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THE world has lost a household name in the boxing fraternity Muhammad Ali (who was born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr). He was an American professional boxer. Early in his career, Ali was known for being an inspiring, controversial and polarising figure both inside and outside of the boxing ring.
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ALI (as Clay) began training at age 12. At 22, he won the world heavy weight championship from Sonny Liston in an upset in 1964. Shortly after that, Ali joined the Nation is Islam and changed his name. He converted to Sunni Islam in 1975, and then embraced the teaching of Sufism in 2005. Ali retired from boxing permanently in 1981.
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PORT Moresby and Lae planners are fighting a losing battle if they think that they can expand services to meet increased demands without action at the other end to limit the demands as well. The population is expanding but physical space is not. That is why physical infrastructure planners need to work in tandem with demographers, social scientists and politicians to limit the size of the population of each locality.
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SO long as the Highlands highways and the ships and ferries continue to feed Lae with masses of people; so long as airlines, ships and the Hiritano and Magi continue to feed Port Moresby’s teeming masses with more people, no amount of money will cater for the expanding population’s needs on water, electricity, garbage disposal and transport needs.
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Beekeeping is one of the oldest forms of food production – humans have been harvesting honey from bee colonies for thousands upon thousands of years. Beekeeping was particularly well developed in Egypt and is discussed by the Roman writers Virgil, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Varro and Columella. Bees were traditionally kept for their honey, but today crop pollination often provides the greater part of a commercial beekeeper’s income.
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IGNORING simple road rules instruction can cost peoples life when on the road. Road traffic rules are rules that are basic that every motorist should abide by. Driving on moderate speed at night would help avoid accident.
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WHAT is it with people especially males who go against power poles, trees, corrugated fences to take a leak and mind you in full view of the public? The city authority should be coming down on the perpetrators or before we know it will become norm to stop anywhere and take a leak.
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WHICH brings us to call the city authority to maybe start building public toilets so those who to attend to nature call, have a proper and private place to conduct their business.
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QUOTE of the day: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t see. – Muhammad Ali
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