critique of the Republican stadium bonding proposal — Dayton styled it a "hare-brain scheme" at an earlier press appearance.
"But we'll give it a chance," said Dayton.
He's not going to let his personal feelings get in the way of finding a stadium solution, he explained.
Republican leaders emerged from the meeting with the governor in part blaming the media for reporting perceived inaccuracies about their proposal that stoked the biting rhetoric.
House Majority Leader Matt Dean, R-Dellwood, indicated that Republicans wanted buy-in from the governor and the Minnesota Vikings on their bonding proposal.
"We hope this is fruitful," said Dean.
"If it's not productive, if it's not helpful, then we can move to other solutions," he said.
It's "okay" if the governor and the team rejects the general obligation bonding approach, Dean explained.
Republicans are gathering more information regarding the use of general obligation bonds towards the stadium, the leaders explained.
Dean explained that Minnesota Management and Budget Office officials have indicated that to use these bonds, which are commonly used to pay for state investments ranging from exhibits at the Minnesota Zoo to new windows on college buildings and involve the use of general fund dollars, it would require the new stadium to sport a roof.
That's to ensure the facility could be used year around, Dean indicated.
Although Dean did not give an exact proposed bonding amount, he indicated the amount of bonding could be in the $300 million range.
Dean indicated that Republican leaders are speaking with city of Minneapolis officials about the bonding proposal.
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak has indicated that if the proposal had the team paying less for the stadium and the city paying the same, the city wasn't interested.
The Vikings stadium legislation currently awaiting action on House and Senate floors calls for the use electronic pull-tabs and bingo to pay the debt service on proposed appropriation bonding for the stadium.
The reason lawmakers have looked to gambling revenues as a funding source is because one of the main pillars of the Vikings stadiums debate thus far is that general tax dollars could not be used.
Republicans don't dispute that general obligation bonding has a state general funding impact, but argue that the fiscal mechanics of charitable gambling also impacts the general fund.
Asked why Republicans are now looking at general obligation bonding when they had for months cited April 30 as the date for adjourning the legislative session, Dean spoke of "stumbling blocks" in pursuing the stadium legislation.
But he also indicated that the negotiated Vikings stadium legislation carried by Republican bill authors in House and Senate has not been rejected.
House Speaker Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, indicated that he considered the heated rhetoric from the governor and other Democrats as water under the bridge.
"Today is today; yesterday was yesterday," said Zellers.
Senate Majority Leader David Senjem, R-Rochester, who attended the meeting with his Republican House colleagues, offered no comments after the meeting with the governor.
Senjem's comments yesterday about the Republican bonding proposal as being embryonic and incubating were seized upon by the Democrats in trying to depict the perceived shakiness of the proposal.
While more measured with their words than earlier, Dayton and Democratic legislative leaders still indicated they were dubious of the Republican bonding approach.
"There's no there, there," said House Minority Leader Paul Thissen, DFL-Minneapolis, of the Republican plan.
Dayton compared the proposal to throwing a deck of cards up in the air at the last minute.
He also styled the proposal a "switch-a-roo."
Republicans late afternoon yesterday released details concerning their general obligation stadium bonding proposal.
They placed the state's financial commitment to the stadium at $250 million — about $150 million less than envisioned in the stadium bills awaiting action on the Republican House and Senate floors.
The general obligation bonds would be used for infrastructure costs on a roofed-stadium.
The city of Minneapolis' financial commitment to the stadium would remain at $150 million, with the legislation granting the city flexibility in the future use of the Minneapolis Convention Center tax.
The Vikings' commitment to the stadium project is yet to be determined.
The team would be allowed to keep revenue from stadium naming rights, ticket fees, other sources of revenue.
The proposed state Stadium Authority would oversee construction of the stadium, working with the city and the team.
In defending the proposal, Republicans argue that general obligation bonding is a stable funding source and will reduce the overall cost of the stadium project, as interest rates for these bonds are lower than for appropriation bonds.
The bonding bill in which the stadium bonding would be included would also include other projects.


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RIA release 7.17
RIA Fall Conference Focuses on Strictly Contents: Building Your Contents Engine
Rockville, MD – This year's RIA annual fall conference will be held on October 18-19 at the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel and Conference Center in East Rutherford, N.J., and focuses on the six pillars that companies need to have a successful contents restoration business/division:
• Personal Leadership
• People
• Profits
• Products
• Promotion
• Pricing
This 400-level learning experience is geared towards those who own or manage a contents restoration business, have a contents restoration "niche" with their restoration business, or want to take their contents restoration business to the next level.
The event combines a number of activities during the two-day span including perceptive lectures; state-of-the art technology demonstrations; behind-the-scenes tours of two restoration projects completed by Maxons Restorations, Inc. following 9/11: Trinity Church and St. Paul's Chapel;
couture restorer, Madame Paulette; breakfasts, lunches, breaks and cocktail reception; and an opportunity to exchange knowledge with contents restoration peers.
Registration is limited to the first 150 registrants on a first come, first served basis. Through July 31, attendees can save $125 on the regular registration price: RIA Members - $475/non-members - $675. Complete pricing and registration information can be found on the RIA website, www.restorationindustry.org.
The Restoration Industry Association has member firms worldwide. RIA provides industry leadership, supports science, and promotes best practices for cleaning and restoration. More information is available on the RIA website: www.restorationindustry.org.


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Identify yourself and your affiliation with Southwestern University. If you're stating your own opinion, be sure to clarify that it is yours and that you are not speaking on behalf of the University. Remember that some social media (Facebook) allows you to comment as yourself OR as a page. Be aware of who/what you're posting as.
Consistency is key
Be consistent in your voice and tone; this consistency helps build trust, rapport and relationships. This can be challenging if multiple people are managing the account, in which case, you may consider signing posts from different contributors with initials or first names (e.g. "We're out on the mall today! Come find me and say hi. ^DS")
If you are open with the identity (or identities) of the person (or people) behind the account, allow for individual voices while still adhering to a generally agreed-upon tone for the account (e.g. scholarly, casual and enthusiastic).
Be polite
Apply the golden rule. Treat people with courtesy and respect.
Did you screw up?
If you make a mistake, admit it. Be upfront and be quick with your correction. If the tool you're using allows you to edit, you may choose to modify an earlier post-just make it clear that you have done so.
Create some excitement
As a national liberal arts college, Southwestern is making important contributions to the world, to the future of education, and to public dialogue on a broad range of issues. Let's share with the world the exciting things we're learning and doing-and open up the channels to learn from others.
Have fun
Social media is not stuffy. Have a personality in your posts and be enthusiastic. People follow Southwestern on social media because they are excited about it. Don't put a damper on the fun. (That being said, be respectful and sensitive in times of crisis or need.)
Listen and Respond
"Listening" to the communications on your social media accounts (and others') is key to success. Remember to pay attention to your fans and followers, but also to posts by other accounts (related to Southwestern, higher education, your niche, etc.) and use that content to share with your audience to add value to your communications.
Negative comments are part of social media. Do not delete them or you may risk losing authenticity. Do your best to address them in a positive and honest way. Take the high road, and avoid getting into an argument.
If you do not feel like you're the best person to respond to a question or comment, ask somebody else to do so. It's better to have an appropriate voice respond rather than letting something go unanswered or replying with inaccurate information.
Add value
There are millions of words out there. The best way to get yours read is to write things that people will value. Social communication from Southwestern should help our students, parents and colleagues. It should be thought-provoking and build a sense of community. If it helps people improve their knowledge or skills, build their businesses, do their jobs, solve problems or understand Southwestern better, then it's adding value.
