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WEDDING- Wedded bliss: The to do's of recent I do's
Tirzah Fitzkee & Robin Lollar
May 31, 2008
Location: Veritas Vineyard
Guests: 120
Engagement: 15 months
Budget: We never had a specific budget, but I'm pretty sure we ended up spending more then we intended.
Splurged on: Veritas Vineyards; chartered buses to take guests to and from Veritas; extended time with our photographer so we could take photos on the Downtown Mall and UVA grounds; and a wedding planner.
Scrimped on: Minimal flowers and decorations at the reception because Veritas is such a beautiful setting. We also went with a DJ rather than a band and were very happy with that decision.
Weather: A thunderstorm blew through in the afternoon delaying our pre-ceremony photos, but after that, it was bright and sunny for the rest of the day. Our photos turned out amazing because of the beautiful weather, and we were able to have the ceremony outside as we had hoped.
Music: DJ John Garland
First dance song: "All I Want is You" by U2
Best: Having my grandfather who is a minister perform the ceremony was wonderful.
Worst: Honestly, the worst part was knowing it was all over on Sunday night.
Unexpected: We learned the next day that some of the chartered buses were too hot.
Advice: Do the best you can to drink in the entire day. I was feeling really overwhelmed right after the ceremony, so Robin and I ducked into the reception area for a quiet moment alone– I'm glad we took that pause for ourselves. I also definitely recommend taking photographs before the ceremony so you can enjoy your cocktail hour!
Debbie Thurneck & Brandon Schultz
July 19, 2008
Location: UVA Chapel and Colonnade Club
Guests: 120
Engagement: 13 months
Budget: We figured it out as we went along. My parents were very generous.
Splurged on: My dress and the flowers
Scrimped on: We got a really good deal on the guys' suits (from S&K)
Weather: Sunny and very hot
Music: Hipshack (a fun band from North Carolina)
First dance song: "Till There Was You"
Best: Having our family and friends there to celebrate with us, and lots of dancing!
Worst: Nothing, except for the hot weather.
Unexpected: Debbie's mother and father and Brandon's mother all had birthdays within 10 days of the wedding, so we surprised them all with a small birthday cake. Also, Brandon's ring was a little loose and, due to the heat, it fell off his finger at the beginning of the reception. Thankfully, a friend found it within 15 minutes. We laugh about it now!
Advice: Try to get everything done at least a week before the wedding so that you can just relax and enjoy the special time with your family and friends.
Tatiana Sainati & Justin Bell
July 6, 2008
Location: Veritas Vineyards
Guests: 75
Engagement: 18 months
Budget: $50,000
Splurged on: A wedding planner, Jennifer Carroll of Jennifer Carroll Events. This was probably the best decision of the wedding– she made the fairy tale come true!
Scrimped on: Accessories. I found sandals for sale online, a vintage clutch from an antiques store for $10, and borrowed my grandmother's pearls
Weather: The rain held off until right after we finished the ceremony and snapped a few pictures. Then we had a summer thunderstorm!
Music: Derek Tobler was our DJ. We gave him a list of our favorite artists and he created an eclectic playlist for us: everything from Phish to Leftover Salmon to Modest Mouse to Madonna.
First dance song: "La Vie en Rose," by Edith Piaf
Best: Having our friends and family travel from around the country to join us in celebrating a new life together!
Worst: Watching the storm come over the mountains during the ceremony was nerve-racking. We kept expecting a downpour. But ultimately, the rain held off, and we have very dramatic photos of dark clouds rolling over the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Unexpected: My bridesmaids and I took these beautiful pictures out in the vineyard. Afterwards, we discovered that dozens of bugs had found their way into the netting underneath my dress– and we spent the 15 minutes before the ceremony debugging the bride.
Advice: Our wedding was an enchanted affair, and I really think it was because of our vendors: Pat's Floral; Emma of Saks Bridal Salon in Richmond; Lucinda of Face Value Studio; our DJ; Malia Creations crafted the most delicious wedding cake; Jen Fariello; and Jennifer Carroll orchestrated everything and made our dream wedding a reality.
Jenny McClister & Will Musser
July 5, 2008
Location: Ceremony at UVA Chapel, reception at the Colonnade Club
Guests: 140
Engagement: one year
Budget: $40,000 for the whole weekend: rehearsal dinner on Thursday night, BBQ on Friday night, wedding and reception on Saturday, and Sunday brunch.
Splurged on: Making the wedding as environmentally friendly as possible, which often meant we paid more money for things. Most of our food and all of the wine and beer was local. It was worth it to feel good about the products we had to offer.
Scrimped on: Decorations, but the Colonnade Club doesn't need a lot; flowers– University Florists provided beautiful bouquets of locally grown flowers, all for under $1,000; invitations. Ours were simple, not a lot of paper– just a card inside an envelope. This saved money and, for once, doing the earth-conscious thing cost less!
Weather: Hot, rained on wedding day but not during pictures before and after the ceremony.
Music: We booked our music through Sam Hill Entertainment. For the cocktail hour, we had pianist Bob Hallahan– he set a great mood, perfect cocktail music. For dancing we had The Dickens– best reception band I've ever heard.
First dance song: "Stand By Me"
Best: Besides the band, the food we selected. We used Harvest Moon for our Friday BBQ and reception and Carpe Donut for our Sunday brunch. The food was so tasty, and they worked with us to provide local products and ingredients.
Worst: Maybe the rain, but all in all, that wasn't even bad. It cooled things off.
Unexpected: We provided compost-able picnic ware for the BBQ we had on Friday, but we forgot to bring the plates to the picnic site, so I had to borrow a friend's car and drive back into town to get the plates at our hotel. Luckily, I arrived back at the picnic site before anyone was ready to eat. I can't believe I wasn't stopped for speeding!
Advice: Hire a wedding coordinator for the wedding weekend. No matter how much preparation you do, it's a big event and doesn't happen without some coordination at the time of the event. You do not want to be the go-to person. You want to enjoy it. We spent $1,000 on Robin Martin-Lawson and that was probably the best $1,000 we spent. Hire a photographer for the whole weekend. We only hired one for the reception, Jen Fariello– all of our other ones of the rehearsal dinner, BBQ, and brunch just pale in comparison. Preserving the memories is worth the extra expense.
