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Flower Fairies of the Spring Blackie 1923 |
Flower Fairies of the Summer Blackie 1925 |
Child Thoughts in Picture and Verse by M. K. Westcott Blackie 1925 |
Flower Fairies of the Autumn Blackie 1926 |
The Book of the Flower Fairies Blackie 1927 |
Old Rhymes for All Times Blackie 1928 |
The Children ’ s Book of Hymns Blackie 1929 rep . 1933 |
Our Darling ’ s First Book written in collaboration with Dorothy Barker Blackie 1929 |
The Little Picture Hymn Book Blackie 1933 |
A Little Book of Old Rhymes Blackie 1936 |
He Leadeth Me written in collaboration with Dorothy Barker Blackie 1936 |
A Little Book of Rhymes New and Old Blackie 1937 |
The Lord of the Rushie River Blackie 1938 |
Flower Fairies of the Trees Blackie 1940 |
When Spring Came In at the Window Blackie 1942 |
A Child ’ s Garden of Verses Robert Louis Stevenson Blackie 1944 |
Flower Fairies of the Garden Blackie 1944 |
Groundsel and Necklaces Blackie 1946 reprinted as Fairy Necklaces |
Flower Fairies of the Wayside Blackie 1948 |
Flower Fairies of the Flowers and Trees Blackie 1950 |
The Flower Fairy Picture Book Blackie 1955 |
The Sand the Sea and the Sun Gibson 1970 |
Flower Fairies of the Winter Blackie 1985 |
Flower Fairies of the Seasons <unk> / Blackie 1988 |
A Little Book of Prayers and Hymns Frederick Warne 1994 |
A Flower Fairies Treasury Frederick Warne 1997 |
Wild Cherry Makes A Wish collaboration with Pippa Le Quesne Frederick Warne 2006 |
How to find Flower Fairies Frederick Warne 2007 |
A New Epiphany Society for the Preservation of Christian Knowledge 1919 |
Cradle roll design St. Edmund's Pitlake 1922 |
Banner design St. Mary's <unk> 1923 |
The Feeding of the Five Thousand reredos triptych chapel at Penarth Wales 1929 |
The Parable of the Great Supper triptych St. George's chapel Waddon |
The Seven Sacraments baptismal font panels St. Andrew's Croydon |
St. John the Baptist central banner panel <unk> church 1943 |
Lettering sword and shield mount for a list of men and woman serving in the Forces St. Andrews Croydon 1943 |
<unk> rolls St. Andrews Croydon 1948 1962 |
The font in St Andrew's Church South Croydon |
Out of Great Tribulation memorial chapel Norbury <unk> church 1948 |
I Am Among You As He That <unk> stained glass window design St. Edmund's Pitlake 1962 |
The Gambia women's national football team represents the Gambia in international football competition . The team however has not competed in a match recognised by FIFA the sport's international governing body despite that organised women's football has been played in the country since 1998 . The Gambia has two youth teams an under - 17 side that has competed in FIFA U - 17 Women's World Cup qualifiers and an under - 19 side that withdrew from regional qualifiers for an under - 19 World Cup . The development of a national team faces challenges similar to those across Africa although the national football association has four staff members focusing on women's football . |
In 1985 few countries had women's national football teams . While the sport gained popularity worldwide in later decades the Gambia's national team only played its first game in 2007 . That game was not FIFA - recognised . As of March 2012 the team was unranked by FIFA and as of the following month the Gambia had not played in a FIFA - sanctioned match . The team has not participated in major regional and international tournaments including the Women's World Cup the 2010 African Women's Championship or the 2011 All - Africa Games . |
The country did not have a FIFA - recognised youth national team until 2012 when the Gambia under - 17 women's team competed in Confederation of African Football qualifiers for the FIFA U - 17 World Cup to be held in Azerbaijan in September 2012 . The Gambia had fielded an under - 17 team of 24 players narrowed from an initial pool of 49 young women . Two girls from the SOS Children ’ s Village <unk> were chosen as a members of the team . The Gambia first played Sierra Leone in a pair of qualifying matches for the tournament . Gambia won the first match 3 - 0 in Banjul the Gambia's capital . The return match was delayed in for 24 hours and played in Makeni . The Gambia beat Sierra Leone 4 - 3 to qualify for the final round . The Gambia then beat Tunisia 1 - 0 at home and won 2 - 1 in Tunisia . Adama Tamba and Awa Demba scored the Gambia's goals . Tunisia's only goal was a Gambian own goal . The win qualified Gambia for the 2012 Azerbaijan World Cup . |
The Gambia also has an under - 19 team that was to play in the African Women's U - 19 Championship in 2002 . The Gambia's first match was against Morocco but the team withdrew from the competition . |
The development of women's football in Africa faces several challenges including limited access to education poverty amongst women inequalities and human rights abuses targeting women . Funding is another issue impacting the game in Africa where most financial assistance comes from FIFA and not national football associations . Another challenge is the retention of football players . Many women footballers leave the continent to seek greater opportunity in Europe or the United States . |
Gambia's national football association was founded in 1952 and became affiliated with FIFA in 1968 . Football is the most popular women's sport in the country and was first played in an organized system in 1998 . A national competition was launched in 2007 the same year FIFA started an education course on football for women . Competition was active on both the national and scholastic levels by 2009 . There are four staffers dedicated to women's football in the Gambia Football Association and representation of women on the board is required by the association's charter . |
