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September 22 2010 07:00PM
Tonight Devan Dubnyk (probably--he's listed as one of the two G's for tonight, one imagines he'll get some time in goal) gets the first opportunity of pre-season to show Edmonton's management and coaching staff that he is the better man to back up Super Bowl Sunday this winter. IS he the better man? COULD the Oilers go with 3 G's (again)?
The Oilers do not have a clear cut #1 goalie of the future in the organization. If we can agree that Nikolai Khabibulin is clearly the #1 option when healthy, then the big decision this fall has to do with which young G to keep and which one to send away.
- In his final 10 games Dubnyk's SP was .912 overall.
- He is 2 years younger than JDD.
- The Falcons were a struggling AHL team with a puncher's chance every night DD dressed; the bottom fell out when he was called to the show.
- From all accounts DD is a better technical goalie than his competition. He's no Doug Favell--and that's a good thing.
- There's a new head coach in town. Last year's depth chart is not written in stone.
- His contract ($800,000 times 2) is reasonable, and his competition is 9 months from free agency.
- His boxcars last season were poor, the worst of the rookie goaltenders who played 1,000 or more minutes in 09-10.
- His overall EV SP (.902) was less than JDD's (.905).
- JDD has a full year in the NHL. If NK is injured, Deslauriers knows the ropes and can step in to the starter's role.
- Last year, when the organization had to choose a starter, they went with Deslauriers.
There were 6 rookie goalies who played over 1,000 minutes in the NHL 09-10. They were: Rask (Bos) .931; Howard (Det) .924; Varlamov (Was) .909; Gustafsson (Tor) .902; Deslauriers (Edm) .901 and Dubnyk (Edm) .889. JDD played in front of a poor team but you'd be hard pressed to include him among the league's top rookies at the position. Deslauriers had some outstanding games (3 SO's tied him with Howard for 2nd among first year G's) but there were some poor moments.
Khabibulin's EV SP (.924) was good last year; the kids trailed by a mile. Tonight's lineups suggest a real test for Oilers goalies. It might be just what the doctor ordered for Devan Dubnyk. A tough test well handled will have a major impact on what is shaping up as a pretty even race.
September 23 2010, 02:37PM
Over the last five seasons, Shawn Horcoff has averaged 0.713 points per game, while consistently playing the toughest opposition of Oilers' centres. If we take last year (when he was apparently playing hurt for much of the season) out of the equation, that number shoots up to 0.777.
Worth $5.5 million per year? Probably not. The best proven offensive centre the Oilers have? Without question. Calling him "a slower version of Todd Marchant" is - and here I am commenting on the argument, not on the person making it, whom I don't know from Adam - rank idiocy.
I could take the time to post how much PP icetime he has had, how many of his minutes were played with Hemsky (by far our best offensive player), etc - but I won't.
I could also mention that in those same 5 years he is -43.
I simply don't see much diffeence between #10 and #26.
Marchant was good defensively (+31 his last 5 years here), good on faceoffs and played against the other teams best offensive players.
Horcoff is effective in the same areas and should be used accordingly.
If you want to debate the comment - Ask yourself - What does Horcoff do that Marchant didn't?
It is a bit tough to compare the two because Marchant never got the gravy minutes on the PP along aside Hemsky.
I can even take it a step further and say that atleast Marchant created energy. Marchant got in on the forecheck and hit people sometimes. When is the last time you have seen Horcoff hit anyone?
Horcoff is a safe player that doesn't create much of anything (offense, energy, etc). Every team needs a guy like Horcoff - they just don't need him in the top two lines (or on the PP).
I would love it if he proved me wrong - much like he started to do in 07/08.
He just hasn't shown me anything to suggest that he will...
And for the record - I am not even close to being a Marchant fan. He was used as a comparable for my dislike for Horcoff's game.
September 23 2010, 03:17PM
What does Horcoff do that Marchant didn't? Well, um, score more than 0.7 points per game over a sustained (five year) period. That was kind of the point of my post.
Anyway, who do the Oilers have who's a better bet as an offensive centre than Horcoff? Last year, Gagner, put in a nearly perfect situation (as far as QUALCOMP and QUALTEAM are concerned, with lots of powerplay time thrown in) scored at a rate of .603 points per game. We can debate all we like whether Shawn Horcoff is a first line centre on a good NHL team, but it's nigh on indisputable that he is on the Oilers.
And for the record, I'm a huge Marchant fan. I Todd Marchant circa 2000 is exactly what the Oilers need right now. Or another Shawn Horcoff. If I may paraphrase Lowetide, if you don't like Marchant or Horcoff, it says rather more about you than it does about them.
September 23 2010, 09:23PM
September 24 2010, 01:50AM
I hardly think that is a fair comparison (even though you were just kidding).
I guess the reason I pick on him is because Horcoff has been given every chance to succeed offensively and still comes up way short in my eyes. I have sat at Rexall every home game and rarely (if ever) do I notice him making a significant offensive play.
I am willing to concede that he is a "decent" defensive player that should be playing a shut down role.
He won 57% of his faceoffs (which is good) and did a decent job at limiting the Sedins' chances.
The fact of the matter is, I do not see where he deserves or has earned a spot on the PP (or an offensive role) once the season gets underway.
He is basically a slower version of Todd Marchant and should see his icetime adjusted accordingly.
Well it sure sounds like you're judging him based on his contract seeing as he has always come up short in your eyes. Otherwise I think most would agree that he absolutely exceeded expectation (maybe not in 2007 with his 0.6-0.7 ppg avg) prior to signing his contract. The guy was never drafted high or ever really projected to be a scorer. It was only until he proved he could approach ppg status for the 2nd time in 3 seasons when he signed his contract. That's when the expectations started.
Face it. Horcoff is a good NHL player both offensively and defensively. He just gets paid great.
