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[Spelling Progress Bulletin, Spring 1980 pp6-8]
[Axel Wijk: see Bulletins.]
The Right to Read,
by Axel Wijk, Docent.**Stockholm, Sweden.
*Presented at the 2nd International Conf. of S.S.S. at Nene College, July 29, 1979
Introduction.I would like to tell you how much I appreciate having the opportunity of reading my husband's lecture to you.
My husband, Axel Wijk, passed away July 2 this month.
The thought of coming here to deliver his lecture never occurred to me at first, but then I got a call from three of Axel's colleagues, professors of English at the Univ. of Stockholm, urging me to do so.
I feel honoured and deeply grateful to be here today.
For so many, many years my husband has been working on and devoting his main interest and thinking to the same problem that you all have come to Northampton to discuss and try to solve.
My husband's lecture is entitled:
The Right to Read.In my book, Regularized English/ Regularized Inglish, published in 1977 by Almqvist & Wiksell International, Stockholm, I have described the outlines of an entirely new approach to the English reading problem. It is suggested that an experiment should be undertaken to test whether English reading and writing can be taught more efficiently and successfully by the aid of the proposed new method than by the various combined whole-word and phonic reading schemes that are now in general use. In view of the wide-spread dissatisfaction with the results of the existing methods of teaching reading it seems to me that we owe it to our children to leave no stone unturned in order to make it easier for them to learn to read and write. Since there can be no denying that the principle cause of the difficulty of learning to read English is the confused and antiquated spelling system of the language, it seems highly probable that a temporary regularization of the spelling for the period during which children are learning to read, may offer the most effective solution to the problem. In the proposed new spelling system, Regularized Inglish, we may have the tool that is required to solve the problem. By the aid of this spelling system which preserves the present spelling in from 90 to 95% of the vocabulary and only changes the present spelling in from 5 to 10% of the words, we shall be able to teach all the regular phonic units of the language before starting to teach the numerous exceptional spellings. In spite of the impression of hopeless confusion that the English language at first makes on the young beginner, a closer examination reveals that its pronunciation and spelling are not nearly so confused as most people are apt to think. It is only among the 3,000 commonest words that we find an exceptionally high percentage of irregular spellings, amounting to between 20 and 30%.. Since the majority of the important anomalous spellings - between 400 and 500 in all - are to be found among these 3,000 words, it is actually a comparatively simple matter to change the present irregular spelling system into a fairly regular one. This is what has been done in the proposed transitional spelling system called Regularized Inglish.
Analogy Spelling.The great jester, G. B. Shaw, who took a keen interest in the science of phonetics and who when he died bequeathed some of his money to try to bring about an English spelling reform, once stated that the spelling of English was so grotesque that the word 'fish' could be rendered by the spelling ghoti. There can be little doubt that he made this statement with his tongue in his cheek, but a great many people and even scholars have evidently regarded it as a statement of fact. Actually the spelling gh for the f-sound which we find in such words as enough, laugh, cough, is never used in English at the beginning of words. The spelling o for the short sound of i is only found in one single word: 'women', and whereas the spelling ti for the sh-sound is found in a large number of words, such as 'nation, action,' etc., it is never found in final position.
The spelling ghoti can only be regarded as a grotesque, humerous invention by Shaw, but there are a very considerable number of actual spellings in English which deviate from the general rules of the spelling system and which will therefore have to be learnt by heart, such words for example as the following:
any, many/ half, calm/ talk, water, want, was, wash/ scarcely, says, said/ aunt, laugh/ pretty, there, where, were/ bread, head, pleasure, weather, ready, heavy/ break, great/ bear, wear, heart/ eye, key, seize/ give, climb/ friend/ do, who, lose, woman, women/ come, son, among, one, once, love, move/ word, work/ broad, does, shoe, blood/ enough, though, through/ could, should, would/ you, young, four, journal/ pull, put, bury, busy/ debt, sugar, two, whole, etc.
Since the spellings of the above words, and of a great many more, constitute infringements of the general rules, it is no wonder that children who have often a strong sense of logic, are bound to get the impression that there are no reliable rules for the connection between spelling and pronunciation in their language. The question then arises whether they should be told openly that the words are irregular or whether they should be told to learn them by heart, as is usually the case in the existing reading schemes. The latter procedure which implies a kind of indoctrination, leads to the harmful effect that the children cannot distinguish between regular and irregular spellings.
Owing to the confused spelling system, a large proportion of English children experience immense difficulties in learning to read. According to an official investigation into reading ability which was carried out in 1948 by a committee of experts at the request of the then Minister of Education, Mr. George Tomlinson, and which was reported in the Ministry of Education Pamphlet no. 18, entitled Reading Ability, no less than 307 of all 15-year-olds were classified as backward readers, i.e. as having reading ages 20% below their real ages. Furthermore 1.4% of these were illiterate and 4.3% semi-literate with reading ages of below 7 years and between 7 and 9 years respectively. Very similar conditions occur in America, as may be seen from Rudolf Flesch's book, Why Johnny Can't Read, published in 1955, which became a best seller, evidently because so many parents had found that their children had great difficulties in learning to read. Judging from recent official investigations into reading ability, we have no reason to think that conditions have materially changed since the above-mentioned investigation was carried out about 30 years ago.
