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Educational standards describe what students should know and be able to do in each subject in each grade. In California, the State Board of Education decides on the standards for all students, from kindergarten through high school. Since 2010, 45 states have adopted the same standards for English and math. These standards are called the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Having the same standards helps all students get a good education, even if they change schools or move to a different state. Teachers, parents, and education experts designed the standards to prepare students for success in college and the workplace. For details regarding the CCSS for all students visit the main CCSS Web page.
This site offers resources and guidelines on what the CCSS and the new tests will mean for California students in the Special Education Community.
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English and math were adopted in 2010. These standards define what students need to learn at each grade level. They provide a chance to improve access to quality content standards for students with disabilities.
- Common Core State Standards Symposium for Special Educators Archived Sessions and Materials Part II March 21, 2014 (New 16-Apr-2014)
The recorded sessions and materials include presentations on aligning Individualized Education Programs to the Common Core State Standards.
- Common Core State Standards Symposium for Special Educators Archived Sessions and Materials (Posted 10-Jan-2014)
Recorded sessions and materials from the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Symposium for Special Educators, sponsored by the California Department of Education (CDE), Special Education Division (SED) that took place on December 2, 2013.
- Common Core State Standards Initiative
- Application to Students with Disabilities (PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions
- CCSS Impact on Special Education (PDF)
Presented to the National Center and State Collaborative Communities of Practice on January 30, 2013.
- Special Edge – Common Core State Standards Edition
- National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities – Common Core State Standards
- CCSS: Implications for students with disabilities
This presentation by Martha Thurlow provides contextual information regarding the instruction and assessment of students with disabilities including a description of this student population. It presents information on how the principles of college and career readiness and common core state standards apply to these students. Unique instructional concerns for students with disabilities are addressed including the provision of supports and accommodations and appropriate IEP development. Promising practices in the design of instruction and assessment are also outlined.
- Special Educators Look to Tie Individual Education Programs (IEPs) to CCSS
This article considers aligning students' individualized education programs (IEPs) to the CCSS.
- Assessment Principles and Guidelines for ELLs with Disabilities
Written by Martha Thurlow, Kristin Liu, Jenna Ward, and Laurene Christensen, this document looks at improving the validity of assessment results for English language learners with disabilities.
- Transition to Instruction with the CCSS: What do Educators Need to Know?
The goal of the sessions was to increase educator knowledge of the Common Core Standards in English language arts and Mathematics, and to help educators prepare for the important shifts in instructional strategies and curriculum called for by the Common Core Standards. The series of 1-hour interactive sessions were provided live online through a sign-up process and administration conducted by Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) staff.
- Webinar: The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts: Shifts and Implications for ELA Instruction
On April 12, CCSSO hosted a webinar, supported by the Kansas EAG State Consortium project, titled "The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts: Shifts and Implications for ELA Instruction". Presenters Meredith and David Liben, ELA instructional specialists and professional development leaders, work with Student Achievement Partners, a nonprofit organization founded by three of the contributing authors of the Common Core State Standards that assembles educators and researchers to design actions based on evidence to improve student achievement.
- Webinar: Transition to the CCSS for Teachers of Student with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Aligning Instruction to Standards
On April 16, CCSSO hosted a webinar, supported by the Kansas EAG State Consortium project, titled "Transition to the CCSS for Teachers of Student with Significant Cognitive Disabilities" Aligning Instruction to Standards". Presenter Karen Erickson, special education expert at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, focused on important transitions in instructional approach for teachers of students with significant cognitive disabilities. The webinar includes discussion led by Andrew Hinkle, special education specialist at the Ohio State Department of Education and Rolf Blank, CCSSO project principal investigator.
- Webinar: The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts: Shifts and Implications for ELA Instruction
- Supporting Struggling Readers with Evidence-Based Practices in California
This website provides resources to focus on providing explicit reading & language arts instruction for ALL students, especially struggling readers.
- Teaching Mathematics to Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities
- Six principles for principals to consider in implementing CCSS for students with disabilities
The September/October 2012 issue of Principal considers the multiple challenges involved for implementing the CCSS with students who have disabilities, including assessments.
General Assessment
- Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
SBAC is a multistate consortium working collaboratively to develop a student assessment system aligned with a common core of academic content standards for English language arts/literacy and mathematics. The SBAC will assess all students except those students with significant cognitive disabilities annually in grades three through eight in English-language arts and mathematics and once in grade eleven under current federal requirements. The SBAC assessment will replace the California Modified Assessment. The CDE SBAC Web page includes access to archived SBAC CDE Updates, resources, and presentations.
- Impact of Assembly Bill 484 on Individualized Education Programs in 2013–14 (Posted 14-Jan-2014)
- Smarter Balanced Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines
The Guidelines document describes student supports available for the new assessments beginning with the spring 2014 Smarter Balanced Field Test.
- Smarter Balanced Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines: Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to questions regarding information provided in the Smarter Balanced Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines.
- PARCC and Smarter Balanced plus the Alternate and English Proficiency Assessment Designs
ETS K-12 Center cross-consortia booklet that offers an overview of all the assessment consortiums across the nation.
- Resources specific to SBAC Accessibility and Accommodations
- Common Core State Standards Special Education Assessment Update (PDF)
Presented to the Advisory Commission on Special Education on May 2, 2013.
