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GETTING YOURSELF to hit the gym everyday to shed those extra pounds could be as easy as popping a pill, sometime in the future. Researchers from the University of Zurich in Switzerland have recently discovered that increasing the amount of hormone erythropoietin (or Epo) in the brain in mice caused them to run faster.
Now, the researchers are working on figuring out that the same results could be possible in human beings. Epo, they say, can motivate human beings to exercise faster in that the hormone has that effect without elevating red blood cells simultaneously.
With obesity and other life style diseases now on the rise and a lot of people not motivated enough to take charge of the situation by working out, the pill could well be the answer to laziness or lethargy. The potential treatment could help people with conditions from obesity to Alzheimer's disease, where increased physical activity is known to improve symptoms, they insist.
"Here we show that Epo increases the motivation to exercise. Most probably, Epo has a general effect on a person's mood and might be used in patients suffering from depression and related diseases," lead study researcher Max Gassmann said recently. We are hoping the earlier the magic pill comes into the market, the better.
Spice up your food!
THE BRITISH JOURNAL of Nutrition recently carried a report that shedding the extra flab might be as easy as kicking up the sizzle factor in your food with extra spice. Red chilies battle flab in multiple ways according to food scientist Stephen Whiting, who says they burn fat, keep hunger pangs under control and step up the body's metabolism resulting in calories being burnt at a fast rate due to the presence of a key chemical component - capsaicin.
Capsaicin provides red chilies the required heat to trigger an adrenalin rush which in turn orders the brain specifically to burn fat cells and tests found fat around the belly was burned most rapidly, according to Whiting who is based in the Manchester Metropolitan University. It is a well known fact that belly fat is the most dangerous type of obesity since it increases the probability of heart disease, especially in mature women.
"If you eat chilies consistently for a good period of time, it will help you lose weight," Whiting said.
This is because capsaicin, the chemical that gives chilies and other spices such as cayenne and paprika their characteristic pungency, stimulates a process whereby some of the food we eat at each meal is converted immediately to heat. This process, termed diet-induced thermo genesis, uses up carbohydrates the study said showing that we produce more heat after a high-carbohydrate meal of pasta or rice rather than a fatty meal.
According to the studies reported in the British Journal of Nutrition when men and women eat chili-spiked food, they feel less hungry and eat significantly less at subsequent meals. The studies also point out that it could actually be in our interests to eat delicious meals because that is directly proportionate to level of thermogenesis. So what are you waiting for? Grab your shopping bag, buy up a stock of red chilies and toss up a delicious meal. You have nothing to lose but your flab!
Marriage woes and chasing brides
CHINA'S INCREASING population of young men and the fact that a skewed population growth has left more men in the country than women, has set off a brisk growth in dating sites and mass match-making events for its singletons. Enterprising businessmen now organise events where potential brides and grooms can check each other out and decided if they want to walk up the aisle and live in wedded bliss.
While traditional practices such as a marriage arranged by parents were prevalent decades ago, it was banned in 1950, after which men and women have depended on matches fixed by well–meaning friends to find their significant other. But with more women leaving the country to find their future elsewhere and more men on the look-out for a bride, things have changed in the marriage market. It literally has been transformed into a market now. Just a couple of months ago some 40,000 young people converged at Shanghai City's Matchmaking Expo where they tried out a variety of ways to find themselves a partner. For some it was the speed-dating events. Others signed up for dating agencies for singles while yet others did not mind brazening it out by taking to the stage to show off their various skills including singing. Small price if that could get them a spouse, seemed to be the prevailing spirit.
The country's skewed birth ratio (118 boys to every 100 girls) is set to create a huge mismatch of expectations and brides- in fact, in the next 8 years there will be a surplus of about 24m bachelors desperately searching for a bride, in a scenario where women, emboldened by their own financial independence, are taking their own time to choose their partners.
There is no such thing as too much of a good thing in China…..literally. — email@example.com
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...an interview with Beth Polson...
Q. The first thing I found out about you is that you and I are both from North Carolina. Are you a basketball fan?
A. Oh yeah -- they'd run you out of the state if you weren't. You have to like basketball if you're from North Carolina.
Q. Go Tar Heels.
A. That's exactly right.
Q. Where did you work in North Carolina?
A. I actually never worked in NC. I shot one movie there, but I never worked there. I lived up in the northeast corner near Nag's Head, the Edenton area.
Q. So where did you work when you first started as a newspaper reporter?
A. At the Virginian Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia.
Q. A lot of newsrooms are divided up into categories:
news, sports, community affairs. Where did you
A. Obits. That was my first job when I was in college. My job was to go in every morning and find out who didn't make it through the night. And that was at the time there weren't paid obits like there are now. You actually called the funeral homes. What a weird job that was. I always joke with everybody and tell them don't worry about me. I can always find a job. They always need obit writers. That was my very first job.
Q. Is that where you stayed the whole time?
A. I wrote for the Washington Post and then I went to NBC News.
Q. What kind was of transition was it from Norfolk to Washington?
A. That one wasn't very hard. I felt like you could put one foot in Virginia and you hadn't gone too far. The first big transition was moving to LA. That felt like I had left for the moon.
Q. What took you to NBC?
A. By the time I went to NBC I had won a lot of awards for feature writing and news writing and investigative reporting and column writing. I had done one each of everything at a newspaper by the time I got to NBC and NBC had come to me and offered me a job.
Q. That's quite a jump from newspaper to television.
A. It's a huge jump. I think it was an easier jump for
me because I've always been visually guided. When I was at the newspaper
I spent all of my time in the photo lab. I've always been kind of visual
and so
adjusting to news for me was easier than for other people coming from print. I remember I had this kind of Lou Grant boss when I first arrived at NBC and he came over the first day and said hello and I was like this little dimpled Southern girl and I was kind of smiling and being nice and he said, "you know, newspaper people make terrible television people," and he walked off. And it was the best thing anybody ever did for me because I was like, "Oh yeah? Watch this!"
I became this frantic person - I stayed late every night. I went through every tape. I sat in editing sessions. I did everything I could. I went through that newsroom like a dose of salts because I was so determined I was going to do well.
Q. What did you do when you went straight to NBC? Were you a news writer there?
A. I did a little bit of everything. My friends used to joke that I had done everything but fly the helicopter. I was a reporter, I was a field producer, I was a show producer -- I did everything. I went into television not having really known anything about TV. I was a newsperson and so I did a little bit of everything. And I decided I wanted to produce.
Q. So you started winning Emmys there...you left in 1981 to go on to producing individual films and documentaries, and you ended up doing the Barbara Walters specials. What kinds of things did you do there?