In order to try to find a solution to the reading problem, special organizations have been founded in recent times. Thus the International Reading Assoc., IRA, was founded in USA in 1956 through amalgamation of a number of separate associations in various American states, and soon after, in 1963, the United Kingdom Reading Assoc. was founded in Great Britain. Besides other activities, these associations hold annual conferences, which are intended to provide an opportunity for discussions of common problems and at which members may present papers concerning research that has been done in the field. So far, however, it can hardly be said that these activities have led to any tangible results as regards an improvement in the general standards of reading and writing in the various countries.
In this connection we should further draw attention to the "Right To Read" movement which was started in the USA towards the end of the 1960's and which has set up as its goal solving the reading problem and hoping to do away with virtual illiteracy in the course of the 1970's. A brief account of the movement will be found in the article, "The Right to Read," by Prof. Alton Raygor, published in the proceedings of the UKRA conference in Manchester in 1971 (pp. 21-23). According to this article, the American educational authorities were planning to spend about ten million dollars of federal money and in addition some 460 million dollars from the various states for the fiscal year of 1972 in order to help solve this problem. Similar sums were probably intended to be spent for each of the following years during the 1970's, but there seems to be no reason why this immense expenditure should stop by 1980, since new millions of children desiring to learn to read will continue entering schools every year. The problem of reaching children to read English is, however, not one that requires an enormous expenditure of money for its solution in the first place. It is instead a question of hitting upon the best method to deal with the problem.
Experiment Needed.Since it is generally recognized that the principle cause of the reading problem is the exceptionally large number of irregular spellings among the commonest words, the most rational and very likely also the simplest and most efficient solution to the problem would seem to be to eliminate these irregular spellings and replace them by regular ones for the period during which children are learning to read. That's why I have suggested that an experiment should be carried out to teach reading by the aid of Regularized Inglish which can be used as a transitional stage before passing on to ordinary English spelling. Unfortunately my proposal has not so far met with much response from the British and American reading associations. No one has, however, maintained that I am wrong in my ideas, nor has anyone tried to refute my arguments. Seeing that the associations have been founded for the purpose of finding a solution to the reading problem and seeing that they have no other solution to offer than the existing unsatisfactory reading schemes, it is difficult to understand why they should be unwilling to carry out an experiment with a regularized system of spelling. It is perhaps not altogether unlikely that such an experiment might lead to demands for a reform of English spelling, but since there is nothing in the plan itself that must of necessity lead to reform, this can hardly be regarded as a serious objection to the experiment. In view of the enormous difficulties to which the existing reading schemes expose a very large proportion of the children and considering the immense pedagogical and financial advantages of a satisfactory solution to the problem, it is difficult to see why we should hesitate to undertake the suggested experiment.
A New Approach.One may of course feel sceptical as to the possibility of discovering an approach to the reading problem which will enable children to learn to read more or less exclusively by the aid of phonic methods, but since Regularized Inglish would seem to offer such a possibility, there can be no valid reason why the suggested solution should not be investigated. In order to try to convince sceptical teachers, I will give a brief account of the main features of my suggested reading scheme accompanied by references to the copy of the scheme on view at the Book Exhibition.
The reading scheme consists of two parts, Book One for the introductory stage and Book Two for the more advanced stage. For each book there is a table of contents which indicates the phonic details in the progress of the reading ability. The reading scheme is accompanied by a Teachers, Manual which offers running comments on the General Plan to be followed for teaching reading by the aid of the new method. The whole manual has been written in Regularized Inglish so as to illustrate that anybody who can read traditional English will be able to read the new regularized form of the language without any difficulty.
Book One.Book One is intended to lay the foundations of the art of reading by first teaching the commonest sounds of the alphabet, i.e. the short sounds of the five simple vowel letters and the normal sounds of the 21 simple consonant letters. When these have been taught, it will be convenient to pass on to the sounds of the various consonant digraphs and further to the sounds of the combinations ar and or at the end of words and before consonants in stressed syllables. Towards the end of Book One we may finally also deal with the vowel and consonant sounds that are found in the unstressed endings -y, -ies, ied, -er, -ed and with the sound of the combination et at the end of words and before consonants in stressed syllables. As will be seen from the Table of Contents, Book One comprises, besides the introductory page displaying the English alphabet in small and capital letters, just over 80 lessons in all, generally of one page each.
The first 25 lessons are devoted to teaching the short sounds of the simple vowel letters in combination with various consonant sounds. The pace is extremely slow. For each vowel there are four pages with three short words only, illustrated by pictures in colour and ending in the consonant sound. The short lists of additional words at the bottom of the page should at first be omitted altogether. When reviewing the lessons, some of the words enumerated at the bottom of the page may, at the discretion of the teacher, be added to increase the vocabulary, but great care should be taken not to force the pace. Although these lessons are mainly intended to teach the short sounds of the five simple vowel letters, it goes without saying that the children are bound to get familiar with a fair number of consonant sounds as well, both in initial and final position.
From the short sounds of the simple vowel letters, we pass on to a systematic study of the consonant letters. As may be seen from the Table of Contents, the consonants have been divided into four groups of from 4 to 7 consonants each. The first group compromises lessons 26-32 and deals with the letters m, n, r, h, voiceless and voiced s, z, which can all easily be joined to vowel letters. Each letter is illustrated with examples of the different positions in which the letters occur. It should be pointed out that for nearly all the words which have been illustrated by pictures in lessons 1-32, the spellings are the same in regularized and traditional English. Generally speaking this is actually characteristic of the whole of Book One.
It should be further emphasized that owing to the regular spelling system and to the slow steady progress, it ought to be very easy to teach children to read by the aid of this reading scheme. It seems indeed highly probable that by the aid of a regularized spelling system, parents would themselves often be able to help their children to learn to read without the assistance of trained teachers.
