On 18 May 2008, Gibb released the song " Alan Freeman Days " in tribute to the Australian DJ Alan Freeman.

In 2008, Gibb completed a new solo album entitled 50 St. Catherine's Drive, but it was never released.

On 25 October 2008, to mark the 30th anniversary of the song " Saturday Night Fever " topping the UK charts, Gibb performed with special guests including Ronan Keating, Stephen Gateley, Sam Sparro, Sharleen Spiteri, Gabriella Climi and Bryn Christopher at the London music festival BBC Electric Proms.

On 4 November 2008, he had a fourth child, Snow Evelyn Robin Juliet Gibb, born out of a private relationship with a housekeeper, Claire Yang.

In 2008, to mark the 20th anniversary of the disaster, a stage play, Lest We Forget was commissioned by Aberdeen Performing Arts and written by playwright Mike Gibb.

In 2008, Joel Gibb made his acting debut, alongside Jena von Brücker, Mark Ewert, Calvin Johnson, Jen Smith, and Vaginal Davis, as one of the stars of the film The Lollipop Generation, directed by G. B.

* Robin Gibb ( of the Bee Gees ) released a single called " Alan Freeman Days " in May 2008.

In 2008, Gibb played bass in a Tenerife five-piece rock band called ' The Phoenix ', and with the duo ' To The Limit ', in addition to performing the Black Lace Show.

* Albert Hourani, " Gibb, Sir Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen ( 1895 – 1971 )", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 6 Aug 2008.

Three Dollar Bill appear on the soundtrack of the 2005 film Hellbent, self-described as " the first gay slasher movie ", which also includes songs by notable Queercore bands Best Revenge and Pansy Division In 2008, Jane Danger appeared in a starring role alongside Mark Ewert, Vaginal Davis, Jen Smith, Joel Gibb and Jena von Brucker, in the film The Lollipop Generation by G. B.

Knuth had to stop sending real checks in 2008 due to bank fraud, and instead now gives each error finder a " certificate of deposit " from a publicly listed balance in his fictitious " Bank of San Serriffe ".

However, Price and Coleman married in 2007 ; and while they divorced in 2008, Price claimed in a court petition that she remained Coleman's common-law wife, sharing bank accounts and presenting themselves publicly as husband and wife, until his death ; an assertion that, if validated by the court, would make her the lawful heir.

In 2008, Hamas publicly offered a long-term hudna ( truce ) with Israel if Israel agreed to return to its 1967 borders and to grant the " right of return " to all Palestinian refugees.

Alpha versions have been released publicly since January 2008.

In January 2008, Perot publicly came out against Republican candidate John McCain and endorsed Mitt Romney for President.

On December 11, 2008, the Free Software Foundation filed suit against Cisco regarding Cisco's failure to comply with the GPL and LGPL license models and make the applicable source code publicly available.

The total market capitalization of all publicly traded companies in the world was US $ 51. 2 trillion in January 2007 and rose as high as US $ 57. 5 trillion in May 2008 before dropping below US $ 50 trillion in August 2008 and slightly above US $ 40 trillion in September 2008.

On January 1, 2008, the company completed its spinoff of its technology and set top box business into a separate publicly traded company, Echostar Corporation (" Echostar "), effectively splitting the original Echostar into two separate businesses.

It was expected that the ABC loan would be discharged in June 2008 on its maturity and that the debt owed to Caliendo would be paid off " in early 2008 " in line with a funding strategy which Ecclestone publicly stated would not result in the wealthy owners simply bankrolling the club.

As of December 2008, roughly fifty percent of the salvage materials held by Kovalchick Corporation have been cleared or otherwise removed from publicly viewable land.

Celera Corporation ( formerly ) was a business unit of the Applera Corporation, but was spun off in July 2008 to become an independent publicly traded company.

A year later on the eve on the 2008 SemGroup Championship, the president of the United Way of the Plains in Wichita, Kansas appeared with Kim at the pre-tournament press conference to publicly thank her and announce that the publicity surrounding Kim's donation had spurred further donations totaling $ 1. 2 million and that money is being used to build 25 homes for low-and moderate-income individuals displaced by the tornado.

Jones was fined $ 25, 000 by the NFL for publicly criticizing referee Ed Hochuli after Hochuli made a controversial call in a game between the San Diego Chargers and the Denver Broncos on September 14, 2008.

In 2008, he testified before the Commission on Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism about the anthrax attacks, publicly discussing his experiences for the first time in a detailed, day-by-day account.

Matt and Jeremiah formed a new band called The Twilight and the Sound, announced publicly via Mest's MySpace page on Monday, October 27, 2008.

The first publicly released version of Arc was made available on 29 January 2008, implemented on top of Racket (" MzScheme " at that time ).

