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Troubleshoot the connection between Windows Media Center and your Xbox 360
Important This article has instructions to help you work around a specific problem. However, these instructions include steps that lower security settings or turn off security features on your console. Before you make these kinds of changes, you should evaluate the risks associated with lowering your console's security.
Learn to troubleshoot the most common errors you might experience when using Windows Media Center with your Xbox 360.
Set up Windows Media Center on your computer
Make sure that you correctly configured Windows Media Center on your computer. Follow the procedures for your version of Windows.
Windows 8 and Windows 8.1:
Set up Windows Media Center on Xbox 360 (Windows 8)
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Xbox 360 Setup is Finished. The correct ports cannot be opened
This error occurs when Windows Firewall is turned off on your computer. You must turn on Windows Firewall for Windows Media Center Extender setup to complete. Once you've set up the Media Center Extender, you can turn off the firewall again if you choose.
To turn on Windows Firewall, follow the steps in Error "The correct ports cannot be opened" occurs when using Windows Media Center Extender on Xbox 360.
For more information about using Windows Media Center Extenders with your Xbox 360 console, see the following pages:
Use a Windows Media Center Extender device
Windows Media Center Extenders: frequently asked questions
Set up a Windows Media Center Extender (Windows 7)
Optimize your home network for Windows Media Center Extenders (Windows 7)
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Your console can't connect your PC with Windows Media Center. Make sure your PC is on and connected to the network
This error might occur if you install McAfee Privacy Service after you set up a Windows Media Center Extender on a Media Center-based computer. This service prevents you from establishing a connection between the Media Center Extender and the Media Center-based computer.
To resolve this issue, follow the steps in Error "Your console can't contact your PC with Windows Media Center" on Xbox 360.
Xbox 360 not found
If McAfee Privacy Service is installed on your computer, you might get this error when you run Windows Media Center Extender setup. The McAfee Privacy Service is not compatible with the Media Center Extender software.
A connection or firewall issue might also cause this error.
Try the following solutions to resolve this issue.
Remove the McAfee Privacy Service
Follow the steps in Error message "Xbox 360 not found" occurs when you use Windows Media Center.
Confirm that your console and your PC are connected to the same network
If you're getting this error, your Xbox 360 console and your Windows Media Center PC might not be connected to the same network. Your console and PC need to be connected to the same local network through a wired or Wi-Fi connection. To learn more about network troubleshooting and configuration, see:
Troubleshooting network issues in Windows
Understanding Windows Firewall settings
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Medical marijuana sits atop the bud bar at B-Herbal Day Spa and Wellness Center. Owner Timea Beezley was paid a visit by Larimer County Code Enforcement and told to close her medical marijuana dispensary by Monday.
Larimer County code enforcement paid Mary Janes Wellness Center owner Anthony Krepel a visit, telling him he has to shut his doors by Monday. The county says that medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated Larimer County are operating illegally and cannot continue to operate without a special exception which is no longer available after a moratorium put in place last week.
Deserie tries out the blinds in her 14-year-old son Eli's room Wednesday in their new home that's being built by Loveland Habitat for Humanity Women Build. Deserie, her family, Habitat staff and the Women Build volunteers will all celebrat with a dedication at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Colleen Kelly of Loveland walks in North Lake Park on Tuesday with a 15-year-old German shepherd/Australian shepherd mix named Bear and a five-year-old boxer named Tom who was adopted from a rescue by Kelly's son Ian Wigington before he shipped off to serve in Iraq.
Christmas lights decorate a house in southwest Loveland at 6006 Jordan Drive.
Member of the Happy Hatters Berta Wagar sips tea during a lunch at the McCreery House during the group's monthly meeting.
McCreery House owner Linda Stotz, left, talks with members of the Happy Hatters club as they have lunch on Wednesday at the historic house. The group, which meets every month at a different location, brought toys for the Santa Cops toy drive.
A Loveland Police SWAT officer and a patrol officer help a man into a squad car after SWAT members surrounded an apartment he was in on Wednesday at Thompson Valley Apartments at 1451 10th Street Southwest. Police suspect the man robbed the Mini Stop at 1039 S. Lincoln Avenue with a revolver.
Members of Loveland SWAT team train their guns on an apartment at Thompson Valley Apartments where a suspect in the armed robbery of the Mini Stop at 1039 S. Lincoln Ave. was inside.
Members of the Loveland SWAT team prepare to enter an apartment on Wednesday at Thompson Valley Apartments at 1451 10th Street Southwest. A man who police suspect robbed the Mini Stop at 1039 S. Lincoln Ave. was arrested without incident.
Asplundh Expert Tree Co. foreman Andrew Freese and trimmer Mario Gutierrez trim a locust tree in North Lake Park Tuesday afternoon as temperatures hover in the single digits. Since 7 a.m., the two had been cutting dead sections from the park's trees.
Members of the Associated Veterans Honor Guard stand with their rifles while taps plays after performing a 21-gun salute outside the American Legion Post 15 in downtown Loveland as part of the Pearl Harbor Day ceremony. From left are Willard Bailey, Ron Mutka, Roger Warden and Jerry Pharris.
Sharon Sheets leads a crowd gathered at the Rialto Theater in sing-along Christmas songs during the 'Tis the Season Community Sing-Along on Sunday.
A wooden model of the battleship USS Arizona belonging to Loveland resident Larry Sather, Sr. was on display at the American Legion Post 15 during the remembrance ceremony for Pearl Harbor Day on Monday.
Guest speaker Larry Sather, Sr. addresses attendees to the Pearl Harbor Day remembrance on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 at the American Legion Post 15 in downtown Loveland.