Having become familiar with the short sounds of the five simple vowel letters and with a fair number of consonant sounds as well as with a fairly large number of short simple everyday words, the children should now be ready to learn their first two sight words, the indefinite and definite articles, and to join words together into short phrases and short simple sentences. Lessons 33-38 are devoted to their first exercises in reading with such words as 'and, in, on, Tom and Ann, Jim and Sal, has,' etc.
In the three next following sections of Book One we pass on to the remaining consonant sounds. In lessons 39-45 we deal with the fricatives and liquids: f, v, w, l, -le, in lessons 46-54 with the plosive consonants, b, d, hard g, p, t, hard c, k, ck, and in lessons 55-60 with j, voiceless and voiced x, y, soft c, soft g. At the end of each section follows a number of sentences for reading practice.
The remainder of Book One is devoted to a similar systematic account of the various consonant digraphs, ng, nk/ sh, ch, th/ wh, qu, to the sounds of the combinations ar, or, er, in final and preconsonantal position and to the vowel and consonant sounds that are found in the unstressed endings -y, -ies, -ied, -er, -ed. With the continued increase of new phonic units, it becomes increasingly easier to compose suitable material for practice in reading.
Book Two.Book Two is mainly devoted to a similar systematic account of the long sounds of the five simple vowel letters and to the sounds of the various vowel digraphs, the details of which may be studied at the Book Exhibition.
If English speaking children were to learn to read by the aid of Regularized Inglish during their first, school years, I am personally convinced that the great majority would learn to read just as easily as children who have other European languages as their mother tongue. In all probability they would in this way save a whole year's work. The spelling systems of Swedish, Italian, German, Spanish and other European languages are fairly regular. - Knowing from experience how much easier it is to learn to read by a regular spelling system, I created Regulariz Inglish.
So far, my husband's words.
And now, allow me to add a few words.
There are in this society so many members who have shown great interest in Axel's work, and who have encouraged him, who believe in his theories and who in this way have helped him to think it worth while struggling on. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.
During the last few years Axel realized more and more that he would never during his lifetime have the great satisfaction of seeing an experiment with Regularized Inglish carried out.
But by no means did this affect his fighting spirit for a cause in which he believed so firmly. He was convinced that sooner or later, maybe sometime in the future, his system would be adopted, or at least given a fair trial.
I sincerely hope so too. Thank you for listening.
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---- — LAWRENCE — City resident Obeline Biron has been a Red Sox fan for almost 100 years.
One of her first vivid memories of the Red Sox is when they won the World Series in 1918.
"That's when I really became a fan. We all celebrated. It was a great time," the 107-year-old said. She was just 12 years old at the time.
If the Red Sox win either Game 6 or 7 at Fenway, it will be the first time they have won the World Series at home since 1918.
Biron said she has been a die hard fan ever since then through all the good, bad and the ugly.
"There was a long period where they didn't win but I was always a fan. I grew up with them," she said. "You could say a number and I would tell you the player's name. I knew everyone for years. I can't do that anymore."
When the Red Sox finally won in 2004 after 86 years of never being champions, Biron became elated.
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Biron has seen the Red Sox, Fenway Park and Major League Baseball change through the years.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – On Tuesday, FGCU men's cross country coach Cassandra Goodson announced the signing of a pair of local runners to National Letters of Intent (NLI), as Aaron Rojas (Estero, Fla./Estero HS) and Jean Deceus (Immokalee, Fla./Immokalee HS) are set to join the Green and Blue as freshmen for the 2012-13 academic year.
"We wanted guys who are hungry for success and willing to work to attain it," said Goodson. "We feel that these two young men both complete and strengthen our team."
A member of the 2010 FHSAA 2A State Championship team at Estero High School, Rojas comes to campus as the 2011 Fort Myers News-Press Runner of the Year, holding a personal-best 5K time of 15:25.22. With a chance to make an immediate impact for the Green and Blue, the future Eagle placed 5th at the FACA Senior All-Star meet, and also took 10th at the 2011 FHSAA 3A Cross Country State Championships while helping his team to a third place finish. In one of his stronger individual finishes, Rojas took 6th overall at the 2010 FHSAA 2A Cross Country State Championships.
"We feel Aaron is a runner who will step up and help us immediately in the fall," added Goodson. "Aaron comes from an outstanding high school program with a strong work ethic. We are very excited about Aaron's decision to join our program."
Competing at Immokalee High School, Deceus helped his team reach the Class 2A State Meet in each of the past three seasons, where they finished in ninth place in 2009 and 2010, taking 27th individually during his junior campaign. Deceus is very familiar with the FGCU cross country program, having competed alongside current FGCU standout Argeo Cruz (Immokalee, Fla./Immokalee HS) and trained under former Eagle and current head coach Hugo Gijon at Immokalee. Deceus owns a personal-best 5K time of 16:17.46.
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The two newcomers will join an FGCU squad which placed in the top 10 in every competition of the fall season, highlighted by a pair of second place finishes and a first place finish at the season-opening FGCU Invitational. The Eagles are set to welcome back nine runners from the 2011-12 squad.
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St. Louis took that 2-1 lead in the second inning, thanks to Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez's wildness; he walked four batters, and two of them scored. In the middle innings, both teams squandered good scoring chances. In the sixth, the Nationals loaded the bases with two outs but didn't score. In the seventh, the Cardinals loaded the bases with nobody out, but failed to score when Ryan Mattheus recorded three outs on two pitches (a postseason first).
