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Pulmonary carcinosarcoma is a biphasic tumour with an unfavourable prognosis. The differential diagnosis includes pulmonary blastoma and is often challenging.
Case presentation
We here describe a case of blastomatoid pulmonary carcinosarcoma in a 58-year-old patient, who underwent surgical resection. Histopathological examination revealed immature glandular epithelium resembling high-grade fetal adenocarcinoma expressing epithelial markers and membranous beta-catenin, and blastomatoid spindle cells with partial rhabdomyosarcoma-like differentiation. Both elements expressed p53, MDM2, and cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4), but not thyroid-transcription factor 1 (TTF-1). Mutation analysis of KRAS, EGFR, and beta-catenin revealed no mutations. Comparative genomic hybridization detected +1q, +6p, +6q24qter, +8q, +11q12q14, +11q23qter, +12q12q21, +12q24qter, +17q, +20q, -5q14q23, -9p13pter, -13q21q21, and amplifications at 12q14q21, 15q24qter, 20q11q12.
The observed molecular and cytogenetic findings may provide additional tools for the differential diagnosis of biphasic pulmonary neoplasms. Furthermore, TP53, MDM2, CDK4, and PTPN1 may be involved in tumourigenesis.
Keywords:Lung; biphasic, Carcinosarcoma, Pulmonary blastoma, Comparative genomic hybridization
The differential diagnosis of biphasic pulmonary tumours consisting of a mesenchymal component combined with adenocarcinoma includes pulmonary blastoma and carcinosarcoma [1-3]. The degree and type of differentiation of both elements, immunohistochemical staining and molecular genetic findings are of help in establishing the correct diagnosis, which may be challenging in some cases. However, the developmental origin and the correct classification of pulmonary blastoma and carcinosarcoma is still being discussed on [1]. Here, we describe a case of pulmonary carcinosarcoma of the blastomatoid variant in a 58-year-old patient who underwent pneumonectomy. We present the clinico-pathological characteristics and the results of immunohistochemistry, mutation analysis, chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH), and comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) of this rare entity with a review of the literature, providing helpful diagnostic tools in the differential diagnosis.
Case presentation
A 58-year-old male patient was admitted to hospital after suffering for several weeks from shoulder pain, dyspnoea, and cough. His medical history included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and smoking (80 pack years). Computed tomography (CT) detected a 12.9-cm sharply marginated mass lesion in the upper right hemithorax with central necroses and marked FDG-glucose uptake in positron emission tomography with integrated computed tomography (Figure 1). There was no evidence of distant metastases. Histopathological examination of a CT-guided biopsy revealed malignant tumour cells with epithelial and mesenchymal differentiation. Right-sided pneumectomy with lymphadenectomy was performed, rendering a well circumscribed tumour of 15 x 9 x 6 cm size with a soft fleshy, tan-white, lobulated cut surface. Chest wall or pleura were not infiltrated. Microscopically, the lesion was composed of areas of glandular differentiation and immature spindle cell areas with a sharp border between both elements (Figure 2). The tumour exhibited numerous atypical mitotic figures, rich vascularization, and regressive changes including calcifications and extensive necroses. The epithelial component, accounting for ~40% of the vital tumour, showed primitive differentiation, in some areas with nuclear atypia and a branching (immature) architecture of glands composed of columnar cells with palisading elliptic nuclei with subnuclear vacuoles suggestive of high-grade fetal adenocarcinoma.
Figure 1. Radiographic findings of the blastomatoid pulmonary carcinosarcoma. Preoperative computed tomography (CT) detected a sharply marginated tumour in the upper right hemithorax of up to 12.9 cm size (A, coronal view). The tumour extended to the right hilus, pleura, and the spinal column. Positron emission tomography with integrated computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT, Philips Gemini, PET-acquisition 90 minutes after intravenous injection of 198 megabecquerel 2-(18F)-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose) revealed marked FDG-glucose uptake in the pulmonary mass, especially median, lateral and caudal, with a maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of 14.1 (B, fusion PET/CT, coronal view).
Figure 2. Microscopic findings of the blastomatoid pulmonary carcinosarcoma. On microscopic view, the blastomatoid pulmonary carcinosarcoma displayed a biphasic growth pattern (A, haematoxylin-eosin (HE), x 20). The epithelial elements showed glandular differentiation (B, x 100) and displayed focal cellular atypia and mitotic figures (B, inset) resembling high-grade fetal adenocarcinoma. These structures were surrounded by malignant, blastomatoid spindle cells (C, x 200), which showed partial rhabdomyosarcomatous differentiation with rhabdomyoblasts (C, inset, desmin). Immunohistochemical staining with pan-cytokeratin (D) was positive in the carcinomatous areas. Both components did not express thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1; E). Membranous beta-catenin (F) expression was detected in the epithelial structures; MDM2 (G) and cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4; H) were expressed in both components (x 200).
Immunohistochemically, the glandular structures expressed epithelial markers including epithelial membrane antigen (EMA; Dako, Glostrup, Denmark), pan-cytokeratin (Dako), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA; Zytomed Systems, Berlin, Germany), CK7 (Dako), and focal p63 (BioGenex, San Ramon, CA). Thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1; Dako) was not expressed. Staining for beta-catenin (Medac, Wedel, Germany) demonstrated a membranous expression in the epithelial structures. The spindle cell component expressed vimentin (Dako), desmin (Invitrogen, Camarillo, CA) in 10% of tumour cells, and myogenin (Dako) in 10% of tumour cells indicating partial rhabdomyosarcoma-like differentiation, EGFR (Invitrogen), and CD56 (Invitrogen). Both components expressed p53 (Dako), MDM2 (Zytomed Systems), and cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4; Zytomed Systems). Proliferative activity was assessed by Ki67 (Zytomed Systems) immunostaining and was estimated at 60%.
