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One on one with Marcus Schrenker
BUNKER HILL, IN - Beyond the razor wire of the Miami Correctional Facility are prisoners convicted of murder, rape and robbery. There is also one prisoner whose story is likely known by every person in Indiana.
Marcus Schrenker had a high-flying hobby and a high paying job. But it all crashed in 2009. Prison is a long way from Cocktail Cove, the affluent neighborhood next to Geist Reservoir where Schrenker and his family used to live. Schrenker has gone from an expensive house to the big house.
Schrenker and another inmate now share a tiny prison cell. He has books on finance, marriage, bipolar and psychology. He has a television, letters from friends and family and a cross.
Schrenker is serving four years in prison after pleading guilty in August 2010 to five counts of securities fraud. The plea agreement also calls for Schrenker to pay restitution to the following people:
$22,851 Rita Schilling
$34,000 David and Kathy Sawrie
$100,000 Robert Askins
$63,267 Tania and John Wingfield
$127,329 Rick and Maggie Harris
$127,329 Michael and Susan Alma
$159,004 Ronald Johnson
In August 2009, Schrenker pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of Willful Damage, Destruction, or Wreckage of an Aircraft, or Civilian Aircraft and two counts of Knowingly and Willfully Communicating a False Distress Message to the US Coast Guard. He was ordered to serve 51 months in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and pay $906,036 in restitution.
According to court documents, Marcus Schrenker was an investment advisor and was a principal in investment firms called Heritage Wealth Management, Heritage Insurance Services and Icon Wealth Management. According to court documents, "Michelle kept the books and was chief financial officer for the three firms. She was paid $11,6000 monthly and had the authority to write checks and withdraw money from Heritage Insurance Services."
According to court documents, "Marcus encouraged some clients to invest in a fund that allegedly would take advantage of the relative strength of the Euro over the dollar. He instructed those clients to pay the money to Heritage Insurance Services. Marcus apparently did not invest the money in the Euro fund; instead he and Michelle used the money in Heritage Insurance Services for their personal expenses."
"After reviewing the evidence, Hamilton County made the decision not to file charges against Michelle Schrenker," said a spokesman for the Indiana Secretary of State.
"Marcus Schrenker touted himself as an investment advisor. He was really an investment thief," said then-Secretary of State Todd Rokita in September 2010. "He was taking people's money and sticking it in his pocket so he and is family could have a lavish lifestyle. He stole with a pen and a briefcase and a computer."
The plane crash is how the world learned of Marcus Schrenker. According to court records, Schrenker went to the Anderson, Indiana airport on January 11, 2009 and called in a flight plan to Destin, Florida.
According to court records, Schrenker made a radio transmission to the FAA at 24,000 feet claiming he was encountering moderate to severe turbulence and claimed his windshield was cracking, he was "bleeding profusely" and losing altitude. Schrenker's plane leveled off at 3,500 feet. According to court records, Schrenker jumped from his aircraft around Childersburg, Alabama, went to a home in the area and said he and some friends had been in a canoeing accident.
Schrenker registered at the Harpersville Motel using his half brother's name, walked to a nearby storage unit, recovered his motorcycle and began driving to northern Florida. The U.S. Marshal's Service tracked Schrenker to a KOA Campground in Gadsden County, Florida. According to court records, none of the plane's windshields were damaged and none of his blood was found on the plane. According to court records, Schrenker had several items with him including: an Illinois driver's license issue to his half brother, a credit card issued to his half brother, a computer, $2,699 in cash and his Garmin, GPS unit.
According to the Indiana Secretary of State, Schrenker's sentence is scheduled to end in August 2014. "However, at that time, he will be transferred to an Indiana prison to serve 10 years on the state charges. The federal and state sentences run consecutively."
For more than a year, Schrenker and I have exchanged letters and emails, setting the stage for this exclusive interview from a place that few of us ever see.
Scott Swan: "How has prison changed you?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I'm sober now. When I crashed that plane, I was heavily addicted to pain pills. I was not rational in the slightest way. Getting sober and understanding my addiction, and getting past that, has been a key step for me in making that change. I was struggling with a seven year addiction to Oxycontin. I had back surgery. I was prescribed these pills. I thought I was bigger than them. I thought I could beat it. I thought I was invincible. And, I suffered from a lot of depression. My bipolar is no secret. And, I used the pain meds to self medicate. They were very effective at treating the depression at first. But, in the end, it took more and more pills just to feel normal. And in the end, I was complete dysfunctional."
Scott Swan: "Why did you crash the plane? What was your plan?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I saw myself as useless, in a very poor state of mind. I thought that the financial salvation for my family would be for me to die. When you're in that state of mind, you're at the end of the addiction, which is where I was at, I wasn't making sense and I struggle with that every day. How could I do something like that, so irrational and so stupid. I was not in a good state of mind that day and I viewed myself - if I was gone - it would be better for them, better for the children, better for Michelle. At first, the plan was to kill myself. And, there were some other people who knew about it. And, they said don't do that. There's another way. I really didn't expect to live. It was such an insane idea. To this day, I can't believe I survived that."
Scott Swan: "Who knew?"
Marcus Schrenker: "Several people knew. Michelle knew everything that was going to happen that night and that's hard for me being here because she never once stepped in and said don't do this. This is stupid. We don't need money that bad. She could have called the tower. She could have called the police. She could have even called me and said stop what you're doing."
Scott Swan: "Michelle knew the entire plan?"
Marcus Schrenker: "Yeah."
Scott Swan: "You told me at one point, she even went as far as packing your bag. Is that what happened?"
Marcus Schrenker: "We were in our bathroom, we had a big master bathroom, I remember we were sitting on the tile floor and we were talking about everything that needed to be done, when they declared me dead. How to file an insurance claim, how to deal with the aircraft insurance, the letters to give to the children, how she would handle everything. I remember packing my backpack, my drop sack and everything that was in it, and it was just a surreal conversation."
Scott Swan: "Who else knew?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I'd rather not name at this point."
Scott Swan: "Your world was crumbling, wasn't it?"
Marcus Schrenker: "Yeah. I destroyed everything in my life. In a matter of a year, I destroyed my business, my marriage, all my friendships. All I really cared about was where I would get my next pill. Where am I going to get the next Oxycontin. I really didn't care about anything else at that point. It was a very predictable path of destruction that I went down. And, in the end, it all blew up on me and this is something I should do."
Scott Swan: "Your step-father had died."
Marcus Schrenker: "He had just passed away. A few days before, Michelle had filed for divorce. I had placed a trade error. I lost several million dollars and cost us the future of our company. I had let all these clients down. I had lost all this money. I had done a terrible job. I think in a very poor state of mind, I thought they'd be better off without me."
Scott Swan: "So, you decided to do what?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I still can't believe I did this. I thought if it looked like I died, and the airplane went out in to Gulf of Mexico, that Michelle would get over $10 million in life insurance. It would be an accident. It would look like an accident. So, it seems like the best plan. And, for me, I would probably have overdosed. I would have probably killed myself eventually. In fact, that's what's so ironic about this. This (prison) saved my life. I couldn't get sober. I couldn't get off the pills. I couldn't stop. And, every time I stopped tried to stop, I got sick. It felt like the flu. I got these tremors. And everything. I detoxed in the worst of all places, in a prison."
Scott Swan: "Prison saved your life?"
Marcus Schrenker: "Yes, it did. Prison is very difficult. It's a one solution fits all kind of place. But, it forced me to come face to face with the addiction, and forced me to understand the physical desires and to understand, whenever I got depressed, I wanted to take a pill. And here you face it. You're going to face it without the pills and everything else. You're going to do it."
Scott Swan: "What kind of preparation did you do prior to getting in the plane?"
Marcus Schrenker: "Very little preparation. I plugged in the GPS coordinates in the airplane, where I should eject. I had planted an infra-red strobe, a day before, where I was supposed to come out. It was in Alabama. I had night-vision goggles, called flare so I could see it as I approached it. The people that were on the ground, they had radios. They were talking to me. So, it was not the best plan, but there was some planning. Everybody thinks I spent months and weeks and days. No, my step-father died. I flipped out. I did this spontaneously."
Scott Swan: "Tell me about the motorcycle and what you put on the plane."