Since then, it has been publicly confirmed that Viacom does indeed own the magazine, with a Viacom executive stating: " I can confirm that we have owned the Weird Tales catalog since 2008, but I'm not in a position to disclose what the status of the project is today.

The 1. 9 billion spent on publicly funded family planning in 2008 saved an estimated $ 7 billion in short term Medicaid costs.

Each morning the editors of the magazine recommend one thing for readers ’ immediate enjoyment: “ not a political candidate or position or party, but a breakthrough idea or product or Web site .” The concept for this blog probably emerged from the November 2008 “ Endorsement Issue ,” in which, after 75 years, Esquire publicly endorsed a presidential candidate for the first time ..

In that role he publicly supported Iraq War resisters seeking asylum in Canada before and during the 2008 election campaign.

A scandal involving Vanhanen's second cabinet began rolling in May 2008, after the leader of the Centre Party's parliamentary group Timo Kalli said publicly that he would not reveal information about his campaign finances, because such disclosure was not required.

On 4 March 2008, in announcing a partnership with Magna Steyr to outsource manufacture of over 2, 000 cars annually at Graz, Austria, the company stated " The continuing growth and success of the company is based upon Gaydon as the focal point and heart of the business, with the design and engineering of all Aston Martin products continuing to be carried out there.

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:

The government took no action, and handed the final parts of Bakassi over to Cameroon on 14 August 2008 as planned, but a Federal High Court had stated this should be delayed until all accommodations for resettled Bakassians had been settled ; the government did not seem to plan to heed this court order, and did set the necessary mechanisms into motion to override it.

In 2008 the PRC stated it was willing to negotiate with any party in Taiwan that " accepts the so-called 1992 consensus ".

On June 2, 2008, during an interview at the Danish Komiks. dk fair, Don stated that he would not do any more Disney comics, citing eye troubles, low pay, and the constant use of his stories in special hardback or album editions by international Disney licensees without any payment of royalties or requests for permission for the use of his name.

However, in a radio interview on April 17, 2008, Jerry stated that Mark had " killed the project " and that there would be no new Devo album.

In light of the other findings, investigative reporter Greg Palast stated in 2008 " Forget the drunken skipper fable.

On February 7, 2008, the head of the RFMF and post-coup interim Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama stated: " Qarase [...] does not understand the role of the Military and as such is misinforming the nation.

Despite multiple parliamentary questions from as early as 2005, where it was stated that there was no proof that this was happening, Minister Ahern announced a ban on all handguns in November 2008.

On June 5, 2008, Ice-T jokingly stated that he would be voting for John McCain in the 2008 American elections.

In an April 11, 2008, interview on the CNN Headline News Glenn Beck Show Voight stated that he had thrown his support to Republican Senator John McCain for President.

In its 2008 Annual Report, Microsoft stated:

In February 2008, foreign affairs minister Dr. Kieren Keke stated: " We have got a major unemployment crisis in front of us.

Whilst on a state visit to Russia in December 2008, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega expressed his desire to travel to Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the future, and stated that Nicaragua is in solidarity with the people of the two countries.

In September 2008, Barnaby Joyce replaced CLP Senator and Nationals deputy leader Nigel Scullion as leader of the Nationals in the Senate, and stated that his party in the upper house would no longer necessarily vote with their Liberal counterparts in the upper house, which opened up another possible avenue for the Rudd Labor Government to get legislation through.

* Dhani Harrison, son of George Harrison and front-man of English electronic / alternative rock group Thenewno2, has stated that No Logo had a large influence on their 2008 release, You Are Here.

During a 2008 interview with the BBC, Major General Qian Lihua, a senior Chinese defense official, stated that the PLAN aspired to possess a small number of aircraft carriers to allow it to expand China's air defense perimeter.

At a Google Tech Talk in 2008 Matsumoto further stated, " I hope to see Ruby help every programmer in the world to be productive, and to enjoy programming, and to be happy.

On 13 January 2008, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez stated his disapproval with the FARC-EP strategy of armed struggle and kidnapping saying " I don't agree with kidnapping and I don't agree with armed struggle ".

Crow also stated that $ 1 of each ticket purchased for her 2008 tour would be donated to the United Nations World Food Programme.

Previously, when naming it as one of the most wanted games for the platform in November 2008, Eurogamer stated that problems emulating the Mode 7 graphics were responsible for its absence.

In September 2008, newspapers in the United Kingdom stated the government had " quietly sanctioned " the recognition of sharia courts.

< span id =" Zelda Wii "> In April 2008, Miyamoto stated that " the Zelda team is forming again to work on new games ".

In January 2008, while on set of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Gilliam stated that he was looking forward to the project, " But I'm still waiting to see a script!