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Fake the smile until you make the smile real.

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Infographics about writer's block

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4 Best Writer's Block Infographics

In every blogger's/writer's life, there always comes a situation where he or she runs out of ideas and words for their next piece of article. It feels like a road end wherein the writing journey stops. This is known as "writer's block".

There are many ways to overcome writer's block, but it varies from one person to another on the types of writers' block they are facing. Like in my case, I sometimes get stuck in writing the 1st paragraph or a good start.

So today let us try to know what exactly is writer's block and how to overcome them from the following infographics:

1. Writer's Block

This infographic describes the proper definition of "writer's block" by pros and few tips to overcome them. It also includes a list of movies made with respect to this subject.

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Is Grammar Not Your Thing?  Helpful Guide to Grammar and Writing

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Is Grammar Not Your Thing?  Helpful Guide to Grammar and Writing

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Dedicated to the memory of Dr. Charles Darling.

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The Guide to Grammar and Writing contains scores of digital handouts on grammar and English usage, over 170 computer-graded quizzes, recommendations on writing -- from basic problems in subject-verb agreement and the use of articles to exercises in parallel structures and help with argumentative essays, and a way to submit questions about grammar and writing.

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An argument of definition in action!

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Science

The kilogram - anywhere in the world, for any purpose - is based on the exact weight of a golf-ball-sized chunk of platinum and iridium stored under three glass bell jars in a vault in an ornate building outside of Paris. Accessing the vault requires three people with three separate keys and the oversight of the Bureau Internationale des Poids et Mesures, the international organization that oversees the International System of Units.

Despite all of this security, in the 129 years since the International Prototype of the Kilogram was forged, polished and sanctioned as an artifact of measurement, it seems to have lost a tiny amount of material.

Mass is internationally defined by this prototype, also nicknamed "Le Grand K," which means that if this original kilogram loses material, as it has done, the whole rest of the universe gets heavier.

On Friday, metrologists - people who study the science of measurements - and representatives from 57 nations will gather in a conference room in Versailles, France to redefine the kilogram. In other words: the way we weigh the world is about to change.

Nearly every corner of the globe, including the U.S. and its customary units, relies on the International System of Units, referred to as the SI, to make measurements.

Systems of measurement stretch back across more than 5,000 years of human history, based on common concepts like the length of an arm or the weight of a seed. Modern measurements strive for more universality.

All SI measurements are meant to be based in universal constants, like the speed of light or the oscillations of an atom of cesium-133. These units are expressed without artifacts or physical objects that define them. That is, except the kilogram.

"You couldn't have GPS if you didn't have atomic clocks and the speed of light," said metrologist Barry Wood, who worked on the effort to make the prototype kilogram obsolete. In 1983 when the speed of light was officially defined as a constant, he said, no one would have anticipated the commonplace use of GPS by millions, if not billions of people. Scientists think that someday, the precision used in defining a kilogram might have a similarly fundamental importance.

What scientists did

Though four measurements are set to be officially redefined during the meeting in France, the kilogram is arguably the most meaningful. People use it in everyday and scientific activities - as people measure their morning coffee, determine shipping costs and calculate rocket fuel use.

It has also stymied metrologists for decades.

"The ability to compare two light objects with a balance is phenomenal, and has been phenomenal since probably the time of the Egyptians," said Jon Pratt, a mechanical engineer who was until recently the Chief of Quantum Measurements at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. "It's literally 3,000 year old technology."

But determining mass without another object for comparison can be much more abstract. For more than a decade, metrologists have been working on two different experiments meant to relate mass to a universal concept called Planck's constant, which links the energy of a photon to its frequency.

One experiment, dubbed the Avogadro Project, united laboratories across Europe, Australia, Asia and the U.S. in an effort to create a perfect silicon crystal. They hoped to calculate the exact number of atoms of silicon in a sphere equal in weight to Le Grand K - by using a single isotope, silicon-28, and hiring a master lensmaker to smooth the silicon sphere with near atomic precision. From there, they could create a precise definition of Avogadro's constant, the number of carbon-12 atoms in 12 grams, and derive a more precise Planck's constant.

