Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has hailed Hisense's R72 million investment in its Atlantis factory.
Davies said the investment from the Chinese technology manufacturer signified that South Africa remained an attractive investment destination across all sectors, including advanced manufacturing.
"Everyone who is involved with this kind of project needs to be extremely proud of what has been achieved here because this is an important investment which has injected R72m into the economy and created 150 quality manufacturing job opportunities. Moreover, this investment brings Hisense's total investment in this Atlantis plant to R440m, which is a significant investment," he said.
Davies said that the Atlantis Hisense plant had been rated the best-performing plant in the world outside China.
In 2013, Hisense invested R350m in a high-tech manufacturing facility in the Atlantis industrial area. The manufacturing development was a much-needed boost to the local community of Atlantis, with more 500 people being employed on a permanent basis.
"This means that the plant is performing better than others based in North America and the EU member countries.
"This is something we need to be proud of as a country and I congratulate Hisense SA for that accolade. This is part of our pitch as a country for manufacturing investment - that if you come and invest in South Africa you will have a good experience," said Davies.
President of Hisense Middle East-Africa Holdings Jerry Liu said: "As we expand our presence in southern Africa, Hisense remains committed to providing solutions that will enable growth and sustain economic development.


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Geico Tells Me They Don't Care And Won't Listen
Posted: April 9, 2013 14:09:53 • 2737 words
Almost three years ago, I switched my car insurance from a local agent in my hometown to Geico. In the process, I saved almost 75% on my insurance premiums, which would normally be one of Geico's much-applauded success stories. And for most of the time I've been with them, they've been great. Until I had a claim to file.
The short version of this story is that for a solid month, I've been pleading with Geico over some of the damage caused by an incident that happened in February, disputing their insistance that some of the damage caused in the incident was pre-existing, when I had photographic evidence showing it was not. In that month, I've been called a liar, called unobservant and ignorant, and when I wouldn't back down from the truth, subtly accused of fraud. I take these allegations very seriously, as someone who proudly works for a government agency dedicated to investigating fraud; it's not in my character to make an untrue claim for personal gain, and even if it were, no sane person would jeopardize their entire career over something like this. Additionally, when I presented evidence and witnesses, they were ignored and dismissed, in favor of provably-false anecdotal assumptions, the sort of thing I thought I'd left behind when I moved to a real city. All the while, I was without a car for a solid month, and while that didn't affect my ability to perform my job, it did interfere with my spring travel plans considerably.
In the end, I've withdrawn my dispute over the claim, because I'm so tired of fighting, and this battle has brought me to tears numerous times, due to stress and anxiety. But I will never back down from the truth, and I will never forget what happened. If you're currently a Geico customer, or are considering switching to them, I highly recommend reading this; there are no guarantees that this will happen to you, but if they feel the need to treat a customer the way they treated me, they deserve for the world to know about it.
The Incident
I purchased a 2009 Audi TT on February 8, 2013. I took it to the Mr. Wash Car Wash in Merrifield, VA on February 9, 2013, less than 24 hours after purchasing it, because I wanted to do a photoshoot with the car and it had picked up a few water spots from the light rain I drove through to get it home. Unfortunately, this car wash was a violent one. It shook the entire car, brushes seemed to be out of alignment, and at some point in the wash process, the front license plate was physically ripped from the bumper, stripping the license plate screw holes. Upon returning home, to my usual spot in the parking garage at my apartment building, the harsh overhead lights illuminated spots on the hood that were previously not present. Examining them led me to discover that the entire car, front to back, was completely covered in scratches and chips, none of which were previously present, much of it on the nose of the car. Since the paint was mirror-perfect and in original showroom condition when I bought the car, naturally I was upset. The car wash manager initially didn't want to listen, until I pointed out that when I pulled up the second time, one of his employees inside the wash bay was holding my forcibly-removed front license plate. A report was taken, but the car wash's head office insisted that the car wash is "brushless" (it's not), so I turned to Geico for assistance, since that's what they're supposed to exist for.
On February 12, I contacted Geico, opened a claim, and gave my statement. At first, they sounded exceptionally helpful; it definitely wasn't my fault, and they'd take care of going after the car wash to recover costs, which is exactly what I hoped for and expected. The prospect of going to court myself wasn't very appealing, and Geico can afford better lawyers than I can. We scheduled an appointment for a preliminary estimate with a Geico adjuster, and that's where things started going south.
