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Now, pain had become everything to Kariya.
Whether it was the human called Matō Kariya that could feel pain, or that the concept of pain had been stuck into the body of this trash that was called Kariya—there was no longer any difference between the two. He felt that none of this mattered any more.
Which part of him hurt for what reason, why he had to experience this sort of torment—he had never known these causes and effects.
It hurt to breathe. It hurt for his heart to beat. It hurt to think. It hurt to remember.
There was nowhere to run, nothing that could be done. It seemed that he had felt like this before, but he could not remember. Perhaps he had already given up on himself.
The worms were crying within his body. The worms were writhing their bodies in pain. The culprit of his torment was at this moment also making its final struggle.
Berserker. It must be because of that resentful black spirit. At this moment Berserker was fighting; because the prana he required far exceeded that which his Master could provide, he had gone beyond control. The worms were suffering because they had been drained of too much prana, and so they tore at Kariya's internal organs, ceaselessly struggling.
But that could not be helped; there was no other way.
Berserker must fight—that was what that priest had said. Kariya no longer remembered his name—but they had both made an agreement; he had agreed to let Kariya have the Grail, therefore Berserker must fight.
The Grail—at this moment only it meant everything to Kariya.
As long as he had the Grail, the war could end. As long as he had the Grail, Sakura could be saved.
There seemed to be something else, but remembering was really too painful. Those must be things outside the range of his thoughts.
Kariya did not even know what this place was. At first he had been in icy darkness, but now he felt a strange heat, and even breathing was difficult. He thought he smelled something burning; perhaps it was his own body that had been burned, but that didn't matter. In any case his body could not move; what was most important now was Berserker's fight—and— saving Sakura.
Sakura—ah, he would really like to see her one more time. He would really like to see that child.
But not Rin; he couldn't see her. He mustn't see her—no, but why was that, again?
Even thinking made him feel pain. His brain, his consciousness and his soul were all being crushed.
There was something strange. It seemed that something important had happened. Something was wrong.
Though he had become aware that something was different, Kariya's thoughts were quickly caught up once again in endless torment.
It hurt—
There was only pain. And suffering—
For the countless time, she was thrown into the air.
For the countless time, she was effortlessly beaten to the ground. Saber had given up counting, because she could no longer remember.
The strongest sword-wielding Servant? Who had fabricated this? —Now she was like a small boat in a storm. Facing Berserker's waving black sword, she could only give up resistance and suffer the attack; she could not even make a single decent retaliatory blow. She did not even feel indignant at this. Her heart, immersed in hopelessness, had long since become devoid of all fighting spirit. She was no longer the heroic King of Knights that was named the incarnation of the dragon. This was truly too tragic; it made one sigh.
She should be going to save Irisviel; they had made a vow to hold up the Grail together. She could not lower her head now; she knew this clearly in her heart.
But she could not win. Facing that man, that sword, there was no way to obtain victory.
'Arondight • The Indestructible Light of the Lake'—the counterpart to King Arthur's 'Sword of Promised Victory', the most precious of swords that had been obtained by men from the fairy lands.
That sword had been dyed pitch-black; the prana from his body, filled with resentment, had caused the sword by his side to also fall to become the sword of a mad warrior.
He had been the unrivalled 'perfect knight' admired by the masses; he had been a flower that bloomed on the precipitous peak of the way of the knight. His form and his actions had once been the greatest treasure of all who had the ambition of becoming a knight.
And yet he had committed himself to madness. Hatred roiled within the red eyes; at the same time he gave out an animalistic howl.
He roared, I hate you.
He roared, I curse you.
Exactly how was she to avoid the sword that he brandished downward full of hatred?
She could not look at him directly. Her sight blurred in tears, her legs buckled down weakly. At this moment, all Saber could do with all her strength was to protect her body before suffering the fatal impact.
Sir Lancelot, Knight of the Lake.
Now that she thought of it, the clues to his identity were everywhere.
Once he had hidden his name for the sake of a friend's honor, disguising himself to enter a horse race. Even though he had fallen into a trap, and faced the enemy's sharp blades with only his bare hands, he had won the victory with his skilled fighting prowess using only an elm branch.