- Measured Progress to Help SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium Make Assessments More Accessible
- Impact of Assembly Bill 484 on Individualized Education Programs in 2013–14 (Posted 14-Jan-2014)
Alternate Assessment
- National Center State Collaborative (NCSC)
On October 1, 2012, California joined the National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) Consortia as a Tier II state. The NCSC is a project led by 27 states (18 Tier I core states and 9 Tier II states) who have committed to develop professional development modules and curriculum/instruction resources, create alternate achievement standards and to develop a multi‐state comprehensive assessment system for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Tier I Core States are involved in the governance of NCSC and have decision-making authority. Tier II states help develop an individualized plan to implement professional development modules and curriculum/instruction resources, including formative assessment strategies and progress monitoring tools.
- Join the CDE NCSC electronic mailing list by sending a blank e-mail to email@example.com. If you are on the e-mail list and wish to unsubscribe, send a blank e-mail to email@example.com.
- Frequently Asked Questions for the NCSC Phase 1 Assessment Pilot
- Guidance for IEP Teams on Participation Decisions for the NCSC Alternate Assessment (DOC)
- NCSC Wiki: Resource Materials
This wiki has been created to host the materials that educators will need to accomplish these goals and deliver instruction aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The materials are grouped in three categories:
- Instructional Resources (reference materials created to support classroom teaching)
- Curriculum Resources (reference materials created to reinforce educators' understanding of curriculum content)
- Classroom Solutions (solutions or accommodations created by educators and shared here)
- NCSC Presentations
On this site is a set of training materials on NCSC content, curriculum, and instruction resources. These materials offer information on the CCSS content resources, model curricula, and other tools that will eventually be housed on the NCSC Wiki page.
- CDE, NCSC Presentations
- Common Core State Standards Special Education Assessment Update (PDF)
Presented to the Advisory Commission on Special Education on May 2, 2013.
- Special Education Alternate Assessment and Common Core Standards Update (PDF)
Presented to the Common Core State Standards Roundtable on April 16, 2013.
- NCSC Frequently Asked Questions
- The NCSC Web page
showcases the NCSC work and provides information on activities, milestones, and events.
- PARCC and Smarter Balanced plus the Alternate and English Proficiency Assessment Designs
ETS K-12 Center cross-consortia booklet that offers an overview of all the assessment consortiums across the nation.
- NCSC Overview
This webinar presentation provides an overview of the NCSC comprehensive assessment system along with some background information on the CCSS and the GSEG projects. Guiding principles for development and teacher resources, and emerging models of learning and understanding are presented.
- NCSC approach to Content for Students with Significant Disabilities
This presentation provides general information on the NCSC assessment system and describes the foundation for the content. It outlines the components of the system that help to make the content accessible to students with significant disabilities. The steps involved in creating the content strands along with examples of math and ELA strands are presented. A brief description of the teacher support being developed, including curricular resources, lesson plans, and sample activities, are also included.
- NCSC Collaborative approach to content for students with significant disabilities
This presentation provides general information on the NCSC assessment system and describes the approach to making the content accessible for students with significant disabilities. It also provides a description of the teacher supports being developed including curricular resources, unit and lesson plans, and content modules.
- New developments in alternate assessments for students with significant cognitive disabilities
This webinar presentation provides a description of the five assessment consortia and the states involved with each, including the NCSC GSEG. It also includes a description of what college and career readiness means for students with significant cognitive disabilities. The presentation outlines key ideas that form the foundation of the NCSC GSEG assessment system development, including the development of curriculum and instruction. The presentation goes on to cite the importance of communicative intervention with augmentative communication devices and provide ideas on how University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) can be involved.
- National Center and State Collaborative General State Enhancement Grant
This presentation provides an overview of the NCSC – GSEG project and includes challenges identified by the partners and states and key ideas for building the foundation of the system. The presentation also includes information on the development and validation of the "core content connectors" which are aligned with the common core state standards and the learning progressions.
- Join the CDE NCSC electronic mailing list by sending a blank e-mail to email@example.com. If you are on the e-mail list and wish to unsubscribe, send a blank e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Parents and Students
- General Assessment: Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
- Factsheet for Parents
This one-page handout explains the SBAC system for parents.
- Accessibility and Accommodations Factsheet
This one-page handout explains how the Smarter Balanced assessment system will address the needs of students with disabilities and English language learners.
- Factsheet for Parents (PDF).
Alternate Assessment: National Center State Collaborative (NCSC)
Assessment Principles and Guidelines for ELLs with Disabilities (PDF)
Written by Martha Thurlow, Kristin Liu, Jenna Ward, and Laurene Christensen, this document looks at improving the validity of assessment results for English language learners with disabilities.
Parent Guides to Student Success
The National PTA offers Parent Guides to Student Success—11 guides that reflect the CCSS and that are written specifically for parents. Individual guides are available for grades K–8; two guides are available for grades 9–12, one for English language arts/literacy and one for mathematics.
Council of Great City Schools - Parent Roadmaps to the CCSS
These roadmaps offer guidance to parents about what their children will be learning and how they can support that learning, in grades K-8.
10 things parents should know about the CCSS
Available in both English and Spanish, from Colorín Colorado.
Spotlight on the CCSS – What do parents need to know?
What do parents need to know about the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)? How will they affect teaching and assessing mathematics and English language arts? What are the benefits and what can parents do to prepare for the CCSS? These and other questions are answered in the March 2011 "Spotlight on the Common Core State Standards"—a series published by Education Northwest to keep regional stakeholders informed about this important initiative.
- A parent's guide to the Common Core Standards
- Consejo de Escuelas de las Grandes Ciudades – Guía para padres sobre los estándares de CCSS
Guías para padres cuales dan información sobre los temas académicos que sus estudiantes van a aprender en los grados K - 8. Estas guías están escritas por grado y dan información sobre el aprendizaje de matemáticas que los estudiantes van a aprender (Spanish Parent Roadmaps to the Common Core Standards-Mathematics).
