My Where's George Week in Review: 03/24/13 - 03/30/13

Hover over this explanation for more detailsThe nerd that I am, I chose to post once a week a summary of my previous week's Where's George activity in comparision to my goals for the year.

In order to make the charts fit, I had to abreviate the column headers. Each header is hoverable for an explanation.

In the past week, I got 36 hits in 5 States [CA³², CT, MN, NY, WA]. Of those hits, 1 was the 4^th hit on the bill, 1 was the 3^rd hit on the bill, 7 were the 2^nd hit on the bill, and the rest (27) were the initial hit on the bill. Below is a calendar view of the hits throughout the week:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
6	4	6	2	7	5	6

I came into the week with a 44 day hit streak. I got a hit on every day of this week which extended the streak to 51 days: good for my 7^th longest streak all-time. Here's a look at my all-time ten longest hit streaks:

Rank	Start Date	End Date	Days		Rank	Start Date	End Date	Days
1.	10/07/2012	01/02/2013	88		6.	06/24/2012	08/16/2012	54
2.	12/28/2011	03/17/2012	81		7.	02/08/2013	03/30/2013	51
3.	04/13/2011	06/30/2011	79		8.	04/04/2012	05/21/2012	48
4.	07/28/2011	09/23/2011	58		9.	01/04/2013	02/06/2013	34
5.	09/26/2011	11/18/2011	54		10.	07/21/2010	08/21/2010	32

Of the 5 States in which I received hits this past week, 1 were the first hit for that State in 2013: MN. Overall I've received hits in 30 States in 2013. Here's how that stands towards my goal of 46 States hit:

0         51

Previous New Still Needed for Goal Beyond Goal

The hit in Minnesota was my first since May of 2012.

I didn't get any hits in previously unhit counties in the past week leaving my total of counties hit at 502. I set a goal of 98 new counties hit in 2013, and here's a look at my progress towards that goal:

483     581

Previous Still Needed for Goal

Of the bills hit in the past week, the longest active bill from the bunch was re-entered 4 Years 9 Days 5 Hours 28 Minutes after I originally entered it. That bill is now 8^th on my all-time longest active list. My top ten longest active bills list is now:

Rank	Bill Info			Time Active	Last Update	Hits
1.	$10	2003	DL947---91A	4 Years 238 Days 13 Hours 41 Minutes	03/08/2013	2
2.	$1	2003A	L4532---3K	4 Years 200 Days 22 Minutes	10/12/2012	1
3.	$1	2003A	L3475---2C	4 Years 165 Days 9 Hours 56 Minutes	02/04/2013	2
4.	$10	2006	IB188---86B	4 Years 103 Days 18 Hours 40 Minutes	03/20/2013	1
5.	$5	2003	DL906---99C	4 Years 56 Days 48 Minutes	09/11/2012	1
6.	$1	2006	H9275---2A	4 Years 17 Days 1 Minute	09/14/2012	2
7.	$1	2006	I8453---4A	4 Years 12 Days 21 Hours 41 Minutes	02/15/2013	1
8.	$1	2006	I8180---6A	4 Years 9 Days 5 Hours 28 Minutes	03/30/2013	3
9.	$10	2006	IB639---42A	4 Years 3 Days 22 Hours 55 Minutes	06/13/2012	1
10.	$20	2004A	GL471---77A	4 Years 1 Day 8 Hours 16 Minutes	11/15/2012	1

This bill is my first 3 hit bill to make my top ten longest active. Additionally, as I mentioned last week, since this bill was active for more than 4 years, all of the bills in my top ten have been active for at least 4 years.

