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So basically I'm in fifth year now and I just really feel so unmotivated to study.. I'm so behind in maths and I'm only picking up Spanish this year so the workload is overwhelming.. Anyone else feel this way?
Does anyone have any tips on how to get motivated? I plan on studying in the summer but Even then I'm not sure if I'll be back on track..
Thanks a mill :)
Stephanie K
Omg I am exactly the same way as you, I have no motivation at all for the past 2 weeks and still I have none. I think that I worked so hard before that I am just after wearing myself out! I don't know what to do either! I plan to study one day a week over the summer as well, but at this present moment, I feel that I have no purpose to study because I'm jot doing summer exams as I am volunteering in Lourdes, any advice.
I'm in a very similar situation to be totally honest. Up until Christmas I was extremely eager and keen to get through all the work and then study, I was doing my homework along with at least an extra hour and a half study on top, got very good results in my Christmas exams, but since, I've become very unmotivated to say the least. The workload is daunting and my lack of motivation in comparison to before Christmas is deeply worrying :-(
Don't worry! It happens to everyone at some point, my advice is to do something for yourself everyday eg a walk or swim to try and take your mind off school. It's probably stressing you out unconciously, not helping your brain to concentrate at all! Break the work you have to do into small chunks and set yourself a goal each evening for things you want to accomplish. Even if you have two maths qs, comprehensions and four essays to get through if you cannot deal with it all and only get a small comprehension done congratulate yourself for accomplishing something! Stressing out about not getting work done is so counter-productive so try and be happy with doing a little and eventually you'll actually want to get more done every time you sit down..
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A Dark Galaxy: Finding the "Missing" Dark Stuff
Many independent sets of observations confirm that only about six percent of all the ordinary matter (neutrons and protons) in the universe is made up of stars and stellar remnants.1The other 94 … more
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Planet Migration Tests Solar System Design
Astronomers have discovered over 250 planets outside of our solar system residing in over 200 different planetary systems. However, all of these extrasolar planets exhibit characteristics that would … more
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Hello everyone! I am over here in Germany trying to figure out what is causing my 2001 Honda Odyssey Check Engine Light to keep coming on. I also am getting the TCS light coming on sometimes with the check engine light.
I ended up taking it back to the local repair shop near the base and we pulled these codes out of the van.
The first time I took my van to the local repair shop they told me it was the spark plugs, so I ended up ordering 6 new spark plugs for the van which did not clear up my problem as the light kept coming on.
Reading prior posts here I pulled the coils off of my junker 99 Odyssey and replaced all of the coils in my 2001 to see if that would correct the problem. Needless to say it did not correct the problem.
The van has 147,000 miles on it and I recently went in and did the timing belt, water pump, all belts, EGR valve, and air filter just as general maintenance. I had the shop check the timing since the timing belt has just been replaced and it was where it was supposed to be.
Does anyone have any other ideas on what could be causing the check engine light to come on with the misfire codes? The van idles rough when sitting but runs smooth once you take off. I have noticed that my gas mileage has really gone down since the light has come on.
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Between 1972 and 1976 Azuquita toured and recorded with his own band, Melao. He reunited with Kako on Union Dinamica (1976), produced by Louie Ramírez. In 1977 Camilo replaced Tito Allen as lead singer of Típica 73 and made two albums with the band, and with them he visited Paris for the first time. Johnny Pacheco produced 1979's Llego Y Dijo, which was one of pianist Isidro Infante's earliest New York recording dates. Azuquita relocated to Paris and his first release there was the live Salsa En Vivo (1980), recorded at the Bataclan on 20 December 1979. For that date, Melao was made up of both Paris-based musicians, such as Cuban trumpeter Ernesto 'Tito' Puentes and Colombian conga player Rodolfo Pacheco, and New York accompanists like long-standing Tito Puente band member, percussionist and arranger José Madera. In 1981 Azuquita sang lead vocals and composed half the songs on Tito Puente's album Ce' Magnifique, including the cut 'Virgen De Regla', which was later described as a 'nasty tune' (in a positive sense) by trombonist Joe de Jesús, who was on the session. The same year he appeared on the same bill as Bob Marley at a concert in Bourges, France, where he performed in front of an audience of 75, 000. He also appeared at Paris' famous Olympia. His 1983 Salsa Internacional 83 had one side recorded in Paris and the other in New York. Azuquita returned to the USA. Pianist Oscar Hernández (who has worked with Libre, Ray Barretto, Rubén Blades and others) produced and played on 1988's Azucar A Granel! Trumpeter José Febles was the album's musical director and was responsible for most of the arrangements. The release of Azucar A Granel! was the occasion for a concert at the New Morning in Paris. Azuquita joined the salsa romántica trend with Amantes Secretos (1989) with production, musical direction, keyboards and arrangements by Isidro Infante. Azuquita became a French citizen in 1995.
