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The New Machine Economy

“More than 90 percent of blockchain projects are weaving in other emerging technologies, especially the IoT and machine learning,” the HFS research report tells us. We are beginning to see some attempts to harness the potential of other emerging technologies like IoT (internet of things) and AI (artificial intelligence) together with blockchain. A combinatorial approach to these technologies ends up generating a whole that’s greater than the sum of its parts.

Internet of things (IoT) refers to the multitude of physical devices—”things”— that connect to the internet. All these smart devices—smart lightbulbs, connected thermostats, fitness trackers, sensors, etc.— are meant to collect data about their environment and communicate with the network without the need for any human intervention. IoT devices are rapidly proliferating our environment. Gartner, Inc., forecasts that the enterprise and automotive internet of things market will grow to 5.8 billion endpoints in 2020, a 21 percent increase from 2019. By the end of 2019, 4.8 billion endpoints are expected to be in use, up 21.5 percent from 2018.

Since these IoT devices’ job is to collect data and feed it to the network for other devices and systems, an immense amount of data is going to be collected. One of the primary concerns with IoT devices is their susceptibility to security vulnerabilities. This lack of security is concerning with the widespread use of IoT devices in smart homes and smart cars. Blockchain as a data-sharing mechanism for IoT devices can provide another level of security with available encryption and the tamper-evident nature of the technology. With its use in conjunction with IoT devices, blockchain can facilitate data distribution in a secure and trustworthy manner.

Another challenge with this expansion in IoT devices is the load that it puts on the infrastructure. The sheer growth in the number of IoT devices anticipated to be in operation will generate large quantities of machine data that will be uploaded and need to be processed. That will heavily stress the current cloud infrastructure. Instead, it would help to build infrastructure at the edge to handle all these devices sharing data among themselves without needing to go back to the cloud. This edge infrastructure would help reduce latency and power the machine economy.

Applications of AI are also getting ubiquitous. As you look to purchase something on your favorite website, you’ll find them acutely predicting what you are interested in buying. It then nudges you to look at a few more suggestions. That’s AI behind the scenes. When your voice assistant offers to recognize you by your voice, that is AI in action. When the social networking site automatically suggests names to be tagged in a photo, AI is at work.

IoT collects all the data, and AI consumes it to get insights and make intelligent decisions about how to act upon that data. Today, much of AI is like a black box. With a blockchain backbone, AI will be getting clean data that has not been tampered with. Inherent attributes of blockchain can help AI produce a report card showing how data was used. An audit trail can be created from the time data is ingested to train the AI models. It can also include the provenance of data on how AI came with the predictions. This increased visibility will help users get assurances that AI is operating within design parameters and increase trust in the AI models.

“Data is just like crude. It’s valuable, but if unrefined, it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc. to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value.” Taking that line of thought leadership one step further if data is the new oil, then that data on a blockchain is cleaner and will require less processing. That makes the overall system more efficient.

Integrated solutions with a convergence approach using blockchain technology in conjunction with other emerging technologies like the internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to open new doors for value creation. Some attempts are being made toward the convergence of these emerging technologies and the emergence of machine economy. Let’s take a look at one of them.

Bosch Global and the Economy of Things

Blockchain can provide the trust layer to help IoT devices move away from collecting and communicating the data to devices that can participate in transactions as independent entities in the economy and as economic citizens. “An economy with an Internet of Things”—that’s the push that Bosch industries are banking their efforts on. The economy of things is an evolution of the internet of things that enables devices to participate in an economic transaction by their own choice.

Raghavendra Kulkarni has been working at Bosch on incubating businesses using emerging technologies like blockchain to develop new revenue streams. As he puts it, ”Internet of things is all about the connecting of the physical and the digital world.”

The situation of connected devices has commoditized the role of hardware in the ecosystem. Devices have been relegated to the collection and transfer of data. And that’s it. With the economy of things, the devices can provide added value as economic participants in the network. Devices become an integral part of the value chain instead of the collector and communicator of information, and blockchain is the very technology enabling that development.

