This Week at JMRL:

Organize Your Life

No matter what your New Year's resolution is, organizing your life can help get rid of stress and make room for better things in your life.

Try A Clutter Free Home which includes strategies, ideas and step-by-step projects that offer creative storage solutions. What's a Disorganized Person to Do? offers hundreds of solutions for gaining control of clutter in the house and office. Simple organizational programs already exist and can be found in other books at JMRL.

Charlottesville 250th Anniversary

It's the 250th anniversary of Charlottesville's founding back in 1762, and 2012 promises to bring a special year of birthday hoopla and historical remembrance. www.celebrate250.com

Learn a Language in the New Year

byki (Before You Know It) is a powerful new online language-learning system. The program teaches patrons to speak, hear and write almost any language. This rapid learning system takes users through a series of simple steps to memorize words and phrases in a new language, including their meanings and proper pronunciation.

Database Spotlight

Value Line is a complete, multidimensional investment management solution that enables both new and experienced investors to make timely, better-informed decisions. It provides a wealth of in-depth financial information, intelligently presented both in print and online.

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