A. I produced the whole show. We did everything from interviewing presidents to the first family of Monaco...celebrities...everything.
Q. What's your best memory from working there?
A. Wow. I think my main memories are times that Barbara
and I laughed so hard we were out of control. If you look at the TV Barbara
you think of her as so serious and in control and she and I used to get
these laughing marathons that made it look like we were at a slumber party because we would be working on something where we would get so amused that we couldn't control ourselves. I just had a lot of fun with her.
She is as driven at her job as I am at my job in perfection so it was a really good pairing. We did very well together.
Q. Do you have any contact with her now?
A. Yeah, usually I talk to her and send her a birthday card and things like that. She's busy and I'm busy so we don't see each other much.
Q. Here we saw a real dramatic turn in your career because you did the Getting Straight documentary about youth and drugs and you turned Not My Kid into a screenplay and the book by the same name (which is available in my library so it's probably available in a lot of libraries), and then in 1988 you did Go Toward the Light about children with AIDS.
A. Probably my favorite movie.
Q. From that point you started making the gut-wrenching emotional chick flick films.
A. Yeah.
Q. What turned you?
A. Well, a couple of things. I made a rule when I turned 40 that I wouldnt work for anyone dumber than I was. So that meant I had to be an independent producer because I wasn't going to end up working for some clown who told me what good television was. Once you've gone independent -- my definition of that was to do what I believed was good television, not what the network thought was good, not what everybody else told me was good, not what were necessarily the bestsellers, but what I believed was good television and something that really made a contribution.
When I first got into television there was that realization that you couldn't even wrap fish in it. It's gone -- it's through the air and it's gone. After I did a couple of films I really caught the concept that people could have their hearts touched and their spirits lifted and maybe even their lives changed somewhat by film. Then I was determined that's what I wanted to do and that's where I've really directed my energy. It all came at a time in my personal life where my father was very ill. Go Towards the Light came to me truly as a gift from God and it really made me realize that I had things that I was supposed to do with my life -- and it wasn't just get a paycheck from the network. I had things that were expected from me in my lifetime. So I try very hard to listen to the spirit now with what I think my films ought to be.
Q. It's a far cry from doing field reporting to doing an emotional sentimental film.
A. Totally. If you look at my bio it looks like I can't
keep a job because I keep changing. It's all been a progressive line. One
has taught me one thing that led to another thing that led to another thing.
A lot
of my reporting experience has gone into a lot of my projects.
Go Toward the Light was like doing an archeological dig with this family that this was based on. It was a real reporting job first before I did the book and the movie.
Those skills have always been critical to what I do today. I think if you're Southern, you're a born storyteller anyway. It's a family trait. Ruben Frank, who invented television news, was one of my first bosses at NBC. He used to tell me you don't aim to the masses. You do things that are what you know is right and you will hit the target you want to hit. You're not going to find me doing Survivor, not ever. You know it's not going to happen.
I know what my target audience is. I know there are people like me who are baby boomers who are ready for things in their lives that are of significance and that's what my movies are about. These are things that are not temporary experiences.
Q. Tell me about Polson Productions.
A. I'm doing things I believe in. Doing movies is really a hard job. You're on the set from 5am to midnight. And for me it had to be something relevant or I couldn't do it.
Q. How directly are you involved in your productions?
A. I do everything but sweep the floor and sometimes I sweep the floor. I come up with the ideas - whether they are things I write or things that I find - short stories or whatever. I usually do at least the adaptation for the network. I supervise the script if I don't write it. I am on the set every minute. I'm in the casting sessions every day I'm in the editing room every day. I will be promoting this picture right up until the moment it's on the air. We are really a boutique production in that my hand is on everything we do.
Q. That's the only way to get it done the way you want it.
A. Exactly. That's the joy of having my own company and putting my efforts in where it matters to me. I always joke that I still drive an 87 Volvo. I'm not Hollywood - that's not me. But I'm doing something that I'm passionate about and I know I'm doing the best job I can with the material.
Q. What's the biggest obstacle?
A. I think it's always the networks thinking they know
what the audience wants. They run in this direction and that and the current
direction is the Survivor reality show and I just stay the course.
I keep doing
quality films about significant subjects that try to lift the human experience.
Q. Would you say it's been more difficult more because you're a female producer or because of the genre you're selling? gender or genre?
A. The fact that I'm female has never hurt me one iota.
I feel very lucky to say that. That has never hurt me. I'm always willing
to work harder and stay later. I'm the Avis of production. It has never
made me
suffer one bit. It's hard to say I am going to do this level of quality all the time whether it's selling well or not selling well -- thats the course I'm staying on
Q. That's admirable.
A. It's more admirable than it is financially rewarding, but I'm doing this for what makes my soul rest. You know?
Q. I do. What we're talking about is the The Last Dance, but what is the most current thing you're working on? Obviously The Last Dance was done in June. I'm sure you've got something else going now.
A. We have three pictures. One is an Amish picture that will be for next year -- that's a love story.
Q. Who's in it?
A. Not sure yet. We'll be shooting it in the spring so it all depends if there's a strike or not.
Q. That's my next question. How is the strike affecting you?
A. I think everyone is trying to ward off getting things done ahead of the strike. I personally don't think there will be one but I'm probably the only one in Los Angeles. We have that film and another really, really sweet film that's kind of a Driving Miss Daisy meets...you know that character that Tatum O'Neal played in Paper Moon.
Q. I know the character but not the name.
A. Maybe more like To Kill a Mockingbird meets Driving Miss Daisy. There's a sort of Scout-like character.
Q. Does it have a name?
A. We have a working title but it will not be the title of the movie. But it will be for next year as well.
Q. What advice can you give for people coming up in the business, male or female, who want to be a television screenwriter?
A. I think any time you're in a creative endeavor - listen
to your heart. I think most people get off track by letting their wallets
lead them in areas that maybe... Creative people are built like different
I think as long as you're doing something thats important to you and that you can be passionate about you'll do a good job.
I think to do something just because it's the flavor of the week or because it pays well is just not the answer for a creative person -- not long term.
Q. I really enjoyed the film with Sherry Stringfield that addressed that.
A. Going Home. I love that film so much. Because you're asking -- that was very much based on my dad. It's one of my favorites and I was prejudiced because it was so much about my dad and I think it's really a baby boomer issue. We are all at the point in life where we are responsible for other people.
Q. It was nice to see Jason Robards working again after he'd been ill. I could watch him do anything.
A. Me too. Well, you know he started working for us and got ill and we shut down the film and the network was going to recast and start the movie over and I could only see Jason in the part because the first day he walked on the set I started to cry. He was so much the character for me.