Mercedes McAndrew & Scott Hershberger
September 6, 2008
Location: UVA Chapel and Keswick Hall
Guests: 80
Engagement: 6 months
Budget: We didn't really have a budget.
Splurged on: Accommodations, food, drink, and photography
Scrimped on: Save the dates– we used "Virginia is for Lovers" postcards– and rehearsal dinner invites– they were homemade.
Weather: Crazy! Because of the numerous hurricanes at the time, it poured all morning with no signs of letting up. Sure enough, the sun came out in full force and dried up all the rain just in time. It was fantastic!
Music: The Golddiggers
First dance song: "Ol' 55" by Tom Waits
Best: All the local vendors. The University recommended our fantastic organist, Jim Silvey. Angie at Serenity Spa did a great job with the hair and makeup. Keswick Hall was absolutely incredible. Benedicte, the sales and catering manager, was such a dream to work with. Shawn Cossette at Beehive Evens blew us away with her tall tapered arrangements. Last, but not least, our photographer Jen Fariello was there to capture it all.
Worst: It's hard to say because so much was so incredibly good!
Unexpected: We booked a room at Keswick that had a large patio area because my husband and I wanted to have a little after hours party once the reception ended. The staff at Keswick Hall decked the room out into a gorgeous honeymoon suite with rose petals strewn everywhere, a plate of chocolates and strawberries, champagne. We didn't expect that but we were pleasantly surprised!
Advice: Charlottesville was a destination wedding for us, and the best thing that we did was stay an extra day while others left. It gave us a chance to relax and just hang out after everyone was gone. And we really needed the rest!
Alison Pitzer & Matthew McCourt
October 12, 2008
Location: Woodhaven Farm, Scottsville
Guests: 201
Engagement: 10 months
Budget: N/A
Splurged on: I splurged on having the wedding at home, on the farm, because it meant we had to basically create the venue from scratch. We used the barn as the focal point, converted it into a "lounge," and placed tents off the barn for dinner and dancing.
Scrimped on: We saved money by buying all of our own alcohol: wine, spirits, beer, and champagne.
Weather: Incredibly perfect. We got married at 5pm, and it was about 70 degrees. A full moon rose over the ceremony site as the ceremony was occurring.
Music: For the ceremony, we used a string quartet– Piedmont Chamber Players– and my uncle, who is a professional trumpet player, accompanied them. For the reception, we used The Dickens.
First dance song: "All the Right Reasons" by the Jayhawks
Best: We got married on a Sunday, but we planned events for Friday and Saturday evenings. Having three days with all our guests gave us enough time to see and talk to everybody– and we could be more relaxed and just enjoy ourselves on the actual wedding day.
Worst: I wasn't ready for the evening to end– I wish it had gone on longer!
Unexpected: The farm is on 100+ acres, and the nearest neighbor is a couple of miles away... so we were surprised when the cops showed up because someone had complained about the noise!
Advice: Enjoy yourself. You'll never again get everybody you know and love in one location, so just be thankful for the experience, and have a good time.
Kristin Bell & Scott Roth
November 8, 2008
Location: Paradisus Palma Real Resort, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Guests: 50
Engagement: 18 months
Budget: $35,000
Splurged on: The resort was top-notch, all inclusive with five-star food and more open bars than you can imagine. Instead of a rehearsal dinner, we did a rehearsal cruise with our family, the entire bridal party and their guests. We also splurged by paying for our bridal party's stay and paying extra to secure a gorgeous venue called Gabi Beach for our reception and a six-piece band. We paid for a photographer (William Walker) to come along and do our photography.
Scrimped on: The cake– the top wasn't going to make it back to the United States anyway!– and the centerpieces (Kristin had the bridesmaids use their bouquets as centerpieces for the dinner tables). We ultimately went with something simple for favors for our guests– personalized wine tags for their champagne glasses that doubled as place cards and mint tins with our monogram on them.
Weather: We stayed for a week, and the first five days before the wedding were a perfect 80 degrees. The day of the wedding it was significantly hotter!
Music: We put together an iPod playlist for our cocktail hour and then had a local cover band play for the reception.
First dance song: "Everything," Michael Buble
Best: Having our closest friends and family with us at an amazing resort. The best part about the whole wedding was that we had multiple days to enjoy with all of our guests which meant at the reception we didn't feel obligated to spend a lot of time with each person.
Worst: The priest was really late to the ceremony, and all of the guests were seated before we knew he was going to be late. It was outdoors, and everyone was boiling under the sun.
Unexpected: The priest who supposedly spoke English kept calling Kristin "Christine" which in the beginning was embarrassing, but eventually became funny. Also, in his sermon, he used the term "Three-ity" instead of Trinity, which got a great chuckle from the guests.
Advice: When planning a destination wedding the communication barrier can be tough, so always follow up on any email you send to your wedding planner. In hindsight, we learned that stressing over small details was pointless because the atmosphere of our wedding more than made up for any minor details we might have missed. If you are planning a "wedding weekend," have things planned in advance for your guests. When you have the choice, always pick the live band over the DJ!
Charlie Anne Norton & Andre Luiz Xavier
Friday, October 3, 2008
Location: King Family Vineyard in Crozet
Guests: 100
Engagement: 10 months
Budget: $17,000
Splurged on: Venue, photography, food and beverage
Scrimped on: We chose not to have a wedding planner to save money, but now my husband and I wish we would have thought that decision through a little more. Friends and family helped me to make my own invitation, save-the-dates, and wedding programs. I used photos from the wedding to create a very charming postcard-style thank you note. Real flowers were only used for the wedding party. My mother prepared all inside decorations including the centerpieces. We were always looking for great deals on decorative items including votive candles, ribbon, glass vases, etc. I scrimped on the dress because you don't need to spend a thousand dollars to look great! My mother is very talented, so she made the jewelry for my bridesmaids and me. She also made my two veils, which were embellished with beautiful beading and swarovski crystals.
Weather: Sunny and 70 degrees
Music: We chose Montebello string quartet for the ceremony and DJ Derek Tobler for our reception.
First dance song: "Fade into you" by Mazzy Star
Best: The party! Sharing our wedding with our family and friends was the best part. We truly had one of the best venues which made my dream of a beautiful outdoor wedding ceremony perfect.
Worst: Price Tag! There's still a lot of cost associated with planning a wedding, no matter how much money you have or how much money save.
