Michael A. Smerconish (born March 15, 1962) is a talk show host. He has a radio program on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. He has a television program on Cable News Network (CNN). He is a lawyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the law firm Kline and Specter. Smerconish is a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He has often been a guest host for other talk show hosts. This includes Joe Scarborough of MSNBC and Bill O'Reilly of Fox News Network.
Smerconish had worked for the campaigns of Republicans in the past. He had voted Republican. In 2008, he said he would vote for the Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. He made this announcement on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews". On August 20, 2009, Smerconish became the first talk radio host to broadcast live from the Obama White House. That show which included an interview with the President. The interview was held in the Diplomatic Reception Room. That is where President Franklin D. Roosevelt's fireside chats were held. The President took questions from Smerconish and his listeners on a variety of subjects. One subject was the recent debates on the pending Healthcare Reform Bill. Smerconish has interviewed Obama six other times.
In 2010, Smerconish said in the "Huffington Post" that he had switched his party registration from Republican to independent. When it was said that David Duke had been tied to Republican House leader Steve Scalise in the past, Smerconish interviewed Duke to discuss this.
Smerconish has written several books. Two of them were on "The New York Times" Best Seller list.
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Swedish Volleyball Federation
Swedish Volleyball Federation () is a special sports association for volleyball in Sweden. It was established on 3 June 1961 It was appointed into the Swedish Sports Confederation in 1961. It is based in Solna.
It represents Sweden with national teams like the Sweden men's national volleyball team and the Sweden women's national volleyball team.
Lidingö SK
Lidingö SK is a sports club in Lidingö in Sweden. The men's volleyball team won the Swedish national championshis 18 times between 1966 and 1981. The team then won again in 1987 and 1990.
The men's junior volleyball team won the Swedish national championship for four times in a row between 1975 and 1978.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a government-chartered corporation that operates public transportation in the U.S. state of New York. The MTA runs buses and trains in 12 counties in southeastern New York. It also runs in two counties in southwestern Connecticut. On weekdays, about 11 million passengers use MTA buses and trains. Over 800,000 vehicles use its seven tolled bridges and two tunnels daily.
The MTA was chartered by the New York state government in 1965. In 1965, it was called the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority (MCTA). The MTCA was made by Governor Nelson Rockefeller to buy and run the Long Island Rail Road, which run out of money. The MCTA became the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in 1968. In 1968, it combined the operations of the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA), which are now MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) and MTA Bridges and Tunnels (B&T).
The MTA also took the lease of the Penn Central Transportation's Hudson, Harlem and New Haven commuter rail lines until 1976. In 1976, Conrail took over Penn Central. The MTA did not run these commuter rail lines by itself until 1983. In 1983, it formed the Metro-North Commuter Railroad from the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven lines.
MTA Bridges and Tunnels is the largest bridge and tunnel toll agency in the United States. More than a million people use its bridges and tunnels each day. MTA Bridges and Tunnels collect $900 million from tolls each year.
The seven bridges are:
The two tunnels are:
The New York City Transit Authority has 7 million riders per day, or over 2 billion a year.
The NYCTA runs:
Sävsjö BK
Sävsjö BK was a bandy club in Sävsjö in Sweden. It was established in 1971. Jonas Claesson played for the team. He debuted for the team in Division 2 as a 13 years old. At age 14 he switched to Vetlanda BK.
The women's team has played two seasons in the Swedish top division., 1972/1973 and 1973/1974.
Deng Liqun
Deng Liqun (November 27, 1915 – February 10, 2015) was a Chinese former official and high-ranking member of the Communist Party of China. Deng was born in Guidong County, Hunan province, and joined the Party in 1936. Later, he served as secretary to President Liu Shaoqi.
Donald H. Clausen
Donald Holst "Don" Clausen (April 27, 1923 – February 7, 2015) is a former U.S. Representative from California. He served in the office for twenty years from 1963 through 1983. Clausen was a member of the Republican Party.
Clausen died on January 7, 2015 in Fortuna, California, aged 91.
Waterview Tower
111 W. Wacker (formally Waterview Tower) is a skyscraper under construction in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. The original plan called for it to be tall.
Regents Park (Chicago)
Regents Park is a 1,026 unit, upscale apartment complex in the Indian Village section of the Kenwood community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
Gustaf Nordqvist
Gustaf Nordqvist, born 12 February 1886 in Stockholm, Sweden, dead 28 January 1949 in Stockholm, Sweden was a Swedish composer, church musician and professor. He wrote music for the Christmas song "Jul, jul, strålande jul".
Edvard Evers
Edvard Evers (born May 12, 1853 in Uddevalla, Sweden, died October 22, 1919 in Stockholm) was a Swedish hymn writer and priest. He is best known for writing the lyrics for the Christmas song "Jul, jul, strålande jul".
Gideonsbergs IF
Gideonsbergs IF is a sports club in the town of Västerås in Sweden. The club was established in 1955. It started a women's soccer section in 1971. The women's soccer team won the Swedish national championship in 1992. and the Swedish Cup in 1993.
The women's bandy team has played two seasons in the Swedish top division,
Öxabäcks IF
Öxabäcks IF is a sports club in Öxabäck in Sweden. It was established in 1931. The women's soccer section was established in 1966 as one of the earliest women's soccer teams in Sweden. The club adopted the name "Öxabäck/Marks IF" in 1991 to show up more of its connections with Mark Municipality. Some years later it adopted the previous name.
The women's soccer team won the Swedish national championship in the years of 1972 (unofficial), 1973, 1975, 1978, 1983, 1987 and 1988. and the Swedish Cup in the years of 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1991. The club was relegated from Damallsvenskan during the 1998 season.
The floorball section merged with Örby IF and Berghems IF in 1999 to create "Team Tygriket 99".Team Tygriket 99 later became IBK Tygriket 99.
Transcription factor
Transcription factors help to regulate genes. Each transcription factor binds to a specific DNA sequence. That is how they control the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA.
A transcription factor is sometimes called a 'sequence-specific DNA-binding factor'. Alone or with other proteins, they promote or block RNA polymerase. RNA polymerase is the enzyme that copies genetic information from DNA to RNA for specific genes.
Transcription factors have one or more DNA-binding domains (DBDs). These attach to sequences of DNA next to the genes they regulate. Other proteins (such as coactivators, chromatin remodellers, histone acetylases or deacetylases, kinases, and methylases) also play crucial roles in gene regulation. Because they lack DNA-binding domains, they are not called transcription factors.
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Norman Stansfield
Norman Stansfield (also known as Stansfield) is a fictional character and the main villain of Luc Besson's 1994 movie "". He is played by Gary Oldman.