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Q I’m loving Elizabeth Banks on 30 Rock. She has such great chemis-try with Alec Baldwin. Do they get along in real life?—Sue Chuang, Los Angeles, Calif.A “Get along” would be putting it mildly. “Alec Baldwin is my blue-eyed husky—I just adore him,” says the actress, 36, who

also hit it off with Russell Crowe in The Next Three Days. “Working with both of these guys is like get-ting called up from the minors to play in the big leagues. That’s how I feel: I got the call, I’m in the game, and I’m having the time of my life.”

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Q Olivia Wilde looks super- buff in the Tron: Legacytrailer. How did she bulk up?—Ry Clancy, Chicago, Ill.A “I had to do an incredible amount of cross-training and martial arts,” Wilde, 26, re-veals. “Suddenly I had all these muscles, and I thought, Oh my God, if somebody jumped

me while I was walking home, I could take them! Maybe not true, but I felt that way, and that was part of fi guring out who my character was. That kind of inner strength affects the way you stand, the way you walk. It was extraordinary.”

QAre the people on courtroom TV shows com-pensated for their time? Do they have to pay if they lose the case? —Fran Gonda, Conneaut, OhioA “If we want the case badly enough and the per-son doesn’t want to travel, we might offer them a hundred dollars for the hassle,” reveals TV judge

Alex Ferrer, 40. As for restitution, he says, “When you sue somebody and win in real life, you get a piece of paper you may never collect on. We write you a check on the spot just for bringing the case to us.”

Q I really enjoy Matt and Amy Roloff on Little People, Big World. Why did they decide not to come back for another season?—Jean Zorzoli, Ashland, Miss.A According to Matt, it’s just time to move on. “We had a mission to desensitize America and the world about little people, and I think we’ve changed people’s perceptions,” he says. “Some-body told us, ‘Now you’re going to be just a dot in the history books.’ But I’ll settle for that. ”

Q A lot has been made of Gwyneth Paltrow’s country-music debut. But didn’t she release a song with Huey Lewis years ago?—Sarah Townsley, Lake Charles, La.A In fact, she did: “Cruisin’ ” was on the soundtrack for the 2000 movie Duets. “I love to sing, so it was fun to pretend to be a pro,” she told

us when that fi lm was released. These days, though, Paltrow’s not just pretending. Thanks to her appearances on Glee and at the

CMAs, the Country Strong star, 38, has more than proved her pipes.

Q Does Mark Valley per-form his own stunts on Human Target?—J. Chase, Las Vegas, Nev.A Many of them, yes. Val-ley, who’ll turn 46 on Christ-mas Eve, doesn’t mind getting his feet wet—as long as they’re warm. “For me, the toughest stunt wasn’t jumping from a helicopter or even fi ghting fi ve other guys,” he says. “It was when I ended up in the water with a T-shirt on. I wasn’t faking hypothermia—it was freezing!”

Q Criminal Minds is a very interesting show. So why don’t the actors—Joe Mantegna and Thomas Gibson especially—get nominated for Emmys ?—Cindy Lachin, Rockville, Md.A “I think sometimes we fl y under the radar,” says Mantegna, 63, who plays David Rossi. “But the fans love the series. I’ve been in the business for over 40 years, and I’m probably reaching more people now than I ever have. That’s the power of TV.”

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Walter Scott asks…Jessica AlbaActress, 29, co-starring in Little Fockers WS What was it like being the new kid on set? JA It was a pinch-me moment. Robert De Niro is such a great guy, and Dustin Hoffman is hilarious—he actually gave me pointers on how to be playful. My goal every day was to try to get Ben Stiller to laugh during a scene. WS Besides Dustin Hoffman, who inspires you? JA Lucille Ball was my hero growing up. Now it’s my 2-year-old daughter, Honor, because when I’m with her I’m not self-conscious. I’ll do whatever it takes to get her to giggle. WS Has becoming a mom changed your career goals? JA Making my family happy is the only thing I really care about. I love my job, but it’s not the reason I get up in the morning. I get up to make my daughter smile.

