For example, when a vote on behalf of a tariff is traded by a congressman for a vote from another congressman on behalf of an agricultural subsidy to ensure that both acts will gain a majority and pass through the legislature, logrolling occurs ( Shughart 2008 ).

" In 2008 Libya established a fund to compensate victims of these three terrorist acts ( and the 1986 US bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi ).

In the summer of 2008, Mötley Crüe headlined the popular ' Crüe Fest ' music festival, which included opening acts Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Trapt, and Nikki Sixx's successful side project, Sixx: A. M.

In his 2008 production of the classic Beaumarchais comedy The Marriage of Figaro, author William James Royce trimmed the five-act play down to three acts and labeled it a " Classic Screwball Comedy.

These acts included the Madrid Train Bombings in 2004, 7 / 7 London Bombings in 2005, and the Mumbai attacks related to al-Qaeda in 2008.

The 2008 United Nations Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur's Report noted that community representatives and non-governmental organizations devoted to human rights had pointed out that neo-Nazi groups were active in Estonia — particularly in Tartu — and had perpetrated acts of violence against non-European minorities.

In 2007 and 2008 Kees Keizer and colleagues from the University of Groningen conducted a series of controlled experiments to determine if the effect of existing disorder ( such as litter or graffiti ) increased the incidence of additional crime like stealing, littering or conducting other acts of antisocial behavior.

He was one of the headlining acts at the 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival and the Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park.

Other notable music venues are The Dukes, The Grand Theatre, The Gregson Centre, The Bobbin and The Yorkshire House which since 2006 has hosted such acts as John Renbourn, Polly Paulusma, Marissa Nadler, Baby Dee, Diane Cluck, Alasdair Roberts and 2008 Mercury Prize nominees Rachel Unthank and the Winterset.

In 2008, some of the Cochran Police Force came under scrutiny for various acts of misconduct, which include child molestation charges.

Following the breakthrough success of Lady Gaga with her single " Just Dance " ( 2008 ), the British and other media proclaimed a new era of female electropop stars, citing band acts such as Little Boots, La Roux, and Ladyhawke.

In 2008, EMI withdrew from the South-East Asian market entirely, forcing its large roster of acts to search out contracts with other unaffiliated labels.

In 2008, The Four Seasons ' " Beggin '" was revived not by one but by two acts.

A resurgence of dream pop in the independent music scene occurred in 2008, with the relatively successful indie acts of Silversun Pickups, Beach House, Au Revoir Simone, Tame Impala, Deerhunter, Animal Collective, Panda Bear, Bat for Lashes, The Radio Dept., High Places, Lykke Li, Chairlift, Anomie Belle, Grimes, School of Seven Bells, Foxes in Fiction, Rem's Floating Chandelier The xx, Ellie Goulding, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Marissa Nadler, Holly Miranda, iamamiwhoami, Wild Beasts, and An Horse.

The remix album was released in November 2008 and included Soft Cell tracks remixed by such acts as Paul Dakeyne, The Grid, Manhattan Clique, Cicada, Richard X, Ladytron, MHC, Atomizer, Mark Moore, Kinky Roland, Spektrum, George Demure, Yer Man, The Dark Poets and many more.

In 2008 the main acts were Bad Company on the main stage and Aynsley Lister in the marquee.

In 2008 and 2009, a New Year's Eve special was also broadcast, featuring mostly acts from the Christmas Day special performing different ( or sometimes identical ) songs.

In 2008 the band signed with the label Illegal Art, known for such acts as Girl Talk and Steinski.

In October 2008, Bunton appeared on the UK series of The X Factor to assist judge Dannii Minogue in choosing the three best over-25s acts to take to the live X Factor finals.

No competition was held in 2006, but in the 2008 edition, which also acts as a qualification tournament for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and for a play-off for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the New Zealand All Whites emerged as winners.

The International Soundsplash Eco Reggae Festival ran yearly in summer on the Wainui Reserve, between 2001 and 2008, and attracted some of the biggest names in roots, reggae and dub, as well as local acts.

Regulation ( EC ) No 300 / 2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishes common rules in the European Union to protect civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference.

In late 2008 Apple's revisions of the MacBook and MacBook Pro incorporated a " Tactile Touchpad " design with button functionality incorporated into the tracking surface .. Beginning in the second generation of Macbook Pro, the entire touchpad surface acts as a clickable button.

