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Golf's British Open will still be wide open without Tiger Woods
Written By: Micah Roberts
Published: Jul 12, 2011
The Las Vegas Hilton Super Book's Jeff Sherman has been setting lines and handicapping golf for over 15 years and expects this weekend's British Open to be as wide open as ever.
And, it's not just because Tiger Woods isn't playing.
"There are so many live golfers that are currently in great form like a Retief Goosen (40-1) and Justin Rose (40-1) that it wouldn't be shocking to see anyone listed at odds in the 60-1 range payout."
Surprisingly, the loss of Woods isn't expected to hurt handle for the weekend, considering he's the biggest name in golf. But it's apparent most fans have moved on from the drama of Woods. While most would like to see him come back, there are plenty of storylines coming into this year's Open at the Royal St. George Golf Club that are sure to create their own drama on the course.
"Our overall handle throughout the season has been amazing, both with Tiger and without him," said Sherman. "We set a record handle in the Masters with Woods, but we also did more action than all previous U.S. Open's this year without him. I think bettors like having the chance of hitting a big price. Without Woods playing and others winning at large prices recently, that perception of winning big is justified."
Rory McIlroy also has a lot to do with capturing the attention of new and old fans as he's been the major story at both the Masters and U.S. Open this year. His agonizing defeat on the final day at Augusta while leading had all sports fans rooting for him to hold on in the U.S. Open. Not only did he hold on, but he crushed the field in record fashion.
"We opened McIlroy up at 6-1 odds, but since have dropped him to 7 and now 8-1, not because people aren't betting him – they are – but because the risk on some of the larger odds has become big enough that we can balance the liability out better and quicker by offering McIlroy, a popular bet, with higher odds."
Sherman has only three golfers lower than 20-to-1 in an odds to win index for the Open that has the lowest theoretic hold in Nevada. Sherman's main piece of advice when betting this week – especially in matchups – is to check the weather reports at the course.
"Weather can wreak havoc and it's important to note what time your player tees off at and who he's matched up against, and when he tees off. The later you can bet the matchups while acquiring those wind reports, the better off players will be with that information."
Sherman has also seen a trend of bettors favoring the European golfers in odds to win and matchups. His golfers to watch this week who could be good plays are Charles Howell, Goosen and Rose. He notes that Howell (100-1) is playing well and has finished in the top-five of his last three tournaments.
The Las Vegas Hilton will have daily matchups for each round, but unfortunately won't have in-running wagering on the event like they have for the other majors because of the time difference.
It's an odd numbered year, so International soccer isn't as significant as it normally is in June and July with either the World Cup or Euro Cup, but the women's USA team is slowly capturing the fancy of American sports fans in the Women's World Cup played in Germany.
The USA reached the semifinal and will face France Wednesday. Most sports books didn't have any intention of booking the daily matches thinking there wouldn't be a demand for it, but after getting so many requests and several books offering it almost forced everyone to do the same.
The USA is -½ (-110) in their match against France with a total of 2½ (under -170). After their exciting short handed quarterfinal win over Brazil last Sunday, there is a little buzz created that will translate well to the windows. It won't come close to what the men's World Cup matches do, but it is a nice piece of cash coming through the bet windows that wasn't expected.
Viva Mexico
After watching the crop of kids playing for Mexico win the Under-17 World Cup that just concluded, Mexico should be considered a live dog to win the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. They are currently 40-1 to win it all. While it may seem like a very long term investment, by tournament time, those odds will all be gone.
After witnessing what the national team did in the Gold Cup with perhaps the best young player in the world in Javier Hernandez, I was reminded of some of the old attacking Brazil teams who scored at will. When they add Julio Gomez and a couple of the other Under-17 emerging stars to the national team, they will score a lot of goals against teams favored more than them right now.
NFL Props
Everyone in Las Vegas is eagerly waiting for the NFL and players to get a deal straightened out soon. Then we can get on with our normal lives in July.
Usually at this juncture, bettors are closely examining the NFL season win totals and betting with conviction against the sports book number. The line movement on these totals are a great indicator as to who the sharps like this season and where they stand with their initial power ratings.
We already have all the season lines for all 17 weeks posted at the Hilton and Cantor Gaming sports books, but the lack of season wins out right now is the first sign in Vegas something in not going as usual because of the lockout.
Many of the books are waiting until all the key free-agents are signed, which should be a mad rush when the lockout is over. The free-agent signing period will be at such a frenzied pace the NFL Network should dedicate a show – or a day entirely – to all the transactions that take place within a short period of time.
It'll be like a contraction draft of sorts.
While we still wait for the season totals, Lucky's sports books offers an index prop on players to have the highest rushing, receiving and passing totals this season.
Houston's Arian Foster is the 4-1 favorite to win the rushing title with Jamaal Charles next at 5-1. Andre Johnson is favored to have the most receiving yards at 9-2 with Denver's Brandon Lloyd and Atlanta's Roddy White next at 7-1.
Peyton Manning is the favorite to have the most passing yards at 9-2 with Drew Brees at 5-1.
The prop specifies you have action no matter how many regular season games are played this season.
Micah Roberts


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Q: I have two windows forms and I want to open them one after the other My MainForm opens fine but I cant figure out how to get the second form to open. I read somewhere that I can only have one open at a time? In any case I want the second form to open first and then my mainform to open afterwards.
The issue I'm running into is, that InitializeComponent(); can't be accessed by any form other than the one that its attached to (as far as I've been able to find out).
Any ideas on what I'm supposed to do would be great as I'm still in the learning phase and my searching skills haven't turned up anything of use.

A: You should create an instance of a form and then open it:
Form1 form = new Form1();
form.Show();

A: Try with this:
static class Program
     {
        [STAThread]
          static void Main()
            {
              Application.EnableVisualStyles();
              Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);

              var thread = new Thread(ThreadStart);
              thread.TrySetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
              thread.Start();

              Application.Run(new Form1());
            }

            private static void ThreadStart()
            {
              Application.Run(new Form2());
            }
     }

A: You can  use this code in the Form1.cs:
Form2 tempForm = new Form2();
this.AddOwnedForm(tempForm);
tempForm.Show();

A: When you run you application, as you may already know, main() is the entry point for your application. In your main() you will be able to find the following code which initialize and show which form should be loaded first.
Application.Run(new Form1());

In this case the Form1 is loaded and shown. If you want to show your 2nd form as soon as Form1 is loaded, You can put the following code in your Form1_Load -
private void Form1_load(object send, EventArgs e)
{
      Form2 newForm = new Form2;
      newForm.show();
}

Hope that helps :)

A: You can also use
Form.showDialog()

Its the same as show() but it returns a False boolean value when the form is closed.
Example:
if(Form.showDialog() != true)
{
    // Form is now closed. Do something
}

I find this one more useful in case you suddenly need something.

