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Hemangioblastoma located in the posterior incisural space mimicking a tentorial meningioma: a case report
Alejandra T. Rabadán1,
Diego A. Hernández1 &
Leonardo Paz1
The most common type of vascularized tumor located in the posterior incisural space in older patients is the falcotentorial meningioma. Solid hemangioblastomas are rarely found in this particular area of the brain. To the best of our knowledge, the case of only one patient harboring a hemangioblastoma not associated with Von Hippel-Lindau disease has been previously reported in the literature in this anatomic region. Regarding age presentation, it is rare for sporadic hemangioblastoma in any part of the brain to occur in older patients; only two cases have previously been reported, and neither were in this anatomical space. A solid hemangioblastoma represents a surgical challenge because of its high vascularization, very similar to an arteriovenous malformation, and it should be removed en bloc to prevent significant intraoperative bleeding.
We report here the case of a 63-year-old white male patient with a sporadic hemangioblastoma located in the posterior incisural space mimicking a tentorial meningioma. It was completely removed en bloc via an infratentorial supracerebellar approach with an excellent outcome.
A hemangioblastoma should be considered among the differential diagnosis of hypervascularized masses in the posterior incisural space, even in cases of solid tumors, in older patients, or in the absence of Von Hippel-Lindau disease. These tumors located in the posterior incisural space represent a challenge, and the infratentorial supracerebellar approach provides panoramic exposure to allow safe resection.
In older patients, hypervascularized tumors of the posterior incisural space associated with the tentorium are commonly tentorial meningiomas. Hemangioblastomas (HBL) are rarely found in this location, not even in older patients [1–4]. We report the case of a patient in his seventh decade of life harboring a sporadic HBL. The angiomatous tumor was a purely solid mass located in his posterior incisural space. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the second reported case of HBL not associated with Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease in this anatomic region, and the first mimicking a tentorial meningioma [3].
The potential risk of significant intraoperative bleeding exists in cases in which the diagnosis has not been suspected preoperatively or not recognized intraoperatively. Because the presumptive diagnosis of HBL has a large impact on the surgical technique, the objective of this report is to emphasize that HBL should be considered among the differential diagnosis of hypervascularized tumors in the posterior incisural space even in cases of a solid mass, in older patients, or in the absence of VHL disease.
A 63-year-old white male patient of Polish descent had a 3-month history of headaches, vomiting, and episodes of blurring vision, compatible with intracranial hypertension syndrome. On admission, he had papilledema, nystagmus, and lethargy. A T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan showed a low signal intensity lesion in the anterosuperior part of the posterior fossa in contact with the falcotentorial dura junction, displacing inferiorly the cerebellar vermis and compressing the aqueduct of Sylvius, producing obstructive hydrocephalus. The mass enhanced homogeneously with gadolinium-based contrast. Flow voids compatible with vessels were observed around the tumor. (Fig 1a and b). Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) showed the intense tumoral vascularization (Fig 1c). MRI of the neuroaxis did not reveal any other lesions. Results from whole-body contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scans were normal. His serum levels of alpha-fetoprotein, human chorionic gonadotropin, and carcinoembryonic antigen were normal (Table 1).
a and b Gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a homogeneously enhancing mass in the posterior incisural space. Coronal and sagittal views. c Magnetic resonance angiography showing dilated veins arising from the mass, consistent with a highly vascularized lesion
Table 1 Summary of the case report
An urgent endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) was performed to treat the hydrocephalus. After the ETV, our patient did well. Five days later, he was operated on for tumor removal. The surgery was performed in a semi-sitting position via an infratentorial supracerebellar approach. The tumor was a highly vascularized and well-circumscribed mass. The lesion was meticulously dissected from the surrounding tissue. The tumor was found to be separated from the superior aspect of the cerebellar vermis by a thick arachnoidal layer. Several small vessels feeding the tumor and coming from the tentorium were coagulated. The mass dramatically reduced its size, allowing en bloc resection to be performed (Fig 2).
Postoperative gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted sagittal and coronal magnetic resonance images showing complete mass resection
A pathological examination demonstrated a tumor characterized by a double component, vascular and cellular, with a network of small and delicate vessels that separated groups of large polygonal cells, with clear and vacuolated cytoplasm and small, oval hyperchromatic nuclei. A reticulin stain and CD34 immunostain readily delineated the complex capillary networks of the HBL (hematoxylin and eosin, Gomori, periodic acid–Schiff stain, and CD34 immunohistochemistry) (Fig 3).
