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Bras For Men, How To Get A Bra That Fits
Many men love wearing bras, but find that getting one to fit is quite a hassle. Don't worry guys, women have the same problem. Brasseries actually involve a fair bit of engineering to get them even close to conforming to the human physique, and even then not all bras are made equal, or will fit a person equally well.
As any woman or man who wears lingerie knows, bras are usually 2 to 3 times the price of panties. With this in mind, it's always good to have a bra that fits. Here's a guide to help you choose the perfect bra size.
How To Measure Yourself For A Bra
Wrap a tape around your chest under your arms. This is your band size, and corresponds to the 34, 36, 38, whatever size you happen to be, part of the measurement.
Then take the tape measure and measure across the fullest part of your chest, usually across your nipples. Your cup size is dictated by how much bigger this measurement is than your band size. For example if you are 34 in the first measurement, and 35 in the second, then you are an A cup. If you are two inches larger, you're a B, and the list goes on.
Of course even if you do measure yourself properly, there are always variances in manufacturers sizings, so you may still have some trial and error involved. If you have the opportunity to try a bra on before you buy it, take it, as you will learn about that manufacturer's particular sizings.
Is It The Right Fit?
There are a couple of main factors that tell you if a bra is fitting correctly or not.
If your bra fits well., then the strap across your back lies in a straight line. It shouldn't be riding up on your back at all. Having the back of the bra out of alignment suggests that you are wearing the wrong sized bra, or that you need to loosen the shoulder straps a little.
If you have any red marks on your skin, then your bra is not the right size. Even when wearing an under wire bra, your skin should not be rubbed red by the action of the bra against your chest. If this occurs, then chances are your band size is too small, and you need to go up a size.
There you go men, have at it. Remember to remeasure yourself if you loose or gain weight, as this will almost certainly affect your bra size.
Don't be Shy. Get a bra fitting.
I wear a bra everyday I think it fits ok it is a 44A I have 5 bras I wear panties also feels nice on I an not gay have been wearing for 30 years
I wear a bra & panties and when I come home from the office I wear for relexation a floral house dress. I am not gay and my wife is Ok with it. She does smile a lot. I just like to be comfortabl
I've always wanted to get a bra-fitting, but I was afraid to ask but now that I know that there are sales ladies who fit men for bras, I think I will ask them next time I go lingerie shopping.
I'm male and over 60 . I've been wearing a Bra now for a couple of years . Almost all were a poor fit and gave little support. Recently I took the courage and ask for help from a trained M&S fitter . Ask any member of staff in that area if you could have a word with the fitter . I had NO problems whatsoever, she was understanding and helpful . The fitters can only say no , but that's highly unlikely .Be happy and comfortable with a well fitting Bra .
I love wearing bras too. I have been to Victoria's Secret and been fitted a couple times. They have been very friendly and helpful.
Delighted with this site i sent in a comment earlier but forgot to ask is it ok to sleep in the Bra every night.Ireally do love doing this but have been told not to by a woman Why
just started wearing panties and bras wish i wore them when i was younger and had a better figure my girlfriend likes me in bras i am 44 years off age and i say live how u want to live life is to short to wonder what if
Hi everyone i am a male 60 years old and have been wearing a bra for years and am delighted to do so. At first i was rwaly scared to do so in case i was found out but now i dop not care who knows i just love wearing them and will not stop for anyone. I now have several spares at home and have also asked for a fitting in the ladies shop although embarrassed the lady said not to worry she has fitted several men already. What a joy it was to walk home wearing my first bra.
Does any one know of a shop in Las Vegas NV where I can get a bra fitting
Hi: Well do you all know of any major store chains off hands that would do the bra fittings for the men and women both?
Hi Tim, of cours you can get a fitting at a store. You just need the courage to go in and ask. My experience so far is that most sales ladies at the shops are friendly and professional. And you get a bra that really fits.
I am a guy that likes bras. I own several but want to have a fitting done. Can guys get a bra fitting at the stores?
To Erica and Hope.
The best possible way to increase your breast size, without the risks of surgery or synthetic hormones.
is the "Flat2Fem herbal Treatment method" by Lucille Sorella.
You can "Google" it or goto http://www.Flat2Fem.com for the information. I did, Plus I've researched the Herbs in detail and they really work.
I hope that this helps.
Although Iave gynocomastia I have tied large band bras with an "A"cup and I still cannot fill the cup! If I wear a smaller band bra with a "A" or even some "B" cups, I fill them in fine however, I need a couple of bra extenders and then the straps don't fit correctly! Hope, what do I do? I would like to increase my breast size but just cannot seem to make them larger? Also my nipple and areola have stayed the same size! Small. What can I do?
Hi Everyone,
I started wearing a Bra to work today and just love it! I felt so much better and way more confident.
And thankyou Hope, your very kind and supportive reply to my email is very much appreciated.
Sorrry, i didn't see a response comment earlier.
None of these hubs are aimed at teenagers who also like to wear female undergarments, what are they to do when they are often touched by hugs from teenage females or given a clap on the back from a male friend?
Like Hope says, there are many men who love wearing bra and panties and then many again who'd really love to wear bras and panties. I being a man (as per my genitalia and not as per my mind), after all these long years of wearing bras and panties (thongs, micro, string, etc. included), I'm still wondering why they make these things so soft, so comfortable, so sensuous and so sexy whereas the mens underwear are so dull, uncomfortable and boring. No reason why men should not indulge in these delicate things. I wish more and more lingerie manufacturers would come out with mens underwear that are similar to the women ones.
hope you have the best information out there on the web for bras and panties and everything else . can you do a blog on where everone could get bra inserts for those who would like them. or we can hear from others where they got theres .i am already wearing a 44c cup now and want to get to a 44dd cup with large nipples also.. my female coworkers would like to see me that size also along with my wife. in my years of wearing a bra to work and lifting and working long hours the wide band bra strap worked best. for me.anyway hope keep up the good work and blogs. ilove to wear bras and panties and all womens cloths so dont be shy men .womens cloths are very classy and more comfortable than mens .thanks .
bras are a very powefull item. wearing one is both stimulating and restrictive in the chest area. Women are fortunate to be able to fille the bra out
i now wear a bra and panties and nylons or pantyhose everyday it feels so good in them. iwear them to work also i get asked where i get my bras from other female workers i tell them . i get some at jcpenney and some at dillards some at walmart when they are open 24 hours a day . get a sales person to fit you so you do not buy the wrong size . i not shy anymore about asking for help on bras . i get complements from other female workers on how nice they look on me .so men do not be shy about wearing a bra in public or to work .my wife even helps me pick out everything also and loves me in womens cloths also. so men you will enjoy it also i like seeing men in bras and panties showing over there pants or whatever there wearing .thanks.
Hi there,
I love to wear bra and panty....infact wear it evryday to work.....it gives me more confidence
Not all bras even in the same sizing fit the same...I would like to trade off some mine that don't....faves of mine are nylon or satin unlined and lace trimmed,panties to match when I can.Sexy is great but fit is everything when your wearing them for 16-18 hours.
