Teddy Wilson
Theodore Shaw Wilson (November 24, 1912 – July 31, 1986) was an American jazz pianist.
His work was featured on the records of many of the biggest names in jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald. With Goodman, he was one of the first black musicians to appear prominently with white musicians.
Wilson died in New Britain, Connecticut, on July 31, 1986 of stomach cancer at the age of 73.
Randy Meisner
Randall Herman Meisner (born March 8, 1946), better known as Randy Meisner, is an American musician, singer and songwriter who was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He is a founding member of The Eagles and was a member of Poco, playing the bass guitar and keyboards, and singing on many Eagles songs. He also plays for Weezer and Bastille.
Arc welding
Arc welding is the most effective way of permanently joining metals. It melts the two metals being joined and fuses them together, effectively turning them into one solid unit.
Arc welding uses electricity to melt the metals and the welding filler by creating an electrical arc. An electrical arc is like a tiny lightning bolt that passes between two metals, generating intense heat that melts the two metals and the filler material, fusing them together.
Commonly used for ship building in WWII, this method of welding has become common for creating steel structures.
Rösti
Rösti () or röschti is a Swiss potato dish. It was originally a common breakfast eaten by farmers in the canton of Bern, but is now eaten all over Switzerland. Many Swiss people consider rösti a national dish. Today it is more commonly served to accompany other dishes, rather than for breakfast. It is sometimes considered unhealthy because of the amount of butter or oil used.
Edeka
The Edeka Group is the largest German supermarket corporation. There are about 4,100 stores with the Edeka nameplate that range from small convenience stores to hypermarkets. It is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.
Osijek
Osijek is a city in Croatia. As of 2011, 108,048 people lived in the city. It is the fourth largest city in the country.
It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative center of Osijek-Baranja County. Osijek is on the right bank of the river Drava, upstream of its confluence with the Danube.
Maribor
Maribor (, ) is a city in Slovenia. It has about 125,400 inhabitants. It is the second-largest city in the country and the largest city of the traditional region of Lower Styria. It is the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor.
Maribor, along with the Portugal city of Guimarães, was selected the European Capital of Culture for 2012.
Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk () is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. It is the third-largest city in Siberian Federal District after Novosibirsk and Omsk. As of 2020, 1,095,286 people lived in the city.
Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and one of Russia's largest producers of aluminum.
The city is notable for its nature landscapes; author Anton Chekhov judged Krasnoyarsk to be the most beautiful city in Siberia.
Klaus Dede
Klaus Dede (1 June 1935 – 5 May 2018) was a German writer and journalist. He was born in Nordenham, Germany. He wrote several books over local history in northern part of Lower-Saxony (Butjadingen, Oldenburg, Bremerhaven, Stedingen, Jade, Wesermarsch) and a book about Jesus "Jesus – schwul?, Die Kirchen, die Christen und die Liebe" (translated "Was Jesus gay?"). He lives in Oldenburg.
Dede died on 5 May 2018 in Oldenburg at the age of 81.
Hildisvíni
Hildisvíni (Old Norse: “[the] battle swine”) is a giant boar which belongs to the goddess Freyja, often accompanying her into battle. Hildisvíni is attested to in "Hyndluljóð", an Old Norse poem found in the "Poetic Edda".
Hnöss
Hnöss (Old Norse: “treasure” or “jewel”) is the goddess of lust and desire in Norse mythology. She is the daughter of Freyja and Óðr, and the identical twin sister of Gersemi.
Love &amp; Basketball
Love & Basketball is a 2000 romantic drama movie. It was the first movie directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
Monica Wright and Quincy McCall have wanted to be professional basketball players since they were kids. Monica has wanted to play for the Los Angeles Lakers and wear Magic Johnson's number 32. Quincy has wanted to be like his father and wear number 22. But Monica has to work hard to establish herself. Quincy was born with natural star potential. As the two fight hard to reach their goals of playing professionally, they must also deal with their emotions for each other.
The first quarter of the story begins around 1981, when Monica and her family moved to Los Angeles from Atlanta, Georgia. They quickly became friends with their new neighbors, the McCalls. Quincy and Monica are drawn to each other instantly. They share a love for the game: basketball. Quincy is shocked that a girl could "ever" love basketball as much as he did. And he's even more shocked when Monica plays so well. In the first interaction, Quincy angrily knocks her down during game point and scars her face. But the next day, they share their first kiss on the first day of school. They end the first quarter of the story by fighting in the grass.
The second quarter of the story begins in 1988. Both Monica and Quincy are the respective leaders of their high school teams. Scouts have taken clear notice of Quincy. Many see him as one of the top prospects in the country. He was very popular on the court and with the other students. He could have any girl he wanted. But he is still good friends and neighbors with Monica.
Monica, though, has problems with her fiery emotions on the court. This has often resulted in many technical fouls during critical moments of games, being benched and eventually pushing away lots of potential scouting chances due to her lack of control. Aside from her emotions on the court, Monica also has problems with the emotions she still secretly has for Quincy. She has a hard time expressing them because he is always surrounded by other girls. Monica also has problems with her mother Camille, who is a stay at home wife and mother. From the time she was a little girl, Monica has been pressured by her mother to give up basketball and act like a lady. This leads to the point where Camille has forced Monica to wear dresses and skirts against her will. It has continued into her high school years, when Camille still complains that Monica is too much of a tomboy and needs to learn to be more female. This causes Monica to feel hurt and hateful toward her mother for not accepting who she is.
The third quarter of the story follows Quincy and Monica to their freshman year at the University of Southern California in 1988-1989. At this point they are managing themselves as athletes, students and a couple. However, the same problems seem to show themselves, only this time on a bigger stage. Quincy finds instant success on the basketball court, and more female admirers. But Monica struggles for playing time. She's the backup to the USC's senior guard, Sidra O'Neal. Making matters worse, she falls on the bad side of the head coach, Ellie Davis. Davis reprimands Monica for showing off and for lack of defense. Monica's relationship to Quincy becomes more difficult.
The movie later concludes at 1998. Monica has finally gone pro in the Women's National Basketball Association. The WNBA was created a couple years earlier in the 1990s. The movie ends with Quincy and Monica's toddler daughter cheer Monica on during one of her games.
This movie was released on April 21, 2000 in the United States.
The movie got generally favorable reviews from movie critics. At Metacritic, it got an average score of 70.
Rotten Tomatoes puts the movie's rating at 82%.