In the image you can see Ruins of the Roman Forum. Italy is a nation favored with stunning urban communities and Rome is the daddy of all of them. There are just an excess of motivations to become hopelessly enamored with Rome: the gems around every corner; the shade-wearing, bike driving Romans; the operatic piazzas; and the mixed drink of commonness and advancement. They say that a lifetime's not sufficiently long for Rome, there's essentially a lot to see. So the best arrangement is to pick specifically what to see, and leave the rest for next time. On the off chance that you like to go through history, you've go to the opportune spot. Here's our pick of the historical Roman sights from a city pressed to the overflow with antiquated wonders. The six priestesses were chosen from patrician families when matured somewhere around six and 10 to serve in the sanctuary for a long time. In the past, Roman Jews would abstain from going under this curve, the verifiable image of the start of the Diaspora. Deserting the Arch of Septimius Severus, the sanctuaries and the Tabularium, there's the vast Piazza of the Forum, the most swarmed and absolutely the most favored spot to work together of numerous sorts: for instance it arrived that the slave traders regularly set up shop. Detainees were given to the Legionnaires as war goods and were then sold to slave dealers. They were shown on a little stage in the piazza with plaques on their mid-sections that expressed any qualities or deformities of the tragic soul. Frequently they were bound to do overwhelming work in the fields yet the individuals who had been instructed wound up in the homes of rich patricians. Ruins of the Roman Forum can be seen in this picture, it's old but still beautiful. Rome extended its control over the plain of Latium. In 509 BC the Romans headed out the last Etruscan lord, Tarquinius Superbus. Later Romans considered this to be the defining moment in their history: the minute Rome turned into a free and autonomous republic. Ruins of the Roman Forum is amazing to watch and you must go and visit once.
The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, Capable of seating 50,000 spectators was opened in AD 80 by Vespasian's son and successor, Titus. The Coliseum is an elliptical Amphitheatre located in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire, It represents the greatest works of Roman architecture … A nice place for valuable gladiators and for entertainment in the early medieval era.. A nice visit and to include in your trip.


Last year the Rasini family kindly welcomed us to stay at their beautiful Castle near Lake Garda in Italy.
I can honestly say it is one of the most magical locations I have ever had the pleasure to teach a retreat from.
The care and love the family have put into the castle, yoga studio and surrounding gardens, the delicious food and the full heartedness and warmth that we were welcomed with was something quite special.
So I didn't hesitate a second when they invited us to return this year.
Have a read if you fancy joining us….
Castel Campo is a castle of medieval origins and is based near Trento and Lake Garda.
It belongs to the Rasini family, who inhabit it and open it for numerous cultural, agricultural, and charitable events. Castel Campo's vocation as a community refuge has thus been renewed, with a useful end, both for the artists and the local population.
It is also a working organic farm which produces an abundance of fruits and vegetables (apples, potatoes, greens and walnuts primarily) and ancient varieties of grains (mainly kamut, barley and spelt) which are ground on site and turned into whole wheat flour.
It is also a home to several cats, dogs, geese and chickens, a donkey and wild fox and deer that inhabit the surrounding woods.
The castle is around 90 minutes drive from Verona Airport.
The timetable for the week will include 20 hours of Yoga.
This includes a daily 2 hour morning Vinyasa class, Slow Flow and Yoga Nidra (sleep meditation) in the afternoon or evening and one afternoon off mid-week.
The Yoga space is a beautiful, large, wooden floored space with surrounding view of the Mountains.
Rhosygilwen is a beautiful Pembrokeshire country house near Cardigan in West Wales.
The 50 Acre grounds of the Mansion are free to wander and enjoy, from the well maintained gardens to the Arboretum.
The sea is also just a short drive away, making it a true antidote to busy city life.
The retreat will comprise of 4 Hatha Flow Classes, 2 Slow Flow/Yin and 3 sessions of Yoga Nidra (Sleep Meditation).
These will be spaced in such a way that you'll also have plenty of free time for walks and exploring the local surroundings too.
Prices start at £350 (twin) per person up to £480 (single).
This includes all Accommodation, Meals and Yoga.
Almeria is Spain's sunniest region and one of the least visited. Its proximity to North Africa means that the area is semi-desert, dry and dramatic, with imposing mountains and dazzling sea.
The venue is on the edge of one of Europe's most remote and beautiful natural parks, the Cabo de Gata, one of the last unspoiled stretches of Spanish coastline.
It's an amazing landscape of perfect half-moon bays, hidden coves, bizarre volcanic rock formations, and spectacular flora and fauna - a wonderful wild coastline.
The venue is in a peaceful, isolated location, but within walking distance of the lovely traditional local village of Nijar, which can be seen across the valley at the foot of the spectacular mountain backdrop.
Each day will consist of Vinyasa Flow, Yin and Yoga Nidra with plenty of time to explore the local area- beaches and village or just spend time in the sun by the pool.


The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England has published its final recommendations for new electoral arrangements for Swale Borough Council.
The Commission's final recommendations propose that Swale's 47 Councillors should represent four three-member wards, 15 two-member wards and five single-member wards across the Borough.
The final recommendations, a news release, report summary and letter to the Chief Executive is available to view online: Local Government Boundary Commission for England - Swale Electoral Review.


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David Bowie- "BLACKSTAR" Album Review
David Bowie- Blackstar
David Bowie was an artist. You look at his ability to change musical styles, personas and guise with every record and you barely scratched the surface of his artistic talent. I myself had never really got into his wide canon of music until quite recently, with his tragic, untimely passing. From great songs like 'Space Oddity', 'Life on Mars' and 'Ashes to Ashes', the Starman really has always been able to stand out in the pop artist canon because he always has been so unique. Can you actually think of any other artist today, or from decades gone by, who is like David Bowie?
Many musicians and artists often experience surges in creativity from life experiences (whether they be good or bad), often leading to the creation of some of their best works that resonate most with listeners. Look at Adele's 21. Or Bob Dylan's Blood on The Tracks. Or most of The Beatles canon. Music is often reflected on where the artist is in that point in time, and David Bowie is no exception to this (such as with his "Berlin Trilogy" of albums he recorded that focused on minimalist, ambient musical styles). In retrospect, since its release Blackstar has rocked the core of many listeners, because of what it explores: the threshold of death. This 'parting gift' that Bowie has released is one of the most intense musical experiences I have ever had, especially with the hindsight knowledge of Bowie's long battle with liver cancer. That puts this album into a completely unique context.
