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Flames 4, Sharks 1: Blake Comeau snapped a tie early in the third period and captain Jarome Iginla recorded a goal and an assist as host Calgary moved above the .500 mark for the first time this season.
Roman Cervenka and Curtis Glencross also scored while Miikka Kiprusoff made 32 saves in his return from injury for the Flames (9-8-4), who improved to 4-1-1 in their last six games. Kiprusoff had missed 13 contests with a sprained MCL.
Captain Joe Thornton scored and Thomas Greiss stopped 22 shots in a rare start for San Jose, which has scored two goals or less in each of its last 12 games and 16 of 17.
Calgary registered only six shots in the third period but made half of them count.
With the game even at 1-1, Comeau unleashed a shot from the right faceoff circle that glanced off the stick of Sharks defenseman Matt Irwin and sailed past Greiss at 2:57. The goal, which came on the Flames' second shot of the session, ended Comeau's 24-game drought.
Just 99 seconds - and one shot on goal - later, Iginla beat Greiss with a wrist shot from the top of the slot following a turnover for his sixth goal in five games and a 3-1 lead. Glencross sealed the win in the final minute with a short-handed empty-netter.
Calgary got on the board less than 4 1/2 minutes into the contest as Cervenka buried the rebound of defenseman Jay Bouwmeester's shot at 4:27 for his first goal in nine games. Thornton forged a tie with 6:07 remaining in the second, converting a pass from Joe Pavelski while on the doorstep.
GAME NOTEBOOK: San Jose coach Todd McLellan remained even with Ron Wilson for first place on the franchise list with 206 victories. ... Thornton's goal was his 1,101st career point. He is two behind Frank Mahovlich for 55th on the all-time list. ... The Sharks have allowed a short-handed goal in each of their last three games. ... Calgary C Jiri Hudler registered an assist, giving him six in his last three contests. ... Iginla's goal was the 523rd of his career, putting him one behind Bryan Trottier for 32nd place on the all-time list.

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Another buzzer-beating loss for the Oakland University women's basketball team, as the Grizzlies lost to Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 57-55, on Erin Murphy's three-point play in the final seconds.
"We need to learn how to win games late," said Oakland head coach Beckie Francis. "While it hurts now, my hope is that we'll learn from these experiences."
Elizabeth Hamlet's layup with 31 seconds left put Oakland in front 55-54, before Murphy scored a three-point play to win the game for IPFW. The Golden Grizzlies (8-12, 2-6 Summit) had three attempts at a tying basket on the final possession, but could not force overtime.
Elena Popkey's 15 points led Oakland, as the Golden Grizzlies shot 40 percent from the floor and had three players in double-digits.
Popkey scored 11 points in the second half, as OU began the half on a 19-3 run to erase a 22-18 halftime deficit. Sinclair Russell (Troy Athens) hit six free throws and equaled her career-high of 10 points. Zakiya Minifee added a season-high 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds to help OU earn a 37-28 rebounding edge.
Amanda Hyde led all players with 17 points, while Stefanie Mauk added 13 for Fort Wayne (7-13, 3-5). Murphy finished with 11, as IPFW shot 38.9 percent from the field and hit nine 3-pointers.
Olivia Nash finished with nine points and six rebounds. Her layup gave OU a 12-point lead with 11:27 left to play. Peyton Apsey scored all of her six points in the first half. Led by Russell and Minifee, the Oakland bench outscored the IPFW reserves 20-5.
Saturday marked the end of a three-game road swing for the Golden Grizzlies. Oakland returns to the Athletics Center O'rena to host Omaha on Saturday at 2 p.m.
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Also, I got the same exact yield with the leafy greens. Both juicers yielded 2ozs.
For those considering a juicer, don't sweat too much over these two different types. The only advantages between them were the Breville is MUCH faster at making juice since you do not have to cut the produce up,
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If you want a no-nonsense, fast juicer, the Breville wins. If you want to make other things and have more time then the Omega is the one.
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That is some kind of tragedy. Not unique, but a tragedy, all the same.
