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Dear Boredgunner,can we use sky reclamation mod on top of your excellent mod?
NOTE: OBSOLETE MOD FOR OBSOLETE GAME. JUST DOWNLOAD LOST ALPHA INSTEAD. Greetings, Stalker! Welcome to CS Remix! The goal of this mod is to further increase realism, gameplay and balance in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky. THIS MOD WAS DEVELOPED ON VERSION 1.5.10 (latest version)! I HAVE NOT TESTED THE MOD ON PREVIOUS VERSIONS! This mod adds new artifacts, new armor, and new weapon stats (identical to the actual guns). All of these can be found in stashes or at traders.
NOTE: OBSOLETE MOD FOR OBSOLETE GAME! JUST DOWNLOAD LOST ALPHA INSTEAD. Compilation of Mystery, CS Complete, CS Remix, Absolute Nature, Gnomus scopes, additional guns from Misery, and much more. I'm not trying to steal work or credit or anything, I just figured this would be a nice thing to do since there weren't any mod packs comparable to Oblivion Lost for SoC, or Misery or SMRTER for CoP. Mystery has great atmosphere, but lacks new gameplay features. CS Complete atmosphere isn't as good as Mystery, and lacks things like new guns. So I wanted to make a great modpack for CS. See more below.
- Fixed issue causing the game to crash when dropping a Pellicle artifact (thanks to SetaKat)
- Fixed issue causing the game to crash when dropping a new gun (thanks to david.m.e)
- Fixed another scope issue.
- Fixed glitchy scopes on NATO guns, caused by incompatible Gnomus scopes version
- Improved the effectiveness of RGD-5 and F1 grenades
- Changed it so Suslov no longer gives you the cut 9x18mm rounds
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky Mod Pack 2012 is developed for Clear Sky VERSION 1.5.10, the latest version, and more specifically the English version. It includes all of the following mods:
- MYSTERY bt True Zone Projects
- Complete by Artistpavel
- CS Remix by boredgunner (that's me)
- Absolute Nature by Cromm Cruac
- Gnomus scopes by Gnomus
- Additional guns from Misery, by True Zone Projects
- Icons from Misery, OGSE, Oblivion Lost, Arsenal mod, and others
Other changes include the following:
- Fixed rare savegame corruption issue (the one associated with _g.script)
- Reduced carrying weight
- Rebalanced all weapons and armor; weapons now have identical muzzle velocity/rate of fire/magazine size as the actual gun, plus realistic recoil and accuracy
- Rebalanced healing items (less overpowered)
- Added a few new weapons
- Added Aim sway
- Improved the resistance of Snorks, Bloodsuckers, Controllers, and Pseudogiants
- Much more
- Unzip the ZIP archive
- Drag and drop the gamedata folder to your main S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky folder (e.g., C:\Program Files (x86)\Deep Silver\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Clear Sky OR C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\SteamApps\common\STALKER Clear Sky)
- START A NEW GAME and enjoy
MINIMUM SYSTEM SPECS for max detail at 1920 x 1080
- Intel Core i3 dual core or AMD equivalent
- 8GB RAM (just in case, and you might want to use a 3GB enabler with this mod due to all the new textures)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560/AMD Radeon HD 6850 or better
Dear Boredgunner,can we use sky reclamation mod on top of your excellent mod?
I think that will give you problems.
Thanks man!!!What an awesome mod compilation!!!
Whenever i start a new game it crashes to desktop while loading. It doesnt seem connected to graphics settings since ive tried changing everything. Any tips on that?
Dose the wish granter from Complete still work in this mod..
I don't think so.
Hi, just came across your mod, and just wondering how did you fix the savefile corruption issue (g_script).
I've been playing with CS Complete but when I got to Agroprom the game crashed with the error
! [LUA][ERROR] ERROR: You are saving too much
and log ends with :
[error]Arguments : LUA error: ....t.a.l.k.e.r. - clear sky\gamedata\scripts\_g.script:975: bad argument #2 to 'format' (string expected, got nil)
like shown here: Gsc-game.com
So that's when I started over again and found your mod. I installed your mod but to be honest I don't really like the weather system (always dark and gloomy and rarely sunshine and super heavy fog and thunderstorm like every hour), the 30kg weight limit, and the fact the starting CS trader sells late-game weapons, and for some reason I can no longer sell weapons to NPCs other than Traders... =\ I do like the realistic guns a lot though.
So could you tell me which files I should copy over into CS Complete to fix that savefile corruption bug? I really don't mean to diss your mod or anything but the heavy overcast/dark weather system is really kinda depressing to play with. =\
I wish I could remember. I found the solution on GSC game forums though, so maybe if you keep searching you'll find it. Users SetaKat or david.m.e here on ModDB probably know the solution off-hand though, so you could try asking them.
Thanks for the reply.
I found the fix on GSC forums, it's part of SRP mod.
Hey BD!I first want to mention that I got a lot of crashes in the first place,but after I changed the graphics to minumum,it's working fine,if you don't press F9 to quickload after you die.I don't know if this is the reason,because my system should be good enough to run the high settings,but well the only way to run it so far without crashing is on min specs.Does anyone know how to enable npc's to trade weapons and ammo?
Very strange; usually mods like this are only stable on almost maximum settings.
I get crash after crash after crash!I tried changing to enhanced full lightning,object,dx 10 lightning,but it crashs down on me.Every time I quicksave or quickload especially.I tried normal saving,but it crashes when I want to load it.How can I play if I have 90% chances for the game to crash whenever I save or load......
Here is my crash log:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: xrEngine.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4900a0db
Fault Module Name: xrCore.dll
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a432a4c
Exception Code: 80000003
Exception Offset: 0001b944
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 5f8f
Additional Information 2: 5f8ffb0db19e22241efb25430d32355b
Additional Information 3: 3113
Additional Information 4: 31137e6384c74ad720510b1597363f47
Don't know if I'm the only one but my weapons/ammo description are absent, the m1891 has the gnomus PSO scope, and it seemed a little strange that the first trader at the clear sky base has all the weapons including the EM1 sort of gauss gun, could someone tell me if it's supposed to be like that?
Descriptions should be there, unless your version of the game isn't the English one.
Quick question, I want to use this mod for a new CS playthrough, but in the last one I used a mod to enable all armor/weapon upgrades (i.e, they are not mutually exclusive anymore so the whole tree can be filled). I had a few questions, as my knowledge of CS modding is fairly null:
1) The new weapons/armor use new upgrade trees, or draw from the same files as the vanilla items?
