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Tioga's Wood named All-Region Football MVP | Sports | morning-times.com Morning TimesThe Dragons were held to just five 3-point field goals in the loss, after previously sinking 19 in their win over Proctor in the semifinals. Leading up to the matchup, Cloquet coach Steve Battaglia had made it a point of emphasis to limit the opponent's opportunities from beyond the arc in hopes of slowing down their offense.
"Coming into tonight’s championship, our goal was to keep them under 10 makes and we thought we had a good chance to win the ballgame if that was the case," Battaglia said. “Credit to a couple of our guys, I think we did a really good job of executing our defensive plan.”
The championship win was especially sweet for Cloquet senior Alec Turnbull, who recalls the most recent meeting between the two teams during the 2019-2020 tournament, in which the Dragons dismantled the Lumberjacks, 72-37.
“I played them when I was a sophomore, and we got beat pretty badly. So, to come in and just get the win was big for sure,” Turnbull said.
Pine City appeared well on its way to a similar landslide victory in the opening stages of the first half, as the Dragons took full advantage of a turnover-riddled start by Cloquet with an 8-0 scoring run out of the gate.
Unfazed by the less-than-ideal start, leading scorers Conner Barney, Marco Mayorga, Seth Rothamel and Turnbull combined to provide the sorely-needed counterpunch for the ‘Jacks, as the club went onto outscore Pine City 14-5 in response. The court remained tilted in favor of Cloquet into the break, as the hosts led 40-32 at halftime.
According to Battaglia, the team has faced similar challenges in the past, which made it easier to maintain composure.
“We tend to get off to slow starts, so we weren’t overly panicked by that, but I’d like us to not always do that,” Battaglia said. “I thought we responded pretty well.”
Pine City coach Kyle Allen was proud of the way his team started the half, but wished their level of play could’ve been sustained throughout the opening 20 minutes of play.
“I thought we came out really well at the start and executed to begin the game, and then kind of found ourselves in a lull and it took us too long to come back from that,” Allen said. “When you play a good team like Cloquet, you just can’t have big lulls like that.”
The Lumberjacks opened up their largest lead of the game just minutes into the second half via a 21-9 scoring run highlighted by baskets from Caleb Hansen and Turnbull.
With their backs against the wall, the Dragons proved resilient, as they climbed back to make it a two-point game down the stretch, thanks in part to a brilliant scoring effort by Kameron Jusczak, who finished with a game-high 24 points. The two-point deficit was the closest that Pine City came to catching Cloquet, though, as the ‘Jacks survived the scare.
Cloquet (6-4) returns to the court on Thursday, Jan. 6 when the team travels to Aitkin to take on the Gobblers at 7:15 p.m.
Pine City 32-40 —72
Cloquet 40-38—78
Pine City — Waylon Peterson 20, Jason Thieman 3, Cole Waxberg 7, Kameron Jusczak 24, Luke Wilson 16, Lamont Sydney 2. Totals 31 5-12 72.
3-point goals — Wilson 2, Jusczak, Waxberg 2.
Cloquet — Conner Barney 16, Joseph Bailey 4, Kollin Bonneville 4, Seth Rothamel 12, Alec Turnbull 19, Caleb Hanson 6, Marco Mayorga 17. Totals 35 3-6 78.
3-point goals — Turnbull 3, Hanson 2.
PALATINE — An Amish furniture workshop was badly damaged by a Tuesday night fire, but not before workers were able to remove much of their craftwork by hand, officials said.
The structure fire at 1002 Route 67 was called in by a passerby around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Wayne Ropeter Jr., first assistant for the Ephratah Volunteer Fire Department.
The fire was fully involved with flames visible on the exterior of the structure along the eaves of the building and reaching around the sides when firefighters arrived, Ropeter said.
Assistance from area fire departments with tanker trucks was requested to the scene to ensure an adequate supply of water and manpower to battle the blaze.
Fire crews used hand lines to quickly knock down the flames and bring the fire under control, Ropeter said.
Workers present at the furniture shop when the fire broke out were able to safely exit the structure on their own and had removed many of their handcrafted goods from the building by the time firefighters arrived.
There were no injuries reported among first responders. The scene was cleared around 7 p.m.
Nearly 60 members of the Amish community were seen at the property raising a new workshop on the site of the fire damaged building on Wednesday.
Although the cause of the fire is currently under investigation, Ropeter indicated it appeared to have started in an outbuilding where a diesel engine used to operate equipment in the workshop was located.
The Ephratah Volunteer Fire Department was assisted at the scene by the St. Johnsville Fire Department, Rockwood-Garoga-Lassellsville Volunteer Fire Company, Fort Plain Fire Department and Canajoharie Volunteer Fire Department.
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Taqueria San Jose, Osteria Rossa to permanently close Dec. 31 WOODTV.comThat had to hurt.
Rockets forward Christian Wood nailed a fan in the head with a cross-court pass Monday during a loss to the Hornets at Spectrum Arena in Charlotte.
The fan appeared to be OK after the incident, which occurred just seconds before halftime. She was walking along the second row with her wallet in hand when the NBA ball hit her in the head and she lost her balance.
She got up quickly, however, with her ponytail intact after Wood launched a pass that was seemingly intended for Rockets guard Josh Christopher.
The Hornets went on to defeat the Rockets, 123-99.
Hours after the game, Wood took to Instagram to offer the fan Rockets tickets to any game of her choice as a way of apologizing.