But even though she noticed, Saber would definitely not admit it. That he who had been the subject of people's admiration would be reduced to a Berserker—how could he be that 'Knight of the Lake'?
Saber had once believed that they were friends. Even if their armies had clashed because of some unavoidable reasons, their hearts were nevertheless still the same. One was a subject that upheld the way of the knight, the other, a king who upheld the way of the knight.
But was this sort of partnership also only a naïve fantasy of her own?
He had never forgiven, never accepted. Even after his death, he had still cursed with resentment that ending, that tragic fate.
Lancelot and Guinevere had loved each other—yet Arturia had not seen this inescapably unrighteous action as a betrayal; this had all happened because the King had concealed her gender. The one who had to carry the burden of this conflict all her life was Guinevere.
Arturia had understood the severity of this sacrifice, and expressed thankfulness to her (2). There was also guilt in it. But for Lancelot who had fallen in love with her, she had even felt relief. This person who had the same ideals as the King would not cause the country to fall into a dangerous situation; she believed that he would share the burden with her. And in truth, he had indeed done so. Though he had fallen into the dilemma of having stepped onto an unrighteous path, he had supported Guinevere from the dark, supported the King.
That he had been exposed like a piece of ugly news, causing the two to have to stand opposed, was the single-handed plan of the traitors who hated Camelot. Because Lancelot could not sit and watch as the girl he loved was killed, Arturia could not but deal with him in the capacity of a king.
No one was wrong, but precisely because everyone was right, a tragedy had occurred.
In that case, Arturia had always fought upright with the status of a King to the very end.
Therefore, when facing the battlefield on the hill that had been dyed red with blood, she was able to argue with Heaven about the unfairness of fate.
If one carried out all the paths of striving for something, but could not obtain the right result, then it was definitely Heaven who was at fault.
In that case, she could only forever lift her head up high if the Grail that can fulfil miracles existed. Precisely because she believed — therefore she fought.
Before Arondight's relentless attack, Saber's holy sword gave out a groan. Her sword of light that promised victory—it had long since become meaningless, in the hands of its owner who had lost the will to fight. Berserker constantly rebuked Saber, who was unable to counterattack and could only defend. At this point he had already completely unleashed his true ability, and his skill with the sword was completely incomparable with his previous level. Even if Saber had been uninjured right now, she might not have been able to withstand that strong momentum.
But in the face of her opponent's ferocious attack, and the sense of pain in her hands and legs that had long since become numb, Saber remained unmoved. The enemy's strong prowess that was many times greater than her own, and his merciless attack, were gradually causing her spirit to crumble.
Ahah, my friend… Is this your true intention?
Do you despair thus at fate? Are you truly using hatred to curse the king and country that brought you despair?
Once we had embraced the same dream, and put our lives on the line for the sake of saving the country.
If there was no difference in our ambition, then why do you hate thus? Do you regret now?
—One cannot lead by salvation alone—
No. Tell me it is not like this.
Lancelot. Only you. I hope you can understand, because you truly are the people's ideal knight.
I hope that you can nod in agreement that our methods are entirely correct…
—Abandoning the people who have lost their way, desiring to become a saint on one's own—
Relying on the last of her reason, Saber blocked the black sword that fell heavily down; at the same time, she used all her strength to shout.
"Stop… please…"
Within the sound of sobbing, her knees fell weakly to the ground.
She couldn't move; she had reached her limit. There was no way to defend against the next attack.
Perhaps this was the only salvation.
Since he was thus unwilling, thus filled with hatred—in that case, apart from using her body to receive the sharp sword that he swung, there was no other method of recompense.
At the exact moment that Saber decided to completely abandon resistance—suddenly, Berserker stopped moving.
Saber and Berserker could not have known that about ten seconds ago, the Crest Worms within the body of Kariya — who was hiding in the equipment room of the underground parking area – had ceased their activity. In order to sustain Berserker in the physical reality, the prana in Kariya's body — which had already been in short supply — was absorbed in great amounts, and this need for prana was multiplied manifold when the final Noble Phantasm was unleashed. Finally, the Crest Worms were exhausted by their too-heavy burden.
