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Questions and Answers
I've looked everywhere and I can't find anything about chord progressions that are often used in classical music. Can someone be kind and give me some examples and the name of the composer please? Thanks 🙂
Consider what was used in each stylistic period, by analyzing the scores of works from then. You can look at Mozart piano sonatas, Haydn symphonies o there is a lot of material form which to choose. You can read books like the Charles Rosen book on c Classical style, or books by the Paul and Eva Badura-Skoda, among other musicologists and theorists. You can easily see and hear what is NOT used, bu y exploring works that have a vocabulary that expanded in the decades (centuries??) AFTER the Classical Era. Anything that is essentially what we broadly call the Common Practice era will be fine. No, I am not going to make lists for you - that is YOUR job, as you do your analyses.
Looking for some chord progressions like E,G#,C#m,C#m, unique ones no I,VI,V rubbish please lol. Thanks i look forward to stealing all your chords.
How about:
Simple chord progression list with two chords
I-IV Common progression.
I-V Common progression
Chord progression list with three chords
I-IV-V Commonly used in rock and roll
I-II-IV Used by the Beatles in – Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
I-IV-V7 *V7 is a regular V chord with a minor third on the top. An example of a V7 would be G, B, D, F. You can learn more about sevenths at *How to use 7th Chords in Compositions.
I-flatted VII-IV Used in gospel music
I-flatted III-IV One of my favorite progressions, used by Lynyrd Skynyrd in 'Free Bird'
Chord progression list with four chords
I-IV-I-V Common progression
I-IV-I-V7 Common progression with dominant 7th chord in place of V chord
I-IV-V-IV Common progression with a rolling motion.
I-vi-IV-V Heart and Soul – Theme from the film Big with Tom Hanks. This chord progression is fun to play.
I-vi-ii-V Gershwin in 'I've Got Rhythm'
I-V-vi-IV Used by Journey in 'Don't Stop Believin'. Another fun rolling progression.
IV-I-IV-V Chord progression not starting on the tonic!
I-I-IV-V Similar to the I-IV-V, but more this is more widely used because it is four measures long. Many musical phrases are divisible by 4, normally 16, which makes chord progression using four chords more popular than others.
Vi-IV-I-V Currently a very popular chord progression used by The Offspring, Linkin Park, The Cranberries, OneRepublic, and others. Also used in our composition titled Medley of Waterfalls
Chord progressions list with five chords
I-vi-ii-IV-V7 Common Progression. Notice how the subsequent chord has many of the same notes. I and vi, ii and IV, both have two notes in common.
I-vi-ii-V7-ii Similar to the previous chord progression, but with a ii squeezed in between the V7 and the I. This added ii makes the progression less final at the end. V to I is a popular way to end songs. With the ii, it sounds like the song keeps going.
Chord progressions list with six chords
I-IV-I-V7-IV-I Blues and jazz is normally a 12–bar progression making this chord progression ideal for jazz tunes.
The numerous above chord progressions lists are ideal to use if you're stuck at the keyboard and unsure where to begin. The above chord progressions are popular progression that have been around, but feel free to compose your own progressions. Who knows, maybe you'll compose the next popular progression.
Like I wanna play a song, and I wanna make the chords minor to make it sound darker, but how do I do it. Is there like a way to do such? Help would be great, thanks!
You might want to mean a minor progression chord. Yup, it is possible. Converting pieces from major progression(where your main chord is a major) to minor progression(where your main chord is a minor) is a little bit tiresome. But, I'll try to explain this as brief but precise and easy to understand as i could.
The result of converting the major progression depends on what minor scale you would like to use.
The most common scale is the Harmonic Minor on its descending order (I call it personally HMDO). That is, 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7 8. Why HMDO? It is because HMDO scales are very similar to Major scales(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8). For example in A minor scale(on HMDO):A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A', just move the first two notes and you'll get the C Major scale!
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1.) Ok. Start making a list of the chords that are used.
2.) Identify what is the main/root chord being used. Move or transpose that chord 3 halfsteps/frets(or 1 & 1/2 wholesteps) DOWN . Example: G => E, C => A, D => B, and etc.
3.) Minor that chord. Ex: E =>Em, A => Am, B => Bm, etc. This will later become you root chord.
4.) Look for the fifth chords(if available) from the list. 5th chords are found by moving 4 notes up from the root note of a major scale. For example, if you have a C major chord progression, the major scale therefore is on C scale. That is, C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C'. Moving 4 notes from the root note which is C, we get G. Another one is, if you have an F major chord progression, the major scale therefore is on F scale. That is, F-G-A-Bb-C-D-E-F'. Moving 4 notes from the root note which is F, we get C.
5.) OPTIONALLY, move or transpose that chord(i refer to the 5th chord) down 3 halfsteps/frets. For example: D => B, G =>E and etc. So why optionally? Doing this step will make your chord progression more darker and 'minorer' to listen. But, if this results to a terrible sound/output, leave this step. Sometimes, you can also play either the natural 5th chord or the transposed 5th chord on one song. There are song that really have this type of progression.
6.) Leave the other chords as is. Don't change anything on them but if you think that you must have to do something on those chords, just do it. There's no NOs in music. Your style, your music!
7.) That's all, You're now have the converted minor progression chord
Those are the basics of transposing major progressions to minor progressions. And lastly, Experiment!
That's all for not now. Hope i helped.
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Division 39 member Kimberlyn Leary, PhD, ABPP (Clinical Psychology and Psychoanalysis) was appointed the Program Chair of the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA). She is the first psychologist and woman of color to hold this role.
The Program Committee reviews submissions, chooses content and designs the scientific program for two conferences in each year. The Program Chair also participates in ongoing strategic planning for the association. APsaA's Program Committee of 39 members includes Division 39 members (Drs. Brenda Bauer, Sharon Blum, Nancy Chodorow, Melinda Gellman, James Hansell, Dorothy Holmes, Christine Kieffer, Nancy Kulish and Jennifer Stuart), Social Work colleagues (Ms. Sharon Alperovitz and Ms. Phoebe Cirio) and invited liaison representation from the Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender and Racial and Ethnic Diversity committees. The remaining members are psychiatrists, many of whom are also associated with the American Psychiatric Association.
The selection of Leary for this role and the composition of the committee as a whole is an indication of APsaA's commitment to diversity. The recent election of Mark Smaller, PhD, whose doctoral degree is in social work, further signals APsaA's inclusiveness.