Unexpected: The ceremony was delayed by a half an hour because no one could find my father to walk me down the aisle. Later, I found out that an hour and a half before the ceremony, the already decorated Arbor blew over and broke. My Dad searched all of Charlottesville, found one, and put it together at the last moment.
Advice: Be sure to hire a wedding planner so you can enjoy the wedding instead of worrying about everything that happens. No matter what, your wedding day will be perfect, so don't sweat the small stuff!
Josh Davion Williamson and Meagan Brett Lane
August 30, 2008
Location: Ceremony at Grace Episcopal Church in Keswick (My parents were also married there); Reception at King Family Vineyards
Guests: 150
Engagement: 9 months
Budget: Our parents were extremely generous! I will admit, we went way over budget
Splurged on: Reception site, and it was well worth it. King Family Vineyards is beautiful. My photographer, Sarah Cramer, was incredible!
Scrimped on: We saved money on several things. Stationery for starters. We made the programs, menus, and letters/itineraries to the overnight guests. It gave a very personal touch, especially the programs. We added notes to our parents and a poem I wrote. We didn't rent a limo to get us from the ceremony to the reception. Instead, we had the best-man take us in my Jeep, complete with champagne. We went back to our home on the wedding night. We had such a great honeymoon planned in Maui that we chose to save a couple hundred dollars and spend it there!
Weather: It didn't rain! And for the wedding being at the end of August it was cool enough that during the cocktail hour many of our guests relaxed outside and enjoyed the view.
Music: We had a DJ who played country, rock, and 70s. My cousin, who had just returned from overseas with the Army, sang us two beautiful songs after the toasts. It was so special, Josh and I got up and danced. Her songs were really our first dance.
First dance: "Bring it on Home," Little Big Town
Best: Marrying the man of my dreams, of course! Spending that weekend with close friends and family. Many of
our guests traveled great distances to be there, some halfwayaround the world. My father's speech is definitely on the top of my list. Five pages! Not a dry eye in the place.
Worst: If I had to mention something it would be our DJ. My husband and I spent days putting together a song list, and our DJ didn't play many of the songs we had selected. There were special songs my mother always wanted to hear at my wedding that he didn't play. Time flew by before we realized we hadn't heard them. Be extremely specific about what you want played.
Unexpected: How truly fast the day went. My year and a half old flower girl making it down the isle with a huge smile and a strut. My husband getting stung by a bee on his forehead during the pictures!
Advice: We took a day between the wedding and leaving for the honeymoon. We had a chance to see many of our guests off who stayed overnight in Charlottesville, we packed and attempted to unwind. We spent Sunday night in DC and flew out early Monday morning. Best decision ever! Also, if the bride or groom's car is going to be located at the reception, do not give your keys to anyone, and keep the doors locked!
Lori Nam, Jonathan Rhee
May 31, 2008
Location: Ceremony held at Global Mission Church of Greater Washington in Silver Spring, Maryland; Cocktail hour and reception held at Marriott Gaithersburg Washingtonian Center in Gaithersburg, Maryland
Guests: 650
Engagement: 13 months
Budget: N/A
Splurged on: Food and alcohol (reception dinner & cocktail hour, upgraded open bar, personalized candy bar), music (live jazz band), photographer, videographer, wedding gown.
Scrimped on: wedding cake
Weather: Two hours of rain in the late morning, clear and sunny in the afternoon.
Music: DJ (80's, hip-hop, R&B), cocktail hour (live jazz band)
First dance song: "The Way You Look Tonight" by Matt Dusk
Best: Beautiful flower arrangements, amazing photography, special song during the ceremony; the candy bar was a major hit at our wedding!
Worst: The time crunch with two receptions back-to-back; not enough time to spend with family and friends who attended our wedding.
Anything unexpected? Rain in the morning meant we were unable to take pictures with bridesmaids outdoors.
Advice: Plan in advance! If you're having a large event, it always helps to hire a wedding planner to keep yourself organized. And don't forget to enjoy the events.
Jenna Silverman & Mark LaSota
August 8, 2008
Location: The Colonnade Club on UVA Grounds (for both, which provided a charming and historical setting with plenty of room for guests to dance, sit and chat, and eat.) We wanted something unique to Charlottesville.
Guests: about 70
Engagement: 2 years
Budget: $30,000
Splurged on: 1) Caterer: A Pimento which was completely worth it. The food was delicious and presented creatively and artfully. All guests from vegetarians to avid meat eaters loved the menu. 2) Music: The Jangling Reinharts for the reception. They had so much energy and were so much fun many of our guests asked where they would be playing again; and Jan Smith and Jeff Vogelgesang (guitar, mandolin, beautiful singing for the ceremony, which really worked well with our outdoor ceremony to make it more intimate and lovely. 3) Photographer: Billy Hunt who had a friendly style for putting the wedding party and guests at ease and the pictures made us look so glamorous. 4) Rehearsal dinner at Bashir's. They made an amazing meal for 50 people including the whole bridal party and most of the out-of-town guests. We had the whole restaurant to ourselves. 5) Flowers from Hedge, which created beautiful flower arrangements and bouquets which added so much to the style and ambiance of the location.
Scrimped on: Wedding dress and accessories (great accessories at Target for reasonable prices); bridesmaids' dresses (they chose their own dresses and shoes); programs and wedding invitations (found great sites online for very reasonable prices).
Weather: 75 degrees, clear, and unseasonably perfect for August in Charlottesville
Music:The Jangling Reinharts for the reception and Jan Smith and Jeff Vogelgesang for the ceremony
First dance song: "The Question" by the Old 97's
Best: Everything! Since the Colonnade Club is also a B&B, the bridal party (everyone lives out of state) stayed there. The ceremony was beautifully conducted by Rev. Claire Goodman and really captured what we wanted to share with our guests. The sand ceremony was very special. The reception was both fun and in a relaxed environment (like a lovely home) that allowed us to spend time with all of our guests. Many did not know each other (from 18 different states) and yet everyone was very outgoing, meeting new people and having a great time. We still hear how much they enjoyed themselves. Finally, the highlight, and what most guests remember, was when the groom got up on stage, played his guitar and sang a song he composed for the bride when he proposed.