Wood re-posted a video of the incident, shared by the Rockets’ Instagram account, with a crying laughing emoji and wrote, “Happens to the best of us, shaqtin .. courtside tix to any Rocket game of her choice.”
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Monday’s blowout loss in Charlotte wasn’t very memorable for the Houston Rockets, who were down six rotation players due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols and back-to-back maintenance factors.
But for 26-year-old big man Christian Wood, arguably the most accomplished NBA player among Rockets who were able to go, there was a memorable play. Unfortunately, it was not a positive one.
In the final seconds of the first half, Wood sailed an errant outlet pass that inadvertently struck a fan in the head who was walking to her floor seat. Thankfully, the woman was fine, but Wood put his hands on his head and immediately gestured that he was taking responsibility.
In a postgame story on Instagram, Wood laughed at himself over the incident. “Happens to the best of us, Shaqtin,” he said, referring to NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal’s infamous Shaqtin’ a Fool television segment showcasing player miscues. Best of all, Wood ended the message by offering the fan courtside tickets to a Houston game of her choice.
Considering that Monday’s game was in Charlotte, it remains to be seen if she is able to take Wood up on his offer for a later game in Houston. But it would certainly make for quite a story if she does.
Wood finished with 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 assists in 26 minutes on Monday, shooting 5-of-9 (55.6%) overall and 2-of-4 on 3-pointers (50.0%) for a productive individual night. But he also had three turnovers, including one that will now live in Spectrum Center lore.
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Lorraine R. Wood | Obituaries The Livingston County NewsThis story is part of our end-of-year series This Year in Gear, rounding up the most notable releases of 2021.
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Revival
Revival's latest collection of rugs pays homage to the '70s. The four rugs are hand-knotted with New Zealand wool, featuring raised, cut-pile motifs. Some of our favorites include the Joan and the Grier.
Price: $429+
Burrow
Burrow practically popularized the sofa-in-a-box concept with its first sofa design, the Nomad. Since then, it's released a whole mess of home furnishings, and now it released its third sofa collection, the Field. With a slimmer profile than the original Nomad, with a look that also has some design elements of its second sofa collection, the Range, the Field sofas give shoppers another excellent couch option. And like the other sofas, Field can grow (or shrink) with you thanks to its modular design and ease of delivery.
Price: $1,095+
For the new Lego collaboration with Target, expect more than just a handful of exclusive-to-Target Lego sets. There are over 300 items in the Lego Collection x Target, ranging from kids clothing to home decor. Everything has a similar motif about it like bright Lego-like colors or a recurring block image. Either way, it seems this collection came at just the right time for the gifting season.
Price: $2+
Cat Person
If you're a cat person then, well, you should be shopping at Cat Person, a brand of design-forward cat gear for your feline friend(s). Its latest collection is designed in partnership with fashion designer Jason Wu, who worked on a hideaway scoop and holder, a little box, a blacked-out bowl, cat toy and collaboration hoodie. Yes, your cat only wears designer.
Price: $7+
Herman Miller
Herman Miller's latest chair pays homage to every writer's favorite punctuation (kidding). The Comma Chair, designed by Michael Anastassiades, is a fairly bare bones chair with a circular seat, rounded back and straight legs. It's available in six wood finishes and either leather or wood seating. Now we're looking forward to an Em Dash sofa, the Semicolon chair or Ampersand bean bag.
Price: $995
The Citizenry
In expanding its Hinoki Collection, home goods store The Citizenry has added four new products made in the fragrant and soft wood: a bench, a nightstand, a nightstand with a drawer and a counter stool. The pieces are crafted from hinoki sourced in Okawa, Japan, by the The Okawa Hinoki Workshop, a fair-trade workshop that's been mastering the art of making furniture for over four generations. The pieces perfectly complement the existing pieces of a side table, floor mirror, sauna set and — the much-loved — bath mat.
Price: $750
Fritz Hansen
In 1965, architect and furniture designer Arne Jacobsen designed the Oxford chair for professors at St. Catherine’s College at the University of Oxford. The task chair was designed to look good but also to be a comfortable place to sit for long hours, which is basically what everyone is looking for in an office chair these days. This could explain why Fritz Hansen is relaunching the Oxford chair with a few modern upgrades. The new Oxford chair comes in either a low or tall option for its backrest, as well as an upgraded tilt mechanics and adjustable seat height, angled armrests so the chair can fit under desks and a number of upholstery options to suit everyone's taste.
Price: $2,255+
Bed Bath & Beyond
Bed Bath & Beyond has been going hard with the in-house brands lately. Its latest, Studio 3B, combines modern design and contemporary aesthetics for every room in the home. The collection includes practically everything you could think of from furniture — like bar carts and a desk — to bedding. And to top it all off, it's incredibly affordable.
Price: $4+
Steelcase
Steelcase makes a number of amazing office chairs, one of which, the Series 1, is our pick for the best overall office chair. The brand has done it again with the release of its new Karman chair, which is equipped with a new type of mesh textile, called Intermix, that alleviates pressure on the sitter. Karman is meant to make you feel weightless thanks to a lightweight flexible frame. Whereas most mesh chairs use a rigid frame, the Karman's adapts to your movements providing support without being hard. And if you're sick of the typical black office chair, Karman comes in 13 colors and finishes. The chair will be available in early 2022, and we'll keep our eyes out for when you can finally buy it.