Histopathology. a Double component, vascular and cellular (hematoxylin and eosin ×100). b Extensive perivascular and intercellular reticulin net (Gomori ×400). c Cells with vacuolated and wide cytoplasm in the nidus (periodic acid–Schiff stain ×400). d Vessels of different caliber and thin walls (immunohistochemistry with CD 34 stain)
There were no complications, and our patient had a complete recovery of his preoperative symptomatology. Postoperative screening using clinical, laboratory, ultrasound, and body imaging scans for the detection of VHL disease were negative. A long-term follow-up until 5 years post surgery was uneventful.
HBL is a histologically benign tumor that is associated with VHL disease in 20 % of cases but sporadic in 80 % of cases [1, 5]. Developmentally arrested HBL progenitor cells in the molecular layer of the cerebellum may progress to a tumor in patients with VHL, which is an autosomal dominant cancer predisposition syndrome caused by germline mutations in the VHL gene, a tumor suppressor gene localized at chromosome 3p25-26 that is responsible for tumors in different parts of the body. Patients with VHL syndrome are at risk for the development of new lesions over their lifetime, such as cysts in the pancreas, kidney, broad ligament, and epididymis, as well as clear cell renal cell carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, and/or retinal angiomas. These patients require a lifelong follow-up [6]. Given that a simple peripheral blood test can determine the presence of the VHL gene mutation, we recommend that this study is routinely performed for all patients with an HBL to guide follow-up.
The gene may also be mutated in 4–14 % of cases of sporadic HBL [6]. For sporadic cases of HBL, Melmon and Rosen's diagnostic criteria for VHL disease continue to be valid in the preoperative work-up [7–10].
HBL usually occurs in young adults, with a mean age at diagnosis of 32 years for VHL-associated HBL and 40 years for sporadic HBL [1, 5]. We found only one paper in the literature reporting (two cases of) sporadic cerebellar HBL in older patients; in neither reported case was the HBL localized to the posterior incisural space as in our patient [2]. Regarding the age presentation, it has been proposed that patients with VHL have a heterozygous recessive tumor suppression gene mutation that requires a single mutation to develop a tumor. In contrast, in sporadic HBL, two spontaneous mutations are required, and this might be the cause of the later presentation in life [11].
HBLs are more frequently found in the cerebellum or in the brain stem; other localizations such as supratentorial, spinal cord, orbit or sellar sites are less common [12]. To the best of our knowledge, only one case has been published reporting a patient harboring an HBL not associated with VHL disease in the posterior incisural space [3]. In our case, the remarkable intraoperative findings were that the arterial feeding came from the tentorium and the visualization of the dural attachment mimicking a tentorial meningioma.
HBL characteristically presents as a cystic mass with a solid mural enhancing nodule; however, presentation as a highly vascular solid mass is not infrequent. Calcifications and edema are rare [13, 14]. Solid HBLs represent a surgical challenge because of their vascularization, similar to an arteriovenous malformation, and this characteristic is more relevant in special areas of the brain such as the posterior incisura [1, 15]. The surgical approach should be wide enough to allow circumferential dissection, coagulation, and division of tumor afferents. Bloodless en bloc removal is then possible. Preoperative embolization is not recommended because of poor results [16]. HBL is not radiosensitive, and for this reason stereotactic radiosurgery might only be used to treat small, multiple, or residual HBL [17].
Although uncommon, HBL is a tumor that should be considered when dealing with vascularized tumors in the posterior incisural space, even in relation to the dura, and at any age. This consideration may help in planning surgical approaches that address the inherent risks of this entity.
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We are grateful to the pathologists of the FLENI Institute Dr Gustavo Sevlever and Dr Naomi Arakaki for the revision of the pathological samples.
ATR conceived the study, performed the literature review, and designed and wrote the draft. DAH prepared the figures and contributed to writing the manuscript. LP prepared the histopathology sample images and critically reviewed the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Institute of Medical Research A Lanari, University of Buenos Aires, Combatiente de Malvinas 3150. 1427, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alejandra T. Rabadán, Diego A. Hernández & Leonardo Paz
Alejandra T. Rabadán
Diego A. Hernández
Leonardo Paz
Correspondence to Alejandra T. Rabadán.
Rabadán, A.T., Hernández, D.A. & Paz, L. Hemangioblastoma located in the posterior incisural space mimicking a tentorial meningioma: a case report. J Med Case Reports 10, 183 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-016-0962-z
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Rainbowism is in a sunken place
Kwanele Sosibo
Protesters marched against farm murders in November 2017. AfriForum supported the protest but not the waving of the Vierkleur or the singing of 'Die Stem'.
Judging by the frequent outbursts of right-wing solidarity campaigns, last year should have been the last nail in the coffin of rainbowism in South Africa. That is not to suggest that for the past 23 years or so we have lived our lives trapped between an optical illusion and Orania but the space in between does seem to be shrinking.