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WITN?: Yahoo didn't sentence 200,000 Iranians to death, and other misadventures in online journalism
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In one of those wonderful ironies of scheduling that make columnists weep with joy, Larry Dignan spent yesterday at a Yahoo! hack day in New York.
This is the same Larry Dignan who is editor in chief of ZDNet, which is the same ZDNet that yesterday published a blog post accusing Yahoo of passing the names and email addresses of thousands – sorry, hundreds of thousands – of bloggers to the Iranian authorities during the country's recent election.
Poor old Larry. One can only imagine the warmth with which he was greeted when he arrived at Yahoo's event. "Hey Larry!" his hosts may perhaps have said "go fuck yourself." And their suggestion wouldn't be entirely unfair, given that the story – written by 'lawyer and technology writer' Richard Koman, was a steaming pile of horseshit.


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A 'Glee' for Glenn Beck? Hallelujah! No, really. That's the name.
Marc Cherry, writer for "The Golden Girls," and the creator of "Desperate Housewives," is of a rare breed: a gay Republican. And now, he's trying to bridge the gap between his two identities -- kind of. Cherry's new show, an ABC drama set in the heartland, is aiming to bring the theatrics of 'Glee' to the tea party crowd.
Called "Hallelujah," the show is about a small town and its mysterious savior -- it was inspired by the 1947 Cary Grant film, "The Bishop's Wife." In addition to the miracles of kindness performed, there will be plenty of singing -- from the pews.
There will be a "generous helping of gospel music," Cherry told TVGuide.com. "I'm calling it 'Glee' for conservative Republicans."
Good luck with that: The Parents' Television Council, the premiere conservative media "watchdog" has objected to "Glee" -- especially its racy GQ photo shoot -- and conservatives have called it a liberal/gay propaganda machine.
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Swedish super-band ABBA's long-time drummer Ola Brunkert was found dead in his Mallorca, Spain home over the weekend.
Spanish police say the gruesome death was caused by a freak accident in which Brunkert bled to death after puncturing his throat with a broken piece of glass. According to CNN, police believe the drummer may have fallen against a glass partition that separated his kitchen from his garden, causing the glass to break and fatally cut his throat.
Brunkert was not one of the four "famous" members of ABBA, but was a studio drummer who played on all their albums.


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Amtrak and partners announce next steps towards implementing Union Station's Master Plan
On Friday October 16, 2015, Amtrak, the City of Chicago, Metra, and the Regional Transportation Authority gathered in the Great Hall of Chicago Union Station to announce the next steps towards advancing many of the improvement projects recommended as part of the Union Station Master Planning process.
Amtrak issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for planning, historic review and preliminary engineering services, up to 30 percent design, with an option to complete. This will advance work for renovation of an expanded concourse, expanded and added entrances, widening of platforms, disabilities access compliance, pedestrian passageways, and consider ventilation needs in the track and platform areas. Register by 10/30/2015; Pre-Proposal conference at Union Station on 11/3/2015; Proposals are due by 12/4/2015.
Amtrak also issued a Request for Information (RFI) for the opportunity to redevelop the Amtrak-owned station and surrounding land parcels, as well as improvements to both passenger and employee facilities. The RFI represents the first step in the evaluation of interested parties capable of all aspects of project delivery including an implementable Master Development Plan, design, construction, financing, the potential operation and maintenance of non-rail assets, as well as identification of expansion opportunities and commercial development in surrounding areas in the West Loop. Register by 11/05/2015; RFI responses are due by 11/20/2015.
For more information on the RFP and RFI opportunities please visit Amtrak's Procurement Portal, https://procurement.amtrak.com/
Chicago requests bids for $150 million in transit improvements
On September 10, 2014 the American Planning Association Chicago Metro Section held a Workshop focused on the Chicago Union Station Master Plan Study. This was part of a series, usually held monthly, oriented to providing information of interest to professional planners. This one was held in space in the 222 S. Riverside Plaza office building, above the Union Station concourse. There were approximately 85 attendees, significantly more than usually attend these events. The presentations can be viewed here:
Jeffrey Sriver, Director of Transportation Planning and Programming with the City of Chicago's DOT, presented the context for CDOT's role as sponsor of the CUS Master Plan Study and the vision on which it is focused. The presentation can be viewed here.
Joe Shacter, Director of Public and Intermodal Transportation, Illinois DOT, talked about IDOT's vision of access routes to CUS, the Midwest passenger network hub. The presentation can be viewed here.
Marc Magliari, Manager, Media Relations for Amtrak, owner of the Station, described Amtrak's role in the Master Plan Study. The presentation can be viewed here.
David Kralik, Metra's Department Head, Long Range Planning discussed Metra's interests. The presentation can be viewed here.
Kara Riggio, of the Metropolitan Planning Council, discusses MPC's strong interest in shaping the development of Union Station as a transportation hub for the region as well as a focal point for the West Loop area. The presentation can be viewed here.
David Phillips, AICP, the TranSystems Project Manager, presented the key results of the current stage of the Study, including examples of the output of the three simulation models: train operations, pedestrian flow, and street traffic. The presentation can be viewed here.
A short tour of the station was conducted at the conclusion of the presentation, focusing on pointing out areas where improvements and capacity increases are proposed.
The event gathered its own media coverage; links to the stories are here:
Union Station Rehab on Track
Major changes discussed to expand, renew Union Station
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 "Activate Union Station Gets the Conversation Rolling on Creative Use of Space"
Link to story on Metropolitan Planning Council Web Site: http://www.metroplanning.org/news-events/blog-post/6781
On May 29, 2013 The Chicago Union Station Master Plan was awarded the "Best New Plan" award by Friends of Downtown. The presentation took place at the organization's annual awards ceremony held at the Cliff Dwellers Club. The Friends cited the importance of improvements to Union Station, the quality of the planning, and the presentation on the project website. The winner was chosen from among candidates selected by Friends based on polling on the Friends website, Jeff Sriver, project manager for the City of Chicago's DOT, thanked the Committee. Separate plaques were presented to CDOT and TranSystems, CDOT's consultant.
Today Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) awarded notice to proceed from for the second stage of work on the Union Station Master Plan Study. This work will include three key components:
1) A train operations simulation model of existing and possible future conditions at Chicago Union Station (CUS)
2) A pedestrian flow model of existing and possible future conditions within CUS's passenger areas
3) A street traffic simulation model of existing and possible future conditions on 40 blocks surrounding CUS
The goal of this study will be to establish a robust technical case for implementing the "medium term" recommendations of the first stage of the Study. The second stage of the Study will determine just how much capacity (i.e., how many years of growth) these improvements are likely to accommodate. The key "medium term" improvements are:
- Reconfiguring the existing concourse to improve capacity and flow
- Widening platforms 6/8 and 10/12 (plus new direct access to street level)
- Repurposing the old mail platforms for passenger use, providing 4 new tracks (on 2 platforms, including access from the existing station concourse via refurbished existing corridors and spaces below track level)
- Ensuring that CDOT's planned Canal Street viaduct reconstruction is designed to be consistent with CUS's long term needs
The consultant team for this stage of the project, selected in a competitive process, is led by TranSystems and includes three firms that worked on the previous stage – Ross Barney Architects, EJM Engineering and Big Picture Marketing – and adds Legion America (a firm specializing in pedestrian simulation) and Regina Webster and Associates (specialists in traffic simulation). The train operations and pedestrian simulation efforts are planned to start first, providing data to feed into the traffic simulation models.
Public outreach efforts will also continue. There will be ongoing involvement of a Civic Advisory Committee led by the Metropolitan Planning Council. The project website will also continue to be updated.
April 19, 2012 – New Vision for Union Station
Link to PDF of The Doings, Western Springs
April 12, 2012 – Metra board to look at plan for future of Union Station
BY TINA SFONDELES Transportation Reporter firstname.lastname@example.com
Link to PDF of Sun-Times story
March 14, 2012 – Metropolitan planning council hosts panel of experts
The Metropolitan Planning Council hosted a panel of experts to discuss the best options for 21st century train stations that not only meet the technical requirements of rail but capture the energy and buying power of its passengers. The panel consisted of:
- Frank Cannon, who discussed the Denver Union Station project and the innovative public/private structure that was put in place to implement it.
- Tom Downs, a longtime transportation expert, who focused on the very successful Washington Union Station
- Luann Hamilton, the Deputy Commissioner of the City of Chicago's DOT, summarized the issues with Chicago's Union Station and the ideas for improvement that have emerged in the current Master Plan Study.
Here is a link to the MPC's blog post on the session:
This includes links to the presentations that Frank Cannon and Luann Hamilton used.
Here are links to stories that ran as a follow-up to the MPC Panel.
This is a link to the WBEZ/Chicago story and audio clip – "Chicago as a Rail Hub, Washington, DC Offers Advice."
Link to Forbes follow-up story:
Dec. 15, 2011 – Public Meeting regarding the Master Plan Study
Almost 200 people came to this open house meeting which was held from 4-7 pm in the Union Gallery room, located off the Great Hall at Chicago Union Station. Staff people from the stakeholder agencies and the TranSystems consultant team were available to explain the information about existing conditions and ideas for improvements that have developed in the course of the Master Plan Study. There were a total of 21 display boards. Jeff Sriver of the Chicago Department of Transportation narrated two presentations of the exhibits projected in a mini theater set up in the room.
December 15, 2011 Presentation
The Chicago Tribune's Jon Hilkevitch authored this story that ran prior to the meeting.
Link to PDF of Chicago Tribune article
The Metropolitan Planning Council posted this story on their website after the meeting.


