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Jerry Shipp: Fighting the Cold War and the Past on the Basketball Court
Jerry Shipp in 2019, courtesy of Shannon Shipp Cooper.
In commemoration of the 56th anniversary of the XVIII Olympiad, here is an excerpt from my book "1964: The Greatest Year in the History of Japan – How the Tokyo Olympics Symbolized Japan's Miraculous Rise from the Ashes."
日本語版:ジェリー シップ_アメリカ対ソ連
Jerry Shipp didn't like to lose. He didn't shake hands with opponents after games. He admitted that a basketball game to him was war, and in the heat of battle, he wasn't a good sport. A shooting guard on the US men's basketball team, Shipp had a chip on his shoulder, one that had grown since his days in an orphanage in Tipton, Oklahoma.
Jerry Shipp on Phillips 66ers_Amateur Athlete 1964
The two-meter tall shooting guard, whose unorthodox shooting form was often deadly from a distance, Shipp became the highest scorer ever for Southeastern State College (now known as Southeastern Oklahoma State University). Drafted by the New York Knicks in 1959, Shipp decided that he needed a steady job and higher pay than what he could get in the NBA. He opted for work at the oil company Phillips, which also had a team in the corporate league, the now-defunct National Industrial Basketball League (NIBL). He would go on to lead the Phillips 66ers to three consecutive championships in the NIBL, while also playing on the national men's basketball squad.
In 1962, Shipp was on the US squad that played the Soviet national team in Lubbock, Texas, in an exhibition match. In contrast to the 1960 squad that featured future hall-of-famers Jerry West, Oscar Robertson, Walt Bellamy, and Jerry Lucas, the 1962 team prepping for the Tokyo Games was considered a team of no-names, "a second-rate representative for Uncle Sam," not only losing to the Soviets 66-63, but ending the game in unsportsmanlike fashion.
Sam Blair, a sports columnist from the Dallas Morning News, wrote that in the last moments of the game, the Soviet center, Alexsandr Petrov, and Shipp were fighting over possession of the ball when Shipp swung arms and elbows clipping Petrov across the chin and sending him to the hard court.
"It was a pretty shameful moment for the US for Shipp swung in a fit of anger after retreating madly to tie up Petrov, who had slipped free down court in the last hectic seconds to take a high-lob pass and was preparing to sink a simple layup. Fortunately, the Russian had a cooler temper or more self-discipline than Shipp did." As Shipp recalled, famed sports columnist Blackie Sherrod wrote that he was trying to start World War III.
Jerry Shipp with his father Ed Shipp at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, courtesy of Shannon Shipp Cooper.
No US team had ever lost a basketball game in the Olympics through 1960. And yet, just as the Tokyo Olympics were about to start, the US press was predicting that the streak would end. And if any team was going to do it, it would have to be the Soviet team, runners-up to the US in the previous three Olympics.
The coach of the US men's basketball team was Hank Iba, a basketball legend. He coached teams to NCAA championships in 1945 and 1946, and to medals in the Olympics in 1964, 1968, and 1972. And yet, even legends get criticized. "The 12 men selected yesterday for the October duty in Tokyo have the best chance in history to lose one," wrote columnist George Meyers.
Iba knew he didn't have the firepower of the 1960 team. "Our big problem is that we have no one man who'll get us twenty points every game," he pointed out. "So it has to be a team effort. But when a team has played together as short a time as this one has, it's bound to get sloppy at times." Sloppy, yes, but it did not bode well that the team lost its last two exhibition games in the United States prior to shipping off to Hawaii for a training camp just before the Olympics.
Fortunately, Coach Iba was one of the toughest, most well-prepared coaches of his time. Center Luke Jackson said that the team was constantly practicing. "Coach Iba wouldn't let up. When we first came in the locker room, he gave each of us a notepad and said, 'I want you to learn these plays. Those who don't learn, won't play.' And then he walked out of the room. We practiced those plays. And those who didn't learn them, didn't play."
"Those five-hour practices a day—those were tough," recalled forward Jeff Mullins. "He had his Iba-isms. If you had a turnover he would say in his raspy voice, 'Can't have that, boys. Can't have that.'"
The US team crushed the team from South Korea 116-50 in one of the early contests of the Tokyo Olympics. Jackson said that after the game, "Iba took us to practice and worked us until our feet fell off. He said that we didn't rebound well. He was just putting it on our mind that every game was important. You have to do things the same way every time. I'm sure we were hot-dogging against the Koreans. And we realized that this guy was serious."
Prior to the finals, the American men's team didn't lose, despite what many had predicted. And so, the USSR and the USA teams both went into the gold medal round undefeated, playing for geopolitical bragging rights and Olympic glory at the beautiful Kenzo Tange-designed Gymnasium Annex in Yoyogi.
In the first eight minutes, the Americans played sluggishly as the Soviets jumped to a lead. Iba admitted jitters. "I've been in this business a long time," he said to reporters after the game. "I know if you get so sure you're going to win, you usually get knocked on your bottom. But we never talked about it."
Toward the middle of the first half, Jackson woke up, grabbing rebounds and sinking baskets. And then, the rest of the team got going. Joe Caldwell started pouring in points. He was joined by Bill Bradley (he of Princeton, the Knicks, and the US Senate), Larry Brown (he of the countless university and pro coaching roles), Walt Hazzard, and Shipp, who led the US team in scoring average in the tournament and did not cause World War III.
In the end, the US men's team continued its dominance, defeating the Soviet Union 73-59, and registering its forty-seventh straight victory since basketball became an Olympic sport at the 1936 Berlin Games. It was one of the last of the USA's thirty-five total gold medals gathered at the Tokyo Olympics and marked the first time that the US won more gold medals than the Soviet Union since the powerful communist nation was allowed into the Olympics in 1952.
But the Cold War was not on Shipp's mind when the gold medal was placed around his neck. Shipp had played countless times against the Soviets, knew them inside out, and would have run through a brick wall to defeat them. But it was not triumph over the Russians that caused his breath to shorten or his heart to tremor. It was the realization that the long climb out of his childhood, one filled with hurt, insecurity, and loneliness, was over.
Jerry Shipp receiving his gold medal, courtesy of Shannon Shipp Cooper
As he stood on the medal stand, waiting for his gold medal, memories of the orphanage where he grew up and the school he attended flooded his mind's eye. He remembered his high school algebra teacher, Miss Maynard, who, instead of nurturing him, told him he was never going to learn anything. Out of frustration, Shipp once completed an algebra test by putting a zero on it, and submitting it as is. The teacher told him, "You will never amount to anything. You'll be in jail one day."
And so, at the moment the twenty-seven-year-old bent at the waist to receive his gold medal, the volcano at the pit of his stomach, roiling with the bilious lava of his youth, erupted.
I straightened up and I saw the camera pointing at me with the red light on, and I shouted, "Old Lady Maynard, I hope you're watching, 'cause I made something out of myself!" I never forgot it. I was still angry. My teammate, George Wilson, was standing next to me and asked me what that was all about. But I never told him.
I now realize that Lotus Maynard played such a big part in my life. I just got to thinking that my anger was hurting nobody but me. I realized, in fact, that she drove me to success. Now I go back and I say, "Mrs. Maynard, thank you."
Jerry Shipp (14), Larry Brown (6), Jim Barnes (4), Luke Jackson (11) and Bill Bradley (5) of Team USA, in finals against the Soviet Union at the '64 Summer Games.
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October 16, 2020 Basketball, Japan, Olympics, Tokyo 1964
Ann Packer and the Japanese Surprising the World at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
Ann Packer and Robbie Brightwell_PhotoKishimoto
日本語版:世界を驚かせたアンパッカーと日本製品
Ann Packer was a 400-meter sprinter who was narrowly beaten by Australian Betty Cuthbert in the 400-meter finals. She was happy with her silver medal and ready to enjoy carefree moments shopping in the Ginza. As far as she was concerned, her Olympiad was over. Her fiancé and captain of the British athletics team, Robbie Brightwell, was astounded about how casual Ann was, and explained in his autobiography that she had a chance at history if she could hold off the urge to shop.
"Do you think I should run in the 800-meter heats tomorrow?" she asked. "Maybe I should call it a day and go shopping." I gaped in astonishment. "Shopping? You must be mad! Shopping? This is the Olympic games, not the Moulsford Village sports!"
"I know, but I'm hardly likely to better a silver medal, am I? And I need to buy some presents for the folks back home."
"Come off it!" I exploded. "Think about the British girls back home who would have given their eyeteeth to be here in your place!"
She smiled sheepishly. "OK I'll run. Not that it'll make much difference. I'm bound to get eliminated in the heats, and then I can go shopping."
As it turns out, Packer and perhaps even her fiancé Brightwell were missing the telltale signs of potential success. While Packer hoped just to remain respectable, others saw a form and ease that would translate easily to victory. As Packer prepared for the finals, after essentially just making the cuts in the heats, two people of considerable experience and respect came up to Packer with powerfully motivating words. Again, here is how Brightwell explains it in his autobiography:
Milkha Singh jogged past with his 1,600-meter relay squad. Espying her, he dashed over, taking both hands and staring stern-faced into her eyes. "Ann Packer, listen to me. You will win!" She giggled self-conscientiously, flashing me an amused smile. Shaking her hands emphatically, he repeated his message.
You're not listening, Ann Packer! Yesterday, I watched your semi-final. You were coasting! After the race, you come and show me your gold medal.
She nodded respectfully. No sooner he departed than Percy Cerutty, Betty Cuthbert's coach, rushed up. Even though they had never been introduced, Percy wasn't a man for social ceremonies. "This," he said, wagging a finger in front of her face, "is the finger of experience. And it's standing to attention. Listen! Betty and I've been talking. Stay with them until the end, and you will hammer them. Understand?"
Astonished, Ann nodded dumbly. Mission completed, Percy disappeared as quickly as he'd appeared.
When Packer won her race, right away she steered to the stands and into the arms of Brightwell. Milkha Singh was there as well, smiling with the satisfaction of clairvoyance proved correct. "Did I not say your woman would win? You didn't believe me! I was right! Hee, hee, hee! Brightwell, you never listen to me!"
Packer had little experience in the 800 meters. But that was true for all the other competitors. For the first half of the twentieth century, the IOC believed they were protecting women from competing in what they believed to be overly strenuous competitions for the fair sex. Thus, after 1928, women didn't run as far as 800 meters in the Olympics until 1960.
As a result, very few women were experienced at this distance. Packer had no preconceptions about how to run the race. But being naïve, and being a sprinter, was Packer's advantage. Packer was at the back of the pack for most of the race. But in the final 200 meters, she climbed to third, and in a burst sprinted out a dominating finish. A world record finish, in fact. As she later said, "Ignorance proved to be bliss."
Japan, as an emerging economy in 1964, was similar to Packer in the 800. Any new goal was a new challenge without any preconceptions about how to get things done. If they had a problem to solve, they tried anything and everything, leveraging what resources were available and learning from the world.
Toyota's famed just-in-time (JIT) lean manufacturing methodology has been recognized the world over as a superior process to maximize both quality and efficiency, leading to the transformation of the auto industry by the Japanese. Instead of stocking large inventories of doors that sat in a warehouse unused for weeks and exposed to potential damage, as was the case with large American manufacturers in Detroit, the Japanese engineers improvised.
With little capital available during those lean postwar years, they could not "waste" money on one or two months of stock. So parts were built only when they were going to be used—just in time. Capital was used efficiently, parts were not damaged while sitting for weeks, and everyone on an assembly line was charged with the mandate to innovate in any way that eliminated waste and improved quality.
And so, even in 1964, to the surprise of visiting Olympians, Japanese products were not cheap and low quality. They were cutting edge.
Packer and Brightwell flew to Tokyo with their fellow Olympians on British Overseas Airways Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner. They had the opportunity to visit the cockpit and talk with the pilot. They asked about Japan, and Brightwell asked the well-travelled pilot whether he had any recommendations for things to buy there.
He said, "Yeah, Seiko watches. They make fantastic watches. Get a movie camera. Get a tape recorder. You got to get one of those transistor radios. And a camera. Oh, I see you're wearing glasses. Go and get contact lenses." So I did see the optician one day in Tokyo. And got them the next day! The Japanese were already making gas-permeable contact lenses. They were brilliant. For my first race, I could actually see the track.
We were very impressed. We knew about Japanese engineering in heavy industry, but we didn't know anything about their use of American transistors and computers in Japan. We could see they were moving to higher-value, technologically intense products.
Brightwell was friendly with members of the British press, including BBC sports star commentator and presenter, David Coleman. Brightwell said that his conversations with Coleman in Tokyo were often about how many things he had learned about the innovative way Japan was televising the Games—that these Games would be the first to be globally broadcast by satellite; that there were dozens of movie cameras in the National Stadium, when the BBC might employ two; that the media in the Press section had events results provided to them by computers; that the Games were going to be seen in color in many homes in Japan, while most in England had to settle for black and white.
"Relatively speaking," said Brightwell, "we were still on steam locomotives."
October 12, 2020 Economics, Japan, Olympics, Technology, Tokyo 1964
"Atomic Bomb Boy" and the Subtlest of Anti-American Protests in 1964
日本語版:「原爆っ子」とアメリカへのささやかな抵抗
Seventeen-year-old Dick Roth, winner of the individual medley race at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, was thirteen years old when he first travelled with the US swim team to Japan in 1960. He remembers being treated like a celebrity. Toward the end of his stay, the team went to Nikko, the beautiful resort town not far from Tokyo. And while walking about the woods with the team, he saw something he clearly remembers today.
I wandered off on my own, which was a habit I have when I travel, skipping the handlers. I was walking back to the lodge and I came face to face with a group of eight to ten horribly disfigured children of my age, probably older. They were from Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Later I talked with one of my handlers and asked about them. He said they were also on a tour. The organizers were trying to keep us apart. I was shocked and horrified. To think anyone could do anything so barbaric. I know we dropped the bomb to shorten the war. But it's a visceral feeling I will never forget.
Back in Tokyo four years later, Roth also remembers the Opening Ceremonies when a sole torchbearer ran into the National Stadium. "The torchbearer came in and there was cheering and a kind of reverence. I don't know what to call it. The attention was locked on this individual. I was stunned by the switch in the crowd. He got to the top and turned around. It was like another one of those moments that defies description. When he stood there and held the torch high, I was stunned."
Roth was referring to Yoshinori Sakai, who was born in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the day an atomic bomb was dropped on his city. "When he reached the bottom of the stairs he didn't stop, just ran up the stairs in stride. He only paused at the top, turning to face the full stadium and the world. He then turned and lit the flame, causing an entire nation a collective moment of pride and sadness."
It was a bold move. For a country that was trying desperately to erase from its collective memory the horrors of World War II, the Olympic organizers risked offending the United States of America by reminding the world that Japan was the first and only country to be attacked by nuclear weapons.
In fact, prominent Japanophile and translator of such classics as The Tale of Genji, American Edwin Seidensticker, said that the selection of Sakai as the final torchbearer was not "incidental," and was "unpleasant to Americans."
When G. D. Sondhi of India, a member of the International Olympic Committee who had just witnessed Sakai's torch lighting at the opening ceremonies, was asked to comment on Seidensticker's reaction, he replied, "He (Sakai) is good and I'm happy to see him do it so nicely. We must bring young people in the Olympics and let those old men just sit and help them." Sondhi went on to say that he did not think Sakai's selection to be political, and rather thought that Sakai represented "a big hope" for Japan, and that his was "the most touching of all Olympic ceremonies I ever saw."
Still, it's amazing that the organizers, on Japan's biggest day, consciously chose to highlight Hiroshima via Sakai—whom the press dubbed "Atomic Bomb Boy"—a poke in the ribs of the United States.
October 10, 2020 Geo-politics, Japan, Olympics, Social Issues, Swimming, Tokyo 1964
My Olympic Torch: A Symbol that Launched a New Japan
Photograph by Kevin Ing
In Japan, you can emphasize ownership over something by placing the English phrase "my" in front of it. Thus when people dream of expensive purchases, they dream about buying "My car," or "My home." This summer, I dreamed about buying "My torch."
And so I got one.
"My torch" is from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Scars of spent fuel are wrapped in ribbons around the silver cylinder of "My torch," which protrudes from a black aluminum holder, also sporting stains of fiery remains. "My torch" is a handsome reminder that someone in Japan proudly held the Olympic flame aloft with this torch, while running amidst spectators cheering along the sides of some small town road.
"My torch" was the amalgamation of two Japanese businesses: Showa Kaseihin and the acclaimed designer, Sori Yanagi.
The Cylinder: The gauntlet was thrown down the by the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee: create a torch that would "absolutely not go out, even in the rain." The job to develop the cylinder and the fuel to sustain a fire was given to defense contractor, Showa Kaseihin in early 1964. The cylinder, from the tip of which flames would fly, is 55 centimeters long, 3 centimeters in diameter, and 54 grams in weight. Inside the stainless steel cylinder, Showa Kaseihin (which is now called Nippon Koki) packed a chemical amalgam into the cylinder of red phosphorus, manganese dioxide and magnesium. The flare-like flame that emerged when the amalgam was lit would last up to 14 minutes come rain or shine, while creating a billowy trail of smoke that can be seen from afar.
The Holder: Sori Yanagi is one of Japan's most famous industrial designers of the 20th century, who helped put Japan on the map with his globally recognized furniture and kitchenware. (Maybe you've seen his famous butterfly or elephant stools in a MOMA exhibit.) His father, Soetsu Yanagi started the Japanese folk craft movement, passed the torch to his son, Sori. In a case of symbolic justice, Sori Yanagi was asked to create the receptacle for the cylinder of the Olympic torch. Crafted from a metal alloy composed primarily of aluminum, the holder is simple and elegant, with a clean black finish. The words "XVIII OLYMPIAD TOKYO 1964" are etched into the surface of the holder's face, along with the Olympic rings.
The product of this collaboration is an Olympic torch which fits nicely in one's palm, its heft equal to its gravitas, its lines simple and striking. This is a torch that spread the word throughout Asia that the world was coming to Japan, and brought hundreds if not thousands running to see the flame, born of the sun in Greece, destined for Tokyo and the commencement of the Olympics, and a new chapter in Japanese history.
October 9, 2020 Japan, Tokyo 1964
Two-Time American Olympic Rower Dick Lyon Remembered
Dick Lyon and his Bronica.
The photographer's eye was keen, often captured by the person at work.
The woman shining shoes in front of a bank.
The man patching up the entrance of an old lady's abode.
A man on his bike after making deliveries.
The proprietors of a tea house.
Men and women of the office entering a busy train station after a day's work.
Dick Lyon was in Japan for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and bought a Bronica camera. In his quiet walks around the Olympic Village, he was drawn to the working person, which might not come as a surprise to those who knew him.
"For work ethic, no one topped Dick, ever," said Kent Mitchell, two-time Olympian, who won gold with Ed Ferry and Conn Findlay in the coxed pair at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. "Meticulous in everything was his mantra. For years I have kept a copy of Dick's daily handwritten workout logs in my briefcase wherever I go. I don't know why I carry it around. It exhausts me even to read it. I can't imagine what Dick and Larry went through to do all those things day after day."
