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Serious Sam: The First Encounter (sometimes abbreviated as TFE) is a Serious Sam game made by Croteam. It was released on March 1st, 2001 and is the first game in the series.
Serious Sam: The First Encounter takes place in Ancient Egypt and features large-scale battles against many enemies. The levels are linear and cannot be traveled back to once completed, but there are secrets hidden throughout levels, which either contain weapons and ammo, a power up, more enemies, something funny, or a combination of them. Most levels are broken up into a distinct pattern; large arena featuring many monsters and items to signify the end of a wave, then a "break" room or area that has items and/or smaller amounts of enemies for the player to catch their breath in while still being challenged and having fun. They then enter a new arena, and it continues until the level ends.
TFE features a scoring system that gives you points for each enemy you kill. The points given usually depends on the strength and difficulty of an enemy killed; the Beheaded Rocketeer, the weakest and easiest enemy to kill in the game, gives away only 100 points when killed, while the Major Biomechanoid, a large enemy with a lot of health and rockets that can kill someone with 100 or less health in one shot if their rockets directly impact the player, will give the player 8,000 points when killed. There are also bonuses for completing a level under the par amount of time listed in the statistics screen.
Hints and information about weapons and enemies are given to the player via NETRICSA, a computer built into Sam's skull. The game will occasionally have a message pop up, usually when a new area is entered, a new enemy is killed or a new weapon is picked up, for the player to read the computer's analysis of the new thing. Important tips are often contained in messages from NETRICSA (such as what to do in a room), so they player should consult it often.
Weapons are varied, but never become truly obsolete. The Schofield .45 works well against weak enemies because of its low power, decent rate of fire, and infinite ammo; the XPML21 Rocket Launcher is devastating against enemies at medium range and enemies with a lot of health, the XM-214-A Minigun is useful against everything because of its extremely high rate of fire, while the SBC Cannon is the ultimate weapon against multiple enemies, because it can pierce multiple enemies while traveling, and against strong enemies because its projectiles can be charged up.
Various items and power ups are scattered throughout levels. Various types of armor appear throughout levels, which absorb a certain amount of damage from enemy attacks when picked up, backpacks filled with ammo are usually placed near areas where there's going to be a huge fight, and various health pickups are scattered throughout levels for the player to recover lost health.
Game ModesEdit
The First Encounter's only offline game mode is the campaign. The player must travel through Ancient Egypt-themed levels while fighting off enemies. After defeating the final boss, they win. Offline also features split-screen, which lets up to four people play the game's multiplayer modes in one PC.
Online contains more content. The most prominent online game mode is cooperative, which lets up to 16 people play through the campaign online. Functions such as the amount of re-spawns, enemy health and extra co-op enemies can be modified before starting a game. There are also two competitive modes; death-match and score-match. Death-match is the usual Quake-style death-match, but Score-match is different; everything the player does in a Score-match (pick up items, kill someone, etc) will give them points. However, they will lose points if they are killed. The person that either reaches the score limit or has the most points at the end of the time limit wins. These can also be played in offline mode's split-screen mode.
Development HistoryEdit
Serious Sam: The First Encounter first started development in 1996 as a game called In the Flesh. The idea was to combine modern graphics with Doom's frantic, enemy horde-themed gameplay. The development went on and off because the early Croteam consisted of university students and the occasional person drafted into the military.
In the Flesh became Serious Sam in 1998, when Roman Ribarić, Croteam's CEO "received a vision" that told them to rename In the Flesh into "Serious Sam". Most of the developers quickly complied. Development continued as normal, despite the name change.
TFE was little-known until the very end of May 2000, when Test 1 was released. It was designed to help Croteam test Serious Sam on hardware. The test originally came out with little fanfare, but the classic gameplay and graphics quickly made it a hit among PC gamers. Two weeks later, the satirical video game website Old Man Murray had an interview with Croteam where they discussed such issues inculding an alleged Anti-American Croat conspiracy, then-Croatian president Franjo Tuđman's Nazi sympathies, and Croteam's CEO thinking the word "crate" means "vehicle".
In October 2000, Test 2 was released, again to test Serious Sam with different PC setups they couldn't get their hands on. This version was much closer to the final game; it had co-op and death-match as well as the final skins and models for every enemy in it.
In March 2001, Serious Sam: The First Encounter was released to wide acclaim. The game became a huge success and received multiple awards, including one from IGN, partially because of its $20 USD price tag. In March 2002, an expansion pack, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter was released. A few years later, both games were bundled into one package named Serious Sam Gold.
In September 2009, a Serious Sam HD remake of the game was made. Almost every enemy and weapon received a new model, and many textures were either replaced with new ones or stretched out versions of old ones. Effects and lighting were greatly improved, thanks to it using Serious Engine 3.
In the near future, humanity has discovered advanced technology in Egypt which allowed humans to travel across deep space with ease. These items are from the Sirians, an extinct species that were quite similar to humans. However, they were wiped out by a mysterious being called Chaad Sheen, who apparently appeared in the universe in order to wipe out all intelligent life once every 100,000 years. Humanity ignored the Sirian's warnings about Chaad Sheen and traveled through the universe with technology based on a Sirian spaceship parked on one of Jupiter's moons; the USS Centerpiece.
While exploring Sirius, Serious Sam discovered a large asteroid belt surrounding the planet that was never mentioned in the old Sirian records. He decided to go through it, which is actually an ancient alarm system for Chaad Sheen, because he wasn't sure that he destroyed ALL intelligent life in the universe back when he killed the Sirians, so he left the alarm system just in case. After being woken up, Chaad Sheen manages to defeat the humans, one battle after another. His power and craziness earns him the name Mental. One of the heroes during these battles is Serious Sam, who constantly and ruthlessly fights off every alien he encounters.