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VGA coolers.
Well, after experiencing the weird grinding like noise from my graphics card when OC'd, I decided to get a better fan/heatsink for my card. The noise almost sounds like a harddrive working at full load. So I'm guessing it's the fan that's causing the problem. Right now I'm running at stock speeds, and it works flawlessly.
Well anyways, I'm looking for some good VGA coolers out there but I'm not too sure what to look for. I have a Geforce 6800XT. I'm also looking for a cooler that is easy to install, since this will be my first time doing something like this.
Any suggestions are welcomed.
You cant go wrong with any cooler by Zalman. Also, the Arctic Cooling Silencer line is a good way to go as well. I would check for compatability with the NV Silencer and your XT. I have owned both companies coolers and they are by far the tops when it comes to VGA cooling.
The Zalman would be a better choice since it wouldn't interfere with your other NB47J heatsink. Some don't include ram sinks but those are fairly cheap as well.
I think I'd go with Arctic Cooling if I were ever to go back to air cooling on my main rig. I still have a original VGA Silencer running on on of my systems............;)
I got myself a Zalman VF700 or something. Installed it with a breeze, hopefully I didn't damage it somehow or something. I couldn't get all of the thermal grease off before putting on some artic silver 5, but I got about 85-90% off. Haven't tested it yet, cause I'm waiting about 24 hours for the ram heatsinks to cure and stick on.
I would go with Zalman since you have a NB47J. Its pretty much impossible to use both unless you mod that NB47J.
OK just installed the zalman fan and heatsink, and it's working like a charm. Right now at idle, my temps are 46c idle, 56c load clocked at 478/1254. No grinding noise, in fact the only noise I can hear right now is my cpu fan, which I will be replacing soon.
I noticed a marginal increase in cooling, my idle stays about the same, but my load has dropped about 7-9c. Plus the arctic silver 5 isn't nearly cured yet. So I'm hoping this'll be able to handle my clocks for now, until I save up for a better card.
Nice! The AS5 should reach it's max thermal efficiency around 50 hrs. You may see another drop of 1-2C.
The only gripe I have with this fan, is the fact that it exhausts into my system instead of out the end like my old fan/heatsink. But it's ok, it only raised my mobo temps about 2c. Plus it's hot in my room. Two small windows, two computers all cramped in a small space with carpet, and the AC is busted. It's about 85 degrees right now.
I know the feeling. Most of the time the AC does nothing to help me. I've always had the hottest room in the house. I've mentioned this to Rob; I'd like to see case manufacturers offer a fan at the bottom rear of the case. That would help tremendously for atx boards and removing the hot air that the video cards inhale. Maybe one or two small 40mm fans. As it is now, the air has to be exhausted at the top, but there's a dead spot at the bottom and it seems a lot of heat gets trapped there, in many cases.
A fan on the bottom sort of like what I did to my old Lian-Li way back when I had my old NF7-S ......................;)
I actually have a PCI fan that I can probably use to help exhaust some of the heat. But I'm too lazy to open up my old computer, and my new computer and switch it at the moment.
Quick question, if you want to monitor your fan speed settings, do you do that in BIOS? Or is there a seperate program to do that?
SpeedFan works great for monitoring most of the fans. But that also depends on your MoBo fan headers if they support fan speed monitoring on all the headers or just a few. My Abit supports monitoring on 4 of the 5 headers I think where my DFI only supports 3 monitored headers.
