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Sacramento Family Holiday Guide 2012 - Sacramento Sidetracks

Date: November 29, 2012 Author: keilah Categories: Blog, Christmas, Holiday, Slider List

The holiday season is a great time to spend quality time with our kids, make memories, and even create new traditions! Here are over 50 things to do in Sacramento to celebrate this special time of the year. Enjoy the magic of the season with your family!

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Cookies with Santa
When: Saturday, December 1; 5:30-7:30pm
Where: Fair Oaks Library
What: Enjoy cocoa and cookies, crafts and stories?and a very special visit with Santa himself. Families may take their own photos with Santa. Space is limited. Registration is required.
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

Breakfast with Santa
When: Saturday, December 1; 8am, 9am, and 10pm
Where: Pavilion, Elk Grove Regional Park
What: The holidays are here! Join us as we celebrate the season. Each child will have the opportunity to talk with Santa. Breakfast with Santa is co-sponsored by the Pride of Laguna Creek Lion?s Club.
Cost: $5.00 Adults, $1.00 Kids 2 and under
Info: Click here

Breakfast with Santa & Friends
When: Tuesday, December 4; 8:30-10am
Where: Westfield Galleria at Roseville
What: Come have Breakfast with Santa & Friends in the Dining Court where there will be entertainment, a vist from Mrs. Claus, a kid?s craft, meet and greet with Santa, giveaways and more!
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

Santa?s Secret Adventure
When: Every weekend through December 23rd
Where: Penryn Oak Stables, 2460 Del Mar Ave., Penryn
What: Ride through Santa?s secret place on one of his personal carriages.? Listen to Christmas stories around the Christmas fire.? Pony/Horse rides, petting zoo, visit Santa, hot chocolate and cookies.
Cost: $39.00 Kids (ages 2-14), $10.00 Kids under 2, $12.00 Adults with Child, [Discount Nights available $34.00 Kids]
Info: Click here

Breakfast with Santa
When: Saturday, December 8; 8-9:30am or 10-11:30pm
Where: West Sacramento Community Center, 1075 West Capitol Avenue, West Sacramento
What: Eat Come eat breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus! Join us for yummy brunch items, pancake decorating, and hot chocolate! There wioll be tons of Christmas-themed activities for children; the opportunity to mail off letters to the North Pole, and of cours, complimentary pictures with Santa.
Cost: Pre-sale ? Kids $8.00, under 2 $5.00, Adults $10.00; At door ? $15.00 all ages
Info: Click here

Taylor?s Breakfast with Santa
When: Saturday, December 8; 8am, 9:30am and 11am
Where: Taylor?s Kitchen, Sacramento
What: Annual children?s breakfast with Santa. Bring the kids, appetites, and cameras.
Cost: Kids $12.99, Adults $20.99 (not including tax and gratuity)
Info: Click here or call 443-6881 for reservations

Breakfast with Santa
When: Saturday, December 10; 8-11am
Where: Cordova Senior Activities Center, Rancho Cordova
What: Pancakes, sausage, coffee, juice, and cocoa! Stop by the holiday craft fair or join Mrs. Clause and create a hand painted ornament, $3 per person.
Cost: $5.00 Adults, $2.00 Kids 8 and under
Info: Click here

Brunch with Santa
When: Saturday, December 15th; 10:30-12pm (check in at 10am)
Where: Jelly Belly Factory, Fairfield
What: Join Mr. Jelly Belly and friends for a delicious brunch with Santa.? Reservations required.
Cost: $19.99 per person, Kids 2 and under free
Info: Click here ? reservations online only

TREE LIGHTINGS

Community Tree Lighting Celebration
When: Friday, November 30th; 6-8:30pm
Where: West Sacramento City Hall
What: Enjoy an evening of music and holiday refreshments. The kids can get a keepsake picture on Santa?s lap. Holiday music by River City High School Choir, Russian Baptist Church Dawn Choir, West Sacramento Community Singers.
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

State Capitol Tree Lighting
When: Wednesday, December 5; 4-6pm
Where: West Lawn of the State Capitol
What: Annual tree lighting ceremony.? The tree will be decorated with hundreds of hand-crafted ornaments created by children and adults with developmental. Participants include Kitty O?Neal, Oakland School for the Arts, St. Paul?s Choir
Cost: FREE (bring a non-perishable food item for donation)
Info: Click here

Tree Lighting in Carmichael Park
When: Thursday, December 6; 6pm
Where: Carmichael Park, 5750 Grant Avenue, Carmichael
What: Tree lighting, live music, hot cider and cookies, arts and crafts, Santa.
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS

?Winter Wonderland
When: Saturday, December 1; 11am-3pm
Where: Fairytale Town
What: Join us for a day of holiday fun featuring arts and crafts, Santa Claus and his reindeer! Enjoy festive decor and holiday music throughout the park. Stop by Santa?s (temporary) workshop located in the Children?s Theater and let the big guy know what you are wishing for this holiday season. Photos with Santa will be available for purchase for an additional fee. Don?t forget to visit with two of Santa?s best reindeer in Pooh Corner as they rest up for the flight back to the North Pole.
Cost: $5.00 general admission Kids and Adults, 1 and under FREE
Info: Click here

Festival of Giving
When: Saturday, December 1; 12-2pm
Where: Fountains at Roseville
What: Radio Disney AM 1470 teams up with Toys for Toys and multiple charities including Coats for Kids, Local Area Food Banks, and Sacramento SPCA for their second annual Festival of Giving. The Radio Disney AM 1470 Road Crew will be on-site with holiday-themed interactive entertainment, music, and prizes including ?Disney Channel?s Holiday Playlist.?
Cost: FREE; Donations accepted: new, unwrapped toys; gently used coats, clothing, blankets; dry and canned goods; all pet donations.
Info: Click here

Christmas in the Village, Tree Lighting, and Parade
When: Saturday, December 8th; 1?6pm (was originally Dec. 1st, rescheduled due to weather)
Where: Plaza Park in the Fair Oaks Village, Fair Oaks
What: Visit with Santa, sing Christmas carols, Winnie the Pooh Play, and a parade at 4:30pm and then tree lighting and caroling right after the parade.
Cost: Free Admission for 1 canned-food item (drop at base of Christmas Tree).
Info: Click here or call (916) 967-2903