Musically, Bowie provides plenty of strong pop percussion and electronic beats, however also infuses the music with plenty of guitar, bass and piano, as well as harmonicas, woodwind instruments and string sections. This gives the music an organised, yet organic feel; and offers experimental deviation from Bowie's tried-and-tested pop formula. This album does not push a commercial sound, but instead is eerie and haunting.
However, the real punch of Blackstar comes from its multi-faceted, brutally honest lyrics. The entire album shines with great songs, but to name a few highlights are the ten-minute title track 'Blackstar', the haunting ballad 'Lazarus', where Bowie describes himself as having scars that cannot be seen, being "free and up in heaven", the psychedelic and occasionally vulgar 'Dollar Days' with its haunting "I'm dying too" chorus, and the closer 'I Can't Give Everything Away' that feels like a tearful, final goodbye. This album feels like David Bowie is sending a message from heaven itself, and within the seven tracks on this album, he becomes Lazarus and is alive again.
It would be an artist like Bowie, who has made his life about music, to make his death a musical art project. This album reflects how much he appreciated life, and also how he must come to grips with his own mortality. This is something we all as human beings can relate to, whether it be in losing loved ones in our lives, or by the fact that one day we all ourselves will go the same way. With that in mind, Blackstar is more than just about the music, and it would have been even if Bowie had lived. In the end, what it achieves is something only an artist like Bowie could do. His star may have finally gone black, but his 'parting gift' will shine on for many years to come.
Rest in peace, Starman.
David Bowie- 'Blackstar'
David Bowie- 'Lazarus'

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Research: Greater use of e-cigarettes has potential to help people give up smoking
Reviewed by James Ives, M.Psych. (Editor)Oct 11 2018
"Ongoing nervousness" about the use of e-cigarettes in stop-smoking services can be a "significant" barrier to people finding support, research revealed during "Stoptober" shows. New research by the University of Exeter and University of Melbourne, funded by Cancer Research UK, suggests stop smoking services which are e-cigarette friendly should advertise this more openly, and says greater use of e-cigarettes has the potential to make considerable impact in helping people give up smoking.
England has led the way internationally by proposing that stop smoking services become 'e-cigarette friendly', but many services fail to advertise this and consequently smokers, particularly those in deprived groups, may miss out on valuable behavioral support that may make the difference between success and failure in quitting.
The research shows strong leadership from organizations such as Public Health England has made a difference in changing attitudes. But the nervousness among some working in public health services and local councils about the use of e-cigarettes is preventing the widespread establishment of stop smoking services which support vapers.
As part of the study, published in the journal Harm Reduction, academics interviewed staff from eight different stop smoking services in the South-West of England. They found many services are becoming more e-cigarette friendly, welcoming e-cigarette users into their service, however they often fail to advertise this.
Dr Hannah Farrimond, from the University of Exeter, who led the research with Professor Charles Abraham, said: "There are real opportunities for stop smoking services to use e-cigarettes more actively to help people give up smoking, but for this to happen policies around the country need to be consistent, and people need to share best practice and know what others are doing. This is particularly important given cuts to the council budget which have significantly reduced services."
The experts found although some stop smoking services labeled themselves "e-cigarette friendly", there was no consensus over what this should entail. Some were actively incorporating e-cigarettes, working with local vape shops, and in the case of one service, offering e-cigarettes through a voucher scheme to disadvantaged groups because they wanted to do things differently and help those in poorer communities and people with mental health problems. However, some of the 25 staff interviewed were worried about using e-cigarettes because they felt they were addictive and not medically licensed, and they didn't want to be seen as "wedded" to the vaping industry. Currently, e-cigarettes are not available on prescription within the NHS. Nobody reported turning away e-cigarette users from services.
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MPs in the recent Commons report, Public Health England (PHE) and the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT) have all suggested vaping may have a role to play in stop-smoking services. Giving people behavioral support and pharmacotherapy has been shown to be the most effective method of helping people give up smoking.
Dr Farrimond said: "It is arguable that for smoking cessation work to succeed, it is going to have to move beyond specialist clinics which few smokers attend, and engage with vulnerable populations in their communities. Initiatives to support smoking cessation could occur in psychiatric units, community mental health settings, in addiction clinics, in community centers and smoke-free hospitals. E-cigarettes have the potential to allow stop smoking services to do things differently for marginalized and harder to treat smokers."
Only one stop smoking service in this sample was currently offering e-cigarettes to users. Staff worked with local vaping shops to offer clients a combination of nicotine replacement therapy, NRT, and medication to treat nicotine addiction, and an e-cigarette voucher with behavioral and social support. Advisors noted the positive experience of working with the vape shops. One said: 'I think they're just really, really professional and really caring and really genuinely want to help people quit smoking alongside me'.
George Butterworth, Cancer Research UK's senior policy manager, said: "The evidence so far suggests that e-cigarettes are far less harmful than tobacco cigarettes. But this study shows attitudes to vaping vary.
"Smokers are much more likely to quit with the support of a Stop Smoking Service. And 'e-cigarette friendly' services help smokers who try to quit by vaping with behavioral support from a professional, giving them the best chance of quitting tobacco for good.
"It's vital that everyone across the country is aware of the options available to them as e-cigarettes may have a particularly important role in helping vulnerable or disadvantaged groups to quit."
Source: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/
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Cannabis Potency: Is Today's Weed Really That Much Stronger?
Is today's weed really so much stronger than it was in the 1960s and 1970s? In this article, we take an in-depth look at what's true about cannabis potency, and what's not. You might be surprised to learn how much has changed over a seemingly short period.
Steven Voser
Cannabis cultivation, cannabis history, cannabis culture
By Steven Voser
Is marijuana stronger than it used to be?
How cannabis potency changed from 1995 to 2018
Changing thc:cbd ratios
A note on cannabis testing and how it might contribute to changing potency
What has caused cannabis potency to increase over time?
A note on the "iron law of prohibition"
How sinsemilla growing changed the game
The times they are a changin': where we see modern cannabis heading
Potency is a huge topic in the world of cannabis. In recent years, one of the main discussions surrounding cannabis potency has focused on the difference in strength between the weed of today and the seemingly seedy, gritty stuff that the hippies of the 60s and 70s smoked. But just how different was hippie weed to the stuff you can buy from legal dispensaries, coffeeshops, and cannabis clubs today? Read on to find out.
Yes, today's cannabis is definitely a lot stronger than the weed your parents and grandparents were smoking. While prohibition has obviously forced the entire cannabis movement underground for decades, that hasn't stopped cannabis geneticists and cultivators from making major advances in boosting the potency of weed.
As we'll soon explore in more detail, the potency of cannabis has increased exceptionally (over 300%) over the last 40–50 years. Some major factors that influenced this massive increase in potency include consumer demand, new growing techniques and technologies, and more.