Ok recently got a Zalman 7000-CU for my processor. When I removed my old heatsink and fan, I noticed there was a small chip in the silver/metal coating on my processor. Is that ok?
I decided to put on the Zalman anyway despite the small chip in my processor. Put the Arctic Silver 5 on as well, and bam, temps dropped about 4c, and it's really really hot in my room. Plus my computer is nearly completely silent.
just bought the Zalman VF700-Cu VGA cooler and i'm highly impressed with this cooler just installed it and my card temps went from 56C to 51C while gaming..
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March 14, 2010
By: Lindsey Williford, Media Relations Graduate Assistant
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The 12th-rated University of Tennessee Lady Vol tennis squad claimed its third Southeastern Conference win on Sunday afternoon with a 7-0 sweep of the Kentucky Wildcats at the Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Ky. With the win, the Orange and White improved to 9-5 and 3-1 in conference play. The Wildcats dropped to 1-11 and remained winless in the SEC at 0-4 with the loss.
Tennessee got started with business as usual by claiming the doubles point for the 12th time this season. The first victory came at the No. 1 slot, where the duo of senior Caitlin Whoriskey and junior Maria Sorbello won their seventh match in a row, defeating Caroline Lilley and Minnette Pienaar, 8-0. The win kept the UT duo's perfect 7-0 record intact, as well. Clinching the doubles point for Tennessee was sophomore Katie Lee and her rookie partner Kata Szekely. This match marked the first time Szekely has played competitively since a foot injury she suffered late last fall. The pair dropped only one game en route to the 8-1 win over UK's Elle Coldiron and Nicole Scats on court three.
Kentucky got their lone victory on the day at the No. 2 doubles slot. The Lady Vol combo of junior Rosalía Alda and senior Zsófia Zubor fell 8-6 to Megan Broderick and Christine Johnston.
The Big Orange dominated the singles portion of the contest, winning all but two matches in straight sets. Zubor gave UT its second point of the day at the No. 5 lineup spot by defeating Pienaar, 6-2, 6-0.
Within minutes of Zubor's victory, Whoriskey collected her own at the top roster position. The nation's 10th-ranked singles player dispatched No. 114 Broderick, 6-3, 6-1. With the triumph, Whoriskey increased her overall record to 22-9 and her conference mark to 3-1.
No. 47 Sorbello secured the Lady Vol's ninth win at the No. 2 slot, after her match with the Wildcat's Lilley went into three sets. Sorbello took the first set, 6-0, but Lilley grabbed the second stanza, 6-4. The third frame was pushed to a 4-4 tie before Sorbello broke loose to claim games five and six and ultimately win, 6-4. This was the third time the Big Orange junior has clinched the team triumph this season.
Also returning from injury and fill the spot on court six was junior Jennifer Meredith. The Marietta, Ga., native gave up only one game in her easy defeat over UK's Scates, 6-1, 6-0.
The next point for Tennessee came courtesy of Lee at the No. 5 position. She took out Coldiron in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1, for her sixth win of the year and put UT within one point of completing its first sweep of the season.
The No. 3 singles contest between Alda and Johnston was the last to conclude, after being pushed into an extra set. Alda quickly took set one, 6-3, but Johnston edged the Lady Vol for the 7-5 win in the second set. Behind another 6-3 score, Alda was able to claim the triumph and finish off the 7-0 whitewashing of the Kentucky Wildcats.
Tennessee will have over a week's worth of rest from competition before making the trek to Baton Rouge, La., on Friday, March 26, for a 4 p.m. ET matchup with LSU. The Lady Vols will then quickly head home to square off against Arkansas on Sunday, March 28. First serve is scheduled for Noon at the Varsity Tennis Courts. Live scoring will be available for both contests.