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A my Adams is still thoroughly en-chanting. Let ’s just state that for

the record right here and now. In her black skirt, red chiffon top, and purple pumps with the four-inch heels that levitate her to the 5-foot-8 stature she believes God actually intended for her, she re-mains the irresistible charmer who played a princess in the 2007 hit Enchanted. Still, several things are remarkably different about Adams today—starting with her latest film, a 180-degree turn from the sweet-tempered roles she’s best known for.

In The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale—the true story of junior welter-weight boxer “Irish” Micky Ward, whose memorable bouts in the early 2000s made him the pride of Lowell, Mass.—she plays Ward’s girlfriend, F

She has a new movie (The Fighter), a new baby (Aviana), and a new focus on

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Charlene, a whip-smart, no-nonsense, working-class barmaid who can land a few punches of her own in a street brawl. “You don’t mess with Charlene,” says Adams. “She says what she means, and I love that.”

But the most significant change in the 36-year-old ac-tress’s life happens to be teething in the room next door at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons Ho-tel. In May, Adams gave birth to Aviana, her daughter with fi ancé and fellow actor Darren Le Gallo. Now she’s looking for-ward to celebrating her first holiday season as a mom.

“There was always a lot of en-ergy around my house during the holidays growing up—a lot of food, a lot of football. The whole season has a magical feel-ing for me that I don’t think ever goes away,” says this middle child of seven kids, who grew up mostly in Colorado and whose parents split when she was 11. As she does every December, she’ll call her dad to get the recipe for the family’s traditional Banana Ice (a frozen whipped concoction featuring bananas, orange juice, lemon juice, sugar, ice, and Sprite or 7-Up). This year, she’s also looking forward to starting some new traditions: “Just little things, like a certain candy in a certain dish,” she says. “I fi nd that it’s the simple things that remind you of family around the holidays.”

Adams realized she was start-ing her own family one morning when she tugged at her refrig-erator door. “I saw almond milk in the fridge—Darren drinks it, but I’d never tasted it—and it triggered an animal response,” she recalls. “I was like, ‘I need that,’ and I drank continuedC

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the entire carton in 10 minutes. I looked at Darren and said, ‘I think…yeah, I’m pregnant.’ ”

She describes the months that followed as one of the most lib-erating periods of her life. “Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true rela-tionship was with my body—meaning that it wasn’t put on this earth to look good in a swimsuit,” she says (though anyone who saw her 2008 pictorial homage to Rita Hayworth in Vanity Fair might disagree). “I was like, ‘Look, I can carry a baby! I’m gaining weight right, everything’s going well.’ And I’ve had that relationship ever since.” Since the birth, she adds, “I’ve been work-ing out when I can, and I’m trying to eat in a healthful way, but losing weight is not my number-one priority. It’s part of my job to return to some sem-blance of what I was before. But I don’t feel I’ve ever made my career on my rockin’ bod.”

It’s this kind of forthright, level-headed attitude that has made Adams such a relatable star—and it’s one reason direc-tor David O. Russell wanted the two-time Oscar nominee (for Junebug and Doubt) to play Charlene in The Fighter. “She’s the last person you’d think of for this part,” he admits.

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“But she’s fearless, and it’s great to see her bring her sweetheart qualities to a very strong girl who’s going to say the tough things and help the guy in the tough situations.”

The role required Adams to wear short shorts and a crop top for the bar scenes and lingerie in the bedroom with Wahlberg. “David said, ‘This is kind of how we see her dressing,’ ” she recalls, “And I said, ‘I’m getting in a gym, ’cause there’s no way I’m going to end up not looking my best.’ ” But Russell KO’d that impulse, telling her he didn’t want her to look like an actress who’d gotten in shape for a role. “He said, ‘I want you to look like a girl who drinks beer,’ ” the ac-tress recalls with a laugh.