Wild Nights and Holiday Lights
When: December 7th-9th and December 14-23; 5-8pm
Where: Folsom Zoo
What: Thousands of colorful LED lights adorn the zoo, enchanted forest of lighted and decorated trees, carolers and seasonal refreshments, visits from Santa Claus and our very own ?Santa Paws?, animal presentations by Zoo docents, and ride on the miniature scale live steam Starlight Express Train.
Cost: $5.00 per person, under 2 free.? Train tickets $3 per person.
Info: Click here

Camellia Waldorf School?s 24th Annual Winter Faire
When: Saturday, December 8; 10am-2pm
Where: Camellia Waldorf School, 5701 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento
What: Come celebrate the magic of winter with heartwarming activities. Children will enjoy watching puppet shows, making crafts, and shopping in a special children-only store. Parents and friends can shop for unique and handcrafted gifts, as well as enjoy free live music and hearty and healthy food. There will be a Soup Competition, in addition to quesadillas and tamales, home-baked goods, mulled cider, organic gourmet coffee, and more.
Cost: Free entry; prices for activities vary
Info: Click here or call 916-427-5022

Holiday Party
When: Saturday, December 15; 11am-12pm
Where: McKinley Library
What: Come one and all for our annual Friends of McKinley Library Holiday Party! We?re hosting a free puppet show, visit from Santa, and light refreshments. Celebrate your library this holiday season with fun and Friends!
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

Fairytale Town Free Admission Day
When: Monday, December 24; 10am-2pm
Where: Fairytale Town
What: Fairytale Town offers free admission as a holiday gift to guests for visiting throughout the year.
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

Sacramento Zoo Free Admission Day
When: Monday, December 24; 10am-1:30pm
Where: Sacramento Zoo
What: Celebrate Christmas Eve at the Zoo, and you don?t even have to change out of your pajamas! That?s right, admission is free and we will be in our best pjs. Join us! Zoo closes at 1:30 pm.
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

TRAINS

Santa Train
When: Sunday and Monday, December 1, 2, 8, 9and December ; 12-4pm
Where: Live Steamers Train Yard inside Hagan Community Park behind the red barn
What: Take a ride on the Live Steamers? miniature train.? Children of all ages are encouraged to visit with Santa and have their picture taken.
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

Christmas Train
When: Weekends December 1-30
Where: Sacramento River Train, Woodland
What: Family Christmas Train Trip featuring story-telling, Christmas Carols, playful elves, hot cocoa & cookies, and a visit from Santa! The trip lasts about 90-minutes. Pajamas are welcomed!
Cost: Adults $29.00, Kids $23.00??
Info: Click here

MUSIC

The Spirit of the Season Holiday Concert
When: Saturday & Sunday, December 1st-2nd; 7:30pm-9:30pm
Where: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 N?Street, Sacramento
What: Holiday concert featuring Sacramento Children?s Chorus.
Cost: Adults $16.00, Kids $11.00
Info: Click here

Holiday Concert
When: Tuesday, December 4; 4-5pm
Where: Arden-Dimick Library
What: Enjoy a concert of holiday music by the Bel Tempo handbell group. Ringing five-plus octaves of Schulmerich handbells, this community-based group has toured Europe and performs regularly at many Sacramento area venues.
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

Jingle All the Way! Holiday Concert
When: Saturday, December 15; 2pm
Where: St. Francis Catholic Church, 26th and K Streets, Sacramento
What: The Sacramento Master Singers present their annual children?s holiday concert.? A shorter, family-oriented program designed for children.
Cost: Adults $5.00, Kids $3.00
Info: Click here or call (916) 788-7464

Family Kwanzaa Concert
When: Friday, December 28; 2-3:30pm
Where: Crocker Art Museum
What: This year, the Crocker celebrates Kwanzaa with a special family-friendly performance of Crocker artist-in-residence Deborah Pittman?s original multi-media performance piece inspired by Rockwell?s iconic The Problem We All Live With. Advance registration is required.
Cost: Adults $5.00, Kids, $3.00
Info: Click here

ICE SKATING

Downtown Ice Rink
When: Open daily through January 21
Where: 7th & K Streets, Sacramento
What: Ice skate on Sacramento?s original outdoor ice skating rink outside the Westfield Downtown Plaza.? Family Night: Every Tuesday from 4-8 pm. For one adult admission and skate rental receive a FREE child admission and skate rental.
Cost: $8.00 all ages for 2 hours; $2.00 skate rental
Info: Click here

Iceland Ice Skating Rink
When: Open daily 1pm-9pm
Where: 1430 Del Paso Boulevard, Sacramento
What: Iceland open air Ice Skating Rink has been a fixture in Sacramento since 1940 and in 2010 burned down.? It has been rebuilt and is now back in operation.? This is a great place to skate, take lessons, and have parties.
Cost: $5.00 for all ages, including skate rental
Info: Click here

Folsom Ice Rink
When: Open daily 10am-10pm through January 21st
Where: Folsom?s Historic Sutter Street
What: Historic Folsom?s ice skating rink is open from November 5th through January 21st, the rink is the perfect place to bring family and friends for some nostalgic winter adventure.
Cost: Adults $10.00, Kids $8.00; $2.00 skate rental
Info:Click here

Elk Grove?s Ice Rink at Old Town
When: Open daily 10am-10pm through January 21st
Where: Southeast corner of Elk Grove Blvd. & Railroad St. in Old Town Elk Grove
What: Elk Grove?s first outdoor holiday ice rink.
Cost: Adults $11.00, Kids $9.50; includes skate rental
Info: Click here

HOLIDAY ARTS & CRAFTS

Kids Giftmaking Workshop
When: December 1, 15, and 22; 3 hour sessions
Where: reCREATE, Roseville
What: Drop the kids at reCreate while you shop.
Your little artisans will be as busy as elves making handmade gifts for the holidays,
while you take care of your holiday errands and shopping. Kids will make at least 3 gifts and? cards.? Projects vary from week to week, so sign up for more that one program!? Past projects have been bird feeders, jewelry,? ornaments, art journals and more.
Cost: $29/session per child
Info: Click here

