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Tinnitus is ringing or buzzing in the ears. Many people who experience
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Hearing aids are one of the most popular forms of treatment that audiologists, like Desert Hearing Care, will offer to help patients with hearing loss, but that doesn't mean that they're a one size fits all solution. There are many kinds of hearings aids. Different types are suited to different levels of hearing loss, manual dexterity, lifestyle needs and more.
As a result, hearing aids have become even more diversified lately, offering new features and technology helping their wearers in more, new ways. Here, we're going to look at some of the most interesting developments in hearing aid technology and just what they can offer you.
When starting to use hearing aids for the first time, the amplification of your own voice can be distracting and uncomfortable. Own voice processing uses software that allows the device to acclimate to your voice. When it does, your own voice is processed separately by the device and masks it, eliminating the problem.
Bluetooth technology has become more widely available in more and more devices as of late. With as many wirelessly connecting devices as there are in the world right now, this means that your hearing aid can connect to many more devices seamlessly than ever before. This includes the ability to connect directly to phones, tablets, laptops and smart TVs, for instance, in order to stream their audio output directly to your hearing aid. Wireless connectivity could also allow you to connect to a growing range of smartphone and tablet apps designed to be used with your hearing aid. For instance, more hearing aid manufacturers are creating programming adjustment apps so you can configure your hearing aid without having to physically fiddle with the controls on the device's shell.
The "internet of things" is also growing and more common devices are getting connected online, meaning the hearing aid can work with even more devices. For instance, internet-connected doorbells, alarm systems, ovens and more can potentially be connected to your hearing aid. All these systems use sounds to alert the user of changes, but people with hearing loss would previously have trouble perceiving them. If it's connected through the internet, a hearing aid could ensure you hear the doorbell, security alarms, fire alarms and much more.
Most hearing aids need to be programmed to ensure that they work as effectively as possible for the user. Different programming profiles will amplify and mask the individual levels of sound differently and it can take some tweaking to find the right one. Hearing aid wearers who aren't confident about programming their own devices could have a problem if they don't like the programming, however, having to wait for an appointment with their audiologist to fix the problem. Telecare allows support providers, such as the manufacturers, to change the programming remotely. Now, with some hearing aids, you can arrange a video call or a live chat with an assistant, tell them your problems and watch as they adjust the settings on your hearing aid even though they're not in the same room.
Battery care is an essential part of hearing aid maintenance. You need to make sure that you have charged batteries on hand at all times to ensure that your device isn't at risk of powering down. Rechargeable batteries aren't an unfamiliar technology to most, but they have only just started to be implemented for hearing aids. This means that those who may not always have access to electricity because of their location or lifestyle are able to ensure that they are not left vulnerable by the fact their batteries may run out.
Many hearing aid wearers may also have other health concerns that warrant some caution. For instance, many users may be at risk of seriously hurting themselves seriously if they slip, trip or fall. Now, hearing aids are being developed with inertial sensors. Not only can the device sense when the wearer has fallen, but it can transmit an alert to ensure that they receive help as promptly as possible. For many hearing aid wearers, this could potentially be a life-saving feature.
The hearing aid market is large and diverse. While that means there's even more value to be found, it can be difficult to navigate it. If you want to make sure you find the right device for you, your audiologist at Desert Hearing Care can make sure you're heading in the right direction, so don't hesitate to make an appointment at (480) 374-1846.
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Rago / Wright presents
Structure & Ornament
Studio Jewelry: 1900 to the Present
Curated by Mark McDonald
This auction—the first of its kind in America—is an expansion upon the landmark 1984 exhibition at Fifty/50 Gallery of modernist studio jewelry. This sale includes works by revolutionary goldsmiths Giampaolo Babetto and John Paul Miller, mid-century icons Margaret De Patta and Art Smith, contemporary masters such as Lisa Gralnick and Peter Chang, and stand-out works from some of the twentieth century's most pivotal artists, like Claire Falkenstein, Harry Bertoia and Arnaldo Pomodoro.
The earliest work in the sale, a unique hair comb by Josef Hoffmann and Wiener Werkstätte from 1909, blends the Art Nouveau motifs of the 19th century with the emerging modernist aesthetics of the 20th.
This sale features contemporary jewelry designers from around the world who create work that challenges traditional approaches to material, craftsmanship and aesthetics. Featured are works by Terhi Tolvanen, Annamaria Zanella, Gijs Bakker, Karl Fritsch and Petra Zimmermann.
Join us in New York for an exhibition of this extraordinary collection.
31 January – 6 February 2020
12 – 5 pm Monday – Saturday
Rago / Wright at The High Line Nine
507 West 27th Street, New York
An Introduction to the Collection
By Mark McDonald
Creating this sale has been a look back and a lunge forward for me, reviving treasured old connections and encouraging me to stretch my focus in new directions.
The core material of this auction—mid-century modernist studio jewelry—has always been a large part of my professional career. At Fifty/50, our gallery in Manhattan from 1980 to 1993, my partners and I were pioneers in this field: researching, gathering, and exhibiting the best work available to us. Our 1984 exhibition and catalogue, Structure and Ornament: Studio Jewelry 1940-1960, featured many pieces purchased, or consigned directly, from key jewelers of that era, or from their friends and families. I have maintained many of these relationships to this day. And several pieces from that original show have found their way into this auction.
Structure & Ornament Studio Jewelry: 1900 to the Present
Curated by Mark McDonald
For more information about
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But do you think it's justified or worth to start preparing for one of the most difficult competitive exam IIT-JEE from such an early stage? Since there are chances that you might hamper either school or preparation process, in an attempt to excel the latter! Well, there are definitely more reasons as why preparation for IIT JEE should start from Class 9 or 10, rather than from later stage.