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Robert Griffin III has been very impressive thus far, leading D.C.'s team to a 2-2 record. Washington is coming off a 24-22 win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in which it rallied in the final seconds.
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The First Great Western service from Worcester Shrub Hill to Oxford has been disrupted due to signalling problems.
The issue came from signalling equipment at Pershore.
Tickets are being accepted on London Midland and Virgin Trains services.
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Large queues are forming eastbound in Cassington between Eynsham Roundabout and Wolvercote Roundabout.
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bart-on simpson says...
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12:24pm Tue 4 Mar 14
the wizard says...
OCC still hoping if they ignore it long enough then it will go away on its own.
Perhaps a day of action was needed where all the regular long suffering commuters actually come into the city centre and grid lock all the roads. It wouldn't be that difficult, Woodstock Rd, Banbury Rd, Cowley Rd, Abingdon Rd, Botley Rd, Iffley Rd, Marston Rd, Headington Hill, The Oxpens, Donnigton Bridge, High St., St Giles. Something like a 4 hour protest to get national attention. It may just bring home the point of just how racked off people really are at the lack of action for many years by OCC. Things need to happen, and sitting on the fence like OCC do is not acceptable.
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baldynoseaside says...
It doesn't actually say that these tickets are anything to do with Oxford.....you are just surmising that. It simply says that tickets are being accepted by Thames Trains etc..just as they are no doubt being accepted by indian railways, eurostrar, SNCF and the Uncle Tom Cobbley Leisure railway and cash bar.....
why does everything always have to refer to Oxford? its very oxford-centric. There is a world out there you know...
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This collection of Eddie Bo's 1960s hits, "Check Mr. Popeye," shows the prolific pianist at the height of his career. The R&B star isn't one of the best known New Orleans musicians, but he made his mark on our city's music scene early in his career and started a hell of a lot of dance parties.
The title track is inspired by the iconic cartoon character of the same name and was one of Bo's biggest hits. "Dinky Doo" is the catchiest track on the album, sounding slightly like a Toussaint-produced Dorsey project, and much like the rest of this compilation, it was written by Bo himself. One song that Bo's voice really stands out on is "Tell It Like It Is," which as a speedy track is about as different as can be from Aaron Neville's version of the song of the same name.
Bo also released two great albums in the 1990s after he returned to New Orleans from retirement that are electric listens, 1995's "New Orleans Solo Piano" and 1996's "Shoot From the Root."
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The Philadelphia Flyers have nullified the trade they made on March 4 for defenceman Kyle McLaren. The 31-year-old did not pass his physical, according to Flyers GM Paul Holmgren.
McLaren had been sent to Philadelphia from San Jose in exchange for a sixth round pick at this year's draft.
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Book your room at Courtyard by Marriott Lake Placid
Standard Room, 1 King Bed with SofabedMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 3 infants)
Standard Room, 2 Queen BedsMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 3 infants)
Mountain ski retreat with dining and an indoor pool
Within easy reach of skiing facilities, this Lake Placid hotel is located in the mountains, convenient to Olympic Center, Lake Placid, and winter sports such as cross-country skiing and skiing lessons. Also nearby are Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum and Olympic Jumping Complex.
Hotel Features
After a day on the slopes, return to Courtyard by Marriott Lake Placid to dine at the restaurant, drink at the bar/lounge, and take a dip in an indoor pool.
Room Amenities
Televisions come with cable channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, and refrigerators.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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After a day on the snow, enjoy a swim in the indoor swimming pool or use the hotel's other facilities, which include a fitness center. Courtyard by Marriott Lake Placid helps provide the perfect winter holiday with ski storage and ski passes. At the end of the day, order après-ski drinks at the hotel's bar.
The hotel offers a restaurant. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Courtyard by Marriott Lake Placid is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Express check-in
- Fireplace in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Total number of rooms - 96
- Laundry facilities
- Number of floors - 4
- ATM/banking
- One meeting room
- Picnic area
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Conference space size (feet) - 500
- Conference space size (meters) - 46
- Ski passes available
- Ski storage
- Indoor pool
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Television in lobby
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Year Built 2007
- 24-hour business center
- Smoke-free property
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Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
Park your car
Free self parking
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- Air conditioning
- Cable TV service
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Climate control
- Coffee/tea maker
- Complimentary toiletries
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Desk
- Phone
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room massage available
- Premium bedding
- Refrigerator
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
Eat and drink
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Courtyard Cafe - This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Cross-country skiing nearby
- Snowboarding nearby
- Snowmobiling nearby
- Snowshoeing nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Ski lessons available nearby
- Ski equipment rental shops nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Braille or raised signage
The fine print for Courtyard by Marriott Lake Placid
When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
When you leave
Check-out time is noon
How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Breakfast fee: USD 10.95 per person (approximately)
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Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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Holiday Villa Hotel & Suites Subang is a business hotel and recreational club set on 6.8 acres of landscaped land in the prime area of Subang Jaya. Just 25 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur and 45 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Holiday Villa Hotel & Suites Subang is thus conveniently accessible to the discerning business traveller
The hotel started as a recreation club in 1987 and expanded into a deluxe 5-star hotel in 1989. It is accessible to major shopping and entertainment centres like Sunway Pyramid, Subang Parade, and 10 minutes away from Malaysia's premier water theme-park, Sunway Lagoon. Holiday Villa Subang offers 383 spacious guest rooms ranging from deluxe rooms, Executive Suites to Residential Suites and Prima Floor Rooms, 10 food and beverage outlets, 18 convention and meeting facilities including three ballrooms and a comprehensive range of sports and recreational facilities.