Una serie publicada por Education Northwest para mantener a personas interesadas, informadas sobre la iniciativa de los Estándares Básicos Comunes.
Other Resources
Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
A MTSS is a framework for serving all students that supports the systematic provision of interventions directly related to students' needs. The needs to be addressed are determined by consistent monitoring of each student's unique learning progression. A successful MTSS framework supports all students through high-quality and universally designed general education instruction at Tier 1 and more-intensive interventions at Tiers II and III, including universal screening, progress monitoring, flexible mobility between tiers, problem-solving teams, and parent input.
- Multitiered Systems of Support: Recommendations for Elimination of Barriers to Implementation with Fidelity in California (PDF; 1MB; New 14-Jan-2014)
This document discusses potential barriers to successful, widespread implementation of MTSS in California and recommends possible solutions. This document is not binding on local educational agencies, or other entities, and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the California Department of Education. This document is intended to inform and stimulate discussion on the subject of MTSS.
Instructional Supports for Learning
Instructional supports for learning based on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) foster student engagement by presenting information in multiple ways and promote equal opportunities to learn for all students.
- UDL Implementation: A Process of Change
The National Center on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) has a new UDL Series session, UDL Implementation: A Process of Change. In this session, the Center for Applied Special Technology and district leaders describe the five phases of UDL implementation and offer examples of how districts apply the principles of UDL to decision-making and planning.
- National Center on UDL
- About UDL
- Three Principles of UDL
- UDL Resource Library
- Center for Applied Special Technology
- Educators Learning & Practicing UDL
- Learning Tools
- Georgia Department of Education
- UDL Technology Toolkit
Instructional Accommodations
Instructional accommodations provide many pathways to learning and consist of strategies that consider each individual's unique strengths, needs and learning preferences within the existing classroom structures. Accommodations change materials and procedures allowing students to learn within the framework of the CCSS, but do not change the standards.
Assistive Technology
Assistive technology (AT) is technology used by individuals with disabilities in order to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. AT devices and services along with accessible instructional materials (AIM), aid in access to the general education curriculum and the CCSS for all students.
National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials
This site is a resource to educators, parents and others interested in learning more about and implementing accessible instructional materials.
Set of Webinars from the Maryland Assistive Technology Network online
Accessible Instructional Materials
This video explains Accessible Instructional Materials in easy to understand language.


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A Gaggle of Schedulers in Kernel Development Battle
Really Fair - Really Simple, Really Fair - Really Unfair: three schedulers are the topic of current discussions on the kernel mailing list.
Developer Roman Zippel started the scheduler ball rolling by introducing his own version of the Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS), dubbed the "Really Fair Scheduler". CFS was developed by Ingo Molnar in collaboration with many other kernel developers, including Con Kolivas, who had quit kernel development just shortly before.
Referring to the Really Fair Scheduler presented by Zippel, Molnar said that it represented the next step of enhancements that could be introduced with kernel 2.6.24. However, the patch was not a fundamental change as it was based on the same mathematical principles and did not change the scheduler's behavior. Zippel was unfazed by this, emphasizing that the patch was an initial prototype, and pointing out the performance gains. What he had intended to do with the patch was to demonstrate changes to the algorithm. Molnar replied that it was unnecessary to write such a bulky patch; less code and less effort would have achieved the main changes.
A short time later, Ingo Molnar released his own version of Zippel's patch, which he dubbed "The Really Simple Really Fair Scheduler". In the mailing list Molnar commented that he had written the patch to better understand the mathematical principle behind Zippel's concept. The result was a simplified version. The name that Molnar gave it pokes fun at Zippel's patch. Zippel responded by stating that Molnar's patch was over-simplified. Molnar explained this by stating that he wanted to test what impact the scheduler would have on simple "nice-0-tasks" and how they would be sent to sleep and woken up again. According to Molnar, these processes account for 99 percent of all Linux processes. Molnar promises that he will revise the patch, however, he is not available for a couple of weeks.
The third scheduler to be introduced, "Completely Unfair Scheduling", is also based on CFS, but is in fact a daemon written in Python that helps to automate the process of optimizing the I/O and process schedulers. The Python script, which has now reached version five, and is actually called "Desktop Daemon" is designed to improve performance of games and audio applications. It supports both the "CFS process scheduler" and the "CFQ I/O scheduler", along with the "anticipatory I/O scheduler" and the "deadline I/O scheduler".
The script uses XML configuration files to define scheduler classes. Each of these classes includes its own set of scheduler optimizations. Individual applications or groups of applications can be assigned to groups. When one of the assigned applications is launched, the daemon automatically optimizes the individual scheduler settings for it.
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The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced an even smaller version of the tiny computer that will fit into a DIMM slot.
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New Hack language adds static typing and other conveniences.
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New crypto policy system will offer easier configuration and more uniform security.
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Ubuntu founder denounces insecurity in proprietary, close-source software blobs.
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Assessment and Prevention of Acute Post-herniotomy Pain (PTSM04APHP)
Recruitment status was Recruiting
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The aim of the study is the assessment and management of Acute Post-herniotomy Pain using two different therapeutical protocols per os: ketorolac versus association of acetaminophene+tramadol.
Drug: postoperative analgesic treatment
Phase 4
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Randomized, Prospective Study of the Assessment, Prevention and Management of Acute Post-herniotomy Pain
- Assessment of the acute post-herniotomy pain during the treatment with two different therapeutical protocols per os: ketorolac versus association of acetaminophene+tramadol [ Time Frame: 4 days postheriotomy ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Difference of pain control (1 episode of NRS>4)between the to groups (ketorolac versus association of acetaminophene+tramadol), in terms of percentages, while pain (according to the Numeric Rate Scale-NRS) is recorded twice daily in a pain diary for 5 days.
