IPhoto won't scan for faces

Just upgraded to iPhoto 09. It successfully upgraded my library. I can manually add a face to a particular photo, but it hasn't scanned my library for other faces. How do I make it do that? Thanks!

I know I am probably just piling on at point but I am also having problems with the "faces" program not working. I have between 8-10k photographs on my machine and, since our brand new mac is the family computer, my wife was very excited about the facial recognition software as it would help in selecting photos for Christmas cards etc. Anyhow, I have gone through and identified between 100 -200 faces for each of my family members to "help" the program as it could not identify anyone from the 10 or so images I initially identified. Regardless of this fact, when I have it do a search for a particular face the "wheel" just spins and spins. I have let it search for images for -- currently 24 hours and counting -- and the program still does not identify any pictures beyond the ones I originally tagged. I bought an Apple to get away from the problems generally associated with a PC and this has been one of my first experiences. Is there anything I did wrong or is this just a program that is not ready for release?

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