2) Did you make any changes to the upgrade trees (apart from removing the magazine upgrades) If so, which?
3) Overwriting the config/misc/outfit_upgrades and config/weapons/upgrades will revert the upgrade trees, or will there be another incompatibility (such as, broken upgrades, or the effects being stored in another file; the other mod had also weapon files and outfits.ltx to edit artifact slots)
I know these are a lot of questions, but I just want to make sure nothing blows up in my computer...again.
1) Yeah they use the same upgrade trees.
2) I fixed some inconsistencies and errors in the upgrades, that didn't do what they were supposed to do. Otherwise, I just changed a few stats around; as in they change the same things, but in different amounts.
3) This could lead to broken upgrades and therefore crashes.
Checking through the upgrades, weapon stats are edited, so the new weapons with the old upgrade trees work fine; however, the new armors with the old upgrade trees have some of their stats replaced for what I read: durability replacers work by substituting the corresponding outfit_immunities_sect, so you might need to create another upgrade tree for said armors, or contact the original mod maker to do so (if those armors are part of one of the mods included in the pack)
Okay, I finally managed to register. The above two comments are mine, sorry for the chaos
Now that I played for 12 hours with the mod, I can give an honest opinion: graphs got a HUGE bump, I have constant 50 FPS on a 2- year old laptop, even in heavy gunfight, no crashes or bugs...and gameplay is still the same as vanilla CS, so this is a major overhaul to the original game which keeps its features properly. Good job!.
The only issue I have is the aforementioned upgrade chaos, but I looked and it seems to be a bug of the display menu rather than the upgrades, so forger about it. The other problem is that most traders sell the mod-added weapons and armor REALLY early: i got the Freedom Exoskeleton right after taking a detour to the Dark Valley to avoid mugging, and though I can't complain...well, it is a little overpowered so early in the game, and vendors sell/buy it in a 1/1 price ratio. Is that intended?
Hey man the mode is awesome .. i have one complain though .. some weapons degradation fact is zero , they are 100% condition , i been playing around with that shotgun of yours , something88.. after 4 hours of gameplay the son of a bitch is 100% wep condition :( .. can you check that bro ?
Yeah there's probably an extra 0 in its condition value, I'll make a patch adjusting this and prices soon.
Can you update the compilation to Mistery 2.0 ? Ap-pro.ru
Hi I have a question does this pack have the wish granter wich was in the Clear Sky Complete mod because when I am bored i just play around with the NPCs and anomalies.
Hello boredgunner, I had a question about one thing. Did you happen to take out the Wish granter (esc+f1) or
Invincibility (esc+h, and esc+j) out of artistpavel's complete?
Yeah that stuff isn't here.
I just got back into STALKER universe after 2 years. I just finished Shadow of Cernobyl with AA2 and now i moved to Clear Sky. I want to ask if this mod contains Sky Reclamation Project, beside all those mods mentioned in description.
One quick question. Those patches, 1.041 and 1.042, what are the changes they bring?
They should be in the readme file with the download. They're tiny little hotfixes, I can't even remember what off the top of my head. I imagine some fixes from Sky Reclamation Project are included, but not all.
what patch do i need :)?
As someone already mentioned, the game looks washed out, even when i i put it on maximum settings, and is not nearly as pretty looking as vanilla, probably due to a Mistery mod. Thats the first that fell into my eyes so it bothers me. the music and sounds and some other tweaks are great thou
I have a problem with the silencers. i cant attach any silencer to any of the pistols. I have only some moded silencers available from the trader and they won't work with any of the pistols i found so far. Is there a fix for this, or maybe a list of silencer compatibility ? :D
When folder gamedata is extracking to my game localization in half of the process it says "it stopped working" (winrar) I had it 2 times in the row , now Im doing it again after computer restart . Any solutions for that ?
Corrupted download maybe?
Hi boredgunner, is there any way for me to merge CS: Complete's gamedata files with this mods to get iron sights for pistols? I play w/o crosshairs so it's impossible to hit anything without sights. I prefer your mod's great atmosphere over complete, but I really like iron sights.
Thanks for your great mod.
It would be time consuming and easy to mess up. I was planning on doing it, but now that Lost Alpha comes out April 26th... there is really no need. I don't see any reason to revisit Clear Sky once Lost Alpha is out.
I just started a new game, so I bought a silencer for my Makarov. Correct round type. Only there's no way to attach it.
Is it supposed to be like this?
Makarov PM can't attach suppressor since there's no threaded barrel on it. That's what PB is for
Amazing, probably the best mod for Clear Sky!
So far so good, tough I have to say that the birdshot is extremely strong against unarmored targets. This may be because it's so centered, compared to buckshot. Haven't tried it against anything heavier than military troops, and those die in one shot.
All creatures so far up to bloodsucker have died in one shot as well, kind of fun to see everything drop that fast. On other hand on master difficulty with this mod, I've experienced quite a few deaths, especially when leaving towards cordon against that damn machine-gunner.
Only complaint would be the very low starting weigh at 30KG, I'd prefer something like 40 instead. Guess I'll have few more pointers once I proceed pass the garbage area, which I'm currently in, in the progress of the Fang quest.
Strongest monster killed so far with two shots by birdshot is a pseudogiant. I believe the birdshot should be tweaked so it looses strength once it reached a threshold. Also it would be preferable to reduce the damage a bit as well.
Artifacts doesn't seem to respawn at all, which is kind of a shame. I would like them to respawn after each emission just as in CoP. This would make sense since emissions changes the zone and kind of "charges" anomalies.
Few upgrades for the AK variant weapons will accept PSO-1 x4 scope, but when upgrading it wont change existing(RDS) scope on one of the AK weapons to an x1.6 one. Several AK weapons will accept the x4 scope, but none of the 1.6 upgrades work.
Also some gun upgrades will give you nothing in return. The bulat armor(disguised as an exo), allows for two artifact upgrades, yet it starts with four out of five. Meaning one upgrade is wasted.
Shooting the R700 once and then quickly press the button while it reloads, will make it shoot automatically the next time a bullet is ready. This is kind of annoying.
I've experienced some odd issues with the wish granter in the CS Complete mod. When using the "map" function instead of the normal guide, you'll create a bug where when you enter that area where you teleported from next time, you will get "move to another area" screen. It will pop up every ten second or so.
Overall quite stable mod, only had few crashes(2-3) for unknown reasons. I recommend this compilation of mods, even if it has its flaws.