The Geico adjuster examined the car, and pointed out a number of areas that looked pre-existing, including the severe chips on the hood. I pointed out that I had photo evidence proving they weren't pre-existing, an estimate was written, and I went on my way. When I spoke to the liability adjuster, who was the only person in this entire process who actually listened to what I had to say and tried to be the slightest bit helpful, he looked at my photos and said there would be no issue including the hood chips in the repairs, the evidence was very clear-cut. Trusting him, I scheduled the repairs at the best body shop I could find in the DC metro area, and dropped the car off on March 11.
Geico's original estimate showed a great deal of inexperience, saying that the significant majority of the damage would buff out. When it didn't, the body shop contacted Geico for a supplemental estimate for the remainder of the work that needed to be done. The total damage ballooned from $800 to $3000, and almost the entire car needed to be repainted, but almost all of it was approved. The part that wasn't approved? The hood chips, despite me being assured that they would be covered, were not. I was told that they were pre-existing rock chips, and I was welcome to open a separate no-fault claim for them (with a second deductible, of course), but they would not be covered under this claim. My evidence was blatantly ignored, the adjuster said "I don't care what photos you have, I say they're pre-existing rock chips" (exact quote).
The Dispute
When I chose this car, it wasn't the only Audi TT I looked at, but I picked it in large part because it was the only one I could find with no cosmetic damage, not even minor nicks. I examined it when I took delivery to confirm, and re-examined it even more thoroughly when I got home, carefully looking over every body panel. This is something I've always done; I'm exceptionally passionate about my cars, and nothing happens to the paint or body of a car I own without me knowing about it almost instantly. I have a discerning eye for visual defects, which is an asset to my work, so when I say the paint was pristine when I took delivery, I don't say that lightly. And when Geico offered me the option to double my out-of-pocket costs (and impact my flawless insurance record negatively) or settle for a significant number of blemishes on my previously-flawless new car, I refused to accept either option. So I started talking to people.
The liability adjuster, who was the initial point of contact for the claim, was very sympathetic, and the only one at Geico who even looked at the photos I added to the claim. Unfortunately, since it was an auto damage issue, and Geico is weirdly bureacratic and compartmentalized, he was completely incapable of doing anything or helping in any way. I talked to two different auto damage adjusters, who didn't care what I had to say or what the pre-incident photos showed, their minds were made up. I talked to the body shop, who said they did kinda look like rock chips, but they believed me when I said they didn't exist immediately prior to the incident, and agreed that a car wash with foreign debris embedded in the brushes could've caused the damage as easily as rocks. Plus, the chips were down to bare metal with zero signs of weathering. But, since the shop is not Geico, they couldn't do anything either.
I didn't want to name names in this article, but the next two people I spoke to deserve it.
Stan Wladyka
The Geico adjusters put me in touch with Stan Wladyka, supervising adjuster for the Northern Virginia area, saying it was his decision. So I talked with him about it. He said there was no possible way a car wash could cause paint chips, even one with an obvious alignment/calibration issue and likely foreign material in its brushes, which was hitting the car hard enough to remove the license plate. He didn't look at the photos I provided, nor did he care to. His justification for calling them rock chips? His wife has a black car that's about the same age (but with considerably more mileage), and it has chips on the hood, therefore every car with 20,000 miles has the sort of heavy hood damage seen on mine, in places like this where roads are treated in winter. Because that's scientific enough to base legal decisions on, right? Aside from the obvious falacy in this, what about the fact that the car has summer sport tires and has likely never been driven much in winter? Or the fact that some of the chips exposed bare metal, yet had zero signs of weathering or wear, or touching up? Or, if anecdotal evidence is admissable, how about the fact that among people who have a similar lifestyle to me (commute to work via public transit, car stays in garage almost all the time and is only used on weekends and occasional evenings), no one has rock chips on their car? I could walk through my entire apartment building's parking garage (almost a block long) end to end, and not find a single car with the sort of damage on the nose than mine had.
