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Coffee Quiz: What Do You Know about this Famed Beverage?

This much-loved beverage is everywhere.  What do your readers know about the origins of coffee?  Famous coffee customs throughout history?  The prevalence of coffee consumption?  This pithy 25-question quiz will provide answers, and entertain and educate your readers at the same time.  962 words.  [Feature 0506]

Identity Theft: Don't Be a Victim

Chances are that some of your readers have been victimized by identity theft.  More will fall prey to this crime in the future.  This feature describes fourteen common identity theft scams -- and the steps readers can take to avoid becoming victims.  The feature includes a sidebar packed with informative and helpful guidance for readers who suddenly suffer identity theft.  1664 words.  [Feature 0315]

Get a Running Start on Your Vacation

Too often, "getting ready for vacation" means late-night hours and stress over things undone.  No more!  This feature offers tips readers can use to comfortably prepare for their vacations and meet pre-vacation obligations at the same time.  871 words.  [Feature 9908]

The Roth IRA: A Primer

Before readers can take advantage of the Roth IRA, they must understand it.  This feature summarizes, in question-and-answer form, the key features of the Roth IRA, and explains the differences between a Roth IRA and a traditional IRA.  1062 words.  [Feature 9518]

Scams, Scamps and Shams on the Internet Superhighway

Although it's a great communication and information resource, this medium attracts swindlers, hoaxsters and uncredentialed "experts."  Here, readers will learn how to recognize Internet danger signs.  1368 words.  [Feature 9724]

Balancing Act: How Well Do You Juggle Work and Family Life?

This provocative, self-scoring quiz helps readers assess their personal "balancing" skills, and learn how to master the competing demands of work and home life.  950 words.  [Feature 9613]

Movin' On: Make Your Move a Smooth One

One in five people in North America will move their residences this year.  Nearly as many will find themselves in new work surroundings.  This feature offers readers checklists of tips they can use to prepare for a move, hire movers, and get back into a productive routine once a move is over.  1372 words.  [Feature 9515]

Make Spring Cleaning Work for You (filler collection)

Here's a collection of seven fillers on the subject of cleaning, filing and storage in the home and office.  Includes "A Business Record Keeping Primer," "Are You a Pack Rat?", "Keeping Your Desktop Clean," "A Potpourri of Filing Suggestions," and more.  2091 words.  [Feature 9408]

Your Child's Education: You Can Make a Difference

Readers often wonder how they can positively influence their childrens' education.  This feature presents a variety of steps parents can take to help children learn successfully at home and in the classroom.  1132 words.  [Feature 9318]

A Head Start on Your Day: Beating those Early Morning Blues

Early morning.  That time of day can be a bummer!  But this feature offers readers more than thirty practical suggestions they can use to organize their morning routines at home, eat right, get the family up and moving, and get a satisfying start on the day's activities.  1074 words.  [Feature 9317]