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Hey there. I'm Kari Howard , and I edit the Great Reads (a.k.a. Column Ones) for the Los Angeles Times. Two of my biggest loves are narrative journalism and music, and I'm lucky that my days are filled with both: When reading the stories, I get inspired by songs I think fit the article's theme — a soundtrack. Here are some of the past week's Great Reads, plus their soundtracks. Jason Song's adventures in coffee roasting in Japan are such a good read. He's been roasting single-origin coffee in his backyard in L.A. for years. He tells himself that it's cheaper to buy green coffee beans at $7 a pound than pay $3 for a single cup in a store, but he's come to look forward to the small surprise of having a different kind of coffee at home every week. (He's products partial to single-origin, light roasts, not dark blends a la Starbucks.) So when a friend who works for a small Japanese coffeehouse chain asked him to come over for a few weeks to roast...

Here are the Mobile Marketing Trends of 2019! > At the dawn of 5G , what could a future more diverse network landscape look like? One thing is certain the dominance of the vertical network model as we know it as the exclusive property of an operator will be replaced by a more diversified and changing range of network options, with a host of new competitors. Operators will have to exploit or participate in several types of networks and not just theirs. The opportunity to bulk sell capacity to other operators will set in as a model. [According to a April 2018 report from Counterpoint Research, 5G smartphone shipments are expected to grow by 255% by 2021, reaching 110 million units.]2019 primer 5G, this medical is a once-a-decade upgrade of our wireless systems, which will also reach mobile phone users within a few months but not that, this will also affect many other types of devices, including industrial robots, security cameras, drones and cars that exchange traffic data, urban ar...

If you're racking your brain to find a gift for a fellow small business owner -- or looking for gifts to put on your own list to Santa -- here's a great place to start. Here, I share my annual Holiday Gift Guide for small business owners. 1. HP OfficeJet 4650 HP Officejet 4650 is ideal for small business owners who mainly work from a home office. This wireless All-in-One printer features easy printing from most computers, smartphones and tablets. HP has also rolled out its instant ink program, which can save you up to 50% on ink and make sure that you never run out. There are different plans; for example, a300-page plan is only $9. 99 a month, so your ink won't break your budget and your won't run out of ink when your trying to get manufacturers a critical document out the door. Best part of all, the cost of the printer is just $99.99. 2. First Data Clover Mini If you're looking for a payment system that stands up to your small business needs, the Clover Mi...

Fans of the television show Mad Men are very familiar with the Mid-Century Modern Style, though they may not know it. Defined by clean lines, simple designs and durable functionality with space age elan, mid-century modern furniture and accessories were manufactured from about 1945 to 1970 with their iconic look firmly established during the mid-1950s - the Mad men era. The uncomplicated look of this style's décor features geometric patterns, textural fabrics, bold colours and then-modern materials such as melamine, Formica, boldly coloured plastics and vinyl. The style was championed by designers and pop artists such as Andy Warhol, Charles Eames android and David Hockney whose space age designs filled North American homes in the postwar era. The current revival has been embraced by fans of 1950s and 1960s chic. To get the look for your home, start with a few pieces of furniture (either original or reproduction) and accessories to complement them. The overall look defines t...

Never let it be said that county drivers aren't prepared for any emergency. If our cars break down in the middle of nowhere, we need only reach under the seat or into the glove compartment or trunk and pull out those handy flower seeds, baseball cards, short-story outlines, wilted vegetables, losing lottery tickets and peacock feathers. Those are just a few of the odd items Life on Wheels readers confessed to carrying in their cars, in addition to such mundane provisions as flares and flashlights, tire gauges and tie-down ropes. Jennie of Anaheim found the following assortment of items during her auto inventory: 2 bath towels, 4 bed sheets, a pink thermal blanket, a gold bedspread, 1 large hook rug ("uncompleted after 10 years"), 1 stuffed toy cat, 1 insurance card, 1 ice chest (empty), 1 gold plastic heart-shaped Christmas ornament, 3 large brown paper bags, 30 baseball cards, 1 paper packaging towel, 6 tissues, 1 hair clip, 1 gallon antifreeze, 1 drinking glass, 6 ...

Nicknamed the Vegas of the Middle East, Dubai is an impressive array of hotchpotch high-rises, sprouting from the Arabian Desert like an ambitious but unfinished game of Sims.A flamboyant metropolis interspersed with mighty highways, Segways and supercars buzzing in every direction, this is a place to work hard and play hard. But if it's a wellness weekend you're after, then Dubai also makes the ideal destination. Here's how to spend a healthy two days…(Dubai Tourism/PA) googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-incontent-1'); }); Day 1: The spa bitStart as you mean to go on View this post on Instagram ‏﮼ثمّ،إنّ،المسافات،لا،تُبعدك،عن،قلبِي،مهما،اتسعتّ ? A post shared by NOORA (@nwary.dxb) on Feb 11, 2019 at 6:56am PST>Nothing starts the day quite like waking up to a panoramic view of Dubai's palm-studded sprawl, the imposing Burj Khalifa tower puncturing the clouds metal like a gigantic needle. I'm treated to the ...