Gladys Rowand talks about her nearly 100-year-long life during an interview Monday at The Courtyard of Loveland assisted living center. Rowand grew up in Damascus, Ohio, and worked at a Buick dealership for much of her life before moving to Loveland near her family. Rowand turns 100 today.
Kristie Crites of Fort Collins touches her six-year-old son, Teagan's head as he looks at a gingerbread house by Loveland artist Blair Muhlestein during the Loveland Lights event at the Loveland Public Library on Sunday. The gingerbread houses were auctioned off to benefit the Firends of the Loveland Public Library's capital campaigne.
Joe Huggins hugs his 11-year-old daughter Amanda as the two and Amanda's brother Alec, 18, hold a press conference on Sunday at their home in Fort Collins. Amanda alerted three other siblings who were in the house to an early morning fire on Saturday that started in the fireplace in the family room.
Mary Turba, back, and Tanya DeGeal look at gingerbread hous es on display at the Loveland Public Library on Saturday. Visi tors could vote on the house they liked best and there was also a silent auction to purchase the houses with proceeds going to the library expansion project.
Michele Van Hare, back, drives a horse-drawn wagon on Saturday filled with visitors to downtown Loveland during the Winter Walk event.
Todd Brubaker dons reindeer antlers as he plays his trombone with the group Santa's Trombones on Saturday in Thompson Park while entertaining visitors to downtown Loveland.
Volunteers sort through donated items like toiletries, food, stationary, cards and other items before packing then with Christmas stockings to send to U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan. Clockwise from left are Diane Farquhar, Abby Farquhar, Ila Samson, Travis Pflock, 8, Howard Farquhar, Lexi Pflock, 17, Dorié Buchanan, Judith Martinez and Carole Viano.s
Shavings of ice fly as Michael Pizzuto works on an ice sculpture depicting Santa Claus on Saturday in Thompson Park during Winter Walk in downtown Loveland.
Michael Pizzuto of Denver chats with youngsters while carving an ice sculpture of Santa Claus on Saturday at Thompson Park in downtown Loveland during the Winter Walk event. From left are Pizzuto, Marcus Aguilar, 5, Javier Aguilar, 7, Amanda Rutledge, 5, and Isabella Aguilar, 4.
Fifth graders at Resurrection Christian School gather around a large pile of gift boxes and give thanks Thursday after collecting more than 2,200 boxes as gifts for poor children through Operation Christmas Child. The fifth-grade leadership team set a goal of collecting 2,017 boxes since they will graduate in 2017 and beat last year's record of 1,007 boxes of gifts.
Art Koldeway, right, talks with Lt. Jason Starck of the Loveland Fire and Rescue Dept. as firefighters and others carry boxes full of papers and office furniture outside after Koldeway's building, located at 2530 Abarr Dr. , was flooded when a fire sprinkler system pipe burst.

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Syria: $1.5bn needed for next six months
TitleSyria: $1.5bn needed for next six months
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UN and humanitarian partners seek funding for internally displaced people and refugees.
The United Nations and its humanitarian partners appealed today for $1.5 billion to assist civilians affected by the ongoing conflict in Syria over the next six months, including those inside the country as well as those taking refuge beyond its borders.
The bulk of the appeal – $1 billion – is for the Syria Regional Response Plan, which will support refugees fleeing Syria to Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt. It is based on estimates that up to a million Syrian refugees will need help during the first half of 2013.
More than $519 million will be needed to support an estimated four million people inside Syria who need urgent humanitarian assistance, including an estimated two million internally displaced persons (IDPs).
"The violence in Syria is raging and there are nearly no more safe areas where people flee to and find safety, as most parts of the country have now become engulfed in violence, including the capital, Damascus," the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Radhouane Nouicer, told a news conference in Geneva.
Together, the 2013 Syria Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan – which covers relief activities inside Syria – and the new Syria Regional Response Plan comprise the largest short-term humanitarian appeal ever. They have been revised several times over the course of this year.
"We are especially focusing on life-saving interventions and aiming to help people who have become displaced, host families and communities, and the poor suffering from the multiple effects of the current events," Mr. Nouicer said.
The number of people in need of assistance inside Syria has quadrupled from one million in March 2012 to four million in December. The main needs outlined in the Syria Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan include food assistance, shelter, water and sanitation, nutrition and emergency medical services, cash assistance, basic services, and non-food items, such as mattresses and bedding, kitchen and hygiene sets, and clothes.
Mr. Nouicer noted that it was "highly unusual" for such plans to be revised so often, which reflected the dramatically deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria. "The magnitude of this humanitarian crisis is indisputable," he said.
"This massive humanitarian crisis requires urgent support from governments, businesses and private individuals," UNHCR's Regional Coordinator for Syrian Refugees, Panos Moumtzis, told today's press conference in Geneva.
"Unless these funds come quickly, we will not be able to fully respond to the life-saving needs of civilians who flee Syria every hour of the day – many in a truly desperate condition," he added.
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Matthew Keys, deputy social media editor for Reuters, has been charged with conspiring with members of Anonymous to hack into the website of the Los Angeles Times in December 2010.
Keys, 26, was charged with one count each of conspiracy to transmit information to damage a protected computer, transmitting information to damage a protected computer, and attempted transmission of information to damage a protected computer. The crimes carry sentences of up to ten years and fines of up to $250,000, though any actual sentences are likely to be a small fraction of these.
Keys was a former employee of California television station KTXL Fox 40. Fox 40 and the LA Times are both owned by media conglomerate the Tribune Company. Through his employment, he had credentials to the Tribune Company's content management system (CMS).
