54TH PERSUASIVE APPEAL_27SEP16_TO SCP JUSTICES_THE JUSTICES' NEW ROBES

HOVER OVER THE CHIEF JUSTICE PICTURE  AND SEE HER MAJESTIC NEW ROBES. IF YOU DID NOT ABLE TO SEE HER  NEW ROBES THEN YOU ARE UNFIT TO YOUR YOUR OFFICE, A FOOL OR UNUSUALLY STUPID .  "Well, I'm supposed to be ready," the CHIEF JUSTICE said, and turned again for one last look in the mirror. "It is a remarkable fit, isn't it?" She seemed to regard her costume with the greatest interest. The lawyers, journalists and the noblemen who were to carry her train stooped low and reached for the floor as if they were picking up her mantle. Then they pretended to lift and hold it high. They didn't dare admit they had nothing to hold. So off went the Chief Justice in procession under her splendid canopy.  "But she hasn't got anything on," a little child said. "Did you ever hear such innocent prattle?" said its father. And one person whispered to another what the child had said, "He hasn't anything on. A child says he hasn't anything on." "But he hasn't got anything on!" the whole town cried out at last. The CHIEF JUSTICE shivered, for she suspected they were right. But she thought, "This procession has got to go on." So she walked more proudly than ever, as her noblemen held high the train that wasn't there at all. Your Honor listen to the whisper of the child  before the people got  their senses right. May you, with all due respect , revisit your speech THE BARGAIN OF TRUTH where you rhetorically adorned yourself with exaltations fit for a dignified guardian of justice and righteousness...this is truth as being said.  However,  this TRUTH, as you have spoken is profoundly in contrast with the truth as what you are doing.  Your administration is full of you and your colleagues' and your office's personnel's deliberate dereliction of duty worthy of condemnation congruous to betrayal of public trust. Your Honor you are naked so with the rest of the Justices. The robe you are wearing are all false pretenses borne out of vanity, pride, corruption and far from reality. WHEN WILL THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HER COURT EVER LISTEN? AN ADAPTATION FROM THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheEmperorsNewClothes_e.html Many years ago there was an Emperor so exceedingly fond of new clothes that he spent all his money on being well dressed. He cared nothing about reviewing his soldiers, going to the theatre, or going for a ride in his carriage, except to show off his new clothes. He had a coat for every hour of the day, and instead of saying, as one might, about any other ruler, "The King's in council," here they always said. "The Emperor's in his dressing room." In the great city where he lived, life was always gay.  Every day many strangers came to town, and among them one day came two swindlers. They let it be known they were weavers, and they said they could weave the most magnificent fabrics imaginable. Not only were their colors and patterns uncommonly fine, but clothes made of this cloth had a wonderful way of becoming invisible to anyone who was unfit for his office, or who was unusually stupid.  "Those would be just the clothes for me," thought the Emperor. "If I wore them I would be able to discover which men in my empire are unfit for their posts. And I could tell the wise men from the fools. Yes, I certainly must get some of the stuff woven for me right away."  He paid the two swindlers a large sum of money to start work at once. They set up two looms and pretended to weave, though there was nothing on the looms. All the finest silk and the purest old thread which they demanded went into their traveling bags, while they worked the empty looms far into the night. "I'd like to know how those weavers are getting on with the cloth," the Emperor thought, but he felt slightly uncomfortable when he remembered that those who were unfit for their position would not be able to see the fabric. It couldn't have been that he doubted himself, yet he thought he'd rather send someone else to see how things were going.  The whole town knew about the cloth's peculiar power, and all were impatient to find out how stupid their neighbors were.  "I'll send my honest old minister to the weavers," the Emperor decided. "He'll be the best one to tell me how the material looks, for he's a sensible man and no one does his duty better." So the honest old minister went to the room where the two swindlers sat working away at their empty looms. "Heaven help me," he thought as his eyes flew wide open,  "I can't see anything at all". But he did not say so. Both the swindlers begged him to be so kind as to come near to approve the excellent pattern, the beautiful colors. They pointed to the empty looms, and the poor old minister stared as hard as he dared. He couldn't see anything, because there was nothing to see. "Heaven have mercy," he thought. "Can it be that I'm a fool? I'd have never guessed it, and not a soul must know. Am I unfit to be the minister? It would never do to let on that I can't see the cloth."  "Don't hesitate to tell us what you think of it," said one of the weavers. "Oh, it's beautiful -it's enchanting." The old minister peered through his spectacles. "Such a pattern, what colors!" I'll be sure to tell the Emperor how delighted I am with it." "We're pleased to hear that," the swindlers said.  