I have been wearing panties daily for 15 - 20 years and occasionally a bra - I have no practical reason to wear the latter it is just a sensuous piece of clothing. I am usuallu careful to avoid exposing myself to others as I am aware that not all guys would feel comfortable seeing me dressed in these garments - strange when you think about the pretty riske underwear you can now buy for guys - which I also enjoy. Anyway I agree with many of the above comments and feel pretty relaxed aboout myself now. My wife knows and we share an interest in what is cute and sexy.
I wear a bra and love it. Several years ago after much frustration from trying to find one that would fit, I met a lady in a lingerie store that asked the right question when I was "browsing" in the bra department Her question....not what size is SHE... but rather Is this for you? She spent over an hour fitting me properly for a bra much to the absolute horror of some of the women in her shop.
Bottom line that one fit wonderfully and I still shop at her store.
It seems to have escaped modern society the the US was founded by men who wore wigs. blouses with lace cuffs, silk stockings and shos with three inch heels, and no one found them to be in any way unmasculine. No doubt they fully enjoyed the sensual quality of their more luxurious clothing, but this priviledge has been largely denied to modern men.
i love wearing bras,theres nothing like it.i wear them all the time every where.have been for thirty years.also wear womens pantys and nylons.
i have been wearing bras 40years and go out with them under my clothes i feel so great in them
I've been wearing bras most of my 63 years.I've been fitted and it does really help. The sales lady's have all been real good and seem to go out of their way for me,making sure I have the right bra for me and most times they ask if I need some panties to go with them.also lot's say this bra may good great with a certain dress or skirt. Over the years I've gotten over my fears and ask if they don't want to help I go to a shop where they will.Well you all have a nice day.
Too many commenters laugh their LOL (nervously?), but they read the article, didn't they? Do men have the right to wear bras or pantyhose (or something else)? Who says they can't? Should care if anyone tries to judge you or label you? Do they have the right?
Remember Joe Namath? It was a hugely successful ad campaign about an American football player who wore pantyhose under his football uniform like others do. So do skaters, hockey players, hunters, winter sportsmen, fishermen, skiers, and construction workers in winter.
For me it's not a fashion statement; it's choosing the right amount of wooly insulation. At home, that's another story, and when I choose to divulge, it can be soft and sensual with my wife now and then. There is a shared natural endorphen release when we get very close wearing something sensual. The day's stresses disappear. Did Hope ever discuss the endorphen effect?
Let the insecure townspeople storm your castle with torches. The monster is actually their own intolerance and ignorance. Pursue what you want in life (as long as it hurts no one). If it feels good, do it.
ok so I have never bought a bra for myself but would like to now i do tend to think going and getting fitted would be the best way to go however I am incredibly shy! I was just kinda wondering if this was more else globaly happining or what not as well i do live in a small little town and was wondering if going to one of the small little shops in town was best or going to a place like la senza would be better?THanks for all the articles so fare Hope your an insperation to many by the looks of it:P keep up the insigtfull writing
Hi Fearn, don´t be shy. There is nothing wrong with a man wearing a bra. I know it is not easy to go to a store and ask for a fitting. But believe me. The salesladies know that a lot of men buy lingerie for themselves. So far I have been treated with respect and courtesy. With some help you get a bra that really fits. Look for a small shop and go there early in the morning. So you will not meet any other female customers. Just try it.
Thank you for this guide. I'm still quite shy about going out and getting fitted, this should help me out allot in fitting myself. Keep up the good work.
no need at all to wear a bra but i do it just fels so good and of corse panties all the time
i went into a local ladies apparel shop to purchase bras for myself and one of the sales clerk assisted me in finding the correct size plus how to put a bra on putting the arms through the strap and reaching behind to hook it awkward at first but no problem and i wear a bra 24/7.i am transitiong from m2f
I agree with Doreen. The best way to find a bra that fits is to have a proper fitting in a shop. I found salesladies in small shops are mostly very helpful. It´s much better to take your courage and get yourself fitted than disappointing buys from internetstores.
So guys take your courage and try it. It´s a nice experience.The salesladies know that there are some men who buy bras for themselves.
Where can I find a 40" A cup bra in the UK ( and lingerie and dresses) that are actually designed to fir men? All of the shops and websites that I have tried are selling womens fit and most of my clothes and lingerie are therefore a compromise.
check out glamorise exclusively a/b series - available at jcpenny.com but not in the store - I have several 50a T-shirt bra's that are great
Hey what's wrong men wearing a bra i know my husband wears one and hes happy i dont stop him as i say if hes happy let him be
It is really great wearing bra.
I love it to the max.
I love wearing bras and do most days with breast enhancers. wWould love to try them on before buying .
As Hope says, the best way to buy a bra is to try it on, even better get fitted. You'd be surprised how willing the sales ladies are to work with you. My best experiences have been a small botiques but the big stores work as well And once you find a size that fits, my experience is brand to brand can be quite a bit different for the same size.
At least am sure a bra wont be sexy on me LOL


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Espírito Santo Hospital in Évora is a general public hospital, with 350 beds, that works as Alentejo's main hospital, and covers an area with 173 000 inhabitants.
In order to attain Quality Hospital status, and offer a high level of technological resources, this facility started, in 2006, to implement ALERT® PAPER FREE HOSPITAL, a solution that creates paper-free clinical environments.
To analyze the impact of ALERT®'s implementation, the Management Studies Centre (CEGE) at the Technical University of Lisbon conducted a comparative study based on the analysis of data collected before and after ALERT®'s Go Live, which relates to parameters that evaluated the changes brought by ALERT® at Évora Hospital.
The study concluded that the implementation of ALERT® PAPER FREE HOSPITAL has contributed towards reducing costs in various areas (lab tests, exams, human resources, infrastructures and so on), and has improved the quality of information management and work conditions, whilst helping to increase productivity and patient satisfaction.
The numbers speak for themselves: 3.97 million Euros was the figure obtained by the result, which relates to a global cost reduction on estimated activity and to a revenue increase brought by ALERT®'s implementation.
Besides this positive result, other benefits related to ALER®'s installation were also identified. The most relevant are:
70% reduction in triage time;
Reduction of time between prescription and medication administration to less than 2 minutes, corresponding to a reduction of around 90%;
Over 50% reduction in waiting time for imaging exam results.
ALERT, the company responsible for the development, distribution and implementation of ALERT® software, will complete its 10th anniversary this year. From the very beginning, this company has been annually duplicating its sales and its product - ALERT®- has already been adopted in Portugal, Spain, Italy, England, the United States, Brazil and Malaysia.
These results have been a constant incentive towards ALERT's determination of achieving excellence.

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Tennis Open Day
We hold a tennis open day every year at the end of June - come along and try our our courts from 12 noon to 4pm for free. We provide the rackets and balls.
We have had wonderful weather the last few years, the bunting, flags and balloons made everything look really cheerful and it was non stop action with lots of children and parents playing tennis on the full size and mini courts.
Halloween spooky tennis
We had a spectacular monster invasion on the Enderby tennis courts at Halloween. Witches, skeletons, zombies, bats, vampires and ghosts all arrived in their amazing outfits and took over the courts for two hours of fun, food and games.
It was amazing to watch witches playing tennis with skeletons, the balls were flying everywhere and I am sure some magic was involved.
