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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Fear of Chapter 1
I've finished outlining my next WIP. I'm all set to start writing the thing. And of course, I want to start with Chapter 1.
But the problem is...
I'm afraid of Chapter 1!
So much has to happen. I am to introduce my MC, her world, the change that's going to tilt everything every-which-way, plant the seeds of subplots and twists and oh my...
I'm quivering with fear.
Have you ever been intimidated by something you haven't yet written?
Also, don't forget to check out this week's Sisterhood of the Traveling blog post on waiting, by Zoe Courtman!
And if you missed the other posts, check out mine, Laura's, and Danyelle's!
Posted by Lydia Kang at 6:30 AM
63 comments:
- Christine Fonseca said...
Yeah, fea is the biggie - It can stop it cold. Importat thing to remember...it's all just words. And you can change ALL of those.
- August 25, 2010 at 6:48 AM
- Ted Cross said...
With both of my books I had no trouble writing the first chapter, but I had a lot of trouble getting myself to continue.
- August 25, 2010 at 6:53 AM
- Laura Eno said...
I think chapter 1 is the hardest. I'm not intimate with my characters yet, I know they will pull stunts on me later on that I'll have to go back and weave in, etc.
- August 25, 2010 at 6:54 AM
- Francine Howarth said...
Write a prologue - from protagonist viewpoint - outlining inner fears or love interest of long ago, then start on chap 1. You'll be so keen to get on with the story you'll zing with confidence! You can scrap the prologue afterwards.
- August 25, 2010 at 6:54 AM
- Erinn said...
My book has had a new chapter one for every draft. Just write what you need to and then cut and rewrite later on. Leave it for FUTURE Lydia to figure out. That's what I do. Present Erinn is always leaving stuff for Future Erinn to do.
- August 25, 2010 at 7:04 AM
- B.E. Sanderson said...
Fear must be on a lot of minds this week. I based yesterday's post on fear off something another author said about it. It's definitely a big creativity killer.
I usually don't start getting intimidated until after the book is finished, but yeah, I've gotten that way about certain scenes. Oh, and sometimes the end sneaks up and I'm afraid I'll never be able to get it right.
Hang in there, Lydia. Don't worry so much about all the things that 'have to happen in Chapter 1'. You can always layer things in later. =o)
- August 25, 2010 at 7:05 AM
- Renae said...
I fear that midway point when the doubts start creeping up and I'm afraid my once wonderful idea is actually horrible.
That first chapter usually comes fairly easily becuase I know I'll be back to change it. For some reason after I finish my ms I always go back to the first chapter and rip it apart.
Good luck with your new idea! I know it will be fabulous!
- August 25, 2010 at 7:05 AM
- Matthew MacNish said...
Hmm I've never been afraid to write, but definitely too tired, or too lazy, or too unmotivated. If that first chapter is giving you chills couldn't you start with another one?
- August 25, 2010 at 7:12 AM
- Bethany Elizabeth said...
Oh, good luck with your new story! I'm sorry you're nervous about chapter one... I'm always nervous about ending my stories. I tend to wimp out, actually, but I'm learning how not to. :)
- August 25, 2010 at 7:13 AM
- Candyland said...
I hate starting chapter 1. It IS intimidating. I don't want to do it wrong so I usually procrastinate until I have no choice.
- August 25, 2010 at 7:27 AM
- Liza said...
I have a chapter one written that I have to change totally. I'm stalling.
- August 25, 2010 at 7:30 AM
Um, yes, I'm even afraid after the MS is written--revisions are daunting! Can I do it right? What if I make it worse? What if I can't fix it? Yipes!!!!
Sometimes diving in is the only way to go. But a good pep talk helps. ;)
- August 25, 2010 at 7:35 AM
- Hannah said...
I don't really have a problem with starting. I'm great at starting it's finishing that freaks me out! :D
I think that you should just write whatever scene is freshest in your mind. That's what I do. Sometimes it's right in the middle of action but that's okay too. It helps kick start the whole story.
- August 25, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- Jennifer Shirk said...
Oh, my gosh, YES.
Starting for me is so scary. Once that chapter is done, I'm okay to continue. :)
- August 25, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- DL Hammons said...
Yep. I have this idea for another book that I keep pushing away and thinking up other idea's to slide in front, just so I wouldn't have to confront my fear of writing that one. :)
Go ahead....dive in! You may not get it right the first time, but thats what we look forward to revisions for. :)
- August 25, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- Tess said...
I never felt that way before I sold my first novel... but now there is a certain pressure...an expectation that I never felt before. So, yes. I can relate!
if you find a cure...will you let me know?
- August 25, 2010 at 8:01 AM
- storyqueen said...
