Tuloy and Byahe with Noel Cabangon

Get the chance for you and a friend to win FREE TICKETS and watch Noel Cabangon perform live at the Music Museum on September 28, 2012, plus an autographed poster of the concert! Click on this poster to read the full mechanics!


Mechanics:
1. Like the official Philippine Educational Theater Association fan page.

2. Share this promo poster from the Philippine Theater Association fan page to your Facebook wall and tell us why you and a friend should win the free tickets to Noel Cabangon’s Tuloy ang Byahe concert. Don’t forget to click the star(✩) button on your Facebook wall to highlight the poster, and set the privacy setting to Public.

3. The shared promo poster with most number of likes will win two (2) tickets to Noel Cabangon's Tuloy ang Byahe Concert in Music Museum on September 28, plus an autographed concert poster.

4. Contest runs from September 03(Monday) until 5PM of September 06(Thursday). Announcement of winner will be on September 07(Friday).

Call for Short Films

Call for Short Films

Alab seeks for new revolutionaries - men and women who dare to use change to incite change.

Alab calls on young aspiring filmmakers aged 15 to 30 years old to submit short films that dwell on the issues of human rights.

Mechanics

All entries shall be in line the human rights theme of the Active Vista Film Festival.

Film entries must not exceed 15 minutes. Any entry beyond the length requirement would be disqualified. An individual may submit as many entries as possible.

Entries must be independently produced and not produced by commercial producers. Entries should not have been commercially shown.

Essay Writing

Pinoy Stories

Be at the Saguijo Cafe + Bar Events tomorrow as Pinoy Stories launches their new album!!

NVIDIA Rolls Out GeForce 306.23 WHQL Drivers

For Nvidia Users, there's an update on the graphics driver for extra performance in some games like Batman Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Sleeping Dogs, etc.

Following launches of its GeForce GTX 660 and GTX 650 graphics processors earlier this day, NVIDIA released the latest stable version of its GeForce driver suite. GeForce 306.23 WHQL was released for Windows 7/Vista and Windows XP. This is NVIDIA's first WHQL-signed driver launch after GeForce GTX 660 Ti was launched last month. Hence, it includes official support for GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, and GeForce GTX 650. The company also notified that the next WHQL-signed drivers will remove support for legacy GeForce GPUs such as 6-series and 7-series.

GeForce 306.23 WHQL also adds GPU and game-specific performance improvements. Along with the latest patch by its developer, Total War: Shogun 2 will see up to 60% performance improvement with GeForce GTX 680. Performance is also significantly improved for games such as Batman: Arkham City, Dragon Age II, STALKER: Call of Pripyat, and Battlefield 3 (in SLI). SLI profiles were added or improved for a large number of games. The drivers provide early support for applications built with CUDA 5 Preview.

A list of changes follows.

GPU Support
•Adds support for GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, and GeForce GTX 650.
•Legacy Support Notification: GeForce 6-series and GeForce 7-series GPUs will be moved to legacy support after GeForce R304 drivers. GeForce R310 drivers (the next major family of drivers) will not support these products.
Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 301.42WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 680:
•Up to 18% in Batman: Arkham City
•Up to 15% in Dragon Age II
•Up to 10% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
•Up to 60% in Total War: Shogun 2 (fixes performance issue with latest game patch)
GeForce GTX 560:
•Up to 14% inBatman: Arkham City
•Up to 5% in Battlefield 3with SLI
•Up to 4% in Dragon Age II
•Up to 8% in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kingswith SLI
•Up to 7% in Lost Planet 2
NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
•Alan Wake's American Nightmare – added
•Borderlands 2 – added
•Darksiders 2 – added
•End of Nations - added
•F1 2011 – updated
•F1 2012 – added
•Final Fantasy XIV – updated
•Nexuiz - added
•Orcs Must Die! 2 – added
•PlanetSide 2 - updated
•Saints Row: The Third – updated
•Shogun 2: Total War – updated
•Sleeping Dogs – added
•Spec Ops: The Line - added
•The Secret World - updated
•Torchlight II - added
•Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier - added
•Tornado Force - added
•Tribes: Ascend – updated
Other Profile Updates
•Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Diablo III
•Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for L.A. Noire
•Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Rayman Origins
•Disabled FXAA for several Windows programs like Media Player and Movie Maker.
NVIDIA CUDA
•Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 Preview or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit.