After many battles, humanity is now doomed. Mental's forces are invading Earth; humanity's last stronghold, and there's no way to stop him. One of the scientists points out that a time-traveling device called the Time-Lock was found in the Sirian ruins. It turns out the machine was last used in Ancient Egypt, which would be when Mental was finishing off the Sirians. A plan is devised; using the Time-Lock, someone journeys back in time, summons the USS Centerpiece, flies to parts of Sirius' old trading routes, then uses the ships there to sneak up on and fight Mental while he's busy fighting off the Sirians. He won't expect someone to fight him one on one while he's busy doing something else. Its a desperate plan, but humanity is all out of options. The person chosen to go through the Time-Lock is Serious Sam because of how he can easily go against hordes of monsters and survive.
However, as Serious Sam 3: BFE shows, getting to the Time-Lock isn't as easy as planned...
After the events of Serious Sam 3: BFE, Serious Sam ends up in the Temple of Hatshepsut and starts his journey to find the elements, which are the four keys to Karnak, which houses the only way to bring the USS Centerpiece to Earth. However, Mental, who has been finishing up the Sirians, is alerted to his presence and sends some of his forces to Earth in order to stop Sam. After collecting them, he enters Memphis and collects the Sign of Amon-Ra, which is vital to summoning the USS Centerpiece. He then travels to Karnak and enters it via placing the elements he had collected earlier in various slots.
Sam fights through Karnak, and ends up in Luxor. Within Luxor, he discovers a large obelisk, which hides a huge tower that broadcasts the message to bring back the USS Centerpiece when the Sign of Amon-Ra is near it. With the Centerpiece finally coming to Egypt, Sam hurries to The Great Pyramid, which is where the USS Centerpiece will stop at. However, one of Mental's most trusted admirals, Ugh-Zan III, appears and attempts to kill Sam while he's running to the Great Pyramid. Because Ugh-Zan III can regenerate his health, Sam just runs from him. Sam manages to enter the pyramid after a close encounter with Ugh-Zan III at the front of the pyramid, and prepares the ship for boarding by using the Sign of Amon-Ra. While there, his computer, NETRISCA, learns there's a catch with the USS Centerpiece; it will kill anyone that attempts to board it that is not a species authorized to use it. Since there's nothing else he can do at this point, Sam decides to try boarding it while hoping that the Sirians made humans an authorized species. He then takes an elevator to the top of the exposed pyramid, ready to try his luck with the USS Centerpiece. However, Ugh-Zan III scales the pyramid and attempts to stop Sam right before he's ready to board the ship. Sam manages to manipulate the ship's anti-intruder function by weakening Ugh-Zan III with his weapons, then luring him to the center of the boarding area, which is where one enters the USS Centerpiece. Ugh-Zan III's species is not authorized to use the ship, so the ship instead fired a very powerful laser at him, which managed to overwhelm and kill him before he could activate his regenerative abilities.
Right after Ugh-Zan III is killed, Sam runs into the middle of the boarding area, hoping that the ship has humans as an authorized species. It does, and Sam is warped into the ship. While living for Sirius' trade routes, Sam calls up Mental and lets him know that he has an "important package" he needs to deliver to Mental, and that it'll be coming soon. Serious Sam: The First Encounter ends here.
Behind the ScenesEdit
Serious Sam was to feature many more areas after Ancient Egypt, such as the Water Planet, the Lava Planet, Rock Planet. The original plan was to have the player fight off Mental at Sky City as well. However, sometime after June 2000, these areas were removed from the game and the game was restructured so that it'd end at The Great Pyramid. A page showing all of the scrapped areas can be found here.
There are also several enemies and weapons that were scrapped before the final game came out. Two aquatic enemies, the Fishman and Mantaman, a group of enemies called the Elementals, another flying enemy type, the Dragonman, a robot that was able to fly on a bike and fire lasers, the Cyborg, and a pair of enemies that would work together, the Mamut and Mamutman, were among the enemies scrapped before the final game came out. Scrapped weapons are the Ghost Buster, the Pipebomb, and the Flamer. The rest of the scrapped enemies can be found here. The storyline screenshoots weapons etc. is on the page Serious Sam The First Encounter Beta.


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they said I need to sign a narcotic agreement does anyone know what that is?
My dr is finally putting me on percocet for my back pain?
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It is probably the contract they sign and basically it ask you to agree to random pill counts and urinanalysis, tells you what you can and can not do as a patient ( or they will kick you out of their practice) and keeps you from doctor shopping and getting extra pills. They will also explain the dangers of the medication they are putting you on and letting you know how addictive it is. It protects them from you getting meds and selling them, or doing something that makes you worse. They will be expecting you to test positive for the medication they prescribe, but, if you ever have a false negative, ask to retest with a kit from a different batch of Urine tests.
Pattis right. It's a basic agreement where you promise not to get meds from another doctor, random drug screens to make sure the level isn't too high or too low, pill counts, etc. Someone suggested (in case of an emergency) have a card with you stating that you have this agreement. Have the doctors name and info on the card. Glad to hear you're getting your pain under control! Wish you well. FYI... I had signed one 7 years ago, forgot all about it. Went back a year ago and it was still in effect! Oops!
i understand you cant see other drs but how does it work if you have to go to the er or once I start seeing my specialist?
you tell the er or the specialist that you have a prescription for percocet from your doctor... If you fill a opiate prescription from anyone else then your doctor will likely drop you or at the very least stop prescribing opiates to you. So you have to follow those rules closely... Good luck...
ty guys I appreciate it
You can see other doctors, you just can't get prescribed a controlled substance. I wouldn't want a pain specialist doing my annual pap smear. If you carry a card with you at all times with the pain doc info and meds you take, you're covered in case of an emergency. It's good you can get your pain under control. I hope it works well for you!
Christine! What's this card thing your talking about and were would I get something like that? Is this something new, because I didn't know about that. Thanks!
Someone here suggested it. What I did was print out on a business card type paper, that I have an agreement with such and such pain clinic. My doc's name, address, phone number, and the medication I take and how often. List ALL medications, even the non narcotic ones! Have it laminated and carry it with you like your drivers license... never leave home without it. If you're ever in an emergency, unable to answer questions in an ER, they will look in your wallet or purse for info. I pray none of us are ever in that situation but, it would be helpful to ER docs.
