One of the greatest challenges in eating healthily involves really knowing what you are eating. This EatSmart scale does an awesome job. Just plunk the food item onto it - in whatever quantity you wish - enter its code and the numbers show up instantly!

The problem with most healthy eating projects is just how do you know what anything really is? Take "an apple". There are tons of types of apples, and they come in a variety of sizes. Is a green apple that is 3" around really exactly the same in carbs, fiber, etc. as a McIntosh apple that is 6" around? Did you know that many food values change DRASTICALLY if you eat that food raw vs cooked? The act of cooking the food sometimes enhances the nutrition - but sometimes it breaks down the fibers.

This scale is the answer. First, it's slim and clear. It takes up very little space on your kitchen counter, and fades into the background. When you need it, it's right there.

You plunk something onto it. Say you have a handful of seedless raisins and want to know how it's going to affect your blood sugar. Without the scale you'd have to make random guesses about how much you're eating and how big / small the raisins are and so on. No guesswork with the scale! You dump however many raisins you want to eat onto the scale. Type in their code - 064. POOF it gives you everything you want to know.

What does that include? The scale gives you:

calories
carbs
fiber
sodium
potassium
magnesium
total fat
saturated fat
cholesterol
calcium
protein
vitamin k

plus of course its weight :)

Not only is this superb for one item, but the scale has a built in memory. If you're making a meal, just keep putting the items onto the scale one after the other, adding each one into memory. When you're done with the meal, the scale will give you your full total.

There's a tare feature here, too. That means you can put a serving dish on first, and have the scale know how much that weighs. That way when you then put the "food item" into that serving dish, the scale will give you only the measurements of the food.

Highly recommended for anyone interested in having a more healthy diet!

My husband and I were in the market for a new toaster when our Krups brand, which we liked very much, suddenly died on us after only 5 years (the levers would no longer stay pressed down, and like most modern appliances, it was unfixable). Because we had purchased a Michael Graves coffee maker about a year ago and were very happy with this product, we decided to take a chance and purchase the matching Michael Graves toaster from Target.

As you can see from the photo, this toaster features an attractive, sleek design, a combination of easy-clean white plastic and sharp-looking stainless steel. It is the 4-slice model (a 2-slice version is also available), and like most toasters on the market today, it offers extra-wide slots to accommodate bagels and the like. The heat control dial is numbered 1-5, although you can set the dial anywhere in between the numbers as well (the cute little toast window above the dial even moves from light to dark!). But what I like best about this toaster is the button settings. There are four buttons underneath the heat control dial: bagel, defrost, reheat, and cancel. Once you press down the lever for your toast, you can choose any of the first three options (each button illuminates once selected). Therefore, you can toast and defrost a bagel at the same time, defrost and reheat, etc. And of course, the cancel button is there in case you want to check on your toast prior to the end of the cycle.

At this point, you may be asking--but does it make decent toast? Happily, the answer is yes! This toaster toasts items thoroughly and evenly. Overall, I've found it to toast relatively quickly, but as mentioned in the manual, toasting times vary--for example, while a simple piece of toast will be finished in no time at all, frozen waffles or other products coming from the freezer will take a bit longer. After about a month of use, my husband and I are very pleased with the performance of this product, and it looks great in our kitchen, too! We certainly would not hesitate to buy from the Michael Graves line again; highly recommended!

One final note: Apparently, prior to this model, Target had released a different Michael Graves design toaster which received many complaints from consumers. Kudos to Target for redesigning this product!

Actually, I should say "my cup of coffee," because that's what I pourinto these luminescent, doubled walls cups, but that expression has not found its way into the lexicon. Besides, these glasses/cups don't have the "coffee feeling" of the Bodum mugs (for example, the Bodum latte cups) which also feature a handle.