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In September 2019, the US National Center for Natural Products Research published a detailed review of the potency of cannabis as part of its quarterly Potency Monitoring Program. The review was conducted by the School of Pharmacy at the University of Mississippi, and analysed a total of 486 cannabis specimens; 477 of the specimens were of dried and cured cannabis flower, and 9 were of more potent cannabis hash oil.
Each specimen was analysed by gas chromatography (GC) for its THC potency as well as for secondary cannabinoids that contribute to its chemical profile. This includes CBD, CBC, delta-8-THC, CBN, CBG, and THCV. The study then examined the potency of these samples and compared them to the total number of samples being tested since 1995 (which included 56,949 samples of cannabis flower, 888 samples of hashish, and 468 samples of hash oil).
The study shows that the potency of cannabis has clearly been increasing since the mid-1990s. In 1995, the average THC percentage of all the samples averaged around 3.5%. By 2005, average THC concentration sat at around 7%, and by 2018, levels were at just above 15%.
Cannabis has changed drastically over the last 40 years, and not just in regard to how much THC it contains. Luckily, the legalization movement and our changing perceptions of cannabis have paved the way for studies and reports that have greatly nourished our understanding of this ancient plant.
And as we began to learn more about cannabis and the unique and complex ways in which it interacts with our bodies, we quickly understood that there's more to weed than just THC. Hence, cannabis hasn't just changed in the amount of THC it contains, but also its concentration of other compounds and cannabinoids, particularly CBD.
As a result, the market has seen a steady increase in cultivars expressing diverse CBD:THC ratios, particularly those with a 1:1 split.
While we don't deny that modern cannabis is much more potent than cannabis from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s, we also think it's important to point out that cannabis testing has also changed quite dramatically.
Today, cannabis is grown domestically across the US thanks to the booming legal recreational and medical markets in places like California, Colorado, Nevada, etc. This means that samples are much fresher today than they may have been 30–40 years ago when most of the world's cannabis was grown in Colombia and Mexico. THC degrades gradually over time, and faster if exposed to air, heat, or light. Thus, it is very likely that cannabis samples from the 80s and 90s tested less potent as they were being analysed months or even years after they were harvested.
How To Test the THC and CBD Content of Your Weed
At RQS, we firmly believe that cannabis potency has increased notably over the last 50 years; not only thanks to data from the US National Center for Natural Products Research Potency Monitoring Program, and similar studies, but also because we know how much cannabis breeding and cultivation have changed since the 1960s and 1970s.
At the same time, we believe it's important to understand the variables that may affect the data being presented on the matter.
In the countless debates surrounding cannabis potency, one thing that always comes up is the Iron Law of Prohibition. This theory, first coined by Richard Cowan in 1986, basically states that the prohibition of cannabis, or any substance for that matter, paves the way for those substances to become more potent and concentrated.
Cowan argued that prohibition was one of the biggest reasons for the increasing potency of cannabis, as it naturally encourages cannabis producers to create more potent products that fetch a higher price and help avoid detection by the authorities.
Cowan also expanded his theory to cocaine and heroin, which he says gained popularity as they were easier to smuggle than their less-potent counterparts (coca leaves and opium) and obviously fetched a higher price due to their more elaborate production and higher potency.
While Cowan's Iron Law theory is definitely interesting, there are other factors that we believe are more likely to have affected the considerable change in cannabis potency over the last 4–5 decades.
Fifty years ago, cannabis cultivation was nothing like it is today. Most of the weed consumed by the hippies in the 1960s and 1970s would, by today's standards, be considered pretty low quality; the buds were small, with little resin, and likely packed with a good amount of seeds, leaves, and stems. That's because sinsemilla—seedless cannabis grown for smoking—didn't exist back then, nor did the type of high-end indoor installations we're used to seeing today.
Instead, most of the cannabis your parents and grandparents smoked was likely grown outdoors in Colombia, Mexico, or Morocco (which were some of the biggest cannabis-producing countries back then).
In order to facilitate shipping and avoid detection, the harvested plant material was often pressed into bricks, and was usually already several months old by the time it got into the hands of the end user. The combination of a lack of knowledge about sinsemilla growing and poor transportation undoubtedly contributed to the lower potency of the finished product that hit the streets in the US and Europe.
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The Indoor Cannabis Boom
Cannabis cultivation started moving indoors in the 1980s, and the technology needed to run indoor grow rooms and tents hasn't stopped improving since. While we don't know who invented sinsemilla growing, we do know that it became increasingly popular from the 80s onward, and has had an immeasurable impact on the way we cultivate weed today.
Today, we're living in the "golden age" of cannabis. Walk into a legal dispensary, coffeeshop, or cannabis club, and you'll have access to cannabis that's fresh, seedless, and packed with cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids, as well as a wide variety of edibles, extracts, waxes, tinctures, and more.
If you're a home grower, you now have access to thousands of strains from different seed banks (whereas a hippie grower in the 1960s likely only had bagseed to work with). You also have access to all the equipment you could ever need to set up an exceptional grow room or tent, for little more than a few hundred euro.
The nutrients used to grow cannabis have also improved dramatically, and thanks to the internet, today's growers have access to all kinds of information to help them grow bigger, healthier, and more potent cannabis plants; a thing the hippies of the 60s and 70s could only dream of.
For a long time, THC has been considered the main component of importance in cannabis. As a result, most of the cannabis strains brought onto the market over the last 30 years have been predominantly rich in this cannabinoid. However, that is beginning to change as our understanding of cannabis grows and matures.
Thanks to new research, we're starting to rebuild our profound collective knowledge of cannabis, the compounds it contains, and the way they interact with our bodies. With that, we're seeing a huge shift in consumer preferences toward strains that are more balanced in cannabinoids and terpenes.
We're learning, for example, that while THC is an extremely powerful and beneficial compound, it can be overwhelming in high doses, and may be best paired with higher concentrations of secondary compounds like CBD, CBG, CBN, and more.
We've only started scratching the surface of cannabis knowledge. More studies into this unique plant are needed in order for us to really understand its potential, and how to best bring it into our lives, be it for recreational, holistic, or spiritual purposes. Luckily, we're closer than ever before to uncovering the important role cannabis can play in human life.
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We spent some time earlier this week looking back on our memories of 2018 and making some New Year's resolutions. Today we brainstormed other things that happen when we celebrate a new year. We looked at photographs of New Year celebrations in different places around the world. We drew some fabulous fireworks using black paper and coloured chalk. Some of them are even hanging up on the Wow Wall! We are very proud of our work.
