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Luke Campbell

Luke Campbell may refer to:
 * Uncle Luke (born 1960), aka Luke, rapper and 2011 Miami, Florida mayoral candidate
 * Luke Campbell (boxer) (born 1987), English professional boxer
 * Luke Campbell (director), British director, producer and writer
 * Luke Campbell, character in Heroes
 * Luke Campbell (volleyball) (born 1979), Australian Volleyball player
 * Luke Campbell (hurdler) (born 1994), German-American hurdler
 * Luke Campbell (rugby union, born 1992), Canadian rugby union player
 * Luke Campbell (rugby union, born 1995), New Zealand rugby union player

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Ako si John.

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Andy Abad

Fausto Andrés Abad (born August 25, 1972) is an American former professional baseball player. Listed at 6' 1" (1.85 m), 184 lb. (83 kg), Abad batted and threw left handed. He is also known as Tulile (to-lee'-leh) in the Dominican Republic.

Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, he is of Cuban descent as his father left Cuba during the Fidel Castro revolution. Before being drafted, he graduated from Jupiter High School in Florida, and then attended Middle Georgia College.

Professional career
Abad was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round (443rd overall) of the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his debut with the Gulf Coast Red Sox that year.

In 1994 he advanced to Single-A Sarasota Red Sox, where he hit .288. He remained in Sarasota through part of 1995, advancing to Double-A Trenton Thunder for whom he hit .240.

He was sent back down to Single-A Sarasota in 1996, and hit .287 for them before rejoining Trenton, where he batted .277.

In 1997 he hit .303 in 45 games for Trenton, while collecting the first of multiple .300-plus seasons.

Abad opened 1998 with Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox, where he hit .307 with 16 home runs and stole 10 bases. The next season, he hit 15 home runs and again posted 10 steals, but was released on October 15, 1999.

In between, Abad had three productive seasons for the Navegantes del Magallanes of the Venezuela Winter League between 1996 and 1999 and also played in the Caribbean Series.

He then went overseas, joining the Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Nippon Baseball League in 2000. Following the season, the Oakland Athletics signed him to a contract. He started with their Triple-A club, the Sacramento River Cats, where he had one of his best minor league seasons, hitting .301 with 19 homers and 92 runs batted in in 124 games. He then batted a .529 average during the 2001 Pacific Coast League playoffs.

Abad made his debut with Oakland late in September, appearing as a pinch hitter for Jeremy Giambi, resulting in a pop fly out. It was his only plate appearance of the year.

After the 2001 season, Abad was granted free agency and later signed with the Florida Marlins. He spent 2002 with their Triple-A affiliate, the Calgary Cannons.

In 2003, he returned with Boston and was assigned to Triple-A Pawtucket, where he posted a .304 average with 13 homers and 93 RBI in 124 games. He made both the International League and Baseball America All-Star teams that season.

He returned to the big leagues during the regular season for a little more than a week with the Red Sox. Appearing in nine games, he hit just .118 in 17 at-bats.

Abad was picked up by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2004. He hit .292 and 15 home runs with their Triple-A team Nashville Sounds. He was then released, and subsequently signed by the Cleveland Indians in 2005. He played the entire season with Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, collecting a .293 average with 85 RBI and a career high 20 home runs. At the end of the season, he was voted the team co-MVP along with Ryan Garko.

In 2006, Abad signed with the Cincinnati Reds and was included in the opening day 25 man roster. He went 0-for-3 with two walks in only five games and was demoted to Triple-A Louisville Bats, where he hit .267 with nine home runs and 32 RBI in 83 games. He was granted free agency and later signed by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2007. He then was assigned to the Nashville Sounds, for whom he hit .316 in 269 at-bats.

Abad became a free agent before the 2008 season. He was signed by the Pericos de Puebla of the Triple-A Mexican League. After playing 30 games for them, he was released in late April.

Abad also appeared as an emergency pitcher in six minor league seasons spanning 1994–2007. He posted a 3.86 earned run average in seven games, allowing four runs on 12 hits and one walk, including two homers, while striking out four batters in 10 innings of work.

Coaching career
In 2008, Abad was named the hitting coach for the Yakima Bears, a Low-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He later worked as a roving instructor for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2010.

He currently resides in Jupiter, Florida.

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Talk:Matt Cassel

Untitled
Preferably in Chiefs uniform. Nascarfans (talk) 18:09, 5 December 2009 (UTC) I'm going to try to swap this page with "Matt Cassel". I did goof with the spelling creating duplicate articles. --Maxjoe 02:07, 23 August 2005 (UTC) Sorry for the confusion. Hopefully everything is all cleared up now. The correct spelling is "Matt Cassel". --Maxjoe 02:17, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Careers stats
Anyone have any ideas for how to better present career stats? There should be a standard for all football players, I think the John Elway article is the best I've seen for it. Cryomaniac 22:20, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I just did that, looks much better now. Cryomaniac 19:35, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Testaverde
"Cassel is currently backup to Vinny Testeverde, but he is assumed to be retiring at seasons end, and resume his backup job at quarterback"

I removed this, because Testaverde was listed as the third (emergency) QB, even before Cassel assumed holding duties. [For Cassel to be Gostkowski's holder, he would have to be on the roster as the second QB.] Samer 21:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Someone changed this; again, even before Cassel became the holder, Testaverde was listed as the emergency QB. This would not have happened if he were second on the depth chart. Samer 13:59, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Cassel as starter
About all we know at this point is that, barring some truly bizarre developments, Cassel will start against the Jets in Week 2; even if a player said "He's our QB for the rest of the season," that's not a fact, just an opinion.

Also, I subordinated the individual seasons under "Professional career". Samer (talk) 16:28, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Impending free agency
FWIW, the information I included is not a violation of WP:CBALL; I'm not trying to say what will happen, but simply report what others have already said. Anything else I post on the subject will follow the same rule. Samer (talk) 16:31, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

From WP:CBALL (boldface mine): "Wikipedia is not a collection of unverifiable speculation. [...] It is appropriate to report discussion and arguments about the prospects for success of future proposals and projects or whether some development will occur, if discussion is properly referenced." That paragraph, as currently written, does exactly that, and is not a violation of WP:CBALL. Samer (talk) 00:12, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Need for cleanup
This is one of the poorest written articles i have seen. for instance the years seem wrong, and the middle school workout thing doesn't make sense. this article needs cleanup —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.228.149.134 (talk) 05:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Agreed, how does he lose the job to Leinart a year BEFORE Palmer wins the Heisman trophy??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.193.193.90 (talk) 12:19, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

the part about Heisman winner Jason White as true but . ..
The following part from Professional career: " .  .  Chow was surprised to learn the Patriots had drafted Cassel in the seventh round, with the 230th overall pick,[16] ahead of more accomplished college quarterbacks such as Timmy Chang and 2003 Heisman trophy winner Jason White.  .  "

 * I think Jason White was never drafted at all because he was correctly perceived as having knee problems. So, the young man had a great college career and then moved on to other pursuits in life.

