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PersonalitiesOf the Year

Meet the Kids from Waiting for

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The New Orleans Saints& 2010’s othergame changers

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ON THE COVERThe stars of the hit documentary Waiting for ‘Superman’

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Q I miss Julianne Hough on Dancing with the

Stars. What’s she up to now?—Vern Vetter,

Yakima, Wash.

A Hough, 22, has managed to dance her way to a success-ful crossover career in coun-try music and movies. She’s about to release her second album—the single “Is That So Wrong?” was a radio hit— has a part alongside Chris-tina Aguilera in Burlesque, and will star in a remake of Footloosenext year. “This is what I’ve always wanted to do,” says Hough, who is dating Ryan Seacrest . “I had more opportunities with dancing at the beginning, but I grew up singing and acting, too. I’m very competitive with myself—not with anyone else—and if I’m not doing the best I can do, it just eats me up.”

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Q Why does Jake Gyl-

lenhaal wear a gold

ring on his pinky

finger?—N. Raquel,

Sacramento, Calif.

A The actor, who turns 30 next week, wasn’t

wearing the ring when we spoke to him about Love & Other Drugs, and he laughed

when we asked about it. As for rings of another sort, Gyllenhaal (recently linked with Taylor Swift) has this to say about commitment: “If you swear you’re giving up on love, that’s when it hits you the hardest. I guess resistance creates intensity. I think love’s gonna smack you over the head—or wherever it smacks you —no matter what you do.”

QI barely recognized Georgie Henley in the trail-

er for the new Narnia movie. She looks so grown-

up! How old is she?—Jen Rowe,

Las Vegas, Nev.

A Henley was 10 when the first Narnia film came out. Now 15 and starring in

the third, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, she’s discov-ering the joys of adolescence.

“Once you get past the moodiness and boy trouble, it’s fun,” she says. But Henley isn’t your average teen: “I’m better at dealing with adults because I’ve been on set with them. I’ve learned that if you don’t un-derstand them, you can just laugh and nod along.”

Q Does Morgan Freeman still wear a glove on his

left hand?—Dianne Poulin, New Bedford, Mass.

A Yes. The support-ive glove helps treat injuries he sustained in a serious car ac-cident two years ago. “I’m pretty much okay now except for my hand,” says the actor, 73, who’s fi lm-ing Dolphin Tale with Ashley Judd. “I can only hope it’s going to get better. It’s not pleasant.”

Q I heard that Jared the Subway Guy ran the

New York City marathon last month. How’d he

do?—D. Osteen, Orlando, Fla.

A Subway’s Jared Fogle fi nished the race in fi ve hours and 13 minutes. “I plan to continue running,” he says. “My goals are simple. And now that I’ve completed the marathon, I’m looking for ways to help others cross their fi nish lines, too.”

Q How did Harrison Ford

get that scar on his chin?—

Alex Felten, Alta Loma, Calif.

A Trying to fasten a seat belt while driving—ironic, given all the onscreen dangers he’s faced. Luckily, playing an anchorman in Morning Glorycalled for more gags than stunts. And unlike his char-acter, Ford, 68, is up for any-thing. “I’ll hawk my fi lms with funny bits,” says the actor, who gave Diane Sawyer a whip lesson to plug the last Indiana Jones fl ick. “It gets boring otherwise.”

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Walter Scott asks…Ray Romano

WS Are you dealing with any of the

same midlife issues your character

has on Men of a Certain Age?

RR Physically, I am. I’m in bed at 10

now—before I was going out at 10. But

mentally I feel like the immature

20-year-old I used to be. When I look

in the mirror, it’s odd to think I’ve been

placed in this aging body.

WS What were you like when you

were growing up?

RR I wasn’t cool or nerdy. Making

people laugh was my way of being

validated, I guess.

WS Do you still fi nd humor in life?

RR I always look for the silly. Maybe

that’s the mentality of a comic. But the

world is more serious now: You mature.