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The 41st Annual American Music Awards Were Presented Last Night At Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre
Capitol CMG Label Group is proud to announce that singer/songwriter Matthew West was awarded the American Music Award for Best Contemporary Inspirational Artist. Held last night at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre, the American Music Awards are determined by the fans through online voting. When the nominations were announced last month, Capitol CMG swept the category as West was nominated for this category along with labelmates TobyMac and Chris Tomlin. Attending the ceremony with his wife Emily, this was West's first time to be nominated for an AMA.
"What an honor to receive the AMA award this year!" West shares. "The fact that this is a fan voted award makes it even more meaningful, and I'm grateful for all of the people who have made my songs part of their lives."
"Capitol CMG is extremely proud of Matthew on receiving his first American Music Award," states Peter York, President, Capitol CMG Label Group. "We could not be more excited for Matthew, along with his fellow nominees Chris Tomlin and TobyMac, as they each represent such a vital part of the Christian music community. We are grateful for Matthew's hard work, unwavering commitment to always make the best possible music and for his relentless dedication to his fans, we send our thanks and congratulations to Matthew and to those who supported him with their votes."
Matthew West just wrapped his Into The Light fall tour and will appear on The Story Tour throughout this December. He is also set to join TobyMac's Hits Deep Tour the spring of 2014.


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Add life to your winter wedding with these flower tips.Although winter weddings are not as popular as spring and summer ceremonies, the coldest time of year offers great opportunity for putting together a beautiful event. One of the best ways to decorate and bring color to a winter wedding is with flowers. Here are some great flower ideas for a winter wedding.
The first thing to consider, especially while on a budget, is the type of flowers that are available. Shipping in flowers from across the country and beyond, is not only expensive, but it is possible that the flowers will not travel well, leaving you with wilted, sad-looking foliage. Purchasing flowers that are available in your area, or a short distance away, will ensure that your buds are fresh on your special day.
Another thing to consider is your color scheme. Winter weddings are a great time to incorporate a theme. Many brides and grooms choose to incorporate Christmas into their festivities while others choose decoration to reflect the time of year, adorning their reception sites with silver, icy blue and glass.
Base your flowers on the feel and design of the rest of the wedding. If your wedding is muted with cool tones to reflect the time of year, a great idea to give the festivities a punch of color is to introduce a flower in a bright, vibrant color such as pink or orange. If your winter wedding is based around Christmas, flowers should be chosen to reflect this, meaning white or red flowers will work best.
Flower Ideas for a Winter Wedding:
While many consider roses too overdone when it comes to weddings, the truth is that this flower of romance is used much less than other popular flowers such as lilies or daisies. The greatest thing about roses, in addition to their obvious beauty, is their hearty nature. Roses can stand up to the rigorous events of a wedding and keep their shape and color well. Red roses are beautiful in a silver-themed wedding and white or red roses work well in a Christmas-themed wedding.
Lilies work well at any kind of wedding – summer or winter. These beauties come in a vast array of colors sure to brighten a winter wedding. However, be careful when using lilies in a Christmas-themed occasion. White and red lilies will look beautiful, but pink and orange varieties may clash with your decorations and look somewhat out-of-place.
Snowball Mums
Snowball mums are great flowers for a winter wedding. Not only does their name coincide with the time of year, but also the white varieties literally look like snowballs and are a terrific way to bring the ice and snow inside without leaving your guests chilled.
Magnolias are a beautiful flower for winter weddings. The white variety blends in well with most color schemes and the brighter colored versions are a great way to add a pop of color to any wedding site. In addition, the wonderful scent they provide will make your guests forget the cold and frost outside and bring a feeling of warmth and sunshine to your festivities.
Among the obvious flower ideas for a winter wedding, especially one with a Christmas theme, is the poinsettia. The dark green leaves and red or white flowers are perfect for a winter wedding and will remind your guests of Christmas and the good cheer associated with this special time of year.
Carnations are a beautiful, rather inexpensive flower that will add charm to any winter wedding. Available in the Christmas colors of red and white, carnations are also available in beautiful bright colors such as pink that can be used to add a burst of color to a cool themed wedding. I recently attended a winter wedding where the flowers were two shades of pink carnations. Coupled with the silver and white theme of the wedding, this perfect warm color brightened up the reception hall with the perfect amount of color and made the white and silver in the room pop.
Flower ideas for a winter wedding are easy to come by and sure to make your festivities bright and beautiful.


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Whisky Magazine Issue 29
March 2003
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Another fascinating 12 months in the world of whisky, then. The trend for small independents buying distilleries from large multinationals goes on. Announcements of new smaller-scale distilling projects continue apace. The number of whisky tasting events is multiplying. And James Bond is still drinking Talisker. He and I have so much in common … You know you're getting old when the main impression the new Bond film makes is that the decibel level is too high.
What will 2003 bring? There are many, many rumours of mergers and acquisitions. You don't have to work in the industry to have an idea of which distilleries (and affiliated blended whiskies) are up for grabs if the price is right. In effect, several distillers are still rationalising in the face of the major deals and management buyouts that have taken place in the last couple of years.
It's time for another Best of the Best: Whisky Magazine has tasted close to 900 whiskies so far. We are frantically preparing the super tasting of the highest scoring whiskies, to take place in Edinburgh, Louisville and Tokyo. A criticism I have heard of the Best of the Best is that too many rare and esoteric whiskies are tasted, with very limited availability. My response would be simply to look at the winners of Best of the Best 2001: Black Bottle 10 years old, Glengoyne 17 years old, Highland Park 18 years old, The Macallan Gran Reserva, Blanton's, Elijah Craig 12 years old, Bushmills Malt 16 years old and Nikka Yoichi 10 years old...


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Come on lets be logical,God created the universe.How did he do it? Now that ones up to science
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God created the universe. How did he do it?
Now that ones up to science
Actually it doesn't. One could conceivably be all-powerful but not exceptionally intelligent.
I always say what I mean. But sometimes I'm a sarcastic prick whose tone can't be properly communicated via text.
