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Amsterdam. beautiful beautiful song. :heart:

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this is my fave and current desktop wallpaper... messy... i know... but for my non-coldplay wp... i usually use these pics... or any van gogh painting... :)

parachutes or pre-parachutes?? :thinking:

i don't really know where that pic came from. all i know is that he looks good with that teal shirt. :D :bomb: :laugh3: i am not alone! :dance: :laugh3:

i dont like visiting the apparatjik website because it reminds me of all the pain and suffering i had to go through just to pass my physics and math classes. :laugh3: :laugh3: gaaah the terms and the graphics! :confused: :bomb: :laugh3:

this pic is FIEEERCEE! :bomb: :dead:

you got me there :lol: now, it will be very hard to remove the image of Guy running after a penguin... :laugh3:

i've had the video in my PC for months already but it was different watching it on TV... :laugh3: :laugh3:

from where is that ^^? :thinking: :)

double post again. sorry... fave pic! haha

^^:laugh3: silly and cute! :laugh3::lol: :smoking: :pimp2:

I have never seen this pic!! <3 Does Guy get bored very fast??:laugh3: (e.g. Twitter). :laugh3: :laugh3: :chris::hug::guy:

he is everything and more... hahaha. guysome! he is just so drool-worthy... :laugh3:

oops. double post. :P i love chris+guy pics... :laugh3:

he's cute then... he's hot now... i think...:thinking: :laugh3:

weee. :bomb: :laugh3: :P hi, giulia! :hug: okay, that ^^ pic is HUGE! haha :freak: :laugh3:

hi, Brooke!! :laugh3::hug:

because i just finished watching the MTV World Stage... :dance: first time that i was able to watch a coldplay concert on our local tv... :dance: so, some MTV World Stage-LiT2 goodness :bomb::bomb: good morning/afternoon/evening, everyone! :laugh3:

tsk tsk. :whip::whip: last thread on the page!

i think this list is for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, which is different from the New 7 Wonders of the World announced last year in Lisbon and Seven Wonders of Ancient World (which includes the pyramids)... :):):) and :dance: Puerto Princesa Underground River made it on the list... :dance:

Leptospirosis deaths soar to 89 Philstar.com - Saturday, October 17 MANILA, Philippines - The death toll from leptospirosis reached 89 as cases of the flood-borne disease in Metro Manila and flooded provinces rose tenfold in the past three days, the Department of Health (DOH) reported yesterday. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the number of leptospirosis admissions in public hospitals in Metro Manila alone soared from 140 on Oct. 12 to 1,027 as of Oct. 15. Duque added that the 89 leptospirosis deaths brought to 8.6 percent the fatality rate from last year’s 7.5 percent. “Cases of leptospirosis have really shot up these past few days. In fact, the Metro Manila figure even exceeded the 812 nationwide admissions in government hospitals for the whole of last year,” Duque disclosed. In Rizal province alone, Duque said a total of 54 leptospirosis cases have been recorded since Oct. 1. “As we start to see in the National Capital Region (NCR), we also expect a lot of cases in the communities in Rizal, which make up the biggest number of barangays still under water at this time,” Duque noted. He said the DOH has also declared an outbreak of leptospirosis in three Marikina barangays – Tumana, Concepcion and Malanday. “Although fewer than five cases were recorded in each barangay, we declared an outbreak because those areas had zero incidence of the infection last year,” Duque said. Based on a DOH estimate, Duque said 1.7 million people are at risk of acquiring leptospirosis since many areas in Metro Manila and CALABARZON are still submerged. Of the 1.7 million at risk, Duque said, more than 3,000 are likely to manifest symptoms of the potentially fatal infection. “We expect 3,800 people to get the infection and of this number, 3,040 will suffer uncomplicated symptoms while the rest will manifest complicated symptoms that would require them to undergo dialysis or face eventual death,” Duque said. To protect the more than a million people currently exposed to leptospirosis, the DOH has embarked on a massive preventive treatment operation and awareness campaign. Yesterday, Duque said a team from the DOH has already started giving prophylaxis capsules in barangays in Marikina where there is a leptospirosis outbreak. Duque said the DOH hopes to provide preventive treatment to 1.3 million people from CALABARZON and the NCR who were affected by flood and exposed to possible leptospirosis infection. “For the next three weeks, we will be giving 100 mg. prophylaxis capsule once a week to those at risk of acquiring the infection,” Duque said, adding the preventive treatment operations would cost the DOH some P12 million. Duque said the DOH would also allocate P30.4 million for those people who are already infected and manifesting complicated and uncomplicated symptoms of the disease. Medical experts clarified that the prophylaxis would only protect the people for a week, thus they are encouraged to avoid wading in floodwaters, especially if they have an open wound. At this time, Duque said all the 19 government-run hospitals in Metro Manila are on standby for admissions of more leptospirosis patients. “In case the DOH-run hospitals would not be able to accommodate all the patients, we have already an agreement with some private hospitals and local government-operated hospitals to admit the spillovers,” Duque said. “We are closely monitoring incidence of leptospirosis, which is now the most critical of the diseases affecting the typhoon-affected regions of NCR and CALABARZON,” he added. Aside from leptospirosis, DOH also recorded high incidence of respiratory tract infection, skin wounds and diarrhea among residents of NCR and CALABARZON. Duque said the DOH is also closely monitoring areas severely ravaged by typhoon “Pepeng.” “We are conducting surveillance in the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley and Central Luzon, but there are no reports of outbreaks of flood-borne diseases,” Duque said. Meanwhile, DOH regional director Rio Magpantay said Nueva Ecija has the most number of leptospirosis cases among flood-affected provinces in Central Luzon. A total of 55 people in Nueva Ecija contracted leptospirosis and four have already died from the disease. In Tarlac, 16 cases were noted with one fatality, Bulacan has 12 reported cases with one death and Pampanga has five cases with one casualty. Aurora, on the other hand, has one case and one death reported, Magpantay said. Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection associated with rat urine that can lead to kidney failure. But Magpantay explained that the infection could also come from animals like cattle, pigs, horses, dogs and wild animals. Symptoms include fever, a red skin rash and general weakness. Headaches, adverse reaction to light, muscle and joint pains, vomiting and fatigue are also common symptoms. Malacañang not alarmed In spite of the rising cases of leptospirosis in the country, Malacañang refused to say that this was alarming and expressed confidence that the concerned authorities would be able to address the situation. Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said that the Palace is “concerned but not alarmed” by the reported deaths from leptospirosis. Remonde said that the President has ordered the DOH to deploy more health workers to flood-affected areas where clustering of leptospirosis cases was reported. He pointed out that one of the first directives issued by the President after Metro Manila was hit by heavy flooding brought about by storm “Ondoy” was to clean up the streets of garbage as well as the draining of floodwaters. “This is being done but the problem is really more complicated in some of the areas, so the draining would take some time to complete,” Remonde said in Filipino. He said that the Palace and the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) are aware of the problems in the evacuation centers, particularly the risk of disease spreading among the evacuees. “This is one of the reasons why we have to clear these evacuation centers soon because the longer the evacuees stay in the evacuation centers, the more susceptible they are to the spread of diseases,” Remonde said. He also reported that multinational pharmaceutical company Pfizer, through its medical director Dr. Anthony Leachon, has committed to donate medicine to treat leptospirosis. Meanwhile, a group of medical organizations asked the government yesterday to divert its budget for health-related infomercials to arresting the outbreaks of leptospirosis. Dr. Julie Caguiat, spokesperson of Samahang Operasyong Sagip (SOS), said the government should “decisively act” on the surging number of leptospirosis patients and other potential outbreaks in areas devastated by back-to-back storm Ondoy and typhoon Pepeng. “If the government has money to pay for medical advisories, print ads, it must have more funds for disease outbreaks,” she noted in a statement. While the DOH had reportedly directed its hospitals to render free services to leptospirosis victims, the SOS has been receiving reports that many patients were being turned away due to lack of facilities. “These are extraordinary moments which require extraordinary decisions by the government. Most of the disaster affected communities are the urban poor who have no means to pay for medical services at this point,” Caguiat added. She maintained the government should spend more money to ensure adequate treatment and management of patients than spend for infomercials. – With Marvin Sy, Sheila Crisostomo - By Mayen Jaymalin (Philstar News Service, http://www.philstar.com) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 5 illnesses affecting Evacuation Centers 1). Athlete's Foot, 2). Fever, 3). Coughs, 4). Colds and 5). Tetanus.PNRC Hotline: 527-0000/143 [twitter.com/philredcross] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks so much, Nancy for the updates. :hug: :)