The plain maskray or brown stingray Neotrygon annotata is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae . It is found in shallow soft - bottomed habitats off northern Australia . Reaching 24 cm 9 . 4 in in width this species has a diamond - shaped grayish green pectoral fin disc . Its short whip - like tail has alternating black and white bands and fin folds above and below . There are short rows of thorns on the back and the base of the tail but otherwise the skin is smooth . While this species possesses the dark mask - like pattern across its eyes common to its genus it is not ornately patterned like other maskrays . |
Benthic in nature the plain maskray feeds mainly on caridean shrimp and polychaete worms and to a lesser extent on small bony fishes . It is viviparous with females producing litters of one or two young that are nourished during gestation via histotroph " uterine milk " . This species lacks economic value but is caught incidentally in bottom trawls which it is thought to be less able to withstand than other maskrays due to its gracile build . As it also has a limited distribution and low fecundity the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN has listed it as Near Threatened . |
The first scientific description of the plain maskray was authored by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO researcher Peter Last in a 1987 issue of Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria . The specific name <unk> comes from the Latin an " not " and <unk> " marked " and refers to the ray's coloration . The holotype is a male 21 . 2 cm 8 . 3 in across caught off Western Australia several paratypes were also designated . Last tentatively placed the species in the genus Dasyatis noting that it belonged to the " maskray " species group that also included the bluespotted stingray then Dasyatis kuhlii . In 2008 Last and William White elevated the kuhlii group to the rank of full genus as Neotrygon on the basis of morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidence . |
In a 2012 phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA the plain maskray and the Ningaloo maskray N. <unk> were found to be the most basal members of Neotrygon . The divergence of the N. annotata lineage was estimated to have occurred ~ 54 Ma . Furthermore the individuals sequenced in the study sorted into two genetically distinct clades suggesting that N. annotata is a cryptic species complex . The two putative species were estimated to have diverged ~ 4 . 9 Ma the precipitating event was likely the splitting of the ancestral population by coastline changes . |
The pectoral fin disc of the plain maskray is thin and diamond - shaped with narrowly rounded outer corners measuring 1 . 1 – 1 . 3 times longer than wide . The leading margins of the disc are gently concave and converge at a broad angle to the pointed tip of the snout . The small eyes are placed close together and behind them are the spiracles . The nostrils are elongated and have a skirt - shaped flap of skin between them . The small mouth bears prominent furrows at the corners and contains two slender papillae on the floor . Small papillae are also found around the outside of the mouth . There are five pairs of gill slits . The pelvic fins are fairly large and pointed . |
The tail is short barely exceeding the length of the disc when intact and has a broad and flattened base leading to usually two stinging spines . After the stings the tail becomes slender and bears a long ventral fin fold and a much shorter lower dorsal fin fold . Most of the body lacks dermal denticles a midline row of 4 – 13 small closely spaced thorns is present behind the spiracles and another row of 0 – 4 thorns before the stings . The dorsal coloration is grayish green becoming pinkish towards the disc margins there is a dark mask - like shape around the eyes and a pair of small dark blotches behind the spiracles . The tail behind the stings has alternating black and white bands of variable width ending with black at the tip . The underside is plain white and the ventral fin fold is light grayish in color . This species grows to 24 cm 9 . 4 in across and 45 cm 18 in long . |
The plain maskray inhabits the continental shelf of northern Australia from the Wellesley Islands in Queensland to the Bonaparte Archipelago in Western Australia including the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Timor and Arafura Seas . There are unsubstantiated reports that its range extends to southern Papua New Guinea . It is the least common of the several maskray species native to the region . This species is a bottom - dweller that prefers habitats with fine sediment . It has been recorded from between 12 and 62 m 39 and 203 ft deep and tends to be found farther away from shore than other maskrays in its range . |
The plain maskray generally hunts at the surface of the bottom substrate rather than digging for prey . Its diet consists predominantly of caridean shrimp and polychaete worms . Small bony fishes are also eaten along with the occasional penaeid prawn or amphipod . Larger rays consume a greater variety of prey and relatively more polychaete worms when compared to smaller rays . This species is parasitized by the tapeworm Acanthobothrium <unk> . |
