Another School Organization Nixes Father-Daughter Dance Because It’s Not Inclusive

Another School Organization Nixes Father-Daughter Dance Because It’s Not Inclusive

The Parent Teacher Association in Hampton, New Hampshire retitled the annual father-daughter dance the "Family Dance" and invited everyone to join — which has some fathers peeved.

"It's the first time a girl is being taken on a date, and it's by the most respectful, loving man they've ever met — their father," Aaron Duvall told SeacoastOnline.com. "That's how we're supposed to translate to them what to look for in a man. How a man treats a girl."

Researchers Using Grant To Study How To Make Self-Driving Cars Talk To Each Other
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Researchers Using Grant To Study How To Make Self-Driving Cars Talk To Each Other

Matthew McDonald

The two professors at Worcester Polytechnic University are using a $425,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, a federal agency, to try to figure out how to allow a self-driving car's sensors use information from other self-driving cars in the area to gather information about traffic and speed, among other things.

One of the researchers "compared this to being in a loud party environment and turning your ear to the one specific person with whom you want to converse," according to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

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