Mr. Wladyka wasn't interested in the pre-incident photos of the car, which clearly showed a mirror-smooth perfect hood. He didn't look at them, and wasn't going to. He didn't want to talk to either of my witnesses, one of whom saw the car less than an hour before the incident. He couldn't answer my questions about his reasoning for his assumption other than his wife's dinged-up hood. After talking in circles for a few minutes, he finally said I could dispute the claim, which would halt all work on the vehicle, so I did. I also alluded to getting a lawyer involved. Mr. Wladyka's response was almost giddy, with a sort of "bring it on" bravado that really caught me off guard, and while I knew it might come down to involving lawyers, I really didn't want to go down that road.
After that conversation, not much happened. No one at Geico contacted me. My attempts to reach out to the company through other channels were unsuccessful, all I found were people who couldn't help, or chirping crickets (usually the latter). The shop contacted me for a status report at one point, but couldn't be very helpful. I asked around friends and coworkers for a recommendation for a local lawyer, no one could offer anything, and having never done this before, I had zero idea where to start.
Finally, I was able to get the contact information for someone higher up. But things went even worse than with Stan Wladyka.
Bill Knauss
I called Bill Knauss, claims manager for Virginia, on April 4, and left a voicemail. He returned my call on April 5 around lunchtime. The conversation followed mostly the same pattern as with Stan Wladyka; I had photos, eyewitnesses, and science, he had three adjusters following hunches and anecdotal assumptions, which somehow trumps evidence. I had a few new points to make, all of which were summarily dismissed with more nonsense, to the point that I felt like I was talking to a 12-year-old (his LinkedIn profile doesn't help that feeling). But then it got worse. He accused me of having buyers remorse about my car. He accused me of buying it without examining it. He even hinted at an accusation of committing insurance fraud, saying that I was trying to get the car wash to cover pre-existing damage. He had no interest in looking at the photos, which disprove both his assumptions and his accusations, and when I offered witnesses, he said "I'll talk to whoever you want, but it won't make a difference, it's my decision and no evidence you can offer will change my mind" (exact quote).
I did provide contact information for the salesman who sold me the car, an older gentleman who's been selling cars for 30 years, and who is probably the most transparently trustworthy sales person I've ever had the pleasure of doing business with. He took great pride in both the car and in working out the details of my trade-in, and when I told him about the car wash damage after I picked it up, he was devastated, volunteering to go to court and testify if he had to. I don't know if he was ever contacted.
Ultimately, there wasn't really a resolution. I withdrew my dispute on April 9, after contemplating it over the weekend, and evaluating how much more time it would take to continue fighting this.
I contacted the body shop for an estimate to cover the hood chips out of pocket, with numbers already in my head. If it was $200 or less, I could easily pull that out of my next paycheck. If it was $500 or more, I'd start serious lawyer-shopping. The number they said was $400, right in the middle. I opted to go ahead and pay out of pocket anyway; that's a lot of cash to cough up without notice, especially right now (March was expensive), but it's not impossible. I've told both Geico and the shop to resume work on the vehicle.
I will be seeking a new insurance company before my current policy is up for renewal. I will never do business with Geico again. I will never recommend them to anyone, whereas before this, I happily recommended them to everyone who was looking for insurance, usually citing the incredible decrease in my premiums after switching.
Through this ordeal, I ended up paying almost double my deductible. I had to make alternate travel arrangements for several out-of-town events I'd been planning to attend for months. Aside from the generosity of friends, any place I wanted to go that wasn't within a half-mile of my apartment or train station was out of reach. And, of course, there was the Geico-induced stress. I lost sleep over this. I cried over this. My ability to perform my job efficiently suffered, from having to take so much time for phone calls, research, and psyching myself up for those calls.
Congratulations, Geico, you won. I'm not a very strong person, I'm not the sort of person who can effectively navigate or stand up to bureacracy, and you broke me. I hope it was worth it.
Update (April 23, 2013): I picked up the car finally, and I'm reasonably satisfied with the work that was done. The final out-of-pocket total for me was $894.80; $500 for my deductible, the rest for the expenses Geico didn't cover. There was an additional $200 in damage to one of the front fenders that Geico also refused to pay for, same damage as the hood, and I couldn't pull together that much extra cash on such short notice, so I opted not to have it done. So there's one spot that still has noticeable defects, but at least I have it back.
