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Q: How to use JACK and Pulseaudio/ALSA at the same time on the same audio device? Whenever I launch hydrogen it breaks my audio in all other applications which use Pulse, for example, I can no longer play videos in Chrome after having launched Hydrogen once, until I restart my PC or do sudo alsa force-reload. I have found people with similar issues, but no actual guide to fix this, often there are links to http://jackaudio.org/pulseaudio_and_jack (which has moved to http://jackaudio.org/faq/pulseaudio_and_jack.html )
I am using Ubuntu Studio 14.04 64bit.
ALTERNATIVELY if this is truly impossible to achieve, can someone tell me how to use Jack on one soundcard and Pulse on another? This way I could plug in a USB sound card only when I need JACK.
Please don't make me use windows.

A: *

*The problem is Hydrogen (as Ardour)  launch jackd at startup but don't close it at exit:
But you can run killall jackd in a terminal after  Hydrogen exit.

*A complicated way to use Jack and pulseaudio software at the same time is to install  "pulseaudio-module-jack" (also install qjackctl (gui for jackd)  and  pavucontrol if  not present).
Restart pulseaudio pulseaudio -k.
Now close audio apps (Jack and pulseaudio),
run jackd using qjackctl (click start button) (dbus option must be selected in qjackctl  settings last tab).
In Pavucontrol "output device" tab, clic green "default device" button near "jack sink"
Now   pulseaudio software and Hydrogen should run at the same time.

*Using qjackctl, in the first "settings" tab, you can change Jackd audio device  .

A: The easiest way to route all system to run with jack:
Install
sudo apt-get install qjackctl pulseaudio-module-jack

Open qjackctl. In Setup>Options>
Check Execute script after Startup and paste this:
pacmd load-module module-jack-source channels=2; pacmd load-module module-jack-sink channels=2;

Check Execute script after Shutdown and paste this:
killall jackd

Now start qjack and open your sound settings. You will find Pulse Audio Jack Sink Output port. Select it and all system will sync. If you stop Jack server/qjack, sound will go back to your Default port again.
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A: 2020 update. Debian Buster. Hopefully applicable to Ubuntu as well.
No need to use any script anymore.
Install pulseaudio-module-jack. It contains a module responsible for detecting when jack starts and sourcing/sinking from/into it.
You can check that in pulseaudio config file:
/etc/pulse/default.pa
### Automatically connect sink and source if JACK server is present
.ifexists module-jackdbus-detect.so
.nofail
load-module module-jackdbus-detect channels=2
.fail
.endif

Make sure jackdbus is started. If using qjackctl to launch jack, check dbus tickbox in Setup -> Misc.
This should be all it takes.

A: Ubuntu 20.04, I found it to be a mix of various answers

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*Install JACK and QJackCtl as well as the pulseaudio sink and source for JACK

sudo apt-get install qjackctl pulseaudio-module-jack

*Start QJackCtl and in Setup...--> Options--> Execute script after Startup paste the following:

pactl load-module module-jack-sink channels=2; pactl load-module module-jack-source; pacmd set-default-sink jack_out

*Start JACK, in QJackCtl the PulseAudio Sink and Source should be connected to the system

*In Ubuntu Settings, Select the JACK Sink as Output

A: As of 16.04, things become a lot simpler :)
Just install qjackctl and pulseaudio-module-jack module:
apt-get install qjackctl pulseaudio-module-jack

Then configure qjackctl to run the following command after startup. Copy it into "Setup..." > "Options" > "Execute script after Startup":
pacmd set-default-sink jack_out

And that's it. Pulseaudio will recognize (through D-Bus) that JACK started, and automatically will route audio to it. When JACK is stopped Pulseaudio will revert to normal routing and start sending audio directly to card again.
So (almost) by default Pulseaudio implements the setup detailed above by mmv-ru.

A: It might be much easier now. What worked for me today, to satisfy my really basic needs, after a fresh install of Linux Mint 18.2 (Ubuntu 16.04 package base) was:

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*Use Synaptic to install QSynth and QJackCtl.

*Copy required sound font(s) into an appropriate folder such as /usr/share/sounds/sf2/

*In QSynth Setup: under Audio tab change Audio Driver to pulseaudio.

*In QSynth Setup: under SoundFonts: Open... and select one as required.

*In QJackCtl Setup > Settings > Advanced:
Server Prefix: pasuspsender -- /usr/bin/jackd

*In QJackCtl Setup > Options:
Execute script after startup:
pactl load-module module-jack-sink channels=2; pactl load-module module-jack-source; pacmd set-default-sink jack_out

*In QJackCtl Connect: ALSA: join the keyboard entry on the left to FLUID Synth on the right.

*In the main System Settings for Sound, select the required output device.
Now I can play the keyboard while watching a video (e.g. on YouTube using Firefox for example) - previously I could only do one of these at a time without a lot of tweaks I could seldom keep track of.
Hope that helps someone, or encourages them to try again :-).

A: There is two ways to answer this question.

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*Either try to make jack work with pulseaudio... the rest of this question will explain how to do that.

*Or... don't try to use both pulseaudio and jack, just replace them with pipewire: pipewire is supposed to be "the new pulseaudio" (it should replace pulseaudio at some points I think, and is already much less buggy than pulseaudio and supports more Bluetooth options). Pipewire emulates both pulseaudio and jack at the same time, and can seamlessly be used with pulseaudio/qjackctl/... to connect pulseaudio and jack applications together (basically pipewire does not make much difference between pulseaudio applications and jack… most of the time I'm not even sure if the application I'm using is running jack or pulseaudio). If you really want to have pain and use pulseaudio + jack... the rest of this question is for you.