Like other stingrays the plain maskray is viviparous with the developing embryos sustained to term by histotroph " uterine milk " produced by the mother . Mature females have a single functional ovary and uterus on the left . Litter size is one or two the newborns measure 12 – 14 cm 4 . 7 – 5 . 5 in across . Males and females reach sexual maturity at disc widths of 20 – 21 cm 7 . 9 – 8 . 3 in and 18 – 19 cm 7 . 1 – 7 . 5 in respectively . The maximum lifespan is estimated to be 9 years for males and 13 years for females . |
The main conservation threat to the plain maskray is incidental capture by commercial bottom trawl fisheries . In the present day this is mostly caused by Australia's Northern Prawn Fishery which operates throughout its range . Although this species is discarded when caught it is more delicate - bodied than other maskrays and is thus unlikely to survive encounters with trawling gear . Historically this species may also have been negatively affected by Japanese Chinese and Taiwanese trawlers that fished intensively off northern Australia from 1959 to 1990 . These factors coupled with the plain maskray's limited distribution and low reproductive rate have resulted in its being assessed as Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN . |
The 2011 – 12 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the team's 12th season in the National Hockey League NHL . The Blue Jackets ' record of 29 – 46 – 7 [ note 1 ] was the worst record in the NHL for 2011 – 12 and the first time in franchise history they finished in last place . It also marked the third straight year that they missed the playoffs . Consequently they had the best chance to receive the first overall selection in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft lottery but lost out to the Edmonton Oilers and received the second pick instead . |
The Blue Jackets began the year with the worst start in franchise history and the worst by any team in an NHL season in 19 years . After an 11 – 25 – 5 start Head Coach Scott Arniel was fired and replaced by Assistant Coach Todd Richards . The poor season prompted several personnel changes including the trade of All - Star forward Jeff Carter who was acquired with much fanfare during the off - season . With the prospect of another rebuild looming the Blue Jackets ' captain and best player Rick Nash requested to be traded though he would remain with the team for the entire season . |
The team was involved in a controversial loss to the Los Angeles Kings when the Staples Center clock appeared to freeze at 1 . 8 seconds allowing the Kings time to score the tying goal before winning in overtime . During the season Columbus managed only two winning streaks of three or more games . One of which came towards the end of the year helping the Blue Jackets finish with 65 points the third worst point total in franchise history . |
In the off - season the Blue Jackets ' approach to building their team changed moving from a team of young developing players into one with established players . The first deal General Manager Scott Howson made was the acquisition of All - Star forward Jeff Carter on June 23 2011 . The deal sent Jakub <unk> Columbus ' first - round draft choice the eighth overall and their third - round pick in the 2011 Draft to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Carter . The trade received a positive response in Columbus from fans and management who felt they finally had a number one center to play alongside of their best player Rick Nash . Next they traded for the negotiating rights of soon to be free agent James Wisniewski . Wisniewski scored a career high 51 points during the 2010 – 11 season splitting time between the New York Islanders and Montreal Canadiens . The point total was fifth - highest in the league for defenseman scoring tying Tobias <unk> . The Blue Jackets came to terms with Wisniewski just an hour prior to the start of free agency signing him to a six - year $ 33 million deal . |
Columbus also traded former first round draft pick Nikita Filatov to the Ottawa Senators for a third - round pick in the 2011 Draft . Filatov had failed to live up to expectations in Columbus playing in only 44 games over three seasons scoring six goals . Prior to the start of the season the Blue Jackets were questioned for not signing a veteran back - up to starting goaltender Steve Mason as the former Calder Memorial Trophy winner had struggled in consecutive seasons . The Blue Jackets signed Mark <unk> as the back - up who had only 50 minutes of NHL experience prior to the start of the season . Columbus did sign a veteran Curtis Sanford to be their third string goaltender and to start for their American Hockey League AHL affiliate the Springfield Falcons . Sanford had not played in the NHL since 2009 . During training camp <unk> suffered a high ankle sprain that was expected to keep him out of the line - up for a month . Additionally Sanford suffered a groin injury leaving Allen York as the back - up . York had only played four professional games all in the AHL entering the season . |