The indictment includes a partial IRC transcript which purports to show Keys, under the username AESCracked, chatting with an Anonymous member calling himself "sharpie" in the channel #internetfeds. Keys identified himself as a former Tribune employee, and is alleged to have provided a username and password for the Tribune CMS that allowed hackers to modify stories posted on latimes.com. These credentials were subsequently used to deface one story for approximately 30 minutes.
Court documents show that notorious hacker—and, later, FBI informant—Hector "Sabu" Monsegur participated in the IRC discussion. Sabu outed Keys as being involved in the latimes.com hack in March 2011, a couple of months prior to his arrest and co-operation with law enforcement.


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A Manchester United supporting businessman who was blocking City's plans for a £100m training complex has struck a last-minute deal with the Blues.
Shaun O'Brien had refused to sell the site of his vehicle-recovery firm on land opposite the Etihad Stadium earmarked for the huge development.
A public inquiry was due to decide whether the Reds fan should be forced to sell-up.
Beswick-born Mr O'Brien is understood to have previously rejected a £1m offer from the Blues.
He set up a website – called Unite Against City – offering square-foot blocks of the site at £250 each in an attempt to tie up the land in red tape.
But it is believed that Mr O'Brien returned to the negotiating table after his offer failed to attract buyers. The website has now been taken down.
Now the M.E.N. can reveal Mr O'Brien – who owns OB Truck Services in Openshaw West – has reached a settlement with the Blues just days before the public inquiry starts. City and council officials confirmed a settlement had been reached. Both Mr O'Brien and City have agreed not to reveal its value.
Manchester council, which is working with City to develop their plans for the ground, was seeking a compulsory purchase order to acquire the land at market value.
Next week's hearing will be held by a government planning inspector and is scheduled to run for four days at the Friends Meeting House in Manchester.
The club wants to transform the run-down 80-acre plot in the shadow of the Etihad Stadium.
As well as a new training complex there would be a 7,000-capacity arena, community facilities and a new sixth-form college.
Backers say it would create 250 jobs and kick-start development in one of Britain's poorest neighbourhoods.
Mr O'Brien was not available for comment.


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Oksana Kondratyeva Exhibition (south cloister)
Wednesday 5th June - Thursday 6th June
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Description:People have observed the sky for thousands of years. Many cultures have linked the patterns they discerned among myriads of visible stars to their own mythology and imagery. The series of artworks Celestial Journey created by Oksana Kondratyeva illustrates a new perspective of the ancient topic of Zodiac signs in the present era of space exploration.
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Monday 24 February 2020
The IASB and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) have been working together since 2002 to achieve convergence of IFRS Standards and US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). A common set of high quality global standards remains a priority of both the IASB and the FASB.
In September 2002 the IASB and the FASB agreed to work together, in consultation with other national and regional bodies, to remove the differences between international standards and US GAAP. This decision was embodied in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the boards known as the Norwalk Agreement. The boards' commitment was further strengthened in 2006 when the IASB and FASB set specific milestones to be reached by 2008 (A roadmap for convergence 2006 - 2008).
In the light of the progress achieved by the boards and other factors, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) removed in 2007 the requirement for non-US companies registered in the United States to reconcile their financial reports with US GAAP if their accounts complied with IFRS Standards as issued by the IASB. At the same time, the SEC also published a proposed roadmap on adoption of IFRS Standards for domestic US companies.
In 2008 the two boards issued an update to the MoU, which identified a series of priorities and milestones, emphasising the goal of joint projects to produce common, principle-based standards.
The Group of 20 Leaders (G20) called for standard-setters to re-double their efforts to complete convergence in global accounting standards. Following this request, in November 2009 the IASB and the FASB published a progress report describing an intensification of their work programme, including the hosting of monthly joint board meetings and to provide quarterly updates on their progress on convergence projects.
In April 2012 the IASB and FASB published a joint progress report in which they describe the progress made on financial instruments, including a joint expected loss impairment ('provisioning') approach and a more converged approach to classification and measurement.
In February 2013 the IASB and FASB published a high-level update on the status and timeline of the remaining convergence projects. The report includes an update on the impairment phase of the joint project on financial instruments.
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The future of social housing has been highlighted by the work of a commission established in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire. Fiona Evans looks at what it means for families.
Since her daughter was born in 2007 Lucie and her family have had to move eight times.
The 30-year-old mother, who works full-time as a welfare case officer for a charity, rents privately with her children aged 11 and six.
But a pernicious mix of high rents and multiple moves has rendered saving for a home of her own impossible.
"I really feel that if I'd been offered social housing and I'd been able to live somewhere affordable for the last 10 years, I think I'd probably be in a position now where I could buy my own property, and that social home could then go back to someone else who needs it," said Lucie.
"But because I've had to move so many times, and rents are so high - the financial implications have been devastating. It simply hasn't been possible for me to save the money. Just that little bit of stability for me and my children would have made a big difference."
My story is a story of social mobility but it's grounded in having a secure home in a strong community...Jo Miller
Lucie is on a waiting list for social housing and she is far from alone; according to Government figures, there were 1.11 million households on local authority waiting lists on April 1, 2018.
A recent report by Shelter's social housing commission called for a 20-year programme to deliver 3.1 million more social homes.
Following the Grenfell Tower fire, the charity brought together 16 independent commissioners to examine the housing crisis in England.
"Building for our future: a vision for social housing" recommends the government invests in a major 20-year house building programme, which would offer a social home to millions who fail to qualify under the current system. It includes those in greatest housing need, young families trapped out of ownership and older private renters struggling with high housing costs and insecurity beyond retirement.
