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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Luxury Italian bedding and lifestyle brand SFERRA is opening a 2,600-square-foot store, its first physical store, in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, in a three level Italiante-style townhouse. While the brand is long on history – it was founded in 1853 – it’s store is designed to be an experiential retail center. With three-floors to explore, the Townhouse gathers all of SFERRA’s product lines under the same roof. That includes bedding, bath, down, robe, and loungewear; tabletop; rugs; decorative accessories, and gift collections. The latter features one-of-a-kind items sold exclusively at the Flatiron District Townhouse. The store showcases SFERRA’s collections in an elevated space that echos a comfortable New York City home. Displays of SFERRA products from the early days, and spanning 130 years are showcased throughout the Townhouse alongside recently launched items. The merchandise will allow guests and designers … [Read more...] about SFERRA Is Unveiling Its First Physical Store, In An Italiante-Style Townhouse In New York City

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Data is fluid. Information is fluid because it moves in between applications, services, functions, tools and the database systems it resides in. Information is fluid because it is increasingly channelled in real-time in contemporary data streaming environments - and information is fluid because it is constantly changing and morphing its form, value and structure across the many types of data that we now seek to manage in business. Information is also fluid because we channel some of it into data lakes, a term used to describe the pool of largely unstructured data that a business may not make immediate use of… but does still identify as potentially valuable. From the data lake we then get the data lakehouse , a hybrid term used to denote some of the structures we would find in a more ordered data warehouse with the expansiveness and lower cost functionality of the data lake. But, finding our way around the data … [Read more...] about Navigating New Waters, Charting Routes In The Data Lakehouse

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Dining at San Francisco's Michelin-starred restaurant Sons & Daughters is an intimate experience, one in which refined hospitality and attention-to-detail meets new Nordic inspired cuisine prepared with an emphasis on both seasonality and sustainability. Recently appointed Executive Chef Harrison Cheney brings to Sons & Daughters over 14 years of formidable culinary experience, having spent a quarter of his culinary career at two Michelin-starred Gastrologik in Stockholm. Before that, he worked with acclaimed Michelin-starred chefs Phil Howard at The Square in London and Michael Tusk at Quince, and at The Ledbury at Notting Hill. Since becoming Executive Chef, he's introduced an impressive 18 course tasting menu that truly takes diners on a culinary journey, one that takes ingredients at their very peak of ripeness and refines them in exceptional ways that bring out the essence of their being. An example? The … [Read more...] about Recently Appointed Executive Chef Harrison Cheney Brings New Nordic Influence To Michelin Starred Restaurant Sons & Daughters

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Jonathan Dash is founder of Dash Investments . As CIO, he is responsible for the firm’s Investment Management and Asset Allocation decisions. Last year's stock market performance was not what anyone would have wanted, but it was to be expected. For those keeping score, it was the largest yearly decline since 2008 . That could be catastrophic for someone who initially invested in January 2022 with just a one-year time horizon. But most investors don't invest for a one-year period. They invest with their sights set on a long-term goal 10, 20 or 30 years out. But even for someone who started investing just three years ago, their average annual return at the end of 2022 would have been 8.22% . For someone who began five years ago, their average annual return would have been 9.11% . A 10-year horizon ending in 2022 would have generated a 12.4% average annual return. You see where I'm going with this. In a … [Read more...] about Putting The 2022 Stock Market Decline In Perspective

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Next week the brightest planet and the seventh planet from the sun will appear very close to each other in the post-sunset night sky. Venus has been rising into the twilight sky since December 2022 and is now about 36º above the southwest horizon as soon as it gets dark, as seen from the northern hemisphere. That’s about as high as it ever reaches. Uranus—on its slow 88 Earth-years orbit of the Sun—doesn’t appear to move much in our night sky, but nor is it anyone near as bright and easy to see as dazzling Venus. What happens this week is mostly about Venus moving quickly through our night sky to visually “catch-up” on Uranus. Here’s everything you need to know to see this week’s rare conjunction of Venus and Uranus: MORE FROM FORBES See the Hubble Telescope's Jaw-Dropping New Portraits Of Jupiter And Uranus By Jamie Carter When is the conjunction of Venus and Uranus? The conjunction of … [Read more...] about How, When And Where To See A Rare Conjunction Of Venus And Uranus After Sunset This Week