A theory I have been working with is that the arbiters of our peculiar, post-apartheid religion, so wonderfully articulated by comedian Tumi Morake from her Jacaranda FM microphone, saw the shitstorm coming in 2015, landing as it did on the stone-carved garments of colonial architect Cecil John Rhodes. The shit-infused wind blowing in from the lawns of the University of Cape Town (UCT) were scarier than some initially realised.
How else does one explain that, barely two years later, the student movement has been infiltrated, beaten, and bundled up in a manner that suggests that perhaps we should never have renamed John Vorster Square to Johannesburg Central. The handcuffs may as well have been individually marked "free education" and "permanent blacklisting".
This is not the part where we discuss the tactics or the fate of certain female Rhodes University students involved in anti-rape protests. No. It is where we acknowledge the #RhodesWar as a bitter end to 2017, in a climate in which state, white supremacists, private security companies, press watchdogs and apartheid-era media conglomerates seemed to be reading from the same dictums. In the past year, for the landless, the unemployed, the unschooled and the just-getting-by, South Africa, to borrow from Get Out writer and director Jordan Peele, did indeed become our "sunken place".
It was on the morning of March 21, Sharpeville Day, that most of us saw the Spur video, in which a burly white man was captured threatening a black woman in front of a table of mostly children. Amid the chaos, the thing that hit me first was, save for the woman's instinctive screaming and a rather slight black man's valorous though feeble attempts at intervening, the collective fear of this white man who, granted, looked like he had put in his fair number of minutes at the scrum machine. As a result, he was a law unto himself, with a black woman at the table behind the fracas pleading with her skinny companion to stay out of it. "Spur will intervene," she can be heard saying. Never mind the ensuing boycott spearheaded by sections of the Afrikaner volk angry about the supposed partial handling of the situation. It is the lifelessly ambling blue shirts of the restaurant staff that tell you all you need to know about the South African condition.
They are simultaneously present and absent, like the straitjacketed limbs of Iziko South African National Museum's security personnel.
There, in January, as Western Cape secessionists the Cape Party moved in to deface Dean Hutton's Fuck White People installation, the security guards resembled limbs programmed by remote, taking instruction from the very people they were supposed to police.
Hutton, appropriating a Fallist proclamation photographed from Wits Fallist Zama Mthunzi's T-shirt in 2016, claimed she adapted the slogan as an act of allyship, developing it to become her master's thesis at UCT's Michaelis School of Fine Art.
In mid-April, not quite a month after the Spur incident, Marius Roodt, then a researcher based at the Centre for Development and Enterprise in Johannesburg, published a blog post under a false identity on South Africa's version of the Huffington Post. Roodt, posing as Shelley Garland, submitted the post, headlined "Could it be time to deny white men the franchise?", to the newly launched publication.
Launched in November 2016 and owned locally by Naspers subsidiary Media 24, HuffPost Edition ZA was a media entrant to watch at the time, creatively responding to stories such as the defacement of Hutton's art and the racist Spur tirade.
Initially defended on merit by editor-in-chief Verashni Pillay, the post was later taken down after it was discovered that Garland didn't exist. The backlash from a global pool of right-wingers built into a crescendo. AfriForum's complaint to press ombudsman Johan Retief represented only the far right's outrage and not the total picture. It was, perhaps, a tweet by security risk analyst Ryan Cummings that captured the zeitgeist best: "Abelungu angrier at an op-ed denying them the chance to vote than they were about black people actually being denied the chance to vote," he tweeted on April 16.
Retief found that Roodt's blog amounted to hate speech because the enactment of its suggestions could lead to violence. Pillay resigned as a result of the ruling, which she later successfully appealed. The ombudsman's initial ruling was later set aside on the grounds that Retief had failed to delineate between discriminatory speech and hate speech.
Though vindicating Pillay, the ruling did little to quell the reactionary tide that followed the blog's publication.
In an interview with themediaonline.co.za published in August, Pillay claimed that understaffing and "the pressure to produce 30 pieces of unique content a day with just three junior reporters", along with editors being called upon to write, over and above editing blogs, contributed to the fiasco and the general untenability of the model. Editor-at-large Ferial Haffajee countered that the conditions at Huf fPost Edition ZA were "pretty standard for this new world of [digital publishing]".
In November last year, after an inaccurate editorial conflating the actions of Solidarity and AfriForum in reference to the backlash against comedian and radio host Tumi Morake, replacement editor Pieter du Toit found himself censured by the press ombudsman and compelled to issue an apology.
In her Jacaranda FM breakfast slot, which she co-hosts with Martin Bester, Morake referred to South Africa's post-apartheid reality as akin to a playground bully being angry about having to share a stolen bike, a pretty accurate summation, if you ask me.