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Opening shot: Bandra's boulangerie, viennoiserie and patisserie
Bandra gets a new boulangerie, viennoiserie and patisserie by chef Anees Khan. We dropped in for the first bite
When Anees Khan stepped into the kitchen of Sahar's Leela Hotel 18 years ago as an intern, the head chef asked him for to pick a department. "Continental," he said. Promptly, he was led to the bakery, where he spent the next two years.
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Khan may want to thank the man, because that decision took the young chef all over the world where he worked with skilled pastry chefs and finally, today readies to launch his own patisserie in Bandra.
StarAnise is a boulangerie (breads), viennoiserie (sweet breads) and patisserie) pastries and cakes) where Khan gives 17th and 18th century French desserts a contemporary makeover, with a French accent. "My command over French isn't great, but I do ensure I get the names of items right," he says.
Aimee, a white mousse, named after Khan's former colleague
Recalling the early days, Khan remembers how the mundane task of mixing batter and tempering chocolate gradually got interesting and landed him at Leela's Goa property as acting pastry chef. Here, he trained under Swiss master pastry chef Beat Loffel, who is credited for changing the patisserie scene in India.
Assorted bread basket with brioche, za'taar lavash, croissant
Soon, he found his way to Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Canada. "I named a dessert after an ex-colleague, Aimée. She would lift really heavy bread makers and never allow us guys to help. 'It's my job,' she would snap. The culture of gender equality touched me," says Khan, who returned to Mumbai after the 9/11 attacks.
Intense de passion
And the move wasn't easy. "From Fairmont, I landed into friend Moshe Shek's central kitchen at Mohammed Ali Road, and helped him set up his bakery. From sweating in the sun to buying ingredients to bargaining with vendors, I did it all," says Khan. There, he was constantly experimenting. "One day, I made the Za'taar lavash stick, and a chef said to me, 'People will say we are selling French papad'."
Chef Anees Khan
Once he was satiated, he packed his bags and left for Tanzania to help a friend set up a restaurant. He even managed a stint at Six Senses Zighy Bay in Oman. His last assignment was as executive sous chef at Hyatt Regency, Mumbai. In 2010, Khan set up a catering business in Sewri and spent five years understanding the market to launch his dream.
StarAnise, done up in European beige and woodwork, will also hawk jams with flavours ranging from spiced mango and kaffir lime to buttery brioches, croissants and sour dough French baguettes. And of course, there are the signature desserts made with premium ingredients.
Chef Raghvendra Yadav walks in with the Le Petit St Antoine, the classical French haute cuisine contender (it gets its name thanks to the elaborate preparation techniques and presentation) with crispy croquantine, spongy dacoise made of almond and hazelnut meringue and buttercream, topped with sea salt and halzelnut gianjuja and a layer of milk chocolate and hazelnut dark chocolate bavaroise (Bavarian cream).
The flaky sheets of pastry or feutilltine melts in the mouth as sour cranberries and crunchy hazelnut and almond pack in a crunch. The sea salt ensures it's not an overpoweringly sweet bite.
When Aimée (the dessert, we mean) is placed before us, it's too pretty to eat. Crafted with rose, raspberry and lychee with white mousse, it is as light as a summer's day. The fruity filling is proof of Khan's finesse.
Intense de passion is a yellow alien spaceship ball made of white chocolate with a filling. "We will smoke this with maple wood for added flavour," Khan shares. It takes a rap of the spoon to break the white chocolate. Inside sits chocolate mousse with pistachio nougat topped with blackberry compote. The initial sweet taste has a spicy aftertaste. "Chilli flakes," Khan quips.
It is tough to continue the conversation at this moment, and thankfully, Sous l'equateur 71 arrives.
A 17th century-inspired masterpiece, it is made from single origin 71 per cent Ecuadorian dark chocolate. "For this, we toss strawberries in balsamic vinegar and pour in smoked hot chocolate ganache which melts the chocolate cup," Khan explains while trickling the sauce onto the ball. Caving in, in slow motion, it exposes brown lava. While the classic version would have plain mousse, this modern take has the depth of tangy, smoky and sour flavours. But, the hero here is the pure chocolate.
Prices: Rs 65 to Rs 300 a piece; home delivery in Bandra
Where: Shop No 2A, Geeta Niketan, Linking Road, Bandra West
When: 11 am - 11 pm
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Teach children well about business
Published 5:04 pm, Saturday, August 2, 2014
One of my favorite institutions in American life is also the most humble and is a feature of the hot days of my fondest season: the summer lemonade stand. Staffed by neighborhood kids, the stand usually consists of a small table and a few chairs, one of which is usually occupied by a supervising adult who guards against untrustworthy lemonade drinkers. Sadly, it seems even the most innocent scene these days needs a watchful eye to keep it innocent.
Just the other day, I was a patron at a stand run by local kids. Their dad, a friend who is a heart surgeon in his other life, was on this afternoon the lemonade stand overseer. He told his kids to give me a free lemonade, but, using the logic of heath care billing, charged me $50 for the cup.
(OK, so he didn't charge me for the cup, but jokes are as much appreciated in the lemonade trade as they are in the columnist trade.)
The greater point is that the lemonade stand is an American cultural icon for a reason. Lemonade stands are private enterprise with training wheels, which is why I love them. (Admittedly, the cuteness factor is also a selling point.)
Without small business, America's economy would not have grown so big. Those of you born here may take this for granted. But on the other side of the world where I grew up, a kid who set up a lemonade stand might have had rocks thrown at him.
The culture was just different. In America, President Calvin Coolidge once plausibly said, "The chief business of the American people is business." In Australia, a prime minister of my generation could have plausibly said, "The chief business of the Australian people is drinking beer, having barbecues, playing sports and complaining about work."
Yes, it sounds bloody good, but someone has to create the jobs. The system depends upon it. The reality of the system for many of us came not in our formal education, but in the board game Monopoly — the pastime of choice on wet afternoons at the shore.
Monopoly is a real estate game, not a job creation game, but even a dim bulb on a wet afternoon can see that if someone is a successful entrepreneur in real life he or she can soon own a hotel on Boardwalk. Entrepreneurship, that's the ticket.
Why can't schools teach about business as well as traditional courses? As it turns out, some do. Last Friday, I went to a downtown Pittsburgh expo sponsored by Entrepreneuring Youth, a nonprofit organization that designs programs to teach the real-life experience of business creation to middle schoolers and high schoolers.
It serves 240 children from economically fragile neighborhoods, many of them minorities but not all. Last week's occasion was a market set up at lunchtime for the Junior Woodchucks of business to sell their wares.
I met Ashantaya Lee, just 10 — although she will be 11 in August — who was selling potholders for $2 and lipstick made from crayons for $3. How did she become an entrepreneur? "We were bored, so what could we do?" A lot worse, I reckon.
Jerry Cozewith, Entrepreneuring Youth's president and a social worker by background, says its program goes beyond the old adage about teaching a person to fish — it teaches how to set up a fish shop, too. "It is the smartest anti-poverty program I have ever seen," he says.
Indeed, it is way beyond lemonade stands, but just as sweet.
Reg Henry is deputy editorial page editor for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. rhenrypost-gazette.com.