CB2
Lenny Kravitz is a global rockstar so it makes sense that his collection with CB2 draws inspiration from all over the world. (Though one could wonder why the rocker has a furniture collection to begin with.) As CB2 describes it, the collection, "[draws] inspiration from the ateliers of Europe, the markets of Africa and beyond." The collection runs the gamut from throw pillows to beds, each with its own distinct personality. If I had an endless supply of money and square footage, you could find the Imbu sectional, Traverse rug and Kibo media credenza in my home.
Price: $8+
West Elm
If you don't have kids (or you're just not a children's books fanatic), "The Old Truck" is a popular block-print illustration book for kids. And now, thanks to West Elm, your kids can immerse themselves in the world of "The Old Truck" with its collection at the furniture retailer. Shop quilts, wallpaper and a lamp to have your kids feeling like they just jumped into a book.
Price: $15+
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Port, sherry, whisky - Christmas drinks are all about the wood The GuardianChristian Wood has struggled shooting the ball this season. Besides his mediocre shooting, Wood has been able to finish around the rim better because of lobs and put backs. Wood is a much stronger finisher at 214 pounds. Although Wood isn’t the biggest, he never allows his size to dictate the ability to finish around or on defenders.
For the season, Wood is scoring 67.1 percent around the rim, and on put backs, he is averaging 1.30 points per possession on 1.4 possessions, which puts him in the 83.2 percentile per Synergy.
Wood has become aggressive around the rim, but his perimeter and midrange shooting are suffering this season, which also includes his free-throw shooting as well. He is shooting 32.9 percent from three and 18.2 percent while attempting midrange shots. His free-throw troubles became noticeable in preseason, as he shot 36 percent from the charity strike and now shoots 59.6 percent on 4.5 attempts per game. Is it Wood’s shooting form? Sometimes it’s hard to tell because of his release.
Defenders will alter a shooter’s shot on closeouts depending on the pressure. But if the shooter isn’t phased by the closeout and shoots his shot straight up instead of falling back, he has a better chance of making the jump shot, as it included elevation on the shot. I was able to discuss Wood’s shooting struggles with shooting expert Roger Galo. He gave great insight on how Wood can fix his shot.
1. What are you seeing in Christian WOODS mechanics this year that is causing him to struggle? He was a decent free throw shooter last year at 63.1 percent.
I’ve noticed he’s allowed his timing or rhythm to be affected by virtue of his movements being out of sync. He’s got a number of excessive movements of which he’s probably unaware of despite working with one of the best developmentally based coaches in the league. If coach Lucas knew what they were and how detrimental, they were he’d be able to implement them as well or better than me.
2. His three-point shooting has dropped too by three percent? Wood was at 37 percent last year, so what is the difference now?
It would follow, if his movements are not firing on all cylinders at the same time, his shooting percentage would decline. I’ve also recognized he is altering the trajectory of his arc from shot to shot, in some cases, at the foul line, as well as, from the perimeter.
3. Does need to break down his foundation so his shooting might be smoother?
There are two responses to this question; 1) During the season, there are small adjustments that can be made that can have a “quick fix” effect on both areas for Christian. 2) After the season, he would be better served by a more in-depth “overhaul” which would make him more accurate via achieving higher percentages while adding consistency. This one would make him less susceptible to the inherent challenges he’s currently dealing with that are dragging his percentages down.
4. How long will this take so is shooting can become better for the Rockets?
The “tweaking” strategy if done correctly & effectively can happen within days based on my experiences with the Galo Shot-making system. The other, tearing it down and rebuilding it, can take weeks, sometimes months, contingent on some unknown variables to me at this time.
Hopefully, Wood solves this issue so he can continue his versatility as a consistent player in the NBA. The Houston Rockets need more consistency from Wood, as he wants to be a franchise player for them. His shooting will not be an easy fix, but the coaching staff around him is perfect.
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On to Jalen Green, as he is set to play against the Indiana Pacers Thursday night. Green was out for a month due to a hamstring injury suffered versus the Chicago Bulls, which he scored 10 points in. Green will be coming back to new offense, as it provides more spacing. He already flourished inside the offense against the Bulls because of Daniel Theis not playing in the starting lineup.
With Theis not in the starting lineup, Green averages 18 points per contest while having a 51.1 field gold percentage and shooting 40 percent from the three-point line. Green will have more space to drive towards the rim because of his quick first step towards the rim. He’ll get more room to operate amongst the corner for better looks on his jump shots instead of feeling crowded. Green is great at creating space for his scoring needs but hasn’t found his rhythm nor pace on a consistent basis.
Like Josh Christopher, Green has gotten time to observe and learn more about NBA defenses. The goal for Green is to find consistency, rhythm, and pace so he can flourish more as a scorer. Green has an issue of forcing his shot instead of being patient. Hopefully, with the new look offense, he’ll see the court better as scorer and passer. With Theis out the lineup, driving lanes and kick-outs will be provided for him. Coach Silas will make sure Green has a easy first day back, as he is anxious to play.
Wood County 4-H recognized their outstanding volunteers for 2021 at their annual Awards Ceremony on Dec. 11. From left: Tara Swiger (10 years), Mary Pigott (45 years), Penny Todd (Outstanding Volunteer), Cheryl Smith (Outstanding Volunteer and 30 years), Debbie Sleeth (35 years), Sharon Perdue (35 years), and front row: Cindy Daley (25 years). (Photo Provided)
MINERAL WELLS — Wood County 4-H recognized their outstanding volunteers for 2021 at their annual Awards Ceremony on December 11, 2021 at the Wood County 4-H Camp.