Worst: The maid of honor left the bride's earrings at the hairdresser and had to run back to get them right before the ceremony
Anything unexpected? The weather was better than we could ever hope for, which made the evening so much more enjoyable and eliminated the stress of an outdoor wedding.
Advice: Have a wedding director. We hired Marge Sidebottom who did a magnificent job of keeping everyone calm and the ceremony and reception on time without ever feeling rushed. She did her job so well we were able to relax and enjoy ourselves the whole evening and never looked at the time.


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The BBC news on Thursday night featured a report on the upcoming Supreme Court decision on the Chicago gun ban; litigation launched after the successful case of DC v Heller, which overturned a similar outright prohibition on handguns in Washington DC.
The legal argument is actually very interesting, and detailed opinions on it can be accessed at the Cato Institute here. However, even for those who don't share my academic interest in 2nd Amendment jurisprudence, the BBC's report was worth watching. It largely focussed on the effect of laws already in force in Wisconsin, which allow the open-carry, but not concealed-carry, of handguns. It showed how responsible, law-abiding citizens carrying guns openly leads to people both feeling and being safer.
The story that ran slightly later in the news concerned the jobs due to be lost at train station ticket offices across London, chiefly because of the advent of the automated Oyster card. The RMT Union gave its predictable little spiel arguing in effect for swapping motor cars for cycle rickshaws, because they don't understand the economic benefits of technological advancement. However, a lot of customers interviewed by the reporter did seem genuinely concerned that a lack of visible staff at stations would lead to an increase in crime.
That's when the connexion between the stories struck me. Why don't we stop relying on low-paid staff at stations to provide visible security, and instead have open-carry firearms laws?
Open-carry is very 'visible' – far more so than staff in neon jackets on station platforms, or standing behind ticket counters. It allows people to take charge of their own security. In addition, it empowers people to look out for one another as good neighbours, rather than relying on there always being someone official on hand to bail them out. It also means that criminals, who in our country seem to have no qualms about carrying and using knives to assault innocent citizens, would be placed at a disadvantage – far more of a disadvantage, in fact, than they are if, carrying knives, they are confronted by a station clerk, not carrying a knife.
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Marin's transit ridership in step with national trends
March 17, 2014 8 Comments
Public transit ridership in the United States is higher than it's been since 1956: 10.7 billion trips, up 1 percent from last year. While this indicates an overall trend toward transit, it's been driven largely by high-quality transit: heavy rail like BART, commuter rail like Caltrain, and light rail like Muni Metro.
Marin County's transit picture largely echoes the national trend, though this is not a new story for our county. High-quality transit, namely trains elsewhere but ferries here, continues a ridership boom, as has commuter bus service, but local bus ridership continues to slowly slide. Overall, Marinites are taking more transit.
Local bus
Golden Gate Transit's Marin-only service has been bleeding passengers for the past five years, from about 4.1 million to roughly 3.3 million today. Including Marin Transit's independent operations, such as West Marin Stagecoach and school service, local ridership ticked down by 0.7 percent over last year, to 3.4 million trips.
Regional bus
Golden Gate Transit's commuter and basic routes to San Francisco, however, are doing quite well. For the past 32 months ridership has grown and, year on year, grew by 1.3 percent over January, 2013, to about 2.5 million trips. This, however, is still down from 2004's 3 million trips.
Ferry service
All that changes when you include the ferries. Despite a steep price hike in 2003, ferry ridership has been growing like gangbusters. Even excluding Sausalito, whose figures are skewed by tourists, Larkspur's ridership growth has been more than enough to offset the long-term decline in regional bus ridership.
Larkspur ridership grew by 7.3 percent in the past year, from approximately 1.5 million trips last year to about 1.6 million this year. Sausalito ridership grew twice as fast, 14.9 percent, though at around 750,000 annual trips it's still a small share of total ridership.
The rapid growth in the ferry system continues a now-32 month growth streak begun in 2011. It shot through its all-time record, set in 1978, in 2012, and shows no sign of slowing down.
What it all means
The national trend toward transit is really a national trend toward quality transit. Buses that come every hour and take 4 times as long to get around as a car just don't cut it.
Indeed, even as MTC has focused a huge amount of attention and money on moving people faster in cars, it has spent almost no time focused on moving people faster on transit. BART is the only major investment in the past half-century that has dramatically improved mobility through the Bay Area, but has now been expanded to areas that do little to boost ridership. Other booming systems are those that feel higher-class or that run as fast or faster than driving, such as Caltrain.
In that light, it's no surprise Marin's high-class transit service, the ferry, is doing so well. So too is it no surprise that commuter buses, which generally offer a nicer ride than local buses, are steadily growing as well. Combined, the two systems grew by 3.5 percent this past year, quite a bit faster than Golden Gate Bridge traffic, which is up 2.4 percent.
These and national trends should guide GGBHTD and Marin Transit as they choose their capital investments. Big investments in the bus system should focus on speed, for both the locals and commuters, and comfort, for the commuters. Signal priority, for example, which allows approaching buses to turn red lights green, would help make schedules more reliable and make the bus more competitive against the car.
Small investments should focus on usability and connectivity. Open-source real-time arrival data for all buses, for example, would be a huge boon for riders, dispelling the anxiety one gets waiting for an infrequent bus to come.
For ferries, their extremely fast growth rate means capacity problems are on the horizon. GGT needs to start laying the groundwork for more crossings from Larkspur. Ongoing problems with midday ridership will continue to be a roadblock to better service as well. Even faster-growing ridership at Sausalito may require more ferries to meet the demand.
Marin's experience shows national trends are indeed applicable to our county. Investments in usability, in connectivity, and in higher-quality trips would capitalize on overall demand for transbay travel, while investments in frequency and speed could stop the slide of local service. Transit planners here would do well to learn from the successes of others.


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Fixing the Dim Screen in Ubuntu 8.04
Dim Screen Issues on a Laptop
After installing Ubuntu 8.04 on my laptop, a Lenovo T-60, I notice the screen was very dim. In fact so dim it hurt my eyes to use it. So I started looking into the possible issues for the dim light on the screen. Of course the first place to look is power management. If you go to Preferences/Power Management you will see several options to dim the screen when the laptop moves to battery use. Of course dimming the screen is all about saving power, the less light that is used you can save power to keep the laptop running longer.
