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Supplemental Proceedings
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If a creditor has a judgment ordered by a court and wants to collect the money from you, you may receive an order to attend a Supplemental Proceedings court hearing. #0210EN
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- When should I use this publication?
- Should I worry that I might lose my exempt income, like Social Security?
- What is an Order for Examination of Judgment Debtor or Notice of Supplemental Proceeding or Order to Show Cause re Supplemental Proceedings?
- Do I have to go to the supplemental proceeding?
- What happens at a supplemental proceeding?
- What happens when I go to court?
- What is "exempt property" and why does it matter?
- I cannot pay my debt. Will I go to jail?
- Can the creditor sell my house or my property?
- Can they garnish my wages to pay off my debt?
- What does "collection-proof" mean?
- Am I collection-proof?
- I think I am collection-proof. Do I still have to go to court?
- Would it help to file for bankruptcy?
- I received a notice of Supplemental Proceedings. Can I get legal advice?
When should I use this publication?
If you received:
an Order for Examination of Judgment Debtor OR
a Notice of Supplemental Proceeding OR
an Order to Show Cause re: Supplemental Proceedings
(Different counties call this Order or Notice different things. It is all the same thing.)
Should I worry that I might lose my exempt income, like Social Security?
No. The hearing cannot allow a creditor to take any income or property that the law says they cannot take. Your Social Security, veterans pension and most other government income still have protection from the creditor. Most private pensions, disability and retirement incomes are also exempt, but the rules are a little different. Call a lawyer to discuss how to protect yourself. You also still maintain a homestead exemption that protects $125,000 of equity (the amount you would keep after you sell your home and pay off the mortgage and other liens) in a home you live in.
What is an Order for Examination of Judgment Debtor or Notice of Supplemental Proceeding or Order to Show Cause re Supplemental Proceedings?
A creditor has a judgment ordered by a court and wants to collect the money. The creditor wants to know if you have (nonexempt) property or income they can take. They will ask things such as:
Do you work? Who is your employer? How much do you earn?
Do you have any bank accounts, stocks, bonds?
Do you own a home? A vacation home?
*Court papers will call your creditor the judgment creditor. You are the judgment debtor. In this publication, we will use creditor and debtor for short.
The order requires you to go to court to answer the creditor's questions. This meeting is called a supplemental proceeding.
Do I have to go to the supplemental proceeding?
Yes, you must go to the supplemental proceeding. The creditor's lawyer may offer to let you respond in writing instead of going to the hearing. If you receive documents that give you the option of going to the hearing, follow through with the creditor's lawyer. Make sure you do not have to go to the hearing if you fill out the paperwork they send you.
*If you get an order signed by a judge to appear in court, you MUST appear. If you do not appear, the court may find you in contempt. It can issue a warrant for your arrest.
*If the judgment is for MEDICAL debt, the judge may not issue a warrant if you do not appear for the hearing.
What happens at a supplemental proceeding?
The creditor's lawyerwill ask you questions about your financial situation. You will also talk about whether you can pay the judgment. People with little income or assets or with only exempt income or assets will not have to pay the judgment.
You have the right to be treated respectfully. If you feel that the creditor's lawyer is rude, or pressuring or threatening you, or you do not feel heard, ask the court to have your conversation recorded.
The creditor wants to know if:
Your wages, bank account, or other property can be garnished
Your property can be sold
You can agree with the creditor on another way to pay
You are "collection-proof." See below. (The creditor is bringing you to court hoping to find out you are not collection-proof, when often you are.)
What happens when I go to court?
When you appear in court, a judge will call out your case name. Listen closely for it. Stand up. Let the judge know you are there. Go to the front of the courtroom. The judge will put you under oath.
Usually, the judge will then have you leave the courtroom with the creditor's lawyer. Sometimes these meetings are in public areas of the courthouse, such as a hallway. Be careful that other people do not overhear your private information, like bank account numbers. You can ask the lawyer to move if you feel uncomfortable. The lawyer will ask you questions about your property and employment. The judge will not be with you.
*You may bring your own lawyer to this proceeding. You do not need to have a lawyer.
*Do not bring your children with you, if you can help it. The judge probably will not let them sit in the courtroom.
You will need to let the creditor's lawyer know which of your property is exempt. There is more information on exempt property later in this publication.
*Be ready. Before you go to court, find out whether you have exempt wages or property. Take all documents and information with you that the order tells you to. Read How to Claim Personal Property Exemptions and Money that Cannot be Taken From You to Pay off a Debt
You may stop the meeting and go back to the courtroom if the lawyer treats you badly. Examples: The lawyer is rude, asks questions that do not make sense, or is looking for information not related to your income or property. Tell the judge what is wrong. The judge will try to solve the problem.
You do not have to answer a question if you think the answer would be an admission of a crime, like fraud or theft. If you think this might be the case, ask the judge for time to talk to a lawyer.
You do not have to give the creditor's lawyer any money or property at the supplemental hearing. All you have to do is provide information about income and property.
*Do not agree to any voluntary account deductions. You should not give the creditor's lawyer direct access to any bank accounts. If you have two or more creditors, and you give one creditor authority for an automatic account deduction, you are at risk of getting your wages garnished and money you voluntarily agreed to pay taken from your bank account at the same time.
You may want to file an exemption claim if your income and property are exempt from garnishment. Use our How to Claim Personal Property Exemptions packet.
What is "exempt property" and why does it matter?
The law protects – or "exempts" – some income and property from being taken from you to pay for a money judgment. The creditor will not know your property is exempt unless you file an exemption claim.
Some kinds of income are exempt, including:
Social Security Disability, Retirement and Survivor benefits
Veterans Benefits
TANF benefits
ABD benefits
Unemployment compensation benefits
Child Support you receive
Federal student loans
Retirement pensions
Read Money that Cannot be Taken From You to Pay off a Debt for more about exempt income and property.
*Most pensions are exempt from garnishment even after they are sent to you. But some are not. Do not have pension checks direct deposited into a bank account, if possible. See if the pension fund can mail pension checks directly to your home.
IF A CREDITOR TRIES TO TAKE MONEY FROM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, CALL CLEAR AT 1-888-201-1014 FOR HELP. Also, read How to Claim Personal Property Exemptions and Money that Cannot be Taken From You to Pay off a Debt.
Some kinds of property are also exempt, including:
Home. The equity in your home is exempt up to $125,000. The equity is the amount you would keep after you sell your home and pay off the mortgage and other liens. EXAMPLE: Your home can sell for $200,000. You still have a mortgage for $125,000. You have equity of $75,000.
Wages. Part of your wages is exempt. We explain below in the garnishment section.
Clothing and jewelry up to $3,500 in value.
Household goods. Household goods, appliances, furniture, yard equipment, provisions and fuel up to $6,500.00 in value per person, not to total more than $13,000 per couple. Car. Equity in your car is exempt up to $3,250; equity in two cars up to $6,500 is exempt for a married couple.
Cash. Up to $2,000 ($1,500 before 7/28/19) in a bank account for a judgment for consumer debt.
I cannot pay my debt. Will I go to jail?
YOU CANNOT BE SENT TO JAIL BECAUSE YOU CANNOT PAY YOUR DEBTS. You may be sent to jail if you do not show up to court, though.
*WARNING: Some debt collectors ask the court to issue arrest warrants when debtors do not show up for supplemental proceedings. Do not let this happen to you. If the judgment is for MEDICAL debt, the judge may not issue a warrant if you do not appear for the hearing.
Can the creditor sell my house or my property?
