The Week of January 14 to 20, 2001

Apathy Sunday January 14, 2001 Carey Heilman explains the simplicity of making your views known and how by asserting oneself individuals can change things.

The Gentle Winter Monday January 15, 2001 Mild temperatures and absence of storms makes this yet another in a string of moderate winter seasons.

The major problem of health care: the open loop thing of our leadership Monday January 15, 2001 Mario deSantis lets us in on some important new, the crumbling Medicare system does not need fixing it needs "system thinking."

Reorganisation Tuesday January 16, 2001 Ensign is not getting its full treatment today as we are in the process of upgrading its internal structure. This will not affect readers but will improve the ease of maintaining this very large site. There will be times today when various parts of the site are not available. Update : Jan 18 - The reorganisation process for Ensign has been a bit of a larger problem then was originally expected. However, at last the end is in site as the whole site was uploaded over night and will return to normal operations tonight sometime. It was an interesting process. We have moved large files before up to 40 MB but moving a file over the Internet that is 300MB posed some interesting problems. Because of long periods of upload disruptions caused by normal computer activity could cause major reversals and wipe out hours of uploading. After about six hours of uploading last night the receiving server filled up and the process had to be restarted using another directory with room. However, all of these experiences go toward better understanding the process which will no doubt be repeated in the future. It is now a given fact of life that we all will work with bigger and bigger files. When we first began using a computer a 4K file was reasonable, 100K was unheard of and the exponential growth of file sizes and data we move with such ease continues to be one of the most important issues in this continuing developing technology.

The Wind Came Back Wednesday January 17, 2001 Here is a picture essay of the ground drifting and setting sun of late yesterday.

SaskPower Women's Northern Championship Wednesday January 17, 2001 Everything is ready for the four day Northern Women's curling play downs to select four teams to go the provincial championship in Estevan.

Custom Blast Wednesday January 17, 2001 Northern Steel gets some help to catch up on its backlog of used tanks needed refurbishing.

A Rose By Any Other Name Thursday January 18, 2001 We look at the subtle manipulations of reality that are characterised by financial institutions and their abuse of language. These accepted speech patterns betray a potentially deceptive sense of denial and distortion in the minds of those who work in these forms of institutions.

First Draw Sees Women's Northern Underway Friday January 19, 2001 The competition began Thursday with lots of spectators on hand and what seemed like as many officials as players.

Stockwell Day's Settlement Increases The GDP Friday January 19, 2001 Mario deSantis discusses the $60,000 settlement and $669,000 in legal costs paid by the people of Alberta.

43rd Battalion Cameron Highlanders 1914 -1919 Friday January 19, 2001 Stuart Mclean of Ottawa is looking for artifacts to assist him in writing the history of the Winnipeg unit that distinguished themselves in World War I.

A looming recession triggered by the big financial bubbles Friday January 19, 2001 Time to check up on what the economists are saying about the possiblity of a recession.

Pentagonia Online Friday January 19, 2001 Ensign recommended a great family board game for Christmas of 1999 developed by Jacob Zunti of Saskatoon, today we are proud to announce that a computerised version of this great game is now available online.

Pension formula plans:Are actuarial firms told to ass-u-me too much? Friday January 19, 2001 Now its time that we had a little lesson the nature of pension plans. Mario deSantis outlines the two basic plans and hints at what is really important.

Mini Snowmobiling Saturday January 20, 2001 Dad and his six year old drive the two miles in to town for a snack.

Saturday Morning At The Northern Championship Saturday January 20, 2001 Here are pictures of the event with the draws showing how each team is fairing in the competition.

The Myoptic View of Honourable Maynard Sonntag Saturday January 20, 2001 Mario deSantis takes issue with NDP leadership and Premier candidate Sonntag for his false claims of Saskatchewan employment.

A Dramatic Scenario Of Saskatchewan Changing Demography: The Aboriginal People Are Our Forgotten People Saturday January 20, 2001 Without doubt the need to provide economic and social equality is overwhelming as Mario deSantis spells out how great that need will become.