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The classical tragic esthetic is a wonderful philosophical and existencial literary tradition - I love Aeschylus - Certainly tragedy is a fundamental theme in Welles' films - they're essentially one big series of variations on a tragic theme - (although I wonder what it would be like to read all of Welles' 60 or so unfilmed screen plays - would it be a constant tragic leitmotive, or more like Shakespeare, a mix of tragedy, comedy, history, romance?) and I'm not arguing that there are important tragic aspects to Welles' life - my point of contention is more to the degree of our silver screen Lucifer's fall from grace. (My main difficulty is how does one encapsulate to vastness of Welles' life in a manageable single presentation? My favorite solution would be something like 2 4-hour DVD's - one presenting a biography of Welles' - using the maximum of audio-visuals - interviews, pictures, etc... and a second DVD with a chronological 'best of' series of clips covering as much as possible in all media, his own films, uncredited in other films, acting monologues, talk show performances, etc...) But the question seems to have considerable legs, so I opened a separate thread in the General Discussion area to see if it can fly on its own tragic wings of destiny...
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"When we moved to Paris, I was already pregnant and very excited," my mom told me. "We went to French restaurants every night and explored Paris and surrounding towns on the weekends. During the day while Dad worked, I would walk through Le Vésinet, a beautiful residential district, to St. Germain en Laye, where I would have tea and a croissant and write letters home. Some days I would go swimming at a public indoor pool on the way back. I had a fitted black maternity suit--very sexy and French! Once on the way home, I was craving a hamburger, so I stopped for lunch. It was delicious. As I left the cafe, I saw a poster with an outline of a horse, saying that the special of the day was hamburger a la cheval!"
"During my pregnancy, Daddy and I called the baby 'Freddie' and whenever we visited a gorgeous French cathedral--Notre Dame, Chartres--we would always light a candle for 'Freddie.' "
"In early January, I was eight months pregnant. My belly was quite big, and my doctor was worried that something might be wrong. Dad was on a business trip, so I went alone to the Hôpital Américain de Paris for a sonogram...
"I was lying on my back with the cold jelly on my belly and the technician said, 'Je vois un bébé.' I smiled, and he kept working. Then he said, 'Ooh la la! Je vois deux bébés.' I was stunned! Twins! He kept working and then he exclaimed, 'Mon dieu, je vois trois bébés!' Triplets! He was a bit flustered and wanted a second opinion so said he was going to get a doctor and left the room. I lay there thinking, 'Hmm. I only have two arms, but I am going to have three babies!' When the two doctors came back, they took another look and finally said, 'Madame, you are definitely having two babies only!' I thought, 'Only two! That'll be a cinch!' Later I wondered if they had worked some clever psychology on me..."
"When I left the hospital that afternoon, I was so excited. I passed a little shop and spotted this cute mouse doll with two mouse babies! I bought it, and when I met Dad at the airport the next day, I gave it to him. He was perplexed and just looked at it (Why was I giving him a stuffed mouse?). Then it dawned on him, 'Oh my gosh! Are you serious?' He was shocked but thrilled. The next week we lit candles at a church for 'the Freddies!' "
(Next I'd love to share a few from after we were born, if you'd like to see...:)
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this is just about the sweetest thing in the world. what a wonderful way to mark your birthday. happy birthday to you and lucy!! make sure to snap some photos to show toby when he's older!! i wonder if he laugh at the "style" of our time. Though to be honest I think the 00's and the 10's (is that what we're calling this decade) have a wealth of great fashion, but I guess they said that in the 80s too!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a lovely pregnancy story. I love the little mouse doll with the twins. I think moms always remember the first things they buy for their baby/babies to be. I bought my daughter a porcelain fawn head for her nursery wall. My good friend laughed at me because I didn't have crib or a carrier or anything practical. She still makes fun of me but I love the little deer who looks over my little dear.
ReplyDeletei've always had this dream. when i am pregnant with my first child, i'd love to spend a few months (ideally in the summer... if i had it my way!) to gallivant in france with my two sisters in either arm. we'd shop for bebe-to-be and eat a ridiculous amount of sorbet and skip through jardin du luxembourg. hey, you never know!
i love this story. so sweet. happiest birthday wishes to you! xoI love that you shared this! My twin sister and I just turned 39 and my mom had no idea she was having twins either! She was told all along that she was pregnant with one big baby boy! It wasn't until the delivery when they announced there were two babies. My sister and I were baby A and baby B for days. My parents never even thought of girl names, let alone two of them!