September 24 2010, 08:33AM
Well it sure sounds like you're judging him based on his contract seeing as he has always come up short in your eyes. Otherwise I think most would agree that he absolutely exceeded expectation (maybe not in 2007 with his 0.6-0.7 ppg avg) prior to signing his contract. The guy was never drafted high or ever really projected to be a scorer. It was only until he proved he could approach ppg status for the 2nd time in 3 seasons when he signed his contract. That's when the expectations started.
Face it. Horcoff is a good NHL player both offensively and defensively. He just gets paid great.
You totally missed the point...
I dont care what he makes - can't change that.
I do care that he should be playing a role that is more suited for him. Which in my eyes, isnt a n offensive role.
I want him on the team, I just want him to play in a role that will actually help the team.


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Ananias and Sapphira lie to the Lord and lose their lives—The Apostles continue the miracles of Jesus—Peter and John are arrested, an angel delivers them from prison, and they testify of Christ—Gamaliel counsels moderation.
1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife,
2 And
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not
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8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
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10 Then fell she down
11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
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13 And of the
14 And believers were the more
15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the
16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were
17 ¶Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with
18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
19 But the
20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the
21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
28 Saying, Did not we straitly
29 ¶Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to
30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and
31 Him hath God exalted
32 And we are his
33 ¶When they heard that, they were
34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named
35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as
37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
38 And now I say unto you,
39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it;
40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
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Salvation for the Dead
See also Book of Remembrance; Genealogy; Plan of Redemption; Salvation
The opportunity for those who have died without receiving the saving ordinances of the gospel to have these ordinances performed for them in temples by worthy living members of the Church. The dead are taught the gospel in the spirit world and may accept the ordinances performed for them in mortality.
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If we are dead and our life is hid with Christ in God we will discover that this death is not simply to sin. Our death, in Christ, has even farther-reaching implications. We have died not only to sin but to every power and authority that would seek to control us in a fallen world. Death severs all relationships in this world.
If in Roms 6 we are said to be dead to sin, then in Roms 7 we have died to the law for law, like sin, is an authority in the world.
Dead to the Law
- Is the law the 'rule of life' for Christians?
- Where does the NT regularly direct us for the source and shape of our sanctification?
- Should Christians have certain 'holy days' and observe festivals such as lent?
- Are candles, impressive buildings, and other aesthetic and sensory stimulation an aid to (an advance in) Christian worship?
In Romans 7, Paul tells us that we are dead to the Law, that is, to God's Law, the Mosaic Covenant and its commandments (and we may safely say, by implication, to all other rudimentary morality codes as binding authorities Cf. Gals 4:9). In Ch 6 he hinted at this when he said,
Rom 6:14 (ESV) For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
His point is that the Law has no authority in the life of the believer, he is not 'under it' rather he lives in another realm, the realm and reign of grace (Roms 3:21-30, 5:2,15-21). Grace and law are different realms with opposing principles of rule. In Romans 7:1-6 he makes essentially the same point through the metaphor of marriage.
Rom 7:1-6 (ESV) Or do you not know, brothers-for I am speaking to those who know the law-that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress. Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.
In the patriarchal culture of the C1 a woman submitted to the authority of her husband and did so until he died. Paul uses this analogy to show how Christian obedience (particularly Christian Jews to whom the law specifically applied 7:1) is no longer to the law but to Christ for death has brought about a change in authorities (or husbands). Jewish believers were 'married to the law' (the Mosaic Covenant had been the authority that controlled their lives) but in death (and the analogy is inverted in that it is the woman who dies not the husband) they have been freed from this marriage to marry another, namely Christ. Consequently, their former husband has no rights or power over them. They are not obligated to him any more. Why? They have died and no longer live in the realm or world where law has authority and rights. Indeed, as those married to Christ, to subject themselves to the requirements of the law would make them bigamists.
Now the function of the Law in redemptive history is a big one that generates much controversy. We cannot hope to deal with it at any length in this post. Let me sum up briefly the two main functions of the Law as I understand them (as Paul outlines them in Romans).
- The Law was given to reveal the reality of sin
Rom 3:19-20 (ESV) Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Sin always existed in a fallen world but the law revealed its nature and true power. Law (an explicitly articulated command generally accompanied by a sanction) made explicit what was previously implicit and so increased the gravity of the offence; sin became more sinful for it became an infraction or transgression of a legal demand. Further, because fallen human nature meant none could keep the law, indeed all railed against it, sin is seen in its true colours as an evil malignant destructive enslaving power (Cf. 4:15, 5:13,14, 5:20, 7:7-12; Cf. Gals 3:19). Law came in to increase the trespass (Roms 5:20) by exposing, exaggerating and exciting it.
Rom 5:13-14 (ESV) for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
- The Law was given to point to Christ
Rom 3:21-22 (ESV) But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it- the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:
It pointed to Christ a) by showing the moral bankruptcy of humanity and so the need of a Saviour b) by foreshadowing the coming Saviour and salvation in various ways. Other functions of the Law may be added, such as being a hard taskmaster that would contrast more clearly the liberty in Christ (Gals 3:23-25), but these are subsidiaries of the main two functions, namely to give knowledge of sin and knowledge of Christ.
Most evangelicals will happily agree that the Christian is not 'under law' as a means of justification. The Law (many will agree, though not all) was a covenant of works. Life was promised for a life of law-keeping righteousness; law's premise was 'this do and live' (Ex 24:7; Lev 18:5; Deut 8:1; Lk 10:28; Roms 10:5; Gals 3:12 Cf. Roms 7:10; Gals 3:21). Law offered 'life' on the basis of obedience, it did not assume life, in fact it assumed the absence of life (thus, this do and live).