Q. It was very lovingly done. I adored that film. I thought it was very relevant to families today.
A. Thanks. That means a lot to me.
Q. Your list of filmography is really impressive - you've worked with people like Richard Thomas, and James Earl Jones and John Lithgow, who's great. And you've worked with Maureen O'Hara a couple of times especially on The Christmas Box.
Like I said, though, from our corner of the world we're really eager for The Last Dance news. Where did the idea for the film come from?
A. We get things submitted to us all the time -- books and things of that nature. And a book came to us that was called The Shift and it was a little self-published book from a writer in Utah. And what happens when things come in is that somebody else will read it and then recommend it to me and I'll read it. So they read it and said "not really a movie here."
It came across my desk and I thought you know there's something that is a nugget that's appealing here. While I departed from everything else in the book, the concept of a male nurse who ends up with a former teacher as a patient intrigued me...mainly because every one of us has had some teacher in life who intimidated the pants off us, or that made a big impression on us for a lot of positive reasons. I decided to take that concept and run with it -- what happens if these two people come together at a different time in their lives with different needs.
It was a story that wrote itself. I started typing, because I still type. Unlike other people I still have a typewriter.
Q. Shame on you.
A. I know, isn't it embarrassing? So anyway I sat here
and started typing it just kept coming really fast and I got to the end
of the story and I was crying and I thought I really love this, I really
love this
story. I sent the outline to the network the next day and they said "this is extraordinary, we love this." And I thought wow. It was just one of those things that had its own mission and I just got to be the
Q. Sounds like a gift for sure.
A. Oh it's definitely a gift.
Q. How much difference is there between the screenplay and the original story The Shift?
A. The only thing that remains from the book is the two characters. I actually have very different characters than in the book but there is a teacher and a male nurse. That's the only thing that really remains. Now, the spirit of the project, which is about family and affirming life is still there but the story has nothing to do with the book other than that original relationship.
Q. And in this corner of the world we also have a specific interest in Captain Charlie Parker. What made you want Paul Johansson for this role?
A. When he walked in...
Q. That'll do it.
A. ...even to me...I could see him in that period. I could see him in the uniform. He had that strong jaw. I just knew that he was the guy that if he entered the room it would be making a statement.
Q. He does.
A. He was just as lovely as the character. One of the reasons I named this character Charlie is that Maureen's ex-husband was a famous, famous aviator named Charlie Blair. And while he's been gone several years, he is still the love of her life. And so I named the character Charlie because of her husband Charlie Blair.
And when Paul came in, I really truthfully had read another actor that I was pretty sure had the part. But we still had actors coming in, so I kept seeing them. And when Paul came in I went, "that's it!" I could see him in the period and the costume. It was easy casting.
Q. Did you know him from any of his other work?
A. I knew him on film but I had never met him and had never worked with him.
Q. That's what I meant. Any of it stick out in your mind?
A. Well not that made me choose him as this character. I knew that he was a good actor from his other work. But it was mainly a presence that I was looking for in this character and he had that.
Q. You said that you were on the set every day, then you were there when they were shooting the beach scene.
A. Yeah.
Q. Tell me about Paul on the job. Does he boss you around a lot?
A. No. You know what - he's the sweetest guy. We really enjoyed it. That was a funny day because we had all these period bathing suits. And there was this shirt. I don't know if you remember these shirts but I clearly remember these shirts. They were like see-through nylon shirts that men wore. The costumer had picked this shirt for him and it really did look great. And I went in to see him and he looked at me like, "Please don't make me wear this." And I said, "You really hate that shirt don't you?" And he said, "yeah." I said, "Well, you don't have to wear it." He was my biggest fan after that because I didn't make him wear the shirt. Although it really was authentic to the period he really didn't like the way he appeared in it and to me, an actor's comfort is very important for them to become that character.
Q. So what kind of shirt did he get?
A. He actually got to pick the shirt he liked. He showed me the one he liked and I said I'm fine with that. See I really love that scene -- that scene on that beach is really lovely
Q. He said he loved it too.
A. "It's the glass ball and I see these children..." I thought it was an absolutely charming scene. And the two of them together...
Q. How did you pick Deirdre Quinn?
A. Let me tell you. Probably the hardest casting in the
world is to find an actress who looks like a young Maureen O'Hara. Forget
that. We read everyone with red hair in four states. She's actually from
and was out here to audition for "Miss Congeniality," a Sandra Bullock film and she just happened to come in for us, and that week she got both parts. She came in to me and she had the eyes and the sparkle. Nobody's ever going to look like a young Maureen O'Hara except Maureen O'Hara, but she had the hair and the spark that I thought made it work and I thought she and Paul together were absolutely gorgeous.
Q. He's told me that his part is in flashbacks.
A. Yes.
Q. Is this at the beginning or throughout?
A. No, throughout.
Q. How much screen time would you say are the flashbacks?
A. He has quite a bit of screen time.
Q. Because you're apparently running two stories here...
A. Yeah. This is the B story. But there are quite a few scenes and they are the most mesmerizing scenes. It's funny. When we were cutting the film I kept craving going to those 40's scenes because they pulled me into the film. He has a lot of screen time. He didn't have one thing that ended up on the cutting room floor - I'll tell you that.
Q. I'm sure he'll be glad to hear that. I'd also like to know are you married?
A. No
Q. Have you ever been?
A. No.
Q. So you've been married to your job.
A. It's hard to make my time schedule work with relationships I have to say. And it's been my choice. I think that's been a good decision for me. I could not have done everything I've done. I lost my dad a couple of years ago but I still have a 92-year old mother in North Carolina and I go home every third week and that's a very loving responsibility for me. And it's a real privilege. You can't be everything.
Q. I have a few questions directly from members of the Paul Johansson Fan Club.
A. Sure.
Q. Does this movie come with a hanky rating, and what is it?
A. Oh it definitely has a hanky rating. All Beth Polson movies have a hanky rating.
Q. On a scale of 1 to 10?
A. I'd say you definitely need at least 6.
Q. Being Paul aficionados, what is the best thing Paul brought to the production?
A. The best thing Paul brought is a real presence of character. I really believed from the very moment...he never was an actor to me. He really was this character.
Q. Can you give examples of Paul's sense of humor or personality in general?
A. I have several so I'm trying to remember...we had to cut his hair really short. And he has what we kindly would call stubborn hair. It has a mind of its own. So every day he would say to me "how's my hair?" because he knew I was going to come up to the hairdresser and say "do this or do that" every day...and he was like "she's gonna drive me crazy about my hair," but he never lost his sense of humor about it. Every day he was like "okay look at my hair...can't I just wear the hat?" We had a lot of fun dealing with his hair.