 * So, regarding Matt Cassel, we are including something technically true, but not really relevant to Cassel's NFL career. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 20:23, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Career Highlights
He has had 2 back to back 400 yard games (Against Jets and Dolphins, weeks 11 and 12) so that should be under career highlights since he is one of only a few to do that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.163.44.249 (talk) 22:28, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Cassel as KC starter
While it's pretty darn obvious that Cassel is expected to be KC's starter when the 2009 season begins, Haley has explicitly said that he and Thigpen will compete for the job. Until he either starts a game, or the Chiefs make an announcement, it's a bit premature to anoint him the starter. Samer (talk) 04:09, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree. -- Frehley Space Ace 09:05, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Off the field
Matt Cassel has enjoyed much attention off the field since the injusy of Tom Brady. He has also been auditioning for movies such as Terminator and X-men and has sent his resume to VH1's surreal life Also Matt has been credited with recently creating a new Boy Scout chapter in the Kansas City area and has opened a John Stamos fan club. ~ the Associated Press —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.68.177.31 (talk) 22:53, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Then include it in the article. Seems fine.Kcchief915 (talk) 02:02, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

"Played"
Here's the reasons why it's not appropriate for "played" to be put in quotes. (1) WP:SCAREQUOTES makes the point that this is a practice to be avoided. (2) If we're being technical, he did play. He never started, but he did throw passes in real football games with USC. And (3) the section on his career makes it apparent what the quantity of his college career playing time was. Please don't use quotes in the lead to make a point already made. This is an encyclopedia article.--Cube lurker (talk) 15:24, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

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User:Peterwiki~enwiki

I'm ;-Peter. (The ;-P bit is a smiley).

Current Wikipedia-related interests include mythology, theology, philosophy, Terry Gilliam, Cardiacs and, er, that other thing.

Intend to add some mythology stuff + also a bit about Cardiacs lyrics and legend (e.g. the Jim! Jim! Jim! syndrome).

...soon...

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Michael Fitzpatrick

Michael, Mike, or Mick Fitzpatrick may refer to:

 * Michael Fitzpatrick (Australian politician) (1816–1881)
 * Michael Fitzpatrick (Kildare politician) (1942–2011), Irish politician
 * Michael Fitzpatrick (musician) (born 1970), French American musician
 * Michael Fitzpatrick (physician) (born 1950), British doctor and author
 * Michael Fitzpatrick (cellist) (born 1964), American cellist and composer
 * Michael J. Fitzpatrick (politician) (born 1957), American politician
 * Michael J. Fitzpatrick (diplomat), American diplomat
 * Michael R. Fitzpatrick, American judge
 * Mick Fitzpatrick (1893–1968), Irish politician
 * Mike Fitzpatrick (1963–2020), American lawyer and politician
 * Mike Fitzpatrick (broadcaster) (born 1973), Australian radio broadcaster
 * Mike Fitzpatrick (footballer) (born 1953), Australian rules footballer, administrator and businessman

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Tomás de Torres

Tomás de Torres was a Portuguese teacher of King John III of Portugal, an astrologer and an eminent doctor during the early 16th century in Portugal. He was satirized by Gil Vicente in one of his plays as Doctor Torres in the Auto dos Físicos (Play of the Physicians). He had an influence in Portuguese palace life, was one of the most prominent astrologers in Portugal, and influenced many astrologers including the ones that made great prophecies about King Sebastian's life that would take him to the Battle of Ksar El Kebir where he died leading Portugal to a dynastic crisis.

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Athens, New York (disambiguation)

Athens, New York, can refer to:
 * Athens (town), New York
 * Athens (village), New York

Not to be confused with Athens, Pennsylvania, which is near the New York border and part of the interstate Penn-York Valley.

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Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels/Shannara task force

Userbox
Now that this project is a task force of the Novels WikiProject, I've developed a userbox for the task force, in line with the other task forces on the WikiProject:

The code for it is quite long, but it is also consistent with the other task forces:

Feel free to use, modify or delete the userbox however you wish. Feel free to also add it to the task force page. Cheers. – Liveste (talk • edits) 05:38, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks! Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 05:44, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Allanon
Ummmmmmmm....help with the references???? I can't get ref name=... to work... Thanks.  the_ed 17  19:05, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll help. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 19:18, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Done. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 19:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you...I now feel like I should have been able to do that myself. =D  the_ed 17  15:25, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

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Minor Locations in Shannara
Hello, I would like to propose a reorganization of the page 'Minor Locations in Shannara.

1. Since many locations span multiple books ie Culhaven, Tyrsis etc. I think it should be organised wholly alphabetically rather than by book.

2. I also think the title 'minor locations in Shannara is a bit misleading as many locations are not at all minor. Therefore I propose that it be moved to 'list of locations in Shanarra' or 'locations in Shannara' or something similar. I noticed that currently a lot of the locations are spread out over a number or articles. I don't propose we merge all of them but that we have a general article to cover all of them and then link to the others if people want more detail.

I would like to know what people here think of my proposal, The Flying   Spaghetti Monster!  19:26, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Feel free to do with it what you want. :) They sound like good ideas, so carry them out! If you need any help, feel free to ask. =) Cheers! — Ed 17   for President  Vote for Ed  19:51, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Ok, I was bold and did it XD! It's not quite finished yet but I'm nearly done. I will add references tomorrow and other locations as well. Just going to check back on simple for a bit. - The Flying  Spaghetti Monster!  20:52, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks! Good job so far. :) — Ed 17   for President  Vote for Ed  01:46, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

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New Editor
Hey guys, new on Wikipedia, looking for some guidance on what to work on so I can figure out how to do things on my own initiative. Any place I am needed? :) --Shadowy Sorcerer (talk) 05:47, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
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Robert K. Sweeney

Robert K. "Bob" Sweeney (born May 29, 1949) is a retired New York Assemblyman first elected in 1988 to represent the 11th district, which includes Lindenhurst, Copiague, Amityville, Wyandanch, and West Babylon. He is a Democrat.

