July 8, 2022 - OutCraze

What It’s Like To Navigate The World’s Shortest Commercial Runway.

8Jul

By Steve PettyNo Comments

Travel

What It’s Like To Navigate The World’s Shortest Commercial Runway.

Flying into Saba is not something for the faint of heart. The vertical slopes and tall cliffs of this five-square-mile island in the Caribbean are not only dangerous to pilots, but also prevent them from touching back down on their landing gear. However, Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport offers an inspiring view of the island and a solvable dilemma: its only flat piece of land. The Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport on the Caribbean island of Saba is the world's shortest commercial runway at only 1,300 feet (about 400 meters), 900 feet of which are usable. Sheer drops into the sea at either end add an extra layer of excitement to the arrival on what is acknowledged as being the shortest commercial runway in the world. Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport is something of a holy grail for avgeeks, but it i...

Novak Djokovic Defeats Cameron Norrie To Put An End To Norrie’s Six-Match Winning Streak In Successive Wimbledon Finals.

8Jul

By Karen CanavanNo Comments

Sports

Novak Djokovic Defeats Cameron Norrie To Put An End To Norrie’s Six-Match Winning Streak In Successive Wimbledon Finals.

Novak Djokovic will meet Nick Kyrgios in the Wimbledon Championship final on Sunday as the top seed overcame Cameron Norrie 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4. After losing the first set -- and with the Centre Court crowd cheering for Norrie back home -- Djokovic emerged triumphant in the second set. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic advanced to the Wimbledon semifinals for the seventh time in his career and the fourth year in a row after defeating No. 5-ranked Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 on Friday. "I didn't start off well, he was the better player for the first set," Djokovic said in his on-court interview after Friday's match. "Semifinals of a grand slam, of course I've had in the past many semifinals of grand slams but it's never easy walking out onto the court. You have a lot of pressure, expectations...

Twitter Has Decided To Lay Off A Third Of Its Talent Acquisition Team.

8Jul

By Steve PettyNo Comments

Science

Twitter Has Decided To Lay Off A Third Of Its Talent Acquisition Team.

Twitter is laying off a sizable portion of a recruiting team. The move comes as Twitter awaits a pending acquisition by Elon Musk, a process that has been characterized by confusion and contention between Twitter and the billionaire Tesla CEO. Twitter said in May — only weeks after Musk consented to purchase the organization — that it would stop most recruiting and refills, with the exception of "business basic" jobs, and would pull back on other non-work costs. A few senior chiefs declared their exit from the organization simultaneously. Twitter (TWTR), like other tech organizations, has been hit by a decline in the financial exchange. The organization's portions fell around 4% Friday morning, and are down over 12% starting from the beginning of this current year. Twitter's stock e...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Was Killed In A Shooting In The Street. Here’s What We Know.

8Jul

By Steve PettyNo Comments

Life Style

Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Was Killed In A Shooting In The Street. Here’s What We Know.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was murdered after being shot on the streets of Nara , Japan, on Friday . An shocking act of violence in a country with among the world's lowest levels of gun crime. Here's what we know now: The shooting: Abe was shot in the neighborhood of Nara, east of Osaka, at about 11:30 a.m. local time as he addressed a crowd at a political rally. He sustained a gunshot wound to the right side of his neck, as explained to the University of Tokyo. He was taken to the hospital first by ambulance, then by medical helicopter. Rushed to hospital: Abe arrived at Nara Medical University Hospital in a state of cardiac arrest at 12:20 local time, according to doctors. In a news conference several hours later, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida confirm...

The White House Reports That At Least 300,000 Children Under The Age Of 5 Have Received At Least One Coronavirus Vaccination Shots.

8Jul

By Sheldon TaylorNo Comments

Life Style

The White House Reports That At Least 300,000 Children Under The Age Of 5 Have Received At Least One Coronavirus Vaccination Shots.

Within the US, roughly 310,000 children aged less than 5 have received at least one dose of the vaccine for Covid-19 since the CDC recommended it in March, a senior US White House official told CNN on Thursday. The official said this is good news, but is lower than some age groups. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an emergency use authorization for Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for young children on June 17. The CDC's advisory committee on vaccines voted unanimously on June 18 to recommend administering Covid-19 vaccines to children as young as 6 months. A senior White House official told CNN Thursday that the data was "very much in line" with the Biden administration's expectations for this age group, though it was significantly behind the pace of o...

The Paris Haute Couture Week Is The Go-To Time When Hip Fashion See-Thru, But Cheap Clothes Exist Everywhere.

8Jul

By Rocky AshbrookNo Comments

Fashion

The Paris Haute Couture Week Is The Go-To Time When Hip Fashion See-Thru, But Cheap Clothes Exist Everywhere.

For the super-rich, haute couture is a chance to show off, to splurge, to flex. For everyone else, it's an opportunity to watch the video, get lost in another world, and ogle at the glitter of it all. Haute Couture Week in Paris, where luxury fashions take center stage, savored by young and old alike, brought the city's second annual series of designer collections right up close to the eyewateringly expensive, handcrafted and one-of-a-kind (like the material and inspiration) garments they showcase. Couture fashion is of greater economic value than the regular clothing and accessories that most people own. It is exclusive beyond clothing alone. Couture fashion is a chance to indulge, splurge, flex, and enshrine. Some couture collectors don't even wear the garments that they purcha...

Dojacat Notices That Noah Schnapp Confessed To Her About ‘Stranger Things’ Crush.

8Jul

By Rocky AshbrookNo Comments

Entertainment

Dojacat Notices That Noah Schnapp Confessed To Her About ‘Stranger Things’ Crush.

Doja Cat is annoyed by Noah Schnapp. The performer hates the "Stranger Things" star for talking with her crusade guidelines. Earlier this week, Doja wrote to Schnapp on TikTok, "Noah can u tell Joseph to hmu [hit me up]. wait no. does he have a gf (girlfriend)?" Schnapp wrote back, "LMAOO slide into his dms," but the rapper said she couldn't find Quinn's account. Doja Cat expressed disappointment after alluding to the iincident in the comments posted that morning on her Instagram account. She asserted that the move was "dumb and socially unaware." She said he had assumed she wouldn't mind, but she did. “I made an assumption that he was gonna be chill about it, and he went and shared information that I didn’t feel comfortable with him sharing,” Doja Cat (Doja Cat is h...

Friday’s Economic Outlook May Be Indicative Of Mounting Economic Concerns.

8Jul

By Karen CanavanNo Comments

Business

Friday’s Economic Outlook May Be Indicative Of Mounting Economic Concerns.

The still-strong economy has yet to shake off the effects of recession fears, though investors and the Federal Reserve will be closely reading the details of Friday’s job numbers for any indications that a recession is developing. The month to month government work depiction from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is supposed to show proceeded with strength - - more modest, yet at the same time critical, work gains of around 272,700 and a joblessness rate holding at 3.6%, as per gauges from Refinitiv. The report is coming closely following a hodgepodge of late work information: The most recent Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, delivered on Wednesday, displayed there were 11.3 million employment opportunities in May, or 1.9 situations for each occupation searcher, and generally low...