And the backup prana, that could originally have sustained the Servant in physical form for several hours in the circumstance that the Master was not around, had also been consumed completely in ten seconds due to Berserker's outburst (1). In this instant, the prana that drove this killing machine suddenly dried up, causing Berserker to come to an emergency halt as if having malfunctioned.
In the abrupt silence, Saber's hand could clearly feel Berserker's gradually fading heartbeat. The hilt of her sword tightly gripped in her hand, the sharp blade of her beloved sword pierced the black armor.
This ending was truly too ironic; who could have foreseen it?
In this fleeting instant, the victory had been decided; a slight feeling of greed made Saber ashamed of herself, and she could not but shed tears.
She knew that she should not have killed him, but had nevertheless struck a killing blow on this person that should not have been killed. Now Saber was only a prisoner to an idea—just like Diarmuid had rebuked her at the last moment, she who had stepped over countless corpses desired only the miracles of the wish-granting machine. This was the truest face of Saber in this moment.
"Even thus, I still want the Grail."
Tears fell onto trembling gauntlets, mingling with the blood of Berserker which had slid down the blade.
"If I do not do this, my friend… If I do not do this, then I will be unable to give you any sort of recompense at all."
"—Saddening indeed. Things have come to this, and you still make excuses to fight?"
A voice that inspired nostalgia.
She raised her head to look across. The knight's gaze was just as it was before, calm as the tranquil surface of a lake as he looked upon the King's tear-stained face. Having discarded the contract with his Master, in the time before he vanished, he had been released from the spell of madness.
"Yes… Thank you. Perhaps, this is the only way I can convey my longing."
Looking upon the sword that pierced his body with a gaze filled with compassion, Lancelot smiled wryly as he continued to speak.
"Actually… at that time I had hoped that you would personally punish me. My King… At that time I really wished that you would denounce me out of your own anger…"
The traitor knight, Lancelot who was called the culprit of the split of the Round Table — thus he spoke with sorrow to his only friend, who had never blamed him even until the very end.
"If I could have been punished by you… If you had demanded recompense from me… Then I would definitely believe in redemption… I would definitely believe that one day I can find a way to forgive myself. … The Queen is probably the same…"
This was—the regret of one man and one woman. They embraced the same ideal as the King, but because they had been too weak, they had not been able to carry this ideal through.
And these two people had, even in death, not been able to obtain salvation. They had blamed themselves deeply for having betrayed a most important person, and the burden of this self-blame they had carried for a lifetime.
Pain such as this—to whom could it have been told? Exactly what kind of admonishment, and dealt to whom, could have given them respite?
Sighing deeply, Lancelot relaxed his body, falling into the embrace of the King. The body in her arms was very light; Saber could not but feel a lump in her throat. The Servant's gradually fading body seemed to be almost weightless.
"Even though it is in this way, in the end I still did borrow your chest…"
As if dreaming during a nap, the Knight of the Lake quietly whispered and sighed.
"To die in the King's arms, before the King's eyes… haha, like this it is really… as if I am a loyal knight…"
"You - shouldn't say that - "
Saber anxiously answered. Before he disappeared, there was something that she needed to tell him. She hoped that he would understand.
Not 'as if'. It was 'indeed is'.
She wanted to tell him, you are a loyal knight. No one knows better than I—the sincerity you devoted to the country, to the King.
So there was no more need for self-reproach. Even if it had been a mistake that was not allowed to be made—your character is not something that can be overturned by a single mistake.
I don't want to shame you; I don't want to lose you. Precisely because I have this wish, I can truly deny this so-called crime that you have committed.
These were Arturia's true thoughts, but—could not become that knight's salvation.
The knight closed his eyes as if sleeping soundly; his body was gradually dissipating. Saber saw that he was about to vanish, but nevertheless could not think of what would be the right thing to say.
"Lancelot, actually you…!"
You are not a sinner—but what significance would such words still hold for him?
Even if someone denied his crime, the one most caught up in this wrongdoing was not anyone else, but Lancelot himself.