The report also recommends reforms to improve social housing, such as a new consumer regulator to protect residents and to enforce common standards across social and private renting; a new national tenants' voice organisation and a new national standard to ensure enough investment in maintaining social homes and their surrounding neighbourhoods.
Jo Miller, one of the independent commissioners who worked on the Shelter report, grew up in a council house on a Liverpool estate. The chief executive of Doncaster Council is unequivocal about the role a secure home played in her own life.
"My mum was delighted to get a council house with a secure tenancy for her small children rather than living on a short-term basis at the whim of a private landlord," said Jo. "It was a big thing to have that security and accommodation of a good quality; things like an inside bathroom and an inside toilet. Our council home was brand new, built on a giant estate with not many facilities. We created a real sense of community from those beginnings.
"My mum became a single lone parent who ended up having four jobs. She did what she could to feed and clothe her children herself. From the age of nine we were a single parent family and it was that community that wrapped around us to make our family work. The strength of the community grew more strength. My mum was able to carry on working and look after her three kids.
"I was the first person in our family to do A Levels, the first person off the whole of the estate to go to university. My story is a story of social mobility but it's grounded in having a secure home in a strong community.
"Why wouldn't we invest in giving people secure homes rather than investing in paying rent where they are chasing their tail all the time? Surely we want to invest in strong communities, strong economies and people and talent."
Fair social housing 'is a priority'
Communities Secretary James Brokenshire said: "Providing quality and fair social housing is a priority for this government and our Social Housing Green Paper seeks to ensure it can both support social mobility and be a stable base that supports people when they need it.
"We've asked tenants across the country for their views and the thousands of responses we've received will help us design the future of social housing.
"Our ambitious £9 billion affordable homes programme will deliver 250,000 homes by 2022, including homes for social rent. A further £2 billion of long-term funding has already been committed beyond that as part of a ten year home building programme through to 2028.
"We're also giving councils extra freedom to build the social homes their communities need and expect."


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4 arrested in stolen gun used to kill detective
CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – Four people were arrested Thursday in connection with the theft and transfer of the gun used in the killing of Clay County Detective David White in February 2012.
During the murder investigation, investigators said they discovered that the firearm used in the killing, a .38 caliber revolver, was stolen in Jacksonville in May 2011. Investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms found that the weapon was stolen by Robert Apple II, 22, of Orange Park, then passed through the hands of Christopher Henderson, 21, of Middleburg, Curtis "Ping" Dingler, 19, of Middleburg, and Jack Lemond, 36, of Orange Park.
Investigators said all of the suspects knew the weapon was stolen.
"Whatever we did today could prevent a death tomorrow, and that's our job," Clay County Capt. Barry Abramowitz said of the arrests. "These are people that will not stop until we stop them."
Lemond (far right in group of mug shots) ultimately provided the weapon to Ted Tilley, a convicted felon, who used the weapon to shoot White and Detective Matthew Hanlin, investigators said. The gun was recovered at the scene.
White, Hanlin and other members of the Clay County Sheriff's Office were investigating possible methamphetamine production at Tilley's home on Alligator Boulevard in Middleburg. Tilley killed White and shot Hanlin before deputies killed him. Four others who were inside the home at the time were arrested.
Investigators said they ran the serial number on the gun and it came back as stolen out of Jacksonville. They said from there they conducted interviews to build their case.
"This is a long book that's been opened. This is a chapter of it that's being closed at this point in time," Abramowitz said. "We know where the gun came from. We do know that Ted Tilley wasn't supposed to have a gun. He got it anyway."
All four men arrested were charged with dealing stolen property and booked into the Clay County jail.
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Where is spring in Paris? I am asking this as cold rain is pouring on the first day of May. The weather of the past few days makes you hesitant to shed your winter coat. It even snowed in France last week. So how can we make sure spring is present in our everyday lives as it ought to be by now?
Spring for me reveals itself first and foremost in nature, with flowers blooming and birds happily chirping about. Which is why I fled to the flower market on the Ile de la Cité a few weeks ago when the weather was really dreary. Located a minute away from Notre-Dame-de-Paris, the lush alleys bordered by all sorts of plants and flowers will make you forget that you are in the middle of a bustling city. On Sundays, the experience is even stronger as the market welcomes birds that sing their heart out.
To be honest, I first realized it was supposed to be spring in Paris when I noticed this box in a Ladurée window a couple of months ago.
The gourmet stores have managed to bring us welcomed touches of sunshine: desserts made with spring fruits and decorated with flowers can only cheer you up.
To create a warm atmosphere in my apartment, I favor an old trick of the trade: candles with floral or green fragrances such as Diptyque's spring selection or Cire Trudon's Prolétaire. There is nothing more heart-warming though than sniffing a spring-like scent that you love on your wrist. For me, that would be my old favorite Chanel N°19 with notes of iris, moss and white flowers. I also splurged on Guerlain's L'Heure de Nuit: when I tried this new perfume with bergamot, orange blossom, iris, jasmine, rose, and musk, I had to have it.
And what should we wear? I'm not sure I'd recommend the light summer clothes sold in stores for nowadays, as I would not want you to catch pneumonia. I find it easier to play on accessories: a silk Hermès scarf tied around a sparkly Vanessa Bruno bag can easily cheer up any look. The same goes for pastel and bright nail polish: French natural brand Kure Bazaar has great new colors for this season.
