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Samba is a re-implementation of the SMB networking protocol. It facilitates file and printer sharing among Linux and Windows systems as an alternative to NFS. This article provides instructions for users on how to setup Samba.
Server configuration
To share files with Samba, install the samba package.
Samba is configured in
/etc/samba/smb.conf, if this file doesn't exist smbd will fail to start.
To get started you can copy the default config file
# cp /etc/samba/smb.conf.default /etc/samba/smb.conf
The available options are documented in the smb.conf(5) man page.
Whenever you modify the file run the
testparm command to check for syntactic errrors.
/etc/samba/smb.conf, and scroll down to the Share Definitions section. The default configuration automatically creates a share for each user's home directory.
workgroup specified in
smb.conf has to match the in use Windows workgroup (default
Starting services
To provide basic file sharing through SMB start/enable
smbd.service and/or
nmbd.service services. See the smbd(8) and nmbd(8) man pages for details, as the
nmbd.service service may not always be required.
"Usershare" is a feature that gives non-root users the capability to add, modify, and delete their own share definitions.
This creates the usershare directory in
# mkdir -p /var/lib/samba/usershare
This creates the group sambashare:
# groupadd -r sambashare
This changes the owner of the directory to root and the group to sambashare:
# chown root:sambashare /var/lib/samba/usershare
This changes the permissions of the usershare directory so that users in the group sambashare can read, write and execute files:
# chmod 1770 /var/lib/samba/usershare
Set the following parameters in the
smb.conf configuration file:
... [global] usershare path = /var/lib/samba/usershare usershare max shares = 100 usershare allow guests = yes usershare owner only = yes ...
Add your user to the sambashare group. Replace
your_username with the name of your user:
# gpasswd sambashare -a your_username
smbd.service and
nmbd.service services.
Log out and log back in. You should now be able to configure your samba share using GUI. For example, in Thunar you can right click on any directory and share it on the network. If you want to share paths inside your home directory you must make it listable for the group others.
Adding a user
Samba requires a Linux user account - you may use an existing user account or create a new one.
Although the user name is shared with Linux system, Samba uses a password separate from that of the Linux user accounts. Replace
samba_user with the chosen Samba user account:
# smbpasswd -a samba_user
Depending on the server role, existing File permissions and attributes may need to be altered for the Samba user account.
If you want the new user only to be allowed to remotely access the file server shares through Samba, you can restrict other login options:
- disabling shell -
usermod --shell /usr/bin/nologin --lock username
- disabling SSH logons - edit
/etc/ssh/sshd_conf, change option
Also see Security for hardening your system.
Changing Samba user's password
To change a user's password, use
# smbpasswd samba_user
Required ports
If you are using a firewall, do not forget to open required ports (usually 137-139 + 445). For a complete list please check Samba port usage.
Client configuration
For a lightweight method (without support for listing public shares, etc.), only install cifs-utils to provide
Install smbclient for an ftp-like command line interface. See
man smbclient for commonly used commands.
Depending on the desktop environment, GUI methods may be available. See #File manager configuration for use with a file manager.
The following command lists public shares on a server:
$ smbclient -L hostname -U%
Alternatively, running smbtree will show a tree diagram of all the shares. This is not advisable on a network with a lot of computers, but can be helpful for diagnosing if you have the correct sharename.
$ smbtree -b -N
Where the options are
-b (
--broadcast) to use broadcast instead of using the master browser and
-no-pass) to not ask for a password.
NetBIOS/WINS host names
You may need to start/enable winbindd in order to resolve host names with e.g., mount.cifs
The smbclient package provides a driver to resolve host names using WINS. To enable it, add "wins" to the "hosts" line in /etc/nsswitch.conf.
Manual mounting
Create a mount point for the share:
# mkdir /mnt/mountpoint
Mount the share using
mount.cifs as
type. Not all the options listed below are needed or desirable:
# mount -t cifs //SERVER/sharename /mnt/mountpoint -o user=username,password=password,uid=username,gid=group,workgroup=workgroup,ip=serverip,iocharset=utf8
To allow users to mount it as long as the mount point resides in a directory controllable by the user; i.e. the user's home, append the
users mount option.
- The server name.
- The shared directory.
- The local directory where the share will be mounted.
-o [options]
- See
man mount.cifsfor more information.
Storing passwords in a world readable file is not recommended. A safer method is to create a credentials file:
username=myuser password=mypass
username=myuser,password=mypass with
The credential file should explicitly readable/writeable to root:
# chmod 600 /path/to/credentials/share
Automatic mounting
As mount entry
This is an simple example of a
cifs mount entry that requires authentication:
//SERVER/sharename /mnt/mountpoint cifs username=myuser,password=mypass 0 0
To speed up the service on boot, add the
x-systemd.automount option to the entry:
//SERVER/SHARENAME /mnt/mountpoint cifs credentials=/path/to/smbcredentials/share,x-systemd.automount 0 0
As systemd unit
Create a new
.mount file inside
/etc/systemd/system, e.g.
Requires= replace (if needed) with your Network configuration.
What= path to share
Where= path to mount the share
Options= share mounting options
[Unit] Description=Mount Share at boot Requires=systemd-networkd.service After=network-online.target Wants=network-online.target [Mount] What=//server/share Where=/mnt/myshare Options=credentials=/etc/samba/creds/myshare,iocharset=utf8,rw,x-systemd.automount Type=cifs TimeoutSec=30 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
To use
mnt-myshare.mount, start the unit and enable it to run on system boot.
First, check if you can see all the shares you are interested in mounting:
$ smbtree -U remote_user
If that does not work, find and modify the following line
/etc/samba/smb.conf accordingly:
domain master = auto
Now restart
smbd.service and
If everything works as expected, install smbnetfs from the official repositories.