Creative Moon Cookies
When: Saturday & Sunday, December 3- 4; 12:30-4pm
Where: Discovery Museum & Science Center, Sacramento
What: This weekend, each child frosts a cookie and adds ?sugar ice?. Decorate this delicious treat and enjoy outer space fun in the Space Quest exhibit. Wash the cookie down with Tang- the drink of astronauts.
Cost: Adults $6.00, Kids $4.00, 3 and under Free
Info: Click here

The Art of Giving with Artworks
When: Wednesday, December 19; 3:30-4:30pm
Where: Elk Grove Library
What: Create special gifts to give to the special people in your life during this fun class presented by ArtWorks!
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

Winter Ornaments
When: Friday, December 21; 3-4pm
Where: Rio Linda Library
What: Let?s get messy! With scissors, glue, felt, and sequins, you will create a one-of-a-kind ornament. Or maybe two! Let?s all join in the crafty fun together. Teen volunteers will be on hand to help. We thank the Friends of Rio Linda Library for sponsoring this event.
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

?THE NUTCRACKER

The Nutcracker
When: December 7 ? December 23
Where: Community Center Theater (part of Convention Center), 1301 L St., Sacramento
What: Performed by the Sacramento Ballet.? Be part of a tradition that has become the heart of Sacramento?s holiday season. Whether a cherished family tradition or your first visit to The Nutcracker, your experience of this wonderful classic will warm your spirit and stay with you forever.
Cost: $18 ? $75
Info: Click here

The Nutcracker
When: Saturday, December 15; 2pm
Where: Sheldon High School Performing Art Center, Sacramento
What: The Capitol Ballet Company performs the beloved holiday classic.
Cost: $16.00-$22.00
Info: Click here

The Nutcracker
When: Friday, December 21 and Sunday, December 18; 7:30pm
Where: Three Stages, 10 College Parkway, Folsom
What: Pamela Hayes Classical Ballet enchanted journey through the Kingdom of Sweets where you will meet the adorable Sweeties, the hilarious Mother Ginger, the beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier and all of the characters you have grown to love in this timeless tale. Pamela Hayes? ?The Nutcracker? has been recognized for its unique entertainment approach and wonderful costuming.
Cost: $29-49 Adults, $15-18 Kids
Info: Click here

PARADES

Downtown Santa Parade
When: Saturday, December 1; 10am
Where: 9th & I to 7th & K, Sacramento
What: The Santa Parade has a spirit of its own, embodied by the many wonderful parade entrants?from tuneful marching bands to high-stepping horses, colorful clowns to vintage vehicles, skillful twirlers to dazzling floats. (Rain or shine, barring high winds)
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

Festival of Lights Parade
When: Saturday, December 8; 5:30pm
Where: Lincoln Way, Auburn
What: ?The Light in a Child?s Eye? theme. Begins at 5:30pm at upper end of Lincoln Way and proceeds down to the fairgrounds.
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

Santa & Sirens Parade
When: December 12, 13, 14; 7pm
Where: Elk Grove ? 3 different locations
What: Get in the ho?ho?holiday spirit with friends, neighbors, and your local police and fire personnel. The Cosumnes CSD Fire Department and the Elk Grove Police Department have teamed to host a series of neighborhood parades. Come out and greet Santa and his elves. New unwrapped toys for the Police/Fire toy drive will be accepted along the route.
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

?THEATRE

Theater of Lights in Old Sac
When: Thursdays through Sundays; 6:15 p.m. and 7:45 p.m.? Ongoing through December 31st
Where: Old Sacramento
What: Old Sacramento?s Theatre of Lights is a unique state-of-the-art live staging of the classic ?Twas The Night Before Christmas hosted by Mark Twain.The show blends a symphony of lights, sounds and visual effects which will take the audience back to a time when the beloved poem ?Twas The Night Before Christmas was first introduced in Sacramento in 1857 in The Sacramento Bee. The beloved poem comes to life on the balconies and rooftops of Old Sacramento?s historic buildings on K Street between Front and 2nd Street.
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

A Christmas Carol
When: November 30 ? December 24
Where: Sacramento Theatre Company, main stage, 1419 H Street, Sacramento
What: Sacramento Theatre Company?s own musical version of Charles Dickens? immortal tale of redemption.
Cost: $15-$46
Info: Click here

The Magic of Christmas at Old Town Tumbleweed
When: December 1-2, 7-9, 14-16, 19-22
Where: Gibson Ranch, 8556 Gibson Ranch Rd., Elverta
What: Join Old Town Tumbleweed for an evening filled with magic, songs, pony rides and much more! Santa Claus will sing Christmas carols for you, and entertainment will be provided by their dogs and ponies. Limited seating. Doors open at 5:30pm, with showtime at 7:00pm.
Cost: Adults $10, Kids $5.00, Under 4 free; Tickets can be purchase at Gibson Ranch Entrance
Info: Click here

Scrooge Family Holiday Musical
When: December 7-23
Where: Chautauqua Playhouse, 5235 Engle Road, Carmichael
What: The musical tale of joy and redemption, based on Chales Dickens? ?A Christmas Carol?.
Cost: Adults $17, Kids 12 and under $10.00; Opening Weekend $10.00 Adult tickets
Info: Click here

Madeline?s Christmas ? The Musical
When: Saturdays and Sundays, December 8-30; 1pm
Where: Sutter Street Theatre
What: The delightful story of Madeline?s Christmas. On Christmas Eve, the adventure begins when there is a knock at the front door. Expecting to see Santa, Madeline meets the Rug Merchant who has brought twelve very special rugs. He reminds Madeline that Christmas is the time of miracles, and that these are not ordinary rugs!
Cost: Adults $17.00, Kids $13.00
Info: Click here

Reindeer Revolution
When: Saturdays, December 8-22; 12 & 2pm
Where: Chautauqua Playhouse Children?s Theatre, 5235 Engle Road, Carmichael
What: A reindeer wishes he had never? been born. And his wish is granted! Will Christmas ever come again?
Cost: $7.00 per person
Info: Click here