Marcus Schrenker: "The motorcycle was a backup plan. It was not meant to be a getaway. Initially, somebody was going to pick me up and take me somewhere in Florida where I could change my name or, I'm not really sure what they had in mind. But, when the ejection went wrong, I got hung up and drug 10-20 miles or however much I missed that point by, the deal was blown and I told those people on the ground, just let me go. I'm going to take care of this on my own and I decided that I would just commit suicide."
Scott Swan: "Before we get there, you radioed the FAA and what do you tell them. Your initial story was the windshield was blown out."
Marcus Schrenker: "Told them I had a windshield failure and asked for emergency descent. At that point, I had a pre-programmed radio transmission system, that I had pre-recorded, and it was transmitting things I was saying and truthfully, I wasn't even making those transmissions."
Scott Swan: "So, bleeding profusely - not true?"
Marcus Schrenker: "No."
Scott Swan: "Windshield blown out - not true?"
Marcus Schrenker: "No."
Scott Swan: "These are things you pre-recorded?"
Marcus Schrenker: "Yes."
Scott Swan: "Is the plan to jump out of the plane or what was the plan?"
Marcus Schrenker: "Yeah, I had no experience in parachuting. Never done it before, never had any idea how it was going to work. I thought if you just went to the back of the airplane and opened up the door, you could just jump out. Once you're free of the airplane, you pull the d-ring. In a very poor state of mind, I forgot the aircraft was pressurized. So, when I went up to the door, and opened it, it was an explosion and out I went."
Scott Swan: "You didn't go out all the way, you got hung up?"
Marcus Schrenker: "An airplane has stairs that have a cable. And, as I went out, my harness got caught up in that cable, so here I am slamming against this airplane, at 200 mph, in the middle of a January night. And it's negative 44 degrees Celsius. It felt like my skin was being burned alive, it was so cold."
Scott Swan: "So, at some point you break free and you're falling. What's happening at that point?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I thought I got drug for minutes - for 15-20 minutes. Investigators say no, it was probably a matter of 60 seconds. That was enough to take me past where I was supposed to safely eject and fall. When I did break free from the stairwell, I hit the elevator in back and slammed into that and then got tossed around. That tore my parachute open. I remember I could hear it. It sounded like zippers going up and down. When I finally stabilized, I remember looking up and saw the parachute candlestick. It was wrapped all the way up, just like a candle. And, I thought this is not good. I didn't have a backup or anything. From that point, I just spun my way down, to the Alabama earth."
Scott Swan: "And you landed..."
Marcus Schrenker: "Landed in all things, went flying through an Alabama oak tree - perfect. Investigators say if I had been 3 feet to either side, I would have been killed instantly. Threaded this oak tree perfectly. It caught my stringers and parachute as I went through. And of all things, landed in a river that was flooded of course, and that saved my life."
Scott Swan: "What did you jump out with?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I had survival gear. Pack that was on the front. I had a drop bag that was attached to me which was pretty heavy with valuables. Parachute was attached. And, unfortunately, I didn't have the parachute on right. So, when I went out, everything went flying out with it. So, it wasn't the best of plans."
Scott Swan: "You jumped out with gold?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I never alluded to that - ever. Michelle was the one who brought that up. She was the only one who knew about it. And she brought that up during a divorce hearing. I was stunned she did that because when she did that, everybody in Alabama knew alright, there's gold or precious metals in the bottom of a river. And, I'm sure someone's found it by now."
Scott Swan: "What did you have with you?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I don't know the exact weight. At one point, Michelle and I owned 80-100 pounds of precious metals. My plan was to use some of that to get re-established, to get more drugs, or whatever I was going to do. When I hit the river, I was knocked out. Or, I was knocked out when I hit the tree. I'm not really sure where. But, when I woke up, my PFD had inflated. So, I could tell I was above the water. I was very woozy and disoriented. But, the one thing I was absolutely sure of my ankle was anchored. And, that was that drop bag was on the floor of the river. So, it was either that or me. I was already hypothermic and shaking, so I made the decision to cut it."
Scott Swan: "What did you tell police?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I gave them my name, showed them my pilot's license. I was hysterical. I had hit my head pretty good. I wasn't making sense. I tried to tell them, my airplane is still flying, I'm not in it, the autopilot's malfunctioned, it needs to be shot down. And, they're looking at me like I'm crazy. They said, 'Have you been taking anything? Yes, I took 10 Oxycontin tablets - just call the FAA. So, they called the FAA, they verified my pilot's license. And they said, no airplane's crashed, we don't know what you're talking about. They gave my ID's back to me. And they said, what do you want to do? Go to a hotel, do you want to go to the hospital, what do you want us to do? And, they were trying to tell me that I was in some kind of canoe accident, or had been ATV'ing, they just would not believe me. It was such an insane story. They kept asking where's your parachute then if you parachuted out of this airplane? I said, it was back at the river. It's in the river. Oh, yeah, sure boy, we believe you. I could see it from their side, it was a pretty crazy story. my plan was to drive down to where the airplane crashed, I knew it would crash somewhere on land in Alabama or Florida. My plan was to drive down there and explain what happened. In my crazy mind, I thought I just thought - here I am, by the way, I know the airplane is 300 miles away from where I landed, and here's the reason why. But, again, I wasn't in a very good state of mind. I went the wrong way down I-10. Milton, Florida was to the right of I-10. I went left because I was looking at the map upside down. And, I had been traveling all day. I had been bleeding all day. Nothing was making sense. Well, I'll just stop at a campground, get my marbles together and figure out where the airplane's at and see what's going on. I show up at the campground, and tell the lady, I just need a place to camp out for a little bit, I need a rest. She didn't ask me any questions. But, I remember as I was paying the fee, I looked up at the TV behind her and saw myself on CNN. I thought I was hallucinating. I thought this couldn't be right. She didn't recognize who I was or what was happening. So, I went to the campground site, I had a little, mini-laptop, I opened it up, and of course, I went to your website, and saw that I was on the front. It was going around the world, I checked my email and I had tens of emails. Where are you? What's happening? Please talk to us, please call us. Friends and family and so forth. At that point, I decided that I was done embarassing my family. I was done with this addiction, I was just done period. I chose at that point, to take my life.
I went in, took a six pack of beer. I wanted to dull the pain. I went back to the campsite, I started a fire, and started to consume as many pills as I could, and as much beer as I could to numb the pain. And, started to write a letter to my family telling them how sorry I am for what I've done, to the clients, for how sorry I was for the money I've lost. And, that this was the better way. I went one step further. I went into a tent, and slit my wrist, and my arm artery, I had consumed 100 Oxycontin, 4-5 beers, and was bleeding out. There was no chance of me living. And, there was no hesitation. This wasn't I'm going to attempt suicide, this is I'm going to end my life. I spent probably two years in remorse and somewhat denial. I was in denial that I had a problem. I was in denial that I had a mental illness. It took a long time for me to really process through a lot. I was still hurting deeply over Michelle and what she had done. Her appearances on TV, all the hate bloggers, it was a lot to process. So, it took me a long time to work through it. Michelle and I are still married. And, it's very painful. I wish I could explain it. I have been so angry with her and what she did, what she said, and how she threw me under the bus. I never once through her under the bus. I never once said anything that would get her in trouble, that would send her to prison. I kept my mouth shut."
Scott Swan: "How much did she (Michelle) know about your plan with the plane?"
Marcus Schrenker: "She went on Dateline NBC and said he left me holding the bag. That kind of comment. That she didn't know anything about anything. She never spoke up and said he has a mental illness, she never once said he was addicted to pain pills, she never once spoke up and said I knew everything that was going to happen that night and he was not well.
Instead, she made these crazy comments and was just trying to save her own hide. That's something a wife doesn't do to a husband. Michelle was going to the doctor's with me. She knew I was bipolar. She knew I was diagnosed bipolar. A few weeks before the accident the doctors had called her and said he needs to be hospitalized. He's dangerous. He's dangerous to himself and other people and he's going to do something stupid. A few weeks before the accident the doctors had called her and said he needs to be hospitalized. He's dangerous. He's dangerous to himself and other people and he's going to do something stupid. He needs help. And, the decision was not to do that because it would destroy the business.