Since writing this, I haven't heard from Geico at all, no one at the company has even attempted to care. I know of a few people who've been in contact with them to switch away because of this, and I gave one of them my information when they were asked for it. This post had a pretty impressive reach by my usual standards, but not enough to really make an impact. But I appreciate everyone who put it out there, the support means a lot to me.
Update (February 4, 2014): Previous versions of this page listed the supervising adjuster's first name incorrectly. His name was Stan, not Steve.
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Best time to visit Noord, Aruba
The best time to visit Noord in Aruba is from january until december, when you will have a warm temperature and limited till mediocre rainfall. The highest average temperature in Noord is 29°C in august and the lowest is 27°C in january. The water temperature is between 27°C and 30°C. The weather and climate of Noord is suitable for a sun vacation.
The average climate figure for Noord is an 9,2. This is based on various factors, such as average temperatures, the chance of precipitation and weather experiences of others.
Noord has the semi-arid climate prevailing. If you want to know what the average temperature is in Noord or when most precipitation (rain or snow) falls, you can find an overview below. This way, you are well prepared. Our average monthly climate data is based on data from the past 30 years.
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Noord in brief
Place in Aruba
Flight time ¹ 10 h. 30 min
Area 759 km²
Coordinates 12° 34' N, 70° 1' W
Currency Aruban florin (AWG)
Climate Noord
Noord has the semi-arid climate prevailing. It is warm to hot all year round and trees don't grow here because of the drought. It consists mainly of sand with grasses and sometimes shrubs. The average annual temperature for Noord is 28° degrees and there is about 453 mm of rain in a year. It is dry for 109 days a year with an average humidity of 80% and an UV-index of 7.
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Weather Noord january
On average, it is maximum 27° in january in Noord and at least around 26° degrees. The sea temperature is around 27° degrees. In january there are 15 days of rainfall with a total of 24 mm and the it will be dry 16 days this month in Noord.
Weather Noord february
On average, it is maximum 27° in february in Noord and at least around 26° degrees. The sea temperature is around 27° degrees. In february there are 11 days of rainfall with a total of 15 mm and the it will be dry 17 days this month in Noord.
Weather Noord march
On average, it is maximum 27° in march in Noord and at least around 26° degrees. The sea temperature is around 27° degrees. In march there are 13 days of rainfall with a total of 14 mm and the it will be dry 18 days this month in Noord.
Weather Noord april
On average, it is maximum 27° in april in Noord and at least around 27° degrees. The sea temperature is around 27° degrees. In april there are 8 days of rainfall with a total of 16 mm and the it will be dry 22 days this month in Noord.
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On average, it is maximum 28° in may in Noord and at least around 27° degrees. The sea temperature is around 28° degrees. In may there are 11 days of rainfall with a total of 27 mm and the it will be dry 20 days this month in Noord.
Weather Noord june
On average, it is maximum 28° in june in Noord and at least around 28° degrees. The sea temperature is around 28° degrees. In june there are 7 days of rainfall with a total of 12 mm and the it will be dry 23 days this month in Noord.
Weather Noord july
On average, it is maximum 28° in july in Noord and at least around 28° degrees. The sea temperature is around 28° degrees. In july there are 10 days of rainfall with a total of 17 mm and the it will be dry 21 days this month in Noord.
Weather Noord august
On average, it is maximum 29° in august in Noord and at least around 28° degrees. The sea temperature is around 29° degrees. In august there are 10 days of rainfall with a total of 22 mm and the it will be dry 21 days this month in Noord.
Weather Noord september
On average, it is maximum 29° in september in Noord and at least around 29° degrees. The sea temperature is around 30° degrees. In september there are 15 days of rainfall with a total of 54 mm and the it will be dry 15 days this month in Noord.
Weather Noord october
On average, it is maximum 29° in october in Noord and at least around 28° degrees. The sea temperature is around 29° degrees. In october there are 20 days of rainfall with a total of 107 mm and the it will be dry 11 days this month in Noord.
Weather Noord november
On average, it is maximum 29° in november in Noord and at least around 28° degrees. The sea temperature is around 29° degrees. In november there are 24 days of rainfall with a total of 89 mm and the it will be dry 6 days this month in Noord.
