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5 Things To Watch As Cubs, Sox Begin New Season

It’s opening day for Major League Baseball. All 30 teams are kicking off their regular seasons Thursday, including Chicago’s teams from the North and South Sides. The Cubs are playing the Rangers in Arlington, Texas, while the White Sox are scheduled t...

Episode 459 – IoT Strikes Again – IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act Of 2019

IoT strikes again, only this time it's a positive message. The US Congress proposed legislation to begin to define and require security standards for IoT devices used in the government. NIST will drive the effort and this epsiode goes into the detail of what the bill propses.

Link to the legislation.

Be aware, be safe.

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Prosecutor Kim Foxx Defends Jussie Smollett Decision In WBEZ Interview

Cook County prosecutors made a stunning reversal Tuesday when they dropped all charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett. He had been indicted on 16 felony counts related to making a false report that he was the victim of a hate-crime attack in Chic...

5 Questions for Joy McCann, author of Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean

In her new book, Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean, Joy McCann reveals the secrets of elusive Southern, or Antarctic, Ocean, weaving together sea captains’ journals, whalers’ log books, explorers’ letters, scientific research, and ancient beliefs with her own travels there while researching the book. We sent McCann a few questions recently to learn more about her motivations for writing the book. First, just where is the Southern, or Antarctic, Ocean? This might seem a straightforward question of geography, but you explain in the book that the exact borders have actually been contested since the early twentieth century. The simple answer is that the Southern Ocean flows completely around the Antarctic continent in the high southern latitudes, uninterrupted by any landmass. Unlike the Arctic region, where ocean is surrounded by land, the Antarctic region comprises land surrounded by ocean and encircled by twenty tiny sub-Antarctic island groups. It is the world’s only circumpolar ocean, and it was formally recognized as the world’s fifth major ocean in 2000 because of its distinctive physical and biological characteristics. As I discuss in Wild Sea, however, the question of Southern Ocean geography is complicated. The northern limits of the ocean are indistinct […]

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5 Questions for Joy McCann, author of Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean

In her new book, Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean, Joy McCann reveals the secrets of elusive Southern, or Antarctic, Ocean, weaving together sea captains’ journals, whalers’ log books, explorers’ letters, scientific research, and ancient beliefs with her own travels there while researching the book. We sent McCann a few questions recently to learn more about her motivations for writing the book. First, just where is the Southern, or Antarctic, Ocean? This might seem a straightforward question of geography, but you explain in the book that the exact borders have actually been contested since the early twentieth century. The simple answer is that the Southern Ocean flows completely around the Antarctic continent in the high southern latitudes, uninterrupted by any landmass. Unlike the Arctic region, where ocean is surrounded by land, the Antarctic region comprises land surrounded by ocean and encircled by twenty tiny sub-Antarctic island groups. It is the world’s only circumpolar ocean, and it was formally recognized as the world’s fifth major ocean in 2000 because of its distinctive physical and biological characteristics. As I discuss in Wild Sea, however, the question of Southern Ocean geography is complicated. The northern limits of the ocean are indistinct […]

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Illinois Lawmakers Trying Yet Again To Approve Elected Chicago School Board

Illinois state lawmakers are once again taking up the question of whether Chicago Public Schools should switch from an appointed to an elected school board. A key Illinois House of Representatives committee voted 13-0 Wednesday to approve the move to a...

Illinois Lawmakers Trying Yet Again To Approve Elected Chicago School Board

Illinois state lawmakers are once again taking up the question of whether Chicago Public Schools should switch from an appointed to an elected school board. A key Illinois House of Representatives committee voted 13-0 Wednesday to approve the move to a...

Cubs, White Sox Feed Rivalry With New Ballpark Menus

So long, ordinary hot dogs and pop. Hello, chicken and waffle taco and giant 24 oz. beers.

The crosstown rivalry between the South Side’s White Sox and the North Side’s Cubs is heading for your gut, as both teams prepare their home openers in the comi...

Episode 458 – Things To Consider Before Moving To The Cloud

Moving to the cloud is a growing strategy for many businesses. It's important to undertstand that security is not   full guaranteed by the cloud provider there are still responsibilities you need to be aware of. This epsiodegoes over some of those.

Be aware, be safe.

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Chicago Schools CEO Lays Out 5-Year Vision Despite Election Uncertainty

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson on Tuesday laid out a vision for the school district for the next five years, even though Chicago’s next mayor hasn’t been chosen and it’s unclear if she’ll be schools chief after the April 2 election. At Bronz...

Chicago Schools CEO Lays Out 5-Year Vision Despite Election Uncertainty

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson on Tuesday laid out a vision for the school district for the next five years, even though Chicago’s next mayor hasn’t been chosen and it’s unclear if she’ll be schools chief after the April 2 election. At Bronz...

Cook County Getting New Voting Machines For First Time In 13 Years

Some Cook County voters will soon get new voting machines for the first time since 2006. The county’s elections office is piloting 147 machines in Oak Park, River Forest and Proviso Township on April 2, the next election day. The machines will be rolle...

Cook County Getting New Voting Machines For First Time In 13 Years

Some Cook County voters will soon get new voting machines for the first time since 2006. The county’s elections office is piloting 147 machines in Oak Park, River Forest and Proviso Township on April 2, the next election day. The machines will be rolle...