Mitchell recalled that Lyon and his partner in the coxless pairs, Larry Hough, would get in shape for the 1972 Munich Olympics by running up and down stadium steps. "In 1972, he and his pair partner, Larry Hough, in their run up to the 1972 Munich Olympics in a two-man boat, both set records for running up and down ten sets of 88 stairs in Stanford's Football Stadium. Their record still stands."
"Pound for pound toughest oarsman I know," said Ed Ferry, who won gold with Conn Findlay in the coxed pair at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Lyon, a native of San Fernando, California, was a rower at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Along with his teammates Ted Nash, Phil Durbrow, Geoff Picard and Theo Mittet, his boat won the bronze medal in the coxless fours competition, in dramatic fashion.
Theo Mittet, Dick Lyon, Geoff Picard, Ted Nash at Toda Rowing Center; from the collection of Theo Mittet.
"I spent hundreds of hours looking at the back of Dick's head," said Mittet. "His perfect rowing form was like his life…always striving, always gentle, always on center and always reliable."
Like Mitchell, Lyon was a graduate of Stanford, who double majored in electrical and mechanical engineering. At the US Olympic trials in 1964, he rigged a double-steering mechanism so that both the stroke and the bow could steer if necessary…because he could. In his life outside of rowing, Lyon worked in the burgeoning IT world of Silicon Valley, many years in Hewlett Packard.
"I have many very smart friends, but Dick's mind was unique among them," said Mittet.
Richard Avery "Dick" Lyon died on July 8, 2019. After decades winning boatloads of medals in Masters rowing competitions, he was taking it easy on a sailboat on Huntington Lake with his wife, Marilyn. The boat flipped, and in the course of pulling the boat back to shore, Lyon had a heart attack and passed away soon after.
Mittet was close to Lyon, and appreciated his intellect and his empathy. "He was always objectively focused, soft spoken and an engaged listener without the appearance of effort."
You can see the desire to tell the story of the everyday person in his pictures. He wrote to me a few years ago about how he enjoyed watching the Olympics on television because he knew the effort and challenges Olympians – famous or not – had to overcome just to get to the Games. And he appreciated them all for that.
The truth, of course, reveals that every elite athlete has a story, full of obstacles they have found their way around or over on the way to their goal. When you train and compete as an athlete at the highest levels, even if you don't come out the winner, you are forced to learn more about who you are deep down. I have often thought of this as I watch Olympic Games on TV. The commentator goes into depth about a number of particular Olympians, but how much could so many untold stories reveal?
Dick Lyon with his bronze medal
August 14, 2020 Boating Sports, Japan, Olympics, Other Olympics, Tokyo 1964
The Olympians Anniversary V: Five Years Later, the Japanese Version at Last!
The cover of the Japanese version of my book, from a flyer to booksellers.
I started this blog on May 1, 2015 with the hopes of publishing a book on the 1964 Tokyo Olympics before the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. I achieved my goal, with time to spare.
My book – 1964: The Greatest Year in the History of Japan – came out in July, 2019.
The audio version of my book, read by actor David Shih, was released in March, 2020.
And the Japanese version of my book will come out on May 15, 2020. Here is the title in Japanese:
日本が最高に輝いた年
敗戦から奇跡の復興を遂げた日本を映し出す東京オリンピック
For more information in Japanese, click here.
It certainly was disappointing to see Tokyo2020 postponed to 2021. But my fingers are crossed that the world will still come to Japan in July 2021 for the Olympics, and August, 2021 for the Paralympics.
As I explained to Kyodo News, Tokyo2020 could be a great Games:
If the world is able to come to Tokyo next July without concern for their health, leaders will be able to speak out proudly about the resilience of the human spirit, and many will likely agree. On top of the natural celebration of sport and achievement, there will be stories of how individuals, teams and nations overcame the pandemic that will further inspire.
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May 1, 2020 Japan, Olympics, Tokyo 1964, Tokyo 2020
Actor David Shih: Why I Am So Happy About the Audio Version of My Book, 1964
I didn't realize I had so many foreign words in my book.
When David Shih, the reader for the audio version of my book, 1964: The Greatest Year in the History of Japan, contacted me to confirm pronunciations in my book, I thought it would be for a few dozen Japanese names and words.
David sent me a list of over 330 words, phrases and names to confirm. Suddenly, I realized that the world of reading was different from the world of listening.
When you read 10.54 seconds, do you say "ten point five four seconds," or "ten and fifty four one hundredth seconds"? When you read the year 2020, do you say "twenty twenty, or " "two thousand and twenty"?
The writer of a book leaves the pronunciation to you. The reader of an audio book does not have that luxury. When asked how to actually say names and words like Kurfürstendamm Strasse, Anton Geesink, Boris Shakhlin, or Ranatunge Koralage Jayasekara Karunananda, I must admit – I had to guess. I assumed I was worldly enough to get pronunciations right or close enough, particularly the Japanese ones.
David Shih in Henry VI: Shakespeare's Trilogy in Two Parts
Thankfully, David looked into the pronunciations as well, thanked me for providing my feedback, but also indicating very clearly that my pronunciation was incorrect on "a few". It was more than a few, and David showed me his research on why a particular name or word was pronounced in a certain way. He even corrected my pronunciation on a Japanese word.
After receiving that feedback, my confidence level in David went through the roof! David is a professional in his craft, as an actor, a narrator of documentaries and as a reader of audio books. He has appeared in a wide variety of American television and film productions, as you can see below.
But when my audio publisher, Tantor Audio, asked me to consider David, I saw that he had read for a book I really like: Strangers from a Different Shore, by Ronald Takaki, which tells the stunning history and stories of Asians emigrating to America. David's reading of Takaki's book brought the experience of my grandfather alive for me, and so I very quickly said yes to Tantor's recommendation of David.
David, like me, is Asian American, but unlike me, he grew up in an area where there were not so many Asians. I was raised in New York City, the ultimate melting pot. We both grew up identifying more as Americans, than Asian Americans, but for different reasons.
David Shih with Aaron Paul in The Path.
In a place like New York, you are surrounded by so many different ethnicities that you quickly realize you have more friends outside your own particular ethnic "brand" than inside. The way you affiliate with your friends are through your neighborhood, your school or your sports teams. It wasn't until I left the US for Japan in 1986 that I began to identify with my Japanese side. I was 23 years old and I finally learned how to pronounce my own family name, the first of many revelations about my family culture.
As David explained to me via email, he grew up in "a small Midwestern town with little diversity and very few Asians. I found myself trying to blend in and felt very disconnected from that part of my identity."
I used to think of myself as an American just like everyone else I grew up with. I considered myself an actor, not an Asian American actor. But at that time, the type of roles that were available to Asian actors were extremely limited and tended to be very stereotypical: restaurant delivery boy, deli owner, doctor, tourist, etc.
There were virtually no Asians on TV or in movies, and the ones that you saw were frequently humiliating caricatures, like Long Duk Dong from "Sixteen Candles" not to mention all the Asian roles that were played by White actors. There wasn't much to look up to. Suddenly, I was confronted with being an Asian American actor and what that meant. At first, it felt very limiting and was difficult to embrace. But things started changing over time, and slowly more and more roles became available to Asian actors that would not have been when I started.
David Shih in Billions.
David is not a sports fan, but I'm glad he enjoyed reading my book. He cited the stories about the underdogs and overcoming adversity – the Sri Lankan runner who came in dead last in the 10,000 meter race, or the American swimmer Dick Roth who avoided the surgeon's knife to win the individual medley, or the story Hungarian canoeist, Andras Toro, who had to make the life-changing decision to defect to America or not.
I think this plurality of stories is what I really loved about this book. For me, the Olympics aren't simply about competitions between nations to see who's the best. It's a moment where a remarkably diverse group of people with vastly different backgrounds, experiences and circumstances come together to find the best in themselves. Sometimes it's found on the field of competition and sometimes it's found off the field. Even Japan itself, rose to the occasion and found just what it was capable of both as a nation and as a people.
I am proud to have David read my book. His resonant actor's voice gave me chills when I first heard him read my words.
I hope you agree.
David Shih is a New York based actor. His theater credits include The Great Wave (Berkeley Rep); Henry VI: Shakespeare's Trilogy in Two Parts, Awake and Sing!, [veil widow conspiracy] (NAATCO); KPOP (Ars Nova); Somebody's Daughter (Second Stage); Tiger Style! (La Jolla Playhouse); Bike America (Ma-Yi Theatre Co.); Crane Story (The Playwrights Realm). His television credits include "Hunters," "Billions," "City on a Hill," "Iron Fist," "The Path," "Blindspot," "Elementary," "Madam Secretary," "The Blacklist," "Blue Bloods," "Mozart in the Jungle," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." And his film credits include All the Little Things We Kill, Mr. Sushi, Eighth Grade, Fan Girl, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Saving Face. He narrated the History Channel documentary China's First Emperor and the Discovery Networks series Royal Inquest, voiced the character of Eddie Toh in the hit video game Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games), and is a critically acclaimed audiobook narrator. He also works with Only Make Believe performing for children in hospitals and care facilities.
April 1, 2020 Japan, Olympics, Tokyo 1964
Will Tokyo 2020 be Scheduled for Spring, Summer or Autumn 2021? Well, They Call Them the Summer Olympics After All
Japanese television speculating all weekend on when Tokyo2020 will be scheduled in 2021.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics, scheduled for July 24 to August 9 of this year, were postponed to next year. The question that will be answered in the coming weeks, if not coming days by the IOC, will be when the Games will be held in 2021.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will likely be held in late July to early August – more specifically: Friday, July 23 to August 8, 2021. Here's why, as we break down the pros and cons of Spring, Fall and Summer.
Spring: Imagine the Tokyo Olympics in April, after the Masters in Augusta takes place in April 8-11, Tiger Woods winning a Green Jacket and then playing for gold at the Kasumigaseki Golf Country Club with cherry blossoms scattering in the gentle spring breeze. Also imagine a marathon in Tokyo as the runners run in a most temperate clime, not the hot-and-humid they would experience in July and August.
But then there's the uncertainty: will the coronavirus be rearing its ugly head again in the winter of 2021, and will a treatment or cure be available to ease our anxiety about the sneezing and coughing of those around us in the late winter, early spring? Additionally, there is the logistics of re-starting the operations of the Olympic Games. According to this article, Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee President Yoshiro Mori said that there would not be enough time to secure volunteers and ensure execution of qualifying events. "It's better for preparation time to be kept as long as possible," he said.
Additionally, in the US market, the Olympics would have significant competition with the NBA playoffs, which take place from the middle of April to the middle of June, as does the NHL playoffs. NBC is in the middle of a US$12 billion contract to cover all Olympic Games, summer and winter, from 2014 to 2032. The reason the American television network paid so much was because the Olympics help them dominate the ratings and sell profitable ad space. Suddenly competing for eyeballs against the NBA playoffs as well as the NHL playoffs, which is also broadcast on NBC, would not be what the network signed up for.
This is true for Europe and the football broadcasters, according to this article from The Sports Examiner. "…it's worth noting that the European soccer league schedules run into the middle or end of May (as does the UEFA Champions League). That means that European broadcasters are not going to be interested in having an Olympic Games start any earlier than the middle of June and that might be pushing it."
Fall: The 1964 Tokyo Olympics took place in October, in order to avoid the heat and typhoons of summer. It's true, they did not get heat and typhoons; they got rainy and cold instead. While NBC was the American broadcaster then, the business of sports broadcasting was not so large that concern about competing against the World Series or the start of the professional and college football and basketball seasons was non-existent. That is not true today, as both the World Series and American football are highly popular sports, and would eat heavily into NBC's ratings and ad revenue. Yes, this schedule conflict is a significant part of the decision making matrix for the IOC, according to veteran Mainichi Shinbun sports writer, Takashi Takiguchi.
As the provider of the highest payments for Olympic broadcast rights, the US media giant NBC is most averse to changes in its timing. The games are well known for scheduling events to meet NBC demands. Autumn is the peak season for baseball, basketball, and American football in the North American market, ensuring that NBC will not sign off on holding the Olympics then. And in Europe, where paid satellite broadcasting is common, soccer leagues are in full swing at that time.
Summer: Mori as well as John Coates, who is the main liaison between the IOC and the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee, have already stated that the likeliest schedule for 2021 will be in late July, early August, according to the New York Times. In fact, NHK has already reported that Friday, July 23, 2021 is the most likely date for the opening ceremony for Tokyo 2020.
NHK sources say the option of opening the Olympics in July of next year is gaining support at the committee, considering the time needed to contain the virus, make preparations, and select athletes.
One of the biggest challenges for figuring out when to schedule the Olympics in 2021 is the fact that there are already so many sports events scheduled, some of which have been re-scheduled from 2020. (You can see a schedule from AIPS Media here.) Takiguchi of Mainichi wrote, "the sporting calendar is so packed that any change in schedule for the Olympics will have knock-on effects. These inevitably deal heavy blows to the sports business, which is always bound by contracts."
In the case that Tokyo2020 is moved to late July, early August, a couple of major world championships have to be re-scheduled if they do not want to be overshadowed by the Olympics:
the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, from July 16 to August 1, and
the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, American, from August 6 to 15.
In fact, the head of World Athletics, Sebastian Coe, already said in the NYT article that he is open to moving the dates of championship in Oregon, citing the benefits of moving the event to 2022. "You may have world championships in consecutive years where we wouldn't normally have had that," he said. "But for athletics, it's not such a bad thing. To go from 2021 Olympic Games into two editions of the world championships, '22 — possibly '22 — '23 we're in Budapest, and then into the Olympic Games in Paris in '24. It would offer athletics center stage at a very public point of the year."
So the smart money for the commencement of the 32nd Olympiad is on Friday, July 23, 2021 – maybe a couple of seats for the Opening Ceremony will open up by then.
March 29, 2020 Economics, health, Japan, Olympics, Tokyo 1964, Tokyo 2020
The Surreality of Tokyo2020 in the Era of Coronovirus Part 1: Are We Witnessing Effective Decision Making or the Rearranging of Deck Chairs on the Titanic?
The Olympic rings in the sky, blowin' in the wind.
In 1964, on Saturday, October 10, the Blue Impulse aerobatic jet team that painted the brilliantly blue sky with the Olympic rings on the opening day of the Tokyo Olympics, symbolizing then that the sky's the limit for Japan.
In 2020, on Saturday, March 20, the Blue Impulse team reprised their role from nearly 56 years prior, sketching the five rings in the sky during the ceremony welcoming to Japan the sacred Olympic fire from Greece.
Unfortunately, the rings were immediately washed away by the blustery winds over Matsushima Air base in Miyagi prefecture, symbolizing, perhaps, that our limits are not quite so high.
I watched the officials, athletes and celebrities line up ceremoniously, undoubtedly proud to represent Japan in this extraordinary event. The Olympic flame is scheduled to start a nation-wide relay from Futaba, Fukushima on March 26 and end in Tokyo at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on July 24, perhaps at that time, showing the world that the Tokyo2020 Games are truly the "Recovery Olympics," as the organizers have billed them.
But I couldn't help but imagine that each and every one of them harbored the question, "Will this flame actually ignite the Olympic Cauldron on July 24?"
President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, Tokyo2020 chief, Yoshiro Mori and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe among many other officials have said that the Tokyo Olympics are going to take place as scheduled. "The I.O.C. remains fully committed to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and with more than four months to go before the Games there is no need for any drastic decisions at this stage," said Bach.
The cool and patient approach of the IOC may be the right approach, but their words are beginning to seem surreal, and increasingly at odds with the heated and urgent voices of athletes and officials around the world.
"Of course the IOC and the whole world wants a successful Olympics. But for that to happen I strongly believe the event needs to be postponed – unless the authorities can guarantee it will be business as usual, which I don't believe they can," said Guy Learmonth on March 17, who is competing for a spot on the Great British track team.
"I'm not against the Olympics. But saying that the Olympics will still go on is a big mistake in communication," said Giovanni Petrucci on March 19, who served as president of the Italian Olympic Committee for 14 years.
"Our athletes are under tremendous pressure, stress and anxiety, and their mental health and wellness should be among the highest priorities. It is with the burden of these serious concerns that we respectfully request that the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee advocate for the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 by one year," wrote USA Swimming CEO, Tim Hinchey, to the head of the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO, Sarah Hirshland, on March 20.
The pressure on the local officials in Japan is immense, and we are seeing fissures in this brave front that the Games must go on. Recently two prominent Japanese voices have spoken up:
a member of the Tokyo Games organizing committee, Haruyuki Takahashi, suggested postponement of the Games on March 10, which was swiftly rebuked by the Tokyo organizing committee, and
a member of the JOC, and bronze medal-winning judoka, Kaori Yamaguchi, said on March 19, that the games should be postponed.
Japan is hosting the biggest, most logistically complex big-tent event in the world this year, but decisions regarding cancellation or postponement are made by the IOC. And as long as the IOC takes a wait-and-see approach, waiting to the last possible moment before making such a decision, Japanese officials believe they must do the same.
The decision that has to be made is a thankless one – there will be an outcry whether the Games go on as scheduled, are postponed or cancelled. I have no doubt that the IOC and the Tokyo2020 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee are doing the best they can to make a wise decision.
In the meanwhile, the pressure continues to build, and reality continues to distort.
Wrestler and three-time gold medalist, Saori Yoshida, and judoka and three-time gold medalist Tadahiro Nomura, welcome the sacred flame to Japan.
The Surreality of Tokyo2020 in the Era of Coronovirus Part 2: Shopping, Dining and Sipping Sake Under the Cherry Trees
March 21, 2020 Economics, health, Japan, Olympics, security, Tokyo 1964, Tokyo 2020
In 1964, the streets of Tokyo were filled with banners proudly proclaiming that the biggest international party was coming to Japan.
In 2020, the streets of Tokyo are again filled with banners for the coming 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
From the collection of Dick Lyon, American rower at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
The street banners, as is also the case with the ticket designs, are based on a singular "Look of the Games," the visual identity formalized by the organizing committee. The foundation of this visual identity is the rectangular shapes that make up the Olympic and Paralympic logos.
