In 2008, it was discovered that the inactivation of only two genes in one species of annual plant leads to the conversion into a perennial plant.

Such rates cannot be sustained, but despite reaching 26. 4 % in 2005 ( second highest GDP growth in the world in 2005 only to Equatorial Guinea ), and 2006 over 34. 6 % ( world highest ), in 2008 dropped to 10. 8 %, and dropped further to 9. 3 % in 2009.

Armenia's national debt has increased significantly since 2008 when public external debt consisted of only 13. 5 percent of GDP.

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.

According to a 2008 television programme, presented by Griff Rhys Jones, “ the flame has only been extinguished once, by a drunken Mexican football supporter on the night that France beat Brazil here in Paris ,” most likely referring to the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.

The only major German-language daily newspaper in 2008 is Grenz Echo ( Groupe Rossel ).

In 2008 no member of the BJU science faculty held a degree in geology, and the university offered only one introductory course in the subject.

" The Calculus " Retrieved 4 July 2008 ( HTML only ).

In total, there were 34 airports in 2008, only 10 of which had paved runways.

As of September 2008, only one law remained to be approved, but was delayed because it had a faulty procedure for approval.

In the Clean Development Mechanism, only afforestation and reforestation are eligible to produce certified emission reductions ( CERs ) in the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ( 2008 – 2012 ).

As of 2008, Comoros and Mauritania are considered by US-based organization Freedom House as the only real “ electoral democracies ” of the Arab World.

In June 2008, EDuke32 became the only Duke Nukem 3D port to compile and run natively on 64-bit Linux systems without the use of a 32-bit compatibility environment thanks to significant porting contributions from the DOSBox team.

The 2008 team became the only team in NFL history to lose all 16 regular season games since the NFL went to a 16-game schedule in 1978.

The letters of the captain and alternate captains were moved to the player's right shoulder ; Detroit is the only team in the league that made this change ( the change was necessitated by the stitching of the sweater ), although the 2008 NHL All Star jerseys featured this as well, and the Captain and Alternate Captain's letters have switched back to the left shoulder as of the 2011 – 12 NHL Season.

As far as general elections, he only dipped below 55. 0 % once ( 2008 ).

In 2007, relations between the two have thawed in the fields of diplomacy and economic trade, only to collapse during the 2008 – 2009 Israel – Gaza conflict when the Iranian and Egyptian politicians exchanged blames over inaction towards the escalation.

The New Ferry Building, built in the Art Deco style to replace an earlier one, was renovated in 2008, but remains only partially accessible to the general public.

Essendon struggled at the start of the 2008 home and away season, winning only two games out of their first 11.

This practice was initially proposed as a long research paper in a workshop organized by Philippe Kruchten and Steve Adolph ( See APSO workshop at ICSE 2008 ) and yet it is the only proposed and applicable method for customizing XP.

In autumn 2008, the Montana Lottery, one of only four U. S. states to legalize sports betting, began offering fantasy sports wagering for the first time.

On cable, only digital ( DVB-C ) will be broadcast from 2008 on.

Since Version 0. 7 ( 2008 ), it offers two modes of operation: a darknet mode in which it connects only to friends, and an opennet-mode in which it connects to any other Freenet user.

In spring 2008 a Calandra Lark was identified in April, and in May a Caspian Plover was observed, only the fourth such record for the UK.

In fact, “ Luke perceives himself to be a Jew .” Finally, Rebecca Denova concludes her book with these words: “ Luke-Acts, we may conclude on the basis of a narrative-critical reading, was written by a Jew to persuade other Jews that Jesus of Nazareth was the messiah of Scripture and that the words of the prophets concerning ‘ restoration ’ have been ‘ fulfilled .’” Finally it should be noted that Strelan in 2008 not only concluded that Theophilus was Jewish but also that Luke was a priest.