A while ago I wrote a command, and someone reported me that after trying all solutions here he was out of luck. But this solution worked for him, so I'll post it here in case someone else can be helped. NB: I'm not claiming this solution is the most elegant one, but it did the job quite well for me:

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*I can start/stop jack by just clicking the start/stop button and the switch is automatic between pulseaudio and pavucontrol

*it automatically connects all current playing softwares to jack (that's why there is this ugly grep, let me know if you have a better solution)

*it also makes sure that pulseaudio application can also use the microphones

This solution may be slighly improved by unloading correctly the modules when quitting Jack, maybe using the ugly grep proposed here, but I didn't really found any benefit for me.
Note also that I give quite detailed instructions on how to debug such issues.
My solution (see theory below to understand why it works/fails and  debug any potential issue)
Install:
$ sudo apt install jack2 pavucontrol qjackctl pulseaudio-module-jack.

Run qjackctl:
$ qjackctl

Click on Setup, and check that the output Interface is the correct one (if you have an HDMI output for example this check may be important). In my case, I'll just use the default and I'll come back here if I've some issues later.

Then, in the advanced tab, I replaced the Server Prefix jackd with pasuspender -- jackd. This is supposed to tell pulseaudio to temporarily let jack manage the sound card. I'm not sure if it's really required, but I guess it cannot hurt:

Then, in the tab "Options", put in the Execute script after Startup the following code:
pactl load-module module-jack-sink && pactl load-module module-jack-source && pactl set-default-sink jack_out && pacmd set-default-source jack_in && pacmd list-sink-inputs | grep index | sed 's/ *index: *//g' | xargs -I{} pacmd move-sink-input "{}" jack_out

The goal of this command is to create new outputs (sink) to pulseaudio that points to jack, to enable this new sink by default (all newly open applications will write to jack), and it also change the output of all the existing applications to make sure they point to jack.
Then, to make sure pulseaudio restarts when jack is closed, I also added in the field Execute script after Shutdown :
pacmd suspend false

That's it! Now, you just need to save by clicking on Apply and to click on Start to start jack:

You should see something like that if it works (and of course no errors):

A bit of theory to understand why it works, or why it fails
So basically, you can't play sound because only one program can play sound at the same time on the same sound card. So when Jack is playing, pulseaudio is blocked. Now, it also turns out that most desktop applications can talk to pulseaudio but not to Jack. So when Jack is on, you just don't have sound anymore. The trick is to route the pulseaudio trafic to Jack with something like that:
application -> pulseaudio -> Jack -> sound card

Note that all links must be correctly configured. We will see now how they are configured and how to check if they are configured correctly.
So to create the link pulseaudio -> Jack we are going to load a module that creates a new pulseaudio sink (i.e. a virtual output device) called Jack sink: that way any applications writing in that sink will be redirected on Jack. You could have several already existing sinks, like one for the internal audio, and if you have a bluetooth headset, you can have one sink for it too. To check on which sink an application is actually playing, install and run pavucontrol (pavucontrol is super useful anyway for all sound-related stuff, since you can control basically everything from it). You can see the list of sinks in a tab named like Input devices (sorry if the translation is bad), in my case I have right now 2 sinks (jack is not yet loaded):

If you just have one sink, you may not see anything interesting, but if you have several sinks, you can check in the first tab which application is playing on which sink (here you see that firefox is playing on my bluetooth headset), and you can change it if needed:

So if you have some issues, you can:

*

*link pulseaudio -> jack: check that you have a sink corresponding to jack (if not, try to run manually the command pactl load-module module-jack-sink that was supposed to be run automatically. If it fails, make sure you installed the pulseaudio-module-jack, and eventually restart pulseaudio by simply killing it killall pulseaudio. No worries, no need to restart pulseaudio, it respawn automatically.). Also make sure that the volume is not 0%, and that the channel is not muted:

*link application -> pulseaudio: check that your applications are writing on that sink. If not, you can manually change the sink (but the startup script was supposed to change the sink automatically) that way:

*link jack -> sound card: If you still have troubles (this part could also concern a trouble you have with the softwares that write on jack directly like zynaddsubfx), check out the Graph part of jack:

You should start will all nodes packed together, but you can move them to make them easier to see. Then make sure that all applications you want to ear are connected to system (in my case zynaddsubfx was not connected automatically). NB: if you have an older version of QJackctl, then you may have tabs instead of this. But it's the same: you will have green inputs/outputs in the "Jack" tab that you can manually connect, the violet ones will be in the "Alsa" tab, and the red ones in the "MIDI" tab... but in fact all external MIDI devices that you plug will appear in the Alsa tab: the reason is that there are two kinds of "MIDI": the legacy Alsa Midi (ports are global to the system), and the more recent Jack Midi (each application can have its own midi input/outputs).

*Troubles with MIDI: In theory, to get midi, you can just connect the violet inputs to violet inputs (or in the Alsa tab in the older version, yes I know it's strange that you need to go in Alsa tab and not Midi to get Midi(!!!) but it's because of the difference between Alsa MIDI vs the more recent but less used Jack Midi). However, it turns out that for some strange reasons, zynaddsubfx has some strange defaults values and will appear as "Midi/red" instead of "Alsa/green", making it impossible to connect to an external midi device. More precisely, if you run zynaddsubfx from the command line without any option or with:

zynaddsubfx -I alsa -O jack

(which means input from Alsa MIDI, output to jack) it should not be a problem, you will be able to connect the MIDI devices:

However, if you run it in a graphical way, the default Jack entry automatically runs zynaddsubfx -I jack -O jack instead... And it will have the issue that the zynaddsubfx input will be created in red/MIDI tab, while the actual external MIDI device is in violet/Alsa tab. So it means that you won't be able to map your external midi keyboard to zynaddsubfx:

The solution is therefore to run zynaddsubfx using command line without options, or with zynaddsubfx -I alsa -O midi and everything should work!