On AC Power
When you are running on AC Power you can dim the screen when the laptop is in idle. You can change this setting by using the slider for a time period.
On Battery Power
The options here include a time period for inactivity and they also include the ability to reduce the backlight brightness and dim the display when idle. All you have to do is click the box to make it happen.
After unchecking all of these options the screen was still unbearably dim. So I started looking at the hardware and recognized the Function Key on the keyboard was an option. You can tell the Function Key as it is labeled "Fn" on the keyboard. Many laptops have this feature to enable you to connect up to a monitor or projector. In addition, I found my keyboard has two keys that I can use to control the light on the screen. These are the "Home" Key (for brighter) and the "End" Key (for darker). Using these in conjunction with the Function key(Fn) worked great! Smooth even changes to the light issues.
May 19, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Your the man. The brightness contrast function key did the trick. On my Dell it's the function key and the directional arrow keys. I guess the dim when idle feature is a good idea if you conscious about that whole carbon footprint thing but you would think resumed activity should restore the brightness.
Now if we could figure out the work offline bug…
June 17, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Dontcha love the internet…. always someone out there who has the answer to your problem. Fn/Home fixed it perfectly.
July 31, 2008 at 3:30 am
Fn up and down worked on my dell. thanks a ton, i was starting to go blind.
August 13, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Thank you!!! That did the trick. They really need to fix this issue, as it's not very intuitive for the average user. Screen should always be at 100% until the user says that it shouldn't be.
August 21, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Thanks Dude.
Works on my HP too.
October 20, 2008 at 2:25 am
Hallelujah! Thanks.
February 22, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I have a different problem. If anyone knows anything about this, please let me know. My screen is fine and dandy until I put it into suspend. When I resume, the screen is dim and will not respond to the screen brightness keys on my laptop or the Brightness applet on my panel. The worst part is, it wasn't always like this! Please help if possible. Thanks! I have a Toshiba Portege M200.
April 20, 2009 at 4:22 pm
On my Lenovo SL 500, the Fn + brightness keys ARE REVERSED in Ubuntu! Took me a while to figure that out!
May 5, 2009 at 8:37 am
On my intel965 based laptop (noname), both Ubuntu 8.04 and Xubuntu 9.10 behave like this:
– while booting up, at a certain point it dims the display to minimal brightness (on AC power too)
– I can adjust it to whatever level I want using the keys
– next time it boots up, it dims it again to darkest levels…
July 2, 2009 at 9:34 pm
I have an Inspiron 8600 and the dim keys for it are Fn+up and Fn+down (Fn = function key).
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My little girl played with my keyboard and mouse and moved my entire screen to upper section. I tried everything, and can't figure it out how to bring it down. I see black color trough of my display. I can go blindly in upper section without being able to see, and from time to time click the shut down bottom. Do you any of you have idea how to fix it? Ubuntu rocks, I love it, very stable, solid rock . . .
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I found that pressing the Fn switch in combination with the "home" switch does increase the screen's brightness, but only temporarily. If I let the machine idle for more
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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:19 pm
Post subject: In Paris for 2 nights, need culinary advice please!
I am a new poster by the way, so thanks in advance for any and all advice! I love food and it plays a major role in my life and hapiness!
I have been to Paris several times before so my question is really about food rather than sites. My husband and I will be in Paris for 2 nights in December and I'd like to know, what are the must-go-to restaurants for French food? If you had only 2 nights, where would you head for breakfast, lunch and dinner? I have been dying to try Pierre Herme's sweets, so I definitely want to go there. When I was younger we used to go to La Coupole and I have fond memories, but that said I would like to try new places.
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As far as dinner goes, I cannot recommend L'Avant-Gout enough. It's everything a bistro should be, and then some. (You don't have to take my word for it - take Clotilde's! Her review may be 3 years old but it's still spot on!) Definitely one to make reservations for, as it's (understandably) very popular. If you want to sample Corsican cooking, L'Alivi in the Marais (rue Roi de Sicile) is a lovely place to do it.
As for pastries - Pierre Herme's creations are indeed divine, but I've never been keen on his shop. To me it feels like a cross between a cutting-edge contemporary art gallery and a really snooty fashion house, and in my humble opinion buying a macaron just shouldn't be such an intimidating experience! (This is more a warning than a discouragement, because the macarons are worth any amount of feelings of gaucherie...) But as you're going to be in Paris for two days and one can certainly have macarons two days in a row, I suggest you also try Gerard Mulot (76 rue de Seine). His flavour combinations aren't quite as wacky but everything is just as good as Herme's and the shop feels like a normal (albeit rather classy) patisserie.
Hope that gives you some inspiration. Have fun!
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That's really hard to answer just because there are so many great choices! What are you looking for? Out of this world 3-star experiences? Nice, classy places in the 30 set menu range? Casual mom-and-pop type places? Also, what area will you be staying in and how far outside of that would you be willing to go?
One of my favorite restaurants in the 30 range is the Gallopin. I have been there more times than I can count and each time has been fabulous. It is your classic Parisian restaurant, with a gorgeous interior, servers in bowties, and great food (I recommend especially the desserts, especially the crepe flambees!). It is in the 2nd, M: Bourse.
Other excellent choices in this price range include l'epi dupin (in the 6th near bon marche) and l'ami jean (in the 7th).
You might want to try the more casual places, or even a creperie, for lunch. Chez Germaine and Au Pied de Fouet are both really cute small places in the 7th. When my family came and we tried everything - 2-stars, creperies, takeaway, 30~range restaurants, Au Pied de Fouet was their favorite of them all.
As for the 3-stars...well, any restaurant with 2 or 3 michelin stars will be unforgettable. Pick up the michelin red guide or just check out
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:57 pm
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Thank you for the advice so far! We just want to eat great food in Paris, not necessarily Michelin Star. Definitely "Nice, classy places in the 30 set menu range and Casual mom-and-pop type places". While we love fine dining, Paris has so much more to offer that I don't think we need to head to a Michelin restaurant.
We are staying at Place de la Republique, which I believe is near the Marais. We are willing to travel, but prefer to walk and explore rather than be underground too much!
Thanks again for your suggestions, I think we have a lot to consider already!
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. . . While we love fine dining, Paris has so much more to offer that I don't think we need to head to a Michelin restaurant. . . .
