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* 2008 In preparation for the 34th G8 summit, the national science academies of the G8 + 5 nations issued a declaration reiterating the position of the 2005 joint science academies ’ statement, and reaffirming “ that climate change is happening and that anthropogenic warming is influencing many physical and biological systems .” Among other actions, the declaration urges all nations to “( t ) ake appropriate economic and policy measures to accelerate transition to a low carbon society and to encourage and effect changes in individual and national behaviour .” The thirteen signatories were the same national science academies that issued the 2007 joint statement.
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This has been the case in June 2004, in the wake of the US Space Exploration Initiative, and in September 2008 in preparation of the ESA ministerial counsel.
A recent example of weather control was China's preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
This law is currently in preparation in the Armenian parliament that adopted its first draft in December 2007 and should do the same in the second draft in spring of 2008.
2008: Methodology of a scientific drawings preparation in entomology on example of ichneumon flies ( Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae ).
In publicity preparation for the new show, RuPaul made appearances as a guest on several other shows in 2008 including as a guest judge on episode 6 of season 5 of Project Runway and as a guest " chef " on Paula's Party.
On February 21, 2008, after years of preparation and fundraising, groundbreaking ceremonies were held.
In April 2008 members of Bideford's town council visited Manteo in preparation to formalize the twinning in 2009.
Its promotion, however, is visible almost everywhere: in classroom posters, banners on the street, and electronic display boards for the preparation of the 2008 Olympics, and World Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
* Louis Vierne: Complete Organ Works: Wolfgang Rübsam, organ ; IFO Records, 2008 ); 8 CDs ( in preparation )
In March 2008, Fenech-at age 43-announced a comeback to professional boxing and lost 22 kilos in preparation for the fight.
on Thursday, August 6th, 2008 as part of Sunderland's pre-season preparation before the start of the 2008-09 Premier League.
Chinese officials carried out campaigns to reduce Chinglish in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
The council was controlled by the Labour Party from 1973, when the shadow council was elected in preparation for the 1974 merger, until the 2008 local elections, when the Conservatives gained control, ending 35 years of Labour rule.
" In preparation for the album, Common Market released the EP " Black Patch War " on May 20, 2008.
With the expertise available in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, PolyU has been designated as a collaborative partner of the Chinese Olympic Committee in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and has sent forth experts to prepare national athletes for the Olympics.
As per communication as on June 2008 Tata Chemicals shall not proceed with the Natron Project and further re-examination of this project will be subject to the Ramsar Wetlands plan, which is currently under preparation.
At the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games he acted as Deputy Chef de Mission and undertook a review of practices at the games in preparation for London 2012.
* 2008: Kuwait Airways Corporation is being restructured in preparation for privatization.
Similarly, it is widely believed that he is the principal author of the most successful Election Manifesto brought out by Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoists ) in March 2008 in preparation of the Constituent Assembly Election held in April 2008.
In 2008, the Welsh Guards moved from London to Lille Barracks in Aldershot, in preparation for deployment on Operation Herrick 10 in Afghanistan in April 2009.
A third Panavia Tornado F3 Squadron, No. 56 ( Reserve ) Squadron, was disbanded in April 2008 in preparation for the arrival of the Eurofighter Typhoon, in 2010.
Majid Majidi was one of five international film directors invited by the Beijing government to create a documentary short film to introduce the city of Beijing, in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics which was held in the Chinese capital ; the project was titled " Vision Beijing ".
Taking place in both the yearlong series Countdown to Final Crisis ( 2007 – 2008 ) and its spin-off, Death of the New Gods, written by Jim Starlin, was a story-arc involving the mysterious deaths of the New Gods across the universe in preparation for the coming storylines in Grant Morrison's Final Crisis, published later in 2008.
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In early 2008, the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition named 60 companies having " dominant positions " in Armenia.
Bilateral trade with Russia stood at more than $ 700 million for the first nine months of 2010 – on track to rebound to $ 1 billion mark first reached in 2008 prior to the global economic crisis.
11 ( 2008 ) Only Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport and Gyumri's Shirak Airport are in use for commercial aviation.
As of early 2008, the wholesale price for abalone meat was approximately US $ 40. 00 per kilogram.
In 2008, effective January 1, 2009, the ADAAA broadened the interpretations and added to the ADA examples of " major life activities " including, but not limited to, " caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, and working " as well as the operation of several specified " major bodily functions ".
In 2008, 22, 500 students came to Acapulco for spring break.
On January 17, 2008, NYSE Euronext announced it would acquire the AMEX for $ 260 million in stock ; on October 1, 2008, NYSE Euronext completed the acquisition.
The building work for the stadium which has a capacity of 32. 960, began in May 2008 and was completed by the beginning of 2009.
According to Alexei Nakamura, as of 2012, there are only 205 Ainu living in Russia ( up from just 12 people who self-identified as Ainu in 2008 ) and they along with the Kurile Kamchadals ( Itelmen of Kuril islands ) are fighting for official recognition.
* 7 markers, one for each of the hotel chains: American, Continental, Festival, Imperial, Luxor ( or Sackson in the 2008 version ), Tower, and Worldwide.
The campaign by the name ' Tree Day-Plant Your Future ' was first organized on 12 March 2008, when an official non-working day was declared and more than 150, 000 Macedonians planted 2 million trees in one day ( symbolically, one for each citizen ).
Since the start of the 2008 season, the Falcons have recorded four consecutive winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.
The Falcons have qualified for the playoffs three times ( 2008, 2010 and 2011 ) during this period, but lost all three in the first round
On December 21, 2008, Atlanta beat the Minnesota Vikings 24 – 17 to clinch a wild card spot, earning a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2004.
The Atlanta Falcons hold the record among all major American sports leagues for the longest streak of seasons without consecutive winning seasons, a streak that lasted from 1966 – 2008.
The Falcons also wore their all-black uniform in 2007 against the New York Giants, and in 2008 against the Carolina Panthers and against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ( for the second time ).
On August 5, 2008 Dan Haren signed a four-year, $ 44. 75 million deal with the Diamondbacks worth a guaranteed $ 41. 25 million through 2012 and including a $ 15. 5 million club option for 2013 with a $ 3. 5 million buyout.
On August 11, 2008, Dallas Buck, RHP Micah Owings, and C Wilkin Castillo were traded to the Reds ( in last place in the NL Central at the time ) in exchange for OF Adam Dunn.
In the 2008 book The Star-Spangled Banner: The Making of an American Icon, Smithsonian experts point out that accounts of the event appealed to Americans eager for stories about the revolution and its heroes and heroines.
* 2008 – ATA Airlines, once one of the 10 largest U. S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in 5 years and ceases all operations.
In 2008, psychology professor Benny Shanon published a controversial hypothesis that a brew analogous to Ayahuasca was heavily connected to early Judaism, and that the effects of this brew were responsible for some of the most significant events of Moses ' life, including his vision of the burning bush.
In November 2008, the UK based think tank Demos published an influential pamphlet entitled ' It's a material world: caring for the public realm ', in which they argue for integrating the public directly into efforts to conserve material culture, particularly that which is in the public, their argument, as stated on page 16, demonstrates their belief that society can benefit from conservation as a paradigm as well as a profession:
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