Article: Often referred to as “getting your tubes tied,” a tubal ligation is a popular form of female sterilization. It has a 99.5% effectiveness for preventing pregnancy and can be a great option for women who don't want to have a child in the future. You may want to choose this option if you have lingering doubts about sterilization. This procedure can sometimes be reversed. However, only 50-80% of women who have a reversal will be able to get pregnant. The female partner can also choose to be sterilized by having her fallopian tubes removed. This is a permanent surgical solution. Fortunately, it is not painful! Talk to your doctor to see if it's right for you. Unlike with a tubal ligation, there is no way to reverse this procedure. The male partner can get a vasectomy, which is a simple, effective procedure. The doctor can do it in-office with little pain. Vasectomies are 99.9% effective. In some cases, vasectomies can be reversed. However, it's best to wait until the couple is sure they don't want to have a child.
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Choose a tubal ligation. Have your fallopian tubes removed. Get a vasectomy.
Article: Before calculating your grade, you will need to figure out if your teacher is using a point system or a weighted grade system. With a point system, everything you do in the class will be worth a certain number of points. Look for a point score on your assignments or simply ask your teacher to determine if this is how you are being graded. Look at your syllabus, add the numbers listed on completed assignments, or ask your teacher to determine the total number of points available. If you are just trying to find out what your grade is at the moment, add together only the points for assignments you have completed so far. If you want to guess the grade you will end with in the class, you will need to ask your teacher for the total number of points that can be earned in the class. Next, add up all of the points that you earned on your assignments. You can get these numbers from the assignments themselves (if your teacher listed your point score) or you can get them by asking your teacher for your scores. If you are trying to guess what grade you will end up with, you will have to guess how well you will score on future assignments in order to calculate your final grade. You can guess these numbers by choosing a number of points similar to the percentages you have been getting or you can choose a higher number of points (to see what would happen if you study harder) or a lower number of points (to see what would happen if you studied less). Now, take the total number of points that you earned and divide that number by the number of total earned points. You can use the points only for assignments so far or you can use the number of points for the entire class. It depends on the information available to you and your reasons for calculating your grade. An example of this equation would look like this: Sam has completed ten assignments and one test. Altogether, these assignments were worth 200 points. Sam added together their scores and found that they had earned 175 points. Sam calculates the grade (175/200=.87) to find a score of 87% for their class grade.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Determine if you are on a point system. Determine the total number of earned points. Determine the total number of points you earned. Determine your percentage.
Article: Using a circular saw, make single cuts straight across the flooring that are about 1 foot (30 cm) to 2 feet (61 cm) apart. Be sure your cuts are perpendicular to the direction of the wood. Start on 1 side of the room and work your way systematically to the other side, spacing each cut about 1 foot (30 cm) to 2 feet (61 cm) apart.  Always keep your hands away from the blade of a circular saw. Wear goggles over your eyes when operating the saw to protect them from debris. Wedge the pry bar into 1 of the cuts. Tap the end of it with a rubber mallet to drive the bar more deeply into the cut. Use the bar to pry the first piece of hardwood out of the floor. Be forceful if necessary.  It doesn't matter where you start in the room. Start a discard pile for the removed planks.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Make cuts perpendicular to the direction the wood is laying. Pry up the the first hardwood plank using a pry bar and mallet.