Whenever I get a Really Good Idea and I'm playing with it in my brain for a bit, I am so scared to actually start writing it....what if what I write isn't as good as I imagine it could be?
- August 25, 2010 at 8:10 AM
- Jayne said...
Deep breath. And another. One more for luck... and type! Type loud, type proud, write big, write small. Just spill the words and see how it goes. I too get the same fear, but it gets to a point where the words just build up and they have to come out somewhere. :)
- August 25, 2010 at 8:13 AM
- Jaydee Morgan said...
Chapter One/Beginnings don't bother me much - my fears/doubts start creeping in around the midpoint mark.
I say to just jump in and know that it doesn't have to be perfect on the first draft. Good luck!
- August 25, 2010 at 8:16 AM
- Rachna Chhabria said...
Hi Lydia..chapter 1 does give me the shivers. There is so much to do, hook the reader, introduce the MC....one slip and we can say goodbye to potential readers who may be put off by a not so great chapter 1. It needs tremendous work, but its worth it, if we are able to suck the readers into our protagonist's world
- August 25, 2010 at 8:18 AM
- Linda Kage said...
I have a closet full of unfinished works because I wanted it to be perfect and the perfect words just wouldn't come, so I haven't written any more of that story.
Anyway, who says we have to start on chapter one of story? I say if you have a scene brewing in your head that won't happen until later in the book, write 'er down. That writing will spark your muse, and pretty soon I bet you'll be all fired to jot down chapter one!
- August 25, 2010 at 8:32 AM
- Bidisha said...
Right now, I'm so darn scared about writing the ending of my book *trembles* but the beginning is always the part I love writing most!
- August 25, 2010 at 8:35 AM
- vic caswell said...
yes. my next two ideas are boy-centered books... and i'm scared of coming off phoney, as i have never been a boy. :)
but, maybe you could try starting in the middles somewhere, until you get more used to everyone? just a thought.
- August 25, 2010 at 8:49 AM
- Bathwater said...
Well if you are afraid of chapter one write yourself a precursor. It will give you pages to get the feel of the world, the place and the time.
There is nothing wrong with writing more. Parts my end up being used or referred to later.
- August 25, 2010 at 8:58 AM
- Summer Ross said...
start with ch. 2 :) I haven't actually been afraid of my novels or short stories, but I have been sometime terrified of not writing a good academic paper.
- August 25, 2010 at 9:04 AM
- Cheyanne said...
Yes. And this is why a beautiful outline has been sitting on my desk for weeks. I just can't start it. Too scared..
- August 25, 2010 at 9:14 AM
I love starting out a new story. It's such a rush for me to sit in front of a computer and just dive into the story.
You can always go back and fix a first chapter. . . so write on, my friend.
- August 25, 2010 at 9:20 AM
- Faith said...
Oh, heck yes... and sometimes it's stopped me from writing for weeks, because I keep finding "reasons" not to start. At some point you just have to start writing, no matter what!
If it helps, try writing a later scene first... you'll probably scrap it in the end, but at least it'll give you some written familiarity with your characters, without the added pressure of Chapter One introductions.
- August 25, 2010 at 9:28 AM
- Saumya said...
I'm only intimidated every other second!! I think writing that crappy first draft and reminding myself that it will change and nobody will see it!! Good luck!
- August 25, 2010 at 9:29 AM
- Terri Tiffany said...
All the time! But I LOVE the excitement of that first chapter--actually I think I enjoy writing that one the most!
- August 25, 2010 at 9:46 AM
- Robert Guthrie said...
I was intimidated by my current WIP after outlining before writing b/c the main character is sooooo different from who I am. But then I relaxed into it & I'm having a blast.
Good luck. After the first step you'll go go go.
- August 25, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- Southpaw said...
Yes, yes, yes! But at the same time it is fun, no?
- August 25, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- Stephanie said...
Nope - my ink flows like the Mississippi: on and on with nary a hindrance.
Ha! Honestly, I'm with ya babe!
- August 25, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- LenoreNeverM♡re said...
O'yesss...but I always remind myself; fear is the opposite of love!
- August 25, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Laura Pauling said...
Yes! Getting that first chapter down is hard b/c for me the book and character is perfect in my mind and it never is on paper as a first draft!
- August 25, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Private said...
Oh, of course! Getting started is the hard part. Not the hardest, perhaps, but certainly very hard:)
- August 25, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- Giles Hash said...
For me getting started is the fun part. It's sending it out to others that makes me nervous. Mostly because I'm afraid that, no matter how well I do, they still won't like it.
- August 25, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- Connie Keller said...