Volunteers were recognized for years of service and outstanding achievements.
“Each of our 4-H volunteers bring knowledge and experience to the program and teach valuable life skills to our 4-H members. 4-H volunteers are mentors, role models, teachers, advisors, coaches, and more,” said Jodi Smith, WVU 4-H Extension Agent. ”Wood County is lucky to have such a talented and caring group of 4-H leaders. The 4-H program is only possible because of the dedicated service of our volunteers.
”They deserve recognition every year, but especially on their anniversary years.”
Wood County 4-H recognized two Outstanding Volunteers this year, Cheryl Smith and Evelyn “Penny” Todd. Both were recognized by West Virginia 4-H last month.
Todd has been involved in the Wood County 4-H program for more than 37 years, where she has been the club leader for the Bicentennial Woodchucks 4-H Club, one of most active clubs in the county.
Todd has ensured that hundreds of 4-H members have had a positive experience learning leadership and generosity through club and service activities.
At the county level, Todd has served on the 4-H Leaders’ Association, participated in committee work, assisted with 4-H Camp fund-raisers, and worked the Wood County 4-H Fair kitchen fundraisers for several years.
Todd grew up in the 4-H program and all her children and grandchildren have been involved.
Smith is more than just an All Star in Wood County, she is an avid supporter of 4-H clubs, camps, and the livestock program. She serves on the 4-H Camp Trustee Board, lends her leadership skills to the annual Ox Roast and Chicken BBQ fundraisers for the camp, and can always be found in the kitchen during camps, the summer shows, and fundraisers.
She has served as a 4-H leader for 30 years volunteering with the Belleville and Lubeck Lucky Clovers 4-H Clubs. Smith was instrumental in the organization of the Wood County 4-H Jr. Livestock Committee. Her commitment to the Wood County 4-H program through service and financial support has made it possible for many 4-H members to attend camps, state and national activities, and pay for post-secondary education.
Leaders recognized for anniversary years of service this year include:
∫ 5th Year Silver Clover Leaders: Laura Barrett, Stella Bargeloh, Susan Davis, Amber Forshey, Debbie Gilbert, Whitney Huffman, and Larry Stephens.
∫ 10th year Gold Clover Leader: Tara Swiger.
∫ 15th Year Pearl Leaders: Mary Melrose, Neal Smith, David Wise, and Debbie Young.
∫ 20th Year Diamond Clover Leaders: Doreen Moore, Doug Moore, Vickie Lambert, and Brent Parsons.
∫ 25th Year Clover Leaders: Cindy Daley, Mark Vaughan, and Gina Vaughan.
∫ 30th Year Ruby Clover Leaders: Darin Affolter and Cheryl Smith. 35th Year Sapphire Clover Leaders: Anne McFee, Sharon Perdue, and Debbie Sleeth.
Leaders who reach 45 years of service receive state level recognition for their dedication to the 4-H program. This year Mary Pigott reached that 45-year milestone.
Pigott has served as a club organizational leader, 4-H Leaders’ Association officer, camp director, camp counselor, fundraiser, still project chairperson, livestock volunteer, donor, and more. She has served as the club organizational leader of the Belleville 4-H Club for 38 years. Prior to her leadership role, Pigott served as a volunteer in the Daniel Boone and Mineral Wells Clippers 4-H Clubs. She led camps as director and co-director and served as a camp counselor for many years.
Pigott and her husband Ted are parents and grandparents of a four generation 4-H family in Wood County. She has been a Wood County 4-H Outstanding 4-H Leader and a Wood County 4-H All Star.
Shelia Young was recognized for 55 years of service to the 4-H program. She passed away in 2021. She began her career as a 4-H leader in 1966 after growing up in the Wood County 4-H program.
She was a West Virginia 4-H All Star and an integral part of the program serving as club organizational leader to the Daniel Boone 4-H Club and the Fairview 4-H Club, project chairperson, committee chairperson, livestock sale committee treasurer, fair board representative, Wood County 4-H Leaders’ Association past president and vice president. Her leadership provided educational opportunities that taught children crucial life skills like decision making, critical thinking, problem solving, planning and organization, and much more.
For nearly 55 years she was an inspiration to thousands of young people and community members. She was a true leader and role model for the youth of Wood County.
The 4-H program in Wood County is conducted by the West Virginia University Extension Service, Suite 408, Wood County Courthouse.
For information about 4-H or to find out how people can volunteer, visit the Wood County Extension Web site, https://ift.tt/33FSaGg, or call 304-424-1960.
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While tech and toys might be some of the more popular candidates when it comes to end of the year savings, there are great deals out there on just about everything, including home goods. Right now, Burrow is offering big savings on its stunning furniture and home accessories with savings of up to $400 off. The sale is sitewide, with 10% off of anything under $1,800, with even greater savings available when you spend more. All you need to do is enter the promo code DONE21 at checkout. You can see the full discount breakdown here:
Burrow furniture is inspired by a blend of iconic mid-century modern and sleek contemporary Scandinavian style. Many of the pieces are designed to be modular as well, so that you can expand and rearrange as needed to blend in perfectly with your home layout. There is a huge selection of pieces available, from sofas and armchairs, to credenzas and shelving, as well as rugs, lighting, coffee tables and everything else you need to furnish a stylish and modern home. And right now you'll get free shipping on anything you order.