- Deciding Career Path-It has been seen that many students are very unclear which career they want to pursue after their academic years. But as for the one who start preparing for IIT JEE from their Foundation or to be more precise from Class 9-10, seems to have their target set, and give their full attention and concentration towards Engineering.
- Common Syllabus –The syllabus for Foundation and the IIT JEE's core subject are quite similar in many aspects. In fact, even if the IIT JEE syllabus is a bit notch higher, it is helpful because in this way the students learn to prepare for the toughest exam as well. During the course of their school, they can easily cover the major scoring core subjects.
- Ahead in covering Syllabus-since the IIT aspirants start preparing for the exam well in advance. They are left only with revision after the boards' exam is over, they definitely have an edge over their peers who don't start Foundation Course.
- No year gap-The biggest advantage of preparing for the exam from Class 9-10 is the fact that you don't have to take a year gap or so, to sit back at home for preparation or joining classes. There are many students who prefer taking a year gap or so, to improve their marks, or to learn through coaching classes in order to seek a seat in a reputed institute.
Pre foundation courses deals with the varied potential of the students of class 9th & 10th. While taking care of school & board syllabus these courses are designed to develop a strong foundation which helps to crack competitive exams. An early beginning is essential for success in future competitive examinations like JEE, NEET, NTSE, KVPY, OLYMPIADS. The basics of science, mathematics and mental ability increase student's IQ and emphasize on understanding each concept from GRASS ROOT LEVEL.
These courses are designed to develop Mathematical aptitude, Scientific and reasoning skills, Logical thinking and Problem solving skills of the student at early stage and prepare them for future competitive exams. These courses are synchronized with school education hence prepare for both school and competitive exams Courses help students to take early lead, prepare them in gradual and systematic manner for high level competitive exams and avoid stress and time pressure in subsequent years.
Pre foundation courses deals with the varied potential of the students of class 9th & 10th. While taking care of school & board syllabus these courses are designed to develop a strong foundation which helps to crack competitive exams. An early beginning is essential for success in future competitive examinations like JEE, NEET, NTSE, KVPY, OLYMPIADS. The basics of science, mathematics and mental ability increase student's IQ and emphasize on understanding each concept from GRASS ROOT LEVEL.
These courses are designed to develop Mathematical aptitude, Scientific and reasoning skills, Logical thinking and Problem solving skills of the student at early stage and prepare them for future competitive exams. These courses are synchronized with school education hence prepare for both school and competitive exams Courses help students to take early lead, prepare them in gradual and systematic manner for high level competitive exams and avoid stress and time pressure in subsequent years.
Course Target:
Excellence in School Examination
This Programme lay strong foundation & prepare the students for Competitive Examinations organized at state or National Level like NTSE, IJSO, NSTSE & Various Olympiads like NSO, IMO, IEO, UIEO, UCO etc & also ensure excellence in school exams.
Class 10th mathematics syllabus
- Review of representation of natural numbers, integers, rational numbers on the number line. Representation of terminating / non-terminating recurring decimals, on the number line through successive magnification. Rational numbers as recurring/terminating decimals.
- Examples of non-recurring / non-terminating decimals. Existence of non-rational numbers (irrational numbers) such as √2, √3 and their representation on the number line. Explaining that every real number is represented by a unique point on the number line and conversely, every point on the number line represents a unique real number.
- Existence of √x for a given positive real number x (visual proof to be emphasized).
- Definition of nth root of a real number.
- Rationalization (with precise meaning) of real numbers of the type 1/(a+b√x) and 1/(√x+√y) (and their combinations) where x and y are natural number and a and b are integers.
- Recall of laws of exponents with integral powers. Rational exponents with positive real bases (to be done by particular cases, allowing learner to arrive at the general laws.)
Definition of a polynomial in one variable, with examples and counter examples. Coefficients of a polynomial, terms of a polynomial and zero polynomial. Degree of a polynomial. Constant, linear, quadratic and cubic polynomials. Monomials, binomials, trinomials. Factors and multiples. Zeros of a polynomial. Motivate and State the Remainder Theorem with examples. Statement and proof of the Factor Theorem. Factorization of ax2 + bx + c, a ≠ 0 where a, b and c are real numbers, and of cubic polynomials using the Factor Theorem.
Recall of algebraic expressions and identities. Verification of identities:
(x + y + z)2 = x2 + y2 + z2 + 2xy + 2yz + 2zx
(x ± y)3 = x3 ± y3 ± 3xy (x ± y)
x³ ± y³ = (x ± y) (x² ± xy + y²)
x3 + y3 + z3 – 3xyz = (x + y + z) (x2 + y2 + z2 – xy – yz – zx) and their use in factorization of polynomials.
Recall of linear equations in one variable. Introduction to the equation in two variables.
Focus on linear equations of the type ax+by+c=0. Prove that a linear equation in two variables has infinitely many solutions and justify their being written as ordered pairs of real numbers, plotting them and showing that they lie on a line. Graph of linear equations in two variables. Examples, problems from real life, including problems on Ratio and Proportion and with algebraic and graphical solutions being done simultaneously.
The Cartesian plane, coordinates of a point, names and terms associated with the coordinate plane, notations, plotting points in the plane.
History – Geometry in India and Euclid's geometry. Euclid's method of formalizing observed phenomenon into rigorous mathematics with definitions, common/obvious notions, axioms/postulates and theorems. The five postulates of Euclid. Equivalent versions of the fifth postulate. Showing the relationship between axiom and theorem, for example:
- (Axiom) 1. Given two distinct points, there exists one and only one line through them.