Understand the community
Every social network has its own lingo and culture. Spend time getting to know these things before diving in. Here are a few tips for Facebook and Twitter:
Be clear and succinct. Facebook status updates have a 420-character limit, but generally speaking, your updates should come in well below that limit.
Use the extra space (compared to Twitter) as an opportunity to avoid abbreviations and shorthand.
To spur engagement, consider ending your posts with a question.
- Tweets cannot exceed 140 characters, so brevity is critical. However, don't forsake clarity.
Some abbreviations are OK (e.g. ampersands, using numerals instead of spelling out numbers, easily understood acronyms like "prof." "univ." "Med/Som" etc.) but avoid text speak (e.g. "where r u going 2 school?").
Twitter is a conversational medium. That means:
Be friendly, engaging and responsive.
Find opportunities to be inclusive ("you," "we," "us").
Talk to people like you're a person, not an organization or a machine.
If someone asks a question and you don't know the answer, be honest and say you don't know but you will either find out or point them to someone who does.
Don't be afraid to be expressive, when appropriate. This could mean exclamation points or emoticons—all in moderation!
- When you reply to a tweet, only you, the recipient and mutual followers will see that reply in their tweet stream. However, anyone who goes to your Twitter account webpage can see all replies and tweets. (If you want to reply but also allow other people to see the response, precede the @username with an unobtrusive character, such as a period (".@SouthwesternU You guys rock!").
Before using a hashtag, go to search.twitter.com and type it in to make sure it is not already claimed for something that might not be how you intend to categorize your tweet.
Familiarize yourself with privacy and safety
Social media content is public. Think before you post and never reveal private information about yourself, students or colleagues. Consider confidentiality laws (such a FERPA) when determining what information is appropriate to post.
Everything posted online lives forever. A good rule of thumb is not to post anything you wouldn't want your grandma to see or you wouldn't be comfortable seeing on the front page of The Statesman.
For specific information reference Facebook's Privacy Guide and Twitter's Privacy Policy.To learn more about this topic, read these articles by Mashable and CNN.
Remember: content is king (or queen)
Be relevant and timely. Engage your followers with interesting and useful posts. Create content based on what they know, want and need. (And don't be afraid to ask what that might be!) Do your best to push people to the Southwestern University website to further engage your followers with the institution.
Do not allow advertising or soliciting
Delete non-University advertisements or solicitations unless they have been discussed with you prior to the post. However, be advised that allowing one post like this may open the door to many others. The easier way to approach offers or opportunities relevant to your audience is to share them yourself.
When in doubt, ask.
If you're unsure about a post, link, photo, etc. ask around. Check with your colleague next door, take a quick poll among your friends, or share your idea with the Office of University Relations – Communications or ask the Social Media Advisory Group (SMAG). It takes a village!


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Jeremy Siegel has a recent piece in the Financial Times that restates his view that stocks are the most appropriate investment for investors with a long horizon. I wonder how most of you look at this issue, especially after the recent market gyrations.
Are you still listening to Professor Siegel, or did you shred his book along with your fund statements from last year? I'd love to know how many of you agree with that view, and if your investment strategy reflects it.
Anyway, the assessment of "long run" risk in the stock market, and financial markets generally, is an issue that people in economics and finance have been examining and arguing about for decades. In the late 1960s, Nobel Prize-winner Paul Samuelson presented rigorous mathematical analysis showing that investors should not alter their portfolio allocations to emphasize riskier assets on the basis of time frame alone, given some basic and plausible assumptions about how people trade off risks and returns, and about the nature of asset returns.
Needless to say, not everyone was convinced by his argument. Many continued to advocate that the best portfolio for distant-horizon investors is the one with the highest geometric return, and finance journals are full of articles on the subject even to this day. (This argument reached an amusing crescendo in 1979, when Samuelson published an article on the subject in the Journal of Banking & Finance using only one-syllable words: "Why We Should Not Make Mean Log of Wealth Big Though Years to Act Are Long.")
This debate has a personal angle for me as well as an intellectual one. My wife is from Japan, and we have extended family living there whom we visit from time to time. And while it is true that stock ownership is not as common among Japanese households as in American households, I am continually taken aback by the fact that broad measures of stock valuations on the Tokyo exchange are still roughly 75% below where they stood in the early 1990s. It's not "a lost decade" they are reading about and living through in Japan. It's two.
My own view on the subject is, quite frankly, that equity risk does not meaningfully diminish over time. I base that view on the logic of Samuelson's analysis, history of the Japanese market, and the practical observation that basically no one is willing to write cheap long-term (20- or 30-year) insurance on the stock market into a straightforward financial contract. Such long-term arrangements are very rare in general outside of certain types of insurance products—which do not have the reputation for being inexpensive.
I'd also refer the more technically minded readers (i.e., those of you who actually enjoy calculus) to a recent, more technical analysis that tries to take into account the issue of statistical uncertainty around parameter estimates in thinking about long-run equity returns. The analysis argues that equities are significantly riskier at longer horizons than shorter.
So, am I saying that everything you've heard about "investing for the long term" is bunk? Of course not.
Stocks can play a very important role in a diversified portfolio of investments, especially for younger people. But in my mind, the reason young people should consider higher equity allocations than older people is not because of the old cliché that "they have time to ride out the ups and downs." It's because they have a lifetime of work in front of them. This gives them far greater flexibility than older investors around altering goals, lifestyles, and their commitments to work or particular careers in circumstances in which equity returns are poor.
In other words, human capital is a very important part of the problem. So, in my view, if you don't have other resources that can help you to offset the consequences of poor markets, heavy equity exposure involves significant risk even over decades-long periods.
That's not to say that risk is not worth bearing. If investors are risk-averse, theory and basic logic suggest equity risk should, on average, be rewarded with a significant and positive return in excess of what one would obtain from less-risky investments. Otherwise, investors would shun stocks. It's critical to keep in mind that the "equity risk premium" exists on average precisely—and only—because it doesn't exist in all circumstances. In other words, no matter what the time frame, there is risk of underperformance (and, potentially, dramatic underperformance). It's a "risk premium," not a "return premium."
If anything good can come out of the current financial crisis, my hope is that it's investors having a better understanding of risk, and making decisions to hold stocks because they believe the potential rewards are worth the risk—not because they don't think the risk is there.
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Eagle. It is Boy Scouts highest rank. Historically a little over 2% of all scouts have attained it. It requires service, dedication, leadership, and commitment. It is celebrated with a special ceremony known as the Eagle Court of Honor.
I don't know how these are conducted in other troops, but the troop with which I am familiar gives each scout and his family broad latitude to personalize the ceremony according to what is important to them. They select the speakers and overall program, and there is usually a slideshow tracing his scouting journey, including a lot of fun times.
On Tuesday evening, December 11, 2012, our son was recognized for his accomplishment in becoming an Eagle Scout. A few of the adult leaders spoke of things that had happened along the way; one said that the young man exemplified the aspect of "cheerfulness." All who spoke reminded him that he now represents all Eagle scouts, and charged him to continue to be an example to others of service, honor, loyalty, and courage.
His slide show included various summer camps, snow-shoe trips, and other activities, with a few silly pictures tossed in for fun. There were a number of pictures from a 50-mile hike with beautiful scenery, and one close up of his feet with several band-aids on them.
The Eagle scout himself had time to reflect on all his scouting experiences, and bestowed special honor on a few adults by giving them "mentor" pins. And he seemed to realize how much he appreciates all the adults who have helped him along the way. It was wonderful to see this side of him.
