I watched the dramatic events unfold in the early stages of the Prada Cup last weekend. I must admit that subconsciously I was hoping to dislike the whole event.
Instead, I found myself riveted to the vision. Not because of tactical match-racing, which is almost non-existent, and not because of the personalities involved, but because of the sheer awesomeness of the technology.
So much seems counterintuitive: Seven and a half tonnes of boat lifted out of the water by a gentle breeze, balancing on two contact points. Boat speeds of 30 knots in 10 knots of wind. Looking for wind shifts ahead of you when sailing downwind. The concepts around all this take a lot of getting used to, even for a someone who has been sailing for 40 years.
Former Health Minister and Attorney General Jim McGinty to lead new taskforce
Taskforce to oversee development of future purpose-fit mental health services
Focus on needs of mental health consumers requiring acute care, treatment and rehabilitation, and forensic mental health services
A taskforce of seven public sector leaders will be established to inform the McGowan Government’s planning and investment decisions regarding the Graylands Hospital site, forensics services and the nearby Selby Older Adult Mental Health Service.
The work will align with the WA Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug Services Plan 2015-2025, which highlighted the need for these services to be decommissioned, divested and replaced with contemporary infrastructure and services.
JTUM appeals: Put refinery in hands of those who laboured
The Pointe-a-Pierre refinery. -
IN a show of solidarity, individual members of the Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) have called on government to finalise the arrangement that would see the Guaracara refinery in the hands of the OWTU s Patriotic Energies and Technologies Co Ltd (Patriotic).
Trevor Johnson, JTUM’s assistant general secretary and general secretary of the banking workers union, said they are not asking for any favours or political handout.
During a virtual news conference on Friday morning, Johnson stressed the unions were not in a fight with government, but in solidarity with their brother union.
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New Clinical Director Sarah Skoterro brings extensive experience to this growing mental health facility focused on the well-being of women and girls.
Bellevue, WA, January 14, 2021 (PR.com) THIRA Health, LLC, located in downtown Bellevue, today announced that Sarah Skoterro will be joining the organization as Clinical Director. Ms. Skoterro has eighteen years of clinical experience with a broad range of institutions. Most recently she served as the Director of Clinical Outreach for Shadow Mountain Recovery Centers; prior to that, Ms. Skoterro was the Director of Outpatient Programs at Haven Behavioral Health Hospital and the Director of Addiction Services at Sage Neuroscience Center, both located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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