Then, add the following line to
Now copy the directory
/etc/smbnetfs/.smb to your home directory:
$ cp -a /etc/smbnetfs/.smb ~
Then create a link to
$ ln -sf /etc/samba/smb.conf ~/.smb/smb.conf
If a username and a password are required to access some of the shared folders, edit
to include one or more entries like this:
auth "hostname" "username" "password"
It is also possible to add entries for specific hosts to be mounted by smbnetfs, if necessary.
More details can be found in
If you are using the Dolphin or GNOME Files, you may want to add the following to
~/.smb/smbnetfs.conf to avoid "Disk full" errors as smbnetfs by default will report 0 bytes of free space:
free_space_size 1073741824
When you are done with the configuration, you need to run
$ chmod 600 ~/.smb/smbnetfs.*
Otherwise, smbnetfs complains about 'insecure config file permissions'.
Finally, to mount your Samba network neighbourhood to a directory of your choice, call
$ smbnetfs mount_point
The Arch Linux package also maintains an additional system-wide operation mode for smbnetfs. To enable it, you need to make the
said modifications in the directoy
Then, you can start and/or enable the
smbnetfs daemon as usual. The system-wide mount point is at
See Autofs for information on the kernel-based automounter for Linux.
File manager configuration
GNOME Files, Nemo, Caja, Thunar and PCManFM
In order to access samba shares through GNOME Files, Nemo, Caja, Thunar or PCManFM, install the gvfs-smb package, available in the official repositories.
Ctrl+l and enter
smb://servername/share in the location bar to access your share.
The mounted share is likely to be present at
/run/user/your_UID/gvfs or
~/.gvfs in the filesystem.
KDE has the ability to browse Samba shares built in. To use a GUI in the KDE System Settings, you will need to install the kdenetwork-filesharing package from the official repositories.If you get a "Time Out" Error when navigating with Dolphin, you should uncomment and edit the following line in smb.conf:
name resolve order = lmhosts bcast host wins
as shown in this page.
Other graphical environments
There are a number of useful programs, but they may need to have packages created for them. This can be done with the Arch package build system. The good thing about these others is that they do not require a particular environment to be installed to support them, and so they bring along less baggage.
- pyneighborhood is available in the official repositories.
- LinNeighborhood, RUmba, xffm-samba plugin for Xffm are not available in the official repositories or the AUR. As they are not officially (or even unofficially supported), they may be obsolete and may not work at all.
Tips and tricks
Samba offers an option to block files with certain patterns, like file extensions. This option can be used to prevent dissemination of viruses or to dissuade users from wasting space with certain files. More information about this option can be found in
man smb.conf.
... [myshare] comment = Private path = /mnt/data read only = no veto files = /*.exe/*.com/*.dll/*.bat/*.vbs/*.tmp/*.mp3/*.avi/*.mp4/*.wmv/*.wma/
If nothing is known about other systems on the local network, and automated tools such as smbnetfs are not available, the following methods allow one to manually probe for Samba shares.
1. First, install the nmap and smbclient packages.
nmap checks which ports are open:
# nmap -p 139 -sT "192.168.1.*"
In this case, a scan on the 192.168.1.* IP address range and port 139 has been performed, resulting in:
$ nmap -sT "192.168.1.*"
Starting nmap 3.78 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2005-02-15 11:45 PHT Interesting ports on 192.168.1.1: (The 1661 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) PORT STATE SERVICE 139/tcp open netbios-ssn 5000/tcp open UPnP Interesting ports on 192.168.1.5: (The 1662 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) PORT STATE SERVICE 6000/tcp open X11 Nmap run completed -- 256 IP addresses (2 hosts up) scanned in 7.255 seconds
The first result is another system; the second happens to be the client from where this scan was performed.
3. Now that systems with port 139 open are revealed, use
nmblookup to check for NetBIOS names:
$ nmblookup -A 192.168.1.1
Looking up status of 192.168.1.1 PUTER <00> - B <ACTIVE> HOMENET <00> - <GROUP> B <ACTIVE> PUTER <03> - B <ACTIVE> PUTER <20> - B <ACTIVE> HOMENET <1e> - <GROUP> B <ACTIVE> USERNAME <03> - B <ACTIVE> HOMENET <1d> - B <ACTIVE> MSBROWSE <01> - <GROUP> B <ACTIVE>
Regardless of the output, look for <20>, which shows the host with open services.
4. Use
smbclient to list which services are shared on PUTER. If prompted for a password, pressing enter should still display the list:
$ smbclient -L \\PUTER
Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- MY_MUSIC Disk SHAREDDOCS Disk PRINTER$ Disk PRINTER Printer IPC$ IPC Remote Inter Process Communication Server Comment --------- ------- PUTER Workgroup Master --------- ------- HOMENET PUTER
Remote control of Windows computer
Samba offers a set of tools for communication with Windows. These can be handy if access to a Windows computer through remote desktop is not an option, as shown by some examples.
Send shutdown command with a comment:
$ net rpc shutdown -C "comment" -I IPADDRESS -U USERNAME%PASSWORD
A forced shutdown instead can be invoked by changing -C with comment to a single -f. For a restart, only add -r, followed by a -C or -f.
Stop and start services:
$ net rpc service stop SERVICENAME -I IPADDRESS -U USERNAME%PASSWORD
To see all possible net rpc command:
$ net rpc
/etc/samba/smb.conf and add the following line:
map to guest = Bad User
After this line:
security = user
Restrict the shares data to a specific interface replace:
; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24
interfaces = lo eth0 bind interfaces only = true
Optionally edit the account that access the shares, edit the following line:
; guest account = nobody
For example:
guest account = pcguest
And do something in the likes of:
# useradd -c "Guest User" -d /dev/null -s /bin/false pcguest
Then setup a "" password for user pcguest.
