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Rachel Belle

Music For Cats: Professional musician composes tunes for felines

A lifetime musician, David Teie wanted to create music for all species to enjoy. Through research, he created music that hits a cats' ear perfectly & they react very positively too. Don't believe me? Test out the sample track on your cat.
11 years ago
Record breaking thru hiker Heather Anderson at the summit of Sheephole Mountain in Southern Califor...
Rachel Belle

On long distance hikes, women may have a physiological and mental advantage over men

Men often outperform women in sports. But when it comes to long distance thru hikes, like the Pacific Crest Trail or the Appalachian Trail, men and women perform equally. In fact, women might actually be more physiologically and mentally suited than their male counterparts.
11 years ago
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Rachel Belle

A Burien Airbnb host calls the city’s anti-RV policy anti-homeless

A Burien man was told it's illegal to live, eat or sleep in an RV on private or public land.
11 years ago
Kurt Cobain’s actual hair, 10 inches of it, up for auction, starting at $4,000.(Photo from Ju...
Rachel Belle

Kurt Cobain’s sweater and a lock of his hair are going up for auction

Who would buy a lock of Kurt Cobain's hair or his ratty old sweater?
11 years ago
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Rachel Belle

Live in the center of Seattle’s Discovery Park, in one of 26 historic Fort Lawton homes

If it's your dream to live in the center of a 534 acre Seattle park, a rare opportunity is available with these 100-year-old military base homes.
11 years ago
Seattle writer Ksenia Anske prepares to board the Empire Builder for her all expense paid writing t...
Rachel Belle

Amtrak’s Residency for Writers lets 24 American writers ride the American rails

Amtrak selected 24 writers, out of a pool of 16,000, to do their writing on a cross country train ride. One Seattle writer was selected, and was inspired to write a horror story about a train that kills its passengers.
11 years ago
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Rachel Belle

Sub Pop founder thinks he’s found the future of music

Listening to music is a one way street. Yo push 'play' and listen. But a new app called 8Stem, being developed by Bruce Pavitt and Adam Farish, is interactive, and lets the listener take on the role of music producer.
11 years ago
The first 8th Generation blanket being produced features a Thunderbird, in honor of the Evergreen S...
Rachel Belle

Seattle’s 8th Generation is the first Native American company to make traditional blankets

Until now, no traditional blankets tribes purchased were made by native people. A Seattle artist is changing that, while bringing the business home.
11 years ago
A donor heart is hooked up to the system, with donor blood being pumped through it. (UW image)...
Rachel Belle

UW doctors test a device that keeps donor hearts beating, pumping blood outside of the body

Right now, the only way to transport a donor heart is on ice, but a new system could keep it beating and traveling farther.
11 years ago
Canlis, a popular Seattle restaurant, closed for the first time in 65 years to feed first responder...
Rachel Belle

Seattle restaurant jumps in to help after deadly Aurora Bridge crash

Thursday night was the first time in Canlis' 65-year history that the restaurant canceled dinner service. Located about 200 feet from the crash site on Seattle's Aurora Bridge, they served food to first responders, cops and journalists, and offered up their restaurant as a home base.
11 years ago
‘Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4 a Day’ wants to help the 46 million Americans on food s...
Rachel Belle

Beautiful food for $4 a day, in a new cookbook for people on food stamps

The author of "Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4 a Day" wants to help the 46 million Americans on food stamps eat delicious homemade meals they can afford.
11 years ago
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed an enzyme that eats up 99.97 percent of ...
Rachel Belle

Gluten-fighting pill for Celiac disease is on its way, thanks to UW Medicine researchers

The only treatment available for sufferers of Celiac disease is a gluten-free diet. But UW researchers have may have developed a new solution.
11 years ago
Nearly 10 years after Theo Chocolate opened its Fremont factory, it’s released a beautiful ne...
Rachel Belle

The new Theo Chocolate cookbook: Prepare to drool

Nearly 10 years after Theo Chocolate opened its Fremont factory, it's released a beautiful new cookbook exploring both sweet and savory recipes that all featuring Theo chocolate.
11 years ago
Sarah A Chrisman and her husband Gabriel, in Port Townsend (Photo by Estar Hyo Gyung Choi)...
Rachel Belle

A Victorian era obsessed Port Townsend couple lives as if it’s the 1880s

The Chrismans of Port Townsend don't have a cell phone or a driver's license. From ice boxes to clothing, they have adjusted their lives as much as possible to live like it's still the Victorian era.
11 years ago
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Rachel Belle

Studio musician Carl Verheyen visits Seattle

You don't know it, but you've likely heard the guitar works of Carl Verheyen, from Cheers or Frasier, with Cher or BB King, or from his 30 years with Supertramp.
11 years ago
The children’s book for parents, ‘Go the F*ck to Sleep’ was a best-seller with tw...
Rachel Belle

The story behind the bestselling children’s book ‘Go the F**k to Sleep’ and a new book!

The children's book for parents, 'Go the F*ck to Sleep' was a best-seller with two million copies sold. The author talks the book's origin, and what he has planned next.
11 years ago
Rustic furniture made from reclaimed wood by 118 Designs (Photo courtesy of 118 Designs)...
Rachel Belle

Union Gospel Mission’s 118 Designs is turning Seattle gangsters into craftsmen

118 Designs is a program for former South Seattle gang members, who are making their first real paychecks by making furniture. The program also offers job training and bible study.
11 years ago
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Rachel Belle

Good night and good luck: Why do radio and TV broadcasters speak in that funny voice?

The history of the broadcast voice: clear, authoritative, accent free, lots of pauses and definitely unnatural.
11 years ago
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Rachel Belle

The magical mysteries of breast milk, revealed

Breast milk contains all the vitamins and nutrients a baby needs to thrive for the first six months of its life. But mother's milk is about so much more than just eating.
11 years ago
For housebound and homeless people, the feeling of vulnerability surrounding a natural disaster is ...
Rachel Belle

How would housebound and homeless people survive a natural disaster?

After that frightening 'New Yorker' article came out, warning us that a big earthquake is bound to destroy the region, many of us started to prepare. But who will help the region's most vulnerable population?
11 years ago
A ‘Black Lives Matter’ textbook is slated for a January 2016 release. Written by a coll...
Rachel Belle

A ‘Black Lives Matter’ textbook is coming for middle and high schoolers

A 'Black Lives Matter' textbook is slated for a January 2016 release. Written by a college professor and a journalist, it is intended for grades 6-12, and is Common Core approved.
11 years ago
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Rachel Belle

Will the Seahawks defy superstition and wear lime green jerseys this season?

In 2009, the Seahawks wore lime green jerseys when they lost to the Chicago Bears. Superstition arose over the color. The 2015 training camp featured the same lime green, leading many to wonder if we'll see it return.
11 years ago
Some of the Kids4Peace campers from this year. (Photo courtesy of Kids4Peace)...
Rachel Belle

Jewish, Muslim and Christian kids from the US and Jerusalem come together at a Seattle summer camp

Kids4Peace summer camp brings Jewish, Muslim and Christian 12 year olds from Washington state together with 12 year old Palestinians and Israelis, from Jerusalem, for 12 days.
11 years ago
If you eat processed foods, you’re basically eating gussied up military rations. A new book s...
Rachel Belle

Cheetos, lunch meat and juice boxes were brought to you by the US military

If you eat processed foods, you're basically eating gussied up military rations. A new book shows how wartime military rations made their way into our supermarkets.
11 years ago