A banner distributed by the Tokyo government (from the collection of Roy Tomizawa)
One of the street banners in particular had an emotional impact on me the moment I saw it – the dark red on white, with the words Tokyo 2020 in gold. I'm sure this 2020 banner is a direct reference to the first poster released by the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee in 1961, a design by Yusaku Kanemura which was used heavily in artwork for all sorts of collaterals – programs, shirts, banners, for example.
On the left is from 2020, while the one on the right is Yusaku Kanemaru's iconic design for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
March 9, 2020 Japan, Olympics, Pop Culture, Tokyo 1964, Tokyo 2020
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They say that to err is human, and human errors do indeed happen all over the world. Ahmed Nashaat knows like no other how horrible it can be if you are on a fantastic overseas adventure, only to find that your passport has gone missing, Nobody wants to spend their vacation queuing for hours in the consulate or embassy, being sent from pillar to post to get one form after the other. However, should you find yourself in a lost passport situation, you need to know what to do.
Ahmed Nashaat on Handling a Lost Passport
The minute you find out that you have lost your passport, you need to get in touch with your closest consulate or embassy. They will make sure your existing passport is canceled, and they will advise you on the next steps to receive either a new passport or an emergency travel document. It is vital that your passport is cancelled, because no new one can be issued if an active one still circulates.
Of course, you also have to cancel your passport so that it cannot be used fraudulently. A lot of money is paid for international passports on the black market, who use them for fake identities and a variety of other things, none of them good and none of them something you want your name to be associated with.
Your embassy or consulate will provide you with an application form that must be completed and you will have to pay the standard passport fee. You will also have to pay the fee for a lost passport. After that, you will need to wait for your new documents. Sometimes, this can take a little while, which is why an emergency passport may be more suitable. These aren't valid as long, however, which means you will need to apply for a full new passport immediately after getting back home.
How Not to Lose a Passport
Of course, the best thing to do is to not lose your passport in the first place. You need to be proactive in this to make sure you minimize the chances of it happening. Ahmed Nashaat's top tips include:
To keep your passport in a money belt and wear it at all times. You will have to take it off to go through customs, after which it should be replaced straight away. You would be surprised at the number of people who lose theirs because they put it down for a minute and forget to pick it back up in banks, restaurants, hotels, and so on.
To never lose track of where your passport is, particularly if you have to hand it over to someone. If you have to identify yourself for credit card payments or at border checks, for instance, you need to make sure that you can see your passport at all times. Where possible, use a photocopy.
To regularly check you still have your passport, so that, should you lose it, you know exactly where it was lost.
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Strategies to overcome barriers to implementing osteoporosis and fracture prevention guidelines in long-term care: a qualitative analysis of action plans suggested by front line staff in Ontario, Canada
Sultan H. Alamri1,4,5,
Courtney C. Kennedy1,2,3,
Sharon Marr1,2,
Lynne Lohfeld3,
Carly J. Skidmore2 &
Alexandra Papaioannou1,2,3
BMC Geriatrics volume 15, Article number: 94 (2015) Cite this article
Osteoporosis is a major global health problem, especially among long-term care (LTC) facilities. Despite the availability of effective clinical guidelines to prevent osteoporosis and bone fractures, few LTC homes actually adhere to these practical recommendations. The purpose of this study was to identify barriers to the implementation of evidence-based practices for osteoporosis and fracture prevention in LTC facilities and elicit practical strategies to address these barriers.
We performed a qualitative analysis of action plans formulated by Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) teams at 12 LTC homes in the intervention arm of the Vitamin D and Osteoporosis Study (ViDOS) in Ontario, Canada. PAC teams were comprised of medical directors, administrators, directors of care, pharmacists, dietitians, and other staff. Thematic content analysis was performed to identify the key themes emerging from the action plans.
LTC teams identified several barriers, including lack of educational information and resources prior to the ViDOS intervention, difficulty obtaining required patient information for fracture risk assessment, and inconsistent prescribing of vitamin D and calcium at the time of admission. The most frequently suggested recommendations was to establish and adhere to standard admission orders regarding vitamin D, calcium, and osteoporosis therapies, improve the use of electronic medical records for osteoporosis and fracture risk assessment, and require bone health as a topic at quarterly reviews and multidisciplinary conferences.
This qualitative study identified several important barriers and practical recommendations for improving the implementation of osteoporosis and fracture prevention guidelines in LTC settings.
Osteoporosis is a major public health problem, affecting more than 200 million people worldwide [1]. In Canada, it is highly prevalent among long-term care (LTC) populations with a reported prevalence up to 86 % [2]. Fractures are the most serious complication of osteoporosis and comprise a significant cause of morbidity, mortality and burden to society [3]. In 2010, Osteoporosis Canada published the second evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) For The Diagnosis And Management Of Osteoporosis In Canada with a focus on preventing fragility fractures [4]. The guidelines recommend lifestyle modifications, smoking cessation, falls prevention strategies and adequate total (dietary and supplemental) calcium and vitamin D intake as well as antiresorptive therapy in high risk patients [4]. Despite the effectiveness of these interventions in preventing fragility fractures, they are underutilized and the majority of elderly persons residing in LTC facilities receive suboptimal osteoporosis care [5, 6]. This gap between what should be practiced according to clinical evidence and what is actually practiced is one of the most consistent findings in health care service research [7]. An in depth understanding of the barriers and facilitating factors responsible for such gap is important to improve adherence to CPGs in the LTC sector and to optimize the clinical care of elderly residents [8–10]. Furthermore, tailoring strategies to overcome identified barriers is more likely to enhance professionals' clinical behavior [11].
The objectives of this paper were 1) to identify potential barriers to evidence-based practices for osteoporosis and fracture prevention in LTC settings and 2) to provide practical strategies to address those barriers based on a qualitative review of action plans made by members of Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) teams in LTC facilities, whose participation has been shown to increase the likelihood of guideline adoption [12].
Setting and participants
This qualitative study was conducted in twelve LTC homes in Ontario, Canada. All homes were active participants in the intervention arm of the Vitamin D and Osteoporosis Study (ViDOS). Briefly, ViDOS was a cluster, randomized controlled trial in 40 LTC homes (21 control; 19 intervention) that examined the feasibility and effectiveness of a knowledge translation intervention targeting integration of best practices for osteoporosis and fracture prevention. At each home, the target participants were the Professional Advisory Committee (PAC), an interdisciplinary team that meets quarterly to address resident care and quality improvement objectives. This group includes the medical director, director of care, administrator, consultant pharmacist, food services director, and other medical, nursing, and rehabilitation representatives.
ViDOS intervention
Details of the study protocol have been published previously [13]. Over twelve-months, each intervention home participated in three interactive educational meetings (at months 1, 6 and 12) that included a standardized presentation and a question and answer session facilitated by a ViDOS expert opinion leader who was a specialist physician with expertise in osteoporosis or geriatrics. ViDOS experts engaged with study participants either in-person (meeting one only) or remotely with the study coordinator on-site to distribute/collect study materials. Facility-level audit and feedback reports for vitamin D, calcium, and osteoporosis medication prescribing, benchmarked against other ViDOS intervention homes, were presented in a graphical format at each meeting. Confidential, individual audit and feedback reports were also provided to each physician. Additional point of care tools distributed included process checklists and treatment alerts (a paper-based tool for consultant pharmacists to alert physicians about residents at increased fracture risk).
After the expert presentation, PAC teams engaged in action planning for quality improvement based on the plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle [14] using the brainstorming technique. Between educational meetings, teams worked on implementing action plans and progress was reviewed at the next meeting. Control homes received tool-kits provided to all Ontario LTC homes (www.osteoporosislongtermcare.ca) [15].
Data collection and outcomes
Study outcomes in the ViDOS trial included both feasibility (e.g., recruitment, retention, data collection, and intervention fidelity) [16] and clinical outcomes (proportion of residents prescribed vitamin D, calcium, and osteoporosis medications) [17].
In this qualitative study, we focus only on the analysis of the action planning component of the ViDOS intervention. Using a brainstorming technique, PAC teams worked through the action plan work sheets considering 1) the potential barriers to implementing osteoporosis and fracture prevention guidelines and 2) the strategies that needed to be taken to overcome those barriers (What has to happen? Who should be involved? What do you need? What are your next steps?). The ViDOS coordinator assisted in capturing the information on the work sheets and provided updated versions.
The team analyzed the action plans produced by each PAC team using Thematic Framework Analysis, a commonly used approach to combine deductive (theme-driven) and inductive (ad hoc) coding and analysis of qualitative data [18]. Two investigators (CCK, SHA) independently reviewed the action plans to develop an initial codebook. Then the investigators met with a team member with expertise in qualitative research (LL) to develop a comprehensive list of main themes. They then examined the themes in relation to the three types of barriers to implementing change in clinical care identified by Grol: individual, organization and social [19]. Finding a good degree of fit between the data and the model, the team decided to adopt the theoretical framework. The two analysts then mapped the contents of each action plan against the themes and presented the results to the larger team for discussion. Differences of opinion on how to categorize specific action plan items were resolved through group discussion until consensus was reached.
This research project was reviewed and approved by the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board (HIREB). Written informed consent was obtained from each participant prior to data collection.
Characteristics of participating sites
Twelve LTC facilities across Ontario, Canada participated in the study with a mean bed size of 114 (SD: 57.0). LTC homes were located in communities that ranged in size from <30,000 people (42 %) to >1,000,000 people (17 %). The majority of homes were characterized as for-profit (92 %) and 75 % were affiliated with multi-facility chain operators.
The most commonly reported barriers to providing optimal bone health care in LTC were lack of information and educational resources prior to the ViDOS intervention, difficulty obtaining required patient information for fracture risk assessment and inconsistent prescribing of vitamin D and calcium at the time of admission. Moreover, failure to include osteoporosis and fracture prevention strategies as topics for quarterly reviews and the patient/family out-of-pocket cost of vitamin D were perceived as important obstacles. The full set of barriers is reported in Table 1.
Table 1 Barriers to the implementation of osteoporosis and fracture prevention guidelines in long-term care facilities
Suggested strategies
The most frequently suggested strategies by the PAC teams were implementation of standard admission orders regarding vitamin D, calcium, and osteoporosis therapies; better use of electronic medical records (EMRs) for osteoporosis and fracture risk assessment; and addition of bone health care as a topic in quarterly reviews and multidisciplinary conferences. They also suggested using educational toolkits and videos for LTC staff, residents, and their families as well as greater input by dietitians for review and monitoring of calcium intake and to ensure adequate amounts of dietary calcium for LTC residents. The full set of strategies is reported in Table 2.
Table 2 Strategies to overcome barriers to the implementation of osteoporosis and fracture prevention guidelines in long-term care facilities
In this study, PAC teams from 12 LTC facilities in Canada identified barriers to osteoporosis care in LTC facilities and suggested strategies to overcome them. One of the most frequently reported barriers to the implementation of osteoporosis CPGs was the lack of information and resources prior to intervention educational meetings. Participants identified improved education of staff as well as patients and families as strategies to overcome such barriers. In particular, the use of videos and toolkits to educate staff members about bone health care was frequently suggested. Similar approaches have been shown to modestly improve osteoporosis management by health care providers [20]. Combined with other strategies (e.g., assessing osteoporosis/fracture risk on admission and including bone health in quarterly reviews), this approach may be useful in changing the low prioritization of osteoporosis and resistance to change among providers, both of which were previously identified factors in suboptimal osteoporosis care [11, 21].
Difficulty in obtaining necessary patient information (medical history, information about osteoporosis and fracture diagnoses, and annual height assessments) was another barrier reported by participants in our study. This finding is consistent with the results of a recent survey conducted with Ontario LTC Physicians (n = 87), who reported that barriers to the use of CPGs included lack of access to medical history and test results (e.g., bone mineral density) [6]. These physicians suggested removing bone mineral density from the fracture risk assessment, as supported by Rodondi et al. [22] who demonstrated that age and clinical risk factors were more important than bone mineral density in the calculation of 10-year fracture probability in nursing home residents. Improved use of EMRs was suggested by our study participants as a strategy to overcome this lack of information. Studies have shown that using EMR systems can improve the efficiency, quality, and accuracy of documentation and is supported by professional organizations such as the American Medical Directors Association and the American Health Care Association [23]. However, knowledge and competence in the use of these tools vary widely among facilities, indicating the need for education and training of LTC facility administrators and staff [24, 25].
Inconsistent prescribing of vitamin D and calcium on admission was also identified as a barrier to guideline adherence. Similarly, Teng et al. [21] reported that the lack of standard orders was an important barrier, concluding that system-wide intervention holds the most promise for overcoming barriers to high-quality osteoporosis care. Modification to delivery care systems was also reported to prevent fractures in LTC homes [26]. The suggestion by our study participants to establish standard orders for vitamin D, calcium, and osteoporosis therapies is one important strategy that may reduce fragility fractures within this setting. In addition, the French Group of Geriatrics and Nutrition has recommended systematic supplementation of vitamin D for all residents in LTC facilities and further suggests that intermittent (e.g., weekly) rather than daily supplementation may improve compliance [27]. This approach could potentially overcome patient reluctance to pay for vitamin D therapy, another potential barrier in our study.
Although we found brainstorming a useful technique for exploring barriers and solutions, combining multiple qualitative methods (literature search, surveys, focus groups or individual interviews) might have resulted in more data [28]. However, the time required to gather and analyze such data was not available in the larger study. Other limitations of this study include a relatively small sample size (12 LTC homes) and overrepresentation of for-profit homes (92 %), which may limit the ability to generalize the findings to non-profit facilities.
This qualitative study outlined several important barriers to the implementation of evidence-based practices for osteoporosis and fracture prevention in LTC settings. Although tailoring strategies to overcome barriers needs to consider local context, the participants identified several common practical strategies at multiple levels that are relatively easy to implement and have been successfully implemented in the majority of LTC homes that participated in this study [16].
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We would like to thank the LTC professionals who dedicated their time and important feedback for this study. This work has been supported by a funding grant from the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) funding reference number: MOP-114982. Additionally, the researchers would like to acknowledge our key partners who helped to support this initiative: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care – Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy for Long-Term Care, Ontario College of Family Physicians, Osteoporosis Canada, Medical Pharmacies Group Limited, Hamilton Health Sciences/St. Peter's Healthcare, McMaster University, and the Seniors Health Research Transfer Network (SHRTN).
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Sultan H. Alamri, Courtney C. Kennedy, Sharon Marr & Alexandra Papaioannou
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Courtney C. Kennedy, Sharon Marr, Carly J. Skidmore & Alexandra Papaioannou
Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, L8S4K1, Canada
Courtney C. Kennedy, Lynne Lohfeld & Alexandra Papaioannou
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Sultan H. Alamri
Geriatrics Residency Program, St. Joseph's Hospital, McMaster University, 50 Charlton Ave. E., Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6, Canada
Courtney C. Kennedy
Sharon Marr
Lynne Lohfeld
Carly J. Skidmore
Alexandra Papaioannou
Correspondence to Sultan H. Alamri.
Drs. Alamri, Kennedy, and Lohfeld, and Ms. Skidmore declare that they have no competing interests. Dr. Marr has received funds from CHHO-Artic and Hamilton Health Sciences, and is a board member for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine Exam Board. Dr. Papaioannou has received grants and research support from Amgen, Eli Lilly, Merck Canada Inc., Novartis, Warner Chilcott and consults for Amgen, Eli Lilly, Merck Canada Inc., Novartis, and Warner Chilcott. All authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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I got an email today from a former co-worker that I hadn't heard from in ages. Every great once in awhile, though, a message will pop up from Dave letting me know that he's still alive and kicking at his new job (well, it's not new per say, he left for it years ago!). Generally the email is something that has been forwarded along and the vast majority of them I'll read and them hit the 'delete' key but ones that I feel are important or particularly funny I'll forward along.
Today's email from Dave was about the "ICE" campaign and I thought it was worth passing along. I actually programmed this into my cell phone quite some time ago and even though it's never been used (thank goodness!) I think it's a good thing for everyone to have. Please take a moment to read the following then grab your cell phone and program in your own "ICE". Someday you may be glad you did!
"We all carry our mobile phones with names and numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends. If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know whom to call. Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in case of an emergency?
Hence the "ICE" (In Case of Emergency) campaign. The concept of "ICE" is catching on quickly. It is a method of contact during emergencies. As cell phones are carried by the majority of the population, all you need to do is store the number of a contact person or persons who should be contacted during emergency under the name "ICE" (In Case Of Emergency).
The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they didn't know which number to call. He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name for this purpose. In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and hospital Staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by simply dialing the number you have stored as "ICE". For more than one contact name, simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc. This is a great idea that will make a difference!
Let's spread the concept of ICE by storing an ICE number in our Mobile phones today!"
I have an EMT friend and he made sure all of us had ICE in our phones as well. I'll pass the word along on my end of the blogosphere too, Thanks!