Dance Extravaganza
Tennis is all about moving your feet and we had a fantastic night of amazing footwork when five different dance companies and some of our own club members put on a brilliant night of dance covering many different styles including swing, lindy hop, modern jive, belly dancing, French cancan, Argentine tango, blues and line dancing all set to a wide range of fabulous music.
80 years of tennis in Enderby
2017 was the the 80th anniversary of our tennis courts and we held a number of events to celebrate. We even had BBD Radio Leicester pay us a visit to do courtside interviews. Our thanks to Enderby Parish Council and Blaby District Council for their support with our celebrations.


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Sensing Anticipation
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Scooped atop the filling
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Experience a mother's love
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Mom always had little tricks for making foods taste a bit more special. She added small amounts of sugar to her pots of chili. She grated lemon rind and added it to her lemon pie filling to give it that extra tanginess. The back of my mouth waters just thinking about the flavor of her lemon pies.
Her meringue always came out with perfectly browned and curled peaks. I guess all of her desserts seemed perfect to me. The only "tale" we ever heard as kids was the one about the chocolate pudding.
Dad loved to tell the story about when they were newly married. Mom attempted to make chocolate pudding for him. He said it ended up the texture of tanned horse-hide. He always got the "faux air slap" gesture for telling the tale, but I think Mom enjoyed having him tell it. She had no inadequacies in her role as homemaker.
While Dad served in the Army during World War II, she ran the household and took care of three small children. Rosie the Riveter, doing her patriotic duty in the factory while her man protected the country's freedom, had nothing on my mother. Housewives kept "home fires" burning during that time. When the men returned home to their families, they found strong, independent women waiting for them.
Images of "Leave It To Beaver" moms and "I Love Lucy" wives were as much a joke to these women as to the men.
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#122 Live At The Modern Love Event
January 9th, 2019
1 hr 16 mins 57 secs
About this Episode
MIchelle and Christy took the show on the road and headed to Nashville Tennessee to sponsor and record live at The Modern Love Event. We met brides, grooms, friends, parents and lots of amazing top wedding vendors in the Southern City that never sleeps. This episode is the 'show' we did in the loft of The Cordelle, the host venue of the Modern Love Event. We chatted with attendees, answered questions, addressed concerns and dished out a lot of free advice. It's free, so don't blame us! It's like a live YAWA. We had so much fun. And we touched on SO MANY TOPICS.
"Fun fact: Nashville is actually now the #1 US destination for weddings, and it's a really exciting time for this lively city." - from the 100 Layer Cake Feature (link below)
Big Takeaways
We talk budget and (once again) encourage a nice, organized wedding budget. If your partner is co-planning the wedding, then you can both draft out a list of priorities. Then you share and mesh that list into one and start to estimate dollar amounts for each element/vendor.
Remember - you don't have to decide everything at once. The venue decision will dictate the date, and potentially, the biggest bulk of your budget. And also the style, decor, rentals etc. So decide on that and then send out Save The Dates, and then CHILL for a while. It's ok if you don't know anything else for a while. Even if people are asking you lots of questions about your wedding...you don't have to know the answers.
Generally, you do save a little money with a BYO situation for the bar. You definitely need to look into this before you book a venue. And we highly suggest you get professional event bartenders with insurance and licenses. This can come from the caterer, in most cases. It's a little more work to do a BYO bar, but if you're ok with that, it's worth it.
It's great to hear how you are all feeling as you #planthatwedding. Getting to ask more questions and give more specific advice catered to the specific couple in front of us was a real kick. We heard about the expenses, the pros and cons you are weighing, the decisions you are struggling with…
Guest lists! We believe in the A list, B list equation if you are going to have to whittle things down. Even add a C if your budget is very up in the air. Michelle breaks it down in this episode and Christy repeats herself with the tried and true opinion: sending out a few more invitations is the best reason to go over budget.
Heard of a butt artist? They exist. And they're super fun to have at a wedding, btw.
Favors. We reiterate that we aren't huge fans of the throw-away favors. But food favors? Great!
A mother-of-the-bride asks how she is supposed to get hair and makeup and we have never addressed this on the podcast before! Our advice is generally to be in touch with the chosen stylists and to communicate ahead of time. Send pics. Plan your own trial run if you're local. And if you have the means...find your own stylist and arrange something for earlier in the day.
We have two brides on to interview - one is doing a glamping wedding and one is getting married at Reba McEntire's former estate. What fun!
Links we referenced
The Modern Love Event: http://modernloveevent.com
Modern Love Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modernloveevent/
Modern Love Feature: http://www.100layercake.com/events/the-modern-love-event-takes-on-nashville/
Butt Artist: https://www.buttsketch.com/contact
WED - event we are EMCEEing! https://www.experiencewed.com
"Our style is very bohemian meets modern with a splash of elegance." - Groom we interviewed. "This is very specific and impressive! I love it. You've got a good one, girl." - Michelle
"Don't let yourself get all spun out with wedding planning. Because wedding planning is NOTHING compared to life planning. With a partner...Marriage is harder." - Christy, if she had a nickel for everytime she said this...
"So what was the thing so far that surprised you...like you found out how much it was going to cost and you were like, holy shit?!" - Michelle "I think it's the venue." - The groom, on what's included, how it all looks, which vendors you have to use, etc
"A destination wedding may end up being more expensive, but the money is distributed differently." - Christy
"You're not going to cook! Don't let him do that! It's your wedding day, you can't cook." - Michelle to chef groom. Boom.
"My priority is good logistics. Having everyone know what to do and when things are going to happen. ...Cause we've been to weddings before where we get there and we're just standing around and next thing we know we hear people shouting in the back and then we find out that we missed the send off, or the cake cutting." - Groom "It's a very good thing that you have a planner." - Christy, preach
"In my family, if we get a save-the-date, we just assume that cousin is pregnant. We're short term planners!" - Christy
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Written by Erika Jarvis.
After years of drawing in airports, hotels and cafes, Fafi's long-awaited book The Carmine Vaultis releasing this month. It is the first full-length comic from the glamorous French street artist, whose beloved brush-graffiti figures "the Fafinettes" have made her one of the biggest stars to come from the graffiti subculture. Often seen as the alluring motifs for hot-ticket collabs with companies like adidas and M.A.C., in The Carmine Vault Fafi has given her characters their own fully fleshed narrative, set in the fantastical habitat of the same name.
It's funny how this comic is so bad-behavior oriented, whereas in life I'm more wise, and attracted to nice people.
A purplish, pock-marked planet in a far-off solar system, the Carmine Vault is a land complete with its own language and science. In the Vault, Fafinettes don't die, they alcanize, a chemical reaction which occurs when tears of pain mix with their saliva. They sit around and play games while sipping Yazoub, a potent liquor made from cognac and the juice of the native pulche fruit. Time is measured in "cycles." In her first comic, Fafi has established the natural laws of a whole new universe, one which she says is still expanding.
"I am thinking about developing more and more," she says on a Facebook chat from Paris. "A nature more specific, and also getting more into behaviors. Not like a guide, because I think explaining things is a lack of charm. [But] you, the reader has to understand what's going on, so I consider this comic a great first step."