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Rigidity—when your muscles are stiff and resist moving—is one of the primary symptoms of Parkinson's disease, affecting at least 90 percent of people with the disease at some point. It occurs when your muscles stiffen involuntarily.

Overview

Most people who have Parkinson's disease experience rigidity, usually in their shoulders, arms and leg muscles. In fact, one of the earliest symptoms of Parkinson's for some people is a stiff, painful shoulder. Rigidity can be present on only one side of the body (unilateral) or both sides (bilateral.) Rigidity also can occur in the hips and ankles, and in the neck and trunk (rigidity in your neck and trunk is called "axial rigidity"). Unlike some neurological conditions which affect muscle tone, the rigidity in Parkinson's disease affects flexor and extensor muscles equally.

Rigidity in Parkinson's disease can prevent you from moving easily, and this lack of easy movement can lead to more stiffness in a downward cycle. This symptom can cause discomfort or pain in your muscles.

Symptoms

When your muscles are rigid and you're having trouble moving them, it leads to several problems:

You may not be able to move your arms or legs very far, which means you'll take shorter steps and may not swing your arms as you walk. This can lead to problems with balance, even if it doesn't affect the "balance centers" in the brain.

You might find it difficult to do things that require small, careful movements, like button a shirt.

When your doctor tries to move your arm or leg around, it may move in a jerky "cogwheel" manner. Rather than having your movements feel "fluid-like" it seems like they occur in several, jerky steps.