I've asked her over and over, why didn't you hospitalize me? I wouldn't be in this prison if she would have hospitalized me and she said, I thought you would hate me. I said I wouldn't have hated you. I would have loved you for it. I would have hated you short term, but I wouldn't be here. Alot of people in my generation, they call it generation RX, because there are so many people hooked on these prescription pain pills. I thought I was bigger than the pain pills. I thought it was ok. And, the reason why is they alter your sense of what's right and wrong. They alter your moral compass where you think you can do anything. And, when I initially started taking them, I thought oh, this is wonderful. This is great, I've never felt so great in my life. But, what happens is your body builds up a tolerance to it where it takes more and more and more. So, what I became is a functional addict to a dysfunctional addict, also someone who had bi-polar and was out of control.
Michelle was aware that I was taking a lot of pills. She was aware I was taking them while driving, taking them while flying, taking them at the office. I had a vial in the car, a vial in the airplane, it was just a way of life for us. I really want to reach out to people. If you think you're addicted to these pills, you have to get help cause if not, you could end up in a place like this. That's what happens. Slowly but surely, you're life becomes eroded. Your sense of right and wrong becomes manipulated. And, you will do something stupid. You could hurt someone or yourself."
Scott Swan: "What did you tell your children?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I had to be very honest with them. And honestly, the first couple of years, I wasn't honest. I wasn't telling them the truth. And, I had to come totally clean and say I was addicted to these pills. And, I did some very stupid things."
Scott Swan: "What have you told your clients?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I would tell them the truth as well. Obviously, you trusted me. I let you down. I'm very sorry about that. I didn't know I was that impaired."
Scott Swan: "What were you doing with the clients' money?"
Marcus Schrenker: "We were a legitimate business. We worked very hard. Ran a balance sheet. A P&L statement. It was very respectable. The last year, what happened was we were running a deficit. So, what was happening was client funds that were coming in for deposits, in certain accounts, were getting co-mingled in the business account. And, then what was happening was personal expenses were getting paid with that and you can't do that."
Scott Swan: "Michelle knew that?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I don't want to put Michelle in prison, so I'll be careful what I say here. She knew a hell of a lot more than she let up to. You're the chief financial officer. You're my wife. You were spending hundreds of thousands of dollars. You were living the good life. You're in that picture with me next to the Lexus's. Then, all of a sudden you're saying I didn't know anything about it. I didn't know anything about anything. And, I had nothing to do with this guy, that's what she was saying. And that was extremely hurtful. She never had to throw me under the bus like that. I told her, I will go to prison. I will take the blame. I want you and the kids to be happy."
Scott Swan: "Tell me about the picture everyone has seen."
Marcus Schrenker: "I was high in that picture. If you look at my eyes in that picture, I have shark eyes. My pupils are completely dilated. Anyone in their right mind, would never take a picture as ostentatious and as in your face as that picture was. Look at Michelle's ring, on her finger. Huge ring. You look at those cars. Look at that airplane. It looks like we had it all. But, deep down inside, I was dying. I was in this depression that I could not shake."
Scott Swan: "And you're having an affair..."
Marcus Schrenker: "The whole thing with Kelly has been completely out of proportion. Absolutely out of proportion. Kelly and I had been friends for years. Kelly had a child, was not doing well. I stepped in to help her. Everyone made it sound like it was this adulterous relationship. And, it wasn't. I was simply trying to help a friend. And, that did not sit well with Michelle."
Scott Swan: "Was that the reason she filed for divorce?"
Marcus Schrenker: "She thought I was having an adulterous affair with this woman and assumed that I was. It took me two years for my memory to recover. Where I could really understand what happened to me and Kelly in that last year and be able to recall vividly all the times we were together and what happened."
Scott Swan: "How do you want to set the record straight? What's been said about you that's not true?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I wouldn't even know where to start. I wish someone would have come to be and said what happened. I would have told the truth. I'm very sorry what happened to those clients and the money they've lost. And, I'm going to do what I have to do to make that right. That's not a legacy I'm going to leave for my family. I'm going to do the right thing. I'm taking my punishment like a man. And, I'm going to be a better person because of it. It's helped me. I'm going to reach out to others and help them with dependency when I get out of here.
My children - I don't want them to think I was leaving them. I wasn't of sound mind that night. I love them. I love those three kids with everything I have. I want them to do know that. It's hard for them to understand what these pills do to one's mind. It's hard for them to understand what the bi-polar does. It's a hell of an illness. But, I want them to know that I miss them. I think about them every day. I love them. I should have gotten help and I'm sorry I didn't get help and I'm sorry all this happened. But, I'm going to do what's right. And, I'm going to see this out."
Scott Swan: "Why are you nervous about getting out?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I'm extremely nervous about that. Everywhere I go, people know me. Even in here, I'm recognized. I don't know how I'll live a sense of normalcy. How will I get my life back. That's scary when everything's been taken away. And, you've been punished to this level. When you've been eviscerated to this level, getting your credibility and your reputation back. It's going to be a hell of a fight."
Scott Swan: "What do you want to do when you get outside? Can you salvage that?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I think I'll be ten times as successful as I was. I'll never touch a drink again. I'll never touch a drug again. That I know. I would like to own my own business again someday but not in finance. I have no desire. It's a very high pressure industry. Very unpredictable. Extremely stressful. I think that's what drove me to the alcohol and the drugs so much. I really want t o help others deal with dependency and addiction. And, If I can just save one life, it's worth it."
Scott Swan: "Your story plays out like a movie."
Marcus Schrenker: "We've been approached by Hollywood. It's no secret. Yes, they want a story, and do a screenwrite with an A list actor. There's novelists and authors that want to do the book, I'm just not really sure yet if I want my life memorialized in a movie."
Scott Swan: You've got to pay these clients back to the tune of $650,000. How will you pay these clients back?"
Marcus Schrenker: I can't start that process until I'm out of here and obviously going back to work.
If I would agree to a movie, I would ask that those proceeds go to the clients and that way, they're taken care of and then I can start with a clean slate.
(NOTE FROM INDIANA SECRETARY OF STATE: The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute has a procedure to attach the proceeds of media rights of convicted felons to pay restitution. The majority of the funds go to victims. However, the securities victims also have a civil judgment against Schrenker, which is not dischargeable in bankruptcy, which means that they can seek even the portion that would go to Schrenker.)
Scott Swan: "Do you think you can salvage your marriage?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I love Michelle with everything I have. I forgive her. If I expect her to forgive me, I have to forgive her. I don't think I'll ever love another woman as much as I love her. That's what's so scary. I would do anything to work out our marriage. But, I've asked her to come forward, you need to take responsibility, where you need to. You need to do what's right. If you're going to be my wife, you need to start acting like it. I do love her."
Scott Swan: "You've been painting in prison. How has that been therapeutic for you?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I've never drawn or painted in my life. I think in second grade I did water colors. But the doctors recommended it. I was having a hard time with my memory. My memories were so jogged. I couldn't tell what came first, college or high school. I couldn't tell who was friends or not. I would ask Michelle, who keeps writing me and she said, it's one of my your best friends. I don't remember this person. So, the doctor said take up an art. Draw with your left hand, draw with your right hand, and think of things you remember. Beach scenes or whatever, and that will help job your memory and help things connect. I try to think of places in my mind that Michelle and I have been. I could sit for hours and make these paintings. In my life, I'll never have time like this again. There's something incredibly calming about spending a couple of hours and just painting."
Scott Swan: "You play basketball. You get exercise..."
Marcus Schrenker: "Exercise is almost mandatory and it's good. It's part of the recovery process. I've lost over 50 pounds since I got here and I want to lose another 30 pounds before I leave."
Scott Swan: "You're close to an airport (in this prison)."
Marcus Schrenker: "When the jets start up over there, I can smell 'em. And, that just brings back this wave of memories. Sometimes, some nights will start up and I'll have night terrors, all night about the accident, my roommate will wake me up and say calm down, it's just a dream. We can hear the control tower. Why God, why did you put me here - laughter."
Scott Swan: "What are those dreams like. What do you dream about?"
Marcus Schrenker: "It's just the airplane exploding. It was so violent, Scott. It was so violent. It's something you've never forget."
Scott Swan: "What was the mistake you made and not getting the plane to the Gulf?"
Marcus Schrenker: "If I had pressed the auto pilot button, it would have climbed back up to altitude, and it would have gone way past the Cayman Islands. But, a jet at low altitude, burns through its fuel very quickly. It's a turbo prop, with a turbine engine, it descended down to altitude, and it used up its fuel in 45 minutes."
Scott Swan: "So, had you hit autopilot, how much different would your life be?"
