Introducing Jeremy Lin

   Jeremy Lin is an American professional basketball player with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After receiving no athletic scholarship offers out of high school and being undrafted out of college, the 2010 Harvard University graduate reached a partially guaranteed contract deal later that year with his hometown Golden State Warriors. After his first year, he was waived by the Warriors and the Houston Rockets in the preseason before joining the Knicks early in the 2011–12 season. Lin is one of the few Asian Americans in NBA history, and the first American player in the league to be of Chinese or Taiwanese descent.

International career

   In addition to being a U.S. citizen, Lin is also by descent through his parents a national of the Republic of China (Taiwan); Lin could apply for a Republic of China passport although there is no record of his having done so. Lin has been invited to play for the Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team in FIBA competitions. On July 28, 2010 while in Taipei to play in Yao Ming's charity game, Lin said he had not made a decision yet on whether he would represent Chinese Taipei (the name used by Taiwan in international sporting competitions). In June 2011, the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) included Lin in its preliminary squad of 24 players for the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship.[148] The next month, however, the CTBA announced that Lin would not be included on their roster due to a knee injury.

Taiwanese media reported that Lin declined an offer from the People's Republic of China to play in the same tournament; however, the Chinese Basketball Management Center denied having ever approached him.

How to paint a car?

In this article we are going to offer you the enough information you need in order to start painting your car in a professional way

1. Find a nicely lit, spacious and aerated place to paint your car. Such a place should contain minimal air particles including pollen, pollutants and dust.

2. Materials Needed

-Wax Grease Remover-

-Sand Paper-

(*180-220 Grit Sand Paper to Remove Scratches*320 to Sand all Surfaces Evenly *400 Grit Sand Paper to Remove Primer Spots)

-Body Putty-

-Primer-

-Urethane Based Paint for Color - Spray Gun-

3. Wash, rinse and polish your car, making sure dust and dirt particles come off. Damage can be seen if specks and stained bumps are not cleaned and painted over.

4. For dirt and mold that won't peal off with water, use the wax/grease remover. You may also substitute spirit and charoal cleaner based solutions for this process.

5. The bumpy and rough areas of the surface should be sanded off into a more even tone.

6. Cover all the car areas that don't need to be painted with tape. (Masking tape)

7. Ensure all surfaces are dry and apply body putty to even and straighten out the surface. Add the primer making sure that your care surface will maintain an even surface.

8. Your first paint coat - Apply the urethane based color paint evenly across the wanted surfaces. (The entire surface should be even in texture)

9. Wait 15 minutes for paint to dry and repeat the last process. (Apply the urethane based color paint over the previous coat)

10. This time, let the paint dry for 30 minutes and repeat the process again. (Apply the urethane based color paint over the previous coat)

A new paint job is the result of several equally important steps. Plan ahead and make each step flawless and the end result will also be flawless.

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Will an Electric Car Save Me Money?

 Consumers may like to feel like their prime motivation for purchasing an electric vehicle is to reduce their carbon footprint, studies show that fuel costs is often the motivating factor for purchasing one of these vehicles. Unfortunately, this urge to save on fuel costs is often offset by the significantly larger price tags of most electric vehicles, so demand for these vehicles hasn’t increased as much as you would think. Now,Let us calculate a purse.

 The typical driver puts about 15,000 miles per year on his car. This works out to 1250 miles per month.

 If this driver's car gets 25 miles per gallon, this represents 50 gallons of gasoline. At $4.00/gallon, our typical driver spends about $200 on gasoline every month.

 An electric car uses kilowatt-hours (KWH) of electricity instead of gasoline. Typically our EV might get from 3 to 7 miles per KWH. So, for this example, we'll use 5 miles/KWH. In my city, there is a special off-peak electric rate of just 7 cents/KWH (ask your utility about off-peak rates.) But let's use the national average of 11 cents.

 Using these numbers, the same 1250 miles per month - that cost our typical driver $200 for gasoline - only costs $27.50 in electricity for our electric car - a savings of $172.50!

 If you were buying an electric car, and your car payment was $400, try subtracting the fuel savings from it: it becomes $227.50. This means you can afford a better EV with a bigger car payment!

 And how about this: The Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf EVs both lease for just $350/month. Apply the fuel savings from above, and it's equivalent to leasing a conventional car for just $177.50.

 Definitely not unaffordable!