November 6th

Porsche SUVs to Overtake Its Racers
Porsche AG is a german car company that is well known for their high end sports cars such as the Panamera.(shown below)

Porsche, owned by Volkswagen AG, usually sells brawny sports cars with a starting price of a $75,000 Cayenne, to the $100,000 911. Although some members of society would like to drive one of these cars, the starting price is just too high for the average car buyer. So, Porsche is coming out with a new car model, which is more like the SUV's that BMW and Audi sell, and it is called the Porsche Macan.

This vehicle's starting price is going to be around $40,000, which is approximately three quarters the price of the Cayenne. This model is also expected to be appealing to younger buyers, and it is believed to possibly be more appealing to female buyers. Although the price is quite a bit lower than the other porsche models out there, it still has a six-cylinder engine and a steeply sloped rear roof, like the other porsche models. It is going to be out in stores for sale in the U.S. sometime during the 2014 spring, and the company is aiming for world wide sales of 200,000 cars by 2018, which is forty percent more than the number of vehicles sold in 2012. Creating slightly cheaper cars such as cheaper SUV's is a common move for luxury car makers to make. Mercedes_Benz created the R-class, which was a car with three rows of seats, and was similar to a minivan. But, due to the unsuccessful sales, they ended the line in America. BMW also has a cheaper model called the AG-series, which is a small car whose sales were aimed for car buyers in Europe. Although its sales weren't as unsuccessful as the Mercedes R-class, the car sells for $500 a month in lease. Sometimes, these lower priced cars can make the car brands less exclusive, making the owners of the fancier model cars feel less special, because they are in an exclusive group of people who can afford to buy a fancy car. But, porsche salesmen don't really think that this is a problem, because it will interest more car buyers, which will increase sales, and make many of the buyers who have always wanted a porsche, happy.

At Louis Vuitton, Ghesquiere Takes Designer's Mantle

Louis Vuitton is a high end fashion company that owns many brands such as Louis Vuitton, Fendi, and others. Balenciaga, the company that Mr. Ghesquiere used to work for was a part of fashion brand Kering SA.The company LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) was very popular back in the nineteenth century, and the twentieth century as well. But, Louis Vuitton wants to bring back the popular luxury labels. So, they have made Mr. Ghesquiere, former Balenciaga designer, the creative director of woman's fashion. Mr. Ghesquiere now also has to keep the brand Marc Jacobs appeal to buyers, after Mr. Jacobs himself stepped down a month ago. Mr. Ghesquiere thinks of the brand Louis Vuitton, as the ultimate symbol of luxury, and he is also in charge of the main brand Louis Vuitton. Louis Vuitton is the main brand from which LVMH gets its sales, but the international brown and gold bags are constantly knocked off, and the brand is believed to be the most overrated brand in luxury. Now, Louis Vuitton's sales are falling, and people are not buying as many of their leather goods. At Balenciaga, Mr. Ghesquiere's job was controlling every aspect about the brand Balenciaga, but his job at Louis Vuitton will most likely not be as wide. Mr. Ghesquiere is now trying to be creative for Louis Vuitton, while being tangled in a lawsuit, because Balenciaga sued him. He was sued, because he breached a company contract, and criticized the company management in a magazine interview.

November 2nd

'Politics Is A Feeling'  is an article that talks about how spending time with the governor of New Jersey was different than it was with the rest of the officials of the New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spent the previous three years in office going to community meetings, and things like that where he can help by listening to others and making a difference instead going to meetings and gatherings where he can't make a difference or help the people in any way. While there are many problems taking place in America, New Jersey's condition isn't as bad as some other states. In Jersey, there is ethnic diversity, and people of all countries are included, making Jersey much more liberal than some other states which are lacking in diversity, and the ethnicity of members of society doesn't vary as much. Mr. Christie has made New Jersey a different place by listening to people. Although in politics, it is up to the person with titles such as "Governor", "mayor", "president", "secretary" and many others, they can't be a good politician, unless they think about how it will affect the society, or what the people want, which would help society, and make the economy stronger, and enforce that the country is happy with itself, and there are not any internal feuds. Governor Christie is just one example of a politician who can feel the politics, and really make change for the better.

November 1st

The Senkaku Boomerang: Lately the Chinese have been sending out ships into the Japanese Senkaku territory. This is because they thought that this would result in the Japanese people following their demands, but the Chinese were very wrong, and now Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to provide military aid to protect the Islands. Japan created an alliance with the U.S. and now they are going to work together to protect the series of islands which are slightly off the coast of the Japan. Prime Minister has created peace ties with more countries in North America and Southeast Asia, and these other countries are starting to join Japan so that they can help defend and ward off the Chinese. While the japanese don't think that the conflict that is going on is an emergency situation, they do not think that the Chinese are trying to make peace, so they have begun planning out some things that they can do, so that the Chinese people stop annoying them. Japan has to be careful, because if there is one miscalculation, then there is going to be a problem. During World War 2, the United States took the Senkaku Islands, but they eventually gave them back in the early 1970s, and now China is trying to do the same thing. If the japanese alienate the Chinese from other people, then things have a much higher chance of being peaceful.

