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Which оf the fоllоwing molecules is/аre NOT polаr? Select this button for а description of the above image. Four Lewis Diagrams: Diagram 1 shows C=C in the middle with two H from the first C and two Br from the second C. Diagram 2 shows C=C with two Br from the first C and two Br from the second C. Diagram 3 shows C=C with a Br above and an H below the first C and an H above and a Br below the second C. Diagram 4 shows C=C with an H above both C's and a Br below both C's. Numbered left to right: 1, 2, 3, and 4.
THERE’S AN APP NOW FOR GAS DELIVERY While ignоring оutdаted regulаtiоns is prаctically a virtue in this age of disruptive innovation, there are good reasons for the careful control of gasoline. Whether or not the practices are safe, some wonder why companies are pouring resources into an area that so many are trying to innovate out of existence. It is hard to imagine a less hospitable niche for a startup to enter than gasoline – a combustible commodity that is (one hopes) being innovated into obsolescence. And yet, over the past 18 months, at least six startups have launched some variation on the theme of “Uber for gas” – your car’s tank gets refilled while it is parked somewhere. The gas delivery startup founders all share similar origin stories: a point of friction that can be translated into an app. Nick Alexander, founder of Yoshi, said he hated going to the gas station and had run out of gas recently, so he came up with the concept where someone comes and fills your car up. For Al Donzis, founder of WeFuel, the moment came when he was trying to get gas in the middle of winter and realized he had forgotten his gloves. For Frank Mycroft, founder of Booster Fuels, it was during his wife’s pregnancy when he started refueling her car as well as his own. “It wore on me,” Mycroft said. “I didn’t like doing it.” The tales of gas station woe are the kind of first-world problems that have inspired new startups. But delivering large quantities of a toxic and flammable liquid is significantly more complicated – and regulated – than delivering sandwiches. The companies generally source their gasoline from the same distributors that supply 10,000-gallon tankers to retail gas stations. But the app companies put the fuel into the back of pickup trucks or specially designed mini-tankers. WeFuel only services cars in open air, corporate parking lots on private property, but other companies offer to refill your car wherever it’s parked. And while ignoring outdated regulations is practically a virtue in this age of disruptive innovation, there are good reasons for the careful control of gasoline. “Some of the companies are using 1,000-gallon tanks,” warned California state fire marshal Greg Andersen. “If they’re going into the basement parking lot of a high rise, that actually is a large concern.” Several of the startups treat their regulatory compliance as a selling point. “You’re supposed to have a fire extinguisher,” said Chris Aubuchon, co-founder of Filld. “We have two.” Yoshi’s Alexander said, “We’re using DOT-certified equipment. We’ve had our trucks inspected by multiple parties, including the highway patrol.” But it’s not clear that Filld and Yoshi actually are in compliance with the law. Both companies offer their service in San Francisco, where Lt Jonathan Baxter of the fire department says mobile fuel delivery is not currently permitted. He added that none of the companies have even sought permits. Andersen further suggests that the companies currently operating in California are exploiting a “gray area” in the fire code. There are regulations that allow for mobile fueling with diesel, but the code is silent on gasoline, presumably because no one was offering the service before last year. But whether or not the companies’ practices are safe and legitimate, it’s hard not to wonder at founders and investors pouring their resources into an area that so many other tech companies are trying to innovate out of existence. “I shy away from these startups because you spend the same amount of effort innovating in a dying market as you do in a growing one,” said Jason Calcanis, a tech investor and entrepreneur. “On-demand valet services, gas delivery and even car ownership itself will get demolished by the one-two punch of Uber and Tesla.” Of course, while we wait for the invention that will avert climate collapse without requiring too much sacrifice on our parts, there is still plenty of money to be made in gasoline. “Today’s cars are going to be around for the next 15 to 20 years, so I don’t see our business going away, even though I welcome that change,” Filld’s Aubuchon said.
STUDENTS NEED MORE SLEEP Fоr the first time, the Center fоr Diseаse Cоntrol is urging educаtion policymаkers to start middle- and high-school classes later in the morning. The idea is to improve the odds of adolescents getting sufficient sleep so they can thrive physically and academically. The American Academy of Pediatrics has also urged schools to adjust start times so more kids would get the recommended 8.5 to 9.5 hours of nightly rest. Both organizations cited significant risks that come with lack of sleep, including higher rates of obesity and depression and motor-vehicle accidents among teens as well as an overall lower quality of life. “Getting enough sleep is important for students’ health, safety, and academic performance,” Anne Wheaton, a CDC epidemiologist, said. “Early school start times, however, are preventing many adolescents from getting the sleep they need.” In more than 40 states, at least 75 percent of public schools start earlier than 8:30 a.m., according to the CDC’s report. While later start times won’t replace other interventions—like parents making sure their children get enough rest—schools clearly play an important role in students’ daily schedules, the report concluded. The data on the potential risks of chronically tired adolescents isn’t new information. Indeed, the research has been accumulating for years. Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement “finally put to rest the long-standing question of whether later start times correlate to increased academic performance for high-school students.” A data analysis of more than 9,000 students at eight high schools in Minnesota, Colorado, and Wyoming found that shifting the school day later in the morning resulted in a boost in attendance, test scores, and grades in math, English, science, and social studies. Schools also saw a decrease in tardiness, substance abuse, and symptoms of depression. Some even had a dramatic drop in teen car crashes. The research shows that adolescents’ internal clocks operate differently than those of other age groups. It’s typically more difficult for adolescents to fall asleep earlier in the evening than it is for other age demographics. While teenagers are going to bed later, their school start times are often becoming earlier as they advance through middle and high school. In a 1998 study of adolescent sleeping habits, Brown University researcher Mary Carskadon followed 10th-graders who were making the switch to a 7:20 a.m. start time, an hour earlier than their schedule as ninth-graders. Despite the new schedule, the students went to bed at about the same time as they did the year before: 10:40 p.m. on average. She found that students showed up for morning classes seriously sleep-deprived and that the 7:20 a.m. start time required them to be awake during hours that ran contrary to their internal clocks. Fewer than half of the 10th-graders averaged seven hours of sleep each night, below the recommended amount. Carskadon concluded the students bordered on “pathologically sleepy.” If the science is so strong, what’s getting in the way of changing the policy? In some districts, start times are dictated by local transportation companies, with school boards and superintendents contending they lack the funds or authority to change things. Meanwhile, parents are reluctant to have teens start later, because they rely on having older children at home in the afternoons to take care of younger siblings or because they’re concerned that it will interfere with extracurricular opportunities. But none of those worries override the reality that, as Carskadon put it, “everybody learns better when they’re awake.” Terra Snider, director of the nonprofit Start School Later, says that getting school systems to change takes more than just presenting scientific evidence. “Most people don’t take adolescent sleep deprivation seriously. You talk about changing start times and people think: Teens will miss out on sports. Little kids will go to school in the dark and get run over by a car. What will happen to my child care?” Snider said. “We have to convince school systems this has to happen for the health of kids. It’s not a negotiable school budget item—it’s an absolute requirement.”