Hi there, Boredgunner.
Friend, I dunno how to thank you for this. TYVM, man!
I am playing the SoC with your Mod pack 2013 and just can't get enough of it! It's just great! Truth, I have played only the SoC Complete Mod before that and, truth to say, now that I pay more attention to browsing various other SoC mods, I just don't think I need to try any other mods, at least not yet.
So, as a dedicated Fallout and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. player, I say a BIG
Just two requests:
1. Give us a FLAMETHROWER, man:)
2. How about some more maps? Like those from the STALKERSOUP Mod?
Yours truly,
hello i woud like to know how can i join factions like Monolit or army and do mission for them...dialogs upgrading and trading? is it posible


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Big Changes!
Posted on | December 20, 2013 | No Comments
Hey everybody!
I wanted to let you know that I've decided to join the cast of the Carolina Opry for the 2014 season! I'm excited for the changes to come. I'd just like to thank everyone, my family, my friends, anyone who has come to my shows, for your endless support and encouragement. I couldn't have done it without you… I would never have gotten anywhere without you. And most importantly, I'd like to thank my incredible band who have been there from the beginning. My boys are the best boys. So that's my big news, y'all! Please come and see me this year, okay?
Happiest of Holidays!
Just Checking In!
Posted on | October 22, 2013 | 1 Comment
I wanted to give you a late fall update about the rest of the year! There are some awesome shows coming up– so make sure you check out the calendar (or THIS post) so we see your shining happy face!
(Click the pics for more info!)
Also, if you haven't been in the loop– I started a new original project called "The Purchase!" Here's a little sample of what to expect from us:
Thanks for a totally rad 2013! Let's make it count, okay?!
(Photo by the always amazing Dana Hawley)
Posted on | June 25, 2013 | 1 Comment
Hi there!
A lot of you have gotten in touch with me via facebook and twitter asking about dates later on down the line than the calendar shows. So! For all of you planners out there– here is a list of already booked BIBIS BAND shows from now until the end of the year. Just for you! These dates are subject to change, move and multiply so if you have any questions make sure you get in touch!
And check the calendar!
7/4: Figure Eight Island Yacht Club: Figure Eight Island, North Carolina
7/5: The Whiskey: Wilmington, North Carolina
7/6: Wild Wing Cafe: Wilmington, North Carolina
7/12: Fibbers: Wilmington, North Carolina
7/25: Plyler's Park: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7/26: Palm Room: Wilmington, North Carolina
8/2: Wild Wing Cafe: Wilmington, North Carolina
8/8: Carolina Beach Boardwalk: Wilmington, North Carolina
8/23: Towne at Mayfair: Wilmington, North Carolina
8/31: The Whiskey: Wilmington, North Carolina
9/1: Wild Wing Cafe: Wilmington, North Carolina
9/20: Cape Fear Country Club: Wilmington, North Carolina
9/21: Care Gala at the Terraces: Wilmington, North Carolina
9/27: Wild Wing Cafe: Wilmington, North Carolina
10/13: Little River Shrimp Festival: Little River, South Carolina
10/25: Wild Wing Cafe: Wilmington. North Carolina
10/26: The Whiskey: Wilmington, North Carolina
11/1: Pink Ribbon Event: Wilmington, North Carolina
11/2: The Palm Room: Wilmington, NC
12/6: The Oxford, Raleigh NC
12/7: Wilmington Fur Ball at Landfall Country Club: Wilmington, North Carolina
12/13: The Palm Room: Wilmington, NC
12/31: The Whiskey for New Years Eve: Wilmington, North Carolina
We'll be seeing you!
The Best Feeling In The World…
Posted on | May 15, 2012 | No Comments
…Is feeling like you've done something well.
A couple summers ago I made a demo with my greatest friend Fred Champion. I was proud of it, enough so that I actually let people hear it. I let Fred, Logan MB and Lynn Casper (two also great friends) make videos for three of the songs. I put them on youtube. (They can be found here!) and then I woke up this morning to a fan letter on my facebook page with a link to a cover of my song Safe and Soundless.
I was blown away by how sweet the letter was, of course, but more so honored that someone would take the time to make my song theirs. And then I discovered that he wasn't the only one!
(What voices y'all have!)
I can't put to words how flattered I am… so keep em' coming! I'll post them here! And THANK YOU!
Rue's Lullaby. (The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins)
Posted on | March 16, 2012 | 1 Comment
I'm a really big fan of The Hunger Games and I'm a really big fan of lullabies. When I read the books I immediately came up with melodies for each of the beautiful, sad songs and decided to record them… Here's Rue's Lullaby from the first book. I hope you like it!
Getting Weird on The Waqueline Stern Show, Part Two!
Posted on | February 9, 2012 | No Comments
So, January has been a slow month… because my sinuses hate me and my wisdom teeth decided to run away. But, I found a couple of days to be well enough to perform a couple songs with my good friend Andy Bilinski on the Waqueline Stern show on Carrboro's WCOM. And, as you might have expected, I made everyone as uncomfortable as I possibly could. Thank you, thank you.
Here's a video of the show:
(I love the still shot that they chose for this video! I look-ov-er-it! But I had a good time! I swear!)
Tags: Andy Bilinski > Carrboro > Innuendos > Local Radio > Waqueline Stern Show > WCOM
My Tops List for 2011
Posted on | December 22, 2011 | No Comments
Oh hey blog! Long time no… Don't give me that look. I was all over the dang place playing YOUR Holiday parties! Anyway.
The year is coming to a close! It's been the craziest year of my life. That's really all that I can say. A look back at my blog will prove that but also personally… man. Nuts.
One thing that has been really awesome about this year is all the collaborations I've done with other artists. As someone who is a 'business' (<-- loose term) it's really wonderful for me to get together with people who are also trying to build their own little empires by being talented and driven. In whatever way. Music, jewelry, shoes, clothes, chopsticks... it's rad to see people doing what they love. So without further adieu, here are some of the awesome people who I think you should support in 2012!
Castles Couture
Caroline Castle made me an awesome outfit for my birthday show at the Whiskey! I'm wearing the boyfriend sweater and cheekies (more on the cheekies in a minute.)
Boyfriend Sweater! (Pictures from Facebook by Christina Laine-Magliochetti)
If you look closely you can see the cheekies through my white sweater (but don't look too close, u nasty!) …but they are one of my favorite things and I wear them all the time!