- Number of participants with adverse events as a measure of safety and tolerability [ Time Frame: 4 days postherniotoy ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
All adverse events (eg: PONV (postoperative nausea and vomiting), itching, dizziness, epigastralgia) are recorded.
Assessment of any difference between the two groups.
- Difference in recovering daily activity [ Time Frame: 4 days after surgical procedure ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Assessment of the difference in recovering daily activity in terms of NRSm (Numeric Rate Scale at movement)
- Assessment of any connections between the two therapeutical strategies and the recurrence of surgical complications [ Time Frame: 4 days postherniotomy ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Assessment of the recurrence of surgical complications. Evaluation of all the patients after 5 days by clinical evaluation. After 1 and 3 month in the patients who refer pain.
Assessment of any difference between the two groups.
- Development of persistent postoperative pain [ Time Frame: Up to 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Assessment of pain prevalence and presentation of persistant postoperative pain. Evaluation of all the patients after 1 and 3 months by phone call and with clinical re-evaluation in all patients who referred pain.
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|Study Start Date:
|March 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|July 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|March 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Ketorolac 10mg
1cp x 3/die
Drug: postoperative analgesic treatment
Other Names:
acetaminophene + tramadol
acetaminophene 325mg+tramadol 37,5mg
1cp x 3/die
Drug: postoperative analgesic treatment
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Detailed Description:
Persistent post-herniotomy pain (PPP) affects everyday activities in 5-10% of patients. Even brief intervals of acute pain can induce long-term neuronal remodeling and sensitization, chronic pain and lasting psychological distress. Chronic pain may be caused by intense acute PPP, intraoperative nerve injury and/or ongoing inflammation or mesh response with subsequence damage to nerve structures. The aim of our study is to analyze analgesic efficacy, safety and prevention of persistent postsurgical pain of two different pharmacological strategies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Males and females over 18 years, under 80 years, scheduled for elective herniotomy
- Classification American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I: without systemic disease
- Classification ASA II or III (mild systemic disease or severe systemic disease that limits the activity without invalidity).
- Patients with hernia typ 2, 3a, 3b (classification NYHUS (1993))
- Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Emergency surgery
- Recovery in intensive care unit after surgery
- habitual opioid consumption
- NSADs allergy
- cognitive or mental alterations
- coagulopathy
- piastrinemia < 100.000/mm3
|Contact: Massimo Allegri, MD
|00390382 ext 502627
|IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
|Pavia, Lomabardy, Italy, 27100
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|Principal Investigator: Fabrizio Cavalloro, MD
|Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi
|Not yet recruiting
|Varese, Lombardy, Italy, 21100
|Contact: Andrea Ambrosoli, MD 00390332 278 ext 111
|Principal Investigator: Andrea Ambrosoli, MD
|Principal Investigator:
|Fabrizio Cavalloro, MD
|IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
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|Responsible Party:
|Massimo Allegri, MD, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01345162 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|April 19, 2011
|Last Updated:
|January 19, 2012
|Health Authority:
|Italy: Ministry of Health
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Pharmacologic Actions
Central Nervous System Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Central Nervous System Depressants
Analgesics, Opioid
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antirheumatic Agents
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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Random Encounter - Mafia
Danny and Johnny travel back to the 1930s to battle mobsters and cars without power steering.
Danny and Johnny travel back to the 1930s to battle mobsters and cars without power steering.
Greg Kasavin gives the final word on the Xbox port of the great PC action game of 2002.
This brutal job requires Tommy to whack an individual and wreck his cars.
Take a look at one of the many highly cinematic cutscenes to be found in Mafia.
Take a brief spin through the city of Lost heaven in this short clip.
Check out an early driving mission in this movie.
A taxi driver picks up a couple of unsavory customers in this clip.
An escape plan is hatched in this clip.
Take a look at some street racing, 1930's style in this movie.
After an incredible shootout, the tables are turned in this clip.
Tommy rushes to help a friend in need in this intense movie.
Executive Editor Greg Kasavin gives the final word on the PlayStation 2 port of the great PC action title of 2002.
A high powered Mafia capo dishes out some orders for a collection run in this tense cutscene.
From driving to shooting, you have many different options in Mafia to get business taken care of. Take a look at a sampling of the various types of gameplay available ...
Tommy and a few of his closest associates take a quick spin around town in this movie.
Orders, check. Weapon, check. In this clip, Tommy procures the last piece he needs to complete his job for the day.
After receiving his orders, Tommy searches for a weapon to use on his mission.
Check out a gun battle in this clip.
An autumn car chase passes by some beautiful scenery.
Greg Kasavin fills in for Erik Wolpaw to give us a detailed review on Illusion Softworks' Mafia.
The player gets pulled over by the cops while on a joyride through the city.
...but you'll find yourself running from the rival mobsters soon enough.
You try to go back to your regular job as a taxi driver...
You pick up a couple of guys who turn out to be chased by a rival gang.
The player goes psychotic and swings at anything in his sight.
This guy brings a whole new meaning to road rage.
Watch the long introduction movie to Mafia.
The main character sneaks around in a derelict building to make a hit.
The player fights off gangsters during a funeral service.
Illusion Softworks CEO Petr Vochozka shows us a pre-release build and tells us what you can do in the game.
A trailer to the game in which you can be a mafia guy.