- (Theorem) 2. (Prove) Two distinct lines cannot have more than one point in common.
- (Motivate) If a ray stands on a line, then the sum of the two adjacent angles so formed is 180° and the converse.
- (Prove) If two lines intersect, vertically opposite angles are equal.
- (Motivate) Results on corresponding angles, alternate angles, interior angles when a transversal intersects two parallel lines.
- (Motivate) Lines which are parallel to a given line are parallel.
- (Prove) The sum of the angles of a triangle is 180°.
- (Motivate) If a side of a triangle is produced, the exterior angle so formed is equal to the sum of the two interior opposite angles.
- (Motivate) Two triangles are congruent if any two sides and the included angle of one triangle is equal to any two sides and the included angle of the other triangle (SAS Congruence).
- (Prove) Two triangles are congruent if any two angles and the included side of one triangle is equal to any two angles and the included side of the other triangle (ASA Congruence).
- (Motivate) Two triangles are congruent if the three sides of one triangle are equal to three sides of the other triangle (SSS Congruence).
- (Motivate) Two right triangles are congruent if the hypotenuse and a side of one triangle are equal (respectively) to the hypotenuse and a side of the other triangle.
- (Prove) The angles opposite to equal sides of a triangle are equal.
- (Motivate) The sides opposite to equal angles of a triangle are equal.
- (Motivate) Triangle inequalities and relation between 'angle and facing side' inequalities in triangles.
- (Prove) The diagonal divides a parallelogram into two congruent triangles.
- (Motivate) In a parallelogram opposite sides are equal, and conversely.
- (Motivate) In a parallelogram opposite angles are equal, and conversely.
- (Motivate) A quadrilateral is a parallelogram if a pair of its opposite sides is parallel and equal.
- (Motivate) In a parallelogram, the diagonals bisect each other and conversely.
- (Motivate) In a triangle, the line segment joining the mid points of any two sides is parallel to the third side and (motivate) its converse.
Review concept of area, recall area of a rectangle.
- (Prove) Parallelograms on the same base and between the same parallels have the same area.
- (Motivate) Triangles on the same (or equal base) base and between the same parallels are equal in area.
Through examples, arrive at definitions of circle related concepts, radius, circumference, diameter, chord, arc, secant, sector, segment subtended angle.
- (Prove) Equal chords of a circle subtend equal angles at the center and (motivate) its converse.
- (Motivate) The perpendicular from the center of a circle to a chord bisects the chord and conversely, the line drawn through the center of a circle to bisect a chord is perpendicular to the chord.
- (Motivate) There is one and only one circle passing through three given non-collinear points.
- (Motivate) Equal chords of a circle (or of congruent circles) are equidistant from the center (or their respective centers) and conversely.
- (Prove) The angle subtended by an arc at the center is double the angle subtended by it at any point on the remaining part of the circle.
- (Motivate) Angles in the same segment of a circle are equal.
- (Motivate) If a line segment joining two points subtends equal angle at two other points lying on the same side of the line containing the segment, the four points lie on a circle.
- (Motivate) The sum of either of the pair of the opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral is 180° and its converse.
- Construction of bisectors of line segments and angles of measure 60°, 90°, 45° etc., equilateral triangles.
- Construction of a triangle given its base, sum/difference of the other two sides and one base angle.
- Construction of a triangle of given perimeter and base angles.
Area of a triangle using Heron's formula (without proof) and its application in finding the area of a quadrilateral.
Surface areas and volumes of cubes, cuboids, spheres (including hemispheres) and right circular cylinders/cones.
Introduction to Statistics: Collection of data, presentation of data – tabular form, ungrouped / grouped, bar graphs, histograms (with varying base lengths), frequency polygons, qualitative analysis of data to choose the correct form of presentation for the collected data. Mean, median, mode of ungrouped data.
History, Repeated experiments and observed frequency approach to probability.
Focus is on empirical probability. (A large amount of time to be devoted to group and to individual activities to motivate the concept; the experiments to be drawn from real – life situations, and from examples used in the chapter on statistics).
Course Highlights
- Well Designed Exercise Sheets & Theoretical Notes prepared by most experienced faculty.
- Regular self assessment through Daily Practice Problems (DPP's).
- Clearance of Doubts.
- Periodic Tests on Saturday to nurture academic skills & appreciation award to toppers.
- Personal care and support of administration and Faculty team.
Teaching Methodology
Our foundation course has been designed in such a manner that it will focus on:
|Imparting a thorough understanding of core concepts & fundamentals
|Sharpening Analytical Skills
|Building an inter disciplinary approach
Thus our course design and conduct is such that it enables the students to build a strong conceptual base & eventually helps them to prepare successfully for Exams like –
|School/Board Exam
Course Details for 10th Standard:
These courses are designed to develop Mathematical aptitude, Scientific and reasoning skills, Logical thinking and Problem solving skills of the student at early stage and prepare them for future competitive exams. These courses are synchronized with school education hence prepare for both school and competitive exams Courses help students to take early lead, prepare them in gradual and systematic manner for high level competitive exams and avoid stress and time pressure in subsequent years.
Pre foundation courses deals with the varied potential of the students of class 9th & 10th. While taking care of school & board syllabus these courses are designed to develop a strong foundation which helps to crack competitive exams. An early beginning is essential for success in future competitive examinations like JEE, NEET, NTSE, KVPY, OLYMPIADS. The basics of science, mathematics and mental ability increase student's IQ and emphasize on understanding each concept from GRASS ROOT LEVEL.