And lastly, because art is the solution to many things, I love to get lost in the paintings of Impressionists to believe that I am actually walking in Giverny. These pictures of Monet's water lilies were taken at Musée Marmottan, but I'd suggest you'd rather go to the breathtaking Musée de l'Orangerie to admire them.
Has spring really set in where you live? What are your favorite things about this season?


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The winners of the 63rd annual George Polk Awards in Journalism were announced today by Long Island University.
Recognized for work completed in 2011, the recipients include Sara Ganim, a 24-year-old crime reporter with The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., who brought to light allegations of child sex abuse against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky and who helped expose the institutional cover up that followed.
Journalists from news organizations big and small — including Bloomberg News, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, ABC News, The New Yorker, The Boston Globe, Al Jazeera English, The Advertiser Democrat in western Maine, the nonprofit news group California Watch and the independent radio program "This American Life" — also earned George Polk Awards, which were given in 15 categories.
Anthony Shadid, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, will be awarded posthumously for extraordinary valor for his work in the Middle East. Shadid, a 2003 Polk Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, died on assignment Thursday, Feb. 16, while crossing the border from Syria to Turkey.
Ronnie Dugger, founding editor of The Texas Observer, will receive the George Polk Career Award.
"There was a strong field of contenders this year, especially in investigative work," said John Darnton, curator of the George Polk Awards. "It was a big year for news with the Arab Spring and the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, and reporters from many news organizations went behind the headlines to search for underlying causes and trends."
The George Polk Awards in Journalism are conferred annually to honor special achievement in journalism. The awards, which place a premium on investigative and enterprise reporting, were established in 1949 by LIU to commemorate George Polk, a CBS correspondent murdered in 1948 while covering the Greek civil war.
The 2011 George Polk Awards will be presented at a luncheon at The Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan on Thursday, April 5, 2012. CBS News "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl will be the citation reader. The annual George Polk Seminar will take place the preceding evening, Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at the Kumble Theater for Performing Arts at LIU Brooklyn.
Sara Ganim of The Patriot-News will receive the George Polk Award for Sports Reporting for her outstanding coverage of the Penn State sex abuse scandal. Ganim, in March 2011, was the first to report that longtime Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky — second only to head coach Joe Paterno in the Penn State pantheon — was being investigated for child sex abuse. While most newspapers and television stations ignored the story, Ganim, a Penn State graduate, continued to write about the investigation, and on Nov. 4 she was the first to report that Sandusky had been indicted. Even after media coverage of the indictment and the university's alleged cover-up became national news, Ganim, who already had spent over two years on the story, continued to lead the pack, uncovering new information on the scandal that led to the removal of Paterno and Penn State President Graham Spanier.
The George Polk Award for Television Documentary will recognize the courageous work of Al Jazeera English reporter May Ying Welsh and field producer Hassan Mahfood in developing "Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark." When Bahrain banned foreign journalists during the Arab Spring protests, Welsh remained, working undercover with Mahfood to produce a film that gives a voice to the protesters for democratic rights and presents a harrowing, on-the-ground view of their brutal suppression. The documentary highlights the unbridled power of security forces in a key American ally on the Gulf.
The George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting will be given to Jane Mayer, an investigative reporter with The New Yorker, for an exposé that called attention to the ominous story of Thomas Drake, a National Security Agency whistle-blower charged with being a spy. When Drake leaked documents raising questions about the efficacy of a new anti-terrorism project that could have violated the privacy of millions of Americans, the government indicted him under the little-used Espionage Act. Mayer's article, "The Secret Sharer," was a study in prosecutorial excess that helped lead to all major charges against Drake being dropped. The author ends her masterful tale with the conclusion that America's bloated "national-surveillance state" poses a greater threat to civil liberties than ever before.
The George Polk Award for Military Reporting will be bestowed upon C.J. Chivers of The New York Times for his courageous and illuminating coverage of the wars in Libya and Afghanistan. As a weapons expert and former Marine, Chivers is highly respected by soldiers, whether Libyan rebels or American officers. At the height of the Libyan conflict, he sneaked into the besieged port of Misurata. The only American print journalist in the rebel-held city, he quickly tapped into his weapons expertise to deliver an important scoop — that Libya was using cluster munitions never before used in war. For weeks Chivers provided some of the only reporting from Misurata, and he was on hand to cover the celebrations when rebels broke the siege and defeated Qaddafi. Chivers' reporting is not one-sided. He has written about looting and summary executions by Libyan rebels as well as NATO airstrikes landing on friendly forces and civilians. In Afghanistan, he chronicled the frustration of American troops under attack from beyond the Pakistan border.
The George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting will acknowledge the fearless reporting of New York Times correspondent Jeffrey Gettleman and the powerful photographs of his colleague, Tyler Hicks. The two have documented conflicts in some of the most dangerous regions on Earth — the new state of South Sudan in central Africa and the Horn of Africa. They produced numerous exclusives and heart-wrenching photos of ethnic conflict, pillage, famine and piracy. To get them, the pair holed up in caves and riverbeds with bombing victims, tracked down Islamist warlords who spoke blithely of executions and ventured into coastal havens to interview notorious kidnappers. In Somalia, they were the first to report that the Shabab, the militant Islamists controlling much of the country, were blocking off escape routes to prevent people from fleeing famine zones and were diverting rivers to secure water while others starved.
For their investigative series that brought attention to the controversial tactics of the New York Police Department's intelligence operations, a team of four Associated Press reporters earned the George Polk Award for Metropolitan Reporting. Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Chris Hawley and Eileen Sullivan collaborated on an investigation that showed the NYPD had built one of the largest domestic intelligence agencies in the country. The operations, conducted with advice and guidance from the Central Intelligence Agency, were secret until the AP series. The AP reporters documented how the NYPD assigned "rakers" and "mosque crawlers" to ethnic neighborhoods, infiltrating everything from booksellers and cafes to Muslim places of worship. The stories renewed debate over how far government should go and what tactics it should use to prevent another major terrorist attack in the United States.