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Healthwatch is the independent consumer champion created to gather and represent the views of the public on issues relating to health and social care. We have a legal footing, as we were created under the Health and Social Care Act. Part of our responsibilities is to 'enter and view' health and social care establishments and services, to seek the views and experiences of people receiving a service.
The degree to which residents were involved in the choice of care home.
The level and ways in which residents are actively supported and enabled to make choices and decisions and to be as independent as possible.
This visit was part of a programme of visits to care homes, numbering in total between 40 and 50 care homes. An overarching report will be written on general conclusions from all these visits and made public on our website.
We spoke with the manager, the owner and a number of residents. We also had a look around the care home. We also met with a visitor.
We saw a residential care home in idyllic surroundings at Ashdown Forest. It was comfortable and furnished in an appropriate yet homely manner. There were no hazards seen and new flooring had recently been installed.
There was a friendly, happy service where the manager and other long serving staff provide a safe and effective service. There was good communication between management and carers.
There were pleasant individual rooms and various lounges and dining rooms which were appropriately furnished and colourful. Bedrooms have en suite facilities.
Activities were organised and included one to one for those residents who do not leave their bedrooms. We saw the menu on display with this including ingredients for those people with allergies.
The manager explained that about ten new residents had moved into the care home in the last six months. Either the resident or a relative visited prior to moving in. We were told that residents can bring in their own possessions except beds, which the home supplies, as they are specialist beds. The GP visits every Monday.
Staffs were welcoming and we were told that they work well as a team. There was a good sense of training and teamwork, with plans for the future. Residents have free access to all areas of the care home, including the garden.
Residents told us that they enjoyed the food and that there was a good choice.
One resident confirmed that she had been actively involved in the decision to move into the care home, although she was unable to visit herself, her family did so.
I can go anywhere with help. I get up and go to bed anytime. I spend the day making cards.
Staff there when you need them.
Residents and the visitor were very pleased with the standard of care. Some described the staff as "excellent". They confirmed that they are able to make their own decisions on many areas of their lives. Many staff have worked at the care home for many years and so this helps consistency of care. The environment is good and safe.


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Histoplasmosis: Cause, Types and Complications
Histoplasmosis is a is primarily a disease of reticuloendothelial system caused by an intracellular and dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, which has been isolated from the soil which appears to be the source of infection for human beings. Symptoms vary greatly, but the disease mainly affects the lungs and occasionally other organs which may be fatal if left untreated.
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Histoplasmosis is very common among people living with AIDS. This is due to their compromised immune system. In immunocompetent individuals, past infection results in partial protection against disease if reinfected.
What is the causative agent of Histoplasmosis?
Histoplasmosis is a disease caused by a dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, it is present in the tissues in yeast form (that measures 2–4 m in diameter) and in filamentous mold form in the cultures and in the soil (dimorphic). The perfect form of Histoplasma capsulatum is called Emmonsiella capsulate or Ajellomyces capsulatum.
Clinical Features of Histoplasmosis
Histoplasmosis is asymptomatic for 90-95 percent of most cases. It is expressed primarily by a positive histoplasmin skin test and also by lung calcification that can be observed by X-ray. Other common clinical manifestations includes:
Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis
The onset is similar to influenza with an incubation period which varies from 3 to 14 days and manifests as a general malaise with fever, chills, profuse sweating, sore throat, chest pain, cough and dyspnoea.
Chronic Progressive Pulmonary Type
This is a variation of acute form. It is a primary form that persists latent for a long time and then slowly presents the same symptoms as the acute disease but with haemoptysis and apical and sub apical cavities in a more pronounced infection
Disseminated Histoplasmosis
This form may occur at any age, but is most commonly seen in children under two years of age and elderly adults. The forecast is poor. Variable fever, anorexia, weight loss, general condition deterioration, anaemia, leukopenia, hepatosplenomegaly and multiple adenopathy are reported.
Cutaneous, Subcutaneous and Mucocutaneous Type
As a rule, skin and mucous membrane lesions are secondary and may occur in one of the forms described above. These usually occur as petechial or ecchymotic purpura, usually in the abdomen and chest.
Mode of Transmission of Histoplasmosis
Adult males are affected more often than females, but there are no sex-related differences in children.
The soil, which forms the fungal reservoir, is the source of infection.
Transfer from man to man or from animal to man is unknown.
In most cases, infection is caused by inhalation of spores (conidia and mycelial fragments) from contaminated soil.
When inhaled, it is accumulated in lung alveoli and conversion occurs intracellularly within the macrophages from the mycelial to pathogenic yeast form.
Within the macrophages, the yeast multiplies in about 15–18 hours. In spite of fusion with lysosomes, multiplication continues within phagosomes. This may be due to yeasts producing certain proteins that inhibit lysosomal protease activity.
Host protection against the fungus is a key component of cell-mediated immunity.
T lymphocytes are necessary to reduce the severity of the infection.
Histoplasma species that remained latent in healed granulomas may be reactivated in people with impaired cell-mediated immunity, resulting in histoplasmosis.
Laboratory Diagnosis of Histoplasma capsulatum
For laboratory examination, specimens such as peripheral blood, sternal bone marrow, sputum, skin lesion biopsy tissue, mucous membranes, lymph node, or autopsy tissue should be placed in sterile containers.
Smears can be made from blood, bone marrow, sputum, or other moist specimens directly.
Microscopic examination of Histoplasma capsulatum
Thick and thin smears should be made from peripheral blood, sternal bone marrow or other appropriate infected material and stained with Giemsa or Wright stain.
Under the microscope, the fungus appears in the polymorphonuclear cells as small oval yeast, 1 to 5 μm in diameter.
Fluorescent antibody technique was found to be useful in the diagnosis of histoplasmosis in tissues.
Cutural Response of Histoplasma capsulatum
Since Histoplasma capsulatum is dimorphic, infected material is inoculated in brain heart infusion (BHI) agar with cycloheximide and chloramphenicol and incubated at 25 ° C. Another set of antibiotic-free BHI agar with 6 percent blood is inoculated and incubated at 37 ° C. Cultures are examined for up to 3 weeks of incubation.
Slides prepared from cultures grown at room temperature (37° C) produces produces mycelial, cottony colonies characterized by thin, branching, septate hyphae that produce tubercular macroconidia and microconidia. The macroconidia are thick-walled spherical spores with a diameter of 8–20 m and a finger-like projection. This is the diagnostic form of Histoplasma capsulatum.
Microconidia are smaller, thin-walled spores and are the infectious form of the fungus.
Slide prepared from cultures grown at 25 °C produces the parasitic or tissue phase of the fungus (yeast) that measures 2–4 m in diameter. Yeast phase should be cultivated at room temperature in order to verify the conversion to the mycelial phase and the formation of chlamydospores.