Course Target:
Excellence in School Examination
The Programme prepares students for NTSE & build strong foundation which leads Excellent performance in Engineering & Medical Examinations along with excellence in school studies.
Course Syllabus:
Science: Chemical Substances – Nature and Behaviour, World of living, Natural Phenomenon, Effects of Current, Natural Resources.
Unit I: Chemical Substances – Nature and Behaviour
Chemical reactions: Chemical equation, Balanced chemical equation, implications of a balanced chemical equation, types of chemical reactions: combination, decomposition, displacement, double displacement, precipitation, neutralization, oxidation and reduction.
Acids, bases and salts: Their definitions in terms of furnishing of H+ and OH- ions, General properties, examples and uses, concept of pH scale(Definition relating to logarithm not required), importance of pH in everyday life; preparation and uses of sodium hydroxide, Bleaching powder, Baking soda, Washing soda and Plaster of Paris.
Metals and non metals: Properties of metals and non-metals, reactivity series, formation and properties of ionic compounds, basic metallurgical processes, corrosion and its prevention.
Carbon compounds: Covalent bonding in carbon compounds. Versatile nature of carbon. Homologous series Nomenclature of carbon compounds containing functional groups (halogens, alcohol, ketones, aldehydes, alkanes and alkynes), difference between saturated hydrocarbons and unsaturated hydrocarbons. Chemical properties of carbon compounds (combustion, oxidation, addition and substitution reaction). Ethanol and Ethanoic acid (only properties and uses), soaps and detergents.
Periodic classification of elements: Need for classification, Modern periodic table, gradation in properties, valency, atomic number, metallic and non-metallic properties.
Unit II: World of Living
Life processes: "living being". Basic concept of nutrition, respiration, transport and excretion in plants and animals.
Control and co-ordination in animals and plants: Tropic movements in plants; Introduction to plant hormones; control and co-ordination in animals : nervous system; voluntary, involuntary and reflex action, chemical co-ordination: animal hormones.
Reproduction: Reproduction in animal and plants (asexual and sexual) reproductive health-need for and methods of family planning. safe sex vs HIV/AIDS. Child bearing and women's health.
Heredity and evolution: Heredity; Mendel's contribution- Laws for inheritance of traits: Sex determination: brief introduction; Basic concepts of evolution.
Unit III: Natural Phenomenon
Reflection of light at curved surfaces, Images formed by spherical mirrors, centre of curvature, principal axis, principal focus, focal length, mirror formula (Derivation not required), magnification.
Refraction; laws of refraction, refractive index.
Refraction of light by spherical lens, Image formed by spherical lenses, Lens formula (Derivation not required), Magnification. Power of a lens.
Functioning of a lens in human eye, defects of vision and their corrections, applications of spherical mirrors and lenses.
Refraction of light through a prism, dispersion of light, scattering of light, applications in daily life.
Unit IV: Effects of Current
Electric current, potential difference and electric current. Ohm's law; Resistance, Resistivity, Factors on which the resistance of a conductor depends. Series combination of resistors, parallel combination of resistors and its applications in daily life. Heating effect of electric current and its applications in daily life. Electric power, Inter relation between P, V, I and R.
Magnetic effects of current: Magnetic field, field lines, field due to a current carrying conductor, field due to current carrying coil or solenoid; Force on current carrying conductor, Fleming's left hand rule. Electromagnetic induction. Induced potential difference, Induced current. Fleming's Right Hand Rule, Direct current. Alternating current : frequency of AC. Advantage of AC over DC. Domestic electric circuits.
Unit V: Natural Resources
Sources of energy: Different forms of energy, conventional and non-conventional sources of energy: fossil fuels, solar energy; biogas; wind, water and tidal energy; nuclear energy. Renewable versus non-renewable sources.
Our environment: Eco-system, Environmental problems, Ozone depletion, waste production and their solutions. Biodegradable and non-biodegradable substances.
Management of natural resources: Conservation and judicious use of natural resources. Forest and wild life; Coal and Petroleum conservation. Examples of people's participation for conservation of natural resources. Big dams: advantages and limitations; alternatives, if any. Water harvesting. Sustainability of natural resources.
- Finding the pH of the following samples by using pH paper / universal indicator:
- a) Dilute Hydrochloric Acid
- b) Dilute NaOH solution
- c) Dilute Ethanoic Acid Solution
- d) Lemon juice
- e) Water
- f) Dilute Hydrogen Carbonate solution
Studying the properties of acids and bases (HCl & NaOH) by their reaction with:
- a) Litmus solution (Blue/Red)
- b) Zinc metal
- c) Solid sodium carbonate
- Performing and observing the following reactions and classifying them into:
- a) Combination reaction
- b) Decomposition reaction
- c) Displacement reaction
- d) Double displacement reaction
- (i) Action of water on quick lime
- (ii) Action of heat on ferrous sulphate crystals
- (iii) Iron nails kept in copper sulphate solution
- (iv) Reaction between sodium sulphate and barium chloride solutions
- Observing the action of Zn, Fe, Cu and Al metals on the following salt solutions:
- a) ZnSO4 (aq)
- b) FeSO4 (aq)
- c) CuSO4 (aq)
- d) Al2(SO4)3 (aq)
Arranging Zn, Fe, Cu and Al (metals) in the decreasing order of reactivity based on the above result.
- Studying the dependence of potential difference (V) across a resistor on the current (I) passing through it and determine its resistance. Also plotting a graph between V and I.
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- Preparing a temporary mount of a leaf peel to show stomata.
- Experimentally show that carbon dioxide is given out during respiration.