God created the universe.
Quote from: Bluecolour on August 15, 2012, 03:21:59 PMGod created the universe.Prove it. You may not use your personal testimony, the Bible or any philosophical argument. I want to see actual physical data.
OK, thanks for your responses. There seems to be consensus amongst you that the origin of the universe is as yet unexplained.
I'd like to now ask another question: do you personally consider it possible that there is some type of intelligence (not necessarily the God of the bible) behind the universe? Or are you completely certain that whatever set everything in motion was un-intelligent?
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Jellyfish are normally kept in check by fish, which eat small jellyfish and compete for jellyfish food such as zooplankton, researchers said. But, with overfishing, jellyfish numbers are increasing.
These huge creatures can burst through fishing nets, as well as destroy local fisheries with their taste for fish eggs and larvae.
So not only are they chowing down like never before on a fat food supply, but they're cutting into ours. That's so evil! They're already human-sized. How long before they can pilot space ships?!
"(There is) a jellyfish called Nomura, which is the biggest jellyfish in the world. It can weigh 200 kilograms (440 pounds), as big as a sumo wrestler and is 2 meters (6.5 feet) in diameter," Richardson said.
Richardson said jellyfish numbers are increasing in Southeast Asia, the Black Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea.
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To make gag gifts for turning 50, there is no need to spend a lot of money. A witty idea is worth as much as an expensive gift. Before preparing the gift, it is important to consider the gender of the birthday person. For instance, a fan for dealing with hot flashes is suitable for women only.


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A credit dispute letter includes identification of the disputed item as well the company or entity that made the error, clarifying whether the item is inaccurate or incomplete, describing why the item is inaccurate or incomplete, and clarifying the desired action, according to the Federal Trade Commission. It is also a good idea to include a copy of the original letter with the charge or item in question.Continue Reading
You should send credit dispute letters by certified mail and request a return receipt, notes the Federal Trade Commission. It's best to save a copy of the letter and the response for personal files.
Unless thought of as frivolous, credit-reporting companies have to look into credit disputes within 30 days, reports the Federal Trade Commission. The credit-reporting company then acts as a liaison between you and the organization accused of the inaccuracy. As of 2016, if the organization agrees the item is inaccurate, it must then inform all three credit reporting companies in order to correct the item on all three credit reports.
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We are delighted to have achieved this important milestone in Vycor's development… We believe that the Chinese medical device market has tremendous potential for Vycor and are excited to begin working with healthcare professionals in China...
Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) January 17, 2012
Vycor Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:VYCO) ("Vycor") today announced that its ViewSite Brain Access System ("VBAS") has received clearance from the State Food and Drug Administration ("SFDA") in the People's Republic of China ("PRC") to be imported and marketed in the PRC. This follows the issue of its patent in China for VBAS in 2011.
Kenneth Coviello, the Chief Executive of Vycor, commented: "We are delighted to have achieved this important milestone in Vycor's development. VBAS has received outstanding reviews from surgeons in the United States where it continues to gain traction with hospitals and neurosurgeons. We believe that the Chinese medical device market has tremendous potential for Vycor and are excited to begin working with healthcare professionals in China and look forward to the expansion of VBAS in the region."
Underlining the importance of this milestone, Vycor has received an opening order for the Chinese market with a value of $170,000, which it shipped prior to the end of December 2011.
For more information about how VBAS works, or to read testimonials, please visit http://www.vycormedical.com
About Vycor Medical, Inc.
With corporate headquarters in Boca Raton, FL, Vycor Medical, Inc. (VYCO.BB) is a medical device company committed to making neurological brain, spinal and other surgical procedures safer and more effective. The company's flagship, Patent Pending ViewSite™ Surgical Access Systems represent an exciting new minimally invasive access and retraction system that holds the potential for speedier, safer and more economical brain, spinal and other surgeries and a quicker patient discharge. Vycor's innovative medical instruments are designed to optimize neurosurgical site access, reduce patient risk, accelerate recovery, and add tangible value to the professional medical community. Vycor is ISO 13485:2003 compliant, has FDA 510(K) clearance for brain and spine surgeries, and CE Marking and HPB licensing in Canada.
Vycor Medical's subsidiary NovaVision, Inc. researches, develops and provides science-driven light-based neurostimulation therapy and other medical technologies that help restore sight to patients with neurological vision impairments. The company's proprietary, Visual Restoration Therapy (VRT) platform is clinically supported to improve lost vision resulting from stroke, brain cancer, traumatic brain injury ("TBI"), or other acquired brain injury, and has been cleared to be marketed in the US by the FDA. VRT can be prescribed by any ophthalmologist, optometrist, neurologist or physiatrist. NovaVision also provides a device that aids in the early identification of visual field deficits: the Head Mounted Perimeter (HMPTM) - a portable and ADA-compliant instrument to aid in the detection and measurement of visual field deficits even in bed-ridden patients.
For the latest information on the company, including media and other coverage, and to learn more, please go online at http://www.vycormedical.com or http://www.novavision.com.
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Cross Game Chat #35 – Console vs. PC
The PSN may be down, but Cross Game Chat will always be here for you. The crew have strong opinions on this week's news, and a few intense debates start up.
Our News Topics
- Sony Fights to Resuscitate the PlayStation Network
- Fumito Ueda Delays Both his PS3 Projects
- God of War 4 Defying the Gods, Releasing September 2012?
- Dead Space 3 is currently in the lab as Visceral Games is hiring
- PS3 May See Skyrim Mods
- Child of Eden Delayed for PS3, but for a Good Reason
- Chrono Trigger Prepares to Show the PSN What's Been Missing
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An Invitation to a Pre-General Assembly Prayer Retreat
UPDATE: Early registration extended to April 30th.
