After its launch on November 12, 2014, Google Public Alerts released today the first storm warning signal issued by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) due to the occurrence of Tropical Depression “Queenie”.
Google Public Alerts is a platform for disseminating emergency messages and everyday alerts using Google’s strength in information and technology aiming to provide the public with information it needs to make informed decisions during critical events such as severe weather disturbances.
Google Public Alerts work by incorporating public alert data from authoritative sources into Google Search, Google Maps, and other Google platforms and simplifying the process of finding emergency information. Contents come from partner countries such as USA, Australia and Canada. Google is able to provide Public Alerts in the Philippines through the information provided by PAGASA.
The PAGASA Technical Team worked on the project for six months and it is the fastest collaboration of Google amongst the nine (9) partner countries.
“We expect that with the next typhoon that would come in the country, the PAGASA Crisis Team in partnership with Google Crisis Response Team , will be issuing the first Public Alert in the Philippines”, said Dr. Landrico Dalida, Jr., PAGASA’s OIC for Operations and Services, during the launch.
True enough, Tropical Depression Queenie is the first featured weather disturbance in Google Public Alerts in the Philippines.
The general public can view detailed information about the storm such as the location, strength, movement and impact, as well as recommended actions and precautionary measures.
By providing readily-available online data, Google Public Alerts actually complements the existing information released by PAGASA thru its website and other social media accounts.
Out of the ordinary, but budget friendly
Bih-Zahr (read as bizarre) RestoBar a cozy restaurant during the day and a hip-hop, rock and rainbow haven in the night. Located at No. 6 Scout Borromeo Street, South Triangle, Quezon City. You’ve probably been asking yourself what’s with the name, Bih-Zahr? It’s because we are not your average RestoBar. It offers a wide variety of promos and group bundle of food and drink that is very light on the pocket.
Our Menu is usual, but it is unforgettable
Our menu offers an extensive variety of great food and cocktails for everyone’s taste. To name a few of what we offer on our menu like Sinuglaw, Pork Sisig, Sisig Pizza, Fish and Chips, Gambas, Nachos, Beef Salpicao, Steak, Chili Fingers and Dynamite. Our Chef would recommend you to try our Pancit Bihon and Pancit Guisado, it may sound that you already have tasted it a gazillion time, but when you taste our Pancit you can say “This is it!”. We also offer a wide variety of cocktails for our ladies and mocktails for those who do not drink alcohol and on the rocks drink like rum and whiskey.
Bih-Zahr RestoBar offers a week of different activities starting with
Monday Blues were all the music is soothing to the ears that will relax you.
CHOOSEday’s Ladies Night, all ladies will get one (1) free cocktail upon entering and ladies will rock the night away.
Throwback Wednesday, turn back time as we en route you to the sound of the 80’s.
THIRSTday Pride, a night filled with laughters from our LGBT invited friends.
Frieday Rock, they will rock until you drop.
Saturday Hip-hop, lots of scratching and DJing.
Come and Join us, as we Re launch Bih-Zahr RestoBar on November 8, 2014 at 4:00 P.M. We will have an overflowing of foods, drinks and laughters. We have many exciting games for everyone to enjoy. We will also launch our newest promos and barkada bundles that are below P1,000.
On November 21st, The Philippines will bring forth a festival that will fuse its biggest talents in one massive celebration of sound – the Sandstorm Electronic Experience, produced as a collaboration between So Familiar Productions, The Wildfire Productions and Trance Till Dawn. The event aims to make a staple when it comes to the music festival in Southeast Asia as well as to make the Philippines, the next music destination.
The festival will be a 3 day event at 3 stages and over 50 of the country’s greatest performers from Metro Manila, Cebu, Bacolod and Davao are representing every group from the city’s forward-thinking best scene producers, the enigmatic underground techno enthusiasts, the soulful house music lovers, the iconic bass music elite, to every hard hitter of the country’s biggest clubs and more. It’s about time that the country will have a festival that pays homage to local electronic artists. A tribute to music and dominated by homegrown performers, in an absolutely breathtaking location by the sand and the water just south of the metro.
Sandstorm’s official venue is the Southcrest Beach Resort. A 15 hectare of a scenic land near the beach in San Juan, Batangas. San Juan, Batangas is 116KM from Manila, known for the wide variety of Eco-Tourism activities like hiking and swimming on the emerald green sea. San Juan, Batangas is indeed the right place for the event. They also collect P20 for the tourism fee to keep San Juan the cleanest and greenest place you’ll stay. Each of the venue’s themed stages will give the audience a different sound and atmosphere, taking them on a thrilling adventure through different and wildly imaginative realms. The events, major transportation sponsor DLTB bus line will be shuttling guests from Manila – Batangas –Manila (The transport schedule is posted below). Tickets are sold from P7,000 for VIP and P4,500 for General Admission.