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Blade and Soul MMORPG

NCsoft today revealed that it is bringing hit Korean MMORPG Blade & Soul to Western markets and sent two trailers along to introduce the game to its new intended audience.


Blade & Soul is a martial-arts focused Asian fantasy MMO under development by NCsoft's Team Bloodlust. The game has reached a concurrent-user peak of 230,000 players already in Korea, putting it solidly in the territory of other Korean hits like Tera and Aion.

The action looks good, and the Qing Gong ("light body") movement makes us want to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon around every game. As soon as NCsoft has a Western release date, we'll let you know.

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Indiependensya Forums

IN INDIEPENDENSYA:

Two short forums on history of national resistance in film, as well as women, imperialism and cultural resistance, will be held on SEPTEMBER 17 (1PM) and SEPTEMBER 18 (6PM), respectively. On Sept. 17, resource person will be UP College of Mass Communication Dean Rolando Tolentino, while on Sept. 18, Prof. Sarah Raymundo and Ms. Monique Wilson will speak.

See you there! Films (and forums) for free! Film festival for freedom!

Baling Book Drive and Fundraising

Today, Friday. September 14th. The whole of 154 Maginhawa compound in cooperation with Blacksoup Art Cafe and Camera Cart Photography Studio is holding a book fair plus concert tonight 6pm. It's a fundraising activity for a friend who has cancer. Entrance fee is 200 bucks w/ free refreshments. Everyone is invited!

iPhone 101

Think Big: The 1st Mompreneur Summit

This will happen on September 15, 2012, Saturday, from 9am to 4pm at the Hotel Intercontinental in Makati City. More info at http://mompreneurmanila.com/2012/08/think-big-the-1st-mompreneur-summit/ —

WHEN Workshop Series

Blog Weekend Bootcamp

Jumpstart your blogging career by joining the 1st Blog Weekend Bootcamp. Get the chance to learn from the best!

Hurry and grab your tickets now. http://blogweekendbootcamp.eventbrite.com/

Counter-Strike :Global Offensive

The counter-strike series haven't really changed much since it first came out in 1999. And the game sticks to its core elements even in its newest update, Counter Strike: Global Offensive.


Long time CS players fans will both rejoice and be disappointed with the fact that the gameplay and mechanics are still the same. While it's great to know that not a lot has changed and familiarity is comfortable, there's also a lack of fresh innovation. There are only a few new weapons. Plus, out of the sixteen maps, 8 are recycled from previous versions in the series, such as Dust, Dust 2, Office, Italy, Aztec and etc.

But then, there are a few new updates. Firstly, the visuals have gotten an upgrade, giving you updated visuals of maps, characters, and weapons. There are also two new gameplay modes -- Arms Race and Domination. In Arms Race you have unlimited lives and you receive a new weapon after every kill.

Domination, on the other hand, is when the terrorists plant a bomb at the bomb site, or either side can eliminate all opposing players to win the match. You only have one life, so you better be careful and have a strategy else be prepared to watch your mates in the spectator screen.

CS: GO is great for old timers and newbies alike, but then on a sidenote, it provides little reason for fans to upgrade.

Decapitated

Decapitated "650 Php" Early Bird tickets available at the following events this coming Saturday, September 15, 2012
* BKB Bar - Nuclear Brutal Punishment Party
* Inggos Bar - Rakista Jam
For ticket reservations text 09152951095 or call 02 8190010

UP Panel Discussion Series

As part of our 50th Anniversary Celebration, the UP Philosophical Society invites you to the first installment of our Golden Anniversary Panel Discussion Series on "Philosophy and the Social Sciences" tomorrow, 1:00-4:00pm at PH400, Guest speaker would be Prof. Paolo Bolanos, Ph.D, UST Department of Philosophy Chair.

See you!