A: This Youtube video: "Jack and PulseAudio Together as Friends - Linux" seemed to have some answers:
The key to the solution appeared to be making sure pulseaudio-module-jack is installed with:
aptitude install pulseaudio-module-jack

then sudo editing the /etc/pulse/default.pa file to include two lines under the load audio drivers manually section:
load-module module-jack-sink
load-module module-jack-source

then - I think - restarting pulseaudio. I just restarted the PC (lazy, I know) and it worked a treat... firing up Ardour no longer killed pulseaudio, they played happily together.

A: My solution working on Fedora 23.
dnf install jack-audio-connection-kit jack-audio-connection-kit-dbus qjackctl

Don't touch /etc/pulse/default.pa   !
Configure qjackctl

The relevant fragment of ~/.config/rncbc.org/QjackCtl.conf:
[Settings]
Server=jack_control start
Driver=alsa
InDevice="hw:PCH,0"
OutDevice="hw:PCH,0"

The names of the sinks for pactl can be found by:

pacmd list-sinks

Here's one more fragment of ~/.config/rncbc.org/QjackCtl.conf to show the full commands
[Options]
...
StartupScript=true
StartupScriptShell=pactl suspend-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo 1
PostStartupScript=true
PostStartupScriptShell=pactl set-default-sink jack_out
ShutdownScript=false
ShutdownScriptShell="pactl unload-module module-jack-sink; pactl load-module module-jack-source"
PostShutdownScript=true
PostShutdownScriptShell="pactl suspend-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo 0; pactl set-default-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo"

"Enable D-Bus interface" is important for Qjackctl itself.
How it works
Now on boot the PC runs with PulseAudio only, everything automatically works as without Jack.
After launching Qjackctl,

*

*The Qjackctl startup script suspends the primary audio card in Pulseaudio and allows Jack to get access to it: pactl suspend-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo 1

*Jack is started over d-bus: jack_control start

*Pulse automatically detects jack start over D-Bus and loads jack sink and jack source.

*Qjackctl after the startup script changes the default sink in Pulse to jack_out: pactl set-default-sink jack_out (at first it looks unnecessary, as all running PA clients are switched to the new sink, but new apps will get stuck on the suspended sink without this command)

So the system is reconfigured to use "Pulse on top of Jack". (I skip hardware input suspend, because I don't use it anyway)
If "Stop JACK audio server on application exit" is not checked, I can close Qjackctl and rerun it without disturbing the setup.
After stopping Jack by Qjackctl, everything returns to plain uncluttered Pulse!

*

*Jackd stopped by Qjackctl over dbus - "Enable D-bus interface" option.

*jack-source and jack-sink are removed from Pulseaudio automatically by d-bus

*the default sink in Pulse audio is switched to audio card because jack-out disappears

*Qjackctl after Shutdown script re-activates the audio card in Pulseaudio: pactl suspend-sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo 1
Tools Used

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*jackd (from package pulseaudio-utils)

*jack_control (from package ack-audio-connection-kit-dbus)

*Qjackctl (from package pulseaudio-utils)

*pactl to control Pulseaudio from scripts (from package pulseaudio-utils)

*LANG=C pacmd list-sinks|grep -E "index:|name:|alsa.long_card_name =|alsa.name =" or LANG=C pactl list sinks|grep -E "(Sink #|Name:|alsa.long_card_name =|alsa.name =)" to detect alsa device name

A: Of course one will want both pulseaudio and jack running if they got to the point where they need jack as most browser media players don't know jack! ..unfortunately.
I kept seeing the suggestion of having just one of them running at a time which seems to me like such a terrible compromise. It's a bit tragic in my opinion that these two services i.e. jack and pulseaudio although both functional on their own are so poorly managed by kxstudio at least which is what I'm using.
So what happens is:

*

*jack cannot start while pulseaudio is running (and using the soundcard driver it wants to use which is fair enough) so it needs to be started first

*pulseaudio needs to be pointed to jack once both up and running
Pretty simple..ey? For certain reasons, I had endless grief with it cuz..
First I think because pulseaudio 4.0 seems be buggy and mess up the alsa driver so that in some situations it leaves it locked and therefore jack cannot start even though pulseaudio is not running.  (Says failed to set capture parameters or smtg like that)
What I deed in the end was

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*removed both jack and pulseaudio completely (with find and rm -rf :D after apt-get purge)

*installed pulseaudio 11 (from sources)

*installed jack and it's libs (libjack-dev)

in this order and then I finally got them running normally through qjackctl which makes sure they start in the correct manner (loads the jack sink in pulseaudio, and sets it as default).
Btw, I saw Cadence is recommended instead and I don't understand why as to me it seems rubbish compared to qjackctl.
Anyway, problem is starting jack using qjackctl takes a while and to avoid the waiting times at each boot you can use this life saver feature of kde which is to load previous session. Make sure you don't have qjackctl in autostart though as you will end up with one more instance at each reboot regardless of the singleton = true setting (buggy buggy all night long).
This is because I didn't feel fiddling around with it any longer such as  writing a smart script that will make sure pulseaudio is down (or suspended) start jack and check that it started properly, then start pulseaudio, load jack module etc.
Otherwise relying on the OS to start the daemons and load config correctly would be the normal (healthy) scenario however it doesn't seem to be happening.
Have fun..