Immunological Diagnosis of Histoplasmosis
The histoplasmin skin test, similar to the tuberculin test, is significant in epidemiological studies. However, a negative intracutaneous reaction that is positive is evidence of a new infection.
Treatment of Histoplasmosis
Amphotericin B is the drug of choice for treatment of disseminated disease.
Fluconazole is often recommended for meningitis due to its better penetration of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
Asymptomatic or mild condition needs no treatment.
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Confirmed: Massive, two-story Restoration Hardware with rooftop restaurant opening in SouthPark
By Ted Williams | | March 14, 2019
A 41,000-square-foot Restoration Hardware design gallery with a rooftop restaurant will take the space formerly occupied by Dean & Deluca in SouthPark's Phillips Place shopping center.
If you're unfamiliar with Restoration Hardware, it's a home furnishings company out of California. They have about 70 stores around the country, but only a handful of "design gallery" stores that also have chic restaurants and bars — and now Charlotte will join cities like New York and Los Angeles with a massive RH design gallery.
It's huge news for SouthPark.
Timing: Construction has begun and RH Charlotte plans to open this fall. Restoration Hardware will move from their current 8,850-square-foot space just a few doors down.
Rooftop restaurant: In a statement from the developer said to expect "spectacular views of the Charlotte skyline." RH restaurants focus on brunch and dinner, and entrees include items like their signature burger ($24), broiled salmon ($32), lobster roll ($31) and charred ribeye steak ($48). The small menu also includes appetizers and salads, all around $20. It's pricy, but dishes are familiar and approachable.
Why it matters: As retail gets more experiential, it's cool that our city is landing concepts like this. And I expect this unique restaurant to completely change the 1990's vibe at Phillips Place — maybe it'll become SouthPark's version of South End's Design Center or Atherton Mill.
RIP Dean & Deluca SouthPark
Cities with RH design gallery restaurants include New York, Napa Valley, Chicago, West Palm Beach, Nashville and Toronto.
What's next for Phillips Place?
Owner Lincoln Harris plans to plow $50 million over the next few years into this mixed-use development which sits on 35 acres and has 130,000 square feet of retail.
Other Phillips Place updates: According to their statement we should expect a "more animated streetscape, indoor and outdoor gathering spaces, updated architecture, reconfigured parking and traffic patterns, and the first completed section of 'The Loop' – a pedestrian walkway that will connect key destinations and neighborhoods throughout SouthPark."
Johnny says: "Phillips Place is one of a handful of developments that has transformed and elevated Charlotte over the past two decades, and the enhancements announced today will define the premier luxury retail experience in Charlotte for a new generation," said Johnny Harris, chairman and CEO of Lincoln Harris who still hasn't invited me to play golf with him out at Quail Hollow.
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Harry Kane and Dele Alli Take Serious Abuse After Loss to Arsenal
Harry Kane and Dele Alli are taking a hammering after Tottenham's defeat to Arsenal.
The inclusion of the Spurs duo in the starting XI for the north London derby at the Emirates was a big boost to the team and supporters of the club.
They'd missed England duty through injury so were a doubt going into the match.
But both were included – and that should have led to a strong performance from Mauricio Pochettino's team. That didn't quite work out.
Arsenal coasted the game, winning thanks to goals from Shkodran Mustafi and Alexis Sanchez in the first half.
Pochettino took the odd action of substituting both Kane and Alli with 15 minutes to go – and that was much to the delight of some supporters watching on:
Considering Arsenal's issues over recent times, that's a result that the Gunners will be very happy with.
As for Tottenham, they'll be hoping that's just a blip, both for the team and for Kane and Alli, who will be needed going into a busy Christmas period for the club.
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Anthony Mariani
We've come to a point when slamming one's head in a car door is preferable to listening to or reading mainstream sports media pundits. You didn't even have to pick up a daily newspaper sports section (assuming you're 80 or older) or log onto the interwebs after the Giants beat the Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI to know that Giants quarterback Eli Manning has been crowned the Greatest Quarterback of All Time, King of the World, and Mann-dingo. (That last one's mine.) Just 12 months ago, the same mouths testifying to Eli's greatness were blowing Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers. Sports Illustrated's Peter King, in his SB wrap-up, manages to achieve new rhetorical lows. After drawing hearts around Eli's name every time it's mentioned, King poses the question to which we all know the answer: "What quarterback alive do you want with the ball in his hands in the last two minutes of a big game?"
Yawn. First of all, I'm not taking the comment-leaving bait (Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Ben Roethlisberger, Aaron Rodgers). Secondly, sure, that 38-yard Manningham throw and catch on the deep-fourth-quarter game-winning drive was spectacular, but c'mon: Nine times out of 10, the receiver doesn't get both feet in bounds and control the ball all the way through. If luck is the byproduct of hard work, then Manning and Manningham must have built the pyramids of Giza.
By being a good quarterback who's not making as many mistakes as he used to, Eli has become an underdog hero, the dark horse that pundits like to trot out in conversations about "elite" NFL quarterbacks (Brady, Brees, Roethlisberger, Rodgers, healthy Peyton Manning). Now that Eli has won two Super Bowls, touting his play –– and even his hillbilly-ness –– has become fashionable. And really annoying.
In his really annoying, so-cute-it-hurts SB wrap-up, ESPN's Seth Wickersham actually spins Eli's vapidity into a positive. Apparently, Wick tells us, the oldest Manning brother, Cooper, told Eli he wouldn't call him the rest of the week. Eli's crushingly hilarious/crushingly poignant response? "All right," Eli said. "Good."
Which is fine. Not every athlete is Yogi Berra or Andy Van Slyke. But Wick just can't resist the lure of the purple pen, writing, "Classic Eli: blunt, quick, leaving you to wonder whether he's joking."
No, no, no. How about: "Classic Eli: vapid, slooowww, leaving no doubt in your mind that he's still a goddamn hillbilly."
Or, better yet, how about another, much more insightful anecdote (though no one could ever be accused of confusing ESPN's prose for Harper's or The Paris Review's).
Next year, when reality returns and the Giants are back where they belong, in the middle of the NFC pack, playoffs on the line from the midpoint of the season on, we will have forgotten all about the G-Men and Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin and Justin Tuck, and we will be cooing over and crowning a new King of the World Hall-of-Famer-While-Still-Playing quarterback.
Don't count out No. 12 from New England.
P.S. Sports Nation is asking to rate your top QBs with multiple SB wins (11). (Only one team –– a'hem, greatest sports franchise ever –– has two quarterbacks represented.)
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jeff.prince February 6, 2012 at 10:19 pm
Your Steeler love is blinding you — Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach and a little team known as the Cowboys?
