We all looked up


     This book is about four average high school students that have some connection. Peter is the star basketball player and is getting scholarships from top universities around the nation. Peter cheated on his girlfriend with a girl named Eliza because of this she is now known as the school slut.
Anita is really smart and her parents want her to go to princeton but she loves music and wants to become a musician. Andy is lazy and doesn't care to much. After the world finds out something terrible is going to happen these four all eventually cross paths


    The entire world finds out that there is an astroid that is probably going to wipe out the world. Peter is always the nicest most respectful young man to everyone he hangs out with. Peter has high hopes for the future even going to the NBA. When he finds out that there is a astroid coming straight towards the world all his dreams are crushed. He has a girlfriend, but he cheated on her with Eliza which makes things even worse for him. He tries to keep and setoff a positive attitude to every one around him.


   Eliza loves to take photographs and always has camera right next to her. She had always had a crush on Peter and when she hooked up with Peter she was happy. When the whole school found out what they did, she was known as a slut. Eliza's father is dying of cancer. When she finds out about the astroid she begins to understand what her father is going through.

   Anita is a very smart girl and her parents have very high expectations for her. They think that she will go to an ivy league. Her parents will only let her do schoolwork, nothing else. She wants to become a musician but her parents won't let her so she plays secretly. Andy is the school slacker. He skips a lot of classes and hangs out with the wrong people sometimes. He gradually begins to like Eliza more and more and tries to make her like him too.

    This is an amazing book. It might have some mature content but I think any young adult reader would not put this book down. It cool to see what kinds of things people would do if the world might end. The author does a great job with the backgrounds of each character. I think it is a must read

In the article "Beyond Volkswagen, Europe’s Diesels Flunked a Pollution Test" by Danny Hakim talks about other european diesel cars that failed drugged tests. Many people have heard of the big scandal involving how volkswagen failed pollution tests but were able to find a way to keep it hidden. It turns out that a number of other european diesel cars have been able to keep their falling tests on the down-low. The European Commission started testing diesel cars in 2007. When the results were published in 2011 and 2013 but it did not reveal what cars or manufacturers had been involved in the tests. Big car brands such as fiat and BMW were also involved in more pollution than what was regulated. For a long time cars have kept their secrets hidden but now their secrets are finally being revealed.

The tests were not supposed identify carmakers who were violating the rules. Rather, they were supposed to identify the shortcomings of connecting pollution tests just in labs and to also asses equipment used to test emissions on the road. The tests on the vehicles were run by the Joint Research Center, which is a branch of the European Commission.

Acting on the results, “ European policy makers developed a plan to require mandatory tests to measure emissions on the road with portable devices. The plan was approved by the European Parliament last week, though it has been criticized after automakers lobbied successfully to weaken the tests.” The european regulators have long had an accommodating relationship with the auto industry.

With pollution already messing up the world, car makers lying about how much pollution they let out does not help. Volkswagen had one of the biggest car scandals in the last decades. The aftermath of all these lies is massive. Many workers have had to resign or they were fired. Also they have lost a lot of money because of it.