All models show 'Ramil' will hit N. Luzon: PAGASA ABS-CBN - Saturday, October 17 All models show 'Ramil' will hit N. Luzon: PAGASA MANILA - Based on "Lupit's" (local name: "Ramil") current speed and direction, the typhoon will hit northern Luzon, as shown in all typhoon track models used by weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). "All the models we are using have a unanimous forecast that the typhoon would hit northern Luzon," PAGASA administrator Prisco Nilo reported during a National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) briefing on Saturday afternoon. As of 4 p.m., PAGASA's website said the typhoon has slowed down further, moving northwest at a speed of 13 kilometers per hour (kph). It was spotted 940 kilometers east of Casiguran, Aurora, packing stronger center winds of 140 kph and gusts of up to 170 kph. Nilo said the worst-case scenario, based on the worst-case global forecast system model of the United States, is that the typhoon's rainband will continue to grow bigger as it moves closer to the country. This means that when Ramil makes landfall, it will slow down further and bring more rains over the northern provinces, he added. He said the expected landfall of the typhoon in northern Luzon is Wednesday night (October 21). Nilo said the typhoon will most likely cross northern Luzon provinces for three days, from October 21 to October 23 (Friday). Areas under threat He said that before the typhoon starts its movement away from land, its rains would put the Cordillera Administrative Region and Pangasinan "under threat." The Cordilleras suffered the most number of deaths during the onslaught of tropical storm Pepeng (Parma) due to landslides, while 38 towns of Pangasinan were hit by deep floodwaters. By Saturday (October 25), Nilo said the typhoon would already move out and head towards sea. Nilo said there were other US forecast models that predict a variety of Ramil's movements. He said only one of the models predicts that Ramil will head straight to Taiwan. This scenario is still remote based on the typhoon's current movement. The PAGASA administrator said they have been closely monitoring Ramil's movement since October 15 so as to warn critical areas as earliest as possible. He said dams along waterways in northern Luzon have been spilling since Friday to give the reservoirs enough buffer to absorb Ramil's predicted heavy rainfall. The weather bureau's dam monitoring indicated that San Roque dam's managers, who have been blamed for the massive flooding in Pangasinan, have increased its water release from 620 cubic meters per second at 6 a.m. to 768 cms at 4 p.m. As of 4 p.m., two gates of Angat dam were releasing 234 cms of water; Ipo dam at 315.4 cms; Ambuklao, 120 cms; Binga, 295 cms; Pantabangan, 220 cms; and, Magat, 676 cms. N. Luzon is the same area that typhoon Peping ravaged. Hopefully, it willl not cause as much damage and loss of lives as Peping. :(

:stunned: :dead: :bomb: :stunned: :awesome: GUY IS PERFECTION. :laugh3: Thanks for the pics! :D :D

Milica! I just got that picture from the LoLdplay thread. :D:P