That participation starts with providing these devices with autonomy. Bosch, as a company, has done a lot with the use of sensors. They derive services from sensors and put the sensor information into the software. For now, IoT devices with these sensors help automate the physical world around us. But suppose we have to give these devices autonomy, i.e., enable them to make decisions on their own. In that case, components of blockchain have the role of a catalyst in achieving that. Blockchain will help us move from smart connected devices to economic devices.

This will help enable the economy of things, i.e., an autonomous device with a business model around them. And that gives “things” a choice in deciding whether it makes sense for them to participate in an economic transaction or not. The device can make decisions based on its resources and its availability by broadcasting whether it is open for business or not.

As Raghavendra put it, “Economy of things is not just about the technology of connected [devices] or the technology of blockchain. But once you make them participate in the transaction, participate in the business models, participate in settling of the business models is where the economic things would come into picture.”90

The Case of Data Marketplaces

All this data produced by IoT devices creates numerous possibilities beyond simply enabling the machine economy. We should keep in mind a few things for the data produced by all the IoT devices. The sheer quantity of data produced is a mix of structured and unstructured data. Due to this, a lot of that data ends up being noise. Data is also temporal in nature and has a short shelf life. Its usefulness slowly degrades if it is not promptly analyzed.

We need to have a clear data strategy to make good use of all that data. That means knowing what data you need and how much of it you need. The collected data needs to be stored privately with the proper access controls in place. With appropriate access controls, the rightful owners of the data can monetize it. Today, people are given charge of their data to some extent. Still, it is also being copied and used by the companies with which they interact. There is no genuine appreciation of that data’s value and how other actors are using it.

The creation of cleaner and more organized data using blockchain will allow for the emergence of new data marketplaces. Blockchain can enable individual entities to be custodians of their data because it is an immutable record that no one has to regulate. Envision people having a digital vault that contains their digital identity along with their behavior patterns: activity patterns collected by fitness trackers, media consumption patterns collected by content providers, driving behavior collected by cars, medical records collected with interaction with the health care system, etc.

We can be custodians of the data in a secure manner. We can then access this hyper-granular data and provide access as we choose. Now, if Rahul wants to go to a bar, the only needed data is this: Is Rahul over twenty-one? Yes or No. There is no need to produce the driver’s license revealing the date of birth, address, and organ donor status. All that information is not relevant to the transaction and does not need to be divulged. Not only people but objects, like IoT devices, can also have their vaults. With these vaults, data becomes an inherent part of every actor in the economy.

Bosch has implemented a data marketplace for the provenance of milk with TrueFood+. One aspect of the solution tackles milk production and the farmer ecosystem. The concept is dubbed “Crypto-cow.” With Crypto-cow, a farmer can record and advertise different data points for a cow’s entire life cycle in a blockchain-based data marketplace, e.g., amount of milk produced, milk production forecasting, etc.

All the farmer ecosystem participants who sell to the farmer, like veterinary doctors, insurance companies, cooperative societies, equipment manufacturers, seed manufacturers, etc., are the consumers of this data. Based on the information shared in the data marketplace, these participants can offer services to the farmer. For instance, the veterinarian can look at milk forecasting and advise on possible medical interventions or changes in feed needed for the herd to influence the As Raghavendra put it, “Economy of things is not just about the technology of connected [devices] or the technology of blockchain. But once you make them participate in the transaction, participate in the business models, participate in settling of the business models is where the economic things would come into picture.”90

The Case of Data Marketplaces

All this data produced by IoT devices creates numerous possibilities beyond simply enabling the machine economy. We should keep in mind a few things for the data produced by all the IoT devices. The sheer quantity of data produced is a mix of structured and unstructured data. Due to this, a lot of that data ends up being noise. Data is also temporal in nature and has a short shelf life. Its usefulness slowly degrades if it is not promptly analyzed.