I made predictions regarding bill entries and hits and new bills with hits for 2013. Here's a look at how I'm doing towards those predictions:

	SoYStart of Year	SoWStart of Week	EoWEnd of Week	WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year	PPrediction (for Year)	P/WPrediction for Week: A Week's Share of the Total	PtDPrediction to Date: The Portion of the Prediction that should be Completed so Far	WvPWeek versus Prediction: How the Week's Numbers Stack Up Against the P/W	DvPDate versus Prediction: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the PtD
Bills Entered	22920	24292	24440	148	1520	28920	115.1	24383	+33	+57
Bills with Hits	3704	3978	4005	27	301	5074	26.3	4038	+1	-33
Total Hits	4330	4661	4697	36	367	6030	32.6	4745	+3	-48

Another good week for all three stats. If I can continue to have slightly positive weeks for total hits and bills with hits for the rest of the year, I'll be able to make up my current deficit.

At the current rate I'm entering bills in 2013, I'll end up with 6234 bills entered. To hit my goal of 6000 entries, I'll need to just average 113.6 bills per week for the rest of the year.

Looking at my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 87.64% so the goal is 88.64%), my percentage is now 87.98% [+0.35%].

	SoYStart of Year	SoWStart of Week	EoWEnd of Week	WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year	GGoal: Number of Total Ones Needed by the End of the Year Based on the Prediction of 6000 Bill Entries This Year	GfWGoal for Week: This Week's Portion of the Goal Based on the Number of Bills Entered in the Week	GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers of One Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Met the Overall Goal	WvGWeek versus Goal: How the Week's Numbers Stack Up Against the GfW	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD
$1s Entered	20086	21364	21503	139	1417	25634	136.9	21492	+2	+11
Dynamic GoalProgress towards the goal based on my actual rate of entering bills per day which would result in 6233.70786516854 entries this year rather than 6000						25841	136.6	21490	+2	+13

Regarding my goal of increasing my non-San Francisco FRB entries, here's a table of my current progress:

	SoYStart of Year	SoY%Percentage of Overall at Start of Year	SoWStart of Week	SoW%Percentage of Overall at Start of Week	EoWEnd of Week	EoW%Percentage of Overall at End of Week	G%Goal Percentage	GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Meet the Overall Goal	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD	#IBNumber of Inserted Bills
Boston "A"	781	3.41%	832	3.42%	841	3.44%	3.51%	841	0	29
New York "B"	1691	7.38%	1806	7.43%	1830	7.49%	7.58%	1818	+12	26
Philadelphia "C"	656	2.86%	701	2.89%	712	2.91%	2.96%	707	+5	21
Cleveland "D"	819	3.57%	889	3.66%	893	3.65%	3.67%	881	+12	0
Richmond "E"	1569	6.85%	1680	6.92%	1687	6.90%	7.05%	1688	-1	1
Atlanta "F"	2096	9.14%	2258	9.30%	2277	9.32%	9.64%	2271	+6	11
Chicago "G"	1502	6.55%	1612	6.64%	1624	6.64%	6.75%	1616	+8	4
St. Louis "H"	740	3.23%	791	3.26%	796	3.26%	3.33%	797	-1	16
Minneapolis "I"	602	2.63%	644	2.65%	649	2.66%	2.73%	650	-1	37
Kansas City "J"	558	2.43%	596	2.45%	600	2.45%	2.53%	603	-3	31
Dallas "K"	953	4.16%	1003	4.13%	1033	4.23%	4.36%	1031	+2	34

After being slightly behind for most of the year, New York ("B") bills are now tied for being farthest ahead of goal. The most recent set of bills I picked up from the bank had unusually large numbers of "B", "F", and "G" bills, so I expect those will continue to gain in the next week.

This week I got my 4^th three hit/four State bill which traveled from California -> Massachusetts -> Vermont -> Connecticut. Additionally I got my 48^th two hit/three State bill which traveled from California -> Hawaii -> Minnesota. [When a bill gets it's third hit (such as my new three hit/four State bill), I no longer count it towards my total of two hit/three States bills. That's why this bill is the 48^th as was the last one I got.]

My wife found a new wild for me this past week. It traveled 49 Days 7 Hours 54 Minutes to us from Hanford, CA. Both side had the same two line blue stamp:

It was a great week for me in regards to Georging. I received a lot of hits including my 7^th 4 hit bill, my hit streak continued, gained another top ten active bill, and adding another wild to my list. Hard to think that a week could be much more exciting than this one.