There are large gaps in the fossil record but the discovery of a proto-frog from the Early Permian in Texas in 2008 provided a missing link with many of the characteristics of modern frogs.

Bartók, who had made some recordings in Hungary, also recorded for Columbia Records after he came to the US ; many of these recordings ( some with Bartók's own spoken introductions ) were later issued on LP and CD ( Bartók 1994, 1995a, 1995b, 2003, 2007, 2008 ).

from 30 July to 2 November 2008, featuring original artwork from all eight decades of both ' The Beano ' and ' The Dandy ', including work by Dudley D. Watkins, David Law, Leo Baxendale and Ken Reid as well as David Sutherland and many contemporary artists.

In 2008, Anheuser-Busch became Kasey Kahne's primary sponsor, and has also sponsored many races, including the Budweiser Shootout, and previously The Bud at the Glen, Budweiser 500, and Budweiser 400.

In an interview with the magazine N ' Digo published in late June 2008, he spoke of today's mainstream urban music seemingly relishing the addictive euphoria of materialism and sexism, perhaps being the primary cause of many people harboring resentment towards the genre and its future.

A 2008 study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine showed that dieters who kept a daily food diary ( or diet journal ), lost twice as much weight as those who did not keep a food log, suggesting that if you write your food down, you wouldn't eat as many calories.

As of 2008, many common rail and unit injection systems already employ new injectors using stacked piezoelectric wafers in lieu of a solenoid, giving finer control of the injection event.

The speed limits on the main roads in Sweden were changed on many stretches in October 2008, which saw the introduction of the 120 km / h limit.

In March 2008, scenes showing Tanya Branning ( Jo Joyner ) and boyfriend, Sean Slater ( Rob Kazinsky ), burying Tanya's husband Max ( Jake Wood ) alive, attracted many complaints.

However, despite these laws, East Timor has many problems with illegally armed militias, including widespread violence in 2006 which resulted in over 100, 000 people being forced from their homes, as well as two separate assassination attempts on the Prime Minister and President in early 2008.

The hurricane of 2008 was a major setback since many bridges in multiple areas was either Collapse or suffers extensive damage ; was in immediate need of repair.

Among the many remakes or " reimaginings " of other popular horror films and franchises are films such as Friday the 13th ( 2009 ), A Nightmare on Elm Street ( 2010 ), Children of the Corn ( 2009 )., Prom Night ( 2008 ), My Bloody Valentine ( 2009 ) and The Wolfman ( 2010 ).

Henri also created many graphic works on his typewriter: the typewriter poems ( also known as dactylopoèmes ) feature in international art collections such as those of Francesco Conz in Verona, the Morra Foundation in Naples and Ruth and Marvin Sackner in Miami, and have been the subject of Australian, British and French retrospectives ( Aquaviva 2008 ).

In summary, hedge funds outperformed many similarly-risky investment options in 2008.

* In July 2008 changes were implemented on ICQ servers causing many unofficial clients to stop working.

In 2008, the art-house hit Rachel Getting Married was released, which many critics compared to Demme's films of the late 1970s and 1980s.

It was included in many 2008 " best of " lists, and received numerous awards and nominations, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress by lead Anne Hathaway.

In 2008, Pegasus Books published The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II: The Seed of Banquo, a play by American author and playwright Noah Lukeman which endeavoured to pick up where the original Macbeth left off, and to resolve its many loose ends.

While police control barriers are a common sight on African highways, and while illicit demands for bribes at such stops are common in many countries, the main Malian highway heading south from Bamako to the Burkina Faso border was singled out in late 2008 as the worst in West Africa.

During the season, the Vikings had many distractions, including trading for Randy Moss and then waiving him only a month later, Brett Favre's NFL investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to Jets ' employee Jenn Sterger while he was with the team in 2008, the Metrodome's collapse and resulting venue changes, and finally head coach Brad Childress ' firing on November 22 following a 31 – 3 loss at the hands of the rival Green Bay Packers.

At the time of the last official census in Burma, 31 March 1983, the population was 35, 442, 972., this was estimated by the CIA World Factbook to have increased to 54, 584, 650 ; however, many other estimates put this much higher, at around 60 million: China's People Daily reported that Burma had a census in 2007, and at the end of 2009 has 59. 2 million people, and growing at 2 % annually, with exception for Cyclone Nargis in 2008, and Britain-based human rights agencies place the population as high as 70 million.

In their annual report, the Board has criticised many governments, including Canada, for permitting the medicinal use of cannabis, Australia for providing injecting rooms and the United Kingdom for proposing to downgrade the classification of cannabis, which it has since done ( although this change was reversed by the Home Secretary on 7 May 2008 against the advice of its own commissioned report )

* 2008 – " Bloody Friday " saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10 % in most indices.

However, the rapid development ( 8 % of increase of passengers served at Polish airports in 2008 compared to 2007 ) of the unsaturated market and the existence of vast areas of land, not covered by airports within 100 kilometers of journey, allow to assume that many new airports could be necessary to properly serve this land pupulated by appox.

During the crop year 2008, many of the certified organic potatoes produced in the United Kingdom and certified by the Soil Association as organic were sprayed with a copper pesticide to control potato blight ( Phytophthora infestans ).

* Indian Premier League-The BCCI's response to the Indian Cricket League, this Twenty20 league launched in 2008 with teams in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mohali and Mumbai, Kochi.

On 29 June 2008, four Indian cities ( Delhi, Bangalore, Pondicherry and Kolkata ) saw coordinated pride events.

He has two double-centuries in Tests, both of them against Australia: his personal best of 281 at Kolkata in 2000 – 01, and 200 * at Feroz Shah Kotla in 2008 – 09. On 18 August 2012, Laxman announced his retirement from international cricket.

In 2008, Khan in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla Mehta and her husband Jay Mehta acquired ownership rights for the franchise representing Kolkata in the Twenty20 cricket tournament Indian Premier League, for a price of $ 75. 09 million ( 3. 57 billion ), and have since named the team Kolkata Knight Riders.

He represents the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket, the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League, and played in the Indian Premier League with the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008.

Ganguly joined the Kolkata Knight Riders team as captain for the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament in 2008.

In February 2008, Ganguly joined as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders ( KKR ) team, owned by Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, as part of the Indian Premier League ( IPL ).

The party has retained its lone ward in Howrah municipal corporation elections in 2008. In the 2010 munical polls, RCPI will be contesting ward no. 87 in Kolkata as a LF partner.

The quiz went national in 2006, with winners from Bangalore, Chennai and New Delhi facing off at a grand finale in Delhi. In the year 2008, the contest was extended to two more cities-Pune and Kolkata.

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In April 2008, Gayle was auctioned by the franchise Kolkata Knight Riders of the Indian Premier League, but missed the opening games due to a Sri Lanka tour to the Caribbean.

On February 20, 2008, Taibu's contract was purchased by the Kolkata Knight Riders of the Indian Premier League.

* Kolkata Knight Riders ( IPL 2008 )

In February 2008, Gul signed with the Indian Premier League and was drafted by Shahrukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders franchise for US $ 150, 000.

India Post released a postage stamp in the denomination of Rs 5 to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Swami Ranganathananda, during December 2008 at Kolkata.

Kartik was purchased by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the inaugural 2008 Indian Premier League.

* 2008 onwards Member, Advisory Committee, Indian Science News Association, Kolkata

On 29 June 2008, five Indian cities ( Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Indore and Pondicherry ) celebrated gay pride parades.