Monday August 29, 2005
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The big news at the CBC these days is that THERE IS NO NEWS. A labor dispute resulted in management locking out more than 5300 CBC employees. We look at the issues, and the role of state-run media in our neighbors to the north.
John Doyle, Television & Radio Critic, The Globe and Mail
Christopher Waddell, Carty Chair in Business and Financial Journalism, Carleton University in Ottawa; and former Parliamentary Bureau Chief, CBC Television (1993-2001)
Ten of the most valuable coins in the world were seized this week by The U.S. Mint. We hear about the 1933 Double Eagle gold coins that are illegal to own, but which recently turned up in the possessions of a Philadelphia jeweler.
David Tripp, numismatic and fine art consultant; author of "Illegal Tender: Gold, Greed, and the Mystery of the Lost 1933 Double Eagle" (Simon & Schuster); former Director of Sotheby's Coin, Tapestry, and Musical Instrument Department; also a cartoonist
They may be the world's most effective bloodsuckers and flesh-eaters. Once scorned by doctors, leeches and maggots are making a comeback in many hospitals. Surgeons say these low-tech medical "devices" can be life-savers for patients with serious wounds or burns.
Dr. James Jeng, Trauma and burn surgeon; Associate director of the Burn Center at Washington Hospital Center.
Dr. Ronald Sherman, Chairman of the Board of Directors, the BTER Foundation; Assistant Researcher at UC Irvine and supplier of medical maggots
Dr. L. Scott Levin, Division Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
Lisa Darmo, Biologist and Department Head, Carolina Biological Supply Company
Robert Root-Bernstein, Professor of Physiology, Michigan State University; Co-Author, "Honey, Mud, Maggots and Other Medical Marvels: The Science Behind Folk Remedies and Old Wives' Tales"
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