Opening December 12 in Orem, Utah, Dreamwalk Park is where imagination takes flight! Located at the University Place Mall, this “indoor micro theme park” invites adventurers to embark on an interactive journey through otherworldly realms.
Armed with decoder wands and portal passes, guests can unlock hidden clues, awaken ancient spirits, and explore fantastical rooms brimming with glowing mushrooms, galactic grottos, and gemstone caves. From a sci-fi spaceport to a steampunk cosmic marketplace (complete with a secret robotic speakeasy!), every step unveils a new layer of magic and mystery.
In the words of YouTuber devinsupertramp: “If Willy Wonka, Star Wars, and Pandora’s Avatar had a baby, this place would be the child!”
Get ready for an unforgettable adventure where immersive art, animatronics, and interactive tech collide. Dreamwalk Park is more than a theme park—it’s a portal to pure wonder, and I really, REALLY want to visit it.
I put my strongest small ceramic bakeware in the toaster oven, filled with water. Sometimes you just gotta do things slow and appreciate life. Not like you'll be appreciating the tea; it's still not ready yet.
It's not that 110V kettles are less efficient at turning electricity to heat than 240V - they're just less powerful. UK kettles draw up to 3 kilowatts, while ones in the US max out at around half that.
And that's directly related to the voltage difference. In both countries, electric kettles have to be designed on the assumption that they can pull only 13 to 15 amps of load from the mains. This puts a hard limit on the wattage rating — but wattage is volts times amps, so the higher UK supply voltage makes higher power kettles possible.
Microwave ovens, on the other hand, are typically powered by 20-amp dedicated circuits in the USA, so they can be higher power than kettles at the same supply voltage. I don't know how they're wired in the UK.
@bcs I'm not sure about this but I have the impression that it's OK per US electrical code to use a NEMA 15 socket on a 20A circuit *as long as it's a dedicated circuit*, and this is one of the reasons why 20A plugs are so rare on US kitchen appliances. That said, something else is also going on, because I just checked and my microwave is rated at 17kW, which is 14.2 amps at 120V, but I can't find any electric kettle for sale that goes higher than 1.5kW (12.5A at 120V). Possibly the real concern here is that a kettle *can't* assume a dedicated circuit, so the designers have to leave some headroom in case there are lamps or something plugged into the same circuit.
@zwol you can 100% put a lower amp outlet on a higher amp circuit, and you don't need it to be dedicated. (It's the same as plugging an 8A lamp cord into a 15A socket; the load is responsible for protecting it's own cord.) In fact, 20A wires and 15A sockcts are very common. What you can't do is sell an appliance that draw more than 15A but plugs into a 15A socket.
Microwaves in the UK: all the ones I've seen (Brit living here 50+ years) are simply plugged into a 13 amp socket, like the kettle is. They're normally rated 1 kW, but some make it to 1.2kW.. Cookers (oven, hob) are usually wired into a separate 45 amp circuit.
What's weird is when you get into the details. Apparently American electric kettles are much slower than British ones (British people keep telling me it takes 30 seconds to boil water in an electric kettle; mine takes 5 minutes) while American microwaves are much faster (Again, takes 90 seconds in mine; they claim it takes 10 minutes). (There is some truth here; electric kettles are less efficient using American 110 mains voltage, not sure why British microwaves are so weak though)
Consider getting a newer kettle. I (US) bought a Krups 1L earlier this year. It takes 2.5 minutes to boil 2 cups of water, which gives my microwave a run for its money. It's probably also using less electricity too.
Haven't researched this, but I'm willing to bet that an industrial 240V kettle exists somewhere here in America, and that I could theoretically run a new circuit easily enough to accommodate it. However, I also don't care enough to actually make it happen.
If we extend "kettle" to include saucepans, then the Indian approach is to put everything (tea, milk, sugar, some spices) into a pan and boil it for a while
My favorite part is that at the end Shaxs is completely open with the others about what was going on with him, and when Dr. Migleemo suggests therapy, he's all-in. Well, that and the technobabble explanation for why rocks fall out of the ceiling.
I do not think it would be unreasonable for every president to be immediatley arrested when they leave office. If you truly believe the things you did were for the greater good, you should be willing to serve time for that. If you think that immunity from prosecution empowers you to do things you otherwise would not be willing to do, then maybe don't do that.
The fact that the Razr has its battery life as a selling point is hillarious given that the original Razr was notorious for the extent to which its slender profile sacrificed battery life.
The following is excerpted from Dr. Jeffery Hill’s “Workshop Wound Care.” The book delves right to the heart of what you need to know when faced with common workshop injuries, from lacerations, to puncture wounds to material in the eye. Dr. Hill is an emergency room physician and an active woodworker. So he knows exactly the information a woodworker needs to know when it comes to injuries. And he presents information in a way that a non-medical professional can easily understand it.
There are a number of diseases that, due to their being very uncommonly encountered in the modern world, seem like quaint relics of antiquity. Diphtheria? Rubella? Mumps? Rabies? What even are those? There are a few diseases that have been completely eradicated (smallpox) or nearly completely eradicated (polio) thanks to sustained vaccination efforts. Tetanus, however, is here to stay on this earth through all of eternity regardless of our efforts at vaccination.