- Study of the following properties of acetic acid (ethanoic acid):
- i) odour
- ii) solubility in water
- iii) effect on litmus
- iv) reaction with sodium Hydrogen Carbonate
- Study of the comparative cleaning capacity of a sample of soap in soft and hard water.
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- i) Concave mirror
- ii) Convex lens
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- Studying (a) binary fission in Amoeba, and (b) budding in yeast with the help of prepared slides.
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- Light reflection and refraction
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- Human eye and colorful world
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- Sources of energy
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- Life Processes
- How Do Organism Reproduce
- Heredity and Evolution
- Control and Coordination
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Euclid's division lemma, Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic – statements after reviewing work done earlier and after illustrating and motivating through examples, Proofs of results – irrationality of √2, √3, √5, decimal expansions of rational numbers in terms of terminating/non-terminating recurring decimals.
Zeros of a polynomial. Relationship between zeros and coefficients of quadratic polynomials. Statement and simple problems on division algorithm for polynomials with real coefficients.
Pair of linear equations in two variables and their graphical solution. Geometric representation of different possibilities of solutions/inconsistency.
Algebraic conditions for number of solutions. Solution of a pair of linear equations in two variables algebraically – by substitution, by elimination and by cross multiplication method. Simple situational problems must be included. Simple problems on equations reducible to linear equations.
Standard form of a quadratic equation ax2+bx+c=0, (a ≠ 0). Solution of the quadratic equations (only real roots) by factorization, by completing the square and by using quadratic formula. Relationship between discriminant and nature of roots.
Situational problems based on quadratic equations related to day to day activities to be incorporated.
Motivation for studying Arithmetic Progression Derivation of the nth term and sum of the first n terms of A.P. and their application in solving daily life problems.
- LINES (In two-dimensions)
Concepts of coordinate geometry, graphs of linear equations. Distance formula. Section formula (internal division). Area of a triangle.
Definitions, examples, counter examples of similar triangles.
- (Prove) If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in distinct points, the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.
- (Motivate) If a line divides two sides of a triangle in the same ratio, the line is parallel to the third side.
- (Motivate) If in two triangles, the corresponding angles are equal, their corresponding sides are proportional and the triangles are similar.
- (Motivate) If the corresponding sides of two triangles are proportional, their corresponding angles are equal and the two triangles are similar.
- (Motivate) If one angle of a triangle is equal to one angle of another triangle and the sides including these angles are proportional, the two triangles are similar.
- (Motivate) If a perpendicular is drawn from the vertex of the right angle of a right triangle to the hypotenuse, the triangles on each side of the perpendicular are similar to the whole triangle and to each other.
- (Prove) The ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the ratio of the squares on their corresponding sides.
- (Prove) In a right triangle, the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.
- (Prove) In a triangle, if the square on one side is equal to sum of the squares on the other two sides, the angles opposite to the first side is a right triangle.
Tangents to a circle motivated by chords drawn from points coming closer and closer to the point.
- (Prove) The tangent at any point of a circle is perpendicular to the radius through the point of contact.
- (Prove) The lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to circle are equal.
- Division of a line segment in a given ratio (internally).
- Tangent to a circle from a point outside it.
- Construction of a triangle similar to a given triangle.
Trigonometric ratios of an acute angle of a right-angled triangle. Proof of their existence (well defined); motivate the ratios, whichever are defined at 0° and 90°. Values (with proofs) of the trigonometric ratios of 30°, 45° and 60°. Relationships between the ratios.
Proof and applications of the identity sin2A + cos2A = 1. Only simple identities to be given. Trigonometric ratios of complementary angles.
Simple and believable problems on heights and distances. Problems should not involve more than two right triangles. Angles of elevation / depression should be only 30°, 45°, 60°.
Motivate the area of a circle; area of sectors and segments of a circle. Problems based on areas and perimeter / circumference of the above said plane figures. (In calculating area of segment of a circle, problems should be restricted to central angle of 60°, 90° and 120° only. Plane figures involving triangles, simple quadrilaterals and circle should be taken).
(i) Problems on finding surface areas and volumes of combinations of any two of the following: cubes, cuboids, spheres, hemispheres and right circular cylinders/cones. Frustum of a cone.
(ii) Problems involving converting one type of metallic solid into another and other mixed problems. (Problems with combination of not more than two different solids be taken).
Mean, median and mode of grouped data (bimodal situation to be avoided). Cumulative frequency graph.
Classical definition of probability. Simple problems on single events (not using set notation).


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This post is made by Esteban Gallardo from Free Creation Games. Esteban is highly interested in the work organitzation to maximize profitable work of a team, so any new information of how to manage the work organitzation in small teams is more than welcomed.
« Since I began with Flash games and considering my awful artistic skills, I have had the chance to collaborate with several kind of graphical artists. I'm quite fortunate since most (not all) of the experiences has been good. So, from all these years I have seen some common key points to keep alive a collaboration and try to finish your project with a good quality.
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Some points that to present the idea:
Prepare a good headline:
The newspapers know really well the importance of the initial headline to attract the readers to keep reading. So when you present your idea, reserve the first lines to explain it in a short paragraph in a clear way what the idea is all about.
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In this presentation, you must explain with a more details more things of your idea and its production, your experience, the people needed, the possible graphic style looked for, the target audience, the possible ways of monetize, etc… It's important that in this presentation you keep the things ordered and clear. Remember that you are looking for collaborators so people won't like confusion or feel that you don't have a clear idea of what you want.
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Maybe you have bigger game ideas, but since to create a team takes time, it's necessary that you begin with a small project. This small project can be inspired by other games, but you must be able to offer something really unique and appealing. If you don't try to be really different from the crow, better quit, because there will be always others with money that are going to do a much better game clone that you can do.