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One of the lessons learned from the young subjects of Waiting for “Superman”: A good education can help kids soar. Clockwise from top left: Anthony, Emily, Daisy, Francisco, and Bianca


The kids of Waiting for ‘Superman’ Five students who kicked off a national debate about education

Game changers come in all shapes and sizes. In 1955, a defi ant secretary refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus and jump-started the civil rights movement. In 1980, after her daughter was killed by a drunk driver, a California real-estate agent channeled her grief into creating Mothers Against Drunk Driving. In 1985, when a 13-year-old HIV-positive boy was barred from his Indiana school, the ensuing uproar helped break down the wall of prejudice against the disease. And in 2010, fi ve children —Emily, 15; Anthony, 13; Daisy, 12; Francisco, 7; and Bianca, 7—revealed their hopes and dreams for a good education in the documentary Waiting for “Superman,” and in doing so catalyzed a very public discussion about our country’s broken school system.

“If your blood is not boiling by the end of this fi lm, then there is no blood pumping through your heart,” declared Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa after seeing the controversial fi lm. President Obama declared it “heartbreaking” and was so moved that he invited the kids—a diverse group from

northern California, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and New York City, all of them trying to escape the schools they were in—to the White House. In a country where a good education is considered the right of every child, the fi lm made it clear that their futures depended on pure chance—literally. All fi ve entered lotteries to get into better schools; by fi lm’s end, only two had won

those coveted spots. The movie was shot in 2008; today,

almost all of the Superman kids are enrolled in good public schools, and their excited, engaged attitudes are proof of the transformative power of education. “He used to hate homework, and he didn’t want to go to school,” says Maria, the mother of Francisco, who lives in the Bronx. “Now he’s always reading and talking about his teachers. My husband and I wonder, Did someone switch our son?” Gloria, the grandmother of Anthony, who is attending a charter boarding school in Washington, D.C., proudly says , “In elementary school, Anthony was struggling. But now he loves school, and he’s been on the dean’s list twice and the honor roll twice.” Bianca is the only one who’s still waiting to fi nd the right place. “We have 30 kids in my class and one teacher,” the Harlem second-grader says softly. “She doesn’t have time for each of us.”

Although Superman is already picked as an early favorite to win an Academy Award in February, it has also drawn scores of opponents who have grievances about its content. In particular, many teachers have criticized its negative portrayal of teachers’ unions and tenure and its bias in favor of charter schools. Still, by provoking community debates from Salem, Ore., to Cincinnati, Ohio, and Tallahassee, Fla., the documentary has succeeded in making the often-abstract issue of public education come alive through these fi ve very vulnerable faces. “I think people are seeing that these kids are just like their kids,” its director, Davis Guggenheim, says , “and I hope that they inspire us to connect to what’s at stake for millions.”

The fi lm ends with a call to action, challenging viewers to respond to a seemingly hopeless situation in a typically American way—with ingenuity, optimism, and activism. Judging from one reaction , that’s already happening. “I knew before I was in the movie that I wanted to be a teacher,” says Redwood City, Calif., high school sophomore Emily, the elder statesmen of the Superman kids, “but watching it made me feel like I need to do something to change the system.”

The list includes a professor whose work may help save Americans from fi nancial scams and a ship’s captain who rescued 115 men. A patient girl who nabbed her Prince Charming and a bad-boy rocker who is thrilled to be alive. A football team we cheered with when they won against the odds and a group of kids we cried with when they lost against bigger ones. Each of our 12 Personalities of the Year has a different story to tell,

but if there is one thing they share, it’s how they made us go Gaga for them: with their courage, their strength, and their fl esh-or-fl uff headwear. Here are the people who moved us and why.

Personalities of the Year

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Sandra BullockHollywood’s classiest act

It was a year that saw more mind-bogglingly bad celebrity behavior than Lindsay Lohan could shake a certain fi nger at. The cast of Jersey Shore brawled in bars and more bars; Mel Gibson ranted unprintable things at the mother of his youngest child; Charlie Sheen trashed a hotel room he was sharing with a woman not his wife (and then allegedly had the gall to shred her Prada bag). Given the sinking standards of role-model-dom these days, no one would have faulted Sandra Bullock if she’d gone postal at some point during the very public meltdown of her marriage. But she never did. In fact, she handled Jesse James’ stunning betrayal with just the sort of grace and dignity we’ve come to expect from her.

