New Orleans is a Louisiana city on the Mississippi River. Nicknamed the "Big Easy," for it's many parties. Not only is New Orleans a large US city, it is also unique in many respects. The city is well-known for its peculiar architecture and unique culinary experience. Despite this, New Orleans is today much better known for its great music heritage. While in this city, you are guaranteed to hear sounds of music everywhere, in every nook and cranny. Indeed, the New Orleans music is always audible, not only in the city's hundreds of streets but also in the central business and residential areas.

The famous genre of Jazz music was born and bred here in New Orleans. The jazz music's origins can be traced to back to the thriving African- American communities. From the traditional times, African communities have been known to play jazz music together with the brass and saxophone elements. Jazz music is, notably, the kind of music that relies much on improvisation. It derives its great influence from the ragtime, the blue and dance music that is played as a set of four. Do you want to know the most popular locations for enjoying the jazz music whenever you are in New Orleans? Think about the following places.

The Preservation Hall is one of the must-visited places in New Orleans if you really crave for jazz entertainment. Regardless of the fact that it has been around for decades, this hall remains very popular as a center of jazz music in New Orleans. Yes, it has been called the capital city of jazz music. The painting on the walls of the building may be faded. The roof sections may be broken. Regardless, the Preservation Hall still retains the tremendous quality of jazz music in the city. Whenever you decide to visit this legendary hall, remember to arrive there at least an hour before the show begins. Moreover, since the hall is always overcrowded, it is dangerous to come into the place wearing shoes with high heels. Of course, no one visits a dancing hall without intentions of dancing. Get some flat shoes to fit the occasion. Once in, you are free to dance yourself lame. The preservation hall in New Orleans was first set up in 1961 as an honor to the New Orleans jazz. This is one of America's freshest and most genuine forms of art. The hall has variously served as a music venue, a non-profit organization and a touring band. To date, the hall still carries out a mission as the veritable foundation of New Orleans culture and music. The hall is located at the St Peters Street, right at the heart of the Francophone Quarters. When you get into the venue, you will experience an intimate and acoustic spirit of Jazz concert that is typically made in New Orleans. The music is performed here annually for 350 nights. It is characterized by a collective ensemble of 100 locally-based master practitioners. You can be sure that, very night, those who attend the big concerts are joyful witnesses of the magnificent evolution of the living tradition of Jazz music.

The Snug Harbor is another fantastic option while visiting New Orleans. The Snug Harbor offers hot, live music done by the legendary Charmand Neville Band. The joint is located along the Frenchmen street. While here, you can take to the stage confidently and enjoy a live performance of the band. Indeed, this one of the best performances you can get. You will not just enjoy the music while here. There is some great food offered here for every deserving guest. Just across the Snug Harbor, you will find the famous spotted cat. Here, you can dance yourself lame-again. This is the meeting point of all genuine lovers of jazz. They always assemble here religiously, and in their hordes.

The Buffa's bar is another popular venue of the wild jazz music. If you are visiting on a Sunday, things can be pretty sweet. As you enjoy the great live- band music, you will be served with some delicious meals and refreshing drinks that make for a memorable day. You don't have to wear special attire to come here on a weekend. Just come prepared to enjoy a memorable treat of music, food and drinks. Moreover, there will be some brass music to complement the jazz. Yes, Buffa's bar is the place to be while visiting the great city of New Orleans.

Genomatica (Geno), a leader in biotech and sustainability and Unilever have launched a venture to scale and commercialize alternatives to palm oil and fossil fuel-derived cleansing ingredients. These are integral to the formulations of thousands of everyday cleaning and personal care products. With growing demand for sustainably-sourced palm oil, this venture aims to deliver additional responsibly sourced palm oil alternatives to the market.

With $120m jointly invested in the newly-formed initiative, and with other strategic investors expected to join, the venture will develop an alternative, plant-based ingredient using biotechnology. The innovation is particularly relevant to cleaning and personal care products that require ingredients to lather and lift dirt. But at present, there are few viable alternatives to palm and fossil sources that can be produced at scale in order to make those ingredients. As such, the venture offers the opportunity to tap into the combined $625b home and personal care markets. For Unilever, one of the world's biggest soap and detergent manufacturers, this is the largest investment in biotechnology alternatives to palm oil to date.