Despite pouring millions of dollars into the most perfectly round objects ever created, researchers were not satisfied.

Another effort began with two incredibly precise scales known as Kibble or watt balances.

"If we were going to define mass in terms of the Planck constant, we were first going to have to define the Planck constant in terms of mass," Pratt said. He worked on the NIST Kibble balance in the U.S., while Wood, a researcher at the National Research Council of Canada, worked on the Canadian counterpart.

Kibble balances have some similarity to the ancient balances that compared heaps of grain or lumps of gold. Instead of comparing objects, Kibble balances use magnets, a coil of wire and precise electrical monitoring equipment to tease out the relationship between electrical force and physical weight.

Laser interferometers in the Kibble balances measure minute movements, and other instruments constantly monitor fluctuations in local gravity to cancel out any effects from shifting tides or changing densities in the Earth's crust.

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By weighing an exact copy of the Le Grand K with immense precision, the Kibble balance is meant to define Planck's constant to within eight decimal places. Then, Planck's constant can be used to define weight in the absence of any physical artifact, anywhere in the universe.

"We couldn't do it before because we couldn't do it to the accuracy that could satisfy almost everybody," Wood said. There wasn't one leap in technology that allowed the redefinition of the kilogram now versus any other time in history, both researchers agreed. According to Wood, "It's a series of little things that magically just make it a little better and a little better."

The Avogadro Project's numbers also agree with the Kibble balances' more precise measurements, Wood said, which provides confirmation that their work is bringing them close to the universal constant they seek.

Why it matters

After the kilogram's definition is changed officially - on May 20, 2019, also known as World Metrology Day - most people will never notice the difference, Wood said. It won't change baking ingredients on a kitchen scale, or even have an effect on the tons of goods shipped globally every day.

For astronomers calculating the movements of stars and galaxies or for pharmacologists trying to define doses of medications down to the molecule, the new standard of measurement could change the way they work.

But for many metrologists, that day-to-day work isn't necessarily what inspired this change. The metric system was intended to be a rational, universal set of units "for all people, for all time," an idea attributed to the French mathematician, philosopher and revolutionary known as the Marquis de Condorcet.

According to Pratt, it was quantum physicist Max Planck himself who predicted that a system of measurements based on natural constants would someday be necessary for extraterrestrial communication. No alien civilization would agree with us on the standardized weight of Le Grand K, but we all should be able to measure the same energy coming off of a photon anywhere in the universe.

"Whether we know them or not, the natural laws governing the universe are necessary and constant," Pratt said. "From the beginning of the universe till now, we haven't seen any evidence of these constants varying. They pretty much cover the known universe and all time."

After the upcoming vote, those constants will define the global system of measurements. For all people, and for all time.

"The SI unit system will finally be a truly universal system, free of any human artifacts," said aerospace engineer Max Fagin, whose tweets about metrology recently went viral. "And that to me is a profoundly beautiful thing."

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The Power of Believing that You Can Improve"

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The Power of Believing that You Can Improve"

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Carol Dweck shares the importance of "not yet" and the growth mindset.

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The power of believing that you can improve

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Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain’s capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk, she describes two ways to think about a problem that’s slightly too hard for you to solve. Are you not smart enough to solve it … or have you just not solved it yet? A great introduction to this influential field.

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A useful brainstorming tool

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https://www.weareteachers.com/writing-process-not-linear/

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Did you know that there are some tricks that can be used to refine Google searches?

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The Purdue OWL has a free APA guide full of useful information to help with citing sources.

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You can also watch our APA vidcast series on the Purdue OWL YouTube Channel .

General APA Guidelines

Your essay should be typed and double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5" x 11"), with 1" margins on all sides. Include a page header (also known as the " running head") at the top of every page. For a professional paper, this includes your paper title and the page number. For a student paper, this only includes the page number. To create a page header/running head, insert page numbers flush right. Then type "TITLE OF YOUR PAPER" in the header flush left using all capital letters. The running head is a shortened version of your paper's title and cannot exceed 50 characters including spacing and punctuation.