As his mother, I remember the first time he was asked to be emcee for some event, possibly a troop court of honor (these are held regularly), and how nervous he was before that. Then I watched him gain confidence in leading these and other events. He took his turn (more than once, I believe) as the Senior Patrol Leader, who is the scout leader for the entire troop, and he did so with confidence. He learned first aid skills, taught knots and lashings, before passing that function on to a younger scout coming up in the ranks, became a rock-climbing instructor, dug various snow caves to sleep in (much warmer than pitching tents on top of the snow, he tells me), and the list can go on and on.
I have to say that I have a real appreciation for the adult men who were role models for the scouts, leading by example and encouragement, as they taught the boys many basic skills, and helped them to teach those skills to the younger scouts. I consider it a privilege to have been a part of this experience. Most of all, I am very proud of my son.


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" Manufacturer: Kenwood / Speeds: Multiple Speed / Max Bowl Capacity: 1.16 Quart / Bowl Amount: Single "
It is probably not the best time of year to review an ice cream maker given the dark, wet cold days that we still have to endure but I like to think about better weather to help me get through the horrible winter months and making ice cream is one such thing. The great thing about this ice cream maker from Kenwood is the price, I paid £26.99 for it and compared with some other ones on the market that is a pretty good price.
The ice cream maker has a 1.1 liter capacity and weighs just under 3kg. It is important to remember that that capacity is the finished volume and the process of making ice cream does add volume to the base mixture that you add so my advice is to only half fill the mixing bowl each time as if you add too much it cannot cope and could also get messy. It can be used to make either ice cream or the more healthy frozen yoghurt, I have made both and it works equally well which ever option you go with. In order to make ice cream you have to plan ahead a little as the mixing bowl needs to be placed in the freezer 24 hours before you want to make the ice cream. Once you have made your base you simply pour it into the mixing bowl and then switch it on and the machine will begin to do the churning for you. It take about half an hour and a maximum of 45 minutes depending on the quantities and then it is ready to be transferred to your storage containers.
The great thing about making ice cream at home is that you have control over what goes into it so it can be a lot healthier and free from preservatives and this was the main reason that I bought it rather than to try and save money. I have loved experimenting with different flavour options and I have particularly enjoyed the frozen yoghurts that I have made and I have now pretty much perfected a lemon yoghurt which is so refreshing when the temperature rises. It is really easy to clean as the parts are dish washer compatible however I do tend to clean such appliances by hand. It has proven reliable and a good purchase in my opinion.
The great advantage about this machine is that it is very simple and does the final tricky labour intensive part of the process for you, the only real downside is remembering to freeze the bowl so you have to plan ahead which makes spontaneous ice cream making not an option. Still that is when Mr Whippy comes to the rescue.
This is a machine that I still use today! I would like to thank all the people who made effort into making this. The speed of this is very fast. The maximum capacity is 1.16 quart and it prepares a homemade icecream or forzen yougourt for the whole family.My family has a sweet tooth so we make alot of icecream. WE used to spend alot of money on icecream but this one just buy it once and make it at home. It bought this icecream maker for about £30. this machine is actually an investment.
The dissapointing thing is that when we first bought this thing I couldn't figure out how to work it. The hole in the middle was small so the food was everywhere. When we got the hang of it it was easy. The icecream maker was fast and you didn't need to let it stay overnight or get a ziplock bag and squeeze it until it was done. This saves you alot of time. You always need to keep the bowl in the freezer. After having all the icecream comes the hard part: cleaning The machine can be fun but it takes time to clean up. After you finish making the icecream quickly wash the machine or it is gonna freeze on the bowl. Im not sure if it would clean good in the dishwasher cause latley I have been cleaning bu hand. The product comes with a bonus it gives you recepies that you can make. Overall i really like this product and i recomment it to everyone! so get your wallet and head out to the store. Ice cream
My friends and I play 'Come Dine with me' and we have series of dinner parties where we rate each other. The more 'home made' your meal is, the more marks you generally get. It looks so impressive if you bring out homemade pastry or homemade ice cream. I tried a few internet recipes that used a good old fridge freezer and a lot of elbow grease but the results were disastrous. So my quest to find an ice cream maker began. I had seen a couple of the people on the Come Dine with me show use one and was very impressed with their results. I was quite shocked at the prices though, as most ice cream makers retail at around £100.00! Now, I like winning Come dine with me; but I do not really think spending this sort of money is justified! I kept browsing the internet and eventually came across this Kenwood ice cream maker for £22.00! I was over the moon, it was a brand name I trusted and it looked like it would be perfect for the small amount I needed! The price was another winner; if this baby worked then when looking at the amount I spent on ice cream over the year, it could possibly be a money saving investment. Only if it worked of course....
*Price and availability*
I bought the Kenwood Ice cream maker for £22.00 from Amazon. It was in the sale and rediced from £34.00 which it seems to retail at in most walk in stores.
The machine comes in a few parts but the dimensions of the whole thing are 18.9 x 18.9 x 21.6 cm and it weighs 2.9 KG.
The first part of the ice cream maker is the base which is what the ice cream is made in. Before describing the process, it is probably a good point to mention that this bowl needs to have been in the freezer for around 24 hours before use. This bowl is doubly insulated as it has plastic on the outside and metal inside.
The next part is the ice cream maker itself, which consists of a folding paddle that connects to the top half of the ice cream maker and bottom part hold the motorised section. This section holds the cable for you to plug it into the main supply.
*How it works*
While the bowl is freezing, you need to make your base.
Here is a quick example of a rich Vanilla ice cream base recipe so you can have an idea of what you may need and how much work is needed. (The choice is yours you can make naughty ice cream or frozen yogurt and experiment with flavours and colours.)
Ingredients needed:
egg yolks
1/2 pint (250ml) milk
1/2 pint (250ml) double/heavy cream
4 oz (100g) sugar or caster sugar
1 vanilla pod (scored down the middle)
Pour the milk into a saucepan and bring slowly up to boiling point but DO NOT LET IT BOIL. Place the vanilla pod into it and leave to infuse for about 20 minutes.
In a bowl, beat and mix together the egg yolks and sugar until thick. Carefully remove the vanilla pod from the pan of milk and scrape out the seeds into the milk. Pour the milk into the mixture of egg yolks and sugar whilst stirring. Pour the mixture back into the pan and heat gently, stirring until the custard thickens - DO NOT BRING TO THE BOIL OR IT WILL PROBABLY CURDLE. When you can see a film form over the back of your spoon it's time to remove the saucepan from the heat. Leave to cool. When the custard base is cold stir in the cream.
Now your base is ready, you can take out the freezing bowl and put the ice cream maker together, the bowl simply clicks in to place. Close the lid and switch it on and the machine will start churning the mixture and making the ice cream. It will take around 30 - 40 minutes depending on how much you have made. Once it is ready, transfer the ice cream in to different storage containers, (I have old ice cream containers that I wash out and reuse!) and clean the machine.
The parts that come out such as the bowl can be put in the dish washer or hand washed. The external parts of the machine will need a wipe down with a damp cloth.
*My experiences*
I will start by saying that I have had a lot of success with my machine and there is so much scope for experimenting. I love making my own ice cream and it tastes delicious and creamy. I like knowing exactly what is going in my product rather than additives and colourings that commercial companies use. I was wrong when I thought that the ice cream maker would save money though as many of the ingredients are very expensive! Especially if you are using fresh vanilla pods for example! Frozen yogurt is one of the cheapest things to make, especially it is lemon flavoured as you can use lemon juice to flavour it. It is also fat free, which is good for the waistline!