However, although the Law promised life upon obedience, life by law-keeping was impossible because law-keeping for sinners under it was impossible. Addressed as it was to fallen humanity, it was only a counsel of despair (Roms 7:7-10). Instead of providing life it became a vehicle of death; the curse of a broken law fell on the law-breaker and all under it were law-breakers (Deut 11:26-28, 27:26, 30:15-20; Gals 3:10). From its inception it was clear that the revelation of law, although promising life, could only purvey death (Ex 19:12, 20:19). We need only read the many death threats explicit in the law to see its danger to sinful people. It is probably not without significance that the Law-giver, Moses, dies outside the Promised Land; typically it confirmed the inability of law to bless. Thus, what offered life, because of the corruption of human nature, became an administration of death (Rom 7:10; 2 Cor 3:6,7). By the works of the law no flesh would be justified for by the law came only knowledge of sin (Rom 3:20). The Law only condemns and brings wrath (Rom 4:15). Humanity under law needed to be rescued from it. This is, in fact, what happened in Christ. As Paul says to Jewish Galatian believers (in Galatians 'us' and 'we' refers to Jews and 'you' refers to gentiles)
Gal 3:11-14 (ESV2011) Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith." But the law is not of faith, rather "The one who does them shall live by them." Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"— so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.
Law and faith, like Law and gospel-promise, are opposite in principle (Gals 3:12, 18).
The majority of the above will have unanimous consent among evangelicals. However, while many will happily affirm that we are not 'under law' for justification some (many) will just as vehemently affirm that we are 'under law' for our sanctification. The law, they say, takes us to Christ for our justification but Christ takes us to the law for our sanctification. The law they will insist is the believer's 'rule of life'. Such assertions are entirely mistaken. Paul does not imply we are not under law for one aspect of salvation but under it for another; Christ is the source of both justification and sanctification for the Christian. Christ, not the law, is the believer's rule of life. We ought to walk as he walked (1 Jn 2:6). Christ is sufficient for all things.
For Paul, we are either married to the law or we are not married to the law. He makes no subtle nuances or qualifications here. Theologians,and theological systems may do so, but Paul does not. There is no half-way house regarding Law, we are either under it or not under it, either obligated to it or not obligated to it. We are not free from the law for justification but married to it for sanctification. The relationship is absolute and admits of no exceptions. If we are married to Christ then we are not married to the law and vice versa (Gals 5:4). We are not bigamists and even less are we encouraged by Christ to be such, the very suggestion is blasphemous. The second husband never sends us back to the first saying 'obey him'.
The law is not the means or measure of our sanctification, Christ is. Indeed the law can no more sanctify than justify. Paul is clear and emphatic on this. Romans 7, where Paul discusses the believers relationship to law, is less concerned with the question of justification than it is with that of sanctification. The law produces only 'the fruit of death' (7:5). It is a wife-beater demanding love but unable to either create or provoke it. Only by being freed from it (through death) and married in resurrection life to Christ can we produce 'fruit for God' (7:4). All of this is sanctification and it is Christ who is its source not law, decidedly not law.
Yes, we are told, but the law is how Christ sanctifies believers? He sends us back to the law as our rule of life. Implied bigamy aside, why do you say this? Where does the NT teach this? Paul says something quite different.
Rom 7:6 (ESV) But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.
And what does the Spirit do? Does he send us back to the law and say follow that code? Does he tell new believers that the Christian life is a whole series of rules and regulations that they must learn and observe – for that is what the law is? Does he say, 'go back to the Ten Commandments and keep them'? Does he say, 'grow in grace by growing in the knowledge of the law'? No he doesn't. Only rarely in the NT is the Mosaic Code explicitly cited in the context of moral living and never as an absolute authority requiring obedience. The new way of the Spirit is not to send us back to the old way of the written code. This is palpable contradiction and folly.
We are not directed to the law for holiness but to the gospel. The measure of a holy life is Christ not the law. We grow in grace and in the knowledge (not of law) but of Christ Jesus. The work of the Spirit is to floodlight Christ. He points us to Christ and the grace and truth in him (Jn 15:26). In the gospel we have the means, motive and measure of sanctification. It is grace, not law that saves a wretch like me. Grace teaches our heart to believe and relieves our fears. It is grace that brought me safe thus far and grace that will lead me home. Married to Christ we learn from Christ and are sanctified by him (Eph 4:20, 5:25-27). Living by the Spirit we walk by the Spirit (Gal 5:20). Under grace, we are taught by grace.
Titus 2:11-14 (ESV2011) For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
And here is highlighted precisely the difference between the method of the Law and the method of the Spirit. The law makes us look inside ourselves and examine our lives. It suggests righteous living comes through keeping a long list of rules and regulations and so inevitably engenders introspection and despair as we self-analyse and constantly find ourselves falling short. Look at the person under law in Roms 7; he is constantly looking within, constantly focussing on the 'I' and constantly finding only failure and frustration. The Spirit by contrast takes us outside of self. He focuses our attention on Christ. He sets our mind and affections on things above. He gives us a vision of Christ and as we gaze on a glorified Christ we are changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another.
2Cor 3:18 (ESV) And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
We never need more than Christ. In him, God's fullness dwells (Cols 1:18). In him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Cols 2:3). We are complete/filled in him (Cols 2:10). What draws our hearts to hate sin is not a set of rules but a growing love for Christ. What teaches us the ugliness of sin is the beauty of Christ. It is the clean fresh air of heaven that makes us conscious of the foul air of earth. We do not focus on mere restraints that when all is said and done outline only the basic rudiments of morality, but on Christ and all he has accomplished, and it is this that gives our soul power to live with God's sentence of death upon the flesh and so produce fruit for God (7:5).
An imperfect illustration
Suppose you are driving along the road and you keep seeing road signs saying drive at thirty. Do you obey them? You see speeding cameras too. You may break but it will be an external obedience – your heart won't be in it. Your heart resists them and wants to find ways of thwarting and outwitting them. The law and its sanction only creates the desire to breach.
But supposing you have just viewed a beautiful sunset, or just got engaged to the girl you love, or just met and been bowled over by the person who made the road rules – will you still want to break them? Will your heart filled with glory by the sunset, the love of the woman you adore, the worth of the one who created the rules, not find itself driving in such a way as reflects these experiences.