They proceeded to name all the colors and to explain the intricate pattern. The old minister paid the closest attention, so that he could tell it all to the Emperor. And so he did.  The swindlers at once asked for more money, more silk and gold thread, to get on with the weaving. But it all went into their pockets. Not a thread went into the looms, though they worked at their weaving as hard as ever. The Emperor presently sent another trustworthy official to see how the work progressed and how soon it would be ready.  The same thing happened to him that had happened to the minister. He looked and he looked, but as there was nothing to see in the looms he couldn't see anything. "Isn't it a beautiful piece of goods?" the swindlers asked him, as they displayed and described their imaginary pattern. "I know I'm not stupid," the man thought, "so it must be that I'm unworthy of my good office. That's strange. I mustn't let anyone find it out, though." So he praised the material he did not see. He declared he was delighted with the beautiful colors and the exquisite pattern.  To the Emperor he said, "It held me spellbound." All the town was talking of this splendid cloth, and the Emperor wanted to see it for himself while it was still in the looms. Attended by a band of chosen men, among whom were his two old trusted officials-the ones who had been to the weavers-he set out to see the two swindlers. He found them weaving with might and main, but without a thread in their looms.  "Magnificent," said the two officials already duped. "Just look, Your Majesty, what colors! What a design!" They pointed to the empty looms, each supposing that the others could see the stuff. "What's this?" thought the Emperor. "I can't see anything. This is terrible! Am I a fool? Am I unfit to be the Emperor? What a thing to happen to me of all people! - Oh! It's very pretty," he said. "It has my highest approval."  And he nodded approbation at the empty loom. Nothing could make him say that he couldn't see anything. His whole retinue stared and stared. One saw no more than another, but they all joined the Emperor in exclaiming, "Oh! It'svery pretty," and they advised him to wear clothes made of this wonderful cloth especially for the great procession he was soon to lead.  "Magnificent! Excellent! Unsurpassed!" were bandied from mouth to mouth, and everyone did his best to seem well pleased. The Emperor gave each of the swindlers a cross to wear in his buttonhole, and the title of "Sir Weaver." Before the procession the swindlers sat up all night and burned more than six candles, to show how busy they were finishing the Emperor's new clothes. They pretended to take the cloth off the loom. They made cuts in the air with huge scissors.  IMAGE CREDIT: TES.COM And at last they said, "Now the Emperor's new clothes are ready for him." Then the Emperor himself came with his noblest noblemen, and the swindlers each raised an arm as if they were holding something. They said, "These are the trousers, here's the coat, and this is the mantle," naming each garment. "All of them are as light as a spider web. One would almost think he had nothing on, but that's what makes them so fine."  "Exactly," all the noblemen agreed, though they could see nothing, for there was nothing to see. "If Your Imperial Majesty will condescend to take your clothes off," said the swindlers, "we will help you on with your new ones here in front of the long mirror." The Emperor undressed, and the swindlers pretended to put his new clothes on him, one garment after another. They took him around the waist and seemed to be fastening something - that was his train-as the Emperor turned round and round before the looking glass.  "How well Your Majesty's new clothes look. Aren't they becoming!" He heard on all sides, "That pattern, so perfect! Those colors, so suitable! It is a magnificent outfit." Then the minister of public processions announced: "Your Majesty's canopy is waiting outside."  "Well, I'm supposed to be ready," the Emperor said, and turned again for one last look in the mirror. "It is a remarkable fit, isn't it?" He seemed to regard his costume with the greatest interest. The noblemen who were to carry his train stooped low and reached for the floor as if they were picking up his mantle. Then they pretended to lift and hold it high. They didn't dare admit they had nothing to hold. So off went the Emperor in procession under his splendid canopy.  Everyone in the streets and the windows said, "Oh, how fine are the Emperor's new clothes! Don't they fit him to perfection? And see his long train!" Nobody would confess that he couldn't see anything, for that would prove him either unfit for his position, or a fool. No costume the Emperor had worn before was ever such a complete success.  "But he hasn't got anything on," a little child said. "Did you ever hear such innocent prattle?" said its father. And one person whispered to another what the child had said, "He hasn't anything on. A child says he hasn't anything on." "But he hasn't got anything on!" the whole town cried out at last. The Emperor shivered, for he suspected they were right. But he thought, "This procession has got to go on." So he walked more proudly than ever, as his noblemen held high the train that wasn't there at all.