Mill No.7
For HearNC… I worked with Celina Chapin from Mill No. 7 on a dress for the festival. Unfortunately, on the day of the show, I ripped the back of it Hulk Style. (It was actually because I had already put my shoes on and my heel got caught whoops) But this is the dress!
Oh, yeah. Mill no 7 is an upcoming fabric and design company based out of Chapel Hill, NC.
Here's a full length of the dress MySpace style.
Now this. This was one of the highlights of my year. Before I started playing music professionally…and was awkwardly playing my little songs every six months in a loud coffee house, it was common knowledge that if Ron Liberti did any artwork for you– you were on your way. I would drag my guitar case up Franklin Street here in Chapel Hill and would look for Ron Liberti show flyers– handmade prints that were one of a kind designs. I got drunk on free wine at art show after art show where Ron's stuff was being shown… And now my time has come! *victory*
Ron designed the poster/t-shirt design for HearNC this year and guess whose name is all over it?!
(Hint: It's mine.)
Here's a funny story for you: I had never met Ron before HearNC. We were watching Animal Alphabet and standing side by side when he leaned over and whispered, "Long live Freakers, right?!"
It was right in the middle of the whole Urban Outfitters scandal (read more about that here) and so we just went on about how much UO blew.
So that's a small list of (some) of my favorites!!
Happy Holidays!!
(And yes, the rest of the pictures have been filtered by Instagram. I'm super obsessed. So if you happened to see your feed fill up with pictures of me cam-whoring… I'm sorry. I didn't know how else to edit and save them!)
Watch Me Get Weird On The Waqueline Stern Show on WCOM.
Posted on | November 9, 2011 | No Comments
I messed up a manicure and (apparently) put one of my good friends to sleep… but here is my very spontaneous performances on WCOM of Foxes. Enjoy!
Fireworks, YouTube! Fireworks, HearNC!
Posted on | November 7, 2011 | No Comments
Oh Hello Blog.
I know it's been a while… but I've been really busy seeing all of you in person, playing shows all over the dang place. But there have been some awesome things happening and instead of being so mysterious like always, I'm gonna tell you about them. In full. Basically. I think.
A lot of you have asked about my plans to move out of NC to chase dreams of stardom in bigger cities. When I left Wilmington, that was my plan. It's the advice a lot of people have given me. Greener pastures and all that. But when I moved to Chapel Hill I really fell in quickly with a lot of awesome musicians and opportunities… TV shows, recurring gigs and one of my favorite events ever to be involved in; HearNC.
I was a part of the very first HearNC last year and it was such a blast. Not only was I new to town but I played original music with a full band (something I rarely do) and showed three music videos made by my very talented friends Lynn Casper, Logan Mock-Bunting and Fred Champion and walked away feeling really good.
It's hard to think of a way to top that– or to even match it– but I was offered the opportunity to be a part of the festival this year and it couldn't have come at a better time.
WATCH THIS VIDEO TO FIND OUT WHY (<–very mysterious. just a little.)
I'll blog every day this week so make sure you check back as I fill you in on the awesome collaborations I've been doing, give you sneak peeks about what's to come and show you lots of my face.
Love, B.
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Just repacking the bag I unpacked yesterday from my trip last weekend to get ready for this weekend. (Whew.) Anyone have any foolproof way of packing a dress you don't want to get wrinkled? I hate ironing. Comment below. I'm getting ready to head out of town for the Pink Ribbon Event tomorrow in Wrightsville Beach and I expect to see all of you in your most glamorous…
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Exercise more. Give up sweets. Stop buying books. There was no way I could ever live up to these resolutions, and so I found myself repeating them year after year.
At some point in my life's journey, I attended a New Year's Eve ceremony in which we wrote a word on a piece of paper. That word could be, we were told, a thing. It might be an emotion. It could be a goal. It might be something we wanted to see more of in the coming year. It might be something we wanted to let go of from the previous year.
Once we wrote our word down on a slip of paper, we burned the paper. The point being to release the word—the thing, the emotion, the goal—to the universe, the powers that be, whatever, and wherever offerings of words wind up.
I've shared some resolutions over the five-and-a-half years I've been penning this blog. I repeated one—be the first to smile—because I ran into a monk who smiled with diamonds in his eyes. And I am still practicing the one I made last year—to continually fall in love with the world. I've decided the repetition of resolutions isn't such a bad thing, after all. It's not an indication of failure. In fact, resolutions that become lifelong practices are a good thing. Maybe that just means I'm getting smarter at making resolutions;-)
As I think about this year's resolution, I am also reviewing my favorite images from 2013, above. I've chosen them not necessarily because they're great photographs, but because they have meaning for me. Quite a few represent nature. I'd like to think a few of them made you fall in love with the world just a little bit more. Did they?
There was Lola who put on a whale-palooza of a show. There was a pair of flirting Laysan albatrosses--and the result of the romance, a chick. For the fifth year in a row, an Hawaiian monk seal nicknamed Rocky gave birth to a pup on Kauai's North Shore. I chose this particular image from the thousands that I happily snapped for its emotion. I've spent hundreds of hours with Rocky and her pups over the years. She's a good mom. I think this photo captures that.
And, then, there were the scenic shots. You know I've also spent a lot of time at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. This past May marked a special occasion—its 100th anniversary. To celebrate, a book about its 100 years of existence was published. I wrote it.
As much as I try to explore Hawaii—and, especially, Kauai, where I live—a new place always pops up on my radar. For 2013, that was the Kilauea Stone Dam on Kauai's North Shore. It's a beautiful, meditative spot with a waterfall.
Of course, there were people who made the year special for me. My friend Katie was visiting when 2013 kicked off. We spent many hours walking the beaches on "photo dates." And mid-year, my husband and I along with a few other friends (hi Susan!) kayaked Napali Coast. Then, I was introduced to a man, long dead, who also visited Hawaii—Ansel Adams—and he made quite an impression on me.
Lastly, the plane shot. I snapped this from my usual window on a flight from the mainland. It's always good to return home to Hawaii;-)
On the subject of resolutions, this year's? In a word, stillness. That's not to say I am planning to slow down any. I will continue to travel the Hawaiian Islands, interviewing interesting people, photographing scenic wonders, exploring trails, and kayaking, swimming, snorkeling, diving, surfing and paddling the waves and water of Hawaii. And, then, write about it.