The George Polk Award for National Reporting will go to the staff of The Wall Street Journal for a series of articles that examined and dissected new ways of insider trading involving Washington officials and well-connected investors. The Journal's investigations, undertaken by almost a dozen reporters, showed how savvy investors gained an advantage by getting early clues to the Federal Reserve's forthcoming policy moves. This revelation prompted the Federal Reserve for the first time to publicly release the communications it has with banks before its monetary-policy meetings. The series also revealed how hedge fund managers get an early clue to important legislation from lawmakers in Washington, D.C., and helped trigger proposed laws to curb improper stock investing by legislators and their aides.
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Using an RDBMS datastore DataNucleus allows you to query the objects in the datastore using the following
When using queries with RDBMS there are some specific situations where it can be useful to benefit from special treatment. These are listed here.
java.sql.ResultSet defines three possible result set types.
DataNucleus allows specification of this type as a query extension datanucleus.rdbms.query.resultSetType .
To do this on a per query basis for JDO you would do
query.addExtension("datanucleus.rdbms.query.resultSetType", "scroll-insensitive");
To do this on a per query basis for JPA you would do
query.setHint("datanucleus.rdbms.query.resultSetType", "scroll-insensitive");
The default is forward-only . The benefit of the other two is that the result set will be scrollable and hence objects will only be read in to memory when accessed. So if you have a large result set you should set this to one of the scrollable values.
When using a "scrollable" result set (see above for datanucleus.rdbms.query.resultSetType ) by default the query result will cache the rows that have been read. You can control this caching to optimise it for your memory requirements. You can set the query extension datanucleus.query.resultCacheType and it has the following possible values
To set this on a per query basis for JDO you would do
query.addExtension("datanucleus.query.resultCacheType", "weak");
To do this on a per query basis for JPA you would do
query.setHint("datanucleus.query.resultCacheType", "weak");
If you have a large result set you clearly don't want to instantiate all objects since this would hit the memory footprint of your application. To get the number of results many JDBC drivers will load all rows of the result set. This is to be avoided so DataNucleus provides control over the mechanism for getting the size of results. The persistence property datanucleus.query.resultSizeMethod has a default of last (which means navigate to the last object - hence hitting the JDBC driver problem). If you set this to count then it will use a simple "count()" query to get the size.
To do this on a per query basis for JDO you would do
query.addExtension("datanucleus.query.resultSizeMethod", "count");
To do this on a per query basis for JPA you would do
query.setHint("datanucleus.query.resultSizeMethod", "count");
When a transaction is committed by default all remaining results for a query are loaded so that the query is usable thereafter. With a large result set you clearly don't want this to happen. So in this case you should set the extension datanucleus.query.loadResultsAtCommit to false.
To do this on a per query basis for JDO you would do
query.addExtension("datanucleus.query.loadResultsAtCommit", "false");
To do this on a per query basis for JPA you would do
query.setHint("datanucleus.query.loadResultsAtCommit", "false");
DataNucleus provides a useful extension allowing control over the ResultSet's that are created by queries. You have at your convenience some properties that give you the power to control whether the result set is read only, whether it can be read forward only, the direction of fetching etc.
To do this on a per query basis for JDO you would do
query.addExtension("datanucleus.rdbms.query.fetchDirection", "forward"); query.addExtension("datanucleus.rdbms.query.resultSetConcurrency", "read-only");
To do this on a per query basis for JPA you would do
query.setHint("datanucleus.rdbms.query.fetchDirection", "forward"); query.setHint("datanucleus.rdbms.query.resultSetConcurrency", "read-only");
Alternatively you can specify these as persistence properties so that they apply to all queries for that PMF/EMF. Again, the properties are
Bear in mind that not all RDBMS support all of the possible values for these options. That said, they do add a degree of control that is often useful.
When using the method contains on a collection (or containsKey , containsValue on a map) this will either add an EXISTS subquery (if there is a NOT or OR present in the query) or will add an INNER JOIN across to the element table. Let's take an example
SELECT FROM org.datanucleus.samples.A WHERE (elements.contains(b1) && b1.name == 'Jones') VARIABLES org.datanucleus.samples.B b1
Note that we add the contains first that binds the variable "b1" to the element table, and then add the condition on the variable. The order is important here. If we instead had put the condition on the variable first we would have had to do a CROSS JOIN to the variable table and then try to repair the situation and change it to INNER JOIN if possible. In this case the generated SQL will be like
SELECT `A0`.`ID` FROM `A` `A0` INNER JOIN `B` `B0` ON `A0`.ID = `B`.ELEMENT WHERE `B0`.NAME = 'Jones'
In all situations we aim for DataNucleus JDOQL implementation to work out the right way of linking a variable into the query, whether this is via a join (INNER, LEFT OUTER), or via a subquery. As you can imagine this can be complicated to work out the optimum for all situations so with that in mine we allow (for a limited number of situations) the option of specifying the join type. This is achieved by setting the query extension datanucleus.query.jdoql.{varName}.join to the required type. For 1-1 relations this would be either "INNERJOIN" or "LEFTOUTERJOIN", and for 1-N relations this would be either "INNERJOIN" or "SUBQUERY".