Weather Noord december
On average, it is maximum 28° in december in Noord and at least around 27° degrees. The sea temperature is around 28° degrees. In december there are 22 days of rainfall with a total of 54 mm and the it will be dry 9 days this month in Noord.
14 day weather forecast Noord
The weather for Noord in Aruba will be around 27° degrees in the next 14 days with every day chance of light rain showers or even quite a bit of rain.
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About Noord
Noord lies in Aruba . If you want to call Noord you have to use +297 or 00297 before the phone number without the first 0 in the original phone number (if it occurs). If the normal number is 05012457809, for example, you can remove the first 0 and call +2975012457809 or 002975012457809.
Noord is in a straight line at 7.530 km distance from London. From London-Heathrow the flight time is about 10 hours25.
The coordinates of Noord, Aruba are latitude: 12.566667 en longitude: -70.016667
The GPS coordinates are N 12° 34' 0.1200" en W 70° 1' 0.1200"
Currency Noord
In Noord the Aruban florin is used to pay.
Exchange rate Aruban florin (AWG) 19 january 2021
1 Aruban florin = 0,56 United States dollar
100 Aruban florin = 55,56 United States dollar
1 United States dollar = 1,80 Aruban florin
100 United States dollar = 180,00 Aruban florin
Time difference Noord
In Noord it is now 11:11 o'clock in the morning on tuesday 19 january 2021. That is 1 hour later than in United States. The time zone of Noord is America/Aruba and the Greenwich time is UTC-04.
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Organic produce is big business in Austria, where 16 percent of farmland is devoted to chemical-free crops. Shoppers clearly care about safe fruits and vegetables, but even so, they don't always know where they come from. "In Vienna, it's common to buy a tomato that was grown in southern Italy," says Kurt Sattler, a partner in the Vienna-based firm Architects Collective. The studio's recently completed apple shop and cold-storage facility for Albert and Vera Leeb, in St. Andrä am Zicksee, aims to address that gap with a design that subtly relates that the fruit for sale was plucked from nearby trees.
In 2007, Architects Collective proposed a design for a cultural center in Vera's hometown, Tadten, with undulations that referenced a popular lake in the well-known wine region. The firm, then a year old, didn't win the competition, but its idea did earn Vera Leeb's admiration. She was in attendance and decided to share with the architects her concept for a building on her family's farm in the adjacent town. "She imagined a large version of the wooden boxes that apple pickers carry, to create a more direct connection between the farm and the people who buy produce," Sattler says.
The Leebs are in the process of reducing pesticide use through "controlled and integrated farming," which Vera says is a step toward certifying their inherited orchards as organic or biodynamic. Agricultural sustainability may be a work in progress, but the Leebs knew they could achieve the architectural version quicker, by adopting extremely efficient Passivhaus building standards, which deploy passive solar design rather than active (and often energy-intensive) green technol-ogy to eliminate energy used for heating or cooling spaces. Architects Collective constructed the 4,800-square-foot shop out of oriented-strand-board modules (which evoke that apple picker's crate) and filled them with as much as 17 inches of blown-in fiberglass insulation. By exploiting the concrete base for thermal mass and further sealing in heat with triple-glazed windows, the architects produced a $600,000 facility that requires only a miniscule electric heater to handle domestic water.


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BP's Tony Hayward Booted From the Gulf; Bob Dudley to Take Over | Village Voice
BP's Tony Hayward Booted From the Gulf; Bob Dudley to Take Over
by Jen Doll
According to an interview today with Sky News, Tony Hayward has "has a new role" in dealing with the oil spill in the Gulf. Turns out, as a geologist, he was never going to be much good at PR, and so someone with the far more promising name of Bob Dudley (BP's managing director) will be taking over. This is all according to BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, who it seems, never really liked Hayward much anyway, even though it took him 60 days to figure that out: According to Sky's Jeff Randall, "the most important aspect of Mr. Svanberg's interview was his lack of public support for the embattled chief executive."
Bob Dudley used to be president and chief executive of TNK-BP, Russia's third largest oil and gas company, so we can't wait to see what he'll bring to the table. As for Hayward's new role … we're guessing, sitting at home in his p.j.s and updating his Facebook status? But, hey, he's got his life back!