No. 12 Tennessee 7, Kentucky 0
1: No. 10 Caitlin Whoriskey (UT) def. Megan Broderick (UK) - 6-3, 6-1
2: No. 47 Maria Sorbello (UT) def. Caroline Lilley (UK) - 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
3: Rosalía Alda (UT) def. Christine Johnston (UK) - 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
4: Zsófia Zubor (UT) def. Minnette Pienaar (UK) - 6-2, 6-0
5: Katie Lee (UT) def. Elle Coldiron (UK) - 6-0, 6-1
6: Jennifer Meredith (UT) def. Nicole Scates (UK) - 6-1, 6-0
Order of finish: (4, 1, 2*, 6, 5, 3)
1: Caitlin Whoriskey/Maria Sorbello (UT) def. Caroline Lilley/Minnette Pienaar (UK) - 8-0
2: Megan Broderick/Christine Johnston (UK) def. No. 33 Rosalía Alda/Zsófia Zubor (UT) - 8-6
3: Katie Lee/Kata Szekely (UT) def. Elle Coldiron/Nicole Scates (UK) - 8-1
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Daniel Viles Poetry Challenge: Smitten Betwixt the Joints of the Harness
06 May 2009 , 3:48 PM by Daniel Viles
Given that the Bible has been the inspiration for so much poetry, it's slightly amazing that it took this long to make its way into the Poetry Challenge.
The oldest editions of the King James Bible quote 1 Kings 22:34 as "And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and the King of Israel was smitten betwixt the joints of the harness."
Needless to say, any desire I had to treat this phrase lightly lasted about as long as the King of Israel did. So, here it is, front and centre, dominating this week's poem.
As always, feel free to have a go at the Poetry Challenge yourself using the words and phrases given below, and you can click here to read all of this year's poems.
Richard's Reward Song Lyric: too hot, too greedy (from Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush)
Your suggestions: asbestos; rhythmic flip-flops; Sunbury Pop Festival; excoriate; corked buttock; maternalism; gay Jewish President; Best New Talent; smitten betwixt the joints of the harness; yum, beef casserole for dinner; champagne parties.
Smitten Betwixt the Joints of the Harness
(A Lament for a Modern Age)
Is your life together? Free of all internal schism?
Do you feel warmth inside the blanket of maternalism?
One day you can be flying all spit spot and speedy,
the next, you can wonder, "was I too hot, too greedy?"
Everything can be wonderful, nothing trau-mut-ic,
then misfortune's archer fires. Ahh! Corked buttock!
Then your life will descend into gyres of bizarreness
when you're smitten betwixt the joints of the harness.
It wasn't always like this; once, you heard the jester call
as he invited sunny days at the Sunbury Pop Festival.
Men thought you steadfast; women thought you gallant.
Careerist superiors named you 'Best New Talent'.
It's been fine 'til now, but this is where the trip stops.
If happiness is a pair of boots, you're just rhythmic flip-flops
and if the goal of life is Fraser, you won't make it to Scarness
once you're smitten betwixt the joints of the harness.
I can't say I'm sure what possessed us
to exclaim, "yum, beef casserole for dinner."
When it came forth, it smelled of asbestos
and the next day, my face was much thinner.
But why the surprise? For it is written,
"betwixt the joints of the harness thou art smitten."
So, don't think you're intelligent when the wisdom you impart is
accepted without thought at swank champagne parties.
Oh, I don't mean to scold you; I'm not here to excoriate,
It's just that all I see around me is worry bait.
You may say love is king and the truth will ever represent
and I'll name Kinky Friedman the first gay Jewish President.
For the world has been burned up and left in a charred mess;
It is smitten betwixt the joints of the harness.
(c) Daniel Viles 2009
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Use of the iPhone for Cobb angle measurement in scoliosis
Shaw, Matthew J., Adam, Clayton J., Izatt, Maree T., Licina, Paul, & Askin, Geoffrey N. (2011) Use of the iPhone for Cobb angle measurement in scoliosis. European Spine Journal, 21(6), pp. 1062-1068.
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Purpose: The Cobb technique is the universally accepted method for measuring the severity of spinal deformities. Traditionally, Cobb angles have been measured using protractor and pencil on hardcopy radiographic films. The new generation of mobile phones make accurate angle measurement possible using an integrated accelerometer, providing a potentially useful clinical tool for assessing Cobb angles. The purpose of this study was to compare Cobb angle measurements performed using an Apple iPhone and traditional protractor in a series of twenty Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis patients.