Axial rigidity may cause your spine to be curved, and you may stoop. Unfortunately, this stooped posture can cause more stiffness and rigidity and also increases the risk of falls.

You may have trouble with normal facial expressions, leading to a mask-like blank expression. This expression can, in turn, affect your relationships, as your facial expression may suggest to your loved ones that you feel differently about a situation based on body language.

Rigidity is worsened by voluntary movements on the other side of the body (reinforcement.) For example, stiffness in your left arm and shoulder may be enhanced when you use your right arm.

Pain and muscle cramps may occur on top of an already present feeling of "tightness." The constant tenseness of the muscles can lead to aching.

A person with Parkinson's may have none of these problems, or that person may have all of them. They're likely to be progressive, meaning that as your illness gets worse, these problems will get worse, too.

Impact

The muscle rigidity in Parkinson's disease can impact every area of your life. Going through a normal day, rigidity affects mobility by making it difficult walking, and turning, with the stopped posture disrupting the normal way in which landmarks are used to navigate safely. Eating can be affected, and even getting out of a chair or turning in bed can be difficult. Rigidity can interfere with normal communication both by the masked face appearance leaving others uncertain of your emotional reaction to conversation, and by changing the appearance of your written words as well.

Thankfully, treatment can improve the quality of life for most people. Thinking about an ordinary day, however, is a good reminder that treatment goes beyond using medications to help with the symptoms, and methods to help adapt with the symptoms that cannot be controlled and education family and friends about Parkinson disease along the spectrum from the difficulty in interpreting facial expressions to the importance of fall prevention.

Similar to severe arthritis, Parkinson's disease often has effects on daily living and activity that you would not think of prior to being diagnosed.

Treatment

Rigidity in Parkinson's disease may be all but inevitable, but there are treatments that can improve your ability to move and ease any pain or discomfort you feel from your stiff muscles.

First, there's exercise. Regular exercise can keep your muscles more flexible and will keep you moving generally. Although it can be difficult to get motivated to exercise, especially if your muscles don't want to cooperate, it's one of the most beneficial things you can do for yourself. Before you begin, talk to your doctor about how to exercise safely with your limitations. Working with a physical therapist can be very helpful in designing a routine, as well as to learn more about how to improve your balance and reduce your risk of falls. The best exercise program will include both flexibility (range of motion) exercise and strength training.

If your face is rigid and mask-like, a speech therapist may be able to help you exercise those muscles and keep them more flexible. It's best to start this type of therapy soon after your diagnosis to have the most success with it.

Finally, some drugs prescribed for Parkinson's disease can help to reduce rigidity. Specifically, Levodopa (L-dopa), frequently used to treat the condition, can help improve rigid muscles. Other medications may also have some effect.

If you feel that your Parkinson's rigidity is interfering too much in your daily activities, or if it's causing you pain, talk to your doctor about it. There are effective treatments for it.

Adapting

In addition to medications, there are lifestyle adjustments that may help you cope with the physical limitations of the disease. You may wish to consider one of the mobility aids available. One common difficulty many people cope with is getting up and out of a chair. A lift chair can be particularly helpful in raising you to a level which makes this easier.

Support and Coping

In addition to medications and therapy, and aids to assist you in daily living, there is support available that is helping many people cope with Parkinson disease. You may have a support group in your community. Thankfully, with the availability of the internet and many excellent online support communities, people with Parkinson's disease now have the option to connect with others facing the same challenges 24 hours a day.

Sources:

Kasper, Dennis L., et al. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. New York: McGraw Hill Education, 2015. Print.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Parkinson's Disease: Hope Through Research. Updated 06/21/16. http:// www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/detail_parkinsons_disease.htm

Tarsey, D. Patient Education: Parkinson Disease Treatment Options — Medications (Beyond the Basics). UpToDate. Updated 06/28/16.


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Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) reported a quarterly loss of $392.8 million due to a write-down at its Spanish cruise line and weakness in Europe.
The company took a $413.9 million impairment charge to reflect the drop in value of Royal Caribbean's Pullmantur Cruise line based in Spain. Demand for cruises has been weak in Europe, due in part, to austerity measures in Spain and the "lingering impact" of the Costa Concordia, the Italian cruise ship that ran aground and capsized in January 2012, killing 32 people.
Investors showed their disappointment in the results, sending shares down $1.44, or 3.9%, to $35.35 Monday.
Excluding the one-time impairment charges,the company earned $21 million or 10 cents a share thanks to strength in cruise demand in North America. On an adjusted basis, earnings were down 41%, but they topped analysts' profit expectations of five cents a share, says S&P Capital IQ.
"We see a tale of two continents: North America is doing well, while parts of Europe continue to be a challenge," said CEO Richard Fain.
Meanwhile, the company's costs continue to climb. Net cruise costs rose 1% holding the value of currencies constant during the fourth quarter. Excluding fuel, costs rose 4.2% also holding the value of currencies constant. The company spent $229.3 million on fuel in the fourth quarter, up 10.2% from the same quarter of 2011.
Traffic is holding, though, as the number of passengers in 2012 was flat at 4.8 million.
Jaime Katz, analyst at Morningstar, was disappointed with the Pullmantur write-down but wasn't surprised, according to a note to clients. Adjustments made to the business in 2013 will likely lead to better results and a higher stock price, Katz says. "Royal Caribbean is positioned to do very well in 2013 compared with 2012," Katz says in the report.