The machine does take some getting used to and you need to understand how it works, for example you can not over fill it as the paddle stops churning. The usual course of this though is that ingredients swell, you must remember that the churning process transfers a lot of air into the mixture making it increase in volume. The machine has 1L capacity but I would not advocate making more than 500 ml of base so that there is plenty of room for movement. You can always split the mixture into two batches, as the machine only takes 30 minutes, the bowl is still chilled to receive the next batch and so long as you make the transfer quick you can have double the amount of ice cream! This is a bit more economical as you can buy the ingredients in bulk and get more for your money!
It may be a pain having to remember to chill the bowl for 24 hours and it is sometimes as it is quite big and takes up valuable freezer space! However, for the price of the machine you can not expect miracles. If you want a machine that does everything for you then you will have to pay for the machines that cost hundreds of pounds.
For the money, it is really good value and so long as you look after the machine, you will have lots of fun and make some tasty ice cream. Of course some recipes don't work and end up too runny, but experimenting is half the fun and once you find recipes that work, write them down and make your own little ice cream recipe book! I am perfecting a chocolate brownie recipe to try and mimic my favourite Ben and Jerry's at the minute!
My guests loved my home made ice cream and it went down a treat!
I'd recommend this machine as it is perfect for ice cream beginners!
It is a freeze bowl icecream maker, so the bowl has to be frozen for about 24 hours before you make your icecream, and the coldness of the bowl makes the icecream. There is another type, which freezes it with its own freezing unit, but these ones are alot more expensive.
Buying an icecream maker was prompted by buying the Ben and Jerry's recipe book.
I started to have a look online, and found this one was consistantly one of the cheapest out of all of them, and with a reliable name behind it.
After buying it i set to work. I panicked at first as my icecream didnt seem to set, but it did start to stiffen up. Its my first icecream maker, so i wasnt sure how it ranked compared to others. The volume of icecream the unit can make seemed like the perfect amount, enough to fill a medium icecream tub up.
However it is quite noisy, but its not really an issue when its in the kitchen, it was a bit messy to clean out, and the bowl isnt meant to be cleaned until its re warmed to room temperature on its own, as any water would freeze to the bowl, but this took ages!
The quality of the icecream has come out really good each time, and for the price, i cannot complain at all, really pleased with it all in all.
I would recommend that if its your first icecream maker, this Kenwood is a good option, simple to use, on off switch, and a simple freeze bowl. For in the region of £20-£30 on the high street, its inexpensive, and gives you the chance to experiment with new flavours.
Update: 1st July 2011- Another thing i would like to mention is that it is quite bulky when storing in the freezer. It's a bit of an arkward shape and size, and takes up alot of room. One suggestion i would make is if you are short on space with it, store in in the cupboard and when youre planning to make icecream, just pop it in the freezer a day before, as it only needs 24 hours to get to the correct temperature for usage. Hope this has improved it!
I purchased this Ice cream maker origionally for my husband as part of his christmas presents, mainly due to the fact that he like unusual ice cream flavours that aren't avaliable in most high street supermarkets so I thought it would be nice to make his own. It was a bit fiddly to start with and we had to try several times to get the hang of it to avoid worktops being covered in the mixture. After he adapted to it it has proved to be a good value purchase and doesn't actually take that long to make I have used it on several ocassions at diner parties it is so simple to add the ingredients and simply leave the machine to work its magic, also as your creating your own flavours we have experimented with adult flavours to liven up a party which are easily done. This item also came complete with a recipie book containing roughly 20 recipies to start you off. I believe it is reasonably easy to use and my 5 year old loves making a mess with it, the pouring hole could be a little bigger to make it more user friendly. Other than that for £29.99 I though it was a cheap and reliable purchase that is fun for all the family.
My wife is a very keen cook and we have many appliances but an ice cream maker! We have very sweet teeth in our family and thought it was silly not to purchase something that the whole family could enjoy and that could be added to our ever growing list of kitchen appliances!
We often spend a ridiculous amount on ice cream, so really I think this appliance is an investment! (it wasn't even expensive to begin with at around £20!) What I really love about this machine is that you actually know what is going in to your ice cream- done right ice cream isn't that bad for you!
We also decided to buy this appliance as we have many kenwood pieces and we love them! This ice cream maker did not disappoint.
In terms of use, I find it quite easy. However, it can be fiddly. My wife had a bit of trouble with the pouring hole as it is actually fairly small; this meant the ingredients went everywhere! I think with a bit more use we will get the hang of it though. The time it takes to produce ice cream is actually pretty quick, there is no need to let it set over night so you can do it during the day and have ice cream for dessert! (Although you must always keep the bowl in the freezer)
The look of it lets it down...it is quite bulky and can take up quite a lot of room. I'm also not sure how well it would clean in the dishwasher and so far I have been hand cleaning it. The look of it however does not represent what it can actually do!
The product actually comes with plenty of recipes you can try out for yourself which I think is a great added bonus.
Now this is my first ever ice cream maker so although I can't compare it to similar products on the market, I can say at least that the ice cream-making process was a little simpler than doing it manually. I had a gift voucher from Argos and this gadget caught my eye, although I probably wouldn't buy something like this under normal circumstances. It was just under £25.
I'm not a huge ice cream fan myself but my nieces are and always seem to want it when they come round. I thought I may as well practice some different recipes on them, and that getting this gadget would make it easier. It is simple to use - after freezing the main bowl (capacity 1.1 litre) in the freezer for 24-hours, you simply pour your mixture in with the machine on, so that the spatula on the underside of the lid automatically stirs at the same time. Then pop it in the freezer, and the spatual continues to rotate so that the ice cream is kept smooth and chunk-free. Depending on which recipe you choose (there are numerous ones supplied with the product), the ice cream will be ready to eat in half-an-hour upwards. Although the ice cream is very smooth and tasty (and has met with the approval of my nieces), it can come out slightly on the wetside, and sometimes I've just had to put it back in the freezer in a normal container to harden up a bit.
I've got mixed feelings about the maker. On the one hand, it works well, produces nice ice creams, and saves me going to the freezer and stirring all the time, but on the other hand saving me from doing a bit of stirring is not really that much of a big deal - it's not too difficult and I find that it doesn't have to be stirred as often as you're told. Also, the product has the disadvantage of needing to be in the freezer for 24 hours before use - not great for a spontaneous person like me and I don't really have space in the freezer to keep it in there all the time.
But overall I do like the product - it's neat and effective, as well as easy to clean (just a case of taking the lid and spatula off the main bowl). My nieces certainly seem to prefer my icecream these days - I'm just not convinced that the space taken up by the product is justified by its usefulness.
My lovely sister bought me this ice cream maker about a year ago for Christmas as she knows I have a penchant for all things crazy-kitchen-gadgets. I have used it quite a few times and think it is a pretty good for an ice cream maker.
It comes in a few pieces with a base which is what the ice cream is made in, a paddle style thing which fits into the top and rotates and the top part which twists onto the bottom piece and holds the motorised section. The top part has the electric parts and the ice cream maker is powered through a plug which goes in the wall.
How the ice cream worker works is that the bottom part which is like a double walled insulated thing with plastic on the outside and metal in the middle. This is kept in the freezer for about 24 hours (probably less would do) before you want to make the ice cream to make sure it goes nice and cold. For me, I only have a little freezer so I think that this takes up too much of my valuable space. This is a good guide though because I only make ice cream when I have the space for the maker (and this tells me that I will have space for the ice cream when it's made!). You can also put some things inside the maker if you're super short on space!