After the first five games all losses Jeff Carter suffered a broken foot that kept him out of the line - up for 10 games . While Carter was injured the Blue Jackets continued to lose games . In the eighth game of the year they had a chance to end the losing streak against the Ottawa Senators . Columbus held a 3 – 2 lead with under a minute to play . Jason Spezza tied the game on a late power play and with just 4 . 7 seconds remaining Milan Michalek notched the winning goal for the Senators . The loss helped set a franchise record for futility with a 0 – 7 – 1 record to start a season . [ note 1 ] The losing streak came to an end three days later with a win over the Detroit Red Wings . During the game several milestones were reached . James Wisniewski made his Columbus debut Ryan Johansen and John Moore scored their first career NHL goals and Grant <unk> had a career - high three assists . Columbus was unable to create any momentum from the win however and continued to struggle culminating in a 2 – 12 – 1 record which was the worst start to an NHL season for any team in 19 years . With the team struggling management attempted to " shake things up " by making some roster moves . The first move was the acquisition of center Mark <unk> from the Pittsburgh Penguins . Next they traded defenseman Kris Russell to the St. Louis Blues for Nikita Nikitin . As the clubs slow start continued there were rumors that Head Coach Scott Arniel would be fired and replaced with Ken Hitchcock . Hitchcock had previously coached the Blue Jackets to their only playoff appearance in club history and was still under contract with the franchise through to the end of the season . Before any of these rumors came to fruition the St. Louis Blues asked Columbus for permission to hire Hitchcock which the Blue Jackets allowed . Hitchcock began his Blues coaching career with a 6 – 1 – 2 record in his first nine games while Columbus amassed a 6 – 13 – 3 record to start the season . |
During the same time frame as the Hitchcock rumors goaltender Curtis Sanford returned from his groin injury on November 13 . He made his first start of the season against the Boston Bruins losing 2 – 1 in a shootout . Sanford continued his strong play posting a 3 – 1 – 2 record 1 . 38 goals against average and <unk> save percentage over his next six games . Sanford started 12 consecutive games before Steve Mason made his next start . The number of starts might not have been as numerous but prior to the November 23 game Mason was hit in the head by a shot from Rick Nash during pre - game warm - ups and suffered a concussion . Mason returned from his concussion after two games making a start against the Vancouver Canucks . Mason allowed only one goal in the game despite suffering from cramping in the third period temporarily being replaced by Sanford for just over three minutes . Columbus won the game 2 – 1 in a shootout breaking a nine - game losing streak to the Canucks . After the game Arniel stated that Sanford was still seen as the team's number one goaltender . However Mason started four of the next six games with the Blue Jackets going 0 – 5 – 1 during that stretch . |
With the losing continuing more rumors began to surface . Unlike before the rumors were about player moves rather than coaching changes . The majority of rumors were that the Blue Jackets would trade Rick Nash . While Howson stated that he had never brought up trading Nash in discussions other teams had inquired about his availability . Nash stated that if Columbus felt it would make the franchise better than he would be willing to waive his no - trade clause . Howson publicly stated that he had no intention of trading Nash . More rumors came to light when reports attributed to Réseau des sports stated that Carter was unhappy in Columbus and demanded a trade . Howson Carter and his agent all denied that a trade request was ever made and they were unsure where the reports were coming from . With the trade deadline approaching speculation picked up on the Blue Jackets trading Carter . Reports were that Columbus was trying to trade Carter and that he was " 100 percent available . " |
At the halfway point of the season with the Blue Jackets barely into double digit wins with an 11 – 25 – 5 record worst in the league and sitting 20 points out of playoff position Columbus fired Arniel . He was replaced by Assistant Coach Todd Richards on an interim basis . Richards had previously coached the Minnesota Wild . He recorded his first coaching victory for the Blue Jackets in his second game a 4 – 3 win over the Phoenix Coyotes . The change in coaching did not change the fortunes of the team as they reached the All - Star break with a 13 – 30 – 6 record . At the break Blue Jackets ' owner John P. McConnell sent out a letter to fans stating his understanding of their frustration . He added that action would be taken around the trade deadline the Entry Draft and free agency to take the team in a new direction . When speaking of the season McConnell stated " disappointing is not a strong enough word " and that he was committed to giving fans a team of which they can be proud of . He also thanked them for their dedication and passion while reiterating that the team goal was to " win consistently and compete for the Stanley Cup . " Days later a 250 - person protest occurred outside of Nationwide Arena . Fans were upset with the Blue Jackets ' management and were calling for changes at the top . The same day the fans protested it was announced that the franchise would host the 2013 All - Star Game . Columbus was without a representative for the 2012 All - star Game but Ryan Johansen represented the club as a rookie participant in the Super Skills Competition . In the competition Johansen participated in the Allstate Insurance NHL Breakaway Challenge a shootout themed event judged by the fans . He received just 1 % of the vote and finished last . |