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All of the previous work that Locke has done in the Essay has been setting up the framework for the investigation of knowledge. In Book IV, Locke finally turns toward knowledge itself, asking what it is and in what areas we can hope to attain it. Locke defines knowledge as "the perception by reason of the connection and agreement or repulsion and disagreement between any two or more of our ideas" (IV.i.2). Because it has only to do with internal relations that hold between ideas knowledge, is not actually of the world itself. Locke identifies four different sorts of agreement and disagreement that reason can perceive in order to produce knowledge: identity and diversity (e.g. A=A); relation (e.g. a diamond is a square laid on its side); coexistence (e.g. that the area of a triangle always equals one half the base time the height); realizing that existence belongs to the very ideas themselves (e.g. the idea of God and of the self). To count as knowledge, the connection between ideas must be very strong. In the case of disagreement, the connection must be one of logical inconsistency, and in the case of agreement, it needs to be a necessary connection. For example, in order to know that A caused B you need to know that given A, B could not have failed to happen. In other words, to know that A caused B, you need to be able to deduce B given only the information that A, or derive B from A. In chapter ii Locke distinguishes between three grades or degrees of knowledge. The highest grade of knowledge is intuition. In intuition, we immediately perceive an agreement or disagreement the moment the ideas are understood. Example of intuitive knowledge are the knowledge that A=A and that all bachelors are unmarried. Understanding what it means to be a bachelor requires feeling the truth of this claim. One grade below intuition is demonstration. In demonstrative knowledge, one must go through some sort of proof to see the connection between ideas. Each step in the proof, however, must be a matter of intuition. An example of demonstrative knowledge would be any proof of geometry. Intuition and demonstration are the only truly legitimate forms of knowledge, so, ultimately all knowledge depends on intuition. There is also, however, a final grade of pseudo-knowledge. This is sensitive knowledge, which is treated at length in Chapter xi.
Locke's definition of knowledge was common among 17th century thinkers. Both Rene Descartes and David Hume defined knowledge in much the same way. However, it is tempting to think that this definition is too strong. Consider the following example: I notice that every time my cat makes a sound, it comes out as "meow." In addition, I notice that this same fact holds true of all the cats I have ever come across, and from the testimony of others I gather that the same is true of all cats that anyone has ever observed. While I am tempted to say that I know that all cats say "meow," I have no knowledge of any necessary connection between the cat and the sound "meow." I do not know anything about cats that would show me why cats must say only "meow," nor do I know anything to tell me why they must say "meow" at all. According to Locke, I do not know that all cats say "meow." I may believe this strongly, but I do not know it. Whether or not Locke's definition of knowledge is too strict (and it is not clear that it is; perhaps I really do not know that all cats say "meow), he had good reasons for holding to it. To return to the example above, imagine now that I happen across a cat that makes a sound more like "greck." It turns out I did not know that cats say "meow" after all, since this cat does not. The claim that all cats say "meow" is simply not true, and it is impossible to know something that is not true. I might have thought that I knew that all cats say "meow," but I was mistaken. Is it possible to imagine my coming across such a creature? It is, so long as I do not know of any necessary connection between cats and meows. If, on the other hand, I do know of any such connection, then I know that I will never come across such a cat. To grasp a necessary connection is to know that you will never come across a disconfirming instance. And until you know that you will never come across a disconfirming instance of a rule, can you really know the rule is true? In the absence of this guarantee, there is always the chance that you will happen across something that violates the rule, proving that the rule is wrong and that you could not have known it after all. In all likelihood, this is the reasoning behind Locke's strict definition of knowledge.
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Siouxland Architects Elected to 2013 AIA Iowa Board
Des Moines, Iowa (December 17, 2012) – The American Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter (AIA Iowa), has elected two Siouxland architects to serve on the 2013 AIA Iowa Board of Directors, Nathan Kalaher, AIA, as President-Elect and Todd Moss, AIA, as Past President.
Nathan Kalaher, AIA, President-Elect
Nathan Kalaher, AIA, is a Principal at PlaN Architecture located in Sioux City. Nathan was instrumental in the development of ISU Design West, developed as a part of Sioux City's Iowa Great Places program. PLaN's services include commercial design, renovation of historic buildings, sustainable design, educational facilities, site design, and residential design. Kalaher is a 2002 graduate of Iowa State University's Bachelor of Architecture program and a 2006 graduate of Cornell University's Master of Architecture program.
Todd Moss, AIA, Past President
Todd Moss, AIA, is President and CEO of Cannon Moss Brygger Architects, a highly collaborative design firm, with three locations in Iowa and Nebraska. Moss has over 25 years experience in all phases of architecture practice. As President and CEO he also leads the firm's marketing and practice management efforts. Moss is actively engaged in designing some of the firm's major projects. Moss joined the AIA Iowa Board of Directors in 2006. Moss has been a longstanding community volunteer and served on numerous boards and committees, he is a former Sioux City Mayor ProTem, Chairman of the Sioux City Planning & Zoning Commission, and Chairman of the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce. He also served as the Chair of the 2010 Siouxland United Way Campaign.
Other AIA Iowa elected officials include:
Mindy Aust, AIA, Secretary
Aust, AIA, is an Architect at Substance - a collaborative design
practice engaged in the disciplines of Architecture, Interior
Architecture, Master Planning, and Design in Des Moines, Iowa. Aust is a
2001 graduate of Iowa State University and has been with Substance
since 2005. She has contributed to projects recognized with awards for
design excellence from AIA Iowa and the Central States Region, as well
as by the National AIA's Committee on Design/Committee on the
Environment House for an Ecologist Design Ideas Competition. In 2011,
her work on the renovation of the Cedar Rapids Courthouse won a
prestigious American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum as
well as a GSA Design Award. She has served on AIA Iowa's Convention
Committee and is currently a member of AIA Iowa's Diversity Committee.
Curt Gear, AIA Allied, Allied Director
Gear has served as the Vice-Director for the AIA Iowa Allied Membership
for the past two years and is now the Allied Director on AIA Iowa's
Board of Directors providing a gateway of connections between architects
and firms and allied members. Curt is employed at Coreslab Structures, a
manufacturer of precast concrete, prestressed concrete products and
Hollowcore slabs. Coreslab's precast prestressed concrete products have
been used in the construction of some of the world's most high profile
buildings. Coreslab Structures services most of the continental USA and
South Eastern Canada.
Jill Goedken, AIA, Director
Goedken, AIA, is a Director at INVISION- a client-centered,
service-oriented architecture firm that produces outstanding design in
Des Moines, Iowa. She is a leader in community involvement serving as a
member of the Junior League of Des Moines since 1999 and volunteering
locally with the Two Rivers Art Expo and Impact Des Moines. A 1993
graduate of Iowa State University, Goedken has been an integral part of
the leadership of AIA both locally with Central Iowa Architects and at
the state level with AIA Iowa for 19 years. Goedken is a graduate of
the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute where she took a leadership
role in building a playground at Blank Park Zoo and has been involved in
large projects including a $48 million addition to Iowa State
University's large animal hospital. In addition to design, Goedken is a
strong advocate for mentoring young architects.
Danielle Hermann, AIA, Director
Hermann, AIA, is a Project Architect at OPN Architects, Inc., an
architecture firm recognized for its seamless blend of architecture,
interior design, and landscape architecture located in Des Moines, Iowa.
A strong advocate for diversity in the architectural field, Hermann is
the a founder and charter member of Iowa Women in Architecture and
founder of AIA Iowa's Diversity Committee which explores relevant issues
within the architectural community and assists in the development of
programs and initiatives that foster and sustain cultural breadth and
inclusion. She has been a part of multiple projects in the Des Moines
community including the renovation of Hoyt Sherman Place auditorium, the
Salisbury House & Gardens and Terrace Hill and was named one of the
2012 Forty Under 40 Honorees. Hermann received both her Bachelors of
Architecture in 2001, and Masters of Architecture in 2008, from Iowa
State University.
Sanjay Jani, AIA, Director
Jani, AIA, is President and Architect of AKAR Architecture and Design, a
holistic architectural and interior design firm located in Iowa City,
Iowa. Jani originally founded AKAR Architect & Design while still a
student studying in Bombay, India. He has been a member of AIA Iowa
since 1993 and is an active member in his community helping to maintain
his firm's reputation for the highest standards in design, management,
and technical achievements.
Matt Ostanik, AIA, Treasurer
Matt Ostanik, AIA, is President and Founder of Submittal Exchange, a
growing technology company located in West Des Moines, Iowa that
provides a comprehensive, secure, online system for Architects,
Engineers, Contractors, Construction Managers, and Facility Owners to
manage communications on commercial construction projects. Submittal
Exchange, which recently became a division of Textura Corporation, has
received many accolades under Ostanik's leadership, including
recognition as one of Inc. magazine's 2011 Top Small Company Workplaces.
Ostanik received his college education from Iowa State University, a
Bachelor of Architecture in 2001 and his Master of Business
Administration in 2009. He has been involved within AIA Iowa as Chair
and Member of the AIA Iowa Young Architects Committee, AIA Iowa Public
Relations Committee, and is a member of the Iowa Architect magazine
Editorial Board. Within the community, Ostanik is a member of the City
of Dallas Center Board of Adjustment, a participant in the Greater Des
Moines Leadership Institute Class of 2011, and a volunteer for
Rebuilding Together Greater Des Moines.
Gregory Palermo, FAIA, Iowa State University Representative
Palermo, FAIA, is a Professor of Architecture at Iowa State University
in Ames, Iowa and has been part of the ISU teaching community since
1992. Prior to his tenure at Iowa State, Palermo taught at Washington
University in St. Louis, MO and has over twenty years of professional
architectural practice in leadership positions. Among his many notable
achievements at ISU, Palermo has earned the Iowa State University Miller
Fellowship (1996-1997, 2003-2004), received the College of Design
Faculty Award for Extraordinary Performance (2003), the AIA Iowa
Educator Award (2007) and was the recipient of the Association of
Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), Distinguished Professor
Award. While also at ISU, Palermo has served as President of the Faculty
Senate, was a Big XII Faculty Fellow at Texas Tech, and co-authored Ethics and the Practice of Architecture.
Linda Schemmel, AIA, President
Schemmel, AIA, is currently a Planner for the City of West Des Moines,
Iowa. Her work includes review of current development projects within
the city along with managing redevelopment, economic development and
capital improvement projects, many focused in the Historic Valley
Junction area. Schemmel also maintains membership with the American
Planning Association, International Code Council and serves on the
Builder Advisory Council for the Center on Sustainable Communities.
Prior to her work with the City, she founded Design Development Inc., an
architectural firm located in Valley Junction. Schemmel joined the AIA
Iowa Board of Directors in 2006. She also previously served on the West
Des Moines Plan and Zoning Commission for six years, two years as Chair.
Tim Schroeder, AIA, Director
Schroeder, AIA, is Vice President of Neumann Monson Architects, Iowa
City and Des Moines, Iowa. He is a 1994 graduate of Iowa State
University and is very involved in his firm's sustainability endeavors.
His leadership includes several sustainable firsts in Iowa including:
the first green roof project, the first LEED-certified school, and the
first LEED-certified public building. This progressive work garnered the
AIA Iowa's first Sustainability Award. In addition, Schroeder's design
work has been honored in Iowa and regionally. He has served on the Iowa
Architectural Foundation Board and the Iowa Architect Editorial Board –
serving as editor from 2008 to 2010. Schroeder was a 2008 recipient of
the national AIA's Young Architect Award.
Jenna Thompson, Assoc. AIA, Associate Director
Thompson, Assoc. AIA, is an Architect Intern for SVPA Architects Inc.,
an architecture, interior design, and graphic design firm in West Des
Moines, Iowa that believes in the philosophy "together everyone achieves
more;" providing clients with solutions that are as unique as their
architectural challenges. Thompson, a 2009 Iowa State University
graduate, is active in her community and with AIA Iowa. She currently
serves as Vice-Chair/Director of Education and Programs for Iowa Women
in Architecture and is an active participant in the planning committee
for Canstruction, an annual event that combines the competitive spirit
of design and architecture with a unique way to help feed the less
fortunate. Thompson has been an AIA Iowa member since 2009.
Josephy Tursi, AIA, Second Vice President
Joseph Tursi, AIA, is an Architect at OPN Architects, Inc., in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. OPN Architects is a holistic architectural, interior design and landscape architecture firm with offices in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. A 1991 graduate of Iowa State University, Tursi is involved with the AIA Iowa Public Relations Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Cedar Rapids Iowa City Architects Council, a local AIA Iowa section.
Gary Van Dyke, AIA, Director
Van Dyke, AIA, is a Principal Architect at Shive-Hattery, Inc., an
architecture and engineering firm located in West Des Moines, Iowa that
has provided a single source solution to clients with unique design
services for 117 years. Van Dyke is a 1984 graduate of Iowa State
University and is currently on the Board of Trustees for the Iowa
Architectural Foundation where he is serving on the Programming
Committee. Van Dyke's experiences span over three decades with a current
focus on healthcare architecture. He has been a member of AIA Iowa
since 1985 and is presently a member of the U.S. Green Building Council,
an organization dedicated to sustainable building design and
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Architects has represented the professional interests of America's
architects. AIA Iowa, headquartered in Des Moines, is a statewide
affiliate of the national AIA. AIA members express their commitment to
excellence in design and are proactive in the design of livable
communities. Members adhere to a code of ethics and professional conduct
that assures the client, the public, and colleagues of an AIA member
architect's dedication to the highest standards in professional
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A. LASIK is an acronym for LaSer In-situ Keratomileusis, which refers to the use of the excimer laser to reshape the cornea to correct a wide range of nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism.
A. LASIK has been performed internationally for over 20 years. It was first performed in the United States in clinical trials in 1989. However, ophthalmologists have been reshaping the cornea for over 50 years and using the excimer laser since the 1980's.
A. Generally, the procedure costs about $3,900.00. This fee includes the screening consultation and examination, the surgery and all follow-up visits for one year. Payment-in-full is due prior to surgery and can be paid by cash, check or credit card. Financing plans are also available, and you may apply quickly and securely via the web at http://www.carecredit.com or by calling (800) 365-8295.
A. Generally, it is not covered by insurance, but you need to check with your individual insurance company. Many of our patients use their flex-spending accounts to pay for LASIK.
A. No, the actual excimer laser procedure does not hurt. Patients are given anesthetic eye drops to numb the eye. Some patients do experience discomfort for a few hours following the surgery.
A. Most people return to work within one or two days; however, it depends on your occupation. If your job requires a great deal of reading or computer work, you might not have adequate vision to perform your normal tasks.
A. Most normal activities can be resumed after surgery. However, for at least two weeks after surgery, you should avoid activities that would cause perspiration to run into the eyes. You should also wear safety glasses while playing contact sports and avoid swimming for several weeks.
A. Most patients achieve good vision within a few hours of the surgery. However, vision can continue to improve, and best vision can take two to three months to occur.
A. Most people in their 40's will need reading glasses. This condition, known as presbyopia, cannot currently be treated by surgery.


