In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Do you tend to stay in on the weekends, turning to the same favorite shows and take-out places over and over? The comfort marriage provides is nice, but it's important to add some variety, too. Taking vacations, weekend trips or even short day trips to places you've never been is a great way to spark interesting conversations and find new reasons to laugh together.    Plan a trip with activities you think both of you will enjoy. If you both love wine, go wine tasting at a new winery, and buy a few bottles to take home so you'll remember what a nice time you had. If you and your spouse are adventurous types, plan a trip that takes you far from your comfort zone. For example, you could visit a country where people speak another language and have fun finding your way around a foreign city together. Or for a weekend or day trip, instead of driving to the next town over, try riding your bikes instead, or taking a rafting trip. Do something that will help you feel like a team again. It's fun and sexy to see your spouse trying out your hobby for the sake of love and adventure. If your spouse is a French film buff but you like to spend your free time playing sports, give up a game night to go see a film that you can talk about together afterward. In exchange, ask your spouse to join in for a pick-up game or play a singles tennis match with you sometime. You'll get to see each other feeling happy and in your respective elements, and that's definitely a recipe for spicing up a marriage.  You don't have to completely adopt your partner's hobby; maybe you hate subtitles, or you really dislike having tennis balls flying at your head. Just giving it an honest try will make your partner feel good. And no complaining! Take pleasure in watching your partner enjoy his or her hobby. People only choose hobbies that make them happy. Your partner's happiness should make you happy, too! Do work, school, your kids' needs, and finances tend to be the subject of most of your conversations? Falling into the rut of never talking about things are fun and exciting can spell doom for a marriage over time. Make a point of having at least one conversation a day about something not related to everyday life. You'll find that both of you enjoy talking with each other a lot more when you aren't spouting worries every time you open your mouth.  Reading books and news articles is one way to get new conversation fodder. Talk about what's going on in the world outside your marriage. Politics, current events, scientific advancements, and pop culture are good conversation topics. Watch movies and shows together and analyze them together afterward. Make plans together and talk them out leading up to the events. Try talking about something fun, new or interesting first thing in the morning. The first conversation you have will set the tone for the day. Rather than asking "Did you remember to pay the gas bill?" Start a pleasant conversation about what you're looking forward that day. This goes for woman and men! Sometimes adding spice is as easy as switching out the same old jacket for something bright and new, or wearing your hair in a different style every once in a while. Your partner will love seeing you trying something new. Wear a new shade of lipstick, get bangs, shave your beard, buy new shoes, put away that old t-shirt you wear every weekend - the possibilities are endless.  For added fun, dress completely differently for a day, and act totally charming. For example, if you're a jeans kind of guy, put on dress pants and a button-down shirt with some cologne. Kiss your spouse on the neck and tell her how much you love her. You could also agree as a couple to dress as strangers - lots of couples do it! Plan on wearing interesting, sexy clothes and go separately to the same bar or hotel. When you see each other, pretend like you're meeting each other for the first time.
Summary: Take trips to places you've never been. Embrace each other's hobbies. Talk about new subjects. Change up your hair and clothes sometimes.

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.
++++++++++
One-sentence summary -- 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.

Problem: Article: Around the World is all about accuracy and consistency when shooting. You set five or more spots in an arc around the basket. Each player gets two shots at each spot. If you make it, you move on to the next one. If you miss two in a row, you start from scratch. The first player all the way around wins. You need at least two players. However, there is no upper limit on the number of people that can play. You want to make a small half-circle around the basket. If you're new to the game, set it up around the key, the rectangle in front of the goal. If you're experienced you can back up, even setting every spot around the three point line. You want to make a half-circle, representing the world, so that you have to shoot from every angle and on both sides of the basket. However, you should feel free to pick whatever spots you want. Mark them with tape or chalk.  In general, you want your spots evenly spaced out. You can have as many spots as you want, depending on how long you want the game to go on for. Some people like to add the free-throw line as the first and last shot -- your "home base."
Summary:
Win by making every shot "around the world"before everyone else. Select your "world spots" before the game starts.