Companies like Unilever, whose products are used globally by 3.4b people each day, are increasingly partnering with biotechnology innovators like Geno to explore, develop, and manufacture new versions of traditionally-sourced ingredients. While palm oil will remain an important feedstock to Unilever, these alternative ingredients can play a growing role in diversifying supply chains to drive optionality, sustainability, cost efficiencies and transparency.

Geno will deploy its proven biotechnology platform and is already starting to scale the process for its advanced technology to produce the ingredients. Initial estimates have shown that companies could reduce the carbon footprint of palm-derived ingredients by up to 50% with this technology-driven, plant based alternative.

"Biotechnology has the potential to revolutionise the sourcing of our cleansing ingredients and ensure Unilever is a future-fit business – for consumers, shareholders and the planet we all share. This new venture will sit at the intersection of science and sustainability, meaning we can continue to grow our business without relying only on palm oil or fossil fuel derivatives, while also making our supply chains more resilient from having access to ingredient alternatives.

"We will be marrying science and nature to make sure there is no tradeoff for our consumers between the efficacy and sustainability of their products. We are building this innovative new venture to have the scale to drive real impact and change in our industry, helping to reinvent the chemistry of home and personal care products for the 21st Century."

About Genomatica (Geno). Geno is harnessing biology to remake everyday products and materials built by and for the planet. In response to the urgent climate crisis, Geno is developing and scaling sustainable materials derived from plant- or waste-based feedstocks instead of fossil fuels. Geno's technology, built over the last 20 years, now drives materials and ingredients in applications ranging from cosmetics, carpets, to home cleaners, apparel and more. Geno uses the power of biotechnology to convert plant-based raw materials into chemical building blocks that are key components of widely used materials.

About Unilever. Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Beauty & Personal Care, Home Care, and Foods & Refreshment products, with sales in over 190 countries and products used by 3.4 billion people every day. We have 148,000 employees and generated sales of €52.4 billion in 2021. Over half of our footprint is in developing and emerging markets. We have around 400 brands found in homes all over the world – including iconic global brands like Dove, Lifebuoy, Knorr, Magnum, OMO and Surf; and other brands such as Love Beauty & Planet, Hourglass, Seventh Generation and The Vegetarian Butcher.

The Wall Street stock prospects for the 2022/23 season are surprisingly positive following the ravages of the Covid -19 pandemic that affected many sectors of the US and the world. This is good news for the entire market segment as the world moves forward to 2023. According to stock analyst forecasts, the S&P 500 will rise by nearly 20% in 2023. Although inflation and supply chain chaos may hamper the recovery, most analysts expect an overall positive year for the benchmark index. Consider this: Wells Fargo recently upgraded its 2020 forecast for the S&P 500 and believes it could reach a range of 5,000. Most stock analysts cite earnings as the main reason for the equity returns; they don't see any major risks of contraction given low-interest rates.

In a scenario where the markets remain weak, this could mean tech companies will dominate the markets; this will be true even if they face headwinds from the increasing inflation rate. Generally, tech companies are currently controlling the most lucrative businesses in the world. Some of these include premium smartphones, social media, cloud computing, search, and e-commerce businesses. As the tech companies' influence expands into other sectors, this could blunt the effects of inflation and boost the market prospects.

Stocks with high-conviction prospects: The year-to-date stock market activity may well be a microcosm of what's to come. Thus, investors should stay calm and not chase gains. 2022 is likely to witness a tight battle between the positives and negatives. However, investors should consider stocks with high conviction prospects for Wall Street in the future.

Here are the top stocks to consider for the year ahead: First on the line are growth stocks and value stocks. Growth stocks are companies that are growing rapidly and have the potential to become trillion-dollar companies in the future. On their part, value stocks don't have the potential for that sort of growth; they are, however, considered lower-risk and usually come from larger companies. While they may not necessarily return to their original price, they can provide investors with handsome capital growth and dividend income.

