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Seven Philadelphia parents and the Parents United for Public Education group are suing over the conditions of Philadelphia s public schools. The petitioners are represented by the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia.
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DETROIT聽鈥?Honda shared its vision of the hands-free highway commute Tuesday, a car that can safely drive itself on the freeway while the driver's hands are off the wheel.While the car is just a prototype, Honda says the technology could start appearing on Honda cars in 2020 and beyond.The prototype 鈥?an <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/clreplicashoes.php> Christian Louboutin Outlet Online</a>  Acura RLX sedan 鈥?has cameras that monitor lane marking and multiple radar sensors on the front and sides. On top is a beacon that uses laser beams to continually scan the car's surroundings, similar to self-driving prototypes already introduced by Google, Ford and Toyota. GPS also helps the car stay on a previously mapped course and follow the speed limit.On a <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/images/guccioutlet.onlinesalecc.php>Gucci Outlet Store</a>  loop around Detroit, the car's driver took his hands off the wheel as the car entered the freeway. It accelerated to the speed limit and applied the brakes if it got too close to a car in front. It signaled to change lanes and waited for an opening. The car merged easily onto two other freeways and edged to the left to avoid a construction zone. To exit, the car reduced its speed to 35 miles per hour on the ramp.The driver's hands remained off the wheel for the entire eight-mile loop. But Honda says the car will automatically return control to the driver if it senses it can't handle a situation. One example: If a car cuts in front of the Honda too closely and fast braking is needed.Honda has been working on this prototype car in Japan for about a year, but it's the result of decades of safety research, said Hironobu Kiryu, the car's chief <a href=http://www.symbiose.ca/images/christianlouboutin.gwij.php>Christian Louboutin Outlet</a>  engineer."Honda is aiming to eliminate accidents, not just for the driver but for pedestrians and drivers of other cars," he said.The company is showing the car in Detroit this week as part of the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress, an annual gathering of engineers and other researchers.
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In the suit, to be filed against acting Pennsylvania education secretary Carolyn Dumaresq, the parents say the state has failed in its constitutional mandate to receive and investigate allegations of curriculum deficiencies. Parents United says it delivered 825 complaints about school conditions to Dumaresq that were not followed up on.
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Per the lawsuit, the allegations included 鈥渙vercrowded classrooms, <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=True-Religion-Black-Jeans>True Religion Black Jeans</a>  the lack of classes such as art, music, foreign language and physical education, cancelled programs for the mentally gifted, the absence of facilities such as libraries or school materials such as textbooks that resulted in loss of instruction for students, shortages of staff 鈥β燼nd unsafe or unsanitary conditions that interfered with students鈥?ability to respond to the curriculum.鈥?
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"In most if not all cases," the lawsuit reads, "parents did not receive individualized responses to their allegations. Many received a one-page form letter." The lawsuit asks for the secretary to investigate the complaints forwarded to her by Parents United.
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"I want my son, and all kids in the city of Philadelphia, to have equal access to a really good education that they can use to get into college," Plaintiff Tim Allen, whose son attends Bodine High, . "Teachers and counselors are trying <a href=http://www.alportico.net/page.php?sale=Gucci-Toddler-Shoes>Gucci Toddler Shoes</a>  their hardest with the limited resources they have, but if the state will not investigate what is going on in city schools, Philadelphia's kids will continue to suffer."
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In the lawsuit, Allen says conditions at Bodine included a classroom designed for 25 kids that was holding 40, with desks crammed so close together the teacher could not even walk up and down the aisles. Desks were crammed "one foot apart," per Allen. A parent of a student at Charles W. Henry Elementary School says 鈥渢here are not enough functional toilet facilities for the children at the school.鈥?
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Meanwhile,  have sent a letter (below) to Dumaresq calling on her to address the issues detailed in the lawsuit. "We believe the level of funding is insufficient, as indicated by the more than 800 complaints of curriculum deficiency that were submitted <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/page.php?sale=Christian-Louboutin-Boots>Christian Louboutin Outlet</a>  to the Department of Education in 2013-14," the letter reads. "We are writing to know what follow-up was made by your department to investigate those complaints."
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@@@ DETROIT聽鈥?Honda shared its vision of the hands-free highway commute Tuesday, a car that can safely drive itself on the freeway while the driver's hands are off the wheel.While the car is just a prototype, Honda says the technology could start appearing on Honda cars in 2020 and beyond.The prototype 鈥?an <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/clreplicashoes.php> Christian Louboutin Outlet Online</a> Acura RLX sedan 鈥?has cameras that monitor lane marking and multiple radar sensors on the front and sides. On top is a beacon that uses laser beams to continually scan the car's surroundings, similar to self-driving prototypes already introduced by Google, Ford and Toyota. GPS also helps the car stay on a previously mapped course and follow the speed limit.On a <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/images/guccioutlet.onlinesalecc.php>Gucci Outlet Store</a> loop around Detroit, the car's driver took his hands off the wheel as the car entered the freeway. It accelerated to the speed limit and applied the brakes if it got too close to a car in front. It signaled to change lanes and waited for an opening. The car merged easily onto two other freeways and edged to the left to avoid a construction zone. To exit, the car reduced its speed to 35 miles per hour on the ramp.The driver's hands remained off the wheel for the entire eight-mile loop. But Honda says the car will automatically return control to the driver if it senses it can't handle a situation. One example: If a car cuts in front of the Honda too closely and fast braking is needed.Honda has been working on this prototype car in Japan for about a year, but it's the result of decades of safety research, said Hironobu Kiryu, the car's chief <a href=http://www.symbiose.ca/images/christianlouboutin.gwij.php>Christian Louboutin Outlet</a> engineer."Honda is aiming to eliminate accidents, not just for the driver but for pedestrians and drivers of other cars," he said.The company is showing the car in Detroit this week as part of the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress, an annual gathering of engineers and other researchers.

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