Sweeney is a lifetime resident of the district he represents and attended public schools in Lindenhurst. He earned a bachelor's degree from Adelphi University and a Master of Public Administration from the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. He served as the Lindenhurst Village Clerk from 1973 to 1988.

Sweeney was elected to the New York State Assembly in a March 1988 special election. He replaced Patrick G. Halpin, who was elected Suffolk County Executive in November 1987. He retired in 2014 and was succeeded by Kimberly Jean Pierre.

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Arvid Jacobson

Arvid Werner Jacobson (November 12, 1904 – April 1, 1976) was a Finnish-American communist who spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s.

Biography
Jacobson's parents were Finnish immigrants from Lapua, Ostrobotnia. Jacobson was born in Covington, Michigan and was working as a high school teacher in Northville when, in the fall of 1932, he was recruited to work for the Soviet Military Intelligence  by the Comintern agent "Mrs. Morton", a pseudonym of Aino Kuusinen, the wife of the Finnish communist leader Otto Wille Kuusinen.

With his wife Sally, he traveled to New York, where the fledgling GRU agent Whittaker Chambers was assigned the task of meeting Jacobson and making a fitness report. Chambers advised against using Jacobson as an underground agent because of his truculent temperament and the fact that he was missing fingers on one hand.

Nevertheless, the GRU sent him to Europe as part of an apparatus of Soviet agents, led by the wife of Alfred Tilton, that operated in Finland.

The Finnish police uncovered the group after the suspected army officer Vilho Pentikäinen fled to the Soviet Union with military secrets. Jacobson was arrested in October 1933, along with his wife Sally, and he promptly confessed to his role as an agent and revealed the existence of another Soviet apparatus working in Paris, which included Lydia Stahl and Robert Gordon Switz.

After a secret trial, the Finnish court sentenced Jacobson to six years imprisonment in April 1934. He was subsequently pardoned in July 1935 and extradited to the United States.

Career
Jacobson was hired to teach mathematics at Wayne State University in 1944. He became active in the field of computing, and in the late 1950s directed a program at Wayne State to develop a computer capable of translating between human languages.

Jacobson was a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and in 1958 he served with Saul Gorn, Melvin A. Shader, and Edmund Berkeley on an ACM committee investigating the social responsibilities of computer scientists.

He retired in 1966 and died in Novi, Michigan in 1976.

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Ninna-ji

Ninna-ji (仁和寺) is the head temple of the Omuro school of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. Located in western Kyoto, Japan, it was first founded in AD 888 by Emperor Uda, and was later reconstructed in the 17th century. It is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

History
Ninna-ji was founded in the early Heian period. In 886, Emperor Kōkō ordered the construction of the Nishiyama Goganji Temple to bless the nation and propagate Buddhist teachings, but he did not live to see its completion. Emperor Uda saw the construction to its completion in 888 and named it "Ninna" after the regnal year of the late Emperor Kōkō's reign. From 888 to 1869 it was traditional for reigning Emperors to send a son to the temple to take over as head priest when a vacancy arose.

After retiring from his throne, Emperor Uda became the first Monzeki, or aristocratic priest, of Ninna-ji. From then on until the end of the Edo period, the temple saw a succession of head priests of imperial lineage.

In 1467, the temple was destroyed by fire and fighting in the Ōnin War. It was rebuilt roughly 150 year later, thanks to the eldest son of Emperor Go-Yōzei, Kakushin Hosshinnō, who enlisted the help of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. The resurrection coincided with the rebuilding of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto and thus received imperial funding.

The tradition of having aristocratic or persons of imperial lineage serve as chief of the temple ended with the 30th Monzeki, Junnin Hosshinnō in the late Edo period.

Most of the surviving buildings date from the 17th century, and include a five-story pagoda and an orchard of late blooming dwarf cherry trees called the Omuro cherry trees that would grow to around 2–3 meters (10 feet) in height. The temple itself features some beautifully painted screen walls, and a beautiful walled garden.

Buildings

 * National Treasure of Japan
 * Golden Hall
 * Important Cultural Property of Japan
 * Pagoda
 * Kyōzō
 * Niōmon
 * Chūmon
 * Shōrō
 * Kannon-dō
 * Miei-dō
 * Chūmon of Miei-dō
 * Kyūsho-myōjin
 * Omotemon of Honbō
 * Ryōkaku-tei
 * Hitō-tei
 * Other
 * Chokushimon
 * Shinden
 * Reimeiden
 * Kuro Shoin
 * Shiro Shoin

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Talk:Allis-Chalmers

Minor edits, 2005
added some minor edits.

kansas abbrv. is ks, not ka.

np, though. :)

24.124.89.21 02:15, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

More edits, 2006
The name West Allis derives from Edward P. Allis,[6] whose Edward P. Allis Company was a large Milwaukee-area manufacturing firm in the late 19th century. In 1901, the Allis company became Allis-Chalmers, and in 1902 built a large new manufacturing plant west of its existing plant. The locale in which the new plant was constructed was at the time called North Greenfield, and prior to the 1880s had been called Honey Creek. With the building of the western Allis plant, the area was incorporated as the Village of West Allis, and it became the City of West Allis in 1906.[7] With the presence of Allis-Chalmers, the largest manufacturer in the area, West Allis became the largest suburb of Milwaukee in the early 20th century.[8] After that, West Allis grew quickly. Between 1910 and 1930, its population grew fivefold.[9] After 1965, the Allis-Chalmers company's fortunes had turned. By 1985, Allis-Chalmers's global workforce had shrunk to 13,000 from its peak of 31,000.[10] Since then, West Allis has had some success attracting other employers, such as Quad Graphics.[11]Made some edits myself. Have a few more I'm working on, later. Vegetaman 13:00, 15 August 2006

Tiny fraction, feeble, 2006
Tractors are a tiny fraction of the Allis-Chalmers story. With all due respect to the tractor buffs, this is pretty feeble at best. [unsigned]

Geographic Nomenclature
The Allis Chalmers conglomerate, named for the two founders, had major manufacturing facilities in a western suburb of Milwaukee, known for some time as West Allis. I'll let others fill in the details, but it's probably of encyclopedic importance to tie the city name to a founder of this company.