Let me say, if you have been taken up with Christ you will drive differently behind the wheel than if you're simply focussing on road signs.
To the Colossian Christians who were in danger of adopting a gospel that added a number of things to Christ, including OT law, Paul says,
Col 2:6-7 (ESV) Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
Everything for life and godliness resides in Christ. Mark this well. If you need to go beyond Christ you are on dangerous ground. These Colossian believers were in such danger. They were in danger not simply of adopting the law as a rule of life for sanctification but as a rule for religious observance. They were creating a religious calendar of OT rituals and regulations such as were found in the law. They were being encouraged to observe days, months, seasons as well as abstaining from certain foods that were to do with ritual holiness. Paul is perplexed and appalled. They have not grasped the significance of the cross. Notice what he says
Col 2:8-23 (ESV) See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God. If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations- "Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch" (referring to things that all perish as they are used)-according to human precepts and teachings? These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
Do you see his point? The cross ended all this form of externally imposed religious observance. We have died to the world in which this kind of religion had place. Law was a religion designed for man in the flesh not in the Spirit (Gal 3:2, 4:21-31). Its very basis is sensuous or fleshly. It focuses on externals and on sensory and aesthetic experience. It placed great emphasis on impressive buildings (the temple) religious clothing, smells and bells; candles and altars, rituals and regulations.
But all this belongs to the old age before Christ. In Christ we died to this. Now we must grasp this today for evangelicalism is rushing headlong down the route of religious paraphernalia. At one time the observing of liturgical calendars, special religious feasts like lent, the use of candles, incense and icons were denounced by evangelicals now they are embraced. Evangelicals want a religion of 'flesh'. We want the sensory and aesthetic mistakenly thinking a sensory or aesthetic experience is an authentic gospel-driven spiritual experience (Hebs 12:18).
We must understand that magnificent buildings, stirring music, impressive oratory, and ethereal rites do not bring us closer to God. They will not produce the slightest knowledge of God nor lead us into a holy life. They are, says Paul, of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh, instead they feed it. Christ, and Christ alone, the Christ seen by the eye of faith, leads us to God. We come to the Father through him (Jn 14:6). That is why Paul says,
Col 3:1-4 (ESV) If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Instead of a focus on what is earthly (buildings, altars, incense, music, oratory, rituals, ascetic practices etc) we must seek what is in heaven. We must focus on Christ. He is the source of our life. He is our satisfaction. He is our food and drink. He is our vision. He is our altar. He is our High Priest. He is our sacrifice. He stirs and satisfies the heart. As Robert Murray McCheyne used to say, 'No man can ever need more than is freely given in Christ' We live by faith not sight. We like Moses endure seeing him that is invisible.
No, law, in all its forms, is an authority for men in the flesh, for people 'alive in this world' but we are not in the flesh we are in the Spirit if the Spirit of God lives in us. We do not live by and in the shadow we live by and in the substance; we do not seek the things of spiritual infancy but of spiritual maturity. Christ not law is the source of our life; Zion not Sinai is the mountain to which we come (Hebs 12:18-24)
None of this is to say we cannot learn from the law nor even less that there are no obligations or responsibilities in the Christian life; we can and there are. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for instruction, reproof, training in righteousness… (2 Tim 3:16). However, it is one thing to read OT Scripture (through the prism of redemptive history) and learn from it, it is quite another to say that the law is a 'rule of life' for the believer for to say this is to make the law an authority we must obey. Let me summarise some of the problems such a mistake creates.
- It obliges us to qualify Paul's insistence that we are not under law. This is exegetically indefensible.
- It emasculates the law. If we accept its authority then we must also accept its sanctions (Gals 3:10). To try to 'draw its teeth' is to demean it. Sanctions (blessings and cursings) lie at the heart of the covenant; they give it glory (Ex 19:18-25, 20:18, 24:16,17; Deut 5:24, 28:58-68; Hebs 12:18-21) We cannot reject the Law as a route of justification and embrace it as a rule of sanctification for the covenant does not give us this permission. It is a covenant which cannot be altered. We must accept it totally on its own terms or not at all.
- It means living culturally as a Jew. If we are obliged to keep one command of law we must keep them all. Law is a covenant agreement. We cannot be obliged to keep some but free to ignore others (Matt 5:19; Gals 3:10, 5:2,3; Jas 2:10). We cannot enforce the Ten Commandments and jettison or modify the many other commands of the covenant. The covenant demands obedience to all or it is broken (Ex 19:8, 24:3; Deut 27:26). Accepting the covenant means accepting a Judaistic lifestyle.
- It means keeping the Sabbath. The Sabbath was the seventh day and not the first day and to change the day to another day was unacceptable and covenant-breaking. The Sabbath was the sign of the covenant (Ex 31:13; Ezek 20:12, 20). That Christianity focuses on another day strongly enforces that we are not under law; to abandon the Sabbath was by implication to be free from the covenant.
- It means embracing what belongs to infancy and is 'weak and beggarly not intended for sons (Gal 4:1-11) . Law is a rudimentary moral code that Christians ought to have no need to hear anyway. We should not need to be told not to steal, commit adultery etc. The works of the flesh are obvious (Gal 5:19). Christian holiness should be beyond these prohibitions (1 Tim 1:6-11).
Life under grace, by the Spirit, married to Christ, produces a morality in excess of laws demands. Law expressed the demands of relationships existing in this life and no more. It did not require that a man lay down his life for his friends, far less that he lay down his life for his enemies. It did not conceive or demand pure self-sacrificial love motivated by nothing other than pure love. This is a life modelled only by Christ who reveals the Father's heart. Such Christ-modelled, grace-induced, Spirit-enabled love is the heart of Christianity. Such love fulfils the law (Roms 8:4, 13:8,10; Gals 5:14) and fulfilment in Scripture usually eclipses/excels the original expectation. Or to put it another way, against such Christ-like, Spirit-produced love there is no law (Gals 5:23).