# No playable tiles-Per 2008 rules, a player that has no legal plays because all 6 tiles in his or her hand are unplayable may reveal his or her hand, set aside his or her unplayable tiles, and draw six new tiles at the beginning of his or her turn.

As of mid 2008, the AIM-120 AMRAAM has shot down nine aircraft ( six MiG-29s, one MiG-25, one MiG-23, and one Soko J-21 Jastreb ).

On 30 October 2008 a spokesman for the team announced that the team would complete its last three performances of the year with five jets instead of six.

( 2008 ), CBT has six phases:

2008 also saw a Japan exclusive box set containing the band's first six albums, This is the Devo Box.

After Hamas assaulted a neighborhood in Gaza mostly populated by the Fatah-aligned Hilles clan in response to their attack on Hamas which killed six of its members, the Hilles clan was relocated to Jericho on 4 August 2008.

By 2008 there were at least six institutions monitoring lake water health: 1 ) In 2002 the Conservation Law Foundation appointed a " lakekeeper " who criticizes the state's pollution controls, 2 ) Friends of Missisquoi Bay was formed in 2003, 3 ) the Lake Champlain Committee, 4 ) Vermont Water Resources Board

There are six bus routes in Monaco ( as of 2008 ), all operated by Compagnie des Autobus de Monaco ( CAM ).

The inquest lasted for six months, and the jury verdict, declared given on 7 April 2008, was that Diana and Dodi had been unlawfully killed through the negligent driving of Henri Paul and those in control of the pursuing vehicles.

* Michael Ashton and Kibeom Lee, in 2008, proposed a six dimensional HEXACO model of personality structure.

Clemens was found not guilty on all six counts of lying to Congress in 2008, when he testified that he never took performance-enhancing drugs.

Clemens was found not guilty on all six counts of lying to Congress in 2008, when he testified that he never took performance-enhancing drugs.

On 10 January 2008, former vice presidential candidate Clara Rojas and former congresswoman Consuelo González were freed after nearly six years in captivity.

The FARC-EP secretariat was led by Alfonso Cano and six others after the death of Manuel Marulanda ( Pedro Antonio Marín ), also known as " Tirofijo ", or Sureshot in 2008.

Spice Nepal ’ s net sales in 2007 and for the first six months of 2008 were 27, 4 million Euro and 22, 7 million Euro, respectively, and EBITDA, excluding non-recurring items, was 12, 6 million euro and 12, 1 million Euro, respectively.

On 25 April 2008, ITV announced that the new series would go into production, and in June 2008, that American actor James Caviezel would star in the role of Number 6, with Ian McKellen taking on the role of Number 2 in all six episodes.

She married Daniel Erickson in 2002 ; the marriage lasted for six years and Smith filed for divorce on May 21, 2008, citing once again irreconcilable differences.

* Kockelmann, Holger, Praising the goddess: a comparative and annotated re-edition of six demotic hymns and praises addressed to Isis ( Berlin ; New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2008 ).

In May 2008, Goodall controversially described Edinburgh Zoo's new primate enclosure as a " wonderful facility " where monkeys " are probably better off those living in the wild in an area like Budongo, where one in six gets caught in a wire snare, and countries like Congo, where chimpanzees, monkeys and gorillas are shot for food commercially.

According to a 2008 estimate, Basidiomycota comprise three subphyla ( including six unassigned classes ) 16 classes, 52 orders, 177 families, 1, 589 genera, and 31, 515 species.

In 2008, the number of legislative seats was cut in half to 113, of which Taiwanese aborigines are represented by six members ( three each for lowland and highland tribes ).

* A six part PBS documentary about the 2008 – 09 season of the Big Apple Circus

Raúl Esparza was the second performer to be nominated in all four categories ( no wins ), achieving this over a mere six seasons: Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 2004 for Taboo, Best Actor in a Musical in 2007 for Company, Best Featured Actor in a Play in 2008 for The Homecoming, and Best Actor in a Play in 2009 for Speed-the-Plow.