A judgment is an automatic lien on your home. A lien on the property means you must pay off the judgment before you sell the property. The creditor cannot make you sell any of your property that is "exempt property." EXAMPLE: If you have more than $125,000 in equity in a home that you live in, the creditor could force a sale. If you are facing the forced sale of your home, contact CLEAR right away. (See contact information at the end of this publication.)
Can they garnish my wages to pay off my debt?
Yes, in some cases. A creditor can ask your employer to garnish your wages. A creditor can garnish your wages and your bank account at the same time.
How to Claim Personal Property Exemptions has more on when and how much income can be garnished.
*If possible, do not get your paycheck by direct deposit. If you deposit your paycheck after your wages have been garnished, a creditor may claim that the funds are no longer exempt as wages and may garnish your bank account. Never give creditors permission to withdraw money from your bank account.
What does "collection-proof" mean?
It means a creditor has no legal way to collect a debt or judgment that you owe. A creditor can still sue you and win a judgment against you. But a creditor cannot take any of your money or property if you are collection-proof.
Even collection-proof debtors have to answer questions about their property. Failure to do so could result in a bench warrant.
Am I collection-proof?
Yes, if your income and assets are protected from collection (they are all exempt).
You may not be collection-proof forever. Creditors may be able to collect from you in the future. (Examples: If you inherit money, re-enter the workforce after a disability, or get a higher-paying job.)
The judgment may become much larger when time passes because interest and fees are added on. A creditor can try to collect on a judgment for up to twenty years after the court ordered it. If your circumstances change (for example, you get a job or the equity in your home increases), contact CLEAR. (See below.) You may have other options, like bankruptcy.
I think I am collection-proof. Do I still have to go to court?
Yes. Answer the lawyer's questions. Tell him or her about your exemptions. Tell the lawyer you think you are collection-proof. Also tell the lawyer if you think that your finances will not get better for a long time.
Would it help to file for bankruptcy?
In most cases you do not need to file for bankruptcy if you are collection-proof. A creditor cannot take any income or property from you, even if a court has entered a judgment saying you owe money.
However, if you earn more than $420.00 weekly, you may want to file for bankruptcy if your debts are for credit cards, unpaid rent, or medical expenses. (These are usually dischargeable in bankruptcy.) It would cost much less to file a bankruptcy petition than to have to live with the amount of wages you could lose to garnishment, due to the judgment interest rate and collection fees.
Once you file your bankruptcy petition, creditors are "stayed" or stopped from proceeding with a wage garnishment. If you get a discharge in your bankruptcy, creditors whose claims were discharged are permanently stopped from collecting these debts.
*Before filing for bankruptcy, talk to a lawyer. Whether bankruptcy is a good option for you depends on the facts of the case and the amounts of your debts. You can only file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy once every eight years.
I received a notice of Supplemental Proceedings. Can I get legal advice?
- Apply online with CLEAR*Online - nwjustice.org/get-legal-help
- Call CLEAR at 1-888-201-1014
CLEAR is Washington's toll-free, centralized intake, advice and referral service for people with low income seeking free legal assistance with civil legal problems.
Outside King County: Call 1-888-201-1014 weekdays 9:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
King County: Call 211 for info and referral to a legal services provider weekdays 8:00 am – 6:00 pm. You can also call (206) 461-3200, or toll-free 1-877-211-WASH (9274). You can also get information on King County legal service providers at www.resourcehouse.com/win211/.
Persons 60 and Over: Seniors age 60 or over can call CLEAR*Sr at 1-888-387-7111, regardless of income. Assets limits may apply. King County seniors can call 2-1-1.
Deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired callers can call CLEAR or 211 (or toll-free 1-877-211-9274) using the relay service of your choice.
This publication provides general information concerning your rights and responsibilities. It is not intended as a substitute for specific legal advice.
This information is current as of July 2019.
© 2019 Northwest Justice Project — 1-888-201-1014
(Permission for copying and distribution granted to the Alliance for Equal Justice and to individuals for non-commercial purposes only.)


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Hey, back with you. I have been playing a lot of guitar lately. I'm not that good, but I sure enjoy it. Plus a friend is giving me lessons, so I may get better. But it sure keeps me entertained and a few others too.
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Memorial Day! 2015
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They were setup and plugged into the sound system in just over 45 minutes. A sound check and then they were free to play whatever until 12:30 when people started piling in. The house lights went down, spot lights shined on the group. A Denver DJ came out and introduced BasRock. Mild applause. They started out stiff, but Luke got rowdy and the rest of the group loosened up. They were actually having fun when they started Ramparts and when they got to the final song, Momma Pat played the intro, Jean came in with keyboards, Luke with the brushes and Mick started singing,
"Dawn on the mountain"
"Quiet in the hills
Sunrise caught my attention
Silent beauty of eternal glow
Brought a warmth to heat my soul
'Tis a transitory moment"
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What and why it's all about
Gettin' my head together
Gettin' my head together!"
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I think that listening to music is akin to riding in a car, wheras playing music is akin to driving the car.
How is that for an aphorism?
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Our planning session went well, I just went along with their ideas and they finally came up with a water commercial. I added a little bit now and again, we came up with a storyboard and product name and such.
"Who should be the talent? Who plays the guy in the desert?" Tad asked.
We joked around a bit and then Chris said, "Let's have McNiz do it, he'd be perfect."
I was called McNiz in our class.
Everyone else agreed, "Yeah McNiz!"
The premise was pretty simple, yet it worked! A guy lost in the desert happens across a bucket of bottled water. His favorite isn't in the bucket which he desperately searched through, so he screams. Then close by he spots his favorite bottled water like a mirage, he scrambles over to it, quickly opens it and gulps some down. After this sip he is transported from the desert to a beautiful mountain valley next to the stream where his favorite water is found.
So our group checked out a camera, bought numerous bottles of water and drove to the Sand Dunes, where we filmed me falling down a sandy hill--about 10 takes in the HOT April sand, I had sand everywhere!
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I had a blast, it was fun being "the talent." When we got back they went over the footage and put together what we needed with some music and a voice-over, presto!
But we only got a "C" plus we got in trouble for taking the camera off campus!
The transition worked well, we synced up my shot from the desert perfectly with the shot in the mountains.
I think they gave us a "B" after we "lobbied" for a better grade.
Macky Mac
our place
Our place…is on 2 ½ acres, with a small stream at the bottom of a hill east of the house. The house is 2400 square feet, on one floor, plus the solarium and 3 out buildings. It has gas forced air, plus radiant solar heat. We put sliding glass windows/doors (2) from the living room to the solarium, 2 more in the master bedroom out to the sun-room and one from the kitchen. These and all of the windows are triple paned, and have Hunter-Douglas coverings. The three buildings (besides the main house) are 2 pump/generator houses and a small garage with an apartment. We put in a small lake (Pond Lake) with a sandy beach--swimming allowed. Pond Lake is at the bottom of a 45 foot high bluff, a path winds its' way from the house to the pond.
The home itself has 3 ½ baths, 3 bedrooms, open living/dining area, adjoining kitchen, 2 utility rooms, a laundry room, an office with electronic media/communication hub (an intercom system and capability of piping music to any or all rooms), a music room, a large storage/shop area, 2 ½ car garage, covered patio (on the north side), and the solarium stretching the length of the house on the south side. We can close the solarium off in inclement weather, but it is normally open to the picnic/barbecue area. This property also has 3 generators that enable it to go "off the grid" if we desire. We combine the gas generators with solar, wind and hydropower. It has a 10-person hot tub, the latest top quality appliances. There is an outdoor kitchen/bar area at the east-end of the solarium (equipped with a utility window to the main kitchen), two sided fireplace (gas or wood); it also has a labyrinth and an outdoor chapel area; and a garage with a small efficiency apartment above it.