Following the break the Blue Jackets were on the road playing the Los Angeles Kings and with the score tied late in the game Kings ' defenseman Drew Doughty scored with just 0 . 4 seconds remaining to win the game . Upon review of the goal it was determined that the clock at Staples Center froze at 1 . 8 seconds for over a full second which would have resulted in time expiring prior to the goal being scored . Kings ' General Manager Dean Lombardi stated that the clock was correct and no extra time had been added due to the way the clock self - corrects at various times . Howson stated on the team's blog that " It is an amazing coincidence that with the Kings on a power play at Staples Center and with a mad scramble around our net in the dying seconds of the third period of a 2 – 2 hockey game that the clock stopped for at least one full second " adding that " Either there was a deliberate stopping of the clock or the clock malfunctioned . " NHL Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell stated that the Blue Jackets were wronged but that the outcome of the game could not be changed and that the delay was not noticed by the off - ice officials or the situation room in Toronto . To determine the true cause of the clock pause the NHL launched an investigation talking with the clock's manufacturer and interviewing Staples Center staff . |
Two weeks prior to the NHL trade deadline Columbus announced that unlike earlier in the season they would listen to trade proposals involving Rick Nash though they were not actively shopping him . Howson stated that the team was open to all options for improving the team including trading Nash . Speculation was that in return for Nash the Blue Jackets would ask for a " combination of young proven players high - end prospects and draft picks . " Leading up to the trade deadline the Blue Jackets dealt Antoine <unk> to the Phoenix Coyotes for two draft picks and goaltender Curtis McElhinney . Despite being injured at the time the acquisition of McElhinney was believed to give Columbus the flexibility to trade Curtis Sanford . The following day on February 23 Columbus traded Jeff Carter to the Kings . In the deal Columbus acquired defenseman Jack Johnson and a first - round draft pick the team was given the choice of taking the pick in either 2012 or 2013 . At the deadline Columbus was unable to come to terms on a deal involving Nash but they did make one more move they sent center Samuel Pahlsson to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for two fourth - round draft picks and minor league defenseman Taylor Ellington . Following the trade deadline Howson announced that the team had attempted to trade Nash at the player's request . Nash stated that he had requested the trade after being informed that the franchise was going into another rebuilding phase . He further noted that he felt that he " could be a huge part of that towards bringing assets in " and in his view " it was the best thing for the team the organization and personally for [ his ] career . " After the personnel changes the Blue Jackets closed out the month with a three - game losing streak . |
Columbus started March with a 2 – 0 shutout against the Colorado Avalanche . They proceeded to win their next game against the Phoenix Coyotes 5 – 2 which marked the first time that the Blue Jackets posted back - to - back regulation victories during the season . Columbus again defeated the Coyotes three days later to earn their first three - game win streak of the season . They extended the streak to four with a win over the Los Angeles Kings before it came to an end with a 4 – 1 loss to the St. Louis Blues . It was the only four - game win streak of the season for the Blue Jackets . They immediately matched their four - game win streak with a four - game losing streak and with ten games remaining the Blue Jackets were the first team eliminated from playoff contention . Shortly after being eliminated they were defeated by the Edmonton Oilers 6 – 3 the loss clinched last place in the NHL for Columbus . It was the first time in franchise history the Blue Jackets finished in 30th place . |
Three days later on March 28 goaltender Steve Mason was injured in the morning skate when a shot from Colton Gillies hit him in the mask . With Sanford again injured York made an emergency start . Playing against the Detroit Red Wings York made 29 saves including 17 in the third period helping Columbus to a 4 – 2 victory and giving York his first career NHL win . York remained the starter and led the Blue Jackets to a second three - game winning streak . In his fourth start Columbus was shutout by the Coyotes despite a franchise - record 54 shots on goal losing 2 – 0 . The 54 saves by Phoenix goaltender Mike Smith set an NHL record for a regulation shutout . Mason returned to the starter's role for the final two games winning both . The two victories gave Columbus 65 points for the year their third - lowest total in franchise history . |
The Blue Jackets struggled in shorthanded situations allowing the most power - play goals in the League with 64 and having the lowest penalty - kill percentage at 76 . 64 % |
Finishing with the worst record in the NHL Columbus had the best chance of receiving the first overall pick in the 2012 draft . With the NHL's weighted draft lottery the Blue Jackets had a 48 . 2 % chance of drafting first overall . However the lottery was won by the Edmonton Oilers who proceeded to leapfrog Columbus and secure the number one draft pick for a third consecutive year . It was the fifth time that the Blue Jackets were dropped one draft position in the franchise's 12 lottery participations . |
A month later on May 14 the Blue Jackets announced that Richards would remain as head coach and signed him to a two - year contract . During the press conference Howson noted " Our team continuously improved under Todd and he has earned the opportunity to build upon the work he started . " Columbus posted an 18 – 21 – 2 record under Richards including winning seven of their final 11 games . |
