The first person to carry the flame there was Elaine Peart, who has bipolar disorder.

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And when we talk about a benediction, it takes me back to thinking about the first time a flame was introduced into this world.

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The first relay runner to take the flame was Greece's Liverpool-born open water swimming champion Spyros Gianniotis.

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Russian security firm Kaspersky Labs, which was among the first to reveal details of Flame, told the BBC that it could take months, or even years, to determine where it had originated.

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Making its way to Britain, the flame will first take in Greek archaeological sites including the Acropolis and Olympic Stadium in Athens, site of the first modern Games in 1896.

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That God will continue to keep that flame that he first sent down some two thousand years ago to those men in the upper room in Jerusalem, the flame that we carry forth today.

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In 1915, flame-throwers were used in battle for the first time when the 3rd Guard German pioneer regiment used them against the French at Malancourt.

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That flame first appeared at a place called Lexington and Concord where men answered the call and went out and stood for something that the world had yet to understand.

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First Marblehead, a student-loan company, did flame out most spectacularly in the early days of the financial crisis.

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At first, it was to investigate root causes and then develop solutions for the problems that caused PCs to slowly flame out over time.

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