The last step is to create share directory (for write access make writable = yes):
[Public Share] path = /path/to/public/share available = yes browsable = yes public = yes writable = no
Sample Passwordless Configuration
This is the configuration I use with samba 4 for easy passwordless filesharing with family on a home network. Change any options needed to suit your network (workgroup and interface). I'm restricting it to the static IP I have on my ethernet interface, just delete that line if you do not care which interface is used.
[global] workgroup = WORKGROUP server string = Media Server security = user map to guest = Bad User log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 interfaces = 192.168.2.194/24 dns proxy = no [media] path = /shares public = yes only guest = yes writable = yes [storage] path = /media/storage public = yes only guest = yes writable = yes
Build Samba without CUPS
Just build without cups installed. From the Samba Wiki:
Samba has built-in support [for CUPS] and defaults to CUPS if the development package (aka header files and libraries) could be found at compile time.
Of course, modifications to the PKGBUILD will also be necessary: libcups will have to be removed from the depends and makedepends arrays and other references to cups and printing will need to be deleted. In the case of the 4.1.9-1 PKGBUILD, 'other references' includes lines 169, 170 and 236:
mkdir -p ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/cups/backend ln -sf /usr/bin/smbspool ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/cups/backend/smb install -d -m1777 ${pkgdir}/var/spool/samba
Failed to start Samba SMB/CIFS server
Check if the permissions are set correctly for
/var/cache/samba/ and restart the
smbd.service or
# chmod 0755 /var/cache/samba/msg
Unable to overwrite files, permissions errors
Possible solutions:
- Append the mount option
nodfsto the
- Add
msdfs root = noto the
[global]section of the server's
map to guest inside the
global section of
map to guest = Bad User
Windows 7 connectivity problems - mount error(12): cannot allocate memory
A known Windows 7 bug that causes "mount error(12): cannot allocate memory" on an otherwise perfect cifs share on the Linux end can be fixed by setting a few registry keys on the Windows box as follows:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\LargeSystemCache(set to
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\Size(set to
Alternatively, start Command Prompt in Admin Mode and execute the following:
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v "LargeSystemCache" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters" /v "Size" /t REG_DWORD /d 3 /f
Do one of the following for the settings to take effect:
- Restart Windows
- Restart the Server service via services.msc
- From the Command Prompt run: 'net stop lanmanserver' and 'net start lanmanserver' - The server may automatically restart after stopping it.
Error: Failed to retrieve printer list: NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
If you are a home user and using samba purely for file sharing from a server or NAS, you are probably not interested in sharing printers through it. If so, you can prevent this error from occurring by adding the following lines to your
load printers = No printing = bsd printcap name = /dev/null disable spoolss = Yes
Restart the samba service,
smbd.service, and then check your logs:
cat /var/log/samba/smbd.log
and the error should now no longer be appearing.
Sharing a folder fails
It means that while you are sharing a folder from Dolphin (file manager) and everything seems ok at first, after restarting Dolphin the share icon is gone from the shared folder, and also some output like this in terminal (Konsole) output:
'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: usershares are currently disabled
To fix it, enable usershare as described in #Creating usershare path.
And you are using a firewall (iptables) because you do not trust your local (school, university, hotel) local network. This may be due to the following: When the smbclient is browsing the local network it sends out a broadcast request on udp port 137. The servers on the network then reply to your client but as the source address of this reply is different from the destination address iptables saw when sending the request for the listing out, iptables will not recognize the reply as being "ESTABLISHED" or "RELATED", and hence the packet is dropped. A possible solution is to add:
iptables -t raw -A OUTPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 137 -j CT --helper netbios-ns
to your iptables setup.
Protocol negotiation failed: NT_STATUS_INVALID_NETWORK_RESPONSE
The client probably does not have access to shares. Make sure clients' IP address is in
hosts allow = line in
Connection to SERVER failed: (Error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL)
You are probably passing wrong server name to
smbclient. To find out the server name, run
hostnamectl on the server and look at "Transient hostname" line
Connection to SERVER failed: (Error NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_REFUSED)
Make sure that the server has started. The shared directories should exist and be accessible.
Password Error when correct credentials are given (error 1326)
Samba 4.5 has NTLMv1 authentication disabled by default. It is recommend to install the latest available upgrades on clients and deny access for unsupported clients.
If you still need support for very old clients without NTLMv2 support (e.g. Windows XP), it is possible force enable NTLMv1, although this is not recommend for security reasons:
[global] lanman auth = yes ntlm auth = yes
If NTLMv2 clients are unable to authenticate when NTLMv1 has been enabled, create the following file on the client:
[global] sec = ntlmv2 client ntlmv2 auth = yes
This change also affects samba shares mounted with mount.cifs. If after upgrade to Samba 4.5 your mount fails, add the sec=ntlmssp option to your mount command, e.g.
mount.cifs //server/share /mnt/point -o sec=ntlmssp,...
See the mount.cifs(8) man page: ntlmssp - Use NTLMv2 password hashing encapsulated in Raw NTLMSSP message. The default in mainline kernel versions prior to v3.8 was sec=ntlm. In v3.8, the default was changed to sec=ntlmssp.
Mapping reserved Windows characters
Starting with kernel 3.18, the cifs module uses the "mapposix" option by default.
When mounting a share using unix extensions and a default Samba configuration, files and directories containing one of the seven reserved Windows characters
: \ * < > ? are listed but cannot be accessed.
Possible solutions are:
- Use the undocumented
nomapposixmount option for cifs
# mount.cifs //server/share /mnt/point -o nomapposix
- Configure Samba to remap
mapposix("SFM", Services for Mac) style characters to the correct native ones using fruit
[global] vfs objects = catia fruit fruit:encoding = native
- Manually remap forbidden characters using catia
[global] vfs objects = catia catia:mappings = 0x22:0xf022, 0x2a:0xf02a, 0x2f:0xf02f, 0x3a:0xf03a, 0x3c:0xf03c, 0x3e:0xf03e, 0x3f:0xf03f, 0x5c:0xf05c, 0x7c:0xf07c, 0x20:0xf020
The latter approach (using catia or fruit) has the drawback of filtering files with unprintable characters.