A: I am running Linux Mint 19.1. After trying all the various solutions, things still wouldn't work smoothly for me.
Finally, I was able to solve all my issues by following the steps/instructions in the video: Link
Basically, it installs applications from the Kxstudio repositories. and they have a script to configure everything perfectly at startup.
My end goal was to be able to record input through my interface(Scarlett solo) while being able to run/record sound from other applications (desktop, browser)

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Combine oats and buttermilk and let stand for 15 minutes to soften. Mix eggs, oil, pumpkin, and milk and blend well. Combine dry ingredients and mix with the egg mixture. Add oats and buttermilk and blend until batter is fairly smooth. Add extra milk if batter is too thick. Bake on lightly greased griddle.
Surround the pumpkin on the platter with a variety of cooked vegetables for color and you have the perfect centerpiece for your fall potluck dinner!
To prepare pumpkin: Wash it thoroughly and pat dry. On a firm surface, use a sharp knife to cut out stem, leaving about three inches around it. Cut on a diagonal by slanting knife from outer edge of pumpkin toward center. Save top of pumpkin. Scoop out seeds and stringy membrane; save seed for roasting. Replace top and begin baking on a lightly greased baking sheet at 375°F while preparing the meat mixture.
Brown ground beef over medium heat, stirring to break up. Drain off fat and stir in chopped vegetables. Cover and simmer over low heat until vegetables are tender-crisp; about ten minutes. Stir in salt, soy sauce, brown sugar, mushrooms, soup, and rice. Remove pumpkin from oven and spoon mixture into prepared pumpkin. Replace top of pumpkin, return to oven and continue baking about one hour or until pumpkin is tender, To serve, spoon meat filling and cooked pumpkin onto plates.
Makes: 6 to 8 servings.
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Of all of Berlioz's literary muses, and there were many, none burned quite so bright in his head and heart than Shakespeare. It was through a performance of Hamlet that Berlioz first saw actress Harriet Smithson, thus inspiring his most famous and enduring work, and it was Shakespeare who inspired Berlioz to write what is, for me, his single greatest symphony and work in general. It's his third symphony, Romeo et Juliette.
The fact that Shakespeare had such an effect on Berlioz is all the more remarkable given that Berlioz discovered Shakespeare in translation, and given that in Berlioz's day, translation wasn't quite so rigorous a pursuit as it is now. The focus was not so much on accuracy, and translators felt little compunction toward changing a work to suit their own ideas. The version Berlioz saw had Juliet awaken in her tomb, so that the lovers could have one last moment together before dying. Translators at that time just didn't much care about total fidelity to a work, for good or ill. It little mattered, though: Berlioz was thunderstruck.
Nicolo Paganini had commissioned a work from Berlioz, if you'll remember from last week; while disappointed in the result, Paganini was as good as his word, and paid Berlioz the 20,000 francs he had promised. That influx of cash gave Berlioz the financial freedom he needed to pursue his next work, which is the very symphony we are considering here. And what a work it is. Romeo et Juliette is a symphony mainly because Berlioz says it is. There are almost none of the standard features one might expect from a symphony. Instead of four movements, here we have seven (or even more, depending on how they are counted). Voices feature strongly throughout, culminating in a massive choral finale that depicts the Capulets and Montagues coming together after the deaths of their children. The work is heavily programmatic, going right down the line and basically telling the story of the play in the right order, starting with the fighting in the square and the intervention of the Prince.
With all the symphony's uses of vocal forces, it might be surprising, then, to note that the most intimate parts of the story are depicted purely orchestrally. Berlioz never allows voices to depict either Romeo or Juliet; instead, when the lovers are called for, the orchestra depicts their moods. This results in the central section of the work, when we "hear" Romeo at the Ball (where he first sees Juliet), the love scene, and then a brilliant and effervescent scherzo depicting Queen Mab (as described in the play by Mercutio). The symphony's use of voice is pretty much restricted to the people affected most by the two doomed lovers, but the lovers themselves are only shown in the most deeply abstract music of the orchestra itself. That level of music insight is a prime reason why I love Berlioz as much as I do.
Yes, this symphony stretches the very idea of what constitutes a symphony in the first place, but it's not hard to see the trend continuing through music history later on. In terms of form, this work clearly anticipates Mahler by fifty years; in terms of musical depiction of drama, this work clearly influenced Wagner (who actually sent Berlioz an autographed copy of his score to Tristan and Isolde, noting his admiration for Romeo et Juliette in the inscription). All that, of course, would be of little concern were the music itself not so engaging. Berlioz tended to have an odd time with melody, and this work is no different -- but the "Romeo Alone and the Capulets' Ball" movement is its own little tone poem, and the love music here is, to my ears, utterly rapturous. Even that movement alone amazes in its construction: it begins with Romeo wandering after the ball, struck by love, and we hear the tenors offstage, singing snatches of the main dance music from the ball. But the tenors fade away, and Berlioz's main melody eventually begins. But somehow it sounds tentative at first, as though Romeo is trying to put what is in his heart into music. Eventually, though, the lovers come together, and the music flowers.
There isn't a single aspect of Berlioz as a musician that is not in evidence in Romeo et Juliette: his storytelling approach to music, his belief in the power of the orchestra to convey emotion, his skill at writing orchestra textures that still sound fresh to this day. While I have always discounted the notion that music can, by itself, tell a story, this work stands as the finest example I know that that doesn't mean that story is story and music is music and never the twain shall meet. Here, story informs the music and the music informs the story. If Hector Berlioz really was only known for a single work, and this was that work, he'd be in my personal Pantheon anyway.