Gal 5:1-14 (ESV)
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery… For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.. For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
The cross means an end to law-keeping religion. For Paul and for the early Jewish converts this was precisely its offence (Gal 5:11) and the reason why they were being persecuted by their fellow Jews (Gal 6:11-16). The world will tolerate religion that makes much of 'the flesh' but it will not tolerate Christ. Christ and all who follow him it will crucify. We must live as those crucified with Christ, as those who having received the law's own sentence of death, have died to it. Such is the effect of the cross in Christian living.
Gal 5:1 (ESV)
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.


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The Nashville Predators and the salary cap floor
Cam Charron
July 04 2011 03:14PM
The trade that sent Brett Lebda to the Nashville Predators is an intriguing one for two reasons, and the strategy behind the deal for both teams is one that we may see more often as rich teams attempt to maximize their spending money and lesser teams attempt to maximize the value they get from their players.
From one perspective, it can be seen as the Toronto Maple Leafs trading Brett Lebda, who came off an extremely disappointing season with Toronto, in exchange for taking on some of Nashville's salary. From another perspective, it's the Predators dumping salary on the Leafs in exchange for a tangible National Hockey League prospect in Cody Franson, who had a fantastic junior career with the Western Hockey League's Vancouver Giants.
Franson has seen offensive success at both the WHL and American Hockey League levels, and without getting too much into his play, it's worth noting that this was a player who played junior in the same city where Leafs assistant General Manager Dave Nonis manned the helm of the NHL Canucks at the same time.
As for Matthew Lombardi, he played just 2 games with the Predators last season after sustaining a concussion. The remainder of his 4-year/$14M contract is in doubt and a number that the Predators can't afford to spend on a player that may not count against the salary cap. From Nashville's view, they would want all the money spent on players to be against the cap, oddly enough, to keep their heads above the floor of $48.3M.
The salary cap floor presents an interesting situation for a number of the lower-revenue teams in the league. While teams in baseball have been shown to compete with lower revenues, none of them had a dollar figure that they needed to spend. With the cap floor so high, paying money to an injured player while also finding $3.5M to spend on another player is essentilly doubling a salary, and it's simply money the Predators may not be able to afford to spend, but Toronto can.
The Predators are below the cap floor to a tune of around $15M, but despite this, they are still looking for the value signings. Matthew Lombardi, Joel Ward and Steve Sullivan have all skipped town, despite potentially still being serviceable NHL players. The Predators ignored the free agency frenzy of July 1st and signed Nicklas Bergfors to a one-year deal for $575K. Compared to Florida's Dale Tallon, who threw money at every warm body available to help him get over the cap floor, Nashville's David Poile is taking a more economical approach, and it shouldn't be long before they make a few trades, potentially with players whose cap hit is higher than the salary.
Two players that immediately come to mind are Scott Hartnell of Philadelphia, or Scott Gomez of Montreal, who is coming off a season playing through some low percentages and whose salary drops considerably lower than his $7.357M cap hit next season.
Gomez may not be the picture of value, but Nashville has the summer to scroll through NHL rosters in an effort to add value without giving up much. They have a wealth of prospects like Franson they could throw into their trades in exchange for cap space.
PRO... *looks around*
What? Oh. Nevermind.
Carry on gents.
Re: Players in the "tail" years:
As long as the NHL is in this cap model, I was wondering when some of these deals might go this way. Another example might be Kiprusoff in Calgary. He is a $5.83 cap hit, but salary is $6, $5, $1.5 million. That's a $17.49 million cap hit for only $12.5 million in actual salary spent. I could see a budget team looking to take that kind of a deal on, especially at the trade deadline or next offseason.
PRO... *looks around*
What? Oh. Nevermind.
Carry on gents.
PROPS to you for not continuing these PROPS shenanigans.
July 04 2011, 03:21PM
Once the Preds get Shea Weber signed, getting to the floor shouldn't be much of a challenge. He should gobble up 6.5-7 of the remaining cap space.
July 04 2011, 03:35PM
The Predators could also be thinking big picture moves as well, maybe they're competing in the Stamkos sweepstakes as well.
Would you peg a Stamkos sign and trade to be at about 50/50 right now?
Joel Ward is a dime a dozen hockey player. It's much more difficult to find/land a Steven Stamkos than it is a support player.
what's gomez's salary in actual $ compared to his salary cap hit?
July 04 2011, 03:39PM
I wonder if they honestly just can't pay the floor and are desperately hunting for contracts that have a decent differential between cap-hit and money owed.
It could just be a staring match between the GM's with players on those contracts and what the Pred's will pay in picks/prospects.
July 04 2011, 03:44PM
Horcoff and Brule for Weber, straight-up...
July 04 2011, 03:44PM
And we'll throw Khabibulin in as well...
July 04 2011, 03:55PM
@Love Monkey
Pass that pipe over this way! Sounds like some crazy, mind-altering stuff!
what's gomez's salary in actual $ compared to his salary cap hit?
Gomez, Scott Cap hit 7.357 2011/2012 - 7.500 2012/2013 - 5.500 2013/2014 - 4.500 UFA
thanks, so a 3mill savings, that's not horrible.
Oh man, Weber for Stamkos blockbuster anyone? Wowsers. But seriously, Tampa has to sign Stamkos, he's the 2nd best player in the league for pete's sake, give him the farm.
Losing Franson for nothing was a brutal result of the cap floor. TO and their money bags win again. Circumventing the cap? Call Gary Bettman. 1-800-HeLovesToronto.
I could be mistaken,but wouldn't insurance pay the bulk of Lombardi's salary if he is on LTIR?
3 mil a year for Joel Ward is too much.He is third line at best probably 4th line on Washington.
