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Your recent articles and editorial conâ€" cerning the coalâ€"tar controversy at Waâ€" terloo City Council reveal that the Council is plagued by communication probiems, internal rivalries and unnecessary seâ€" crecy. The attempt to prevent Ald. Telegdi from introducing two legal opinâ€" City council‘s priorities need review complimented for their efforts on behalf of the taxpayers. Ald. Telegdi, in particuâ€" indicate that some members of council had their minds made up and didn‘t want to be confused by the facts. The four aldermen who voted to postâ€" pone the project (until further legal LETTERS Stretching has been generally acceptâ€" ed as a safety precaution before or after physical activity. Though it cannot be guaranteed that it will prevent .all muscle pulls or tears, sports professionâ€" als have found a remarked decrease in games missed from torn musclies during the past decade. I‘d like to regard stretching as a form of activity, not just to be done before or after another activity. A class 1 was teaching consisted of a half hour of total stretching. The moves were relaxing and performed slowly, giving particiâ€" pants the chance to do the exercises properly and understand why they were doing it. The combination of western and eastern philosophy made the class one of the best attended. commonly called PNF or holdâ€"relax system, athletes were able to broadly extend their range of motion in all major joints, reducing further the risk of injuâ€" For the past 10 years physical therapy treatment and training room techniques have followed the system developed at the Kabatâ€"Kaiser Institute in Vallejo, California. Using proprioceptive neuroâ€" muscular facilitation (impressed? ) Watch a cat stretch. Just about every muscle gets involved during the carefulâ€" ly planned maneuver. You rarely see a cat limp or hobble around with muscles pulis. Nor should we. Now, however, l feel it‘s time to go beyond the traditional stretching techâ€" niques and experiment with another form of stretching proven to be far supe mior. Far superior to ballistic stretches sexism. When people think of the word aiderman they don‘t perâ€" ceive it as being sexist." *"*No. The language is filled with " _ Fitness Forum Doris Kraske such as the toe touch which invelves quick repetitive movements for range of motion , the hoidâ€"relax aiso surpasses the lar, should be commended for the time and money that he has put into researchâ€" ing this issue. The unanswered questions still remain: If the City of Waterioo is going to absorb much of the risk in this project, why is the City going to be a tenant in the new City Center? Don‘t the riskâ€"takers deserve to own the enterprise? And how could the City afford to reach ‘"amicable"‘ decisions with CN (that cost the taxpayers a million dollars), could afford to build a gazebo in front of the brewery (for hundreds of thousands of dollars), yet couldn‘t afford to forgive the lot levies for the University of Waterloo student residence that was short of funds? Waterioo City Council‘s passive or static method of gradually increasing pressure to the muscle. Heldâ€"relax seems to be the opposite to what stretching implies. Instead of being stretched directly, the muscle is contracted or held against resistance. As the muscle relaxes, the opposing or antagonistic muscles will move it gently toward a greater range. A partner hamstring exercise may give you a clearer understanding; One partner lies on the floor with both legs extended. The leg to be stretched is raised as high as possible, until tightness is felt in the hamstring muscle (the back of the thigh). (The other leg stays on the floor.) The partner kneels behind the leg offering his body as an immoveable object, not pushing against the leg but acting as support for the leg. After about five seconds when the muscle relaxes the leg is lifted higher (without the aid of the partner) until resistance is felt again. The quadriceps and hip flexors contract to help pull this leg up. This hold and relax system is repeated until the partner cannot lift the leg any higher, indicating the full range of motion. Incredibly the range of motion can be three times greater than it would have been had the person simply lifted the leg and held it there for priorities and procedures apparently need Not only will partner work further develop the holistic approach to fitness it will greatly improve flexibility badly needed as we age. ‘‘*No. It‘s not a big deal, I don‘t