Grab Taxi for Transportation Convenience

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GrabTaxi is an automated smartphone based booking and dispatch platform for the taxi industry in the Philippines.

GrabTaxi aims to revamp these local taxi markets by introducing simple, cost effective mobile-based technology to both the supply (dispatch companies) and demand (passenger) sides of the distribution chain.

With this technology, GrabTaxi hopes to optimize the matching process between taxi fleets and passengers.

Grab Taxi’s vision is to revamp the Philippines’ taxi industry, making it a safer and more efficient means of transport we can all be proud of.

Athena : The Goddess of War!

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Everyone of us has their own favorite Gods or Goddesses. It's very difficult to choose among them. We sometimes imitate or even idolize them. Greek Gods and Goddesses inspired and contributed a lot in Literature and how we look in different pieces. Even though I liked many Goddesses, this Goddess caught my heart.

If I were to be a Goddess, I would choose Athena. She is the Goddess of wisdom, civilization, courage, inspiration, civilization, strength and strategy and also referred as "The Virgin Patron Goddess of Athens" I learned to love her when I was reading The Percy Jackson Series and when we tackled our World History III . Her character there caught my attention and started liking her since then. According to our History teacher back in third year, Athena was remade as the favorite daughter of Zeus, born fully armed from his forehead.

Her story of birth comes with different versions. Zeus had his first wife, Goddess Metis. There was prophecy that Metis' child will be more powerful than Zeus. Zeus feared that and did everything to stop Metis to conceive. He turned Metis into a fly and swallowed it. He was too late, she already conceived Athena. He thought that he was successful but after some days, he experienced headache. He asked his children to help him, no one but Hephaestus had the idea to help. He commanded Zeus to lie down and started to cut his forehead with Minoan Axe. Suddenly, a beautiful and fully armored Athena came out and shouted "and pealed to the broad sky her clarion cry of war. And Ouranos trembled to hear, and Mother Gaia..." that's why, she was also called the Goddess of strategy, a very clever Goddess!

Globe GCASH Awards Brand-New Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Units To Bantay Bata Donors

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Twelve (12) lucky Bantay Bata donors were given a brand-new Samsung Galaxy Note 2 each in a special raffle draw by Globe Telecom subsidiary G-Xchange, Inc. (GXI) in partnership with Bantay Bata 163.

Winners were actual Bantay Bata donors from April 26 to June 26, 2013. Every donation of at least P10 via GCASH earned them one (1) electronic entry each for the special raffle draw held last June 28.

The winners were Gilbert Lucila from Legazpi City, Rowena Canilao from Caloocan City, Luz Cruz from San Fernando City, Carmelito Lariosa from Bais City, Charlene Venancio from Sta. Maria City, Leah Bonus from Mabalacat City, Mirla Reyes from Batangas City, Joyleen Mateo from Manila City, Ferne Narciso from Manila City, Maria Gina Ferrer from Cabanatuan City, Erika dela Cruz from Makati City, and Jhon Torrento from Cagayan de Oro City.

Globe is Official Technology Partner of Ironman 70.3 Philippines

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Leading telecommunications company Globe Telecom will be the official technology partner of the 2013 Ironman 70.3 Philippines, the country's premiere triathlon event scheduled on August 4 at Shangri-La Mactan Island Resort in Cebu City.

This is the fifth year that Globe will provide high-speed broadband internet service in support of Ironman 70.3 Philippines.

By making fast and reliable internet connectivity available at the venue, Globe would enable participants, and even the public to go online anytime they want so that they can post status updates in popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

ZEUS!: God of All Gods

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Who are Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades? They are the Greek Gods who ruled the sky and thunder, the sea, and the underworld. The one that amazed me was Zeus’s strength and leadership. Among gods and goddesses that belong in the mount Olympus, Zeus was the highest god, for he is the god of all gods and mortals. In Romans he is called Jupiter, in Hindu he is called Indra and in Etruscan he is Tinia. Betray him once and you will taste his wrath!

Zeus was the youngest of the six children of Cronus and Rhea. His brothers and sisters were Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon. Cronus swallowed these five siblings of Zeus. Cronus swallowed them because the oracle said that he was to overcome by his own son until Rhea heard about this. Rhea then find a way to give birth to his son Zeus, so he went to island of Crete and as a replacement for the baby, Rhea gave his husband a rock wrapped in swaddling clothes which then ate by Cronus.