In the haste to champion Morake's cause — perhaps as a show of the platform's supposed liberalism — Du Toit has ascribed Solidarity's multipronged response to vilify Morake (such as mobilising members to make complaints to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa, penning editorials and labelling Morake a racist) to AfriForum.
For sure, AfriForum had a particularly busy year, organising Black Monday, a public protest against farm murders in which protesters waved die Vierkleur and sang Die Stem, only for AfriForum executive Ernst Roets to distance the organisation from these actions: "If that happened somewhere, it's not something that AfriForum is aware of," he told EWN.
What I couldn't fathom, though, was just how reprehensible it was to sing Die Stem in public, no matter the tenor of the event. After all, isn't it part of the national anthem of this, our sunken place?
Morake stood her ground, backed by Jacaranda FM, despite people calling for her to be fired and for her to return to the bush. But she seemed caught in the double bind of rainbowism, where your only friends must be those who seem to believe in no discernible ideology at all.
"As much as the extreme right came out and started a fire, the extreme left also came out" is a quote she's repeated like a mantra since the backlash, most recently to the Sunday Times. "We can't let those flare up, either of them," she said.
As Morake and her family recover from a festive season motor accident, don't forget that some of the people she has spent so much time reaching out to have labelled her pain, and that of her family, a "karmic" event related to her radio utterances.
As I held on to the Sunday paper on December 17, looking at the image of the pouting, fun-loving Morake, I thought of Daryl Davis, a black American blues musician who has made it his life's mission to convert Ku Klux Klan members.
His mantra, to the less patient among us, goes something like this: "They're [the Klan] still here because you don't have the patience to sit down and have a conversation and educate one another."
When I read that, my heart sank.
Kwanele Sosibo is the editor of Friday, the arts and culture section of the Mail and Guardian.
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In the study, 2 groups were asked to rate photos of female faces with varying levels of makeup applied by a professional makeup artist, each look named "Barefaced", "Natural", "Professional" and "Glamorous". The 1st group only saw photos for 250 milliseconds, while the 2nd group had an unlimited amount of time to examine them.
Findings revealed cosmetics have a significant and automatic effect on judgements of not just attractiveness & likeability, but long term deliberate judgments of over all character such as competence & trustworthiness. The study also revealed that positive perception decreased especially trustworthiness, as the women applied more makeup IE: "Glamorous" look. So, what does all of this mean? Like it or not, women are judged by their makeup application.
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IATA urges governments to help struggling airlines
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has presented new analysis showing that the airline industry cannot slash costs sufficiently to neutralise the severe cash burn caused by Covid-19.
As a result, the sector is unlikely to be able to avoid bankruptcies and preserve jobs in 2021.
IATA reiterated its call for government relief measures to sustain airlines financially and avoid massive employment terminations.
The group also called for pre-flight Covid-19 testing to open borders and enable travel without quarantine.
Total industry revenues in 2021 are expected to be down 46 per cent compared to the 2019 figure of $838 billion.
The trade body had predicted a 29 per cent fall in revenue next year compared to 2019, but this was based on expectations for a demand recovery commencing in the fourth quarter this year.
Recovery has been delayed however, owing to new Covid-19 outbreaks, and government mandated travel restrictions including border closings and quarantine measures.
IATA expects full year 2020 traffic to be down 66 per cent compared to 2019, with December demand down 68 per cent.
"The fourth quarter of 2020 will be extremely difficult and there is little indication the first half of 2021 will be significantly better, so long as borders remain closed and/or arrival quarantines remain in place.
"Without additional government financial relief, the median airline has just 8.5 months of cash remaining at current burn rates.
"And we can't cut costs fast enough to catch up with shrunken revenues," said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA director general.
Although airlines have taken drastic steps to reduce costs, around 50 per cent of airlines' costs are fixed or semi-fixed, at least in the short-term.
The result is that costs have not fallen as fast as revenues.
For example, the year-on-year decline in operating costs for the second quarter was 48 per cent compared with a 73 per cent decline in operating revenues, based on a sample of 76 airlines.
Looking forward to 2021, IATA estimates that to achieve a breakeven operating result and neutralize cash burn, unit costs will need to fall by 30 per cent compared to average cost per available seat kilometre for 2020. Such a decline is without precedent.
"The handwriting is on the wall," said de Juniac.
"For each day that the crisis continues, the potential for job losses and economic devastation grows.
"Unless governments act fast, some 1.3 million airline jobs are at risk.
"And that would have a domino effect putting 3.5 million additional jobs in the aviation sector in jeopardy along with a total of 46 million people in the broader economy whose jobs are supported by aviation."