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Discussion in 'Introductions' started by KaYaZ, Jun 26, 2004.
I think the next word is, "Hike".
the first two things are generelly giberish but sometimes contain last minute changes to plans depending on the "defense"
Just talking about your first post and correcting phuzz on how no one would really use "Hike"
Hello there, my good friend, KaYaZ! How's it going? Welcome to GBAtemp!
Heya bud I see things are going well 4 ya.
Hey, welcome KaYaZ! I like your site. Enjoy your time spent here at "Hotel GBA", I'm pretty new myself, and enjoying it immensely.
You know ... yello isn't my favorite color... personally its barf green! next to that i like jello!


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Cannabis Stock News: Molecule (CSE: MLCL) Partners with Great White North Growers to Sell Into the Quebec Cannabis Market
Ottawa, Ontario – June 18, 2021 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Molecule Holdings Inc. (CSE: MLCL) ("Molecule" or the "Company"), a Canadian craft-focused cannabis beverage production company, is pleased to announce that the company has entered into a sales amendment partnership with Great White North Growers ("GWNG") to sell into Quebec, via the Societe quebecoise du cannabis ("SQDC"), Quebec's exclusive wholesale and retail distributor for the province.
"We are excited to enter the Quebec market. We feel our unique family of beverages together with GWNG's experience and highly Quebec-centric focus is a winning combination. Entering Quebec is the first step in our national expansion, expecting to now pick-up speed since launching in Ontario in April," said Phil Waddington, President and CEO of Molecule.
"The decision to partner with Molecule makes good business sense for both companies. This partnership brings together a world-class product development and manufacturing team with a knowledgeable and experienced Quebec operator. We look forward to getting started right away," commented GWNG President and CEO Peter Schissler.
MOLECULE HOLDINGS INC.
Per: "Philip Waddington"
Andre Audet, Chairman and Co-Founder
Phone: 1 (888) 665-2853 x101
www.molecule.ca
About Molecule Holdings Inc.
Molecule works with client-partners to engage in the production of cannabis-infused beverages and edibles. We provide the infrastructure, know-how, technology, and licensing for craft producers to create consumable cannabis products. Molecule's goal is to be the on-ramp for companies wishing to enter into the cannabis beverage and edibles market, but who choose not to go through the significant process of obtaining the required cannabis licences.
About Great White North Growers
GWNG is a privately held producer of premium pharmaceutical grade medical and recreational cannabis, based out of the Ville d'Anjou, a borough of the island of Montreal. GWNG's skilled team of legacy growers cultivates premium cannabis with a state-of-the-art vertical aeroponic growing system. Great White North Growers embraces an organizational culture of operational excellence, environmental consciousness, social responsibility, and entrepreneurial attitude.
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its regulation services provider accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
Certain statements contained in this news release may constitute forward-looking information.
Forward-looking information is often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "anticipate", "plan", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "intend", "should", and similar expressions. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking information. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in this forward-looking information as a result of regulatory decisions, competitive factors in the industries in which the Company operates, prevailing economic conditions, and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. In this news release, the Company is making forward-looking statements with respect to rolling out nationally and selling into the Province of Quebec. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking information are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking information should not be unduly relied upon. Any forward-looking information contained in this news release represents the Company's expectations as of the date hereof and is subject to change after such date. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities legislation.
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A WOMAN has set off on an epic 1,000km voyage to circumnavigate Wales on a stand-up paddle board.
Sian Sykes set off from Connah's Quay at 12.45pm on Tuesday and caught the rising tide to Chester.
From there Sian hopes to use inland rivers and canals to navigate her way along the Welsh border to the the River Severn and open the sea at the Bristol Channel.
Sian said she is carrying enough supplies on her 12-foot board to last for ten days but she hopes to finish the journey in two months.
"I'm raising money for Surfers Against Sewage, North Wales Wildlife Trust and the RNLI," said Sian who is originally from Llangollen but now lives in Llangaffo on Anglesey.
"It's also my goal to raise awareness of single use plastic, marine litter and the plastic pollution crisis.
"I'm hoping to cover 35 kilometres a day, depending on the conditions, and I've allowed two months for the whole trip.
"I'm apprehensive about the journey and I'm pleased the Beast from the East has finally gone.
"I'll be wild camping along the way and people can follow my progress on my Facebook page @SupAgainstSup.
"I've been training hard for it and it's all come together and I'm pleased to be on my way," she said.
Sian will be paddling a Starboard paddle board which weighs 15kg without the 10-days rations and spare clothing strapped to it.
Local fan Glyn Hughes from Connah's Quay said he came down to the dock to wish Sian all the best for her journey.
"I've been a fan for a while now and followed Sian on Countryfile and when she paddled around Anglesey," said Mr Hughes.
"It's great to see her doing this trip and it will promote Wales and a lot of good causes.
"My daughter Elizabeth used to swim for Wales and I will encourage her to take up paddle boarding," he said.
Also on the dock to see her off were Sian's mother and father Jane and Dennis Sykes.
Mrs Sykes said she and her husband were "immensely proud" of their daughter but had some concerns for parts of the voyage.
"I'm not too worried about the canals and rivers but she has to go through the Bristol Channel which is very fast flowing," she said.
"There are military firing ranges around the Welsh coast and they have been brilliant with us especially in Manorbier.
"We are very proud of her and she gives 100 per cent to everything she does in her life," she said.


