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Archive for September 5th, 2008

Musical tastes in tune with who you are

Friday, September 5th, 2008

CBC News
September 5, 2008

Fans of heavy metal music are gentle, creative people who are at ease with themselves, which makes them very similar to fans of classical music.

That’s the finding of a new study at Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University of the link between peoples’ personalities and their choice of music.

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Two trustees stand opposed to armed police in schools

Friday, September 5th, 2008

Kristin Rushowy, Toronto Star
September 5, 2008

Proposal would station police in 30 high schools in an attempt to forge ties with local youth

While Toronto’s two school boards have yet to name the schools where armed officers will be assigned, two public trustees can already tell you where they won’t be – in their wards.

Trustees Chris Bolton (Trinity-Spadina) and Sheila Cary-Meagher (Beaches-East York) have already nixed the idea.

“I can’t imagine in this day and age, the school boards and the cops getting together and putting guys with guns in secondary schools,” said Cary-Meagher.

“I don’t mind them coming in to talk to children in Grades 1, 2 and 3 about safety, but to have them walking the halls and wearing guns in high schools, where guns are a problem, is mind-blowing to me.”

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