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POPSWe Do Count. We Can and Should Make a Difference End poverty by 2015. This is the historic promise 189 world leaders made at the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000 when they signed onto the Millennium Declaration and agreed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are an eight-point road map with measurable targets and clear deadlines for improving the lives of the world’s poorest people. World leaders have agreed to achieve the MDGs by 2015.
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POPSTech M&A Takes A Tumble A troubled economy tends to slow down merger and acquisition activity across the board -- this isn't just a tech problem. But it's interesting to see the effect on a company like Google, which traditionally made massive amounts of acquisitions; they've made on four deals in 2008, compared with 14 during the same period in 2007.
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POPSPlanning the Future of Rwanda "A bit perversely, the genocide itself has become a sort of psychic engine for development, the glimpse of darkness that inspires the light" Capital of Rwanda: Kigali Population in 1990: 7 million Killed in the 1994 genocide: 800,000 Population today: 9.7 million Estimated population in 2030: 20 million Urban population in 1990: 5.3% Urban population in 2003: 21.8% Kigali annual growth rate: 7–9% Kigali population in informal settlements: 83% Average per-capita annual income: $280 Population with regular access to electricity: 5% Projected population with access to electricity in 2011: 10%
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POPSEEstor: Ultracapacitor Co. could power cars @ $9 per 500 miles Patent application claims that their ~52 kWh ultracapacitor would weigh ~350 pounds. EEstor also briefly outlines in the patent a partial business model in which "power banks" using EEstor technology could act as a "gas station" for electric vehicles (recharge time of 4-6 minutes). In addition, it would consume electricity from the grid at night and store it until it was sold--often during peak hours.