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[edit] About Me
Also Known As: Nelson Ricardo (real name), Brooklyn Nellie (older sig.), Nellie (my roommate/friend of 11 years calls me this; it irks me, but not so much since the rapper Nelly became known)
Wikipedian Since: August 17, 2003
Born and Raised: Yonkers, New York
Current Residence: Brooklyn, New York
Parents From: Serra do Bouro, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Education: Mount Saint Michael Academy, Bronx, New York; New York University (B.A. in economics)
Languages spoken: English (educated native); Portuguese (spoke at home with parents; no formal education; I might sound like a hick); Spanish (two years in high school; out of practice); Italian (two years in college; out of practice); Latin (two years in high school;except for word roots, it was pretty useless; can no longer decline or conjugate)
Birthday: January 22, 19XX
Age: Classified due to national security
Weight: See Age above
Web Site: http://www.nelsonricardo.com/
Employer: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (I created and have edited this article. I do so impartially (NPOV) and using publicly available information.)
Favorite TV shows: Queer as Folk (U.S.), Will & Grace, The Apprentice, many shows on BBC America and Game Show Network
Favorite Music: Mostly 80's. Erasure, Billy Joel, Pet Shop Boys, Madonna, many others
Aspiration: Either to get down to 180 pounds or convert most of my current weight to muscle' Oh, or to become a billionaire. Both are equally likely.
Countries Visited: Italy (Rome, Pompeii, Florence, Pisa), Portugal (Caldas da Rainha, Lisbon, Fátima, Nazaré, many others), Spain (Madrid, Granada, Seville) and Thailand (Bangkok, various side trips); (I have transited through London and Tokyo)
States Visited: California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Wisconsin; also District of Columbia (not a state)
Cities I would live in (aside from N.Y.): San Francisco, California and Madrid, Spain
[edit] My QuickLinks
[edit] Notable Contributions
This incomplete list contains articles I've created and existing articles to which I feel I have made a significant contribution.
[edit] New York (city and state)
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Bee-Line Bus System
- Bryant Park
- Brooklyn Law School
- Cross County Parkway
- Cross County Shopping Center
- Duane Reade
- Dyker Heights
- Herald Square
- Hudson River Museum
- The Journal News
- Kingsborough Community College
- Liberty Lines Transit, Inc.
- List of Brooklyn, New York neighborhoods
- Manhattan Mall
- New York Telephone
- New York State Bar Association
- NYNEX
- Park Hill, Yonkers
- Playland
- Political subdivisions of New York State
- Sixth Avenue
- Stern's
- Tisch School of the Arts
- Warren and Wetmore
- Westchester County, New York (plus fixes to various municiplaity/hamlet/CDP articles)
- Template:Westchester County, New York/Infobox
[edit] Portugal
- All the Names
- Caldas da Rainha (plus stub articles on its sixteen freguesias)
- Concelho
- Escudo
- Freguesia
- José Saramago
- Leonor of Viseu
- Lisboa e Vale do Tejo
- List of Cities in Portugal
- List of Concelhos of Portugal
- List of Freguesias of Portugal
- List of Towns of Portugal
- Oeste
- Porto de Mós
- Portugália
- Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro
- Rede Nacional de Expressos
- Regions of Portugal
- Rodoviária Nacional
- Serra do Bouro
- TAP Air Portugal
[edit] Business, economics, and finance
- ADERANT
- Butterball
- Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
- C-Town
- Federal Open Market Committee
- Finn Kydland
- John C. Bogle
- Key Food
- Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard
- List of law firms
- National Association of Insurance Commisioners
- ProClarity Corporation
- Reserve Bank of Fiji
- RiverSource
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Stella D'Oro
- Term sheet
- Uniform Task-Based Management System
- Waste Management, Inc.
[edit] Film and television
- Belle Epoque (film)
- Ben Miles
- Caroline Peters
- Carson Kressley
- Daniel Truhitte
- Deborah Van Valkenburgh
- I Heart Huckabees
- Jai Rodriguez
- Jeff Corwin
- Josiane Balasko
- Kate Isitt
- Knut Berger
- Kyan Douglas
- Lydia Cornell
- Lior Ashkenazi
- Ted Allen
- The Apprentice
- The Apprentice 1
- The Apprentice 2
- The Apprentice 2 Candidates
- Thom Filicia
- Walk on Water
- Wings (TV series)
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Cathy
- Cathy Guisewite
- Elkland
- Local administrative unit
- Template:User Brooklyn
- Teresa Heinz Kerry
- University Athletic Association
- Village