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The major theme of this paper is to present some means for an analysis of changes in characteristics of complex systems. Such systems are characterized by a number of parameters which are interdependent. The data available on such systems are sparse in the sense that only a few such systems exist in the real world. Any attempt to choose uniform population with respect to some characteristics will decrease the number of data even more until a statistics approach becomes completely unreasonable.
The alternative approach is based on pattern recognition ideas and uses an idea of separation of different classes of a complex system by multidimensional surfaces. The position of these surfaces demonstrates the trends in the system's development.
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Eclipse on Bharat Jodo Yatra Petition filed in Kerala HC regarding traffic jam problem
Pankaj Prasad 21/09/2022 14:54 IST
During the beginning of the 14th day of the yatra, many leaders including Congress leader Sachin Pilot were present along with Rahul Gandhi.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday resumed the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra from Madavana in Kerala after paying floral tributes to social reformer Sree Narayana Guru. During the beginning of the 14th day of the yatra, many leaders including Congress leader Sachin Pilot were present along with Rahul Gandhi. At the same time, a petition has also been filed in the Kerala High Court regarding this visit. It has been said in the petition that the problem of traffic is being seen during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, due to which the problems of the common people have increased.
The mention of these things in the petition
A PIL has been filed in the Kerala High Court requesting the state government and police to direct that the Bharat Jodi Yatra of the Congress party should not block the entire road. In the PIL, a request has been made to direct the Congress to take the expenditure on the deployment of a large number of police forces on the route of the Yatra.
Vijayan K filed a petition
The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been requested to ensure that the yatra led by Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi covers only half of the road and the remaining portion of the road is kept vacant for free movement of vehicles. Go Advocate Vijayan K. The petition filed by the Supreme Court was listed for hearing on Thursday before a bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chale.
Rahul Gandhi made party
This journey of the Congress began on September 7 from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. It will reach Kashmir by covering a distance of 3,750 km in 150 days. In the petition, Congress, Rahul Gandhi, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee chief K. Sudhakaran and Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly VD Satheen have also been made parties. It has been contended in the petition that the manner in which the Yatra is being undertaken has obstructed the free movement of vehicles and movement of the common man and the life of the common man would have come to a standstill in the areas through which the Yatra is passing.
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Open only a month, family-owned Shawarma & Co. has the look, feel and taste of an established operation.
The biggest problem Shawarma & Co. has faced since opening its doors at 14600 N. Pennsylvania Ave. a little over a month ago is letting people know that it's a locally owned sit-down restaurant that wants to add variety to Middle Eastern street food.
Mohammad Abuobead operates Shawarma & Co. with his wife Yaqeen and brother Odai, and they opened the restaurant after Mohammad spent the first few years after college working in graphic design at a marketing firm. He designed the restaurant's sleek logo, and the family painted the restaurant. It's a former Capriotti's Sandwich Shop, and its sandwich station easily converted to the new restaurant's area to make wraps, salads and bowls.
It seems like a good problem to have. When most restaurants in their first few months are just trying to get customers in the door, the owners at Shawarma & Co. are, to their surprise, handling long lunch lines during the week and a steady business on the weekend.
Mohammad and his brother lived in Jordan before moving to Oklahoma in 2002 after their father went into business with their uncle franchising IHOP locations. Mohammad said that while shawarma is one of the most popular street food items across the Middle East, it is usually only served with the option of french fries.
"We wanted to have more variety with different kinds of salads and sides," he said, noting that salads — like everything on the menu — are made fresh every hour. The restaurant serves four types of salad (Greek, tabbouleh, fattoush and Mediterranean) with wraps, gyros and bowls that can be filled with any combination of the meats spinning on the rotating spits: chicken and beef shawarma, chicken gyro and beef with lamb gyro meat.
Shawarma differs from gyro meat in that it is chicken or beef sliced and pounded thin, marinated and layered on top of each other before cooking on the spit. Gyro meat is ground and formed into a large block before cooking. It's a two-day process to slice and marinate the chicken shawarma, which is the restaurant's top-seller. It is served on a plate and wrapped in a Middle Eastern flatbread or in a bowl.
Yaqeen and Mohammad Aboubead operate Shawarma & Co.
Like the chicken, the hummus is a two-day process. Chickpeas are soaked overnight before being combined with fresh tahini and other spices. Shawarma & Co. sells three varieties: regular, spicy and beruti, the latter of which blends fresh parsley into the mixture. The restaurant also has fresh baba ghanoush, stuffed grape leaves and labne (Greek yogurt blended with olive oil, lemon and spices) served with choice of pita.
Yaqeen Abuobead helped develop the recipes for the meat and falafel by inviting friends and family, including uncle Yusef Al Yassin, owner of ZamZam Mediterranean Grill, 3913 N. MacArthur Blvd., over every day for weeks to perfect spice mixtures.