The symphony is so large that this performance is in three parts. There are a few complete performances on YouTube, including a very nice live one (with an annoyingly sedate audience). The three parts correspond to the sections of the symphony, which break out like this (courtesy Wikipedia):
1. Introduction: Combats (Combat) - Tumulte (Tumult) - Intervention du prince (Intervention of the prince) - Prologue - Strophes - Scherzetto
2. Roméo seul (Romeo alone) - Tristesse (Sadness) - Bruits lointains de concert et de bal (Distant sounds from the concert and the ball) - Grande fête chez Capulet (Great banquet at the Capulets)
3. Scène d'amour (Love scene) - Nuit serène (Serene night) - Le jardin de Capulet silencieux et déserte (The Capulets' garden silent and deserted) - Les jeunes Capulets sortant de la fête en chantant des réminiscences de la musique du bal (The young Capulets leaving the banquet singing snatches of music from the ball)
4. Scherzo: La reine Mab, reine des songes (Queen Mab, the queen of dreams – the Queen Mab Scherzo)
5. Convoi funèbre de Juliette (Funeral cortège for the young Juliet): "Jetez des fleurs pour la vierge expirée" ("Throw flowers for the dead virgin")
6. Roméo au tombeau des Capulets (Romeo at the tomb of the Capulets) - Invocation: Réveil de Juliette (Juliet awakes) - Joie délirante, désespoir (Delirious joy, despair) - Dernières angoisses et mort des deux amants (Last throes and death of the two lovers)
7. Finale:
La foule accourt au cimetière (The crowd rushes to the graveyard) - Des Capulets et des Montagus (Fight between the Capulets and Montagues) - Récitatif et Air du Père Laurence (Friar Lawrence's recitative and aria) Aria: "Pauvres enfants que je pleure" ("Poor children that I weep for") - Serment de réconciliation (Oath of reconciliation) Oath: "Jurez donc par l'auguste symbole" ("Swear by the revered symbol")
Next week: Berlioz's final symphony, which is, again, rather unique.
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Now is the time to plant lettuce, kale, and spinach for a late spring salad. I will be planting these in the sunniest of my raised beds. You can also put out some flowers tolerant of low temperatures down to 32 degrees.
Seedlings can be planted now, but its suggested to install a hoop system or use a movable cold frame to protect the plants from frost. I use a cold frame in my garden, as heavy spring snows in Colorado can crush young plants.
Below are a list of annuals and vegetables that tolerate colder temperatures. Note that when planted early plant should also be protected from cold, drying winds. Winds can cool off soil temperatures and stunt plant growth. Some use hoops with heavy clear plastic to protect from winds. Another option is to plant early plants in containers that can be moved into a garage.
I placed my seeds based on guidelines for the square foot garden. Within 1 sq foot , I created 4 rows with 4 seedlings per row for radishes and beets. Lettuce got a 3 x 3 spacing. For easy spacing, I created templates from cardboard. Holes are made at the right width apart.
I will keep my tropicals (tomatoes, peppers) inside until I can reliably sustain 65- 75 temps in my mini-greenhouse. At temps below 65 you may see tomato leaves turn purple from stress as you see in my indoor seedlings sitting next to the leaky aluminum framed windows. Want more information on planting tomatoes in Colorado? See this guide from CSU Extension and the Colorado Master Gardener Program.
Winter squash will also need to stay in a warm environment until soil temperatures reach 65 degrees. These plants here already have buds! Better get to pinching as we have a few weeks to go.
92F = This is the temp at which pollen starts clumping and blossoms begin to drop.
70F to 92F = This is the goldilocks zone. Tomatoes grow prolifically, flowers set readily, plants need maximum fertility in the soil. The high end of this range is optimum for spread of several foliage diseases.
65F to 72F = the best temperature to grow seedlings.
50F to 65F = this is the beginning of cold stress. Tomato plants in this range grow slowly, often produce anthcyanins (turn purple), and become pale green from loss of chlorophyll function.
32F to 50F = This is the range where normal tomato plants show severe cold stress. Leaves shrivel, turn yellow, wilt, stems lose turgor, roots stop absorbing water. If your plants get this cold overnight, you can reverse the effects by raising the temperature above 90 degrees the next day for the same length of time they were too cold!
… don't even think about it with North American Cultivars..
0F to 15F = A few Russian cultivars are able to handle temps this low for brief periods of time. This is the low end of the range that wild tomato species S. Habrochaites, S. Chilense, and S. Lycopersicoides can withstand. <– might need to find me some of these!
Planting, Propagation, Vegetables cold frame, lettuce, radishes, square foot gardening, tomatoes, winter squash. permalink.
If you don't already know about them, check out Joseph Lofthouse's variety of Utah adapted (and by extension Colorado adapted) Landrace vegetable crops. He recently started a wild tomato breeding program using some of the cold tolerant wild species you mentioned like S. Habrochaites. Check out his new "Neandermato" S. Habrochaites Variety. Also Check out his Frost tolerant Tomato project too! We talk about it over at the Alan Bishop Homegrown Goodness Plant Breeding Forum.
Also check out his other varieties, such as his Watermelon Landrace! We collaborated for a few years and these are by far have the best genetics to grow watermelons here in Northern Colorado (where i live). I'm going to try and find a farm or a someone nearby if i can to grow out all my seed this year. Someone totally could use these to reliably and consistently grow Watermelon here in Northern Colorado and market them to all the local super markets. But no one is (yet) because standard watermelon varieties just don't grow here at all (i know, I've tried).
Thanks much Andrew, I will take a look at the forum.