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Cast: Rich Alfonso, Jessica Antes, Jeff Bouthiette, Kate Cohen, Emily Fightmaster, Scott Goehring, Andy Herren, John Hildreth, Jenna Steege, Jay Steigmann, Stacey Smith, Jay Sukow, Tiffani Swalley, and Molly Todd
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J Fortune wrote:
andyross63 wrote:
Instead of all this wrapper stuff, how easy (or hard) would it be to copy the installed Flash files from another install on XP or whatever and put them on the Win2K computer. Is that all that is really needed? We just need to find out where the files actually are and which ones need to be updated.
and what registry entries need to be modified. I agree with this line of thought. I searched extensively for some information on a "manual installation" method.
Maybe if someone from Adobe could post a comprehensive list of the install files, where they need to be located, and any additional requirement (like modification to registry entries) we could create a "manual installation" method that would allow updates to be made to W2K installs without needing to resort to wrappers just to run the installer. Anyone have this information?
You don't need any manuall installation if Adobe offers a special version with an older installer for W2K. Meanwhile using a wrapper is the easiest, and for me the best, way to update Flash Player on Windows 2000. It's easy enough so that anyone can follow the steps to get a working result.
I just updatet my Flash Player on my W2K-machine yesterday and it was just throwing the update file in the bin-folder of my still existing wrapper-directory from my first installation (http://www.ortwinpinke.de/2012/02/29/adobe-flash-player-11110262-unter -windows-2000-installieren) and starting the setup. Since only the setup and not Flash Player uses new dll-functions this will work perfect.
Regards from germany
For what it's worth, the "regshot" utility (see http://sourceforge.net/projects/regshot/ ) may be helpful in identifying registry and system changes by taking appropriate "snapshots" both before and after Flash player is installed.
J Fortune -- "Beucephous" here (how did you know? ;-D ) -- with respect to the removal of kernel32.dll from the ExcludeFromKnownDlls list (assuming someone later wanted (for whatever reason) to "undo" the changes that "kdllinst.exe" makes), do you think the "UNINSTALL_WRAPPER.BAT" file (which uses the "ClearExcludeFromKnownDlls.reg" and "FixPath.vbs" files in the "install" subdirectory of the "win2k_xp_v1_10" program suggested above in this thread) would do the trick as well with the "kdw096k.zip" archive that you suggested?
I'm thinking of trying your suggestion ("kdw096k.zip" archive) on my "test machine" to see if I can install the very latest version (11.whatever) of Flash without getting the "dynamic link library d3d9.dll could not be found in the specified path" error I got when I tried the "http://oldcigaret.info/win2k/files/win2k_xp_v1_10.zip" method. If when I try it I still get that error, is it as easy a getting a "d3d9.dll" file from somewhere (e.g., a nearby WinXP pc) and copying it into the "temp folder of my choosing" with all the other DLLs?
I am not familiar with the "UNINSTALL_WRAPPER.BAT" from the OldCigarette Wrapper Pack v1.10 as I have used the KDW. You can get some info on the OCW here: http://oldcigaret.info/win2k/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7 and there is info on the KDW here: http://oldcigaret.info/win2k/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=292 . But I do believe that the creators of both these wrapper packs have included the option to remove the changes that are made. If this is a high concern you should test the install/uninstall on your "test machine". In the end I think you could always use regedt32 to remove any dlls from the ExcludeFromKnownDlls list if need be.
I think the two wrapper packs are similar in their capabilities, but different in their implementation. The OCW I think was created initially for installing games on win2k systems and the KDW has more of an emphasis on application support, but in the case of the flash installer I think either will work as they both have support for the SetDllDirectoryW call.
I started looking into the wrapper APIs originally because my install of Dropbox on win2k machines was missing the context menu. There was a dependency issue in DropboxExt.14.dll for a missing call in the win2k version of dbghelp.dll. Through some helpful posts on the dropbox site (http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=32134&replies=9) I was informed of the KDW which has a utility called rplbfile.exe. This will rewrite the dependency tree. With this I was able to take a dbghelp.dll file from a winxp install (which has the calls needed for implementing the context menu), rename it (dbgheXP.dll), place it in the dropbox bin folder, and use rplbfile to patch the DropboxExt.14.dll file so that it uses the dbgheXP.dll file in the bin folder instead of the win2k dbghelp.dll. So after having the KDW files and investigating it I thought it was easier to just use those to attempt to fix the issue with the abode installer.
To answer your last question I have checked my machines and I do have d3d9.dll in the %WINDIR%\system32\ folder. You may want to check if you have the file located there as it may be missing from your "test machine" install or need to be re-registered. It also should work if you place the file in the same folder from which you are running the installer. I have done my own testing and in the end have used the KDW wrapper method on my real win2k install. I have the current (184.108.40.206) update installed and running.
OldPerl wrote:
I just updatet my Flash Player on my W2K-machine yesterday and it was just throwing the update file in the bin-folder of my still existing wrapper-directory from my first installation (http://www.ortwinpinke.de/2012/02/29/adobe-flash-player-11110262-unter -windows-2000-installieren) and starting the setup. Since only the setup and not Flash Player uses new dll-functions this will work perfect.
I agree with OldPerl that this is an option. If you set up a folder (either with his method or the EZInstall from KDW) in the future you can just drop the update files in there and run the installer. This would be one reason to not uninstall the wrapper. It is my belief (from feedback from BlackWingCat, the creator of KDW) that the wrapper dlls will only be used by APIs making function calls that are located in the folder to which the wrapper dlls have been installed. All others will use the win2k original dlls located in the %WINDIR%\system32\ folder. I am guessing this would be a higher concern for someone who actively runs installs on a win2k machine. My "installing" these days, at least on the win2k machine, is really only updates for flash, java, firefox, and a few other previously installed packages.
I hope this helps.
Yes, J Fortune -- that information is helpful. I do appreciate it and will look into those links you provided later.