When I think of stillness, the image that comes to mind is the 13,796-foot Mauna Kea. That tallest of mountains presiding over Hawaii Island at the other end of the Hawaiian Island archipelago. A place that with its unique alpine micro-climate was actually blanketed in a snow last month, visually defining its Hawaiian name--white mountain. The word "mauna" can be further broken down into two words. "Mau," which translates to "always, steady, constant, ever, unceasing, permanent, stationary, continual, perpetual, persevering, enduring and lasting." The second word, "na" translates to "calmed, quieted, pacified, assuaged, soothed, and settled."
The goddess Poli'ahu once lived on Mauna Kea, and a story goes that another goddess--Pele--came for a visit one time. It wasn't an amicable visit. In the confrontation that ensued, it was Poli'ahu's calmness that pacified the fiery powers of Pele. The strength of stillness proved more powerful than a fury of energy.
Stillness speaks to me of inner peace. The image of Mauna Kea and the story of Poli'ahu remind me to stay calm when my world swirls around me. Stillness also reminds me to stand true to me. After half-a-century on "Island Earth," as master navigator Nainoa Thompson calls this planet on which we live, I know what's important to me. I know what I am here to do. Mauna Kea reminds me to stand still in the inner knowing of who I am. And when I think about this, a feeling of peace floods my being.
In this New Year, I extend to same to you: Peace be with you.
Thank you for the wonderful pics. Peace be with you too.
So many treasures, so many thoughts, so much pleasure - your world of wonders and experiences never cease. Happy New Year Kim and may this year bring you much pleasure too...good health and happiness.
Thank you for this, and for sharing the good fortune of where you live and travel with all us readers - I continue to be inspired by your stories of the islands. And I am happy to now know the meaning of "mauna" - wonderful! In 2014 I resolve to fall more
in love with the ocean, which brings peace to my soul, and do even more to help protect it this year.
Wow, I really love this! I hope it's okay with you if I "borrow" your resolutions: I can so easily imagine the wonderful impact on my family and friends (and stranger) of being the first to smile. And even better, to wake up each day with the intention
of falling in love with the world. There is so much right under our noses. Even if we don't all get to live on an island in the Pacific...
Yes! Falling in love with the world, that is a resolution worth making year after year, every single day!
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If you currently have call tracking through a 3rd party and have a list of 800 numbers you bought for this purpose, can I use those phone numbers with wordstream?For instance, I have my business number, and I have six 800 numbers I use for various marketing reasons like print, organic, direct, ppc, etc. Can I use those six 800 number with wordstream?
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I have intense cravings for salty things- pickles, salt & vinegar chips, mustard and deli meat!!
I'm just getting off BC & my cycle isn't regular. So far my preg. tests have been negative. Could I be getting cravings this early in a pregnancy? Before my HcG levels are even high enough to be detected? As early as 2-3 weeks? I'm a vegetarian, and I don't crave meat, and I'm not the type to run to the closest 711 at 1:00am for a snack fix... Any suggestions? TIA
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I know this is a very late response but I still wanted to leave a comment. I'm "mostly" vegetarian (rarely eat meat) but since finding out I am pregnant, I have CRAVED salty foods. It's like I can't get enough salt. And also lemony foods, esp. mediterranean food. Maybe it's like eating meat for us (since meat tends to be very salty), and if we're not going to have meat, then salty food is like the next best thing? But I have heard it's also common for non-vegetarians to crave salt (like pickles) too : ).posted 02/26/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
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Session: 2011/2012
Date: 25 January 2012
Reference: NIA 33/11-15
Mandate Number: 2011/15
Committee: Regional Development
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Together with the Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee relating to the Report and the Minutes of Evidence
1. The First and deputy First Ministers announced formal consultation on the draft Programme for Government (PfG), Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland (ISNI) and Economic Strategy (EA) on 17 November 2011. The consultation is scheduled to close on 22 February 2012. The First and deputy First Minister have signalled that the Executive hopes to agree the PfG at its meeting on Thursday 8th March, with a plenary debate on Monday 12th March 2012.
2. The PfG contains 76 commitments, of which six fall to the Department for Regional Development (the Department). These are as follows:
- Progress the upgrade of key road projects and improve the overall road network to ensure that by March 2015 journey times on key transport corridors reduce by 2.5% against the 2003 baseline;
- Ensure no additional water charges during this Programme for Government;
- Upgrade the Coleraine to Derry/Londonderry railway line;
- Invest over £500m to promote more sustainable modes of travel;
- By 2015 create the conditions to facilitate at least 36% of primary school pupils and 22% of secondary school pupils to walk or cycle to school as their main mode of transport; and
- Maintain a high quality of drinking water and improve compliance with waste water standards by investing £600m in water and sewerage infrastructure.
3. The Committee for Regional Development (the Committee) considered the draft strategies at the meeting of 23 November 2011 and agreed that they would invite the submission of oral and/or written evidence from the Department for Regional Development and a select list of stakeholders. A seminar was held in the Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings on 12 December 2011 for a selection of invited stakeholders to provide oral evidence, with letters inviting written submissions issued to a wider group of stakeholders.
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4. In order to provide a structured approach to the consultation, the Committee identified four key areas contained within the Pfg, ISNI and EA documents:
- Public Transport;
- Road and Rail Infrastructure and Investment;
- Sustainable Transport; and
- Water and Wastewater.
5. The Committee sought focused views in respect of the above categories on the following three points:
- Gaps in the Programme for Government;
- Comments on the Milestones and Outputs; and
- What is the best way to monitor progress?
6. The Department and nine other invited stakeholder organisations were each invited to attend the seminar on 12 December 2011 and to speak specifically to one of the above categories. Each presentation was 8 – 10 minutes in length, followed by up to five minutes of questions from Members of the Committee. Invited stakeholders could also provide written submissions to support their presentations. A full list of stakeholders who provided oral evidence is contained at Appendix 1 of this document.
7. Letters were issued to a further 47 stakeholders asking for written submissions. 23 responses were received. A number of local councils sought extensions to the deadline for response to allow for consideration at full councils and these requests were accommodated. The written submissions received are contained at Appendix 2.
Summary of Consultation Responses
8. Overall, there was a sense of disappointment in the draft strategies. Whilst there was recognition of the progress made since the last PfG, there was a consensus that an opportunity to address the many challenges facing Northern Ireland had been missed. A number of responses suggested that the commitments were based on existing targets and budgets, that these were generic and lacked overall detail and that they did not take into account the current economic climate facing Northern Ireland and the global economy. In addition, it was suggested that the generality of the outputs made measurement of progress extremely difficult.