Marcus Schrenker: "I'd be dead. That's the ironic thing. If they wouldn't have caught me, and forced me to detox, I would be dead today."
Scott Swan: "No doubt at all."
Marcus Schrenker: "No doubt at all. I was a complete train wreck."
Scott Swan: "Was your plan to go to the Caribbean, to Mexico, to Europe?"
Marcus Schrenker: "What I really want to emphasize - I really wasn't in a good state of mind. My only desire at that point was to stay high. Was to keep the pill dosage coming. The Oxycontin, which is synthetic heroin basically, that was my only drive. If I would have had enough access to money, I probably would have bought enough money to kill myself."
Scott Swan: "What have I not asked you that you want my viewers to know. Something that's on your mind or heart."
Marcus Schrenker: "I'm human. I have feelings too. I wish people could understand how horrible that was. I miss being loved. I miss being held. I miss my family. I miss my kids. I miss them so much. You can take everything away from me, everything materialistic, I really don't care about that. But, you take your kids away from me, and its hell. It's a prison sentence in itself."
Scott Swan: "Prison is a long way from Cocktail Cove, isn't it?"
Marcus Schrenker: "It is. It is. I grew up with nothing. I was from a middle class family. I'm a survivor. This doesn't bother me one bit, this has been good for me. The more I acquire, the more unhappy I was. I couldn't find happiness."
Scott Swan: "You had it all."
Marcus Schrenker: "On the outside yes. The more I acquired, the more unhappy I became. I found that my assets began to control me. And, that's a lesson a lot of people learn about money and wealth, it's not all cracked up to what you think it's going to be."
Scott Swan: "You had a million dollar home, airplanes, cars..."
Marcus Schrenker: "At one point, I think my total net worth was over 10 million."
Scott Swan: "How much do you think you lost?"
Marcus Schrenker: "Ten million. Lost it all." [Laughter.] "I don't know what I have. I don't want to speculate about that and talk about that too much. I think when I get out I'll have to really sit down and figure out what I have left and go from there."
Scott Swan: "What about the people who are watching this and say he's not getting enough time. There's not enough time he can spend in prison?"
Marcus Schrenker: "Prison isn't the hard part. Jail was the hard part. I spent two years in solitary confinement. Scott, if I locked you up in one of those rooms for one day you'd go crazy. Think about doing that for two years. I've been punished at a level that most prisoners, most murderers will never get. I was eviscerated on TV. The Nancy Grace's, they hammered away at me over and over. And, I couldn't defend myself. I wasn't well enough to defend myself. I've lost everything. Plus, I've been sent to prison. I think we send people to prison that we don't like sometimes which is sad."
Scott Swan: "Once you get out of here, will you ever want to fly again? Do you want your own plane? Do you want your pilot's license?"
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NJ is almost impossible, I'm betting DC is the same, MA is probably easiest of them all.
This is a discussion on Moving for Grad school -- How hard to get a permit in these locations??? within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Hey all, I'm may go to grad school in one of the following areas -- how hard is it to obtain a permit there. Massachusetts ...
Hey all,
I'm may go to grad school in one of the following areas -- how hard is it to obtain a permit there.
Massachusetts (Boston) (May Issue)
New Jersey (Camden) (May Issue)
D.C. (May Issue)
I used this site to help get an idea Handgunlaw.us
Thanks all --- I'm gonna try to attend a school in Philadelphia or somewhere in VA (GTG w/ my PA LTC).
Thanks Everybody!!
NJ is almost impossible, I'm betting DC is the same, MA is probably easiest of them all.
May Issue=May Not Issue
What is your field of study? Perhaps you should keep shopping for schools.
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MA from my understanding it is possible to get a permit.
NJ slim to none.
DC forget it, you might get a permit to own a gun there, but not to carry.
However, if you go to school in DC, you might choose to live in VA, and obtaining a permit will not be a problem, you just cannot carry it in DC.
Here are the steps to apply for a LTC in Boston (please note that other towns/cities have different requirements), some outside of Boston are very LTC friendly, while others not so much.
Detailed steps on how to apply for a license in Boston - Northeastshooters.com
You can forget DC, they have no carry permits, just a long drawn out permit to own, and right now "own" means locked up in your house.
Don't think you stand much chance in NJ either...
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I'd pick a new college...in a gun friendly state like UT...OMO
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Boston seems like your best bet.
I hear it helps a lot if you have a permit from your home state already also.
Otherwise they are known to restrict the permits so that it lets you purchase and own hi-capacity firearms, but doesn't allow you to carry them concealed.
I would agree w/the other posters that MA would be the best bet RIGHT NOW. However, there is a case(Palmer v. DC) that will be heard in January challenging DC's carry laws. So that avenue may open up sooner rather than later.
Keep in mind most colleges don't allow carry, and some states regard it as a crime(or you just get expelled).
"The right of the whole people, old and young, men, women and boys, and not militia only, to keep and bear arms of every description, not such merely as are used by the militia, shall not be infringed, curtailed, or broken in upon, in the smallest degree..."
Nunn v. State GA 1848
MA does NOT recognize students as "residents" unless they graduated HS in MA! Therefore it's almost unheard of for a student to get a Resident LTC at all.
Boston proper will NOT issue a "carry" level of permit unless the person is very well connected politically or business owner and can prove very large sums of cash (or jewels) are carried on a regular basis (must provide deposit slips and bank statements). For Residents they will issue a LTC-A but it is restricted to target and hunting.
MGLs Ch. 269 S. 10(j) make it a misdemeanor to possess any firearm, ammo or OC on any school property (K-college). Only exceptions are LEOs and LTC-A (unrestricted or FID for OC only) holder who has received WRITTEN permission from school president (forget about it) or his designee. So you'd have to live off-campus to possess and couldn't carry at the school property even if you got proper permit.
A NR LTC can be issued by MA State Police (actually CHSB) for $100/year and an annual visit/interview with CHSB in Chelsea.
To get a MA license, you have to take a training course ($75-150 typical) from a MSP Certified Instructor and produce a MSP Training Certificate (1st time only). Every one of the 351 cities/towns makes up their own rules for any potentially additional BS that you have to provide. Some require that you join a gun club (Boston just dropped that requirement), pass a range test (Boston and Brookline in particular), provide doctor letters (attesting to your mental state), etc.
There is a ton of info on this in the MA Gun Laws sub-forum found at Northeastshooters.com New England's Premier Shooting Forum.
Wow, you picked some pretty tough places for gun permits. Good luck.
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You are very wise in seeking out some help for your son, as this will be a huge loss for him and the way this coach died, is also difficult for anyone, let alone a child.
Was this coach affiliated with Teddy's school? Also what part of the country do you live in and I can find some references (now) for you.
We live in Key West. The Hockey league is not affiliated with the school. Teddy is in a 501 program for his ADHD so I do have the assist of MH professionals in the school. I am just looking for some advice on how to break the news to him today.
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Talking to a child about suicide is one of the hardest things you may ever do. It is normal to feel uncomfortable. Everyone feels unprepared, uneasy, and anxious telling children that someone they love has died from suicide. As loving people, we want to protect children from pain. Unfortunately, we cannot avoid talking about an event that will impact their life. As adults, we can be supportive in helping children to experience life naturally, and we can lead them in positive directions.
Basics to remember when talking to children about someone special who has died from suicide:
"I know I have to tell them that this person died, but should I tell them the truth, that the person died from ending his or her own life?"
Some adults are hesitant to tell children that someone has died from suicide because they want to protect children from painful feelings. This is a very understandable concern because of the stigma associated with suicide in our culture. It is, of course, always a personal choice to give other reasons for the cause of death. One thing to keep in mind, however, is that when adults hide the truth in an effort to protect children, the children often see and hear information from other sources, such as a clipping from the newspaper, or an overheard conversation, from a neighbor, a relative, or another child who lets the "cat out of the bag." One way to have better control over information is to tell children the truth yourself.
Remember that what a child perceives actually may be scarier for them than the truth itself. On the other hand, it is a good idea to refrain from describing graphic or disturbing details that the child is unaware of. But the truth can be talked about in ways that are open and honest, as well as protective. Children will follow your lead. If you are open and honest with them, you are teaching them that they can be the same with you. As a result, they will be prepared when others talk about what happened, and you and your child will develop a more trusting relationship.
"What do I say? How do I talk about it?"