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Like someone said, ideas are a dime in a dozen, but implementation is priceless. Sure that you have some important key features or dynamics that will make the game different from the others, but the general idea of the game can be told without any problem, beat-em'up, shoot-em'up, puzzle, isometric, point&click adventure, physic based…. Even if you try to make an experimental game you can manage to look for references or explained without entering in this key details.
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Part 2: Keeping the collaboration integrity
So you finally made it. There are people who really like your idea and want to participate in it. So now it comes the really hard part. Making the things work:
Remember: It's your dream, not their dream:
You can't pretend that collaborators be from the beginning of the project as passionate as you about the game idea. They like the idea, they would like to participate, but they won't like to feel any, I repeat, any work pressure.
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If you manage to get the people gradually involved to the project, then the collaborators will begin to like it and maybe love it as much as you do.
For that happens you have to work hard to make their job the easiest so they can concentrate in the stuff they do best, if you are a programmer then make bad graphics that represent the exact meaning of what is supposed to be there, the character shooting, the character being hurt… If you are a designer, write clearly the rules, the actions, the flow of action, the screens, the effects… so the programmer can do always profitable work.
Do your best in the communication, even if they don't care:
Prepare carefully the stuff so the collaborator can do the minimal effort to understand what is needed. Clean documents, clean email communications. Even if you prepare stuff that's not going to be read, the collaborator will see that you are doing your best and he will work more comfortable in his side.
Be communicative, but not annoying:
Don't send multiple emails daily, telling little or no useful information about the project. The good artist collaborator is quite independent, he wants the minimal amount of information really important so he can to work on the problem at his own pace. So be clear and concise, and add additional information so just when the artist has doubts he can come back to the email/document and consult that additional information.
Be open to talk about everything:
If you really want that the collaborators get in love with your project, listen them, don't directly discard never an idea, think about it, consider the advantages and problems, if it's possible program this idea to see the result, talk with the artist and take decisions together. The best things many times comes from fusion of different talents and points of view. Anyway, don't change constantly the things only by the minimal request, try to keep a game vision and incorporate the ideas that can benefit the game. So, listen, think, talk and finally act if the new idea can improve the game.
Take it easy, don't set any extremely fixed deadline:
It's good to set deadlines, but the must be really long and really flexible. Again, it's your game project, not theirs, so they don't want to feel the pressure of a too short deadline.
Respect and Honest:
Amateur game developers are full of passion, and it's terrible easy that this passion can cause to lose the nerves. So, when you feel that you blood is burning and you feel that you can say something you don't want, stop for a while, take a walk, go to the cinema, rest and try to relax… and after that you maybe would be able to deal with the problem without sending everybody to the hell.
Also be honest about everything related the project, don't hide information that can affect the others. It's supposed that you are all in the same ship, and the people wants to be aware if the ship is facing an area full of icebergs.
Relationship broken:
Sometimes there is no way to make the things work, maybe the other person is involved on other things, or has personal problems and can't put time on your project. That happens. The most important is to break the relationship with respect, even if the other part doesn't want to, sometimes even the good people say things that they regret, so you are leaving open a door for reconciliation.
Part Extra: In the case that you are a collaborator
Some words if you are a collaborator, as I have been in several projects:
Don't do it for the money:
Really, if you are doing for the money you are going to do a cheap job, because there is almost no money in collaborations. The worst is that you can damage your own image showing that you don't care about your work, and the bad reputation can be something really dangerous. Do it because you like the idea, do it because you would like to collaborate and know this person, do it to increase your knowledge about an area, do it because you want to get new friends… »


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On both extremes
Had a little plumbing issue yesterday. For a while, it was just cold showers. Wait, no, not because I had to, I didn't have a choice. And just when I thought I could get used to being bathed in ice cold water from the rivers of Kenya, the water just stopped completely. But the water came back yesterday, and hot too, except the water didn't stop. A leak under my sink filled my entire apartment with water, while I was out. I came back to find everything just soaked in nasty bathroom water.
My copy of Dry, is wet. See under definition of "dripping with irony".
What I did notice, when iIpicked up the book from the puddle of water it was floating in, on the inside cover, a strange image of a hand print appeared in the creases of the galvanized cardboard. Not since the Virgin Mary appeared in a grilled cheese in eastern Florida, has such a phenomenon caught my attention. Could it be the impression of some alien being? Has the author himself made a metaphysical appearance? Dan Aakroyd and Bill Murray are definitely going get a phone call from me.
Oh man. This is highly embarassing. Mr. Burroughs, or Augusten, if I may, if you read this thanks for checking out my blog. Sorry the book got wet. But aren't you stoked that it was used as a medium for some sort of supernatural communication? I am.
It was a day of extremes. In one day, I intersected with both far ends of the global socio-economic spectrum; and in such a short span of time, that I'm left with a bad case of The Bendsâ"¢. It started at 6 AM, when I was summoned to help staple packets of informational fact-sheets on AIDS statistics in Nairobi. 6AM is never a good time to operate a stapler. I never want to appear that I need to use the table in order to get a successful staple to occur, yet these industrial strength rusty hinges call for some severe table action, because 6am muscles rarely do much unless coupled with a nice up of Néscafe. But my pride in stapling is fierce, and I rarely want to look like a wuss, so the one-handed stapler in the air stapling began, and it was only after the 5th time I had to re-staple something, did I table it, and table it good.
For real.