Several people I know just skip chapter one and come back to it later. (I couldn't do that, but it's an option.) I just plunge in and let the chips fall where they may--the truth is I can't write a good chapter one until the book is finished. (I have a friend who's a very successful novelist and she says it's the same for her--even after years and probably 30+ books, she still has trouble with chapter one. We're in good company! :-)
- August 25, 2010 at 10:51 AM
- Abby said...
YES YES YES. Right now I'm quivering in fear because I'm supposed to write this cover letter for job applications, and it's the first cover letter I've written, ever. And I'm a little freaked.
And the thing is that usually when I get started, it usually goes pretty well, as well as a first draft can get anyway.
- August 25, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- Jolene Perry said...
Beginnings kill me. Is it interesting enough? Am I giving enough information? Too much? Is my opening unique?
It kills me. I have NEVER started at the beginning.
Sorry. Probably that didn't help your anxiety any.
- August 25, 2010 at 1:22 PM
- Jemi Fraser said...
Beginnings are tough. Even though I know it will probably change later on, I want that first page to be decent before I right the rest. It needs to have the right voice more than everything else. Once that's right I'm off.
It took me about 10 attempts before I got the first page the way I wanted before I could continue :)
- August 25, 2010 at 2:19 PM
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
So start with chapter two - less pressure.
- August 25, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- Carol Kilgore said...
I just plunge in because I know I'm going to rewrite it at least 2-3 times before I move on to Chapter 2. And that doesn't even count messing with that first chapter and first line for hours.
- August 25, 2010 at 4:40 PM
- notesfromnadir said...
Maybe fear is another word for procrastination?
Alex makes a good point -- write chapter 2.
In writing, you don't have to begin at the beginning, just start wherever!
- August 25, 2010 at 5:02 PM
- The Words Crafter said...
I'm a bit like Mr Ted Cross-I've written chapter one, and am now afraid to continue....
- August 25, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- Lynda R Young as Elle Cardy said...
Oh my goodness I can so relate. I'm facing the 'final confrontation' in my WIP and it scares me. I have no idea why. I know what I want to happen. I think it's because it's the end of the first draft and a major step is complete. Of course, I'm not even close to finishing the book.
- August 25, 2010 at 5:33 PM
- Krispy said...
I'm more freaked out about second chapters I think. With first chapters, I'm usually riding the high of excitement and I sort of just plunge in head first without thinking too much about it. It's after that I start to realize, OMG where is this going??? Maybe this is why I should try outlining?
You have an outline. Take a deep breath and go for it!
- August 25, 2010 at 5:40 PM
- Kerri Cuev said...
You can always change chapter one :) I'm more afraid of writing endings.
- August 25, 2010 at 7:44 PM
- Vicki Rocho said...
No one says it has to be perfect the first time out. Get the big parts down and go back and insert the subplots and hints of twists to come. We won't know the difference in the end!
- August 25, 2010 at 9:18 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh yes. For me the beginning is the exciting easy part but the closer I get to the end the more I start getting scared of my as yet unsaid words. I'm always afraid of letting the story down.
- August 25, 2010 at 10:50 PM
Oh, yes! I love the process of outlining but when it comes to writing, I can freeze. But once that first sentence is written, it begins to flow. And feels good, and so satisfying!
- August 25, 2010 at 11:21 PM
- lexcade said...
if i'm coming up on something that's either extremely emotional or an action sequence, i freeze because i'm afraid that i won't be able to do the scene justice. sometimes i'll skip to the aftermath, and sometimes i'll just mull it over for a while until i'm ready
- August 26, 2010 at 12:28 AM
- Alissa said...
To me the last chapter is much scarier than the first. It's very difficult for me to figure out how things should end.
- August 26, 2010 at 8:12 AM
- MTeacress said...
I'm impressed you finished your outline before you actually started writing.
I bet once you get into chapter 1, all your fears will diminish and you'll be on a roll. :)
- August 26, 2010 at 11:23 AM
- Claudia said...
Hi Lydia,
Since my WiP is my anthology I have no fear. However, my novel is finished...in my head LOL! My notes are all scattered and the chapters don't want to bond, they have a mind of their own ;)
So there! Starting this project is my "graphophobia" LOL!
- August 26, 2010 at 1:48 PM
- Jai Joshi said...
The first chapter is always the hardest. My advice is to write whatever crappy chapter you can get out of your fingertips, so that you can go on to write the rest of the book without worrying about it. Then go back and write a decent first chapter. That's how I operate. Otherwise you'll be working on the first chapter for weeks and months and still not be satisfied and whole book will be looming before you with none of it written and everthing will seem impossible.
- August 26, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- Karen Lange said...
Yes, I have! I dance around the project, straightening my desk and doing other non related tasks. Perhaps there is a chocolate bar that helps you push beyond this fear. I'll keep an eye out for it and let you know if I find anything.