We need to have a clear data strategy to make good use of all that data. That means knowing what data you need and how much of it you need. The collected data needs to be stored privately with the proper access controls in place. With appropriate access controls, the rightful owners of the data can monetize it. Today, people are given charge of their data to some extent. Still, it is also being copied and used by the companies with which they interact. There is no genuine appreciation of that data’s value and how other actors are using it.

The creation of cleaner and more organized data using blockchain will allow for the emergence of new data marketplaces. Blockchain can enable individual entities to be custodians of their data because it is an immutable record that no one has to regulate. Envision people having a digital vault that contains their digital identity along with their behavior patterns: activity patterns collected by fitness trackers, media consumption patterns collected by content providers, driving behavior collected by cars, medical records collected with interaction with the health care system, etc.

We can be custodians of the data in a secure manner. We can then access this hyper-granular data and provide access as we choose. Now, if Rahul wants to go to a bar, the only needed data is this: Is Rahul over twenty-one? Yes or No. There is no need to produce the driver’s license revealing the date of birth, address, and organ donor status. All that information is not relevant to the transaction and does not need to be divulged. Not only people but objects, like IoT devices, can also have their vaults. With these vaults, data becomes an inherent part of every actor in the economy.

Bosch has implemented a data marketplace for the provenance of milk with TrueFood+. One aspect of the solution tackles milk production and the farmer ecosystem. The concept is dubbed “Crypto-cow.” With Crypto-cow, a farmer can record and advertise different data points for a cow’s entire life cycle in a blockchain-based data marketplace, e.g., amount of milk produced, milk production forecasting, etc.

All the farmer ecosystem participants who sell to the farmer, like veterinary doctors, insurance companies, cooperative societies, equipment manufacturers, seed manufacturers, etc., are the consumers of this data. Based on the information shared in the data marketplace, these participants can offer services to the farmer. For instance, the veterinarian can look at milk forecasting and advise on possible medical interventions or changes in feed needed for the herd to influence the forecast. The financial ecosystem can look at various data points like the herd’s health, milk forecast, etc. Based on this data, they can offer alternative financial products. The farmer provides the data and, in turn, receives proactive input from advisors.

Besides being a data marketplace, TrueFood+ also helps the farmer showcase their sustainability practices by providing an immutable record of that data. This industry has a high focus on sustainable practices, e.g., water consumption, kinds of feed used, well-being of the herd, etc. The use of blockchain as a component of the overall solution helps the farmer provide legitimate records of livestock maintenance practices.

The second dimension addressed in the provenance of milk revolves around milk distribution: the point from which it is collected to being available in the retail store. Here, condition monitoring of the milk is the main focus. Bosch has sensors starting from the milk barn and throughout the distribution channel, measuring various milk characteristics. Bosch has taken the data collected by the sensors and put it on a blockchain ledger. Storage of all the data generated by these sensors on the blockchain provides provenance of various parameters like temperature, humidity, etc. This data can be collected for the milk from the barn until it gets dropped off for processing. TrueFood+ can also help monitor a batch of milk using dynamic QR codes through different storage points until it is available at retail points.91

A seamless combination of blockchain, AI, and the internet of things will enable the next generation of solutions and open new doors for value creation. As we look to accelerate the adoption of these technologies at scale, blockchain can help provide trust in the data used with these emerging technologies—from data to information to intelligence, generated by IoT, powered by blockchain and analyzed by AI.

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Spending hits on news for isl

France had hit the billion-Euro mark before the madness possessed even really begun as per news for isl. Typically the transfer window had merely been open for two months and La Liga paying had already gone above ever. By Monday day, July 15, it was prior €1, 000million and climbing. And while clubs were undertaking their business surprisingly beginning - whatever happened for you to manana, manana? - the idea wasn’t over yet. There are still sixand- a-half months left, and some of the most significant, most complex deals nonetheless awaited. Everywhere, everyone was planning wild. Well, almost everyone; as always, Athletic Bilbao were in a situation apart. At the very start of summer, one La Confederación coach confided that this could possibly be the busiest summer any individual could remember. In all probability there is more arrivals and more departures than there had many people. He was talking about his own organization, but he could just as well are actually talking about them all. Joao Felix €126million, Antoine Griezmann €120m, Eden Hazard €100m: that they led the way, the stars that shot the early imagination, but there are others. Many others. Even the Highest regarded League trailed behind.