A SYT-SSX fusion gene suggestive of synovial sarcoma was not detected by RT-PCR. Sequencing analysis of KRAS exon 1 and 2, EGFR exon 19, 20, and 21, and beta-catenin exon 3 showed no mutations. CGH analysis was performed as described previously [4] and revealed chromosomal gains at 1q, 6p, 6q24qter, 8q, 11q12q14, 11q23qter, 12q12q21, 12q24qter, 17q, 20q, losses at 5q14q23, 9p13pter, 13q21q21, and amplifications at 12q14q21, 15q24qter, 20q11q12 (Figure 3). CISH analysis verified an amplification of MDM2.
Figure 3. Results of comparative genomic hybridization (CGH). CGH of the blastomatoid pulmonary carcinosarcoma revealed ish cgh enh(1)(q),dim(5)(q14q23),enh (6)(p),enh(6)(q24qter),enh(8)(q),dim(9)(p13pter),enh(11)(q12q14),enh(11)(q23qter),enh(12)(q12q21),amp(12)(q14q21),enh(12)(q24qter),dim(13)(q21q21),amp(15)(q24qter),enh(17)(q),enh(20)(q),amp(20)(q11q12). The number of chromosomes included in the CGH analysis is indicated at the bottom of each individual profile.
The diagnosis of the blastomatoid variant of pulmonary carcinosarcoma was established and the tumour was finally staged at pT3, pN0 (0/15), pMX, G3, R0, UICC stage 2b. The patient recovered well and was discharged 21 days after surgery. An optional adjuvant therapy was discussed with the patient, but he refused. Currently the patient is doing well and there is no evidence of tumour relapse 30 months after the resection.
The differential diagnoses of biphasic pleuropulmonary tumours in adults include glandular malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST), synovial sarcoma, and malignant mesothelioma [2,3,5]. When only small biopsy specimen are available and both components are not represented, carcinosarcoma may also be misinterpreted as an either entirely epithelial or mesenchymal neoplasm [2]. In glandular MPNST, rhabdomyosarcomatous elements may be present, but the tumour usually displays intestinal type-epithelium with goblet cells. Furthermore, the sarcomatoid part of MPNST expresses S100 protein and vimentin, and the tumour is associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 [6]. Synovial sarcoma was ruled out because the characteristic SYT-SSX fusion gene was not detected [7]. Malignant mesothelioma was also ruled out by negative staining for mesothelial markers (i. e. calretinin, D2-40).
Furthermore, pulmonary blastoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis if the epithelial component consists of adenocarcinoma [2]. As reported in the literature, biphasic pulmonary blastoma and carcinosarcoma, in particular the blastomatoid variant of the latter, may share common features, making a differentiation between both entities difficult [1,2,8]. Table 1 summarizes the clinicopathologic characteristics of pulmonary carcinosarcoma, pulmonary blastoma, and the present case. The blastomatoid variant of carcinosarcoma is not yet recognized as a distinct entity by the WHO classification of tumours [3]. In contrast to conventional pulmonary carcinosarcoma, which contains squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, or large cell carcinoma as epithelial component, the blastomatoid variant of carcinosarcoma comprises high-grade adenocarcinoma of the fetal lung type/clear cell adenocarcinoma with fetal lung features [1]. This is a typical feature of pulmonary blastoma and therefore led to the designation as "blastomatoid pulmonary carcinosarcoma" [1].
Table 1. The clinicopathologic and molecular genetic characteristics of pulmonary blastoma, pulmonary carcinosarcoma, and the present case
In the case presented here, the gross appearance and localization of the tumour were not helpful in the differential diagnosis, since both pulmonary blastoma and carcinosarcoma are known to arise either central/peribronchial or in the periphery of the lung, forming a large bulk [2,8]. Pulmonary carcinosarcoma is reported to arise in elderly men between 50–80 years who are heavy smokers, as our patient [1,2,8,9], whereas the mean age of patients with pulmonary blastoma is around 35–50 years [2,10,11]. On microscopic examination, undifferentiated adenocarcinoma, intermixed rhabdomyosarcoma-like spindle cells, and extensive necroses may be observed in both entities [2,8]. It has been proposed to classify pulmonary blastoma into three groups: biphasic pulmonary blastoma, well-differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma, and pleuropulmonary blastoma, the latter arising only in children [10]. Biphasic pulmonary blastoma enters the differential diagnosis of carcinosarcoma as it combines malignant epithelial and mesenchymal components [10].
The epithelial component in the present case showed focal cellular atypia, mitotic figures, and branching glands composed of columnar cells with palisading elliptic nuclei with subnuclear vacuoles resembling high-grade fetal adenocarcinoma as described for carcinosarcoma [1]. In contrast, well-differentiated or low-grade adenocarcinoma would be a typical feature of pulmonary blastoma [1]. Morules, as described to occur in 43% of biphasic pulmonary blastomas, were not present [2,11]. The mesenchymal component displayed a rather immature, blastoma-like differentiation. Expression of TTF-1 occuring rather in the well differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma of pulmonary blastoma, was not observed in the present case, favouring the diagnosis of carcinosarcoma [9]. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that low-grade adenocarcinoma of the fetal lung type/well-differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma constantly shows aberrant nuclear or cytoplasmic localization of beta-catenin, whereas high-grade adenocarcinoma of the fetal lung type/clear cell adenocarcinoma with fetal lung features shows the same membranous localization of beta-catenin as conventional pulmonary adenocarcinomas, which could also be observed in the present case [1].
Previous immunohistochemical and molecular analyses in pulmonary carcinosarcoma revealed mutations of TP53, but not of KRAS or beta-catenin[1,2]. To our knowledge, mutations of EGFR, MDM2 or CDK4 have not yet been investigated in this entity. Cytogenetic aberrations reported for this entity include allelic gains at 1q, 3q, 5p, 8q, 12p, and losses at 3q, 5q, 17p [2]. Pulmonary blastoma on the other hand is characterized by TP53, MDM2, and beta-catenin mutations, whereas EGFR and KRAS mutations are usually not detected [1,10,12,13]. Furthermore, trisomies 2 and 8, and allelic imbalances at 14q24q32 and 17p11p13 are reported for this tumour entity [2,10,12].