Why had she been unaware of this lonely thought of his? Why had she been unable to release the noble spirit of this knight from a self-reproach that bordered on madness?
—A King will not understand someone else's feelings—
These words that she had heard as she left the Round Table—who had spoken them?
The knight's dead body did not say anything more; alongside the last remaining light, he vanished.
"—wait… wait… Lance—"
Staring at the crook of her arm that had lost its weight and was now empty, Saber began sobbing.
She could not even make a sound. She did not allow herself to make even the slightest sound. In the last moment that she had been facing a loyal knight, she had actually been unable to say even a word of reassurance—then what right had she to cry now?
A King can only be lonely and proud—
This she had said to herself; as she searched for the path to her kingdom's salvation, exactly how many people's opinions and troubles had she neglected?
Gawain who had heroically sacrificed himself, Galahad who had lost his life in the line of duty—what did they think of, in their last moment? Did they leave this world with the same regret and unwillingness? Why was she so certain that that was not true?
Saber cried soundlessly, tormented as if countless thorns were piercing her heart.
Could it be that she as a King should never have been high above—
If things had been thus, would it not have brought about a broken end? Could everyone be saved?
"... It isn't finished."
From her sobbing throat—that was the determined voice of a constantly victorious King.
"It can be compensated for… It's not too late… I still have the Grail. I still have the miracle that can overturn fate…"
Leaning upon the sword of victory, Saber stood up.
Even if she was unable to listen to the hearts of people, even if she was rebuked for being a proud and aloof King—none of that mattered at all.
Even thus, as long as she could win the victory for her homeland and her subjects with her own hands, it would be enough—this was what she asked of herself, what she must do as a 'King'.
As long as she could obtain the Grail, everything could be made up for; all the previous mistakes could be righted.
Now this belief was everything to Saber who had chosen the path of the King.
Covered with wounds, Saber stepped forward.
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Boats balancing
October 24, 2011, 01:41:34 AM »
At James' behest, (and also now that I know the revenues work out reasonably), I have a set of costs, running costs, and speedbonuses that should roughly balance for boats in pak-brit-exp.
Shipbuilding costs are approximately 3500/ton for a wooden hull, 10000/ton for an iron hull, and 3500/ton for a steam engine. These are costs in the dat files, and are divided by 400 to obtain dollar costs in the game.
Running costs are approximately $1/km/ 20 dry tons (empty), with fudging to increase cost for faster ships and sail ships, and reduce it slightly for larger ships. The clipper is the only ship to have running costs somewhat higher than this, given the intensity of labour required to historically operate these vessels.
While I don't have the historical numbers with me at the moment, the above costs compare well with historical shipbuilding costs and the cost of 1 ton of coal/km/20 ton displacement (fully loaded) plus a small crew.
To balance the revenue side, I've used a speedbonus setting of water=1750,8,1825,10,1830,15,1835,17,1840,20,1933,30,2025,30
This sets the speed bonus for water travel equal to that for land travel before 1835, then keeps it close to the speed of ships for the rest of the game. I've tested this from 1840 to 1860 so far, and it produces approximately a 100% to 150% margin on a fully loaded passenger ship in 1840, that slowly declines through the 19th century. The margin is higher on cargo ships. It takes 1-2 years of running at high capacity to regain capital costs.
My goal for balancing boats is to make them a capital intensive, high margin, high loaded capacity, and low revenue per passenger.
Attached are the .dat files with this balancing arrangement.
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October 24, 2011, 02:49:07 AM »
Playing in 1836, this feels just about right. The Norfolk Wherry and Humber Keel are about as profitable as before but with much higher running costs. The Blackwall Frigate formerly made far too much money when just carrying passengers and mail; now they still make decent profits with no goods but they no longer feel like "cheating." All round, good.
I am curious how the barges will compare.
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October 24, 2011, 03:07:45 AM »
i'm makeing the pak right now with your values, want to give it a try.
i think you perhaps went a bit too far with making the boats more profitable.