The first time in 11 years, France was outspending England rapid for a while, at least. By mid-July, five of the eight costliest signings in Europe were found to be made by Spanish clubs. A pair of the other three - Rodri to Manchester City along with Lucas Hernandez to Bayern Munich - had result from Spanish clubs, which helps explain things. And while a lot of the headlines, as usual, were intended for Real Madrid and Barcelona, it was Atletico who are the genuine outliers, with their vast spending driven by sales.

Using Real Madrid’s season around by mid-March, the remaining several weeks acted as a trial, supplying Zinedine Zidane a chance to view which players he wished and which he did not want. After a year involving failure, things had to transform and Madrid were fleet to move.

Rodrygo’s €45m transfer from Santos was done. Eden Hazard arrived via Chelsea, Eintracht Frankfurt’s Luka Jovic cost €60m, Porto’s Eder Militao €50m along with Monaco’s Ferland Mendy €48m. Zidane still wants some sort of midfielder, with Paul Pogba favourite, but that means promoting first. The “to go” list is long: Theo Hernandez has joined Hong kong, Dani Ceballos moved on mortgage to Arsenal, Sergio Reguilon is at Sevilla on mortgage, Mateo Kovacic’s move to Kennsignton and chelsea was made permanent, Raul Fuente Tomas went to Benfica along with Luca Zidane will your time season with Racing Santander. The futures of John Rodriguez, Isco, Keylor Navas and, in particular, Gareth Bale remain uncertain. Zidane could not have been clearer about Bale: he wants the Welshman out. But the message via Bale’s camp, determined that he or she will not take a pay trim to go anywhere and identified that he will not be forced out and about, is that he’s not planning anywhere.

Barcelona signed Frenkie De Jong for €75m from Ajax, but not the team-mate Matthijs De Ligt, who is better paid with Juventus and was unlikely to go where he was not necessarily guaranteed to be a starter. Perfilado and Jasper Cillissen altered places, with Valencia along with Barcelona swapping goalkeepers, plus the deal to sign Atletico’s Griezmann was re-activated while his buyout clause came up down to €120m on August 1 . Last year Barca were found to be all set to sign Griezmann for €100m - the buyout clause came along invitingly on July one particular then, too - limited to him to decide to stay, which often he announced on a smooth documentary called The Decision, which often had been produced by a company partowned by Gerard Pique. They renewed his contract along with remained at the Metropolitano however 12 months later, after a discouraging season at Atletico, they decided that he did go after all. Amid reports in which Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez were not too satisfied, Griezmann said: “They could possibly be annoyed, but I can form that out with facilitates. ”

Atletico were agitated too, accusing Barcelona along with Griezmann of showing less respect and insisting in which his price was €200m, not the value of his acquistion clause before July one particular, and that’s when the bargain had been done. Yet Aitante had effectively set this kind of deal up when theyagain allowed for a July one particular drop in the clause, placing a price and a target date. And so they had been the ones that insisted about Griezmann publicly announcing the departure - but not who have to - in May well. Atletico had been relying on typically the €120m, too, because they possessed spent it the full week before. At €126m, 19-year-old Joao Felix was exhibited Griezmann’s number seven top before the Frenchman had possibly left and becomes Atletico’s most expensive signing of all time. They also have also completed deals intended for Chelsea’s Alvaro Morata, Marcos Llorente fromReal Madrid, Mario Hermoso from Espanyol, Porto’s Felipe and Kieran Trippier of Tottenham Hotspur. That is certainly almost €250m worth involving signings, propelled by the departures of Rodri, Diego Godin, Filipe Luis, Juanfran, Griezmann and Lucas Hernandez.