I have an update. I found a copy of the "d3d9.dll" file on "my" Windows 2000 pc (in case anyone is interested, it has the MD5 hash of: "0e51bd586d186f61a9e4453db8aec774"), and I copied it into the same place (the system32 folder) on my test machine. I was then able to successfully install the very latest version (11) of the Flash player on it for both Internet Explorer (using the original OCW method) and for non-IE browsers like Firefox and Opera (using the KDW method, just for fun). I'm not sure why the d3d9.dll file was missing from my test machine.
The interface from the KDW method has quite a bit going on there, so thank you again for the tips on using it to perform the EZ install. I'm not sure which method I like better (both have their merits), but I do like the built-in ability of the OCW method that allows its removal if desired. The KDW method is easy to remember, too -- just remember the kernel32 topmost setting, the EZ checkbox, the installation location and finally the Ez Install button. I'm not sure what its "uninstall mode" button is for, but as I said above I'll check those links provided for more information.
Acro, The way I understand it: If you re-run the EZ Install with all the same options as the first install, but check the "Uninstall mode" it will reverse the changes. I have not tested this. It might make sense for you to check it out on your "test machine" and post back. I will try to contact BlackWingCat and verify also.
Thank you Pat! Following the instructions posted in post #21 I had a failure still but then rebooted, and then it worked fine to install version 11 on a Win2K SP4 system, though it then warned me of an incompatiblity with a Realplayer updater which is suspicious, but whatever.
Now I ask, is there any negative effect to just leaving this wrapper thing installed? Seems like it would be handy to have around if the next Flash version installer has the same issue.
Ninja Cats wrote:
Thank you Pat! Following the instructions posted in post #21 I had a failure still but then rebooted, and then it worked fine to install version 11 on a Win2K SP4 system, though it then warned me of an incompatiblity with a Realplayer updater which is suspicious, but whatever.
Now I ask, is there any negative effect to just leaving this wrapper thing installed? Seems like it would be handy to have around if the next Flash version installer has the same issue.
Yes Ninja a reboot is required for the modifications to the registry to be applied.
I have been getting the incompatibility warning about Realplayer for a while with past updates that ran fine using the standard installer, probably some old verison of realplayer installed before, so the warning should not be that suspicious.
I plan on leaving the KDW wrapper files (you seem to have used the OCW wapper) in place in the folder where I installed them to use again if (read when) the next updates installer has the same SetDllDirectoryW issue (or any other issues).
Glad you got the updates working.
Oldperl wrote:
Mrs Clift wrote:
Hi Ortwin, clicked on your link but sadly my German is not that good Have same problem as M_Miller and would like some help. Will go and vote re bug,
Hi Mrs Clift,
sorry for that and for the late reply. I have not checked my subscriptions due to illness.
I will try to add an english translation to my blog entry within the next days. Thx for your feedback.
regards from germany
So for all non-German speaking people i just added an english version of my blog-article using OldCigaret wrapper to install Flash-Player-Updates.
Please use this link http://www.ortwinpinke.de/en/2012/03/13/install-adobe-flash-player-111 10262-and-later-under-windows-2000/
Feel free to add a comment, also if you will find any mistakes in my english.
Regards from germany
Oldperl... just a mistake in the creation of the link above, as it has an extra http:// at the end of the embedded link that causes the page to not load correctly:
Corrected link for previous post
http://www.ortwinpinke.de/en/2012/03/13/install-adobe-flash-player-111 10262-and-later-under-windows-2000/
I have Windows 2000 pro.
I got the same error when installing the update.
I uninstalled Flash Player and have now re-tried installing the Flash Player.
from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Getting the error :
" Procedure entry point SetDIIDirectoryW could not be located in dynamic link library kernel32.dll "
I'd appreciate it if Adobe could kindly solve this problem.
It was so easy before. Now I am not sure . The procedures which have been kindly suggested are too complicated.
I have uninstalled the old program by mistake thinking that the new software will have the missing file ! No flash player at all on my system now !
I agree with JM_fab. It warmed my cockles to discover so many people wanting to help but I'm not going to try and poke around (see, I know the technical term) in directories and whatnot. Adobe should have an update available that works on Win2K etc. I have now given up so thanks again for all replies but I still don't understand what I'm supposed to do? Thank you also to Ortwin for adding an English version, I am sure it will be beneficial to others but sadly, not me! Ps, Ortwin, I hope you're feeling better!
Here are the latest Win2K compatible versions of 220.127.116.11:
IE: http://www.filehippo.com/download_flashplayer_ie/10987/
Others: http://www.filehippo.com/download_flashplayer_firefox/10991/
Personally, I have always downloaded the stand-alone installers, and put them in an archive directory. Since they always use the same name, I have to use subdirectories with the version numbers. I do that with alot of software, and it's made it easier to backtrack when a newer version has problems.
If Adobe has official copies of older versions available, please post the links in case users do not want to rely on a 3rd party site.
Official Adobe Archives for Flash Player
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions. html#main_Archived_versions
It should be mentioned the Adobe archive link leads to .ZIP files that contain all platforms for each version. The 126.96.36.199 archive is 175M.
andyross63 wrote:
Personally, I have always downloaded the stand-alone installers, and put them in an archive directory. Since they always use the same name, I have to use subdirectories with the version numbers. I do that with alot of software, and it's made it easier to backtrack when a newer version has problems.
I just copy the version # before downloading and paste it into the filename box on the download so they're already identifiable w/o subdirectories.
J Fortune wrote:
Oldperl... just a mistake in the creation of the link above, as it has an extra http:// at the end of the embedded link that causes the page to not load correctly
Thx a lot. It's stupid that you cannot edit your own postings after some time!