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Ohio Budget Kills Sales-Tax Exemption
ICTA member Dave Miholer (Executive Coin Company, Stow, OH) brought to ICTA's attention in May that the Ohio 2020–2021 budget eliminated the sales-tax exemption on the purchases of investment metal bullion and investment coins. The budget plan also directs the state to begin collecting sales taxes on interstate purchases, due to the requirements of South Dakota vs. Wayfair.
Shortly afterward the budget's language eliminating the exemption was removed. Lobbyist Neil Clark closely monitored the budget's bill (HB 166) in case the language was restored before the bill went to the Senate floor for a vote. The Senate passed their version of the bill on June 20, 2019. However, the House refused to concur in the Senate amendments, so the bill went to a Conference Committee, where differences were resolved. It passed both houses on July 17, 2019.
ICTA learned late that night from lobbyist Clark that the budget now included language that eliminated the exemption and that it was on the way to Governor Mike DeWine to be signed. The Ohio dealer community was immediately alerted and asked to call Governor DeWine's office to urge him to line-item veto this language and protect the exemption. Unfortunately, Governor DeWine opted not to veto the language before signing the bill into law on July 18, 2019.
On behalf of Miholer, ICTA thanks everyone who made telephone calls, wrote legislators, testified before legislative committees, and financially supported the efforts to stop the repeal of the Ohio sales-tax exemption on the purchases of investment metal bullion and investment coins.
"The state's current political climate was just not favorable toward existing tax breaks that generally favored businesses," said Miholer. In other words, the repeal of this exemption and other tax breaks would supposedly underwrite a huge state tax cut.
The sales tax becomes effective October 1, 2019.
"We may be down, but we're not out," says Miholer. "We don't know right now, but we will regroup and start again a campaign to get our exemption back."
To learn more about ICTA and their activities, go to the website of the Industry Council for Tangible Assets.
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FDIC Backs Down on "High-Risk" Merchant List
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has fully reversed its position on a list of merchant categories thought to present a high risk for payment fraud. The misinterpretation of the list had resulted in banks' severing ties with coin dealerships.


