The Bronx

• On average, the search for a rare disease diagnosis takes five to seven years and can be fraught with misdiagnoses.
• The focus of this research project on the Bronx in New York City adds a level of complexity to rare disease diagnostics.
• "Our aim is to illuminate rare disease mysteries and bring answers and hope to families navigating the complexities of a rare disease."
• Together with PacBio and Montefiore, we can help improve equity in genomics resources and help end long diagnostic odysseys for patients."

• (“Bank”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bancorp, Inc. (“Company”) (NASDAQ: TBBK) recently committed to donating a total of $1 million to be distributed between three distinguished watershed conservation organizations over the next three years.
• “At The Bancorp, we recognize the importance of preserving our watersheds and contributing to our communities,” said Damian Kozlowski, The Bancorp President and Chief Executive Officer.
• Driven by three main pillars, education, conservation, and advocacy, the Delaware Nature Society concentrates its watershed preservation and restoration on tributaries of the Delaware River.
• These partnerships provide our employees with avenues for hands-on volunteerism and education.”
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• Advocates trying to push back against this characterization sometimes emphasize that “Islam means peace,” since the two words are derived from the same Arabic root.
• Indeed, the traditional Muslim greeting “al-salamu alaykum” means “peace be upon you.” Some Americans were already familiar with the phrase, thanks to an unexpected source: hip-hop culture, which often incorporated the Arabic phrase.
• This is but one example of Islam’s deep intertwining with the threads of hip-hop culture.

More than ‘hello’

• It points to the spiritual peace of submitting to God – and not only in this life.
• Saying “peace be upon you” is a prayer that God will grant heaven to the person with whom you are speaking.
• Many Muslims believe that “salam” is also the greeting heard upon entering heaven.

‘Peace to all my shorties’

• Other hip-hop artists have used “al-salamu alaykum” in many different ways, including lyrics that show broader familiarity with the laws of Islam.
• “Tell the pigs I say Asalamu alaikum,” Lil Wayne says in “Tapout,” a song that has little else to do with Islam.
• Finally, many rappers, particularly those who are Muslim, use the greeting in a more straightforward manner.

Shared identity

• Yet, throughout the song the rappers speak about violence and drug trade, painting a conflicting picture of innocence versus guilt.
• Some young Muslims in Europe, for example, use hip-hop as a key way to assert their sense of belonging in societies.
• In hip-hop, “al-salamu alaykum” is not treated as though it were part of a foreign culture.

• Age is well-established as a primary risk factor for Alzheimer's.
• "These new estimates add more granular data to our understanding of Alzheimer's prevalence across the country," Rajan said.
• "Alzheimer's dementia is a multifactorial disease involving several risk characteristics that interact with demographic risk factors and ultimately contribute to the prevalence."
• An estimated 6.7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, according to the Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures report.