Immunohistochemically, an expression of p53 was detected in the present case consistent with an underlying TP53 mutation, but no EGFR, KRAS or beta-catenin mutation were found. Additionally, we observed a high number of chromosomal aberrations by CGH including gains at 1q, 6p, 6q24qter, 8q, 11q12q14, 11q23qter, 12q12q21, 12q24qter, 17q, 20q, losses at 5q14q23, 9p13pter, 13q21q21, and amplifications at 12q14q21, 15q24qter, 20q11q12. Interestingly, the observed gains at 1q, 8q, and losses at 5q are among the aberrations described for pulmonary carcinosarcoma [2]. The present case, however, displayed several more imbalances that have not yet been described for pulmonary carcinosarcoma. The high number of chromosomal imbalances indicates a high degree of chromosomal instability and tumour progression in the blastomatoid variant of carcinosarcoma. Furthermore, the observed imbalances may be of help in the differential diagnosis, in particular if +1q, +8q, and -5q are detected. The developmental origin of both tumour components is unclear and an origin from two or more stem cells (multiclonal hypothesis) or an origin from a single totipotential stem cell that differentiates into separate epithelial and mesenchymal directions (monoclonal hypothesis) seems possible [14]. Previous analyses in pulmonary carcinosarcoma [15], biphasic pulmonary blastoma [12], and carcinosarcomas of other localizations [14] provide evidence that the epithelial and mesenchymal component of these biphasic tumours harbour a different morphology, but are monoclonal in origin.
The observed chromosomal changes may give insight into tumourigenesis and help to identify possible candidate genes. The amplicon 12q13q21 (including the observed 12q14q21) is also typically detected in different types of sarcoma, particularly in liposarcoma and osteosarcoma [16]. It harbors several genes, of which the amplifications or mutations of MDM2 and CDK4 were confirmed immunohistochemically and by CISH analysis in the present case and may play a role in tumourigenesis [10,16]. Over-expression of MDM2 has previously been observed in 83% of biphasic pulmonary blastomas, but it has so far not been studied in pulmonary carcinosarcomas [10]. Furthermore, the observed amplicon at 15q24qter has also been reported in small-cell lung cancers, while the amplicon detected here at 20q11q12 includes the PTPN1 gene located at 20q12 which serves as a non-receptor tyrosine phosphatase involved in growth regulation [16]. It has been found to be over-expressed in 72% of breast carcinomas [16].
As reported, complete surgical resection is the treatment of choice in patients with resectable tumours [2]. Chemotherapy and radiation can be used in an adjuvant setting although specific regimens do not exist [2,3]. In the present case, the mesenchymal component slightly predominated and an adjuvant therapy according to guidelines for soft tissue sarcomas was discussed. However, since complete resection was achieved, lymph node or distant metastases were ruled out, and the patient refused, no adjuvant therapy was applied.
The present case illustrates the diagnostic difficulties in differentiating pulmonary carcinosarcoma from biphasic pulmonary blastoma, in particular if the carcinosarcoma contains fetal adenocarcinoma and a blastomatoid mesenchymal component. It also highlights the usefulness of additional molecular and genomic analyses. From our findings we conclude that similar to pulmonary blastoma pulmonary carcinosarcoma may harbour MDM2 and lack EGFR mutations. Therefore, presence of TP53, MDM2, and lack of KRAS and EGFR mutations may not be helpful in the differential diagnosis of both entities. Only the presence or absence of beta-catenin mutations will serve as a useful diagnostic tool in certain cases. In the present case, the diagnosis was discussed with reference pathologists who favoured the diagnoses of either pulmonary blastoma or blastomatoid carcinosarcoma. Although high-grade fetal adenocarcinoma was not present in every tumour sample, the diagnosis of pulmonary carcinosarcoma was finally made based on the mutation analyses, particularly of beta-catenin.
In conclusion, the presence of high-grade fetal adenocarcinoma without TTF-1 expression, lack of beta-catenin mutation, and detection of 1q, +8q, and -5q by CGH in a biphasic lung tumour in adult patients favours the diagnosis of pulmonary carcinosarcoma. Furthermore, mutations of TP53, MDM2, CDK4, and PTPN1 may play a role in development and progression of this tumour entity.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
IMS and SS performed the histopathological, immunohistochemical and genetic examinations and established the diagnosis. COS, TO, and JM examined, treated and observed the patient, including follow-up. IMS, COS, TO, SS, and JM participated in writing the manuscript. COS and JM provided the radiographic, and IMS the histological and CGH images. All authors read and approved of the final manuscript.
Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this Case report and any accompanying images. A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Series Editor of this journal.
The authors thank Prof. Dr. A. Tannapfel, MD, Department of Pathology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, Prof. Dr. I. Leuschner, MD, Department of Pathology, University of Kiel, Germany, and Dr. M. Bettstetter, MD, Molecular Pathology Southern Bavaria, Germany, for their contribution to the diagnosis.
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For Marc Silver, music and writing is intensely personal. He says, "when stories appear in my mind's eye or in a dream, i...