While the current selloff may have wiped out most of the gains made by growth stocks, there's a chance these will retake their lead when the current decline in stock prices is over. As a result, investors should consider factors like risk tolerance and time horizon before investing in either category. Keep in mind that It's always important to separate emotions from market volatility.

In retrospect, the stock market wildly fluctuated in response to the 2019-21 pandemic. While it's always difficult to predict a stock market trend even a day in advance, we can expect the S&P 500 to close well above four thousand in the 2022-23 season. Overall, the dynamics are expected to push stocks higher in the cyclical sectors in the future- this includes the energy and tech segments. These sectors may also benefit from a selloff in the near future,; ultimately, this bolsters their relative strength. Despite the previous uncertainty, CFRA experts believe there'll be a great improvement in these sectors in 2022. Ultimately, investors should focus on cyclical stocks with a long-term investment horizon.

Further, the new era of interest rates, and the possibility of more of these, are certainly a huge positive for the stock market prospects. The low-interest rates and easy money policies of the US Federal Reserve have enriched many Americans and lowered the cost of borrowing. As the economy continues to grow, however, these policies are proving to be inadequate in supporting the US economy. The Fed's hike in interest rates will likely end the two-year era of zero interest rates.

Corporate earnings surprises: Most Wall Street firms predict that stocks will make a modest rally next year due to a number of factors. Some of these include strong corporate earnings, a burgeoning economy, and easing supply-chain issues. Investors were greatly encouraged by these signs of future improvement.

Consider this: JPMorgan analysts expect stocks to gain slightly in 2022, with their price target amounting to an 8% increase from the S&P 500's current level. Some reasons for their bullish outlook include "robust" earnings growth, a recovering labor market, and easing supply-chain problems. However, the main risks to this bullish view are supply-chain issues due to imposed sanctions restricting Global trade leading to food protectionisim and a hawkish turn in central bank policy.

Realty ONE Group, a modern, purpose-driven lifestyle brand and ONE of the fastest-growing franchisors in the world, finished the first quarter of 2022 with its most impactful charitable giving yet, a record-breaking annual convention and remarkable increases in franchise sales, and overall volume count with real estate professionals joining the international franchisor in mass.

In all, Realty ONE Group has grown its network of real estate professionals to more than 18,000 with its volume up to $10.4 billion in the first three months of the year, a 20% increase over last year's first quarter mark of $8.7 billion. The now-global franchisor expects to double its country count this year and reach 500 locations worldwide.

"We're the right choice for fiery entrepreneurs and passionate real estate professionals who are using the uncertainty of the past few years to fuel their future success," said Kuba Jewgieniew, CEO and Founder of Realty ONE Group.

Realty ONE Group also inked a strategic partnership with new owners in Italy in the first quarter of the year, and owners in Costa Rica sold their second new office just this month. Representatives from the company's eight countries were present at its first sold-out ONE Summit affiliate event held in Las Vegas, NV, the first week of April.

In addition to a number of charitable giving efforts through its ONE Cares 501(c)3, Realty ONE Group recommitted to planting trees through its ONE World, ONE Tree program this year.

The UNbrokerage, as it's known in the industry, now has more than 18,000 real estate professionals in over 400 offices in 49 states, Washington D.C. and Canada and will be opening soon in Ecuador, Costa Rica, Italy, Singapore and Spain, in addition to the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.

About Realty ONE Group

Founded in 2005, Realty ONE Group is an industry disruptor, radically changing the face of real estate franchising with its unique business model, fun coolture, technology infrastructure and superior support for its real estate professionals. The company has rapidly evolved to include more than 18,000 real estate professionals in over 400+ offices across 49 U.S. states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Canada, Italy, Spain, Singapore and Costa Rica. Realty ONE Group ranks in the top one percent in the nation by REAL Trends, has been recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine as a Top 5 Real Estate Franchise and has been on Inc. 500's list of the Fastest-Growing Companies for seven consecutive years. Realty ONE Group is surging ahead, opening doors, not only for its clients but for real estate professionals and franchise owners.