Happy weekend,
- August 26, 2010 at 2:05 PM
- Unknown said...
I have definitely been there!!! You can do it!! I know it's in you, sometimes we just have to take it one step at a time!
- August 26, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- Jennie Bailey said...
Chapter 1 always intimidates me! It's the start of something very big. I'm a perfectionist. I write with several documents open. When I like what I have on my "writing doc", I will then transfer it over to First Draft doc. I think not having to feel that I'm married to something helps me. That commitment (even though it's not really a true commitment when it's the first time I'm writing it) is hard for me to make!
You can do it!! I'll jump in with you...I'm intimidated with this next rewrite for much the same reason.
- August 26, 2010 at 7:18 PM
- Lydia Kang said...
I can't get over how incredible you guys are in being so supportive. You guys are awesome!
- August 26, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- Theresa Milstein said...
Chapter one takes the brunt of the majority of my rewrites. Everything seems to ride on this humble chapter. No wonder you get stressed to begin. But you can do it!
- August 28, 2010 at 7:43 AM
- Matt said...
My problem isn't the start, it's the ending! I've been trying to finish the last few thousand words of my draft and have found tons of ways to avoid writing! I'll get to it, but I think right now I'm intimidated by the idea of having to start all over with the second draft.
- September 3, 2010 at 7:48 AM
- Ed Pilolla said...
this is why some accomplished writers will suggest starting your story about halfway through. that point in the story will be mostly action, as all those seeds we plant are sprinkled in earlier in the book. so we bring our big enthusiasm for starting the story right into the most dramatic portion of the book and write the immediate buildup to the main conflict and main conflict-resolution itself. and then after most of the second half of the book is done, we can go back and write chapter one now knowing how it ends, and so the infrastructure of subplots and twists will be easier to install. most writers don't do this and go ahead and start with chapter one. but it's worth writing one book this way to see if you like it. i learned a lot drafting the second half first. but now i just start at chapter one:)
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adinatha wrote:That is ChNN talking. Jim Valby told me the Song of Vajra is his terma tradition. I took this to mean Song of Vajra is not indispensable, because there are so many guru yoga methods. Whether you sing a song, visualize a picture or hum a mantra, you are doing something to get into not doing something. What that doing something is, is blessings.Namdrol wrote:Depends on the practitioner. Depends on what they feel they need to do. The only thing that is absolutely essential is guru yoga followed by song of the vajra.
What I meant was guru yoga is indispensable. After that, Song of the vajra is indispensable. But one cannot just sing song of the vajra out loud anywhere. it would be strange. Of course, you can mentally sing it everywhere.
Song of the vajra is not just ChNN's terma tradition. It is very important. Key in Dzogchen teachings. I cannot emphasize how much how important it is.


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I look at Ubuntu the same way I look at Android -- a very popular Linux fork going their own way. They already have their own desktop (Unity), largely out-of-tree Gnome (patched to hell), their own init system (upstart), their own Apple store, and now their own SDK.
Ubuntu is not Linux anymore, get over it.


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Major Mexican press organizations agreed today on a code for coverage of organized crime, a step seen as a national breakthrough that could set professional standards well into the future. Though organized crime has been the major story in Mexico for several years, coverage has been haphazard based on time, place, and news organization. The problem with today's agreement is that organized crime cartels are so powerful in many parts of the country that they will likely be able to block some of the most important elements of the accord with the same intimidation they use to control much of the press already.
Nevertheless, it is important that in Mexico--where crime groups have grown in power and news organizations are among their main targets--that some local and regional news organizations and most national ones have come together to offer a concerted response. In fact, it's especially interesting that major news organizations are even speaking with each other: Their history is more of professional squabbling and personal and ideological differences. History still ruled in part today as Grupo Reforma, a media company with newspapers in three major cities, did not participate. A top newsmaganzine Proceso and the newspaper La Jornada also declined to join.
Among the agreement's principal goals: the press must not be used by organized crime to generate terror among the public, and it must not become a propaganda tool for criminals. Addressing a major gap in Mexican newsrooms, it also sets protocols for what to do when a journalist is in danger.
These are extremely difficult goals in parts of the country where organized crime is threatening journalists and news organizations. In these areas, ordinary journalism has been all but suffocated. Running stories demanded by crime cartels, or shaping coverage to what they want, is seen by many journalists as the only way to survive. This is especially so where police or government authorities are thought to be working with the criminals. Many of the news organizations' leaders publically signing the accord today in Mexico City will go home to a much different and terrifying world.
This dilemma was obscured by the sunlight of the ceremony this morning at Mexico City's delightful National Anthropological Museum. The signers of the agreement formally pledged not to justify the actions of organized crime groups, and not to cover stories in ways that convey their propaganda.