I'm testing with a company with 5 boats (iron paddle steamers) on two lines that provide mostly full boats both ways. Before the company was barely profitable. Each boat was running at a profit, but the capital requirement was so high that i could buy only 5 to 10 years a new boat. Margin used to be 11% to 17%. With the same boats and your parameters i run at 60% margin. Since boats are dirt cheap i could have expanded rapidly. Buying 5 to 10 new boats a year. (this also means return of investment is at max 1 year for those boats at full utilization)
(due to the lower value of the boats, the company is bankrupt from the start. don't worry it will soon be active again.
played with simutrans experimental from latest github 10.x (savegame runs with latest release 10.2 and pak 8.1)
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October 24, 2011, 05:24:46 AM »
I didn't notice the newer boat running costs in 0.8.2, and I haven't compared my balancing effort to the new costs for boats. I've only compared to the very broken way boats were in 0.8 and pak-brit standard.
Looking at the current .dat file, I don't think that the $65,000 + change capital cost of an iron-hulled paddle-steamer in 0.8.2 is reasonable, given its low capacity. If we compare this capital cost to that of a train engine, a $30,000 train in 1850 can carry around 400 passengers + 120 bags of mail at an average of 60km/h or better, and bring in a significant profit. This train has 1/2 the cost and 18 times the capacity (6 times the passengers at 3 times the speed) of the iron-hulled steamer. Because a boat doesn't pay way maintenance costs (at least not on natural waterways), it should have a higher capital cost for a similar capacity, but a factor of up to 3 should be sufficient. I suspect the reason why the iron-hulled paddle steamer was given such enormous capital and running costs in 0.8.2 is because it has to balance an excessively high revenue from going at nearly double the speedbonus. That's why I've moved the speed bonuses up to reduce revenue.
I expect that for each vehicle, capital and operating costs will be nudged up a bit from my values to bring the game into balance. A capital cost of up to $5000 for the iron-hulled steamer may be appropriate and in line with other costs in the game.
Let me know how the profitability of the Blackwall Frigate goes as you approach 1840. I hope to tune it to have it become somewhat of a money loser as steam power becomes more popular. Given the low speedbonus settings in place in before and around 1825, this ship should be balanced for that period.
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October 24, 2011, 04:41:35 PM »
I don't think the 8.2 balancing is resonable either. It is almos impossible to run a profit. It's perhaps closer than your values though. The balance should be somewhere in-between.
Perhaps the running costs of the boats and revenue are quite ok, but the capital cost is way too high.
It depends quite a bit on two things: Does James want boats as a little addition for railway lines, to connect the odd island or bridge some bay, or does he want shipping only companies to be profitable on their own? Prices in 8.2 are fine for the former.
speedboni are quite an issue though.
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October 24, 2011, 05:44:34 PM »
I'd definitely like to see boats be profitable on their own, and the prefered method of transport for long-distance low capacity routes. Upgrade to a rail line would be justified in order to increase profitability at larger capacities (say at a turning point of 500 passengers/month), or in a multiplayer game to steal customers from a competitor.
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October 24, 2011, 09:02:23 PM »
Thank you very much for your work on this important topic - it is much appreciated. One thing to bear in mind, however, in balancing is that I plan to add features to Experimental which alter the way in which balancing will work (namely vehicles' running costs increasing over their lifetime, and recurring (no more than several times during a vehicle's projected lifetime) overhaul costs). This, together with the fixed monthly cost already implemented in the code but not used in the pakset, will substantially alter the balance of the game, and may well require vehicles to be rebalanced substantially (not least to add the monthly cost).
Nonetheless, it is worthwhile to have an interim balance such that the game is playable in the meantime - that is what I was trying to achieve with the increased running costs in 0.8.2, and am disappointed that I increased the costs too much (for reference, I was trying to scale the costs to match the costs of a train with equivalent capacity - not just a railway locomotive, as stated above, but an entire train, complete with carriages/wagons).
As to the purpose of boats - I'd very much like to see boats being profitable on their own - at least, in circumstances analogous to those in which, in reality, boats are profitable on their own. In the pre-railway era, transport by boat was the predominant form, and, from the 18th century onwards, canals were added to rivers and the sea as conduits of that transport; canal companies became enormously profitable and were highly important for the economy. I should very much like to see a full development of canal transport in Pak128.Britain, as well as other forms of shipping, all with historically accurate balance.