June 19 - 20
Would you like to join with others for a 24-hour period of prayer and reflection just prior to the General Conventions & Assembly events in Indianapolis? Good news! Such an opportunity will be provided:
- When: Monday afternoon, June 19 – Tuesday afternoon, June 20, 2017
- Where: Benedict Inn Retreat & Conference Center, Indianapolis (just a 15 minute drive from the Convention Center) http://www.benedictinn.org
- What: An overnight retreat with shared meals, Scripture presentations based on Ephesians 4:1-16, community & private prayer, and rest
- Who: Developed and led by Deidre Brower-Latz (Nazarene Theological College-Manchester), Rhonda Carrim (Northwest Nazarene University), Terry Fach (Ambrose University), Doug Hardy (Nazarene Theological Seminary), Rebecca Laird (Point Loma Nazarene University), and Doug VanNest (Mount Vernon Nazarene University)
- Why: In response to Jesus' invitation to us as his disciples to "Come away … and rest a while" (Mark 6:31)
Attending General Assembly has always been a high point for me. In 2009 I became aware of a pre-assembly retreat and my wife and I decided to attend. What I experienced was an intentional quieting time to prepare my heart for the inspiration and the work that was ahead. I also found great delight in the setting, the interaction with people from across the country and engaging in a time of guided prayer and heart formation. I'm pleased that another such event is being planned for 2017.
- Randall Craker, Spokane, WA (2009 participant)
The 2009 Retreat was a gift; It was a blessing; We were still enjoying the afterglow of the retreat: refreshing prayer, reflection, rich fellowship, relaxation, and a sense of physical-mental-spiritual wholeness as we made the transition into the busy activity of the conventions and assembly.
- Forrest and Jan Stone, Long Beach, CA (2009 participant)
This retreat offers an opportunity to slow down and focus on intentionally listening for and to the voice of the Holy Spirit. From times of table fellowship to silence to directed sessions to conversations with brothers and sisters on the journey, we are invited to draw deeply from the wells of grace offered through Scripture, prayer, story and fellowship.
- Rhonda Carrim, Nampa, ID (facilitator/participant)
I am grateful for the heart of Nazarenes who have set aside time for prayer and reflection prior to the 2017 General Assembly. The opportunity of this prayer retreat to enrich the fellowship and business of this global gathering holds great promise. Our greatest need and desire is to experience the manifest presence of God.
- David Busic, General Superintendent
Prayer is the central practice of the Christian faith and something we are called to engage in with intention and together as God's people. I look forward to the 2017 pre-General Assembly Prayer Retreat as an opportunity to join with fellow-Nazarenes in placing ourselves before God in prayer—listening and petitioning—so that our hearts may be tuned to the Holy Spirit for the Conventions & Assembly to follow.
- Doug Hardy, Kansas City, MO (facilitator/participant)
The cost for this event ranges from $99 to $149 depending on room choice and if a reservation is made by April 30th. These prices cover food and lodging during the Retreat. Each participant is responsible for their own transportation to and from Indianapolis. Rates increase slightly after March 31st.
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What Are The Most Common Causes Of Fire?.
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Fires are mercifully rare and truly damaging ones rarer still. However, everybody should be aware of the common causes of fires in order that they can avoid any potentially dangerous situations. Here are a few ways in which house fires are often started.
Candles are often used for their scent or for moody lighting. They should never be left unattended and certainly should not be left burning when you go to bed at night. Also ensure that you use sturdy candle holders which will not fall over and don't keep them on cluttered surfaces or near anything which might catch light.
Many electrical goods generate significant heat. For example, hair straighteners are a growing cause of domestic fires. However, anything that is plugged into the mains could potentially cause a fire if there is faulty or damaged wiring. Check cables for damage and if in doubt, don't use the item in question.
These kinds of things may seem obvious, but you only need to make one mistake for a major fire to ensue. It is also vitally important to inculcate this thinking into children from an early age as they too could end up responsible for starting a fire.
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Winter is coming. Maybe not here in the Northern hemisphere of planet earth, but in the land of Westeros winter is coming very soon... and it might not leave for decades.
April 1st marks the return of one of the greatest television series of all time. I'm sure if you've paid any attention to HBO's relentless advertising and promotions you know that I am talking about the one and only Game of Thrones. Thank God the IMDB show page has a ticker counting down the exact days, hours, minutes, and seconds until our deprivation is over.
There really is just something about this show that grabs you and pulls you in. It's the little details like the name Targaryen for example. Something about that name just sounds mythical and mysterious. Game of Thrones is really more like a very long feature cut into segments, rather than a serialized television show, which is really one of the beautiful things about cable television. Cable has a bit more freedom to be cinematic with their shows, which doesn't always equal better quality of television, but in this case it equals a whole lot of awesome!
I'm much too impatient for April 1st to come, so in the meantime I thought I would make a list of the top three reasons why I love Game of Thrones a slightly unnatural amount.
1). The fact that they have British accents. This may not seem that important but trust me, it is! Even though the characters live in a fictional land and do not live in the United Kingdom, or anywhere near it for all we know, I think that British accents are essential for the tone and the world of the show. Game of Thrones is old school, like hundreds of years old school, and it's just not possible to have a historic setting with American accents. Plus British accents just sound better in general, especially coming from Richard Madden (Robb Stark) or Kit Harington (Jon Snow). Both actors are very attractive to begin with yet somehow they become even more attractive simply because they have British accents... why is it that men become instantly more attractive with a British accent? The world may never know.
2). The Dothraki culture, language, and people are so ridiculously badass it's unbelievable. The Dothraki are utterly ruthless and terrifyingly vicious, especially Kahl Drogo, played by Jason Momoa who I should mention is also very attractive (Side note: I've just decided that reason number 2.5 is the amount of attractive men in the show). The Dothraki don't live by normal monarchial standards. If their king (Kahl) dies it is every man for himself and the most coldblooded will be crowned the new Kahl. The Dothraki language sounds completely legitimate. If I didn't know it was fictional I would assume it was an actual spoken language, most likely of middle-eastern origin. There's even a website dedicated to teaching people how to speak this imaginary language! Everything about the Dothraki is fascinating and it's amazing to see their culture brought to life in the show.