Some of the industry’s biggest names embellish the lineup. Huge icons such as Deuce Manila, Motherbass, Red-I, Pav Parotte, Funk Avy, Martin Pulgar, Similar Objects, The Zombettes, John Odin, and Mecaha have been revealed to be performing for the festival. Joining the list are 2 international artists to be revealed in the coming days.
So better pack a lot of your swimming gear and party adrenaline as this will be a 3 day event of music and party. As we celebrate our own music with our full grown talents, plus invited international artists.
Philippine Ducati Weekend is based on the popular World Ducati Week, which is held at the Misano World Circuit in Italy. The Philippine Ducati Weekend was first launched at Clark International Speedway, Philippines, in 2012. From the first Philippine Ducati Weekend, it had achieved an outstanding level of success from the attendance because of its variety of events, activities and full immersion of pure Ducati Lifestyle. This event only happens every two years.
Ducati Philippines will make raves as we once again bring the most exciting Motorbike event in Manila and Clark….THE PHILIPPINE DUCATI WEEKEND!
Hundreds of people are expected to witness this once in a lifetime “2-wheel” spectacular in the Philippines. Highlights of the Event will include a Ducati Diavel Drag Race, Motokhana, track-day for both Ducati owners and non-Ducati owners, Dunk Tank for a cause, Bikini Bike Wash and the much awaited viewing of the Ducati Scrambler. Superbike champion Carlos Checa will also be gracing the event. Aside from that, there would also be concessionaires for motoring, food, drink and games. The great thing is that there are different packages to choose from that will suit one’s preferred activities.
The Philippine Ducati Weekend is an event open to all, motorcycle enthusiasts and non-motorcycle enthusiasts alike.
Save the date and see you all at Clark International Speedway on November 22-23 and let’s all be part of the 2nd Philippine Ducati Weekend.
For ticket, you may contact 0917 8691790 or you may visit Ducati dealership stores (Manila, Alabang, Bacolod and Davao)
A travel mart like no other. Bid your dream vacation starting at 500 pesos!
Don't forget to hashtag #travelhoodauction for exciting prizes!
The Event Architects (TEA) in partnership with The Grove by Rockwell and Jeron Travel and Tours Corporation cordially invites you to Travelhood Fair and Auction!
Get a chance to enjoy your dream vacation starting at 500 pesos!
Be at The Grove Information Center from 10AM to 7PM from November 14 until 16, 2014. Join us in this wonderful night of celebrating wanderlust! See you there!
Get ready for a new dimension in adventure racing with the Berghaus Urban Adventure Games!!!
On November 15, 2014 at the Globe Circuit Event Grounds in Makati City, and in conjunction with the 2014 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, the Berghaus Urban Adventure Games takes adventure racing to the digital age.
Featuring the first app-based race format, teams of 3 members each will receive their challenges on their mobile phones as they race to accumulate points before the clocks run out.
Sample Sudoku games that you would encounter
Mental and physical challenges will push the teams to their limits as they run through various obstacles, test their strength at Crossfit stations, solve riddles, puzzles and run around the ground of Circuit Park Makati in a digitized scavenger hunt.
Participant and spectators can track their progress in a real time scores will be available online throughout the day. The leaderboard will also be flashed regularly on a giant LED screen at the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour.
Teams may opt to join the "FUN", "COMPETITIVE", or "ELITE" categories. For the Fun category will be scored but not timed, while Competitive and Elite teams will be given a limited time to complete as many challenge and accumulate as many points as possible. All challenges will be held in the Globe Circuit Event Grounds in Makati City.
Gamemaster and Organizer
The Berghaus Urban Adventure Race 2014 is organized by Cyburban, an innovator in app-based adventure racing, adding a new dimension of interactivity to the traditional adventure racing format.
Registration fees are P2400 for the Fun category, P2700 for Competitive and P3000 for Elite.
Cash prizes will be awarded to the first placers in all three categories.
Registration branches are Toby’s Sports Shangri-la Plaza, Toby’s Sports Glorietta 2, Toby’s The Block, RUNNR Bonifacio High Street and Toby’s Sports SM Mall of Asia.
AXN and Berghaus presents the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2014 Philippines. This is the biggest outdoors and adventure sports event of the year! Catch it at the Circuit Grounds, Makati on November 15, 2014.
See this years's best adventure and outdoors films in one roof.
Join several activities like the Berghaus Urban Adventure Games,
The North Face Mountain Athletics, 8A Bouldering Competition, Salomon Trail Running Clinic, Go Pro Film Making Workshop, Manila House Hash Harriers Full Moon Run, etc. Buy the latest outdoor gears and apparels at discounted prices from Festival partners.
Food to be provided by Baga Manila.
With performances by Coffee Break Island, Romeo Lee and the Brown Briefs, Count Kutu and the Balmers, and The Buzzer Beaters.
