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            With the freedom that comes with a random blog post, I decided to dedicate this post to the upcoming season of the Seattle Seahawks-my favorite team in the world. Being born and raised in Seattle I have been consistently molded into the die-hard fan I am today. Because of the recent success the Seahawks have had I am often accused of being a “band wagon” fan that has just recently  been rooting for the team. However, that is far from the case. I remember being 10 years old and yelling at the refs on TV after the controversial loss to the Steelers in the 2005 Super Bowl. Or when Mike Holmgren didn’t allow Shaun Alexander to play the final quarter in the 2006 season to get him over 2000 yards rushing and to become the undisputed rushing leader of the year. After that we had a few tough years under Jim Mora and then the greatest coach in history Pete Carroll. But fortunately our division was so bad that Pete led us to...

Crypto-currency: Boom or Bust? In 1971 President Richard Nixon drastically altered the future of financial exchanges by separating the US dollar from gold and thus creating the free-floating fiat currency (paper money) market we are familiar with today. But, there was no way for him to know how monumental that change would be come 2017 when currency is now shifting from the tangible fiat to the digital. Many people who watch the news may be familiar with the most famous crypto-currency Bitcoin. However, there are hundreds more of these types of currencies out on the market today. In this article we will first define what is crypto-currency and how it’s used, then look at the brief history of crypto-currency, how it is set up through secure block chains, and what its future looks like. Crypto-Currency: There is no central regulated authority (such as the Federal Reserve for the US dollar) that governs crypto-currencies, which you’ll see is a main attraction for buy...

Finding Pluto has been one of the first books I have actually finished front to back in a long time. I have a bad habit of starting a book and giving up on it about 75% in because I either get sidetracked on my next book or get bored of it. Pluto did not disappoint like those other books did. Mike Brown allowed the reader to become very engaged in his hunt for the 10th planet by continually keeping you on your toes on whether this new object he found was the allusive planet or not. You can tell that Brown is very smart and very well accomplished in his field but he is able to "dumb down" his search for the inexperienced reader such as myself. I have always been fascinated with space and planets but never was able to get over the hurdle of all the technical jargon that astrophysicists use. Throughout the book I was very intrigued on his search for the planet and his steps in searching for it. But I also really enjoyed hearing about his personal life and how that affected his...

Crypto-currency: Boom or Bust? In 1971 President Richard Nixon drastically altered the future of financial exchanges by separating the US dollar from gold and thus creating the free-floating fiat currency market we are familiar with today. But, there was no way for him to know how monumental that change would be come 2017 when currency is now shifting from the tangible fiat or paper money to the digital.   Many people who watch the news may be familiar with the most famous crypto-currency Bitcoin. However, there are hundreds more of these types of currencies out on the market today. In this article we will first define what is crypto-currency and how it’s used, then look at the brief history of crypto-currency, how it is set up through secure block chains, and what its future looks like. Crypto-Currency: There is no central regulated authority (such as the Federal Reserve for the US dollar) that governs crypto-currencies, which you’ll see is a main attraction for buye...

While only being about half way through the book, I have found How I Killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming by Mike Brown to be very informative and engaging. Growing up I was always fascinated by the universe and more specifically our solar system. For my 14th birthday I got a telescope and would often use it at night to try and find planets or look at the moon. My experience growing up was very similar to that of Mike Brown except instead he actually grew up and continued in this passion. I remember in the mid 2000s when there was an  uproar because Pluto was taken off the list of planets in our solar system. I grew up learning about Pluto and became comfortable with its place in our planetary system. And much like everyone else, I was upset when it was taken off. However, I never really learned why or how it was removed from the list and never really thought about it again until I started this book. I have really enjoyed learning about all the hard work that Mr. Brown had to go t...