The first story to be brought forth from the Vault is that of Birtak, a sensitive four-legged creature who dreams of joining the ballet. The problem is that he's tangled up with the wrong crowd, "the Hululus," alcoholic mean girls who love to bring the pain. Fans of Fafi's sweeter work might be surprised to learn what a violent place the Carmine Vault actually is. "It's funny how this comic is so bad-behavior oriented," she reasons, "whereas in life I'm more wise, and attracted to nice people." Perhaps bad girls are more interesting, I offer. "More interesting to draw," she agrees. "Less to live with. Haha."
Bad girls are also a hell of a lot funnier. On their fiend-like search for more Yazoub, the swaggy Hululus speak a sassy, adults-only vernacular which Fafi calls the "the slang-fafinetto." Is this the official language of the Carmine Vault? "No, but it's a good question since I was thinking of inventing a new language for the comic," she says. She explains how you'd have to get a kind of dictionary with it, "sort of hieroglyphs" to understand—then stops herself. "But I am speaking about The Carmine Vault 2, and 1 is not out yet!"
While there is clearly much that Fafi has yet to explore, her first foray into storytelling is a good one. The Carmine Vault is a poppin' adventure-love story, riddled with beatdowns, dark humor, and of course, big-eyed babes. But by far the best part is the chance to take an immersive walk in the world that, untilnow, she has only been able to hint at. Fafi fans will really love The Carmine Vault. Once inside, the door
slams shut behind you.
© Fafi, Fafi: The Carmine Vault, Rizzoli, 2012.


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Everyone's back from last year's undemanding adult comedy, plus some starry new cast members, for a holiday romp that once again provides a few solid laughs. Alas, it's also just as unambitious, never pushing its characters very far or coming up with anything terribly original. But filmmakers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore know that sometimes audiences just want dumb entertainment.
In the week before Christmas, Amy (Mila Kunis) has reached breaking point with all of her motherly responsibilities. So she's delighted that her boyfriend (Jay Hernandez) and kids just want to have a mellow holiday. Then her hyper-demanding mother (Christine Baranski) arrives with enormous plans that Amy's meek dad (Peter Gallagher) quietly goes along with. So Amy turns to her best friends Kiki and Carla (Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn) for help. And they've also been invaded: Kiki's far-too-involved mother (Cheryl Hines) arrives for three weeks, while Carla's biker-chick mom (Susan Sarandon) is a gambling addict in need of cash. So Amy, Kiki and Carla team up to take back control of Christmas.
Continue reading: A Bad Moms Christmas Review
This much more light-hearted sequel reinvigorates the franchise after Disney's quirky but murky 2010 reboot of Lewis Carroll's classic, which sent the heroine into Underland (not Wonderland) for a dark adventure that spiralled into a Lord of the Rings-scale battle. Thankfully this time the odyssey remains personal, centred on lively characters rather than overwrought plotting. And Alice's time-travelling quest is both pointed and engaging.
After captaining her late father's ship on a global journey, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returns to 1875 London to bad news: her mother (Lindsay Duncan) has made decisions that take her future out of her hands. As she struggles to respond, she is summoned back to Underland to help her friend Hatter (Johnny Depp), who is emotionally devastated by the fact that his entire family has been killed. So Alice decides to help by confronting Time (Sacha Baron Cohen) and stealing a device that will allow her to travel back to help the younger Hatter. But she also becomes entangled in the early life of the White and Red Queens (Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway), and the feud that grew between them as young sisters. Meanwhile, Time is terrified that Alice is unravelling the fabric of reality.
The emotional nature of Alice's mission adds a surprising layer of suspense to the entire film, while director James Bobin (The Muppets) adds a breezy comical tone to Tim Burton's stunningly visual designs. Some of the more wacky flourishes don't quite work (such as the "sea of time" imagery or Time's hand-powered vehicle), but the film more than makes up for these with wonderful character details. This lets the actors relax into their roles while cranking up the surreal touches. Wasikowska is great as the plucky heroine fighting for her right to control her own life, a strong point that's made without preaching.
Continue reading: Alice Through The Looking Glass Review
With its refusal to follow the usual romantic-comedy formula, this snappy and observant movie is a nice surprise. Not only does it keep us wondering about where it's heading, but it gives the likeable Jones and Samberg much more complex roles than they usually get to play. And the quirky approach combined with some darkly dramatic moments makes it more interesting to watch.
Jones and Samberg play the long-time couple Celeste and Jesse, who have been together since they were in school. Now married for six years, they're starting to wonder if maybe they're just best friends, rather than a couple. So they decide to separate. The main issue seems to be surfer-artist Jesse's lack of ambition but, when he begins to move on with his life, Celeste starts wondering if maybe she's the real problem. Even so, they're still completely involved in each others' lives, which is awkward for their friends Beth and Tucker (Graynor and Christian). Maybe they need some distance.
The film's perspective centres on Celeste's messy journey, which is a bumpy series of conflicting emotions. She works as a lifestyle critic, so her comments on pop culture are hilariously barbed, but as her personal life dissolves she retreats into annoying pot-fuelled wallowing. It's often not easy to watch her, but Jones gives a ruthlessly honest performance that's both funny and disturbing. Her sideplots with her gay boss (Wood), her low-life drug dealer (cowriter McCormack) and a bratty popstar client (Roberts) are nicely played but only tangentially developed.
Continue reading: Celeste And Jesse Forever Review
It's been 13 years since Alice (Wasikowska) visited Wonderland, although she now believes it was all a dream. When she falls down that rabbit hole again, she doesn't remember anyone, but they remember her, and soon she's involved in a series of portentous events involving the nasty Red Queen (Bonham Carter), her nice sister, the White Queen (Hathaway), and a mythical dragon called Jabberwocky (Lee). She's helped through this by the Hatter (Depp), a smiling cat (Fry), a blue caterpillar (Rickman), two chubby twins (Lucas) and a white rabbit (Sheen), among others.
Continue reading: Alice In Wonderland Review
To wit: Jude (Jim Sturgess) washes ashore to seek out his absent father, and meets raffish Princeton student Maxwell (Joe Anderson). The fast friends wind up in New York's counterculture scene, along with Max's sister Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), and with a gaggle of musicians, artists, and radicals, navigate the kind of historical sixties tumult often seen in textbooks and TV miniseries. Along the way they encounter psychedelic gurus played by celebrity guests, like Dr. Robert (Bono) and Mr. Kite (Eddie Izzard). This may start to sound like excess until you consider the restraint the screenwriters have shown in failing to include any characters named Michelle, Eleanor Rigby, Bungalow Bill, or Rocky Raccoon.
Continue reading: Across The Universe Review
Is Zoom worse than #17 Phat Girlz? Worse than Glitter (#23)? Worse than Alone in the Dark (#38)? Zoom is hardly a masterpiece, but, really now, it isn't that bad.
Continue reading: Zoom Review
And guess what: They haven't improved with age.
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Younger aimed high when casting for his sweet screenplay and attached two marquee names to his personal endeavor. Meryl Streep dons a frumpy wig and horn-rimmed spectacles to create Lisa Metzger, a Manhattan mensch and doting psychotherapist currently treating newly divorced, statuesque blonde bombshell Rafi Gardet (Uma Thurman). Following Lisa's advice to let loose a little, Rafi enters a relationship with David (Bryan Greenberg), a lower East Side painter who happens to be 14 years younger... and Lisa's son.