ReplyDeleteso fun for you to hear your mom's perspective from when she was pregnant and the surprise of learning there were two! i can relate...i'm currently 29 weeks pregnant with triplets, but we didn't learn there were 3 until i was 18 weeks along—quite the surprise! i look forward to telling my children all about it :)
ReplyDelete- Elizabeth2:22 PM
Such a sweet story! When I found out I was having twins the nurse took forever to confirm, she kept looking around. Finally, I asked her what she was looking for. Her responce: "I want to make sure you only have two in there" I thought my husband was going to pass out! Happy B-day to you and Lucy!
ReplyDelete Gorgeous mom and such a cute story! I love those little serendipitous moments like finding a mouse with two babies:) Did your mom keep that mouse? It's always so sweet to hear those details of when our mom was expecting or when we were little. Toby's lucky you are writing about his growing up:) Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteThis is so sweet! Weirdly, when my mom was pregnant with my twin sister and I, she had a feeling she was having twins. She said she went in for the ultrasound and already had the conversation played out in her head of how the doctor was going to tell her! Happy birthday to you and your sister :)
ReplyDelete- Tricia3:02 PM
Jo, My wishes for a wonderful birthday to you and Lucy! I share the same birthday with you, as do several of my friends. I have enjoyed reading your blog and have introduced you to my daughter as well. It is one way we stay in touch while she is away at university. Wishing you special moments to cherish today and every day.
ReplyDelete What gorgeous pictures!
My mom had a similar experience when she was pregnant with my sister and me. Three weeks before her due date, she had an x-ray (it's crazy they did x-rays in the 70's) to determine why she was measuring so big. Low and behold, she was carrying twins. I guess that was much more common back before regular sonograms became the norm.
Isn't being a twin wonderful!?- Anonymous3:35 PM
Thank you for posting this! So incredibly adorable - do you still have the mouse?
So funny - my dad called me Fred before I was born (convinced I was a boy) and it just stuck! I am still Fred to this day :)
I absolutely LOVE your blog, I look forward to it each and everyday :)
Kristina OMG! My mum bought the same mouse before I was born and it's been one of my favourite toys when I was a baby!! It still "lives" at my parents home in Barcelona (although the baby mice are gone and one ear is missing).
Every time we visit my mother my little daughter loves to play with it. Next time I go there will take a pic and send it to you :-)


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Comment posted Karl Hughes: impacts of the proposed Tiree Array and divorce from the natural world by Tim McIntyre.
There's no denying the quality of Malcolm's graphics and animations – good to see them being put to objective uses some of the time
Tim McIntyre also commented
- Malcolm – good story. You don't say why the lights dimmed in the first place – presumably too long ago for it to have been a drop in output from a wind farm? Hydro is my personal favourite – it's just great for backup & load following – we'll need some more of that too!
Not quite sure what you were asking with the point about nuclear/gas – was this a reference to my earlier post?
- Karl, I pity you holed up in the furnace of Iraq today – it would be hard to imagine a more cracking day on the W Coast. Would love to be on Tiree myself…
- I can't assess the climate science bit as I'm not qualified to do so. I find disquieting the suggestion that SG policy should be based on the direct effects of climate change on Scotland alone, ignoring the wider global effects. Even if one was being this 'selfish', the indirect effects on our economy from big climatic changes elsewhere in the world are surely not insignificant?
I couldn't work out what the repeatedly-made point about a 'holocaust' of winter deaths was about. Is it that we should be welcoming global warming in Scotland, in order to reduce this? Is it that Scotland's main problem is fuel poverty? If the latter, there is no discussion or acknowledgement about the rising cost of fossil fuels being the main driver for this at present.
I would like to see some independent evidence for the claim: "According to estimates, wind energy is economic suicide for Scotland, leading to far more jobs being lost than created, largely because it has always been known that the main benefit goes to the manufacturers, of which there are none in Scotland." How does this differ significantly from other major economic, and particularly energy sectors? I don't believe that there are no companies in Scotland involved in manufacturing for the wind industry. The government claims that more Scots are now employed in the renewables sector than in the whisky industry – where is the detailed evidence that they are wrong? There is also significant work going on to develop Scottish expertise in offshore wind and tidal power, skills which we can then sell to the world. The claim that jobs in the renewables industry are uniquely 'mythical' is made with tiresome frequency, and with (as usual) no comparison with other industries.
I agree strongly with Mr Haseler & Doc's point that the focus of energy use & emissions reduction should be on energy conservation and reducing waste, particularly in the transport and space/water heating sectors. This does not mean we can sidestep changes to our electricity system – we need to do both.
