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  • Dec 17th, I Am A Scientist

    Posted by Rob on December 13th, 2006

    I Am A Scientist! sat down with Ryan Sidorchuk, patient safety officer at the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, member of Patients for Patient Safety with the World Health Organization, and member of the board for Consumers Advancing Patient Safety. Ryan discusses some very important things to keep in mind when you or your loved one pays a visit to a doctor or are under some other form of medical care.

    For more information, including comprehensive links to topics discussed on the show, visit iamascientist.net.

    And, to ease traffic on ckuw.ca, regular listeners who download I Am A Scientist! are encouraged to download full episodes from the show archives at iamascientist.net.

    Tune in Sunday, December 17th at noon!

    http://www.wrha.mb.ca/healthinfo/patientsafety/index.php
    http://www.who.int/patientsafety/patients_for_patient/en/
    http://www.patientsafety.org/

  • Dec 17th, Shades of Classics

    Posted by Rob on December 12th, 2006

    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2006:
    Shades of Classics will be talking with the great new age pianist and composer David Lanz live via telephone.

  • Stylus Top 5 of 2006

    Posted by Rob on December 11th, 2006

    Although it can (and will) be debated here are the overall top five releases of 2006 by Stylus magazine contributors.

    1.TV on the Radio – Return to Cookie Mountain (4AD/Interscope)
    2.Junior Boys – So this is Goodbye (Domino)

    3.Final Fantasy – He Poos Clouds (Blocks)

    4.Thom Yorke – The Eraser (XL)
    5.Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Mint)

    Also to be debated is the overall top five shows by Stylus magazine contributors.

    1.Junior Boys @ Pyramid Cabaret, October 6th

    2.Gogol Bordello @ WECC, February 10th

    3.Death Cab for Cutie/Franz Ferdinand @ Cummings Theatre, April 23rd

    4.Wilco @ Burton Cummings Theatre, July 1st

    5.Shout Out Out Out Out @ Pyramid Cabaret, October 28th

    If these picks don’t satisfy you, you can always become a stylus writer and pick your own just email [email protected] to find out how.

  • Tonight on ‘Rave Cutz’

    Posted by Rob on December 11th, 2006

    Rave Cutz Radio Mixdown w/ Special Guest “DJ Sheak” from the Caribbean
    Monday Night – December 11th @ 2am

  • Web Service Problems

    Posted by Rob on December 11th, 2006

    Dear faithful CKUW fans, we apologize for the problems with our web services over the last weekend. We are working to try to make our web services (archives, streaming etc..) reliable but it’s proving to be a challenge. The archiving is so popular that it’s use is crashing the server!! Last week over 30 GIGABYTES (More than 1000 hours!) of CKUW programming was downloaded.

    To help ease the strain, please refrain from downloading programs like Democracy Now! that are available elsewhere on the web. This would be a big help.

    It’s exciting that you folks appreciate the archives and we’ll keep working to make them a valuable and reliable resource for every CKUW fan.