Since being founded as an expansion team the Blue Jackets have played in the Central Division of the Western Conference . Division rivals Chicago Blackhawks Detroit Red Wings Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues all made the playoff during the 2011 – 12 season which helped Columbus finish 36 points behind fourth place Chicago and 44 points out of first . |
Divisions : CE – Central NW – Northwest PA – Pacific |
bold - qualified for playoffs y – Won division p – Won Presidents ' Trophy best record in NHL |
Green background indicates win 2 points . |
Red background indicates regulation loss 0 points . |
Silver background indicates overtime / shootout loss 1 point . |
In ice hockey a combination of a player's goals and assists are collectively called points . Penalty minutes are the total number of minutes assigned to a player for infractions assessed during the <unk> - minus is a statistic that tracks when a player was on the ice while goals were scored both for and against their team though some in game situations will not effect the statistic . Below is a listing of all player statistics for the Blue Jackets during the season . |
† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Blue Jackets . Stats reflect time with the Blue Jackets only . ‡ Traded mid - season |
When Mason was injured in warm - ups late in the year Columbus was without an active goaltender on their roster . To remedy the situation the team signed former University of Michigan goaltender Shawn Hunwick to a one - day amateur tryout contract . After being eliminated from the NCAA Tournament just days prior Hunwick skipped an astronomy class and drove his worn down 2003 Ford Ranger to Columbus to make the game . He served as the back - up to Allen York during the game and the following day he signed a contract for the remainder of the year . With Mason returning from injury Hunwick was third on the team's depth chart when an injury to York allowed Hunwick to remain as the back - up for the final two games of the year . In the final game of the season the Blue Jackets were leading the Islanders 7 – 3 with 2 : 33 remaining when at the behest of his teammates Head Coach Todd Richards put Hunwick in to finish the game . He did not face a shot . Hunwick was the franchise record ninth player to make his NHL debut during the season . Conversely Vaclav <unk> played in his 1000th NHL game during the year . |
During the off - season the Blue Jackets parted ways with defensemen Jan Hejda Anton Stralman Sami <unk> and Mike Commodore . Hejda who played four of his first five NHL seasons with the Blue Jackets was offered a contract by Columbus but felt that the organization undervalued him and left via free agency . Columbus had offered him a three - year $ 7 . 5 million contract . He instead signed a four - year $ 13 million deal with the Colorado Avalanche . Stralman and <unk> were not given qualifying offers which made them unrestricted free agents and both signed with other teams . Commodore had originally signed a big contract with the Blue Jackets in 2008 but fell out of favor . He was waived sent to the minors and eventually had his contract bought out . In order to replace the departed players Columbus not only acquired James Wisniewski but also signed ten - year NHL veteran Radek <unk> . <unk> played only seven games with the Blue Jackets before suffering a concussion and missing the remainder of the season . Brett <unk> was brought in to replace him . |
The Gregorian Tower Italian : Torre <unk> or Tower of the Winds Italian : Torre dei Venti is a round tower located above the Gallery of Maps which connects the Villa Belvedere with the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City . The tower was built between 1578 and 1580 to a design by the Bolognese architect Ottaviano Mascherino who was credited with building the Apostolic Palace mainly to promote the study of astronomy for the Gregorian Calendar Reform which was commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII and promulgated in 1582 . It was then also known as the Tower of Winds . The tower is now called the " <unk> Astronomica Vaticana " the Vatican Observatory . Four stages of progressive development have occurred since it was first established . The tower was an edifice of great value for astronomical observations made using a sundial as they provided essential confirmation of the need to reform the Julian calendar . |
The first stage of building of the tower as recorded by Leo XIII in his motu proprio Ut <unk> of 1891 is credited to Pope Gregory XIII Pope from 1572 to 1585 . The directive was to build a tower at a suitable location in the Vatican and equip it with the " greatest and best instruments of the time " . The design was effected after a series of meetings of the experts who had been appointed to reform the Julian calendar in use since 45 BC to verify their proposed reforms . Fr . Christoph Clavius a Jesuit mathematician from the Roman College was the expert on the committee who suggested the new system for the observations . The 73 metres 240 ft tower was then built above the museum and library flanked by the Belvedere and della Pigna courtyards . The instrumentation for the observation of the sun rays falling over it consisted of a meridian line designed by Ignazio <unk> of Perugia . It was in the form of a circular marble plate in the centre embellished with scientific designs . The tower still remains today but has undergone improvements over the centuries . |