Elsewhere in wikipedia (under 'West Allis'): """""""The name West Allis derives from Edward P. Allis,[6] whose Edward P. Allis Company was a large Milwaukee-area manufacturing firm in the late 19th century. In 1901, the Allis company became Allis-Chalmers, and in 1902 built a large new manufacturing plant west of its existing plant. The locale in which the new plant was constructed was at the time called North Greenfield, and prior to the 1880s had been called Honey Creek. With the building of the western Allis plant, the area was incorporated as the Village of West Allis, and it became the City of West Allis in 1906.[7] With the presence of Allis-Chalmers, the largest manufacturer in the area, West Allis became the largest suburb of Milwaukee in the early 20th century.[8] After that, West Allis grew quickly. Between 1910 and 1930, its population grew fivefold.[9] After 1965, the Allis-Chalmers company's fortunes had turned. By 1985, Allis-Chalmers's global workforce had shrunk to 13,000 from its peak of 31,000.[10] Since then, West Allis has had some success attracting other employers, such as Quad Graphics.[11]""""""""Homebuilding (talk) 19:24, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Fuel cell tractor edits, 2006
I added a bulletin noting the Hydrogen fuel cell tractor Allis-Chalmers made in 1959. I cut and paste it directly from the Wiki on fuel cells. I think it is important that it is mentioned here. All deference to the person above, please add the history you know about Allis Chalmers to the wiki. I came here because I wanted to know more. Used to work in there plant in West Allis, but at that time it was owned by Siemens Bzhayes 01:31, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Underdeveloped, 2010
What about the Construction Machinery Division? Or the fuel cell kits used as a promo for the fuel cell group? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.179.234.242 (talk) 14:24, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Still underdeveloped, 2010
[Quoted from above:]

"Tractors are a tiny fraction of the Allis-Chalmers story"? "Feeble at best"?

With all due respect to the previous post I would like to say that without Allis Chalmers being involved in the agriculture equipment business then the "Allis Chalmers Story" would probably have ended back in the 1920's or 1930's. It was a big gamble for A-C to get involved in the production of tractors back in 1914. It took a long time for Allis to grow into a major power in the tractor business, but if not for the eventual success of the ag division then it is doubtful that A-C would have survived the Great Depression intact. I'll put it this way....if you ask 100 people who KNOW about Allis Chlamers, why they know about it, then I would bet that at least 80 to 85% of those people would say they know about Allis Chalmers because of the Persian Orange farm equipment that they see around the world still in service today. Sure the industrial equipment was well known.....Sure the power and energy stuff was great......It is true that many of the other things Allis Chalmers did was awesome, but if not for the backbone of the Ag Equipment Division then it is doubtful that the other projects would have had a chance to begin, because it was the sale of millions of farm tractors that kept the company in operation until 1985. -AllCrop90 VA

 * I agree that "tiny fraction" was a big exaggeration by that commenter. Not the whole story, true, but certainly at least half of it nonetheless. AC led the way in ag equipment in various respects (e.g., pneumatic tires in 1930s/40s, combine design 1930s through 1960s), and AC's position in the ag equipment industry in the 1930s to 1960s kind of reminds me of Chrysler's position in the automotive industry during the same era: not the biggest player, but possibly the one with the best engineering efforts. But that comment above was made over 4 years ago (in 2006), and keep in mind that Wikipedia even in 2006 was a lot skimpier than it is now. Maybe this article was pretty feeble at the time the comment was made. Even now it'd be cool if it were even better. But it ain't bad for free. And we all know what the answer is when someone bitches about lack of WP content development: "This is done by volunteers. No one's stoppin you from fillin in the gaps yourself, pal." Cheers, — ¾-10 02:49, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Golf carts
Did Allis-Chalmers build a whole series of golf carts or was it only a single prototype? --87.144.120.216 (talk) 17:45, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Expansion with refs, February 2013
I just did a large expansion of the article, with refs. It is no longer a stub with more gaps than coverage. But there is still plenty of potential for more expansion and more refs, though. It is easier to cover the details of the farm and construction lines than it is to cover those of the mill, mine, powerplant, and other industrial lines. But at least all lines are now introduced in the article. — ¾-10 22:10, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Deerfield plant
Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, but I'm having difficulty figuring where to post it asan FYI for real editor(s):

I'm not interested in editing/adding anything to this wiki myself, because I only have a vague idea of the dates. (I believe it was 1961-1963, but that's a guess. It was a long time ago ;) I have to comment on the lack of mention of the Allis-Chalmers plant in Deerfield, Illinois. (If I'm blind, please forgive my shortcomings. And I think I have the flu right now, so don't touch your monitor until you've debugged it. ;)) I know it was there because I worked at the plant in the early 60s. We assembled front-end loaders, and some time during the last year I was there they started making articulated FE loaders. I was kind of a jack-of-all-trades, pulling repair orders from the warehouse, driving the stake-bed truck to and from said warehouse, building crates for shipping large parts like axle assemblies, packing those assemblies for shipment, and near the end of my stint I was in charge of the parts yard where the big stuff was stored until a customer needed something.

A funny story: It got darn cold in the winter, and one day the temp was -23 degrees for a HIGH. Loaders were assembled to the point where the could be driven to the yard and parked until retrieved to fill an order. The drill in cold weather (they were 24-volt systems) was to bring a warm, fully charged battery out to the rig, install it, and then crank. If it didn't start the next step was to shoot starter fluid (basically ether) into the air cleaner while cranking. One unit was being exceptionally recalcitrant, and they kept spraying ether into the intake. (I was in my shack in the parts yard while this was going on - had an oil heater in there, so it was cozy.) Anyhow, all of a sudden there was this tremendous BANG. The crankcase cover/oil pan/whatever had blown clean off the block. I didn't follow up, but I imagine those two guys had a pretty bad day after that. Oh, and it probably wasn't funny to them. :D — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dscharfenorth (talk • contribs) 02:16, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

 * Ha ha! Poor guys. Thanks for the story. As you pointed out, Deerfield was missing from the "Former sites" section. I added it there. The article now mentions Deerfield in that spot and in the timeline (ctrl-f "Deerfield" to see them). Cheers, — ¾-10 00:06, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

Allis-Chalmers LaPorte Branch Strike in 1938 or 1939
My grandfather worked at Allis-Chalmers from the time they opened in LaPorte, Indiana until he retired. I found some pictures he took of the strike and the march, and some horsing around. I don't see any mention of this, would anyone be interested in looking into this? I think my grandmother later put the dates on the back and apparently she couldn't remember which year. I would be happy to share the pics. Starrcrossed (talk) 02:59, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

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Rosa Parks station (TriMet)

Rosa Parks is a light rail station on the MAX Yellow Line in the Arbor Lodge neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. It is the 6th stop northbound on the Interstate MAX extension. It was originally named North Portland Boulevard, but following the city's decision in fall 2006 to rename Portland Blvd. to Rosa Parks Way, TriMet indicated it would support the change by renaming the station, at a then-undetermined future date. The signs at the station continued to show the old name until Feb. 4, 2009, when a dedication ceremony was held, unveiling new signs renaming it as "Rosa Parks" station ("Way" being implied only). On TriMet's maps and other media, the station is shown as "N Rosa Parks Way".

