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POPSMacDonalds to Power Manila Police Cars I converted my truck to run on WVO (waste vegetable oil), and have put over 1000 miles on it so far. With a quality conversion and proper operation, it is as reliable as diesel fuel. And if you buy the stuff, it is half the price of diesel. I get mine free from restaurants.
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POPSPhilippines Volunteers Volunteering programs in the Philippines take place in the Visayas region, a beautiful area that is a 90-minute flight from Manila. The primary location for volunteers is Tacloban City.
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POPSGrowth chart - adorable Awww. What a sweet way to mark your chid's growth. Easier to take with you than part of your wall or a door frame. Nice gift, I think
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POPS24 hours in pictures - April 21st 13 Tokyo, Japan: A street performer is surrounded by amateur photographers and spectators while she is interviewed by local TV reporters during a promotion for the 'maid cafe' in which she works for as a waitress 15 Alajuela, Costa Rica: Light technicians at sunset during the second day of Imperial Festival at the La Guacima racetrack 4 Old City, Jerusalem: An Orthodox nun holds a palm frond during the Greek Orthodox Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
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POPSworld’s most incredible agricultural engineering project tourism is also thought to be responsible for the start of what could be a slow death of the terraces for a couple of reasons. firstly, the new generation of locals see the hospitality industry created by the terraces as a far more appealing line of work than the constant farming and attention needed to sustain the terraces themselves. secondly, water isn’t as readily available as in the past due to the effects of an earthquake in 1990 and the new demand for water itself from the tourist industry. for that reason unesco has placed the terraces on a list of world heritage sites it believes to be ‘in danger’
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POPS24 hours in pictures - April 11th
7. Rome, Italy: Silvio Berlusconi puts out his hand for television host, Bruno Vespa to smell, during the recording of a show. Berlusconi asked Vespa to smell his hand saying it has "the scent of sainthood" because of what he believes he's had to go through during the election campaign 8. Sao Paulo, Brazil: Journalist Felipeh Campos and fashion designer Rafael Scapucim kiss after getting married in a candomble religious ceremony, the first of its kind in Brazil 10. San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala: This town hall was gutted after riots between locals and police which left two dead and 30 wounded. The incident occurred after the police captured a criminal that locals wanted to lynch 11. Manchester, UK: The swimming pool is reflected in a disco glitter ball during the World Short Course Swimming Championships 14. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: A light installation above the city which is part of the Luminale 2008 festival 15. Wuhan, China: A worker walks on top of a pil
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POPS24 hours in pictures - April 07 2 Hamburg, Germany: Swans swim on the river Alster after being released from their winter refuge 1 Taizhou, China: Villagers dressed in traditional costume propel boats by pole at the annual Qintong boat festival 15 Manila, Philippines: A Filipino child plays barefoot at a charcoal-making site 10 San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia: A Nukak-Maku indigenous child lies in a hammock at a makeshift camp. The nomadic tribe was displaced after becoming caught up in Colombia's drug wars 7 Cairo, Egypt: A sandstorm obscures the view of the Sultan Hassan mosque from the historic citadel
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POPS24 hours in pictures - Mar 28th 7 Chuzom, Bhutan: Indian women labourers carry rocks while working on a road widening project. Tens of thousands of migrant workers, mostly Indians, do the hard manual jobs that Bhutanese shun, such as building roads and construction 2 Baghdad, Iraq: Supporters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr shout slogans during a protest against a crackdown on Shia militia in Basra and Baghdad by Iraqi government forces 14 London, UK: A work of art entitled Washed Up Fingers by Emma Donovan. It is part of a collection of work from 60 finalists entered in the BlindArt: Sense & Sensuality competition at the Henry Moore gallery, Royal College Of Art 13 Moscow, Russia: A model displays a creation by Antonina Shapovalova at a fashion show