The second stage of construction in the 17th and 18th centuries when the tower was under the charge of the Vatican librarian involved Mgr . Filippo Luigi Gilii a clergyman of St. Peter's Basilica . Earlier in 1797 Pius VI gave approval to placing a Latin inscription <unk> Vaticana at the entrance to the upper part of the tower which was implemented by Cardinal <unk> with plans to enhance the instrumentation system in the tower's observatory . The original observatory was then set up above the second level of the tower with the agreement of Pope Pius VI . Its instrumentation apart from many normal devices such as meteorological and magnetic equipment with a seismograph and a small transit and pendulum clock was noted for the <unk> Telescope . The instrumentation facilitated recording of occurrences of eclipse appearance of comets Satellites of Jupiter and Mercury ’ s transit . As an addition under the patronage of Pope Pius X four rotary observatory domes were also added at strategic locations on the 1 300 feet 400 m long fortification walls more than a thousand years old . Mgr . Gilii highly respected as a polyglot with a knowledge of physics biology archeology and the Hebrew language was in charge of the observatory from 1800 to 1821 . He carried out continuous meteorological observations twice a day at 6 AM and 2 PM conforming to the programme of the Mannheim Meteorological Society . While the observation records for seven years were published the balance data in a manuscript form was preserved in the Vatican Library . Subsequent to Gilii's death in 1821 the observatory on the tower was discontinued and the instruments were moved to the observatory at the Roman College . Established in 1787 it was considered more suitable for making observations than the Vatican . |
The revival of the observatory on the Gregorian Tower was initiated by the <unk> Francesco Denza with the approval of Pope Leo XIII . High quality instruments were procured partly with generous donations from Hicks of London and the automatic recording instruments were procured from Richard in Paris . A four - inch equatorial a three - inch transit instrument and four pendulum clocks with two chronometers were also procured from the observatory at Modena . In 1888 the gift of a 16 inch long telescope to Pope Leo XIII became a part of the observatory . Father Denza joined the observatory in 1889 after it was upgraded with more modern instruments . The same year a second tower was built some 400 metres 1 300 ft away from the main Gregorian Tower overlooking the Vatican Gardens behind St. Peter's Basilica on the south - west border . It was built to a diameter of 17 metres 56 ft with a lower wall thickness of 4 . 5 metres 15 ft which could bear the load of a 13 inch photographic refractor newly procured from Paris . Augustinian Father Rodriguez was the expert meteorologist who held the post of director from 1898 to 1905 . In 1891 Pope Leo XIII promulgating the motu proprio Ut <unk> designated the second tower as the seat of the newly established Vatican Observatory a decision which required altering the roof to provide a flat terrace for astronomical observations . |
The fourth stage involved remedying the problem of communicating between the two towers during the time of Pope Pius X. His plans were to make the Gregorian Tower into a historical tower and to record and carry out observations at the second tower by linking the two towers along the fortified wall with a 83 metres 272 ft iron bridge spanning the gap . At the west end of this bridge a four - inch equatorial was installed on semicircular bastion . The east end of the bridge above the barracks of the gendarmes had a heliograph with a camera attached used to photograph the Sun <unk> . A new 16 - inch visual telescope called Torre Pio X was erected in the second tower . As a result of these modifications the original library was moved to the Pontifical Academy Lincei and the old meteorological and seismic instruments were shifted to the Valle di Pompei observatory . The new Astronomical Library was housed in two rooms of the building . The two new <unk> machines were used for recording on the <unk> plates . The recorded observations were published along with explanatory notes together with the last two series of the atlas of stars . Charts were printed on silver bromide paper . |
The tower had two floors and a mezzanine . On the first floor was the famous Sundial Room or Meridian Room which was initially an open loggia . Pope Urban VIII had it enclosed and it was subsequently decorated with long sequences of frescoes painted between 1580 and 1582 by Simon Lagi and the two Flemish artists Paul and Matthijs <unk> . Today the tower has paintings by Cristoforo Roncalli and <unk> da Siena . |
The Sundial Room also called the Meridian Hall was once the residence of Queen Christina of Sweden then newly converted to Catholicism . The room was further modified by two additions which gave it its current name : a sundial and a delicate but sophisticated <unk> which was fixed to the ceiling of the Meridian Hall . These were created by Ignazio <unk> the papal <unk> in association with the Gregorian Calendar Reform . The sundial consisted of a straight line in white marble running across the floor in a north - south direction intended to measure the height of the Sun at noon according to the seasons of the year . The observations made with the sundial provided essential confirmation of the need to reform the Julian calendar . The <unk> in contrast was a complex mechanism attached to the ceiling which was used to measure the strength and direction of the wind but soon stopped functioning . The instrument may have led to the other name of the tower Tower of the Winds however an ancient observatory at Athens was also called the Tower of the Winds and might have been the source for inspiration . |