FREE ADMISSION. Special prizes awaits lucky festival attendees. Also presented by 8a Performance Multisport, Apexus Tents, Baga Manila, Cobra Energy Drink, Coleman, Cyburban, Dan's, Deuter, Gatorade, Globe, GoPro, Habagat, Headware, Master, Nixon Watches, The North Face, Merrel, Mountain Dew, Revolve,Rexona, ROX, Salomon, Skyjet, Specialized Bikes, Summit Mineral Water, Suunto, Timex, Third World Outdoors and Vertical Rescue.
MANILA – Storytelling is an age-old tradition of the world. It has been practiced to pass on information, make sense of experiences, and understand one another. It has the power to immortalize individuals and events, incite ideas and action, and bring people together. It is in the spirit of this powerfully unifying practice that Hero Of D Day and CSR World bring to you Share a Story, Save the World: A Volunteers’ Meet-up.
On the 8th of November, Saturday, 6:00 PM, aspiring and seasoned volunteers from the youth sector will meet at Co.Lab, Brixton St., Brgy. Kapitolyo, Pasig City to tell their own tales and listen to others. Php 250 will avail participants of a Hero Of D Day kit, certificate, food, drinks, and an invaluable storytelling experience.
There will be an opportunity to share volunteer stories with fellow volunteers. Juana Change, an advocate of freedom, justice, good governance, and social change is slated to speak at the event. Geoanna Corneby, a Corporate Social Responsibility officer and an active volunteer for various NGOs that further youth development, empowerment of the poor, and nation building, will be conducting a writing workshop for the participants as a culminating activity as well.
Share a Story, Save the World: A Volunteers’ Meet-up is led by two groups one in the cause – Hero Of D Day and CSR World. Hero Of D Day is a social media organization that believes there is a hero in every one. Focusing the lens on the everyday hero, it recognizes great and small acts of heroism by collecting stories and publishing them online. CSR World is the youth department of Benita and Catalino Yap Foundation that ensures the knowledge and experience of young people on CSR 3.0 – Citizenship, Sustainability and Responsibility – are comprehensive and will enable them to be better citizens.
Both organizations focus on stories of volunteers and volunteerism and through this joint event, they aim to inspire participants to pursue their passion for helping others and live lives worth telling stories about.
With 37 top-calibre films, including major Oscars contenders, in this year’s line-up, the QCinema International Film Festival takes its place as one of the country’s premier showcase of films.
Hosted by Quezon City as “the City of the Stars” and slated from November 5 to 11, 2014 at the Ayala Trinoma Mall, QCinema highlights Quezon City’s celebration of its diamond jubilee year.
Production Grantees
Top billing the festival are eleven films which received generous grants in a previous competition.
Leading the batch is Arnel Mardoquio's “Alienasyon,” which received a production grant of Php 2 million. The film is about a UP professor, who in the twilight of his noble career, finds himself reminiscing the precious history of his homeland.
Receiving post-production grants each of Php 150,000 are: “1st ko si 3rd”, a Cinemalaya 2014 New Breed finalist by Real S. Florido; “Nick and Chai”, a documentary about Typhoon Yolanda victims by Cha Escala and Wena Sanchez; “Tigbao”, a feature about the issue of desaparecidos by M. Bonifacio; “Cemetery Life”, a documentary about a group of people living in society's fringes by Barbara Politsch; and “Tres”, a trilogy of literary adaptations by veteran directors William Mayo, Edgardo ‘Boy’ Vinarao, and Jose M. Carreon.
Five short films also received production grants each worth Php 150,000. These are “Tila” by Rob Jara; “Ang Nanay ni Justin Barber” by Victor Villanueva; “Senior” by Jed Medrano; “Bonifacio” by Grace Simbulan; and “Sa Ngalan ni Ultimate Warrior” by Miko Livelo. These films comprise the QCX (Quezon City Experience) Anthology.
Circle Competition
The five post-prodution grantees, “1st ko si 3rd,” “Nick and Chai,” “Tigbao,” “Cemetery Life,” and ”Tres” will also compete at the Circle Competition, with five other films. The Pylon Awards Best Picture winner will be given P300,000. The Jury Prize winner will be given P200,000, while the Audience Choice winner will be given P100,000, and the Gender Sensitivity winner will be given P100,000.
The other five films competing in the Pylon awards are “Ang Di Paglimot Ng Mga Alaala” by Carl Joseph E. Papa; “Bigkis” by Neal Tan; “In Darkness We Live” by
Christopher Ad. Castillo; “Little Azkals" by Baby Ruth Villarama; and “Mauban: Ang Resiko by Lem Lorca.
Foreign Films
Another festival highlight are the foreign films, which form part of Screen International and the festival’s tribute to Park Chan-Wook.
Screen International Films are “52 Tuesdays” from Australia by Sophie Hyde, which won Best Director in World Cinema section of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival; “Ida,” Poland’s submission to the Foreign Language Category of the 2015 Academy Awards by Pawel Pawlikowski; “Jauja” of Argentina by Lisandro Alonso and starring Viggo Mortensen, which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Others are “Leviathan", Best Screenplay of 2014 Cannes Film Festival and Russia's submission to the Foreign Language Category of the 2015 Academy Awards by Andrey Zvyagintsev; “Mommy” of Canada by Xavier Dolan, which is the Jury Prize winner in the 2014 Cannes Film Festival; “The Don Juans” of Czech Republic by Jirà Menzel; and “Two Days, One Night” of Belgium by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne.