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Marc Silver Band
For Marc Silver, music and writing is intensely personal. He says, "when stories appear in my mind's eye or in a dream, it is like a firefly inside a little glass jar. I hold the jar to my forehead and try to extract the story encoded in the flashes within… In some ways, a good day of writing can be as gratifying and meaningful to me as crafting a song, although reliving the emotions in each performance is the true blessing of songwriting." Born in Missouri, Marc came from a family with an enduring love of music. As a child Marc found his first musical storytelling passion while composing themes to wild cowboy and Indian chases on the "black keys" (which he later came to know as the pentatonic scale). Piano and violin lessons in elementary school led Marc to buying his first electric guitar and amplifier (a B.C. Rich and Peavey) in 1992. He began his guitar studies learning the blues, Phish, and Zeppelin songs with friends after school. In 1993, after winning the Missouri State Wrestling Championships, Marc stated in an exit interview that he was interested in pursuing music and starting a band. He's been wrestling with the muse ever since. Marc left the flatlands and moved east to study jazz and guitar at The University of The Arts. This was a great period of musical challenge and personal growth for Marc. Ultimately, though he did write and record an instrumental jazz-fusion record, Marc continued the struggle of finding his own voice in the music he was trying to express. By 2006, working as a part-time music educator by day, Marc had compiled a list of original songs he felt were worthy of performing to live audiences. Weekly open mics all over the city helped develop his confidence while introducing him to other musicians who eventually became band mates. Bolstered by this new enthusiasm, Marc started writing "Nectars Sweet and Rare", "Lay Me Down" and other songs which led to his first recording Stonethrowers. By October 2008, just in time for their first appearance at the prestigious Philadelphia club, The Tin Angel, the final pieces of the band came together in what is now called Marc Silver & The Stonethrowers. They have since opened for Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Chuck Prophet, Hot Club of Cowtown, Moe, King Wilkie, and many other touring national acts. The band blends a passion for traditional song, Appalachian fiddle tunes, and country swing with a unique mix of original songwriting, bluegrass and folk music. Lead singing with great vocal character and seamlessly blended three-part vocal harmonies fill out their energetic delivery. "Whether he yearns for love or sings of loss and chance encounters, Silver strikes a chord…Silver's laidback singing mesmerizes the listener right away and begs all to stop and pay attention… Whether it's his light finger picking on the title track or aggressive electric guitar interlude on "Devil's Dust," he manages to sooth and awaken the listener while at the same time provide mystique." Annie Reuter –Music Journalist Marc has traveled as a solo performer and with The Stonethrowers all over the East Coast. They have played prestigious venues like The Philadelphia Folk Festival, Café Lena, Club Passim, Godfrey Daniels, The Purple Fiddle, The World Café Live, The Kimmel Center, The Sherman Theater, Pickin' In The Panhandle Bluegrass and BBQ festival (where they won the best new band contest in 2008), Musikfest and many more. In addition to public performances, The Stonethrowers are often invited to play private parties and university festivals at institutions such as Ithaca University, University of Pennsylvania, University Of The Arts, and The University of Delaware.
Red Tail Ring
Red Tail Ring is the Americana roots duo of Michael Beauchamp and Laurel Premo. Whether rendering a traditional tune or o...
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Red Tail Ring
Red Tail Ring is the Americana roots duo of Michael Beauchamp and Laurel Premo. Whether rendering a traditional tune or one of their original compositions, the duo infuses each song with musical imagination, haunting harmonies and instrumental artistry on fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, jawharp and plain-old foot stomping. Since 2009, Red Tail Ring has released three albums, and traveled increasingly farther in their musical ramblings, playing shows throughout the Midwest, and touring on both coasts. In the summer of 2011, the duo added Denmark to their list when they performed and taught as cultural ambassadors through the American Embassy.


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Oh, SYAP," says another student laconically, using the acronym for "See You at the Pole.
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Andre Roberson joins growing list of NBA players burglarized
May 1, 2014, 2:15 PM EDT
Chris Bosh has been there. So has Nick Young. Paul George, too.
Now Andre Roberson.
The Thunder forward is the latest NBA player whose home was burglarized during a game.
According to documents obtained by TMZ Sports, Roberson's Oklahoma City home was broken into on April 24th
Cops say the bad guys jacked official Oklahoma City Thunder backpacks and an XBox
The Thunder were in Memphis that night, losing Game 3.
A suspect is in custody, TMZ reports, but this likely won't be the last such incident. Burglars know when players will be gone. Anyone can easily look at a schedule.
Roberson, George, Young and Bosh are the victims, and they don't deserve blame. The burglars should get all the scorn.
But word to the wise, be extra vigilant in securing your home when it's public knowledge you won't be there.
- phillyguyindc - May 1, 2014 at 2:18 PM
I know this is going to be unpopular but..
If I were given the choice (which I wasn't because I'm too short and wasn't good enough) I don't know that I would want to be an athlete in the NBA or NFL in this day and age. There's no privacy at all and everyone is just out to bash you every chance they get.
- ranfan12 - May 1, 2014 at 2:48 PM
That's where money comes in to soothe the pain. I don't mind wiping my tears with $100 bills to be honest. Sacrifices gotta be made
- phillyguyindc - May 1, 2014 at 3:02 PM
lol very true
- seattlesuperchronic - May 1, 2014 at 3:03 PM
Taking a man's game console? That's cold, man. Hopefully he backed his save data up to the cloud.
If someone ganked my XBox and I lost all my Skyrim data, I'd be an unhappy camper.
- ProBasketballPundit - May 1, 2014 at 4:08 PM
Play the game on PC and your data will automatically be backed up.
- jolink653 - May 1, 2014 at 3:42 PM
Ughh yeah, imagine losing all those hours of Skyrim play? That would be absolutely terrible and I'd be furious.
- ProBasketballPundit - May 1, 2014 at 4:07 PM
"Roberson, George, Young and Bosh are the victims, and they don't deserve blame."
Who's blaming them? What is this comment intended to convey?
- jollyjoker2 - May 1, 2014 at 6:09 PM
that if you tell everyone including your family your leaving town and you have no security system for your million dollar house with the furnishings – don't blame them; they are just innocent bystanders in the circle of life.
- sonnysuave - May 1, 2014 at 5:37 PM
There's story after story abt how a rich athlete or celebrity got robbed. What I'm wondering is… do these millionaires get crappy home security systems?? Or, is it that state-of-the-art/top-of-the-line security systems are easy to get past??
- ibleedaquaorange - May 1, 2014 at 10:13 PM
I'm betting a number of these are inside jobs, so it's more a question of the people they're instilling trust in.