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THE BARGAIN OF TRUTH

1 Message delivered during the Awarding Ceremonies of the Search for Journalists of the Year (JOY) organized by the Metrobank Foundation and the Probe Media Foundation Inc.; 23 October 2013, The Auditorium of the Metrobank Plaza, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City. THE BARGAIN OF TRUTH click on the image to read the speech in pdf Speech Delivered by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno on the Awarding Ceremony of the 2013 Search for Journalists of the Year   THE BARGAIN FOR TRUTH1 HON.  MARIA LOURDES P. A. SERENO Chief Justice of the Republic of the Philippines Esteemed trustees, officers, and members of the Metrobank Foundation and Probe Media Foundation, my colleagues in the Final Board of Judges of the Search for JOY (Journalists of the Year), the journalist-awardees and their proud families and friends, distinguished ladies and gentlemen here present… As I have stated in my message in today’s souvenir programme, I agreed to chair this year’s panel of judges only if the Metrobank Foundation and Probe Media Foundation would commit to include in future searches for Journalists of the Year the aspect of developing institutional integrity in journalism. By this I mean that these two institutions had to promise to me that they would include award categories for best media organization practices that prevent conflict of interest from arising between two entities: on the one hand, the business interest of the organization or the personal and political interests of its stockholders; and on the other, the need of the journalists to be free agents as their conscience dictates, their masters being only the public good. This gathering is an indication of our shared commitment to search, not only for JOY, but ultimately, for truth. For truth has been mostly evasive for the greater part of our history as a people, resulting in the impediment of our growth, the demoralization of our spirits, and the further weakening of our systems. What most effectively suppresses the truth, as we all know, is corruption brought about by greed and ambition. Corruption can permeate every organization and profession. Like a viral infection, it will try and retry to enter human systems and propagate. There is no permanent cure as long as we are in this mortal body, but we can establish a systems wall that can prove difficult to penetrate. The news media is one perfect partner in building such a wall. Journalists, being the constituents of the so-called Fourth Estate, are said to have an obligation to the truth first and foremost. The truth in this sense may not necessarily be the absolute truth but the “journalistic truth,” which is said to involve the professional discipline of assembling and verifying facts and then conveying a fair and reliable account of their meaning – a meaning that is considered valid at the moment, but subject to further investigation.2 The journalists, in this respect, can play a crucial role in our national drive against corruption. Their inquisitiveness can lead public figures to be alerted to conflict of interest situations, to disclose enough facts for transparency, and to be prepared for hard questioning regarding their intentions as to the dispensation of public duties. Let me focus a bit on conflict of interest. Media has a role to bring to light possible conflicts of interest so that the concerned public officials may properly resolve this. But rather than wait for media to prick the concerned official with the goad to make him face the issue, it is far more preferable that the public official, especially the judge, use constant self-reflection to avoid entering into a conflict of interest situation. This is a short digression from my main address to the media, but I think it can be an important one. The judge, reflecting on her constitutional oath of office and the Code of Judicial Conduct, will understand that she belongs to a breed that is required to be set apart from the rest of the population. She knows that because she proposed to judge, more will be expected of her – that she becomes the role model of propriety, fairness, and impartiality in all her dealings. And to be such, she should attempt to master the lure of material things, viewing them with a healthy skepticism that wealth offers only but a limited usefulness. She should covet not the designer accoutrements that the wealthy can easily choose to wear, but rather the esteem and respect of the people who see in her a life of virtue and integrity, and the contentment that only a clean conscience can bring. I believe that we can find enough men and women who would find that kind of life attractive. But, first, we must clean our own ranks of those who believe that judgeships are for personal and material aggrandizement. I acknowledge, as well, the media’s effort to encourage whistleblowers to come out. By taking an active stance on issues involving accountability, the media helps anti-corruption initiatives. The quest for accountability can be less difficult and daunting if everyone – public servants, private citizens, and the media – do their part in the process. The Judiciary is required, by intent, to take the high road against corruption. It should set its behavioral standards higher than those in the political branches. It is incumbent for the courts and judges to have strict standards of propriety because they are mandated to pass upon the behavior of others. Hence, the Supreme Court has commenced, motu proprio, investigation of one of our own when the appearance of possible wrongdoing was called to our