In 2008 16: 10 became the most common sold aspect ratio for LCD monitors and the same year 16: 10 was the mainstream standard for laptops and notebooks.

The contrast ratio in available displays as of 2008 might be described as similar to that of newspaper, though newly developed displays are slightly better.

Internet penetration has been rising significantly over the past few years: the ratio of households having an internet connection has risen from 22. 1 % ( 49 % of which was broadband ) in 2005 to 48. 4 % ( 87. 3 % of which was broadband ) in 2008.

A 2008 study analyzing the sexual fantasies of 200 heterosexual men by using the Wilson Sex Fantasy Questionnaire exam, determined that males with a pronounced degree of fetish interest had a greater number of older brothers, a high 2D: 4D digit ratio ( which would indicate excessive prenatal estrogen exposure ), and an elevated probability of being left-handed, suggesting that disturbed hemispheric brain lateralization may play a role in deviant attractions.

The 2008 property tax rate for Washington Township is $ 2. 318 per $ 100 of assessed value, with an equalization ratio of 89. 75 %.

The NMSU Las Cruces campus had approximately 16, 000 students enrolled as of Fall 2008, and had a faculty-to-student ratio of about 1 to 19.

By 2008, it has reached 298, 342, with the male to female ratio of 1. 015.

A March 2008 memorandum to the FDIC board of directors shows a 2007 year-end Deposit Insurance Fund balance of about $ 52. 4 billion, which represented a reserve ratio of 1. 22 % of its exposure to insured deposits, totaling about $ 4. 29 trillion.

The 2008 year-end insured deposits were projected to reach about $ 4. 42 trillion with the reserve growing to $ 55. 2 billion, a ratio of 1. 25 %.

In May 2008, Samsung unveiled an ultra-thin 12. 1 inch laptop OLED display concept, with a 1, 280 × 768 resolution with infinite contrast ratio.

In October 2008, in a move to increase its core Tier 1 capital ratio above 8 %, ING Group accepted a capital injection plan from the Dutch Government.

On 31 October 2008, the European Commission opened an excessive deficit procedure against the Government for allowing its budget deficit to exceed the required EU deficit-to-GDP ratio of 3 percent.

* The Student: Faculty ratio in the Fall of 2008 was 11. 66: 1.

The ratio of students to faculty in 2008 was 20 to 1.

Gold began transmitting in widescreen on 31 January 2008, although some programmes made in 16: 9 format are screened in the compromise 14: 9 semi-letterbox ratio for a short while, before the 16: 9 format became standard later in the year.

The government announced on 7 March 2007 that the bolívar would be revalued at a ratio of 1 to 1000 on 1 January 2008 and renamed the bolívar fuerte in an effort to facilitate the ease of transaction and accounting.

Golden Key's ratio for 2008 was 84 / 16, in 2009 88 / 12 and in 2010 85 / 12 ; thus the Society is currently utilizing its funds in a way that is well above and beyond the " recommended practice.

Later in 2008 – 2010 new infrared spectroscopic observations with a higher signal-to-noise ratio revealed additional spectral features.

As of October 1, 2008, 36. 3 % of the island population is over 65 years old, which is a larger ratio than the national average.

" As of 2008, USM had 8, 133 undergraduate students and 2, 320 graduate and law school students, with an average class size of 22 and a student-faculty ratio of 17: 1.

The Syria story was called a “ leadership case ” and the Syria Network growth ratio was ranked first among the global top ten in 2008. available at

However, the falling cost of oil has since changed the ratio, with crude oil trading in the $ 34 –$ 48 range per barrel between December 2008 and February 2009.

Between 2005 and 2008, characterized by over-enthusiasm after joining EU, the Slovenian banks have seen loan-deposit ratio veering out of control, over-borrowing from foreign banks and then over-creding customers, including local tycoons.

The 2009 Liberty was relatively unchanged from the 2008 models with the exception of stiffer rear axle shafts and retuned springs, shocks, anti-roll bars, steering gear valve, low rollback brake calipers and a revised brake pedal ratio.

Taos is predominantly made up of Democrats ; In 2008, approximately 74 % of registered Taos County voters were Democrats, 13 % Republicans and about 13 % were alternate parties or decline to affiliate with a party.

In more recent times, the term was brought up again by Republicans in the 2008 U. S presidential election.

A 2008 poll indicates that Americans are sharply divided when asked about their views of the expression socialized medicine, with a large percentage of Democrats holding favorable views, while a large percentage of Republicans holding unfavorable views.

Of " straight-ticket " voters in the 2008 election there were 992 Republicans and 326 Democrats.

New Jersey joined on January 13, 2008, despite objections from Republicans who criticized the bill as undermining federal elections.

In the 2008 election Republicans carried the county in all races where party affiliation was listed.

Despite the advantage in Democratic registration in the district, voters elected Republicans Charlie Dent in 2004, 2006 and 2008 and, previously, Pat Toomey in 1998, 2000, and 2002.

In 2008, the Oregon house seat encompassing the city of Bend switched parties and hosted the only Democratic state legislator from a district east of the Cascades, though the Republicans retook the seat in 2010.

As part of Ohio's 5th congressional district and Ohio's 15th congressional district it had been represented by Republicans for almost seventy years until the 2008 election, when Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy, won a close, disputed contest against Steve Stivers.

Monsanto gave $ 186, 250 to federal candidates in the 2008 election cycle through its political action committee ( PAC ) – 42 % to Democrats, 58 % to Republicans.

In recent years, Livingston Parish has been represented in the Louisiana State Senate by Republicans, Heulette Fontenot ( 2000 – 2008 ) and Dale M. Erdey ( since 2008 ).

The Republicans fared better still in the 2008 election, in which John McCain received 43, 269 votes ( 85 % of the total ) to just 6, 681 votes ( 13 %) for Democrat Barack Obama.

Such pay arrangements have attracted the ire of Democrats and Republicans in Congress, who demanded limits on executive pay in 2008 when the U. S. government was bailing out the industry with a $ 700 billion financial rescue package.

6257, the Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008, had four co-sponsors, all Republicans: Michael N. Castle of Delaware, Mike Ferguson of New Jersey, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, and Christopher Shays of Connecticut.

In September 2008, Sununu became one of twenty senators ( ten Democrats and ten Republicans ) co-sponsoring a bipartisan energy bill, the New Energy Reform Act of 2008.

In 2008 the DFL added two more seats to their caucus, and Republicans reclaimed Olson's Seat bringing the 2009 – 10 total to 87 – 47.

As chairman of the NRSC, Ensign was charged with assembling a staff to win back the U. S. Senate for Republicans in the 2008 elections.

Collins has consistently been endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign, a major LGBT rights organization ; she was one of six Republicans running in 2008 to be endorsed by the HRC.

" This vote, joined only by Republicans Jim Jeffords and Arlen Specter, put her to the political left of many Democratic senators including 2008 presidential contenders John Edwards, Christopher Dodd, and Joseph Biden.

Oddly enough, despite the increased Democratic sweep of the 2008 election, he, unlike many Republicans, managed to increase his margin of victory, winning over Democratic challenger Karen Hartley-Nagle by 23 points.