Adams’ discovery that she was pregnant, just as she finished filming The Fighter, brought back memories of her role as an expectant mother in Junebug—not all of them pleasant. “Because of how that fi lm ended”—with a delivery-room stillbirth—“a lot of women have talked to me about their own similar experi-ences and how much that char-acter touched them,” she says, clearly moved. But “having played somebody who went through that, I was terrifi ed.” To combat her anxiety, she threw

herself into research. “That’s how I pre-pare for anything—I read whatever I can get my hands on, talk to people. I’m a bit of a nerd like that.” She took birthing classes with Le Gallo, who pro-

vided the support she needed for a natural, drug-free delivery. “He

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’Tis the season to give, and few peo-ple embody the spirit of altruism

better than Marc Gold. For 22 years, he has trekked through Asia handing out money to the needy in small amounts, as little as 50 cents and rarely exceeding $500. But even though the dollar fi gures are small, the impact is big. In Vietnam, a modest donation was enough for a widow to buy a sewing machine and start a business. In Aceh, Indo-nesia, a fi sherman fi xed his boat and returned to self-suffi ciency.

Compared with global aid orga-nizations and their billion-dollar budgets, Gold’s operation is tiny, but by his own estimate, he has touched over 50,000 lives. An en-ergetic cross between Santa Claus and Johnny Appleseed, Gold, 61, spends four months a year raising funds in friends’ living rooms and the rest on the road fi nding more individuals to help.

In 1989, while touring India, Gold met Thinlay, a Tibetan refu-gee, who invited him to his home. Thinlay’s wife, Tsering, welcomed him but kept holding her ears—she was suffering from a painful, deadly infection. Gold found her a physician and bought the antibi-otic she needed. It cost just $1—and saved Tsering’s life . Then Gold spent $35 on a hearing aid so she could return to work and her son could go to school. “When I pressed the switch to turn on the hearing aid, her burst of joy burned into my brain,” Gold recalls. “I was thunderstruck, realizing I could restore her hearing for a relative pittance. I thought you had to be wealthy to do such things.”

Returning to the U.S. with a new sense of purpose, Gold wrote to 100 friends, hoping to raise $200 to give away on his next trip.

He raised $2000. Today, his donors—through his nonprofit, 100 Friends—exceed 4000. But outside of keeping them informed with a newsletter, he sends no mass mail-ings and has no paid employees. His mantra is simple: “You give it to me, and I give it to them.”

Five years ago, Gold pared down his belongings to a few duffel bags and boxes. Formerly a teacher in San Francisco, he works out of a Bangkok hotel room and lives off retirement savings and a modest pension. He keeps his expenses—which may include hiring a transla-

tor or a van to deliver, for instance, the tools to help a young man open a bike-repair shop—low.

When he meets someone, Gold sits down to chat and maybe shares a cup of tea. Mostly, he listens. He has a knack for spotting people

who aren’t on the ra-dar of the large aid groups. One day in Kolkata, India, a rick-shaw ferrying Gold broke down, and the driver wept. An in-terpreter explained that the vehicle was the man’s livelihood and home. Gold paid a mechanic $40 to re-pair the rickshaw and requested that the driver use it once a month to transport others in need. In Gyantse, Tibet, he saw a girl strug-gling with a large cart, which held her paralyzed mother. Thanks to him, the mother has a wheelchair and the daughter goes to school.

“Someone once asked me if I was playing God,” Gold says. “The people I help don’t ask ques-tions like that. They only know a stranger is willing to help them.”

While Gold has helped pay for the building of some schools and

libraries, the bulk of his giving is small. Rather than expand, he en-courages others to become shoe-string philanthropists , sharing his experiences and contacts and of-ten giving them their fi rst $100. Arlene Butler, a social worker and minister from Cape Charles, Va., heard about his work in 2006. “I’d saved $300, so I called Marc and asked if he’d help me give it away,” she recalls. Instead, he gave her advice, so she sent out e-mails seeking donations, netting $3000. That year, she went to Thailand and gave the money to sick chil-dren. “Now our kids are involved in our philanthropic travel. In Panama, we helped fund the edu-cation program of a tribe in the jungle,” Butler says. “It changes you inside when you have a chance to do these things.”

The Shoestring Philanthropist

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Marc Gold rejoices with students at a Tibetan orphanage school in 2008 after telling them they’d be receiving 10 donated soccer balls.