So you put the bottom part of the thing in the freezer and you make your base. This can involve making a custard or whatever recipe you follow and don't take the bottom out of the freezer until this is ready. Then you put the thing together, turn it on and pour in the mix you've made. It then gets left churning (ideally not in a very hot kitchen) and after about half an hour, the ice cream is thicker and ready to be transferred into pots and placed in the freezer. The bowl part then needs to be washed and the churner and the clear plastic part of the top can be put in the dishwasher (I usually hand wash though!).
Top tip is to get the pots you want to put your ice cream in ready before you start making the ice cream so that they can go straight into the freezer once it's done. Another top is to buy the Ben and Jerrys recipe book because it has a lot of good ice cream bases which you can modify with anything you like really. I also make a lovely coconut sorbet thing with just sugar, water and a can of coconut milk which is really yummy!
This currently retails for about £39 on Amazon and I think this is a little pricey as I haven't saved myself that compared to just buying ice cream but the novelty element is fun. Look around for second hand ones or ones on offer though because I think it could be the sort of thing people get tired of so need to sell their old ones.
The ice cream maker isn't something I would really have bought for myself. The novelty has worn off and it takes up a lot of room in the freezer. I do like it though and if you think you will use it quite a bit then go for it because it works and is reliable.
I had been reading many reviews here on Dooyoo about ice cream makers and thought they sounded good and quite easy to use! I had also been seeing them being used more and more often on Come Dine With Me and fancied the idea of making up my own creations. I absolutely love ice cream, especially Ben n Jerrys so I thought this would be a good way of saving money on buying those expensive tubs. I added it to my Christmas list, not really thinking I would get one as the ones I had seen were quite expensive. I was chuffed to bits on Christmas morning when I opened my shiny new Kenwood Ice Cream maker!!
The model I recieved is the Kenwood IM200 maker which is a decent sized model for a novice like myself! The ice cream maker basically comes in two parts, the bowl base and the chunky lid. I was surprised that it appeared so simple in all honesty, you simply attach the spatula onto the lid and that is as much assembly as it requires! The plug is attached to the lid of the maker, and on the very top you will find the on/off switch. The lid is mostly all see through so you can keep an eye on your ice cream at all times, and in the centre of the lid there is a reasonable sized hole in which you add your mixture.
I was so keen to attempt my first batch of ice cream, but obviously Christmas Day isn't the ideal time to do so, so I had a couple of days to plan my creations - Ben n Jerry were to have nothing on my ideas!! When it came to trying out the ice cream maker, I realised that you have to place the bowl in the freezer for 24 hours before use - now I am far too impatient to do that and I decided that 8 hours was enough!
The ice cream maker came with a small leaflet containing a couple of recipes so I thought that I would try out one of those first of all (but adding a couple of goodies to it), and the banana ice cream sounded the nicest. Following the instructions was very easy, and within minutes the mixture was ready to be poured into the machine. It is advised that it may take 20 to 30 minutes for it to be ready at the right consistency but I soon realised that this wasn't to be the case for me! I placed the mixture into the freezer to finish off, and though it went ridiculously hard it was very nice!
I realised that it is very important to make sure you do freeze the bowl for the right amount of time as it does make a huge difference to the freezing process. It is also important that the machine is turned on and the spatula is turning as you are adding your mixture, this is to ensure the mixture doesn't stick to the sides of the bowl (providing you have had it in the freezer for the right amount of time!).
The ice cream maker is so easy to clean, it literally took just a couple of minutes! You only need to remove the spatula from the lid to wash, and of course the bowl, however the lid will need a quick wipe over also. It is adviseable to pop the bowl straight into the freezer after cleaning if you have the space as then it is always going to be ready should you wish to make ice cream on impulse!
As of yet I have only tried twice and none of them have been fantastic although my Irn Bru one was delicious but just too sweet! My brother bought me the Ben N Jerrys Ice Cream Recipe book for Christmas also and that has some fantastic ideas in there though obviously it is very American so some of the ingredients are a bit difficult to get hold of!
The cost of the Kenwood Ice Cream maker was £29.99 on offer at Argos, which was a great price as you can now find it on Amazon for £38.99. I would recommend this as it is extremely easy to use if not like me you do it properly!
Thank you for reading my review :)
The Kenwood ice cream maker is outstanding value, easy to use and maintain. This ice cream maker is one of my favourite appliances in my kitchen. The ease of which you can assemble and begin using this wonderful gadget is second to none.
I often have dinner parties and such at my residents and I am known for my delicious ice cream. This gadget makes creating your own ice cream a delight instead of a chore. Anyone who as ever tried to make there own ice cream from scratch will know just how tedious it is, but with the Kenwood ice cream maker it is a walk in the park.
You simply pop the inner container in the freezer for 2-3 hours or overnight, follow the recipe you have for your desired ice cream. Once the ice cream mixture is ready you simply take the container out the freezer assemble the machine which takes a matter of seconds switch on and pour in mixture within half an hour you will have a perfect textured ice cream, magic!
As a person that loves kitchen gadgets I must say this is one of the most used appliance of everything I own. It is made by Kenwood who are a good manufacturer and their products are never over the top with their price range. This ice cream maker cost me just 35 euro about two years ago and it hasnt caused any problems since we bought it.
The design is quite simple and it is plain white in colour. It has a 1.1 litre capacity which is more than enough ice cream! It is easy to clean and quite small so it can be easily stored away when not in use. You can always freeze your ice cream for use later too.
I like this machine because it can also make frozen yogurt and with a two year old that is obsessed with yogurt I like making her my own organic home made recipes and they go down a treat.
You need to freeze the bowl for 24 hours before making ice cream so it is never a spur of the moment decision to use this and does take planning. There is a recipe book included with the appliance that shows a lot of different varieties of ice cream and I have followed this with every use and the ice cream always comes out tasting lovely. It is certainly not HB but it does taste good and its lovely after you have made it yourself.
Its quite easy to use as you make the ice cream mixture and pour it into the container and wait for it to freeze. When it reaches a thick consistency you can take it out of the bowl and place it in a tub in the freezer to make it more solid as it can be quite runny otherwise.
I would recommend this ice cream maker to anyone and I think its great for parents to make ice cream and yogurt for little ones with ingredients you want them to eat and without all the nasty additives!
I am a huge ice cream fan so for my birthday this year I was given a Ice Cream maker, I was a little skeptical as I did not think you could beat some of the ice creams that I have eaten in the past from shops, but I was wrong home made ice cream is better than ice cream from the shops.
The Kenwood IM200 ice cream maker that I was given has a 1.1 litre capacity and within an hour I have ice cream in any flavour of my choice. Not only can you make ice cream, you can also make sorbet and frozen yoghurt.
The ice cream maker helps to keep the mixture moving while it freezes, which makes sure that your ice creams remains smooth and lump free.
You can put any of your favourite flavours and ingredients into you ice cream maker and you can even try and invent some of your own flavours. If you need your ice cream to freeze quickly the process is faster if you add all cold ingredients that you have just take out of the fridge.
You need to make sure that you put the mixture into the machine when it is churning otherwise your ice cream may not work. If you do not need all of your mixture you can place it into the freezer and eat it at a later date. I recommend that you take it out of the freezer and allow it to defrost for a few minutes before eating it.
The only disadvantage is that this ice cream maker has a canister that should be placed into the freezer 24 hours before use. This means that making ice cream is not something that you do on a spare of the moment. Although if you have enough space in your freezer you can keep the bowl in there permanently ready to use.