They also have also pursued Real Madrid’s Rodriguez and by the start of season Atletico’s first XI can look very different, and not just in terms of labels as this appears to usher in the total change of information for the team. Diego Simeone is the longest-serving coach vacation and his new signings propose a radical new look to the man who until now often dresses in black. Anywhere else, by mid-July there were actually 10 new players with Sevilla, seven at Alaves, Mallorca, and Osasuna, a few at Real Sociedad, Indoeuropeo and Getafe. Valencia ended up being calmer than most, nevertheless even they have a brand new €40m striker in Maxi Gomez.

And with the transfer window not necessarily closing in Spain until October 2, there is plenty of time intended for even more player movement throughout La Liga. And all this kind of before anyone’s even stated Neymar...

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Cultural effects of Cricket world cup

Booth has grown more strident on social and cultural issues over the last couple of years, commissioning Tanya Aldred to write a daring article on sexism in cricket. After England won the 2017 Women’s World Cup, Booth made Anya Shrubsole the cover star and named three of the team among the Five Cricketers of the Year meaning no place for Hasan Ali, whose curving white-ball magic won Pakistan the (men’s) Champions Trophy. Booth admits he came close to making all five women, but “wanted to avoid being accused of gimmickry”. The Comment section is a balance between crickety features; socially minded pieces; and other features that we hope won’t be scooped by the newspapers before us. I actually commissioned Tanya’s piece before the #MeToo movement came about. Above all what we’re looking for is great and original ideas, brilliantly written. “I think Wisden at its best is social history – when it tells you something about the society it comes from. And so we owe it to the tradition of Wisden to reflect that.”

Joy in death

Paradoxically, nowhere does Wisden more teem with life than in its death knock. Collated by deputy editor Steven Lynch, Engel and contributing editor Richard Whitehead, the obituaries are no longer satisfied with just a player’s career, but wrestle with personality and the social context. The very best – like that of Tony Greig in 2013 – truly are sublime social history. It is, apparently, only 33 years since Wisden’s thenobituaries editor, Bob Arrowsmith, said on a BBC Two documentary: “I think a man’s character a man’s vices haven’t much to do with whether he gets a place in a county side or not. So long as he behaves on the fi eld of play, and isn’t caught cheating and that sort of a thing, it doesn’t really affect his career. It’s nothing to do with Wisden what he does off the field.”

Whitehead credits Engel for making the change in tone in his first reforming stint as editor from 1993 to 2000: “I think Matthew changed the face of the obits he took his example from Hugh Massingberd at the Daily Telegraph, who is seen as a bit of a trailblazer in the obituary world. “I’m sure some of the previous reticence was down to the deference of the time. But the obituary of Tich Freeman [in Wisden 1966] is a bit of a disgrace, really. It’s just not long enough for a player of his quality. That’s one reason I wrote my recent feature on Freeman for The Cricketer.” Wisden obituaries still go uncredited. “I think that’s correct,” says Whitehead, “because I think if you byline someone then suddenly the link between that person and the subject can be called into question.”

“Before the truth has got its pads on…”

In Wisden 2013, Jonathan Liew reflected on a cricket media where “a rumour is halfway round the world before the truth has got its pads on”. Flawless accuracy is impossible to achieve across 1,500 pages; goodness knows I let through my share. But Wisden does at least try to get everything right – to the extent that the fl ow of a beautifully-written sentence can sometimes be sacrifi ced on the altar of accuracy. In the 1980s, John Woodcock and Graeme Wright – a New Zealander, and still the only non-British editor – dragged Wisden forward after countless editions overseen by press agency men. In his fi rst stint in the top job, Wright’s team contained two women, Christine Forrest and Harriet Monkhouse. Monkhouse arrived from Computer Weekly in 1990, and remains sub-editor and fact-checker beyond compare, scouring every scorecard that comes through the feeds for discrepancies. The most famous Wisden clanger was when 18-year-old Yorkshire debutant Fred Trueman was referred to as a “spin bowler”. And when Zimbabwe “president” Robert Mugabe was quoted in Wisden 1985 – he was the prime minister then – it did present the unmissable opportunity to include Canaan Banana in the next year’s Errata.