This section presupposes:
- Usershares are configured following previous section
- A shared folder has been created as a non-root user from GUI
- Guests access has been set to shared folder during creation
- Samba service has been restarted at least once since last
/etc/samba/smb.conffile modification
For clarification purpose only, in the following sub-sections is assumed:
- Shared folder is located inside user home directory path (
- Shared folder name is MySharedFiles
- Guest access is read-only.
- Windows users will access shared folder content without login prompt
Verify correct samba configuration
Run the following command from a terminal to test configuration file correctness:
$ testparm
If everything is fine among output lines you may read
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
If it is not, please correct file accordingly to command error notifications.
Press the Enter key in order to dump samba configuration. The following options must be listed.
[global] ... some options here ... usershare max shares = 100 usershare path = /var/lib/samba/usershare map to guest = Bad Password ... other options here ...
If previous option are not present, modify
/etc/samba/smb.conf file in order to add them all.
Run the following commands from a terminal:
$ cd /var/lib/samba/usershare $ ls
If everything is fine, you will notice a file named
Read the file contents using the following command:
$ cat mysharedfiles
The terminal output should display something like this:
path=/home/yourUser/Shared comment= usershare_acl=S-1-1-0:r guest_ok=y sharename=MySharedFiles
Verify folder access by guest
Run the following command from a terminal. If prompted for a password, just press Enter:
$ smbclient -L localhost
If everything is fine, MySharedFiles should be displayed under
Sharename column
Run the following command in order to access the shared folder as guest (anonymous login)
$ smbclient -N //localhost/MySharedFiles
If everything is fine samba client prompt will be displayed:
smb: \>
From samba prompt verify guest can list directory contents:
smb: \> ls
NTFS_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED error displayed, probably there is something to be solved at directory permission level.
Run the following commands as root to set correct permissions for folders:
# cd /home # chmod -R 755 /home/yourUser/Shared
Access shared folder again as guest to be sure guest read access error has been solved.


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Rescues can quickly become very complicated. Here is a list of dos and don'ts that my keep you out of trouble should you ever be called on to rescue a Kerry. You should always work in teams and through a rescue coordinator. This list applies specifically to animal shelters rescues.
- Get positive confirmation that the dog is a Kerry. (Most aren't.)
- Get the dog OUT OF THERE as quickly as possible. (It's a disease-ridden place, often traumatic to the dog.)
- Take the dog to a vet immediately for examination, shots and worming, and any medical treatment required.
- Get the dog cleaned up, de-fleaed, and groomed–either do it yourself or take it to a groomer.
- Place the dog with a foster family or in a boarding kennel. (Every Kerry Club should have identified these locations in advance.)
- Make every effort to locate the breeder or owner. A responsible breeder will reimburse all rescue expenses, obtain the dog, and screen potential new families. If this doesn't happen, the rest is up to you.
- Advertise the rescue dog and begin screening potential homes. By this time you will know the dog's temperament, habits (good and bad), and other characteristics that will help you place the dog with the right family.
- Have the dog spayed or neutered BEFORE the dog goes to its new home.
- Require the new family to sign an adoption contract and pay a reasonable fee or make a donation to the rescue fund. (No dog should ever be free.)
- Follow up with the new owners and help with any questions or problems that come up.
- Send a thank-you note to the shelter personnel who first alerted you that they had a Kerry. They are our first line of defense in stopping a cycle of abuse or neglect of our beloved Kerries.
- Divulge the location or existence of the rescue Kerry until it is owned by you or the Club and in your possession. And NEVER send a potential family directly to the shelter to see the dog.
- Be late in getting to the shelter on adoption day. You may never see the dog again.
- Take the dog home before visiting a vet. The dog may have a contagious disease and infect your own dogs.
- Sell the dog intact or without a contract.
Every Kerry Club needs some sort of system in place, however informal, to handle a rescue and the financing it requires. Many vets, kennels, and groomers offer discounts for rescue dogs. Identify them now. When the need arises, you won't have time.
And if there is anyone out there who would prefer not to get involved, I ask: IF NOT YOU, WHO?

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I write my music two different ways...
One way that I write music is to find a good chord progression either by looking it up online or bumping into it during "chord transition practice," and just strum it out on rhythm guitar so that it has the beat & vibe that I'm looking for. I'm aware of places that need transitions and such, but there's no real focus on that at this point.
Then I figure out a melody on lead. The melody is raw, basic, simple...somewhat like a "basic scale exercise" type of deal, but not exactly. Then I'm using altered starting/stopping points for various barres. Think of working your way up the scale and then back down using one particular basic scale drill. Dumb it down, and then start repeating notes in a way that's not done in that scale exercise at various points in the "drill." Then I'm mixing in stuff like: 3 barres up the scale, 1 barre down...then do it four times and the last barre down now resolves ("ends") on a different interval.
Then the melody has to take me around the fretboard, keeping the need to write a vocal melody in mind. Now I'm just moving around the fretboard following that "vibe" that I created...making minor adjustments here and there to add tension and relief. To me, adding tension and relief - at this point - brings in a huge focus on the yet-unwritten vocal melody.
Now I've got a boring piece of crap that sounds good...but is way too boring.
Now it's time to start adding licks in the lead guitar AND fills/transitions on rhythm. This adds some interest to the song. Then it's time to figure out when to say that I've done enough, and also figure out the ending if I haven't already.
Another version of this is to find the right amp settings that match my mood, and just start hammering out power chords. Get the strumming pattern and chord progression, and rock the casbah...with WAAAAAAAY more snort than The Clash! Then it's on to the same lead guitar writing style.
It almost never works for me when I go the other way around: find a riff on lead and start from there...THEN find the rhythm guitar.