There are many different recipes that are available for making ice cream, but you need to try a few before you find the perfect recipe that you prefer. One of my favourite flavours to make is plain and simple vanilla and later in the process you can ripple any of your favourite flavours through, I quite like to add small fudge pieces.
An overall great machine and it is reasonably priced unlike other various ice cream makers on the market. It is a must have for any ice cream fan.
I have always wanted to be able to make ice cream. I have gone on and on about an ice cream maker for a couple of years and my husband got me one for our anniversary.
I was a little aprehensive at first. I was worried that it was going to be complicated to use and I would mess it up. I didn't want to lose confidence with using it by messing up my first attempt. My surprise was that this ice cream maker is more than easy to use! It isn't made up of hundreds of parts, in fact there are only 3 parts to the maker - a bowl, a paddle and lid with an incorporated funnel.
I followed the receipes and instructions which come with the ice cream maker which were more than easy to follow. I even pushed my confidence further and followed a Gordon Ramsey receipe which turned out lovely. The ice cream maker makes the ice cream soft scoop but it is easy to transer the ice cream to a tub to freeze.
Before making ice cream, you have the freeze the bowl for 24 hours. You can't cheat either and take it out before. It needs the full 24 hours. When you freeze the bowl, make sure you put it in a plastic bag or cover the top as the bowl cannot be wet when you start to use it as the water will just freeze up and ruin the ice cream.
I found it very easy to clean with a damp cloth. Make sure you complete dry each piece that you wash.
It is a great machine and works like magic. Highly recommended.
ETA: My husband said he paid £24.99 for this for me :)
I had been looking for an ice cream maker for a while when this one came on special offer at MAKRO for £16.99 plus VAT, so it ended up costing just under £20, which is very reasonable for an ice cream maker and I have found that Kenwood is brand to be trusted.
I have a lot of Kenwood products, my favourate Kenwood product is my food processor, I love it and wouldn't want to be without it. So when I saw they had an icecream maker I thought it would be a good buy.
I'm sorry to disagree with the other reviewers but I have found this ice cream maker very difficult to get on with. My ice cream never seems to come out looking like ice cream when I use this.
Now what I will say is that I always try to make the low fat ice creams, so maybe that has got something to do with it.
The whole reason I wanted an ice cream maker is because I do Weightwatchers and learnt that ice cream can be made using skimmed milk, which makes it much lower in fat and better for you. You can make it without an ice cream maker, but you have to keep going back to the freezer top stir or whisk it, which is a bit of a pain.
There is a recipe with this product that makes low fat vanilla ice cream, but whenever I try it, it just doesn't work and is either too sloppy and thin or is more like a sorbet. I have tried about 6 times, but it always comes out the same. I haven't yet tried a full fat ice cream and don;t really want to because that is quite cheap to buy and I wouldn't really bother to make my own anyway.
The product is quite easy to use although you do need to be prepared. The bowl has to go into the freezer for a minimum of 24 hours before you want to make your ice cream so that the bowl is frozen solid and freezes the ice cream mixture. You just follow your recipe frorm the booklet and then place the mixture into the bowl. Then all you have to do it put the lid on and start it up. The paddle turns and churns the ice cream, the length of time it takes depends on your recipe. When it's ready you can either eat it straight away or you can put it in the freezer for later.
On the basis of making low fat ice cream I would not recommend this product at all. My rating of 2 out of 5 stars is because although it didn't work with the low fat, it still did taste nice and was edible, just not like ice cream.
My Dave does like his premium ice cream but it can be very expensive to buy at around £5 for a 500ml tub. Even when it is on offer at half price, it is still very expensive. I decided that we should use some of our Amazon dooyoo vouchers to purchase an ice cream maker so we could have a go at making our own flavours while cutting back a little bit on the cost.
We had a look at a variety of ice cream makers and this one seemed to be the best value for money. It was not the cheapest available but it was the cheapest that appeared to offer an acceptable standard of quality. The RRP for this product is £27.99 and we bought it on offer at £23.81.
When I first received my ice cream maker I was eager to have a try. Unfortunately, I had to wash all of the items and then freeze the bowl overnight before I could attempt my first batch! This is apparently typical of all ice cream makers in this price range (under £200) so it is no individual fault of this specific product. Washing the lid and spatula was very simple and only took two minutes. I was pleased to note that there are very few components to deal with and that this basically comprises of just a lid, removable rotating spatula (churner) and the freezing bowl.
To make my first batch of ice cream I followed one of the recipes included in the instruction booklet, Mint Choc Chip. I found it a little time consuming waiting for the milk and sugar to cool down as this took a few hours. I remedied this for a later batch by replacing the milk and sugar with milk and pre-chilled condensed milk.
Apart from that, this was quick and easy to use once the ingredients and bowl were ready to go. I took the bowl from the freezer, put the lid on with the spatula loaded in ready and pressed the on button. I then proceeded to pour the ice cream mixture into the chute as instructed and went away for fifteen minutes.
After about twenty minutes, the ice cream began freeze. It looked a little like a Mr Whippy going around and at this stage I was able to add the chocolate chips. The ice cream continued to freeze and reached maximum consistency after about half an hour. Note that the ice cream is really very soft and slushy when it comes out of this ice cream maker and that it really needs standing in the freezer for an hour before serving if you prefer your ice cream firm.
Although it was a bit fiddly to get things started, once I got into the habit of washing and re-freezing the bowl after each use, I found it was ready and waiting for me in the freezer whenever I wanted to make some ice cream. Also, if you do not mind eating soft ice cream, you can put the ice cream maker on to make a portion while you get on with the family dinner and it will be ready by the time you are finished.
The quality of the ice cream that this produces is obviously far superior to supermarket soft scoop brands because homemade ice cream recipes call for real ingredients (like double cream). We have not quite mastered the art of reproducing Ben & Jerrys just yet, but I believe that this machine certainly has the capability to do so. We just need to purchase the Ben & Jerry ice cream recipe book first!
Prepares fresh home made ice cream sorbet or frozen yoghurt in just 2540 minutes . 1.1 litre capacity . On/off switch . Fast freezing double insulated non stick bowl with removable clear lid . Wide mixing feeder.


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Daniel Bryan should be the champion right now and I am not saying that because
Updated 11-13-2013 at 10:30 AM by Frank
Now I have been watching the latest blunder by the WWE as are most of you. Daniel Bryan vs Randy Orton started off as a great storyline and had the ingredients to make a solid feud carry over for a couple of months. However, they are just repeating the same mundane stale manner in which Bryan gets jobbed. I fully get how the want to continue to build him up as the new face and by having him continue
Over the past couple of editions of Raw some alarming red flags are starting to arise. Instead of building momentum they are depleting it. Vince and Cena are both now becoming apparently lame on the mic. Cena use to deliver strong promos but now they are brutal. He is getting more boring chants and killing the crowd. The garbage coming out of his mouth is absurd, really you are being underestimated.
Now I have not been blogging for awhile as I have been on hiatus. For whatever reason, when I do blog they never seem to make it on this website. I had stopped really paying attention to WWE product after WM as it was not very interesting or even entertaining. I have begun to follow it again as they have improved their product. First let's start with the misses.
This first one is
WWE missed the opportunity to really get WM going into full gear. The Old School theme was great and the theme music, the ring was an awesome throwback hommage. Then they went and screwed everything up as they are compentently doing these days.