In an era fi lled with stars who endlessly shock and disappoint us, Bullock is now—more than ever—the one we want to befriend. The woman who won an Oscar for her starring role in The Blind Side just before it all went ka-blooey had always seemed funny, real, and down-to-earth; now she was showing those of us who post mean photos of our exes on our Facebook pages how not to take revenge, but rather how to step over the muck with your head held high. And the arrival in her life of Louis Bardo Bullock, the baby she quietly adopted from New Orleans last January and introduced to the world in April, just made us cheer her all the more.

This past summer, while dedicating a new health clinic she helped fund at the New Orleans charter school she’s long supported, Bullock said, “Sometimes tragedies bring out the very best in people.” She was referring to Hurricane Katrina, of course. But she might just as well have been talking about herself. For the rest of us—not just the Snookis and the Charlies, but all of us—she’s that rare role model worth modeling ourselves on. —Hilary Sterne

‘Everything works out the way the universe wants it to work out,’ Bullock said this year.



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Stieg LarssonSweden’s hottest export

He died of a heart attack at 50 in November 2004. So how is it that Swedish novelist Larsson’s violent, highly literary tales—The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest—are selling more briskly than ever, reaching a phenomenal 46 million copies worldwide this year? “It’s the tragedy of his loss, plus the plain greatness of the books,” says Sessalee Hensley, fi ction buyer for Barnes & Noble.

Fans say the big lure is the trilogy’s computer-hacking feminist heroine, Lisbeth Salander, a vigilante avenger so fi erce she makes the Punisher look like Mr. Rogers. “I wouldn’t want to encounter her in a dark room,” Hensley says. Swedish fi lm adaptations have helped goose sales, as will Hollywood versions (David Fincher is directing the fi rst story). And while the author’s girlfriend and family squabble over an unfi nished fourth book, his silence has had its own pull. “It’s the Garbo effect,” says Larsson admirer Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch detective novels. “Scarcity leads to intrigue.” —Steve Daly

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I fi rst met Jerry Brown in 1980, when People magazine asked me to do a profi le of him. He was nearing the end of his second term as governor of California, and I spent a week traveling with him around the state.

The fi rst thing that struck me was his endless curiosity. The second and third things were…his endless curiosity. We stayed up most of the fi rst night talking about the Greeks, the Jesuits, democracy, and

Few heroes emerged in the moments and months following the BP Oil disaster—instead, we mostly saw characters like the company’s CEO, Tony Hayward, who whined about wanting his life back, and U.S. Minerals Management Service offi cials, who reportedly partied with the very executives they should have been investigating. Alwin Landry, 41, captain of the Damon B. Bankston, a supply ship tethered to the rig that night, proved to be an

exception. After hearing and seeing the massive inferno that erupted when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burst into fl ames on the evening of April 20, he and his 12-person crew dispatched a rescue craft that sped into the heart of the explosion to help collect the terrifi ed rig workers, some of whom had jumped 75 feet into the murky Gulf. “It was very, very intense,” said Landry, who admitted he was “nervous watching my crew go into the situation: the

heat intensity, the fi re, the water.” But under his calm leadership, the men stayed focused, repeatedly returning to look for survivors. Within an hour, 115 rig workers—a few with serious injuries—were on board the supply ship. While there would be plenty of ugliness and recrimination surrounding the catastrophe, possibly the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, Landry’s fi rst mate remembers something different. Of the rescue led by his captain, Paul Erickson said, “It was a remarkable and beautiful response.”

Jan. 31

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Gaga performs her hit

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gets thrown into a

fl aming bin labeled

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with Elton John on

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two Grammys, too.

Jan. 14

Major mascara runs!

Moments before she’s

due onstage in Indiana,

she cancels due to

“exhaustion and

dehydration.” Later,

she tweets to fans:

“I’ve been crying for

hours…hope you can

forgive me.”

Lady Gaga Pop’s queen of outrage

In 2009, Lady Gaga had one studio album to her name, a fan base she dubbed her Little Monsters, and a nation largely unconverted. Yet we end 2010 unable to avoid the 24-year-old with the huge fake eyelashes and huger platform heels. How did she turn us into her Monsters? Take a look back to see.—Nancy Bilyeau

June 21

“She’s a jerk!”

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a NY Mets game.

