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Senators Of Berlin
A senator is a member of a senate, a type of deliberative body. Senator(s) or The Senator may also refer to: People * Senator (bishop of Milan) (died 475), also known as Senator of Settala * Senator (consul 436), a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire * Henry of Castile the Senator (1230–1303), Castilian infante; the fourth son of Ferdinand III of Castile by Beatrice of Swabia *"The Senator", nickname for American jazz bassist Eugene Wright, member of The Dave Brubeck Quartet * Hermann Senator (1834–1911), German internist physician * Ronald Senator (1926–2015), British composer Sport teams * Ottawa Senators, a Canadian ice hockey team * Senadores de San Juan, a Puerto Rican baseball team * Senators Baseball Club, a 1946–1947 Japanese baseball team, now the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters * Tokyo Senators (1936–1939), later the Nishitetsu Baseball Club and other names, a defunct Japanese baseball team dissolved in 1943 * Washington Senators (1891–1899), a defunct U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senator
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the elder" or "old man") and therefore considered wiser and more experienced members of the society or ruling class. However the Roman Senate was not the ancestor or predecessor of modern parliamentarism in any sense, because the Roman senate was not a de jure legislative body. Many countries have an assembly named a ''senate'', composed of ''senators'' who may be election, elected, appointed, have inheritance, inherited the title, or gained membership by other methods, depending on the country. Modern senates typically serve to provide a chamber of "sober second thought" to consider legislation passed by a lower house, whose members are usually elected. Most senates have asymmetrical duties and powers compared w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senator (sternwheeler)
''Senator'' was a stern-wheel-driven steamboat which operated on the Willamette River in the state of Oregon from 1863 to 1875. Senator is chiefly remembered for its having been destroyed in a fatal boiler explosion in 1875 while making a landing at the Portland, Oregon waterfront in 1875. Construction ''Senator'' was built in 1863 at Milwaukie, Oregon by shipbuilder John T. Thomas (1808-1890) for steamboat captain Joseph Kellogg. The steamer made its trial trip on January 22, 1864. The dimensions of the hull were length 123 feet; beam (width) 21 feet; depth of hold 5.0 feet; draft light (unloaded) 22 inches. Gross tonnage in 1874 for Senator was 297.99. The official merchant vessel registry number for ''Senator'' was 23148. Engineering The machinery for ''Senator'' came from the steamer ''Surprise'', which had been built at Canemah, Oregon in 1857. The boat was powered by two single cylinder steam engines, each with a bore diameter of 12.25 inches and a stroke of 48 inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Senator (tree)
The Senator was the biggest and List of oldest trees, oldest Taxodium distichum, bald cypress tree in the world, located in Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida. At the time of its demise in 2012, it was approximately 3,500 years old, tall, and with a trunk diameter of . In 2012, the tree was killed when a meth addict started a garbage fire inside the hollow trunk so she could see the crystal meth she was trying to smoke. Background As of 1993, the Senator was estimated to be 3,500 years old, making it the 12th List of oldest trees , oldest tree in the world. The tree's volume had previously been estimated at , but a 2006 survey by Will Blozan of the Native Tree Society has measured the volume at well over , making The Senator not only the largest Bald Cypress in the United States, but also the largest tree of any species east of the Mississippi River. History The Seminoles and other Native American groups who lived throughout Central Florida used this tree as a landmark. In the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senator Theatre
The Senator Theatre is a historic Art Deco movie theater on York Road in the Govans section of Baltimore, Maryland. It is the oldest operating movie theater in central Maryland and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Baltimore City Landmark. Managers Buzz and Kathleen Cusack renovated the theater and reopened it on October 15, 2010. The theater closed again for more renovations on April 26, 2012. It has since reopened, with three smaller theaters adjacent to the main one. It shows first run movies as well as classics. Architecture The Senator Theatre is an Art Deco landmark built by E. Eyring for Durkee Enterprises at an original cost of $250,000. It opened to the public October 5, 1939. The first movie it featured was '' Stanley and Livingstone'', starring Spencer Tracy and Nancy Kelly. The architect, John Jacob Zink, designed the Senator with a circular upper structure of glass blocks and limestone. Multicolored backlighting of the gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Senator (other)
Hotel Senator or Senator Hotel may refer to: ;Canada * Hotel Senator (Saskatoon) ;United States * Senator (Atlantic City hotel) * Senator Hotel, in Sacramento, California {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roshel Senator
The Roshel Senator is a wheeled military armoured car produced by Roshel of Canada, based on a Ford F-550 chassis. As an APC, it is designed to protect against small arms fire. While designed as effectively a highly versatile SWAT platform, for peacekeeping and law enforcement activities, it is capable of light duty as an armoured personnel carrier (APC) or infantry mobility vehicle (IMV). Roshel classifies it as an APC. History Production began in April 2018, with the vehicle entering service later that year. In 2020, during the Crew Dragon Demo-2 test flight, Senators were used to securely transport astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. In 2022, many newly built Senators were shipped to Ukraine as part of military aid packages to the Ukrainian government during the Russian invasion. Some of the donated Senators have been deployed by the State Border Service of Ukraine. In response to the increase in demand, Roshel plans to ramp up production to 1,000 vehicl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opel Senator