Continue reading: Prime Review
Devon Sawa stars as Anton, a slacker who sits around his house all day, smoking weed, and watching television. When Anton's parents are killed, a mysterious force takes over Anton's hand. He unwillingly kills his two best friends (Seth Green and Eldon Henson) and doesn't seem that phased by it. I mean, he's worried what more damage he could do, but it doesn't really bother him. His friends refused to go to heaven (too far) and walk around as zombies for the rest of the film, helping Anton control the hand, and save his girlfriend (Jessica Alba, who I wouldn't mind saving).
Continue reading: Idle Hands Review
Instead of Bond, it's super-groovy spy Austin Powers (Myers) making his triumphant return to the silver screen, the British secret agent frozen in the 60's and thawed in the 90's, where/when he returned to active duty. The Spy Who Shagged Me picks up right where the original left off, with Dr. Evil (also Myers) banished to space in his Big Boy statue/spaceship, and Austin settling down with new wife Vanessa (Elizabeth Hurley, in a cameo re-appearance).
Continue reading: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Review
Melting Vinyl brought local talent to the fore as it showcased a set by Tokyo Tea Room on the day of their latest EP release, 'Dream Room'.
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For the Nottingham date of Feeder's Tallulah tour, you just know before it even starts that it's going to be a banging show.
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Upon its release, Zoom was instantly reviled not only as one of the worst movies...
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FOG ISLAND: How to survive it, as told by someone who didn'tJune 28, 2013 | Stuart Ferrol
When I applied to an advert on a popular casting website for an actor to play the role of a "motormouth DJ" in a local film, I thought it would be the usual bit role in a ten minute student dissertation project. I couldn't have been more wrong. Read More
Paul Sinha – Dave's Leicester Festival, Citizenship Test and BeyondFebruary 5, 2013 | Stuart Ferrol
Paul Sinha, qualified GP/stand-up comedian, is a more than familiar name, most recently thanks to his appearance on ITV's fourth series of 'The Chase'. Paul gained massive critical acclaim at 2006's Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his second full length solo show "Saint or Sinha" which was nominated for the if.comedy award (formerly the Perrier). Since then there has been no looking back and 2013 looks set to be his biggest year yet. Read More


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Auditions will be scheduled between 5 and 9 pm on September 16 at First United Methodist Church, 621 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402. Come prepared with a simple song to sing (an aria, a folksong, patriotic song, or hymn). You will sing your selection and then vocalize and work a little with Geoffrey Boers. ALL ARE WELCOME!
Chorus Director
Geoffrey Boers is Director of Choral Activities at the University of Washington in Seattle, a program widely recognized as vibrant and forward thinking. Under his direction, the graduate choral program has developed a singular mission: to nurture the whole student as conductor-teacher-servant-leader-scholar. Through his teaching he is exploring the evolution of conducting gesture and rehearsal pedagogy and their connection with the emerging neuroscience of mirror neurons, empathy, perception, learning, and personal transformation.
His exploration has led to new thoughts about conducting and teaching with regard to breath, movement, artistry, personal awareness, and cultural development. His work has led to the development of mentorship for local cohorts of teachers across the United States and Canada. Most recently he has developed a level-based Choral Literacy Rubric, a system for development of musicianship, assessment, adjudication, and repertoire grading. It is now being BETA tested in five states and provinces.
When not working with the Symphony Tacoma Voices, Geoffrey conducts the UW Chamber Singers, a choir of graduate and advanced undergraduate music majors studying choral conducting, vocal performance, music education, as well as many students from programs across campus. The choir is noted for its vocal agility, varied color, and expressivity, and have been featured at many festivals, conventions, and workshops, including NWACDA, Musicfest Canada, and at the national conventions of the American Kodaly Educators, National Association of Schools of Music, and American Musicological Society.
In relationship with the UW's nationally recognized Baltic Studies program and Baltic Choral Collection, the Chamber Singers have travelled to the Baltic five times, and will return again in 2019. The choir has just released its first professionally produced CD, …behold again, the stars, on Centaur Records.
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The 70 member Symphony Tacoma Voices has a long and proud history as part of the Symphony Tacoma organization. The choir consists of professional singers, music educators, as well as amateur singers from across all walks of life in the south Puget Sound region. Our choir, ranging in age from 16 to 86, represents the best of what arts can do for people in a community. Amateur means to work at something one loves. This work then is reflected not only in our energetic and inspiring Monday night rehearsals, but in our volunteerism, our fund raising and support for the orchestra, our visibility in the community and our international travel. Under the leadership of Geoffrey Boers, the choir has toured to China, Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia, and Bosnia.
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St. Norbert Drops Heartbreaker to UW-Superior
From Sports Information Director, January 21, 2011 | Women's Hockey
by Dan Lukes, firstname.lastname@example.com, (920) 403-4077
GREEN BAY - St. Norbert College's women's hockey team paid a visit to Heartbreak Hotel with a hard-fought 5-4 loss to UW-Superior in a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association affair at Resch Olympic Pavilion.
Superior improved to 11-3-3 overall and 9-1-3 in the NCHA with the win, while St. Norbert dropped to 7-9-2, 4-7-2. The Green Knights are now 1-5 in one-goal games during their inaugural season.
St. Norbert battled back from a 3-0 deficit after two periods to forge a 4-4 tie with 5 minutes 17 seconds left on an Emma Agen power-play goal. But Superior's Shana Katz scored the decisive marker with 28 seconds left to quell the comeback attempts.
The Yellowjackets got goals from Bailey Lane, Kayla Chilstrom and Ashley Martin to take a 3-0 lead after the first 40 minutes. St. Norbert's Tarraneh Dadgar scored a power-play goal 5:14 into the third period to cut it to 3-1. Andrea Senne followed 32 seconds later for her seventh goal of the year. Chilstrom answered right back at 26 seconds after that to push Superior ahead 4-2.
Dadgar would score again, this time at 9:05, for her fifth goal of the year and to set up the game's final wild 10 minutes.
St. Norbert outshot Superior 31-30, including 19-8 in the third period. The Green Knights were 2-for-5 on the power play, while the Yellowjackets were 1-for-2.
Shanley Peters made 27 saves for Superior, while Kaley Gibson made 25 stops for the Green Knights.


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When the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran proposes the theory of building an Islamic Civilization, his eminence means that there is no takfiris or extremists in the Moderate Islam project. This is an approach referred to by God Almighty in Surat al-Baqara, verse 143, "And thus we have made you a just community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you".
International Quran News Agency (IQNA) interviewed Ali Ramadan al-Oussi, an Iraqi Quranic Researcher and a Professor of Postgraduate studies in the International Colleges of Islamic Sciences in London. The interview regarded the personality of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, his rank in the Islamic world, his attitude toward the contemporary issues, as well as his theory opposing the Western Liberalism, and his defiance of the Zionist entity. The interview was as follows.
What is your opinion of the personality of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution and his role in the Muslim World and its contemporary issues?
Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei is a religious reference and a leader who combines knowledge with leadership. Indeed, we rarely find a leader who possesses both jurisdiction and leadership, or a jurist who possesses leadership in addition to jurisdiction. However, such cases occurred with the eminence of Imam Khomeini, and Ayatollah Khamenei.