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May 19

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March 11

The video for “Telephone”

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a women’s prison, then takes off

with Beyoncé, Thelma &

Louise-style. “We did it, Honeybee!”

Jan. 29

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than 100,000

Facebook fans “attend”

National Lady Gaga

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everyone to celebrate

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philosophy. I fi nally had to go to bed—but I’m not sure Jerry has stopped talking since.

Based on that fi rst meeting, I would have thought by now he would be in a monastery, teaching and reading. But there’s too much in the world to experience, too much that needs to be made better.

California is a perfect fi t for his restless spirit. The Golden State used to be defi ned by its energy, optimism, and relentless forward movement. Those now seem like remnants of the past. But don’t tell Jerry. Whether you agree with his positions or not, he is a three-dimensional person in an increasingly two-dimensional profession. He’s one of a kind.

—Arianna Huffi ngton, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffi ngton Post

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New Orleans SaintsBeacons of hope for a city

They were a football franchise so hapless and winless that for years they were known as the New Orleans Aints. But in 2006 they signed a quarterback named Drew Brees and if one thing sets Brees apart, it’s that he ain’t gonna stop trying. “I felt like coming to New Orleans was a calling,” he said.

Brees understood what it meant to be given up on. He had joined the team when his career was as far underwater as parts of his beloved new city still were. Sore-shouldered and rejected by the rest of the league, he felt an immediate kinship with New Orleans. Where others saw hopelessness, however, he saw “a chance to participate in the recovery.

How many people get the opportunity in their lives to be part of something like that?” Brees bought a house in the center of town and helped raise more than $2 million to fi x what Hurricane Katrina had wrought. And then he went on to help fi x something else.

The Saints achieved an amazing 13–0 start to the 2009 regular season . Then they clinched the NFC championship with a thrilling 31–28 victory


Quarterback Drew Brees looked at the wrecked city and saw ‘a chance to participate in the recovery.’


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over the Minnesota Vikings in overtime when kicker Garrett Hartley notched an arcing 40-yard fi eld goal that he aimed at the city’s fl eur-de-lis crest emblazoned on the second deck of the Louisiana Superdome. That stadium—where 30,000 New Orleans residents took refuge under a breached roof during and after Katrina—once stood for despair and abandonment and was now redeemed by triumph.

The rest seemed almost preordained as the Saints went on to beat the Indianapolis Colts 31–17 to win the Super Bowl. “Four years ago, we as a team just looked at one another and said, ‘We are going to build together,’ ” Brees said. “ ‘We are going to lean on each other.’ That’s what we’ve done, and this is the culmination of all that belief.” You ain’t gonna get a better ending than that. —Sally Jenkins, sports columnist for the The Washington Post

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Jane Lynch Andy Richter of Conan dishes

about Glee’s best in show

“I would describe what’s happening to Jane Lynch right now as justice. Occasionally in life—and really occasionally in show business—there’s somebody you want to go out in the street and wave a big fl ag for, because you’re so happy for them.

“I met her in the early ’90s doing a stage show called The Real Live Brady Bunch. I was the dad, Mike Brady, in a $20 wig stretched to its limit over my big head. Jane was the mom, Carol. I was struck by her poise, by what a good anchor she was in a fairly thankless role. Over the years, she’s been a wonderful, positive presence. Not a Pollyanna, just a great person. She let me borrow her car once, and I got some parking tickets I let slide until they started billing her. I did pay

The enormity of the earthquake in Haiti in January still staggers: 230,000 dead. 300,000 injured. 1.3 million homeless. Yet amid this overwhelming devastation, one aid organization stood out above all the rest, a group that had been helping Haitians survive since 1987. Partners in Health (PIH) was founded by 23-year-old physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer (above right), 18-year-old social-justice advocate Ophelia Dahl (far right), and three colleagues in order to bring community-based medicine to the country’s Central Plateau. Since then, about 1.3 million people in Haiti—of a total

population of 9.6 million—have received health care through PIH, which has soared in size, reach, and stature. Today it has a $103.8 million budget, 13,000 employees, and health facilities in 12 countries. But it was during the quake’s aftermath that the group’s abilities

Paul Farmer and Ophelia DahlOn the front line in HaitiA Year to Remember

Test your knowledge of the events of 2010

What was the year’s trendiest food? Answer this and other questions at Parade.com/2010quiz.