3). Emilia Clarke is absolutely amazing as the beautiful, platinum blonde, "dragon princess" -- Daenerys Targaryen who plays wife to Kahl Drogo. Emilia is relatively new to the screen, having only been in a few other shows and TV movies prior to Game of Thrones, but they could not have picked a more perfect young woman for the role! After last season's episode "The Kingsroad," where Daenerys establishes control with Kahl Drogo (watch the episode to see the scandalous way she does it!) and he begins to respect her, you see their love for one another become very real even though their marriage was arranged. In the last two episodes of season one she fights boldly for her husband's life and refuses to let him die. Emilia puts a passion and fire into this character that makes the show complete.
I really have to give props to George R. R. Martin for creating this amazing world and all of its complex and engaging entities in his series that the show is based on, A Song of Ice and Fire. He is truly a creatively gifted and talented individual. I have to admit that while I have read a few of Martin's short story collections, I have not yet read A Song of Ice and Fire, which is truly upsetting because I am normally such an advocate of "read the books first!" when it comes to film/TV based on literature. But after watching season one I plan to read the books as soon as possible, if only to get my fix of this majestic world when there aren't enough episodes of the show to fill the void!
The previews for next season (starting in 6 days, 3 hour, 17 minutes, and 45 seconds at the present time) look beautifully thrilling. I will be waiting on the edge of my seat until the moment of the premiere.


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Revivals of "Merrily We Roll Along" are a lot like the musical itself: Just as its characters get younger and more idealistic with each scene, there's a perpetual hope of going back in time and getting this Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical right.
Based on a 1934 Kaufman and Hart play, "Merrily" flopped upon its 1981 premiere, and there have been hopes of reclaiming it as a neglected masterpiece ever since.
The Encores! rendition that opened this week, adapted and directed by James Lapine, is its best incarnation yet — but despite that glorious score, triumphantly performed by a 23-piece orchestra, the show remains problematic.
When we meet the three main characters — composer Franklin Shepard (Colin Donnell), playwright Charley Kringas (Lin-Manuel Miranda) and writer Mary Flynn (Celia Keenan-Bolger) — they're about 40 years old and thoroughly unpleasant.
But in scene after scene, as the show goes back in time, we see how their youthful dreams and friendship were shattered, both by Franklin's lust for commercial success at the expense of Charley's artistic aspirations and his leaving his wife for the glamorous star of one of their shows. But by then we have ceased to care very much.
This version improves on the deeply flawed original. Rather than having ridiculously young performers play dress-up in the early, grown-up scenes, the cast here is essentially age-appropriate. Wendall K. Harrington's witty projection design effectively depicts both the shifting milieus of the decades between 1976, when the action begins, and 1957, when it ends, along with the characters' personal arcs.
Surprisingly, for what's supposed to be a concert version — though Dan Knechtges' graceful choreography and Ann Hould-Ward's period-perfect costumes are Broadway-ready — the singing leaves something to be desired.
The handsome Donnell, fresh off "Anything Goes," makes a strong-voiced Franklin, but Miranda and Keenan-Bolger struggle vocally, and their performances occasionally border on shrill. Better are Elizabeth Stanley, boisterously funny as the sexy starlet Gussie Carnegie; Betsy Wolfe, endearing as Franklin's first wife, Beth; and a scene-stealing Adam Grupper, hilarious as Gussie's husband, the team's producer.
And then, of course, there is the music. Such haunting numbers as "Old Friends," "Not a Day Goes By," "Good Thing Going" and the title song will ensure that this show lives on forever.


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May 01, 2006
Headliner: Shire's Matthew Emmens
In 1974, Matthew Emmens began his first post-college job as a Merck sales rep. Of his 600 peers, only one was a woman. So, for Emmens, CEO of Shire Pharmaceuticals, to be named Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) Honorable Mentor for 2006—in recognition of his long-term support for the advancement of women in the industry—this is a telling memory.
"I grew up at a time when there were hardly any women [in the industry]," he says. "[Now] women add a dimension to companies and decision-making just by being women, and that difference is very helpful."
After a 17-year grounding at Merck, Emmens cofounded AstraMerck and went on to become its CEO/president, before switching to EMD Pharmaceuticals as president. Nancy Wysenski, Emmens' successor at EMD, describes him as a "perceptive" leader. "He created an environment of trust and then took opportunities to hold up the mirror for you so that you could discover for yourself how to manage a situation," she says. "He was just phenomenal in that regard."
Fostering different values and viewpoints comes naturally to Emmens: "I learned early that people who think in different ways and who work together come up with better solutions. Having experienced that in management structures over the years has only reinforced that belief."
Coming up with solutions would be a valuable trait for Emmens' next role as CEO at Shire, which he joined in 2003 at a time when the company was "a bit distressed over being challenged by generics and had a number of businesses throughout the world that could be made more efficient." Fortunately, Emmens—who paid for college working as an auto mechanic—likes "putting things together and restructuring," and Shire, he says, had the assets and ability to go and do the things that needed to be done.
The to-do list included acquiring a Massachusetts biotech (now Shire Human Genetic Therapies), consolidating sites and strengthening Shire's pipeline.
When Emmens came on board, the company's pipeline basically consisted of Fosrenol, its treatment for hyperphosphatemia, which was in late-stage development. Fosrenol received a non-approval letter in 2003. To add to Shire's jitters, its flagship project, ADHD drug Adderall XR, was (and still is) under challenge from generic competitors.
Under Emmens' leadership, Fosrenol has since been approved, while the company has been successful in its defense of the ADHD franchise. "We have brought up safety issues regarding our citizens' petition that should be thought through before somebody goes and tries to make a generic," he says.
Shire has also diversified into other disease areas, and research is promising for orphan diseases like Fabry disease and Hunter syndrome, for which Elaprase is in Phase III trials.
Emmens feels his biggest success is having put together an experienced team that has "refocused the company in a changed environment to the point where we feel, and the equity markets feel, that we are extremely well positioned to be competitive."
His future goals are just as ambitious. "We have set an internal aspiration to grow the company in the mid-teens, or above top and bottom line, by the end of the decade," Emmens says. "We want to be the leading specialty pharmaceutical company—a company that focuses on some of the more rare diseases and specialist physicians."