I really just started writing my own music in the last couple of years, and I've got 16 songs that I need to finish and record. I've only got a few that I question...I don't keep 'em if they suck, so these might be gone someday. NONE of them have lyrics written yet.
However, I've got two songs that I've got the concept for the lyrics down and the story to tell, along with some catchy phrases, and ideas to inspire more catchy phrases. The story I'm thinking of for them just doesn't match any music that I've written so far, so I need to come up with two more melodies. But I might be wrong; I might actually have the melody going for those two...I just need to let the lyrics hit the page and find out.


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Why news outlets should challenge phony claims by politicians in spot news stories, not just in separate assessments. Thurs., January 12, 2012
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Arthur S. Brisbane, the New York Times' public editor, is asking his readers for help.
He wants to know if the Times should call out newsmakers when they stretch if not ignore the truth or, in other words, lie. And not just in a separate fact-checking assessment, but in day in and day out coverage.
The answer: a resounding yes.
As I've written before, one of the more encouraging developments in journalism in recent years has been the rise of the fact-checking movement. First came factcheck.org, an initiative of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, in 2003, followed by the Tampa Bay Times' PolitiFact four years later. Many news outlets have followed their lead, and PolitiFact is franchising its operation around the nation.
This was a refreshing change of pace after so many years of news outlets letting politicos make shark-jumping claims, having their rivals deny them and calling it a day.
Mostly the new fact-checking outfits assess the claims of political figures in stand alone, after the fact assessments. And that's terrific. But it doesn't go far enough.
Allowing a politician to get away with nonsense day after day lets false statements seep into the public consciousness. Once that happens, it can be hard to dislodge them. And the separate fact-checking piece, while incredibly valuable, is an imperfect antidote.
Questionable claims should be challenged as quickly as possible. Sometimes that will be possible in a first-day story. Sometimes it won't. In the latter case, once they have run separate assessments of the claims, news outlets should replicate the findings when the allegations come up again. Because so often they do.
If the Times goes this route, as I hope it does, Brisbane wonders if the paper can do so "in a way that is objective and fair."
Sure it can. How? By being an equal-opportunity scold. Hold everyone to account, whether it's President Barack Obama or Mitt Romney or Ron Paul or Newt Gingrich or the local candidate for mayor. A clearly partisan take would be disastrous. A straight-down-the-middle approach would be an immense public service.
But beware of false equivalency. If Democrats are prevaricating more than Republicans, or vice versa, don't succumb to the temptation to be equally tough on both sides.
And know that you will never make everyone happy. Dick Jerardi, the Philadelphia Daily News' excellent basketball writer, wrote this week about the passionate partisans of the city's college hoops teams who are forever convinced he's in the tank for one school and hostile to their squad. As in Middle East coverage, it comes with the territory. To True Believers, if you're not 100 percent on their side, you're against them.
And in heated political battles, both sides will push back at any criticism. Call it working the ref.
Props to Brisbane for bringing the issue to the fore. The more news outlets that adopt this approach, the better.


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And yet I still make plenty of mistakes. The ideas are simple; it's the execution that's not. What makes a good parent? In general it's the same qualities that make a good human being. I'm not sure we actually need all those books or classes. We just need to work on our character -- particularly patience and self-control.
Patience seems a particular challenge is today's fast-paced world of constantly changing online news and text messages. Witness the risks some motorists will take weaving rapidly in and out of traffic to save... possibly a few seconds.
Patience has become a lost virtue.
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Archive for Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Congregations rethinking 'church'
October 9, 2012
Do you believe in God?
When Gallup asked Americans that question last year, 92 percent said yes — only 4 percent fewer than in 1944.
"People don't have a problem with God," the Rev. Johnny Lewis, pastor of Shawnee Park Christian Church, said. "People have a problem with the institutional church, the fact that we have made it about budgets and buildings, not what it's supposed to be about: changing lives."
Other area clergymen interviewed about church attendance and giving trends had different opinions about their causes. But there's no debating the fact that, nationally, trend lines are down, prompting congregations like Shawnee Park Christian to rethink church.
Here's what churches are facing:
• Only 40 percent of Americans consider religion an important part of daily life and attend religious services regularly, according to a 2012 Gallup poll. Thirty-two percent seldom or never attend.
• Total membership reported among North America's 25 largest denominations was down another 1.15 percent last year, according to the 2012 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches.
• The continent's largest denomination, Catholicism, declined 0.44 percent to 68.2 million members, and mainline Protestant churches continued decades-long declines. The largest of them, the United Methodist Church, reported 7.7 million members after losing another 1.22 percent.
• The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest U.S. evangelical church, reported a 0.15 percent decline to 16.1 million members. But many evangelical churches are thriving, including Assemblies of God, up 3.99 percent, and Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, up 20 percent.
• Giving by 45 million members at churches reporting financial information for the 2012 Yearbook totaled $29 billion last year, down $1.2 billion.
Mainline crossroads
The First United Methodist Church of Baldwin City is emblematic of mainline Protestant churches weathering decline.
Baldwin City has long been thought of as a Methodist town because of its affiliation with Baker University, founded there in 1858. But the Rev. Paul Babcock, named pastor at First UMC about a year ago, said Annunciation Catholic Church surpassed his church in membership a few years ago.
"We now have about 400 members," Babcock said of his church, one of two UMC congregations in Baldwin City. "At the time this building was built in 1932, membership here was about 1,000."
In the wake of membership decline and recession, the church's revenue lagged the budgeted amount by $15,000 for the first five months of this year.
"But we are still paying the bills," Babcock said, "And our membership has actually grown a little since I started here."
To attract more college students — part of the 18- to 29-year-old group of which only 18 percent attend church regularly — First UMC has begun mixing in more contemporary hymns, addressing real-life issues from the pulpit, and living by its welcoming statement, which embraces all ages, races and sexual orientations, Babcock said. It also has put more emphasis on community outreach through programs like its food pantry.