➍ What is unique about the Medal of Honor award recently given to Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta for his bravery in Afghanistan? A) It is the fi rst time since the Vietnam War era that the medal has been given to a living soldier. B) It is the fi rst time the medal has been awarded to a soldier who served in Afghanistan. C) It is the fi rst time the medal has been awarded to a living soldier.

➊ Lawmakers in San Francisco voted on a ban on which kid-friendly item? A) Crocs B) Mighty Beanz C) Silly BandzD) Happy Meal toys

➌ Pick the correct order of the countries that Team USA played in the World Cup. A) England, Slovenia, Algeria, Ghana B) Slovenia, England, Algeria, Ghana C) Algeria, Ghana, Slovenia, England

➏ Fill in the blank: “You know, like all Jews, I was probably at a __________ restaurant.” —Elena Kagan responding to a Senator’s question during her Supreme Court confi rmation of where she was on Christmas Day

➎ In May 2010, Lance Orton became a New York City hero when he noticed a smoking Nissan Pathfi nder in Times Square that was packed with explosives. What is Orton’s job? A) Police offi cer B) Times Square’s notorious Naked Cowboy C) Hot dog seller D) T-shirt vendor

➋ How much money did Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donate to Newark, N.J., public schools? A) $10 million B) $1 billion C) $100 million

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for them. But she brought it up on The Tonight Show last year, and I thought, She’s still annoyed at me, 20 years later! Sorry, Jane. I was broke.

“Lately it’s, Wow! There’s Jane on a magazine cover. There’s Jane hosting Saturday Night Live and guesting on Two and a Half Men. And of course, there’s Jane as coach Sue Sylvester on Glee. To me, Sue is hilarious because even surrounded by children, she’s always the smallest, pettiest person in the room. It’s cool to see Jane enjoying this kind of success, because she doesn’t pin a lot of neurotic energy on ‘making it.’ She’s just steadily done amazing, smart, honest work, and people are suddenly paying a lot of attention. I’m sure she’s humble about it. But I think there’s part of her that feels, Well, yeah. This sounds about right.”

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were most sorely put to the test: Doctors splinted survivors’ broken bones with license plates and created makeshift medical units in backyards. Today, nearly one year later, PIH is focused on combating the current cholera epidemic, but its eventual goal is to continue to help build a strong local

health-care system. The problems

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We live in a world of “now!” Easy credit, instant gratifi cation, do-it-yesterday. Patience seems a virtue long forgotten. So feathery hats off to Kate Middleton and her measured, dignifi ed bearing over the last eight years. As any young woman knows, it’s hard enough to stave off questions from friends and family members when one is in a relationship. (“So? Any…news?”) Imagine having to put up with it from the entire world. Once upon a time, potential princesses were born to the role, trained from birth and swapped among European states in a blue-blooded members’ only club. These days, royalty, like greatness, can be thrust upon you as a result of simply chatting up that handsome chap at the university bar. Somehow, Kate Middleton, from a relatively normal family, has handled it all beautifully. She and William must know each other well by now, and they must feel confi dent that their marriage will work. I hope the joy is all the sweeter for her after such a patient wait. —Sophie Kinsella, author of Mini Shopaholic

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If Will Rogers had ever met fellow Oklahoman Elizabeth Warren, the man who once remarked that “common sense ain’t common”likely wouldhave tipped his cowboy hat to her. Bankers may have balked at how she oversaw the $700billion bailout of the fi nancial industry, but her practicality and zealous style won her many big fans. “Dang gummit, somebody has got to stand up on behalf of the middle class!” Warren, a former Sunday school teacher and current Harvard Law professor, said.

In September, President Obama gave Warren her biggest challenge yet: to design a brand-new Consumer

Financial Protection Bureau. Since her opponents have vowed to fi ght the agency’s operations, she surely has her work cut out for her. But, as Warren told The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart this year, “We fi x this problem going forward, or the game is really over.”