attention. When witnesses testifying under oath before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee mentioned that a Sandiganbayan Justice had improperly met with the purported mastermind of the pork barrel scam, the Court initiated its own investigation by ordering the Justice to comment on the allegations. The four lawyers identified by the same witnesses to have been involved in organizing the fake nongovernment organizations (NGOs) used in the scam were also ordered to give their comments. In response also to reports of massive case-fixing by a certain “Arlene” in various courts in the country, the Supreme Court has set up a special committee headed by Associate Justice Marvic Leonen to consolidate the efforts of the parallel investigations under one committee. The result of these investigations may give us a huge headway in our continuing efforts to rid the Judiciary of misfits. The Judiciary is not merely reactive, though, in its approach to strengthen its integrity. We have already drawn up plans on how to institute integrity and restore public trust in the Judiciary. These plans include establishing mechanisms to ensure that judges and non-judge personnel have high standards of morality upon entering the service, and that they maintain these standards up to the time they leave the court. Promotions and appointments shall be merit-based and reward systems established to encourage good performance. The internal affairs mechanisms shall be strengthened to monitor compliance with the set standards. We need the media to help us reintegrate the classical view of the judge as a public servant who is removed from material distractions and repeat the success stories of those who have been able to shield themselves from the temptations that corruption breeds. The concrete steps to achieve our integrity-development goals will gradually take firmer shape in the next few years with the commitment of our stakeholders and support from our partners. On the part of the media’s own quest to strengthen institutional integrity, I believe it is in good hands with Metrobank Foundation and Probe Media Foundation assuring them of its assistance. We look forward to more of this work in promoting integrity through powerful storytelling.  Lest we forget, we are here in fact to celebrate this kind of storytelling. This activity involves skillfully telling stories with a purpose and making information on relevant issues interesting and easily understandable, so that the people are enlightened.  These stories should make people think and do something, thus helping to bring about positive changes in our society.3 We honor tonight the journalists who weave together the right combination of words, sounds, and images to make such stories compelling. They are admirable for their unwavering commitment to deliver information during difficult times and despite the real and imminent threats involved in the practice of their profession. They deserve not just bylines, but rather headlines or even the spotlight themselves, such that others in their field may emulate them, and they become living inspirations for many young aspiring journalists. To our Journalists of the Year–Ms. Malou Mangahas, Mr. Jarius Bondoc, and Mr. Jiggy Manicad–you have done great service to our people and our country. This recognition is a testament to your journalistic excellence and an indelible reminder at the same time of your continuing responsibility to keep the public thirsting for knowledge and hungry for discovery. And, more important, to be the media instruments that shall help empower our nation to achieve its long-cherished dreams of honor and dignity. I wish one and all a pleasant and inspired evening. Mabuhay po tayong lahat.  1 Message delivered during the Awarding Ceremonies of the Search for Journalists of the Year (JOY) organized by the Metrobank Foundation and the Probe Media Foundation Inc.; 23 October 2013, The Auditorium of the Metrobank Plaza, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City. 2 http://www.journalism.org/resources/principles-of-journalism/ (last accessed on October 23, 2012) 3 http://www.journalism.org/resources/principles-of-journalism/

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Exam Study Guide: Temperatures and Denitrification By Rick Lallish Online Exclusives  September 15, 2016  When faced with a licensing exam, don't struggle with test anxiety! Use the question below and others from our Exam Study Guide series to properly study and prepare for exam questions. Take a look at this sample wastewater treatment licensing question along with an explanation of the correct answer. Sample question: Denitrification processes are temperature sensitive. What affect will decreasing temperatures have on the denitrification process? Related: Exam Study Guide: Problem Solving A) Affects only the biochemical nitrification process B) Decreases the denitrification process C) Increases the denitrification process D) Affects only nitrifying bacteria in anaerobic selectors Answer:  The denitrification process decreases with decreasing temperatures. Adjustment in MCRT might be required in colder climates to ensure adequate denitrification. Therefore, the answer is B, decreases with denitrificaiton process. Related: Exam Study Guide: Sludge Bulking Source: WEF MOP11 20-11 About the author Ricky Lallish is the Water Pollution Control program director at the Environmental Resources Training Center of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He provides training for entry level operators in the wastewater field and operators throughout the state looking to further their education. SHARED FROM