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was really calm,” she says.Le Gallo has also turned out

to be “a great swaddler” and helpmate in managing the work/parenting balancing act. The couple, who met in acting class, have been together nine years, but the birth of their daughter has deepened their relationship, Adams says. “Now we under-stand the importance of team-work. And if we have a disagree-ment, we work toward a solution.” They have a policy of never spending more than two weeks apart. For example, when Adams went to New Orleans in August to fi lm an adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, Le Gallo and Aviana joined her for the 11-day shoot. At home in Los Angeles, they share baby night-shift duties and have a dinner date once a week. As for a wedding, she says it’s going to happen but isn’t sure exactly when—she hasn’t been able to wrap her head around the plan-ning process.

Mostly, Adams says, she’s been learning to focus on the moment and not be too hard on herself. “The best advice I’ve gotten as a parent is, ‘You’re not gonna be perfect‚’ ” she says with a chuckle at the understate-ment. “Take today—she’s teeth-ing and I want to be in there with her. But I also want to do a good job here for everybody who worked on the fi lm.”

She pushes back a lock of her naturally strawberry-blond hair. “I actually love my work more now, ’cause I feel if I’m going to be away from her, I’d better en-joy it. I’m trying to be more present in each moment of my life. She’s taught me that.”

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PARADE Are your Sundays calmer than Saturdays?Sunday is payback to my wife for the rest of the week, so I usually pick up the baby and then get the full spread going—Swedish pancakes, maple-syrup-fl avored sausages, bacon, and fresh orange juice. We try to get to 9:30 Mass as often as possible. Then at this time of year we race home for the Bears game, which is must-see TV in our house. We TiVo the fi rst half and watch the second half live. Afternoons, we tend to go to the beach.

That’s quite a routine…I am an incredible creature of

habit. If I go to a restaurant and order something and love it, I’m going to stick with that for years.

Do you have a routine for your weekdays, too?On my commute to work, I play Howard Stern. It’s like an addiction. When he goes to a commercial, I switch to sports talk radio. If I have a late start, I drive the kids to school. They bop between hit stations until I’ve had it. Then I’ll say, “You know what today is? Today is Daddy’s turn.”

What music plays when it’s Daddy’s turn?Every time I ask my kids, “Who’s this?” they know it’s either Bruce Springsteen or Jimmy Buffett. They’re my guys. I want my kids

to know all the Springsteen songs. I’ve seen him all over the world.

Have you ever met him?I have. It was surreal. This one time, I was with a buddy in Portland and a stage manager recognized me and said, “Hey, do you guys wanna come back and meet Bruce?” Bruce comes over in his terry-cloth bathrobe, and he’s like, “Hey, Chris, how you doin’? Come on in. Have a drink.” And he says, “What do you want?” and I say, “What are you having?” and he

says, “Let’s have some Jack.” So I’m just drinking straight Jack Daniel’s with Springsteen in his dressing room. He was so nice. It was too perfect.

Continuing in a musical vein, how’s it going with rapper/actor Todd Smith (a.k.a. LL Cool J), your partner in crime-fi ghting?

He’s super-positive and incredibly confi dent but very humble. It’s funny—you work with

someone on a show like this and you feel like you’re in

another marriage. We laugh about it. In the morning we go to

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CLEAN-CUT, POLITE, AND MIDWESTERN TO THE CORE,

Chris O’Donnell even apologizes for not mustering a short answer to a short question. We forgive the 40-year-old actor the occasional ramble, because his day job, chasing down criminals on NCIS: Los Angeles, is calm

compared to the kiddie-land chaos at home. O’Donnell and wife Caroline wrangle a brood of fi ve. “On Saturday morning,” he says, “it’s like we’re shot out of a cannon.” Family weekends begin—no joke—with four soccer games, two football games, and a riding lesson. “My wife and I split up and cover the town,” he explains. “All day we text each other scores.” No wonder the former Boy Wonder can only talk while he’s at work. That’s where Kate Meyers caught up with him.

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if we’re gonna wait a couple of hours. I think we read each other pretty well.

What’s the best part of working on NCIS: Los

Angeles?I’m not gonna lie to you. It’s kind of fun to go around shooting people and ripping around in cars. I watch my kids at home running around playing cops and robbers. I’m doing the same thing on TV—and getting paid.

Do you have a hidden talent?My kids think I’m pretty good at LEGOs. I can also drink a beer off my forehead without using my hands. I learned that in college. It wasn’t my major, but I did learn it there.

