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I think that this is a good time for me to take a sabbatical from writing to this site for a while. With our business continuing to grow along with general end-of-year stuff to deal with, there is just not enough time in the day. Until the next time, “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!”
Peace!
Duane

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From Ireland -
Mentally ill children wait 18 months for assessment
(irishexaminer.com) UP to 150 mentally ill children have had their treatment stopped and will have to wait 18 months to be reassessed because there was no replacement when their doctor left the service.
The children, from Carlow and Kilkenny, have been left to their own devices since [...]

(roanoke.com) “We cannot fathom the agony parents suffer when deciding to relinquish custody of a child with severe mental illness because it’s the only way to afford treatment. Virginia requires families to place their children in foster care to access mental health funds.
This last-resort practice has been allowed under Virginia’s Comprehensive Services Act for At-Risk [...]

(chron.com) MONTGOMERY, ALA.  It has been part of the lore of America’s first black fighter pilots since the end of World War II: The famed Tuskegee Airmen never lost a bomber to enemy fire.
Now, more than 60 years later, a leader of the group says he has uncovered records proving the claim is not [...]

(nydailynews.com) “These days, Joanne Chesimard is known as Assata Shakur, but she’s had dozens of other aliases in a life on the run.
She now lives in Cuba, a guest of dictator Fidel Castro, and carries a $1 million price tag for her capture and return to prison in the U.S.
She’s a convicted cop killer who [...]