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This week we are excited to share another story from a Young Debt-Free Family. The story below features Clint at NextGen Wealth. Clint is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) who has been in the financial services and financial planning business since 2001. He brings a unique perspective given his experience and I hope you enjoy his family's story.
Clint is a fellow Missourian from the other side of the state and enjoys craft beer and golf. Since Clint sent the draft below, he and his wife Christa welcomed their first baby, Harper, into the world. One of the best gifts we can give to our children is financial peace, and as you'll read below, Clint and Christa are well positioned to do just that.
I hope you enjoy Clint's story as much as I did!
It's been a while since my wife and I have had any debt (besides out mortgage). I did come out of college with some credit card debt. However, I do see debt on a regular basis with my job as a financial planner. So, I'm always trying to help clients pay down high-interest debts as well – but more on that later.
As for my personal life, I'm 39-years-old, have been married for 10 years and by the time you read this, we will have had our first child.
I've been a financial planner since I graduated college way back in 2001. I've worked with a few firms over the years before starting my own, NextGen Wealth, about four years ago. I had a vision of helping individuals in every area of their financial life rather than just investments, since that piece has become so commoditized. I absolutely love working with my clients and helping them on their path to financial freedom.
In late 2018, I started another business, NextGen Life Insurance, which is strictly a blog that provides honest and unbiased advice so individuals can make the best decision when it comes to purchasing life insurance. As a disclaimer, I do not sell life insurance at NextGen Life Insurance or NextGen Wealth.
As for revenue for the business this year, it will again be in the lower six figures with a goal of 40% growth. Since I started NextGen Wealth, growth has consistently been 50%+ each year, but that type of growth becomes harder and harder the larger the revenue is from the previous year. However, I feel like I have a solid plan in place to achieve 40%+ this year.
Like anyone else who had or has high-interest debt, it truly is a burden on your life. You think about it all the time and the interest continues to pile up every single month. It can be overwhelming.
At some point, you start to realize you're not making as much progress as you'd like and it needs to become a priority in your financial life. For me personally when I had debt, and any of my clients who come to me with debt, it starts to wear on you enough that eventually you need to create a debt payoff plan.
It's not easy because you still have other bills to pay and you still want to have some semblance of a life. However, what it really comes down to is you either have to make more money or spend less in order to pay down the debt.
Since most people have a fixed income and don't have time for a side hustle (although I always encourage it), it comes down to cutting out certain things to focus on paying down the debt. It can be difficult for a while, but if you're serious about paying it off, then you'll make it a priority.
What I've found to help is visualizing what it will feel like not having debt anymore. The peace of mind it will bring and being able to save for other goals, along with simply being able to think about the future without the debt weighing on your mind, are all things that will keep you motivated.
What I typically recommend (and what I used), was just a simple budget spreadsheet. The way that I look at it is you have fixed expenses and variable expenses. Paying down your debt must be treated like a fixed expense.
If your goal is to pay $500 toward your debt on a monthly basis and you only have so much money to work with, then you have to determine how to make the variable expenses work taking into account that $500. Let's face it, no one (at least that I know of) has ever been successful in paying down debt with money that they have leftover at the end of each month – because, as we all know, there typically isn't any.
Debt needs to be treated like the preferred savings method of paying yourself first. Pay your debt first and then figure out how much you have leftover for variable expenses.
Like I mentioned earlier, I believe visualizing what your life will look like without having debt can do wonders. Think about how you will feel, what you will do and the other incredible things you can use this money for.
6) What are future plans for your family after becoming debt free?
For me and families that I work with, I truly believe the sky is the limit when you become free from burdensome high-interest debt. You can now save money for the things you really want to accomplish like financial independence, a new house, your children's college, that dream vacation, etc.
Becoming debt free will open up a world of possibilities where you get to call the shots now. You finally get to have complete control of your financial life.
7) Are you pursuing (or have you reached) financial independence?
Absolutely, I'm definitely pursuing financial independence. While I'm not there yet (we have big dreams), we are certainly on our way.
We know that with the plan we have in place that if we continue to save like we're saving that it won't be too far off in the distant future. Just thinking about financial independence makes me excited and more motivated to stick with the plan and get there even faster.
8) Where can we learn more about your story?
Feel free to check out the bio on my website for more personal and professional information of what I love doing and why.
Thanks again to Clint at NextGen Wealth for being willing to share his family's story. If you have questions, please contact Clint or leave below in the comments. Thanks for reading!