Font

The 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual requires that the chosen font be accessible (i.e., legible) to all readers and that it be used consistently throughout the paper. It acknowledges that many font choices are legitimate, and it advises writers to check with their publishers, instructors, or institutions for guidance in cases of uncertainty.

While the APA Manual does not specify a single font or set of fonts for professional writing, it does recommend a few fonts that are widely available. These include sans serif fonts such as 11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, and 10-point Lucida Sans Unicode as well as serif fonts such as 12-point Times New Roman, 11-point Georgia, 10-point Computer Modern.

Major Paper Sections

Your essay should include four major sections: the Title Page, Abstract, Main Body, and References.

Title Page

Note: APA 7 provides slightly different directions for formatting the title pages of professional papers (e.g., those intended for scholarly publication) and student papers (e.g., those turned in for credit in a high school or college course).

The title page should contain the title of the paper, the author's name, and the institutional affiliation. A professional paper should also include the author note. A student paper should also include the course number and name, instructor name, and assignment due date.

Type your title in upper and lowercase letters centered in the upper half of the page. The title should be centered and written in boldface. APA recommends that your title be focused and succinct and that it should not contain abbreviations or words that serve no purpose. Your title may take up one or two lines. All text on the title page, and throughout your paper, should be double-spaced.

Beneath the title, type the author's name: first name, middle initial(s), and last name. Do not use titles (Dr.) or degrees (PhD).

Beneath the author's name, type the institutional affiliation, which should indicate the location where the author(s) conducted the research.

A professional paper should include the author note beneath the institutional affiliation, in the bottom half of the title page. This should be divided up into several paragraphs, with any paragraphs that are not relevant omitted. The first paragraph should include the author's name, the symbol for the ORCID iD, and the URL for the ORCID iD. Any authors who do not have an ORCID iD should be omitted. The second paragraph should show any change in affiliation or any deaths of the authors. The third paragraph should include any disclosures or acknowledgements, such as study registration, open practices and data sharing, disclosure of related reports and conflicts of interest, and acknowledgement of financial support and other assistance. The fourth paragraph should include contact information for the corresponding author.

A student paper should not include an author note.

Note again that page headers/page numbers (described above for professional and student papers) also appear at the top of the title page. In other words, a professional paper's title page will include the title of the paper flush left in all capitals and the page number flush right, while a student paper will only contain the page number flush right.
Student APA title page

Professional paper APA title page

Abstract

Begin a new page. Your abstract page should already include the page header (described above). On the first line of the abstract page, center and bold the word "Abstract" (no italics, underlining, or quotation marks).

Beginning with the next line, write a concise summary of the key points of your research. (Do not indent.) Your abstract should contain at least your research topic, research questions, participants, methods, results, data analysis, and conclusions. You may also include possible implications of your research and future work you see connected with your findings. Your abstract should be a single paragraph, double-spaced. Your abstract should typically be no more than 250 words.

You may also want to list keywords from your paper in your abstract. To do this, indent as you would if you were starting a new paragraph, type Keywords: (italicized), and then list your keywords. Listing your keywords will help researchers find your work in databases.

Abstracts are common in scholarly journal articles and are not typically required for student papers unless advised by an instructor. If you are unsure whether or not your work requires an abstract, consult your instructor for further guidance.

APA Abstract Page

Please see our Sample APA Paper resource to see an example of an APA paper. You may also visit our Additional Resources page for more examples of APA papers.

How to Cite the Purdue OWL in APA

Individual Resources

The page template for the new OWL site does not include contributors' names or the page's last edited date. However, select pages still include this information.

In the absence of contributor/edit date information, treat the page as a source with a group author and use the abbreviation "n.d." for "no date":

Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). Title of resource. Purdue Online Writing Lab. http://Web address for OWL resource

Purdue Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). General Writing FAQs. Purdue Online Writing Lab. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/general_writing_faqs.html

The generic APA citation for OWL pages, which includes author/edit date information, is this:

Contributors' names. (Last edited date). Title of resource. Site Name. http://Web address for OWL resource

Note: This page reflects the latest version of the APA Publication Manual (i.e., APA 7), which released in October 2019. The equivalent resource for the older APA 6 style can be found here.

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