text: On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Jonathan Lassoff <jof at thejof.com> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:21 AM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote: > >> There is no need for an ethernet-powered arduino or another pc, because >> now the door is connected to a usb parallel port on minotaur. >> >> I promise there will be no complications or electrical nasties related to >> the long wires. >> >> please put any info or code you have on the wiki page so it's more easy >> to collaborate on this thing. Also miloh says to ask you for access to >> stallion or minotaur or whatever. i think i'm already on pony. I want >> someone to test stuff. > > > Miloh, you already have an account on minotaur. Let me know if you need an > SSH key pushed, or something. > > Jake, what is the difference between > https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/User:Jake and > https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/User:Jerkey > > Do you want your SSH key for "jake" pushed to minotaur? > I put the two most-helpful tools for dealing with the hardware on minotaur: - /usr/local/sbin/open-door (a setuid root binary that "buzzes" open the door with the parallel port hardware) - /usr/local/sbin/parport_daemon (a setuid binary that takes control of the parallel port, starts listening on UDP 0.0.0.0:30012, and talks a simple protocol to query the state of the ringer and open the gate) Personally, I'd like to use the parport_daemon program going forward, though most of the scripts others use are not setup to use it just yet. The protocol is dead simple. Ask it "Sup?" and it will respond with "Nothing." (nobody's ringing) or "RING!" (someone is or just rang the gate buzzer). If you send it "OPEN!" it will respond "Acknowledged. Buzzing it open." (buzzes open the door) or "Already opened recently." (if someone beat you to it -- there's a timeout to avoid wailing on the solenoid). So, to open the gate from pony, one could do something like: echo -n 'OPEN!' | socat stdio udp4:minotaur.noise:30012 I should probably make a wrapper script or controller around that next. I'm also thinking it would be cute to have the computer hosting the daemon to also announce a Zeroconf/Avahi service records for the door. Maybe _door._udp? Cheers, jof -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/rack/attachments/20111206/649e6fd4/attachment.html>