The agreement also calls for something that news organizations in the most dangerous parts of Mexico almost never do: Cover crime news in their proper context. In these parts of the country if crime is covered at all, only the barest of details are made public: a body found, maybe a name or the make of a car at the scene. There is almost never anything that would let the public understand how the crime is part of a pattern committed by a group involved in other criminal activities and sometimes protected by public officials.
That is exactly the information organized crime cartels don't want the public to know. But that is the context the agreement seeks. It is very difficult to believe signing the agreement will bring that context. The results will simply be too deadly. "I can't cover stories that involve organized crime in their context," Patricia Mercado, editor of the paper Imagen in Zacatecas, capital of the north-central state of the same name. She signed the agreement this morning, but said the major section about crime and context would be impossibly dangerous for her staff.
Other parts of the accord could be easier to follow. For instance, the accord urged the press to continue questioning the effectiveness of the government's anti-crime efforts. CPJ welcomed the agreement's commitments to consistently cover the issue of violence against the press and to cover attacks against journalists, even those from competing news organizations, as well as to speak out against attacks on the press in on-air commentary and editorial pages.


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ATICAN CITY (CNN) -- A man of many firsts, Pope Francis on Thursday joined the cardinals who elected him to celebrate his first Mass as pontiff.
When Jorge Bergoglio stepped onto the balcony at the Vatican on Wednesday evening to reveal himself as the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, he made history as the first non-European pope of the modern era, the first from Latin America, the first Jesuit and the first to assume the name Francis.
Thursday is low-key by comparison.
Francis began the day by praying at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, a place of special significance for the Jesuits.
The Mass with the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel will probably provide further insights into his vision as he gives his first homily, or sermon, as pope.
His next public appearance is likely to be Sunday. The new pontiff will "very probably" say Mass at St. Peter's and then deliver the traditional Angelus blessing, said the Rev. Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesman.
But it won't be until Tuesday that Francis will be formally installed as pope.
That's by design. The day coincides with the Feast of St. Joseph, the patron saint of Italy.
Already a picture is emerging of a humble man who shies away from the trappings of his new status and is devoted to his pastoral duties.
As pope, Francis will have plenty to deal with. He takes the helm of a Roman Catholic Church that has been rocked in recent years by sex abuse by priests, and claims of corruption and infighting among the church hierarchy.
Reflecting the urgency of those concerns, a group representing the alleged victims of sexual abuse by priests has written an open letter to Pope Francis requesting a meeting.
"Your predecessor met only a few times with a few carefully chosen victims in tightly choreographed settings, as he visited nations where this crisis had reached a fever pitch," the letter from the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests states.
"We write today seeking a different kind of meeting -- one in which our respective organizations -- yours, huge and struggling, and ours, small and struggling -- can begin to work together to safeguard children across the globe."
Pope Francis called Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on the phone Wednesday night, and will visit him at Castel Gandolfo at some point soon, but not in the next couple of days, Lombardi said.
The new pontiff will meet with all the cardinals, not just those who were eligible to vote for him, on Friday and will hold an audience with the media on Saturday, Lombardi said.
Conservative reformer
The 76-year-old, who served as the archbishop of Buenos Aires, is the first pope to take the name in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, revered among Catholics for his work with the poor.
The pontiff is considered a straight shooter who calls things as he sees them, and a follower of the church's most social conservative wing.
As a cardinal, he clashed with the government of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner over his opposition to gay marriage and free distribution of contraceptives.
He was runner-up in the 2005 papal conclave, behind then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.
The new pope brings together the first and the developing worlds. Latin America is home to 480 million Catholics.
By choosing him, the cardinals sent a strong message about where the future of the church may lie.
Francis' first public appearance as pope -- when he appealed for the crowds to pray for him before he gave a blessing -- suggested a "different pastoral style" in comparison with the more academic approach of Benedict, said Lombardi.
Francis is someone who has had "a day-to-day link with the population and ordinary people" during his many years at the head of a large diocese in Buenos Aires, he said.
He also sought to dampen concerns prompted by media reports that the new pope has only one lung.
Although Francis had part of one lung removed when he was a young man, the whole lung was not removed and the new pope is in good health, Lombardi said.
CNN iReporter Cesar Sotolongo in Lima, Peru, said the election of a Latin American pope, particularly from the Jesuit order, marked "a new chapter" for the Catholic Church.
Originally from Florida, Sotolongo also has his own advice for Francis: "The pope should shape the church with what he has been doing during his career (as an example)," he said. "Stay in contact with the people, communicate clearly, promote the unification of faith and ... represent the word of Jesus."
A Jesuit pope
Born in Buenos Aires to an Italian immigrant father, Francis is known for his simplicity.