The Gift of the Magi
When: Saturdays & Sundays through December 30th; 1pm and 4pm
Where: B Street Theatre, 2711 B Street, Sacramento
What: Family Series show.? Local playwright Jerry R. Montoya ruefully re-imagines O?Henry?s classic tale The Gift of the Magi in a fun, whimsical world of cuddly forest friends. With the Holidays fast approaching, Della and James scramble to find that perfect gift.? When each gives up a prized possession to buy the other something special, they discover that love and true sacrifice are the greatest gifts of all.? Join them and their faithful friends Winnie and Walter for another heart-warming B Street treat. Recommended for ages 5 and up.
Cost: Tickets
Info: Click here

?PUPPET SHOWS

The North Pole Review
When: Saturday, December 1; 3:30-4:15pm
Where: Rio Linda Library
What: The Fratello Marionettes come to Rio Linda with The North Pole Review! This production will showcase dancers, a graceful ice skater, and acrobatic penguins, all performed with marionettes in the cabaret style of manipulation.
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

Frosty?s Magic Hat
When: Thursday, December 13; 3:30-4:30pm
Where: North Natomas Library
What: A little girl makes a wish upon a star and awakens to a yard filled with freshly fallen snow. The magic really begins once she places a hat on her snowman?s head. Join puppet Frosty and his puppet friends, along with a hatful of magic! This is a COOL show by Tony Borders!
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

The Nutcracker
When: Tuesday, December 18; 4-4:45pm
Where: Arden-Dimick Library
What: Based on the tale by E.T.A. Hoffman and the music of Tchaikovsky, ?The Nutcracker? tells the tale of young Clara, who rescues her toy Nutcracker from the evil Mouse King and turns him into a Prince. In doing so, she visits the land of the Sugar Plum Fairy and witnesses all kinds of holiday marvels. The show features Dancing Candies, The Snow Queen spreading snow over all the children, Prancing Clowns, Mechanical Toys, and Chinese Dragons. And of course the big battle between the Mouse King?s armies and the toys and candies. A Winter treat for all ages, featuring
over 40 puppets!
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

The Nutcracker
When: Tuesday, December 18; 4-4:45pm
Where: Belle Cooledge Library
What: Based on the tale by E.T.A. Hoffman and the music of Tchaikovsky, ?The Nutcracker? tells the tale of young Clara, who rescues her toy Nutcracker from the evil Mouse King and turns him into a Prince. In doing so, she visits the land of the Sugar Plum Fairy and witnesses all kinds of holiday marvels. The show features Dancing Candies, The Snow Queen spreading snow over all the children, Prancing Clowns, Mechanical Toys, and Chinese Dragons. And of course the big battle between the Mouse King?s armies and the toys and candies. A Winter treat for all ages, featuring over 40 puppets!
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

COOKIE DECORATING

Holiday Cookie Decorating Party
When: Wednesday, December 19; 6pm-7pm
Where: North Sacramento-Hagginwood Library. Library
What: Kids, come decorate a pre-baked cookie to take home and enjoy. We provide the cookies and decorations. You provide the imagination!
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

Cookie Decorating
When: Saturday, December 22; 2pm-3pm
Where: Valley-Hi Library
What: Decorate cookies with colored icings and fancy sprinkles. Fun to make and fun to share!
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

STORYTIMES

Family Storytime: Gingerbread & Grimm
When: Saturday, December 8; 3-4:30pm
Where: Rio Linda Library
What: How can Gingerbread and Grimm possibly mix? Join us for a reading of the Grimm classic, Hansel & Gretel. Then make your very own little gingerbread house! Graham crackers, powdered sugar frosting, holiday candies, and storytelling will make for a wonderful afternoon.
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

Christmas Pajamas Storytime
When: Wednesday, December 12; 6:30-7:30pm
Where: South Natomas Library
What: Please join us for an evening filled with warmth and laughter! You are welcome to wear your warm and cozy pajamas, or to bring along a stuffed friend. Miss Ingrid will be reading Christmas stories, followed by holiday craft decorating. Festive snacks will be served, and the whole family is welcome to attend.
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

?NEW YEARS

What a Year!
When: Wednesday, January 2; 3:30-4:30pm
Where: Belle Cooledge Library
What: Create an accordion book for 2013 that tells a story about the year you?ve had or hope to have. This project will be suitable for all ages. Join us for an afternoon of creative fun!
Cost: FREE
Info: Click here

Noon Year?s Eve Family Festival
When: Monday, December 31; 10am-2pm
Where: Crocker Art Museum
What: At last, a New Year?s celebration everyone can stay awake for. Families can count down to the New Year at noon. At this fun and free celebration all ages will learn about New Year festivities from around the world through live music and dance performances featuring the Golden Turtle Lion Dance Association, Non Stop Bhangra, Agua de Beber Capoeira, and the City of Sacramento Pipe Band. The celebration will also present New Year?s traditions from local cultural groups and hands-on creative activities. The hand bell choir Bel Tempo Ringers will perform ?Auld Lang Syne.?
Cost: FREE; The Museum will be open and free from 10 AM to 5 PM for the Holiday Monday.
Info: Click here

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Uninsured patients sue Chicago nonprofit hospital

A lawsuit filed Thursday claims a nonprofit hospital in northwest Chicago failed to provide charity care to two low-income, uninsured patients.

The case reopens a longstanding controversy in Illinois over whether hospitals are doing enough charitable work to qualify for lucrative tax exemptions.

The lawsuit claims Swedish Covenant Hospital repeatedly lost one patient's financial assistance application and threatened to send her bill to a collection agency.

It states the hospital incorrectly told another patient she was ineligible for assistance and demanded cash from her.

Swedish Covenant spokeswoman Leigh Ginther says every patient who is identified as uninsured is given an application for charity care and a personal explanation of the process. The hospital reported $6.2 million in charity care expenses last year, nearly 3 percent of its net revenue.

Source: http://www.wbez.org/news/uninsured-patients-sue-chicago-nonprofit-hospital-104105

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Precisely engineering 3-D brain tissues

Precisely engineering 3-D brain tissues [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 29-Nov-2012
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

New design technique could enable personalized medicine, studies of brain wiring

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Borrowing from microfabrication techniques used in the semiconductor industry, MIT and Harvard Medical School (HMS) engineers have developed a simple and inexpensive way to create three-dimensional brain tissues in a lab dish.