The station is located in the median of Interstate Avenue near the intersection of N Rosa Parks Way. It has staggered side platforms, which sit on either side of the cross street, because the route runs around this station on Interstate Avenue in the median. Artistic elements at the station refer to Native American art.

Bus line connections
This station is served by the following bus line:
 * 44 - Capitol Hwy/Mocks Crest

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King of the Kill

King of the Kill is the fourth album by Canadian heavy metal band Annihilator, released in 1994. This was the first Annihilator album not released on Roadrunner Records, and marked a return to the thrash metal sound of their earlier albums, Alice in Hell and Never, Neverland, after the commercial failure of its predecessor Set the World on Fire, while also retaining some of that album's radio-friendly sound. King of the Kill was also the first of three consecutive studio albums to feature guitarist and bandleader Jeff Waters on both lead vocals and bass.

Credits

 * Jeff Waters – vocals, guitars, bass
 * Randy Black – drums

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groove metal
you have any sources that prove this, King Of The Kill has always been classified as heavy metal, speed metal, thrash metal and progressive metal groove metal ever more. diogo alvim (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:34, 10 November 2011 (UTC).

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Brian M. McLaughlin

Brian M. McLaughlin is a former American Democratic politician and labor leader from Flushing, Queens.

McLaughlin was a New York Assemblyman elected in 1992 to represent the 25th district in New York City. He was also elected, in June 1995, as the President of the Council on New York Labor.

McLaughlin was arrested October 17, 2006, on charges of stealing more than $2 million from the State of New York and labor unions. After his arrest, he announced that he would not run for re-election, and left office at the end of 2006.

In March 2008, he pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering and embezzlement. On May 20, 2009, he was found guilty of these charges and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.

Early life and family
McLaughlin was born in Inwood, Manhattan, New York, and grew up in Queens. His family moved to Brentwood, Suffolk County, New York on Long Island, when he was 10. His paternal grandfather, Miles McLaughlin, an electrician, was an immigrant from County Cavan, Ireland. McLaughlin's father was also an electrician, who worked for years as chief electrician at The New York Times. His mother held jobs at General Motors and Gertz department stores. None of his family went to college. Both McLaughlin's father and his paternal grandfather were union activists; Miles McLaughlin sat on labor leader Harry Van Arsdale's "Committee of 100".

In his high school yearbook, McLaughlin's stated career ambition was practical: electrician. He later dropped out of Bridgeport University and did become an electrician.

Electrician work and higher education
McLaughlin started his career as a journeyman electrician. He belonged to Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and was one of the union's business representatives. At a union meeting, he met labor leader Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., head of the CLC, who would become his mentor. Van Arsdale also came out of Local 3 of the IBEW, which was "long the most politically active building trades union in New York".

Van Arsdale convinced McLaughlin that a job as a unionized electrician and a college degree were not incompatible, and persuaded him to attend night school.

While McLaughlin was working as an electrician, he attended the Empire State College of the State University of New York and eventually graduated with a B.S. He also attended the New York Institute of Technology, where he earned a master's degree in Industrial Labor Relations. He later said that at this time he also worked on honing his leadership qualities.

According to The New York Times, Van Arsdale "tutored Mr. McLaughlin on the ins and outs of labor politics and electoral politics." In 1981, Van Arsdale "gave the ambitious young electrician a huge responsibility – to organize the first Labor Day Parade in the city in decades."

Eventually McLaughlin left his electrician job and went to work for the CLC.

Politics
In 2003, McLaughlin was quoted about his happenstance of being a politician, saying he entered "politics quite by accident... I don't particularly like politics, and I have no ego for it, quite frankly... I guess all of us would say it's disproportionately influenced by money. But in the end, it's a process where you have a limited opportunity to champion and better the situation of the people who elected you. And if you don't have determination, it's an unfriendly process."

Democratic district leader
McLaughlin, according to the New York Times, "was drafted into running for Democratic district leader in 1986 with the Queens Democratic Party in disrepair after the suicide of Donald R. Manes; he won by 86 votes."

New York State Assembly
In 1992, McLaughlin was elected to the New York State Assembly from the 25th Assembly District, which covers a portion of eastern Queens. He served as Chairman of the Democratic Conference and also sat on the influential Ways and Means Committee. While in the Assembly, he was author of the Sharps Bill, designed to prevent workplace injuries in the health-care industry. He was remembered as "not a particularly high-profile legislator; most of his influence was exerted as a union chief."

A February 2002 report noted that St. Ann's Athletic Association in Flushing had received $4,000 from McLaughlin for uniforms, equipment, and facilities, an appropriation he had introduced into the 1999 state budget. He stated, "Studies have shown that when kids play sports they are less likely to use drugs and get in trouble, and they are more likely to stay in school."

Mayoral ambitions
In 2003, there was speculation of a possible McLaughlin run for the New York mayor's office in the 2005 election. By October 2003, he had raised over $1 million of campaign funds for a possible run.

Labor Council
During McLaughlin's tenure at the Council on New York City Labor, he served as the assistant to the son of the first president of the organization, Thomas Van Arsdale. In 1986, Van Arsdale's father, Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., died, and he assumed his father's position in the organization as president.

The Labor Council today reigns as the largest municipal labor council in the country, a federation with 400 union locals and over 1 million members.

In June 1995, McLaughlin succeeded Van Arsdale as the president of the CLC in a landslide election; Thomas Van Arsdale floundered in the position and McLaughlin was charged with re-energizing the council.

The Labor Council represents laborers from a wide range of industries and enterprises. The union locals that belong to the organization "represent workers ranging from public school teachers to crane operators to employees at the Bronx Zoo, The council's main responsibilities are coordinating the various unions' political activities and placing labor's overall weight behind individual unions during organizing drives and strikes."

McLaughlin is also recognized for a number of achievements during his tenure at the CLC. He "was among the most influential labor leaders in New York City and in the state, providing pivotal early support for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's re-election and supporting the failed effort to build a football stadium on the Far West Side of Manhattan. He led the fight to keep Wal-Mart out of the city and lent strong support to transit workers" during a 2005 strike.

McLaughlin had also been courted by not just the mayor, but also bishops, corporate CEOs and real estate magnates, thus emerging "as a major player in some of the biggest municipal battles" of 2006, "including the transit strike and the West Side stadium fight."