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The same goes for the lymphatic system: a tight bra may restrict the flow of lymph to the many important lymph nodes around the breast and armpit, hindering the system's vital function of flushing toxic waste-products from the body.


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Q: Plotting Projective Reals I am new on Mathematica and I don't know much about plotting.
I would like to get something like the following picture, which represents the real projective line for a given sequence of numbers (inside) and the corresponding bits (outside the circle).

The pairs of number-bits are stored in a Table.
If the solution would be easier to adapt to different tables it would be great.
The main idea is to divide the circunference into n equidistant points and assign a label to each point.
Can anybody help me please.

A: I made this plot in order to make clearer what this circle is.
you can keep the things you like and try stuff by yourself.
otherwise this would be like replicating an image challenge...
Show[Graphics[{Line[{{-2, 0}, {2, 0}}], Green, Circle[{0, 1}], Red,
Line[{{0, 0}, {1, 1}}], Line[{{0, 0}, {1, 0}}],
Line[{{0, 0}, {1, 1/4}}], Line[{{0, 0}, {1, 4}}],
Line[{{-1, 1}, {1, -1}}], Line[{{-1, 1/4}, {1, -1/4}}],
Line[{{-1, 4}, {1, -4}}], Purple, Line[{{1, 5}, {1, -5}}], Black,
Text[Style["4", 15], {1.2, 4}], Point[{1, 4}],
Text[Style["1", 15], {1.2, 1}], Point[{1, 1}],
Text[Style["1/4", 15], {1.2, 1/4}], Point[{1, 1/4}],
Text[Style["-4", 15], {1.2, -4}], Point[{1, -4}],
Text[Style["-1", 15], {1.2, -1}], Point[{1, -1}],
Text[Style["-1/4", 15], {1.2, -1/4}], Point[{1, -1/4}],
Text[Style["0", Purple, 20], {-.1, -0.2}],
Text[Style["4", Purple, 20], {0.4, 2.05}],
Point[{0.470588, 1.88235}],
Text[Style["-4", Purple, 20], {-0.35, 2.05}],
Point[{-0.470588, 1.88235}],
Text[Style["-1", Purple, 20], {-1.2, 1}], Point[{-1, 1}],
Text[Style["\!\(\*
StyleBox[\"\[PlusMinus]\", \"OperatorCharacter\"]\)\[Infinity]",
Purple, 20], {0, 2.1}],
Text[Style["+\[Infinity]", 20], {1.2, 5}],
Text[Style["-\[Infinity]", 20], {1.2, -5}], Point[{-1, 1}]},
AxesStyle -> Black]]

Here is also the basics for making the image you want..
t1 = "" <> ToString /@ # & /@ Tuples[{0, 1}, 3];
t2 = {"0   ", "1/4", "1   ", "4   ", "\[PlusMinus]\[Infinity]", "-4",
"-1", "-1/4"};
Graphics[{Green, Thick,
Circle[], {Arrowheads[.1],
Arrow[{{0.2, 0.98}, {0.01, 1}}]}, {Arrowheads[.1],
Arrow[{{-0.2, 0.98}, {0.01, 1}}]}, Black, PointSize[Large],
Point[c = CirclePoints[{1, 4.7}, 8]],
Table[Text[Style[t2[[i]] <> "    " <> t1[[i]], 15], c[[i]],
Automatic, c[[i]]], {i, 8}]}]


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Mariska Hargitay is an actress and philanthropist. She is best known for portraying Olivia Benson in the NBC police drama Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2019, it was announced that the show would be renewed for its 21st season, making it the longest running live-action primetime drama in history.
Hargitay's portrayal of Olivia Benson has earned her an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Gracie Allen Award from The Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television, just to name a few accolades.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Hargitay is the youngest daughter of screen legend Jayne Mansfield and bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay. The UCLA graduate speaks Hungarian, French and Italian. She started acting in the 1980s, making guest appearances in several television shows and playing minor characters in multiple films.
Hargitay is also known to NBC viewers for her recurring role on ER as Dr. Greene's girlfriend Cynthia Hooper in the 1997-98 season of the top-rated show. She gained notice as a cast regular in the sitcom Can't Hurry Love with Nancy McKeon and Louis Mandylor.
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Hargitay is married to actor Peter Hermann, who starred in the Universal/Working Titles United 93, and who has a recurring role on SVU as attorney Trevor Langan. The couple have three children
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The labor involved in replacing door handles is pretty insane. While complete replacement door handles in various designs are available, there's something nice about buying a product and installing it yourself in seconds. This is why these Real Carbon Fiber door handle covers are soooo cool. They simply stick on over the existing door handles and are backed with two strips of high bond double stick tape so they stay in place.
The best way to install them is to first clean any residue or waxes, etc from the handles and then snap on the covers leaving the little covered tags that hold the tape backing on (shown in the pic). Once you're happy with the fit, you can put pressure on the handle cover to keep them in place while pulling the tape backing off one at a time (there is one along the top edge and one along the bottom).
Will NOT fit on any MINI with Comfort Access/Keyless entry - UNLESS you cut a small hole opening for the little oval rubber button. Sold as a pair or set of 4, depending on model.


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The demonstration began around 7:30 a.m. There were about 25 people protesting for families facing foreclosure by Deutsche Bank.
The man was dangling from a traffic light on Avenue of the Stars, just south of Santa Monica Boulevard.
Police responded and asked the protester to lower himself down, and he said he would, but when his gear malfunctioned, he was forced to ask for help. A large air bag was deployed underneath the protester in case he fell.
Northbound Avenue of the Stars was closed north of Olympic Boulevard.


