chemistry

Organic minute

Organic minute is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Organic minute rather than just read about it. In short: An organic minute is defined as the natural state of which telecommunications relay calls are processed between caller and called parties through Communications Assistant (relay agent and video interpreter) that are in conversation mode; that is, no incentives to encourage unnecessary relay minutes. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the U.S, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) compensates the us…

Key takeaways

Organic minute belongs to chemistry; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Organic minute to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Organic minute from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

An organic minute is defined as the natural state of which telecommunications relay calls are processed between caller and called parties through Communications Assistant (relay agent and video interpreter) that are in conversation mode; that is, no incentives to encourage unnecessary relay minutes. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the U.S, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) compensates the use of Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) for the deaf, hard of hearing (hoh) and speech-impaired for every minutes used. Interpretation of what defines organic minutes may vary among telecommunications relay service providers especially trying to benefit from ramping up unnecessary minutes for the sole purpose of making profit.

How TRS calls work

History of 'inorganic' minutes In 2009 Tom Chandler, chief of the FCC Disability Rights Office, expressed concerns about relay companies abusing their privileges to the TRS fund. He mentioned in his internal email distributions that the programs offered through the video relay service was a "classic fleecing of America." The government, he said, was reimbursing companies for it at "ridiculously high rates."

Venture capitalists Video Relay Service companies, especially with venture capitalists behind the service, view this business opportunity as a quick way of making lucrative profits for their "good will". Companies are becoming creative with how to ramp up minutes since every minute is compensated by the FCC.

Examples of inorganic calls

Tele-marketing Relay companies would purposefully contract a telemarketing firm and create "job opportunities" for the deaf and hard of hearing by opening up positions. The deaf and hard of hearing staff under a telemarketing firm would call through the contracted relay provider thus generate minutes. In return, the telemarketing firm would appreciate a percentage of the profit from the TRS fund.

Conference calls Another strategy by relay companies to create "job opportunities" would involve hiring anybody who knows sign language to engage in conference calls during the day on a daily basis. Whatever their job titles are, they are encouraged to call internally to a conference call bridge through their own Video Relay Service interpreter to communicate with each other.

Tele-seminars/Podcasts Similar to the conference call strategy, the relay company would promote "educational seminars" for the deaf and hard of hearing over the phone via a conference call bridge. Each seminars usually last 60 minutes long. A large number of deaf and hard of hearing individuals are invited and they call the relay provider, who is promoting the tele-seminar. The tele-seminars are provided at no cost to provide incentives for the deaf and hard of hearing to lure them into making an "educational" call. The minutes used through the tele-seminars are compensated along with lucrative profits.

Customer service/Survey group Relay providers are not giving enough "job opportunities" for the deaf and hard of hearing in the Customer Service department. The reason is that the relay provider would prefer to place a hearing representative who will use the relay service to communicate to the deaf customers. This may be argued that it is in fact organic minutes; however, this is an example of "manufacturing minutes". The deaf and hard of hearing population would rather speak directly to another deaf and hard of hearing individual in their naive language.

Original purpose of TRS The original purpose of TRS is simply provide a two-way communication between deaf, hard of hearing, and speech-disabled individuals to leverage a functional equivalence experience. The service is not intended for any companies to make lucrative profits out of the TRS fund that are not true to the spirit of relay service. According to the TRS Rules; § 64.601 Definitions and provisions of general applicability; Section (15), it is noted that "services that enable two-way communication between an individual who uses a text telephone or other nonvoice terminal device and an individual who does not use such a device, speech-to-speech services, video relay services and non-English relay services". The underlying concept of TRS is to provide a true telephone conversation between the caller and called parties (deaf/hoh/speech-disabled and hearing persons).

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Organic minute

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Organic minute claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Organic minute before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Organic minute ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Organic minute

In research: Organic minute appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Organic minute in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Organic minute is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Telephony, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Organic minute outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Organic minute in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Organic minute means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Organic minute out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Organic minute in simple terms?

Why does Organic minute matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Organic minute?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Organic minute.