Finally there is much speculative stuff about the engineering practicalities of incorporating wind and other intermittent renewables into the power system. E.g "The scale of pump storage is so huge that it is beyond our ability to predict the required scale needed to supply sufficient backup." That is simply nonsense – to claim that calculating the required backup for a particular combination of generation plant is 'beyond the ability' of the engineering professions involved is ludicrous – backup and storage plant has been designed and used over many decades, and the challenges of balancing generation may be growing substantially, but they are not new. There is also an apparent misunderstanding of the role of nuclear, which can provide base load but cannot be used as 'backup' for anything due to its inability to be economically started up or shut down on anything shorter than a seasonal basis.
Some interesting food for thought in there, but as Doc notes above, a distinct lack of convincing references or evidence for many of the claims.
- Malcolm – this is surely the reddest of your red herrings to date!
Recent comments by Tim McIntyre
- New SNP group leader unable to keep the sheep in the pen
Newsroom – I'm not sure about your use of the phrase 'sheep in a pen' – it seems to me that a more apt metaphor for the job of leading this party group within A & B is 'herding cats'.
Another version I have seen is 'minding mice at a crossroads' - Patron of Northern Lighthouse Board incredulous at Tiree Array proposal
I was just responding to your own post, pm. It is pretty clear that major industrial economies across the world, including the two you mentioned yourself, are investing heavily in renewables including wind power. Thus your view that wind development is nothing but an economic 'millstone' does not appear to be widely shared.Your point about using per-capita figures is fair enough – but I notice you focused solely on China, and did not highlight that Germany's wind capacity is around 3 times higher than the UK's on that basis, and that even the US is ahead of us.
Are you sure that it would be cheaper to invest all our money in developing another country's renewable resources, and a huge (and hopefully very reliable) cable to bring the power over, than to just invest in our own – which are by all accounts the best in Europe?
- Patron of Northern Lighthouse Board incredulous at Tiree Array proposal
China has 76GW of wind capacity and is expected to reach 100GW by 2015.Germany has 31GW of wind capacity and rising fast.
The US has 60GW of wind capacity, also rising fast.
The UK has less than 10GW of wind capacity.
There doesn't seem to be much sign that building wind farms leads to economic problems.
- Fabulous results for Campbeltown AFC and Lochgilphead Red Star
And there's more… Oban Saints under-14s also lifted a Dumbarton Football Development League Cup for their age-group on Sunday 12th May, at the end of a close-fought final with runners-up Lochgilphead Red Star u14s. The score was 4-3 at the Bet Butler stadium in Dumbarton.The cup success comes close to the end of a fantastic season for these boys who are also currently at the top of their 11-team league, with three games still to play.
A vintage year for Argyll youth football!
- Patron of Northern Lighthouse Board incredulous at Tiree Array proposal
Whatever the many factors to be taken into account by the Holyrood government when they come to consider this project, I doubt they will give much weight to a one-line comment given to the Daily Mail by a lady whose knowledge of the project to date appears to be: "They gave planning permission for 700 windmills on the reef around Skerryvore…"More amusing still is a comment later in the same article (and preceding another saying how advantageous it is to be able to see so much of the country from one's helicopter): "The Princess Royal said Americans in particular tended to be awestruck by the wilderness in Scotland, adding: 'They can't get a grip of the fact that you've got all these people living here yet you get these remarkable empty vistas'"
Not that remarkable when you consider that much of the wilderness was created 150 years ago by her 'sort' forcing most of the 'people living here' off to… America! You'd think they of all people would have a pretty good grip of that
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Another great recipe from Trisha Yearwood, this warm dip is made with artichoke hearts, mayo, feta cheese and Parmesan. |
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This Warm Feta and Artichoke Dip started with Whoopie Goldberg on The View. If you ever watch the show, or know much about Whoopie, you know that she says she is a bit particular about what she eats. Well, when Trisha Yearwood was on The View this week promoting her newest cookbook, Home Cooking with Trisha Yearwood, she, of course, had some of her featured dishes on the table in front of the couch. Whoopie picked up this Hot Corn Dip from the table and was raving about it, wanting everybody to try it. I was already considering the purchase but before the segment was over, I had ordered the new cookbook. I am such an easy sell when it comes to new cookbooks.Anyway, by then I had a taste for a dip - I am also easily influenced by the suggestion of certain foods - and remembered this one from Trisha's previous cookbook, Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen. I pulled it off the shelf and happened to have everything on hand to make this dip, while I waited to pick up what I needed for the Hot Corn Dip and for my new cookbook to arrive.