First off, Punk's promo was very good and giving him a reason to wrestle and end the streak. His streak was ended because the fans wanted the
Now, I will first give WWE props in that it had one of the best matches defintely this year (I know the year is still it is infancy) as well as over the last couple of years. Cena and Punk put on an instant classic! That match had everything in it that makes a great match compelling even with the outcome already pre-determined (you had to know Cena was winning). I will give Cena credit as he had
I have no problem with rematches, only a problem when the rematches suck or don't do much to continue the feud. This blog will dissect some rematches as well as some potential WM matches.
Most of the rumored matches will be rematches of some sort from years past. We know one of the main events is Cena Rock II. It is quite sad that even WWE subtly has to admit its mistake in saying
We all know that the main event of the Chamber is Rock Punk and that Rock is going over to retain the title. Even though I was against the Rock winning in the first place, WWE is going to remain predictable. For those that said Punk didn't draw, his PPV buyrates were good and TLC, the one he was not one and headlined by Cena did quite poorly. Thus, Punk was legit as champ and his reign will one
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A PAIR of London drug dealers who used a Swindon hotel as their local base were caught when hotel staff became suspicious about their activities.
Swindon Crown Court heard how workers at the Premier Inn at Kembrey Park contacted police when they realised what Ryan Denny and Jake Hill were up to.
And a third member of the gang Ji Forte, 28, from Reading, was also snared by officers investigating dealing in Swindon and Chippenham.
Tessa Hingston, prosecuting, said 23-year-old Hill and Denny, 22, booked into adjoining rooms at the hotel on December 31, 2012.
After a couple of days staff at the hotel realised what was going on and told the police about the men who had had links to West London gangs in the past.
Police raided the room in January last year and recovered evidence of drug dealing including mobile phones and a set of house keys.
The next day they went to a property on Dean Street, Rodbourne – rented by Denny some weeks earlier.
Using the keys to get in they found a items linked to the men including David Lloyd gym passes and train tickets with their fingerprints.
Also recovered was 43 grams of heroin and 59 grams of cocaine with a combined street value of about £5,000 and bags for making street wraps.
On the day of the hotel raid the police had also gone to a flat at Sheringham Court in Liden where there was evidence of drugs having been cut and packaged.
Miss Hingston said a quantity of lactose was found. A young woman who was cleaning the property was found with a small amount of cocaine and arrested.
That evening Forte went to the police station to ask after the woman and when he was arrested was found with two wraps of heroin hidden on him and £828 in cash.
His DNA had been found on a toothbrush at a house in Chippenham which had been raided shortly before Christmas and he had been in contact with Hill and Denny.
Among text messages exchanged between the three was one from Forte telling them Chippenham was "ripe for exploiting" for trade in hard drugs.
Denny, of Streatham, and Hill, of Kensington, and Forte, of Reading, Berkshire, admitted conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine.
The court was told both Hill and Denny had previous convictions in the capital for trading in class A drugs.
Daniel Jameson, for Hill, said they had not lived an extravagant lifestyle on the trade staying in the Premier Inn and buying designer clothes at outlet stores.
He said after a previous jail term he had been staying on friends' sofas and was offered work and accommodation in Swindon so took it.
Timothy Greene, for Denny, said his client was sorry for what he had done and that he had used his time in custody on remand to better himself and hoped to start a degree course.
Will Woodman, for Forte, said his client was the lesser player of the three, effectively being their runner and was an addict at the time getting paid in drugs.
He said he had not been to Dean Street or the hotel and had only gone to the Sheringham Court address the day he was arrested.
Passing sentence, Judge Tim Mousley QC said: "These of course were serious offences involving the distribution of Class A drugs on a significant scale.
"The police went to the Premier Inn at Kembrey Park as it was obvious to the people who worked there and the police that you were using the rooms there as a local base for your drug supplying operation.
"The facts of this case reveal to an extent a good degree of planning so far as class A drugs in Wiltshire are concerned."
He jailed Hill and Denny for four years and three months each and Forte for two years.


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Because of my family history of colon cancer plus recent weight loss (not initially a bad thing, getting problematic), bright and dark blood in the stool and both diarrhea and constipation.. I tried to schedule a colonoscopy at a dozen places without sedation (I know it`s harder, but several attempts at sedation have almost killed me).
I would not attempt sedation again. I asked my PCP about alternatives to a colonoscopy; she said that there were not any in my case.
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Getting Out of Diet Jail
I was lying on the floor in my NYC home/office — it has big windows and I was looking upside down and outside. As I was doing reverse ab curls with a Swiss ball, I saw a man leaning out the window on the top floor of the building across the street smoking a cigarette. Actually, I think he was staring at me too — not sure what he was thinking — maybe it was simply "please, spare me…" (sarcastically). In any event, seeing this guy really made me think. In fact, the first word that came to mind was "choice."
And I have to say, choice, freedom of choice that is, is probably the most important concept that helped me lose weight, get in shape, and keep it that way. And of course, choice is a cousin of the term responsibility — I've written about responsibility, making excuses and choice before. (One column I'm particularly proud of is on the concept of micro choices. If you get a chance, be sure to read). Responsibility allows you to have free choice (reading my post on responsibility will better explain what I mean by that statement).
How does understanding that you have free choice help you? Knowing that I controlled my own destiny, and had the freedom to make choices, released me from "diet jail." Yes, I was literally in what I call diet jail. For 30 years, I would go in and out of diet jail. I would get out on parole (read: lost weight), then, just like any repeat offender, I would commit a crime (read: gain weight) and end up back in diet jail. What a nightmare. I'm sure many of you know exactly what I'm talking about. Knowing that I had choices set me free for life. Think about the following:
• We are responsible for our lives. We may not be responsible for everything that happens to us but we are responsible for how we respond or react to every situation that comes our way. This is where the concept of choice comes in to play. We choose our responses. For instance, if you walk everyday and hurt your foot, you might not do any exercise for months. That's a choice. Others might pick another exercise such as swimming. I realize this may seem like common sense but just because something makes sense doesn't mean it's common sense.
• Find the reason(s) WHY you want to lose weight. It helps to know why you actually want to get in shape. For health reasons? Vanity? Think you already know? Make sure. Write it down. And make sure that it's meaningful. (Read more about this concept in my blog post "Seeing the Why.")
• Who or what is influencing your food life? Keep track of your food influences for one week. See who or what is influencing you to eat the foods that you do? Is it the TV commercials you're watching? The friends that you're eating with? Family, co-workers? Highlighting your influences will help you see that you are in control of your food choices.
• When experts say "don't diet," make it a lifestyle. What in the world do those experts mean? They mean that you need to change behaviors (diet and exercise) to lose weight. However, to lose weight for good, you must choose behaviors you can live with forever. You need to consistently question and ask yourself, "Is this change that I just made (read: exercising at 5am every morning) something I can do forever?" or "Am I really willing to eat celery for breakfast every day?" (That's a joke btw — just illustrating the impractical things we often do to lose weight). You need to form patterns. Make your new eating behaviors automatic by doing them over and over again. You shouldn't need to take breaks from your "diet." If you have to take a break, you made too many compromises in the first place and your diet will not last. New eating and activity behaviors need to be comfortable and not too restrictive.
I could go on and on but I'm interested to hear what "free choice" and "living a healthy life" means to you… also curious about your "diet jail" experiences. I think it helps to share.
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The objective of the report is to "create a standard set of GHG estimation methods for use by USDA,
landowners, and other stakeholders to assist them in evaluating the GHG impacts of their management decisions. The methods presented in the Report address GHG emissions and carbon sequestration for the entire entity or operation, and also provide the opportunity to assess individual practices or management decisions."