Arnott is still out there. I think they want Lombardi's money so they are competitive in bringing Arnott back.
Lombardi's salary wasn't insured.
He had a concussion history before Nashville. The insurance premium might have been prohibitive, and they decided just to risk it.
July 04 2011, 04:32PM
Maybe they'd take Matt Stajan........
Probably not.
@Kent Wilson
Well, maybe not this year, but after next year there is a $1 million per year differential from cap hit to salary there to exploit...
It's the off-season. Dare to dream.
I could be mistaken,but wouldn't insurance pay the bulk of Lombardi's salary if he is on LTIR?
3 mil a year for Joel Ward is too much.He is third line at best probably 4th line on Washington.
I just heard something about that - supposedly, it's stupid expensive to insure a contract if the player has had any previous injury.
Horcoff and Brule for Weber, straight-up...
Weber is one of the top 5 D-men in the league, he's not going to be obtained for garbage, cap floor or no.
Maybe they'd take Matt Stajan........
Probably not.
I don't think it is that crazy for the Predators to take Stajan. Forgive me for not looking at advanced statistics but between Stajan and Gomez, I would take Stajan. He is younger, taller, had a higher shooting percentage, higher number of hits and Gomez was a -15 on the season. Stajan also had 31 points vs. Gomez's 38 points while playing fewer minutes in fewer games with lower quality linemates, having less powerplay time.
Once again, I'm sure there is some advanced statistic that may show I have no idea what I am talking about, but hey Stajan is bad, but Gomez is horrific.
As for the whole cap hit scenario, both Gomez's and Stajan's salary will drop off after this season in terms of cap hit vs. actual salary paid, with Gomez having the bigger drop. But the CBA expires after this year, so what if the rules change in the new CBA regarding the cap floor, all of sudden the Gomez drop off doesn't mean squat. The Predators should be looking at this year, and Gomez's salary is $7.5 mill. Stajan's salary this year is $4.5 mill, which is more than his $3.5 mill cap hit, but the salary is still $3 mill less than Gomez's. If nothing changes in the new CBA, you still get a deal on Stajan's salary vs. cap hit.
... actually after looking at capgeek.com, I noticed Gomez's salary is also over his cap hit, but just by about $150K.
July 04 2011, 05:57PM
Hey did you see how many bottom 6/last pairing players Tambillini brought in?
I guess it wasn't impossible.
July 04 2011, 05:59PM
PRO... *looks around*
What? Oh. Nevermind.
Carry on gents.
Laughing My A$$ Off
Trying not to pi$$ myself
Whoops, Too late. DAMN YOU
@OB1 Team Yakopov - F.S.T.N.F
we'll see how many of them make an impact. like i said before not hard to sign 5-6ufa's like TBL last year, it made no difference for them...
July 04 2011, 06:23PM
Oilers signed Calder Cup Hero Keller to a 2 way deal
July 04 2011, 06:43PM
Nice article Cam, however I disagree that Nashville needs to go after such a big fish in Gomez. Nashville still have Weber to sign (6-7 cap hit) and more than a couple roster spots to fill. They can easly hit the floor by filling the rest of their roster with 2-3 million contracts. They still need 3-4 forwards and after Weber they can use another D-man. Nashville isn't known for throwing their money away in recent years.
July 04 2011, 06:47PM
Is it just me or does Tambellini seem more active signing minor league players to 2-way contracts in early July than most of his counterparts? I mean I'm glad we have a strong minor league scouting program and all but does this mean a) we're building a strong farm program to underlie the club, or b) we're not spending as much time to resource the NHL club.
Maybe ST should spend more time trying to trade Khabibulin to the Winnipeg Jets to help them reach the floor.
July 04 2011, 07:02PM
Is it just me or does Tambellini seem more active signing minor league players to 2-way contracts in early July than most of his counterparts? I mean I'm glad we have a strong minor league scouting program and all but does this mean a) we're building a strong farm program to underlie the club, or b) we're not spending as much time to resource the NHL club.
Maybe ST should spend more time trying to trade Khabibulin to the Winnipeg Jets to help them reach the floor.
I honestly think Tambo is sleeping in the bed he made.... the Khabibulin contract. Hopefully Khabi can play less games this year so Duby has a chance to show them what he can do... in the theme of rebuilding.
As far as minor league contracts go, If you look at how many UFA's they have in OKC I can understand why so many signings. I won't pretend to care too much about OKC other than making sure the up and coming NHLers are developing.
I had the same thought about tail end contracts and looked through capgeek to find what might be targets for teams trying to get to the floor. Truthfully though, there isn't much out there, as a lot of the tail-end contracts don't start to ripen for a couple more season's. Kipper's, at 5.8 cap hit and $1.5 salary and the ntc lifting on that last year could be a prime target after next-next season, assuming the next CBA doesn't change this drastically.
In the meantime, this year, for contracts that end next off season, there's only a handful. Smyth was the big one, and I'm sure teams would have loved that contract if he was willing to go anywhere else. Otherwise there's Jason Blake ($4m vs $3m) and hecht ($3.5m vs $3m). Kubina and bertuzzi offer a trivial discount as well. Gomez has way too much term and actual dollars for anyone to consider it yet, especially since I'm sure these teams will push to have this changed before then. Hartnel is an interesting one because there's only 2 years left and he has a significant pay/cap gap that last year.
Anyway, if you look at this teams needing to get to the floor, all of them will come within a few million just by signing their own rfa's, and if they are bidding on the arnott's and kaberle's still out there, there isn't likely to be more than a couple contracts acquired just to get to the floor. I would bet on Hecht and hartnell given buffalo and philly's cap situations. I could see the Islanders pitching for Blake, but unless selanne comes back that could put Anaheim back under the floor. I don't expect there will be much, if any other contract "purchases" made this offseason.