As head of the Labor Council, McLaughlin led the annual Labor Day Parade. In 2001, he praised the selection of United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten as grand marshal of that year's parade. "Throughout the years, labor has focused on certain issues - the eight-hour workday, a livable minimum wage, the protection of Social Security. This year our attention will be on the need for quality public schools... Randi Weingarten has not only been an outstanding labor leader in this city. In a time where [sic] teacher bashing and finger-pointing, she has been a beacon in fighting for teachers and students."

On October 4, 2003, as New York chairman of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, McLaughlin presided over a rally of 100,000 immigrants and their supporters at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and spoke up for illegal-immigrant workers: "The labor movement is well placed to redefine itself around the needs of those who most need a labor union."

In 2004, McLaughlin protested Mayor Bloomberg's fiscal austerity, saying, "Now is the time to invest in our public employees who have not let us down... Years of privatization and productivity schemes from City Hall have gotten us nowhere."

In 2006, after McLaughlin's indictment, he was defended for his accomplishments; labor leaders  "credited him with reinvigorating the Central Labor Council in a city where unions were once far more powerful." One of the many local labor leaders to praise McLaughlin during his indictment, was most notably Randi Weingarten, President of the United Federation of Teachers: "Brian took over the Central Labor Council when it was at its lowest point in terms of power, prestige and stature and made it into an important institution again... One of his big strengths is that even if you're in a fight that's unpopular, he'll stand with you."

Moskowitz hearings on UFT contracts
In December 2003, it was understood that New York City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz had "garnered the undisguised ire of Randi Weingarten, the powerful head of the UFT and Brian McLaughlin" by "publicly airing the work rules that many education reformers have criticized for years."

When Moskowitz held hearings in November 2003 "on how union contracts imposed inane work rules on public schools and made it nearly impossible for principals to fire bad teachers," she "went toe to toe" with Weingarten, who arranged to have McLaughlin, a longtime friend and ally, at her side during the confrontation. McLaughlin, who had opposed the hearings, said that he was there "to remind the city council members that the entire labor movement in the city is watching them." Influenced by McLaughlin's presence, then City Councilman Bill de Blasio, a strong labor supporter who would later become mayor, "did what he could to distance himself from Moskowitz during the hearing."

The New York Daily News stated in an issue of November 2003, "McLaughlin did not testify. But with 1.5 million members in his labor council - many of them active, Democratic voters - he didn't have to. McLaughlin's show of political muscle demonstrated how unnerved the unions are by the hearings."

In November, 2003, McLaughlin gave a speech at Queens College criticizing Moskowitz's hearings. He accused Gifford Miller, the City Council Speaker, of making "--referencing to Eve Moskowitz--at the expense of the careers of "over 100,000 workers"—referencing New York public school teachers—who "were ridiculed in the process." McLaughlin, stating that labor had "built our city," simply saying that it was time "to get tough and play offense."

A local newspaper, attempting to make sense of the speech, stated: "Clearly, here was the labor candidate denouncing the anti-labor candidate in no uncertain terms in what will be recalled as the day the race for the 2005 Democratic mayoral primary got off the mark."

Other activism
McLaughlin was part of a coalition urging the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation to commit $1 billion in post-9/11 federal funding to the Liberty Jobs plan. He led the 2003 Labor for Democracy campaign in reaction to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's effort to increase voter participation by replacing the 2003 party primaries with a charter referendum proposal. "If not the labor movement," he said, "then who is going to stand up and speak out for the working people? Sure, I'm looking cynically at the mayor's proposal; this smells of politics. What's broken? What's he trying to fix? The medicine we're trying to give the patient is not what the doctor prescribed. It imperils democracy."

McLaughlin, in collaboration with Randi Weingarten, Rev. Al Sharpton and others, was part of a coalition that organized a march against police brutality. In 2003, he started, as the New York chairman of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, a campaign which called for "a road to citizenship, the reunification of families, a voice and dignity in the workplace, and the civil rights of all people." At the 2004 Republican National Convention, he worked with convention organizers to negotiate no-strike labor agreements, in order to secure the convention's venue in New York. However, during the convention, he organized a rally of unionists from a wide variety of trades to protest certain Bush Administration labor policies.

Indictment
In March 2006, the FBI raided McLaughlin's offices, making public the fact that he was being investigated.

In October 2006, McLaughlin was indicted on 44 federal counts, including racketeering, money laundering, bank and mail fraud, labor bribery, and embezzlement. He was placed under arrest. "He was accused of stealing from virtually every organization with which he was involved," said the New York Post.

At the news conference announcing the 186-page indictment, Michael J. Garcia, the United States Attorney for Manhattan, described the extent of McLaughlin's alleged financial misdeeds as "stunning in its breadth and scope," and said, "This case lends a new meaning to the term 'hand in the till'... "What we have here is really a story of greed."

The New York Times reported that McLaughlin had legally made "$263,600 in combined salaries and expenses as an assemblyman and labor council president." The Times further described the charges as "ranging from the Dickensian (stealing $95,000 from Little League baseball teams to pay his rent) to the brazen (creating two no-show jobs on his legislative payroll and keeping part of one salary)."

Labor experts expressed shock when hearing of the charges brought to McLaughlin. Labor historian Joshua Freeman, of the City University of New York, said, "If these charges prove true, it's certainly a blot on the union movement."

According to the charges, McLaughlin had stolen "more than $2.2 million from the state, his union, his political club, his campaign and a Little League." The Little League team in question, from which McLaughlin had allegedly skimmed $95,000, was run by the Electchester Athletic Association. He had reportedly "solicited donations for the team, which he founded, then took the money after it was deposited in one of the organization's bank accounts." According to the indictment, McLaughlin became furious "when he learned a team official tried to use $2,800 to pay for legitimate softball expenses," saying: "All that f-g money he's f-g spending on other stuff, that ain't his money... That's mine."

The indictment also alleged that McLaughlin got the United Way charity to fund a Commission on the Dignity of Immigrants program. It was reported that McLaughlin "put a relative in charge who funneled his $94,000 salary back to him."

The indictment charged that McLaughlin "took more than $140,000 from the street lights division of Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, for which he served as business representative," plus "$185,000 from the Central Labor Council, more than $35,000 from the State Assembly, and more than $330,000 from his own re-election committee." Moreover, it charged that "he illegally received more than $1.4 million from street-lighting contractors and other companies and that the lighting contractors gave him three cars — one of which he gave to his son and another to a second woman with whom he had a close personal relationship."