Details given by Lombardi on Thursday of Francis' first hours as pope reinforce that impression -- one which may go down well with his global flock, many of whom live in poverty or are feeling the squeeze of austerity.
Francis stood, rather than sitting on a throne, to receive the oath of allegiance from his fellow cardinals after his election, and for his appearance on the balcony wore just a white cassock and a simple cross, eschewing gold or jewels, Lombardi said.
Also, on the ride back from the Sistine Chapel to the Santa Marta residence, he declined the papal car that had been prepared for him and instead took the bus with other cardinals, Lombardi said.
And Francis thanked the other cardinals at dinner, joking, "May God forgive you for what you have done," Lombardi said.
Francis will remove the seals from the official papal apartments Thursday but will not move in until renovations are complete, he added. The new pontiff will live in a suite at the Santa Marta residence until the papal apartments are ready.
Back in Buenos Aires, Francis chose to live in an apartment rather than the archbishop's palace, passed on a chauffeured limousine, took the bus to work and cooked his own meals.
He was ordained by the Jesuits in 1969. He became co-archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1997 and sole archbishop of that city one year later.
He was made a cardinal in 2001 and served as president of the Argentine bishops conference from 2005 to 2011.
As a Jesuit, Francis is a member of the Society of Jesus, one of the biggest and most important orders in the church.
Jesuits are recognized for their exceptional educational institutions and focus on social justice.
"Jesuits are characterized by their service to the church ... but trying to avoid positions of power," said Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, who is also a Jesuit. "I am absolutely convinced that we have a pope who wants to serve.
"His election was the election of a rejection of power."
'Most stunning' choice of name
His selection of the name of Pope Francis is "the most stunning" choice and "precedent shattering," CNN Vatican analyst John Allen said. "The new pope is sending a signal that this will not be business as usual."
The name symbolizes "poverty, humility, simplicity and rebuilding the Catholic Church," Allen said.
Miguel Diaz, a former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, agreed, calling the new pontiff's choice of names "very significant."
"Francis of Assisi is the saint who opted for the little ones in God's kingdom," he said. "This man represents a change and could potentially be a great gift for leadership, servant leadership, for all of us within the church and society."
It is something the Catholic Church says it desperately needs.
"If you look back over the past years -- the crisis of abuse, the scandals here at the Vatican, financial mismanagement, questions about the leaks and everything -- when you step back from it all, every crisis we faced ultimately is a crisis of holiness that we've missed the calling," said the Rev. Thomas Rosica, the Vatican's deputy spokesman.
"We've moved far away from what we're supposed to be."
World reacts
Word of the election of Pope Francis, who was not considered a frontrunner among analysts, quickly spread around the globe, with everyone from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to U.S. President Barack Obama offering congratulations.
"As the first pope from the Americas, his selection also speaks to the strength and vitality of a region that is increasingly shaping our world, and alongside millions of Hispanic Americans, those of us in the United States share the joy of this historic day," Obama said.
Ban said the new pope shares common goals with the United Nations, from the promotion of peace to social justice. "We also share the conviction that we can only resolve the interconnected challenges of today's world through dialogue," he said.
There is likely to be no shortage of invitations for Pope Francis to travel to the four corners of the globe in the pursuit of such goals.
Syria's Patriarch Gregory III Laham of Antioch, who heads the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, on Thursday invited Francis to visit Syria, Jerusalem and Lebanon for peace and reconciliation, according to Syria's official news agency.
Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas also urged him to visit the Middle East.
"He'll be a welcome guest in the Holy Land, as a man of inspiration that can add to the attempt to bring peace in a stormy area," said Peres.
Nowhere was the reaction to Francis' selection as pope more heartfelt than in Latin America.
"I am truly still very surprised ... not just that a Latino pope came out, but that he is an Argentinian from Buenos Aires," the Rev. Eduardo Mangiarotti, an Argentine priest, told CNN en Español.
It's a "huge event" not only for the church in Latin America but worldwide, he said.
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington, greeted the selection with "extraordinary joy."
"I have been hoping that we would move into the Southern Hemisphere, and especially I think many of us had hoped ... we would have a pope who would come from Latin America," he said.
"One-half of the Catholics in the world are from Latin America, so this is a way the cardinals have very graciously acknowledged that."
Filipino priest and CNN iReporter Joel Camaya was among the tens of thousands who witnessed history Wednesday night in St. Peter's Square, as Francis emerged on the balcony.
"The multitude, from all parts of the world, were ecstatic to be in the square for this beautiful occasion," he said. "This was one event that left me teary-eyed and thanking God for making me a Catholic."