All guest rooms have controlled air-conditioning,hair-dryer, colour television with selected satellite programs, alarm clock, piped-in music, international direct dial telephone system, broadband internet access, mini bar, electronic safe and tea/coffee making facilities. Other distinctive room features are separate shower and bath, a hair-dryer and a telephone. A major refurbishment program totalling more than RM25 million is being carried to upgrade guest rooms, new hotel water system, air-conditioning and brand-new elevators.
The Business Centre on level 3 houses two conference rooms, a lounge area, two private computer rooms, private cubicles with computer facilities and internet access and a well stocked library. Secretarial services are all carried out by our efficient staff. For dining, the Palm Terrace operates 24 hours and offers an array of buffets from breakfast to supper and ala carte menu featuring local, Western and Continental fare.
The Coriander Garden opens for dinner only and combines the culinary flavours of Thailand, Vietnam and India. The cosy restaurant seats 90 persons with two other private rooms, which seat 10 and 20 persons respectively. The Inn of Four Seasons Chinese Restaurant welcomes guests for a taste of scrumptious Cantonese cuisine, barbecued items and Dim Sum specialties. The restaurant also has a Japanese Corner offering authentic Japanese delights. It can accommodate 250 people with 5 private rooms available for 10 to 20 persons. The restaurant is open daily for lunch and dinner and has a dim sum buffet on Saturdays and Public Holidays. On Sundays, a Dim Sum and Cantonese Buffet is available featuring the best that the restaurant has to offer.
CIBO Ristorante Italiano offers authentic Italian cuisine and an excellent wine list. It boasts a view of a scenic garden and seats 60 persons. It is open for dinner only with light entertainment provided by our in-house musicians. On Fridays, partake in our Italian Semi-Gourmet Buffet Dinner. The Poolside Café opens from 10.00am to 10.00pm daily and stocks refreshing beverages and, snacks and local delights. Or dine under the stars with its BBQ Buffet Dinner on Saturdays.
The La Vida Lounge located on Level 3, represents a celebration of life in all its vibrancy and grandeur with live band and music machine. Our in-house band performs on Mondays to Saturdays from 9.30pm. It is open from 5.00pm - 1.30am on Mondays to Thursdays and from 5.00pm - 2.00am on Fridays and Saturdays. It is closed on Sundays. Adjacent to it is the Lifestyles Karaoke which is able to accommodate 120 persons. The Lobby Lounge operates from 11.00am to 1.00am and serves a vast variety of specialty coffees and teas and light snacks. Also enjoy soothing melodies from our in-house pianist. Little Cuba Cigar & Wine Bar is an exclusive cigar and wine den located on Level 3. It houses an extensive range of cigars and serves a variety of freshly brewed specialty coffees and teas. Little Cuba Cigar & Wine Bar is open daily from 11.00am to 1.00am.
For convention facilities, its luxurious Boardroom and Ivory Rooms 1 to 12 are ideal for any functions with seating capacities from 20 to more than 150. The Victorian Ballroom overlooks a scenic lake can accommodate up to 350 people (banquet style). Victorian 2,is an annexe room and acts as a cocktail or pre-dinner drinks area with its own entrance. The Classics Ballroom is ideal for medium sized meetings. It can accommodate up to 500 guests (theatre style). The Classics 2 located adjacent to the Ballroom acts as a Secretariat. The Vintage Ballroom, by far the largest room, is versatile and accommodates up to 1000 persons (banquet style).
Holiday Villa Subang's recreation centre offers a host of sports, games and recreational facilities to its guests and club members. The pool area comprises five swimming pools including an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a children's pool, a learner's pool, a toddler's pool and an open air jacuzzi. Other facilities include two steam baths, a fully equipped gymnasium with the latest work-out equipment, a 10-lane bowling alley, a snooker room, music rooms and a Children's Play Room.
For racquet games, the Recreation Centre provides 4 indoor badminton courts, 4 squash courts, 6 outdoor floodlit tennis courts, including 2 turf courts and table tennis. Yoga classes, ballroom dancing, gym rama, badminton, swimming, tennis and piano/organ lessons are amongst some of the activities held regularly. The Amoaras Relaxation Spa,offers a wide range of traditional Balinese treatments and spa therapies amidst a serene garden setting.
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Burnley MP fails in bid to become Liberal Democrat deputy (From Blackburn Citizen)
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Burnley MP fails in bid to become Liberal Democrat deputy
11:20am Thursday 30th January 2014 in News
BURNLEY MP Gordon Birtwistle has failed in his bid to become deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Commons.
The 70-year-old lost out to Westminster veteran Sir Malcolm Bruce, the 69-year-old MP for Gordon in North-East Scotland.
The decision in the three horse race, which included Solihull's Lorely Burt, came down to second preference votes of the party's 56 MPs.
The contest was triggered after Simon Hughes quit the job to become a coalition minister last month.
Mr Birtwistle, also a councillor for Coal Clough with Deerplay, was elected to Parliament in May 2010.
He said: "I was disappointed not win, but life goes on representing the people of Burnley.
"I thought when the vacancy came up that I should have a go.
"With Sir Malcolm standing down at the next election in 2015, colleagues felt he could give the job his all without risking his seat."
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A strong storm system bringing severe weather to portions of the Southeast will bring strong winds and snow to the higher elevations tonight.