"When Arabs come into the store, they tell us that it tastes like home," she said.
Yaqeen also developed a surprise hit for Shawarma & Co.: freshly made dessert crêpes. She pours the batter on a crêpe griddle and fills them with either Nutella or cookie butter and fresh fruit, and then chocolate is shaved off a nearby rotating spit to top off the sweet treat.
"We knew they were good, but we didn't expect the crêpes to sell this well," Odai said.
The business has been full of surprises for the Abuobeads, but the good kind. They said the support and lines of customers overwhelm them. Odai said they're working 105 hours per week to meet demand.
"We don't have time to go home," Yaqeen said.
"We don't have kids, so this is our baby right now," Mohammad added.
As Mohammad and Odai grew up in the restaurant industry, their first job was working at the family's IHOP location. The experience planted a seed of inspiration that led to a lifelong dream for the brothers, even as the elder brother started a career in graphic design and marketing.
"I had several business ideas, but I knew we could perfect this one," Mohammad said.
In the coming weeks and months, he said they're going to add menu items, including gluten-free options, but they're already talking about a future with a second location.
"We have a good positive feeling and feel like it is going to grow," Yaqeen said.


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Q: Message order across rekeying in Kafka Streams I'd like to enrich a topic of data change events (CDC via Debezium) with additional metadata; e.g. say I have a topic of purchase order change events which I'd like to enrich with metadata keyed by the transaction from which the change events originated.
I initially considered to rekey the "purchaseorder" KStream by transaction id (which is contained in change events), so I can join it with a KStream of the transaction metadata. After enriching the purchase order event with the metadata, I'd rekey it again to the original order id.
But I'm having doubts now that this is going to work as expected: for data change events, retaining the order of events is vital, i.e. for one purchase order (e.g. 123), all events will have the same key (123), thus will go into one partition of the "purchaseorder" topic and in turn will be consumed by clients in the order they were produced.
Now, with the rekeying described above, couldn't it happen that the order of change events for one purchase order gets reshuffled due to the rekeying? One purchase order may be altered by multiple transactions, so IIUC the rekeying via transaction id may cause the events of one purchase order to end up in different partitions, thus voiding the original ordering guarantees.
Which options do I have a this point? I'm contemplating now to avoid the rekey + join and instead implement a manual transform() method on the "purchaseorder" stream, which would look up the associated transaction data from a state store. In a scaled Kafka Streams application, that'd imply potential remote look-ups, though, if the transaction data of a given order event is stored on a different node (or using a GlobalKTable for the transaction data topic).
Is there any recommendable alternatives?

A: cant you treat the enrichment data as a table? (meaning it will replicate the data to all your processing nodes, allowing you to "enrich in place")
if you cant, and are willing to suffer latency (and have a bound on delays ...)
you could rekey your data (and youre right, since multiple source partitions may now produce data into any target partition reordering may happen), then use an in-memory window to order it back (this is where a bound on delay time becomes critical, and also where latency is introduced) and produce it ordered into yet another topic...
this will be fairly expensive to run this way, and fragile.

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Investigating Mournful Loch
There are ghostly figures about with a selection of puzzles and Hidden Object game play, as you tackle the mystery of Mournful Loch.
antasmat: Mournful Loch is a graphics Adventure and Hidden Object game. Published by Big Fish Games, this Eipik developed title attempts to put the player in the correct mood with a flashy opening video sequence and an appeal to turn up your system's volume level for the maximum effect. You can, from within the game, adjust various levels for music, sound effects, voice dialogue and the music used for cut-scenes. While making these volume adjustments, you can also opt to play the game in full-screen mode with pop-ups and a custom cursor.
I have been looking at the Collector's Edition of the game which provides a number of extra items. These additional items, consisting of a bonus chapter, puzzles, Hidden Object scenes, art, wallpaper, music, collectibles and achievements, are stored within a room divided into clearly marked and labelled areas. In some cases the content of these areas are available immediately but other areas require progress to be made in the main game before access is granted.
Before actually venturing into the game, you can create profiles for individual players. A choice of four levels of difficulty are available for use with the profiles. Easy level recharges the Hint and Skip features quickly with helpful glints and sparkles and no penalties for over-indulging in Hidden Object scene mis-clicking, plus helpful messages and a map showing areas of interest. Medium level is slower at recharging with fewer glints and sparkles plus a map that does not show areas of interest. There is also a penalty for mis-clicking but you do get helpful messages.
Hard level is even slower at recharging with no glints, sparkles or helpful messages. The game map does not show areas of interest and players will be penalised for mis-clicking in Hidden Object mode. Finally Custom level allows you to select from various features and adjust the effect they will have on the game.