9. Copies of all written submissions are contained in Appendix 2 to this document.
Public Transport
10. The key departmental commitments with regards to public transport are:
- Invest over £500m to promote more sustainable modes of transport (£174m capital and over £318m revenue funding in respect of on-going commitments for delivery of public transport services); and
- Upgrade of the Coleraine to Derry/Londonderry railway line.
11. Whilst these commitments were welcomed by the majority of respondents, it was felt that there were a number of gaps that required clarification. There appeared to be a conflict between sustainable transport objectives in the PfG and those contained in major, existing policy documents, such as the Regional Transportation Strategy (RTS), in particular with regard to the fact that the budget appears to be moving away from the 65:35 funding split between roads and public transport. It was suggested that approximately 14% - 17% of the budget would only be available now for investment in public transport.
12. Further evidence offered to support the opinion that the PfG did not deliver in respect of sustainable transport included:
- The investment of £500m would be used to maintain passenger numbers at 77m per annum. This target has been in place since 2008 and was said to be indicative that the PfG merely sought to maintain the status quo and would not create (rather than promote, as stated in the commitment) the environment and circumstances that would bring about significant modal shift away from cars to public transport;
- The target to reduce journey times was deficient in two ways. Firstly, targets exist for the reduction of journey times through the upgrading of key roads, whilst no targets were in place to improve public transport times, where, it was claimed, journey time trends were increasing. Secondly, the reduction of 2.5% was against a 2003 baseline, rather than a more recent starting point. This was not seen as significantly challenging the Department.
13. There was a further belief that public transport was too "Belfast-centred" and that an opportunity had been missed to create priority corridors for public transport in other towns and cities. Additionally, there were calls for the creation of a public transport agency to access the needs of all public transport providers and to ensure accessibility and integration of public transport options.
14. The Department and other executive departments were criticised for not adopting a strategic approach to all facets public transport, including education and health transport arrangements. It was believed that significant economies could be achieved through the efficient operation of the entire public sector transport fleets. This might also include opening the procurement process up to all, in particular to Community Transport Associations (CTA's). The Department was congratulated on its continued support of CTA's, although it was noted that funding beyond 2015 could not be guaranteed.
Road and Rail Infrastructure and investment
15. Investment allocations to the Department have been spread across two pillars in the draft ISNI, Networks and the Environment. Roads and public transport are categorised under the Networks pillar, whilst water and wastewater fall to the Environment pillar.
16. The Network investment allocation for the period 2011 – 2015 totals £1.386b, whilst 2015 – 2021 is £1.561b. This latter figure includes £118m, representing the deferred balance from the £400m allocated by the Irish Government towards the A5/A8 capital roads project.
17. The Environment investment allocation for 2011 – 2015 is £668m and £600m for the period 2015 – 2021.
18. The Department has pointed out that the vast majority of the £1.2b earmarked for roads is designated towards the A5/A8 project. There are varying forms of opinion in respect of this proposal, from full dualling to commencement of stages to major upgrading of the route. The Department indicated that a new implementation was being developed for consideration at the next North South Ministerial Council (NSMC). The Irish Government has, in the meantime, indicated that it will provide a total of £50m toward this project, spread equally across the 2015 – 2016 and 2016 – 2017 financial years. It was noted that the Departments contribution to the project is spread across the current CSR period, scheduled to complete in 2015.
19. Whilst there is no clarity with regards to the future of the project, there is a concern that the departmental allocations will not be achieved within the relevant financial years and, without End Year Flexibility (EYF), will be lost to the project. Some respondents, therefore, have asked that the Department progress "shovel-ready" projects to allow for reallocation of these monies, arguing that the delay cannot be afforded in respect of damage to the economy and employment.
20. With regards to rail, there is concern that the proposed budgets for 2015 and beyond are significantly less than investments in other regions and jurisdictions. There is a belief that greater investment in roads and integrating rail and the other public transport modes will bring about a re-energising of the local economy and the construction industry.
21. Finally, there was some disappointment that alternative forms of funding and revenue generation had not been explored to fund roads maintenance and infrastructural development.
Sustainable Transport
22. The key commitments and issues in respect of this category have already been recounted in paragraphs 10 – 14 above. Broadly speaking, the Executive were commended on the targets in respect of walking/cycling to school, although some did suggest that there should be a similar commitment and relevant targets in respect of commuting to work.
23. The ISNI contained some deliverables in respect of sustainable travel:
- Potential investment in sustainable transport initiatives and ICT investment in transport services;
- 3 – 6 Active Demonstration projects;
- A number of park and ride projects;
- Belfast on the Move sustainable transport enabling measures;
- Rapid Transport enabling measures; and
- Over 100 charge posts for electric cars.
24. Further gaps were identified as:
- Insufficient focus on local travel;
- No specific targets for reduction in greenhouse gases, including transport-based emissions; and
- No targets aimed at climate change and reducing dependency on fossil fuels.
Water and Wastewater
25. There are two main commitments in respect of this area:
- No additional charges during this PfG; and
- Maintain high quality drinking water and improve compliance with wastewater standards by investing over £600m in water and waste infrastructure (with a further £600m for the six years beyond 2015).
26. Concerns were raised with regards to the governance issues within Northern Ireland Water (NIW), with a general view that these hindered strategic planning and hindered the efficient delivery of services.
27. The levels of funding identified in the PfG and ISNI caused grave concern, as they will drop significantly up to and beyond 2015 (currently at £188m p/a, dropping to £167 p/a by 2015 and down to £100m p/a for the period up to 2021). It was estimated that it costs up to £80m p/a just to maintain the asset base, which left very little to invest in the infrastructure, particularly with lack of opportunity to carry capital funding over the financial years.
Milestones and Outcomes
28. A number of respondents stated that the milestones and outcomes were not SMART targets, were vague and unambitious which would therefore lead to difficulty in assessing their progress. Again, it was felt that an opportunity had been lost to use appropriate milestones to drive the PfG commitments that would result in a "tick-box" exercise, rather than a meaningful analysis of progress. It was seen as a priority that clear, measureable, ambitious targets were needed for each commitment.
29. It was also seen as important that delegation of Executive commitments to individual departmental corporate plans should also result in meaningful, measureable and ambitious targets and outcomes.
Monitoring Progress
30. Again, there was some consternation that a clear monitoring mechanism was not evident and, therefore, it would not be possible to ascertain whether these targets had been achieved. There was a general consensus that progress should be reported on at least on an annual basis to both the Executive and the Assembly, and that this process should not be recording progress as being "on target" but with meaningful data showing progress against appropriate baselines.