Mrs Clift wrote:
Thank you also to Ortwin for adding an English version, I am sure it will be beneficial to others but sadly, not me! Ps, Ortwin, I hope you're feeling better!
Your welcome Mrs Clift. I hope it will help other non-german-speeking people. And thx for the well wishes, I'm feeling better again.
Regards from germany
i just wanted to add to this thread... i did go over to the bugs entry and voted even though it has been closed, withdrawn and set as a featureremoval... i also followed J's post from over there about using the wrapper... it works well and i have just updated one of my w2k machines from whatever it was that broke before to 188.8.131.52 as can be seen in the attached photo...
i also wanted to add that from my reading, the wrapper package by old cigarrette was an inspiration to that used in the KDW package that J Fortune found and used... i like that there are wrapper dlls like these that handle the new calls and pass on to the old calls when necessary... excellent work to those involved and a big thanks... one can see my comments in the bug entry, too... there are some there that i've not made here
My workaround is very simple: run any hex editor (e.g. Hiew), open InstallFlashPlayer.exe, find SetDllDirectoryW and change it to GetModuleHandleW
Thank you for your workaround! You are a SUPER GENIUS! Even better than Wile E. Coyote!
Mrs. Clift, are you still reading this thread? Doing the workaround suggested by notbebe is as easy as editing a long text document using a word processor, searching for something in it like "I have a gray dog." and then changing that text to something similar like "I miss my old cat." After changing the text, you save the changes and you're done.
The only differences are that you're not using a word processor (you're using a very simple "hex editor" like "HxD") and it's not a text document you're editing (it's the latest Flash Player installer program).
I'll try to provide instructions that should be easy to follow. Here we go!
Do a google search for HxD (that's capital H, small x, capital D) and download and install that program. The link to the pertinent website I have from my installed copy of this free program (Version 188.8.131.52) is: http://www.mh-nexus.de
Tell it to put a shortcut on your desktop when it asks. The shortcut's icon will look like a green capital letter H, a black small letter x, and a white capital letter D on an orange background.
Then download the (latest) Adobe Flash updater program you'd like to install.
For Flash Player 11 for Internet Explorer, use the following link:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/completion/?installer=Flash_Player_11 _for_Internet_Explorer_(32_bit)
For Flash Player 11 for other browsers (like Firefox or Opera), use the following link:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/completion/?installer=Flash_Player_11 _for_Other_Browsers_(32_bit)
Now you have the Flash program(s) that give you that crazy-looking error mentioned at the top of this thread when you try to run them on your Windows 2000 pc on which you haven't felt ready to go through the various steps (explained in earlier postings) needed to apply the "wrapper" patches.
Never fear -- you can now EDIT those files so they WILL run on your Windows 2000 pc's as they are!
Let's assume that you've downloaded the file to apply the latest version of the Adobe Flash Player to your Internet Explorer web browser. That file would be named: install_flash_player_ax_32bit.exe
Open the HxD editor you've installed and do (only) the following after it opens:
Click on File, Open (or press Ctrl+O on your keyboard, if you prefer) and browse to the folder containing the install_flash_player_ax_32bit.exe file. Double-click that file in the Open dialog box to open it. You'll see a funky screen with blue numbers along the left and across the top, 16 columns of "base 16" numbers (that's what hexadecimal means, hence a "hex" editor), and lots of "gibberish" in another 16-characters-wide section on the right. Don't be intimidated by any of this. It's like opening your car and looking at the engine and all the gizmos under the hood. If all we want to do is check the oil and leave the other stuff alone, we'll be fine. :-) So that's what we're going to do.
We are going to search for the "SetDllDirectoryW" text and change it to "GetModuleHandleW" and then we are going to save this change and quit. That's all. Just like the text example I cited above. Simple.
Just like checking the oil in a car, only not as messy. :-)
Press the F3 key. This is the "Find again" shortcut in the HxD editor. Since this is the FIRST TIME you're doing this, it won't "remember" anything to find from before. This is where you (very carefully, because it will "remember" and you won't have to type the whole thing again anymore) type into the "Search for" box the text for which you want to search, i.e., type: SetDllDirectoryW
You should read that as "set dee el el directory double you" (DLL is geek speak for something called a Dynamic Link Library.) I don't know if "case" matters -- I just typed it the way notbebe gave it above.
It should look something like this (I'm showing the text highlighted):
Then click on the "OK" button (or press the "Enter" key on your keyboard).
You should then see something like this:
Crazy at it may seem, those hexadecimal numbers (53, 65, 74, 44, 6C, 6C...) actually correspond to the letters we understand a little better (SetDll...). Here is where you will very carefully edit them. Remember -- we're only changing SetDllDirectoryW to GetModuleHandleW (and nothing else). Some of the letters in these 16-character groups are the same, and some are different. The ones that you will change will be shown in red where they differ from the originals.
VERY CAREFULLY click your mouse in the "section on the right" where you can see the "SetDllDirectoryW" letters. Try to click just before the capital letter "S" when you do this.
Then VERY CAREFULLY type ONLY: GetModuleHandleW so that those 16 characters replace the 16 characters in SetDllDirectoryW. You don't even have to type the final "W" since it's the same.
When you've typed those "replacement letters," it should look like this:
See how the changed letters (and their hexadecimal "counterparts") are shown in red? Check to make sure you didn't mistype anything. YAY -- you're done typing! (If you happen to make a mistake, you should be able to easily correct it. If for whatever reason things ever look like they're totally out of hand, you can always quit (without saving changes) and start over.) Now all you have to do is save your changes! Let's save the changes the following way to keep it simple:
Close out the HxD program by clicking on its "close button" -- the "X" in the far upper right corner -- the one "on top of" the other one. When it asks if you want to save the changes, click Yes.
