“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” – Winston Churchill We had our first 28-hand of the season this week -- Congratulations to Ernie Hodgson! Also, We've got a few folks who are close to their first (or next) award. For Bronze, Jennifer is 65 points away, and Joe 110 -- both of which are achievable this season. Frank is close to his Silver, needing only 58 more GRPs. Good luck to us!! We had 20 players this week, meaning we paid out four places and three teams. Tom Goeschel took 1st with a 16 / 8 / 119 Larry Phifer took 2nd with a 16 / 7 / 131 Joseph Greiner took 3rd with a 14 / 6 / 81 Jennifer Johnson took 4th with a 13 / 6 / 49 First team (21 / 10 / 82) went to Mike Due (12) and Andy Wagner (9) Second team (21 / 10 / 58) went to Jerry Gooden (12) and Bernard Whitfield (9) Third team (20 / 9 / -48) went to Roger Doenges (10) and Jeff Raynes (10) Joe has extended his lead to more than 20 points over the nearest competitor. There are clumps of close in the top 10 -- see for yourself below. For the smarties, on this date in 1908, Albert Einstein presented his quantum theory of light. Albert Einstein managed to devise all of his theories on relativity and light using the power of his mind and mental experiments. While working as a clerk at the Bern Swiss Patent Office in 1905, the slow-talking daydreamer was quietly working out unique ideas. Therefore, Einstein proved the power of imagination and downtime to increase productivity and innovation, while simultaneously disproving busywork alone gets anyone anywhere. 1905 was considered to be Einstein’s year of miracles, as he published four mind-blowing articles on theoretical physics that year. Einstein may have worked as a clerk for his day job, but his side hustle was debating wild ideas about physics and holding onto a doctoral candidacy. The modern science world agreed on what they understood about light, but certain fundamentals about mechanics needed to be worked out. In 1908, Einstein presented his Quantum Theory of Light, which divulged that light operated at a constant speed despite space and time, and that light was composed of tiny particles which gave it a wavelike function. This year in 1959 saw Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii). Though a relatively short-lived event (November 14 to December 20, 1959) it produced some of Kīlauea's most spectacular lava fountains of the 20th century. Most importantly, the eruption provided some of the first measurable data about the magma reservoir system at Kīlauea. An erupting fissure of small lava fountains broke through the south wall of Kīlauea Iki Crater at 8:08 p.m. By 9:30 p.m., the fissure system was 985 yd long, and the fountains grew from 50 to 100 ft high. Lava cascaded down the steep forested slopes about 330 ft to the bottom of the crater, where it pooled in a growing pond of lava. In the first 24 hours, activity decreased and then eventually ceased at the outermost fissure vents. By nightfall on November 15, only a single vent on the west side of the fissure remained active. As lava fountains along the fissures stopped, the volume of lava erupted by the single vent increased, and fountain heights rose to 200 ft by November 16. On this day in 1960, Ray Charles' single "Georgia On My Mind" reached #1. One of my favorites… "Georgia on My Mind" is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell and first recorded that same year by Hoagy Carmichael. However, the song has been most often associated with soul singer Ray Charles, who was a native of the U.S. state of Georgia and recorded it for his 1960 album The Genius Hits the Road. In 1979, the State of Georgia designated Ray Charles' version the official state song. Jerry Gooden had two pairs, Js and 5s Jennifer Johnson had a diamond flush Andy Wagner had two pairs, Js and 9s. Saturday is our GRRT -- 9am registration, 9:30am start. If I don't see you then, see ya'll Monday!
~ Jennifer
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