Cathie Wood, the founder of asset management company ARK Invest, has made some impressive calls and predictions in recent years when it comes to growth and tech stocks. While I don't agree with all of her picks, there are certainly some stocks in her exchange-traded funds where I think she is ahead of the curve.
Let's take a closer look at two stocks Wood owns through ARK Invest that I've been investing in as well and like heading into 2022.
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My favorite stock that Wood owns, which also happens to be the largest position in my portfolio, is the digital marketplace bank LendingClub (NYSE:LC). This fintech uses technology, data, and machine learning to streamline the online personal lending process. The stock has struggled in recent years, but management worked hard to make the company more efficient in 2020. Then the company closed on its acquisition of Radius Bank at the start of 2021, becoming one of the first fintech companies to acquire a bank charter.
The Radius Bank acquisition proved to be transformational, giving LendingClub access to cheap deposits while cutting down on other expenses, like external loan origination costs. Following the acquisition, LendingClub also chose to hold 15% to 25% of originations on its balance sheet rather than selling them to investors like the company used to do. Keeping these originations in-house is three times more profitable over the life of the loan. The transformation has yielded results faster than anyone could have imagined, allowing LendingClub to have profitable second and third quarters and completely catching the market off guard.
Wood appeared to be ahead of the market, purchasing shares in March before the market had really noticed the power of the model. However, then Wood sold about $33 million of the stock in September after seeing some nice gains. Still, the ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (NYSEMKT:ARKF) owned just shy of 2 million shares as of Dec. 15, accounting for just over 2% of the ETF's portfolio. I would definitely recommend holding LendingClub long, not only because it's a fast-growing fintech with a superior model, but also because it is undervalued when you compare it to several similar fast-growing fintech companies.
Wood's ARK Fintech Innovation ETF also owns nearly 440,000 shares of the crypto bank Silvergate Capital (NYSE:SI), which comprised more than 2.5% of the ETF as of Dec. 15. Silvergate was the first bank in the country -- and is still one of a few -- to create a real-time payments network in which two parties on the network can make transactions with one another in real-time that are cleared instantly. The platform, which is called the Silvergate Exchange Network (SEN), has quickly grown to more than 1,300 clients and has the first-mover advantage. SEN has enabled the bank to quickly bring in billions of deposits it doesn't have to pay any interest on, which are incredibly valuable, as well as lots of new customers to sell other banking products to and make fee income. Silvergate is also issuing lines of credit to customers who are collateralized by Bitcoin.
Silvergate stock has run up quite a lot. Even after a recent pullback along with other growth stocks, the stock is still up more than 127% this year. Wood sold a significant portion of Silvergate back in May, but I think it's still too early to sell Silvergate. The bank has another huge opportunity with stablecoins, which are digital assets linked to a currency or commodity. Earlier this year, Silvergate announced a partnership to be the exclusive issuer of Meta Platform's Diem U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin. I'm hopeful the bank will be able to roll out a pilot for this partnership soon. Also, as rates go up, Silvergate can benefit tremendously merely by deploying lots of its zero-cost deposits into securities with higher yields.
This article represents the opinion of the writer, who may disagree with the “official” recommendation position of a Motley Fool premium advisory service. We’re motley! Questioning an investing thesis -- even one of our own -- helps us all think critically about investing and make decisions that help us become smarter, happier, and richer.
LAS VEGAS — The World Market Center Las Vegas will showcase 11 new, expanded and relocated showrooms for the Jan. 23-27, 2022, market. Two of the new showrooms — Hooker Furnishings and Howard Elliott Collection — also join more than 30 open year-round designer showrooms in the Las Vegas Design Center.
“Top home accent brands recognize the unmatched opportunity to reach the West Coast design and retail community through World Market Center Las Vegas both through the semi-annual Las Vegas Market and throughout the year at our comprehensive Las Vegas Design Center,” said Scott Eckman, International Market Centers executive vice president, chief revenue officer.
Updates to home resources open for Las Vegas Market are found throughout Buildings A, B and C.
Three new cross-category showrooms will debut: Vahallan (high-end designer wallcoverings) on C5, and Howard Elliott Collection (decorative mirrors, accessories, accent furniture, wall art and pillows/poufs) and Hooker Furnishings (case goods, leather furniture and fabric-upholstered furniture from Hooker Furniture, Sam Moore, Bradington-Young and MARQ brands) on A2, adding more than 15,000 square feet of new resources to the LVDC.
Six brands making major expansion are Alder & Tweed Furniture (occasional furniture and accessories) tripling its space on B1; Barlogoa Studios (fine art photography) on C5; Classic Home (handcrafted and sustainable furnishings) more than doubling on C3; Dovetail (handmade furniture, accessories and textiles) expanding by more than 50% on B1; Kuka North America (upholstered home furnishings) more than tripling on B1; and Zodax (home accessories) growing on C5. Also, HomeView Design (home accessories) relocates to C4.
In addition, the PLATIN America Pavilion, which will act as an incubator for Latin American furniture and home décor brands as they prepare to transition to permanent spaces, officially opens with more than 40 resources on A4.