- jusdre313 - May 2, 2014 at 12:48 AM
also this ia a factor.. the bugalers KNOW your not at home.. my thing is how people know where do you live, but i guess in these times with technology.. no ones too hard to find
- jusdre313 - May 2, 2014 at 12:49 AM
*burglars.. smh
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Eric Fehr scored 37 seconds into overtime Tuesday night, and the Washington Capitals rallied from a three-goal, first-period deficit to beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in a thriller reminiscent of the teams' seven-game playoff series a year ago. Pinched by two defenders, Fehr was falling forward as he got off the shot that hit the upper right post and went in, giving the Capitals their seventh win in 10 games as they attempt to climb out of the lower echelons of the NHL standings. Wojtek Wolski and Mike Ribeiro also scored, and Tomas Kundratek got his first NHL goal for the Bruins. A short-handed penalty shot by Brad Marchand, an even-strength goal by Zdeno Chara and a power-play tally from Dougie Hamilton gave Boston a 3-0 lead in the first period.
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So Google can be fooled. It's not nice to fool Mother Google. The inverse, however, is not accurate. Mother Google can take some liberties. Any indexing system can. Objectivity is in the eye of the beholder or the person who pays for results.
Judging from the torrent of posts from "experts", the big guns of search are saying, "We told you so." The trigger for this outburst of criticism is the New York Times's write up about JC Penny. You can try this link, but I expect that it and its SEO crunchy headline will go dark shortly. (Yep, the NYT is in the SEO game too.)
Everyone from AOL news to blog-o-rama wizards are reviling Google for not figuring out how to stop folks from gaming the system. Sigh.
I am not sure how many years ago I wrote the "search sucks" article for Searcher Magazine. My position was clear long before the JC Penny affair and the slowly growing awareness that search is anything BUT objective.
Source: http://www.brianjamesnyc.com/blog/?p=157
In the good old days, database bias was set forth in the editorial policies for online files. You could disagree with what we selected for ABI/INFORM, but we made an effort to explain what we selected, why we selected certain items for the file, and how the decision affected assignment of index terms and classification codes. The point was that we were explaining the mechanism for making a database which we hoped would be useful. We were successful, and we tried to avoid the silliness of claiming comprehensive coverage. We had an editorial policy, and we shaped our work to that policy. Most people in 1980 did not know much about online. I am willing to risk this statement: I don't think too many people in 2011 know about online and Web indexing. In the absence of knowledge, some remarkable actions occur.
You don't know what you don't know or the unknown unknowns. Source: http://dealbreaker.com/donald-rumsfeld/
Flash forward to the Web. Most users assume incorrectly that a search engine is objective. Baloney. Just as we set an editorial policy for ABI/INFORM each crawler and content processing system has similar decisions beneath it.
The difference is that at ABI/INFORM we explained our bias. The modern Web and enterprise search engines don't. If a system tries to explain what it does, most of the failed Web masters, English majors working as consultants, and unemployed lawyers turned search experts just don't care.
Search and content processing are complicated businesses, and the appetite for the gory details about certain issues are of zero interest to most professionals. Here's a quick list of "decisions" that must be made for a basic search engine:
- How deep will we crawl? Most engines set a limit. No one, not even Google, has the time or money to follow every link.
- How frequently will we update? Most search engines have to allocate resources in order to get a reasonable index refresh. Sites that get zero traffic don't get updated too often. Sites that are sprawling and deep may get three of four levels of indexing. The rest? Forget it.
- What will we index? Most people perceive the various Web search systems as indexing the entire Web. Baloney. Bing.com makes decisions about what to index and when, and I find that it favors certain verticals and trendy topics. Google does a bit better, but there are bluebirds, canaries, and sparrows. Bluebirds get indexed thoroughly and frequently. See Google News for an example. For Google's Uncle Sam, a different schedule applies. In between, there are lots of sites and lots of factors at play, not the least of which is money.
- What is on the stop list? Yep, a list can kill index pointers, making the site invisible.
- When will we revisit a site with slow response time?
- What actions do we take when a site is owned by a key stakeholder?
Kartoo Closes and Opens the Door for Yometa
February 7, 2011
We learned from one of our readers that Kartoo has turned out its lights. According to Wikipedia, the company shut down after a nine year run. Kartoo relied on Flash to display search results. Novel? Yes. Useful. In some types of queries, yes.
If you are interested in visual search, you can check out Yometa.com. This is a federating search system which taps results from Bing, Google, and Yahoo. A query for "Stephen E Arnold" returned this display.
Yometa displays the most relevant search results based on a combination of the three search engines ranking determined by the Yometa algorithm.
The company developed its approach based on research that showed that 97 percent of search results by the three search engines(Google, Yahoo and Bing) are different and there is only three percent overlap. The visual interface allows users to see results of Google, Bing and Yahoo individually and in various combinations. Users can see any combination of search results from Bing, Yahoo and Google in one screen and is displayed in a visual interface. The search results are displayed in a Venn Diagram, the results closer to the middle are more relevant.
For more information navigate to www.yometa.com/about/ .
Stephen E Arnold, February 7, 2011
Yippee Shouts Wii
August 11, 2010
Yippy, Inc. has good reason to rejoice. In "Yippy Releases Family Friendly Search For Nintendo Wii" http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/07/28/4925824.htm VP Emily Parker says "the Yippee Wii search has been optimized for use with Nintendo Wii game controls and features Yippy content-blocking protocols." The report also tells of a soon-to-be-released Yippee Wii Browser with cloud-based content management platforms.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves. A family friendly search was the focus of The Point (Top 5% of the Internet), developed by Beyond Search's Stephen E. Arnold, his son, Erik S. Arnold, and business partner, Chris Kitze in 1993. the Point service sold to Lycos in 1996, and, alas, Lycos lost its way. Now, a 17-yr-old idea is back, proving The Point was right on target almost two decades ago.
Brett Quinn, August 11, 2010
Deep Web Technology Nails Deal with SWETS
February 14, 2010
Abe Lederman (one of the founders of Verity) alerted me this morning that his company, Deep Web Technology, signed a deal and partnership agreement with SWETS. This Netherlands-based company is one of the world's leading subscription services. SWETS helps government agencies and companies with subscriptions and related services. The firm has clients in over 160 countries and describes itself as "a long-talk powerhouse."