But it's clear mainline churches will have to do more; they just haven't figured out what yet, he said.
"Everyone 500 years or so, the church goes through something like a gigantic rummage sale," Babcock said. "And when that kind of a deal is going on, we have to ask, 'Which way are we going to go?' We need to do some deciding."
Rethinking church
At Shawnee Park Christ, lots of deciding has been done.
The 30-year-old church, which added a new sanctuary 10 years ago, at one point was diverting 53 percent of what went into the offering plate to bricks and mortar, the Rev. Lewis said.
"The pressure to pay for that building made it difficult to do ministry and to invest in changing lives," he said. "And people were tired of making church about a building."
So in June 2011, the congregation began a yearlong process of rethinking itself. And in the end, members decided to start over, on Sept. 23, as a new church with new ideals.
Members envisioned a church that would welcome all — "black, white, gay, straight, Republican, Democrat" — in a more casual, modern worship environment, where real-life issues would be addressed and tough questions wouldn't be discouraged, Lewis said.
"A lot of churches tell people everybody's welcome but then hand them a menu of everything you have to believe, and if you don't like it there's the door," he said.
Besides focusing less on dogma, Shawnee Park members want to focus more on making a difference in their community and world. And toward that end, the congregation voted nearly unanimously recently to put the church's property on the market and to sell all or part of it if that's what it takes to do more for the poor, hungry and others in need.
Selling might entail a move to rental space. But that's not to say the congregation is planning to downsize. To the contrary, Shawnee Park's average worship attendance, now about 130, has increased during the past couple of years, Lewis said, and giving is up, as well. But according to assessments by the church and the Disciples of Christ denomination it is part of, "decline was right around the corner if we didn't make some changes," Lewis said.
Change vs. constancy
Lewis said churches have always needed to change to remain relevant to the cultures they exist in.
But the Rev. Mike Bronson, pastor of the West Haven Baptist Church in Tonganoxie, said the growth of evangelical churches reveals that many are swinging back toward that which doesn't change.
"People today are hungry for the truth," said Bronson, whose church is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Part of the evangelical movement, Southern Baptists emphasize the need for "born again" conversion and a high regard for biblical authority.
Thus Bronson, whose church has witnessed 10 percent attendance growth during the past two years, isn't concerned about the future of organized religion.
"Clearly, the Bible teaches that the church is central to the theology of Christ's redemption of the world," he said. "God calls people together in individual communities to spread his message."
So that's what they do at West Haven, Bronson said, adding, "We just preach Christ and trust the results to him."
Among the results has been "an awakening to the great needs of the poor," he said, echoing sentiments behind expanding outreach efforts among several denominations. The Southern Baptists now operate the third largest relief organization in the world, behind the Red Cross and Salvation Army, he said.
The outreach imperative
"If you have a church that's serving people in the name of Jesus Christ with a loving attitude, it makes a difference," said the Rev. Jan Todd, pastor of Bonner Springs United Methodist Church.
When Todd came to the church just over a year ago, it was struggling financially and average worship attendance, now about 220, had drooped to around 120.
In response, the church replaced its associate pastor with two half-time, college-age youth directors. In addition, it got more involved in the community and encouraged members to get more involved in the church.
"Our worship spaces need to be more public spaces," Todd said, referring to the many Scouting and other groups that now meet inside the church.
Outside, Bonner Springs UMC has started up a community gardening program, through which members donate 10 percent of their harvest. That's been more than 800 pounds this year.
The church also has made special efforts to reach the under-30 crowd, said Todd, who preaches in jeans during contemporary services featuring guitars and video projections.
But while such measures can grow individual UMC flocks, she added, little can be done about one of the primary reason's for the denomination's U.S. decline: location.
Location matters
After the Revolutionary War, the Methodist church began establishing churches "in every single town," Todd said.
"So here's all these established churches in all these little towns, many of which are drying up," she said. "There's no way they're going to grow in attendance."
Shawnee isn't dwindling. But Michael Penikis, associate pastor of Hope Lutheran Church in Shawnee, said that church's fortunes have been tied to its preschool through eighth-grade school, which has been losing enrollment because of aging neighborhoods around it.
Older congregations tend to favor an emphasis on the basics of old-time religion: preaching, teaching and music. Toward that end, Hope Lutheran recently purchased a new Pasi Opus 21 pipe organ. It also completed sanctuary and stained glass window renovations during the previous couple of years.
Duane McCracken, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Basehor, said his evangelical church also has made recent structural improvements. And it started streaming live online video of services in January to better reach the young, hospitalized and homebound.
The God factor
But McCracken doesn't attributes the doubling of his church's average worship attendance, to 206, over the past five years to those changes.
"I attribute it to the work of God," he said, adding that, "Our methods change, but our message doesn't. We just preach God's word and try to do it in a loving manner, knowing that you can't please everybody. For instance, the Bible says, from Genesis to Revelation, that marriage is between a man and a woman."
Like McCracken, the Rev. Ron Swaim of Cornerstone Family Worship in Tonganoxie also credits the growth of his Assemblies of God congregation to the fact that "we've found some favor with God."
Having outgrown its previous location, Cornerstone began meeting a year ago in the performing arts center at Tonganoxie High School, where attendance averages about 200. In the spring, the church plans to break ground on a new $1.5 million church that will seat 450, with lots of overflow space.
"In other nations, evangelical churches are growing like crazy, changing lives, cities and countries," Swaim said. "The bottom line in this country is that people just don't need God, or they don't think they do. But I see the church becoming more relevant. The worse things get in our economy and our world, the more people are going to be looking for the truth."
Bob Norris 7 years, 5 months ago
BOTH Swaim & Bronson need forgiveness. What they've done to persons and reputations behind the scenes to "protect" their agenda's is not God-led, nor do their actions reflect the awesome forgiving God that born-again saints serve.