Q. I think we've already touched on this -- Did he offer creative ideas to the director/production staff, or did he just play the role as directed?
A. Not at all. He brought a lot to the film...what he felt this character would be and how he would deal with this relationship. He offered a lot to both the director and to Deirdre, who played the young Maureen O'Hara character. They worked together really well and they spent time together when they weren't shooting talking about how they wanted to play a scene. He definitely brought his own thinking to the role.
Q. What can you tell us about him that we might not already know, an interesting factoid or bit of trivia?
A. Let's see...trivia. He's a good dancer. For those people who are Paul fans, and I know there are many, this is a film where they'll get to fall in love with Paul.
Q. We already are.
A. Yeah. Well in this you'll get to fall in love all over again. He's one handsome guy in this movie.
Q. We're very much looking forward to it. Do you suppose you might be casting him again sometime?
A. I'd love to use him again. Every man is handsome in a uniform but he made the uniform handsome.
Q. Amen to that. We've got the picture to prove it.
The Last Dance airs as the CBS Movie of the Week on October 29.
Paul Johansson Online©2000
special thanks to H. McLatchie for transcription

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A native of Kenya, Kobia loved to study home economics and technology in high school, and she pursued two degrees in Kenya before her husband earned a scholarship to study in the U.S.
While her husband completed studies at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., Kobia enrolled in a master's program at Louisiana State University. Now, she is nearing completion of a doctoral degree from LSU as well.
She came to MSU as an instructor in 2012, and she said the Starkville community and MSU campus feel like home, in part because the people are so friendly. Her time is very busy—in addition to being a doctoral student and a full-time instructor, Kobia also is the mother of two young boys, ages 8 and 3.
Kobia said working with colleagues in the School of Human Sciences is a very positive experience because of good people and wonderful leadership. She said the program is going beyond teaching to meet the needs of students by adapting curriculum in order to prepare for a changing and increasingly global industry.
Students learn about everything from fibers grown for the clothing industry to the technologies utilized in product development. She explained also that her research focus is on social media as every industry is looking at the new platform for business. The challenge of learning new technologies is never ending.
"That's why I love teaching—it's constant learning," she said.
Kobia said she herself is an example of globalization. She said whereas western cultures were at one time the primary influence of fashion, the industry now is getting ideas and inspiration from everywhere. Professionals have to understand and appreciate the value of cultural diversity.
"It's exciting, and there's a lot of energy in the program," she said. "If I can inspire students to find their passions and just impact them in some way, then my work is done. It gives me a lot of joy when that happens."Writer: Allison Matthews | Photo: Russ Houston
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William Grange is Professor of Theatre Arts and Film Technology History in the Johnny Carson School. The author of ten books currently in print, he has also written several essays, book chapters, journal articles, reviews, and encyclopedia entries available at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/. You may also visit his Amazon webpage at http://www.amazon.com/William-Grange/e/B001HOH05G to view his books and even order copies – which he highly recommends. Dr. Grange has received prestigious teaching and research appointments abroad, including Guest Professor for American Film and Drama at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, the Distinguished Chair in Humanities and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna and a Fulbright Professorship at the University of Cologne. In both Cologne and Vienna he taught courses in German; at the University of Nebraska his teaching is almost exclusively in English.
Among his research awards are fellowships from the German Academic Exchange Service, the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas, the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D.C., the Dorot Foundation in Providence, Rhode Island, the Mellon Foundation in New York City, the International Institute of Education, the Hixson-Lied Trust Endowment, the Jane Harrison Lyman Research Trust Fund, and several others. For his research efforts he has twice received the University of Nebraska Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research in the Humanities. He is also the recipient of numerous awards for his teaching and service to students, teaching courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Dr. Grange has been an Equity actor for forty years, appearing in several professional productions throughout the United States, most recently as Caldwell B. Cladwell in the award-winning Broadway musical "Urinetown" at Lincoln's Haymarket Theatre. His other musical roles include Prof. Henry Higgins in "My Fair Lady" with Gwynne Geyer, Capt. von Trapp in "The Sound of Music" with Lindsey Alley, and El Gallo in "The Fantasticks!". He was a member of the original Light Opera of Manhattan company, appearing in numerous Gilbert and Sullivan productions while still a graduate student. He was also a founding member of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, playing Polonius in "Hamlet", Duncan in "Macbeth", Cleante in "Tartuffe", Amiens in "As You Like It", Leonato in "Much Ado About Nothing", and Balthasar in "Comedy of Errors."
With student film directors in the Johnny Carson School he has played several oddball characters in thesis films. They range from despondent police detectives to murderous CIA agents and philosophical fishermen. He usually is asked play dyspeptic professors in student films, though he can't quite figure out why students keep casting him in such roles. He most recently played the wise and kindly Sarastro in a student production of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" at the Glenn Korff School of Music.


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I need an alternative to iTunes - I hate it
Right, I've been a windows user for about 4 years now, and i switched to mac a few days ago. I have alot of music (Around 77gb) and I hate itunes.
1. I cant change the track numbers by double clicking i have to go into "get info" and change it from there.
2. I cant tag things like "tracknumber" or "trackname" from filename
3. I cant use the tags like tracknumber and trackname to create the filename i want. :Grimmace:
4. I have to go through every song in an album if it's been tagged with the songname '02 songname' or something where i only want the songname not the track number
5. I cant look at my music straight from my HDD I have to import it first. :Shouting:
As I mentioned before, I used to use mediamonkey and there is no mac version and paralles I cant get running because i dont have a windows disk or key anymore.
So really, I'm stuck here and itunes is really really annoying me. Please an suggestions for other programs or ways to make itunes a more pleasent experience i'd be very grateful :Evil:
Your kidding right iTunes is the best program for music ever.
One to watch out for is songbird - it is still very early in development 0.4 (and cannot import CDs yet) but looks very impressive.
But I'll definatley keep my eye on that one. Thanks.
that seems pretty cool, with how much loyal firefox users are I can see this exploding in the new few years. Once it goes through some more production i may have to take a look at that.
iTunes is a great app, the only thing that sucks about it is the DRM!
ITunes does not have DRM. Most music from the iTunes store has DRM and to me very fair DRM at that. There is also some music on the iTunes store that is DRM Free. It's all up to the Artists and not Apples fault.
Back in my PC days I used to use Winamp, Musicmatch and later Media Monkey for a bit. ITunes came out for Windows. I tried it and have never looked back. This was on XP Pro on a Home Built AMD 64 system. When I got my first G4 and 10.2-10.3 I continued using iTunes and for me it's hard to use anything else.
Langoo, have you tried Cog? It's pretty neat for iTunes haters. Still has an aquaish feel to it, but it works. And it supports a lot of formats including FLAC files.