This will depend on the child's age. Find a private, comfortable place. Use words that are understandable for their age. If possible, ask for help from a supportive family member, friend, or grief counselor beforehand for advice. Consider what the child already may know or may have experienced (if he or she witnessed the police in the home, for example). Understanding their personal experience can guide you in helping the child open up about what happened and what he or she knows.
Give children opportunities to ask questions. Ask them what they would like to do after talking together. They may want to talk more, stay close to a relative, play, or get some emotional distance from the events. Follow the child's lead. Observe their body language. Remember that everyone grieves differently and there is no right or wrong way to grieve. There are no right or wrong feelings to have. All feelings or reactions are normal for them. Some children need to be involved and want a lot of information; other children may not want to be involved and want very little information.
It is okay to ask them if they would like to talk about it more. Whenever possible, it is always best to be a good listener and let them talk and ask questions. Do your best to be available to talk about what happened, and let them choose their own way of coping and grieving.
It also is okay to not know what to say or do. Be honest with children and say, "I don't know." Let them know that although you may not have answers to all of their questions right now, you will do your best to learn.
It is very important to draw attention to the person's life before the death. Suicide is the cause of death, but it is not who the person was to the child while they were alive. Talk about memories and what that person meant while they were alive, because this is what will be left for the child to remember in the years to come.
"What do I say when a child asks 'why' someone ended his or her own life?"
You could respond in any way that feels the most comforting for you and your child. You can tell a child "we may never know why." You could say that the person "did not want to die, but was not thinking clearly at the moment," or "was not thinking in the right way, at that time." You also could say that the person "was not himself or herself" and "didn't mean for it to happen." If the child is very young and still does not understand, you could say that the person's "brain was not working."
If you prefer, you can also say that the person who died "had a lot of adult problems and adult stress, and did not reach out to others for help. It always is important to reach out for help when problems get very big. All problems get fixed over time."
You also can say that the person "made a mistake, or a wrong choice, because there is always another way out." Another important response is that "all problems are temporary, not permanent, and that problems can always be made better." What is most important is that the child knows that "it is no one's fault," and there always are ways to make things better.
"What do I tell people who ask what happened? How do I guide a child about how to respond to other people's questions?"
Suicide carries a social stigma that we cannot ignore. Who you choose to tell and not tell is something that may concern you. Remember that if you choose to not tell some people, it is not because you should feel embarrassed or ashamed, but rather a reflection of cultural misunderstandings about suicide and what it is like to be a survivor of a suicide. Let your child know that some people might ask what happened, and they should have a prepared response for those who are not in their close-knit circle.
The child should know that others may be judgmental, or say something hurtful, and it may be helpful for them to seek out reassuring and comforting people. Ask your child for suggestions and try to come up with some responses together that are the most comforting. This may ease the burden of your child feeling unprepared and put on the spot. Being prepared will help them feel confident that they are not "lying" or attracting more attention to what happened. They are instead making their own choices about what to share about their life.
"I feel like people will blame me for what happened. I can't help but blame myself."
Your child may feel similarly. People experience a variety of feelings when something this traumatic happens. Remember your feelings are normal. No matter what the cause of death, guilt is one of the many feelings that most people have. It is natural to feel like we could have prevented something terrible from happening. It is important to accept the fact that there are things in life that are out of our control. Feeling like we are somewhat responsible for someone's death is normal, but not logical. Get support from those who will remind you that no one is to blame. And, be sure to give children the same reassurance that what happened had absolutely nothing to do with them, just as it had nothing to do with you.
"If I tell them what happened, will that mean that my child might try to do the same thing?"
Scientific research has shown that although there is sometimes a family connection, most people who have a family history of suicide do not go on to do the same thing. It is important to remember that people do not die from suicide because they honestly expressed their feelings. People die from suicide because they did not express their feelings in open and constructive ways. Openness is important because everyone in life has, at some point, experienced desperation or vulnerability.
It is important to teach children that it is okay to talk about their feelings, that all feelings are okay, and they can find support when needed. It is best to have a calm non-judgmental attitude when talking about these issues, so that a child will feel more comfortable expressing his or her own feelings. Assisting your child in expressing his or her feelings honestly will allow you to offer comfort or acceptance for his or her feelings (no matter what they are).
"Is there any good that can come from this?"
Absolutely. You can become closer as a family or as friends. Your child will look to you for guidance as a role model, and you will be able to model love and support for them. You can have a more open and supportive life with your children. Events like these force us to find ways to take care of each other and ourselves in ways that might not ever have been asked of us before. If such a tragic situation can teach us anything, it is that it's important to reach out to each other and share our feelings in safe, accepting environments.
"What can I do for my children over time, after we have initially talked about what has happened?"
You have already begun to help your child for the future by initiating an open relationship with him or her right now. You also can encourage children to express their feelings through art, drawing, books, writing, and playing (depending on their age and interests). It is common for children to retell what happened to them, or they may draw or play in ways that reenact traumatic events. This is often useful for children for expressing themselves and creating an opportunity for others to talk with them about their feelings.
It is also a good idea to check in with them as time goes by. As they get older, they will probably think differently about the suicide. Offer to talk about their changing feelings. Professional grief counseling also is available in most communities. Contact a local grief counselor, hospice, or other bereavement services to help cope with feelings of loss after a death.
Look for opportunities for your child to meet other children or families who also have experienced a traumatic death. Because suicide has a cultural stigma attached to it, families may feel very alone, different, and isolated. Feeling isolated is why it is especially important for survivors to feel normal and a part of social groups. Support groups can help reduce the sense of isolation. Knowing that they (and you) are not alone can be one of the most healing gifts you can give your child, yourself, and others in the community. Remember that you can help others when they also know that they are not alone. Please click green ACCEPT Button for this information. Thank you.


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RB Kareem Huggins takes the handoff up the middle but is unable to gain any yards.
QB Josh Freeman throws a pretty play action pass to Campbell for a 26 yard gain. Campbell gets up limping and appears to injure his quad during play.
Huggins ends the scrimmage with a 7-yard gain on a toss.
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Leftwich opens 7-on-7 with a short 5-yard pass to Clark.
Leftwich pumps fake the deep pass before finding TE John Gilmore across the middle for a 10 yard gain.
Leftwich looks to go deep again but good defensive coverage forces to check down to FB Jameel Cook for a short gain.
Leftwich throws incomplete pass intended for Stovall who makes reception out of bounds.
McCown comes in and on his first play is unable to find any open receivers due to excellent coverage downfield by CB Torrie Cox, S Donte Nicholson, and CB Elbert Mack.
McCown completes 4-yard pass to Graham
McCown throws questionable pass downfield to Carter in double coverage.
McCown overthrows a wide open TE Jerramy Stevens.
Freeman overthrows on a pass attempt to WR Sammie Stroughter. There was excellent coverage by Ruud on the play.
Freeman finds Huggins for a short gain
Freeman misfires over the middle to TE Ryan Purvis. The ball was a little overthrown, but still could have been caught by Purvis.
QB Josh Johnson enters the mix and finds a wide open Stevens over the middle for a 12-yard gain.
11 on 11 starting at the 40 yard line – PLAY BY PLAY
QB Byron Leftwich hits Clark in the chest, but the ball bounces out of his hands and is nearly intercepted by CB Ronde Barber
Leftwich hits Gilmore for a 5-yard gain.
Leftwich launches a deep ball downfield to Stroughter, who makes a perfect over the shoulder catch for the 60-yard score.
Leftwich and Stroughter hook up again for a touchdown. This time Stroughter was streaking down the field without a defender within 10 yards.
Leftwich is sacked by LB Quincy Black who lined up at the left defensive end position
McCown hits Stovall for an 8-yard gain
McCown faces tough pressure from the defensive line and the play is blown dead before DE Gaines Adams and Black sack the QB.
McCown lines up in shotgun formation but is forced to run out of the pocket by DT Jimmy Wilkerson.
McCown is forced to scramble yet again thanks to pressure from the defensive line. This time though he gets rid of the ball after finding Purvis for a 17-yard gain.
Before McCown can take snap, OT Donald Penn is called for a false start and takes a lap. Offensive line coach Pete Mangurian has any players who are flagged run a lap around the field.
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McCown overthrows Graham in the middle of the field.