The new technique yields tissue constructs that closely mimic the cellular composition of those in the living brain, allowing scientists to study how neurons form connections and to predict how cells from individual patients might respond to different drugs. The work also paves the way for developing bioengineered implants to replace damaged tissue for organ systems, according to the researchers.

"We think that by bringing this kind of control and manipulation into neurobiology, we can investigate many different directions," says Utkan Demirci, an assistant professor in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST).

Demirci and Ed Boyden, associate professor of biological engineering and brain and cognitive sciences at MIT's Media Lab and McGovern Institute, are senior authors of a paper describing the new technique, which appears in the Nov. 27 online edition of the journal Advanced Materials. The paper's lead author is Umut Gurkan, a postdoc at HST, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

'Unique challenges'

Although researchers have had some success growing artificial tissues such as liver or kidney, "the brain presents some unique challenges," Boyden says. "One of the challenges is the incredible spatial heterogeneity. There are so many kinds of cells, and they have such intricate wiring."

Brain tissue includes many types of neurons, including inhibitory and excitatory neurons, as well as supportive cells such as glial cells. All of these cells occur at specific ratios and in specific locations.

To mimic this architectural complexity in their engineered tissues, the researchers embedded a mixture of brain cells taken from the primary cortex of rats into sheets of hydrogel. They also included components of the extracellular matrix, which provides structural support and helps regulate cell behavior.

Those sheets were then stacked in layers, which can be sealed together using light to crosslink hydrogels. By covering layers of gels with plastic photomasks of varying shapes, the researchers could control how much of the gel was exposed to light, thus controlling the 3-D shape of the multilayer tissue construct.

This type of photolithography is also used to build integrated circuits onto semiconductors a process that requires a photomask aligner machine, which costs tens of thousands of dollars. However, the team developed a much less expensive way to assemble tissues using masks made from sheets of plastic, similar to overhead transparencies, held in place with alignment pins.

The tissue cubes can be made with a precision of 10 microns, comparable to the size of a single cell body. At the other end of the spectrum, the researchers are aiming to create a cubic millimeter of brain tissue with 100,000 cells and 900 million connections.

Answering fundamental questions

Because the tissues include a diverse repertoire of brain cells, occurring in the same ratios as they do in natural brain tissue, they could be used to study how neurons form the connections that allow them to communicate with each other.

"In the short term, there's a lot of fundamental questions you can answer about how cells interact with each other and respond to environmental cues," Boyden says.

As a first step, the researchers used these tissue constructs to study how a neuron's environment might constrain its growth. To do this, they placed single neurons in gel cubes of different sizes, then measured the cells' neurites, long extensions that neurons use to communicate with other cells. It turns out that under these conditions, neurons get "claustrophobic," Demirci says. "In small gels, they don't necessarily send out as long neurites as they would in a five-times-larger gel."

In the long term, the researchers hope to gain a better understanding of how to design tissue implants that could be used to replace damaged tissue in patients. Much research has been done in this area, but it has been difficult to figure out whether the new tissues are correctly wiring up with existing tissue and exchanging the right kinds of information.

Another long-term goal is using the tissues for personalized medicine. One day, doctors may be able to take cells from a patient with a neurological disorder and transform them into induced pluripotent stem cells, then induce these constructs to grow into neurons in a lab dish. By exposing these tissues to many possible drugs, "you might be able to figure out if a drug would benefit that person without having to spend years giving them lots of different drugs," Boyden says.

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Other authors of the paper are Yantao Fan, a visiting graduate student at HMS and HST; Feng Xu and Emel Sokullu Urkac, postdocs at HMS and HST; Gunes Parlakgul, a visiting medical student at HMS and HST; MIT graduate students Jacob Bernstein and Burcu Erkmen; and Wangli Xing, a professor at Tsinghua University.

The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Paul Allen Family Foundation, the New York Stem Cell Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Institute of Engineering and Technology A.F. Harvey Prize, and MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

Written by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office


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New design technique could enable personalized medicine, studies of brain wiring

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Borrowing from microfabrication techniques used in the semiconductor industry, MIT and Harvard Medical School (HMS) engineers have developed a simple and inexpensive way to create three-dimensional brain tissues in a lab dish.

The new technique yields tissue constructs that closely mimic the cellular composition of those in the living brain, allowing scientists to study how neurons form connections and to predict how cells from individual patients might respond to different drugs. The work also paves the way for developing bioengineered implants to replace damaged tissue for organ systems, according to the researchers.

"We think that by bringing this kind of control and manipulation into neurobiology, we can investigate many different directions," says Utkan Demirci, an assistant professor in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST).

Demirci and Ed Boyden, associate professor of biological engineering and brain and cognitive sciences at MIT's Media Lab and McGovern Institute, are senior authors of a paper describing the new technique, which appears in the Nov. 27 online edition of the journal Advanced Materials. The paper's lead author is Umut Gurkan, a postdoc at HST, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

'Unique challenges'

Although researchers have had some success growing artificial tissues such as liver or kidney, "the brain presents some unique challenges," Boyden says. "One of the challenges is the incredible spatial heterogeneity. There are so many kinds of cells, and they have such intricate wiring."

Brain tissue includes many types of neurons, including inhibitory and excitatory neurons, as well as supportive cells such as glial cells. All of these cells occur at specific ratios and in specific locations.

To mimic this architectural complexity in their engineered tissues, the researchers embedded a mixture of brain cells taken from the primary cortex of rats into sheets of hydrogel. They also included components of the extracellular matrix, which provides structural support and helps regulate cell behavior.

Those sheets were then stacked in layers, which can be sealed together using light to crosslink hydrogels. By covering layers of gels with plastic photomasks of varying shapes, the researchers could control how much of the gel was exposed to light, thus controlling the 3-D shape of the multilayer tissue construct.

This type of photolithography is also used to build integrated circuits onto semiconductors a process that requires a photomask aligner machine, which costs tens of thousands of dollars. However, the team developed a much less expensive way to assemble tissues using masks made from sheets of plastic, similar to overhead transparencies, held in place with alignment pins.

The tissue cubes can be made with a precision of 10 microns, comparable to the size of a single cell body. At the other end of the spectrum, the researchers are aiming to create a cubic millimeter of brain tissue with 100,000 cells and 900 million connections.