October 19th

Southern Flying Squirrels From U.S. Go A-Courtin' in Canada In Canada, there is a species of flying squirrels called northern flying squirrels, or to be scientific, Glaucomys volans. In the U.S. there is a species of flying squirrels called the southern flying squirrels, or Glaucomys sabrinus. The main reason why flying squirrels are called flying squirrels, is because they glide in the air from tree to tree, when they want to go to a different tree. Both species look fairly similar, but the main difference is that the northern flying squirrel is more quiet and docile, while the southern flying squirrel is noisy, boisterous, and acts as a bully towards the Northern flying squirrels. It is possible for both of these species to mate and reproduce, but wildlife biologists are wondering why these two species are even mating in the first place. Biologists believe that the reason why this is happening, is because of a change in weather during different seasons such as winter, when the winters aren't as harsh anymore. The northern squirrels are more comfortable with the colder weather, while the southern squirrels are not as adaptable to the cold weather. And now, due to less biting cold during the Canadian winters, the southern squirrels are still able to mingle with the northern squirrels. Wildlife biologists suspect that the two species first started interacting in 2002, when biologists found strange mixes between both breeds. Mr. Bowman, a wildlife biologist who works for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources made a team in 2004 and went out to capture northern flying squirrels, but instead, only caught southerners. THis was in the northern migration location of the southern flying squirrels, but this location was also a place where northerners stayed. As the team ventured north, they brought along a geneticist from Trent University. As they studied the flying squirrels in this area, they found out that approximately 5% of the squirrels there had a mixed gene pool from both species. Because we are not capable of controlling the migration habits of these squirrels, and we cannot control whether they commingle or not, we might as well give them a memorable name. People have come up with Glaucomys vobrinus, a combination of the two latin names of the animals. Peopl cannot call them canadian squirrels, because that is what the northern squirrels are referred to as. Mr. Bowman, is leaning towards calling them SoNo, because they are southern, and northern fliers.

Northern Flying Squirrel

Southern Flying Squirrel

October 18th

Marketplace
At LVMH, a Young Arnault Seeks New Talent Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton is starting to look towards creating new brands due to the decrease of sales occurring with their older brands such as Louis Vuitton and Givenchy. Delphine Arnault, daughter of Bernard Arnault, is coming up with ideas to speed up her father's company's sales. Her actions last month included bringing new designers such as the British shoemaker Nicholas Kirkwood and  J.W. Anderson into the LVMH group. Although it is not usually normal for large fashion companies such as LVMH to buy smaller start-up fashion companies, it is effective for both LVMH, and the smaller start-up. The start-up designers gain more sales, and more people are notified about their clothing lines, and LVMH has more overall sales. This has been much more successful than trying to bring older brands such as Pucci back to life. Although Louis Vuitton is the main key to LVMH fortune, these other smaller brands, will help bring more popularity to LVMH's fashion houses. The first designer to join the company was Maxime Simoens, a French designer. He said that when he met them, they were very interested in what he wanted to do, and his personal sense of fashion. THis clearly shows how Delphine Arnault's search for new fashion talent is paying off well for the company.

October 12th

Opinion
A Chemistry Breakthrough That Could Fuel a Revolution Due to the latest technology, scientists have been able to discover all different sorts of things. This includes a new possible fuel that could be used in cars. This fuel is called methanol. Methanol is a fuel which is created from carbon dioxide, meaning that this fuel is more energy efficient. Methanol differs from regular gasoline and ethanol in several different ways. Firstly, methanol has been tested as a car fuel, and it didn't give off as many dangerous emissions as gasoline or ethanol. Methanol, also doesn't cost as much as gasoline and ethanol, and unlike ethanol, methanol won't raise the cost of food. When methanol was being used, less mono-nitrogen oxides are emitted into the air. Mono-nitrogen oxide is a gas released into the air by gasoline and ethanol which produces smog and acid rain. Finally, methanol also had a higher performance rating than gasoline. Methanol is something that could be highly useful for our world. Due to lab testing, we have found out that now, instead of paying tons of money to get rid of carbon dioxide, we can turn it into methanol, which is good for the environment, and energy efficient. Now, due to new discoveries, we have found a way to power family cars while still protecting the environment.

October 8th

A Tired Pilot Is a Tired Pilot, Regardless of the Plane Recently, international airplane pilots have been falling asleep while in the air, so that the plane is flying only on autopilot for unknown periods of time. One example is a pilot and copilot who were flying an International Airbus-330 to the United Kingdom, and they fell asleep midway through the flight. They fell asleep because they had only gotten five hours of sleep during the previous 48 hours, or 2 days. This is reminding people of the danger of having fatigued pilots flying any long-distance aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration will soon implement new rules for pilot fatigue. The Federal Avaition Administration has set up a rule that all pilots must have had at least 10 hours of sleep before a flight, because fatigue crawls up onto these pilots and decreases their mental capacity, making it difficult for them to keep control over the plane, because they want it sleep. In a survey pilots took, about half of them admitted to dozing off during a flight. The Federal Aviation Administration should really be more careful and make rules and guidelines, before innocent lives are put into danger.