This property is about ½ mile from town (could be in AZ—Prescott or Sedona, or in NM near Farmington) somewhere that doesn't get much snow and a lot of sun. No fungus!
Macky Mac
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Gig Harbor Chamber to host annual Summer Swing Golf Tournament
The Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce will host its 26th annual Summer Swing Golf Tournament Friday, July 26 at Canterwood Golf and Country Club Course. All proceeds from the tournament go to support the efforts and operations of the Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce.
The festivities will begin with a shotgun start of 1 p.m. The cost to play is $150 per individual, or $600 per group of four. Entry includes additional games such as the putting contest, longest drive, and closest to the pin to name a few. Each game is coupled with great prizes for the lucky winner.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Did you know that more business deals are closed on the golf course than anywhere else outside of your business location? If you're interested in a fun day to mingle with potential clients and increasing community awareness, contact the Gig Harbor Chamber. Sponsorship opportunities range from $50 to $5,000.
Not a golfer or can't attend? You can Sponsor a Soldier to play for $150. The Chamber offers the opportunity to give back to the local community through the partnership program with Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
For information or for an application, visit www.gigharborchamber.com or contact the Chamber office at (253) 851-6865.


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U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore endorsed Tom Barrett's reelection for Mayor of Milwaukee today. "Tom Barrett is the proven fighter Milwaukee needs. In these tough times, Mayor Barrett is making a difference, setting up Milwaukee for a stronger future."
Mayor Barrett was honored to receive Congresswoman Moore's support. "It's an honor to receive Congresswoman Moore's endorsement. She's been a true partner and dedicated advocate for the City of Milwaukee."
Moore and Barrett have worked closely on a number of important initiatives for the City of Milwaukee. Most recently, the two fought hard for crucial Choice Neighborhood Program funding for the city's northwest side, and collaborated to help 89,000 people in the Milwaukee area secure a health care plan through the Affordable Care Act. As a result of their efforts, the City of Milwaukee won the White House Healthy Communities Challenge – a nationwide program to reach uninsured individuals and help them gain vital coverage – and was hailed by President Barack Obama.
Congresswoman Moore continued, "Tom Barrett's steadfast commitment to Milwaukee is undeniable. Every time Governor Walker and his Republican allies try to harm our community with their backward policies, Mayor Barrett has always stood up for all of us. At a time when many seek to divide us with Donald Trump and Ted Cruz-like policies, Mayor Barrett has continued to work hard to bring our city together. That's the kind of leader Milwaukee deserves."
Milwaukee's Mayoral election is on Tuesday, April 5th, 2016.
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KTIA has an excellent lobbying team and the management team focuses a great deal of time and attention on advocacy. However, the essential ingredient in KTIA's advocacy success is grassroots involvement by its members. There are numerous ways in which that involvement can occur and the association works very hard to equip members with information, strategies and tools to enable that involvement to occur.
Described below information and a tool kit for use by members. As new resources are developed they will be added. Please make every effort to be engaged in and do your part to protect and further the interests and issues of Kentucky's travel and tourism industry.
Local Meetings with Legislators
No other strategy can match the results that individuals meeting with legislators can deliver. It is a must for KTIA members to meet with legislators in-district and hopefully on-site at a travel industry location. Although the best approach is for constituents to reach out to legislators with the invitation, if KTIA can assist with scheduling, please let us know.
A link to a detailed legislator meeting "how-to" document is available below in the toolkit. Do not be concerned by the document's length as we opted to provide ample detail for your use. The toolkit also includes a leave behind document for legislators.
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Social Media Campaign
KTIA carries out a robust social media plan aimed to continually press our tourism message in the public domain. This effort is being pushed through our KTIA Twitter (@KyKTIA) and Facebook (@kytravelindustryassoc) accounts. Members who have not done so should begin following KTIA on both platforms and re-tweet and share KTIA messages. Additionally, we encourage all members to integrate local information and use similar messaging on their respective accounts to further drive home these points.
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The Isuzu Crosswind has forayed into the Philippine auto market since the year of 2001 and has built up its reputation for durability, versatility and reliability. For 16 years of stirring the market, this well-known AUV has notched up much success to become a strong seller in its segment.
During 16 years of its life, the Crosswind has undergone the myriad of upgrades but principally, they're minor.
Isuzu Crosswind - Simple is Better
For now, it's still a simple and rugged workhorse: no appealing look, no advanced features and no CRDi powertrain. But come to think of it, it has an airy cabin and enough power that can meet your basic needs.
Regretfully, those are not sufficient. It's the paucity of a Euro-4 compliant engine that leads to the phase-out of this iconic AUV, not to mention an unfairly battle with new talented players.
2017 is the final year of the Isuzu Crosswind. Before year end, Philkotse.com wants to bid the Crosswind a final farewell via this Isuzu Crosswind Philippines Review. Our review will mainly focus on the top trim Isuzu Crosswind Sportivo X AT which is the best member in the lineup. Hopefully after finishing our review, staying in your mind is a good impression of this veteran.
2017 Isuzu Crosswind Media Test Drive
>>> See more: There will be no Isuzu Crosswind successor in the Philippines
Having passed nearly 16-year run, the Isuzu Crosswind has been a solid statue when it comes to exterior design that cannot be mixed up with any kinds of vehicle. It hasn't changed through years. Some people may think it's out of date but to our eyes, it exudes a rugged charm.
For 2018, its allure is blended with fresh design with sleek curves and aggressive lines, making the upright and boxy AUV become a new handsome boy of modern lifestyle.
The Isuzu Crosswind has been a solid statue when it comes to exterior design
For 2018, its allure is blended with fresh design with sleek curves and aggressive lines
Item by item, the new Crosswind is re-profiled with a new front face which is decorated by a 6-hole chrome front grille sided by clear halogen headlights, a refined front bumper and all-weather fog lamps.
The new Crosswind is re-profiled with a new front face
As for the side, a set of 15-inch alloys wrapped in thickset 235/70 all-terrain tires is responsible for forcing the Crosswind to move as well as beautifying it. Beyond that, side profile also has got colored external ORVMs and door handles. As for the mirrors, they're equipped with side turn blinker and are absolutely electrically adjustable.
Side profile also has got colored external ORVMs and door handles
It is fitted with a set of 15-inch alloys wrapped in thickset 235/70 all-terrain tires
On the other hand, the rear car is given chrome tailpipe finisher, a tailgate-mounted rear spoiler with a high mounted stop lamp alongside a large boot lid embedded with the trim badge and a thick chrome strip. The new rear bumper currently comes paired with a couple of reflectors and a cladding. Plus, a defogger featuring wash/wipe function is present on the windscreen.
The rear car is given chrome tailpipe finisher, a tailgate-mounted rear spoiler with a high mounted stop lamp
First and foremost, the 2018 Isuzu Crosswind exterior boasts a captivating look on which both modern and classic beauties converge.
Out of date, again! Unsurprisingly, because we know that it's old. Stepping inside, a huge cabin greets you with a sedated two-tone color scheme: black and beige. Albeit old, to some extent, it's still attractive. If considering its main purpose of carrying family, this design is acceptable.
We dare say many of you have still been looking for a present-day cockpit as seen in most of modern AUVs. Sadly, we no longer have any chance to see it transform. Yes, it's too late for that now! Anyway, here is a good cabin.