“This year for me has been extreme roses and thorns. I’m appreciating the value of life, how quickly it can be taken away. The pain from my brain hemorrhage in April was so bad, I wanted them to take a knife or a drill and just let the pressure out of my skull. It’s not like a movie where there is a big, dramatic scene; it’s just you sitting there and a doctor saying, ‘If you have children I would bring them here. You’re in a lot of trouble right now.’ And I was thinking, My God, I’m not going to get to see my kids grow up, I’m not going to see my girlfriend Kristi, I’m going to die in a Scottsdale, Arizona, emergency room. It was an eye-opening experience that gave me

perspective on what I love. At the same time, I’ve realized how much of a fi ghter and survivor I am. Positive thinking has gotten me through a lot of this.

“My way of healing and dealing was going on the road. When I fi rst came back, I could only do about an hour show

before I was exhausted. Now I can do almost a full show. I can’t

drink at all, which may be a great thing—believe me, I like to

throw a party, but things happen for a

reason. And I still have EMTs in the wings at my concerts. I didn’t

work this hard to die at 47.” —as

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IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT BONIVA(bon-EE-va) ibandronate sodium 150-mg tablet

What is BONIVA?

BONIVA, a bisphosphonate, is a prescription medicine used to treat and prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, characterized by weakening of the bone.

Taken once a month in tablet form, BONIVA may stop and reverse bone loss in most women. It has been clinically proven to help build and maintain bone density, which can help reduce fractures.

Want to know more?

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.

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• 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

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• 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

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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

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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.

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

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

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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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I don’t consider myself a cook, but I’m defi nitely a baker. Had I not gone into mu-

sic, I probably would have gone to pastry school. Once when I was about 8 and my parents were out, I got this wild idea in my head to make a cake for them. When they got home, they were surprised to fi nd a grasshopper cake—and a huge mess of flour and sugar. Baking became my thing any time my parents left the house. Some girls raid their mom’s makeup drawer, but I would get a bowl, put fl our and water in it, and play with the dough.

Now that I have a daughter, Owen, who’s 5, one of my favorite things to do is bake with her. Around Christmas, we always make shortbread thumbprint cookies. Not only do kids have the perfect-size thumbs for this, but they’re just gentle enough to do the thumbprints a little bit better than us grown-ups. You can change what you put in the indentation—chocolate, different kinds of jams, lemon curd. I usu-ally mix together an assortment in tins to give to friends. That’s one of the joys of baking: You get to share what you make. As soon as I bake something, I try to give it to someone else. Otherwise, I’ll just eat it! But these cookies are so yummy, I usually keep some to have with coffee for breakfast.

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in the center of each; fi ll with preferred jam or

chocolate.

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of pale sand. Transfer to wire cooling racks.

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in tins for gifts or serve to holiday guests.

The fi lling I’m going to try this year is an amazing

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house. But you can use whatever you’re craving.

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Is all stress bad?Some short-term stress is good. For example, exercise is a form of stress. Revving up your system actually helps brain cells grow. When stress is chron-ic, though, levels of the stress hormone cortisol stay up, and that can be harmful. If your brain cells are bathed in cortisol, your memory can be impaired.

Why does stress make some people gain weight?Cortisol makes you crave fatty, sweet, salty, crunchy stuff. These foods work as natural tranquiliz-ers—they kick off the same re-ward circuit in your brain. You eat them and relax a little, but then either you get stressed again or the effect wears off. So you have to eat more in order to regain that same sense of calm the food initially

brought you. That’s why they’re called comfort foods.

What’s the best way to reduce stress in your life?Make a list of attainable goals for the week and work toward achieving one each day. It all comes down to control: If you’re setting a goal, and it ’s a goal that you can meet, you’re going to alter your perception of stress in general.

What specifi c goals will help?Notice something good that happened to you today and tell someone about it. Also, exercise regu-larly; it can essen-tially stress-proof your brain. Keep a gratitude record where you write

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To initiate a free 30-day trial supply for an appropriate patient, you should:

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JANUVIA works to lower blood sugar in 2 ways. Talk to your doctor about JANUVIA today.• JANUVIA is a once-daily prescription pill that helps your body increase the insulin made in your pancreas

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JANUVIA (jah-NEW-vee-ah) should not be used in patients with type 1 diabetes or with diabetic ketoacidosis (increased ketones in the blood or urine). If you have had pancreatitis (infl ammation of the pancreas), it is not known if you have a higher chance of getting it while taking JANUVIA.