A cold front will move through the Carolinas throughout the afternoon hours, bringing much needed rain back to the area. Once the frontal boundary moves out, the cold air moves in, coupling with enough moisture to bring up to three inches of snow in the mountains.
Winds will pick up behind the front as well, and gusts could reach as high as 60 mph, enough to knock down trees and possibly power lines.
Use caution, especially if traveling in the mountains through Saturday, when winds will start to die down and show showers begin to taper off.
In the Piedmont, expect up to an inch of much needed rain to start falling late this afternoon, with colder temperatures to follow this weekend.
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Thanks to mar for sharing this bottle. I have been looking forward to this one.
The beer pours a dark brown coilor with a white head. The aroma is a disappointment. It it not bad, but it is not what I was expecting. I get a lot of soy and toffee, as well as some leather. I also get something that resembles trash. Hopefully the flavor will be better.
For the flavor, I get a lot of roasted malt and chocolate, which is coupled with a lot of barrel-aging characteristics. I get a nice amount of oak and maple, as well as quite a bit of vanilla. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.
Luckily, the flavor was much better than the aroma, which salvaged this beer. Glad I got to try this one.
12-28-2010 02:15:46 | More by Mora2000
4.3/5 rDev -2.3%
22oz bomber poured into a wine glass.
Pours a very dark black color with hints of ruby and a small ring of dark brown head. Nose is a bit sweet, but very oaky and mellow with very little booze.
Taste is amazing, super complex with raisins, dark fruit, sweet malt and sharp flavors. Very drinkable given the abv. very tasty beer.
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Thanks for the gift, NoSignsOfPain!
(Aged 1 year)
Very dark brown in color with ruby red highlights near the edges. There is very little visible carbonation and no head to speak of whatsoever.
Divine aroma of toasted coconut macaroon cookies, bittersweet chocolate, mild roast, and plenty of earthy and vanilla bourbon notes. Complete. Mild hint of alcohol until it warms fully to room temperature, then more booze certainly becomes present.
Coconut, bourbon, roast, mild chocolate, and a bit of alcohol heat make for a lovely combination.
Medium mouthfeel with very low carbonation.
A wonderful blend, though I wish it would have been just a tad more carbonated (and thicker).
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03-28-2014 19:50:32 | More by HoppySeb
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Black. Expected lighter given the other beers in the blend that aren't stouts. Bourbon dominated nose.
Easy drinking for the abv. Muddles all the beers blended, I can't taste Parabola or Velvit Merlin, etc. . . but it is interesting. Bourbon is heavy, but not as much as its aroma was. A little bit of everything else, chocolate, oak, vanilla, rummy sweetness, brandy, some other kind of wood heavier than oak, chicory? Not too thick, actually on the thinner side of most beers in this abv range. Maybe a kick of dark sugar.
While this was great fresh on tap, I think it definitely has the build to age miraculously. Of my bottles, I'm going to hang on to all of them for at least one year I think. This really seems ageable.
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This beer pours a very dark brown color that when held up to the light just barely shows a slight dark mohogany color. It boasts a thin light brown head that fades fast, leaving no lace.
There is a lot going on in the nose on this one. I detect dark fruits up front. Figs and raisins. I get some smooth vanilla. Bourbon is present, but not overpowering. Some bitter cocoa. Sweet toffee and caramel mix in as well. You can detect the 12.5% ABV in this aroma.
This beer has as complef a flavor as it does aroma. Vanilla first, with some fig/raisin flavors. Bourbon is present, more dominate in the flavor than the aroma. It has a very sweet caramel flavor. It is damn sweet.
This beer is very full bodies. It warms the mouth, throat, and stomach on the way down. This beer is low in carbonation, fitting the style.
This beer is definately a sipper. The very aggressive flavor and the high alcohol content make this one hard to put down by myself, but I think I will manage.
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Smell: Straight from the barrel!! An unmistakeable aroma of bourbon hits the nose followed by vanilla, caramel and cherries.
Taste: Sweet with vanilla, caramel, dark fruit, roasted malts and alcohol. As it warms up the experience really intensifies and reveals layer after layer of flavor. There's definitely a lot going on here which certainly hits the mark the brewer had intended.
Mouthfeel: Thick and sticky, not quite like syrup but heavy none the less. Goes down surprisingly smooth for the ABV. Lite carbonation with some noticeable heat from the alcohol. Finishes dry and slitely bitter thanks to the hops.
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Scharff Weisberg has added Main Light Industries' transparent Soft-LED/Scrim to its growing LED rental inventory.
Soft-LED/Scrim Panels are made to withstand even the most extreme weather conditions due to the vinyl coated construction material. The tri-color surface mount LEDs are situated on 4" centers. An easily attachable backing comes standard with the Scrim Panel to facilitate the look of the more traditional Soft-LED Curtain Panel.
"We had been carefully considering Main Light's ubiquitous Soft-LED Curtain Panel," comments Lars Pedersen, director of technology at Scharff Weisberg, "but as soon as we saw the more versatile Scrim Panel product, we knew it was a real opportunity to solidify our position as leaders in the low & medium resolution transparent LED market."
Chris McMeen of Scharff Weisberg Lighting added that this was a "great product that crosses over from lighting to video; a real convergence product. The Soft-LED/Scrim is fed with a video signal which can include anything from a DVD to a media server."