As for your last point, you don't have to copy stuff to the iTunes folder. Just uncheck the option in the Advanced tab in preferences. That way, you will have your original file names and everything in your files will be sort of untouched. If you just want to play a single track, use quicktime.
What really annoyed me about itunes is I had to do so much to organise my music, wheras when i used media player it was easily organised into folders on my hard drive.
A lot of it was missing information, some albums were split up because of different artists, it didn't automatically attemtp to get album are and you had to sign into itunes to do that (i just dragged and dropped mine).
Another problem was when i reformatted (quite often due to a dodgey boot disc in my pc), it sometimes made duplicate tracks, very annoying, sorted it now though.
Had to sort all that out when i had around 5000 tracks, now got around 37000 (i have a habbit of just getting the discography if i like a band) and it's been a pain, i don't regret it, if you can get itunes working the way you want it's brilliant getting there is hard.
Yeah. It takes a little bit of time to get things organised in iTunes. So at first look it just plain doesn't work for you. Once it's done however, you just can't use anything else. Also, on the mac, the integration throughout the system is so tight, that you would be stupid not to use iTunes.
@megaross: What do you mean folders on hard drive? Doesn't iTunes do that as well? Just make sure "organise tracks" is selected in preferences.
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I don't like iTunes either. But a some of the comments here are wrong....
It's very clean! Just turn on "Keep iTunes Music folder organized".
iTunes is one of the few musicplayers that utilize tags fully, the only others that I've found is close in functionaliy is amaroK and Rhythmbox (both Linux only).
Why care about file names? iTunes sorts your songs perfectly if your tags are correct.
Personally, I love iTunes for the ability to quickly edit and manage tags, but I'm really not a fan of it for actually playing media. I'd rather use something with a very small system footprint.
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By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2010 Tricare recipients will see no increase in their premiums next year, if Congress approves that provision of the fiscal 2011 defense budget request, as expected.
However, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told reporters yesterday he wants to work with Congress to find ways to help control escalating military health-care costs that are consuming an ever-increasing chunk of the budget.
Noting the skyrocketing costs of the military health-care system – from $19 billion in 2001 to $50.7 billion in the fiscal 2011 budget request — Gates questioned during yesterday's Pentagon briefing how sustainable the program can remain without cost controls or higher premiums.
"It's only going to go up," he said, with Military Health System officials estimating 5 to 7 percent annual cost increases through fiscal 2015. "And it is absorbing an increasing percentage of our budget." Officials predict that the program will grow from 6 percent of the defense budget to more than 10 percent by fiscal 2015.
"We absolutely want to take care of our men and women in uniform and our retirees," Gates said, "But at some point, there has to be some reasonable tradeoff between reasonable cost increases or premium increases or co-pays or something and the cost of the program."
There's been no Tricare premium increase since the program was founded in 1995, Gates said, noting that Congress has rejected recent Pentagon proposals for "very modest" increases. Expecting the same action this year, the Defense Department recommended no increase this year, he said.
"I ask anybody to point me to a health insurance program that has not had a premium increase in 15 years," Gates said.
Tricare benefits, he said, are "generous, as they should be for our men and women in uniform."
But Gates compared the $1,200 average out-of-pocket costs for a family of three under Tricare to about $3,300 for the same family under a health maintenance organization plan in the Federal Employees Health Care Program.
"We see a lot of people coming back into Tricare because the benefits are so good and the costs are so low," he said
The Military Health System has 9.5 million eligible beneficiaries, including active-duty military members and their families, military retirees and their families, dependent survivors and certain eligible reserve-component members and their families.
Military Health System officials expect more eligible beneficiaries to continue returning to the Tricare system as costs of programs offered through their employers or spouses continue to increase.
The General Accountability Office recently found that more than 85 percent of retirees ages 45 to 49 and half of retirees between ages 60 and 64 had access to other group health insurance, but chose Tricare instead.
As Tricare usage increases, so does the number of health-care visits that beneficiaries make, officials noted. Between fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2008, the average number of outpatient visits per enrollee increased from 8.7 to 9.97. Pharmacy use increased 5.5 percent over the timeframe.


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This program has been going on for quite some time, at least through Greenfield and Holyoke Community Colleges. Also the automatic acceptance through the CC's extends to multiple other Mass. colleges through 'Mass-transfer' (Westfield, Framingham, MCLA, etc.)
The automatic acceptance is a great perk although the 'free tuition' is a little deceiving. I transferred from GCC to Umass this past fall semester (with over a 3.0) and received free tuition which only amounted to roughly $500-600 a semester. Also, I took a night class and that was not eligible for the grant. Yes, it is good that the state is offering a little assistance however it is not as substantial as it sounds (or at least sounded to me).


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Hornets rally past rival Spartans
No. 11 Hillside came from behind twice Friday night to down rival Southern 29-24 in the inaugural Bull City Labor Day Classic at Durham County Memorial Stadium.
The game was the first between the teams since Southern was reclassified to 3-A and left the PAC-6.
Raw emotion was obvious throughout. In the first half alone, the two teams were whistled for a combined 16 penalties for 200 yards, many for unsportsmanlike behavior. The total for the game was 25 for 293 yards.
Hillside opened the scoring on a 3-yard run by Donte Thomas-Williams to cap a 10-play, 66-yard game-opening drive.
The Hornets' Ian Burris missed a 36-yard field goal try on their next possession, and Southern answered with a 9-play, 80-yard drive capped by fullback Kameron Johnson's 1-yard dive on the first play of the second quarter.
The Spartans took their first lead of the game on the legs and hands of Maurice Trowell, who returned a punt 38 yards and later grabbed a 33-yard scoring pass from Kendall Hinton on the next play for a 14-7 lead.
The burst lit a spark in the Hillside huddle, as the Hornets erupted for 16 straight points and led 23-14 at the half.
Ian Burris nailed a 29-yard field goal, Nas Forte-Ferguson hit Ray Green on a 35-yard TD pass and Forte-Ferguson scored on a keeper from the 1.
Southern wasn't done.
William Cameron returned the second-half kickoff 87 yards to trim the lead to 23-21.
Leonardo Orozco's 42-yard field goal gave Southern the lead for a second time at 24-23.
Hillside capped a 64-yard drive with Ray Green's end-around score from the 10 on the opening play of the fourth quarter to regain the lead, but a two-point conversion try failed and the Hornets led 29-24.
Southern had a chance to regain the lead late, but the Hornets' secondary kept Hinton's arm at bay and a key sack by Hillside's K.J. Covington put the Spartans in a fourth-and-19 hole from which they couldn't escape.
