Billionaires Womens Germain Ifedi Jersey , movie stars, snakes and curses all figure in a scandal swirling around a Chinese spiritual adviser after he allegedly threatened a reporter who questioned his powers with death.
Wang Lin, 61, a self-proclaimed master of Qigong, a spiritual martial art, claims to be able to conjure up snakes from thin air, cure disease and retrieve an incinerated banknote intact from an orange.
He came to public attention in recent weeks when Jack Ma, the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, reportedly visited him for reasons unknown.
Pictures soon circulated on Chinese social media of Wang with former Railways Minister Liu Zhijun, who was convicted earlier this month of corruption and given a suspended death sentence, martial arts movie star Jet Li, and various other senior officials.
The Beijing News ran an interview with Wang on Monday, saying that he claimed to have been assessed continuously by a team of 17 Japanese scientists for seven days and nights. The US intelligence agencies offered him 70 green cards to try to persuade him to emigrate, he said, but he rejected the offer because he "could not tear himself from his home town" in the eastern province of Jiangxi, the paper reported.
Wang claimed to have cured many patients including former Indonesia's President Suharto, the newspaper said, adding that he had made a fortune from his admirers. He owns a five-story villa and keeps a Rolls-Royce and three Hummers, The Beijing News report said.
However the paper questioned his powers, suggesting he had mastered sleight of hand rather than the supernatural.
Wang had been spotted buying snakes rather than summoning them with his spirit, it added, and accused him of building up his wealth through networking, especially with influential people and illegal moneylending.
The allegations infuriated Wang so much that he telephoned the author and cursed her. "I am telling you, you will die miserably, and your family will follow," the newspaper quoted him as saying.
Despite three decades of modernization, many people still cling to traditional beliefs and superstitions. In 2011, a woman in Jiangxi killed her infant grandson by tossing him into a well after a fortune-teller told her the child's zodiac sign would bring ruin to the family.
China's netizens have poured scorn on Wang. "How come Master Wang Lin could not predict that Jack Ma's visit would be a disaster?" said one posting on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo.
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Posted by nick_niesen in Society on October 26th, 2010
Every owner of an interchangeable-lens camera is faced with the pleasant dilemma of picking the most appropriate lenses to buy, then deciding which to use. However, there are no rules to go by; much depends on your personal style and what you already own. To help you decide which lenses to buy and how best to use them, we offer the following.
Normal lenses: Today, many 35mm photographers opt for a short zoom instead of a 50mm, but both have their virtues. If you need a fast, general-purpose lens in the f1.4-f2 range for available-light work, nothing can beat a 50mm. Positives: Usually more compact, lighter than a short zoom; often less costly; generally very sharp; provides brighter viewing image. Negatives: No zooming; you must compose by moving the camera.
Short zooms offer framing flexibility, often in a package not much larger than a 50mm lens. A 35-70mm f3.5-4.5 is usually the smallest and least expensive, but a 28-70mm f3.5-4.5 is more useful for shooting interiors, vistas, and cramped quarters because it gets down to 28mm. If you shoot portraits, nature, or sports at close range, consider a compact 35-105mm or a 35-135mm zoom. Normal zoom positives: Equivalent to two or more single focal length lenses in a handy, responsive package, it provides intermediate focal lengths; there's less need to switch lenses. Normal zoom negatives: Moderate aperture (typically f3.5-4.5) limits low-light shooting and focusing precision with manual focus, affects viewing brightness. Zooms tend to be larger, heavier, more expensive than 50mm lenses.
Wide-angle lenses: They range from 24mm (bordering on ultrawide) to 35mm (bordering on semiwide). As with normals, the choice is between very compact, single-focal-length lenses of relatively wide aperture (f2-f2.8, a few f1.4s) and moderate-aperture zooms (around f3.5-4.5), which provide superior framing flexibility. For positives and negatives on both types, see normal-lens section above.
Many wide zooms, such as 24-50mm, 25-50mm, 28-50mm, etc., encompass normal as well as wide-angle focal lengths, which is an advantage. A few (for example, 21-35mm, 18-28mm) combine ultrawide (21mm and below) and wide focal lengths (see ultrawide section below). Many are not much larger or heavier than a 50mm. Although 25-50mm or 21 -35mm may not sound as impressive, it's the zoom ratio (long divided by short focal length) that counts. If you need a really fast wide-angle (for example, 35mm f1.4, 28mm f2, 24mm f2) for available light or shooting handheld with slow film, stick to single focal lengths.
Ultrawide-angle lenses: With focal lengths of 21mm and below in 35mm format, they provide extreme angular coverage of 90 degrees or more. Positives: Ultrawides, by virtue of low image magnification, provide great depth of field; more likely to yield sharp-looking images when handheld at slow shutter speeds. Excellent for expanding tight interior spaces, capturing vistas; for intimate photojournalism, street photography. Negatives: Apparent perspective distortion, though useful for dramatic or comic effects, is problematic in portraiture. Avoid placing subjects near edges of the frame or prominent features, such as noses, in the foreground.
Medium tele lenses: Sometimes called portrait lenses, these optics in the 85-135mm range are. Wholesale Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys From China Wholesale NCAA Jerseys From China Wholesale NBA Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys China Free Shipping Cheap NCAA Jerseys Online Cheap NBA Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale Cheap Soccer Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys