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	A Brief History of Putting Small Things on the Big Screen WIRED Hobbits, fairies, Dr. Septimus Pretorius' people in bell jars—Hollywood has been miniaturizing things in movies for decades. But ever since Pretorius put ballerinas and kings behind glass in Bride of Frankenstein in 1935, filmmakers have used many different methods to make people appear small ... Flag as irrelevant
	US jobs growth slows in December Financial Times The US economy created fewer jobs than expected in December, slowing a multiyear run of employment growth as President Donald Trump continues to cheer a buoyant American stock market. Non-farm payrolls increased by 148,000 last month but fell short of economists' expectations of a 190,000 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Properties damaged after storm 'Burglind' causes flooding in south Germany The Local Germany In the south, heavy rains kept emergency services busy into Thursday. According to police in Freiburg, there were floods and landslides. In the Waldshut district in Baden-Württemberg, around 100 residents had to evacuate as a safety precaution and were taken to a gymnasium. Most of them have now ... Flag as irrelevant
	Tough new German law puts tech firms and free speech in spotlight The Guardian US social media companies have scaled up operations in Germany, where a controversial new law has turned the country into a testbed for whether tech firms can be relied on to tell the difference between free speech and hate speech. Facebook and Twitter have fitted their German websites with ... Flag as irrelevant
	Five predictions for digital currencies in 2018 — including stomach-churning drops, bitcoin-related ... CNBC "Our institutional investor base is very interested in learning more and getting exposure," said Michael Graham, a Canaccord Genuity analyst who has published several reports on digital currencies. "One of our major themes is that as we roll out through 2018, it's the year of institutions getting exposure ... Flag as irrelevant
	US Adds 148000 Jobs in December and Wages Rise TIME U.S. job gains slowed by more than forecast in December, wage growth picked up slightly and the unemployment rate held at the lowest level since 2000, adding to signs of a full-employment economy. Payrolls rose by 148,000, compared with the 190,000 median estimate of economists surveyed by ... Flag as irrelevant
	US suspends at least $900 million in security aid to Pakistan Reuters The U.S. State Department announced the decision, saying it reflected the Trump administration's frustration that Pakistan has not done more against the two groups that Washington says use sanctuaries in Pakistan to launch attacks in neighboring Afghanistan that have killed U.S., Afghan and other ... Flag as irrelevant
	Trump agrees not to hold military drills in South Korea during Olympics The Guardian South Korea's presidential Blue House said Trump told South Korea's president, Moon Jae-in, in a telephone call that he hoped inter-Korean talks would lead to good results and that he would send a high-level delegation, including members of his family, to the Winter Olympics, which will be held in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Make it a Muji holiday: lifestyle brand to open two hotels in China The Guardian The first hotel will open in the city of Shenzhen, in south-east China, on 18 January and will have 79 rooms with a Muji diner and, of course, Muji stores on the second and third floors. On 20 March, a second hotel will be open in Beijing's old city, with 42 rooms a cafe and bookshop, as well as a Muji store ... Flag as irrelevant
	This could be the beginning of the end of China's dominance in bitcoin mining Quartz Fresh reports have emerged about a crackdown—though not an outright ban—on bitcoin mining operations in China. Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Jan. 3) that the nation's central bank has outlined plans to curb the power supply to some bitcoin miners, citing unnamed sources. Reuters noted that ... Flag as irrelevant
	WEB
	A Supercut Of The Insanely Offensive Stuff Logan Paul Was Doing In Japan Before The Suicide ... Digg Earlier this week, YouTube Logan Paul drew the ire of the public when he uploaded a video of a corpse in Aokigahara, a forest in Japan that has been the site of hundreds of suicides. While Logan Paul later issued an apology on his Twitter account asking forgiveness for the insensitivity of his actions ... Flag as irrelevant
	Meltdown fix impact on Redis performances in virtualized environments GitHub Gist Meltdown fix impact on Redis performances in virtualized environments. Test performed with AOF enabled, fsync policy 1 second, allowing the rewrites to be triggered. Command lines used: ./redis-benchmark -q -P 32 -n 1000000 -t set,get -r 1000000 ./redis-benchmark -q -n 1000000 -t set,get -r ... Flag as irrelevant
	Taipei Representative Office in Ireland ROC Taiwan.org "Taiwan Chamber of Commerce in Ireland" officially launched in Dublin. Representative Tu cheers on the Taiwan National Badminton Team to Ireland. 2017-12-08. Representative Tu cheers on the Taiwan National Badminton Team to Ireland. Irish Exporters Association's (IEA) "Export Industry Awards" ... Flag as irrelevant

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