Selected Risk Information About JANUVIA: Serious side effects can happen in people who take JANUVIA, including pancreatitis, which may be severe and lead to death. Before you start taking JANUVIA, tell your doctor if you’ve ever had pancreatitis. Stop taking JANUVIA and call your doctor right away if you have pain in your stomach area (abdomen) that is severe and will not go away. The pain may be felt going from your abdomen through to your back. The pain may happen with or without vomiting. These may be symptoms of pancreatitis.

Do not take JANUVIA if you are allergic to any of its ingredients, including sitagliptin. Symptoms of serious allergic reactions to JANUVIA, including rash, hives, and swelling of the face, lips, tongue, and throat that may cause diffi culty breathing or swallowing, can occur. If you have any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, stop taking JANUVIA and call your doctor right away.

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Call 1-888-JANUVIA or visit Januvia.com. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

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Medication Guide JANUVIA® (jah-NEW-vee-ah) (sitagliptin) Tablets

Read this Medication Guide carefully before you start taking JANUVIA and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This information does not take the place of talking with your doctor about your medical condition or your treatment. If you have any questions about JANUVIA, ask your doctor or pharmacist.What is the most important information I should know about JANUVIA?Serious side effects can happen in people taking JANUVIA, including inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis) which may be severe and lead to death. Certain medical problems make you more likely to get pancreatitis.Before you start taking JANUVIA: Tell your doctor if you have ever had • pancreatitis • stones in your gallbladder (gallstones) • a history of alcoholism • high blood triglyceride levels Stop taking JANUVIA and call your doctor right away if you have pain in your stomach area (abdomen) that is severe and will not go away. The pain may be felt going from your abdomen through to your back. The pain may happen with or without vomiting. These may be symptoms of pancreatitis.What is JANUVIA? • JANUVIA is a prescription medicine used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with

type 2 diabetes. • JANUVIA is not for people with type 1 diabetes. • JANUVIA is not for people with diabetic ketoacidosis (increased ketones in your blood or urine). • If you have had pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) in the past, it is not known if you have a higher

chance of getting pancreatitis while you take JANUVIA. • It is not known if JANUVIA is safe and effective when used in children under 18 years of age.Who should not take JANUVIA? Do not take JANUVIA if: • you are allergic to any of the ingredients in JANUVIA. See the end of this Medication Guide for a complete list of

ingredients in JANUVIA. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction to JANUVIA may include: • rash • raised red patches on your skin (hives) • swelling of the face, lips, tongue, and throat that may cause difficulty in breathing or swallowingWhat should I tell my doctor before taking JANUVIA?Before you take JANUVIA, tell your doctor if you: • have or have had inflammation of your pancreas (pancreatitis). • have kidney problems. • have any other medical conditions. • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if JANUVIA will harm your unborn baby. If you are

pregnant, talk with your doctor about the best way to control your blood sugar while you are pregnant. Pregnancy Registry: If you take JANUVIA at any time during your pregnancy, talk with your doctor about how you can join the JANUVIA pregnancy registry. The purpose of this registry is to collect information about the health of you and your baby. You can enroll in this registry by calling 1-800-986-8999. • are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. It is not known if JANUVIA will pass into your breast milk. Talk with your

doctor about the best way to feed your baby if you are taking JANUVIA. Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your doctor and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.How should I take JANUVIA? • Take JANUVIA 1 time each day exactly as your doctor tells you. • You can take JANUVIA with or without food. • Your doctor may do blood tests from time to time to see how well your kidneys are working. Your doctor may

change your dose of JANUVIA based on the results of your blood tests. • Your doctor may tell you to take JANUVIA along with other diabetes medicines. Low blood sugar can happen more

often when JANUVIA is taken with certain other diabetes medicines. See “What are the possible side effects of JANUVIA?”

• If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. If you do not remember until it is time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular schedule. Do not take two doses of JANUVIA at the same time.

• If you take too much JANUVIA, call your doctor or local Poison Control Center right away. • When your body is under some types of stress, such as fever, trauma (such as a car accident), infection or

surgery, the amount of diabetes medicine that you need may change. Tell your doctor right away if you have any of these conditions and follow your doctor’s instructions.