A huge cabin greets you with a sedated two-tone color scheme: black and beige
Seats are covered by leather and hard-wearing vinyl. Hard plastic is not appreciated yet Isuzu seems to abuse this kind of material on instrument panel and center console. We know these materials are dated; however we think they're long-lasting at least.
Seats are now covered by leather and hard-wearing vinyl
Being the range-topping but the Sportivo X does not come with any fancy touchscreens. Instead, a Philips 1-DIN audio head unit will keep you and your entire family entertained. Thankfully, it supports CD, DVD, AM/FM radio, MP3, WMA and USB connectivity to boot. We see that you thirst for Aux input but… we're sorry.
If you're looking for the monitor for the reverse camera, turn your gaze on the head unit's scree where all information will be displayed.
Legroom at the second row is abundant
Regarding seating capacity, the Sportivo is at odds with lesser trims. While other members in the family features a second row bench, the top-of-the-line is mollycoddled with 70/30 split row seats for easier stowing of cumbrous cargo. Further, legroom at the second row is abundant (whereas space for the third row is scant).
Other than that, in lieu of side-facing benches, the third row now receives front-facing seats which are foldable to create more space for luggage at the rear.
The Crosswind gets 70/30 split row seats for easier stowing of cumbrous cargo
As indicated above, born to serve the family, the 2018 Isuzu Crosswind interior's utilitarian qualities are fully represented in the maximum use of space that makes all of us admire.
The simplicity means that the Isuzu Crosswind 2018 model lacks several safety features which come as standard in modern workhorses.
First, it has no airbags and no ABS, either. Next, it can't afford neither traction nor stability control. All of its legacy are seatbelts and a reverse camera with rear sensors. It must be admitted that on the subject of safety, the Crosswind is totally defeated.
Nearly 20 years old, but the Isuzu Crosswind 2018 model still packs the antiquated 2.5-liter 4JA-1L turbo diesel engine with 85 PS at 3,900 rpm and max torque of 185 Nm at 2,000 rpm. In the Sportivo in particular, this mill comes paired to a 4-speed automatic transmission to transmit power to the rear wheels.
The Isuzu Crosswind still packs the antiquated 2.5-liter 4JA-1L turbo diesel engine
For the Crosswind, age is absolutely no problem since it rides admirably. Soft suspension system and chunky tires, going through tough roads is just a bed of roses, not to speak of its flawless performance on rutted city streets. That said, the AUV somewhat feels light and flimsy at tight bends; thence, be cautious about making emergency maneuvers at high speeds.
For the Crosswind, age is absolutely no problem since it rides admirably
Parking yourself in the Crosswind, you will take a commanding view of the road. Despite a fixed steering rack, the driver's seat is quite comfortable with good side supports.
Nevertheless, back to the engine, admittedly, this OHV 8-valve and non-intercooled unit starts to show its age. To tell the truth, though it's dependable and simple to work on, we see the shortage of mid-range grunt found in today's diesel mill. Only with a 4-speed automatic, the Sportivo, no doubt, has limited gearing and even, is relatively noisy at highway speeds.
Compensating for this drawback is its impressive fuel efficiency. In mixed driving conditions, the Isuzu Crosswind can return 9.5 km/l which is great for an aged turbo diesel engine.
All in all, the Crosswind's engine is still good enough for Pinoys' purposes of use, but not for the environment. As mentioned earlier, this Euro-2 compliant engine is exactly the culprit making the Crosswind's discontinuation of production. For the reason, in 2018, all new non-Euro 4 cars will not be registered with the LTO any longer.
According to Isuzu, applying new tech to the AUV will certainly make it more alluring but perhaps, they're unsure whether the increase in price will lessen its rivalry or not.
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₱1,345,000! It's truly an attractive price tag for a top-of-the-line model. However, for several thousand Pesos more, there will be a wide range of choices open to you: newer and better AUVs. For instance, you can go for the sibling Mu-X which is pampered with a more potent CRDi engine and a plethora of features.
For all that, price is still a boon for the Crosswind. To get a more overview of how much the Crosswind is being priced, get to our Isuzu Crosswind for sale section.
The Isuzu Crosswind will officially be vanishing without trace once the year ends. Like us, it is certain that you don't have the heart to say goodbye to the Crosswind, either. Nonetheless, for the sake of better-equipped vehicles as well as cleaner emissions, it is resigned to be phased out.
All things considered, it has withstood the test of time and has successfully fulfilled its duty regardless of the stiff competition from a number of new models.
Isuzu Crosswind is always a favorite for all Filipino families and business owners
At the last moment, Philkotse.com would like to say that this Isuzu Crosswind Philippines Review is the last goodbye to the seasoned AUV. If you still feel regret a symbol of AUV for 16 years, keep alive the hope that the Japanese company will come up with a brilliant successor which is qualified enough to play the role of our Crosswind.
Whatever the next chapter brings, from the bottom of our heart, the Isuzu Crosswind is always a favorite for all Filipino families and business owners.
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Approximately 77 years ago, Gone with the Wind won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It may have been nearly eight decades since this movie was released, but it is still one of the most cherished ones in the world. Did you know that it was boredom, and a few mild injuries that caused the 25-year-old Margaret Mitchell to write the most beloved romance story in literary history? What's more surprising is the fact that she spent ten years of her life working on plot, and characters and nobody knew because she went to great lengths to conceal what she was doing. And even if she had spent so much time on this book, she wasn't even sure she wanted to publish it in the end. Could you imagine what the world would have been like without Gone with the Wind? To pay homage to this epic story of love, war, family, and land, we have decided to give to show you 10 things that you probably did not know about it:
#1 Among the many working titles for Gone With the Wind, the names "Ba! Ba! Black Sheep", "Tomorrow is Another Day" (inspired from the infamous line, "Bugles Sang True", and "Not in Our Stars". The final name came from a poem called Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae by Ernest Dowson:
"I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind,
Flung roses, roses riotously with the throng,
Dancing, to put thy pale, lost lilies out of mind"


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Over 150' of prime frontage on Castle Rock Lake. Enjoy a spectacular view and a sandy beach from this large 3 acre lot. Glacier Point has proven to be one of the most prestigious developments in the area. You will find some of the highest valued homes on Castle Rock Lake right here in Glacier Point.
Features Lots and Acreage
|Total Acres: 3.0
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|Present Zoning: Single family
|Lot Size: 3 ac
|Lot Description: Rural - in subdivision
|Taxes: $5,373
|Elementary School: West Side
|Middle School: Olson
|High School: Mauston
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SOURCE: Pearlman, E. "King John." In William Shakespeare: The History Plays, pp. 65-72. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1992.
In the following essay, Pearlman investigates the weaknesses of King John, focusing on the play's plot, characters, and language.
King John is certainly the weakest of Shakespeare's history plays, and it may be the least accomplished of all his works. The complaints about it are grievous: the plot is clumsy, the characters both undeveloped and inconsistent, and the language only intermittently interesting. The play does not seem to have engaged Shakespeare's deepest imagination.
The opening scene is by far the most economical and successful. King John of England, whose claim to the throne depends more on "strong possession" (1.1.39) than on legal right, is challenged by King Philip of France. When the previous king, Richard Coeur-de-Lion, willed the throne to his younger brother John, he passed over Arthur, the son of his...
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Statutory regulations governing businesses are undergoing revisions and they are updated regularly. Every few days a new thing comes and the employers have to struggle and HR personnels also face the burden in doing the same. Hence there is a need of HR generalists to be alert with various acts and amendments related to the HR policies and ensure 100% compliance. As these services require specialization and a lot of pain, hence the organizations have started to outsource periodical audits of its HR practices to asses the level of legal compliance to an external agency that specializes in this work. This helps the HR generalists to focus on their core area and excel in the same.