And why was I wrestling with a staple gun at 6 AM? We were having guests in a few hours from Washington DC. But these were not just any guests. We had with us, Mark Dybul, the director of PEPFAR, 2nd to the President of the United States in the federal hierarchy, as well as Michael Gerson, Pres. George W's speech writer. The Hope Clinic, only a couple years old, is really high profile, and serves about 3,000 patients, all receiving free care, treatment, counseling, medication, support, etc.
But the very serine and humble air that normally circulates around this place was exchanged for the hustle and bustle of first-impressions, project proposals, shaved goatees, and imported cheese platters.
Nadia presented everything that we do here at Hope, to these gentleman. I was stuck in a back office putting together packets of 20 leaflets, organized in numerical order, except for the fact that, we'd run out of pamphlet numbers 6 and 7. Until now, no one knew of this, except for the gentlemen who received the leaflets, assuming that rubberband actually came off.
And not even 5-hours later, it was Tuesday at 5pm, and the boys were arriving. This was our biggest turn-out, yet! We had 20 guys, aged 13 to 30. It was one of those days, though, that if something were to go wrong, it absolutely would, and with a vengance from hell, no less. We were starting Return of the King , and of course, Nadia had the movie locked in her office, and she had left for the gym. The computer we normally used to play the movie, was being used for some training, and the speakers were no where to be found. Of course, the boys are early on the day we needed them to be right on time. And Patrick, oh boy, he cracks me up. His sarcasm is priceless, and he, probably because of his height and confidence, commands a sort of respect from the other guys.
We had a few young kids there, as well. These guys were homeless kids, aged 13 and 14. The ranks and lines of prestige became very clear. The younger kids seemed innocent, untainted, not as jaded, and very polite. The way they stood, and addressed each other, and the other guys. You could tell that the older generation of street kids were sizing up these newbies, tryin to see who they could take under their wing, and who they'd let fall to the wayside. The young kids, are the focus of a few of our guys here. They wanna work with them, while they're young, and new to the streets, because the success rate of leavin the lifestyle of hustling and addiction is far greater, the earlier they are worked with.
Eventually, at 6pm sharp, the movie, computer, and speakers arrived, at which point my inner battle against "everything's gone wrong but I have to make the best of it" had chaffed against my inner layer of skin, just enough for me to exhale rather loudly when it call came together.
What's wonderful about watching this movie in Kenya is the natural surround sound. So many of the scenes of nature just fit in so nicely with the sounds around us in this city. With the certain birds you hear flying by, the wind gusting through the cross-ventilated room, the sounds of branches hitting the outside of the building, the crashing of rain, the roar of the thunder, the smell of burning garbage outside while Orcs are burned on screen; it's as almost as if, even nature herself has had a hand in making this experience a special one for these guys.
It was during the scene in Return of the King when Frodo rejects Sam, dismissing him after a lifetime of friendship, and hundreds of miles of treacherous journey together, when the tears started flowing around the room. It was very touching. Friendship is so key to these guys because they are each other's family. One if the men, had to stay behind when the rest left, to get some food and see a doctor, and another waited for him. I told him he was a good friend to wait around all this time, and he just looked at me straight on and said "I love my friend. He is the good friend."
Between both extremes, I definitely felt most at home with the guys that evening. I don't know why, maybe there's that brutal honesty that's there, that allows us all to breath easy. No pretense, no first impressions, no foreign plates of cheese, and definitely no program proposals, because they certainly don't have enough money to take the matatu home. But we were arm around each other in a circle that night, laughing, sharing, talking, and just being real. It's nice to see these guys smile, and I'm glad they can make me smile, because I damn well need it after spending what is now 18 hours a day programming.
I guess my goal for now is to see if we can set up a permanent support group for these guys. Resources are so few here, and if I'd stay for any reason, it would probably be for them, but alas, I have college loans to pay, and I know how Sallie Mae gets when here money ain't flowing in.
I'll leave you with this strange pic. Symmetry kicks ass.


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A former co-star of The Good Doctor has lined up a pretty good new role: Nicholas Gonzalez has joined the cast of the upcoming NBC drama La Brea as a series regular, according to our sister site Deadline.
La Brea — which earned a series order back in January — kicks off with a massive sinkhole opening up in L.A., separating a mother (Justified's Natalie Zea) and son from her husband (The Night Shift's Eoin Macken) and daughter. "When part of the family find themselves in an unexplainable primeval world, alongside a disparate group of strangers, they must work to survive and uncover the mystery of where they are and if there is a way back home," according to the official synopsis.
Gonzalez will play the husband's best friend Levi Brooks, an Air Force pilot who is recruited to lead the mission to save the people who fell into the sinkhole. Also joining the La Brea cast is Rohan Mirchandaney (Hotel Mumbai) as tour guide Scott, who uses humor to lighten up serious situations.
A prolific TV actor with roles on Pretty Little Liars, How to Get Away With Murder and The Flash, Gonzalez spent three seasons on ABC's The Good Doctor as Dr. Neil Melendez. The character was killed off in the Season 3 finale, suffering fatal injuries after an earthquake. Gonzalez returned to The Good Doctor, though, as a guest star last November, with a dead Melendez appearing in a vision to give his love interest Claire some closure.


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Onboarding users is a time-consuming task. Through modern solutions, however, IT admins can automate portions of the process and save time.
Automation reduces the manual work required to get users connected to the appropriate resources. This includes their Mac®, Linux®, and Windows® systems; AWS® servers; web applications; Samba file servers; and WiFi and VPNs.
Although legacy services historically made the onboarding process easy, Software-as-a-Service and other cloud and non-Microsoft innovations complicated the process.
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Legacy identity and access management solutions, namely Microsoft® Active Directory® (AD), made it easy to onboard users.