Hillside offense got to run out the clock behind tailback Donte Thomas-Williams (124 yards on 24 carries.)
NOTES — Southern defensive end Doug Satterfield was injured with 11:35 left in the second quarter, prompting a 22-minute delay before he was removed from the field on a stretcher and from the stadium by ambulance. ... While Satterfield was down, a Hillside cheerleader apparently collapsed and she, too, was removed by stretcher and ambulance. No official word was available on the condition of either.
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S—Maurice Trowell 33 pass from Kendall Hinton (Orozco kick), 9:22.
H—Burriss FG 39, 7:02.
H—Ray Green 35 pass from Nas Forte-Ferguson (kick failed), 5:20.
H—Forte-Ferguson 1 run (Burris kick), 1:25.
Third Quarter
S—William Cameron 87 kick return (Orozco kick), 11:47.
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RUSHING—Hillside, Donte' Thomas-Williams 24-124, Forte'-Ferguson 3-17, Raquaz Brannon 8-37, Marcus Krah 1-2, Ray Green 1-10. Southern, William Cameron 6-18, Jordan Brown 8-27, Hinton 11-52.
PASSING—Hillside, Nas Forte-Ferguson 9-21-125-0. Southern, Kendall Hinton 12-23-148-1.
RECEIVING—Hillside, Trevion Thompson 6-82, Ray Green 1-35, Malik Evans 1-5, Thomas-Williams 1-3. Southern, Maurice Trowell 4-72, Jordan Brown 2-19, Cameron 1-28, Derrick Mason 2-15, Jason Henderson 4-29.


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Men's Tennis | Thursday, July 19, 2012
Krauel Resigns as Head Coach of Willamette Men's Tennis
SALEM, ORE. -- Toby Krauel has resigned as the head coach of the Willamette University men's tennis team effective Aug. 3 following four years with the Bearcats. Krauel, who commuted from the Portland area to Salem, plans to spend more time with his family and focus on being a competitor in upcoming tennis tournaments.
Krauel will continue to be a USPTA certified tennis professional at West Hills Racquet and Fitness Club in Portland. He also will continue to play competitive tennis. He recently won the Nike National 40s doubles tournament.
At Willamette, Krauel achieved an overall coaching record of 39-36 (.520) in dual matches. He led the Bearcats to Northwest Conference tournament berths during three of his four seasons (2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11).
In 2011, the Bearcats earned a 13-6 overall record, including 11-1 in the NWC during the regular season. WU lost to Whitman College in the 2011 NWC Tournament finals. During a rebuilding year this past spring, Willamette was 3-13 overall, 3-9 in the NWC (6th place).
Krauel coached WU player Cody Ferguson '12 to the finals of the USTA/ITA Pacific Northwest Regional in singles in the fall of 2010.
Prior to working at Willamette, Krauel coached at two other universities. He was an assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Portland, in 1990-01. He was the head coach at Gonzaga University for seven years from 1993-94 through 1999-00. He graduated from Portland in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Psychology. He received a law degree from the Gonzaga School of Law in 1994.
Willamette will begin immediately to search for its next head coach of men's tennis. The Bearcats compete in NCAA Division III.


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CCE Launches Summer 2010 Internship Programs
Now that finals are (finally) over, Amherst students are spreading across the country, headed for home, summer jobs, or, of course, those all-important internships. As a valuable way to boost a resume, the summer internship is to many students an essential part of their work portfolio. But even for an Amherst student, finding a position that promises more than filing and data entry can be challenging. How have students found internships that will value them, challenge them, or teach them about how to engage with the local community?
That's what the Center for Community Engagement's summer internship programs are for. Whether students are wondering about the broader Pioneer Valley community, want to feel valued and appreciated as an active contributor, or just need the funding to make a dream internship come true, these programs and their coordinators have been essential in helping a wide variety of Amherst student interns find the place they want to be.
The Amherst Select Internship Program
The Amherst Select Internship Program exists to bring Amherst students together with employers who prefer Amherst-educated interns. Some employers are parents of current students; others are simply companies that have been impressed by Amherst interns in the past, and would like to repeat the experience. But most often, employers in the Amherst Select Internship Program are graduates of Amherst College who are looking for a way to give back to and maintain a connection with the Amherst community.
That alumni connection is certainly what Kenneth Koopmans, the manager of internship programs, finds most important about the program. He says that the Amherst Select Internship Program was started in order to supplement the Alumni Network. Although many students do find the Alumni Network helpful, using it to find summer internships can be challenging. "Maybe an alum's profile says that they want an intern, but they said it five years ago," he says. "Sometimes they fail to update when they move to a new job, or often there will be no description of the internship." The Amherst Select Internship Program aims to eliminate these problems by providing its student participants with an up-to-date collection of internships. Koopmans and the other program coordinators reach out to alumni and find out where they're working, whether they want an intern, and what kind of internship they can offer. Ideally, this process will begin from day one of each fall semester, so that Amherst students will always have somewhere to look for quality, Amherst-preferred internships.
For alumni, hosting interns is a way to stay connected to the Amherst community. "There are so many great alums who want to give back," says Ken. Perhaps for this reason, Ken feels that alumni tend to be more emotionally invested in Amherst students' success, making them the perfect mentors for current students and new graduates. Maikha Jean-Baptiste '10 found that Adrienne White '82 was instrumental in making sure that Maikha was given opportunities to participate during her internship with the American Cancer Society in Chicago. "As busy as she was, it was good that she still saw time to make sure that we were having a good internship experience," she says. Whether or not this was due to their common education, "it was nice to have something in common." Peter Krensky '11, who contacted Susan Prosnitz '84 directly to find his internship at the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service in Boston, had a similar reaction. "You're going into a professional atmosphere with someone you don't know, but you have that instant connection. You're going to talk about 'Did you play a sport at Amherst? Where did you live when you were at Amherst? Is this professor still there?'" Both Jean-Baptiste and Krensky have stayed in contact with their alumni hosts. Krensky even helped Prosnitz choose a new Amherst intern, while she assisted him in his job search for this summer. "We help each other out," he says.
The ASIP database contains over 250 alumni-sponsored internships so far, but it's nowhere near complete. "My goal is to get over a thousand internships," says Koopmans – and more than that, he hopes ultimately that every Amherst student will be part of the Amherst Select Internship Program. "Everyone needs internships," he says, "except people who don't want a job, ever."
The Pioneer Valley Program
When the Amherst Select Internship Program began, a number of locally based internships were grouped together as the Pioneer Valley Program. This year, for the first time, this program is its own entity. "The purpose of the program is to provide students an opportunity to gain practical work experience, as well as learn more about civic and community engagement," says Oscar Lanza-Galindo, the CCE's community partnerships and programs coordinator. Thirty-six students are given Amherst housing, a $2,000 stipend, and internship positions working with education, human rights, agriculture, and many other community issues.