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Disney has eliminated its entire metaverse division of roughly 50 people, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal . And while most people are still confused about what the “metaverse” is even supposed to be, Disney has reportedly dropped plans to explore it, as the company begins layoffs of roughly 7,000 people across the entire company. Disney’s metaverse team was led by Mike White, who will remain at the company, according to the Wall Street Journal . Disney did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Monday. Disney’s metaverse division, which former CEO Bob Chapek dubbed “next generation storytelling,” was created in February 2022 when media companies were convinced Facebook must be on to something. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a bold new plan to focus on the metaverse in October 2021, even changing his company’s name to Meta to emphasize his commitment to that vision. … [Read more...] about Disney Scraps Metaverse Division As Virtual Worlds Become Yesterday’s Tech Fad: Report

With thousands of construction workers and contractors needing long-term housing, the world’s largest hotel franchisor is launching a new brand for the booming boots-and-hardhat market. G eoff Ballotti is staring at a map on his office wall and likes what he sees. Nearly two dozen dots sprinkled across the United States represent future semiconductor factories. Outside of the microchip sector, few executives would seek out such a stodgy map from the Semiconductor Industry Association, let alone hang it on a wall. But for the CEO of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (2022 revenue: $1.56 billion), each dot on that map represents a giant, flashing-light opportunity. Ballotti quickly rattles off examples of locations where new chip factories are slated to appear. Intel is building two plants in Chandler, Arizona, at around $30 billion a pop. In Texas, plants have been announced by Texas Instruments in Sherman ($30 billion) and by Samsung in Taylor ($25 billion). In Indiana, they are … [Read more...] about Wyndham Hotels Grabs A Windfall From America’s Infrastructure Agenda

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin It’s about time us golfers gave more thought to the best putters that are sure to shake up what might otherwise be a rusty short game. Many of us (perhaps you included) worry too much about having the right driver or iron, but even more of us neglect the importance of a proper putting instrument. Legendary players from Arnold Palmer to Ben Hogan insisted that amateur golfers can drastically improve their scores from 50 yards into the green. Indeed, for most golfers, the majority of your score comes from what happens on and around that green. Having the best putter to help you navigate the speeds and breaks of the green can make or break your round. As the saying goes, “Drive for show, putt for dough.” Whether you like it or not, if you want to get the ball in the hole, you will be spending most of your time on and around the green. It’s important to have a putter that not only looks great, but feels great too. Of course, … [Read more...] about Improve Your Short Game With The Best Putters Of The Year

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A month of Xbox Game Pass for $1 has been a staple of the program since launch, a way to get players on board by showing them the vast array of games, then convincing them to keep the subscription once the price gets upped on Ultimate to $14.99 a month after that. Now, that era is over. Microsoft has officially confirmed that the $1 trial month deal is going away: “We have stopped our previous introductory offer for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass and are evaluating different marketing promotions for new members in the future,” Xbox head of global communications Kari Perez told The Verge in a statement . It’s a bit…abrupt to stop the $1 deal without a “different marketing promotion for new members” to replace it. This has naturally set off a period of console war flaming about how it’s a sign Game Pass is desperate for cash and wants all that money up front without the $1 trial in place. I don’t … [Read more...] about A Theory As To Why Microsoft Stopped Its $1 Xbox Game Pass Deal

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin MLB The Show 23 released via early access for pre-order customers on March 24. It releases for everyone else on Tuesday, March 28. After spending at least a dozen hours playing the game, here is an in-depth review of every major aspect of MLB The Show 23. Sights, Sound and Feel During the buildup for the release of MLB The Show 23, Sony San Diego didn’t dedicate any streams or social media posts to advancements in visuals. For the most part, the visual fidelity is on par with what we’ve come to expect from sports video games released in this era. That’s something that probably won’t ruffle the feathers of the vast majority of players, and it isn’t likely to be a major topic of discussion in most MLB The Show circles. A more active topic for discussion is gameplay changes. Users who didn’t get a chance to participate in the play test will immediately notice a change in fielding–specifically throwing. … [Read more...] about MLB The Show 23: The Complete Breakdown