- Why GameWorks stayed in Seattle.
- The well being of our dogs, and us, could possibly be associated.
- Things may get smoky once more.
This submit initially appeared in KUOW’s Today So Far newsletter for Aug. 25, 2023.
It’s not that I want GameWorks to move to Bellevue. Rather, Bellevue has a serious lack of pinball machines. If GameWorks did transfer throughout Lake Washington, it might almost double the variety of pinball machines in that metropolis, which is presently six. Luckily for Seattle, GameWorks is staying proper the place it’s in downtown. But as Soundside reviews, a transfer to Bellevue was on the desk when the arcade just lately bumped into Seattle’s “enjoyable tax.” The payment on amusement gadgets positioned a hefty price ticket on working within the metropolis. The Seattle City Council just nixed this feeso all is sweet. But the incident led Soundside down the (typically violent) historical past of Seattle’s amusement trade. Now, on a private notice, GameWorks, you solely have 4 pinball machines your self, so let’s work on that.
You need to interact with people in your life for good health. We know this because dogs need social interaction. This is one takeaway from an ageing research over at UW Medicine. One of the researchers advised KUOW there’s lots of overlap between good well being habits of people and dogs — good sleep, food plan, and train. Another issue is socializing, simply interacting with individuals. There is proof that folks do higher if we hang around with others. According to this research, it is the identical for dogs. In truth, dogs appear to do higher when there’s one other canine within the home, or with households.
Be aware this weekend: It could get smoky. Not almost as smoky as final weekend, when Seattle briefly had the worst air high quality on this planet (which, I’m fairly positive at the least 1 / 4 of that haze got here from the Japanese Breakfast present at Zoo Tunes). But this weekend could possibly be sufficient for the area to dip down into “average” air high quality. I deliver this up as a result of there’s additionally a purple flag warning within the central Cascades (proper subsequent to the Seattle-Bellevue-Tacoma space) that officers are carefully watching. That’s fancy Weather Service discuss for, “Holy poopy, if a hearth began, it might be tremendous dangerous!” Conditions have aligned in order that if a hearth emerged on our facet of the mountains, it might unfold quick. That may imply extra smoke.
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James E. Tillman, Viking scientist and University of Washington professor in his office at The Viking Computing Facility. This division collected knowledge for NASA from the Viking lander on Mars. The lander arrived on the floor of the purple planet in 1976. Tillman processed the information concerning the planet at UW till 1982. It was the primary on-the-scene info coming from Mars. (Courtesy of Rachel Tillman)
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NASA’s Viking 1 and Viking 2 missions have been the primary to ever land a tool on Mars. Each Viking had an orbiter and a lander. The orbiter collected knowledge from above Mars, whereas the lander roamed the floor. Part of this mission was to find out if there was life on Mars. Neither rover discovered conclusive proof of life, nevertheless it did ship again the primary photos of Mars from its floor, and offered necessary knowledge concerning the planet’s chemistry. It took Viking 1 and Viking 2 a complete of 11 months to journey from Earth to Mars. The Viking 1 lander touched down on July 20, 1976, which was the seventh anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon touchdown. Both Viking missions have been slated to final 90 days, however every orbiter continued to operate for just a few years. The Viking 1 orbiter stopped transmitting in 1980, and the Viking 2 orbiter stopped transmitting in 1978.