The Opel Senator is a full-size executive car (E-segment) produced by the German automaker Opel, two generations of which were sold in Europe from 1978 until 1993. A sedan (automobile), saloon, its first incarnation was also available with a fastback coupé body as the Opel Monza and Vauxhall Royale Coupé. The Senator was, for its entire existence, the flagship saloon model for both Opel and Vauxhall. Through the international divisions of General Motors, it was also known in various markets as the Chevrolet Senator, Daewoo Imperial (in South Korea), Vauxhall Royale (until 1983) and Vauxhall Senator (which took the place of the Royale on Vauxhall models when the Opel brand was phased out from 1983). It was also sold as the Opel Kikinda in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, where it was produced under licence by IDA-Opel in Kikinda, Serbia, after which it was named. The original Senator was a ''de facto'' replacement for Opel's KAD cars (the Opel Kapitän, Ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chappaquiddick (film)
''Chappaquiddick'', sometimes known as ''The Senator'', is a 2017 American political drama film directed by John Curran, and written by Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan. The film stars Jason Clarke as U.S. Senator from Massachusetts Ted Kennedy and Kate Mara as Mary Jo Kopechne, with Ed Helms, Bruce Dern, Jim Gaffigan, Clancy Brown, and Olivia Thirlby in supporting roles. The plot details the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident, in which Kennedy's negligence caused an automobile accident which resulted in the death of his 28-year-old passenger Mary Jo Kopechne trapped inside the vehicle, and the Kennedy family's response. Principal photography began in Boston, in September 2016. The film originally premiered at the Gala Presentations section at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2017, and was released in the United States on April 6, 2018, by Entertainment Studios. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for its balanced screenpl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Senator
A senator is a member of a senate, a type of deliberative body. Senator(s) or The Senator may also refer to: People * Senator (bishop of Milan) (died 475), also known as Senator of Settala * Senator (consul 436), a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire * Henry of Castile the Senator (1230–1303), Castilian infante; the fourth son of Ferdinand III of Castile by Beatrice of Swabia *"The Senator", nickname for American jazz bassist Eugene Wright, member of The Dave Brubeck Quartet * Hermann Senator (1834–1911), German internist physician * Ronald Senator (1926–2015), British composer Sport teams * Ottawa Senators, a Canadian ice hockey team * Senadores de San Juan, a Puerto Rican baseball team * Senators Baseball Club, a 1946–1947 Japanese baseball team, now the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters * Tokyo Senators (1936–1939), later the Nishitetsu Baseball Club and other names, a defunct Japanese baseball team dissolved in 1943 * Washington Senators (1891–1899), a defunct U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Senator (play)
''The Senator'' was a popular 1890 comedic play by David D. Lloyd and Sydney Rosenfeld, also made into a 1915 silent film. Play Rosenfeld, a prolific writer and adapter of plays, completed the play after Lloyd died; it is not known for sure how much Rosenfeld did to revise the text. He himself claimed to have made major revisions (though acknowledging the unfairness of claiming such when Lloyd could not dispute it), while some critics suggested he just made minor alterations, perhaps supposing that Rosenfeld himself was not capable of producing such fine product. After initial performances outside New York (it was first performed in St. Louis)(26 November 1889)Mr. Crane in Boston ''The New York Times'' it debuted at the Star Theatre on Broadway on January 13, 1890, and ran for 119 performances.Fisher, James & Felicia Hardison LondrThe A to Z of American Theater: Modernism p. 427 (Scarecrow Press 2008) ()(11 May 1890)The Senator's Farewell: Theodore Moss's Expensive Present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Senator
SS ''Senator'' was a steel-hulled Lake freighter, Great Lakes freighter that sank on Lake Michigan with the loss of nine lives and 268 Nash Motors, Nash automobiles, on Halloween of 1929 after she was rammed in heavy fog by the bulk carrier ''Marquette''. She lies in of water 16 miles northeast of Port Washington, Wisconsin. On April 12, 2016 her wreck was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, National Register of Historic Places. History ''Senator'' (Official number 116725) was built in 1896 by the Detroit Dry Dock Company of Wyandotte, Michigan. Her hull had an Length overall, overall length of , and she was Length between perpendiculars, between her perpendiculars, her Beam (nautical), beam was wide and her cargo hold was deep. She had a gross register tonnage of 4048.75 tons and a net tonnage of 3178.66 tons. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine which was fueled by two coal-burning Scotch marine boilers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senator (1898 Ship)
''Senator'' was a steel-hulled steamship launched in 1898. She served as a troopship during the Spanish–American War, Spanish-American War and was an important part of the Nome Gold Rush, Nome gold rush. She spent thirty years in the coastwise shipping trade between Alaska and San Diego, until she was scrapped in Osaka, Osaka, Japan in 1935. Construction ''Senator'' was built for the Pacific Coast Steamship Company at Union Iron Works in San Francisco. She was launched on March 19, 1898 and was christened by Miss Ella F. Goodall. ''Senator'' was long, with a beam of . Her hold was deep. Her hull was made from steel plates riveted together. The ship had a double bottom to reduce flooding danger in the event of an accident. As originally launched, ''Senator'' had 26 first-class staterooms and a similar number of second class cabins for a capacity of 110 cabin passengers and 300 steerage passengers. There were separate dining salons for first and second class passengers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