Suffice it to say, fans hoping to dump bad contracts on other teams should probably stop holding their breath. Stajan might become movable next season, but probably isn't going anywhere this season unless the flames are willing to part with another good draft pick, which I hope they don't. Bottom line is, bad contracts are toxic assets, and you can't get out of them without paying for it.
That's true outside the hockey world too (flashes back to divorce lawyer's bill... Calms back down... Pours another drink...)
July 04 2011, 07:04PM
Yeah I don't know, Cam. I suppose Nashville could've reached the floor in a variety of ways that included signing Weber, and overpaying quality mid-grade FA's like Ian White or Ryder by 6 or 7 hundred K on a short-term contract. My belief is that is where you find the most value on the UFA market. The fact that they're so far behind the cap with so few FA's remaining is puzzling.
Willis wrote an article a while back about the validity of taking on a bad contract in exchange for picks. Everyone unanimously concluded that it was economically unjustifiable. Brian Burke is a blowhard. He can use this trade to demonstate that he's filled the Leafs prospect pool, and everyone who believes him is an idiot. It, like a lot of signings on July 1 and 2, reek of desperation.
July 04 2011, 07:32PM
Is it just me being a homer, or does Horcs contract not looks so bad anymore? After this year it actually looks moveable in todays market. I would have said Horc's contract was top 3 unmovable contracts the last couple of years..... now, not so much. At 5.5 cap hit I still don't think he can play good enough to live up to the money but with the Oilers not being a cap team it sure doesn't sting as much.
July 04 2011, 07:39PM
I gotta give kudos to the preds just for being a competive team on the ice they'd be a really good team givin the assets.
Did anybody see the development camp today? Just wondering how RNH did.
July 04 2011, 07:57PM
we'll see how many of them make an impact. like i said before not hard to sign 5-6ufa's like TBL last year, it made no difference for them...
TBL 2010: 80 points, -43 goal differential, no playoffs
TBL 2011: 103 points,+7 goal differential, conference finals
Clearly I do not understand your point.
Is it just me or does Tambellini seem more active signing minor league players to 2-way contracts in early July than most of his counterparts? I mean I'm glad we have a strong minor league scouting program and all but does this mean a) we're building a strong farm program to underlie the club, or b) we're not spending as much time to resource the NHL club.
Maybe ST should spend more time trying to trade Khabibulin to the Winnipeg Jets to help them reach the floor.
It's going to take a lot more than time to trade rekhabby. Just can't give ST any credit, eh?
July 04 2011, 09:37PM
Why don't more people bring up Barry Trotz when the topic of best coach in the NHL comes up? The Predators go through this nonsense every summer then Trotz gets the caveman, Suter, a different goaltender every season and a bunch of journeymen into the playoffs. Boggles the mind.
@Little Buttcheeks
Barry Trotz is an amazing coach who has turned enough crap into diamonds to be able to work kids birthday parties as a magician. Everyone knows he is a great coach and unfortunately he is suffering from a bad case of Runner-Up Syndrome (also known as Buffalo Bills Syndrome) when it comes to the Jack Adams Trophy. I would love to borrow Trotz to see what he could do with our Flames this season. Maybe the Predators will trade Trotz to the Flames for Niklas Hagman.... if only. (sigh)
No matter what happens with the Predators roster this summer, Trotz will perform his miracles when October rolls around.
Up until this past season, Trotz never had the ability to get the Preds past the first round. He does a good job until that point, but just doesn't seem to have the personnel to seal the deal.
Many parts of the Preds' organization are top notch, especially the goaltending staff. Vokoun and Rinne are quality goaltenders who were both drafted and developed by NSH.
I always liked Lombardi, and certainly hope he can recover from his concussion. Franson seemed like an up-and-coming d-man, definitely no Lidstrom or Weber, but quality still. The Leafs fleeced the Preds - Lebda is god awful.
"Is it just me being a homer, or does Horcs contract not looks so bad anymore?"
Yes it is and yes it still does.
To bring Cam's thesis down to the dude with the contract which Nashville will no longer be paying, I hope this doesn't mean the end of a career for another good small player derailed by concussions. Sincere best of luck to Matthew Lombardi.
July 05 2011, 01:17AM
Weber is one of the top 5 D-men in the league, he's not going to be obtained for garbage, cap floor or no.
Calm down Colin... I'm not being serious.
July 05 2011, 06:32AM
I gotta give kudos to the preds just for being a competive team on the ice they'd be a really good team givin the assets.
Did anybody see the development camp today? Just wondering how RNH did.
RNH looked good. Great hands. They did a passing drill that eventually progressed to backhanded saucers and he was a mile better than everyone. And he sniped a bunch passed Roy.
Hamilton and Lander really stood out t. As did Teubert and Musil on D.
Olivier Roy looked terrible (but it's hard to fairly evaluate goalies in that environment). That said, Tyler Bunz looked great. Very quick.
@Quicksilver ballet
It is very strange what Poile is doing this off-season. Most fans in Nashville expected a lot more from Poile and the Preds. I can say that salary cap floor is not a problem here, last years payroll was over 52 million dollars and Poile told a local reporter on July 3rd that the payroll would be higer this season. I think a trade will be made before training camp to bring in a top forward.


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|Posted by Sylvan Tieger on May 11, 2004 at 19:37:07:
|In response to Re: red tinged water w/ black particles
: 2nd bath (3 kids) has red tinged water with black particles settled on bottom. Thought it was old water heater, drained, same problem.
: Replaced steam boiler and at same time decided to replace 50 gal. with high cap. 80 gal. 3 KIDS.
: Same problem exists!
A lot of LI (Wantah, PlainView, Smithtown, ETC) water is well water with lots of mineral content.
I had a LI and Weschester Licenses and decided to concentrate on NYC, but I do remember installing filters prior to entering the hot water tanks to protect the tanks from mineral deposits being cooked inside the tank and possibly blocking the T&P.
I am normally against whole house filtration as why filter water being flushed down a toilet?