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Address the Real Problems at Berkeley
As director of the Zionist Freedom Alliance and one of the organizers of Israel Liberation Week at UC Berkeley last month, I was disturbed to learn some of the things being said about the ZFA not only by the "Students for Justice in Palestine" and their supporters, but also by the Bay Area's organized Jewish leadership. For readers unaware of recent events at Berkeley, the ZFA hosted Israel Liberation Week on campus from Nov. 10-14. On the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 13, we brought Jewish, black and Mexican performers together for a concert advocating Jewish national rights. A series of unnecessary events that began with a disruption of the concert by the SJP and ended in a violent confrontation between Arabs and Jews has since become the focus of media attention.
Rather than address the underlying tensions at Berkeley that led to the unfortunate incident, the Jewish community leaders have placed the blame for the violence on the ZFA, labeling us as an "extreme right-wing" group and accusing us of brainwashing impressionable Jewish students towards confrontational behavior. But this libel holds no water when one looks at what we stand for and what we stand against. The ZFA message carries absolutely no anti-Arab or Islamophobic sentiment. ZFA has never brought speakers like Daniel Pipes or Walid Shoebat to any campus, nor have we ever screened alarmist anti-Muslim films like Obsession. To the contrary, genuine efforts were made to dialogue with members of SJP and the Muslim Student Association. I even personally invited SJP leaders to an Israel Liberation Week event called "Moral Dilemmas Confronting the State of Israel Today" that deals with certain problematic areas of Israeli government policy. Although similar efforts to engage in genuine dialogue with Muslim and Arab students on other campuses have been well received, we encountered only a hostile atmosphere at Berkeley to anything that could be labeled Zionist.
In truth, the perception that Zionist students at UC Berkeley are "confrontational" is simply the most recent outgrowth of an obvious intolerance on campus for any individuals or groups who appear supportive of the Jewish state. In all my years working on university campuses, I have never encountered a climate of hate towards Israel like that at Berkeley. During the week I spent on campus, I witnessed pro-Israel students incessantly mocked, taunted and ridiculed by their peers. The Zionist students justifiably feel discriminated against by the university. The dean of students, Jonathan Poullard, told me following the concert that these Zionist students (most of whom are members of the Tikvah organization) have been making trouble on campus for the last year. But such "trouble making" simply means that these students have been assertive in their opposition to the anti-Zionist bigotry and SJP propaganda that has flourished unchecked at UC Berkeley for years. Before Tikvah, the activities of anti-Israel groups went unchallenged and no one contested the erroneous narrative that Zionism is akin to racism or that Israel is an oppressive colonial regime. But now Jewish students at Berkeley proudly proclaim their national rights and anti-Israel groups know that they no longer have free reign.
Marginalizing any ideological group is dangerous, yet this is precisely what the UC Berkeley administration, dean of students, Jewish Student Union and campus Hillel have done to the leaders of Tikvah. If the administration is truly interested in calming tensions on campus, the first step is making pro-Israel students feel that their political views are valid and that Zionism has a legitimate place among the many other just causes at UC Berkeley.
The ZFA's overall message is one of Jewish rights. We unapologetically assert that the Jewish people, like all other peoples, enjoy national rights—specifically the right to self-determination in our homeland; without denigrating anyone else. Even though some Jewish leaders and groups are curiously afraid to vocally assert such rights, these are mainstream views within the Jewish community. Just because we promote the Jewish people's legal, moral and historic rights to our country does not justify labeling the ZFA as a "right-wing" group. And neither does defending oneself from physical attack. It was the assertion of our own people's legitimate rights that prompted the regrettable disruption of our concert by the SJP and the physical confrontation that ultimately followed.
The ZFA leadership fully understands that the deplorable incident at our concert has justifiably alarmed many in the Bay Area community. We understand that it has brought long standing tensions to the forefront and forced Jews and non-Jews alike to deal with deeply rooted problems that have in the past been swept under the rug. But rather than seek a convenient scapegoat to deflect blame from local Jewish leadership, why not work together and address the real difficulties confronting pro-Israel students at Berkeley? Why not take advantage of ZFA's experience and expertise in making the Berkeley campus, and the Bay Area in general, a more accepting place for those who speak of Jewish rights?
Yehuda HaKohen is director of the Zionist Freedom Alliance.


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- Audio samples from your speech, or audio messages before or after you speak: These 6 services offer you several free options for sharing audio in a tweet, including voicemail direct to one user as well as audio any tweeter can hear. Using audio to enhance your Twitter communications before and after a speech is a natural advantage for speakers. Make sure you're recording yourself, and tweet a couple of great audio clips after the fact, or record some thoughts before or after to share with your followers.
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Once you apply for admission to the University, an official transfer credit evaluation
is done by the Admissions Office. You may check which courses were accepted for transfer
on the PAWS system.