What else do you love to do with your family?Grocery shop! The kids love to go to Target or Costco with me, because they know I’m obsessed. I have to walk down every aisle. They know I’ll say, “Yeah, throw one in.” They’re like, “Daddy, we don’t need one of those,” and I’ll say, “Yeah, but it’s probably good to have another one.” When I was a kid, we’d do a big shop on Saturday. You know, Mom and Dad aren’t looking, and you’re piling Cocoa Puffs into the cart.


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I fell in love with my wife, Gerda, in high school. Her wit, intelligence,

beauty, grace, and humility won my heart in the first 10 minutes of our first date. My enchantment grew when she invited me to Sunday dinner with her family—and one of the side dishes that she contributed was baked corn. Baked corn! I had fallen in love with a goddess! All these years later, I remember no other food at that dinner besides the corn.

The sight of the thin crust, golden overall and golden brown in places, brought tears of joy to my eyes. I can recall the precise aroma of that delicious dish on that long-ago eve-ning. I’m sure that Gerda smelled wonder-ful, too, but her baked corn was an olfactory triumph.

Gerda and I recently celebrated our 44th anniversary. Her many fi ne qualities have been the glue that keeps our relationship strong. But if you’re young and hoping for a long marriage, a good baked-corn recipe cannot be overvalued.

SundayDinner

Per serving: 220 calories, 10g fat, 125mg cholesterol, 370mg sodium, 20g carbs, 7g protein

The Best Baked Corn

1 cup milk

2 Tbsp butter

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2 Tbsp fl our

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2 eggs (well

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Boil 3/4 cup milk with butter and sugar.

Dissolve fl our in 1/4 cup milk. Pour fl our

mixture into milk mixture to make a

thin white sauce. Add to drained corn in

a 1- to 1.5-quart Pyrex loaf pan. Mix in

eggs. Bake 1 hour at 400°F.

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“The fl avor, the texture—this is what God expected when He

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Koontz’s new novel, What the Night Knows ($28), is out Dec. 28.

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• Follow the 300-calorie rule. “Don’t restrict yourself unreason-ably. Instead, eat a little of what you love. One good rule of thumb: Allow yourself up to 300 extra calories only on days you have special events. You may gain a pound or two, but not the fi ve or 10 you might otherwise.”• Have a party strategy. “If it’s not a 300-extra-calorie day, fi rst fi ll up on diet drinks. At the buf-fet , look over everything before choosing, then take moderate portions of the three or four foods you love most. And limit yourself to one alcoholic drink.” • Don’t let one slip-up throw

you. “If you eat an extra cupcake, you probably won’t gain weight. But if you say to yourself, ‘I can’t believe I did that! I might as well eat whatever I want today and start my diet again tomorrow,’ you could gain two pounds over-night. Think of it this way: If you made a mistake and went through a red light, would you continue to go through red lights for the rest of the day? Of course not.” • Don’t write o� exercise. “Take every chance you can to get it. Walk up the stairs. Get off the elevator two fl oors early. Park far away from stores. It all adds up.”

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Rabbit Hole (Film/Dec. 17)

For a movie about a couple

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Eckhart matching her scene for

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Generic name: [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant]

9883613

Read this information with care before getting GARDASIL.1

You (the person getting GARDASIL) will need 3 doses of the vaccine.

It is important to read this leafl et when you get each dose.

This leafl et does not take the place of talking with your health care

provider about GARDASIL.

What is GARDASIL?

GARDASIL is a vaccine (injection/shot) that is used for girls and

women 9 through 26 years of age to help protect against the

following diseases caused by Human Papillomavirus (HPV):

• Cervical cancer

• Vulvar and vaginal cancers

• Genital warts

• Abnormal and precancerous cervical, vaginal, and vulvar lesions

The diseases listed above have many causes, and GARDASIL

only protects against diseases caused by certain kinds of

HPV (called Type 6, Type 11, Type 16, and Type 18). Most of the

time, these 4 types of HPV are responsible for the diseases

listed above.

GARDASIL cannot protect you from a disease that is caused

by other types of HPV, other viruses, or bacteria.

GARDASIL does not treat HPV infection.