Of course, challenges loom, especially contention over the safety of ADHD medications. But Emmens has faith in the value of these products and is convinced that, over time, "the pendulum will swing back more to a benefit-versus-risk or balance-of-product viewpoint that is more helpful."
The assistance Emmens has given his peers over the years is less debatable. "Matt Emmens exemplifies the essence of the HBA Honorable Mentor award, with his ongoing support of the advancement of women in the healthcare industry and at Shire," says HBA president Debra Newton (also president of Newton Grey).
And Emmens is honored by the accolade.
"I have really enjoyed the progress women have made in the industry and what they have added to the industry," he says. "I have enjoyed even more that they have gotten into management positions and contributed on the teams that are going to drive the industry forward."
Matthew Emmens,
Shire Pharmaceuticals
EMD Pharm.—pres./CEO (1999); Merck KGaA—head, global Ethical Pharm.(2001)
AstraMerck—VP, sales & marketing, then pres./CEO
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I work with a 14 year old girl with brittle type 1 diabetes who continues to have high blood sugar readings. She has found innovative ways to manipulate her meter to misread her level, which then effects the amount of insulin she receives. Other teenage issues are arising, and the parent is having a lot of difficulty seeing any positive traits while the child continues to manipulate and lie about sneaking. I don't know if I'm seeking some advice to help the parent or asking for some encouraging words, but both would help.
You do not mention the kind of work you do with this 14 year old girl. Are you a teacher? Coach? Counselor? It sounds as if this young lady is struggling with more than her diabetes, and not feeling particularly successful in any area of her life. How sad for her! No matter what role you play in her life, she is certainly lucky to have someone who cares about her.
It might be helpful for you to have her teach you about diabetes. This might help you better understand what she knows and does not know. It might also be helpful to then ask her all kinds of "what if" questions to understand her problem-solving skills more.
There are a number of excellent mental health professionals in your city who specialize in working with people who have diabetes. You may wish to contact your local American Diabetes Association for a list of referrals. Finally, you may benefit from reading Practical Psychology for Diabetes Clinicians: How to Deal With the Key Behavioral Issues Faced by Patients and Health-Care Teams by Barbara Anderson and Richard Rubin.
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Earlier this year, Ducktails, the Real Estate side project led by guitarist Matt Mondanile, released the sunny and extremely likable LP The Flower Lane, which worked as a kind of album-length tribute to the lush indie-pop that was coming out of New Zealand in the '80s. The new video for the Flower Lane song "Under Cover" plays out as an extended dream sequence, with Mondanile imagining himself and his friends and bandmates out of grimy-ass Greenpoint and into some green and bucolic location, the sort of place where they can enjoy dominoes and badminton in peace. Charles Poekel directs; watch it below.
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Baroness Blatch: This is another example of wishing to take one small part of the scheme and put it on the face of the Bill. I have argued long and hard about the principle of that. We believe it is important to keep the details of the scheme, subject to the affirmative resolution of both Houses, and thereby allowing a degree of flexibility should there need to be any modification whatever of a minor or major nature in future. We feel that that flexibility is very important. We are not able to accept the notion that just little pieces of the scheme can be translated from the text on to the face of the Bill because we feel that it is much better to allow for such flexibility. I hope that the amendment will not be pressed.
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: I suppose that the Minister is being quite helpful to those who were not present for the previous episodes of this soap opera. We made it clearwe have no shame in that respect at allthat we are indeed seeking to include on the face of the Bill what the Minister would, in this case, call one small part of the scheme. We have gone very carefully through the scheme looking at those elements of it, whether or not we agree with them, which appear to be enduring and unlikely to change. Let us not forget that most of those elements have not actually changed since 1964 when the scheme first came into operation. Therefore, they could be thought of as being as enduring as any element of legislation.
We are suggesting to the Committee and to Parliament that those enduring elements of the scheme should indeed be written on to the face of the Bill because we believe that legislation should be explicit rather than purely enabling. The Bill has been criticised by the Delegated Powers Scrutiny Committee for being largely an enabling Bill. Indeed, over and again in Clause 2 the Bill says that there shall be compensation in such a manner as "may be specified".
However, a concession has been made. The principle of the affirmative resolution procedure has been accepted and is to be incorporated in amendments which will be dealt with later today. But that does not absolve us from our responsibility as a serious opposition party of taking the essential elementsthat is, the enduring elementsof the scheme, putting them before Parliament, and seeking to have them debated.
I am not surprised that we do not have a large presence in the Chamber for such debates; indeed, I am not surprised that a number of people are deterred from taking part in them because the issues are complex and technical. In many cases, as has become obvious, they are too complex and technical for me. However, I do not in any way apologise for having put forward one small part of the scheme and asking that Parliament should consider and approve it and, if necessary, amend it.
As to the substance of the amendment, the Minister made no specific complaints about it. Indeed, the noble Baroness could hardly do so because the wording comes entirely from paragraph 22 of the draft scheme and we were not responsible for the draftsmanship. It may be one small part of the total Bill; it is nevertheless an extremely important part. Many people coming into contact with the new scheme when it is introduced for the first time will feel it most unjust if the wording has not been amended in the way suggested. They will feel it unjust not to receive compensation for loss of earnings for the first 28 weeks after the injury if they lack any other source of income in the form of statutory sick pay or the indulgence of their employer, or, indeed, if they have no employer at all, as would be the case, for example, with the self-employed.
When the scheme comes to be promulgated and put into force on 1st April 1996, which I believe to be the intended date, I do not believe that the public at large will understand why such a severe restriction has been made in the loss of earnings provisions in the scheme
Lord Carlisle of Bucklow: I am much obliged. Is the noble Lord now saying that the purpose of the amendment is really the same as was intended by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Archer, yesterday, as regards doing away entirely with the restriction on payment for loss of earnings for the first 28 weeks? If that is the case, I should like to repeat to my noble friend the Minister what I said yesterday; namely, that I believe it is reasonable, purely from the point of view of practicality, to have some cut-off point. Whether or not 28 weeks is the right one is, of course, a matter for debate. However, with the volume of applications now being received, I do not believe that one can really carry on deciding whether someone has lost earnings over two weeks and then decide whether or not as a result of that there has or has not been a benefit to him because his benefits are greater than his loss of earnings. It is that sort of attempt to fine tune which has caused many of the problems taking up the time of the authority.