Answering fundamental questions

Because the tissues include a diverse repertoire of brain cells, occurring in the same ratios as they do in natural brain tissue, they could be used to study how neurons form the connections that allow them to communicate with each other.

"In the short term, there's a lot of fundamental questions you can answer about how cells interact with each other and respond to environmental cues," Boyden says.

As a first step, the researchers used these tissue constructs to study how a neuron's environment might constrain its growth. To do this, they placed single neurons in gel cubes of different sizes, then measured the cells' neurites, long extensions that neurons use to communicate with other cells. It turns out that under these conditions, neurons get "claustrophobic," Demirci says. "In small gels, they don't necessarily send out as long neurites as they would in a five-times-larger gel."

In the long term, the researchers hope to gain a better understanding of how to design tissue implants that could be used to replace damaged tissue in patients. Much research has been done in this area, but it has been difficult to figure out whether the new tissues are correctly wiring up with existing tissue and exchanging the right kinds of information.

Another long-term goal is using the tissues for personalized medicine. One day, doctors may be able to take cells from a patient with a neurological disorder and transform them into induced pluripotent stem cells, then induce these constructs to grow into neurons in a lab dish. By exposing these tissues to many possible drugs, "you might be able to figure out if a drug would benefit that person without having to spend years giving them lots of different drugs," Boyden says.

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Other authors of the paper are Yantao Fan, a visiting graduate student at HMS and HST; Feng Xu and Emel Sokullu Urkac, postdocs at HMS and HST; Gunes Parlakgul, a visiting medical student at HMS and HST; MIT graduate students Jacob Bernstein and Burcu Erkmen; and Wangli Xing, a professor at Tsinghua University.

The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Paul Allen Family Foundation, the New York Stem Cell Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Institute of Engineering and Technology A.F. Harvey Prize, and MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

Written by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office


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Finding The Right Injury Lawyer | Reference and Education ...

Whether you have recently been hurt in a car or truck accident, burned or injured by chemical exposure, hurt on a construction site, or simply frustrated by an insurance company that has refused to pay benefits that are owed to you, a personal injury lawyer can help! The aim of this article is to help you understand how to select the best one.

The personal injury lawyer you choose should be more than just ?competent.? Your legal team should be ?remarkable?. Your personal injury lawyer should provide you with resources to deal with all aspects of your case, answer questions, prepare intensely for trial, try your case (if need be) and always be prepared to fight on your behalf.

A truly remarkable firm will work hard to exceed your expectations. They will pull out all stops to get you compensation to cover damages you have suffered, which may include but are not limited to, medical and surgical costs, lost work time and wages, anxiety, pain and suffering, car mileage and many out of pocket costs that you may face. A respected firm will follow up with clients promptly. Look for a lawyer who has a reputation for being tough but fair, smart and compassionate. A great law firm will make sure the client feels comfortable, and at the same time, they need to send a message, loud and clear, to insurance companies and liable parties that they mean business. The right firm will not be scared to throw their credentials around for the benefit of the client.

Accident and injury victims often find themselves in a state of a shock after a traumatic event and do not act swiftly enough. When a terrible event disrupts everything in your world, it?s only human nature to ?wait a bit? to get your head together before moving forward, but this approach may not be the best idea. Here?s why: Evidence from the accident or injury may get lost or even be deliberately destroyed in the hours and days after the accident. Witness recollections may grow foggier and more inaccurate as time passes after the incident. Even your own recollection of the event will give way to hazier, less accurate memories. And if you wait too long after the accident or injury, you may lose your ability to make a claim altogether, even if you have compelling evidence on your side, due to the ?statute of limitations?.

Each personal injury case is unique and needs to be looked at by an experienced injury lawyer. Choose a car accident lawyer that will give you the time and attention you deserve and need to win your case. Be sure they listen astutely to what you want and need and help you feel calm, comfortable, and taken care of throughout your case. Most injury law firms takes cases on a contingency basis. This means that until they win a trial verdict or reach a settlement, you do not owe anything.

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iTunes Connect shutting down from December 21 to 28, no new apps, no price changes that week

iTunes Connect shutting down from December 21 to 28, no new apps, no price changes that week

iTunes Connect, the portal iPhone, iPad, and Mac developers use to manage their apps on the App Store, will be shutting down between December 21 and December 28, 2012. For regular folks, that means no new apps will become available that week, no app updates will show up that week, and no price changes (i.e. sales or end of sales) will occur during that week.

Basically, Apple's review team has the week off.

For developers, here are the details:

iTunes Connect will be temporarily shut down from Friday, December 21, 2012 to Friday, December 28, 2012, for the winter holidays. During this shutdown, the following functionality will be unavailable:

  • Access to iTunes Connect
  • Delivery of any apps or updates

Additionally, the following will be delayed:

  • Releases scheduled to appear on the App Store for the first time
  • Pricing changes scheduled through the interval pricing system in iTunes Connect

We strongly recommend that you do not schedule any pricing changes in iTunes Connect that would take effect between Friday, December 21, 2012 and Friday, December 28, 2012. Pricing changes scheduled to take effect during this date range will not be reflected on the App Store and your app or In-App Purchase will become unavailable for purchase until after the shutdown.

We also recommend that you do not schedule any apps to go live during the shutdown. Releases scheduled with a start date between Friday, December 21, 2012 and Friday, December 28, 2012 will not go live on the App Store until after the shutdown.

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The App Store team

In other words, release, update, and change your prices before the eggnog starts flowing and the systems shuts down for the holidays.