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The Single Call Control Plane Myth in a UC World
Call control planes and CAC are useful tools, especially in limited bandwidth zones, but be careful not to turn these tools into expensive or limiting elements of your architecture.
Unified Communications (UC, or UC&C, when "collaboration" is included) is a threat to the PBX. UC offers enterprises ways to use new communications capabilities, not all of which are voice or video, to solve communications problems. When these new communications solutions do require voice or video, the UC systems can use integral voice and video IP protocols. which do not require a PBX license, connection or route.
Of course, the PBX manufacturers have many defenses against this threat. One defense is to argue that the enterprise should have a "single call control plane." This means that all calls in the enterprise should be controlled by a single system. At a minimum, this means all voice calls. Increasingly, the PBX producer argues to include all real-time communications including video sessions.
The argument is that this single call control plane will give the enterprise better voice quality for calls between enterprise locations through a centralized allocation of voice and video bandwidth on each segment of the enterprise's Wide Area Network (WAN). Known as call admission control (or CAC), this allocation assures that no more calls will be allowed onto each WAN segment than is supported by the real-time communications class of service on that WAN segment. The logic is that a single call control plane will assure that other products, systems or software will not defeat the CAC strategy by using unauthorized portions of the protected real-time bandwidth.
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First, a single call control plane may be irrelevant in some parts of the enterprise network topology. For example, most enterprises have an abundance of bandwidth at their main locations. This could be a large campus environment or could be a number of buildings in a major city that are supported by a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) from an Ethernet Backbone service provider or an MPLS carrier. If bandwidth is plentiful in a low-latency network zone, there is no need to build and maintain a call control system to allocate that bandwidth. Note that in most cases, the Class of Service (COS) functions of an MPLS network can accomplish the same purpose as a single call control plane without the additional costs or administration on the enterprise's communication system.
Second, a single call control plane is irrelevant for some types of communications. For example, employees' calls on mobile devices are controlled by the cellular carrier's call control plane, not the enterprise call control plane. Calls from remote or mobile workers to other remote or mobile workers, if connecting between IP endpoints (hard phones or softphones), will route directly between those endpoints, outside the enterprise firewall, and will not require a single call control plane. Communications using audio and video conferencing bridges, especially if those are hosted services, are unlikely to be visible to, and therefore unlikely to be controllable by, a single call control plane. Communications from customers or partners through the enterprise's web pages or via collaborative workspaces may be routed directly to a web client, rather than through a single call control plane.
Third, the imposition of a mandatory single call control plane methodology may limit the types of communications systems or devices which the enterprise might use, to those which have compatible protocols for or have been certified by the producer of the single call control system, usually one of the enterprise's PBX vendors. This runs the risk of restricting the enterprise's ability to innovate at a time when innovation using new UC tools or new WebRTC methods is more important than ever.
Yes, there is a place for CAC to control communication calls and sessions to locations with scarce bandwidth, such as for video to or from small branch offices. This control can be provided by a system that controls communication to those locations, but does not require an enterprise-wide implementation.
This will likely be increasingly important when considering UC&C implementations. As shown by the Enterprise Connect 2013 RFPs, the most economical way to implement UC is to deploy an "overlay" solution in parallel with the existing PBX system. In those cases, the UC overlay will have its own call control plane. Also, as shown in the RFPs, the new UC solution can be connected to the existing PBX system to utilize existing trunks and telephones. Similarly, it is increasingly common to find communications functions built into business applications (SalesForce.com, SAP, and many others), again having a separate call control plane, which can connect to the existing PBX infrastructure when needed.
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Hi Jeremiah,
Thank you for the information - it certainly is a relief.Ā Two questions though:
1. I came across an old thread which seemed to be saying 0.7.0 cassandra has a bug and doesn't remove these compact files properly.Ā Should we upgrade to a newer version that has this bug fixed?
2. Do we must do the garbage collection via Jconsole manually?Ā Is there anyway I can force the GC in our code? (we are using Hector as our java client).
Connect with jconsole and run garbage collection.
All of the files that have a -Compacted with the same name will get
deleted the next time a full garbage collection runs, or when the node
is restarted. ĀThey have already been combined into new files, the old
ones just haven't been deleted yet.
On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 16:09 -0400, Yiming Sun wrote:
> Hi,
> I am new to Cassandra, and am hoping someone could help me understand
> the (large amount of small) data files on disk that Cassandra
> generates.
> The reason we are using Cassandra is because we are dealing with
> thousands to millions of small text files on disk, so we are
> experimenting with Cassandra hoping that by dropping the files
> contents into Cassandra, it will achieve more efficient disk usage
> because Cassandra is going to aggregate them into bigger files (one
> file per column family, according to the wiki).
> But after we pushed a subset of the files into a single node Cassandra
> v0.7.0 instance, we noted that in the Cassandra data directory for the
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> Index are under 100 bytes, and Statistics are around 4k.
> What are these files? Why are there so many of them? ĀWe originally
> hope that Cassandra was going to solve our issue with the small files
> we have, but now it doesn't seem to help -- we still end up with tons
> of small files. Ā Is there any way to reduce/combine these small
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Following a solid 2007 season that earned him rookie of the year honors on the PGA Tour, Brandt Snedeker was looking forward to getting off to a fast start in 2008.
Now, Snedeker said he just hopes he can make it around the golf course Thursday when the PGA Tour season kicks off at the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii. After competing in overseas events in Japan and Australia, the 27-year-old native of Nashville, Tenn., returned home for the holidays and was hit with a flu bug he still hasn't fully recovered from.
"I spent my Christmas in bed and am still trying to get over it right now," Snedeker told reporters. "So hopefully it'll warm up and I'll get it out of my system."
Snedeker arrived at Kapalua Resort last Saturday and said he was hoping to knock some rust off his game. After being bedridden for three days, Snedeker said he didn't touch a club for six days prior to coming to The Plantation Course.
"I wanted to see what I had - surprisingly it was OK," Snedeker said. "I still feel a little dizzy, which is scary.
"It's kind of worrying me a little bit. I shouldn't be this dizzy this long after having the flu."
Snedeker said he planned to see a doctor to try and get his health issues squared away in hopes that he can at least be competitive in the 31-player field, which exclusively comprises winners of last year's PGA Tour events. He said he hasn't had much of an appetite since becoming ill, has lost weight and had difficulty gaining strength.
"I'm interested to see where my fitness level is," Snedeker said. "The course is really hilly and I'm struggling getting in and out of bed, so we'll find out."
Once he starts feeling better, Snedeker said he's eager to try and follow up the success he enjoyed during his rookie year. In 29 PGA Tour events, the Vanderbilt graduate made 23 cuts and had 13 top-25 finishes, including six top 10s.
Snedeker picked up his first PGA Tour victory by winning the Wyndham Championship. He finished the year ranked No. 17 on the money list with more than $2.8 million in earnings.
He also played in two majors in 2007, finishing tied for 23rd in the U.S. Open and tied for 18th in the PGA Championship. After his recent success, Snedeker said he obviously has different goals for the upcoming year.
"Last year my main goal was to keep a job for this year," Snedeker said. "This year, I want to obviously put myself in contention a lot, give myself a lot of chances to win and be there in some majors. On Saturday and Sunday I want to be there in majors and see what it's like, get myself under some fire and see how I react."
Snedeker said the main thing he learned from his rookie year was how to prepare for golf tournaments. Now, he said he has a very specific practice regiment that he thinks will help him become more successful.
Overall, Snedeker said the area he'd like to improve the most is his driving accuracy. Last year, he finished 153rd on the PGA Tour in that category, hitting 59.8 percent of his fairways.
"My driving accuracy last year was terrible, to put it lightly," Snedeker said. "When I played well, I drove it well. That's something I want to kind of make sure I improve on this year."
Air travel during the holidays is difficult enough, but as Boo Weekley found out, it's even more harrowing when you accidentally leave two bullets from an off-season deer-hunting trip in your carry-on bag.
Weekley said the incident took place late last week when he was attempting to board a flight in Pensacola, Fla.
"They put the red flags on me. I had the cops there," Weekley told reporters. "I thought I was going to jail."
The adventure didn't end there for Weekley. His flight to Atlanta was then late, causing him and his family to miss their connection and forced them to spend the night there. Once Weekley and his family finally arrived in Los Angeles, they had to spend nine hours in the terminal before catching their flight to Hawaii.