BREAKAGE--Not Yet a Problem.
However, because of numerous (and vociferous) complaints about how easily Bodum coffee glasses break, I chose these. My housemate here (i.e., spouse) has used these for well over a year, with nary a crack or unsightly buildup through the tiny hole at the bottom of these blown-glass Bodums. (HInt: Dry them after washing, and you should probably avoid the following: Dropping ice into them, using a metal spoon, washing in the dishwasher. Bodum makes all or most of these suggestions in a tiny pamphlet inside the box.) You may also wish to purchase these locally (sorry Amazon), rather than having them shipped. Then again, it may be that the 9-ounce Pavinas have a stronger, more fracture-resistant design than other Bodums. My spouse also reports that these glasses have been microwaved safely. (I've only had mine a few days, so have been unable to verify this independently, but I trust her.)

INSULATION. This is where Bodum meets and beats expectations. Hot coffee and tea don't lose their heat when they hit the glass, and they maintain their heat exceptionally well. There's just no comparison to ceramic-ware. You'll be very pleasantly surprised by the superior insulation of both hot and cold drinks. Bodum recommends heating the glass with hot water for optimal performance, but sometimes I don't want to go to the trouble, and it doesn't seem necessary.

APPEARANCE AND PRACTICALITY. The glass hss a beautiful, almost crystal like look, is lightweight without feeling like it's about to fly out of your hand, rests evenly on flat surfaces, and handwashes easily. The double glass wall impart that nifty look of suspended liquid.

There's no handle--that may be a downside to some. The curved, untextured exterior may increase the liklihood of dropping and slippage, but perhaps not ore than any other curved glass or cup. Other than that, it fits well in the hand. The Pavina only holds 9 ounces, so those wanting long, satisfying gulps of coffee may prefer the larger coffee cups (with the disadvantages noted below). The somewhat smaller size makes storage more convenient.

SUMMARY. While individual experiences will differ, I hope these comments and suggestions will balance out some of the negative reviews. These are simply the most convenient, safest (compared to coffee hot plates), and perhaps prettiest vessels for maintaining temperature. They also seem a better value than some of the other Bodum glassware. I'm enjoying my coffee much more now (one cup is at home, one at work), actually drink less of it (because I don't keep pouring "warm-ups"), and enjoy the looks and convenience. I toast these particular cups with a hearty and hot "Bodum's up!" (Bad puns should not temper your evaluation of the product).

Please note that this review is on the movie, not on the poster as offered here, since the actual film isn't listed on Amazon, no doubt not Amazon's fault, but this movie deserves to be made available on DVD and preserved for posterity.

I just saw this film last night on Turner Classic Movies, and all I can say is wow, what an impressive, early movie about the evils of political power and corruption, considering that this is almost 80 years later, and it's as unvarnished a look at politics as anything done decades later, such as Spencer Tracy's The Last Hurrah (which is much less cynical, actually), or All the King's Men. It just goes to show you that nothing truly changes under the sun.

But one must remember that this is now the midst of the Great Depression, and at the time the stock market in the spring of 1931 was down 90% from its peak in October of 1929, when the Great Crash started. Disillusionment with both politicians and financial leaders was widespread, as stocks plummeted and bank after bank failed, and the public even applauded outlaws and bank robbers such as Bonnie and Clyde and Willie Horton, who became popular anti-heroes relieving the venal, corrupt bankers of their ill-gotten gains. Their anti-establishment exploits were enthusiastically reported on and eagerly followed by the public in the mass media, another indication of how disillusioned the American public was with their leaders.

This movie vibrates with that disillusionment and cynicism, although in the end, the good guy underdog, through virtually heroic efforts, is ultimately able to triumph single-handedly over entrenched, corrupt, political power and create change for the better. The script and dialogue are superb, and almost as powerful as Clifford Odets would produce 25 years later in his famous The Sweet Smell of Success, a movie whose dialogue fairly singes the air, remembered long after the movie has faded. Produced a couple of years before the much more famous Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, it offers a far more realistic, cynical, and powerful picture of the little guy who takes on and triumphs over all odds against the powers that be.