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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Superheroes, Bond, hobbits vie for effects Oscar

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Superheroes, Bond, hobbits vie for effects Oscar
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FILE - This publicity file photo released by Warner Bros., shows the character Gollum voiced by Andy Serkis in a scene from the fantasy adventure "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." The superhero blockbusters ?The Avengers,? ?The Dark Knight Rises? and ?The Amazing Spider-Man? are among 10 films that have made the cut for visual-effects nominations for the Feb. 24 Oscars. The other seven contenders announced Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, are the Bond adventure ?Skyfall,? ?Snow White and the Huntsman,? ?The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,? ?Cloud Atlas,? ?John Carter,? ?Life of Pi? and ?Prometheus.? (AP Photo/Warner Bros., File)

FILE - This publicity file photo released by Warner Bros., shows the character Gollum voiced by Andy Serkis in a scene from the fantasy adventure "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." The superhero blockbusters ?The Avengers,? ?The Dark Knight Rises? and ?The Amazing Spider-Man? are among 10 films that have made the cut for visual-effects nominations for the Feb. 24 Oscars. The other seven contenders announced Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, are the Bond adventure ?Skyfall,? ?Snow White and the Huntsman,? ?The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,? ?Cloud Atlas,? ?John Carter,? ?Life of Pi? and ?Prometheus.? (AP Photo/Warner Bros., File)

FILE - In this film publicity image released by Disney, Chris Hemsworth portrays Thor, left, and and Chris Evans portrays Captain America in a scene from "The Avengers." The superhero blockbusters ?The Avengers,? ?The Dark Knight Rises? and ?The Amazing Spider-Man? are among 10 films that have made the cut for visual-effects nominations for the Feb. 24 Oscars. The other seven contenders announced Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, are the Bond adventure ?Skyfall,? ?Snow White and the Huntsman,? ?The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,? ?Cloud Atlas,? ?John Carter,? ?Life of Pi? and ?Prometheus.? (AP Photo/Disney, Zade Rosenthal, File)

(AP) ? James Bond, Snow White and a whole lot of hobbits and superheroes are in the running for the visual-effects prize at the Academy Awards.

The superhero blockbusters "The Avengers," ''The Dark Knight Rises" and "The Amazing Spider-Man" are among 10 films that made the cut for visual-effects nominations for the Oscars on Feb. 24.

The other seven contenders announced Thursday include the Bond adventure "Skyfall," ''Snow White and the Huntsman," ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," ''Cloud Atlas," ''John Carter," ''Life of Pi" and "Prometheus."

Members of the academy's visual-effects branch will view 10-minute excerpts from each of the films on Jan. 3, and then pick five nominees for the Oscars.

Nominations for the 85th Oscars will be announced Jan. 10.

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Congressman turns to Reddit, gets savaged

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During the election, President Barack?Obama crashed servers when he appeared in an impromptu "Ask Me Anything" post on Reddit.?Rep. Darrell Issa, a Republican from California,?decided to do the same ? "Together, we can make Washington take a break from messing w/ the Internet" his post said in part. But?the response wasn't quite as positive as he might have hoped.

Issa's post, seeking?discussion of a two-year ban on legislation that would affect the Internet, was submitted to?the popular social news site?Tuesday evening. Shortly afterwards, it reached the front page and questions started rolling in. By Wednesday morning,?the time Issa had set for answering questions, the queries?had turned into something of a dogpile.

By far the most popular question the one?posed by user The_Milkman: "Hey Darrell, why did you vote for CISPA?"?Indeed, Issa's sponsorship of CISPA???the controversial?Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act that was approved by the House, but has yet to be approved or vetoed by the president ????was the topic of many questions and much ire.

Issa's?attachment to the controversial piece of legislation?? which would expand?government agencies' ability to access data from sites like Facebook and Twitter???seemed to poison his attempt to solicit Reddit's help?from the start.

Regardless of the unfriendly atmosphere, Issa answered dozens of questions, including some openly hostile ones (his post record can be found here). And like the president, he included a picture of himself answering questions for authenticity's sake. Both the grilling Issa received and his responses could easily be considered more thorough than the president's, who answered questions some?commentators?characterized as softballs.

But regardless of the tone of the conversation, the goal of procuring constructive input on the proposed legislation (the "Internet American Moratorium Act" or IAMA)?seems to have been achieved. A number of comments and suggested changes have been submitted at the site set up for this purpose, and various issues have been raised in the comment threads that may help improve the bill. And the high positive vote count on the AMA itself indicates that the community is at least interested in discussing the topic.

There's a lesson to be learned for politicians and other?public figures who are considering this kind of open discussion on a site like Reddit: It's not always going to be a love-in, as it was with the president. You may end up like Issa, with a front-page post and 2,500 comments calling you everything from an opportunistic hypocrite to a crony of big business.

Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBC?News Digital. His personal website is?coldewey.cc.

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Khloe Kardashian: We Photoshop Our Christmas Cards!

Every December, the Kardashians wow us with a glamorous new Christmas card photo -- but, like many things about the Kardashians, those group pictures aren't quite as real as they appear! During her Wednesday appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Khloe Kardashian Odom revealed that she, husband Lamar Odom, half-sister Kendall Jenner and her sister Kourtney's boyfriend Scott Disick will all be Photoshopped into this year's family portrait.

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Four is the 'magic' number

ScienceDaily (Nov. 27, 2012) ? According to psychological lore, when it comes to items of information the mind can cope with before confusion sets in, the "magic" number is seven.

But a new analysis by a leading Australian psychiatrist challenges this long-held view, suggesting the number might actually be four.

In 1956, American psychologist George Miller published a paper in the influential journal Psychological Review arguing the mind could cope with a maximum of only seven chunks of information.

The paper, "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two. Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information," has since become one of the most highly cited psychology articles and has been judged by the Psychological Review as its most influential paper of all time.

But UNSW professor of psychiatry Gordon Parker says a re-analysis of the experiments used by Miller shows he missed the correct number by a wide mark.

Writing in the journal Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Scientia Professor Parker says a closer look at the evidence shows the human mind copes with a maximum of four 'chunks' of information, not seven.

"So to remember a seven numeral phone number, say 6458937, we need to break it into four chunks: 64. 58. 93. 7. Basically four is the limit to our perception.

"That's a big difference for a paper that is one of the most highly referenced psychology articles ever -- nearly a 100 percent discrepancy," he suggests.

Professor Parker says the success of the original paper lies "more in its multilayered title and Miller's evocative use of the word 'magic'," than in the science.

Professor Parker says 50 years after Miller there is still uncertainty about the nature of the brain's storage capacity limits: "There may be no limit in storage capacity per se but only a limit to the duration in which items can remain active in short-term memory."

"Regardless, the consensus now is that humans can best store only four chunks in short-term memory tasks," he says.

The full discussion paper includes many exemplars of the magic of 'four'.

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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Frilly Knickers & Groin Tattoos

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

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Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) and November Auto Sales ...