Anthony February 7, 2012 at 10:04 am
Sorry. Missed that. Cowboys still suck.
Weinright February 7, 2012 at 11:24 am
I can't believe you are picking on little Eli. You don't like either team, but since your beloved Stillers didn't make it, you have to pick on someone. Classy. Funny post though!
Jodie Martin Cordell February 7, 2012 at 11:34 am
Ha! Jeff, I didn't't realize, at first, that Anthony is a Steelers fan! I AUTOMATICALLY thought he was talking about Dallas!! Hahahaha! I had to go back and see there were, indeed, two Steelers QBs representing. And, yeah, Anthony, why are you picking on poor Eli? He's won more Superbowls than his superstar brother! He's earned his fame…let him be! You big bully! 😉
I admit. I'm a little sore the Steelers weren't in the Super Bowl, as I am on the rare occasions that the beloved black and gold don't make the big game. And, yes, I was probably a little unnecessarily harsh on Eli: a good-verging-on-great quarterback who, while still a hillbilly, acquits himself well in on-camera interviews. However, the mainstream sports media pundits are just bandwagoners who should hardly ever be believed.
Matt February 7, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Worse than the Eli-fellating is the suggestion that this Super Bowl was somehow "thrilling" or a "classic".
Yes it was a close game, but it was a sloppy, strange, uninspired dud of a football game.
I never understand sports media's rush to name the most recent big event as the "best of all time" or compare its place in history. It takes time to find out where these games will settle within our memory banks. I'll soon file this one under "forgotten".
Anthony February 7, 2012 at 2:31 pm
You're right, Matt. The hyperbole is self-defeating. That Super Bowl wasn't the greatest of even the past five years, let alone ever. I guess a Super Bowl that's not a blowout qualifies for mega-great status. Pretty sad.
Kristian February 7, 2012 at 2:47 pm
Check out the piece on Slate about Eli and the trouble we football fans have when it comes to evaluating players who are very good but not great. There's hope for Tony Romo!:
http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/features/2011/nfl_2011/conference_championships/eli_manning_the_giants_quarterback_illustrates_the_nfl_s_trouble_with_goodness_.html


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Honoree: Sandra P. Cranford (1935-2002) was actively involved in the PTA at PS 14 and later served as a School Security Agent for 29 years. Among her many volunteer activities, she was a member of the National Council of Negro Women where she served as a historian and on several dinner committees. In 2000, the National Council honored her with the Unsung Heroes Award. She volunteered in Junior High Schools for 6 years, the Stapleton Athletic League for over 15 years, the Girls Scouts and Boy Scouts for over 9 years, and regularly volunteered at church all of her life. (Rose)


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Age of Viking settlement revealed using trees and astrophysics
Séamus Bellamy 5:29 am Fri Oct 22, 2021
The Vikings reached North America long before Columbus' enslavement and brutalization of the Americas' Indigenous population, the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, was discovered six decades ago. Though many of the settlement's structures have been recreated, as accurately as dig site evidence and historical research could allow, the settlement's date has been difficult to place exactly.
According to a new study published in Nature, scientists from a number of disciplines have been working together to see the mystery of the L'Anse aux Meadows put to bed. It's complicated stuff, and I am tired. So, I went looking for a dumbed down version of the study to help explain it all.
The New York Times does not disappoint.
According to The 'Times, the team working to date the site started things off by collecting samples of three pieces of wood, from around L'Anse aux Meadows, to be sent off to a lab for a bit of time under a microscope.
Back in the laboratory, Dr. Kuitems cut a tiny amount of wood from each tree ring of each piece… Working those samples — each representing one year of tree growth — the team isolated the carbon within the wood. All that carbon originally came from Earth's atmosphere.
The vast majority of the carbon in the atmosphere is carbon 12, a stable atom with six protons and six neutrons. Only a fleeting fraction is radioactive carbon 14, also called radiocarbon. That isotope of carbon is produced when cosmic rays — high-energy particles from the sun or beyond the solar system — interact with atoms in Earth's atmosphere. Scientists who study cosmic rays used to think that these particles arrived in a relatively constant barrage, meaning that the ratio of carbon 14 to carbon 12 in the atmosphere has largely remained steady over time.
Here's where the neat stuff begins.
Some time ago, a physicist by the name of Fusa Miyakea discovered that couple of tress in his native Japan were holding on to high amounts of radiocarbon. As it turns out, instances of finding such high amounts of radiocarbon in wood are pretty damn rare: only a handful of such events have been able to cause it, in the past 10,000 One of of those events occurred during the Viking Age, somewhere in the ballpark of 992 A.D. to 993 A.D., with high levels of radio carbon seeping into trees all around the planet.
With all of this in mind, the team set to work, using two great tastes that taste great together—the study of tree rings (dendrochronology) and astrophysics—to finally nail down a precise date.
Again with The New York Times:
The researchers found that their three pieces of wood all exhibited a pronounced increase in radiocarbon that began 28 rings before their outer bark. Ring 28 must correspond to the year A.D. 993, the team concluded. They ruled out earlier and later Miyake events based on the carbon 14 to carbon 12 ratios measured in the wood, which vary in known ways over centuries.
With a date now pinned to an inner tree ring, "all you need to do is count to when you get to the cutting edge," Dr. Dee said. The three pieces of wood the team analyzed were all felled in 1021, the researchers calculated
Pretty fucking cool.
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The public authority/agency fosters a culture of community responsiveness by:
conducting public outreach and education;
engaging a diverse group of stakeholders in collaborative, purposeful, and ongoing partnership; and
incorporating recommendations from collaborative efforts into its organizational decision-making related to regulatory processes, risk management, quality improvement, and long-term planning activities.
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Through sound administration and effective management, the public authority/agency achieves its mission and strategic goals; assures appropriate use of public resources for the public good; and remains responsive to the needs of the communities it serves.
Examples: Stakeholders can include, but are not limited to: the courts, legal system, and law-enforcement officials; individuals and families; internal staff; community-based agencies including mental health, substance use, and domestic violence service providers; provincial and local governments; advocacy and professional organizations; health care providers; educators; representatives from communities of faith; business community representatives; other public agencies and providers; contracted providers; and the media.
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Community and provider engagement plan
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informing the public of the positive impact its programs are having on the community and its residents; and
fostering a positive relationships with the local media.
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The public authority/agency assesses its existing relationships with key community partners, both existing and potential, and develops an assessment-based community and provider engagement plan that:
outlines community and provider engagement goals and strategies for achieving them;
allocates sufficient resources to support community and provider engagement initiatives;
establishes centralized oversight and coordination when the public authority/agency has partners in different communities or jurisdictions; and
includes mechanisms for monitoring progress towards meeting engagement goals.