The Netherlands Embassy will also hold at the festival the premier of “Lilet Never Happened” on November 6, 6:00 PM. The film, which won Best Youth Film in the Copenhagen Buster Film Festival, is about Sandy Talag or Lilet, who was Manila’s most famous child prostiture.
“Lilet Never Happened” film director Jacco Groen will grace the premier and will also be part of the Filmakers’ Forum, scheduled on November 10, also at Trinoma. Aside from Groen, 52 Tuesdays” director Sophie Hyde and the local filmakers will be part of the discussion.
Park Chan-Wook fans are also in for a treat, as QCinema shows the Vengeance Trilogy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Old Boy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, in glorious 35mm.
More from QCinema
Another set of films to watch out for is the Children’s Classics, which is in partnership with the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board.
The films included in the line-up are “Boses” by Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil; “Bunso: The Youngest” by Ditsi Carolino; “RPG Metanoia” by Luis C. Suarez; “Children of Heaven” by Majid Majidi; “Dance Without Music” by Li Jixian; “Not One Less” by
Zhang Yimou; and “The Color Of Paradise” by Majid Majidi.
QCinema 2013 films “Gaydar” by Alvin Yapan; “Hello, World” by Joel Ferrer and “Lukas Niño” by John Torres complete the line-up.
The film festival, which carries the theme “From Flashback to Fast Forward”, will also give special recognition to Cecille Baun, renowned prosthetic make-up artist who will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for her outstanding contributions to the film industry. An exhibit of her work will also be part of the festival.
Festival opening rights will be held on November 5, 5:30 PM at the Trinoma Activity Center, followed by the screening of "Alienasyon."
Experience a new genre of adventure gaming. Form a team of 3 and join the biggest adventure event of 2014. The Berghaus Urban Adventure Games will give you challenges for the mind and body that requires you to be at your peak performance levels. Run through parkour obstacles. Test your strength at the CrossFit stations. Solve riddles, puzzles, and run around the Circuit Grounds to look for objects in a digitized scavenger hunt.
Different skill levels are provided for the right fitness levels of your team. Teams under the fun category can expect casual thrills. Competitive teams will find the obstacle combos to be a real challenge. And, the core adventurers of the Elite category will be sent out to the City of Manila to validate their endurance and street smarts.
This is the first of a new genre of adventure games where skill is more important than time. Do you have the courage to live for adventure?
Rizal Technological University, Philippines 16-17 December 2014
Announcement
The SEAAN 2014 will be held at Rizal Technological University, Mandaluyong City, Philippines on 16-17 December 2014. The event will be sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)- Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and the Rizal Technological University (RTU).
In addition to the National Focal Points and officials of SEAAN, the Conference proposes to accommodate 20 participants from the SEAAN member countries. Interested applicants should register online and are advised to observe the important dates.
General Information
The Conference aims to promote cooperation in the field of education, research and popularization of astronomy among Southeast Asian member countries. It will be divided into business and scientific sessions. The business session will be the 6th SEAAN Meeting and will be held on 16 December 2014. The scientific session will be held on 17 December and will include plenary and invited talks and oral and poster presentations.
Important Dates
10 November 2014, deadline for registration and abstract submission
22 November 2014, deadline for hotel reservation
Registration, Hotel Reservation & Abstract Submission
Please download registration form and submit abstract together with the completed form to Engr. Dario L. Dela Cruz, Chief, Space Science and Astronomy Section (SASS), PAGASA through his email address: dariodlc2004@yahoo.com.
Venue and Hotel Accommodation
The Conference will be held at Rizal Technological Univeristy, Boni Ave., Mandaluyong City, Philippines. Rizal Technological University’s
website: www.rtu.edu.ph/
Hotel accommodation will be at New Horizon Hotel –Manila, 778 Boni Ave., Mandaluyong City.
New Horizon Hotel – Manila’s website: www.newhorizonhotel-manila.com/
Please download the hotel reservation form and submit it to Ms. Ruby-Ann dela Cruz, Head, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, RTU through her email address: bee1delacruz@yahoo.com
LOCAL TRANSFERS BETWEEN AIRPORT AND HOTEL Arrival at Ninoy Aquino International Airport
Special arrangements will be made for transporting participants from the airport to the hotel and back. Local organizers will meet all participants and SEAAN focal points at the airport. All are requested to go to the VIP lounge after arrival and getting their luggage. They are also requested to provide their flight details, which include the arrival and departure times and flight numbers to the coordinator, Engr. Dela Cruz, at least a week before arrival date.
Your Stay in Manila Money Matters
The Philippine currency is the Philippine peso (Php). There are many money-changing facilities near the venue and the accommodation and even at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) where you can change foreign currency for Philippine peso. The exchange rate is approximately P44.87 to a US$ as of 17 October 2014.