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At long last the dates for the Gujarat Assembly polls have been announced.
Yesterday Chief Election Commissioner A.K. Joti disclosed to the media that voting for the crucial electoral contest in the State will take place or December 9 and 14—the polling will be held in the first phase for 89 seats across 19 districts, and in the second phase for 93 seats in 14 districts—and the results will be out on December 18.
With the announcement of the poll schedule, the Model Code of Conduct has come into immediate effect. However, hours before the EC announce-ment the Gujarat Government rained in massive sops to beat the model code.
Hours before the EC announcement, Gujarat rained more sops to beat the model code. In Vadodara, its Mayor laid foundation stones for three government works in the city while his counterpart in Rajkot announced a Rs 95-crore housing scheme for municipal employees and laid foundation stones for two water distribution projects.
The EC's decision not to impose the Model Code of Conduct in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh on the same day—on October 12, it announced polls for Himachal Pradesh but not Gujarat—drew criticism from several quarters including former CECs. The Opposition Congress alleged that the dates were delayed to give the ruling BJP an advantage.
It's not going to be easy for the BJP. The job market has all but collapsed... Scheduled Castes have started organising themselves. People are unhappy.
For the first time in three decades, the Congress is calling the shots and the BJP is reacting. But it remains to be seen if the support gets translated into votes.
Meanwhile, the BJP hotheads continue with their anti-Muslim tirade. Thus BJP lawmaker Sangeet Som's attack on the Taj Mahal as a "blot on Indian culture" built by "traitors" has not evoked any protest from the ruling dispensations in UP and at the Centre. The State CM has, however, made a series of different pronouncements but not in any way contradicting Som. Nonetheless, his (Yogi Adityanath's) visit to the Taj today has provoked former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav to mock and say that it must have been a "miracle of Bhagwan Ram" which brought the Yogi to the monument of love.
...the Indian state is the de facto custodian of the historical sites contained within the nation's borders, including Mughal monuments. Recent politically-charged statements and actions designed to erode the crucial role of the Mughals in Indian history raise the question of how much longer the Indian state will serve as a responsible caretaker for monuments that are much beloved across the world.
In the midst of a series of such sectarian and authoritarian actions by those in charge of administrations at the Centre and in the States—like the highly controversial legislation in Rajasthan to muzzle the press and shield judges and government servants from investigations into any wrongdoing, something which has been thankfully ultimately sent to cold storage (a Select Committee)— the situation is becoming increasingly bizarre and warrants an unequivocal denunciation from the people at large.


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Q: Can one use k-fold cv and holdout analysis together? I would like to start by saying i have just started using cross-validation, so please bear with me if the questions seems very trivial.
I am reviewing someones work where the person has used k-fold cross validation and holdouts concurrently.
What the person has done is split the data into 5-folds for model selection. I follow the approach upto this point. Next what he claims to have done is use holdout analysis but what he has really done is iterate the process of building the model on each fold 10 times. I am not sure if this can be called as holdout analysis, but as stated above i am very new to this.
So is this approach right? or more importantly is it wrong, because if the 10 iterations are just redundant then i am ok with that as long as it is not fundamentally wrong.
Another quick doubt, is there a case where k-fold is used along with holdout analysis because based on my understanding they are two ways of validating a model or selecting a model.

A: It isn't voodoo - there is a specific purpose behind each approach.  If you understand the purpose and how it leads to the approach, then it makes sense (or shows the lack thereof) for variations on the theme.
The goal of the process is to get "generalization without over-fitting".  That means you fit the model to the signal, but not the noise.  If you fit this samples noise, then your model is actually worse on the next sample because the noise is random - nobody knows what it is going to be next time around.
The purpose of hold-out is to have a way to test for over-fitting.  If the training error and validation or test error suddenly diverge, then you have a problem.
The problem with holdout is that you are not accessing all of the information.  What if you kept training-important data in the hold-out set?  An answer to that is cross-validation.  It gives the same generalization - the same not over-fitting to the noise - that you get from the holdout, but it gives every piece of data a chance to speak once or twice.
CV is meant to over-come the weakness of the holdout: use all the data to fit the model and still get a signal for over-fit based on not fitting some portion of the data.
Combining them means the actual data was trained on less than the hold-out set.  It makes for weaker models.


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Q: How did this character die? Just finished the last boss fight but don't feel this question got answered at all.

It is about Faye

Speculuation: I'm left with with what I know, I would assume she should be reasonably healthy/fit and athletic (Kratos thought she fought beautifully, she was a former owner of heavy leviathan axe).

A: We don't get any information in game about the cause of death, because Kratos doesn't like talking about it.
But considering his lack of anger at someone/thing, I guess she died of an illness.
It is also a possibility she killed herself, so that Kratos and Atreus would begin their journey.


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Q: Entity Framework making wrong property relations I have a database with a lot of tables created using code-first.
3 of the tables are
public class Machine
{
    [Key]
    public long ID { get; set; }
    ...
    public virtual MachineTypeApprovalHist MachineTypeApproval { get; set; }

}

public class MachineTypeApprovalHist
{
    [Key]
    public long ID { get; internal set; }
    ...
}

public class MachineTypeApproval
{
    [Key]
    public long ID { get; set; }
    ...
}

The weird thing is that EF creates a foreign key from Machine to MachineTypeApproval (not MachineTypeApprovalHist as it should!).
I found out after long time of debugging by looking in the database table directly to see the relations between the tables. The error I got was
The UPDATE statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint "FK_dbo.Machines_dbo.MachineTypeApprovals_MachineTypeApproval_ID". The conflict occurred in database "ATPData", table "dbo.MachineTypeApprovals", column 'ID'.
The statement has been terminated.
The error comes because it tries to use a ID from MachineTypeApprovalHist that is not in MachineTypeApprovals.
I have tried to rename the property MachineTypeApproval to TypeApproval and making a new migration, but it only renamed the table column and index.
I cannot recreate the database from scratch since I will lose my data, so what can I do to fix this?