find it offensive." , K. « I P R y F '; y °C g=» J / 24. l & ‘ e } j "al Karen Veldhoven Waterioo Waterioo, Ont. is there a need to change the name alderman to councilior on Waterioo city council? I believe that Andrew Telegdi deserves a "thank you‘"‘ from Waterioo citizens for paying out of his own pocket for legal information regarding CN Real Estate and Waterloo in response to the coal tar The opinion you expressed regarding the reaction of the group of five on Waterloo Council was right on target. It seems that the aforementioned group can‘t stand "the new kid on the block." The fact that Andrew Telegdi has proved his dedication to this community rankles their closed little club. The editorial raking council right on target And all the professions invent their own absurd jargon, for the mystification of the uninitiated and the protection of their sphere of expertise. This may seem childish, but it is relatively harmâ€" Of course, there are many who have a vested interest in obfuscation. Politiâ€" cians and bureaucrats indulge in baffieâ€" gab based on the oid adage that, ‘"If you can‘t convince ‘em, confuse ‘em." When the waves of sex bias first hit Washington, employment officials spent hundreds of hours deâ€"sexing job descripâ€" tions by thinking up new titles for old jobs, such as "cobbler‘‘ for shoe repairâ€" man; ‘"‘coupler‘‘ for brakeman; "head server‘"‘ for head waiter, as well as chairperson and on and on. But the obvious went unnoticed, the name of the concerned agency remained unchanged â€" the D.C. Manpower Administration‘! Well, this sort of nonsense is not confined to the U.S., nor to government departments. Organizations of all kinds are prone to this sort of thing. We even take a delight in complicating our own language such as the current fad to say "at this point in time", using five words just to say ‘"now". 1 am just waiting for some smart alec to come out with ‘"‘at this point in space‘"‘ instead of Here‘s an example of what 1 mean. In the Uuited States, when the headâ€" quarters for the Army Material Comâ€" mand was newly completed, a contest was held to name the building. The AMC‘s official committee deliâ€" berated over the 524 names suggested. The winner received $100 for suggesting that the building be named, approâ€" priately, the "AMC Building‘"! " * w determination, we seem to shove aside the conspicuous and complicate simplicâ€" He also deserves better treatment from ‘"No. It‘s the qualifications, not the title. You can‘t change every word in the language that is sexâ€" ist." Katherine Kontos Waterioo WATERLOO CHAROHACLE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19. 10987 â€"â€" PAGE 7 (Mr. Fellows operates the Human Reâ€" source Development Institute, P.O. Box 642, Cambridge, NIR 5W1i, providing effectiveness training to business and industry.) After all, it means only that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. Have we ignored the fact that this has been called the Golden Rule, preâ€" sumably, because it was thought to be such a precious bit of knowledge? There lies the answer to inflation. All the economists, moneyâ€"managers, poliâ€" ticians and other tinkerers can never solve the problem until we learn to live according to our need, and not our is always enough for everyone‘s need, but never enough for everyone‘s dressed got their meanings. But it seems that in the intervening years, we have become so intellectually sophisticated and selfâ€"confident in our own intelligence that we ignore the simple basic truths as beneath our conâ€" sideration . Just consider the quotation, "As we sow, so shall we reap," a saying so simple yet so profound as to contain all one needs to know about the universal law of cause and effect. Yet, how many understand this law and use it to control what is going to happen to them? We would not be in the global, economic mess we are in today had we not ignored it. Or if we had paid heed to Mahatma Gandhi, a simple man with an uncomplicated mind, who said, ‘"There mumfi:et-l to ignore the simple basics. Bible, and most other scriptures, are full of Instructions on living riechly and hbarâ€" members of council. To me, this mannerless reaction also proves that politicians who have been ‘"‘in‘‘ too long develop unwarranted egoâ€" tism. Thus when municipal election time arrives, I hope that new persons offer their services. ‘"Yes, you don‘t get the impresâ€" sion from the word councilior that they are necessarily male." Letters welcome Cura Ivanovic Kitchener Norma Sangoi Waterioo, Ont.