ArtWearAble at The Yuchengco Museum : Open Until Sept 7

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Contemporary artists see the human body as a canvas for expression as well as for adornment. By creating pieces for the body, they blur the line between functionality and embellishment, storytelling and shock appeal, and design and aesthetics.

In line with its direction to feature Design as Art/Art as Design, the Yuchengco Museum is spearheading a series of exhibits entitled ArtWearAble. The ArtWearAble series will highlight artists who not only explore materials and design, but also merge the traditional, ethnic, or elegant with the industrial, recycled, outrageous, and innovative.

The result is works of art meant to be worn as daring statements with drama and flair. The inaugural group exhibit will present expressive fine art and modern jewelry by the country’s most recognized painters, sculptors, designers, and architects.

YC James Yen Center : Home to the IIRR

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We are pleased to introduce to you an attractive venue for your research, learning, reflection, training and conference needs.

The Y.C. James Yen Center offers opportunities for sharing knowledge and practices in its various accommodation and function halls. The Yen Center is home to the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), a development and learning organization with over 50 years of experience in learning about and sharing participatory approaches to rural development.

Located in and borders the towns of Silang, Cavite and Dasmarinas City, the Yen Center is an international training and conference facility which offers 63 hostel rooms, 7 function halls, a spacious dining hall, camp sites and outdoor activities, nature trails and a swimming pool. The Yen Center also houses a small museum and a memorial to Dr. Y.C. James Yen. Demonstration sites on climate smart agriculture are also found within the 52-hectare campus.

NUVALI Bags Bronze for Greener Campaign

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Great news! NUVALI won the prestigious Bronze Award at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity for the Koi Fish Feed Invite project.

A Bronze trophy was awarded to NUVALI’s Koi Fish Feed Invite for successfully carrying out design and environment responsibility all in one. The Koi Fish Feed Invite was a campaign for Ayala Land’s eco-friendly community, NUVALI which is a home for massive schools of koi fish in its multi-functional lake, situated in the greener side of Laguna.

Aesthetically designed to function as an invitation and likewise as fish food, the Koi Fish Feed Invite was made of materials derived from natural ingredients, printed with edible ink in patterns mimicking the koi’s one of a kind scales.

Sprinto at WU Fest 2013

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WU! Manila, a new magazine in town has officially launched its brand through WU Fest 2013. As what they always say, whether you're fresh off the plane or a balikbayan rediscovering your beloved birthplace, WU! is here to help you find out Whats Up in Manila. Or should we say, what's awesome about Manila! And that's what they did! They've promoted anything and everything awesome about Manila through remarkable entertainment such as the bamboo bike display, yummy food -- not necessarily all Filipino but the hospitality made all the difference, and live music from talented Filipino underground artists.

And speaking of awesomeness; one booth in the said fest that caught everyone's attention is the Sprinto booth that sells awesome collection of shades. The standouts would be their Manila, Tokyo, and a new model with wood temple called Shenzhen.

Sprinto is fast gaining popularity in Manila because of its stylish yet functional collection of shades through its iDefine polarized lens and iShock polycarbonate lens features. According to its Marketing Director, Pawlo Misolas, “We believe that shades should be fashionable, protective and affordable and I think that we’ve got the right balance of all three.”

Chinese Merchant Families: Flexible and Border-Crossing Practices as Adaptive Strategies in Spanish Philippines

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Changing names, transferring resources, adopting sons, intermarrying with local women--these are just some of the "flexible" and "border-crossing" practices that Chinese merchants and their families have adopted over centuries as a way to adapt to or circumvent colonial and national policies to control their bodies, resources, mobility, and identities.

Richard T. Chu is Five-College Associate Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has published various articles focusing on the history of the Chinese and Chinese mestizos in the Philippines and centering on issues of ethnicity, gender, and nationalism.

He is also the author of Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of Manila: Family, Identity, and Culture 1860s–1930s (E.J. Brill, 2010; Anvil 2012) and Chinese Merchants of Binondo during the Late Nineteenth Century (University of Santo Tomas Press, 2010).