Nearly 100 décor brands in four temporary exhibit categories – Design, Handmade, Home and Luxe – at the connected Expo at World Market Center Las Vegas complement home décor resources offered in permanent showrooms on 13 floors in Buildings A, B and C for Las Vegas Market. Notable categories include accent furniture, decorative accessories, home textiles, lighting and rugs/floor coverings.
Tiger Woods on Sunday on the practice green at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club.
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Tiger Woods, ahead of the final round of the PNC Championship, took one ball with his right hand, flipped it forward, and it near-instantly checked on the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club practice green a yard or so ahead of him. A few seconds later, he did it a second time.
Before we go any further, please note that Sunday’s most important event is still Woods playing golf just days short of a 10-month anniversary of a car crash that left him, at one point, facing the possibility of right leg amputation, shooting a ridiculous 15-under 57 with his 12-year-old son, Charlie, at his side in the parent-child scramble and damn near winning the event. And that the following discussion of this Tiger Twist is maybe trivial. OK, let’s continue.
Because …
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“I’ve seen Tiger do some amazing things, as we all have, but I’ve never seen him do what he just did. I’ve never seen anybody do what he just did. I don’t even know how he did it. I mean, I’ve heard of the ball spin too much, but he’s throwing these balls out on the green and snap ’em back — I’ve never seen anybody do that.”
By now, you, Tiger Woods fan, have seen most every important Tiger Woods shot, red shirt and fist-pump there is. And Brandel Chamblee has seen most of them all, too, if not more. So when the former Tour pro and longtime analyst notes that even he’s never seen Woods, or any golfer, do the Twist, even if he’s saying so a little tongue in cheek on Sunday on Golf Channel, you turn your head. At least a little.
So on Monday, a day after Tiger turned back the clock and Charlie maybe gave us a look into the future, I went back and watched it again. I slowed it down to 1/16 speed even. Don’t say I don’t try. Anyway, here’s what I found.
Pinching the ball between his thumb and his index and middle fingers, Woods twisted his right elbow and wrist upward as he flicked both forward to create the backspin on the ball. (Think of the motion used for a curveball in baseball.) Notably, too, he held his hand palm up for a second afterward. The first ball went no more than a yard, bounced, rolled maybe an inch and stopped. The second ball rolled less than the first.
All the while, Woods smiled, Stewart Cink’s caddie looked on and Charlie putted a few feet away. (The video is below.)
“Is he pretty proud of himself right there — like, check this out?” analyst and former player John Cook said.
“I would be if I could do that,” Chamblee said.
“We are officially easily amused,” announcer Rich Lerner said.
Indeed. The Twist may be rare. But it’s also not unattainable. While Woods said he’ll need to hit thousands of balls to get back to Tour level, you can do his move with at least half that number. Or less. For Chamblee, it brought to mind another flick trick he once saw.
“We’re standing on the tee waiting for the group in front of us, and he takes a tee and he’s got it in his hand and he throws it at the ground and it sticks in the ground,” he said. And he picks it up and did it again. I was like, give me that tee. Is that a weighted tee or something? So I tried it and I couldn’t do it.
“But I spent the next three, four months getting to where I could do it. The key, you got to snap it just right, and you got to release it just right. I was so proud of that move. You know, I’d do it every now and again and somebody would go, well, how do you do that? I’m like I’m not telling you.
“But that pales in comparison to throwing a golf ball out onto the green and getting it to spin back.”
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At Ghisallo the chefs treat pizza dough like a living thing, because well it is.
Their fermented dough is treated with all the care of a small child as the temperature, moisture levels, and kneading are closely monitored to keep the healthy bacteria intact and flavor packing a punch.
“These guys are really geeked out on the process,” said restaurant Co-Owner Bruce Horwitz. “On the flour, on the length of fermentation, on the hydration meaning how much water is in the dough, and they are never ever satisfied… It’s a very old school artisanal way of making pizza.”
This detailed attention to each pizza pie is not easily scalable or replicable, but fortunately that is not what Horwitz or fellow Co-Owner Mark Meyuhas is interested in doing. Located at 1622 Ocean Park Blvd., the duo wanted the restaurant to be a neighborhood joint where students from the nearby John Adams Middle School swing by for a slice after class, neighbors catch up over a bottle of wine, or couples sink into a serving of their indulgent key lime pie.
Since opening in September, they are off to a good start with the dinner offerings proving so popular they just added a lunch service.
“It seems like the locals in the Ocean Park neighborhood are so proud of being locals there, so we immediately felt like they welcomed us and it’s a great feeling,” said Meyuhas. “We already have so many of the locals coming in even multiple times a week.”
At the helm of the wood fired pizza oven is Executive Chef David Rodriguez who designed the range of creative seasonal pizzas, which are served as thin crust Neapolitan style pies. There are also a few New York style pizzas available by the slice that feature a thicker chewier crust.
“Ghisallo’s menu is inspired by many of the incredible culinary experiences I have had both as a child and in my career,” said Rodriguez. “Campesino, one of my favorite pizzas on the menu, uses my grandmother’s quince membrillo recipe. It’s just a small way I can integrate some of my favorite flavors into our pizzas and in this case, pay homage to my family.”
Some favorite pizzas include the Spartacus with pomodoro sauce, fennel sausage, pepperoni, roasted garlic and red onion and the Squash Blossom with squash blossom, nduja sausage, ricotta, basil, mint and fermented honey. Rodriguez also created a range of entrees and pastas which include classic dishes like New York steak and more experimental ones such as quick ink lumache pasta with crab and lemon filling.