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Founded in 1988, IDEX is a diversified, engineered products company, serving high-growth niche markets. Its three major business segments specialize in Fluid & Metering Technologies, Health & Science, and Diversified Products. Their products are sold to original equipment manufacturers, as well as direct end use customers, in a wide range of industries throughout the world. With headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois, IDEX has 86 locations and over 6,700 employees. The company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol IEX. The IDEX acronym stands for "Innovation, Diversity and Excellence".
IDEX's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne hosting environment includes 5 instances, running 3 different versions, with 4,800 users. When the need to change data centers arose, IDEX needed to quickly identify a new partner that had the expertise to address their very challenging business requirements. The challenge would include planning and orchestrating a complex "lift and shift" from a fully operational data center to a new data center in a very tight time window. The mission critical application would need to remain operational throughout the implementation. After going through an extensive RFP process, IDEX selected GSI and Secure-24 since they provided the strongest match in skills and experience for helping them meet their business objectives. GSI and Secure-24's specific expertise in CNC managed services, multi-version support, third party product support, hosting an implementation on this scale as well as the ongoing operational support aspects of the system were major factors in their selection.Although the entire project was slated for 6 months, the actual "lift and shift" would need to take place in less than 6 weeks. Extensive planning, coordination and pre-work by the IDEX, GSI and Secure-24 teams was absolutely critical to ensure the success of the project.