Deep Web Technology provides the software and systems that fuel Science.gov, a US government search and retrieval project. Science.gov taps into a wide range of data and information related to science and technology. The invention of the Deep Web method was an outgrowth of Dr. Lederman's experience in providing a user with access to a broad range of structured and unstructured data. In my various reports on enterprise and special purpose search, I have given Dr. Lederman's method high marks, and I even let him buy me a taco in a restaurant in Santa Fe, after I finished a lecture at Los Alamos. Dr. Lederman contributed at Los Alamos prior to founding Deep Web as I recall.
The deal brings Dr. Lederman's federation technology to the SwetsWise Searcher. This service will be powered by Deep Web Technology. SwetsWise is designed to help librarians and their users meet the challenge of searching and finding relevant results from the ever-increasing catalog of content available online. The search system simplifies access to an organization's diverse and valuable resources, along with the open Web content users are accustomed to searching. SWETS will deliver search results through the Deep Web ranking engine, providing incremental results for fast response times, scalability and flexibility. SwetsWise Searcher performs a rapid parallel search of all available sources or selected sources in real-time, ensuring fresh information and that documents are retrieved the minute they are published into a collection's database. A simple search box to cover all sources can be integrated into any web page, blog or Intranet homepage.
A happy quack to Deep Web Technology. No more tacos in Santa Fe. I want a nuked burrito, a nod to our friends up the road.
Stephen E Arnold, February 14, 2010
No one paid me to write this. I do have a promise of a taco in Santa Fe, which I have just rejected. I will report this to the Food & Drug Administration.
Kartoo Tweaks Its Interface
October 13, 2009
I have found the Kartoo.com service useful and innovative. I learned today that the company has rolled out a new interface and links that make it easier to locate the company's other content processing technology. The new interface provides thumbnails of the top hits. You can explore other results by clicking on the links on the page. The default interface for the query "text mining" appears below:
Other new features include:
- E-reputation tools
- Metasearch functions
- Support for anonymous search
- Support for French, English and Dutch language.
If you have not explored the Kartoo service, give it a whirl.
Stephen Arnold, October 13, 2009, published because I like the French
Vivisimo Issues Point Upgrade
October 8, 2009
Vivisimo, http://www.vivismo.com, a company that works with email archiving, eDiscovery, and information management solutions, just released a revved-up version of the Velocity Enterprise Search Platform, which builds search-centric programs. The platform focuses on extensibility, scalability and performance; Vivisimo is using it to accelerate into OEM and reseller markets. Those programs are designed to add value to existing applications and develop new solutions for sorting information assets, for example, it supports searching 1 billion emails on a single server. Vivisimo also says "With Velocity 7.5, new traceable accuracy metrics can accurately prove and defend that all data has been crawled and identify any documents that were not indexed due to corrupt file types." This can be a big plus for companies dealing with growing regulation. A happy quack for Vivisimo (tagline: "Search Done Right!"). Any progress that can help enterprise business advance search and make sense of unstructured data is a good thing.
Jessica Bratcher, October 8, 2009
Coveo's New Enterprise Desktop Search System
October 1, 2009
I have been using Coveo's products for years. I remember the first time I fired up the original desktop search program. I found the interface intuitive and the features in line with how I looked for information. I learned from the company yesterday (September 30, 2009) that a new version of the product is now available. I noticed that the company has added several new features to its Enterprise Desktop Search application; for example:
- Search of content on my netbook, my Outlook mail store, and other applications running in my Harrod's Creek data center.
- A centralized index of all enterprise information, including the formerly risky and elusive, cross-enterprise PC and laptop content, which is useful when I am in a meeting and need a coding gosling to locate a particular item of information that I tucked away without telling anyone its location
- Enhanced monitoring functions.
After installing the application, you will want to check out the built in connectors, the faceted "point and click" search function, and the support for access from a BlackBerry device. Nifty indeed because RIM's search function is not too useful in my opinion.
The president and founder Laurent Simoneau told me:
With our roots dating to the early days of Copernic, a global leader in consumer desktop search, we were committed to build the cross-enterprise capability to index and provide unified access for employees to their desktop content, including their email," said Coveo CEO and President Laurent Simoneau, who prior to founding Coveo in 2005 was COO of Copernic. "What we've done is elevate that access to a higher level, with unified search of not only their individual PCs and laptops, but of contextually relevant knowledge and information residing in any enterprise system, based on IT permissions. In so doing, we've placed control over cross-enterprise desktop content indexing, with complete security and access permissions, in the hands of IT.
The benefits of the new system struck me as reducing the time spent hunting for email. Larger organizations will be able to reduces costs and risks as well.
The Coveo Enterprise Desktop Search application is powered by the Coveo Enterprise Search 6.0 platform, which is scalable from hundreds of thousands to billions of documents, and requires approximately 20 percent of the server footprint of legacy enterprise search solutions. Our tests show that Coveo is one of the more modular and scalable enterprise search solutions. It ranks as one of the easiest to install and configure search solutions we have tested. Worth a look. Fill out the form and give it a spin.
Stephen Arnold, October 1, 2009
Google on Path to Becoming the Internet
September 28, 2009
I thought I made Google's intent clear in Google Version 2.0. The company provides a user with access to content within the Google index. The inventions reviewed briefly in The Google Legacy and in greater detail in Google Version 2.0 explain that information within the Google data management system can be sliced, diced, remixed, and output as new information objects. The analogy is similar to what an MBA does at Booz, McKinsey, or any other rental firm for semi-wizards. Intakes become high value outputs. I was delighted to read Erick Schonfeld's "With Google Places, Concerns Rise that Google Just Wants to Link to Its Own Content." The story makes clear that folks are now beginning to see that Google is a digital Gutenberg and is a different type of information company. Mr. Schonfeld wrote:
The concerns arise, however, back on Google's main search page, where Google is indexing these Places pages. Since Google controls its own search index, it can push Google Places more prominently if it so desires. There isn't a heck of a lot of evidence that Google is doing this yet, but the mere fact that Google is indexing these Places pages has the SEO world in a tizzy. And Google is indexing them, despite assurances to the contrary. If you do a search for the Burdick Chocolate Cafe in Boston, for instance, the Google Places page is the sixth result, above results from Yelp, Yahoo Travel, and New York Times Travel. This wouldn't be so bad if Google wasn't already linking to itself in the top "one Box" result, which shows a detail from Google Maps. So within the top ten results, two of them link back to Google content.