“Kicking and screaming into the 1920s”

The enduring revolution in Wisden’s appearance came in 1938, when new publishers Whitaker’s introduced soft primrose-shade covers, the Eric Ravilious woodcut of two top-hatted gentlemen, dropped John Wisden’s full name from the title and replaced it with ‘WISDEN’ splashed like a wanted poster in a Western, and sprinkled more pictures around. Sales shot up by 75 per cent. When Tim de Lisle, the modernising editor of Wisden Cricket Monthly, stood in for one edition in 2003 – destined to be referred to as Wisden’s George Lazenby – he saw it was time for another revamp. Most famously, he moved Ravilious’ woodcut to the spine – replacing it with the fi rst cover photo, of Michael Vaughan in the 2002/03 Ashes – doubled the front-of-book articles, and made Wisden generally better-looking. “Tim was keen to make the most of his year, and pushed through a lot of changes to a book more used to evolution than revolution,” says Hugh Chevallier, now co-editor. “It made for an interesting time. Many of his innovations, though, made perfect sense, so Wisden now has a photo on the cover, full-page pictures for section openers, summaries of how each Test country got on the previous year, and smarter-looking headings.”

The Telegraph’s Giles Smith quipped that de Lisle had taken Wisden “kicking and screaming into the 1920s”, though Charles Pardon (Sydney’s older brother, who died in the job aged 40) had fi rst introduced player portraits way back in 1889, and Wright the fi rst colour photos in 1988. There are still more than 200 pictures in every Wisden, and the colour plates are a dazzling array of images from MCG to maidan. “I don’t suppose we’ll win design prizes,” says Chevallier, “though I think the book does have a timeless elegance. It has always changed, yet you still know automatically you’re looking at a page in Wisden.”

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iPhone Screen Time: Monitor Your Device

Screen Time is a great new feature introduced to the iPhone with iOS 12. You can use it to check what you’ve been doing on your iPhone and for how long, and to time-limit your own or your children’s iPhone usage. Here’s how.

To open the Screen Time settings, go to Settings > Screen Time. You can also swipe right from the Lock screen or the Home screen to get to the Widgets screen and tap the Screen Time widget at the bottom.

Here you see a summary of how you’ve been using your iPhone recently. Tap the graph to be shown a far more comprehensive breakdown of this information.

Tap here to schedule downtime for your iPhone. During this time, only apps you choose to exclude can be used. It’s great if you think you’re spending too much time on your iPhone.

Tap here to limit the time you spend on certain apps or categories of apps. At last, you can break that Facebook habit.

Tap here to identify apps you wish to exclude from downtime or time limits. Phone, Messages, FaceTime and Maps are always allowed by default but you can edit this list.

Tap here for passcode protected restrictions that can be used to block inappropriate content.

Set up a Screen Time passcode to stop people changing your Screen Time settings. Ideal if you use them to stop your children playing games before their homework is done.

This link turns off Screen Time altogether and deletes its history.

If you use Family Sharing, you can use this option to control Screen Time on your children’s devices and get a weekly report about what they’re doing on them.

Widget time.

You can access Screen Time from the Widgets page. Swipe right from the Lock screen or Home screen and then scroll all the way up to here. Tap Screen Time to go to the overview (see ‘2’ above).

Setting up and using Screen Time

First of all, go to Settings > Screen Time. The first time you open this setting, you get a window telling you what this new iPhone feature can do. Have a read, then tap Continue to go to the next screen.

Screen Time lets you monitor and regulate your child’s iPhone use as well as review your own. If this is your child’s iPhone, you can tap this option and set up various parental controls. If it isn’t, tap This Is My iPhone.