Soft-LED/Scrim is "great for a range of projects: rock 'n roll tours, television, Broadway, and even corporate events," Pedersen adds. "The inherent transparency of the Scrim Panel mesh material allows to designers to create a dynamic three-dimensional appearance when used in conjunction with conventional lighting, video projection, and scenic elements. Each panel measures approximately 8' x 33'. Using sewn-in Velcro, multiple panels can be connected for scalability. The Scrim Panel front-end electronics accepts a standard video signal, typically from a media server, which greatly simplifies the "programming" of the panels. The panels are foldable and lightweight making setup, pack, and transport a quick and efficient process."
Scharff Weisberg also carries the G-LEC PhantomFrame™, a transparent LED graphics display "curtain" as well as G-LEC's lower resolution transparent LightFrame™ LED "curtain", both of which have been very popular with clients for an array of applications from corporate projects to touring with Sting.


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Not only was a favorite grower/vendor – Maxwell's Farm, from Warren County, New Jersey – back at our local farmers' market for the first time since last year, but they had brought strawberries with them. So had another vendor, but Jackie and I could smell Maxwell's berries from yards away. We bought two quarts. Were these May strawberries as good as the ones we'll get a little later in the season? Of course not. But they gave us a little thrill.
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Attorney General Roy Cooper plans to speak Saturday morning at a woman's breakfast for the state Democratic Party's Western Gala in Asheville. U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan follows as the featured speaker at the Gala dinner at the Grove Park Inn.
Hagan is running for re-election next year. Cooper is getting more attention after a series of public statements criticizing Republican policies and suggestions he's poised to run for governor. Cooper has declined similar gubernatorial bids in the past.
Democrats are trying to rebound after losing control of both executive and legislative branches.
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1:58pm Tuesday 4th December 2012 in Dartford & Swanley news By Alan Woods
A TROUBLESOME Crayford pub plagued with drugs and fights has been handed a second chance after trading standards applied to have its license revoked.
The Duke of Wellington pub, in London Road, was also found to stay open until 4am one Sunday morning when it was due to shut at midnight.
Although the pub has broken several licensing conditions, Bexley councillors sitting on the licensing sub-committee decided the arrival of an experienced premises supervisor could save it from an alcohol ban.
The pub first appeared on the police radar last year when they received a complaint it was still open four hours after closing time.
On May 13 this year, police found two people had been injured by glass when they were called to a fight at 12:45am, 45-minutes after the pub was due to shut.
A visit by police and the licensing agency on September 28 found "people screaming and shouting" and at least 15 revellers in the pub garden drinking and "behaving in a noisy boisterous fashion."
In the decision notice, councillors who debated the decision explained: "Class A drugs were found on one of the persons in the garden as well as several small empty bags commonly associated with cocaine.
"Empty nitrous oxide canisters were also found in the garden.
"The premises supervisor's attitude to the fact members of the public were in the pub garden making noise was deplorable. He was, at the very least, condoning an environment where persons could behave in an unacceptable manner."
The committee concluded behaviour at the pub has improved in the past seven weeks and a new experienced premises supervisor was appointed three weeks ago.
In a list of 20 conditions imposed by councillors, it was stated a CCTV system must operate inside and outside the pub and no alcohol can be served unless this is functional.
The premises license holder must also hold a meeting with nearby homeowners every six months and no alcohol can be served unless both the premises supervisor and personal licence holder are on duty.
The pub offered no comment following the decision.
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Lord Erastus Theobald Piggott says...
It's now blatantly obvious what goes on in this dump: abuse of the licensing laws, fighting and drug dealing.
Do yourselves a favour and give this dive a miss. I'm just glad I've never bothered to pay it a visit and spend good money surrounded by the sort of scumbags that frequent this troublesome boil on the bottom of Crayford.
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PaulErith wrote:It might be more of the case that you live in Erith and are used to far worse.
Went there twice and seemed friendly. Must have just got lucky both times!
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Lord Erastus Theobald Piggott wrote:No, never drink in Erith. Genuinely the last time I went in there was to see Charlton game just before nee year. Nowhere else showing it. Went on my own and had a good laugh with quite a few people in there.
PaulErith wrote: Went there twice and seemed friendly. Must have just got lucky both times!It might be more of the case that you live in Erith and are used to far worse.
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The shore excursions were pricier the expected , but the ones we selected at our 3 stops, Costa Maya (Mayan ruins), Puerto Limon, Costa Rica (bus, boat and train tour) and Colon, Panama (ferry ride thru 2 canal locks (except for leaving the ferry to the buses for the trip back to the ship)) were enjoyable and what we had hoped for. The guides were friendly and knowledgeable and frank about their countries and answered all questions.
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- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Dash white pepper
- 3 cups milk
- 1/4 cup finely chopped green onions
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- 9 lasagna noodles, cooked and drained
- 2 cups diced fully cooked ham
- 1 package (16 ounces) frozen chopped broccoli, thawed
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 3 cups (12 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- 4 hard-cooked eggs, finely chopped
- In a heavy saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in the onions, lemon juice and hot pepper sauce.
- Spread a fourth of the white sauce in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Layer with three noodles, half of the ham and broccoli, 3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, 1 cup cheddar cheese, half of the eggs and a fourth of the white sauce. Repeat layers. Top with the remaining noodles, white sauce and cheeses.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until bubbly. Let stand for 15 minutes before cutting. Yield: 12 servings.
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The biggest boxing event of 2013 -- and perhaps the biggest of the present millennium -- is going down this Saturday night (Sept. 14, 2013) from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The sport's No. 1-ranked pound-for-pound fighter and bonafide megastar Floyd Mayweather Jr. will look to shut down Mexican wunderkind Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in a Showtime pay-per-view (PPV) of unprecedented proportions.