Thirty-eight scientists from across academia, USDA and the federal government, experts in GHG estimation in the cropland, grazing land, livestock and forest management sectors contributed to the report, which underwent technical review by an additional 29 scientists.
Much of the report is highly technical, but it includes extensive reviews of research on the sources of GHG emissions on farms and ranches, variables involved in emission levels and various methods for measuring emissions at the farm or ranch level.
The information is of interest to producers and industry stakeholders in that the recommended methods could come into play on agricultural operations. The authors state "this Report will be used within the Department and by farmers, ranchers, and forestâland owners,and will be made publicly available." Specific potential uses of the methods include aiding:
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LOCAL clubs Christie Miller and Clarrie Dunbar are still deeply involved in national championship competitions, particularly in the men's section in Area 30, writes DAVE EATON.
Christie Miller have representatives still running in five national competitions while Clarrie Dunbar are still going strong in no fewer than eight men's championship events plus two others - ladies fours and mixed pairs.
The trio from Christie Miller of Chris Easton, Nigel Price and Andy Moore (skip) are through to the inter-area final of the Over 50s triples and face the Area 29 winners, a trio from Taunton Deane skipped by Richard Billington, at Victoria (Street) on January 13.
Moore and his colleagues booked their place in the inter-area final with a hard fought and last end 18-17 victory over Malcolm Smith (Bristol) in the Area 30 final just before Christmas.
A victory in the inter-area final would seal them a place in the last 16 in mid-February at Northampton IBC.
Moore and co have also qualified for the Area 30 national triples semi-finals and will meet John Freeman, Duncan McGovern and Keith Bailey on Wednesday, January 9 at Christie Miller.
The trio of Easton, Price and Moore (skip) plus Paul Macdonald have also reached the semi-finals of the area fours championships and are due to face the North Wilts rink of Bob George, Steve Snook, Justin Davis and Wayne Snook by the end of the month.
Chris Easton has also qualified for the Over 60s singles semi-final in Area 30 and is due to play Martin Thorne (Nailsea) by January 13 while Christie's John Noyce and David Laws are through to the O60s pairs semis against Robert Richards and his Purnell partner away at Paulton on January 8.
John Freeman is enjoying a purple patch this season in the national championships with the Dunbar player reaching four Area 30 semi-finals.
He beat Clarrie teammate Graham Shadwell 21-10 in the singles quarter-finals and now faces Bristol's Barry Barry in his semi-final while Russell Francis, following his 21-15 win over North Wilts' Steve Snook, plays Mark Woods (Clevedon).
Freeman and Duncan McGovern have qualified for the pairs semis and now meet Clevedon's Pip Branfield and John Hick after edging home 22-21 in the quarter-finals against Bristol's Aaron Poolman and Paul Bryant.
In the triples Freeman, McGovern and Keith Bailey have to meet Christie Miller in the semi-finals while in the fours this trio plus Craig Doughty have reached the rinks semi-finals and are due to meet Wayne Snook's foursome from North Wilts by January 27.
Clarrie are triple-handed in Area 30 Over 60s semi-finals with Dick Discombe through to the last four in the singles, Paul Hewitt and Fred Pope in the pairs while Duncan Baxter's quartet have qualified in the fours - all the O60s semis are due to be completed by January 13.
Shadwell had already booked his place in the final stages (last 16) of the men's Champion of Champions at Hayling Island in early February prior to going out to Australia to represent England in the World Championships and winning a triples bronze medal.
To complete Clarrie Dunbar's success story in the Area 30 national championships the ladies quartet of Thelma Deane, Teresa King, Ailsa Midwinter and Jo Dunford have reached the ladies area final in the fours and will face Alex Jacob's rink from North Wilts.
The victor will move forward to face the winner of Area 29 in the Inter Area Final for a place in the last 16 and final stages at Melton & District IBC in February.
And Thelma Deane has also reached the area final in the mixed pairs along with Duncan McGovern after a comfortable 24-15 success in the semi-finals against Debbie Shadwell and partner.
Deane and McGovern are due to meet Bristol's Chris Keating and his partner on a neutral green in the area final by January 13.
The winner automatically qualifies for the last 32 and final stages to be held at Northampton in mid-February.
Dunbar are still running in two national inter-club mixed team championship events - Egham Trophy and Top Club.
They have reached the last 16 in the Egham Trophy and will play Torquay United in their delayed fifth round tie on Sunday, January 16 with a quarter-final match against Adur (Southwick, West Sussex) awaiting the winners.
In the Top Club competition Clarrie have qualified for the last 32 (round three) and are due to play Bristol away by January 27.
Meanwhile the men's central section of the Wessex League swings back into action this coming Sunday.
Leaders Clarrie Dunbar do not have a match but in a local derby North Wilts who lost top spot just before Christmas when beaten by Clarrie face neighbours Christie Miller (10am).


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Topic: Question of Heredity
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My dad in Greece has been diagnosed with Cholangiocarcinoma and my brother and I wanted to ask are there any tests that we should be doing? Is Cholangiocarcinoma hereditary? My brother is 49 and I am 44 years old. My dad is in his 80s. Thank you all in advance for your advice.


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Pupils representing The Mead, West Ashton, Walwayne Court and Holbrook primary are celebrating the conclusion of a Heritage Lottery funded project called the World of Work.
The project, which has been running since January, encouraged the children to look at the global connections of Trowbridge industries and the communities who have arrived in the town for work or other reasons.
Co-ordinated by Wiltshire Global Education Centre, the project has seen the children take part in interactive workshops and trace the industrial timeline of the town.
They have also met with members of the Moroccan, Polish and Jamaican communities and linked up with local industries such as Cereal Partners and HJ Knee to gain an insight into what they do.
Project co-ordinator Caroline Harmer, manager of Wiltshire Global Education Centre, said: "We've been delighted with the work done by the schools and the children really got a feel for what it is like for someone to give up everything to come live in a new country.
"The project was a way of teaching them about community cohesion and showing them that people have always moved around the world for work, which will help foster a positive attitude towards migration.
"It was only when they did their presentations that we realised how far they had come in understanding the reasons why people move around the world and what we gain by living in multi-ethnic communities such as Trowbridge.
"We would like to thank the teachers for the hard work that they have put into it, the children for their enthusiasm and all our school visitors who have done so much to make this project a success."
During the final event at The Mead, the children presented what they had learnt and took part in some fun activities, such as how to say welcome in Trowbridge's ten most used languages.


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On Politics
Kim Jong-Un's First Speech, Interpreted as DoggerelBy Anacharsis Clootz
On April 15, Kim Jong-Un, the new leader of North Korea, gave his long-awaited maiden speech, on the hundredth anniversary of his grandfather, Kim Il Sung, the country's founder. Befitting the occasion, enormous crowds attended, and male and female soldiers marched with goose-stepping precision.
North Korea-watchers considered it an important moment to gauge the new leader, and he did not disappoint, celebrating the particular take on history that distinguishes North Korea from all other nations.
A full transcript has just been provided by a North Korean website, but for the readers of The Paris Review, a condensed version has been prepared, in poetic form.
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We offer two print-outs for this hike:
a print-out where you can draw the animal homes you find
For smaller children, they can check them off on the print-out. If you bring crayons, they could color them in. For older children, they could draw the animal home that they find, or take a photo of it with a camera.
Some animal homes take hours of work. If you find a bird's nest for example, look at all the tiny bits they put together to make it. Do you recognize anything that is man-made?
For example, you might not have a wetland close to home. But wetlands are rich with diverse animal homes. So consider bringing your animal homes print-outs the next time you can visit one.