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I want it to go straight to the page on one tap, which is what happens with normal links with a:hover.

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Via saurabh (in the comments): The issue seems to be an ios issue to do with an inability to deal with the muiltiple :hover entries like desktop can.

A: You might want to consider the Level 4 Media Query spec which allows for direct targeting of devices which support hover.
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Social distancing means keeping people apart to help reduce the spread of coronavirus. Government officials are recommending that all citizens avoid attending events and large assemblies and to keep a distance of at least 6 feet from others when in public.
You must stay at home and away from others.All workplaces must develop a COVID-19 plan in line with:Safe Work Australia has resources for workplaces including information about workers' rights.To protect yourself, your co-workers and your customers:If your child is sick, they must not go to school or childcare.
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A loved one seems to motivate you to get going. Whether a mood is dragging you down or an interaction with a friend is uncomfortable, know thatthings still can turn in your favor. It will be key to leave an opening for that transformation.
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911 calls from school shooting: "I need help"
By The Associated Press and Martha Bellisle |
PUBLISHED: November 12, 2014 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: September 8, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.
SEATTLE (AP) — The strong, determined voice told a 911 dispatch operator that she was standing with the Washington state student who had just opened fire inside a high school cafeteria.
"I have the shooter. One shooter," teacher Megan Silberberger told the operator. "Blood is everywhere. I need help. I need help now."
Other witnesses to the Oct. 24 shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School have called Silberberger a hero for trying to intervene when a popular freshman student, Jaylen Fryberg, opened fire at a group of friends. On Wednesday, authorities released the 911 calls from students, parents, neighbors, school workers and Silberberger, a first-year social studies teacher. The series of calls revealed the trauma of the situation but also the teacher"s attempts to save lives.
Four teenagers died from injuries sustained in the shooting. One student who was seriously hurt was released from the hospital last week. Jaylen Fryberg killed himself.
Silberberger described the scene.
"I have him down," she said. "I"m looking at him. I need help. Shooter"s right here."
She described his clothes, but did not know anything else about him.
"He is a high school student," she said. "I do not know his name. I tried to stop him before he shot himself. He shot himself. I don"t know how many are down. I tried to stop him."
Students who fled the scene also reported the shooting to 911, describing how they dropped to the ground or bolted from the building.
"I just ran out of the school," one student told the operator.
A woman who lives next to the school, about 30 miles north of Seattle, called to report that a group of students had climbed over her fence and were hiding at her house. She told the operator that several of the students had witnessed the shooting and asked how long they should stay inside. The operator advised her to hold tight until the police could arrive to interview them.
Parents who received calls or texts from their children were frantic for information. One father said his son just sent a text reporting shots fired. The operator confirmed that they knew about it but could not provide any additional information.
"Well, we"re going down there," the father said before hanging up.
A crying mother called to report a text from her daughter, but when the operator tried to comfort her by saying police were on the way, it didn"t help.
"My daughter is not following lock-down directions and she and other kids have run from their classroom," the woman said. "She"s away from her classroom right now. What advice can I give her?"
A food-service worker named Anne Haughian told the operator that she had just guided students out the cafeteria"s side door. She said she saw a boy come in before the shots rang out, but did not see what happened next, adding "it happened so fast." Instead, she said she rushed the students out of the room to safety.
But one student was not with her. Her daughter.
"You"re outside right?" the operator asked.
"Yes," Haughian said. "I"m trying to locate my daughter."
Martha Bellisle
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Adolescence has always been tough but a leading researcher on troubled teens says mental health risk factors have "dramatically increased in the last 25 years." What's being done to help at risk teens and which kinds of treatment work?
Dr. Michael Gass, Director of the Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Research Cooperative located at the University of New Hampshire, is in Tucson this week as part of a conference sponsored by the Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Industry Council. Many experts believe dramatic changes in the mental health system as well as increases in behavior disorders, substance abuse, and anxiety have combined to put many teens at risk, and often with traditional support systems being diminished. Even more troubling, researchers say there has been an unprecedented decline in available mental health services for troubled youth.
Dr. Gass and other experts are available for interviews to explain the latest research on treating troubled teens. Contact Stephen Schultz at (801) 380-8829 to arrange an interview.