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Dating back to 1851 when the first vineyards were planted, Hawkes Bay is New Zealand's oldest wine region and today, it's the second largest spanning 1.4 million hectares of vineyard. With a diverse range of soils, altitudes, sub-regions and micro-climates, Hawkes Bay is host to a spectrum of grape varieties and wine styles, the most famous of which being the Bordeaux blends which top production levels and are most notably produced in Gimblett Gravels, an area famed for its free draining, gravel soils, ideal for growing Cabernet Sauvignon and home to the 100 point scoring Ngakirikiri Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 from Villa Maria. With a maritime climate dominated by influences from the Pacific Ocean, Hawkes Bay experiences long Sunshine hours with temperatures moderated by the ocean breezes, allowing grapes to reach a high level of ripeness but preserve freshness and acidity allowing grapes such as Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc to also thrive here. Another producer of note is Vidal, a long time favourite of ours who produce several award winning wines including the Legacy Chardonnay 2015, award the Platinum medal by Decanter Magazine as their Best New Zealand Chardonnay.
Topper's Mountain Bricolage Rouge 2014
96++ - 97 Points - Stuart McCloskey "The blend changes with each passing vintage. The '14 includes Tempranillo, Nebbiolo, Tanat, Shiraz and Viognier. The perfume is brooding and laced with fauna and flora complimented with ribbons of dark, ripe red fruits (Very much reminds me of red fruits found in high quality, bitter chocolate). The palate is incredibly fine, the tannins silken, the structural element wonderfully feminine. All-in-all, exquisitely balanced, refined and full of charm. The rose hip / petal, wild mint and liquorice combination is a joy to taste. Profound it is not, but I am truly smitten by its overall charisma. This would be wonderful if paired with rare loin of venison served with a sweet berry and juniper sauce. En pointe now and will keep for a few more years, but this is one to be enjoyed sooner rather than later… We sampled using Zalto's Universal glassware."
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Topper's Mountain Nebbiolo 2016
Winemaker "Although massively structured, the best examples show remarkable elegance, typical aromas of sour cherries and tar and almost never ending cellaring potential.
Our Nebbiolo shows aromas of tar, rose hips, sour cherries, dark cherries, liquorice and heaps of flint. This can't be anything else but Nebbiolo! Juicy and fresh on the palate yet with a strong backbone and succulent smooth tannins. Cherries, currants and cranberries are accompanied by liquorice, black pepper and hint of earthiness. Long and tight finish. Wine with considerable ageing potential."
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Topper's Mountain Touriga & Tintas Kvevri 2018
Winemaker Notes: Although four years old this wine is still youthful fresh and firm. Plums, blackberries and layers of spice re supported by a very good acidity and significant but elegant tannins. Serious wine to drink with food will benefit from a couple of hours of decanting.
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Topper's Mountain Wild Ferment Tempranillo 2013
96++ 97 Points - Stuart McCloskey "Tempranillo is a temperamental beauty which places so many demands on the winemaker - from warmth and sun for perfect ripeness as well as cooling evenings to retain freshness. AKA, perfect conditions. Topper's sits 900 metres above sea level which aids the deliverance of daytime warmth and cooling air of the night time. The nose is fully mature and alluring with saddle leather, tobacco, cedar, rose hip, blood orange and dark cherry cola. The palate texture is perfecto – crushed velvet with ribbons of sweet and sour cherry, cola, smoke and sweet spice. The tannins are svelte and the acidity adds a judicious slap of freshness. There is much to like - superb energy and a very long, sappy finish. We sampled in Zalto's Bordeaux and Universal glassware with the latter being our preference. It's in its prime, but will keep for a few years longer (although I really don't see the point personally)."
Winemaker "Juicy, elegant and already quite approachable Tempranillo. Cherry cake, dark cherries, black berries underlined with a hint of mint and dash of cinnamon on the nose. High acidity gives the wine freshness and long finish which is balanced by ripe and smooth tannins. Sour and sweet on the palate with flavours of sour cherries in chocolate, black berries, black cherries and vanilla. Typical Tempranillo – smooth and quaffable yet serious and complex."


