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Gore Administration- Summer2008
Summer 2008
"Well, unsurprising the Expo in Spain to be turning out so big..."
"So Bill Gates is stepping down then.."
Summer started out and with it, came the concerns of hurricane season. The hauntings of Katrina and other storms remain and so while summer maintained its view of fun and splendor, there was also a new sense of grim detemrination and preparation as a result. Additionally, the food shortages just months prior also weighed heavily in the public consciousness. As such, in the summer was the Expo 2008, an international exposition held from Saturday, 14 June to Sunday, 14 September 2008 in Zaragoza , Spain, with the theme of "Water and Sustainable Development". The exposition was placed in a meander of the river Ebro and coordinated by the Bureau International des Expositions, the organization responsible for sanctioning World's Fairs. However, the last few years have made the Expo larger and more prounounced with climate change scientists coming in and giving talks in the various areas along with neighboring areas as well. Moreover there was also the growth of the usage of the internet. Being an Atari Democrat, it was unsurprising how much President Gore pushed for the development and relevancy of the internet in these times. Steams were being held and shown on social media pages with input and comments being filled here and spread across, with sites like Facebook and collaborations like Project MAY allowed the greater spread and influence of the expo to reach common person. Additionally, with the main usage of the internet being young people, inspired them to challenge, explore and critique, the dialogue course regarding climate change to begin exploring more radical options that were not considered. Especially wiith Hurricane Gustav and Hanna coming in nearby. While hurricanes and other storms were more predictable thanks to the Gore adminsitration's satellite and the greater sense of preparedness that came with it, it was still a large burden for people to go and end up facing.
Expo 2008 official logo
However, news in the summer was also rocked by Bill Gates stepping down from his positions to focus on his charity foundation. It has been nearly a decade since the Microsoft Division. From there, there was Microsoft Operations or MicroOpps for short, in charge of developing Windows and misc and later development of Xbox and merger with SEGA. And then there was MS Applications or MSApps for short, which creates MSOffice (formerly Microsoft Office), Internet Explorer, MSN, MS Visual Studio and miscellanous products such as MSDraw (formerly Microsoft Paint). Despite the company being split into two and diverging into various routes and fields, they were still manging to do well for themselves and Gates still had a controlling position in both of them, but his retirement signaled a new era for the two successor companies as they delve into a new future. Microsoft Opperations' new OS, Windows Six, has been doing fairly well despite the delay while branching out more in their union with SEGA. They have also been more careful with purchases and aquisations since then, working to ensure to make better choices. MSApps meanwhile has found success in porting MSOffice, Internet Explorer and their other programs across the various operating systems and still shares a close relationship with MicrosoftOpps. What the future would hold is pretty hard to say. Some wonder if they would be doing more with MSN, much like how Google Docs was going out of beta-testing and thus some are wonderin if MSApps would be trying to do implement MSOffice with a web-based version.
Bill Gates in 2008
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"Mr President! Mr President! Russia has just indicated war with Georgia!"
"Well, unsurprising the Expo in Spain to be turning out so big..."
"So Bill Gates is stepping down then.."
Summer started out and with it, came the concerns of hurricane season. The hauntings of Katrina and other storms remain and so while summer maintained its view of fun and splendor, there was also a new sense of grim detemrination and preparation as a result. Additionally, the food shortages just months prior also weighed heavily in the public consciousness. As such, in the summer was the Expo 2008, an international exposition held from Saturday, 14 June to Sunday, 14 September 2008 in Zaragoza , Spain, with the theme of "Water and Sustainable Development". The exposition was placed in a meander of the river Ebro and coordinated by the Bureau International des Expositions, the organization responsible for sanctioning World's Fairs. However, the last few years have made the Expo larger and more prounounced with climate change scientists coming in and giving talks in the various areas along with neighboring areas as well. Moreover there was also the growth of the usage of the internet. Being an Atari Democrat, it was unsurprising how much President Gore pushed for the development and relevancy of the internet in these times. Steams were being held and shown on social media pages with input and comments being filled here and spread across, with sites like Facebook and collaborations like Project MAY allowed the greater spread and influence of the expo to reach common person. Additionally, with the main usage of the internet being young people, inspired them to challenge, explore and critique, the dialogue course regarding climate change to begin exploring more radical options that were not considered. Especially wiith Hurricane Gustav and Hanna coming in nearby. While hurricanes and other storms were more predictable thanks to the Gore adminsitration's satellite and the greater sense of preparedness that came with it, it was still a large burden for people to go and end up facing.
Expo 2008 official logo
However, news in the summer was also rocked by Bill Gates stepping down from his positions to focus on his charity foundation. It has been nearly a decade since the Microsoft Division. From there, there was Microsoft Operations or MicroOpps for short, in charge of developing Windows and misc and later development of Xbox and merger with SEGA. And then there was MS Applications or MSApps for short, which creates MSOffice (formerly Microsoft Office), Internet Explorer, MSN, MS Visual Studio and miscellanous products such as MSDraw (formerly Microsoft Paint). Despite the company being split into two and diverging into various routes and fields, they were still manging to do well for themselves and Gates still had a controlling position in both of them, but his retirement signaled a new era for the two successor companies as they delve into a new future. Microsoft Opperations' new OS, Windows Six, has been doing fairly well despite the delay while branching out more in their union with SEGA. They have also been more careful with purchases and aquisations since then, working to ensure to make better choices. MSApps meanwhile has found success in porting MSOffice, Internet Explorer and their other programs across the various operating systems and still shares a close relationship with MicrosoftOpps. What the future would hold is pretty hard to say. Some wonder if they would be doing more with MSN, much like how Google Docs was going out of beta-testing and thus some are wonderin if MSApps would be trying to do implement MSOffice with a web-based version.
Bill Gates in 2008
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"Mr President! Mr President! Russia has just indicated war with Georgia!"
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