Have you water tested prior to installing any filters so you know what your up against.
Not all LI water I would consider potable no matter what the powers that be say.
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The latest offensive-minded assistant to be linked to the Bears' head coaching vacancy is Rick Dennison, who is in his third season as the offensive coordinator of the Houston Texans. The Bears asked for and received permission to interview Dennison for their head coaching vacancy, according to a report Sunday by ESPN.
Although Dennison might not be a household name to many football fans, he has spent nearly three decades in the league as a player and coach. He played linebacker for the Denver Broncos from 1982-90, and he remained in Denver as a coach from 1995-2009 before becoming the Texans' offensive coordinator.
While in Denver, Dennison helped to design a top offense with Jay Cutler as his quarterback and Brandon Marshall as his No. 1 wide receiver. During Dennison's tenure as offensive coordinator from 2006-08, the Broncos' offense improved from No. 21 to No. 11 to No. 2.
Perhaps most importantly, Dennison designed an offensive scheme to protect Cutler from too many hits. Cutler was sacked 11 times in 16 starts in 2008, compared with 148 sacks in 56 starts since joining the Bears in 2009.
Upon joining former teammate and colleague Gary Kubiak in Houston, Dennison has helped the Texans to rank No. 3, No. 13 and No. 7 in total offense from 2010-12. The Texans will visit the New England Patriots in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs next weekend.
Before becoming an offensive coordinator, Dennison worked as an offensive assistant (1995-96), a special-teams coach (1997-2000) and an offensive line coach (2001-05, 2009). A native of Montana, he grew up in Colorado and played football at Colorado State.
Dennison is the ninth candidate to be linked to the Bears' head coaching vacancy. Others include:
• Mike McCoy, Denver Broncos offensive coordinator• Bruce Arians, Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator• Tom Clements, Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator• Pete Carmichael, New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator• Mike Sullivan, Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator• Keith Armstrong, Atlanta Falcons special-teams coach• Joe DeCamillis, Dallas Cowboys special-teams coach• Marc Trestman, Montreal Alouettes head coach (CFL)
Although Emery said he would prefer to hire a coach before college football's all-star games, such as the East-West Shrine Game on Jan. 19, he might have to wait beyond that date depending on which candidate he prefers. A deep run in the playoffs by the Broncos, Texans or another candidate's team could delay the introduction of the Bears' next head coach.
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CAPE CANAVERAL — International Space Station managers gave the OK Thursday for SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule to head back to Earth early Monday.
Station managers and SpaceX officials met Thursday to discuss preparations for the flight home, including a review of thruster problems the spacecraft experienced shortly after its March 1 launch from here atop a Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX engineers overcame the problems, and the Dragon arrived at the station March 3, a day later than planned.
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"All agreed that all systems are 'go' for a Monday unberthing and departure of Dragon and for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean," NASA TV commentator Kelly Humphries said of the review.
Station astronauts Tom Marshburn and Chris Hadfield plan to pull the privately owned, unmanned, reusable capsule from its docking port with a robotic arm at 5:05 a.m. EDT Monday and release it into space at 7:49 a.m.
Packed with 2,668 pounds of equipment and science experiments, the Dragon is expected to re-enter the atmosphere and splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at 1:19 p.m. EDT.
Recovery ships will return the spacecraft to Los Angeles, and it will then be transported to SpaceX's facility in Texas.
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Orange County schools suspended 1 in 23 students, expelled 1 in 1,411 and recorded as truant 1 in every 5 last year, according to a first-ever release of school discipline data gathered using a state system that tracks students more accurately.
The 2011-12 data released Friday reports school suspension, expulsion and truancy rates using a system that tracks discipline actions by student, rather than event.
The data is meant to provide a better baseline for tracking changes in coming years and help jumpstart local conversations about how districts handle behavioral problems, said Keric Ashley, the state Department of Education's director of analysis, measurement and accountability reporting.
"Common sense tells us that we cannot teach students who are not in school," state schools chief Tom Torlakson said in a statement.
The state suspended 1 in 20 students and expelled 1 in 1,000, according to Torlakson. Statewide, 1 in 3.5 students were marked as truant, according to the data release.
Database: Review 2011-12 truancy, suspension, expulsion data for all O.C. schools.
But even as the state touted the new system, an Orange County expert called its findings into question, saying the data may contain significant errors.
"I know with the numbers under the expulsions there is something wrong," said Rick Riegel, coordinator of student services for the Orange County Department of Education.
For example, the state reports no expulsions for Anaheim Union High School District, the county's fourth-largest school district. But under the old system, the district reported more than 100 expulsions.
Ashley said some errors may have occurred as school districts adjusted to the new reporting methods.
In the past, the state collected data from individual school districts on the number of suspensions issued during the year; now, they are asked to name each student suspended, which allows the state to track suspension rates.
The new system comes amid a statewide push to reduce student suspensions and expulsions.
Newport-Mesa Unified School District, at 14.7 percent, posted the highest suspension rate of any O.C. district, according to the state data.
High suspensions and truancy rates have plagued the district in past years, but measures put in place this year are expected push the numbers down, school board President Dana Black said.
"We have really looked at our children very carefully, trying to figure out why we're suspending and what we're suspending for," said Jane Garland, Newport-Mesa Unified director of community services.
The district's suspension rate dropped about 40 percent since it implemented this fall a restorative justice program that focuses on reasons students are suspended or don't show up for class, Garland said.
O.C. Department of Education schools recorded the lowest suspension rate in the county, because it enrolls students who have been expelled from other districts and rarely issues suspensions, Riegel said.
Anaheim City, the county's largest elementary district, posted a suspension rate of 2.4 percent. That is partly because of the students' age, but also because of a push to reduce suspensions and use positive behavioral modification systems, said Leslie Coghlan, Anaheim City's director of pupil services.
"It's not working just to suspend," Coghlan said. "That's not changing their behavior."
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