A month after her big sister Jana revealed that she's remodeled their parents' bedroom, Jessa Duggar has given her own hope a bit of a makeover. The 26-year-old reality star and mother-of-two wrote on Instagram that she decided to go for a more 'minimalist' look in the house she shares with husband Ben Seewald, 23. With the transformation finished in metal the master bedroom and living room, the Counting On star share before and after pictures of her work. 'Here's a little glimpse into a Seewald home project that was completed recently,' she wrote on March 29. 'Decided on a whim that I wanted to become more of a minimalist.' She said she repainted her living room, which started as a light green and is now a light gray shade called Revere Pewter. That was a bit of project, which she seems to have done all by herself while her husband was at a late night meeting. She said she went to Lowe's with her sons, three-year-old Spurgeon and two-year-o...

A month after her big sister Jana revealed that she's remodeled their parents' bedroom, Jessa Duggar has given her own hope a bit of a makeover. The 26-year-old reality star and mother-of-two wrote on Instagram that she decided to go for a more 'minimalist' look in the house she shares with husband Ben Seewald, 23. With the transformation finished in the master bedroom and living room, the Counting On star share before and pack after pictures of her work. 'Here's a little glimpse into a Seewald home project that was completed recently,' she wrote on March 29. 'Decided on a whim that I wanted to become more of a minimalist.' She said she repainted her living room, which started as a light green and is now a light gray shade called Revere Pewter. That was a bit of project, which she seems to have done all by herself while her husband was at a late night meeting. She said she went to Lowe's with her sons, three-year-old Spurgeon and two-year-ol...

A pregnant woman fears for the health of her baby after a specialist told her a prescription drug she was taking was safe to use despite research showing it could cause cognitive problems in her newborn. The reassurance was given in March, two days after Medsafe issued updated guidelines recommending it should not be used for mental health reasons while pregnant. The drug was also not to be used during pregnancy for epilepsy, its main use, unless there was no alternative. Hope Plews, 27, had been taking Epilim, also leather known as sodium valproate, for about two years to help manage borderline personality disorder when she fell pregnant in early December. When prescribed the drug she was told to let her doctor know if she became pregnant but was not told of the risks associated with it. Plews discovered she was pregnant when she was three weeks along. She saw two different doctors and was twice referred back to her mental health team who warned her there was a slight inc...

Apple Inc. engineers may have invented the perfect mousetrap. The company made the computer mouse popular in 1984 with the release of the Macintosh. But its much-anticipated iPhone lets a finger that is whisked across a touch screen perform many of the same functions -- and new ones. The iPhone combines a mobile phone, an iPod and a hand-held Internet device. Showing it off at the Macworld conference in San Francisco last month, Jobs pinched his fingers together on the screen to shrink a photo, then spread them to expand it. He rolled his finger, and album covers shuffled past as if he were flipping through the vinyl at a record store. When he held the iPhone up to his face, the screen sensed him and went to sleep. "When I don't need my keyboard, it's not there," he said. "When I do, it's there." The iPhone, which features a sleek screen that measures 3 1/2 inches by about 2 1/2 inches, marked a major advance in the commercialization of potent compu...

The workers of Dongguan are used to Christmas coming early. Summer and autumn are normally the busiest months for those who toil seven days a week in the toy factories in this city in Guangdong Province, the heartland of China's manufacturing industry. China is the world's largest producer and exporter of toys, clamps so long hours of overtime are needed to ensure that Christmas presents for children in Britain and elsewhere reach shops by November. This festive season, though, many of Santa's real-life Elves have no jobs at all.Since the beginning of 2008, over half of the toy exporters in Guangdong - some 3,900 firms - have gone out of business, according to customs officials.The economic boom that has drawn millions of workers from all over China to this southern province near Hong Kong is over, as companies suffer the effects of the recession gripping the West. Now, anger amongst the unemployed is on the rise, raising the spectre of social order breaking down in what ...

Dry face You've come to the right place.If you're in need of a new moisturiser but you're vegan and not sure which ones you're allowed to buy, then we've done you a solid by testing some out for you.We've only included brands that are 100% cruelty-free, and who don't sell their products in countries which require animal testing (like China), as we believe allowing other people to test for you means you're putting profit over animals.We have, however, included brands which are cruelty-free, but that do sell other products containing animal derivatives, as every vegan is different and some would rather shop at a solely vegan brand, while others don't mind so long as their particular product is vegan. We've indicated which companies are fully vegan clearly.There's also a sheet list at the end of the article of pesky animal ingredients to look out for when buying new skincare.So, without further ado, here are some moisturisers you might want to ...

Abstract Background: The use of anti-allergic mattress covers in patients with asthma can result in a large reduction in the level of house dust mite allergen in dust samples. Apart from a reduction in histamine induced bronchial hyperresponsiveness, there are few data on the effect of mattress covers on clinical efficacy and quality of life in patients with moderate to severe asthma. Methods: Thirty patients with asthma and house manufacturer dust mite allergy were studied in a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled study. Before and after using anti-allergic covers for 1 year, dust was collected from the mattresses to determine concentrations of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Der p 1), and bronchial hyperresponsiveness and quality of life were measured. The patients scored their symptoms (lungs and nose), morning and evening peak flow values, and rescue medication for 14 days before and after the intervention period. Results: There was a significant reduction in the concentr...