Another restaurant highlight is the fact that it shares an interior space with the recently launched and highly popular local bakery Jyan Isaac Bread.
The former Gjusta baker Jyan Isaac reached out to Horwitz and Meyuhas as his farmers market business was taking off and he needed more room to bake. The interior of Ghisallo had adequate cooking space and now the restaurant operates on the east side of the building and the bakery on the west side.
Isaac’s bread is featured across Ghisallo’s menu like in their new lunch sub sandwiches and as the garlic bread bed for the polpette meatballs.
“They’ve had quite a meteoric rise, they’re a super popular bakery. We love having them there, it kind of adds to the whole creative culture of the building,” said Horwitz. “It’s gone from this really quiet corner to lines of people out the door.”
While their pizzas are already very popular, Horwitz and Meyuhas said they would love more residents to come check out their wine program. The menu was designed by the sommelier from the Tasting Kitchen in Venice, which the duo also owns, and features mostly Italian wines chosen to pair well with Ghisallo’s dishes.
They also said to check out the Tuesday dine-in deal where both pizzas and slices are buy one and get a second half off.
Ghisallo is open for dine in and take out from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday, and until 9:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. https://www.ghisallo.la/
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The hobbits have a group text.
“Yes, we call ourselves the hobbits,” Elijah Wood confirms before I can even ask if Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, and Dominic Monaghan really refer to themselves as “the Hobbits.” It’s a title they’ve embraced for 20 years now, since they first appeared as Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Pippin Took, and Merry Brandybuck, respectively, in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
The hobbits have remained friends but they’ve rarely had the chance to get all four of them together in one place. Until now, as the most beloved fantasy series ever made celebrates its 20th anniversary. The chat has been blowing up lately. This month, they traveled to New York City for an upcoming anniversary event, but their Ring Bearer couldn't make it there in person, a fact that’s caused him not a little FOMO.
“They’ve been going out to dinner and they’ll text me a photo of my seat at the dinner table without me in it, which is really, really sweet,” Wood tells me over Zoom from his home in LA. “They’ve been texting each other in the morning, like ‘Let’s go get coffee.’ We haven’t really been able to hang out like this in 16 years probably.”
Together, they had been on a journey that began in 1999 and lasted through 438 days of filming (all three movies at once!) in New Zealand. From remote mountain tops, to the middle of orc armies, to grueling hours of make-up, and local pubs after 16-hour days of shooting, the hobbits formed a real fellowship during those 16 months filming in New Zealand (three months longer than it took Frodo and Sam to walk the ring to Mordor and make it back home to the Shire).
“That will link us forever,” Wood says.
Wood was a spritely 18 years old when he touched down in New Zealand to begin filming Rings. And, looking back as a now-40-year-old, he’s amazed by how formative his years filming Rings actually were.
“That was my first time living away from home for any long period of time. So it was a giant leap for me in terms of growth and maturity and responsibility and life experience. Like, fuck,” Wood says looking back on it. “I had my own house there. This is coming from still living at home. I had my own car. I had a life that I built in New Zealand playing a role that was a huge responsibility.”
Wood credits his companionship with his castmates for helping him bear the stresses of adapting such a beloved series of books. They were all in it together, sharing the burden, and the pressure of getting it right. It also didn’t hurt that Twitter didn’t exist. “Thankfully, at the time, the Internet was in its infancy,” Wood says. “Theonering.net existed, there were eyes on us, but not even close to the degree of scrutiny that exists now.”
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Without the lidless eye of the Internet, they had to trust in the team they were working with that they were adapting this the right way, or at least in a way that could appease millions of fans.
Maybe this is partially why Wood has still never finished reading Lord of the Rings.
“The book is dense and verbose and incredible and literary and beautiful, but heavy,” Wood says. “I found it taxing to read the book with all the work in tandem I was doing on my character. I sort of pivoted my focus to just live in the world of the character as written in the scripts and trust the process.
“I still haven’t read it, 20 years later. It's ridiculous that I haven’t. It is my cross to bear. It's so dumb. Everybody else has read it,” he says, laughing.
Thinking back on it 20 years later, Wood says it’s the small moments that have stuck with him the most.
“Meeting for brunch on weekends. The time in between setups—we'd have a couple hours where we'd take naps in each other's trailers, or bring rented DVDs or VHS tapes from the local video store and watch them in one of our trailers,” Wood says. “It's stuff like that I sort of treasure the most, because these movies are so massive and the scale of them is so extraordinary, and they really are the culmination of thousands of people's work and artistry.”
And then there was the time Astin impaled his foot.
They were filming the scene where Frodo parts ways with the Fellowship. Sam finds Frodo paddling away off to Mordor by himself, and starts wading into the river despite the fact that he can’t swim. This is actually the alternate version of the climactic scene. Originally, it was supposed to be Sam who saves Frodo, which they filmed first.
“The water was freezing. It was essentially a mountain runoff lake,” Wood remembers. “And so I was in the water for about 45 minutes. Apparently I turned a shade of blue. And it took about an hour and a half to get warm again.”
Then Jackson changed the ending so Frodo would save Sam instead—the version that is now in the movie. But, when they’re filming this scene, Astin stepped on a branch that was poking up in the water, which “punctured the bottom of his foot and left a massive gash,” Wood remembers.