You've probably tried the old standby Spinach and Artichoke Dip at some point, this is just a bit of a different take on that idea. We ate some of it with white corn tortilla chips, but I also had French bread in the house from the Homemade Roast Beef Po'Boys. I sliced off some of the tip end, buttered and then toasted the slices. Flipped them over, buttered and toasted the other side, and then top them off with some of the hot dip. Yum.
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Adapted from Trisha Yearwood's cookbook Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma KitchenRecipe: Warm Feta and Artichoke Dip
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Prep time: 10 min |Cook time: 25 min | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
- 5 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
- 1/2 cup of mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 (2 ounce) jar chopped pimentos, drained
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- Sliced, toasted French bread, pita chips, Melba toast, corn chips or white corn tortilla chips, for dipping
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a pie plate with non-stick cooking spray. In a separate bowl, combine the artichoke hearts, feta, mayonnaise, Parmesan, pimientos and garlic until well blended. Transfer to the pie plate and bake at 350 degrees F, uncovered, for about 25 minutes or until bubbly and lightly browned.
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By: Geoff Hampton
In the industry in general these four markets represent the prime target populations. While our industry traditionally has been about "fitness", the result of the traditional approaches has been to attract individuals who are simply "fitness" minded. They are passionate about fitness, but not loyal to the clubs that they join.
However, the population at large is currently being educated through media sources and community based education programs about the importance of exercise as it relates to lifestyle modification. Health improvement overall as it relates to lifestyle modification and wellness is the total goal for these sedentary individuals. These targeted individuals are not "fitness" minded, but are being educated to become "health" minded. As a result, the industry needs to expand on the programs and initiatives already being planned and implemented relative to these markets.
Hospital based wellness centers and YMCA's are attaining retention rates of 80% consistently. This is not only amazing in that it stands in contradiction to the established industry norms, but under closer analysis it becomes even more impressive because the members that they are attracting are the very markets listed above. The deconditioned, aging, corporate and youth markets who the industry has typically ignored heretofore. Furthermore, in the traditional health club marketing and programming approach, these four markets represent the highest percentage of the 40% - 50% who dropout of the club!
The reason that the hospital based wellness centers and the YMCA's are so successful in retaining members is that they plan their marketing, sales, programming, equipment and facility layout to make these non-exercisers feel comfortable. They in essence make the members and their communities feel as though they are "married". The loyalty is tremendous. Those of you in commercial facilities needs duplicate this success.
As Thomas Plummer states in his book, Making Money in the Fitness Business, "If I knew the fitness business was this hard, I'd have gotten a real job!" He introduces his chapter on sales with, "Sales in the fitness industry are based on 20 years of bad habits."
What he says is quantifiable and true. It seems as though the most common techniques for marketing and sales are simply modified copies of everyone else's ideas. Just look at the marketing concept in most newspapers or television advertisements - sensuous female, hard body male - this concept does not appeal to the millions and millions of people in the four key markets mentioned earlier. In fact it's intimidating to them.
There will always be a market for successful "fitness" operators. That is why the chain clubs are so strong and can use the above type of advertising successfully. Of course their advertising and market budgets are larger than most independent operators annual revenue total.
This is the reason why there is so much consolidation going on in the industry today. Average to poor bottom-line performances signal the need to sell the small or failing "fitness" only facility. It is really the signal for a determined owner that it's time for a change. How many times has our industry seen people trying to replicate big chain techniques and fail year after year? It doesn't work! Throw out the old and bring in the new!
The needs for these four markets are not based on "fitness". They're based in lifestyle modification with exercise as a prescriptive health intervention or more simply put "wellness".
In this scenario the facility must replace 800 members per year. This means that the facility must average 67 new membership sales per month simply to maintain an annual growth rate of ZERO!
800 memberships lost @ $500 = $400,000.00 per year in "lost" membership revenues due to attrition.
In this scenario the facility must replace only 400 members per year. This means that the facility must now average only 34 new membership sales per month simply to maintain the annual growth rate of ZERO.
400 memberships lost @ $500 = $200,000.oo per year in "lost" membership revenues due to attrition.
Therefore, by improving the annual retention rate from 60% to 80% the facility has a net gain of $200,000.00 with no additional advertising or marketing expenditures.