The Weather
The meeting period, 16-17 December 2014 falls during the Northeast Monsoon Season characterized by moderate temperature and little or no rainfall.
Voltage
The voltage in the Philippines is 220V using the 2P AC Male flat plug type and multi-standard sockets.
Food
The main food in the Philippines includes rice, beans, beef, chicken, vegetables, fish and other sea foods. There are a lot of delicious fruit such as sweet bananas, mangoes, pineapples, guavas and oranges, to mention a few.
Registration Fee
The organizers will not collect registration fee.
Taguig City, Philippines ( October 18, 2014 ) - Aeternum is a Latin word which means Eternity. Located at the heart of Heritage Park Area 2 of Fort Bonifacio Taguig City, Aeternum Garden boasts its grandiose and inviting facilities such lush greenery, manmade lagoon and waterfalls, the viewing chapel where funeral services take place and the peaceful columbarium.
Jan Vincent Mercado, President of The Fort Park Estate Inc. who introduced the country's first True Garden Columbary, "Aeternum": The Park Estate Columbary discussed how they stumble upon the idea of putting up Aeternum Garden. He and his family received an offer before from the local city government to buy the property which then was just a piece of land. It was bought, developed and now became the country's first true garden columbary. "Living the life you want is very important but you need to live it well without harming other people." This is one of the inspiring lines from Vincent Mercado which people need to live by.
#LiveWellLeaveWell is the theme of the night where guests are encouraged to share something that they could not forget about their departed loved ones. Online media and VIP guests willingly participated in the "mini-sharing".
Chapel. Aeternum Garden has a viewing chapel inside the 5-hectare land of The Fort Park Estate Inc. Families, friends and other relatives may reminisce the happy memories they had with their loved ones inside the chapel peacefully and scenic praying areas of the park. The serenity inside and outside the chapel and the themed buildings will make you feel at ease for your treasured ones.
Cremation. Back to the pre-historic times, people from Rome, Italy called Etruscans give honour to their loved ones by cremating them believing that fire would purify their loved ones for eternity. After the cremation service, the matriarch of the family would gather the ashes of her loved one and place them in an urn and was kept in a sacred place - the columbarium.
Columbarium. Aeternum Garden which is a unique and floral-inspired structure symbolizes the love of the family to the departed ones. The garden setting is a sanctuary of memories and a haven of comfort for those who were left behind. At night, you will an amazing view of the columbarium as the lighting is randomly changing its colors. Classy. Flexible. Grandiose. Majestic. Serene. These are the words to describe Aeternum Garden. If you are wondering if the rates are too expensive, need not to worry as Aeternum offers its clients flexible payment options.
We all deserve a place on Earth like heaven. You live well. You leave well.
For more information, please take note on the details below. Aeternum Garden Columbary Park C5 corner Bayani Road Heritage Park Area 2 Taguig Tel: (02) 401 1303 Website: http://www.aeternumcolumbary.com/ Facebook : Aeternum Columbary Twitter: @AeternumGarden Instagram: @AeternumGarden Aeternumgarden.10.20.2014
Everything is free just look for it
" What cold hands…let me warm them with my breath..”
The most romantic opera of all time La Bohème shows October 18 & 19, 2014 at the Samsung Hall of SM Aura Premier.
Mimi, a simple craftswoman, and poet Rodolfo begin their love with a kiss in candlelight, on a cold Christmas Eve in Paris,1896.
Internationally awarded director Anton Juan (Madame Butterfly, Best of Opera, The Maids) and designer Otto Fernandez set the stage for Puccini’s beloved story of bohemian life. Multi-awarded Conductor Jonathan Velasco directs the Manila Symphony Orchestra in a special orchestration of La Bohème. This intimate and brilliant production stars Rosa Ponselle awardee Filipina Soprano Margarita Gomez Giannelli as Mimi and celebrated American Tenor Scott Ramsay of Chicago Lyric as Rodolfo. Italian-Brazilian Baritone Fernando Araujo of Opern Institut Salzburg plays Marcello while soprano Myramae Meneses plays Musetta. Nonon Baang as Colline, Greg de Leon as Schaunard, and Michael Bulaong as Benoit complete the main cast while accompanied by emergent young singers from Viva Voce.
Relish the most beautiful arias of opera. Treasure this love story. Be part of the streets of Paris and ressentir de l'amour et de chagrin!
Tickets are available at all SM Ticket outlets and A-Team Inc. through 0918.921.6835 / 0927.245.5083.
With the devastation of previous calamities that ravaged the country, many lives have been put to a state of halt, leaving families incapacitated. The storms may have passed, but the challenge to rebuild the lives of affected families continues.
AVA Prime Media & Events invites you to LIFE ROCKS - a concert series that aims to contribute to the continuing efforts in rebuilding the lives of our incapacitated brothers and sisters across the country. You can expect none other than the best of the Philippine music scene in their most moving, collaborative performances.