A: public class DatabaseContext : DbContext
{
    protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        modelBuilder
            .Entity<Machine>()
            .HasOptional(_ => _.MachineTypeApproval)
            .WithMany();
    }
}

will generate these SQL statements:
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Machines] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_dbo.Machines_dbo.MachineTypeApprovalHists_MachineTypeApproval_ID] FOREIGN KEY([MachineTypeApproval_ID])
REFERENCES [dbo].[MachineTypeApprovalHists] ([ID])
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Machines] CHECK CONSTRAINT [FK_dbo.Machines_dbo.MachineTypeApprovalHists_MachineTypeApproval_ID]
GO

A: I found a way to fix this, though I feel it should be easier.
The way I did it was to add another property to my Machine class to replace the first one.
public class Machine
{
    [Key]
    public long ID { get; set; }
    ...
    public virtual MachineTypeApprovalHist MachineTypeApproval { get; set; }

    //new property
    public virtual MachineTypeApprovalHist TypeApproval {get; set;}
}

then I made a new migration which creates a new columns with foreign key to the correct table.
Now, I couldn't just remove my original property and update the database since I would lose data. So first i removed the original property MachineTypeApproval from Machine class, then adding a new migration, adding to that migrations Up method the following on the first line before any other call
Sql("update [dbo].Machines set TypeApproval_ID = MachineTypeApproval_ID ");

In this way the first migration correctly creates the new property, the second migration copies data from the old column to the new, and the second migration removes the old column, and my model and db is now correct.
I just hate that I need two migrations to do this. Also it looks like EF uses the property names BEFORE the property type to determine which table to use, which seems totally crazy to me


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0967199415000532
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 October 2015
The lack of preventive policy legislation and the low removal rate of organic pollutants in conventional potabilization treatments lead to some of them being present in drinking water. The problem arises because some of these substances have detrimental effects on human reproduction health, via females, via males or even both. In this work, we established the zebrafish as a bioindicator of these types of substances with the goal of discriminating the effects through three different pathways: male, female or water where the fertilization took place.
For this purpose, four parameters were analysed: fertility rate, hatching rate and survival and abnormalities rates. So, for each parameter two groups were formed, according to whether adult males or females were reared in bottled spring water (Z) or tap water (B) and if the in vitro fertilization took place in water Z or B.
Results revealed a decline in the fertility and hatching rate in water B, due to a water effect. The most plausible explanation could be the presence of substances which affect the micropyle and chorion. Moreover, a decrease in the fertility rate due to an effect over the female was also observed, but in this case by an alteration of the oocyte quality.
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Rudolf Buttmann (* 28. Februar 1879 in Genthin; † 24. März 1945 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Jurist, Konsul und Gesandter mit der Amtsbezeichnung Gesandtschaftsrat.

Berufliche Entwicklung
Nach seinem Schulabschluss begann Rudolf Buttmann 1899 ein Studium der Rechtswissenschaften an der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin. Neben war er am Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen eingeschrieben und erlernte hier die japanische Sprache. Das Sprachdiplom für Japanisch erwarb er im August 1901 und im Dezember 1902 des Referendarexamen. Unmittelbar danach begann er im Januar 1903 eine Tätigkeit im preußischen Justizdienst. Am Oktober 1903 leistete er als Einjährig-Freiwilliger seinen Militärdienst bis September 1904. Danach war er wieder im Justizdienst tätig. Seine Einberufung in den Auswärtigen Dienst erhielt Buttmann im August 1906. Sein erster Auslandseinsatz führte ihn als Dolmetscher-Aspirant an die deutsche Gesandtschaft nach Tokio. Geschäftsträger der Gesandtschaft war zu dieser Zeit Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein (1859–1924). Im Oktober 1906 trat er dort seinen Dienst an. Mehrfach wurde er in diesen Jahren zur kommissarischen Beschäftigung an anderen Konsulaten verwendet, so 1908 am Konsulat Nagasaki für 4 Monate und um den Jahreswechsel zu 1909 am Generalkonsulat in Yokohama. Sein Einsatz in Tokio endete im Januar 1909. Von hier wurde er im Folgemonat nach Yokohama beordert. Hier verblieb er bis Anfang 1912 und wurde dann an Konsulat nach Nagasaki versetzt. Hier hatte er dann ab Mai für 7 Monate die kommissarische Leitung inne. Von da wechselt Buttmann Ende 1912 an das deutsche Konsulat in Shimonoseki und übernahm vor Ort die kommissarische Leitung. Nach einem Jahr kehrte er dann nach Tokio zurück und trat im Dezember 1913 seine kommissarische Beschäftigung an. Geschäftsträger der deutschen Botschaft war zu dieser Zeit Arthur Alexander Kaspar von Rex (1856–1926). Diese wurde dann bereits nach 8 Monaten wegen Japans Kriegserklärung am 23. August 1914 gegenüber Deutschland geschlossen und das Personal begab sich auf den Rückweg nach Deutschland. Während seiner Rückreise, die ihn über die USA führte, wurde er noch kurzzeitig am deutschen Konsulat in Cincinnati eingesetzt.

Mit seiner Ankunft in Deutschland 1914 wurde Rudolf Buttmann zum preußischen Heer einberufen und im Range eines Hauptmanns eingesetzt. Erst mit der Niederlage Deutschlands im Ersten Weltkrieg endete im Dezember 1918 sein Militärdienst. Als Anfang 1919 eine amtliche militärische Kommission zur Besichtigung von Post-, Telegrafen- und Fernsprechämtern in Deutschland weilte, wurde er wieder aktiviert und als Dolmetscher eingesetzt. Bereits während dieses Einsatzes wurde ihm im August 1919 die Amtsbezeichnung als Vizekonsul verliehen. Im September 1919 endete die Betreuung dieser japanischen Gruppe und Buttmann wurde ab März 1920 im Auswärtigen Amt Berlin, Abteilung VII (Ostasien), Referat Japan eingesetzt. Kurz darauf legte er im April die konsularischen Prüfungen ab. Für ein Jahr verblieb er dann noch im Referat Japan und wurde dann zum Legationssekretär ernannt. Mit der Amtsbezeichnung als Gesandtschaftsrat wurde er ab 1922 erneut an der deutschen Botschaft in Tokio tätig. Hier war Wilhelm Solf (1862–1936) als Botschafter sein Vorgesetzter. Dieser Einsatz wurde im Februar 1923 beendet und er übernahm die Leitung des Generalkonsulats in Kobe. Unter Beibehaltung seines Wohnsitzes in Kobe übertrug ihm sein Dienstherr ab Juni 1924 die Leitung des Konsulats in Yokohama. In den Folgejahren wechselte er mehrfach zwischen beiden Konsulaten und wurde im Sommer 1929 zum Konsul I. Klasse ernannt. Zuletzt war er bis 1931 für die Leitung des Generalkonsulats Kobe verantwortlich.