Spread over six chapters, the game opens with the image of a skull that leads the player to an animated sequence at the start of an archaeological project that involves the Mournful Loch which the locals feel is haunted. As your character is rowed across the lake you are given the option of using a tutorial to help you get started as you are introduced to the different cursors used in this game. As your mouse cursor moves around the current scene, it will change shape to reflect its functionality. An arrow will indicate when it is possible to move to another location while a set of gears are displayed when an object can be used in some way. A hand cursor means an item can be picked up and a magnifying glass is used when an item can be examined. If a speech bubble cursor appears then a conversation can be carried out with one of the characters inhabiting this game. The dialogue is delivered in text format and by a voice actor with the on-screen character displaying realistic lip-synch movement.
An arrangement of the screen furniture is of a fairly standard appearance. The current well-drawn scene with animation takes over most of the screen. With this game relying a great deal on an atmospheric environment to create the designated mood, dimly lit areas and dark shadows all have their part to play. These features add to the difficulty of the game. Running across the bottom of the screen is an area housing shortcuts to features that include a task list, menu, guide facility, achievements and the rechargeable Hint features plus an inventory which can be locked in position for quick and easy access to its content.
Following what appears t be a low key opening as your character, an archaeologist intent on discovering why the local inhabitants have developed a fear of Mournful Loch, is being rowed towards her designation. Problems begin to mount as you are introduced to your email communicator and your boatman disappears. The row boat crashes and you are thrown ashore as the game begins in earnest.
As you might expect with an Adventure game, there is plenty of movement and back-tracking between locations. Often these visits will involve placing an item from the inventory and then replacing it with another item from the same location.
From time to time you will be presented with a puzzle. These puzzles are varied in type with brief instructions being displayed across the bottom of the screen. Options are available to reset the puzzle to its original position or quit the puzzle if it proves too difficult. Puzzles can be replayed from the Extras section on the main title screen. It order to replay a puzzle from this section, it must be completed or attempted, even if not completed, in the main game.
At irregular intervals you will encounter a Hidden Object scene which is usually indicated by an outbreak of sparkles. Rather than stick with one format of Hidden Object game play, Mournful Loch uses a mixture of formats spread over the 15 instances of this type of game play. Among the methods used are those that require you to look for text items, some of which need an additional action before selection plus searching for a particular type of object. Other methods used, call for objects to be found that will allow a story to proceed and required silhouettes located within a cluttered scene. In each case you will be rewarded with one of the objects found at the conclusion of the Hidden Object scene. Occasionally you will be offered the opportunity to switch to Match 3 game play instead of Hidden Object game play.
Partly due to the rather dark atmosphere of many scenes, this is not a game that I found particularly easy to master. I probably used the Hint feature far more than I usually do. Interludes involving climbing a wall plus loading and firing a canon helped a little to compensate for the ghostly sequences. I have to admit to deliberately failing some puzzles to gain additional clues as to how to complete these items latter from the Extras section.
I downloaded my copy of the game from Gamehouse.com where is it priced at $19.99. The game requires a 2.5GHz processor with 1024MB of RAM and 975MB of hard disk space running Windows 7 and later.
http://www.gamehouse.com/download-games/phantasmat-mournful-loch-collectors-edition
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The festive season is full of stress triggers – too many deadlines, social commitments and presents to buy. If you associate Happy Holidays with unhappy stress, read on.
Symptoms of stress are both emotional and physical. Physically, your body is placed under a lot of extra demands. Chemicals released during stressful episodes increase your heart rate and your blood pressure. Your nervous system is on edge and emotionally, it's hard to cope. It's common to feel pulled in several directions at once, unable to decide what is most important. If the stress continues for long enough, it can contribute to serious health problems.
Treat foods, such as sugary carbohydrates or stimulants (coffee, coke, energy drinks) seem to make you feel better. But they can actually cause fluctuations in blood sugar, energy slumps and weight gain. Another drain on energy levels is lack of sleep. During stress, your sleep suffers because your "to do" list runs over and over in your head each night.
The good news is help is at hand in the form of good nutrition combined with supplements to support the nervous system and a return to healthy energy levels. B vitamins are important. A comprehensive B supplement will nourish your nerves and your adrenal glands (key glands in the stress response) to help you feel more at ease. Vitamin C and the minerals magnesium, calcium and potassium are also supportive and the herbs oats and passionflower are naturally calming.
Blackmores Executive B Stress Formula contains these ingredients and more in a 'tried and true' formulation that has been around for more than 20 years. One tablet with breakfast and one with lunch is all you need to help deal with stress and keep energy levels constant throughout the day.