In partnership with the Philippine Life Insurance Association, the first staging of LIFE ROCKS is on October 23, 2014 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila; featuring Imago, Sandwich, Radioactive Sago Project, Tres Marias, Razorback, Megan Aguilar, Ebe Dancel, and Marc Abaya -—all collaborating with the Manila Symphony Orchestra.
Proceeds shall be for the scholarship of those who have been orphaned by calamities that ravaged the country. The selection process shall be via the institutional partnership with Museo Pambata and the scholarship program of the Manila Symphony Orchestra. A documentary will follow the stories of the beneficiaries for one year.
LIFE ROCKS is the first of many events that comprises the launch and advocacy of the upcoming music lifestyle show -—THE LINEUP -—which begins airing November 2014. The producers will make a formal reveal on which network it will air in the coming weeks. THE LINEUP is an original AVA Prime creation.
Today (October 06), Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms due Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Ilocos Norte and Cagayan will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.
By Tuesday (October 7), the ITCZ will continue to bring cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms over Bicol Region, Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will continue to experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with chances of isolated thunderstorms.
From (October 8-9), Wednesday to Thursday, there will be light to moderate rains over the eastern section of Luzon, Palawan and Visayas due to the trough of the Typhoon "VONGFONG" which is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) by Wednesday (October 8). The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies apart from localized rainshowers or thunderstorms.
By Friday and Saturday (October 10-11), the tropical cyclone is expected to exit the par and move toward the southern islands of Japan. It is not expected to make landfall to any part of the country. However, a Low Pressure Area (LPA) will be develop west of Palawan. The said low pressure area lpa will traverse Palawan, Visayas and Bicol Region in a northeast direction bringing light to moderate rainshowers or thunderstorms over Bicol Region, Palawan, Visayas, MIMAROPA and CALABARZON.
By Sunday (October 12), Low Pressure Area (LPA) will make an exit over Camarines Provinces and will continue to move in northeast direction bringing light to moderate rainshowers or thunderstorms over the eastern section of Luzon, MIMAROPA and CALABARZON.
This weather outlook will be updated as soon as significant changes in the weather pattern occurs.
1. Promo period will run from September 30 - October 1, 2014.
2. To join, JackTV fans should do the following:
a. Follow JackTV on Twitter
b. Retweet JackTV's Neverland post
3. The Twitter accounts must be public.
4. Only entries who retweeted it shall qualify.
5. Deadline of retweeting will be on October 1, 2014 at 5PM.
6. The winners will be chosen on October 1, 2014 at 6PM at Solar Entertainment Corporation, 3/F Worldwide Corporate Center, Shaw Blvd. cor. EDSA, Mandaluyong City 1552.
7. 5 Winners with 4 tickets each shall be announced on Twitter.
8. Instructions for claiming of prizes will be sent to the winners through DM.
9. Prizes must be claimed on October 2, 2014, Thursday from 9am-5pm only.
10. Requirements for the Redemption of Tickets are:
a. 1 valid Identification Card or Birth Certificate
b. Screenshot of JackTV’s DM
11. Disqualification Clause:
a. Persons who are employed by, or are agents of, the promo organizers, sponsor or advertiser, their affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, and other related companies, including their media partners, promotions and advertising agencies, as well as said persons’ family members within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, are not eligible to join the promo.
b. Persons reporting regularly to the promoter, sponsor or advertiser under a contract or service and who, by the nature of the service they render may have a direct and personal knowledge of the promotion.
12. The promo is open to all JackTV viewers who are 18 years and above, who are willing to claim the prizes at the Solar Office in person.
Taking your fitness regimen to the next level is now within reach as specialty sports shop, Chris Sports, holds an exclusive 30th Anniversary Sale until the month of September.
The sale is a big boost for individuals who are serious in starting a fitness habit at home, and even for those considering of opening their own gym for business. The usual reasons like a busy schedule or lack of professional trainer are addressed through purchase of special Chris Sports Products.
Chris Sports has been known as a complete sports shop that offers quality products for better games at competitive prices not only to athletes, but also to all sports enthusiasts and fitness buffs. All of the brands being carried in the store are known world-wide, easy to use, and highly-effective even for those who decide to work out from the comfort of their own abode.
And during the sale, these state-of-the-art products are now easier to acquire with discounts starting at 20% off – plus more!
One of the product highlights being offered at an irresistible price tags are Chris Sports’ exclusive line of heavy fitness equipment such as treadmills and elliptical from Nordictrack – one of the top-selling fitness brands worldwide.
Their top-of-the-line Nordictrack T12 Elliptical and the Proform Hybrid Trainer – an incredible 2 in 1 machine Recumbent bike and elliptical, are being offered at 20% discount, with 0% interest for 12 months if purchasing through credit card.