There seems to be a common misconception that the Guide Michelin is a list of expensive restaurants and I'll admit to sharing that feeling on my first trip to the French countryside. I'd also have to admit that forty years ago, my wife and I probably missed the best value meals in many towns as a result. The guide is not infallible, but at every price range it's a good guide. In later years we've used it as much to find inexpensive lunches as we have to plan gastronomic destination meals. Just start working your way back from the end of the list in your arrondissement in Paris for inexpensive places and pay note to the Bib Gourmand recommendations and the good value recs if your budget is really tight.
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I love Baracane, Rue de Tournelles, which will be close to where you're staying (south-western french cuisine around 30); Astier in 11eme; Chateaubriand in 11eme; La Mere Agitee in 14eme and, for a real old-fashioned family place, Baribal on Boulevard Raspail. I have reviews of some of these places on
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Edmund Capon announces he will retire as director of the Art Gallery of NSW at the end of 2011 after 33 years in the role.
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Michael Zavros wins the inaugural Bulgari Art Award with The new Round Room.
16 October
Kenneth Reed announces his intention to bequeath to the Gallery his entire private collection of 200 pieces of rare and valuable 18th-century European porcelain valued at $5.4 million.
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The Gallery unveils a strategic vision and masterplan, under the working title Sydney Modern, with a proposal for a major expansion and renewed focus on serving a global audience. The aim is to complete the project by 2021, the 150th anniversary of the Gallery's founding in 1871.
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Turkish President Abdullah Gul moved quickly to appoint General Necdet Ozel as the new army chief.
Gen Ozel is widely expected to be swiftly elevated to chief of the general staff in place of Gen Kosaner. Tradition dictates that only the head of the army can take over the top job.
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Notice is hereby given that U-Store U-Lock LLC Mini-Storage will hold a public auction pursuant to the Georgia Self Storage Facility Act, Georgia code Section 10-4-210 to 10-4-215 on July 13, 2012 at 9:00 AM at the U-Store U-Lock LLC Mini-Storage facility located at 80 Speer St., Baxley GA 31513.
Unit #119 belonging to Trelaine McKinney containing a dismantled stage/dance platform, audio equipment, clothes and miscellaneous boxes and unidentified items. This unit also contains a car that cannot be included in this sale.
Unit #142 belonging to Angela Whitmore containing mostly empty containers, boxes and miscellaneous trash that remained when she took out all the motorcycles and other things of value that were stored there before letting it go into foreclosure.
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Why Are Black Youth Not Politically Inclinedby GDN Shared Post June 10, 2011
Special from The Chicago Crusader – A majority of Black youth are not politically involved especially those from low-income households, according to a yearlong study conducted by a group of high school students. A group of juniors from Kenwood Academy High School and undergraduate and graduate students from the University of Chicago (U of C), both on the South Side, collaborated on a research project to find out where Black youth stood politically during the era of President Barack Obama, the nation's first Black president.
The U of C has had a longstanding relationship with Kenwood dating back to 2001 when it started the "Program of Academic Exploration for High School Students," said Bill Harms, a spokesman for the U of C. And, this project titled "Black Youth & Politics in the Age of Obama" is a resumption of it. The study focused on youth between the ages 16 to 19 and looked at other factors, such as household income and religion. More than 100 students filled out surveys and were then interviewed about their responses, said Auriel Jamison, a Kenwood student.
"Those low-income youth who are involved in politics do so in a traditional way opposed to youth from upper-income households who participate in non-traditional ways," Jamison said recently at a public presentation of the study's results. "We found that youth from low-income homes felt alienated from the government and Black youth overall felt like second-class citizens." An example of traditional activity is youth, who were eligible to vote, actually do vote. Non-traditional activity include students who protest in person or through a blog or Web site. Middle-class youth were more non-traditional when it came to politics, according to the study. Religion also is a factor. According to the study, low income students who participated in church activities were more inclined to be involved in politics compared to those who skipped church. Sonya Malunda, associate vice president for the Office of Civic Engagement at the U of C, said the project was structured as part of a course taught weekly at Kenwood.
"This is an ongoing relationship we have with Kenwood high school and one that we will build upon in years to come," Malunda told the Crusader. "The university is excited to work with students and encourage this type of local partnership with schools and other institutions." In 2009, roughly 30 Kenwood students agreed to participate in the study and to attend meetings at the U of C to discuss and analyze the pros and cons of youth involvement in politics.
And the goal, said Cathy Cohen, U of C. political science professor, who also worked with the students on the project, was to teach Kenwood students how to design and implement a research project.
"The expectation was that by teaching young people how to do research they could use those skills to voice their concerns, since youth are not typically provided the opportunity to have their voices included in important policy and political discussions, even those that impact them directly," added Cohen.


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Casey Anthony's former home faces foreclosure
George and Cindy Anthony, parents of former murder defendant Casey Anthony, are fighting in circuit civil court to keep their home.
The house, valued in Orange County property appraiser records at $139,481, faces foreclosure. U.S. Bank is the lender, according to filings with the Orange County Clerk's office.
"The bank didn't do what it was supposed to do," said Anthony family attorney Mark Lippman, he represents George and Cindy Anthony. Casey Anthony is not a party in the legal actions surrounding the home.
The beige-colored single story house in Chickasaw Park, bears an American flag, a dragonfly banner and is dotted with security cameras.
U.S. Bank called in the loan in April, despite what the Anthony's say. In their counterclaim filed this week was a "valid and enforceable settlement agreement" that would have the bank waive interest in the amount of $11,874.79, in exchange for the Anthony's paying $14,157.90 in escrow, dating back to the time of the original foreclosure filing in 2011.
Lippman suspects this latest move by the bank is an effort to improperly collect fees.
He said the settlement in 2015 was supposed to come with a follow up from U.S. Bank to enable the Anthony's to resume mortgage payments, but he said the bank never followed through.
Lippman added, "So if you're going to sue, then here we come, suing back." When asked if he thought the back was being unfair, he replied,"100% because had they explained originally what was going on, we wouldn't be here."
Attorney Bill Gray of U.S. Bank responded to an email from WESH requesting comment, saying, "It is not our policy to comment upon pending litigation."
The foreclosure began just before their daughter was tried, and later acquitted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
Lippman said the public pressure since then has been intense, and the bank proceedings are adding more stress.