Emily Shinay '11 was a student intern with Easthampton City Arts as part of the Pioneer Valley Program in 2009. She points out that the employers in the Pioneer Valley Program often already have established relationships with the Center for Community Engagement. "So as an intern you enter into a really positive environment where you are given legitimate responsibilities and are really appreciated in your work environment." Shinay enjoyed the experience so much that she'll be returning to the program in 2010, to work at the Amherst branch of the Peace Development fund. On a practical level, she also appreciates the $2,000 stipend that the program provides. "The reality is that most college students need paying summer positions," she notes, "and the Pioneer Valley Program offers the best of both words: a fantastic internship and pay."
Many students also find value in becoming personally involved in the community surrounding the college. Yinan Zhang '12 believes that students benefit when they see the impact they can make on their own local community. "Being in the Amherst bubble, sometimes we just don't see that there's a community out there that would really benefit from a lot of support," she says. As the Student Internship Coordinators for the Pioneer Valley Program, she and Michelle Glick '10 helped Lanza-Galindo bring the Pioneer Valley Program to adulthood. Michelle was a PVP student intern herself in 2007, working at the Holyoke Health Center. She quickly realized how little she had known about life just outside Amherst. "A lot of the money that is so seemingly prevalent in this area is just not getting to Holyoke and Springfield." she says. "That was sort of shocking to me."
The Pioneer Valley Program is, in a way, the Center for Community Engagement's practical demonstration of its own values. "Change often begins at home," says Lanza-Galindo. "So we decided that one of the best ways that we could contribute to our home, our own back yard, is by providing these internship opportunities. The sites where the interns will be at this summer do some incredible work with very limited resources. We believe that this is one way that we can assist them with their work, while at the same time providing Amherst College students with the chance to get practical work experience that matters and can make a difference in the community."
Civic Engagement Scholars
Formerly known as the Fellowships for Action, the Civic Engagement Scholars program provides funding for students who have found public service internships that connect to their academic, personal, and professional goals. Students find and apply to internships around the world and the country, and when they have secured their own positions, have the chance to ask the Center for Community Engagement for a monetary stipend.
Sarah Barr, the director of academic engagement programs for the Center for Community Engagement, considers it the most flexible of the internship programs. "It really is you finding the thing that fits most closely with your personal, professional and academic goals," she says. Students have worked for environmental programs in Iceland; for U.S. Senators and representatives in Washington, D.C.; for grassroots activist organizations; and for countrywide nonprofit organizations. Civic Engagement Scholars also frequently funds students who have received ASIP internships, but need to think practically about their finances. Almost anything is possible, as long as the student can argue convincingly that the internship will provide an opportunity to learn about public service by experience.
"I think it's really important for students to have a chance to test out the theories they're learning in the classroom in the world, and then bring those experiences back. It's essentially this idea of theory, action, and then reflection," says Barr. In that sense, the Civic Engagement Scholars program complements the experiential learning courses offered at Amherst. "Not everyone can take 'Reading, Writing and Teaching,'" Barr adds. But an internship funded by the Civic Engagement Scholars program can serve the similar purpose of blurring the line between education and action.
That's what happened for Michelle Glick '10. Inspired by Professor Kristin Bumiller's course "States of Poverty," Glick applied for and received a grant to help run a children's day camp in Belize this summer. "I really learned what poverty is and how it's conceptualized, how to understand the historical perspective and myths and facts about this 'culture of poverty' idea," she explains. And this internship is the next step in her education. Working in Belize will allow Glick to turn the abstract lessons from the classroom into tangible experience, and to tie her career interest in public health to her academic program of study. "That's what the CCE strives for, really," Glick says. "How can you take a liberal arts education and really do something with it?"
Emmy Pierce '11 is a staff writer for the CCE. She is a third-year student from Berkeley, California. She is double majoring in Asian Languages and Civilizations, with a concentration in Japanese, and English. Her interests include writing, examining representations of minorities in popular culture, and cats. This is her first year as a CCE staff writer.


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When the locker room was seemingly falling apart late last season amidst reports of internal strife stemming from the Tony Romo-Jason Witten-Terrell Owens feud, Jerry Jones scoffed at the notion chemistry is a factor in the Cowboys' December swoon. On Saturday, he downplayed reports that some players are already saying the chemistry in the room […] [Read More]
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on 9/18/2010 10:46:00 AM
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I have used so many foundations in the past in the quest for the "flawless complextion", MAC, Yves St Laurent, Chanel, bare minerals, bobbi brown, you name it, I have tried it yet I keep coming back to bourjous 10hr sleep effect, I can't quite believe such an inexpensive high street brand can perform so much better than all the rest! It gives a lovely dewy finish but not overly shiny, i think it makes me look really healthy, I hate heavy cakey foundation and am not a fan of skin that is too matte or powdery, so this is perfect for me. I use the shade 75 in the summer when i have a tan and 73 in the winter. I think it does last well but I suppose if you had oily skin you might want to use a powder over the top. As well as a gorgeous finish you will also have change from a £10 note, iv wasted too much money on expensive foundation that iv used once! Top marks for me!
on 9/14/2010 7:38:00 PM
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My HG everyday foundation! I prefer a dewey during the day because my skin is quite dry so I like adding a sheen to my face that isn't there naturally. I've been using this almost everyday for a month and I'm in love!
It has a really watery consistency so it blends really easily and the coverage is really light and it will not clog your pores. The pump bottle means that you know how much you have left and it's not messy at all. Excellent if you're happy with the way your skin looks but need extra help evening out and brightening up your skin.
If you want a heavier coverage, then I highly recommend Bourjois' Healthy Mix Foundation... they're both great! Thank you Bourjois!
on 9/13/2010 1:19:00 PM
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I love this Foundation, It gives me a flawless look. I have dry-ish skin on my face, and moisturise it once when I take my make-up off in the evening. This foundation is lightweight and medium coverage, decent lasting power, however setting it with a translucent (or appropriate colour) powder will increase the staying power. It comes in a average colour range. However the packaging is not amazing due to the squirty pump on my bottle breaking, this does not effect my thoughts on the product itself and would definatley repurchase!
on 9/9/2010 11:48:00 PM
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Hair: Blond, Relaxed, Fine
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I used this foundation continuously and solely for over a year, going through about 3 bottles before I left my last bottle at school, so I no longer use it (I use Bourjois Healthy Skin).
