Ms Wilson believes the prolonged cold weather, which is dangerous for those with respiratory or cardiac problems, was a factor in the increase in numbers of people going to the QEH.
These new generation trimarans will have a greater top speed, which will make them dangerous in the Grand Prix races, but speed is not the only factor in oceanic races.
The solicitation said "the work is generally sedentary and does not pose undue physical demands, " an important factor in an agency where USAID workers can live in poor conditions in dangerous countries.
What does it say about Germany's determination to protect dangerous dual-use technologies that this problem -- which was clearly identified as a factor contributing to Bonn's failures in the Rabta case -- remains uncorrected to this day?