Evan Huang’s Blog

 The current most powerful naturally aspirated flat-plan crank V8, the new Corvette C8 zo6 has been compared to its European counterparts. While GM during the designing and making of this car did make this to compare against the Ferrari 458 which also contains the same kind of engine, the flat-plan crank V8. I personally believe that it has overachieved what the fans expected. However, with the latest addition to the C8 generation, the ZR1 is also a variation of the C8. This ZR1 is the first-ever Corvette that contains a turbo, however, this Corvette has two turbos. The ZR1 makes 1064 horsepower through a twin-turbo flat-plan crank V8, the same one from the Z06. The Corvette team has boasted about this car's capabilities, for example, the lack of turbo lag in the new Corvette, etc. This ZR1 currently is the most powerful production Corvette, until we see the Zora, which is rumored to have the same twin-turbo V8 from the ZR1 and the electric from the E-RAY, we might just see GM brea...

  The body has this system called the nervous system, which includes the use of neurons, or nerve cells, these things talk to others with the use of chemical messenger. These chemical messengers are called neurotransmitters. When these things talk, they receive information from the world around them and the body’s tissues, they then decide, “ok what do we do now???” After this quick decision-making process, they then pass the information and orders back to the body’s tissue which tells them what to do. The big fat tofu like thing in your head and the thing that you always crack with a school seat (spine/back) are the things that make up your CNS or central nervous system, these are what the body uses to decide things. The peripheral nervous system (PNS) has the important job of taking all the information from the CNS and handing it out to other parts of the body. Like the Wi-Fi cables that give you all the information to the internet, the nerves connect the CNS with the body’s sens...

  This week, the pieces provided to us have been filled with many historical problems, and the action done to revive the communities’ beliefs and bring them together to take action. Adding on, these pieces also contain a lot of historical significance and problems with certain minorities, for example, in the piece Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau, we saw the issue of voting brought to attention, and the author suggested taking action against the acts that were made to prevent them to vote, for example, the Poll tax, which is a tax for people to pay to vote, and since black people at the time usually had no job or money, they couldn’t afford to pay this tax, therefore couldn’t vote. Thoreau through word choice and metaphor persuaded his audience who are mainly the oppressed black people who can’t vote to retaliate against the government, however, in a way that would result in no injuries or violence, for example, he suggested using peaceful protest. He suggested that by si...

Stories are told daily, each with a distinct meaning and background, from religious stories such as the bible to fables, stories like these often have a deeper meaning than just “be nice”, etc. For example, the bible contains the story of Jesus who is believed to be the son of God. Another related story is from the Quran and is also closely related to the Bible, however, with a different character.   Stories like these have deep meaning and sometimes have dedicated days to them, for example, Christmas, the holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus. Other stories such as The Three Little Pigs have simple meanings, “Taking your time to do something right, pays off.” In class this week, we read stories that contained opinions from Patriotism to life, The Cloudy Patriot written by Sarah Vowell tells the story of her experience of 9/11 and how the world affected her. In the end, she understands how a tragic event can bring people together and she is now more willing. On the other hand, this...

With over 134 national monuments in the U.S. and roughly 100 of them in Washington D.C., this raises the question of whether these monuments have served their purpose. To begin with, these monuments and the mall in Washington D.C. occupy approximately ~ 309 acres (about half the area of Central Park in New York City) . With this amount of space, you could build hundreds if not thousands of residential houses, furthermore, this space could also be used for factories or other things that could be beneficial to the community. Another key factor to consider is money, many factors go into this category, for example, the cost of acquiring land. After that, the construction, development, etc. Once construction is done, there is the cost of maintaining the monument. This could range from simple renovations to changing HVAC systems. But most of these monuments' costs are sometimes offset by public funding, private organizations, and revenue from visitor fees. Although this applies t...