Some fear the day because it falls in the "ghost month" of the lunar calendar when fire and water clash, leading to disaster and calamity, says Co, a Taoist spiritual minister.

道教长老寇先生说，某些人担心这一天的来临是因为它正处在阴历水火相冲的“鬼月”，会导致灾难和不幸。

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But the recent rash of "ghost drivers" are very different from traditional individual scammers, said one analyst with a leading data group.

但一家领先数据机构的一位分析师表示，最近相继出现的“幽灵司机”与传统的个人刷单者非常不同。

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It is the ghost of Iraq that prevents the U.S. from leading attempts to topple the brutal Assad regime in Damascus.

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Meanwhile, rumors continue to circulate about a radically new iPad from Apple -- the world's leading consumer electronics company that has never and will never attend CES and whose ghost hung heavily over Las Vegas this week.

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That idea has become Ghost and it is now a project backed by over 900 people on Kickstarter, including leading content creators and thought leaders like Seth Godin, Leo Babauta, and Anil Dash.

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