NAS Solutions is one such firm that provides online and offline support to an organization, by giving the responsibility to well trained professionals to look over legal compliance needs required by a factory or a business house. It has a panel of lawyers that look after all the legal requirements of their clients. The basic deliverables and services offered by NAS Solutions are:-
• Obtain new registration and certificates required and to renew existing licenses and certificates.
• Preparation and submission of mandatory returns and remittances/ notice at regular intervals.
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• Preparation and submission of notices of any changes in the business, establishment and sending the same to the statutory bodies within the stipulated time frame.
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The most pro-capitalism place in N. America? Surprise...
The most economically free state in North America isn't a state. It's a Canadian province. The United States is losing ground in free enterprise to what was once dismissed as a Europe style social democracy. Stunningly beautiful, stunningly free
Back in February, I said Australia probably was the country most likely to survive and prosper as much of the world suffered fiscal collapse and social chaos.
In hindsight, I probably should have mentioned Canada as an option, in part because of pro-growth reforms in the past two decades that have significantly reduced the burden of government spending.
And I've already acknowledged that Canada has passed the United States in the Economic Freedom of the World rankings.
So I guess I shouldn't be too surprised to learn that the most economically free state in North America isn't a state. It's a Canadian province. Here's a map from a new report showing how sub-national jurisdictions rate for economic freedom.
And here's the ranking for economic freedom in states and provinces. As you can see, Alberta and Saskatchewan are in the top two spots, followed by the American states of Delaware, Texas, and Nevada.
Interestingly, Canadian provinces also held the bottom two slots, with Prince Edward Island being last and Nova Scotia second to last. The worst American states are New Mexico, West Virginia, and Mississippi.
But the previous table looks at the combined impact of national and sub-national government policies.
If you look at the policies that sub-national governments actually control, the rankings change a bit. Alberta still comes in first place, but Saskatchewan plummets.
Meanwhile, the best American state is South Dakota, followed by Tennessee, Delaware, and Texas.
Canadian provinces dominate the bottom of the rankings, with Quebec coming in last place (too many language police?).
The worst American state is New York, which isn't a big surprise. And since Vermont was the top state in the Moocher Index, it's also hardly a shock that it's the next worst state.
One pattern you may have noticed is that American states without income taxes tend to be near the top of the list.
So does this mean that I've changed my mind and I'll escape to Alberta when a future President Elizabeth Warren destroys America? Mehh….it's still too cold for my tastes. Freedom is important, but I want someplace where I can play softball more than two months per year.
P.S. As this joke indicates, American leftists used to think about escaping to Canada. Times sure have changed.
Daniel J. Mitchell is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, the free-market, Washington D.C. think tank. This article is cross-posted on his blog by agreement
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Network Security
BY Nicolai Solling
The rise of networks' security related incidents has in recent years brought the subject onto the forefront of IT discussions. Today, the ability to mitigate risks is even seen as a competitive edge, rated at the same level as cost. Simply put, the organizations which can operate their businesses flexibly in a secure way are now better primed to succeed than those which choose to operate without security.
There is no doubt that over the last five years, businesses have understood that traditional security simply cannot protect against the complex malware types we are seeing today. In fact, many organizations understand that a product or a solution will not protect you, but it is what you do with that product.
As a result of this, organizations in the Middle East are spending a lot of money on technology supporting cyber security, and we also see great levels of investment and focus on governance, risk and compliance. This is evident from the increase in the number of businesses successfully securing accreditations such ISO27001:2013.
Despite these positive developments however, there remain critical flaws in frameworks and policies, and this places even organizations that have invested in network security solutions square in the sights of attackers. Among these are:
- Users have too many rights: They can install applications outside a governance or validation process and unfortunately these applications can result in malware.
- Systems are not kept up-to-date and patched, meaning that malware utilizing exploits that have already been addressed by the vendors can still be successful in infecting systems.
- Organizations allow risky file types and rely on single point products in their critical data-flow such as mail, USBs and web-browsing. Should anyone really be allowed to receive a file which is compressed at multiple layers and includes a full executable?
- Some IT teams do not bother to identify the risks in their infrastructures and make sure those risks are addressed. Instead, they simply get caught up in operations. So while they pay to invest in expensive boxes, they may not take the necessary effort to ensure the systems are actually addressing these issues.
The ingenuity of the modern cybercriminal means that not every security risk can be fixed by tending to these glaring concerns, but these have proved to be the reasons behind the most common attacks we have witnessed in the region. Worse still, it is often unsophisticated attacks that result in data breaches, simply because basic precautions haven't been taken.
Other Impacts on Network Security
Besides the glaringly obvious, though often overlooked, network security shortcomings that organizations fall victim to, there are a number of threats brought on by new technologies and usage behaviors. Among these are the vulnerabilities introduced by endpoint devices. There are a number of integration points between endpoints and other security elements of the infrastructure. In fact, what we are seeing right now is a race for the endpoint as this is the place where IT teams will be able to understand what actually is happening.
The integration between the endpoint and the network security devices is actually the secret sauce as no system can stand on its own. Understanding how open a platform is, and how you can integrate both forensics, reporting and automated response is how you create a real security ecosystem.
Another concern is that even today, we have security vendors who think they can provide the whole security ecosystem, and therefore create proprietary integration points in their solutions.
With the complexity of attacks that we now see, open interfaces and the seamless integration of products is essential as tackling new threats calls for best-in-class point products that work together.
Finally, to truly secure their networks, IT teams must grow beyond their reliance on solutions alone.
The advancement of cyber threats means that to stay protected, you need to develop and maintain a holistic security program wherein technology, products, systems, procedures, processes, policies and people are all taken into account.
Such programs can be extremely challenging for many organizations, and they should therefore ask themselves whether outsourcing parts of these programs to a trusted IT security partner is the correct solution.
In the end, every organization needs to understand that the economy of cybercrime is such that if you make it difficult for hackers, they will most likely go somewhere else.
Nicolai Solling is the Director of Technology Services at Help AG and a commentator on the region's IT security landscape, providing insight on how to protect businesses from cyber threats.


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The prosecution of a former soldier accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday will reach a courtroom for the first time on Wednesday.
The case of Soldier F, who also faces five attempted murder charges in relation to the shootings in Londonderry on January 30 1972, has been listed for hearing before a district judge in Derry Magistrates' Court.
The decision to prosecute the ex-paratrooper was announced by the Northern Ireland Public Prosecution Service in March.
He is not required to attend court at this stage of the criminal proceedings and is not expected to be there in person.
He will instead be represented by his legal team.
Bloody Sunday became one of the most notorious incidents of the Northern Ireland Troubles when members of the Parachute Regiment opened fire on a crowd of civil rights demonstrators, killing 13.
Soldier F is accused of murdering James Wray and William McKinney.
He also stands accused of the attempted murders of Patrick O'Donnell, Joseph Friel, Joe Mahon and Michael Quinn. He faces a seventh supporting charge of the attempted murder of a person or persons unknown on the day.
The hearing before District Judge Barney McElholm is not expected to last long.
Proceedings are anticipated to focus on how the case will progress going forward.
Relatives of those killed on Bloody Sunday are expected to walk together to court ahead of Wednesday morning's hearing.


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Sgt. Christopher Wilson's mother had no reason to distrust the soldier and his vivid story of her son's death in Afghanistan.
