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Is PanoramaNOW a Passerby Magazine?

It seems that having a product for over 28 years has its disadvantages. Turns out we’re so used to the PanoramaNow magazine that we forget  there are “new” people.  Especially techies that don’t like or more accurately don’t “understand” the evil word – print. We often forget that we have to remind these “X”ers,” Y”ers  and “Whatever”  ers  what  we “experience in person” each and every day and…

The Muhammad Ali Center is developing a library and archives stocked with all things Ali that will serve as an international clearinghouse for research on the three-time heavyweight boxing champion.

The library is expected eventually to house several thousand Ali-related items, including many provided by Ali and his wife, Lonnie, to the center, which opened on Sixth Street near River Road in 2005.

The items will include some of Ali’s medals and awards, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, books, films, videos and many photographs, as well as personal memorabilia such as a robe he wore in the ring, personal Korans and programs from the 1960 Olympics, at which he won a gold medal.

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Casey Harden, the center’s associate curator, said that one goal for the Ali Center Library and Archives is to serve as a repository for a planned Ali oral history project.

Harden said the center wants to interview people who over the decades had dealings with Ali, as well as at least a few who were inspired or influenced by him. People interested in participating in the project can call the Ali Center at 992-5343.

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