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‘The Bean’ Vandalized; 7 People Arrested

Updated at 12:17 p.m.Chicago Police have arrested seven people suspected of spray-painting graffiti on two downtown landmarks, including the giant metallic sculpture known as "the Bean."Authorities say the popular sculpture was vandalized late Monday a...

Episode 527 – Minnesota Cop Awarded Half Million After Colleagues Looked Up Her Data

Here's another story about abuse of access. This epsiode talks about this case and what the State of Minnesota is doing to enable the citizens to protect their data stored on state systems. 

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6 Events Chicagoans Say You Have To Attend This Summer

There’s no shortage of summertime events in Chicago, but sometimes you just want an endorsement from a friend.
We've got you covered with these six recommendations from WBEZ fans. (Note: These are suggestions didn’t make our crowdsourced guide to 400 t...

Read an Excerpt from “Edible Memory,” Our Summer Book Club Pick

Today is the first day of our seasonal Twitter book club #ReadUCP. For our first pick, we invite you to join us throughout July and August to read and discuss Edible Memory: The Lure of Heirloom Vegetables and Other Forgotten Foods by Jennifer A. Jordan, while sharing stories and photos from our gardens, markets, kitchens, and plates. To get things started, here’s a little homegrown taste of what you’ll find inside the pages. Forgetting Turnips What kinds of changes have vegetables undergone over time? And what are the fates of particular vegetables in this era of heirloom food? When I began my search in mainstream food writing for coverage of forgotten turnips, celery, and other less glamorous vegetables, I found very little. Particular blogs, authors, and chefs zeroed in on particular heirloom vegetables at various moments, but there was no comparison with the coverage of heirloom tomatoes or apples. My initial inclination was to think that this silence reflected forgetting. But in fact these supposedly forgotten vegetables inspire extremes of devotion in some seed savers, gardeners, and farmers, and it is to these people (more than to urban diners and famous chefs) that they owe their survival. My research into […]

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Episode 526 – Podcast Awards Nominations Are Open – Vote For The Show

This epsiode is asking for all the listener's help. Security In Five is in the running for an awards in the 14th Annual People's Choice Podcast Awards and I need your vote! This epsiode talks about the awards nomination process, how I started the show and how the listeners have been the sole reason for the 500+ episodes with no signs of stopping. 

It's free to nominate. The two categories the show is considered for are the People's Choice and Technology Categories.

Podcast Awards Nomination Page - https://www.podcastawards.com/app/nominations

Podcast Awards Main Page - https://www.podcastawards.com

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Bike Tour Brings Riders Up Close To Chicago’s Race Riot History

Nearly 150 people took a bike tour through the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood Saturday for a firsthand look at an important part of Chicago history. One hundred years ago this summer, the stoning and drowning death of an African-American teenager off ...

Unanswered Questions Remain After Scathing Report On Cook County Health

The head of Cook County’s health system on Friday once again defended the government-run Medicaid insurance plan he oversees, following a scathing report into its finances.“The reputation of this plan is critical to the success of the health system,” D...

Episode 525 – Tools, Tips and Tricks – Parents Tips For Video Gamers – A Video

Parent of young video gamers need to be aware of the threats on those games and how to protect their accounts and potentially your financial data from scams. This epsiode give those tips at a high level but I would ask you to shift and watch the video I created on this. 

Tips For Parents Of Video Gamers Video - https://youtu.be/AQ8GOjCzDS4

Wizer-Training - www.wizer-training.com

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