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Boeing is using Fortnite’s game engine to upgrade B-52s
[ad_1] A popular gaming engine is helping Boeing to refit 60-year-old B-52 bombers for another three decades of service. To see how new Rolls-Royce F-130 engines would work on the U.S. Air Force’s Stratofortresses, the plane-maker turned to Unreal Engine 5, the software that powers the Fortnite shoot-’em-up game. The game engine’s 3D environment lets ... -
Dear Abby: Would it be wrong to ask my biological mother for money so I can help my adoptive parents?
[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: Would it be wrong to reach out to my biological mother for financial help? I was adopted when I was just 2 months old. I was lucky to have wonderful parents, but they are in poor health, and it’s affecting both of them physically. I’m going into debt helping them out financially. ... -
Dear Abby: Son neglects his aging mom when possessive women are in his life
[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: My son’s former wife was difficult — manipulative, spoiled and possessive. I tried to get along with her, but no matter what I did, she gave me no respect and turned my son against me. They have been divorced for six years. He began dating a few years ago, and each woman ... -
Dear Abby: Surly neighbor alienates good samaritan
[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: I have lived in my apartment for nine years. When I moved in, I met a woman who moved in about the same time. We became friendly, and I enjoyed talking to her at the pool and mailbox — until I got to know her better. She has alienated all the other ... -
Behind the Data: Uncovering New Truths in School Librarian Employment
[ad_1] Keith Curry Lance of RSL Research Group has been studying school librarian employment for a long time, roughly 30 years since his first study came out. In that time, he has seen a lot of changes. But when he sat down a decade or so ago to sort out which states had gained librarians ... -
Dear Abby: Woman who suffered from severe postpartum depression is pressured to have another child
[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: When my grandchild was born five years ago, my daughter suffered from severe postpartum depression and had to be hospitalized. Her father, who is not in good health, and I lived seven hours away and traveled as often as we could to help out. At one point my son-in-law called and told ... -
Budget delays could ‘slow roll’ Air Force’s digital infrastructure plans
[ad_1] The Air Force’s top tech integration office is only a year old, but it has big plans to bring cloud-based command and control and other digital infrastructure to operators in 2024—barring major budget delays. “If we don’t get our budget next month, that’s all going to get slow rolled,” Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey, the ... -
Dear Abby: Before he met me, my husband did something I feel was morally repugnant
[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: Two years before he met me, my husband of four years did something I feel was morally repugnant: He solicited a prostitute. When he committed this act, he was going through a dark period in his life. He was divorcing a woman who had cheated and left him for another man, raising ...