Directories are variants of vertical search. Google is much more than rich directory listings.
Let me give one example, and you are welcome to snag a copy of my three Google monographs for more examples.
Consider a deal between Google and a mobile telephone company. The users of the mobile telco's service run a query. The deal makes it possible for the telco to use the content in the Google system. No query goes into the "world beyond Google". The reason is that Google and the telco gain control over latency, content, and advertising. This makes sense. Let's assume that this is a deal that Google crafts with an outfit like T Mobile. Remember: this is a hypothetical example. When I use my T Mobile device to get access to the T Mobile Internet service, the content comes from Google with its caches, distributed data centers, and proprietary methods for speeding results to a device. In this example, as a user, I just want fast access to content that is pretty routine; for example, traffic, weather, flight schedules. I don't do much heavy lifting from my flakey BlackBerry or old person hostile iPhone / iTouch device. Google uses its magical ability to predict, slice, and dice to put what I want in my personal queue so it is ready before I know I need the info. Think "I am feeling doubly lucky", a "real" patent application by the way. T Mobile wins. The user wins. The Google wins. The stuff not in the Google system loses.
Interesting? I think so. But the system goes well beyond directory listings. I have been writing about Dr. Guha, Simon Tong, Jeff Dean, and the Halevy team for a while. The inventions, systems and methods from this group have revolutionized information access in ways that reach well beyond local directory listings.
The Google has been pecking away for 11 years and I am pleased that some influential journalists / analysts are beginning to see the shape of the world's first trans national information access company. Google is the digital Gutenberg and well into the process of moving info and data into a hyper state. Google is becoming the Internet. If one is not "in" Google, one may not exist for a certain sector of the Google user community. Googleo ergo sum.
Stephen Arnold, September 28, 2009
Microsoft Live: $560 Million Loss in 12 Months or $64,000 and Hour
September 23, 2009
TechFlash reported an interesting article called "Windows Live Lost $560 Million in FY2009". With revenues of $520, the loss chewed through $64,000 an hour or $2,663 a minute 24×7 for 365 days. With Microsoft's revenue in the $58 billion range, a $560 million is not such a big deal. In my opinion, profligate spending might work in the short term, but I wonder if the tactic will work over a longer haul on the information highway.
Stephen Arnold, September 23, 2009
Explaining the Difference between Fast ESP and MOSS 2007 Again
September 7, 2009
When a company offers multiple software products to perform a similar function, I get confused. For example, I have a difficult time explaining to my 88 year old father the differences among Notepad, WordPad, Microsoft Works' word processing, Microsoft Word word processing, and the Microsoft Live Writer he watched me use to create this Web log post. I think it is an approach like the one the genius at Ragu spaghetti sauce used to boost sales of that condiment. When my wife sends me to the store to get a jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce, I have to invest many minutes figuring out what the heck is the one I need. Am I the only male who cannot differentiate between Sweet Tomato Basic and Margherita? I think Microsoft has taken a different angle of attack because when I acquired a Toshiba netbook, the machine had installed Notepad, WordPad, and Microsoft Works. I added a version of Office and also the Live Writer blog tool. Some of these were "free" and others products came with my MSDN subscription.
Now the same problem has surfaced with basic search. I read "FAST ESP versus MOSS 2007 / Microsoft Search Server" with interest. Frankly I could not recall if I had read this material before, but quit a bit seemed repetitive. I suppose when trying to explain the differences among word processors, the listener hears a lot of redundant information as well.
The write up begins:
It took me some time but i figured out some differences between Microsoft Search Server / MOSS 2007 and Microsoft FAST ESP. These differences are not coming from Microsoft or the FAST company. But it came to my notice that Microsoft and FAST will announce a complete and correct list with these differences between the two products at the conference in Las Vegas next week.These differences will help me and you to make the right decisions at our customers for implementing search and are based on business requirements.
Ah, what's different is that this is a preview of the "real" list of differences. Given the fact that the search systems available for SharePoint choke and gasp when the magic number of 50 million documents is reached, I hope that the Fast ESP system can handle the volume of information objects that many organizations have on their systems at this time.
The list in the Bloggix post numbers 14. Three interested me:
- Scalability
- Faceted navigation
- Advanced federation.
Several observations:
First, scalability is an issue with most search systems. Some companies have made significant technical breakthroughs to make adding gizmos painless and reasonably economical. Other companies have made the process expensive, time consuming, and impossible for the average IT manager to perform. I heard about EMC's purchase of Kazeon. I thought I heard that someone familiar with the matter pointed to problems with the Fast ESP architecture as one challenge for EMC. In order to address the issue, EMC bought Kazeon. I hope the words about "scalability" are backed up with the plumbing required to deliver. Scaling search is a tough problem, and throwing hardware at hot spots is, at best, a very costly dab of Neosporin.
Second, faceted navigation exists within existing MOSS implementations. I think I included screenshots of faceted navigation in the last edition of the Enterprise Search Report I wrote in 2006 and 2007. There was a blue interface and a green interface. Both of these made it possible to slice and dice results by clicking on an "expert" identified by counting the number of documents a person wrote with a certain word in them. There were other facets available as well, although most we more sophisticated that the "expert" function. I hope that the "new" Fast ESP implements a more useful approach for users of Fast ESP. Of course, identifying, tagging, and linking facets across processed content requires appropriate computing resources. That brings us back to scaling, doesn't it? Sorry.
