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The Magic Bullet is a compact blender sold by Homeland Housewares, a division of the American company Alchemy Worldwide, and sold in over 50 countries. [1] It is widely marketed through television advertisements and infomercials and sold in retail stores under the "As seen on TV" banner. A feature-limited retail version not under this banner ...
Argos was launched with thousands of staff, taking £1 million during a week in November. [10] Argos was purchased by BAT Industries in 1979 for £32 million. In 1980, Argos opened its Elizabeth Duke jewellery counter (named after a director's wife) and by 1982, was the United Kingdom's fourth-biggest jewellery retailer.
Other technological devices were blended, such as on the April 5, 2010, episode, an iPad was blended after being smashed to fit into the blender. [5] The number of views this video received prompted Dickson to set up a contest on blendtec.com to give away either the shredded or the boxed iPad. Each prize came with a free Blendtec Total Blender.
An electric blender. A blender (sometimes called a mixer or liquidiser in British English) is a kitchen and laboratory appliance used to mix, crush, purée or emulsify food and other substances. A stationary blender consists of a blender container with a rotating metal or plastic blade at the bottom, powered by an electric motor that is in the ...
Maren Morris, Karina Argow. Courtesy of Maren Morris/Instagram Maren Morris was overcome with emotion while speaking about working with her bestie, Karina Argow, for her latest project post-divorce.
Manual coffee grinders have been largely supplanted by electrically powered ones for speed. Manual grinders are used for convenience and aesthetic reasons and are usually less costly than electric models. An example is the manual Turkish coffee grinder; they are inexpensive and can grind coffee to fine powder for Turkish coffee.
In 2020, Vitamix introduced a food processor attachment for its NFC-equipped blenders. [25] In 2021, the Vitamix One, a lower-cost compact blender, was introduced. [26] Over 100,000 containers sold in 2017 and 2018 were recalled. [27] Fast Company headlined, "Vitamix recall: Your $500 blender might hurt you." [28]
Metal fume fever, also known as brass founders' ague, brass shakes, [1] zinc shakes, galvie flu, galvo poisoning, metal dust fever, welding shivers, or Monday morning fever, [2] is an illness primarily caused by exposure to chemicals such as zinc oxide (ZnO), aluminium oxide (Al 2 O 3), or magnesium oxide (MgO) which are produced as byproducts in the fumes that result when certain metals are ...