The indictment also charged that McLaughlin had "used subordinates as 'personal servants,' to take his dog to the veterinarian, hang Christmas lights, trap rodents in his basement and clean out his barn." He was "also charged with making an aide use his E-ZPass at tollbooths to make it appear that he had returned home from Albany later than he really had, allowing him to bill for daily allowances given to legislators." Moreover, he was "accused of using more than $330,000 from his re-election campaign funds to pay for personal expenses like a rehearsal dinner for his son's wedding, renovation of his $760,000 house in Suffolk County near Long Island Sound, payment of his country club membership fees and the purchase and installation of a plasma television for a female friend." In addition, McLaughlin was "charged with using stolen money for an $80,000 Mercedes-Benz for his wife, marina fees, school tuition for one of his children, rent payments on his Albany residence and rent payments on his Queens residence."

McLaughlin was also charged with accepting $450,000 in payments from Argent Electric, owned by former New York City Mayor Abe Beame's son, Bernard "Buddy" Beame, as part of a secret partnership dating back to 1999, when the city decided to switch from regular traffic lights to light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Argent sought the contract to provide the LEDs; McLaughlin, who as head of the CLC represented electrical workers, "could have failed to provide the number of electrical workers needed, or send people who weren't skilled," thereby sabotaging the contract. Beame "paid him to prevent that." In return for efforts by McLaughlin and an associate at the CLC on Argent's behalf, including pressuring contractors to buy LED units from a firm represented by Argent and encouraging contractors and CLC members to buy Argent products, Beame gave McLaughlin and his associate half of Argent's profits.

The indictment also accused McLaughlin of using the Street Lighting Association fund "as his personal piggy bank, routinely diverting money earmarked for union members to himself, relatives and close friends."

Post-indictment
According to federal authorities, most of the money McLaughlin stole reportedly "went to turn McLaughlin's home in tony Nissequogue, Long Island, into a mansion, complete with wine cellar and gazebo." Some of his ill-gotten gains "funded... 'personal relationships' with a number of women." One of these women, Eleanore Levitas, was allegedly paid sizable sums in 2000 "for 'consulting services' to McLaughlin's re-election campaign committee," was put on the CLC payroll, and was given "a no-show job with a street-light contractor."

Levitas "angrily denied" the charges involving her, describing herself as a victim of McLaughlin, but her step-uncle, Demetrius Pabers, told a reporter that McLaughlin had picked her up in a strip club in Queens, where she was stripping at the time, had showered her with money, and had given her a no-show job. She insisted that it had been a real job. "What upsets me is I look like his partner in crime. I'm nothing close to that."

Another one of the women whom McLaughlin had allegedly showered with gifts and cash was reported to be Sonia Menezes, "an attractive beauty-spa operator with whom he carried on a long-term relationship."

McLaughlin, represented by Jonathan Bach, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Federal District Court in Manhattan before Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV. It was noted that McLaughlin could face up to 500 years in prison if convicted of all charges.

After learning of the indictment, UFT president Randi Weingarten, a longtime friend and ally of McLaughlin, told the New York Times, "I've been walking around all day stunned." ... It's like when you hear someone you're close to has suddenly died. But nobody wants to jump to any conclusions." Weingarten suggested that perhaps the FBI had conducted the raid on McLaughlin's office as a means of pressuring him to provide evidence against others. She said she had just lunched with McLaughlin on the previous Wednesday and "was shocked to learn of the allegations... I don't think any of us know enough to judge anything today, other than that our hearts go out to Brian and his family."

Following the news of the indictment, the CLC's 32-member executive board voted unanimously to suspend salary payments to McLaughlin, who at the time was on a paid leave of absence. Weingarten, a member of the board, only said that the vote "speaks for itself."

Shortly after McLaughlin's arrest, he was reportedly described by his staffers as "the cheapest boss on two feet," who had "refused to pay Christmas bonuses and argued over paying a staffer's health insurance." In addition, he had compelled union workers to serve as his personal drivers. One McLaughlin staffer said, "McLaughlin never should have been allowed by a state ethics panel to simultaneously run a union and serve as state Assemblyman... In some twisted way, he thought it was OK."

In November 2006, McLaughlin was removed from his post as CLC president. He had already announced in January 2006 that he would not be running for re-election to the New York State Assembly.

In August 2007, it was reported that McLaughlin, who was out on bail pending trial, had been "last spotted a few months ago working as an electrician again for the first time in a quarter-century - this time making $46 an hour at an apartment house under construction on Manhattan's West Side." He was quoted as saying, "I'm back at work because I need to work."

Trial
In March 2008, McLaughlin entered a plea of guilty in exchange for a reduced potential sentence. Asked her opinion of this development, Weingarten said, "Brian McLaughlin was a colleague and a close friend... this is a sad day for him, his family, and the labor movement."

At his trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan, prosecutors "charged that Mr. McLaughlin had misappropriated more than $330,000 from his own re-election committee; $185,000 from the New York City Central Labor Council, which he led; and more than $35,000 from the State Assembly. They said he had created fictitious jobs within the labor council and on his own legislative staff, and took kickbacks from the jobholders."

After McLaughlin was found guilty in May 2009, federal prosecutor Daniel A. Braun asked for leniency, saying he had provided substantial assistance to the government. McLaughlin's lawyer, Michael F. Armstrong, said, "This is someone who at core is a good person who went terribly wrong, and who realizes that, and realizes it fully." McLaughlin apologized to the judge for his "improper conduct and criminal activity," saying that he made no excuses for it, but adding, "over the last three, three and a half years, I've had the opportunity to live the way I'd like to live my life." The New York Times described this as "an apparent reference to steps he has taken toward rehabilitation like attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, as well as cooperating with the government."

Judge Richard J. Sullivan, however, rejected requests for leniency, and sentenced McLaughlin to ten years in prison and a $25,000 fine. "You had every opportunity," said Sullivan, "and you used those opportunities and squandered them for your own benefit on a monumental scale." The prosecution's request for leniency was reportedly based on the fact that McLaughlin had aided in the investigation of other public officials who had committed crimes, such as fellow Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio, but Sullivan said McLaughlin's betrayal of public trust "outweighed any assistance he had given." Noting his receipt of dozens of letters supporting McLaughlin, including one from AFL-CIO president John Sweeney citing McLaughlin's "long record of service to the working men and women of New York City," Sullivan said that the portrait of McLaughlin painted by Sweeney and others did not jibe with the picture that emerged from courtroom evidence of "a man who so abused the trust of institutions and people who depended on him that it sort of staggers the mind." Sullivan added that McLaughlin's actions confirmed "the harshest critics of organized labor who accuse the leadership of corruption, and point to you as an example of that corruption." Sullivan ordered McLaughlin, who remained free on bond, to surrender on July 21.

