The main scale on a Vernier caliper typically tells you the whole number plus the first decimal. Read this just as you would a ruler, measuring to the zero mark on the sliding (Vernier) scale. For example, if the 0 on the sliding scale lines up with the 2 inch mark, your measurement is 2 inches. If it lines up past 2 inches by six tenth-inch marks, your measurement is 2.6 inches. If the result is between two lines, just use the smaller value. Do not try to estimate a value between the two lines. Find the first mark on the Vernier scale that lines up perfectly with any line on the main scale. That mark tells you the value of the additional digits. For example, the 14 on the Vernier scale aligns with a line on the main scale. Let's say the scale represents 0.01 inch increments, so the 14 represents 0.014". It makes no difference which line on the main scale it aligns with. We've already taken our reading from the main scale; don't take another one. Add the main scale and Vernier scale results together to get the final answer. Make sure you use the correct units as labeled on each scale, or you won't get the right answer. In our example, we measured 2.6 inches on the main scale, and 0.014 inches on the Vernier scale. Our final measurement is 2.614 inches. The digits don't always line up this neatly. For example, if the main centimeter scale reads 0.85, and the Vernier 0.01 cm scale reads 12, adding them together results in 0.85 + 0.012 = 0.862 cm.
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One-sentence summary -- Read the main scale where it lines up with the sliding scale's zero. Read the Vernier scale. Add the numbers together.

Dietary changes remain a controversial method of influencing a baby's sex. Many doctors and scientists doubt that diet can exert any strong influence on a child's sex and consider the sex of a baby to be based on random chance. Nevertheless, if your doctor says that it is safe for you to adjust your diet to promote having a girl baby, there is little harm in trying a "girl diet." Dietary changes can supposedly affect your likelihood of conceiving a girl by altering the mineral content and acidity of the uterine environment. According to this theory, a woman's diet in the weeks leading to conception can make her body more "friendly" toward X chromosome sperm (which lead to a baby girl) and less "friendly" toward Y chromosome sperm (which lead to a baby boy). Recommended foods on a diet conducive to having a girl include low-sodium dairy products, eggs, rice, and low-sodium breads and crackers. Fruits and vegetables might also help you conceive a girl. A 2008 study found that women who ate potassium-rich cereals were more likely to conceive boys. Other potassium-rich foods include bananas, salmon, mushrooms, beans, tuna, sweet potatoes, and potatoes.
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One-sentence summary -- Talk to your doctor about making dietary changes. Change your diet to change your body chemistry. Eat a diet high in calcium and magnesium. Avoid potassium and sodium-rich foods.

Your doctor can prescribe a burn cream or ointment to speed up the healing process. The cream or ointment will help prevent infection and will prevent your bandages from sticking to your wound, if you have bandages. Additionally, your doctor may be able to prescribe painkillers to help you cope with the pain as your burn heals.Your doctor will likely recommend that you try over-the-counter pain relievers first, such as ibuprofen or naproxen.
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One-sentence summary -- Ask about medicated burn creams and pain relief, if necessary.

Pick something meaningful to you if possible such as your favorite flower or your dog. It is likely going to be easier for you at first to draw from a reference than from imagination, so drawing something you like will help you focus. When starting out, you don't need specialty art supplies. Any pen, pencil, or paper on hand will do. Press your pencil lightly against the paper. Focus in on the line you will draw, forgetting what the subject is. Don't think about your dog. Instead, start with an outline. The edge of your dog is a line between the dog and the environment. Make your line with short strokes. The shorter you make your line strokes, the steadier your drawing will appear. Don't critique your work. Move fast and hone your stroke. Once you have a basic outline of your subject, start drawing the interior. Search for landmarks on the subject, distinguishing marks such as a dent in a cup or a tuft of hair on a dog that will give you an idea of where to place nearby lines. Shading is a little more difficult, but it gives your drawings a sense of light and depth. Observe which way the sun shines on your subject. Start with a clean, sharp pencil and make even marks on partially dark areas. As the lead tip wears away, move towards the shadowed areas. Press harder to leave darker marks. This can be practiced by doing a shading bar. Start at one end of the paper. Move your pencil back and forth as you move across the paper. Apply more pressure to transition to darker marks. Value bars are also good practice. Divide a rectangle into five sections. Leave one end white. Darken the other end as much as you can. Layer your lines in the squares in between to make different shades of gray.
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Pick a subject you see. Draw short lines. Fill in details. Shade in shadows.