Tap the graph for a better breakdown of your activities. Tap the tabs at the top to switch between stats for today and for the last seven days. If you have more than one Apple device, tap Devices (top right) to choose one.

Tap on an app in this overview to see how long you’ve been using it recently, broken down by time on the Today view and by days on the Last 7 Days page. Tap Add Limits to limit the time you can spend on this app.

Scroll up on the summary page and you can see how many times you’ve picked up your iPhone during the last day or the last seven days and also how many notifications you’ve received on your iPhone in that time.

Tap an app listed under ‘Notifications’ and you can change your notifications settings for that app. For example, you can choose what sort of notifications you want and whether they make a sound on arrival.

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CHRISTMAS CRISPBREAD

Of all breads, Swedes love crispbreads the most and they eat them at any time of day, especially during the Christmas holiday season. Many varieties are available on the market from thin to thick, and in shapes from squares to rectangles to a large round cake with a hole in the center.

The latter shape comes from the days when the breads were hung on poles in the kitchen and were simply lifted down and dusted off as needed. Fresh crispbread was always baked at Christmastime and was regarded as a gudsldn or a "loan from God." For rolling the bread out you should have a rolling pin with hobnailed carving on it, which makes the dough stretch more easily. If you do not have one, use a regular rolling pin, but pierce the dough all over with a fork.

* Makes 8 dozen breads, about 2 x 4 inches

1 cup butter

1\ cups milk

2 packages active dry yeast

I cup warm water, 105°F to 115°F

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 cups whole wheat flour

3 1/2 to 4 cups bread or all-purpose flour

In a saucepan, combine the butter and milk and heat just until the butter has melted. Cool to lukewarm.

In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast in the warm water, add the sugar, and let stand 5 minutes until yeast foams. Stir in the cooled butter and milk mixture, salt, baking soda, and whole wheat flour; beat until smooth. Add bread or all-purpose flour until dough is stiff. Cover and let stand 15 minutes. Turn dough out onto lightly floured board and knead 5 minutes until smooth and springy.

Divide dough into 4 parts and roll out each part right on a lightly greased 17 x 14-inch baking sheet until very thin, using a hobnailed rolling pin, or use a plain rolling pin and pierce the bread all over with a fork after rolling. Cut into 4 x 2-inch pieces using a pastry cutter or a straight-edged knife. Leave pieces in place on the baking sheet.

Preheat oven to 35O°F. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden and crisp. Cool, break apart, and store in airtight tins.

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Texas BBQ Wings

Almost no special food menu is complete without the ‘chicken wings’ and when you are planning a BBQ night, you cannot think one without smoking a bucket of chicken wings. This is why we brought you this tempting BBQ chicken wings recipe.

Serves: 4 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 2 hrs. 10 minutes

Ingredients: For the wings: •    2 lbs. chicken wings without tips, drumettes, and flats separated •    1 1/2 tablespoons paprika •    1/2 tablespoon chili powder •    2 teaspoons kosher salt •    1/2 tablespoon onion powder •    ½ tablespoon garlic powder •    1/2 teaspoon mustard powder •    1/2 teaspoon chipotle chile powder

For the barbecue sauce: •    1/2 tablespoon barbecue sauce •    1 tablespoon butter (unsalted) •    1/2 tablespoon mild-flavored molasses •    1/2 tablespoon Texas Pete hot sauce •    kosher salt, to taste

Instructions: 1. Preheat the smoker to 225 degrees F. 2. Add water to the filling pan of the smoker. 3. Place the dripping pan and add wood chips to the side drawer. 4. Meanwhile, mix all the spices in a small bowl. 5. Place the wings in a sheet pan and rub of the spice mixture on both sides of the wings. 6. Let them marinate for 15 to 20 minutes. 7. Place the wings in the smoker and smoke until their internal temperature reaches to 160F. 8. Mix all the ingredients for BBQ sauce in a saucepan and cook until it thickens. 9. Brush the wings with the BBQ sauce on both sides and smoke for another 5 to 10 minutes. 10. Serve warm.