Spc. Brandon Garrison found her in the dark days afterward and provided the details -- the details a mother fears but needs -- of Wilson's last moments after a Taliban attack in Korengal Valley in March 2007.
The futile attempt to save Wilson, the blood, the coldness of imminent death. It was all there in Garrison's account, and he provided the memories she clung to for years.
"I just needed to know. It is a knife wound so deep you just have to know every aspect or you can't breathe," Wilson's mother, Ilka Halliday said.
Except none of it was true.
Garrison's war lies are unraveling, eight years later, after soldiers who were with Wilson when he died came forward.
Garrison was not by Wilson's side when he died, and had instead spent his Afghanistan deployment inside the wire as a vehicle parts clerk.
The false story of the infantry soldier's death has exposed the pain such deceit can cause for survivors. For Wilson's mother and his family, the sting of lies and loss has not been diminished by the passing of years.
But the lie has also unearthed questions about Garrison's other war claims and cast a shadow over the well-meaning support he has received as a wounded veteran.
In Kansas, where he lives, 29-year-old Garrison is well-known as a combat vet who walks with a cane and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and other health problems he says are related to burn-pit exposure. He recently received a donated home based on his status as an honorably discharged veteran and was given a service dog.
To some who served with him in Afghanistan, he was a lackluster soldier who lied about his Army war record and embellished his combat injuries.
His supervisor in Korengal Valley called him a "compulsive liar."
'I need to tell you this'
"I'm taken back to the time where I was holding a dressing on his stomach as he was bleeding out," Garrison told an HBO documentary crew in 2007 as he stood at Wilson's grave in Arlington National Cemetery.
Wilson had died just months earlier. Garrison had told the story before and would tell it again almost a year later.
Before HBO came knocking, Garrison sought out Wilson's mother during a memorial ceremony in 2007 at Fort Drum, N.Y., for members of the 10th Mountain Division who were killed in Afghanistan. Halliday, an Army veteran, raised Wilson as a single mom, then through multiple marriages. The two had a close and often emotionally intense relationship.
"At one point, [Garrison] had turned to me and said, 'This is what happened and I need to tell you this," Halliday said. "He was saying Christopher had died in his arms."
Garrison told her Wilson did not feel any pain and was cold just before he died. Halliday said she thinks of her son as a baby and remembers wanting to know every inch of his body after bringing him home from the hospital for the first time, even counting his fingers.
The details of his death felt like that. Hearing them made her loss more tangible, more real.
Garrison and Halliday began a friendship that lasted about two years, she said. He came to visit Halliday, who lives in Massachusetts, and they would spend hours talking on the phone. Sometimes, she said, she would talk him down from suicidal thoughts and console him when he felt survivor's guilt for her son's death.
"I was like, 'Brandon, you need to get over this. It is not your fault. Christopher would not blame you in any way,'" she said.
In 2008, Garrison was at Walter Reed Medical Center, where he received treatment and a diagnosis of PTSD and borderline personality disorder, according to documents he provided to Stars and Stripes.
A freelance reporter found him there, saying that he stood out as one of the very few patients without visible wounds.
Garrison gave the reporter a detailed account of the attack that led to Wilson's death. He said he was watching soldiers patrol a valley when Afghan insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at the troops and that he held a pressure dressing tightly on Wilson's stomach after the attack.
"He was a very good soldier ... a good friend," Garrison told the reporter for the story, which was later published in Stars and Stripes. "He was very brave through it all."
'Inside the wire'
The evening Wilson was killed, Garrison was in the main sleeping tent at the Korengal Outpost, a spartan, notorious Army base near the Pech River, according to interviews with the soldiers who supervised him and served during his Afghanistan deployment.
Before being sent to the valley, he worked on a maintenance support detail in the Army motor pool in Jalalabad, a key U.S. coalition base. The unit there spent its time inside the wire working on vehicles and driving the base airfield with its 6-mile perimeter. Garrison spent about five months in Korengal before returning to Jalalabad.
Korengal, dubbed "the Valley of Death," was among the most dangerous territory anywhere for the U.S. military. Garrison's duties kept him inside the wire and mostly in the base's only air-conditioned unit, a metal container with a satellite connection for ordering parts for military vehicles chewed up by the tough terrain.
"Essentially, he was like a supply clerk but primary only for car parts," said Robbie Myers, Garrison's staff sergeant at the time. Myers later left the Army as a sergeant 1st class.
The outpost had what loosely passed as a "wire." Still, it was rarely hit as hard as the infantry patrols and firebases that faced deadly Taliban attacks daily, Myers said.
Garrison had a relatively comfortable assignment at KOP, but it was not going well with his new unit. Myers, his sergeant in the valley, said he was beginning to see Garrison as the unit's only problem child, a soldier who balked at assigned duties.
Garrison was in the tent March 29, 2007, when Wilson and his new squad and fire team leader Sgt. Shane Wilkinson were setting up security at the newly built Firebase Phoenix. It was barely a base -- more just a point of operations and dug-in firing positions for about 20 soldiers in the badlands of Korengal.
Wilson was a machine gunner and a joker. He was goofy -- his family thought he resembled over-the-top actor Jim Carrey. He could not help but mug for any mirror he passed, pretending he was too good-looking not to admire.
But Wilson was scared. He often put on a brave face for his family. The reality was the valley scared him, and he desperately wanted to get home to his infant daughter.
There was reason to worry. He had been moved to Wilkinson's platoon after it had taken casualties. By the end of the tour in 2007, 10 of the 20 deaths from the 10th Mountain Division happened in Korengal.
For Wilson, it came with little warning that evening.
Out of the dusk came two shells from recoilless rifles. One penetrated a hesco barrier, hit Wilson and killed him. Another hit Wilkinson's position about 100 feet away, wounding three soldiers.
As the sun set, the battle continued to grow and the sky was filled with tracer fire.
"They were everywhere. ... It looked like a scene out of 'Star Trek,' " Wilkinson said.
Back at KOP, soldiers were prepping for a medevac. But a medic at the firebase pronounced Wilson dead, loading his body into a separate vehicle for the trip back to the base. Along the way, the lead vehicle broke an axle and blocked the road.
Myers -- Garrison's supervisor who was listening on the radio at KOP -- jumped on an all-terrain vehicle and drove out to meet the convoy. He helped move the wounded soldiers to the helicopter, then met the medic at the vehicle carrying Wilson.
Alone, the two men checked his body to remove any sensitive items and closed the body bag. They carefully loaded him onto the ATV and drove straight back to the waiting helicopter.
Soldiers from the main outpost had gathered at the landing zone hoping to help. Myers saw that Garrison had come out of the sleeping tent and was standing too close to the medevac team.
"Stay the [expletive] away from the medics," Myers remembered yelling.
New house, new dog
The TV news camera panned up the length of Garrison as he stood leaning on a cane in February 2015 near his home in the Kansas City area. A local nonprofit had rushed an Austrian Shepherd service dog named Taz to the disabled veteran's side for emergency support to help him cope with his war injuries and the recent death of his father, who was also his caretaker.
The donation was part of the local outpouring for the young veteran. In 2014, Garrison stood in front of a crowd of 50,000 gathered for a Memorial Day celebration at Kansas City's Union Station to accept the keys to a donated home. It was given through a program to house veterans called Roofs for Troops run by the nonprofit Nehemiah Community Reinvestment Fund, which did not return requests for comment.
He was handed a big paper key as a symbol of the community's support for his military service.
"Remembering all the people who have lost their lives," Garrison said at the time when asked by a local news crew what the day meant to him.