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text: On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 21:05 -0700, Greg KH wrote:> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 11:50:49AM +0800, Shaohua Li wrote:> > This is the rewrite of microcode update driver. Changes:> > 1. trim the code> > Hm, but the code is now bigger.Ok, I'll consider move the old interface part to a separate file as Arjan suggested.> > 2. using request_firmware to pull ucode from userspace, so we don't need> > the application 'microcode_ctl' to assist. We name each ucode file> > according to CPU's info as intel-ucode/family-model-stepping. In this> > way we could split ucode file as small one. This has a lot of advantages> > such as selectively update and validate microcode for specific models,> > better manage microcode file, easily write tools for administerators and> > so on.> > 3. add sysfs support. Currently each CPU has two microcode related> > attributes. One is 'version' which shows current ucode version of CPU.> > Tools can use the attribute do validation or show CPU ucode status. The> > other is 'reload' which allows manually reloading ucode. > > Why are you not using the current cpu struct devices in the system?> Don't roll your own logic for this with "raw" kobjects please.Not sure if I understand. Using attribute_gropu?> > 4. add suspend/resume and CPU hotplug support. > > > > With the changes, we should put all intel-ucode/xx-xx-xx microcode files> > into the firmware dir (I had a tool to split previous big data file into> > small one and later we will release new style data file). The init> > script should be changed to just loading the driver without unloading> > for hotplug and suspend/resume (for back compatibility I keep old> > interface, so old init script also works).> > > > Downside. We are using request_firmware. If the driver is build-in and> > initramfs hasn't udev support, the driver will wait for request_firmware> > to finish for a long time. But I suppose this is very rare, as microcode> > driver usually is a module.> > Don't use request_firmware, use request_firmware_nowait() instead. If it really does matter, I'll. Other drivers have the same issue, andnobody complains. I suppose it's really module instead of build-in. Inthe meantime it's meanless to let the module build-in, as the firmwareusually isn't in initramfs.> That> way you never stall. You only want to update the firmware when> userspace tells you to, not for every boot like I think this will do.We need update it when suspend/resume and hotplug. Userspace canmanually update it as well.Thanks,Shaohua-To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to email@example.com majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlPlease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/