Community and provider engagement goals should be incorporated into the public authority/agency's long-term plan (CP-AM 3.02).
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documenting all important decisions; and
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partnering with local consumer or advocacy groups to reach consumers and encourage their involvement;
training staff on strategies for partnering with consumers in advisory activities;
developing outreach and informational materials that target consumers and provide them with information necessary to make an informed decision about participating;
creating an environment that welcomes consumers and values their voice; and
offering trauma-informed training and mentorship to consumers participating in advisory activities.
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relevant community groups;
consumers;
families;
service providers;
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others with an interest in the success of the public authority/agency at achieving its mission or purpose.
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Jared Remy has been indicted in the death of his girlfriend Jennifer Martel, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said Tuesday.
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev injuries are now said to be more sever than originally thought. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds gunshot in the mouth, through his skull, and gun shot wounds throughout his extremities and a punctured lung
In light of the recent attacks by the unlicensed cab driver tormenting residents in the Metro Boston area, people are being reminded to make sure to first look to see that the cab you are entering has their police department issued hackney license clearly posted on the rear passenger seat. If you don't see the license then exit the cab.
Martha Coackley now wants to look over the domestic violence laws in light of Jennifer Martel's murder. Jared Remy most likely should have remained in jail after his most recent assault charge.
Michael Morrissey who is a Norfolk DA wont face any charges in the car crash he recently caused when he suffered from a medical emergency.
Jailene Diaz-Ramos was involved in a car was accident back in June. When her car was searched police found the gun said to be linked to Aaron Hernandez and the two recent murders he's been charged with. They are now awaiting a search warrant to check a safe also found in Diaz-Ramos' car. She insists that the gun was left in her car by a man name "Chicago" and his friends that she had given a ride too. They apparently left other items including the safe. She said the group of men were football players.
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Jared Remy's License to Kill
Last night I wrote about the tragic murder of Jennifer Martel. It's devastating to now hear that she was pressured by her boyfriends family to allow her restraining order to expire, which happened on Wednesday, August 14, 2013. Unfortunately, this opened the door for her abusive boyfriend, Jared Remy, to feel he had a license to kill. His abusive past started before they were a couple. He's attacked another female with a broken bottle, he's kicked a woman in the stomach among other things. It pains me to further know that only nights before, the police had been called to the house for a domestic dispute. Martel's family describes the abusive relationship stating that for some time Remy had been verbally and physically abusing Jennifer Martel. She stayed only because she feared losing her daughter because Remy's family had more money.
As a former victim of domestic violence I know that it is easier said than done when people tell you to just walk away. My one suggestion to those that are still in an abusive situation, make sure that you tell as many people as you can about what you are going through. If you plan to leave, make sure you do it when your abuser is far enough away to allow your safe departure. Try to leave with only what you really need. Don't let your fight for freedom be lost because you were trying to bring something that had sentimental value. Never let a restraining order lapse no matter what you think about the abusers family. The more power you give them, the more power they will take.
I've come to learn that you cannot take chance with your life and certainly not with the life of your children. The first time your partner hits you, leave. Don't give them the power of a second chance. If you do, in their mind, you given them license to abuse you without questions. Choose life over death.
My heart goes out to both families and to all victims of domestic violence. Keep them all in your hearts and prayers.
Click here to read a statement made by Jerry Remy, Jared Remy's father. http://boston.com/metrodesk/2013/08/17/jerry-remy-expresses-disgust-son-arrest-the-fatal-stabbing-girlfriend-jennifer-martel/NebvbwZPrxSD8VLvYUM4CJ/story.html
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Adobe is to acquire Marketo for $4.75 billion.
Marketo – which serves 5000 customers – will be added to the Adobe Experience Cloud. Adobe hopes the deal will widen its reach across B2B as expectations for great customer experience grow.
Currently Marketo provides enterprises of all sizes with marketing applications. It has more than 500 partners and an 'engaged' marketing community with more than 65,000 members.
Brad Rencher, executive VP and general manager, digital experience at Adobe, said it was imperative for all marketers to have a laser focus on providing personalised and engaging experiences. "The acquisition of Marketo widens Adobe's lead in customer experience across B2C and B2B and puts Adobe Experience Cloud at the heart of all marketing," he said.
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The deal represents a significant increase in the $1.79 billion paid when private equity firm Vista Equity Partners bought Marketo in May 2016.
Marketo's CEO Steve Lucas will join Adobe's senior leadership team but continue to lead the Marketo team, and will report to Rencher.
Lucas said: "Adobe and Marketo both share an unwavering belief in the power of content and data to drive business results. There is no better home for Marketo to continue to rapidly innovate than Adobe."
The deal is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of Adobe's 2018 fiscal year. Until then both companies will operate separately.
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I have read all the reviews and threads on both radios and am left with a question.
I have owned a TS-2000 for about 3 years, operating it mostly on HF, and have been very pleased with it. During this time I also owned an FT-1000D, an FT-847, and a TS-940SAT. The TS-2000 could "hear" as well as any of them and in some instances it beat out the FT-1000D, which is a very fine radio.
I just picked up a TS-590 and spent several hours doing a side-by-side comparison, using the same antenna through an A/B switch. I was surprised to discover that the TS-2000 can hear anything the 590 can. From the reviews, I understand that the 590 will beat the 2000 under contest conditions, but I can make out weak signals on both radios quite well and can hear little difference between the two under normal band conditions.
I really like the TS-590 but I'm still a bit biased by the shiny newness of it.
So here's the question. Did I just get lucky with my TS-2000 or is all the talk of the radio being "deaf" just a bunch of hoopla? I'm not trying to stir up a mess by asking. It's a serious question. Did Kenwood have an early production problem with the TS-2000 series that got ironed out or did some TS-2000s come off the line deaf? I'm not looking for hearsay anecdotes although I do enjoy a good discussion. I would love to hear from knowledgeable owners as I decide which radio to keep.
While I never had access to the TS590, my only metric in your discussion would be the 'same antenna A/B test for RX only' I have done between my venerable TS-940SAT and my much newer TS2000SAT/X (1.2 Ghz module installed). Many times the TS940S will hear things much, much better than the TS2K does, but I would say that the RX in the TS2K is equal or efectively better due to the fact that it has some, albeit antiquadated, DSP processing which gives it a distinct edge over the TS940S WRT filtering which has no DSp and is susceptible to front end over loading during busy contests. Give the choice between the two, I'd have to think long and hard about which one to give up as I use them together to cover everything, HF to 440 Mhz. The TS940 is mainstay on HF while the TS2K covers 6M and 2M weak signal work and can be easily switched in for HF work using my home brew antenna switching matrix where both rigs share all HF antennas.