On March 6, 2008 Eric McDavid was sentenced to 20 years in prison for “ conspiracy to damage or destroy property by fire and explosive .” United States Attorney McGregor Scott stated: “ Today ’ s severe punishment of nearly 20 years in federal prison should serve as a cautionary tale to those who would conspire to commit life-threatening acts in the name of their extremist views .”

* Forging a New Alliance at ThoughtWorks Quarterly Technology Briefing, October 2008 ( with Scott Shaw )

In 2008, NCS joined over 60 other art licensing businesses ( including the Artists Rights Society, Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Stock Artists Alliance, Illustrator's Partnership of America and the Advertising Photographers of America ) in opposing both The Orphan Works Act of 2008 and The Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008.

* Garnier, Edith L ' Alliance Impie Editions du Felin, 2008, Paris ISBN 978-2-86645-678-8 Interview

Between May 31 and June 9, 2008, representatives of Somalia's federal government and the moderate Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia ( ARS ) group of Islamist rebels participated in peace talks in Djibouti brokered by the former United Nations Special Envoy to Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah.

Between 31 May and 9 June 2008, representatives of Somalia's federal government and the moderate Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia ( ARS ) group of Islamist rebels participated in peace talks in Djibouti brokered by the former United Nations Special Envoy to Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah.

Haider, who in 2005 left the Freedom Party and formed the Alliance for Austria's Future, was killed in a traffic accident in October, 2008.

The Alliance Defense Fund started the Pulpit Freedom Initiative in 2008.

In 2008, Redgrave appeared as a narrator in an Arts Alliance production, id – Identity of the Soul.

* Alberta Alliance Party, a small right-wing political party in Alberta, Canada that existed from 2002 until merging to form the Wildrose Alliance Party in 2008 ( see below )

Maple Pictures held the rights to distribute Miramax films in Canada from 2008 up until August 10, 2011 when Maple Pictures was acquired by Alliance Films.

On March 1, 2011, Miramax renewed its Canadian distribution deal with Alliance Films, which had always been a distributor of Miramax releases in Canada from 1987 to 2008 and will replace Maple Pictures ( which previously distributed Miramax releases from 2008 to 2011 ).

She also played a high school drama teacher who sponsors a Gay Straight Alliance in the 2008 film Tru Loved.

In 2008, a partnership known as the River Wensum Restoration Strategy ( RWRS ) was formed between ; Environment Agency ; Water Management Alliance and Natural England to restore the physical functioning of the Wensum.

The Abilene Arts Alliance captured the essence of the city with " Frontiering ," a brand name for the city introduced in November 2008 to connect its pioneer spirit with its modern efforts to push the boundaries of education, technology, transportation, energy, the arts, and health care.

However, through the Tripartite Alliance and the sitting of many SACP members on the ANC's NEC, the SACP has wielded influence from within the ANC, often serving as an ideological opposition against the presidency and socio-economic policies of Thabo Mbeki ( 1999 – 2008 ); this became most apparent with the ouster of Mbeki from the presidencies of both the party ( 2007, by vote ) and the government ( 2008, by ANC party recall ) and his eventual replacement in both offices with Jacob Zuma, who is widely seen as being more conciliatory to the ideological demands of both the SACP and COSATU.

The organization closed in 2008, and its founder Cheryl Chase moved on to help found Accord Alliance, an organization set up to promote comprehensive and integrated approaches to care that enhance the health and well-being of people and families affected by intersex ( disorders of sex development ), by promoting collaboration and shared decision-making between patients, families, clinicians, and researchers interested in improving care and health outcomes.

With the unexpected fall of the second Prodi government in January 2008, the organisation of the People of Freedom was completed, but only two parties formally joined, Berlusconi's Forza Italia and the National Alliance.

* Scully, Michael F. ( 2008 ) The Never-Ending Revival: Rounder Records and the Folk Alliance ( University of Illinois Press )

* In January 2008, the Federal Court of Appeal overturned the Copyright Board's July 2007 decision, stating that its previous ruling in the 2005 Canadian Private Copying Collective v. Canadian Storage Media Alliance case is dispositive authority for the proposition that " the Copyright Board has no legal authority to certify a tariff on digital audio recorders or on the memory permanently embedded in digital audio recorders.