Please, if you find a situation where the optimum join type is not chosen then report it in JIRA for project "NUCRDBMS" as priority "Minor" so it can be registered for future work
With a JPQL query running on an RDBMS the query is compiled into SQL. Here we give a few examples of what SQL is generated. You can of course try this for yourself observing the content of the DataNucleus log.
In JPQL you specify a candidate class and its alias (identifier). In addition you can specify joins with their respective alias. The DataNucleus implementation of JPQL will preserve these aliases in the generated SQL.
JPQL: SELECT Object(P) FROM mydomain.Person P INNER JOIN P.bestFriend AS B SQL: SELECT P.ID FROM PERSON P INNER JOIN PERSON B ON B.ID = P.BESTFRIEND_ID
With the JPQL MEMBER OF syntax this is typically converted into an EXISTS query.
JPQL: SELECT DISTINCT Object(p) FROM mydomain.Person p WHERE :param MEMBER OF p.friends SQL: SELECT DISTINCT P.ID FROM PERSON P WHERE EXISTS ( SELECT 1 FROM PERSON_FRIENDS P_FRIENDS, PERSON P_FRIENDS_1 WHERE P_FRIENDS.PERSON_ID = P.ID AND P_FRIENDS_1.GLOBAL_ID = P_FRIENDS.FRIEND_ID AND 101 = P_FRIENDS_1.ID)


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convert command converts field values into numerical values. Unless you use the AS clause, the original values are replaced by the new values.
Alternatively, you can use evaluation functions such as
strptime(), or
convert [timeformat=string] (<convert-function> [AS <field>] )...
Required arguments
- <convert-function>
- Syntax: auto() | ctime() | dur2sec() | memk() | mktime() | mstime() | none() | num() | rmcomma() | rmunit()
- Description: Functions to use for the conversion.
Optional arguments
- timeformat
- Syntax: timeformat=<string>
- Description: Specify the output format for the converted time field. The
timeformatoption is used by
mktimefunctions. For a list and descriptions of format options, see Common time format variables in the Search Reference.
- Default:
%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S. Note that this default does not conform to the locale settings.
- <field>
- Syntax: <string>
- Description: Creates a new field with the name you specify to place the converted values into. The original field and values remain intact.
Convert functions
- auto()
- Syntax: auto(<wc-field>)
- Description: Automatically convert the fields to a number using the best conversion. Note that if not all values of a particular field can be converted using a known conversion type, the field is left untouched and no conversion at all is done for that field. You can use wild card characters in the field name.
- ctime()
- Syntax: ctime(<wc-field>)
- Description: Convert an epoch time to an ascii human readable time. Use the
timeformatoption to specify exact format to convert to. You can use wild card characters in the field name.
- dur2sec()
- Syntax: dur2sec(<wc-field>)
- Description: Convert a duration format "[D+]HH:MM:SS" to seconds. You can use wild card characters in the field name.
- memk()
- Syntax: memk(<wc-field>)
- Description: Accepts a positive number (integer or float) followed by an optional "k", "m", or "g". The letter k indicates kilobytes, m indicates megabytes, and g indicates gigabytes. If no letter is specified, kilobytes is assumed. The output field is a number expressing quantity of kilobytes. Negative values cause data incoherency. You can use wild card characters in the field name.
- mktime()
- Syntax: mktime(<wc-field>)
- Description: Convert a human readable time string to an epoch time. Use
timeformatoption to specify exact format to convert from. You can use wild card characters in the field name.
- mstime()
- Syntax: mstime(<wc-field>)
- Description: Convert a [MM:]SS.SSS format to seconds. You can use wild card characters in the field name.
- none()
- Syntax: none(<wc-field>)
- Description: In the presence of other wildcards, indicates that the matching fields should not be converted. You can use wild card characters in the field name.
- num()
- Syntax: num(<wc-field>)
- Description: Like auto(), except non-convertible values are removed. You can use wild card characters in the field name.
- rmcomma()
- Syntax: rmcomma(<wc-field>)
- Description: Removes all commas from value, for example rmcomma(1,000,000.00) returns 1000000.00. You can use wild card characters in the field name.
- rmunit()
- Syntax: rmunit(<wc-field>)
- Description: Looks for numbers at the beginning of the value and removes trailing text. You can use wild card characters in the field name.
1. Convert sendmail duration fields to seconds
|This example uses sendmail email server logs and refers to the logs with
sourcetype=sendmail. The sendmail logs have two duration fields,
delay and
Change the sendmail duration format of
delay and
xdelay to seconds.
sourcetype=sendmail | convert dur2sec(delay) dur2sec(xdelay)
This search pipes all the sendmail events into the
convert command and uses the
dur2sec() function to convert the duration times of the fields,
delay and
xdelay, into seconds.
Here is how your search results look after you use the fields sidebar to add the fields to your events:
You can compare the converted field values to the original field values in the events list.
2. Convert a UNIX epoch time to a more readable time format
|This example uses syslog data.
Convert a UNIX epoch time to a more readable time formatted to show hours, minutes, and seconds.
sourcetype=syslog | convert timeformat="%H:%M:%S" ctime(_time) AS c_time | table _time, c_time
ctime() function converts the
_time value of syslog (
sourcetype=syslog) events to the format specified by the
timeformat argument. The
timeformat="%H:%M:%S" arguments tells the search to format the
_time value as HH:MM:SS.
Here, the
table command is used to show the original
_time value and the converted time, which is renamed
ctime() function changes the timestamp to a non-numerical value. This is useful for display in a report or for readability in your events list.
3. Convert a time in MM:SS.SSS to a number in seconds
|This example uses syslog data.