For more details for transfer students, go to the USA Transfer Evaluation System, which has information about Alabama community colleges, Pensacola State College, Okaloosa-Walton Community College, and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
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We will help you put together a schedule that includes the necessary courses for your
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Get the facts about PAWS registration by attending the orientation for new students and by meeting with your academic advisor. Also, check the Registrar web site for details.
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Each term there is a deadline to drop or withdraw from a class. Discuss with your instructor and with us the decision to drop a class. It may be that dropping delays your chances of graduating on time. The grade of "F" or "U" is recorded for a course abandoned without an official drop.
Students may add, change to audit, or drop classes on the PAWS system on the second
and third day of classes. After the third day of classes, you may still drop a course
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Complete withdrawal from the University involves withdrawing from all courses (even if you are enrolled in only one course). Forms for a complete withdrawal are obtained only in the Advising Office and you must check with your advisor. Signatures from several offices on campus are required to process a complete withdrawal.
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If you have run into academic problems, we can discuss with you the option of declaring academic bankruptcy. If you are working on your first bachelor's degree, have been out of school for at least one calendar year, and are ready to readmit, you might consider taking this step. This is an opportunity to start over with a fresh GPA.
Any courses that you have passed at South will not count toward your degree requirements,
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This decision is a one-time chance to begin again, but once you declare bankruptcy, you cannot change your mind. That's why you must meet with your Allied Health advisor to discuss the implications of this decision.
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With more research underway surrounding the endocannabinoid system and cannabinoids such as CBD and THC, many new methods for infusing products with cannabinoids are being developed. One of the most intriguing is in using them within CBD Oil Spray products.
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The components of a CBD essential oil are very powerful. It includes monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, and other organic compounds that are also highly active. This essential oil is green liquid and is primarily distributed from France and other European countries. However, the exportation of CBD essential oils is limited because cannabis is illegal in other countries. And because of its powerful effects, you'll only need a small amount of this oil to show its benefit.
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CBD topicals are proven to revitalize dry and aging skins. Our body has natural endocannabinoids which responds when the skin is irritated or damaged. CBD oils will help your skin as they interact with these receptors.
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Since free radicals can damage your skin, antioxidants are needed to prevent it from these damages. According to studies, CBD has more vitamin A, C, and E and it is a potent antioxidant. Fighting wrinkles and fine lines from appearing is the job for antioxidants. As you are exposed from UV rays, smoke, and more pollutants everyday, they can damage your skin and will make your skin look older. These free radicals can also cause skin cancer.
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This oil can give you relief from stress and anxiety. This is because its natural compounds are good at releasing pleasure hormones that relaxes the mind and will reduce your stress. Its calming and relaxation effects are very powerful.
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Currently, this benefit of CBD is still being researched to study how it works. But some reports already showed CBD's preventive effects on cancer and even reduce the size of a tumor.
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People have been turning to CBD essential oils for their eye health. Since these essential oils are connected to glaucoma reduction and prevents macular degeneration, it is safe to use it for your eye problem.
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Hemp oils are often confused with Cannabis oil. But they are basically two different things. Hemp oil is made of hemp plants while cannabis essential oils are from marijuana plants. Their chemical compositions are also different because cannabis oil has higher THC content than hemp oil.
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Key Ingredient In Cannabis
CBD which is used in making CBD essential oils is also a key component in making cannabis. But only marijuana plants that are grown for medical purposes are best for your health.
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CBD has a lot of health benefits if used in the right away. There are studies in the past and studies in the present that shows its benefits and it couldn't be ignored that's why some people are requesting for it to be legal in other countries as well.
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When it comes to such a cream, you also need to understand how much of the cream you should be using and the best way to apply it. The ingredients get absorbed into the skin, so it may be hard to determine the right dosage in the beginning. Some people will recommend the use of a chart that helps you to track progress with any cream. For example, you can make notations on your pain level with each application.
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CBD pain relief cream can be used in a number of states where it is now legal, and it can help to give you a great deal of comfort and freedom from the pain that has been holding you back on a daily basis.


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Gregg Berhalter: First of all, we analyzed the financial situation in terms of the salary cap and where these players stand in relation to that. That's what a lot of these decisions are based on.
CS: Three players are out of contract and the Crew is expected to extend offers to all three. How much of a priority is it to bring back the team's leading scorer Dominic Oduro, as well as a talented young defender in Josh Williams and veteran goalkeeper in Andy Gruenebaum?
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The announcement doesn't address the other big move that HP made back in August — the decision to discontinue its lineup of webOS devices, including the HP TouchPad. But Whitman's willingness to reverse course is interesting in light of a report this week that HP is thinking about reviving the TouchPad and has been testing Windows 8 on the devices.
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