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Silencing Bourbon StreetNEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans' most famous street is a nightly swirl of bright neon and happy tourists strolling with a beverage in hand.
A blend of jazz joints, strip clubs, bars and restaurants, Bourbon Street has everything from four-star dining to sex shows. And visitors can count on being snared by barkers determined to lure them into one place or another, or another, or another.
"It's cheesy and in the last few years it's gotten way out of hand," said Louis Sahuc, a photographer who has a studio and a home in the French Quarter. "Getting past them is like running a gauntlet."
An ordinance passed 25 years ago was designed to outlaw barkers. But until recently it's been thinly enforced.
Now, businesses and residents say the barkers are straying from the informally tolerated confines of Bourbon Street to other parts of the Quarter and they want it stopped.
The city's Alcohol Beverage Outlet Control Board and New Orleans Police Department have stepped in.
"The reason we decided to try to do something was because of the proliferation," said Meg Lousteau, executive director of Vieux Carre Property Owners, Residents and Associates Inc. "It's spreading to other streets. I've seen them at art galleries, retail outlets, massage studios."
"How do you think being accosted on our streets makes people from Minnesota feel about returning," Sahuc said. "What do we want, to be know as the Big Easy or the Big Hustle?"
The Bourbon Street tradition springs from the days when doors at strip clubs were closed. A barker would call people over and open the door for a quick peek at a dancer on stage, tempting them to go inside.
Outside the Bourbon Street Blues Co. on Tuesday night, barkers put their arms around shoulders, and wooed tourists to try the club.
Eric Johnson, 52, was working down the street at The Rat's Hole, a combination bar-souvenir shop. He occasionally yelled "Yo," at passers-by and flashed a sign for $2.50 beer, cheap by Bourbon Street standards.
"It's these young kids that are the problem," said Johnson, who's been a barker for seven years. "You don't have to bother people to do this job. They're going to ruin it for everyone."
But Mike Focht, 55, a barker at sex-oriented Big Daddy's World Class Love Acts, said to stop the barkers is bad for the city.
"Bourbon Street is like the Wall Street of New Orleans," Focht said. "When you interfere with business here it hurts the whole city."
On Tuesday night Ashley Roy, a 19-year-old college student dressed in shorts and a snug sweater, stood mindfully on the threshold of Jester Mardi Gras Daiquiris hawking a tray of shots with names like "Buck You Up," and "Sex on the Beach."
"The cops said I can't sell shots on the street anymore," Roy said. "I don't know why. But it hasn't really hurt my business. A lot of guys still come over and buy."
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Jeff and Tara Krechting of Cincinnati, Ohio, announce the birth of a 7-pound, 1.5-ounce daughter, Lydia Jane Krechting, born Jan. 13, 2012, at Bethesda North Hospital.
Maternal grandparents are Keith and Sheila Wheatley of Loretto. Paternal grandparents are Gerry and Janie Krechting of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Great-grandparents are Betty and Leo Ballard, the late Gerald Lee and Clarice Wheatley, Martha Humphrey, the late Elaine and Leo Mitchell, and the late Margaret and George Krechting.
Bluegrass Cellular, Inc. is now accepting scholarship applications from graduating seniors who attend high school in its 40-county coverage area. The deadline for applications is Monday, March 26, 2012.
Bluegrass Cellular will award 18 scholarships valued at $1,500 each. This is the 11th year the company has recognized dedicated high school students through its scholarship program.
The following St. Charles Middle School students achieved recognition for the second nine weeks of the 2011-12 school year.
• Sixth grade - Tiffany Bickett, Alice Farmer, Taylor Fields, Elizabeth Hughes, Devan Jones, Nicolas Kaminski, Cameron Logsdon, Mathew Pelfrey, Sydney Reisinger, Tatum Riggs, Hannah Shoemake, Christen Shofner, Autumn Smith, Ethan Spalding, Noah Spalding, and Kyle Thomas.
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- Beverly J. Ellery reported an incident of theft by unlawful taking under $500 at 344 S. Proctor Knott Avenue in Lebanon. A Miller brand cooler on wheels valued at $50 and $20 in cash were taken from her vehicle.
Law enforcement officers from 22 agencies across the state graduated Friday from basic training at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.
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The president's approval rating set a record high in the Gallup Poll at 90 percent in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Bush has not reached Gallup's all-time low raiting of 22 percent, set by Harry Truman in 1952. But Bush has reached his own personal all-time low of 25 percent in the latest Gallup Poll.
by Mark Silva
President Bush will step out today for a pep-talk about the economy, a badly stumbling economy that he had called fundamentally "sound'' not many months ago.
He will be talking at an office products company in suburban Chantilly, Va., about the economic stabilization act which Congress has passed at his insistence, a $700-billion bailout of the nation's bankers that may take some time to show political profit.
Bush's own bottom-line has reached a new low at the same time, with the president's public approval rating dropping to 25 percent in the latest Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, since passage of the bailout. This marks the lowest point of Bush's presidency and it stands only three points higher than the all-time low in the history of Gallup's post-World War II polling of presidential approval.
With the president's sinking public approval comes a lack of confidence in his ability to handle the economy. A separate CNN poll has found that fewer than 30 percent of those surveyed voice confidence in Bush's ability to deal with the economy.
Confidence in the candidates for president is split, with 50 percent voicing confidence in Republican John McCain's ability to handle the economy in that CNN poll and 68 percent voicing confidence in Demcorat Barack Obama's ability - which speaks to the reason that Obama has gained an overall advantage in national opinion polling in the midst of the current economic crisis.
As for Bush, however, he may have had the political capital to pass the bailout - he also had a national sense of urgency on his side. But his ability to convince Americans to remain confident about the outcome of the government's intervention in the economy may be another story.
The president's approval rating in the Gallup Poll stands just one point higher than Richard Nixon's lowest job approval rating of 24 percent, measured in the summer of 1974, before his resignation. It stands just three points higher than Harry Truman's all-time Gallup low job-approval rating of 22 percent, measured in 1952.
"The current poll recording Bush's low job approval rating was conducted after Congress passed the economic rescue bill on Oct. 3,'' Gallup's Frank Newport notes.