Any work done towards achieving that goal is most welcome. Sdog - do you care to suggest a means of arriving at the happy medium to which you refer above?
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October 24, 2011, 09:21:16 PM »
The boats can operate at a profit at current values. It is a rather narrow margin, and it requires a good network backing it. In other words difficult. The real problem is the capital cost, playing 20 years with full boats to get to 5 boats is too slow. My suggestion is to reduce the costs of boats, perhaps to somewhere between 1/3 to 2/3 of the current value. Overall i would however stay closer to James' values than fbfree.
The wooden paddle steamer needs also lower running costs, i couldn't get it profitable at all, being full of pax both ways. With full mail it was runing without a loss, but no significant gain.
Building shipping companies is also very easy, this gives players quite an edge in multiplayer games. It is desirable to slow down their growth. Making them economically more difficult might be a fair trade-off.
The most profitable train in the mid 19th century Jenny lind +3 tiles of carriages costs in the 20k range. It has higher pax capacity and very importantly is much faster. The investment for the rail infrastructure is also not very high. Early rails are cheap. (There's btw quite a jump in cost from the wrought iron rails for 60km/h and light trains to the next better allowing 110 km/h. The former might be a bit too cheap.)
It might be a good idea to have a look in fbfree's approach to the speedboni. I forgot if the maximum travel time is related to the speed bonus though.
I would also like to add a warning about the savegame. With the latest 10.x from git, the boating company runs at a loss due to problems with passengers refusing to walk to a station in walking distance, to reach the larger train network. I'll provide some details on this in a different thread
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> HQ all-round football smarts – anticipation, positioning at stoppages, vision and decision making skills with the ball all very good-excellent
> Very good-excellent ball winning skills both in and out of traffic
> Great energy around the ball with a high work-rate in both directions
> Good evasion and ability to get hands free in the tackle
> Good recovery
> Dual sided and a tidy user by foot capable of decent depth
No major concerns
> Decent burst of pace off the mark, but only OK top speed
> Played in the 2008 U18 Championships as a 16 year old!
> 2008 Tas U16 captain and Div 2 B&F winner
> AIS-AFL squad member
> Missed 2009 with a LT injury – hip/groin related?
> Excellent character reports
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A covenant (Hebrew berith, Greek diatheke) is a legal agreement between two or more parties. The word "covenant(s)" occurs 284 times in the Old Testament (as found in the New American Standard Bible). "Covenant(s)" occurs 37 times in the New Testament, which gives a total of 321 occurrences.
Using covenants is how God communicates to us, redeems us, and guarantees us eternal life in Jesus. He does this because a covenant is a promise, and God's promises cannot be broken since they rest in his infinite, pure character. The Bible is a covenant document. The Old and New Testaments are really Old and New Covenants. The word "testament" is Latin for Covenant.
There is a pattern to the covenants found in the Bible. Basically, it is as follows. The initiating party describes himself and what he has done, then there is a list of obligations between the two (or more) parties. What follows is the section dealing with rewards and punishments that govern the keeping and breaking of the covenant. The Ten Commandments fit this pattern and are a covenant document.
Covenants can be conditional or non-conditional. A conditional covenant might depend on the faithfullness of one more more parties, and the covenant is invalidated should one or both break the conditions. An example of this would be the Adamic Covenant where God promised Adam eternal life if Adam remained obedient to God's word. An unconditional covenant is one that is not dependent on the faithfulness of the parties, but remains valid. The Noahic Covenant is unconditional in that it is God's promise to never destroy the earth again by water. There is no condition for the covenant.
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The Obama administration implemented sweeping changes to the federal hiring process Tuesday to make it easier and faster to hire new government employees. Following years of complaints that federal hiring practices were hopelessly mired in red tape and bureaucratic delays, the change is expected to reduce by half the time it takes to fill vacancies and enhance the government's ability to compete with the private sector for strong talent.
