This is really a simple issue, which can be easily addressed by taking more of your money.  A ten year old boy with Asperger's syndrome (a high-function form of autisim spectrum disabilities) "wandered away" from his after-school program, ended up on a freight train in another state - and his Portland Public School teacher never even noticed that the kid was gone.

Obviously, we need to throw more money at problems like this.  Or not.  Here's a novel idea for PPS:  maybe we should hire competent staff.

Well, global warming has really kicked in this year, and even your friendly Al-Queda folks are noticing the effects.

Under the title "A letter from Wazirstan by brother Khalid al-Muhajir", the writer addressed "the people with hearts of love, kindness, and mercy who feel for the problems of the Islamic nation." He went on to say: "I write to you with the tears of those who lost their children and from the blood of the weak, as I am one of them. It is bad enough that you all are sitting around, avoiding the jihad [struggle], enjoying your food, while your brothers here have nothing to eat". He added: "I am not writing about the killing of the old and young, displacement of people, or rape, but rather about the poor conditions the mujahidin are facing during this harsh winter". He gave the following details: "We are in a very cold area where electricity is on for 3-4 hours a day, 2-3 days a week, and the houses we are in are big and open on all sides. We use wood for burning and heating but wood prices increased by 100 percent when the winter arrived. We usually eat bread and drink tea in the mornings, have rice later with or without meat or garlic. When we get cold at night, two blankets per person are needed to stay warm but we all have one each."