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As part of its “Back to School Campaign,” London-based education technology company, Quipper, challenged schools and teachers to use its online education platform, Quipper School, and fully utilize its numerous benefits. Pasay City High School emerged as the First Placer among schools in the secondary level nationwide, and was awarded with IT-based learning devices such as a Tablet PC and wi-fi hotspot. Quipper launched Quipper School earlier this year and is now used by 5,000 teachers all over the Philippines. Quipper School helps teachers and students connect through available technology and use it in providing education lessons and assignments in an environment where students can enjoy and learn. Teachers and school administrators who use Quipper School can take advantage of the vast amount of K-12-aligned content that can be used for lessons and assignments. Teachers could also track those who have not done their assignments via Quipper School’s teacher portal, and could also give timely reminders so that no one gets left behind. Shown in photo during the awarding are (L-R) Peter Cannon Jr., Principal of Pasay City South High School; Dr. Estrellita Puti-an, Officer in-charge, Schools Division Superintendent, Division of Pasay; Quipper School International Marketing Director, Takuya Homma; and Ryan Guerrero, Business Development Officer of Quipper School.
As they all say, Rome was not built over eight. Same with our young Roboticts Athelete, many of the Champions in Robotics Competitions had to go through rigorous trainings prior to becoming the country representatives to an international Olympiad such as the IROC.
Step 1: Robotics Workshop
The first part of the exposure to Robotics happens during a Robotics Workshop or Camp. Data Science and Technology Corporation (DSTC) is the country’s leading provider of comprehensive Robotics Training Packages to schools. It is a special train- ing package offered to schools who are just starting to implement or introduce the con- cept of K12 Robotics Courses. As a beginner in Robotics education, the training package includes the following:
Robot Kits (no specific brands are required but highly recommended are INEX Robo Circle for young learners and INEX Pop-XT for moderate to advanced learners).
Robotics Environment (i.e. Sumo wrestling fields, Agribot Fields, etc.) – game boards where the programmed and assembled robots will be run and tested.
Robotics Camp Curriculum—the complete day-to-day lessons for the duration of the camp Robotics Trainers & Facilitators Installation of Robotics Software Applications Competition Management—the culminating activity at the end of the 3-day workshop.
During the school year, a typical Robotics Camp is usually held as a Saturday-program-offering of the school to a select group of students. Some schools would implement it as a Club or an Elective Subject. During Summer, Robotics Camps are more popular and offered by the schools as one of its Summer Class Programs.
Step 2: Robotics The Journey to IROC, Usually after a Robotics Camp, schools would realize that Robotics had a magical effect to their students …students who used to be afraid of Mathematics would start churning-out formulas as if they were part of their ordinary daily conversation. Many students would want to take-up advance classes in Robotics, and the rest would definitely want to continue working on a robot project.
As an excellent Hands-On laboratory for Science and Mathematics, schools are encouraged to integrate Robotics in their Science, Computer, and/or Mathematics Curriculum. Especially in Science and Mathematics, many difficult concepts are easy to unlock when taught using Robotics Demonstration.
Data Science and Technology Corporation offers packages that bundle Robot Kits, Teachers Training, S.T.E.M. Robotics Curriculum, and year long mentoring sup- port for schools.
A culminating activity can also be conducted at the end of the program where students would compete in a friendly competition and the possible candidates to an inter- school, regional, and National Robotics Competition are identified.
Step 3: Regional Robotics Competition
Data Science and Technology Corporation works together with Pinoy Robot Games to hold regional qualifying competitions all over the country. The winners from the various competitions are invited to participate in the National Robotics Competition.
Since this is a qualifying level and preparation for the schools’ participation at the National, same categories are used at the regional level.
Step 4: National TheRobotJourney to IROC ics Competition
The country’s first open robotics competition where the student skills take the center stage. There are various game categories where students can take part.
There are no robot brand requirements for the different gaming events, except for special INEX leagues.
Every year, there are more then 300 school teams that participate in this national event. The champions from the main game category will be the country’s repre- sentative to the International Robotics Olympiad.
The different Game Categories are the following:
1.Sumobot— match is fought between two teams, each team having 2 members. Only one team member may approach the ring. In accordance with the game rules each team competes on a Dohyo (sumo ring) with a robot that they have constructed themselves. The match starts at the judge’s command and continuous until a contestant earns two Yuhkoh points. The judge determines the win- ner of the match.
2. Line Tracing—the objective of Line Tracing is for your autonomous robot to com- plete the course in the shortest period of time while accurately tracking the line from START to FINISH. A game is played by one robot per team having 2 mem- bers. Only one team member may approach the playing field. Playing field consists of different obstacles with corresponding points. Your aim is to surpass the obstacle while moving on the line. The team who approach the finish line in the shortest period of time will win the game.
The Journey to IROC
Step 4: National Robotics Competition
3. Mission Challenge—these are games with required accurate movements and be-
havior of robot. The students are tasked to develop a program and build robots with precision. Example mission is the break-out challenge.
Break-Out: A natural disaster has occurred and the mission of the robot is to find or make a path to the trapped individuals. The trapped individuals are at the cell
marked END in the map. The robot will begin at the cell marked ST. The fast- est robot to get to the END wins.
