Business news outlets are beginning to carry stories about buying opportunities in the stock market, which has suffered such severe losses in recent weeks from selling by panicked investors.

Along with standard investment newsletters such as the S&P Outlook, Morningstar's Stock Investor and Fund Investor, and Value Line, more specialized letters are also available to you in our Business Room. Among these are Roger Conrad's Utility Forecaster, which has, according to the Hulbert Financial Digest, beat the DJ Wilshire 5000 in annualized gains by 4.7% over the five years ending July, 2008 with 34% less volatility.

Other titles owned by the Library which are well-rated by Hulbert include: The Chartist, No-Load Fund X, Louis Rukeyser's Mutual Funds, and Prudent Speculator . Decrease your costs and increase your rate of return by making use of the Library's subscriptions. Please stop by the Information Services desk if you'd like help locating any of these sources.

For St. Charles Public Library cardholders, Morningstar, ValueLine, and Standard & Poors, as well as other specialized business databases, journals and newspapers, are just a few clicks away on your computer (or ours).

LH & HK

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If you're looking for some tips to set a festive holiday table, bake that bird to crispy perfection, or dazzle your guests with Pilgrim lore, check out our Thanksgiving Hot Topic.

If you've decided a better way to celebrate would be to have someone else do the cooking, the serving and the dishes, you might want to check out BooRah. BooRah, like Yelp, lets you read ratings of restaurants from locals. You can add your own reviews and give your favorite place a "Rah!" or that place that served you the cold stringy turkey with the gelatinous gravy a big "Boo!"

Need a quick recipe to bring to Auntie Jane's house? Click the images below...

Gobble!

HK

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In the spirit of feasting, I thought it might be fun to feature some food and drink sites this week. First up, Eat, Drink or Die, a site largely made up of recipes and demonstration videos contributed by users of the site, as well as some experts. You can rate recipes on a scale from "die" to "delicious."

Want a sample? Here's Zac Brown's roasted potato video - which comes along with a little extra entertainment.

Yum.

HK

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Millions of photos from the LIFE magazine photo archive are now available through Google Images. Most of these photos were never published.

The photos are available for free for personal and research purposes. The copyright and ownership of all images remains with Time (which owns the archive). It's a great resource for students, historians, photographers and the just plain curious!

HK

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National Adoption Day is a "...collective national effort to raise awareness of the 129,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families." Learn much more at www.nationaladoptionday.org.

The library is a rich source of information for anyone considering adoption or dealing with the parenting issues that adoptive families face. You will also find a variety of fiction titles in both the adult and youth collections.

Select titles include:

649.145 ADO Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections
649.145 COG Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child
362.734 CHI Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul
362.734 DOR So You Want to Adopt, Now What?

The Information Services Librarians can help you find more information. Make a difference in the life of a child...adopt.

jdc

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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) and the Ad Council are launching a campaign to help recognize the men and women who have served and are serving in these sometimes forgotten wars. Check out the ad campaign. The main site for vets is here.

For more information on Veterans' issues, check out the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs and the VFW sites.

Learn more about honoring the men and women who have served our country in uniform and the history of Veteran's Day in America.

HK

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