In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Fill a small saucepan with roughly 6 cups (1.5 L) of water and bring it to a boil over high heat. Note that the saucepan should be about 2/3 full. Add more or less water as needed to get this amount. As with most boxed pasta, this is more water than the couscous will actually absorb. Using this much ensures even boiling, though. Sprinkle the salt into the water and drizzle in the oil. Let it the water simmer for another minute or so afterward. You can add the oil and salt before you boil the water, but adding it after the water has already reached a boil will speed the process up because standard water boils faster than salt water. Don't be afraid to add lots of salt. Only a small amount of the salt will actually be absorbed by the couscous. You need to add the salt to the couscous now, though, so that it can seep into the couscous as it cooks and flavor it from the inside out. The oil helps prevent the couscous from sticking together. After adding the couscous, reduce the heat to medium-low and cover the saucepan. Let it simmer for about 8 minutes. The couscous should be "al dente." In other words, it should be mostly tender, with just a little firmness when you bite into it. Note that the overall cooking time can vary by brand. Follow the package instructions to determine the proper amount of time. Pour the contents of the saucepan through a fine mesh colander. Gently shake the colander back and forth to shake the excess water off the cooked couscous. Alternatively, you could also drain the Israeli couscous using nothing more than the saucepan and the lid. Position the lid so that it is only slightly askew on top of the saucepan. There should be a gap smaller than the average pearl of couscous in between the pan and the lid. Pour the water out into the sink through this gap. Wear oven mitts to protect yourself from the steam. If you want to liven the dish up, add a few dollops of butter and a generous helping of Parmesan cheese. Note, however, that couscous can be served without either.
Summary: Bring a saucepan of water to boil. Add salt and olive oil. Add the Israeli couscous and simmer. Drain well. Season with butter and Parmesan cheese.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Reflect on your strengths. Some people are good at investing, while others may be intimidated by the market or afraid of the risks. Other people are talented artists or writers. Still, others possess a skill or knowledge for which people would be willing to pay. Think about how you can combine your interests and skills to make money. For example, a writer can sell books, a musician can sell songs and a finance buff may be able to clean up in the market. Don't be afraid to try a combination of things. You don't have to stick to one area of expertise. For example, you might earn some income selling e-books, and then turn around and invest some of those earnings. Determine the income level at which you want to live. Think about where you want to live, what living expenses you will have, and how much it will cost to live a lifestyle that will make you happy. This will tell you how much money you need to be earning per year in passive income. Depending on that nature of your passive income revenue stream, you may need to work a certain number of hours per week. For example, you may decide that you need to earn $200,000 per year in residual income to be able to retire and live the way you want. If you are writing and investing to earn that income, you may need to work a few hours each day to maintain your revenue stream. Building reliable streams of residual income requires discipline and commitment. You need to control spending and save as much money as possible to have a nest egg to get you started. Also, you have to promise yourself that you will not spend your savings. Investing as much of your savings as possible and making it harder to liquidate will help you with this. Finally, you must devote time every day, more in the beginning than in later years, to keeping your income stream viable.
Summary: Discover what you're good at. Set a financial goal. Make a commitment.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: The idea behind multiplication is to shortcut adding the same things over and over again. You use multiplication when you have groups of the same size. For example, maybe you have three cups of water that you drank ten times. How many cups of water did you drink total? You could solve this problem by counting adding the amount of times you drank the water from each cup together, or you could clump them into groups to multiply. The idea behind division is splitting equal parts into groups. If you have a pizza with eight slices and four friends, how should you split it up so that each person gets an equal amount of the pizza? In division, that problem would be written as eight divided by four. Each person gets two pieces of pizza. For example, order doesn't matter when you multiply. That's one of the properties that you should learn if you want to learn multiplication. You also should learn multiplication problems that change the order of factors, which is called commutativity, problems that change the grouping of factors, which is called associativity. Becoming familiars of the rules to each number will be a huge help when dividing and multiplying. For example, when you multiple numbers by five the answer will always end in a five or a zero. If you multiply a number by two, it will always end in an even number. Similar rules apply for division. Learn these rules and practice your tables.
Summary:
Understand the concept of multiplication and division. Learn the properties of multiplication. Practice your multiplication and division tables.