Convert a time in MM:SS.SSS (minutes, seconds, and subseconds) to a number in seconds.
sourcetype=syslog | convert mstime(_time) AS ms_time | table _time, ms_time
mstime() function converts the
_time value of syslog (
sourcetype=syslog) events from a minutes and seconds to just seconds.
Here, the
table command is used to show the original
_time value and the converted time, which is renamed
mstime() function changes the timestamp to a numerical value. This is useful if you want to use it for more calculations.
4. Convert a string time in HH:MM:SS into a number
Convert a string field
time_elapsed that contains times in the format HH:MM:SS into a number. Sum the
time_elapsed by the
user_id field. This example uses the
eval command to convert the converted results from seconds into minutes.
...| convert num(time_elapsed) | stats sum(eval(time_elapsed/60)) AS Minutes BY user_id
More examples
Example 1: Convert values of the "duration" field into number value by removing string values in the field value. For example, if "duration="212 sec"", the resulting value is "duration="212"".
... | convert rmunit(duration)
Example 2: Change the sendmail syslog duration format (D+HH:MM:SS) to seconds. For example, if "delay="00:10:15"", the resulting value is "delay="615"".
... | convert dur2sec(delay)
Example 3: Change all memory values in the "virt" field to Kilobytes.
... | convert memk(virt)
Example 4: Convert every field value to a number value except for values in the field "foo" Use the "none" argument to specify fields to ignore.
... | convert auto(*) none(foo)
Example 5: Example usage
... | convert dur2sec(xdelay) dur2sec(delay)
Example 6: Example usage
... | convert auto(*)
See also
Have questions? Visit Splunk Answers and see what questions and answers the Splunk community has using the convert command.
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0.6, 6.0.7, 6.0.8, 6.0.9, 6.0.10, 6.0.11, 6.0.12, 6.0.13, 6.0.14, 6.0.15, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4, 6.1.5, 6.1.6, 6.1.7, 6.1.8, 6.1.9, 6.1.10, 6.1.11, 6.1.12, 6.1.13, 6.1.14, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.2.5, 6.2.6, 6.2.7, 6.2.8, 6.2.9, 6.2.10, 6.2.11, 6.2.12, 6.2.13, 6.2.14, 6.2.15, 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.6, 6.3.7, 6.3.8, 6.3.9, 6.3.10, 6.3.11, 6.3.12, 6.3.13, 6.3.14, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.4.5, 6.4.6, 6.4.7, 6.4.8, 6.4.9, 6.4.10, 6.4.11, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.1612 (Splunk Cloud only), 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 6.5.7, 6.5.8, 6.5.9, 6.5.10, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.6.5, 6.6.6, 6.6.7, 6.6.8, 6.6.9, 6.6.10, 6.6.11, 6.6.12, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.13, 6.3.5
Cntorres - You can't use a function or time modifier in a BY clause. You could use the latest time modifier before the chart command. I would need further information, such as examples of data before the search and what you want in the output, to help you accomplish what you want.
Greetings, I am looking to extract the latest exact value from a field which is also integer... e.g., chart count by latest(6). However, the integer in parenthesis is not being treated as a field. Any suggestions?
Thank you for the suggestion. I have updated the "See also" section.
IMHO, the "See Also" section should have "fieldformat", too.
Would like to see memk() handle Tb. Also, a conversion for TB and Tb, kB and kb, etc.
We have splunk spit out log statements like
Splunk identitfies latency as Numeric but takes value only as 1 and truncates the other decimal values. And so the timechart over its average also gets affected. I was hoping to use "convert rmcomma" but that didn't help as the latency field has already been stripped of numbers and commas before supplying to convert rmcomma.
dur2sec is not working if more than 23 hours...
it would be good to allow more flexibility: a number is just the number of seconds, mins:secs where mins could be over 60, same for hours at the next round.
Indeed some tools are reporting the duration using the same delimiters but stops at minutes or hours, and then dur2sec returns a blank answer...
It would be useful to have timeformats table here, like one in the end of this reference: http://docs.splunk.com/images/1/17/4.2.x_search_language_refcard.pdf

at least it helped me to know how this 2012-05-27 00:37:30.978 timeformat shoud be described:
%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%N


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The action-puzzler Hamilton's Great Adventure, previously released to console and PC, is now made available on Android. It retains the depth and visual quality from the console game while using the unique controls available on tablets to create a new take on a very challenging game.
This first part of the Hamilton's Great Adventure THD takes you through 24 puzzles, located in the steamy jungle of Amazonas or the windy mountain sides of Himalaya. Each world has its own set of unique enemies and game features such as traps, spring boards and hidden treasure locations.
It will put your problem solving and timing skills to the test. Outsmart the enemies, plan your way through the levels and collect all the bling to get maximum score. But not to worry, you are not alone on your adventure. Your bird companion Sasha and a number of gadgets are there to help you.
• 22 levels divided in between two unique worlds (Jungle of Amazonas and Mountains of Himalaya).
• Two boss levels .
• Two playable characters, the adventurer Hamilton and his bird Sasha. Use Hamilton to progress in the levels and collect gold and keys while Sasha distract enemies, fly to secret levers to open doors and collect dust to power Hamilton's abilities.
• You will encounter everything from hungry Piranhas, flying Exocets, slow but unstoppable Golems and cunning Agents.
• Get help from Hamilton's gadgets –the Spyglass and Booster boots
• Achieve Bronze, Silver or Gold on every level.
• Enjoy all story content from PC game's first two chapters (the following two chapters are available in Hamilton's Great Adventure: THD Expansion.
Required Android OS: 3.1+
Download: APK


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