Third, federation is a buzz word that means many different things because vendors define the term in quite distinctive ways. For example, Vivisimo federates, and it is or was at one time a metasearch system. The query went to different indexing services, brought back the results, deduplicated them, put the results in folders on the fly, and generated a results list. Another type of federation surfaces in the descriptions of business intelligence systems offered by SAS. The system blends structured and unstructured data within the SAP "environment". Others are floating around as well, including the repository solutions from TeraText which federates disparate content into one XML repository. What I find interesting is that Microsoft is not delivering "federation" which is undefined. Microsoft is, according to the Bloggix post, on the trail of "advanced federation". What the heck does that mean. The explanation is:
FAST ESP supports advanced federation including sending queries to various web search APIs, mixing results, and shallow navigation. MOSS only supports federation without mixing of results from different sources and navigation components, but showing them separately.
Okay, Vivisimo and SAP style for Fast ESP; basic tagging for MOSS. Hmm.
To close, I think that the Fast ESP product is going to add a dose of complexity to the SharePoint environment. Despite Google's clumsy marketing, the Google Search Appliance continues to gain traction in many organizations. Google's solution is not cheap. People want it. I think Fast ESP is going to find itself in a tough battle for three reasons:
- Google is a hot brand, even within SharePoint shops
- Microsoft certified search solutions are better than Fast ESP based on my testing of search systems over the past decade
- The cost savings pitch is only going to go so far. CFOs eventually will see the bills for staff time, consulting services, upgrades, and search related scaling. In a lousy financial environment, money will be a weak point.
I look forward to the official announcement about Fast ESP, the $1.2 billion Microsoft spent for this company is now going to have to deliver. I find it unfortunate that the police investigation of alleged impropriety at Fast Search & Transfer has not been resolved. If a product is so good as Fast ESP was advertised to be, what went wrong with the company, its technology, and its customer relations prior to the Microsoft buy out? I guess I have to wait for more information on these matters. When you have a lot of different products with overlapping and similar services, the message I get is more like the Ragu marketing model, not the solving of customer problems in a clear, straightforward way. Sigh. Marketing, not technology, fuels enterprise search these days I fear.
Stephen Arnold, September 7, 2009


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About six weeks ago, I had a rather good spill with the Alias, smucked it into hardwood floor. hard. When I picked it up, I found out that I blew the spur gear apart in four seperate areas. I ordered three sets' worth, but that was almost six weeks ago, and now i'm fiending for a flight with the alias pretty badly here.
I've called up the support line and like usual, they were awesome about sending out a set of spur gears. I even told the guy on the other end of the line, the damage was completely my fault. I dumb-thumbed it. And I give the guy my money.
So, earlier today, I check the hobby shop where I ordered three sets' worth, in case I do something dumb with the alias again.
When I first ordered the spurs, the backorder said Dec 28th. That was cool. Popular quad, it's going to take some time to get parts out. I get that. I check two weeks ago and it said January 15th. Okay. I waited for a while and they're guaranteed to come out then. Today, I check and it now says Feb 15th.
I just want to see if any of the Traxxas employees can shed any light as to why there's been this delay. Are you guys really struggling to get parts out to the distribution channels? Help a brutha out here. Please?


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Stereograph - Federation Celebrations, Eight Hour Day Procession, Melbourne, Victoria, 1901 Reg. No: SH 960837
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- Photographer: George Rose, Melbourne.
Two almost identical sepia stereographic views mounted on thick brown card. The images show a street procession on Bourke St, Melbourne, to celebrate the Eight Hour Day in May 1901.
The opening of the Australian Parliament was an occasion for great celebrations in Melbourne. Ten days of festivities (from 6-16 May) were planned to mark the Federation of the new nation and honour the Royal visitors, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. The city was transformed with decorations - flags, bunting, colourful lights and festive arches - and a series of public events were held, including a military tattoo and several street parades. Unprecedented numbers of people arrived in Melbourne from the rest of Victoria and throughout Australia to take part in the celebrations.
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Has a nice first step and straight-line speed off the edge to threaten the corner. Will use his hands a bit and flashes the shoulder dip. Plays with a high motor and doesn't quite until the whistle blows. Can wrap up at the point of attack and make the stop there.
Undersized and gets pushed around by lineman. Can consistently showcase speed and burst to beat NFL-caliber linemen. Can threaten corner, but gets ridden wide and redirected, preventing him from turning it. Needs to improve his recognition and can get caught out of position vs. the run. Doesn't break down well and tackles a bit high.
Evans flashes some pass rush ability due to a nice first step and good motor, but isn't going to be an impact guy. He's a tweener that is too small to play on the line, but not quite fast or explosive enough to be an ideal option at linebacker. He plays faster than he timed, but not by a huge degree. A JUCO transfer, he had a strong junior campaign in his first year at Kentucky, finishing with 38 tackles, and leading the team with 12.5 tackles for loss and 6 sacks. He was bothered by a nagging ankle injury throughout his senior year and finished with just 16 tackles, 4 for loss, and 1.5 sacks.
He's good enough to make the conversion to 3-4 outside linebacker, but he's going to be hard-pressed to stick. He's not quite the caliber of pass rusher where he is going to stand out there. Teams will like him because of his motor and toughness, but that alone may not be enough to land him an NFL gig. If he can showcase his skills on special teams, he'll have a chance to land a reserve spot, but doesn't have enough upside on defense to really like his chances of sticking. Since he's not going to have the speed, range, and awareness to be more than average even with development when defending the run and playing in coverage. As a defensive end prospect, he's probably too undersized to be expected to be a factor. He again can impress teams with nice burst and a high motor, but he's a guy that is going to have to put on another 10-15 pounds just to have a chance to impact on regular defense. If Evans can perform on special teams, he can make an NFL roster down the road. But just is too much of a tweener and too limited with his upside to think he can stick beyond a year or so.
Evans is typical of the undersized sort of pass rusher the Falcons bring into camp most summers to try and develop. HIs motor and burst is good enough that he might land a practice squad spot for the Falcons, but it's a longshot. Two years there, and he might have bulked up enough that he would have an outside shot at pushing for a No. 4 roster spot down the road, but again that's a longshot. He's more a guy you have to bolster competition than a serious candidate for a roster spot.
Evans isn't worth drafting, but has a chance to push for time in a camp for either a 3-4 or 4-3 team.
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