That's a lot of money. "Wellness" vs. "Fitness"? I know that you get the point already, but the illustration is eye-opening.
Even the cost of marketing to these four special populations is much lower. It just requires stronger planning and determined, intelligent execution.
The approaches to each of these four markets moves outside of the frustrating venues of newspapers (low rate of return), radio (low rate of return) and television (low rate of return) advertising. In attracting these markets there can be no sense of reactive sales and service staff. The entire staff must be positive and proactive. In other words, no matter what is happening in any staff person's personal life, it cannot be brought into the club. Consistent motivated customer service oriented performance based in a quantifiable system will be the key to maximizing our bottom-line potential.
The basic differentiation between the "fitness" marketplace and the "wellness" marketplace (which is much more likely to attract and keep the deconditioned person) are readily clarified by the "Stages of Exercise Adoption".
Pre-Contemplative - not even thinking about exercise
Contemplative - thinking, but not doing
Action - participating, but new to exercise
Maintenance - regular exerciser
The "fitness" marketplace is made up primarily of "Maintenance" and "Action" types. The "wellness" marketplace includes these types but also includes a large number of the "Contemplative" group. The deconditioned individuals are attracted through education and target specific outreach programs. These types of programs also favorably impact the "Pre-contemplative" sector of the deconditioned market.
The "fitness" business has had a bad reputation in the general population for more than twenty years. There is an industry wide improvement occurring, but the new "wellness" type of operation is hospital based and with that comes immediate credibility and comfort level to the general population. Obviously hospitals are viewed as a place where people go to get healthy. "Fitness" facilities are viewed as where the "beautiful people" go in the minds of the deconditioned market. Additionally, the "fitness" operator is still viewed as the "bad guy" who is unscrupulous.
The deconditioned market can accurately be described as "non-motivated procrastinators". They are not properly motivated as to the importance of exercise as it relates to their health because of the inadequate education they have so far received about the issue. Furthermore, they live and have lived a sedentary lifestyle which is based in procrastination related to healthy living and especially exercise and nutrition. They need to change their lifestyle or their quality of life will continue to decline and many will meet with catastrophic illness and even premature death.
Generally speaking, this group is not interested in a traditional one-year type of contractual commitment, so a change in venue is important as far as initial response from this group. As a result of the lack of education about the importance of healthy living and exercise they are also reluctant to pay for something that they are not sure that they will stay committed to. Think about what has fueled this group in the past. Failed weight loss programs and other "pie in the sky", unrealistic initiatives that have been packaged in a slick format.
The deconditioned individual needs support once they gain the necessary education and begin to seriously consider getting involved in any exercise program. The traditional approach of an initial fitness evaluation and a brief training session on how to use the equipment is waste of time and a recipe for failure. The low retention rates mentioned earlier and the fact that there are more former members than members are obvious proof of that. The deconditioned person needs unavoidable ongoing support. Clubs would be wise to consider adding computerized interactive fitness technology (Fitlinxx, Schwinn Fitness Advisor and Technogym, etc.) in order to maximize our efforts to attract and retain these markets.
This technology is the "pied piper" of all four of these special populations (deconditioned, aging and corporate). Many times club operators will say, "That stuff is too expensive." I try to help them understand that the initial cost is irrelevant when you realistically view the long term return on investment (when properly applied), because in that scenario, the only question can be, "How can you afford NOT to have that type of technology in your facility?"
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"Before offering gluten-free menu items we researched how important it was to handle and serve gluten-free foods by speaking with industry experts as well as those who have been diagnosed with celiac disease to better understand what is important for those who require a gluten-free diet," said Edward Andrist, Erbert & Gerbert's Decatur's CEO.
The focus will be on gluten-free versions of three existing sandwiches—a turkey breast sandwich called the Boney Billy, a ham and provolone sandwich called the Comet Morehouse and the vegetarian Jacob Bluefinger. The sandwiches will use six-inch Udi's rolls certified by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization. Dedicated equipment will be used to avoid cross-contamination.
Customers will be able to substitute the gluten-free rolls on any sandwich for an extra charge, but those won't be certified gluten free. Erbert & Gerbert's will also continue to offer free delivery of it gluten-free menu items throughout Decatur/Atlanta area.
Two existing soups—cheddar cheese and broccoli and cheesy asparagus—have been remade as gluten-free recipes. The company is also introducing a third gluten-free flavor, French onion.
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