A great companion product is Blackmores Executive Sleep Formula which contains the relaxing herbs hops, passionflower and lemon balm. These herbs have been traditionally used for their gentle calming effect and, taken half an hour before bed, do wonders for leaving the day's worries behind and falling into a peaceful, restful sleep.
Lifestyle and nutritional changes can make a big difference. Reduce sugar, alcohol and caffeine. Try herbal teas and swap unhealthy snacks for nutrient rich choices like fruit, nuts and yoghurt. Exercise is a great way to release stress. Aim for at least three exercise sessions a week and don't forget to explore lesser known but highly beneficial practices such as meditation and yoga.
Talking to someone is always a great idea too. A problem shared, is a problem halved. Chat with a friend or seek professional advice. Dealing with stress is often about putting yourself first and asking for the help you need.
Always read the label and take as directed. If symptoms persist, contact your health professional. Vitamins are supplementary to a balanced diet.
By Nicole Jellard, Blackmores practitioner and trainer.
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L'île Calseraigne ou île Plane est une île française inhabitée, dans l'archipel de Riou, au sud de Marseille. Son altitude maximum est de . Elle est située dans le parc national des calanques.

Description
Le relief de l'île est doux comparativement aux autres îles de l'archipel, ce qui vaut à l'île son nom d'île Plane. Le trait de côte est également régulier à l'exception d'une trouée dans la côte nord formant la calanque des Pouars. L'orientation de cette calanque en fait un abri sûr pour les bateaux lorsque le Mistral souffle. Cette particularité serait à l'origine de l'autre nom de l'île : Calseraigne proviendrait de « calanque sereine ». La calanque des Pouars est un site de plongée sous-marine accessible aux débutants puisque de faible profondeur et à l'abri du vent.

L'accès à l'île est strictement limité à la frange littorale de la calanque des Pouars.

Notes et références

Liens externes

 http://www.ilesdemarseille.fr/html/riou.html

Île de l'archipel de Riou

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Oval Office Address On Terrorism
President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Dec. 6, 2016.
The United States has a plan to overcome the evolving threat of terrorism.
President Barack Obama recently addressed the American people following the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, which left 14 people dead and some 21 injured.
"This was an act of terrorism," said President Obama, "designed to kill innocent people."
The United States has been at war with terrorism since al-Qaida killed nearly 3,000 Americans on 9/11. But over the years the terrorist threat has evolved into a new phase. Terrorists have turned to less complicated acts of violence like the mass shootings that have occurred all over the world in recent weeks.
The United States has a plan to overcome this evolving threat said President Obama: "We will destroy ISIL and any other organization that tries to harm us. Our success won't depend on tough talk, or abandoning our values, or giving into fear. That's what groups like ISIL are hoping for. Instead, we will prevail by being strong and smart, resilient and relentless, and by drawing upon every aspect of American power."
Specifically, the U.S. military will continue to hunt down terrorist plotters in any country where it is necessary. In Iraq and Syria, airstrikes are taking out ISIL leaders, heavy weapons, oil tankers, and infrastructure.
The U.S. continues to train and equip tens of thousands of Iraqi and Syrian forces fighting ISIL on the ground in order to take away their safe havens.
U.S. intelligence is working to disrupt ISIL's plots, cut off their financing, and prevent them from recruiting fighters.
With American leadership, the international community had begun to establish a timeline to pursue ceasefires and a political resolution to the Syrian war.
This strategy to destroy ISIL is supported by U.S. military commanders and counterterrorism experts, together with 65 countries that have joined an American-led coalition.
"We will succeed in this mission," said President Obama.Americans "have always met challenges — whether war or depression, natural disasters or terrorist attacks — by coming together around our common ideals as one nation, as one people. So long as we stay true to that tradition, I have no doubt America will prevail."
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The commission of inquiry investigating the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has seen the three witnesses called to testify so far denying seeing any dubious activity in their departments at the PIC.
Former Supreme Court of Appeal President Judge Lex Mpati is heading proceedings in Pretoria.
Two more witnesses will be called to the stand on Tuesday morning.
The first witness to be called on day one of the inquiry was acting PIC secretary Wilna Louw who gave details about appointments to the board and committees at the PIC.
She also explained the nature of the corporation and the application of the Companies Act.
Louw was followed by executive head of impact investment Roy Rajdhar, who testified about the investment application process. He told the commission that they had introduced a special task team to ensure accuracy when investing.
And then the executive head of research and project management Sholto Dolamo told the commission that his department provides research to inform investment decisions.
There's been no evidence of wrong-doing yet.


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This political figure believes that the US drug prices would be lower if Europe pays more of its share. Name the personality.
Last week's question: This statesman is looking to protect the interests of his country, along with other European nations, against US sanctions on Iran. Name the personality.