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World
House-Hunting in Hong Kong With the App That Sees Dead People
A handheld search tool that shows where someone has died unnaturally can aid the fearful — or the skeptic looking for bargains in a sky-high housing market.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritualism
No
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reportedly_haunted_locations#China
Not useful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterlife
China is not listed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_folk_religion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_shamanism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_shui
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_screen
The belief that there is a location dependent balance leading to long life is present.
Places where that balance is absent or destroyed are places to avoid.
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Opinion
How Can Latin America Move to Low-Carbon Energy?
The region displays both troubling and encouraging trends in energy policyThe bridge energy of choice is nuclear fission.
The design work on breeder power systems must be done.
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N.Y. / Region
Two Rooms, 300 Kittens
At a bunkerlike space in Manhattan, workers and volunteers tend to strays and orphans at a time, acting as surrogate mothers and preparing them for adoption.I will not take in another cat.
I do not want to give them the attention they need.
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Business Day
Latest Fed Discussion Reflects More Confidence in Raising Rates
Officials emphasized that the Fed was planning a slow retreat. And it sounded a cautionary note about the strength of growth in the third quarter.Rising interest rates are and will be deflationary.
The economy is depressed.
Deeper depression will destroy the party in power.
The destruction is a personal goal.
It will not be good for the country.
I will not encourage revolution.
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Science
Dr. Denton Cooley, Whose Pioneering Heart Surgery Set Off a 40-Year Medical Feud, Dies at 96
Working at the Houston cardiology center he founded, Dr. Cooley, in 1969, implanted the first totally artificial heart. His mentor and partner, the renowned surgeon Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, felt betrayed.Fighting over honors does not help.
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N.Y. / Region
Who Installs the New Mosaics in New York’s Subways?
Many of the artists whose works adorn the subway walls are not mosaic experts themselves. A master craftsman helps them recreate their visions.Overhead is the place for public art.
It is hard for graphiti makers to do editing.
The solutions for the interior of domes are Bizantine.
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Opinion
Trump Reassures the Media (For Now)
The president-elect says journalists will be “happy” about his First Amendment views. The vice president-elect has actually defended a free press.Donald Trump speaks before he thinks.
Believe his first words.
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Arts
Mourning the Greats: Leonard Cohen, Leon Russell and Mose Allison
This year has seen the loss of Prince, David Bowie, Merle Haggard, and, now, three more towering figures have died. A look at their legacies.
I stopped listening a decade ago.
Sports
For Deaf Tennis Player, Sound Is No Barrier
Lee Duck-hee, 18, of South Korea, is ranked 143rd in the world in a sport in which hearing the ball is considered crucial.He is managing to keep up.
Visual perception may be the key.
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Opinion
Power Imbalance at the Pipeline Protest
President Obama could step in to protect everyone’s safety and pressure the sheriff’s officers to stand down in North Dakota.The racism is obvious. The route planners ran the pipeline around the west side of the reservation, a longer and more dangerous path for the Sioux water intake.
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Business Day
A Bleak Outlook for Trump’s Promises to Coal Miners
The president-elect promised jobs, but market forces, automation and pollution concerns may block coal’s comeback.Eastern coal is high sulfur. It has a limited market.
The West Virginia and Kentucky mines will not be back while the gas lasts.
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U.S.
Hillary Clinton Supporters Call for Vote Recount in Battleground States
Her supporters have seized on reports by experts suggesting that Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin should manually review paper ballots.Count all the votes.
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N.Y. / Region
Details About a Body’s Disposal in New Jersey Emerge
Court filings describe what prosecutors say were the defendants’ efforts to dispose of Joseph Comunale’s body.The events of the death are unreported.
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Opinion
How to Stay Sane While Black
We should all get free therapy. We could call it reparations.I don't know.
Isolation worked while it was possible.
Nova Scotia worked.
For a few years Kansas worked.
Philadelphia and Boston were once better.
Haiti worked for a few years.
Liberia was never good.
There is no good place to run to now
Passive resistance worked until success broke the pacifism.
Progress is not victory.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_resistance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacifism
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Opinion
Warning Russia on Hacking Isn’t Enough
Because Mr. Trump, an outspoken admirer of Mr. Putin, is unlikely to act, it is up to Mr. Obama to hold the Russian president to account.Remember. Prepare. When possible vote.
Hack resistant systems are possible.
Insist that there be no "back doors"
We can do better if there are real secrets.
It may cost a bit less safety.
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N.Y. / Region
Robert Morgenthau on His Years as District Attorney: ‘I Don’t Look Back’
Mr. Morgenthau, now 97, saw crime and the city change during his decades as a top prosecutor. As for any mistakes along the way, he says he doesn’t revisit closed chapters.A skilled man does a difficult job.
The cause of justice will miss him when he is gone.
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U.S.
The Conflicts Along 1,176 Miles of the Dakota Access Pipeline
A detailed map showing the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) that has led to months of clashes near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota.Take the pipeline southeast from the Stanley Facility.
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Technology
Airline Used by Amazon Wins Order to End Cargo Pilots’ Strike
About 250 pilots for the carrier, ABX Air, went on strike on Tuesday, accusing their employer of forcing them to work an excessive number of flights.Cancel the insurance on ABX.
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Science
Exxon Mobil Accuses the Rockefellers of a Climate Conspiracy
The company, accused of scheming to deny the threat of climate change, has directed its fiercest return fire against the descendants of the company’s founder.Exxon Mobil has no case.
It is all "crocodile tears".
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U.S.
White Nationalists Celebrate ‘an Awakening’ After Donald Trump’s Victory
Hundreds of members of an extremist movement, feeling surprised but validated, gathered in Washington to herald a moment of political ascendance.Zombis are unwilling animated corpses.
There is nothing to celebrate for the walking dead.
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