Under the old method, the hiring process took an average of five months, with as many as 40 individual steps and 19 signatures needed, said John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management, in unveiling the changes. The overhaul eliminates required knowledge skills assessment essays, which will allow people to apply for a job with a simple cover letter and resume, saving millions of hours and getting rid of cumbersome paperwork. "This initiative is the biggest step forward for fixing federal hiring in over three decades," Berry said. "It will substantially reduce the time and aggravation it takes to find and hire the best. When we've achieved that goal, all of government will work better."
Each year, the federal government adds about 330,000 employees to its 2 million person workforce, through a process that has long been criticized as byzantine and cumbersome by lawmakers, the Government Accountability Office and academics. Streamlining hiring will save time and money, and result in better talent, Berry told an audience of government employees, managers and journalists.
"Mounting deficits and debt are placing enormous pressure on government spending. At the same time, trust in government is on the decline," said Jeffrey Zients, Obama's chief performance officer, noting that only 22 percent of Americans trust the government -- a half-century low. "To make sure every tax dollar is spent wisely, we have to get the right people."
In addition to throwing out the knowledge essays, Berry said the changes will:
- Eliminate the "rule of three," which limited hiring managers to evaluating the top three applicants for a position.
- Implement "shared registers" so that different divisions of the same agency can view the same applicants' qualifications, rather than having to start the hiring process anew.
- Cut in half the average length of time to make a hire, to about 80 days. In some agencies, it can take up to 200 days to process a hire, and 140 days is not uncommon.
- Simplify the lengthy descriptions of open positions to three pages in plain English.
By moving to a simple resume and cover letter, the government will be better able to compete with the private sector for talent and also exploit private-sector software and other tools for evaluating job candidates. Berry and Zients, charged with implementing the changes, will report back to Obama every 90 days on progress and the development of metrics to evaluate the quality of new hires.
The administration also wants lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow different departments to hire from a shared pool of applicants. Sens. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, and George Voinovich, R-Ohio, had previously proposed legislation that would simplify the federal hiring process.
As he took office, President Obama vowed to make it "cool again" to work for the federal government, and one of the ways he could make it cool was to streamline and simplify the hiring process. In response to a question about when it was last "cool" to work for the government, Berry brought up President John F. Kennedy's call to government service in the 1960s.
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Failure in Bid to Erase McCarthy-Era Conviction
MANHATTAN (CN) – At the ripe young age of 92, Miriam Moskowitz discovered that unsealed evidence called her McCarthy-era conviction in an atomic espionage case into question, but she would not get the legal or financial support to sue for her vindication for another six years.
By then, Moskowitz's wait became just one of the heartbreaking technicalities that dashed her hope to clear her name in the eyes of the court, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
More than 60 years ago, Moskowitz entered a Foley Square courthouse to defend herself against allegations of impeding the probe into Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed for revealing secrets to the Soviet Union.
The case against the Rosenbergs continues to be controversial as declassified Soviet cables cast doubt on whether Ethel ever acted as a spy, but confirmed her husband's espionage.
Moskowitz's case became a footnote to this history after she accepted a secretarial job from Abraham Brothman, whose associate Harry Gold accused her of trying to throw prosecutors off their scent.
Gold alleged that Moskowitz urged him to "stick to [his] story" rather than admit any inconsistency to prosecutors.
Based on his uncorroborated testimony, Moskowitz spent two years in prison and faced a $10,000 fine.
In 2008, Gold's grand jury testimony was unsealed. And it contained evidence that could have undermined the credibility of his story, Moskowitz's lawyers say.
The unsealed grand jury portions revealed, among other things, that Gold only spoke to Moskowitz about certain topics when Moskowitz left to get burgers and coffee, indicating that she was not in on any conspiracy.
Her lawyers at Baker Botts LLP told her this year that the evidence could give her reason to file for a "writ of forum nobus," a rare legal maneuver that makes expunging a conviction no easy feat.
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein explained during his bench ruling that this "extraordinary remedy" can only be granted when errors are of such a "fundamental character that render a proceeding itself irregular and invalid."
"'Fundamental,' 'irregular' and 'invalid,'" he emphasized. "Those are the criteria."
But standards for an "irregular" trial during the time of the Red Scare were far lower than what they are today.
