Loud explosion in Cornwall Anybody here from Cornwall ?
The bang was believed to have been a sonic boom
Reports of a loud explosion on the north Cornwall and Devon border are being investigated.
A number of residents reported hearing a loud bang between 1130 and 1200 BST around the Bude and Holsworthy area. Others said their homes were damaged.
Western Power and the British Geological Survey have carried out checks in the area.
Pc Baxter Proven of Devon and Cornwall Police said an investigation was under way into the cause.
He said: "One theory being considering is perhaps a military aircraft has broken the sound barrier a little too close to the land and that has caused this sonic boom and this, in turn, caused some light damage around the north Cornwall area."
'Physically shook'
One resident in Bude said a crack in her kitchen had widened as a result, and others reported experiencing their properties "shaking".
A BBC Radio Cornwall listener said: "The stables physically shook. It sounded like Concorde used to sound when it broke the sonic barrier. But much louder. It went 'boom, boom'."
Experts ruled out the possibility of an earth tremor
Western Power Distribution said engineers had completed checks and found no faults with its systems.
The Ministry of Defence and the RAF said there were no records of their aircraft flying over the area.
The Civil Aviation Authority said it was also unaware of the cause.
David Galloway from the British Geological Survey said the organisation checked its readings for the area after receiving several phone calls about the bang.
He said: "We've not got any signals at all from any instruments, and in fact we have instruments nearby at Hartland Point."
He added it was possible that it might have been a sonic boom, but although the equipment was geared towards detecting ground movement, it would sometimes pick up such disturbances as well. He said: "Typically we'd register any ground movement but we have been known to have signals of a sonic nature to register."
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Mental illness now ‘last taboo’ It has been described as the last taboo. Significant mental distress will affect one in four of us in our lifetime. One in six of the population is suffering at any time - the vast majority enduring depression, stress and anxiety.
And yet the evidence is that stigma and discrimination are rife in the workplace - even among those with mild to moderate problems.
While 75% of adults are in work and 65% of people with physical health problems, among those with mental health problems the figure is 20%.
Airbrushed out
Diane Hackney was marked out as a city high-flyer, destined to be the first woman on the board of a multinational company based in London.
Then depression struck and three months later she returned to work to find her job and her career had been airbrushed out.
"Their response was - we can't have people like you in that position in our company", she says. "I had no work. I sat at my desk and realised this wasn't going to change. I eventually asked for redundancy and they were happy I had asked."
It is a familiar story. A third of people with mental health problems say they have been sacked or forced to resign because of their condition.
About 40% say they have been denied a job because of their history of psychiatric treatment and 95% reckon their mental health problems have had considerable negative effects on their employment
There was no medical reason why Diane could not hold down a top job. Indeed, she carved out a new career as an advisor and consultant in the voluntary sector - becoming the chief executive of a mental health charity.
'Extremely painful'
Eventually she was headhunted by the NHS who asked her to be patient representative on the board of one of a mental health trust.
But then Diane had another episode of depression - and the trust was far from understanding.
"It was extremely painful", she says. "More distressing than any of my mental health issues. It is still distressing to think about it now."
The relationship with the trust worsened and they asked her to resign. Eventually, she says she was forced out.
"I think people thought I would lose insight, would be psychotic, unable to do my job."
Could that be true? "No, not according to my medical records no."
Thirty per cent of workers will have a mental health problem in any one year, and yet many employers deny they have any workers with such problems.
Today Diane is fighting against stigma and prejudice - working with the Department of Health and voluntary groups trying to counter the ignorance and fear which blights the lives of people suffering even mild mental distress.
Employees 'fearful'
How does she rate British employers? "Terrible, truly terrible", she says. "My story is far from unique."
Diane points to what she sees as the Catch 22 problem for people with mental health issues.
"People don't realise that in order to be protected by the Discrimination Act they must inform their employers of their condition. But people don't because they fear the consequences." Are they right to be fearful? "Yes, they are."
The proportion of employers who say they won't recruit people with mental health problems? 63%.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6038570.stm
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Mushroom Season 2006 so every year loads of people start threads about mushrooms
shall we keep it to one thread this year?
try not to reveal the places to pick
remember that mushrooms are now class A (miximum penalty for possession / supply)
remember to flick the caps before you pick, to help release the spores, so that further growth is possible
eating them fresh means that you will ingest both active ingredients, whereas drying, freezing etc means you lose the psilocycin (?)
best recipes in my book are:
1) chuck em in a stew that has already been cooked just before you eat
2) just chew up a few heads at a time,fresh,and wash down with farm house cider
what else do we cover every year?
oh yes, unless you know exactly how to distinguish a liberty cap from the many varieties that look extremely similar, don't pick them... you could have a very nasty poisoning
try a few at first if you are inexpereinced
and most of all, have fun picking through the sheep shit in the rain12…56
text layouts I'm spending a lot of my time correcting text layouts for staff who've pasted text but couldn't be bothered to add carridge returns. It matters and I've got better things to do with my time...
2006-10-28 COOP COLLECTIVE @ QUEBEC LEICESTER THIS SAT
This Saturday
COOP COLLECTIVE @ QUEBEC
28th October 2006
10pm - 6am
£5.00 Entry
9hrs of dance (clocks go back)
Venue
QUEBEC
94-96 Belgrave Gate
Leicester
LE1 3GR
Reduced priced drinks until 2am
stella £1.50 bott
Reef £2.00 bott
Sours & Sambuka £1.00 a shot
Line up
Vinny (Dark Nights)
Freaky Bob ( Ambivalent Records)
Jimmy Tango (Trancemission)
Kim (The Nun COOPCOL)
Ben (AKA Neville COOPCOL)
80’s Virus (COOPCOL)
+ Special Guest
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n.
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2. Grammar. A collective noun.
col·lec'tive·ly adv.
col·lec'tive·ness n.
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adj.
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3. Of, relating to, or formed as an enterprise or organization jointly owned or managed by those who use its facilities or services: a cooperative department store; cooperative apartment buildings.
n.
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Should it matter ? Was just reading about an American soldier who had been beaten up because his "friends" found out he was gay..
A personal experience
I once worked in a kitchen where we made food for old people.
One of my colleagues* found out our boss was lesbian.She was in a long term relationship (with another woman) but some of my colleagues* couldent accept that she was working with us..We were 25 women and 4 men in that kitchen.She was a great boss who did everything for us,but she got frozen out and ended up leaving us...
I have a very good friend who is gay,but he has moved to Greenland:cry:
I think he is the best friend I have ever had..
My boss..She was a great person and i liked her a lot,that didnt change because I found out she was lesbian.
Can't a gay or a lesbian not do their job just as good as the rest of us ?
What are people afraid of ??
And please no hate post, it's not SJ!
heads up: email notification on subscribed threads not sure how it happened but pv started subscribing to threads and notifying me when they were updated :crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy:
that was 150+emails as i post to most threads
Got an iPod? read this then Hacker unlocks Apple music download protection
A hacker has found a way to unlock the code that prevents iPod users from playing songs from download music stores other than Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes.
The full story is here
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