"Americans recognize the economy as the nation's top problem, but apparently, the passage of this bill -- which the Bush administration had heavily advocated -- did nothing to affect Bush's approval ratings. Indeed, only 55 percentof members of Bush's own party approve of him in the poll, perhaps a reflection of some pushback from conservatives who do not strongly support the economic bill. Nineteen percent of independents and 5 percent of Democrats approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president.''
The ratings come from a survey of 1,011 adults conducted Oct. 3-5 and carry a possible margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.


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Angels and Pits: Chapter 1The sun shone maginificently over the fresh green grass cut perfectly across the huge field. It's beautiful, yet deadly rays lit the day with not a single cloud in sight. Dogs ran freely along side their owners happily. All without a care in the world, except for Kaysee and her two dogs, Buck and Mars. Both of them were purebred Pitbulls. Beautiful and slender bodies with muscular frames. Buck was a male, his fur was dark and sleek, with a soft white belly. Mars, the female, was golden brown with darker brown splotches. Both of their eyes shown brilliantly golden and shined brightly in the sunlight. They sat there, watching the other dogs running and playing. Kaysee was enraged. A man in a tight blue jacket and long, navy pants had told them that she wasn't allowed to let her dogs near anyone else in the park, because of their breed.Angels and Pits: Chapter 1 by XBanditxThexBrokenX
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Despite giving the Jacksonville Jaguars multiple opportunities to compete, the Green Bay Packers held on for a 24-15 win in a game where it could be argued the Jaguars looked like the better team. Blaine Gabbert outplayed Aaron Rodgers and the Packers' (5-3) run-game was non-existent against a Jaguars (1-6) team who's one of the league's worst at defending the run. A win is a win, but it leaves you wondering if the Jaguars' moral victory is slightly better than the Packers' real victory. What It Means: The silver lining in the ugly win is that the Packers know where they need to improve. It all begins with the running game which has problems that go beyond the guy carrying the ball. Alex Green had 22 carries for 54 yards and was far from effective. It would be a little premature to say he alone is the problem, but it's also a possibility. Look for James Starks to receive a little more work in the upcoming week. Around the division; the Minnesota Vikings (5-3) dropped a game, but bo...
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Multidisciplinary Practice: Peril or Promise (or Both)?Oct 1999
One issue has come to dominate discussion within the organized bar this year: multidisciplinary practice, which may be defined as
a partnership or other entity that includes lawyers and non-lawyers and delivers both legal and other services to clients other than
the MDP itself. Debate over the virtues and vices of MDP has raged within the governing bodies of bar associations and
elsewhere, and will almost certainly continue for the next few years. Before I tell you the position on MDP that has been taken by
this Association's Executive Committee, a few prefatory remarks are in order. The discussion of MDP to date has been regrettable for two reasons. First, it has been characterized by emotional and overblown
rhetoric to a degree unusual even for a profession whose members are sometimes given to hyperbole. Proponents of MDP are
charged with sacrificing the highest values of the legal profession for expediency and profit, while opponents are accused of a
narrow-minded guild mentality that ignores client needs and wishes. Second, the discussion has been dominated by the model of a
large accounting firm employing lawyers, a singularity of focus that is unfortunate because it skews the discussion by concentrating
on tensions between standards of the legal and accounting professions that other potentially beneficial professional affiliations do
not present (or at least not to the same degree).The stage for the current debate was set in June when the Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice established last year by the
American Bar Association, after several hearings and months of deliberation, issued a report and set of recommendations
proposing that the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct be amended to permit multidisciplinary practice subject to
specified conditions, including (in the case of MDP firms controlled by non-lawyers) a requirement of annual certification of
compliance with those conditions and submission to audits to verify compliance. At its annual meeting in August, the ABA House
of Delegates debated the Commission's recommendations and then passed a resolution that no change be made in the Model
Rules unless and until it has been demonstrated that such changes will further the public interest without compromising lawyer
independence or the lawyer's duty of loyalty to clients. (In June the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates had
passed a similar resolution.)Our Executive Committee discussed MDP and its many ramifications at meetings in April, May and June (the latter a special
meeting called for this sole purpose). The Executive Committee had the benefit of views expressed by the Committee on
Professional Responsibility and a Task Force created by the Council on International Affairs, as well as recommendations by a
three-member subcommittee of the Executive Committee.The Executive Committee unanimously approved a Statement of Position, which I urge you to read in its entirety; it is only 15
pages long, is currently available on the Association's website (www.abcny.org) and will appear in the next issue of The Record.
In brief (and any summary of views is perilous, because it is open to misunderstanding and mischaracterization), the Executive
Committee agreed with the ABA Commission that, even in the absence of empirical data, there is reason to believe that some
forms of MDP would benefit consumers of legal services. Examples include patent lawyers and engineers, environmental lawyers
and biologists, and family lawyers and social workers. Opponents of MDP in any form should pause at the fact that MDP has
been endorsed in concept by such diverse constituencies as the American Corporate Counsel Association and the American
Association of Retired Persons.The Executive Committee Statement stresses the overriding importance of preserving the core values of the legal profession:
independence of judgment, loyalty to the client, preservation of client confidences, competence, avoiding improper solicitation,
and an obligation to support pro bono legal services and improve the legal system. The Statement concludes that MDPs should be
permitted, "but only under a regime that requires MDPs to respect and preserve" those values (emphasis added).
Conflict-of-interest rules should extend to all clients of the MDP, not just those receiving legal services. And the MDP firm, as
well as lawyers in the firm, should be subject to the same sanctions that may be imposed on a law firm under the New York Code
of Professional Responsibility for violation of disciplinary rules.The Executive Committee has called for further study, including a dialogue with other professions potentially embraced within the
concept of MDP, to determine whether their values and standards are compatible with those of the legal profession. The only
irreconcilable incompatibility that has been identified by the Executive Committee is between the confidentiality obligations of
lawyers and the disclosure obligations of auditors; "the same MDP may not provide both legal and audit services to the same
clients" (Statement at 13).As the debate continues, I hope that lawyers will avoid dire warnings and hyperbole, but rather bring the same dispassionate,
reasoned analysis to bear on the difficult and profoundly important issues posed by MDP that we are expected to employ in
handling client affairs. We owe no less to our profession, our clients and the public. The Executive Committee has put it well:
¡§[T]he economic and technological forces that are leading to more applications of MDP will only increase, not abate. We believe
the legal profession should find constructive ways to adapt to these forces, while preserving our highest traditions...¡¨ Perhaps that
adaptation will prove unachievable or achievable only at too great a price, but seeking it deserves the best of our efforts.