4. Robo Soccer- this is a robot game that mimics human soccer. Participant will control humanoid robots to score more goals in opponent’s net. Understanding of hu- manoid’s mechanics and strategy is important and cooperation with teammates is re- quired.
5. Humanoid Challenge—this is a robot game that requires building and programming
a Humanoid Robot to behave according to the given task. One example gaming event for this category is Humanoid Prison Break. The objective of Robot Prison break is to build a robot that performs its best sensor usage by predicting the obstacles to understand a robot’s autonomous movements and study human brain function.
The Journey to IROC
Step 4: National Robotics Competition
The 2015 National Robotics Competition will be held on February 7, 2015. The winners for this event will be the country’s representative to the 17th IROC to be held in Bucheon, South Korea.in December 2015.
Step 5: International Robotics Olympiad
The 16th International Robotics Olympiad will be held on Nov. 5-9, 2014 at Shi-jingshan Gymnasium, Beijing, China.The theme of this IROC is “Robots: Stop Global Warming!”
In the previous 15th IROC held in Denver Colorado last December 16-20, 2013 , the Philippine Team brought home many awards and recognitions. This is the first Robotics Team in the country that won GOLD Medals in a Regular Category.
2 GOLD Garcia, Nicole John – Letran Calamba and Calderon, Hans Simon – Letran Calamba
Daniel – GCC, Imperial, Eian david – GCC 5 BRONZE Co, Davenson – DLSZ, Ramos, Raphael Manuel – DLSZ, Dela Cruz, John Sebastian Gerald Julian -DLSZ, Co, Davenson – DLSZ, Ramos, Raphael Manuel – DLSZ 7 SPECIAL AWARDS Tan, Heart Bernice – GCC, Tan, Heidi Kristine – GCC, Uy, Jeremy Lance – GCC, Gamboa, Kimberly Klaire – GCC, Ng, Calvin Alexander GCC, Dela Cruz, John Sebastian Gerald Julian -DLSZ , Chua, Alvin Ken Steven Jr. GCC
The Journey to IROC
Data Science and Technology Corporation (DSTC), in partnership with Pinoy Robot Games, is
the strong support that makes possible the holding of several Robot Camps, Regional Qualifying Rounds, National Robotics Competition (NRC) and the Philippine Team to the International Ro- botics Olympiad. It has been continuously providing the Philippine schools with the best technol- ogy solutions for education.
Data Science and Technology Corporation is a provider of world-class technology educational solutions to schools. Some of its products are:
1.LabDisc—a laboratory that fits in the palm of your hand! It is a complete laboratory for K12 Science Experiments, with up to 14 built-in sensors, equipped with GPS technology, compact, wireless, perfect for indoor & outdoor science-related activities.
Laboratory sensory and Environmental Sensors
2.Digital Microscope—your modern version of Microscope, a must for all science classrooms. Connects to PC or MAC, with Camera, Video, and Time-Lapse Functions. Focus and Project for the whole class to see.
3.Robotics Program for Schools—a comprehensive Robotics Learning package for schools, complete with curriculum, robot kits, and training support.
4.Robot Kits— we carry several types and models of Robots like INEX, Pop-Bot XT, and RQ Huno Humanoid
Sumo Robot that don't only do Sumo Fight
5.K12 Computer Courseware— market-relevant computer subjects for K12
6.Multimedia Resources—instructional materials for Science, Mathematics, English and local academic subjects like Araling Panlipunan, Filipino and MAPE.
7.Mobile Planetarium—a portable and inflatable planetarium dome complete with Aircon Unit. The dome can accommodate up to 60 students at a time, with various astronomy shows for full enjoyment of all students.
8.3D Printer—the first Philippine-made 3D Printer. Inventor is Mr. Justin Gabitan of Puzzlebox.
Creative Robo Fest to be held at Don Bosco Canlubang. Students will build Robots that would be able to help stop global warming. The winners from this competition will also form part of the Philippine Robotics Team who will compete in the 16th International Robotics Competition in Beijing China.
November 5-9, 2014
16th International Robotics Olympiad to be held in Beijing, China. The theme for this year’s IROC is “Robots: Stop Global Warming!”
December 13, 2014
National Sumobot Competition to be held at Don Bosco Makati. This event is exclusive to Sumobot Games. The winners from this competition will take part in the Sumobot Category in the National Robotics Com petition.
February 7, 2015
National Robotics Competition. The winners from this competition will be the country’s representatives to the 17th IROC in Bucheon, South Korea in Decem- ber 2015.
Middle of 2015, Asian Robotics Competition to be held in Indonesia.
December 2015 IROC, Bucheon South Korea
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Press Release
Data Science and Technology Corporation support our National Team for the upcoming International Robotics Olympiad.
Ana Isabelle Chua, Grade 9 and Kimberly Gamboa, 4th high school at Grace Christian College WON the IROC or International Robotics Competitions.
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