The dog, house and attention came as Garrison began speaking publicly about his PTSD and the raft of ailments he suffered following his return from Afghanistan, including TBI that caused bouts of vertigo.
"Traumatic brain injury. Honestly, I believe it is due to my ear damage," he told the local Fox News affiliate in a video released in July. "I had both of my eardrums ruptured."
Garrison never reported ruptured eardrums or head trauma to his supervisors, an injury that would have likely been extensively documented and debilitating, Myers said.
In December, he told the Kansas Health Institute News Service that the fumes from burning trash during his deployment could be causing nerve twitches, muscle weakness, fibromyalgia, chronic prostatitis and low testosterone.
"I was making multiple trips to these burn pits a day," Garrison said in an article published by the institute.
The Facebook message from Wilkinson landed in Garrison's inbox late in the evening on May 13, 2015. It included the Stars and Stripes story published in 2008.
"Really, bro? I hope the lie was worth it ... I know for a fact that you were not there when Wilson died, I know that you didn't hold him, and I know that he did not even have a [expletive] stomach wound!"
A fellow 10th Mountain Division soldier had sent Wilkinson a link to one of the many stories published about Garrison over the past eight years. Wilkinson read through them.
"The more I found, the more pissed I got," he told Stars and Stripes in August.
Word spread quickly across social media.
Soon, other soldiers in the unit knew about Garrison's post-war claims, including Robbie Myers.
It was not the first time Myers said he had a run-in with Garrison over the truth.
Back when they were still serving and Myers was his sergeant, he said he found Garrison at the airport ready to deploy wearing decorations on his uniform that he had not earned. Then there was the first time Myers said he warned Garrison about the Wilson story.
After HBO aired its documentary in 2007, Myers and another senior non-commissioned officer confronted Garrison about lying and warned him to stop. Myers had kept the incident quiet, worried that the infantry soldiers might catch wind of the story and retaliate.
At the time, Myers also noted Garrison had pinned a combat action badge to his uniform during the HBO interview. "I knew he didn't earn it because I was the only one who could have put him in for it," he said.
The news coverage of Garrison and his war injuries dredged up the lie about Wilson's death for other soldiers in the 10th Mountain Division. But Garrison's TBI and burn-pit exposure were also suspicious to Myers and another sergeant who supervised Garrison in Jalalabad, Keith Robinson.
Myers knew Garrison never had any contact with the enemy in the Korengal, or any traumatic combat experience.
"I'm not disputing his post-traumatic stress [but] he was never in nothing to where he should have feared for his life," Myers said.
He and Robinson also said Garrison was exaggerating his claims of daily burn-pit exposure.
Troops at the remote Korengal outpost did have some exposure, but not daily, Myers said. In Jalalabad, soldiers in his unit were sent to drop off trash at the base burn pit about once a month, according to Robinson.
All the doubt rankled Wilkinson, who left the Army in August with a Purple Heart and Bronze Star with "V" device for valor. But the lie about Wilson's death was above it all.
The original sin.
He said he wanted an apology from Garrison.
"It doesn't have to be on TV or anything. Call his mom and apologize," he told Stars and Stripes.
He and Myers called the Kansas City Fox News affiliate and warned the American Legion where Garrison worked. It was their mission to keep going and not quit until Garrison set the record straight and offered an apology to Wilson's family.
It might have gone differently, but Wilkinson did not get far after confronting his fellow soldier on Facebook in May.
Garrison blocked him mid-conversation.
'It felt real'
When confronted by Stars and Stripes, Garrison admitted the story about Wilson was a lie, a figment of his addled imagination while heavily medicated and under treatment at Walter Reed after his return from Afghanistan.
"To me, it felt real," Garrison said in August.
"Those five to six months that I spent out there in the Korengal Valley were the most stressful of my life," he said. "I should never have been sent out there. They sent me out there when they knew I had emotional issues."
He cannot figure out why fellow 10th Mountain Division soldiers are attacking his accounts. He said Myers and Wilkinson want to paint him as a narcissistic manipulator who lied to Wilson's mother and received unjustified support in Kansas City for his service.
"I had a conscience" about telling the story of Wilson's death. "As a matter of fact, I have had to go through years of therapy to get over it," he said.
Garrison guessed the other soldiers may be jealous of him receiving the house and the service dog. No matter, he said, he has dealt with enough politics to know everyone lies.
"This is the toughest year of my life but I know nobody is concerned about that," he said, referring to the loss of his father in February.
But the lack of an apology to Ilka Halliday, Wilson's mother who befriended and supported Garrison after he own son's death, has been the most troubling for those who outed Garrison more than three months ago.
"I would be more than happy" to provide her an apology, Garrison said. But he said his legal advisers and co-workers advised him against contacting the family. He declined to elaborate.
Garrison began his interview by saying he would not discuss any of his medical conditions, that he was advised against it. Still, he provided details and documentation to Stars and Stripes.
One document from the Department of Veterans Affairs showed he is rated as 70 percent disabled for anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder with depression, and he has a 10 percent disability rating for "residuals of traumatic brain injury."
PTSD and a borderline personality disorder made him unfit for duty following his "combat operations" in Afghanistan, according to an Army physical evaluation board convened in 2008.
Despite his claim of rupturing both eardrums, Garrison could not recall the incident that caused the injury -- which he blames for his TBI -- or pinpoint exactly where or when it occurred. At first, he said he was uncertain whether it happened downrange, but then suggested it may have been caused by firing his service weapon in an enclosed space, or from a mortar launcher that was once set up near his tent.
"It's all speculative. ... I am convinced that it occurred in Afghanistan," he said.
Garrison said his supervisors in Afghanistan are misremembering the burn-pit risk. He said he was also temporarily deployed to Bagram Air Field for over two months, where he believes he experienced most of the exposure, though Robinson could not confirm that.
A document he provided Stars and Stripes showed he has received treatment for 53 ailments by the VA.
Wearing the Army badge he had not earned on the HBO documentary was just a stupid move, Garrison said. He had assumed he would be approved for it, though he never was.
He said the questions over his service all stem from his years-old lie about Wilson and have unjustly discredited him.
In July, the local television news station confronted Garrison in the front yard of his donated home. He stormed off on camera -- without the cane he had been leaning on in past news segments -- and appeared to angrily shove open his front door.
Later, he called the crew back. He stood in his front yard wearing wraparound sunglasses and read a statement. There was no mention of Halliday or Wilson by name.
"I'd like to apologize first and foremost to the family members and service members who were affected by the inaccuracies of my interview eight years ago," he said. "I take full responsibility for that."
Eight years in hell
For the past eight years, Halliday believed Garrison's story about her son's death. She wants him to tell her he lied.
"I would like him to look me in the eyes the same way he looked me in the eyes when he told me my son died in his arms," she said.
Sometimes there is anger. The sunglasses -- he could not even take off his sunglasses for the television apology, she said. Or say Christopher's name. Once a simple phone call would have been enough, though not now.
Halliday said she is trying to find reasons not to hate Garrison, and she cannot believe he lied to her out of malice. She remembers the "sweet boy" she knew during 2007, the worst year of her life. She remembers the Garrison whom she said named his baby son after Christopher.
"I realize he is sick," she said. "I knew that he had mental issues due to what he had gone through. ... I took him into my heart because I had no reason not to trust him."
As a mother who lost a soldier son, it is hard to stop caring for others wounded in the war.
"I don't want his life to go straight down the toilet," Halliday said. "I don't want another life to be destroyed."