The interior walls and ceiling of the hall were richly decorated in some cases with gaudy frescoes of the hills and Roman countryside the <unk> religious themes the buildings surrounding the area and naval shipwrecks with Jesus calming the storm and so forth . |
" There's Got to Be a Way " is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her self - titled debut studio album 1990 . Columbia released it as the fifth and final single from the album in the United Kingdom . It was one of four songs Carey wrote with Ric Wake during their first recording session together but " There's Got to Be a Way " was the only composition to make the final track listing . It is a socio - political conscious R & B - pop song which addresses the existence of poverty racism and war in the world which gradually becomes more aspirational and positive as it progresses . The track garnered a mixed reception upon the album's release in 1990 . While Carey's vocals were praised it was seen as too political . An accompanying music video highlights social injustices . The song reached number 54 on the UK Singles Chart . |
" There's Got to Be a Way " was written by Mariah Carey and Ric Wake for Carey's self - titled debut studio album 1990 . It was written during Carey and Wake's first recording session together . They composed four songs but only " There's Got to Be a Way " was chosen for the final track listing . Co - produced by Wake and Narada Michael Walden it appears as the second of ten songs on the track listing . The track was recorded and engineered by Bob <unk> at Cove City Sound Studios and The Power Station both located in New York City . He was assisted by Dana Jon Chappelle . It was mixed by David Frazer at Tarpan Studios in San Rafael . The keyboards bass and rhythm engineering was carried out by Louis Biancaniello while Joe Franco performed the percussion Vernon " Ice " Black played the guitar and Rich Tancredo also performing on the keyboards . Walter Afanasieff played the synth horns . Carey provided her own background vocals along with Billy T. Scott <unk> Muhammed and The Billy T. Scott Ensemble . The song was released as the fifth and final single from the album in the United Kingdom . It is available to purchase as a CD single while the remixes are available on vinyl . |
" There's Got to Be a Way " is an R & B - pop music song with elements of gospel . The theme of social activism can be heard in the lyrics " There ’ s got to be a way / to connect this world today . " The song begins with Carey publicly denouncing the existence of poverty and racism in the world and she uses the bridge to shift the lyrics towards an uplifting and aspirational tone . Carey suggests we should be more tolerant of each other and not resort so readily to war in the lyrics " Couldn 't we accept each other / Can 't we make ourselves aware . " |
Music critic Robert Christgau felt that Carey was being too political in her " brave young idealistic attack " on war and destitution . Ralph Novak David Hiltbrand and David Grogan of People wrote that it is a " testimony to her talent that she does so much with so little . " They continued to write that Carey's " tone and clarity " makes " There's Got to Be a Way " a " mesmerizing " track . To mark twenty - five years since the release of Mariah Carey in June 1990 Billboard writer Trevor Anderson wrote a track - by - track review of the album in June 2015 . He noted that " There's Got to Be a Way " follows the same melodic tone as the album's opener " Vision of Love " but highlighted their stark lyrical differences as the former is about social activism and the latter is about love . Although he praised Carey's vocals writing that she " deploys " one of her best whistle notes of her career he felt that " the aim for broad appeal comes at the expense of memorable lyrics . " |
The accompanying music video begins with a shot of an empty street followed by clips of disadvantaged and poorer members of society going about their daily activities . Two men play dominoes on a wooden crate outside a building a gang make fun of an elderly man hanging newspapers outside his store and an obese woman walks down the street . Clips of Carey leaning against a wall and sitting on some steps looking on at what is happening are shown . As the first chorus begins everyone starts to dance joyfully in the street and help those in need . A gospel choir comes out of one of the buildings as the street becomes more crowded with people of all ages and backgrounds rejoicing and getting along with each other . One of the shops in the background has a neon light outside the entrance which says " Jesus Saves " . |
" There's Got to Be a Way " Original album version – 4 : 52 |
" There's Got to Be a Way " 7 " remix |
" There's Got to Be a Way " 12 " remix |
" There's Got to Be a Way " Alternative Vocal Dub Mix |
Nebraska Highway 88 N - 88 is a highway in northwestern Nebraska . It has a western terminus at Wyoming Highway 151 WYO 151 at the Wyoming – Nebraska state line . The road travels eastward to N - 71 where it turns south . N - 88 continues east to south of Bridgeport . The road turns north ends at an intersection with U.S. Highway 385 US 385 and N - 92 in Bridgeport . The route was designated in 1937 before the official state highway system was created . It was extended to the state line in 1986 . |
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