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I write not as an expert on Catholic social teaching, but as a political theorist. I'm profoundly pleased with what I've read in Commonweal of late, because it addresses and critiques a development that has concerned me for a number of years now, namely the increasing influence of libertarian thought over the minds of Catholics. The editors get it exactly right when they attack the Paul Ryan–inspired fusion of Randian individualism and Catholic social thought ("Bad Influence [1]," November 9). In the end, this synthesis can't work. As an ideology, it exists in a state of high internal tension and sometimes outright contradiction. Something's got to give, and indeed it does, for example when Paul Ryan interprets the "preferential option for the poor" as a preference for a market that prices tens of millions of Americans out of insurance coverage. Or (even more egregiously) when American bishops claim that health care is not a basic human right.
The libertarian influence is indeed "baneful," as J. Peter Nixon claims in his insightful dotCommonweal piece "A Right to Be Healthy?" [2] (published in the November 9 issue). The American bishops do more than a disservice when they conflate the teachings of Ayn Rand, et al.,...
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[2] http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=21329
[3] https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/user/login?destination=print/33034
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Sept. 7, 2000 -- New living quarters, new courses, new friends, new levels of stress, and plenty of food. Little wonder, the experts say, that college freshmen often gain weight, or what's more commonly known as the dreaded "freshman 15."
"Everything is so new that it makes perfect sense why it happens," says Kathleen Zellman, RD, American Dietetic Association spokeswoman in Atlanta. She adds: "These kids often get into a feeding frenzy where they can have as much food as they want. They're in the cafeteria all the time, with self-serve ice cream and desserts. Coupled with experimentation with alcohol and not finding the time to exercise, they keep falling prey to the 15 pounds."
"I think a lot of it is that it's stressful," says Barbara Rolls, PhD, of the College of Health and Human Development at Pennsylvania State University in University Park. "They're not familiar with the food and situations." Mom might have cooked chicken using a low-fat recipe, she says, while the school's cook could be drowning it in oil.
But there are ways to fend off the freshman 15, says Rolls, who's come up with 15 tips. College-bound students can pretty much guess what some of them are: more fresh fruit, plenty of vegetables, low-fat eating, and more fiber in the diet.
Rolls also says it might be a good time to kick -- or at least lighten -- the soft-drink habit, noting that a serving of soda can contain 125 to 500 calories. And make sure a solid -- but relatively low-fat -- breakfast is consumed. "We really are in the middle of an obesity epidemic. It's not just freshmen, and it's related to all kinds of dire health consequences," she says.
But few groups have been so tied to weight gain as college freshmen. Part of the problem, Rolls says, is that nutrition takes a backseat to social commitments, classes, and other demands on time. "We all know. We've just eaten dinner and friends say, 'Let's go out and get ice cream,' or, 'Let's get a beer.'" And alcohol, a calorie cow all on its own, is an especially dangerous promoter of overeating, Rolls says, because it's often accompanied by fatty, salty foods -- such as potato chips.
In truth, not even the cafeteria salad bar is completely safe if students aren't careful. "A few years ago, a study found the biggest percentage of fat calories in young women's diets came from salad dressings. So the salad bar can undermine the desire to eat fewer calories," Rolls says. "The salad bar can be a disaster."
Some other warnings and suggestions from Rolls:
- Bottom line: Calories count. If you eat more than your body needs, you'll gain weight.
- Listen to your body, and don't eat when you're not hungry.
- Snacking can be OK because it controls hunger at meals, but watch what you snack on!
- Include lean protein in your diet, such as lean beef, turkey or chicken breast without the skin, fish, and beans. Protein can help control hunger, and your body needs it.
- Watch out for emotional overeating: Don't eat because you're stressed or lonely.
- Remember that eating with friends can sometimes lead to eating when you're not hungry, or eating that dessert you might have avoided.
- You will encounter new, unfamiliar foods; learn about the calories and nutrients in these foods.
Food, of course, is just part of the equation. "It underscores the fact that it doesn't matter where you are -- you have to find an outlet for physical activity," Zellman says, because 15 pounds can be tremendously difficult to shed.
Still, all this talk about the freshman 15 troubles one college counselor, who says students concentrate too much on appearance alone. "I'm realistic. It's a legitimate concern," says Gary Glass, PhD, of the Boston University Counseling Center. At the same time, though, he offers some thoughts on other things freshmen gain by going to college: a sense of independence, a deeper understanding of friendship, romance, and spirituality.
As he puts it in a list of "A New Freshman 15": "Gaining a growing recognition of my strength as a human being -- as the natural course of growth makes me larger in physical size, and larger in life's experiences."

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The first of five articles concentrating on whole number dynamics, ideas of general dynamical systems are introduced and seen in concrete cases.
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Advent Calendar 2011 - a mathematical activity for each day during the run-up to Christmas.
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I am exactly n times my daughter's age. In m years I shall be exactly (n-1) times her age. In m2 years I shall be exactly (n-2) times her age. After that I shall never again be an exact multiple of. . . .
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Austin City Limits (ACL) ushers in the new year and the second half of Season 38 with an unforgettable hour of rock and roll from Jack White. A rocker who knows how to push all the boundaries, White and his two, yes two, bands (the all-male Buzzards and the all-female Peacocks) blast through an hour of music without a setlist, ranging from high energy blues rock to melodic country. The episode airs Saturday, January 5, 2013 on PBS Stations. Get a sneak peek below!
Jack White performs songs from his acclaimed solo debut, Blunderbuss, recently nominated for three 2013 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song. Highlighting Blunderbuss, and also drawing from his previous work with his bands the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and Dead Weather, the performance is a masterful presentation of White's continuing evolution as contemporary rock's most charismatic provocateur. It's a visually and sonically spectacular episode of ACL, with White, bathed in blue light, flanked by his all-male band the Buzzards for the first half of the hour and then seamlessly switching bands in mid-set to his all-female band the Peacocks for the second half.
White and the Buzzards kick things off with the Grammy-nominated track "Freedom at 21". Picking up an acoustic guitar for the unreleased Hank Williams tune "You Know That I Know", White dedicates the song "to a girl up in Detroit who called the police on me one time." At the halfway point, the Buzzards leave the stage to be replaced by the Peacocks, launching into "Love Interruption", the single that heralded Blunderbuss' arrival. White roars through tracks from the various stages of his remarkable career, closing out the set with a Nashville spin on a few White Stripes classics. The episode marks Jack White's second appearance on ACL (the Raconteurs appeared in Season 32) and his first as a solo artist.
"Jack is at the top of his game," says ACL executive producer Terry Lickona. "The beauty of this show is its raw spontaneity. Nobody - from the director to the drummer - has a clue what Jack is going to do next. Hell, even Jack doesn't know. Sometimes he shifts gears in the middle of a song. It's one of the most unique episodes we've ever done, and that's saying a lot!"


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