Sayed Khamenei is an honorable and unique leader. This is not a claim. It is the truth. Sayed Khamenei is a successful leader.
Imam Khamenei is one of the pious servants of God. He served his people, and Islam. He was able to convey the Islamic Republic of Iran to these higher ranks in the aspects of science and technology, economy, and sports. These grand creations – which are the source of pride for the Iranian people – are thanks to the leadership of this great man. If it weren't for him, this nation would not be able to reach such ambitions.
What is the role of His Eminence in strengthening the Islamic Unity?
Indeed, when Ayatollah Khamenei obtained leadership, he was able to take several steps toward achieving two significant things, establishing "The Global Assembly for the Proximity between the Islamic Schools of Thought" and "The World Society of Ahlul Bayt – peace be upon them", which both are entitled for the grand Islamic unity project.
The purpose of "The World Assembly for the Proximity between the Islamic Schools of Thought" in the Islamic System is to unify the Islamic nation and drawing the various Islamic sects closer, since the first day of its establishment, at the time of the governing of Sheikh al-Taskhiri – the former Secretary General, and the time of the governing of the present Secretary General, Ayatollah Sheikh Mohsen al-Araki. This World Assembly is a very strong series in achieving the path of an Islamic unity, and several achievements have been gained throughout this course.
Ayatollah Khamenei achieved Islamic Unity largely. He disclosed all the conspiracies that aimed to cause differentiation among the youth of the Iranian society. Islamic Unity surpassed the borders. Islamic Unity also launched from outside of Iran. That is why we witness a lot of meetings and conferences, on several occasions, attended by all scholars, from various sects, coming from different countries of the Muslim World. They attend [these conferences] in Tehran, or in meetings in other countries as in the United Kingdom, where we have conferences with aim of drawing the Islamic sects closer. The directions of unity set by the Supreme Leader inspire them.
How do you evaluate the defiance against the American and European hegemony and influence and the opposition against the Zionist Entity in the thoughts of the Supreme Leader?
According to the past and current observations, when Imam Khomeini was facing the diplomats, he used to say, "We can have political relations with all the states of the Muslim World except South Africa – which was racist at that time – and the Zionist Entity". Today, Imam Khamenei is following the same course, he is strengthening the same vision. Therefore, the Islamic Republic of Iran can have diplomatic relations with all states except the Zionist Entity.
All his appeals and speeches, whether on pilgrimage or Friday prayer or in his meetings with the various segments of the Iranian society or with the foreign delegations, flow in the same direction, emphasizing the defiance against the Zionist entity. The Supreme Leader always stresses on restoring the rights of the Palestinian people, and establishing a Palestinian state with Jerusalem being its capital. This insistence reveals principality and originality in the Islamic vision.
Sayed Khamenei emphasizes both issues simultaneously. He reinforces the latter first based on legitimacy, then based on historical facts and external reality. Therefore, we observe that in all of his speeches, Sayed Khamenei stresses on the sufferings of the Palestinian people and the tyranny of the Zionist entity. This is of great importance. I believe that the Palestinians resort only to the Islamic Republic of Iran in this World, because the Republic has a strong belief in this issue, the major and primary issue in the Muslim World.
Ayatollah Khamenei always emphasizes the need to view the Palestinian issue as the primary axis of the interests of the Muslims. What is the most important responsibility of the Muslim World toward this issue?
The Muslim World should show interest toward the Palestinian issue, not through mere slogans, propaganda and media. It should include a practical plan to restore these rights, to face the occupation, to condemn every attack and aggression against the Palestinians. But unfortunately, the official Arab system is an exhausted and weak one, it cannot refuse and condemn the Zionist aggression.
Moreover, there is heedlessness and inattentiveness in many Muslim countries to the Zionist aggression; but the Muslim nations reject this silence and conniving. They want Palestine to be the primary issue, and to be raised in the international forums, in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the organizations of Civil Society, and in the various global, Islamic and Arab platforms. They want the Palestinian issue to be launched with the same intensity that is being launched by the Islamic Republic of Iran, in order to defend this issue, the primary Islamic issue.
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution presented the theory of building an Islamic civilization with the Islamic awakening movements in the region against the Western Liberalism. What is your opinion of this theory?
Indeed, the secular and the Islamic theories are the only ones that remained firm within the world public opinion. Therefore, the project of Islamic civilization should be strengthened. Here, we have to point out to the Islamic originality, and liberalize it from takfirism, ignorance and sectarianism that are spreading behind broader headlines. In order to face these, we have to strengthen the cohesion of the Muslim society. Therefore, when Ayatollah Khamenei presented the theory of building an Islamic civilization, he meant that Takfiris and extremists do not exist in the project of Islamic Moderatism. This is an approach referred to by God Almighty in Surat al-Baqara, verse 143, "And thus we have made you a just community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you".
Source: International Quran News Agency (IQNA), translated by SayyidAli.com staff


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Hanover Park is a dynamic community of over 38,000 residents with a strong business environment, encompassing nearly 500 businesses from small home-grown operations to large Fortune 500 companies. Our central location and large working population ensure retail expenditures of over $500 million a year. The Village's significant Tax Increment Financing (TIF) incentives and AA Bond rating make Hanover Park a smart place to do business!
Development Opportunities
Hanover Park is filled with excellent development opportunities. View our community's development potential (PDF).
Business Opportunities
Hanover Park's two business parks are filled with successful businesses.The Department of Community Development welcomes the opportunity to work with your business during every step of the development process, from site research and selection until final occupancy. Hanover Park's business advantages are clearly illustrated by the following facts:
- There are 20 shopping centers ranging in size from 6,000 to over 200,000 square feet throughout the Village.
- Annual retail sales in excess of $500 million.
- Seven arterial roads with 20,000+ vehicles per day.
- Over 5,000,000 square feet of business park development in highly sought after locations.
Excellent Educational Resources
Hanover Park is served by three community colleges, including Elgin Community College, Harper College, and College of DuPage. The colleges offer continuing education programs to assist in the ongoing training of your employees. Our community colleges also offer assistance to entrepreneurs through their Small Business Development Centers.
In addition, renowned Illinois colleges and universities are within commuting distance, including the University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, DePaul University and Northwestern University.
The Village's school districts are well known for providing quality education to area students and preparing them for the challenges of the future. Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 and Carol Stream School District 93 are ranked among the top third of school districts in Illinois.
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Just 30 miles from Chicago, Hanover Park is easily accessible by roadway, air, and rail. Hanover Park is conveniently located on the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway and is only minutes from the Northwest Tollway (I-90), the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290), and the East-West Tollway (I-88).
Hanover Park is located along the well-traveled West line of Metra's commuter rail system. The express train to Chicago takes a short 45 minutes. The Hanover Park train station is one of the busiest stops on Metra's Milwaukee West line with more than 1,400 riders each weekday and over 1,400 commuter parking spaces. O'Hare International Airport is within 11 miles, while both Schaumburg and DuPage County Airports are less than five miles away.
Government Committed to Business
Hanover Park's aggressive Economic Development Program includes community marketing and possible financial incentives. Tax increment financing districts and industrial revenues bonds are only two of the many incentive programs available.
A member of our qualified staff will assist you through the one-stop permit process and all Village procedures. Professional staff members expedite building permits and conduct regular inspections to insure quality construction.