"It was tough to keep myself patient," Weekley said. "I think I sat in every chair in the airport."
Paul Goydos earned his spot in the Mercedes-Benz Championship last year in the Sony Open in Hawaii, making birdies in three of his final four holes to earn his first PGA Tour victory in 11 years.
Goydos' previous tour win came in 1996 at the Bay Hill Invitational. While the 11-year gap is certainly larger than the veteran golfer would've liked, he noted that it has coincided with Tiger Woods joining the professional ranks.
"It was a long gap, but I think that of that 10 and a half years, Tiger was involved in 10 of those years, and he's taken some events from me," Goydos said during a press conference. "He won six or seven times every year, I would imagine. He's won 60 times in 11 years or some crazy number like that.
"If you would have told me when I won that for the next - from '97 through '07 that some guy was going to win 60 times, I would say that you're out of your mind. There's just no way. That's not going to happen."
January 2, 2008
Davis Love III, who played the final 57 holes of the Children's Miracle Network Classic without a bogey, finished at 25-under 263 in the season-ending event played at the Walt Disney World Golf Resort in Florida. It has been a long road back for Love, who severely sprained his ankle late last year. After tearing ligaments, he needed surgery, and he's spent much of this year rehabilitating the injury.
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The Red Sox dropped their fourth straight game on Monday by a final score of 4-1 as they ran into more strong pitching, this time in the form of Miami Marlins ace Josh Johnson. The game featured the first start by Josh Beckett against his former franchise, but the Fish jumped all over him early on, putting the game out of reach with futile comeback attempts late by Boston.
Johnson had struggled for the most part this season, given that expectations have the tall right-handed pitcher leading the staff. He was shaky in the first inning, allowing both Scott Podsednik and Dustin Pedroia to reach to begin the game, but he recovered by striking out Adrian Gonzalez before getting consecutive fly outs to end the threat. The wasted early opportunity turned out to be one of the best chances the Sox would have.
Johnson settled down from there, throwing seven innings and striking out seven batters. With runners on second and third and one out in the sixth, Gonzalez lifted a fly ball deep to left field for a sacrifice fly, the lone run Johnson would be charged with.
Josh Beckett had a similar outing, but the Marlins were able to score against him when he struggled early. In the first, free agent acquisition Jose Reyes jumpstarted Miami with a triple in the gap, splitting Gonzalez playing right field and Ryan Sweeney in center. He scored on a sacrifice fly but the Marlins weren't quite done.
After a bloop single by big slugger Giancarlo Stanton, left fielder Logan Morrison belted a double off the wall in right, which Gonzalez bobbled, allowing Stanton to score all the way from first. Without the designated hitter in the National League ballpark, David Ortiz is forced to play first place, leaving Gonzalez in right field where been playing more frequently.
Morrison then scored on another base hit, and the Marlins tacked on their fourth run in the second inning. But from there Beckett settled in and pitched very well. He retired 17 of the next 18 batters, allowing just one walk in the seventh. He finished throwing seven innings, allowing six hits (all in the first two innings), the four runs and the one walk. Without the Sox offense, he suffered his seventh loss of the season and his ERA climbs to 4.14 on the year.
After a weekend of being shut down by tremendous Washington pitching, it was the Sox offense that cost them an opportunity in the first game of their series in Miami. The middle of the lineup combined to be 0-12 in the game, and Gonzalez was 0-2 despite the sac fly and his first walk since May 15th. It came to lead off the ninth inning, but Miami closer Heath Bell recovered by striking out three straight to end the game.
One positive from the loss for Boston was the return of Mark Melancon to the majors, pitching a perfect eighth inning. Tomorrow night the teams square off again, with Clay Buchholz coming off his strongest outing of the year to face former White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle. Despite a high 5.77 ERA, Buchholz will be seeking his eighth win of the year.
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When: Sept. 23
Where: Gallatin County High School
What: The Lady Demons get closer to .500 record, edging out Gallatin County (25-20, 26-24) in two sets to move to 9-10 on the year.
Upcoming: Williamstown will prep for the Fillies Fall Fling at Harrison County Oct. 2, as they will take on Deming at 11 a.m. The Lady Demons have one more home game, as senior night will be Oct. 5 against Calvary Christian. Game time is 7 p.m.
Homer and Thelma Campbell Brown celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary on Sept. 13.
They were married Sept. 13, 1943 in Tempe, Arizona. Homer was a staff sergeant in the Army Air Force at the time.
Their children are Joyce Reynolds, Sharon Brown, Faye Leach, Sheila Whaley and the late Carl Brown. They have seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Through the years they have been faithful members of the Corinth Christian Church. They are residents of Grant Manor in Williamstown.
More than 3,000 children ride buses to school, on 53 regular bus routes, in Grant County and safety is the number one issue. That is why Buster the Bus is visiting each elementary school teaching the children about bus safety.
Roxanna Traft and Jackie St. Amour, both school bus drivers and driver trainers, are Buster's chaperons as he makes his school rounds.
Although safety is of utmost importance, the two say there is another qualification for the high stress job.
"You've got to like kids to be a bus driver," St. Amour said.
A small grass fire quickly ballooned into 25 acres of blackened, scorched earth last week on the Grant/Owen county line.
Ronnie Simons and James Messmer were hauling wood Sept. 24 across Pleasant View Road in Corinth when they noticed a 25-foot area on fire.
"It was small enough that if we'd have had some flappers, we probably could have put it out,' Simons said, watching firefighters from eight departments battle to contain the blaze.
Kentuckians wanting to vote on Nov. 2 have one week to make sure they are registered, according to Secretary of State Trey Grayson.
Persons not currently registered must do so by Monday, Oct. 4. County Clerks' offices throughout Kentucky will accept voter registration cards until the close of business that day. A postmark of Oct. 4 is also required for all mail-in voter registration applications. Registration cards can be obtained over the internet at www.vote.ky.gov/register.
A 37-year-old Crittenden man was indicted Sept. 15 on a second-degree manslaughter charge in the death of Ronald Valentine.
The Grant County Grand Jury indicted Jeffrey L. Garland for manslaughter and operating a motor vehicle under the influence in a May 28 accident that resulted in Valentine's death.
Valentine was a passenger in Garland's vehicle.
The crash occurred on Lebanon Road, KY 491, approximately two miles west of Crittenden.
Lynette Dallas would like to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of her daughter, Michelle Dallas, to Christopher Stevens, son of Mildred Stevens and the late Michael Stevens.
The wedding is being planned for 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 at the Unity Baptist Church in DeMossville. A reception will follow at St. William Catholic Church Hall in Williamstown.
The bride is a 2002 graduate of Grant County High School and is the daughter of the late Dennis Dallas.
The groom is employed by LSI Industries in Blue Ash, Ohio.
Debbie Marksberry of Williamstown is pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of her daughter, Mandy Callahan, to Craig Smith, son of James and Andrea Smith of Falmouth.
The wedding will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 25 at Turner Ridge Baptist Church. The reception will follow immediately at the JMB Reception Hall in Dry Ridge.
The bride is a 2000 graduate of Pendleton County High School and a graduate of Maysville Community College. She is employed by Total Care Pharmacy in Falmouth.
Looking at the line-up, it almost appeared as if the Grant County High School Marching Band was heading to finals instead of their second competition of the season, as seven of the 10 bands that performed at Madison Central in Richmond on Sept. 18 were KMEA State-finalists in 2009.
In preliminary competition, Grant County competed with fellow 4A band Madison Southern from Berea. When Preliminary awards were announced, Grant County took the percussion caption, while earning first place over Madison Southern in 4A competition and was sitting in third place overall.
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culligan mark 50(59) resin change
Need info on the correct method to remove the "twin 3/4 hole head unit"
and remove old media and replace with correct media.
My good source of parts sent me 1.5 C.U. of fine mesh resin (which I asked for) and a tube (about 3/4-inch diameter with a fine hole filter at the lower end). The order may have been based on a "Mark 50 unit, which exists, however, subsequent searching has found that the unit I have is labeled
"Mark 50(59)" Insane number games...but I do have the Culligan parts manual to confirm this now. The main thing is to get info on the procedure. When I empty the old resin I will find out what is in there but it would be nice to know ahead of time. A dense web search has found info on the screw top style but not exactly mine.
All responses will be eligible for one gallon of , eventually, soft water and more importantly a sample reproduction of the art of Marshall Peck III. You just can't lose by responding.