You cannot get HPV or any of the above diseases from

GARDASIL.

GARDASIL is used for boys and men 9 through 26 years of age to

help protect against genital warts.

What important information about GARDASIL should I know?

• You should continue to get routine cervical cancer screening.

• GARDASIL may not fully protect everyone who gets the vaccine.

• GARDASIL will not protect against HPV types that you

already have.

Who should not get GARDASIL?

You should not get GARDASIL if you have, or have had:

• an allergic reaction after getting a dose of GARDASIL.

• a severe allergic reaction to yeast, amorphous aluminum

hydroxyphosphate sulfate, polysorbate 80.

What should I tell my health care provider before getting

GARDASIL?

Tell your health care provider if you:

• are pregnant or planning to get pregnant. GARDASIL is not

recommended for use in pregnant women.

• have immune problems, like HIV infection, cancer, or you take

medicines that affect your immune system.

• have a fever over 100°F (37.8°C).

• had an allergic reaction to another dose of GARDASIL.

• take any medicines, even those you can buy over the counter.

Your health care provider will help decide if you should get

the vaccine.

How is GARDASIL given?

GARDASIL is a shot that is usually given in the arm muscle.

You will need 3 shots given on the following schedule:

• Dose 1: at a date you and your health care provider choose.

• Dose 2: 2 months after Dose 1.

• Dose 3: 6 months after Dose 1.

Fainting can happen after getting GARDASIL. Sometimes people

who faint can fall and hurt themselves. For this reason, your health

care provider may ask you to sit or lie down for 15 minutes after

you get GARDASIL. Some people who faint might shake or become

stiff. This may require evaluation or treatment by your health

care provider.

Make sure that you get all 3 doses on time so that you get the best

protection. If you miss a dose, talk to your health care provider.

Can other vaccines and medications be given at the same time as

GARDASIL?

GARDASIL can be given at the same time as RECOMBIVAX HB®1

[hepatitis B vaccine (recombinant)] or Menactra [Meningococcal

(Groups A, C, Y and W-135) Polysaccharide Diphtheria Toxoid

Conjugate Vaccine] and Adacel [Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced

Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Adsorbed (Tdap)].

What are the possible side effects of GARDASIL?

The most common side effects with GARDASIL are:

• pain, swelling, itching, bruising, and redness at the injection site

• headache

• fever

• nausea

• dizziness

• vomiting

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There was no increase in side effects when GARDASIL was

given at the same time as RECOMBIVAX HB [hepatitis B vaccine

(recombinant)].

There was more injection-site swelling at the injection site for

GARDASIL when GARDASIL was given at the same time as

Menactra [Meningococcal (Groups A, C, Y and W-135) Polysaccharide

Diphtheria Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine] and Adacel [Tetanus Toxoid,

Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine

Adsorbed (Tdap)].

Tell your health care provider if you have any of the following

problems because these may be signs of an allergic reaction:

• diffi culty breathing

• wheezing (bronchospasm)

• hives

• rash

Tell your health care provider if you have:

• swollen glands (neck, armpit, or groin)

• joint pain

• unusual tiredness, weakness, or confusion

• chills

• generally feeling unwell

• leg pain

• shortness of breath

• chest pain

• aching muscles

• muscle weakness

• seizure

• bad stomach ache

• bleeding or bruising more easily than normal

Contact your health care provider right away if you get any symptoms

that concern you, even several months after getting the vaccine.

For a more complete list of side effects, ask your health care provider.

What are the ingredients in GARDASIL?

The ingredients are proteins of HPV Types 6, 11, 16, and 18,

amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate, yeast protein,

sodium chloride, L-histidine, polysorbate 80, sodium borate, and

water for injection.

This leafl et is a summary of information about GARDASIL.

If you would like more information, please talk to your health care

provider or visit www.gardasil.com.

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Manufactured and Distributed by:

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MY NAME IS CONNIE,

and I’m a Christmas-music addict.

In just the last hour, Brenda Lee

was rockin’ around the Christmas tree, Andy Williams had the hap-happiest season of all, and Bing Crosby crooned “Mele Kalikimaka,” which always makes me want to grab a lei and do the ho-ho-hula across the kitchen fl oor.