Finding a roommate can be one of the most challenging parts of the housing process. However, at Temple, we pride ourselves on offering tools to help you succeed. We understand that as you transition from high school to college, the need to find a compatible roommate is crucial to your decision-making process.
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Q: APF, IPTABLES, Fedora 15 - Not blocking correctly I just got a new remote server which came with Fedora 15.  I first tried to run APF but it gave me this error "apf(18031): {glob} unable to load iptables module (ip_tables), aborting.".   Which I then set SET_MONOKERN="0" to SET_MONOKERN="1" to resolve the problem.
However, with my config file showing
BLK_P2P_PORTS="1214,2323,4660_4678,6257,6699,6346,6347,6881_6889,6346,7778"

The ports show up as closed, instead of being filtered.  Any idea why this would be happening?
22/tcp   open   ssh
80/tcp   open   http
443/tcp  open   https
2323/tcp closed 3d-nfsd
4662/tcp closed edonkey
6346/tcp closed gnutella
6699/tcp closed napster
6881/tcp closed bittorrent-tracker
7778/tcp closed interwise

A: You aren't running services on those ports.


You've got to love a beach like the first photo. One of the many things I miss about Florida.
Sorry to hear this trip was not as epic as last time...although it would be pretty difficult to outdo that one. Still, time on the flats is good for the head and soul, even when the fishing is less than stellar.


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Maternal obesity and vitamin D sufficiency are associated with cord blood vitamin D insufficiency.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Jan;98(1):114-9. doi: 10.1210/jc.2012-2882. Epub 2012 Nov 8.
Josefson JL, Feinglass J, Rademaker AW, Metzger BE, Zeiss DM, Price HE, Langman CB.
CONTEXT: An inverse relationship between total serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH D) and increased adiposity has been established in children, adolescents, and adults. However, the relationship between neonatal adiposity and vitamin D status has not been reported. Both maternal obesity and vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy are common and are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between vitamin D levels in mothers and newborns, as influenced by maternal obesity, and evaluate these associations with neonatal adiposity.
DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: Sixty-one maternal-neonatal pairs participated in this cross-sectional study at an academic medical center.
Mothers had a prepregnancy body mass index that was normal or obese.
OUTCOME MEASURES: Maternal and cord blood sera were assayed for 25-OH D, and neonatal body composition was measured by air displacement plethysmography.
RESULTS: Mothers had similar and sufficient levels of 25-OH D when measured at 36-38 wk gestation, irrespective of body mass index category (normal weight, 46.05, vs. obese, 49.84 ng/ml; P = not significant). However, cord blood 25-OH D was higher in neonates of normal-weight mothers compared to neonates of obese mothers (27.45 vs. 20.81 ng/ml; P = 0.02).
neonatal adiposity (r(2) = 0.66).
CONCLUSION: Obese women transfer less 25-OH D to offspring than normal-weight women, despite similar serum levels.
Cord blood 25-OH D levels directly correlate to neonatal percentage body fat.
These novel findings unders core the evolving relationships between maternal obesity, vitamin D nutritional status, and adiposity in the neonatal period that may influence subsequent childhood and adulthood vitamin D-dependent processes.


The future price of oil is back in the news, this time with a new twist.
I've had a sneaking suspicion we were headed this way for quite some time. I feared the moment prices started to rebound, we would ramp up production so fast we would essentially kill the recovery. It looks I might be right, which (surprisingly) isn't the first time – more on this in a minute.
$45 – $55/bbl is the new normal, but don't be surprised if it's far lower for far longer.
Between America's ability to turn ramp-up shale production at the drop of a dime, our inability to take a "measured" approach to drilling, and the proliferation of shale technology around the world, we are looking at a global oversupply as far as the eye can see.
James, you're just a digital marketer and a damn good one at that, but a digital marketer none-the-less; what the hell do you know about the future price of oil?
If it looks like a bubble, acts like a bubble, and smells like a bubble, it's about to burst… and much sooner than you think.
It doesn't matter when bubbles burst. Your success or failure has nothing to do with oil prices, only your actions determine that.
I know that sounds crazy, but here me out. When the meltdown hit in July 2008, my sales numbers suffered and it wasn't long before I was looking for another sales job. At the same time, several my friends who were top mortgage bankers in 2008 are still top mortgage bankers today.
What was the difference between them and me? Why did I fail and why did they succeed? It all comes down to one critical factor — my philosophy. I let the crisis destroy my belief system, while my friends kept making calls and closing deals. My faulty philosophy cost me another job. I decided to never let that happen again.
I founded Tribe Rocket Inc. January 1st, 2014. The average crude spot price back then was $102.10. I knew that would not last for long. Again, I'm not a genius. Life experience taught me that bubble was about to burst, and when it did my success or failure would have nothing to do with the price of oil.
Some would say I was naive, even stupid. If you know a market is going to crash, starting a business that only serves that market doesn't seem like a wise move. Others questioned my sanity and encouraged me to expand outside of oil and gas to survive and grow.
But, I had a new philosophy based on a long-term vision. Success wouldn't come overnight, or even in the first few years. The digital marketing genie was out of the bottle. Only a small handful of Bleeding Edge Adopters got it back then. But, if the Innovation Adoption Lifecycle model is right (and it always is), it was only a matter of time until the technology spread.
Once oil prices crashed, it wouldn't matter. By that time, enough companies would either adopt digital marketing technology or the market would contract and force adoption the remaining players.
That's exactly what happened. In 2014, the oil and gas industry was so far to the left on the chart, we didn't even register yet. Counterintuitively, when oil prices crashed it accelerated adoption. With more people retiring it forced the "great crew change" faster than anyone expected. It also forced companies to find more efficient ways to acquire new customers. They realized if they didn't adopt they wouldn't be around much longer.
Don't get me wrong, we have yet to hit the Early Adopters phase and the Late Majority is still a long way off. But it's exhilarating to watch the industry move along this path. Working with the early Innovators that do digital marketing in the oilfield is a privilege that fires me up every day. Regardless of the future price of oil, the future is looking bright!
But while Tribe Rocket Inc. has survived and is turning the corner toward profitability, hundreds of companies have come and gone. If you work out in the patch, you can probably name several services companies that sprang up recently and aren't around anymore. Likewise, I can point to dozens of digital oilfield publications and companies that were forced to close-up shop in the past few years.
If you asked why they failed, I'm willing to bet not one of those companies would blame their philosophy. They might blame the economy, they might blame Obama, they might blame oil prices or the freeze in equity markets. But, the number that would blame their philosophy would probably be roughly zero.
If you want to crush it no matter what happens to the future price of oil, work on your philosophy. Create a long-term vision, relentlessly execute to achieve that vision, and don't let the whims of the market dictate your success.
Failures blame markets and become a flash in the pan. Successful people take full responsibility and become legends.