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Q: How to check index of integer array element in java? In the below code I can get the length and element of array. if I have to check what is the index number at run time for every element, how can I check that?
If I print the value of i from loop every time with the array element it will give the same value, will that be correct to consider the value of i as index value of array?
Another confusion in during the debug in eclipse it shows id value of array is different than the loop value.
public class FirstArray {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] arr = {11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20};
        int onelength = arr.length;
        System.out.println("Size of Array is: " + onelength);
        for(int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++){
           System.out.println("element of aray is: "+ arr[i]);
        }
     }
}

A: Yes, value of i will be the index value. I would suggest you to go through basics of Java arrays.

A: The question itself is not clear. The loop bounds are definitely different from the index value of the array. If you want to print the loop bounds along with the value at the index, just print i in the loop.

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Will that be correct to consider the value of i as index value of
  array?

Of course it'll be correct, i is actually the index of the array.

Another confusion in during the debug in eclipse it shows id value of
  array is different than the loop value

Yes, it shows because it's really different, take a look:
for(int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
    System.out.println("element of aray is "+ arr[i]); // It prints the element itself -> 11 12 13 14 15.. and so on
    System.out.println("iteration number "+ i); // It prints the index of iteration -> 0 1 2 3 4 5.. and so on
}

A: For your question "what is the index number at run time for every element, how can i check that?" Refer to the solution bellow:
Where is Java's Array indexOf?
For your question "If i print the value of i from loop every time with the array element it will give the same value, will that be correct to consider the value of i as index value of array?"
The array index starts from 0, so if your array length is 10 then index values will be 0 to 9. Thus, if you start your loop from i=0 then the index value will be same as i, but if you start your loop from i=1 then the index value will be i-1.

A: You may want to clarify what exactly you are searching for.
An array stores a value at a given index (starting at index zero, and going up to index length-of-the-array-minus-one).
The traditional way of creating an array is the following:
// Create an empty array that is able to hold 3 values
int[] numbers = new int[3];
numbers[0] = 11;
numbers[1] = 15;
numbers[2] = 13;

If we now print the values in the index order, we receive 11, 15 and 13. Here's the code:
for (int i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++) {
    System.out.println(numbers[i]);
}

So, we see with numbers[i] = 14 we can assign the value 14 to the index i of the array. And with System.out.println(numbers[i]), we can print the value the array has stored at index i.
An array has a fixed length which needs to be specified at creation, it is not a flexible data structure (but pretty fast and small). Thus, if you are trying to access numbers[100] but we said numbers can only hold 3 values, then you will get an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.
Your provided code is a short-hand for the traditional way:
int[] arr = {11,12,13};

which does the same as
int[] arr = new int[3];
arr[0] = 11;
arr[1] = 12;
arr[2] = 13;

If you want to search for the index, given the value (assuming the values are unique), you need to search the whole array until you find the index. Here's some code:
public int getIndex(final int[] array, final int value) {
    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
        if (array[i] == value) {
            // Value found
            return i;
        }
    }
    // Value not found
    return -1;
}

Note that the search code is pretty slow, because you may need to search the whole length of the array (worst case). Other data structures may be more useful depending on your usage.

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