By Demian Russian

Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) - auto salesWith Sirius XM Radio?s (NASDAQ:SIRI) OEM activated satellite radio trials?tied closely to its?business model,?investors are watching for continuing signs of recovery in the U.S. auto industry.?TrueCar.com,?an authority on new car pricing, trends and forecasting, released their official November 2012 auto sales and incentives forecast today and it points to continuing strength in the U.S. auto industry.

According to TrueCar?s forecast, new light vehicle sales in the U.S. (including fleet sales) for the month of?November, 2012?is anticipated to be 1,120,088 units, up 12.7% year-over-year from and up 2.6% month-over-month (on an unadjusted basis). This?translates into a SAAR (Seasonally Adjusted Annualized Rate) of 15.2 million, up 13.5 million year-over-year and up 14.3 million month-over-month.?Retail auto sales are up 13.1%?year-over-year??and up 6.3%?month-over-month.?Fleet and rental sales are forecasted to make up 16.1% of total industry sales in November 2012.?The industry average incentive spending per unit for the month of November is expected to be approximately $2,764, which represents an increase of 4.4 percent year-over-year and an increase of 19.3% month-over-month.

TrueCar forecasts for the top eight manufacturers for November 2012:

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?November was a strong month for new car sales and the impact from Hurricane Sandy helped to boost auto sales to its highest since February 2008. Import automakers got the biggest lift due to some increased incentive spending building momentum heading into next year. We don?t expect any major impact on auto sales from the ongoing fiscal cliff discussions.?

? Jesse Toprak, Senior Analyst for TrueCar.com

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?Incentives are expected to increase nearly 20 percent in November and to their highest levels in over two years. Nissan?s incentive spend increased by almost 80 percent while the Asian automakers incentives also grew by over 20 percent. GM was the only domestic automaker that increased incentive spending last month.?

??Kristen Andersson, analyst for TrueCar.com

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Used car sales, which includes sales from franchise dealerships, independent dealerships and private party sales,?are estimated to be 2,685,944, up 3.8% year-over-year and down 11.7 percent month-over-month. The ratio of new to used is estimated to be 1:3.

TrueCar bases its forecast on actual auto sales transaction data. Their transaction data based forecast is refined by other current and historical factors that impact vehicle sales, which includes sales, inventory, incentives, fuel prices, and macro economic data (major stock market indexes, consumer confidence, new home starts, and CPI). TrueCar does not adjust for selling days in year-over-year percentage change calculations.

Demian Russian is the Editor-in-Chief of?Satellite Radio Playground?and?Market Playground.

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Investing in a Bad Economy - Real Estate Economy Watch

With our economy finally recovering from a terrible recession and the possibility of another financial collapse in the coming months, it can be difficult to decide whether or not to invest. Is investing during a bad economy good, or bad?

Residential real estate invest has done surprisingly well for investors during the housing depression.

Large, affordable inventories of distress sales, foreclosures and short sales, have put real estate investing in reach of millions of investors who never would have considered it. Returns of eight percent or better have encourages more than two dozen well-funded private equity investors to enter the market, creating additional demand for well-managed Investors saw their share of non-distressed property purchases inch higher from 11.3 percent to 12.2 percent over the past five months, according to Campbell Surveys.

While there are many bad investments that you should avoid during a down economy, there are also of plenty positive ones, too. Forbes ?Portfolio Strategy? columnist Ken Fisher knows exactly how to make good investing decisions. Make sure you read books by Ken Fisher so you know exactly how to make good investing decisions. Check out this list of things to invest in that could still make you money during a down economy, and see if investing in any of these is a smart decision for you and your money.

Pharmaceutical Industry

It?s a widely accepted fact that beer sales go up as the economy goes down. The pharmaceutical industry is similar in that way. While there is no known study behind it, many people believe that more people get sick during bad economies. Even if that?s not true, humans will never stop getting sick, regardless of the economy.

There will always be high demand for medicine, and the companies that make these medicines know that. That?s why investing in a pharmaceutical company is a solid, recession-proof investment that you can hold on to for years, regardless of the economy.

Entertainment Industry

Investing in different areas of the entertainment industry usually works out to be a recession-proof investment. Movie theatre ticket sales often rise as the economy dips into recession, as people try and escape reality. You likely won?t see investments in this industry depreciate during a recession, and you should even see a spike in growth.

There?s a reason that Hollywood?s ?Golden Age? of the 1930s coincidentally coincided with the Great Depression. People seek outlets during bad times, and turn to entertainment, liquor, and tobacco. People are also more likely to take a big vacation during a recession, so investing in areas relating to travel tends to be a good recession-proof investment.

Oil and Gas

Investing in oil stocks will keep your portfolio afloat during hard times, as gasoline tends to always be in demand. Oil and gas are not going away any time soon, and will keep a steady cash flow as long as you hold onto it. No matter the economy, an investment into this industry is a smart one. As long as our society remains as oil dependant as we are right now, you?ll rarely lose money investing in oil and gas.

Source: http://www.realestateeconomywatch.com/2012/11/investing-in-a-bad-economy/

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Microsoft Visual C# 2012 Step by Step

Publisher:?Microsoft Press

Released:?December 2012?(est.)

Pages:?650

Teach yourself how to build applications with Microsoft Visual C# 2012 and Visual Studio? 2012?one step at a time. Ideal for those with fundamental programming skills, this tutorial provides practical, learn-by-doing exercises for mastering core C# language features and creating working applications and components for Windows?.

Discover how to:

  • Work with variables, non-reserved identifiers, statements, operators, and methods
  • Use the new application models provided by Windows 8 and the Windows Runtime
  • Create interfaces and define abstract classes
  • Manage errors and exception handling
  • Use collection classes
  • Work with databases by using DataBinding with the Entity Framework
  • Respond to user input and gestures; gather input from devices and other sources
  • Handle events arising from multiple sources
  • Develop your first Windows 8 apps
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Microsoft? Visual C#? 2012 Step by Step
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  1. John Sharp

    John Sharp is the author of Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation Step by Step and Microsoft Visual C# 2010 Step by Step. An expert on developing applications with the Microsoft .NET Framework and interoperability issues, John has produced numerous tutorials, white papers, and presentations on distributed systems, web services, and the C# language.

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