He said, "(They are) frustrated! I mean obviously they have a lot on their plates along with everything else that's going on in their lives."
WESH first reported early in 2016 that daughter Casey was living in West Palm Beach with the former investigator on her criminal defense team, Patrick McKenna. It's unclear what relationship she currently has with George and Cindy.
But Lippman makes it clear, they have every intention of fighting to keep their Orlando house.
He added, "They like the home they have obviously a lot of memories in that home and they don't want to lose those memories to someone else who might want to obviously get into the home for other reasons. So they don't want to sell the home they want to keep it."
The Anthony's home is just around the corner from where their granddaughter's body was found in some woods.
A memorial to her remains there today. Caylee Marie Anthony would have been 12 years old this August 9th.
No court date has been set in the foreclosure case.


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Aug. 29, 2013 -- Michigan took a significant step this week toward becoming the 25th state to approve the expansion of Medicaid, a key part of the Affordable Care Act.
The Republican-controlled Senate approved the bill by a vote of 20-18. Because lawmakers couldn't win a two-thirds majority in support of the law -- or at least 26 votes -- it won't go into effect until April 1, 2014.
"I'm glad we were able to move forward on this bill for the hundreds of thousands of people across Michigan who will now have access to health care along with the significant burden this will lift off our state's budget," said Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing). "But it's disappointing that the Senate Republicans continue to hold this important legislation up, withholding health care for Michigan's citizens while costing the state millions of dollars."
The Senate could return after the Labor Day holiday next Tuesday and reconsider an "immediate effect" vote, which would expand Medicaid as of Jan. 1, 2014. After that, the bill would go to the House, which had passed a similar bill, for final approval, and then to Gov. Rick Snyder, who has lobbied hard for the passage of Medicaid expansion.
The bill would cover 323,000 uninsured residents in 2014 and 470,000 by 2021. Medicaid now covers 1.9 million Michigan residents.
As of Aug. 28, 21 states have voted against Medicaid expansion, and five (Indiana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee) are still debating it. It's intended to expand health coverage to lower-income people: those with incomes at or below 138% of the federal poverty level, or $15,856 for an individual. Expansion is also intended to lessen the financial burden on hospitals caring for the uninsured. The federal government will cover the cost of expansion through 2017. By 2020, its contribution will drop to 90%.
The 21 states that are not moving forward will forgo billions in federal dollars. The Kaiser Family Foundation puts the number at $35 billion in 2016 and $345 billion from 2013 to 2022.
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Computers Landing in Cape Coast, Ghana!
When you were a child, did you dream of super machines, huge space ships and other worlds? With increasing access to computers you can access these worlds just by pressing an 'enter' key. This world is now a reality and many children from Cape Coast in Ghana will have easier access to it.
This warm and friendly town is celebrating a generous computer donation to Saint Monica's Girls School. Rachel Regan from Ireland volunteered with Projects Abroad for five months in Cape Coast from May to October 2009. During her placement, she was teaching the kids about the use of computers, its benefits and the hardware of a PC. Due to the lack of an actual computer she had to draw a computer on the blackboard to explain the parts.
Whilst in Ghana, she managed to arrange a donation from a computer company from South Africa. 25 computers finally arrived in Cape Coast on the 9th of November! This January will see the first students learning proper computing.
This donation is a great contribution to the community and an excellent chance for the kids to get a better education and understanding of the digital world. In addition to Rachel's donation, Gary Warren from Australia who is also volunteering with Projects Abroad from November 2009 to February 2010 arranged the donation of the electricity set-up for the 25 new computers.
The community of Cape Coast says a big thank you to Rachel and Gary for such an incredible donation!


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MarkKB's Blog - Thu 10 May 2007
I really gotta write stuff in this more often. But then again, no-one ever comments.
- I've survived a term, the holidays, parent-teacher interviews, assesments and ringworm.
- Achieved with merit (M) on my static image. Yays.
- Still working on my website. I hope to get it out some time over the next three months.
- I really need to get organised - especially with Japanese. I'll be working on that over the next few weeks.


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Yesterday against the Pirates, he went 3 for 5 with 2 doubles and scored 3 runs.
I believe that either yesterday or maybe today is the first day he shows up on the "qualified" NL leaderboard in with a .313 average.
He sometimes dazzles, sometimes fails, but name a guy with more promise to come out of the Cubs organization in, you know, modern times?
And he's a shortstop!
A Cub?
That's just weird, man.
And speaking of weird, the Cubs nuked the Pirates yesterday 14 to 2.
Usually this year, I turn on the tv or radio in the middle of the game to some kind of disaster, but last night it was... a 7 run 4th inning with about 50 hits in a row.
Meaningless of course, but it was so cool. Ron Santo goes, "I think everybody's saying hey, how did we lose?" (I'd answer, but this is a rare happy post).
Poor Sean Gallagher. Remember him? Kinda good, went to Oakland in the Rich Harden deal? Now he's a Pirate. Gave up a 2-run single to Aramis Ramirez, then a run-scoring double to Xavier Nady, then uh, he struck out Alfonso Soriano.
And I also heard Pat call the Carlos Zambrano smack of a line drive homer that scored 2, and I realized that in the world of Jim Hendry, Big Z is probably the least of his worries...
But good for Mike Quade and his Cubs.
Tonight Ryan Dempster goes for his 100th win.
Go Ryan!
ps: Yes I know Geovany Soto was ROY in... well that seems like a looong time ago. I wish I still felt like he was maybe gonna live up to what I thought.


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(1) One who leases real property. (2) One who has an estate in land,such as a joint tenant with right of survivorship.


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Disability Services
Welcome to Disability Services
If you are a student with a disability, we are dedicated to ensuring equal access to help you obtain your educational success and personal growth from our college programs.
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In order for Disability Services to provide reasonable and appropriate academic accommodations for disabilities, you will need to do the following:
- Apply for admission to Rogue Community College
- Complete the Disability Services Application
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Disability Services is an academic support program that helps to provide equal access to educational opportunities for students with disabilities. We collaborate with students, faculty, staff and community members to create usable, inclusive and sustainable learning environments. The program strives to increase awareness and acceptance of those with disabilities in support of RCC's commitment to enhancing each learner's potential and success. RCC recognizes disability as an aspect of diversity that is integral to the campus community and society as a whole.