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Notifying the State Archaeologist is required by law (OCGA 12-3-621) when the surface of any archaeological site is disturbed for the purpose of investigating the site or discovering artifacts. This code section was amended as of July 1, 2007 to provide for notification to be given through a website and/or a telephone hot line that will be available at all times. The State Archaeologist office is in the Historic Preservation Division of DNR and will receive notification about impacting archaeological sites through this website or by phone.
REMEMBER: Hobbyists and professional archaeologists alike must first determine who owns the land and ask their permission, before undertaking any activity.
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1. With the exception of burials and associated objects, archaeological sites belong to the landowner. Landowners can dig archaeological sites - with the exception of burials - that are on their property. DNR recommends that you preserve any archaeological sites that you may own for future generations.
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Congrats on your 'new' pistol! No parts recommendation that I can think of...
I picked up a Glock 19 Gen 3 new. Are there any factory parts that are recommended to be upgraded right now. The last Glock I owned was a Gen 1 G22.
Congrats on your 'new' pistol! No parts recommendation that I can think of...
Glocks are the bull dog gun. Was not made to be pretty, It was made to be a military gun. And it is just that a perfect gun. Dropped in mud, Sandy mud water and so on. The gun still fire . So many people won't to plug the hole in the handle. Needs to stay open, To help get mud out of the gun. That
is why glock do make a plug for the gun.
I love my glocks ,And married my colt 1911.
Upgrading the sights was the one thing I was thinking of.
Another strong reccommendation for upgrading to steel sights. Common opinion seems to be that replacing the stock sights is almost mandatory and replacing the stock mag release button is personal preference. Nothing else is needed. Lights and lasers are a different subject.
Any preference on steel site choice? Trijicon, Tru Glo, mepro...
I generally prefer Meprolights, but have also owned Trijicons (my son has them, too) with no problems. I don't really like/need the more noticeable white rings around the dots that are used on the Trijicon sights, but some folks prefer them. No experience with the Tru Glo stuff, but a lot of competition shooter seem to love them.
I always seem to gravitate to Meprolights. If I can't get them I'll go with Trijicon. As for the Truglo fiber-optic sights? They're widely considered to be too fragile for either EDC or duty use. If it's going to be strictly a range or game gun then Truglo sights are fine.
Me? I absolutely hate how the stock trigger feels on a new Glock. First three things I always do are (1) install a Lone Wolf 4.5# connector, (2) toss the factory rod and add a Wolff Gunsprings non-captured steel guide rod, and (3) replace every spring in the pistol - except the SLB spring - with Wolff, '+ power' springs.
(I do a lot of other things too; but that's beyond the scope of this thread.)
For my concealed carry i keep my Glocks stock except for sights at most. The trigger just takes some dry firing and shooting to get used to it, Congrats on one of the best 9mm's made.
I believe I have narrowed it down and I'm gonna go with the Meprolights Green front and yellow rear.
I have a friend. A long time ago he got into a late night pistol gunfight with a neighborhood meth dealer. One of the scariest moments of my friend's life was when the BG suddenly disappeared behind the brilliant green glow of his front Meprolight, 'night sight'. If my friend had fired at that exact moment he would have sent his first three rounds at where the charging perp used to be rather than where he actually was.
Every since that night my friend has been a strong believer in exactly the opposite sight arrangement than you have just mentioned. Problem is that, 'night sight' technology isn't as, 'state-of-the-art' as it, perhaps, should be. The only sight manufacturer I know of who offers an orange front sight and green rears is AmeriGlo.
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And how far away was the perp? At most legitimate self-defense distances, the sight alignment would be three tiny dots in the middle of a large silhouette. For the front sight "glow" to cover the entire target, he'd have to have been 50-75 yards away, right? Unless he bought the optional 90-120 lumen front sight...?
you don't need no stankin night sights. Get a set of Warren Tacticals and a decent flashlight; then you can see what you're shooting. It's all about eliminating uncertainty and target ID is a huge part of that.
Okay, so Warren Sights. Down the road you might want to look at a Ghost connector. I'd go with the Ultimate rather than the Rocket or the Ranger model. I'd stay away from the over sized mag release. It's too easy to accidentally dump your mag in recoil. Maybe a couple of G17 mags with Arredondo +5 baseplates as your spares. That gives your 23 shots if the first 15 didn't work...<g>
Only one question: Now that I know what an extraordinary gunman you are, how the Hell do you line up on a fast closing target AND nest your sights together at the same time? Got an equally facetious answer for this one, too?
You'd be wrong; multiple times wrong, in fact.I take it you've never had to use a fast sight picture on a rapidly closing target.Does the same "rule" apply to the guy re-telling his "friend's" story?Until you've been there and done that, maybe you should be quiet?I don't recall asking for permission, but I'll certainly sleep better tonight knowing I have your blessing to speak my mind.Then again this is the internet, a gun forum, and you're the moderator; so, do whatever you like.Practice.Only one question: Now that I know what an extraordinary gunman you are, how the Hell do you line up on a fast closing target AND nest your sights together at the same time? Got an equally facetious answer for this one, too?
The basic skill set doesn't require a charging BG to develop; it can be done with paper targets on a pulley set-up (similar the systems used by many indoor ranges), while hunting certain types of animals (boar or some varmints/fur animals, for instance), or by using other props. It all begins, of course, with basic gunhandling skills like being able to draw from a holster smoothly and precisely hit a stationary target. After that, you simply increase the difficulty level or decrease the time (or both). Once you're consistently doing well, you move to low-light conditions and do it all over again. Most folks will be pleasantly surprised at how quickly they can develop their shooting skills when properly motivated and challenged in a structured learning environment.
Even non-structured events can help develop these types of skills. A favorite game I used to play with my shooting buddies was to take a round object like a large coffee can and prop it up on a (safe/sandy) hillside which acted as a backstop, then pull a string to release it to roll down toward the shooter who was waiting, gun in hand. After we could hit it multiple times every run, we'd start from a holster. When that got too easy, we'd get closer to the can, so we had less time to react, draw, and fire when it was released. I realize not everyone has access to a place where this type of shooting can be done safely, but my friends and I were lucky.
In your above rant, you never answered my questions. How far away was the BG that the sight or sight glare completely hid his body from view behind the relatively tiny sight dots? How does moving the green glow from the front to the rear sight dots solve the problem you described?
I'm not going to make any further reply other than to say you're not half as smart as you, either, pretend or imagine yourself to be; but, you are the moderator; and I have to respect that.
Besides it's been my general experience that people like you usually have to learn many of their life lessons the hard way; and, trust me on this, I'm not going to do anything to interfere with your learning process.
You go get 'um, tough guy.
Anyway, for those folks looking for more info on night sights, I provide the following recommended light reading list:
pistol-training.com » Blog Archive » Night Sights: How Do They Work?
Handgun Night Sights
Selecting a duty-issue handgun | FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin,The | Find Articles at BNET
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The FACT that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies (Federal, state, and local) routinely equip their handguns with night sights would seem to support the claim that they are more useful than not, and certainly don't PREVENT the successful defensive use of a handgun, in any non-anecdotal way.


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New York (which shares the overall MLS lead with New England), D.C. United (last year's regular-season champion, D.C. United) and Real Salt Lake were the only MLS teams not to have anyone called up for the Gold Cup.
The list of 22 players includes Amado Guevara, who is persona non grata at Chivas USA, but not Mexican Cuauhtemoc Blanco, who will later join Chicago from Club America.
In addition, six Gold Cup players play in the USL-1.
4 Toronto FC (Greg Sutton, Adam Braz, Chris Pozniak, Marco Reda/CAN).
3 Chivas USA (Brad Guzan, Jonathan Bornstein/USA, Amado Guevara/HON)
3 Houston (Ricardo Clark, Brian Ching/USA, Dwayne De Rosario/CAN)
3 Los Angeles (Landon Donovan/USA, Kevin Harmse, Ante Jazic/CAN)
3 New England (Michael Parkhurst, Steve Ralston, Taylor Twellman/USA)
2 Chicago (Justin Mapp/USA, Ivan Guerrero/HON)
1 Colorado (Pablo Mastroeni/USA)
1 Columbus (Frankie Hejduk/USA)
1 FC Dallas (Carlos Ruiz/GUA)
1 Kansas City (Eddie Johnson/USA)