Post-trial
In July 2009, electrical contractor Santo Petrocelli, Sr., of the Petrocelli Electric Company, pleaded guilty to making thousands of dollars in illegal payments to McLaughlin at the latter's request. Petrocelli said he had made the payments to avoid a worker slowdown. McLaughlin "controlled all the labor," Petrocelli said. "We certainly didn't want any problems with the local." The relationship between McLaughlin and Petrocelli, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan, had lasted from the mid-1990s through 2006, and had involved hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash payments, in return for which McLaughlin had used his position to benefit Petrocelli's business.

As of August 2011, it was reported that McLaughlin "promised to pay back everybody he stole from... Yet none of his victims - who are owed more than $845,000 - have been repaid." The sum included $90,085 owed to the Electchester Athletic Association's Little League team. He also owed $276,383 to the electrical workers' union, $268,821 to the NY Central Labor Council, $32,274 to the state Assembly, $19,475 to a Queens political club and $153,939 to Welsbach Electric of College Point. He had sold his Nissequogue, L.I. home for $652,000 and sold his $80,000 Mercedes, and in March 2010 had delivered a "$457,253 check to prosecutors with the expenditure marked 'preliminary order of forfeiture'"; yet as of August 2011 still had "more than $285,000 in the campaign war chest - sitting in a tax-free bond account earning interest."

Alleged paramours
There were multiple implications and testimonies of McLaughlin's extra-marital engagements with multiple women. The most notable were New York City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, Eleanore Levitas (an alleged stripper who took a "no-show" job for a paycheck),

Awards
McLaughlin won the Labor Achievement Award, presented by New Democratic Dimensions.

Personal life
Brian McLaughlin and his wife Eva have five children: Brian, Kelly, Robert, Cassie, and Meaghan McLaughlin. At the time of his indictment, he had an apartment in Queens; a house in Nissequogue, New York, purchased in 2003 for $760,000; a home in Melbourne Beach, Florida, bought for $81,000 in 1999, and a residence in Albany, New York.

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Na Tum Jaano Na Hum

Na Tum Jaano Na Hum is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film starring Saif Ali Khan, Hrithik Roshan, and Esha Deol. This was the first instance of Khan and Roshan appearing in the same film. The film was directed by Arjun Sablok and produced by Future Group owner Kishore Biyani. The title of the film was taken from a song of Roshan's debut film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000). Upon release, it met with highly negative reviews and was a box office disaster despite having a stellar cast.

Plot
Esha Malhotra is a bright, spirited girl who has just left college. She finds a note from a past student of her school that coincides with her own feelings of love. She calls into a radio station and requests a song, repeating the words left on the note. An anonymous man calls in soon after, stating that he is the one who had written the letter and he would like to meet her someday since they seem to have the same feelings about love and other aspects in life. The radio announcer sets up a date and time for their meeting at the radio station. The man arrives but finds only a letter waiting for him. The letter does not state her name or address, only a post box number to which she requests him to write so that they can be friends. The correspondence begins. The man turns out to be a photographer and commercial pilot Rahul Sharma. They do not meet, exchange numbers, or tell their names but continue to write to each other. Fate brings the two together when Esha hires Rahul to be their photographer for a campaign. Of course, she didn't know it was him nor he did that it was her.

Esha's grandfather wants her to get married and thus he arranges for her to meet Akshay Kapoor, a flirt and womaniser who also happens to be Rahul's best friend. Esha has fallen in love with her pen pal and does not want to marry Akshay. However, Akshay is falling for Esha. A lovestruck Rahul arranges to meet the one to whom he writes letters. Much to his shock though, he finds out it is Esha. Because of his friendship with Akshay, who is deeply in love with Esha, Rahul decides to forget her. Esha, unable to contact her anonymous love, agrees to wed Akshay. Rahul leaves for Vancouver the day before the wedding, vowing never to be seen again.

Four years later, in a mall in Canada, Rahul meets Akshay, who now has a son. Rahul thinks he is about to meet Esha but instead meets Akshay's former girlfriend Tanya, who is now his wife. Akshay explains that he could not marry Esha in the end because she still loves her mystery writer. Suddenly, a group of workers in the mall carry in a large portrait of Esha, and Akshay realises that Rahul is the mystery writer Esha fell in love with. He urges Rahul to hurry back to India so Rahul does so and reunites with Esha.

Cast

 * Saif Ali Khan as Akshay Kapoor
 * Hrithik Roshan as Rahul Sharma
 * Esha Deol as Esha Malhotra
 * Alok Nath as Sanjay Malhotra, Esha's grandfather
 * Ashima Bhalla as Tanya
 * Bhavna Ruparel
 * Rati Agnihotri as Maya
 * Moushumi Chatterjee as Mrs. Malhotra, Esha's mother
 * Shilarna Vaze as Riya, Esha's Best friend
 * Anang Desai as Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor, Akshay's father
 * Smita Jaykar as Mrs. Kapoor, Akshay's mother
 * Shilpa Saklani as Tina (Special appearance)

Production
Saif Ali Khan has stated in an interview that he was advised against sharing screen with Roshan by fellow actor Salman Khan due to Roshan's immense popularity at the time.

Soundtrack
According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 9,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fifteenth highest-selling.

Reception
The film, which was funded by retail magnate Kishore Biyani, was a critical and commercial failure.

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Catherine Nolan

Catherine T. Nolan (born March 12, 1958) is a former American politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the New York State Assembly. From 1985 to 2022, Nolan represented the 37th Assembly District, which includes the Queens neighborhoods of Sunnyside, Ridgewood, Astoria, Woodside, Long Island City, Maspeth, Queensbridge, Ravenswood, Dutch Kills and Blissville.

Nolan has lived in her district for most of her life and graduated from the St. Aloysius R.C. School and Grover Cleveland High School. She received a B.A. degree (cum laude) in political science from New York University.

She was first elected to the Assembly in 1984. Nolan was a member of the Democratic leadership in the Assembly and served as chair of both the Labor and Banking Committee during her career.

In January 2006, Nolan was appointed as chair of the Assembly Standing Committee on Education. She was also a member of the highly influential Rules and Ways & Means Committee.

She ran uncontested in the 2008 general election and won the 2010 general election with 84 percent of the vote. She did not run for re-election in 2022.

Nolan resides in Ridgewood with her husband, Gerard Marsicano, and son Nicholas.

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