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- 3 Beds
- 2 Full, 1 Half Baths
Property TypeResidential – Single Family
SubdivisionBuckhorn Valley Pud
Listing Date09/04/19
Year Built2007
Lot Size0.40 Acres (17,424 SqFt)
Parking2 Car Garage
Property Description
Precious memories begin here! Updated 3 bedroom home with new flooring and spacious remodeled kitchen with stainless steel appliances and oversized island. All bedrooms are roomy and light. The dining and kitchen areas look to great open views with a 2 sided fireplace in between. The long driveway offers parking for many friends and guests. There is great potential for a lower level walk out lock-off rental and already partially finished. Take advantage of this opportunity now!
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- Fireplace - Gas
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- City Sewer
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- Electricity Avail.
- Natural Gas Avail.
- Phone Available
- Snow Removal
- Trash Pickup
- Forced Air
- Natural Gas
- Zoned AC
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About Gypsum
There's perhaps no other community in the entire valley that has evolved and grown as much as Gypsum has in recent years. Home to the Eagle County Regional Airport, Gypsum is not only easily accessible from just about anywhere, its ultra downvalley location also provides convenient access to Glenwood Springs and Aspen. Gypsum's motto is to "Live, Work, Play & Be Healthy." Its outdoor recreational amenities and affordability make it an easy motto for residents to live up to. The public Gypsum Creek Golf Course has also created a community hotspot just outside of town, where it's common to find locals soaking in the views from the beautiful deck at the clubhouse's restaurant, The Gypsum Creek Grill, on any summer afternoon. Like its neighbor Eagle to the east, Gypsum's lower elevation equates to fewer snow days. You could hit the slopes in Vail or Beaver Creek — a little more than 30 minutes away — and be home in time for an afternoon ride on your mountain bike or 9 holes at the Gypsum Creek Golf Club. The Gypsum Recreation Center underwent more facility upgrades in 2018 after just 11 years since it was built. The Rec Center is one of the town's most exciting hubs. It offers a gymnastics facility, basketball courts, a state-of-the-art fitness facility, a swimming pool that includes lap lanes as well as a lazy river and waterslide for the kids, yoga studio/fitness room, spinning classes and much more. Gypsum is also home to one of the valley's two public high schools, Eagle Valley High School. Historic single-family homes surround the immediate town center, while newer construction is available in several developments around Gypsum Creek and the airport. If value, accessibility and affordability aren't enough, the fact that Gypsum is home to a Costco helps it score even higher on the convenience scale.
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Why Does My Dog Do That? Dogs That Eat Grass
At one point or another, we have all asked this question: "Why do dogs eat grass?" This behavior just seems so strange to us, right? I mean, when was the last time YOU ate grass? (I guess for
At one point or another, we have all asked this question: "Why do dogs eat grass?" This behavior just seems so strange to us, right? I mean, when was the last time YOU ate grass? (I guess for those of us who have a shot of wheatgrass every morning, this isn't so unusual – but our dogs?)
Luckily the answer to this question is quite simple – as is the remedy.
If you leave a dog to his own devices, he will eat all sorts of things that we as humans would consider to be unsanitary. The list may include things like grass, dirt, twigs, feces, flowers, bones, and rotting flesh from fallen prey. There is one common link between all these items though.
Can you guess what it is?
They are all nutrient-rich substances that come from living things (or in the case of dirt, containing living things). Dogs have a biological desire to eat food from living sources. Living food contains active enzymes and nutrients that simply do not exist in food that has been highly processed.
This is one of the reasons that the BARF Diet is so nutritious . Since these active enzymes are destroyed with the application of heat, dogs that are fed commercial canned and kibble diets do not have the opportunity to utilize the essential enzymes needed for digestion. This makes the utilization of nutrients much more difficult and puts stress on the pancreas to manufacture the enzymes necessary for digestion and can have long-term effects on the immune system.
So dogs will commonly take to eating nutrient-rich foods like grass and dirt to replace those nutrients that they are not able t extract or utilize from their bowl of kibble or wet food.
But sometimes even BARF fed dogs eat grass.
So then there's the question: If the BARF diet contains so many nutrients and active enzymes, why would a dog still have the urge to eat grass?
As often the case with dogs who have recently transitioned over to a raw diet after a long history of cooked, canned, or kibble diets, the animal has developed an urge to eat grass, dirt, or mud to help aid in the transition to a raw diet. This is almost always a temporary condition and in this case, the solution is a enzyme and probiotic supplement.
E-BARF Plus is a green powder enzyme supplement with probiotics. It's designed to aid in digestion and boost the immune system. It contains many healthful ingredients such as kelp, alfalfa, and wheatgrass that are designed to help your pet optimize the efficiency of the natural defense system.
We will often recommend E-BARF Plus to any dog transitioning to raw for the first 30 to 60 days to help ensure a smooth transition. We will also recommend this supplement to any dogs with known allergies, digestive issues like IBD, or dogs that are receiving an immune suppressant, like antibiotics, steroids or chemotherapy.
On the subject of allergies: if the challenges your dog is having are specifically related to hotspots and itching, then the answer is E-Omega Coat oil with omega 3, 6 and 9.
This supplement is designed to promote a healthy skin and coat by delivering a good dose of fish oils and other oils that are packed with healthy fats and nutrients. We have also found this to be effective for pups who are a bit more finicky than the rest. The coconut oil in the supplement increases palatability and makes it so that even the pickiest dogs will generally change their tune and gobble down their food.
So, what have we learned today?
Well for some of us, the answer is "nothing" because many of us are nutritional experts and know-it-alls when it comes to our dogs. But we were not always that way. For others, this information is brand new.
So remember, if your dog is eating leaves and grass it is no big deal. They probably eat much worse stuff when you are not looking. They are simply trying to get some active enzymes and missing nutrients into their body. Introduce a probiotic supplement, like E-BARF Plus in order to reduce or eliminate the issue.
Until next time, happy BARFing!
What is BARF?
"BARF®" is our acronym that means Biologically Appropriate Raw Food. It is a complete and carefully balanced blend of raw meat, fruits, vegetables and bone. Our formula mimics what nature has designed our pet's to thrive on in the wild. The result is a pet free of allergies, digestive problems, and full of life!