If you don’t know that song, you’ve probably never taken the time to listen to Crosby’s album, best known for its title track, “White Christmas.” Not that I blame you—you never spent the month of December with my parents. I grew up visualizing “the land where palm trees sway,” because “Mele Kalikimaka” was on one of Dad’s favorite Christmas al-bums, second only to one recorded by Dean Martin.

Dad liked Dean Martin since he was from Steubenville, Ohio, which was less than 100 miles from our house in Ashtabula. Dad also liked Dean Martin because he was convinced he sounded just like him, especially when he was singing along to “Marshmallow World.” Whenever my father sang, I went straight for favorite-daughter status by saying, “Wow, Dad, you sound just like Dean Martin.” He’d grin, and I’d pre-tend not to see Mom roll her eyes and mouth, “Shame. On. You.”

I love the holiday season and every corny song that comes with it. So many memories. Take the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s “Linus and Lucy” from A Charlie

Brown Christmas. Instantly, I see Snoopy

and the rest of the Peanuts gang bob-bing their heads with their arms plas-tered to their sides, which is exactly how half the guys I dated danced at wedding receptions. Talk about memories.

Christmas was always a magical time when I was growing up, and not just because we had a whole month when Dad stopped yelling at us to turn off the lights. Mom would turn our house into one big snow globe. She was locally fa-mous for her TV-top Nativity scene, which she plopped onto a pile of fake snow and accessorized with an eye-popping assortment of Christmas kitsch.

Every family on the street had a crèche, but only in the Schultz house could you fi nd red snowmen, green elves, and 14 wise men hanging out with Baby Jesus.

One year, Mom decided we needed new Christmas stockings because our old ones didn’t match. She was big on matching, which had a tremendous im-pact on me. To this day, I can’t trust men who wear paisley ties with striped shirts, because once Mom tugged on my arm and pointed to a guy wearing just such a combo while we were standing in line at the drugstore. “Would you look at that?” she said. “Makes you wonder.”

Mom wanted new Christmas stock-ings, and there I was: 15 and the family whiz on the Singer sewing machine, hav-ing six years earlier made a pin cushion and a pot holder in my single year with 4-H. To Mom, I was practically Oleg Cassini.

“You could make new stockings,” she said. “Think of the pride you’d feel.”

Off we went to Woolworth’s, where we bought enough felt to carpet the liv-ing room. When I asked if she had a design in mind, she smiled.

“Surprise me,” she said.A week later, four new stockings were

hanging in the living room when she came home from work. Mom was a nurse’s aide and usually looked exhausted when she walked through the door, but she sure snapped to attention that Friday.

“My goodness,” she said carefully, trying hard to smile. “Those stockings are as big as your little brother.”

I nodded and immediately agreed that stuffing the little pest into one and letting him hang there until

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Family Tree: The author and her younger siblings, Chuckie, Toni, and Leslie, in 1965

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Christmas was a fine idea. Which turned out to be not even close to her point. For the next six years, my Christmas stocking bulged with oranges, hand towels, and personal- hygiene products.

“That Santa,” Mom would say. “He thinks of everything.”

A Few of My Favorite Things…

1. “A Holly Jolly

Christmas,” by Burl Ives,

as sung by the snowman

in that television classic

Rudolph the Red-Nosed

Reindeer. In my mind’s

eye, I can still see the

Norelco Santa riding his

electric shaver down

snowy slopes, just the

way he did during the

commercial break in 1965.

2. “Trepak” (“Russian

Dance”), from Tchaikovsky’s

Nutcracker, performed by

the Berlin Symphony

Orchestra. Whenever my

husband hears this song,

he dances. Every marriage

has its secrets.

3. “I’ve Got My Love to

Keep Me Warm,” by Bette

Midler. I always sing along

with Bette and imagine it’s

me, not her, pulling off

candy-apple-red gloves one

fi nger at a time as fake

snow blows through my hair

and the crowd roars. Don’t

tell me you haven’t had the

same fantasy.

4. “Cherry Cherry

Christmas,” by Neil

Diamond. Neil and I,

we go way back. My

childhood dog was named

Shilo, which makes Neil

practically kin. I’m sure he

joins me in wishing you a

very merry cherry cherry

Christmas, and a holly

holy holiday, too. —C.S.


