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Active Isolated Stretching by Theodore Rick


A Curbside


Composting No Food Scraps Need Go to Waste


People in the United States waste more than a third of all of the food they produce, but more than 180 cities and towns are beginning to realize that wasted food can be valuable; they are asking residents to separate unwanted food from the rest of their trash and put it in a curbside compost bin. The idea is to stop sending food waste to the landfill, where it generates harmful methane gas pollution, and start turning it into something useful, like compost. In 2011, Portland, Oregon,


launched a curbside compost program in which residents are encouraged to put food scraps into the city’s green yard waste bin. Since then, the amount of garbage sent to the landfill has decreased by 37 percent. According to Bruce Walker, the city’s solid waste and recycling program manager, the program also reduces the environ- mental footprint of the trash heap. Getting people to separate


their food waste, however, can be difficult. To motivate its residents to put more food waste in the com- post bin, the city of Seattle, Wash- ington,has proposed both making curbside composting mandatory and fining residents a dollar every time they put a disproportionate volume of food waste in their trash.


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ctive Isolated Stretching (AIS) is a method of stretching often used by today’s athletes, massage


therapists, personal/athletic trainers and profession- als. AIS allows the body to repair itself and also to prepare for daily activity.


AIS is more than just reclaiming expanded


movement. It can increase the elasticity of your mus- cles, ligaments and fascia, improve circulation and help balance the flow of energy along the meridian points of the body. This technique is set apart by its great ability to target specific muscle groups and al- low them to either relax or strengthen to their highest potential. This is accomplished by holding the stretch for only two seconds which maximizes circulation to the affected area, allowing oxygenated blood to replenish the tissues, releasing the fascia and avoid- ing the stretch reflex.


AIS can help with injury recovery, enhance ath- letic performance, improve lymphatic and meridian flow, alleviate muscle soreness, reduce physical pain, reduce muscle spasms, improve posture and breathing, increase movement and more.


Theodore Rick uses AIS as well as massage therapy at his two office locations: 6009 Wayzata Blvd., Ste. 107, St Louis Park, and 15612 Hwy. 7, Ste. 252, Minnetonka. For more information and to make appointments, call 763-913-672, email TheodoreRick@gmail.com or visit HealingTaj.com. See ad, page 25.


Tooth by the Lake


Kari Seaverson DDS John Seaverson DDS Dwight Tschetter DDS


HOLISTIC GENERAL DENTISTRY 1401 Mainstreet


Hopkins, MN 55343 952-475-1101


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