Take the millions and serve those who don't have enough to live. Give a little.
Make no mistake, GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED!
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The first day of the conference focused on ways to improve floral production, delving into pest control, fertilizer and research. Saturday's programs covered the importance of not only having a business plan, but also a marketing strategy with a Hawaii brand identity. Attendees learned about capitalizing on the trend in interior scapes, like "living walls," and got an update on the global production and marketing of cut flowers, blooming plants and potted foliage by worldwide authority Henry Winogrond of Novelle Consulting.
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Hanging electronics from clothes always seem to scream, "please take my things," but the Kyocera NS01 mobile phone goes one step further because it's attached to a belt. But that won't save you from a gun.
The phone has a 2.8-inch QVGA screen and comes with a 2-megapixel camera in addition to the integrated belt. It can also function as an E-Wallet. There's no word on pricing or availability, and it seems like its headed for Japan only. The E-Wallet function completely makes sense, and probably makes your financial information to everyone you see on the street. On the bright side, I won't have to see any more unsightly brick phones bulging from the back pocket of jeans. [Akihabara News via Ubergizmo]


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There could be a way to speedily identify the different species of spider that are found in dense jungle and forest, using an automatic web recognition system.
Usually, working out which spiders are which can be a cumbersone, long-winded process, involving tweezers and specimen jars and many hours under a bright lamp in the case of rare and unusual species. A team from the signals and communications department of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, led by Jaime Ticay-Rivas, decided to instead use a spider's web as a kind of "biometric identification" to automate the process.
Using photographs of spider webs taken in Costa Rica and Panama, the team applied various image clarification techniques to isolate the shape of the web. Those techniques include principal component analysis, independent component analysis, discrete cosine transform and wavelet transform—basically, techniques that identify the key, most distinctive part of the centre of a web by isolating it from the background "noise" in the image. Then, it correlates that with characteristics found in the rest of the web to further narrow the range of possibly species.
Four spider species were included in the study—Anapisona simoni, Micrathena duodimspinosa, Zosis geniculata and an Orb Weaver spider from the genus Allocyclosa. The results are striking, with a 99.6 percent accuracy rate achieved in identifying the spider species from their webs alone.
Speeding up spider recognition could prove a valuable tool for improving our ability to monitor the biodiversity of endangered habitats. The tool could prove even more useful if automated animal counting could be rolled out for other species, though it's hard to see anything being quite as handy a signature as a web.
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Treme – HBO's hot anticipated series by writer/producer/personal patron saint David Simon (The Wire, Homicide: Life on the Street) premiered last Sunday to exTREMEly glowing reviews from Simon fanboys and television critics alike.
Hank Stuever at WaPo says:
Will it be as good as "The Wire"? Three episodes in, I'm willing to say "Treme" (the title is two syllables; it rhymes with away) has the potential to be better than "The Wire."
Them's probably fightin' words to fans of The Wire.
While I appreciate The Wire I am an old school Simonite. Treme evokes Homicide: Life on the Street in terms of character development and tone than it does The Wire, which if you know anything about me is the best news ever.
Treme tells the story of NoLa (New Orleans) in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and honey, they have brought it in terms of casting: John Goodman, Melissa Leo (H:LOTS, Frozen River), Wendell Pierce, Michiel Huisman, Khandi Alexander, Steve Zahn, Kim Dickens and Clarke Peters. I expect there will be cameos and guest appearances by many other bright stars in the Simon universe.
I am hoping against hope Treme finds a loyal audience and is showered with the praise it so richly deserves. And while the recent unexpected passing of co-producer and Simon's frequent collaborator – the undercover black man himself – David Mills is a somber moment in an otherwise exciting time for Simonites, my enthusiasm refuses to be dampened.
I know Simon's gonna do right by his road dawg and NoLa.
So are you excited about this show or other new shows? This is a TV THEMED open thread. Have at it, Shapelings.


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Courtesy of John Mark Buckland
John Mark Buckland, 42, of Huntington, W. Va., said he was sexually abused by a Boy Scout leader at Travis Air Force Base when he was 12 years old in 1982. The Boy Scouts' secret file documenting that abuse will be made public under a court order on Thursday, along with more than 14,500 pages of previously confidential documents detailing accusations of child sex abuse within the organization.
Updated at 2:35 pm ET to reflect release of the report:
John Buckland was 12 years old when an assistant Scoutmaster sexually abused him on an Air Force base in California. He has been waiting years for the day when a secret Boy Scouts file documenting that abuse three decades ago would be made public.
That day came Thursday, when more than 14,500 pages of previously confidential documents created by the Boy Scouts of America detailing accusations of child sex abuse within the organization were released under an Oregon Supreme Court order.
"It unveils all the secrecy, or at least a good portion of it, and the secrecy is the biggest demon there is when it comes to things like this, because it's by being hidden that it basically just eats people away like a cancer," Buckland, 42, of Huntington, W. Va., told NBC News.
"I think the release of the files will be instrumental as far as victims are concerned in being able to see that the dialogue is out there, and what I'm hoping to see is that there will be some really good self discovery of other people who haven't come forward, people who will get a chance to see the files and actually being able to start processing it and getting their experience out in the open. But as long as the files were hidden that would never happen," he added.
The court ordered the Boy Scouts to release the "ineligible volunteer" files from 1965 to 1985 that chronicle suspected or confirmed instances of child sex abuse. Media organizations had sued for the release of the files, part of a 2010 case in which a jury decided that the Scouts were negligent in allowing a former assistant Scoutmaster to associate with the organization's youth after he admitted molesting 17 boys in 1983.
Lawyers for victims of the abuse say that the files, which they have dubbed the "perversion files," represent reports of Scouts allegedly abused by more than 1,200 different Scoutmasters and other adult volunteers. The files, which includes Buckland's abuser, were released Thursday on www.kellyclarkattorney.com.