If you think the TS2000 is as good as the TS590 you must be deaf. The TS590 is a far quieter receiver.
You might be right about my hearing and it is a valid point that I need to consider. The 590 does seem to be a wee bit quieter, which might reduce fatigue, but I can barely tell the difference on SSB. My particular TS-2000 isn't that noisy so that's why I asked the question.
Modern receivers are more than sensitive enough and are generally too sensitive below 14 MHz. Atmospheric and man made noise is the limiting factor as well as dirty transmitters that splatter the bands. Therefore, a side by side comparison of what each receiver 'hears' pretty much tells you nothing. About the only way that you will be able to differentiate receivers is in the laboratory with expensive equipment performing non-real world tests. The above factors are external limits to performance in the real world. If you are into Specmanship and follow the Sherwood Receiver tests, then you'll always be chasing the 'best' receiver with no real world benefit. Things like ergonomics and AGC performance are also factors to consider and means much more than what two comparison receivers 'hear'.
I am a 2 time TS2K owner and just bought a TS-590.
My unscientific ear comparisons find that the TS-590 is a much better receiver than the TS2K. The 590 will hear things the TS2K just can't hear. Also, the filtering, roofing filters, seems to be superior to the TS2K. I suspect the side skirt rejection is much, much further down than the TS2K. Also the immediate down convert to 11 MHz seems to have definite advantage for dynamic blocking though I can't test this by ear. The DSP seems to be superior in the TS-590.
The TS-590 makes the "Sherwood Engineering list" and the TS2K does not. You might do an engineering desk check of those results and compare the TS-590 to say top of the line K3. You can see where it stands against the best RX in the world.
That being said, the TS2K does things no other radio will ever do and I suspect the TS2K will be sold for a while – it does a lot that no other radio does and does it fairly well. Also the TS-590 is of recent design and the TS2K was probably designed 12 to 15 years ago, so given advance in state of the art, the TS-590 has that advantage.
The TS-590 seems to become my CW radio now, as I'm impressed with its CW performance.
Again, I will eventually run scientific bench side by side A/B testing between the two but not now.
The TS2000 is by far the best shack in a box for the price it is but it suffers the same shortfall as they all do - average HF, average VHF, average UHF. When you get a dedicated HF transceiver and put it alongside, the dedicated one will pretty much always do a better job.
Its a shame that they do not come out with a TS2100 (updated 2000) With modern technology it could be a decent rig as IF DSP was very primitive when that radio was designed.
I am very curious about the various criticisms of the TS-2000, particularly about receiver noise and sensitivity. As a long time TS-2000 owner (along with several other transceivers to compare it to) I believe that the criticisms are driven by some quantitatively verifiable measurement as well as some psychology.
1) The measured receiver sensitivity of a fully functional TS-2000 is is on par with other transceivers.
2) Noise produced by switching diodes on the LPF board are far below atmospheric noise levels when an antenna is connected.
3) Early TS-2000's did suffer from low gain in the 144 MHz preamplifier. This did not affect any other band.
4) The TS-2000 S-meter is well calibrated on HF at S-9 according to the Collins standard but is pretty stingy at lower signal strengths.
5) A certain range of serial numbers have been manufactured with faulty ceramic filters, causing either decreased sensitivity and/or intermittent noise.
I find that the factory audio equalization of the TS-2000 produces a harsh hiss sound akin to an open squelch with the IF filter at its widest setting. I lived with this for a few years before realizing that one can design their own audio filter with the ARCP software. This provides pretty amazing control over the audio characteristics and allowed me to turn the TS-2000 into something that is pleasant to listen to. I have been taken by surprise when I have had to reset the settings after a firmware update and the hiss returns.
Next to the TS-2000 has sat the following: IC-756, IC-756PRO, IC-756PROII, FT-950, and IC-7600. Each time any criticism has been raised about sensitivity or noise in the TS-2000 I have done significant, boarder line obsessive A/B testing between all of these transceivers and I just can't find any meaningful difference in sensitivity between any of them.
Before purchasing the IC-7600, I visited AES where I had a TS-590, IC-7600 and TS-2000 in front of me to switch between. To my surprise, I found that the TS-590 had a very similar hiss quality as the TS-2000. After about 3 hours, I just could not find a major difference between the two Kenwood radios in terms of reading stations buried in the noise. I imagine that there would be a big difference under crowded band conditions with high-gain antennas, but I couldn't notice it on a Cushcraft A-4S at 50ft. I ended up purchasing an IC-7600 because I liked the ergonomics, NR quality and a few other features over the TS-590.
I don't mean to stir any emotions with this post but I do hope it is informative. Since I have owned a TS-2000 for several years I have taken care to research any shortcomings and if they have merit, modify the transceiver to fix them. I think I am quite unbiased because there are many things I don't like about the transceiver, but it is very functional. As of now I am pretty convinced that when people say that they hear things on the TS-590 that they wouldn't be able to hear on the TS-2000 it is either because the TS-2000 is faulty, they are comparing the two using multiple stacked arrays, or they are comparing by memory and have a psychologically biased impression. I think the complaints related to receiver sensitivity are driven by S-meter readings and those of receiver noise are related to users who never obtain the ARCP software to tweek the audio characteristics.
Another possibility is that all of the reported shortcomings of the TS-2000 are true and I am insane.
It's difficult to compare modern receivers of different price points and vintages until you compare them under harsh conditions, like say a crowded CW QRP sprint. Comfortably copying a weak signal that is right in between stronger signals and digital QRM is when you'll know where your money went.
Also, modern DSP noise reduction, if you have much of a need for it, is better than it used to be.
I just picked up a TS-590 and spent several hours doing a side-by-side comparison, using the same antenna through an A/B switch. I was surprised to discover that the TS-2000 can hear anything the 590 can.
While I have never owned a 2000 I have used a few. I love these claims of how great the 2000 compares to modern rigs. While the 2000 has decent transmit audio, the receiver lacks a lot. The selectivity and shape factor of "filtering" skirts is lacks and mixer is a bit noisy too. My 480 with optional filter installed blows it away is selectivity and has a quieter mixer too. To claim that the 2000 is as good as 590 means one really does not know how to use the 590 to exploit its abilities.
I used the two radios side by side for almost two months. Now that I am familiar with both, I have learned that the TS-590 is more selective, is just slightly more sensitive, has more effective DSP, and is easier to use on HF.
With that said, I think some of the criticism of the TS-2000 is unjustified. It is a decent performing radio and I've been happy with mine.


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