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AROMATHERAPY AROUND THE CLOCK

.Essential oils can boost your wellness from morning to bedtime.

Aromatherapy aficionados will tell you that incorporating essential oils into daily living is an easy and enjoyable way to boost your wellness quotient.

Begin your mornings with a refreshing, caffeine-free burst of energy. Like your favorite juice, citrus oils like TANGERINE (Citrus reticulata) and LEMON (Citrus limon) offer a natural wake-up call for your senses. Upon rising, add a few drops to an aroma diffuser to combat fatigue and those Monday morning blues.

In addition to their therapeutic properties, many essential oils offer cosmetic benefits as well since they can quickly penetrate the skin. Essential oils purify the outer dermis, using vital antibacterial components to ward of airborne germs and hearty antioxidant elements to combat damaging free radicals.

After cleansing, spritz your face with a hydrosol the byproduct of the steam distilling process that captures essential oils from plants. Hydrosols offer the same properties as their parent oils, but in far lower concentrations. Choose sweet ROSE GERANIUM (Pelargonium roseum) or bracing TEA TREE (Melaleuca alternifolia) to treat combination or oily skin; lightly loral ROSE OTTO (Rosa damascena) to bolster dry or mature skin types; and woody SANDALWOOD (Santalum album) for post-shave skincare. Or make your own skin tonic by mixing 6–8 drops of your favorite skin-loving essential oil in 2 oz. distilled water in a dark glass spray bottle. The bonus? The aromas are soothing and can be applied throughout the day when skin (or mood) needs a little lift.

Instead of reaching for another cup of java midmorning to boost lagging energy, take a whif of cooling essential oil of PEPPERMINT (Mentha piperita), whose invigorating menthol scent will enhance alertness and boost stamina.

Another option is BERGAMOT MINT (Mentha citrata) when you need to hit the pause button during a too-busy day: As an adaptogen essential oil, it is simultaneously calming and uplifting. The fragrance is citrusy like Bergamot, but with a slightly sweet hint of mint. Adaptogens ofer both stimulating and relaxing constituents that work to balance the nervous system and are a restorative go-to during stressful times.

Stomach growling? Try inhaling GRAPEFRUIT (Citrus paradisi) essential oil for one minute, which scientiic studies indicate helps quell hunger. he tangy aroma provides a quiet, steady energy to hold you until you can sit down for a proper lunch. And along with the herbal freshness of ROSEMARY (Rosmarinus oicinalis) known as a memory enhancer grapefruit is the perfect addition to an afternoon pick-me-up blend.

It’s Five o’clock, when an essential oil one-two punch of clarifying EUCALYPTUS (Eucalyptus globulus) and tart LEMONGRASS (Cymbopogon citratus) is called for. A pre-exercise spritz of an energy mist will help amp up your energy level while supporting respiratory health for a late-day workout. Or blend these companion oils in a carrier oil such as calendula, an excellent choice to treat muscle spasms and swelling, and apply postworkout.

For a blissful evening, choose from the calming members of the spice family such as VANILLA (Vanilla planifolia), CINNAMON (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), and GINGER (Zingiber oicinale). These rich essential oils are known for their warming and aphrodisiac properties that inspire relaxation. Blend these grounding oils with 2 to 3 ounces of a carrier oil such as grapeseed or sweet almond to create a comforting blend for moisturizing skin or for massage.

Ah, at last lovely LAVENDER (Lavandula angustifolia), the most popular, effective aromatic for instilling tranquility no matter the time of day. I often add lavender to each of my blends simply to promote balance it’s that versatile.

The essential oil’s sedative properties, however, make it the prime choice for bedtime. Whether you choose to simply toss a few drops of lavender on your pillowcase or diffuse several drops in an aroma difuser, the scent will lull you into a peaceful state.

This is an excerpt from The upscale existence blog.