The coverage is very sheer, leaves a dewy finish and the foundation itself is extremely blendable. The colour selection seems to be really good, I use the lightest shade and it is one of the only foundations where I feel I get a good match, though maybe slightly yellower than my actual skintone. The foundation has a lovely scent, in my opinion.
The downside to this foundation is that it'll look perfect for the first few hours, but then it'll begin to fade until it's barely noticeable. I prefer a more natural look and so it didn't stop me from repurchasing, but my current foundation (Healthy Skin) does seem to last much better. It also left me a little shiny, as one of my less tactful friends told me, however I don't set my foundation, because I hate a powdery look, and this seems to happen with most foundations I use.
Didn't make me break out and I really liked it.
on 9/1/2010 1:52:00 PM
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Hair: Blond, Other, Other
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Love the name - anything that makes me look more rested - I'm SOLD. Great if you have light skin tone, the lightest color is quite pale. I use 73 Beige Clair, which has a nice neutral undertone (I HATE straight up PINK and YELLOW foundations). It is quite expensive in Canada - $26CAD, which is almost MAC pricing. It is really liquidy, runny, light and dewy, with light coverage. But I like all those things - HOWEVER, one thing I just cant take is the SMELL!!! It smells like a cheap perfume! Usually I dont mind scented cosmetics as long as it's a nice smell, but this is really strong and cheap, and it lingers! I might use it when I get borred with something else, but it's definietely not a staple.
*********EDIT*********: I've been wearing this for the last two weeks and I LOVE it! The staying power is great (when used with a primer and set with a powder) and it makes skin look smooth and buttery! I'm changing my morning makeup routine to include this! 5 STARS! (p.s. MAC mineralize skin finish and Smashbox Primer work great with this!)
on 7/15/2010 2:21:00 PM
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Hair: Black, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I have very pale skin with a slight yellow undertone. This is one of the very few foundations that actually cater to my skin tone.
It has a very runny consistency and is very sheer and light, which I like as I do not have very bad skin and I find this does not highlight any dry patches. It blends well and does not take ages to dry nor dry too quickly. It does have a scent which can put off a lot of people, it doesn't bother me and I find the smell goes away fairly quickly.
The pump in this bottle is fantastic, not only can you control how much you like, it's design means there is zero wastage as the bottom of the bottle moves up as you use it. I sometimes find there is a lot of waste in the bottles with the conventional style pumps.
My greatest disappointment with this foundation was it's poor staying power, by the middle of the day it would seem as it had completely disappeared from my face.
If you have very oily skin you may want to avoid this foundation, but if you have quite dry skin and you are pale with yellow undertones like me, then this is something to consider.
on 6/28/2010 12:07:00 PM
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Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
HG! This foundation was a real surprise. For the price you wouldn't expect such great quality. In the UK it was less than £10, and available in any beauty drugstore. I was looking for a lightweight, natural-looking foundation for the warm season, as my Estee Lauder Double Wear was becoming a little too heavy, and I got exactly what I needed. The texture is smooth, the scent is pleasant but not overwhelming, it blends well and matches my fair skintone (I use shade Rose Clair), and the coverage is actually better than you would expect, it manages to conceal minor and medium imperfections. Doesn't make my skin oily, nor dry, never dull. Doesn't break me out. I will repurchase again and again!
UPDATE: it works wonders when my skin is already flawless. If I have pimples or dullness or dry patches it doesn't do much, the coverage is too sheer. Still, a very good product.
on 6/5/2010 6:26:00 PM
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Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I adore this foundation. I have it in 71, and it matches my skin tone perfectly. I find it to be really light weight and lasts all day when set with Urban Decays mattifying powder. It never looks like I'm wearing make-up and it never feels like it either, but it evens out my skin tone and makes it look almost flawless. I find it never wipes off on clothes either, like if you lean of someone it won't leave any foundation marks. The pump dispenses the exact right amount for my face, I never put it on my neck though since it's a perfect match for my skin tone there really would be no point. I've been using it almost everyday for 6 months now, and still on my first bottle.
The coverage is light to medium in my opinion, and I'm not sure it's 10 hours because I still like to use a brightener under my eyes, either way it makes you look healthier and more awake, it just doesn't banish under eye circles, but that's nothing a decent concealer can't do.
Another thing I love about it is the smell, it's smells really delicate and makes me happy in the morning :)
The only downside would be you can't tell how much you've got left, so you could be caught out D: The price is a little more expensive then a lot of the popular foundations, but honestly it's worth it.
on 5/15/2010 7:04:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm
Hair: Red, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Hazel
I've been using this for over a year now.
It matches my colour well (warm toned pale) due to its yellow base, I only find that if I layer it on too much it can appear a bit orangey on my skin.
It covers spots / red scars on my chin - no need for concealer.
It gives a lovely dewy finish that I think makes you look younger (especially compared to the mineral make up I was using before).
It covers any redness I get on my cheeks / around my nose whilst at the same time being sheer enough to not completely hide my freckles.
It looks very natural - does not look like you have foundation on.
I am prone to hormonal spots on my chin and this has never made me break out.
The packaging with it being in a pump bottle is really good as its hygienic and not wasteful, I apply it with my fingers.
It is also relatively cheap (£8.99 for 30ml, sometimes there are vouchers/offers) since one bottle lasts me over 6 months.
I don't think the colour choice is so good for darker or cool-toned skin.
Probably would not last in hot weather.
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I love this foundation :) I would describe it as;
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Cookie Monster: Fiori di Sicilia Cookies
Pillowy ricotta cookies are scented with Fiori di Sicilia, a fragrant blend of citrus extracts. More
Pillowy ricotta cookies are scented with Fiori di Sicilia, a fragrant blend of citrus extracts. More
Ricotta gelato is a blank canvas for added flavors and a friend to any pie. Plus it's a no-cook recipe that can go from raw ingredients to freshly churned ice cream in under 45 minutes. More
"Baci" is Italian for "kiss". Flavored with Sambuca, these little baci from Nigellissima taste lightly of aniseed and orange zest. Whole-milk ricotta gives them a creaminess that's lightened when they're fried. More
Cheesecake can be lightened two ways: by changing the crust from leaden grahams and butter to a classic, flaky pie shell, and by swapping some of the cream cheese for ricotta. These modifications, combined with the fact that a pie is not so dramatically big and tall, create a lovely, tangy, fluffy wedge upon which to drip and drizzle any fruit compote or coulis that you desire. More
As you might imagine, we've been spending a fair amount of time plotting our Thanksgiving meal lately, and much of that time has been devoted to finding a truly special dessert (or three) to end the feast. Well, we're happy to say that we've found that Thanksgiving showstopper of a dessert in Francine Segan's latest cookbook, Dolci: Italy's Sweets. More