Nach Deutschland zurückgekehrt wurde Rudolf Buttmann ab September 1931 erneut im Auswärtigen Amt kommissarisch tätig. Er war der Abteilung VI (Osteuropa, Skandinavien, Ostasien) zugeteilt. Im August 1934 wurde er dann in den einstweiligen Ruhestand versetzt. Doch bereits 1937 erfolgte seine Aktivierung und er kam in der Kulturpolitischen Abteilung, Referat B (Wirtschaftliche Volkstumsfragen) zum Einsatz. Dieses Referat wurde später neu geordnet, erhielt die Bezeichnung Referat S und war für das deutsche Schulwesen im Ausland zuständig. Innerhalb des Hauses wurde er 1944 versetzt und gehörte ab Februar zur Personal- und Verwaltungsabteilung. Hier war er im Referat zur Kontrolle des Schrifttums eingesetzt und für die ordnungsgemäße Abwicklung des diplomatischen Schriftverkehrs zuständig. Nach nur einem Monat erhielt er Urlaub und wurde noch im November in den Ruhestand versetzt.

Am 24. März 1945 verstarb Rudolf Buttmann in Berlin.

Familie
Die Eltern von Rudolf Buttmann waren der Kreisgerichtsdirektor Rudolf Hugo Buttmann und dessen Ehefrau Helene Julie, geborene Knoblauch. Rudolf Buttmann jun. heiratete am 15. September 1916 Frieda Tietze. Aus der Ehe ging der Sohn Hans Christoph Buttmann (1920–1944) hervor.

Literatur

 Hans Schwalbe, Heinrich Seemann (Hrsg.): Deutsche Botschafter in Japan. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens, Tokyo 1974, S. 75 ff.
 Holmer Stahncke: Die diplomatischen Beziehungen zwischen Deutschland und Japan 1854–1868. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-515-04618-6.

