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Ivory Coast native Mamadou Kamara works by day as an NYPD traffic cop and moonlights as the imam at a mosque in the South Bronx. Begun with a handful of members in 2008, Masjid Ebun Abass now draws many worshippers from the growing West African immigrant community. The mosque, on the site of a former pharmacy, has been transformed into a thriving hub. But success brings a new challenge.
I duct-taped my iPhone to a bicycle and rode down Delancey Street in Manhattan. The city plans to install a protected bike lane in the near future, but The Lo-Down — a local local news blog — wanted to show readers the traffic dangers they would not miss.
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Kung fu has more than 2,000 years of history and includes hundreds of offshoots. Some like Shaolin kung fu concentrate on physical fitness. Others such as tai chi focus on the control of internal energy. A command of both brings David Kaplan to New Yorkers of all types who marvel at the pedagogical touch of an unlikely master.
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