Methods: Seven observers measured major Cobb angles on twenty pre-operative postero-anterior radiographs of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis patients with both a standard protractor and using an Apple iPhone. Five of the observers repeated the measurements at least a week after the original measurements.
Results: The mean absolute difference between pairs of iPhone/protractor measurements was 2.1°, with a small (1°) bias toward lower Cobb angles with the iPhone. 95% confidence intervals for intra-observer variability were ±3.3° for the protractor and ±3.9° for the iPhone. 95% confidence intervals for inter-observer variability were ±8.3° for the iPhone and ±7.1° for the protractor. Both of these confidence intervals were within the range of previously published Cobb measurement studies.
Conclusions: We conclude that the iPhone is an equivalent Cobb measurement tool to the manual protractor, and measurement times are about 15% less. The widespread availability of inclinometer-equipped mobile phones and the ability to store measurements in later versions of the angle measurement software may make these new technologies attractive for clinical measurement applications.
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Last week, Susan Axon went to the High Court to argue that she, as a parent, had the right to know if her teenage daughter was seeking an abortion. It seems a pretty reasonable request on the face of it. As Mrs Axon points out, in the case of a headache no 15-year-old can be offered a dose of Calpol without parental consent. Yet, under government guidelines, a pregnancy and its possible termination will be decided by the teenager and her "healthcare professionals". And if she doesn't feel like reporting back, tough. Frankly, it's none of your business.
Mrs Axon appears to be an intelligent and admirable woman: sensible, rather feisty, sticking up for something she believes in. The case itself? Open and shut: of course parents should, wherever possible, be informed. The argument of the Health secretary Patricia Hewitt and the FPA - that confidentiality helps to reduce teenage pregnancies - is palpable nonsense. The truth is, of course, that if a child thinks it is going to be found out, it might think twice before it does something daft. The promise of getting off scot-free has never been a reliable deterrent for anything.
And how am I such a know-all, so firm in my views? Because I am a mother, of teenagers current and future. And hasn't it changed me? Looking at nice Mrs Axon on the television last week, I recalled the similar fight of 20 years ago, fought by Victoria Gillick, and felt a real twinge of guilt.
Mrs Gillick was the first person to raise this issue of parents' rights to know about their children's sex lives. She fought a long and hard battle to be informed if and when her teenage daughters were prescribed with the contraceptive pill. Her first attempt, in the High Court in 1983, was defeated. But she won her case on appeal and the "Gillick ruling" of 1984 - stating that parents should be kept in the dark only "in the most exceptional circumstances" - became law. And it remained so, until the introduction last year of the government guidelines that Mrs Axon is now trying to overturn.
Now that I am a mother myself I can see that what Mrs Gillick did was rather marvellous. Her campaign cost her a lot - in time, money and hideous intrusion into her family life. But, back then, for my generation, she came somewhere between a hate figure and a laughing stock. Of course, Mrs Gillick was, let's face it, a more extreme character than Mrs Axon. She had wild hair, 10 (yes, 10!) children and a religious fervour. She sobbed once or twice rather publicly in a regrettable way. She was, it was quite clear to all of us, the ultimate, toe-curling, Mother From Hell. Imagine! Your own mother! On the telly! Talking about you having sex! Eeeek! Plus, she was infringing that basic, unassailable human freedom: the right of the 15-year-old to do whatever she wants.
But there is nothing like parenthood to bring out one's inner Blimp. A conservative, the old joke goes, is a liberal who has just been mugged. Or, one could add, just given birth. Sexual liberation is put in a different context when it involves a teenage daughter staying out all night. The downgrading of cannabis may make perfect sense on paper, but is somehow unhelpful when applied to one's own offspring. It is easier to affect an indifference to the levels of taxation if there is just the one mouth to feed. And the crunch of course is education. It is all very well to hold the principle that all children should be educated at the nearest school; it means nothing until you have actually put your own children through it.