But the ordeal has reopened a painful, barely closed wound for Wilson's family.
"She said to me, 'It's been eight years that I've been in hell,' " said Katrina Evans, Wilson's sister and Halliday's stepdaughter.
Evans, who lives in Florida and is married to a disabled veteran, said she sent Garrison a message on Facebook calling him out. He blocked her, too.
"I think since he had the balls to go to a dead man's mother and lie to her face he should apologize to her face," she said.
Then there is the anger of a father who has lost a soldier son. Doug Wilson, a Vietnam veteran who lives in Texas, was ready to fly to Kansas City to confront the man who tarnished his son's memory. He had found Garrison's address, knew his associates. He was ready to go. But he was eventually talked down. Wilson still bristles when talking about Garrison and how he might be taking help away from other veterans in need.
"I think it is a sick thing," he said of Garrison and the support he has received from the Kansas City community. "You are taking advantage of people who really need this care, so I think it is a disgusting thing to do."
Wilson knew the truth about his son's death from the beginning. Unlike Halliday, the ex-wife he separated from years before, Wilson had spoken with the other soldiers who were with his son when he died. He had no idea of Garrison's lie until his fellow soldiers unearthed it in May.
Despite the divorce from Halliday, he thought of her when Garrison's lie came roaring back into their lives in May.
"Immediately when it ignited, I knew it was going to hurt his mother," he said.
Confusion, frustration
The outing of Brandon Garrison has not swayed some in Kansas City from supporting him. Others are confused and frustrated.
Brian Scott, an Army vet and member of the Patriot Guard Riders, presented Garrison with his newly donated home in May 2014. He led a guard procession of motorcycles to home before turning the key.
He said group members are supporting Garrison, who has been remarkable in supporting veteran causes such as suicide awareness.
Garrison confided in Scott that he regrets the lie about Wilson's death.
"He has admitted to me a lot of things he has done wrong ... A lot of the things [Myers and Wilkinson] are saying are just their opinion," Scott said. "His medical conditions are not from his own mind."
Luana Schneider, co-founder of the nonprofit Tempered Steel, worked with Garrison, sending him out to events to speak on veteran issues.
"I thought he was trying everything possible to help those who need it. It just seemed like he was trying to help," she said.
Schneider and her son, a soldier who was disfigured in Iraq in 2006, created the group to raise awareness about the consequences of war injuries and heroism. They send combat vets to speak at schools, companies and community groups.
Garrison volunteered to speak at Fort Riley in Kansas about suicide prevention and to the Department of Veterans Affairs in Topeka about the signs and symptoms of suicide, Schneider said.
"It seems like he does have some troubles and issues," she said.
Schneider said she always had the impression Garrison was an infantry soldier but was unsure whether he told her that. She knew that war wounds can often be hidden or unseen.
The group split with Garrison several months ago after he came to Schneider and told her about the questions over his war accounts. She said he has since gone "off the grid."
Schneider said she was not ready to judge Garrison and is struggling to understand the revelations.
Paul Chapa was not as hesitant. He runs the Kansas City nonprofit Food Industry Serving Heroes, which donated two service dogs to Garrison this year.
Chapa and Garrison were introduced by the mother of a service member who had been killed downrange. Garrison had befriended the woman, who was a member of American Gold Star Mothers, a survivors' group. The mothers considered him a caring veteran with PTSD, a vet who could have been their son.
His group fast-tracked the service dog for Garrison at the end of his father's terminal fight with cancer. It was a highly trained animal and a donation ultimately worth about $30,000, Chapa said.
"We moved heaven and earth trying to get this fellow not just any dog but the dog his father who served in law enforcement and the military always wanted him to have," Chapa said.
Three weeks later and after his father's funeral, Garrison called Chapa and said the Austrian Shepherd was scaring people. He wanted a different dog. The group ended up having to swap out the dog.
"We went above and beyond for this guy and to hear all these claims are untrue, that he exploited a soldier," Chapa said. "How could he do that?"


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Report From RIOC President Susan Rosenthal - 2018 Macy's July 4 Fireworks Celebration On East River, Meeting With Citibke On Coming To Roosevelt Island, Summer Youth Center Plans & More
During May 17 Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Board of Directors meeting, RIOC President Susan Rosenthal reported:
1- 2018 Macy's July 4 Fireworks will be on East River this year giving Roosevelt Island fantastic views of the celebration,
2- Meeting next week to discuss bringing Citibke docking stations to Roosevelt Island. Talks will include possible locations.
3- Says receiving wonderful reports of RIOC Youth Center doing well.
Future plans for Roosevelt Island Youth Center. Planning summer basketball league, gardening program and Saturday teen nights. Beacon Summer Camp.
RIOC Closing Youth Center during summer for renovations of building. 2nd floor of Sportspark to be used by older youth when Youth Center building is closed during summer.
4 - Here's the complete RIOC President's Report from Ms Rosenthal including info on June 16 Roosevelt Island Day, which RIOC will be producing by themselves for first time, Tram Platform Repair work, Motorgate painting and repair and more.


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|Grape ceiling hangings at Chinese Noodle Restaurant, Quay Street, Haymarket
There's another restaurant called Chinese Noodle House a few doors over, with similar signage (and Chinese name) - but no grapes, I think.
At the very busy and popular Chinese Noodle Restaurant, there's sometimes the need to share a table with another group, but the very efficient and kind of friendly staff manage it well.
|Hand stretched noodles with lamb and vegetables
A soupy mix of lamb, capsicum, onion and celery join our rather overfilled noodle dish, not a pan-fried dish as seems the common order. The noodles have a blissfully chewy texture that's perfect for soaking up the spiced gravy, while the thin slices of lamb are unexpectedly tender. Ticks all round.
|'Fish fragrant' stir fried eggplant in sweet sauce
The thick, caramelly sauce covers chunks of lightly deep fried eggplant in what has to be one of my favourite ways of eating eggplant, which in turn is fast becoming one of my favourite vegetables.
|Pan fried pork dumplings
The crunchy pastry bottoms and soft chewiness of the non-pan fried parts are equally enjoyable while the pork and cabbage fillings are tastiest when eaten with a touch of vinegar sauce and chilli oil.
Three dishes between three people was more than enough for quite a substantial dinner and the bill came to less than $10 a head. If that's not good value for a meal, I don't know what is - get that out on the grape vine.


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Kwantlen Polytechnic University had just rebranded, and the Faculty of Design was on the verge of a big unveiling announcement. I developed a new program brochure that united raised six the bar of the all their programs in one piece to be ready for the waves of attention they where expecting after announcing the pending "The Chip and Shannon Wilson School of Design."
Unfortunatley the new KPU brand has a heavy red feel when applied. This created a challenge to keep the flavor of the rebranded institution - while keeping the book simple enough to let the variety of creative work featured in it's pages to speak for itself. This grid-breaking, eclectic layouts, was inspired by leading fashion brands could be the vehicle to feature a wide variety of work.
The progressive layout and typography young designers where the audience. The cover intentionally looked like either a coded message that needed to be cracked or a collection of SMS shorthand for &%*@ words. Either way… it drew in the curious potential applicants to pick up KPU's Book at busy educational events.
The project process was exceptionally intense.
We all fear "design by committee" -- I presented the concept sample spreads to a panel of 12-15 discerning, opinionated (lovely) people, the full Faculty of Design Instructors and Dean of Design. My for a playful layout, I defended my typographic decision, encourage them to trust me to infuse whimsical touches and adding humour to the titles and copy – very unusual for KPU.
The pieces was so successful, a second print run was ordered.