If that is the noble Lord's intention, I hope that one's silence will not be taken as meaning that one agrees with what is behind the suggestion. I believe that the Government are right to accept on purely pragmatic and practical grounds that people who are only out of work for a very short period should be covered by the tariff figureif that is what we are to haverather than go through the rather complicated process of trying to find out the individual loss of earnings in any particular case.
Further, if that is the noble Lord's intention, is he really satisfied that his own drafting achieves that aim? As I understand it, his drafting says:
When a claim falls to be assessed, it means not only that such a claim has to be made but also that it must go through the various processes of having inquiries made of the police and medical reports prepared. Indeed, the claim would probably come to be assessed for considerably longer than 28 weeks after the date on which the injury occurred. In fact, according to a later amendment of the noble Lord, as the person need not put in a claim until three years afterwards, the date of assessment may well be some three-and-a-half years after the injury.
However, as I understand it, if the amendment is accepted in its present form, the claims officer would have to be satisfied at that time that there was a continuing loss of earnings or of earning capacity. Therefore, the noble Lord may find that his amendment would unintentionally extend the 28-week period rather than reduce it.
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: The noble Lord made two points; indeed, his second point answered the first. It is not, and never was, our intention that there should be loss of earnings payment for someone who loses earnings for only a couple of weeks. Of course, we recognisethe wording is explicit because, after all, it is the
Amendment No. 25, moved yesterday by my noble and learned friend Lord Archer, dealt with a slightly different pointnamely, that statutory sick pay does not in fact cover loss of earningsand suggested that there should be provision for the difference between actual income and a loss of earnings. The point that I am now making is a different one. For the continuing loss of earnings or earning capacity, whether or not the applicant was in workagain, those are the Government's words from the schemecompensation should not count only from after the first 28 weeks. Therefore, it is not the huge extension in the scope of the loss of earnings scheme that the noble Lord, Lord Carlisle, rightly fears. It is justice for those who, after 28 weeks, at whatever time the claim is assessed, are assessed to have a continuing loss of earnings or earning capacity. This is such an important issue that I think it is necessary to take the opinion of the Committee.
Lord Windlesham: Before the noble Lord concludes his remarks and the debate comes to an end I would like to raise some related matters which arise from this amendment, but from a different angle. Paragraph 22 of the criminal injuries (tariff-based) compensation scheme deals with the crucial matter of loss of earnings. Those Members of the Committee who have taken part in the earlier stages of the debate both on this Bill and on the proceedings initiated by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Ackner, earlier will know that this has been one of the most contested matters; that is, whether or not the scheme should provide payment for future loss of earnings.
The Governmentthis was welcomed by the organisations in the fieldhad a change of heart. Initially there was to be no provision in the tariff scheme for loss of earnings, but in the enhanced scheme now before the Committee, which will be enacted as delegated legislation under the authority of this Bill, there is some provision. I think we can all agree that it is of great importance that this paragraph should be comprehensible. Yesterday I declared my interest as president of Victim Support and I repeat it now. Victim Support assisted over 11,000 single claims in the past 12 months. There are large numbers of people both giving advice and in need of advice as regards what their entitlement will be under paragraph 22 of the scheme. The paragraph states:
That is an extraordinarily complicated formulation. I have read it several times and I am not sure what it means. Victim Support has asked me to raise two questions which I shall leave with the noble Baroness because they are technical. I am sure she can ensure that
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A crust eaten in peace
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Mental well-being
Mental well-being involves many interlocking factors. The hedonistic approach to well-being involves the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain. The eudaimonic approach focuses on meaning and self-fulfilment and defines well-being in terms of the degree to which a person is fully functioning.
The difference between the two can be explained by looking at parenthood. Surveys have shown that adults who chose not to have children are happier than adults who have children. In this case happiness is of the hedonistic variety but obviously there are deeper, more subtle satisfactions from having children or humanity would quickly become extinct! Whilst parenthood is often difficult, even painful, it provides benefits that add to mental well-being such as relationships, purpose and achievement.
Similarly, long-distance runners are prepared to go through all kinds of physical pain and mental anguish to achieve their goals which provides them well-being through meaning and achievement.
The positive psychologist, Martin Seligman, in his book Flourish outlined five aspects to mental well-being:
Positive Emotion
For us to experience well-being, we need positive emotion in our lives. Any positive emotion such as peace, gratitude, satisfaction, pleasure, inspiration, hope, curiosity, or love falls into this category. The point is that it's really important to enjoy yourself in the present, as long as the other aspects of well-being are in place.
When we're truly engaged in what we are doing we experience a state of flow: time seems to stop, we lose our sense of self, and we concentrate intensely on the present. The more we experience this type of engagement, the more likely we are to experience well-being.
Humans are social creatures and good relationships are core to our well-being. Usually, people who have meaningful, positive relationships with others are happier than those who do not.
Meaning comes from serving a cause bigger than ourselves. No matter what it is, we all need meaning in our lives to have a sense of well-being.
Many of us strive to better ourselves in some way, whether we're seeking to master a skill, achieve a valuable goal, or win in some competitive event. As such, accomplishment is another important thing that contributes to our ability to flourish.
From Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being by Martin E. P. Seligman. Published by Free Press, 2011.


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I went in the morning to the center of Cluj-Napoca, to celebrate the National Day with my countrymen. But nothing really special, a short religious ceremony in the Orthodox Cathedral, wreaths, local political figures, soldiers, fanfare, silent people, quite children, but interested in the soldiers weapons and rain. Happy birthday Romania.
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Wednesday, 1 December 2010
The National Day- 1st of December
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