And if that weren't enough, the fight everyone who enjoys people punching each other has been begging for for months will co-headline the blockbuster PPV. Danny "Swift" Garcia, whose stunning upset of Amir Khan in 2012 sent him rocketing to the top of the Junior Welterweight division, will finally take on possibly the most feared puncher in boxing today, Argentina's murderous "Machine," Lucas Matthysse.
If everything goes according to plan, this will be one boxing event for the ages. Therefor, it's only fitting, then, that rather than just look at the main event, we break down both of the highly-anticipated showdowns carrying this card into history.
140 lbs.: Danny Garcia vs. Lucas Matthysse
To be perfectly honest, if I had to choose between seeing this or watching the main event, I'd be perfectly content turning the set off after this one. Unless one or both of these guys hit their heads on the ring steps and immediately take up pacifism, I simply can't imagine this being anything other than spectacular.
I also find it exceedingly difficult to imagine this being anything other than another scalping by Matthysse.
Garcia is a strange fighter -- he's not that fast and his punches are kind of wide. You'd be hard-pressed to dissect it and find the root of his elite status.
The thing is, it works. Those wide punches land and they land hard. His left hook, which at times features full extension of his arm, hits with thunder rarely seen at his weight. Despite a visually unremarkable style, he is also lethal on the counter.
I just do not believe he can overcome two glaring issues.
The first: Countering Matthysse is not a bad gameplan; however, the problem is that Garcia is the wrong kind of counter fighter to survive Lucas' power. Garcia counters from inside the pocket in the midst of or just after heavy exchanges -- he plants his feet in range and fires back. Against someone with the bone-crushing power of Matthysse, this leaves him incredibly vulnerable. Even a glancing blow from "La Maquina" is enough to put 90 percent of the division on their rears. No matter how well his jaw has held up against the rest of his competition in the past and no matter how devastating his left hook, Garcia absolutely cannot take one to give one against Matthysse.
The second: Matthysse, by all accounts, cannot be backed up. His punches are tighter than they are given credit for, but he can get uncomfortably wild, particularly when he smells blood. Other fighters have exploited this, but Matthysse has never been fazed by return fire. Zab Judah hit him with his best shot -- a picture-perfect counter left uppercut -- and got only a nod of acknowledgment for his trouble.
Garcia, on the other hand, can be hurt. And that's the key difference in this fight.
By all accounts, both men are likely to take a considerable number of shots from their opponent. In such a battle, durability is king. I am not convinced that anything but Garcia's absolute best shot can hurt Matthysse.
Meanwhile, everything Matthyssethrows hurts. As someone mentioned in regard to Jhonny Gonzalez's knockout of Abner Mares, there are some fighters against whom there is no such thing as a good chin. There is nobody below 147 pounds who can survive a flush barrage from Matthysse.
It will be entertaining while it lasts, which I don't believe will be very long. They will trade heavy leather, because that's the only way they know how to fight, and in the midst of a thunderous mutual fusillade, Argentina's indefatigable battleship will find his target.
Prediction: Matthysse via second-round technical knockout
152 lbs.: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez
For all the hype surrounding the youth, size and power of Mexico's rising son, I see only two avenues of victory for "Canelo" against "Money."
The first is the standard method of victory: Bomb Mayweather in the first round. "Money" is never "vulnerable," but the puncher's chance is at its most significant when he has yet to sufficiently analyze his opponent. Alvarez, despite what has been suggested, is not in the same tier of power as Matthysse and Gennady Golovkin. He has, however, demonstrated the ability to hurt Junior Middleweight competition on a regular basis.
In all likelihood, he has the most raw punching power of anyone Mayweather has faced.
The second, and the one he will almost certainly need to employ, is to consistently force Mayweather into the ropes or corners and punish him to the body. There are, one could say, two Canelos. One emerges when his opponent is consistently mobile. This Canelo is a solid boxer, but certainly not the caliber of Juan Manuel Marquez or even Miguel Cotto, both of whom succumbed to Mayweather.
The Canelo that emerges when he can plant his feet, however, is a terrifying sight to behold. His combination punching is devastating and beautiful to watch, particularly his murderous left hook to the body. Mayweather has, in the past, been content to seat himself in the corner and rely on his impeccable head movement (and seemingly omnipresent shoulder) to avoid damage. This is an opportunity Alvarez must exploit with absolute fury. It doesn't matter whether he hits shoulder, elbow or torso ... he has to damage Mayweather.
And with the kind of firepower "Canelo" brings to the table, this is not inconceivable.
It does, however, require a level of cardio and adaptability that the young superstar has yet to demonstrate. Alvarez has been criticized in the past for fighting in spurts -- he can give one or two good minutes out of a three-minute round and may take a round or two off to recuperate at times. In an ideal case, the extra two pounds he will be forced to shed will compel him to do unprecedented amount of cardio work, but the more likely outcome is that he is forced once again to fight in spurts, which will do him no good.
I have said before that, aside from just blasting him with bombs until he goes down, there is no "Plan A" good enough to beat Mayweather. One needs not only "Plans B and C" and beyond, but the ability to switch between them as soon as Mayweather begins to figure out the current one. Simply put, Alvarez is not capable of that feat at this time; in fact, there may not be a fighter out there who is. Mayweather may be a knucklehead outside the ring, but his fight IQ is peerless.
He is, unquestionably, a genius of the Sweet Science. Meanwhile, Canelo is big and strong; however, he is not the man to succeed where more than a decade of the elite have failed.
Prediction: Mayweather via unanimous decision
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