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I am writing from

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What’s the defi nition?

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B) a musical fanfare of brass and drums

C) a billiards shot in which the cue ball barely grazes another ball

D) an exclamation or interjection expressing disapproval or dismissal

E) a fl accid, rubbery bar used as a weapon; opposite of a blackjack

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What is BONIVA?

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This summary is not everything you need to know about BONIVA. It does not take the place of talking with your health care provider about your

condition or treatment. For more complete information, talk to your health care provider or pharmacist.

Visit myboniva.com or call 1-888-MyBONIVA for the complete Prescribing Information, which includes the Patient Information.

Who should not take BONIVA? Before you start BONIVA.

Do not take BONIVA if you:• have abnormalities with your esophagus, such as

restriction or dif� culty swallowing

• have low blood calcium (hypocalcemia)

• cannot sit or stand for at least 60 minutes

• have kidneys that work very poorly

• are allergic to BONIVA or any of its ingredients

See Patient Information for complete list.

Tell your health care provider if you:• are pregnant or plan to become pregnant

• are breast-feeding

• have trouble swallowing or other problems with your esophagus

• have kidney problems

• are planning a dental procedure such as tooth extraction Tell your health care provider and dentist about all medications

you’re taking, including vitamins, antacids, and supplements.

Revised: March 2010 © 2010 by Genentech USA, Inc. All rights reserved.

What are the possible side effects of BONIVA?

BONIVA may cause:• Pain or trouble swallowing

• Heartburn

• Ulcers in stomach or esophagus

Common side effects are:• Diarrhea

• Pain in extremities (arms or legs)

• Upset stomach

Less common side effects are:• Short-term, mild � u-like symptoms, which

usually improve after the � rst dose

Stop taking BONIVA and call your health care provider right away if you have pain or trouble swallowing, chest pain, or very bad heartburn or heartburn that does not get better. Follow dosing instructions carefully to decrease the risk of these effects.

Rarely, patients have reported allergic and skin reactions. Contact your health care provider if you develop any symptoms of an allergic reaction including

skin rash (with or without blisters), hives, wheezing, or swelling of the face, lips, tongue, or throat. Get medical help right away if you have

trouble breathing, swallowing, or feel light-headed.

Rarely, patients have reported severe bone, joint, and/or muscle pain starting within one day to several months after beginning to take oral

bisphosphonate drugs. Contact your health care provider if you develop these symptoms after starting BONIVA.

Rarely, patients have reported serious jaw problems associated with delayed healing and infection, often following dental procedures such as tooth extraction.

If you experience jaw problems, contact your health care provider and dentist.

This summary is not a complete list of side effects. For a complete list, consult your health care provider or pharmacist.

How should you take BONIVA?

You must take BONIVA exactly as instructed by your health care provider.• Take � rst thing in the morning, on the same day each month.

• Swallow whole (do not chew or suck) with a full glass (6 to 8 oz) of plain water (not sparkling or mineral). Do not take with tea, coffee, juice, or milk.

• After you take BONIVA, remain standing or sitting for at least 60 minutes before you eat, drink, lie down, or take any other oral medications, including calcium, vitamins, and antacids. Some medicines can stop BONIVA from getting to your bones.

• If you miss a monthly dose and your next scheduled BONIVA day is more

than 7 days away, take one BONIVA 150 mg tablet in the morning following

the day that you remember. Do not take two 150 mg tablets within the same

week. If your scheduled BONIVA day is only 1 to 7 days away, wait until your

next scheduled BONIVA day to take your tablet. Then return to taking one

BONIVA 150 mg tablet every month in the morning of your chosen day,

according to your original schedule. If you are not sure what to do if you

miss a dose, contact your health care provider, who will be able to advise you.

What is the most important information about BONIVA?

BONIVA may cause serious problems in the stomach and the esophagus (the tube that connects your mouth and stomach) such as trouble swallowing, heartburn, and ulcers.

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• If you take too much BONIVA, drink a full glass of milk and call your local poison control center or emergency room right away.Do not make yourself vomit. Do not lie down.


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