• Check your blood sugar as your doctor tells you to.

• Stay on your prescribed diet and exercise program while taking JANUVIA. • Talk to your doctor about how to prevent, recognize and manage low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), high blood

sugar (hyperglycemia), and problems you have because of your diabetes. • Your doctor will check your diabetes with regular blood tests, including your blood sugar levels and your

hemoglobin A1C.What are the possible side effects of JANUVIA?Serious side effects have occurred in people taking JANUVIA. • See “What is the most important information I should know about JANUVIA?” • Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). If you take JANUVIA with another medicine that can cause low blood sugar,

such as a sulfonylurea or insulin, your risk of getting low blood sugar is higher. The dose of your sulfonylurea medicine or insulin may need to be lowered while you use JANUVIA. Signs and symptoms of low blood sugar may include:

• headache • irritability • drowsiness • hunger • weakness • fast heart beat • dizziness • sweating • confusion • feeling jittery • Serious allergic reactions. If you have any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, stop taking JANUVIA and call

your doctor right away. See “Who should not take JANUVIA?”. Your doctor may give you a medicine for your allergic reaction and prescribe a different medicine for your diabetes.

The most common side effects of JANUVIA include: • upper respiratory infection • stuffy or runny nose and sore throat • headache JANUVIA may have other side effects, including: • stomach upset and diarrhea • swelling of the hands or legs, when JANUVIA is used with rosiglitazone (Avandia®). Rosiglitazone is another type

of diabetes medicine. These are not all the possible side effects of JANUVIA. For more information, ask your doctor or pharmacist. Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you, is unusual or does not go away. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.How should I store JANUVIA? Store JANUVIA at 68°F to 77°F (20°C to 25°C). Keep JANUVIA and all medicines out of the reach of children.General information about the use of JANUVIAMedicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes that are not listed in Medication Guides. Do not use JANUVIA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give JANUVIA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them. This Medication Guide summarizes the most important information about JANUVIA. If you would like to know more information, talk with your doctor. You can ask your doctor or pharmacist for additional information about JANUVIA that is written for health professionals. For more information, go to www.JANUVIA.com or call 1-800-622-4477.What are the ingredients in JANUVIA? Active ingredient: sitagliptin. Inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, and sodium stearyl fumarate. The tablet film coating contains the following inactive ingredients: polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, talc, titanium dioxide, red iron oxide, and yellow iron oxide.What is type 2 diabetes? Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which your body does not make enough insulin, and the insulin that your body produces does not work as well as it should. Your body can also make too much sugar. When this happens, sugar (glucose) builds up in the blood. This can lead to serious medical problems. High blood sugar can be lowered by diet and exercise, and by certain medicines when necessary.

JANUVIA® is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.Avandia® is a registered trademark of GlaxoSmithKline.Copyright © 2010 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. All rights reserved Revised February 2010

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Terms and Conditions

• This voucher is valid for 1 free 30-day trial supply of JANUVIA.

• Limit 1 voucher per patient for the duration of the program.

• Valid for 1-time use only. Free trial offer is valid only for up to 30 tablets of JANUVIA. No purchase is necessary. Refills are not required.

• This voucher is not transferable. No substitutions are permitted. Cannot be combined with any other free trial, coupon, discount, prescription savings card, or other offer.

• This voucher is not insurance.

• You must be 18 years or older to redeem this voucher. Patient, pharmacist, and prescriber agree not to seek reimbursement for all or any part of the benefit received by the patient through this offer.

The free trial supply of JANUVIA cannot be used toward any out-of-pocket costs under any plan (such as true out-of-pocket expense [TrOOP]).

• This voucher can be used only by eligible US residents at any participating eligible retail pharmacy in the United States. Product must originate in the United States.

• This voucher is the property of Merck and must be turned in on request.

• Merck reserves the right to rescind, revoke, or amend this offer at any time without notice.

• It is illegal to sell, purchase, trade, or counterfeit this voucher. Void if reproduced. Void where prohibited by law, taxed, or restricted.

• Please read the accompanying Medication Guide and discuss it with your doctor. Also available is the physician Prescribing Information.

• Expiration Date: 7/31/2011


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