Diverse Residential Market
Hanover Park's population exceeds 37,000 in a land area of six square miles. The diverse community provides a wide range of skilled labor. The civilian employee population of over 19,000 has large concentrations in the manufacturing, retail, professional, scientific, management, education, healthcare, and social services industries.
Hanover Park offers a strong consumer base, with a median family income of over $70,000 and an average family size of 3.8. The densely populated area houses almost 125,000 people in a 3-mile radius*, with over 20 households per acre.
*Area around Barrington Road and Irving Park Road. Source: Neilson Solution Center.
Our Planning & Economic Development Staff
The Planning and Economic Development Staff encourages economic growth by attracting new businesses and developments to the Village, as well as retaining and expanding existing businesses and developments. These efforts lead to the establishment of a solid, diversified tax base, increased property values, and an enhanced community image. Vital steps to achieving this goal include a thorough evaluation of proposed developments, careful long-range planning, and zoning administration.
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- Administration (and periodic updating) of the Zoning Ordinance, Sign Code, and Subdivision Code.
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South San Francisco, Calif. -- April 30, 2013 --Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ACTEMRA® (tocilizumab) for the treatment of polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (PJIA). The medicine can be used in children two years of age and older with active disease. ACTEMRA can be given alone or in combination with methotrexate (MTX) in people with PJIA.
PJIA is a form of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), also known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic disease of childhood.1 JIA affects approximately 100 in every 100,000 children2 of which PJIA accounts for around 30 percent.3 PJIA is characterized by inflammation in five or more joints within the first six months of the disease and most commonly affects the small joints in the body such as the hands and feet.3
"Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis is a rare, debilitating condition in children that worsens over time," said Hal Barron, M.D., chief medical officer and head, Global Product Development. "We are pleased to offer ACTEMRA to doctors and parents of children aged two or older as an important medicine to help improve the signs and symptoms of this often painful disease."
This FDA approval marks the second ACTEMRA indication in children and is the first FDA approval for the treatment of PJIA in approximately five years.
About the CHERISH Study
The expanded indication for ACTEMRA was based on positive data from the Phase III CHERISH study in children with PJIA, which had an open label phase, followed by a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled withdrawal phase. The study demonstrated that patients treated with ACTEMRA experienced clinically meaningful improvement in signs and symptoms of PJIA. A total of 91 percent of patients taking ACTEMRA plus MTX and 83 percent of patients taking ACTEMRA alone achieved an ACR 30 response at week 16 compared to baseline. In the randomized double-blind placebo-controlled withdrawal phase of the trial, ACTEMRA-treated patients experienced significantly fewer disease flares compared to placebo-treated patients (26 percent [21/82] vs. 48 percent [39/81]).
The safety data collected to date for ACTEMRA in PJIA patients is consistent with that observed in previous studies in ACTEMRA-treated patients.4 In the CHERISH study, infections were the most common adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) over 40 weeks. Laboratory abnormalities known to occur with ACTEMRA were also observed in this study, including decreases in white blood cell counts and platelet counts, and elevation in ALT and AST liver enzyme levels.
About JIA ACR 30, 50, 70
The JIA American College of Rheumatology (ACR) response was derived from the following six variables:
Important Safety Information
Some people developed serious infections while taking ACTEMRA, including tuberculosis (TB), and infections caused by bacteria, fungi, or viruses that can spread throughout the body. Some people have died from these infections.
Other serious side effects of ACTEMRA include tears (perforation) of the stomach and intestines, changes in blood test results (including low white blood cell count, low platelet count, increase in certain liver function tests, and increase in blood cholesterol levels), hepatitis B infection becoming an active infection again, and nervous system problems.
ACTEMRA affects the immune system and may increase a patient's risk of certain cancers.
Serious allergic reactions, including death, can happen with ACTEMRA. These reactions may happen with any infusion of ACTEMRA, even if they did not occur with an earlier infusion. Patients must tell their doctor if they have had a previous reaction to ACTEMRA. Patients should not take ACTEMRA if they are allergic to it or any of its ingredients.
Common side effects with ACTEMRA in patients with RA include upper respiratory tract infections (common cold, sinus infections), headache, and increased blood pressure (hypertension).
Common side effects with ACTEMRA in patients with PJIA or SJIA include upper respiratory tract infections (common cold, sinus infections), headache, and diarrhea.
Patients must tell their healthcare providers if they plan to become pregnant or are pregnant. It is not known if ACTEMRA will harm an unborn baby. Genentech has a registry for pregnant women who take ACTEMRA. Patients who are pregnant or become pregnant while taking ACTEMRA must contact the registry at 1-877-311-8972 and talk to their healthcare provider.
Patients must call their healthcare provider for medical advice about any side effects.
Report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or http://www.FDA.gov/medwatch. Patients and caregivers may also report side effects to Genentech at 1-888-835-2555.
Please visit http://www.actemra.com for the full Prescribing Information, including Boxed Warning and Medication Guide, for additional Important Safety Information or call 1-800-ACTEMRA (228-3672). ACTEMRA is part of a co-development agreement with Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. and has been approved in Japan since June 2005. ACTEMRA is approved in the European Union, where it is known as RoACTEMRA, and several other countries, including China, India, Brazil, Switzerland and Australia.
About Genentech
Founded more than 30 years ago, Genentech is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. The company, a member of the Roche Group, has headquarters in South San Francisco, Calif. For additional information about the company, please visit http://www.gene.com.
1 Beukelman, T et al. 2011 American College of Rheumatology Recommendations for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Initiation and Safety Monitoring of Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Arthritis and Systemic Features. Arthritis Care & Research. 2011.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC32222233/. Accessed April 2, 2013.
2 Woo, P. Systemic Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: Diagnosis, Management, and Outcome. Nature Clinical Practice: Rheumatology. 2006. 2:1.
3 Macaubas, Claudia et al. Oligoarticular and Polyarticular JIA: Epidemiology and Pathogenesis. Nature Reviews. 2009 vl 5.