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Cuba is a unique location with captivating natural landscapes and architecture. Politically isolated from the US since the 1960s, the island holds a particular curiosity for American producers who have only recently been able to shoot there.
The islands landscapes range from beaches to tropical rain forests, lush valleys and plantations. Cuban cities such as Havana provide a mix of elegant colonial buildings, lively and colourful neighbourhoods and streets lined with classic American cars, making Cuba attractive for period shoots.
In 2015 Papa: Hemingway in Cuba was one of the first "Hollywood" productions to shoot in the country since the 1960s. Helmed by a US director, the film was officially a Canadian-Cuban co-production but a high volume of US cast and crew and equipment came into the country. The film tells the tale of the final years of Ernest Hemingway from the perspective of a young reporter who befriended him in Cuba. The production had access to authentic locations, including Hemingway's home, as well as exteriors that can lend themselves to scenes set in the 1950's, 60's and 70's.
Several Hollywood productions have since taken the opportunity to film in Cuba. In 2016 both Fast & Furious 8 and Transformers: The Last Knight were two of the first US productions to undertake Hollywood shoots in the country. Amazon Prime's Guava Island starring Rihanna and Donald Glover shot on the island in 2018 and shows its many beaches and tropical environments. Brands are also inclined to use the compelling settings for advertising work including Nivea, Stella Artois and Garnier.
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Williams to lose RBS sponsorship in 2010
RBS has confirmed its widely-expected move not to continue its sponsorship of the Williams F1 team beyond the end of its current contract. The deal expires at the end of the 2010 season.
The bank is in serious financial trouble and is being supported by the UK government.
As discussed yesterday brand ambassador and former three-times F1 champion Sir Jackie Stewart is under pressure to relinquish or cut the ?�?�4m salary he receives from the bank. Stewart played a significant role in arranging RBS's sponsorship of Williams.
RBS confirms plans for F1 Sponsorship
25 February 2009: RBS and the Williams F1 team today announced that their partnership will conclude at the end of the current contract in 2010. The partnership began in 2005 and was renewed for a second three-year term in 2007.
Andrew McLaughlin, RBS Group Director, Communications, said: "We recognise that we are now operating in a very different economic environment and have been reviewing all of our activities since October. It is imperative that we respond to the reality of the situation we face and that we do so in an orderly way that respects the commercial agreements we have in place and the implications for our partners and the jobs they support. Throughout our relationship, Williams have shown great understanding and innovation in driving the programme forwards. They have been very supportive in finding ways to reduce costs over the remainder of our contract. This early announcement allows Sir Frank Williams and his team to plan ahead financially."
Sir Frank Williams, Team Principal of Williams F1, added: "RBS has been a great partner for this team and we are pleased to have made our contribution over the past four years to developing the RBS brand internationally. Thanks to the support of RBS and our many other loyal partners, we are in a strong position to ride out the inevitable challenges of the next two years. RBS is showing great responsibility to the role that we play in the British economy, supporting over 500 highly skilled technology jobs in a sector in which Britain leads the world. In the last three years, Williams has spent over ?�?�100 million with 2,700 UK suppliers and it is of course important that this business endures."
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Posted on 25th February 2009, 20:16 Author Keith CollantineCategories 2010 F1 season, Articles in brief, F1 drivers (past), F1 teams (active), Jackie Stewart, WilliamsTags 2010 f1 championship, 2010 formula one championship, F1, f1 2010, f1 2010 season, f1 racing, formula 1, formula 1 2010, formula 1 2010 season, formula one, formula one 2010, formula one racing, grand prix, grand prix racing, Jackie Stewart, motorsport, Williams, williams f1, williams f1 team
11 comments on "Williams to lose RBS sponsorship in 2010"
Boston F1 Fan
– Wow, that's huge.
Something tells me Williams will have known this was coming and will already be planning ahead to find a replacement source of funding. That combined with the cost-cutting measures really coming into effect next year means that this is not the huge blow for Williams that a lot of people will assume it is…
I don't know about that. It's sponsor after sponsor for Williams. Baugur Group, Lenovo, Petrobras and now RBS. That's effectively every major partner gone in just a few months. And where are they going to get the extra money from?
At least RBS will continue for the moment, but I wouldn't mind betting it's at a reduced rate like ING are doing with Renault. I hope Toyota come to the party, since they're getting a Japanese driver developed, which really cost Williams points last year. Nakajima's poor qualifying often put him 6-8 slots behind Rosberg last year.
Bear in mind Williams also have the prospect of losing Rosberg as well if their performance doesn't improve. So if they don't do better, their driver prospects won't look good, and that's a double whammy for attracting sponsors – below par performance and drivers who aren't up there.
Now THIS would be a class team for Virgin to get together with. I see an ALL – BRITISH SUPERTEAM that could attract a star driver who might be out of work in the near future.
With good backing, Williams has shown the world what they are capable of.
Williams – Cosworth – Virgin ……. with a good English driver and the Big Man himself
Yeah i'm with Arthur on this, now's a great time for Virgin to not only sponsor, but buy into the team, re-brand it as Virgin Williams and what not.
Only problem will be the paint, it'll have to be red and white – which is like toyota, ferrari and force india. The williams blue was a nice change of pace.
Jay Menon
Was watching this RBS-Williams segment on the BBC this morning. Sir Frank seemed pretty upbeat about replenishing the team's coffers for next season, I guess they've known this was coming for a while now. He's been in the sport for years now, he'll know some handy wheeling and dealing. I'm pretty confident they'll be ok come next season. The Virgin idea is great, providing Branson doesn't put his livery on the Hondas.
As for Jackie Stewart, there was no mention in the news about his salary. The segment mentioned that the likes of Andy Murray, Zara Phillips and Sachin Tendulkar will be affected, no mention of good ol' Jackie.
Don't Virgin paint some of their planes with a Dark Blue?
I think Virgin would be flexible enough to use the Virgin logo in White on a Dark Blue background…afterall, they'll want to stand out from the crowd and red and white just wouldn't..!!
There's a great quote from Frank Williams on the cover of one of the motorsport magazines I saw on the shelf yesterday… "I've done the whole dodging Bailiffs thing before years ago…"
I think that sums up the mentality of Williams and why they will succeed if it's even remotely possible. They're there to race and more importantly to win, not to make money and not to fill the coffers of their owner.
I would also just like to add that I think a Virgin – Williams linkup would be a fantastic collaboration…
PJA
Its not a big surprise that RBS are not renewing their contract with Williams. I just hope that Williams enjoy some good results and race wins this year so they are more attractive to sponsors.
Frank needs to start schmoosing the oligarchs, Chinese and Indians big time. Having said that RBS ends their Williams deal at the end of 2010. We can only hope the crunch will have turned a corner by then and we will be experiencing the upturn that they keep telling us will come at some point…
Intheknow
7th May 2009, 10:39
The big secret is a RBS group company will now take the sponsorship, either direct line or green flag
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The 25 best shooting guards I've ever seen
The shooting guard or two spot was very difficult for me to break down. Obviously the top of the list was really, really simple. The top three were no brainers, but when you get down to the bottom there are so many guys that are just so similar. There were more than 20 guys in contention for the last few spots on this list. Some of you may disagree with who I chose but like with anything in life, it's all personal preference. You might like a guy and his style of play much more than I do. To be a great shooting guard you need to be able to do three things very well, shoot, score and defend. Players are placed on this list according to those criteria. There are more than a few notable names that just missed the cut from my top 25 that deserve mentioning before we start. They are, defensive stalwart Doug Christie, long range bomber Dan Majerle, slam dunk champ Isaiah Rider and one of the best sixth men in recent years, Jason Terry.
25. Jason Richardson- Most NBA fans have already forgotten how good Richardson was in his prime. He came into the NBA as a freak athlete who couldn't shoot but has turned himself into a very impressive player. Richardson scored more than 15 points a game for nine straight seasons with a career best average of 23.2 in the 2005-2006 season while playing for Golden State.
24. Monta Ellis- Ellis has only been in the NBA for eight years but he's already scored more 10,000 points. Not just a threat on the offensive end of the floor, Ellis has been top five in steals per game in three of the last four years.
23. Jerry Stackhouse- Stackhouse came into the NBA with huge expectations out of North Carolina. Although he never quite reached those lofty heights, Stackhouse managed to forge out an impressive career. Stackhouse averaged more than 20 points a game during five different seasons including a career high of 29.8 during the 2000-2001 season to place second in the league in scoring. Stackhouse was also underrated as a passer, averaging more than five assists a night during his two all-star seasons with the Detroit Pistons.
22. Eddie Jones- Jones played 14 seasons in the NBA for five different teams. He was a three time all-star while playing for the L.A. Lakers and the Charlotte Hornets. Jones was a great defensive player, making the all-defensive second team three times. Jones was also a good scorer, averaging more than 17 points a game in 6 different seasons. Jones's best season came in 1999-2000 when he averaged 20.1 points a night to go along with 4.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.7 steals.
21. Byron Scott- Scott played 14 seasons in the NBA with his best 10 being as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. Although Scott was never the number one option in L.A. he was an integral piece of three Laker championships. Scott finished his career with more than 15,000 points.
20. Ron Harper- Most people remember Harper as a defensive stopper for the Jordan led Chicago Bulls of the 90's but he was much more than that. Harper averaged 18 or more points a game in seven of his first eight seasons in the NBA. During that same stretch he also averaged just under 5 assists and five rebounds. Throw in five seasons of more than two steals a game and you get a great all-around player who took a back seat with the Bulls just to help them win titles. Harper did the same thing in his last two seasons in the league as a member of the Lakers earning two more rings.
19. Jeff Hornacek- Hornacek spent 14 years in the NBA playing for three different teams. He was a great shooter and scorer but was also a very effective passer. Hornacek's best statistical years came while playing for the Phoenix Suns when during a three year stretch he averaged more than 18 points, 4.6 rebounds, five assists and 1.7 steals a game while shooting over 51% from the field each year. After moving on to the Utah Jazz, Hornacek was key piece on two NBA finals teams.
18. Allan Houston- Houston Played 12 years in the NBA for the Detroit Pistons and the New York Knicks. Houston had one of the best pure strokes in the history of the league. Houston was a two time all-star who averaged more than 17 points a game to go along with 2.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists during his career.
17. Michael Redd- Redd only played in 629 games during his 12 year career but made the most of every minute he had on the floor. Redd's best years came as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks, where he averaged more than 20 points a game six years in a row and made an all-star team. During the stretch, Redd finished in the top ten in scoring four times. For his career, Redd averaged 19 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists.
16. Richard Hamilton- Hamilton has played 14 seasons in the NBA so far for three different teams. Hamilton's best seasons came as a member of the Detroit Pistons were he made three all-star games and helped the Pistons win the NBA title in 2003-2004. For his career, Hamilton has averaged 17.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.
15. Joe Johnson- Johnson has been in the league for 12 seasons and is still going strong. Johnson's career started off slowly with the Boston Celtics and he was traded to the Phoenix Suns during his rookie year. While in Phoenix he started to really find success but when he ended up in Atlanta his career really took off. Johnson was an eastern conference all-star in six of his seven years with the Hawks averaging more than 20 points a game in five straight seasons.
14. Drazen Petrovic- I'm sure Petrovic would be much higher on this list had he not died in a car accident following his fourth NBA season. "Petro" was just hitting the peak of his NBA career at the time of his accident. After being a dominant player in Europe for years he decided to test his skills against the best in the world. Drazen didn't find success right away because of a lack of playing time in Portland but when he got traded to the Nets, he began to flourish. In his final two seasons in New Jersey, Petrovic averaged more than 20 points a game on over 50% shooting.
13. Reggie Lewis- another player that was taken in his prime, Lewis was a silky smooth guard who could do it all. Lewis spent six seasons in the NBA with the Boston Celtics before passing away at the age of 27 because of a heart defect. Lewis didn't play much as a rookie but really came into his own in year two. Lewis averaged more than 17 points a game in every season of his career from that point on including back-to-back season of 20.8 points a night.
12. Manu Ginobili- the San Antonio Spurs have won three championships in the last ten years and Ginobili had a huge role in each of those. Manu has played 11 seasons with the Spurs making it to two all-star games even though he has come off the bench more than half of his career. Along with his three rings, Ginobili has been named to the all-NBA third team twice.
11. Brandon Roy- Roy didn't last very long in the NBA because of chronic knee issues but when he was on the floor Roy was impressive. Roy played 326 games in his shortened career over the course of six seasons. During that time Roy was a three time all-star and made all-NBA second and third teams. Roy averaged 18.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists a game.
10. Joe Dumars- Dumars played his entire 14 career for the Detroit Pistons and was a key piece on two championship teams. This six time all-star made the all-defensive team five times as well as being named finals MVP in 1989. To top it off, Dumars was named all-NBA second team one time and third team another. For his exploits on the court, Dumars was named to the basketball hall of fame in 2006.
9. Reggie Miller- Miller spent his entire NBA career as a member of the Indiana Pacers. Considered one of the best shooters in the history of the game, Miller averaged more than 18 points a game in 12 consecutive seasons while make five all-star games. For his efforts, Miller made the all-NBA third team three times and was inducted into the basketball hall of fame in 2012.
8. Vince Carter- Young fans might not know how great Vince Carter was while in his prime but I for one have not forgotten. Carter has averaged more than 20 points a game in 10 different seasons while playing for the Raptors and Nets. He wasn't a one dimensional player either as Carter's career average in rebounds is 5 a night to go along with almost four assists a game. Carter has also amassed a huge list of awards. He was the Rookie of the Year and has been named to eight all-star teams. Carter was named all-NBA second team in 2000-2001 and all-NBA third team in 1999-2000.
7. Ray Allen- Allen has made the most three-point shots in NBA history but that is not the only thing he has done while on the court. Allen has always been a prolific scorer, landing in the top ten in scoring four different times during his illustrious career. This ten time all-star has also made all-NBA second team and third team one time each and brought home two championship rings.
6. Mitch Richmond- Richmond averaged at least 21.9 points a game in his first ten seasons in the NBA, finishing top ten in scoring in seven of those seasons. Richmond was also named to 6 all-star games to go along with winning a title late in his career. For his efforts, Richmond was named all-NBA second team three times and all-NBA third team twice.
5. Tracy McGrady- McGrady split his career between being a two and a three but since he spent more time at the shooting guard he is on this list. McGrady started his career in Toronto but only started 53 games over his three seasons north of the border. Orlando saw enough of his talents to offer him a huge deal and McGrady's career really blossomed from there. While a member of the Magic, McGrady led the NBA in scoring in back-to -back years and was a perennial all-star. He didn't slow down even after he was traded to the Houston Rockets for Steve Francis. In all, McGrady averaged at least 24.4 points a game in seven consecutive season making the all-star game each year while being named a starter six times. During his career, McGrady was named all-NBA first team twice to go along with three seconds and two thirds.
4. Clyde Drexler- Drexler was a gifted athlete who could do just about whatever he wanted to do while on the basketball floor. Drexler was a complete player who's all around numbers a staggering. For his 15 career, Drexler averaged 20.4 points, 6.1 rebounds, 5.6 assists and two steals. Drexler made the all-star game ten times and brought home a title. He was also all-NBA first time once to go along with two seconds and two thirds. For his remarkable career, Drexler was named to the basketball hall of fame in 2004.
3. Dwyane Wade- Wade has been in the NBA for ten years and has been an all-star nine times. He was the finals MVP in 2005-2006 and was a huge part of two other Miami Heat title runs. For his career, Wade has averaged 24.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 1.8 steals and one block a game. For his efforts, Wade has been named all-NBA first team twice to go along with three seconds and three thirds. Wade has also been named to the all-defensive second team three times for his stellar play on the defensive side of the court.
2. Kobe Bryant- There isn't really enough space to list all of Kobe's accomplishment as an NBA player so we will just hit the highlights. Bryant is a 15 time all-star who has won five rings in his 17 seasons in the NBA. He has one MVP, two finals MVP's, and has been named all-NBA first team 11 times. Add to that, the fact that Bryant has been all-defensive first team nine times and you'll know why Kobe is second on this list.
1. Michael Jordan- What is there to say about the greatest basketball player of all time? Jordan in first in NBA history in points per game averaging more than 30 to go along with 6.2 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.3 steals a night. Jordan has won every major award multiple times including being named the league's MVP five times and Finals MVP for each of his six titles. Add to that, Jordan was a 14 time all-star who was named all-NBA first team 10 times and all-defensive first team nine more. Jordan was inducted into the basketball hall of fame in 2009. Not bad for a kid that got cut from his high school team.
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Corey Taylor: It's "too soon" for a new Slipknot album
Slipknot's Corey Taylor says that new music from the band will happen...one day. © Scott Harrison/Retna Ltd./Corbis
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor says that it's "too soon" for the band to begin planning for a new studio album. The singer, who recently said he "cannot see a new Slipknot album happening," now appears to be ammending his stance.
In a new interview with Kerrang! Taylor said he believed the band will record again "one day," but not for some time. In his view, not enough time has passed after the death of bassist Paul Gray for the Iowa metal stars to begin thinking about a follow-up to their fourth album, 2009's All Hope Is Gone.
"It's still too soon, at least that's how I feel," Taylor said. "I'm not ready to make a Slipknot album. I think there will be a day when we do, but for me, doing it now wouldn't make sense. You can't do a three-week tour then jump into the studio, especially after something like this. It makes more sense to do a few tours and reconnect as a band first.
"If we jumped right in, it wouldn't be about the absence, it would be about the rest of us and it's too soon for that. We were the nine, but there's a piece missing. So we should allow people to pay their respects before we come out with new music. We should do this right."
And part of doing it right includes a US tour, which is in the works, and an appearance at Rock In Rio this fall.