Why? Spores, that’s why
What is Tetanus?
Tetanus is a clinical condition caused by the tetanus toxin which produced by the bacteria Clostridium tetani. Clostridium tetani possesses the relatively uncommon ability to form spores (examples of other spore-forming bacteria include Clostridium botulinum, a.k.a. botulism, and Bacillus anthracis, a.k.a. anthrax).
Spores are exceptionally hardy bits of microbiology. Composed of a hard shell and just enough reproductive matter, they are typically produced when the bacteria run into rough times. A lack of nutrients, which would typically just kill off less fastidious bacteria, triggers C. tetani to produce these spores that can survive a lack of water, nutrients, presence of high amounts of radiation, freezing weather, boiling temps and even chemical disinfectants. Spores can remain viable in inhospitable environments for tens of thousands of years. C. tetani spores are most commonly found in soil, dust and manure, but can be found anywhere in the environment.
When tetanus spores find their way back to a hospitable environment they come alive and start to replicate, along the way producing tetanus toxin (awesomely named tetanospasmin). The tetanus toxin is taken up by the nervous system, ultimately ending up in the spinal cord and brain where it acts to block inhibitory signaling pathways. Because two negatives make a positive, the end result of this action is an excess of electrical transmission from the central nervous system to the muscles and severe muscle spasms.
Opisthotonus, which can be caused by tetanus, is a spasm of the muscles causing the head, neck and spine to arch backward.
These unopposed muscle contractions lead to the characteristic clinical manifestations of tetanus. “Lock jaw” is due to contraction of the jaw muscles. Contraction of the facial muscles results in “risus sardonicus,” a fixed smile/facial expression. And contraction of the back muscles results in severe arching of the back. But the neurotoxin doesn’t limit itself to the motor system; it can also lead to seizures and uncontrolledblood pressure (both high and low) and heart rate (also high and low).
If you have ever had a charley horse where your legs cramp up, you have a little taste of how terrifically painful muscle spasms can be. Now imagine that affecting your entire body. Also, because the tetanus toxin irreversibly binds with nerve cells, the uncontrolled nerve signals and muscle spasms continue until the body can grow new nerve endings (a process that is weeks to months long). Generalized tetanus can lead to broken bones, spasm of the respiratory muscles, and aspiration of stomach contents and food into the lungs. Ten to 20 percent of patients still die of tetanus despite modern medical therapies.
What Wounds are at High Risk for Tetanus Infection?
Tetanus infections don’t just come from rusty nails. In fact, all wounds – cuts, abrasions (both to the skin and eyes) and burns – are susceptible to tetanus infection. There are certain wounds, however, that are more prone to tetanus infection and create an environment where the tetanus bacteria will produce the tetanus toxin. Wounds that are dirty, puncture-type wounds and crush injuries are most at risk.
Logically, the more tetanus bacteria present in a wound, the higher the risk of infection. As such, injuries with significant contamination with soil are more likely to result in infection.
If the tetanus bacteria is pushed deep into the tissue, infection is more likely. Puncture wounds, in general, carry a higher risk of all types of wound infection. The narrow tract of a puncture wound is apt to quickly close over bacteria and other matter pushed deeply into the tissues. And, it is much more difficult to adequately clean at the time of injury, meaning it is much more difficult to use irrigation to decrease the number of bacteria present.
Because tetanus bacteria are more likely to grow and produce toxin in “devitalized” tissue, crush injuries are also highly susceptible to infection.
How does this translate to you, the woodworker? A scratch or minor cut from a chisel or knife is less risky. A injury from an axe or froe while breaking down green wood is more risky. (Though to reiterate: Any break in the skin carries a risk of tetanus infection.)
What About the Tetanus Vaccine?
The tetanus vaccine includes a component of the tetanus toxin called a toxoid. This toxoid is coupled with a diphtheria toxoid (Td) and often an acellular version of pertussis (TdaP).
As a side note, the risks of contracting diphtheria and pertussis in adulthood are sufficient enough that the administration of the whole package of TdaP is recommended by the CDC. Pertussis (whooping cough) can be common in older adults (often presenting as mild illness) and easily spread to incompletely vaccinated infants (often presenting as a severe respiratory illness). For this reason, if you are going to be around a new baby in the family (e.g. new grandparents), you’ll likely be asked to get a “tetanus booster” (though really you are boosting your pertussis immunity). Back to tetanus…
As with other vaccines, introducing the tetanus toxoid gives the body’s immune system a “wanted” poster of what the real toxin looks like, allowing the body to create neutralizing antibodies to the toxin. The typical vaccination schedule is for three doses of the vaccine to be administered at two months, four months, and six months of age, with boosters given around six to 12 months after the third dose, and again before entering kindergarten. Following that, boosters are recommended every 10 years. In the developed world, adherence to the recommended vaccination schedule is (thankfully) high, meaning that most people are “fully vaccinated” for tetanus through their childhood. It is not uncommon, however, for adults to miss out on their regular boosters. As a result of this, most cases of tetanus are reported in patients 50 years of age and older.
A lot of people get the idea that "rusty nails" specifically cause tetanus, but really it's just that a rusty nail is a thing that can cause a puncture wound that is often found in environments where tetanus spores are present, it's nothing specific to the rust or the nail.
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