Hellerstein noted that prosecutors at the time had no duty to share exculpatory evidence, which became the law of the land only after the landmark case Brady v. Maryland in 1963.
"I grant you, if I were a cross-examiner, I would use [the unsealed grand jury] information," the judge acknowledged.
Moskowitz's lawyer, Robert Maier, argued that Gold's credibility was fundamental to the case.
"The entirety of the evidence here, Your Honor, was Harry Gold," Maier said.
While denying that the government got it wrong in 1950, Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Wood Allen argued that Moskowitz would not have reached the high standard even if it had.
Hellerstein agreed, finding that the government lived up to its disclosure obligations in place at the time. He also said that the new evidence did not fundamentally alter the record, and Moskowitz had waited too long to file her petition.
He said will release a written opinion at a later date.
After lawyers escorted her out of the courtroom, Moskowitz told reporters: "Too bad. My 98-year-old life goes on."
She commented that her case "reflects not so much on me, but on the prejudice of the McCarthy era."
The woman added that she would not file an appeal.
Editor's Note: Hellerstein put his bench ruling into words with on Dec. 9 with a 10-page opinion.


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David Willey took four wickets and Joe Root confirmed his return to form with 93 as England completed a 3-0 series win over Sri Lanka with a 122-run victory.
Root helped England to 324-7, sharing a 109-run stand with Jos Buttler, who made 70 off 45 balls.
Seamers David Willey took 4-34 and Liam Plunkett 3-44 to bowl out Sri Lanka out for 202 leaving the tourists still searching for a win on this horro tour.
England 324 for 7 (Root 93, Buttler 70, Vince 51) beat Sri Lanka 202 (Chandimal 53, Willey 4-34) by 122 runs.
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Working as the Grants & Marketing Coordinator at DSC, I cross paths with many service clubs in our community. I will admit that it's not something I'd given much thought to in the past. Earlier in my career, I've been active in Rotary and I've enjoyed the weekly lunches with colleagues, but as a busy professional, I drifted away from the group when my job took me outside of the community where I was once a member. I've since found myself thinking, "How does one find time to go to a weekly meeting like that? With work and family commitments, who can do all of that volunteering?" However, with DSC being a beneficiary of the good works provided by our local service clubs, I've found myself drawn to the kindness and generosity I've felt when visiting the clubs.
I've also watched those in leadership around me attend many service clubs over the years. Not only are they able to maintain their own responsibilities, but they make time to serve in their communities. While logic would lead one to believe that joining a service club would reduce your time and energy, my impression has been that serving can also be energizing, if you find the right fit and assuming that you don't overcommit yourself. In fact, community involvement and service to others seem to be hallmarks of a good leader. What you gain in friendships, connections and good feelings would outweigh any perceived loss.
If you're not familiar, you may be wondering, what service clubs do. Most meet weekly or monthly for an hour to an hour and a half over a meal. The meetings often include educational speakers from the community, networking and projects that benefit area schools and nonprofits. Depending on the size of the club, they may write grants or scholarships, and there may be multiple volunteering opportunities, as well as fun, social events.
In the fall, I was invited to visit several service groups, including the Champaign Exchange Club, a small service group, where I was impressed to hear that they have been ringing the bells during the holiday season for the Salvation Army since the 1940s. I also had the opportunity to speak at a program for Champaign County Home and Community Education, who recently celebrated their 101th anniversary and has members who have been involved for over 70 years. Other service groups in the area include Rotary, Women's Business Council, Rotaract, Champaign-Urbana Junior League, Champaign-Urbana Junior Woman's Club and others.
If you've been wanting to find a mentor, joining a service club is a great way to find a mentor. In addition to making connections and meeting mentors, you will gain valuable leadership skills of your own. These groups often need people to lead projects, write newsletters and even take on various group positions.
Do keep in mind that most of the groups will have memberships fees for joining in the form of annual dues, and meals may or may not be included. If budget is a concern, a monthly service group will likely be less expensive, or consider starting by volunteering with a local nonprofit organization if you're not quite ready for the commitment of a service club. Maybe like me, you will consider 2020 a great year to become involved with service in our local community.