When Tony Crosland was given the job of restructuring our state school system, he could do whatever he liked. He had no children of his own to worry about. And, while we're at it, let's look back to the 1970s and his colleagues in the old Labour government. Most of its prominent die-hards, the ones who did not join the SDP or fade away - Michael Foot, Barbara Castle, Roy Hattersley - also had no children. As the historian Robert Conquest once said: "Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands."
Indeed. Just reading the FPA's arguments against Mrs Axon made me splutter with Blimpish rage. "If a child does not want parents to know it is impossible to say it is in her best interests for them to be told against her will," ran their defence. Because that "would completely ignore the autonomy of the child".
The what? Are we now to give our children complete "autonomy"? Of course, we must treat all young people as responsible individuals as much as possible, but they are not always going to behave like them. One does not have to study the teenage form for very long to realise that the basic instinct to go to school, sleep properly and eat the right things cannot always be relied upon. It is certainly not as strong as the instinct to stay in bed all day and live on a diet of hot chilli Doritos. Give them "autonomy" and God knows where we will be.
Mind you, now that Patricia Hew itt has suggested it, this opt in/opt out idea of parenthood is oddly attractive. How pleasant it would be to say to one's children: "Right, from now on, you can only count on me for the nice bits, the bits that we all agree on - Christmas morning, picnics on the beach, the new Wallace and Gromit ... Darling I'm there for you. All that guidance rubbish, though, you can forget it. I will no longer suggest you clean your teeth or eat a vegetable unless you invite me to do so. Those decisions are for you alone. Or you and your 'health care professionals'." A mother's approach to teenage pregnacy may also be considered tempting by the lazier parent. "Well, I did suspect thtat she was expecting and she wasn't any more. But I didn't want to interfere. I had her autonomy to worry about." But it is likely that, for most of us, this might provoke a slight sense of disquiet. Even with the crumb of comfort that one was helping New Labour reach its targets.
And there are many mixed messages to parents from the Government at play here. While it argues that it can pursue its "teenage pregnancy strategy" only by cutting parents out, it can improve schools, it seems, only by bringing parents in. We are constantly told that a child will perform better at school if we attend parents' evenings, check up on homework, show an interest. And if children don't go to school, it is the parents who get banged up in jail. But what if a child is using truancy as an expression of "autonomy"? It is all too confusing.
Things are not, on the whole, going well for the attentive parent. It's not just Patricia Hewitt and her "healthcare professionals" who are putting the boot in. The other week, a gang of academics gathered in Scotland to denounce the "helicopter mothers", for hovering over their children, not letting them make mistakes, failing to give them necessary freedoms and so on. Much of what they say is, of course, true. It is not possible for your child to learn by your mistakes; it has to make its own. On the other hand, you know that those mistakes bring with them pain. And that is hard. We hover, because we worry that they are going to crash and burn.
Of course, there are plenty of people out there who have managed to give birth without sliding gently to the right. The ones who - if not actually doling out the condoms, passing the joint and "respecting" the "autonomy" - are living according to the principles of their former life. Splendid. But it doesn't get them anywhere in the long run. It is not in the nature of any generation to see the virtue of the one that came before it. However young and groovy you think you might look and act, the eyes of the teenager who beholds you can only see a crusty old saddo, anyway. I think in future I shall model myself on that nice Mrs Gillick.Reuse content


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This article was published 14/4/2014 (1170 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
More francophone Manitobans will be allowed to vote in the upcoming 2014 Division scolaire franco-manitobaine (DSFM) school board election this fall, the province said today.
The DSFM list of eligible electors will be expanded to include DSFM graduates who are at least 18 years of age and their parents or legal guardians, DSFM students who are at least 18 years of age and their parents or legal guardians and the parents or guardians of children attending pre-kindergarten in DSFM.
"The expansion of the electoral list will more than double the number of voters eligible to elect school trustees regardless of where they live in the province," Premier Greg Selinger, minister responsible for francophone affairs, said in a statement. "The changes open the door to new participants in the electoral process and, as a result, greater involvement in school board elections by the members of the DSFM's school community."
In Westman, there are DSFM schools in Shilo (École la Source), Saint-Lazare (École Saint-Lazare) and Laurier (École Jours de Plaine).


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