What is the Senior Care Industry?
Everyone wants the best care for their family members, especially when they require assistance in their day-to-day activities. Senior care franchises make efforts to improve the daily lives of senior citizens, giving them the attention and diligence they expect. According to Statista, a majority of individuals receiving home care in the US are more than 65 years old. The elder care franchise industry offers a large variety of services. These include meal preparation and feeding, housekeeping, respite care, therapy services, infusion therapy, nursing, medication administration. Additionally, the industry offers outside of the home services to assist senior citizens. These services include transportation, grocery shopping, meal planning, and housekeeping. Often in-home and non-senior home franchises overlap, offering multiple different services.
Due to the high national birth rate in the baby boomer era, the number of senior citizens is on the rise. Currently, there the number of people aged 65 or older accounts for roughly 14.9 percent of the US population, up about 1.6 million from 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.
Senior care is one of the most popular industries, estimated to bring in roughly $400 billion by the end of this year, according to Freedonia. This is a 6.3 percent rise from the previous year, due in large part to the growing number of senior citizens. Not to mention, the longer life expectancy has served to further encourage this industry. This is particularly advantageous to the industry, as only about 3 percent of seniors live in nursing homes or communities, many opting to stay at home. For this reason, the elder care industry in the US is on the rise.
Much of the revenue in the senior care industry is derived from insurance or Medicare and Medicaid. Thus, much of the competition between businesses is fueled by quality and popularity of service, rather than actual revenue.
Different Sectors of the Industry.
Home care spans beyond senior services. Home care is extended to any individual that may need extra assistance in their daily lives. While senior citizens constitute a large portion of clientele for this industry, they do not represent the only demographic receiving help from these services. Often, individuals that struggle with chronic conditions benefit from the home care service industry. There are services that even assist mothers pre and post-natal as well. The industry allows individuals with any sort of disabling condition to regain a sense of ease and independence in their daily lives.
Positive outlook for senior services.
According to IBIS World, the industry employs more than 350,000 people in approximately 8,560 different senior care businesses. Senior or in-home care franchises cover a vast array of sectors. These include meal preparation and feeding, grooming assistance, medication administration, infusion therapy, live-in care, and nursing intervention. In all, these services aim to assist and improve the lives of senior citizens that need help in their day-to-day activities.
Franchises like Interim Healthcare and BrightStar Care are aimed at providing both medical and non-medical services aimed at improving and simplifying the lives of senior citizens.
Often senior care and home services intersect, as they complete many of the same tasks and duties. Many senior service franchises are beginning to expand their businesses to cover a broader span of services in order to give customers and clients more options.
Technology has played a key role in advancing and developing the senior service industry. Many of the health devices that senior citizens use each day involve measurement and monitoring. This can include heart rate, cholesterol levels, etc. These devices are becoming more simple to use and understand, much to the benefit of the industry and clientele. Furthermore, these health instruments are becoming significantly more accurate.
Additionally, the process of finding the appropriate home care service is becoming simplified. Different online platforms are now available to match users with the service, company, or even health care professional that they require. Finding the right service or doctor can be a huge challenge for much of this industry's clients. This process has been largely simplified thanks to developments in technology.
Highly qualified professionals in demand.
Something that all prospective franchisees must keep in mind is the industry's demand for highly qualified, experienced, and professional employees. Many of the individuals employed by senior service franchises directly or indirectly affect the health or well-being of the client. Thus, it is absolutely crucial that all employees be professional. As far as nurses or aides are concerned, it is necessary that they provide the required certifications and educational experience.
The senior services franchise industry can be a financially and personally rewarding industry to consider. This is a prime opportunity to use your business to help other people, making their lives more convenient and overall livable.
Choosing an ideal location for a senior service franchise plays a key role in the success of any business within this industry. It's vital to analyze the general age group of the demographic within a certain area. While people across age groups use home care services, most people that require services within this industry are over the age of 60. A location in the center of a cosmopolitan city where a majority of the population is under the age of 50, for instance, may not be optimal. A suburb where a key portion of the population is over the age of 50, or nearing that age, would likely be more successful. While this is only an abstract example, and does not necessarily represent reality, an in-depth analysis of local populations is extremely helpful in choosing a location.