4 De Benedetti F, et al. Ann Rheum Dis 2011; 70 (Suppl. 3):67.


text: YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE {{item.title}} Although most South Africans are sure to have heard the term 'biosphere reserve' before, very few are aware of what it actually means, let alone the profoundly positive influence these internationally recognised, UNESCO-approved pockets of land could have on our country's ecological and socio-economic landscape.I recently had the privilege of attending a Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) strategy session, where current issues facing biosphere reserves were brought to the table and tentative plans put in place to resolve them by 2020.As an outsider, much of what was being discussed flew way over my head. Highbrow economic and ecological talk, interspersed with governmental and municipal jargon became a code I had to decipher – the crux of the day's matters locked somewhere behind unintelligible acronyms and strange turns of phrase like filling the reserves with 'warm bodies'.No wonder one of the biggest challenges facing MAB in South Africa is the general lack of understanding from the man in the street about the integral role that biosphere reserves are playing in reconciling humanity with nature and, in so doing, establishing a more sustainable future for all. If anyone should be able to understand exactly how these reserves/regions (the terms can be used inter-changeably) can save the world, it should be us – you and me, the ordinary citizens. So, to start off, here are seven of the most important things to know about biosphere reserves in South Africa. 1. It's not ONLY about protecting natureOne of the common misconceptions about the existence of biosphere reserves is that they are organisations largely dedicated to the conservation and protection of our natural resources – a similar structure to, say, SANParks, CapeNature or KZN Wildlife.While this is an essential part of their purpose, it is underpinned by a strong focus on social development and sustainability. There is no boundary between the human realm and the natural one in a biosphere reserve – the two intermingle, feed off of one another and strengthen each other.In other words, the biosphere reserve concept can be used as a framework to guide and reinforce projects that enhance people's livelihoods, while ensuring environmental sustainability. UNESCO describes biosphere reserves as 'living laboratories' for testing and demonstrating integrated management of land, water and biodiversity. In many ways they are tasked with the role of showing the world how to survive.In short, biosphere reserves hold the key to solving a host of very real crises facing the world today – food security, climate change, water pollution and the protection of threatened and endangered species, just to name a few. This concept seems to suggest that perhaps the only way to move forward would be to retrace our steps to a time where the divide between civilisation and wilderness was less clear cut. A photo posted by Makhulu (@makhulu_) on Sep 17, 2015 at 2:36pm PDT 2. No fencesWhich brings me to the next point – unlike traditional nature reserves, biosphere reserves do not require fences to keep nature in and humans out, or vice versa. This would defeat their entire purpose.UNESCO's statutory framework stipulates that biosphere reserves should consist of three zones: the core area, the buffer zone and the transition area.Only the core area requires legal protection, and therefore often corresponds to an existing protected area such as a nature reserve or national park. Take, for instance, the Kogelberg BIOSPHERE Reserve, often confused with its CapeNature-run core area, the Kogelberg NATURE Reserve. While the NATURE reserve forms part of the BIOSPHERE reserve, the latter encompasses a whopping 100 000ha of land, comprising pristine mountain fynbos unseen by human eyes and untouched by human hands, but also the coastal towns of Rooi Els, Pringle Bay, Betty's Bay and Kleinmond, as well as the settlements, farms and orchards of Grabouw and the Elgin Valley.Signage is few and far between, booms, gates and sign-in books non-existent, making the transition from the 'outside world' into the biosphere reserve completely seamless.In fact, even residents living within the buffer zones and transition areas of a biosphere reserve are often unaware or only partly aware of the complex and special place they inhabit. 3. International networkAll biosphere reserves worldwide are designated by UNESCO and form part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR), currently standing at 671 in 120 countries around the globe. All projects undertaken by biosphere reserves are to be aligned with UNESCO's MAB Programme, which has local (e.g. MAB in South Africa), regional (e.g. AfriMAB) and international tiers. While biosphere reserves are internationally recognised, they are always nominated by national governments and remain under the sovereign jurisdiction of the states where they are located. On a local level, they should also be recognised as a vehicle to fulfil our country's obligations and commitments regarding a number of international environmental and socio-economic agreements and conventions. The department of environmental affairs (DEA), then, is the overarching custodian of South African biosphere reserves. They determine policies and guidelines and are the direct link to UNESCO, but they do not provide any financial support. Which may raise the question: where do they get their money from?A photo posted by Penandino (@penandino_) on Nov 21, 2015 at 12:54am PST 4. Funding and collaborationIt's important to remember that all South African biosphere reserves are NGOs and that keeping them going strong is a collaborative effort.As mentioned above, they do not receive any funding from the national government, nor from UNESCO. Thus all funding has to be generated through the establishment of firm partnerships with various bodies and stakeholders, both international and local.For example, currently the Western Cape biosphere reserves receive much of their financial support from the provincial government's department of environmental affairs and development planning (DEADP) as well as WWF's Table Mountain Fund. Operating on the premise of the 'whole being greater than the sum of its parts' has seen the South African MAB Strategy identifying the strengthening of ties and forging of partnerships (between the biosphere reserves themselves, but also with a variety of outside stakeholders) as one of the most important objectives for the next five years. One of the ways this is being effected is through the South African Biosphere Reserve Trust, which was established in 2014. All eight of South Africa's biosphere reserves belong to the trust and each has its own trustee dealing with individual logistics. 5. There are 8, almost 9 in South AfricaBy this time you may be wondering about the facts and figures of these South African biosphere reserves being mentioned. Well, there are currently 8 officially designated reserves in the country, with a ninth in the process of being nominated.They all vary in size and are located all over the country – four in the Western Cape (one overlapping with the Eastern Cape), three in Limpopo (one overlapping with Mpumalanga) and one in Gauteng/North West. The Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve in the Overberg was the very first to be declared in 1998. Home to more than 1 880 different plant species, it is considered to be the very heart of the Cape Floral Kingdom. At 100 000ha, it is the smallest biosphere region in South Africa. Cape West Coast (378 000ha) was declared in 2000, followed by Kruger to Canyons (2 474 700ha) and Waterberg (417 000ha) in 2001, after which came the designation of Cape Winelands (322 000ha) in 2007, Vhembe (3 070 000ha) in 2009, and the Gouritz Cluster (3 187 893ha) and Magaliesberg (357 870) in 2015. The Garden Route Biosphere Reserve is in the process of being nominated as an official biosphere reserve. It's interesting to note how very different each of these regions is – apart from size and ecological/social make-up, each was also nominated for different reasons by different organisations.For instance, the establishment of Cape West Coast was initiated by the West Coast District Municipality, with spatial planning as a driving force. The designation of Vhembe, on the other hand, was initiated by individual landowners, with conservation and community benefits as the main drivers. A photo posted by the.cside (@the.cside) on Feb 7, 2016 at 12:56pm PST 6. They run amazing sustainable projects and create jobsEach of these 8 (almost 9) reserves is doing incredible work as far as conservation, education, job creation and sustainability is concerned. Some of the most noteworthy projects currently running, include:Cape Winelands Biosphere Reserve's food forests – Food security throughout the winelands is not guaranteed, with as much as 70% of the population not knowing where their dinner will come from on any given day. As a result the CWBR has embarked on a program to educate and empower people to create their own food sources. It entails planting hardy fruit-bearing trees and vegetable gardens in informal settlements, schools, rural areas and anywhere else where food is scarce. Kruger to Canyons (K2C) Environmental Monitor's Program – Working closely with SANParks and a number of different institutions, K2C has managed to create more than 200 jobs to date by getting local communities involved with various conservation projects.Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve's ongoing alien clearing projects – As the heart of the Cape Floral Kingdom, it's no surprise that the KBRC pilots various alien clearing projects throughout the region, creating jobs for locals as they go along. 7. You can helpSouth Africa's biosphere reserves rely heavily on the generous support of volunteers. Offering their expertise in various fields and of course also their precious time, has helped the MAB Programme accomplish the amazing feats it has to date. If you live within a biosphere reserve and think you have some skill or special interest that could serve their purposes, why not sign up as a volunteer?Financial support is also always welcome and contributions can be made via the South African Biosphere Reserve Trust. Should you be interested in getting involved with biosphere reserves on some level, you can contact MAB South Africa's Dr Ruida Pool-Stanvliet via email firstname.lastname@example.com to read next on Traveller24:- SA gets two new biosphere reserves- Biodiversity for the win: Best of CapeNature in 2015- North West sets sights on becoming SA's next big destination share: Trending on Traveller24 {{item.title}}