HxD is such a nice hex editor that it AUTOMATICALLY saves a BACKUP of the ORIGINAL file in case anything went wrong! (That backup has a file suffix that ends in ".bak" so you can easily tell.)
Not only that, but now anytime you edit one of these Adobe Flash installation programs again and need to make the same change, all you'll have to do (since you did it properly the first time as I wrote above) after opening the file for editing is to press the following three keys to do the search:
F3 (Again, that is the F3 key, NOT the letter F followed by the numeral 3)
Down-arrow (Yes, the arrow on your keyboard that points down.)
All you have to remember is to type GetModuleHandleW as the replacement text (and save the changes). Now you can download the Flash installer, tweak it, and run it without any problem on your pristine Windows 2000 pc, and you'll be up-to-date! (Say it over and over to yourself to memorize it: "Get module handle double you" (or just copy it to a text file so you remember what it is).
This should work well for you. Have a nice day. Please say a prayer for me and my family. (My uncle died last month and the named executor of the will is currently being kind of nasty to the rest of us.)
If it's too hard to scroll to see those wide illustrations shown in my posting above, you may find them here:
nice catch... odd that something so simple would cause so many problems.
I already have the "wrapper" set up and am using it, but I will keep this in the toolbox..
@Acro.. thanks for the detailed write up for those who need it. On a side note, sorry to hear about your uncle. I hope everything works out OK.
RE: notbebe, on May 18, 2012 12:46 PM
EXCELLENT. Simple. Easy. It Worked. Fast (only one replacement/substitution required). Efficient.
KUDOS to you and all who follow in your bloodline.
Cheers and thanks,
I am having the same problem on my client's very old W2K SP4 machine. Please fix it, Adobe!
AntD00d wrote:
Please fix it, Adobe!
This topic has enough instructions for you to fix it yourself.
Pat Willener wrote:
AntD00d wrote:
Please fix it, Adobe!
This topic has enough instructions for you to fix it yourself.
Are those workarounds even supported by Adobe? They look like hacks to me.
As I wrote in the other topic, Windows 2000 is no longer supported.
It is a hack, making the installer look for an entry point that exists in W2K.
Pat Willener wrote:
As I wrote in the other topic, Windows 2000 is no longer supported.
It is a hack, making the installer look for an entry point that exists in W2K.
Interesting. So even the latest v10.3 is unsupported for W2K SP4? Wow.
What's the latest version that will install and work in Windows 2000 SP4 that doesn't require hacking then? V10.3, downloaded from Adobe's web site, doesn't install in it.
Chris, that web page says Flash Player 10.1.102.64 is the latest but how come Adobe's web site's http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=BUIGP gives me this in Firefox v12?
"Adobe Flash Player 18.104.22.168 (3.94 MB)
Your system: Windows 32-bit , English, Firefox"
Obviously, this installer gives me the same error.
Chris Campbell wrote:
I did have it updated on our Archived Flash Player Versions page, is there another location I should change?
Technically, Win2K is NOT supported for Flash 11.x, and never was. We were just lucky that it did work.
The real issue is not with Flash itself, but the installer.
andyross63 wrote:
Technically, Win2K is NOT supported for Flash 11.x, and never was. We were just lucky that it did work.
The real issue is not with Flash itself, but the installer.
Interesting. I always got v10.3 from its web site in the past, so I assume v11.x would not work at all. Today, v11 is offered. Now, v10.3 won't install. Sheesh!
That's the really stupid problem. When they updated 10.x (which is still supported by Adobe) for the latest security issues, they also updated the installer.
andyross63 wrote:
That's the really stupid problem. When they updated 10.x (which is still supported by Adobe) for the latest security issues, they also updated the installer.
Hence, why this is a bug. Adobe messed up! Why should we go back to v10.1? Sheesh.
This is not a bug! Should Adobe also still support Windows 95? Or Windows 3.1?
Technology moves forward, and at some point it simply becomes hopeless to provide backwards compatibility for outdated systems. Windows 2000 was released 13 years ago; Microsoft has ended support for it two years ago, so why should other software makers continue to support it?
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The worst of the worst! – I live only a mile from Sukho Thai near the Opryland area of Nashville.
I love good, authentic Thai food and have tried dining at this establishment several times, but will not go back. All times that I have been there, both the food and service have been horrific. The last time that I was there the waitress seemed grumpy and rude so I ended up leaving before I placed my meal order.
Even though this restaurant is close to my home, I now drive all the way to the other side of town when I want good, authentic Thai food.
Great Thai Food at Resonable Prices – Once again, I have had the pleasure of eating at this Thai restaurant for several dinners and lunches. Love the food and service. The prices are very reasonable and the lunch menu is actually a bargain. Try it for lunch or bring your family for dinner, you won't be dissapointed.
NOT Thai Food at All! – You can't miss the enormous "Authentic Thai Cuisine" sign out front! But, the owner is from Laos and the "chef" was Chinese. You do the math.... It ain't cheap either! Everything drowning in soy sauce, the kind w/corn starch and sugar - you KNOW the chef is Chinese....horrible.
We shoulda known better than to eat at Shopry Mills (ugh...I know...) but it is closer than Siam and we
thought we'd try it. Siam is worth the extra gas to get to (and has 2 locations) for REAL Thai. (we are from NYC and know the difference).
The woman from Laos - the owner - even asked how I liked the Pad Thai. I told her it wasn't that good and that it wasn't like any I'd had before. In the middle of my sentence she walked away to tend to another matter....we'll NEVER GO THERE AGAIN.
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