“He pulled the branch out and there was this slit in his foot and a blob of coagulated blood came out,” Wood says. “It was so big and I was so fascinated with it that I grabbed a stick and he was being tended to and I was like, ‘Man, this is fucking crazy.’ And he's like, meanwhile, being seen by a doctor and here I am fascinated by the blood, knowing that he was absolutely fine.”
Wood first saw the final cut of Fellowship of the Ring in late November 2001, only weeks before the release date.
“It was totally overwhelming,” he says. “I didn't know what to feel, to be totally honest with you. I knew I loved it, but I couldn’t process it. I remember all of us walking away kind of in a daze, sort of bowled over and overwhelmed and in love with it, but couldn't make heads or tails until we saw it again. And I think that was just the enormity of it all and separating our personal experience from what it is, seeing it for what it is, an amazing experience. I certainly haven't had that since.”
By the end of opening weekend, Fellowship had overwhelmed the box office too, with a total gross of $47,211,490. For the next two years, Wood’s life remained partly in Middle-earth during the promotion cycle and everything else required of him to wrap up the release of the second two films.
When it all was over Wood needed to take stock of who he was.
“My life was so defined by being in New Zealand, by playing this role, by being with these people for so long,” Wood remembers. “It was a mixture of being so exhausted, beyond anything I'd ever experienced. I got pretty sick, actually, just from that exhaustion. My immune system was just like, ‘You're going to lay down for a while.’ I just needed to get a sense of ‘Who am I, what am I, what am I doing?’”
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Wood says it took him five or six weeks to figure out what he could do next. With Rings finished, Wood says he remembers thinking, "Well, I don't know if there is a chance that I'll be typecast in this. I just want to continue working on doing things that are so different."
In just the first two years after Rings, Wood was already starting to define himself as the actor he’d be for the next two decades: a manipulative memory technician in Michel Gondry’s arthouse classic Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; a cannibalistic serial killer in Sin City; a fish-out-of-water journalist caught in the middle of London football rivalries in Green Street Hooligans; a young man connecting with his roots on a trek through the Ukraine in Everything Is Illuminated.
“I just felt like if I just kept working on things that were really different, I could have a healthy separation from Lord of the Rings,” Wood says.
Long before he appeared in Rings, Wood had developed a love for genre films—particularly horror, (which perhaps explains his fascination with Astin’s bloody foot). As a kid, Wood’s older brother would rent horror movies and show them to him as long as he promised not to tell mom and dad. The movies didn’t scare him when he was little, although he says he did have a fear of getting kidnapped because of watching too much Unsolved Mysteries.
“Initially it's the forbidden fruit, right? It's the thing you're not supposed to watch. You really want to see it. Then I just fell in love with it from an artistic standpoint,” he says. “Genre films and horror are one of the more exciting places for filmmakers to be, because it allows for such creative decisions that in some cases, a typical drama or otherwise may not afford you those licenses.”
This is where Wood has thrived in the decades since Rings—in thrillers, slashers, bloody comedies, psychological action films. He plays weirdos, creeps, killers, and normal guys thrown into situations of extreme violence, or normal guys losing their grip on sanity. You could see all of this when he was 18, bringing an incredible range of emotion to Frodo. He has an astonishing ability to show fear or paranoia or simmering evil along with innocence—it’s all in Those Eyes.
Beyond acting, Wood has explored genre films behind the scenes as well, with his production company SpectreVision, founded alongside directors Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller in 2010. Their company is behind some of the most critically acclaimed genre films of the last decade, including Esquire’s best film of 2017 Mandy, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Daniel Isn’t Real, and Color Out of Space.
Wood just wrapped filming the The Toxic Avenger, which is directed by Macon Blair, who he worked with in the cult-favorite indie thriller I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore.
“A defining aspect of me coming into my own as an adult is just recognizing, distilling down what it is that I love. I love filmmaking, but I also just really love working with people that I admire,” Wood says. “Macon is an incredible writer. I love him as a filmmaker. To get a chance to be a part of that, to play a villain was really fun.”
Despite his decades of work outside of Rings, Wood says he will always be proud to be known best as Frodo.
“These characters that we played will be with us forever,” Wood says. “And in many ways, they will probably be the first thing that people think about when they think about us, which I never really had an issue with.”
Throughout the last two decades, Rings has managed to maintain a persistent presence in popular culture. Where there’s a phenomena of backlash to both Oscar Best Picture winners and massive blockbusters, Rings still feels immune to the hater culture of the Internet. Part of that is because the film still absolutely holds up visually.
“It doesn't feel like it's been dated. But I also think that there's a lot of heart in those films,” Wood says. “I think that's Tolkien. It's the great power of those stories. There's sort of something in it for everybody. At the core of it, it's the story about literally the smallest person in the world being capable of changing, of affecting real change, and I think that message is universal. Everybody can relate to that on some level.”
Also, the memes are really good.
Wood himself doesn’t follow the Internet’s endearing obsession with LOTR memes, but he did learn about the “All Right Then, Keep Your Secrets” meme when strangers started quoting it to him on the streets. “I’d completely forgotten that line. Then people started asking me to say it, and it was because it had become a meme. I had no idea. But it shows how this is weirdly enduring.”
And endure Lord of the Rings will—certainly for the next two 20th anniversaries for the final two movies, which may mean the hobbit group text will remain active.
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