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A report by the Boy Scouts in September said that 829 of the files from Jan. 1, 1965, to June 30, 1984, involved suspicions or confirmations of inappropriate sexual behavior with 1,622 youth. The report was done for the organization by Dr. Janet Warren, a professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the University of Virginia.
At the time, the Boy Scouts said in a letter that they would review their files created from 1965 to the present "and ensure that all good-faith suspicion of abuse has been reported to law enforcement." They also said that there "have been instances where people misused their positions in Scouting to abuse children, and in certain cases, our response to these incidents and our efforts to protect youth were plainly insufficient, inappropriate, or wrong."
Boy Scouts admit response to sex abuse was 'insufficient'
On Thursday morning, the organization also noted: "Where those involved in Scouting failed to protect, or worse, inflicted harm on children, we extend our deepest and sincere apologies to victims and their families."
"While it is difficult to understand or explain individuals' actions from many decades ago, today Scouting is a leader among youth-serving organizations in preventing child abuse," the statement added.
In an interview with NBC DFW, National President Wayne Perry said: "I would ask parents to look at the programs we have and then judge us versus, maybe not the past, but judge where we are today and certainly judge us against any other youth service organization in the world and they will see that your kids are very, very safe."
Buckland said his life spiraled downward after Air Force officials came to his parents' house on Travis Air Force Base in Vacaville, Calif., with photos depicting his abuse by a Scout leader. He dropped out of high school, got into drugs, attempted suicide twice, had many failed romantic relationships and eventually ended up in prison for two robberies that he confessed to doing.
His abuser was court-martialed and sentenced to hard labor, Buckland said, but it took him decades to figure out the source of what was troubling him since he, like the Boy Scouts, had buried the abuse. He said his life turned around when he got his dream job as a firefighter and then landed a two-year post in Iraq in 2009, where, while online, he came across stories similar to his own.
"That was the first time that I understood the dynamics of what was going on inside of me that flawed my decision-making, that flawed my emotions, that flawed everything and really propelled me in that direction," he said. "The light bulb goes off and that's decades later."
For Buckland, the Boy Scouts' apologies are insincere and forced. He said they never contacted him since he was abused in 1982 to see if he was okay.
"These files had to be ripped from their hands," he said, noting that the lawyers who fought the 2010 case, Kelly Clark and Paul Mones, had "taken us from being a piece of paper to being a person that was offended, and that's a huge difference."
"This whole thing empowers us," he said. "We've been powerless up to now. We've been at the whims of a multibillion-dollar organization that … has all the money to keep us under a desk in a box. And for now, they can't do it anymore."


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Serious Grape: Drink Pink
On Fridays, Deb Harkness (Good Wine Under $20) joins us to talk wine. Take it away, Deb!
This weekend, it's officially summer. How do I celebrate the longest day of the year? I drink pink.
I'm not talking about the White Zinfandels of the 70s. I'm talking about serious rosé wine that is dry or barely off-dry, fruity, and has lots of character. What's more, it is refreshing, pairs well with grilled foods (especially grilled tuna or other meaty fish), and is the perfect partner for hot dogs.
You can get some excellent rosés for under $20, too. They're made from all sorts of grapes, and come from all over the world. If you are a rosé skeptic, cast your doubts aside this summer and check out my recommendations for some of the best bottlings available. Whether from Spain, France, the United States, or some other region, rosé wines will surprise and delight you with their winning taste and affordable prices.
Notes on Recommended Rosés: rosé wines are classically made to be dry—that is, they are not sweet. Sometimes you will find off-dry (slightly sweet) bottlings, and they're great with spicy food. Rosés are released just about this time of year, so look for the new arrivals in your favorite wine store.
2008 Tapena Rosé comes from Spain's Castilla-La Mancha region. It's a juicy rosé made from Monastrell, Garnacha, and a touch of Syrah. Pale cranberry in color—the darkest rose I've seen this year—with aromas of chalk, cherry, and herbs. Flavors of strawberry and raspberry, very juicy and lush. Would be great with grilled meat. (find this wine)
2008 Domaine Sainte-Eugénie Corbières Rosé is made from grapes grown in France's Languedoc region. This wine really grows on you. Made from Cinsault and Syrah, it's pale hot pink in color with cranberry and strawberry aromatics. Flavors are a refreshing balance of mineral and fruit, and the fruit leans towards the currant-cranberry spectrum. Kept going back for more. (find this wine)
2008 Robert Skalli Côtes de Provence Reserve Rosé is from Provence—the part of France that's synonymous with rosé. Blended from Grenache and Syrah, the wine has a true rose color with stone, berry, and floral aromas. The strawberry and raspberry flavors have a nice chewiness that speaks to the underlying tannins. This wine was just under $20, but well worth it and will appeal to red wine lovers. (It's a new release, so check your local wine store.)
2005 Barton & Guestier Rosé d'Anjou is made in the Loire Valley. It's a lovely salmon pink in color and has honeycomb and raspberry aromas. The wine's strawberry and raspberry flavors are a hair off dry—so it will be very nice with your spiciest summer foods. (find this wine)
2008 Maison Henry Bouachon Tavel La Rouvière is from the France's Southern Rhône. It will appeal to traditionalists, with its mixture of Grenache, Bourboulenc, Cinsault, Clairette, and Carignan. Expect faint rose petal aromas, a deep rose color, and lots of stone and berry in the flavors with a distinctive, bitter almond aftertaste. (A new release, keep your eyes peeled for this in the store.)
2007 Fort Ross Vineyard Rosé of Pinot Noir is made down the road from where I sit typing this post, on the remote stretches of Sonoma's coast. I look forward every year to the release of this special, elegant wine that's made in small quantities, with its fresh strawberry and mineral aromas and flavors. (find this wine)
Full Disclosure: I received all but the Fort Ross Vineyard wine as samples.
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