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QatarEnergy acquires interests in Egypt offshore blocks
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QatarEnergy has entered into agreements with Shell to acquire working interests in two offshore exploration blocks in the Egyptian side of the Red Sea
Under the terms of the agreements, which are subject to customary approvals by the government of Egypt, QatarEnergy will hold a 17% working interest in Red Sea Blocks 3 and 4.
Commenting on concluding these agreements, His Excellency Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs, president and CEO of QatarEnergy said, "We are pleased with this important development, as it represents QatarEnergy's entry into the Arab Republic of Egypt's well-established upstream oil and gas sector and offers an opportunity for the consortium partners to explore this frontier acreage."
"We are also delighted to have the opportunity to work with our strategic partner Shell, and to further develop our relationship with the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Egypt's Tharwa Petroleum Company, and the other partners, whilst also pushing forward with QatarEnergy's upstream growth strategy. I would like to thank the Egyptian authorities and our partners for their valuable support and cooperation."
Block 3 was awarded to Shell in late 2019 and covers an area of 3,097 sq. km in water depths of 100 to 1,000 metres. Block 4 was also awarded to Shell in late 2019 and covers an area of 3,084 sq. km in water depths of 150 to 500 metres.
Upon closing of the relevant agreements, the working interests in the two blocks will be as follows:
– Block 3: Shell (Operator - 43%), BHP (30%), Tharwa Petroleum Company (10%), QatarEnergy (17%).
–Block 4: Shell (Operator - 21%), Mubadala (27%), BHP (25%), Tharwa Petroleum Company (10%), QatarEnergy (17%).