AD allowed IT admins to control access to all Microsoft and on-prem resources with group policies and access permissions, and users then accessed them all by logging into their workstations with their core credentials. As cloud-based, heterogeneous resources proliferated, though, IT admins could no longer tightly control access the same way — and users needed multiple sets of identities to access their resources.
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This article is brought to you based on the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum.
Author: Peter Beech, World Economic Forum writer
Human beings are filling the world with waste. Every year, we dump 2.1 billion tons of rubbish into the ecosystem. Eight million tons of that slips quietly into our oceans. Despite the statistics, change is agonizingly slow. We're consuming more than ever. But we haven't yet invented the protocols for dealing with waste.
However, a few hardy companies are turning this tide of garbage into something reusable. TerraCycle is a "global leader in recycling typically hard-to-recycle waste".
Rubbish can include anything from sweet wrappers to cigarette butts. It's the trash that has you hovering over your array of recycling bins, hunting in vain for the correct symbol. Even innocuous items such as bottle caps, which are made from a blend of plastics, are not accepted by most municipal schemes.
TerraCycle's model is simple. Everything is recyclable – the only issue is collection and separation. The company solves this by getting you to do the work. The customer sorts and drops the waste at specified collection points, ranging from schools to homes, or ships it for free. A small fee is donated to a non-profit of your choice for each kilo of waste received. The process is paid for through partnerships with brands including Febreze, Colgate and Bic. They reap positive PR and reduce their financial penalties for end-of-use waste.
Through this process, scrap denim is transformed into messenger bags; surgical gloves become park benches; old fax machines and computers are reborn as plant pots; pencil cases come from Kenco packets; reclaimed silver shines again, as some slightly ropy jewellery; and used wine corks become a corkboard. (Why didn't anyone else think of this?) Cigarette butts are collected, cleaned and shredded, before enjoying healthier lives in sheet boards or injection moulding.
There have been a few glamorous public projects. In June last year, an outdoor gym made from recycled 2,500 aerosol cans was unveiled at London's 2012 Olympics site. In March 2017, TerraCycle partnered with chemical giant Henkel to build a playground from bodywash containers in Austria.
The company is the brainchild of Tom Szaky, a Canadian entrepreneur who has set himself the task of "eliminating the idea of waste". While at Princeton in 2001, Szaky stayed with friends who had a worm farm. Impressed by the food-scraps-to-fertilizer superpowers of these natural recyclers, he gave up his degree to focus on waste.
Within a few years, he was selling his organic worm-poop plant food in Walmart and Home Depot, packaged in reused soda containers. Soon, TerraCycle started making tote bags from recycled bottles, starting a new business stream.
"Garbage is not a natural idea. It does not exist in nature in any capacity", Szaky explains.
"It exists because of two things. The first thing is consumption, which is that we buy way more than we need, and what we buy we don't keep. The second is complex materials. Very few things that we touch in our lives are made from things nature knows what to do with. So you add those two things together and you get the very modern concept of waste."
The limits on recycling, Szaky says – such as that we recycle cans but not bottle tops – are purely down to cost efficiencies. The aluminium in cans is worth more than the cost of collecting and melting it. But in theory, all materials can and should be used again. In TerraCycle's offices around the world, every desk, chair and wall fitting – every item except the computers – is made from recycled material.
TerraCycle has kicked off a movement. Businesses everywhere are exploring the idea of bringing "hard-to-recycle" materials back into the circular economy. Nike has dabbled in packaging made from milk cartons, while Adidas's Parley trainers ("from threat into thread") use yarns derived from ocean plastic. Berlin-based designers Pentatonic, operating under the excellent motto "the future is rubbish", have teamed up with Starbucks to remake the chain's trademark "bean" chairs from plastic bottles and coffee cups.
Then there's Taiwan's Miniwiz, which crafts sunglasses out of rice husks and old CDs and built a "hops chair" out of spent beer grain. In 2010, it unveiled Taipei's nine-storey EcoArk Pavilion, which incorporates 1.5 million recycled plastic bottles, weighs half as much as a conventional building and is naturally resistant to fire.
"We are obsessed with making the circular economy a reality in everyday consumption", says Miniwiz, which was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer in 2015.
"We live to support the mass adoption of a circular system whereby all the materials we use are reused, again and again, and again with zero waste."
Are there any downsides to this do-gooding? Detractors might argue that the staunch efforts of TerraCycle and other start-ups could be excusing our cultural reliance on single-use packaging. "Like anyone needs a tote bag made out of Clif Bar wrappers", writes the anti-plastic activist Beth Terry. If we're to satisfy the Paris agreement, we need to address a worldwide system that feeds our addiction to waste.
The other question is around scale. All the luxury Pentatonic chairs in the world won't scratch the surface of the amount of waste we produce annually, especially given their starting price of £199.
As TerraCycle's Stephen Clarke has said, upcycling has a natural ceiling: "We may collect 10,000 kilos of used coffee packages, but there's not a need for thousands of pencil cases, so there's a mismatch." Of the millions of kilos of waste collected every week by TerraCycle, 1% is reused, another 1% upcycled and the remaining 98% recycled.
But it's a start. Many will be heartened by the refusal of these recyclers to admit defeat on waste. It's a relief to know that the next time you throw away something perfectly functional, instead, with a bit of determination, it could have an afterlife.


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Recommended Team Size: 2
Play Time: 60-120 minutes
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Each player connects from their own computer (via web browser). They proceed to play in parallel, with the each player having access to a set of information and puzzles that the other player does not see. Players must share information verbally and coordinate their efforts to progress, with the story remaining synchronized for both players.