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CCAR Convention News Rabbis
Leading the Shift: The CCAR Convention Opening Program
Post author By Rabbi Oren Hayon
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Rabbi Steve Fox, Zev Yaroslavsky, Tiffany Shlain, Dr. David Feinberg, and Rabbi Asher Knight.
The stated objective of this year's CCAR Convention is, in part, "…to engage colleagues in deep conversation on the issues about which they are passionate." Tonight's opening program was designed to initiate this series of conversations by offering short talks presented by thought leaders in other fields: medicine, politics, and multimedia art. Each of these exceptional figures – Dr. David Feinberg, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, and filmmaker Tiffany Shlain – offered perspectives on how to "lead the shift" by drawing on their own personal experiences of challenge and success.
I loved Supervisor Yaroslavsky's comments about the messy work of political coalition-building, and was energized by Shlain's ideas about the overlapping "participatory revolutions" that we see around us today in the world of culture and technology. More than anything, however, I was moved by the comments of Dr. Feinberg, who is the President of the UCLA Health System and CEO for the UCLA Hospital System.
Feinberg talked about the way he succeeded in transforming the UCLA hospitals after he took the helm – humbly pointing out that he had no formal training and suggesting that he had had no appreciable experience to recommend him for the post. He spoke about how he brought about a system-wide shift in consciousness by insisting that members of the hospital staff become radically patient-centered at all levels, from hospital parking attendants to neurosurgeons in the operating theater.
The reorientation that Feinberg brought about was massively sprawling in its scope, but he suggested that it could be boiled down to focusing hospital employees' attention on improving one single statistic: the number of patients who responded positively to a simple question: "How likely are you to recommend us to a friend?"
Feinberg's idea is not a new one; in fact, it was documented and explored at length by Fred Reichheld several years ago in his book The Ultimate Question (Harvard Business School Press, 2006). Reichheld argued that the way customers answered this question would be the most revealing metric that predicted a company's long-term growth and profitability. But Feinberg has been uniquely successful because he recognized that this mode of assessing a business's success and effectiveness can be translated effortlessly to the healthcare field as well.
I'd like to suggest that the same thing is true for the not-for-profit realm, and specifically for the landscape of Jewish communal institutions.
I wonder what Jewish life would be like if our communal leaders – clergy, lay staff, and volunteers alike – spent their time being obsessively focused on improving their constituents' answers to that question. What would our communities feel like if we were single-mindedly devoted to exceeding members' wildest expectations of us and our institutions? What could the future become if every Jewish professional set out to turn every interaction as an opportunity to turn constituents into evangelists, to transform them into walking billboards for our organizations, celebrating the wonderful services we provide and the inspiring missions we embody?
I have participated in numerous conversations with colleagues who lament declining membership numbers, shrinking dues revenue, and an overall diminution of k'vod ha-rav, the respect traditionally accorded rabbis as spiritual guides and communal leaders. The beauty of Feinberg's approach is that it recognizes that prospective patients are influenced most powerfully and effectively by the testimony of their friends and peers – not necessarily by the expertise of doctors or hospital staff. The same would be true if we succeed at carrying this approach into the world of Jewish communal work; unaffiliated, unengaged, and uninterested Jews in our communities are much more likely to be convinced to walk through our doors if they receive impassioned recommendation from a friend whose judgment they trust.
Feinberg's strategy proved revolutionary, which is particularly exciting given the simplicity of the approach. Its success and its simplicity both recommend it to us rabbis, who have nothing to lose and everything to gain from employing it. When I leave Long Beach and return home to my own organization, I will look forward to doing my part to "lead the shift" by concentrating on improving the way my constituents answer this simple and potent question, and I hope that my colleagues across the country will do the same.
Rabbi Oren Hayon is the Greenstein Family Executive Director at the University of Washington Hillel.
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