In 2008, University College School again welcomed a wide and varied range of contributors including Raymond Blanc, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Pym, Ben Macintyre, Charlie Higson, Martin Bell, Nabeel Yasin, Daljit Nagra, Anjum Anand, Camila Batmanghelidjh, Derek Landy, Alex Lifschutz, William Eccleshare, Ziauddin Sardar, amongst many others.

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

American Samoa has a total of 241 km of highways ( estimated in 2008 ).

The building work for the stadium which has a capacity of 32. 960, began in May 2008 and was completed by the beginning of 2009.

# 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.

For example, an array of 10 integer variables, with indices 0 through 9, may be stored as 10 words at memory addresses 2000, 2004, 2008, … 2036, so that the element with index i has the address 2000 + 4 × i.

A 2008 quantum physics experiment performed in Geneva, Switzerland has determined that in any hypothetical nonlocal hidden-variables theory the speed of the quantum non-local connection would have to be at least 10, 000 times the speed of light.

The Institute of Medical Psychology at the University Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany has set up a Research Department Ayahuasca / Santo Daime, which in May 2008 held a 3-day conference under the title The globalization of Ayahuasca-An Amazonian psychoactive and its users.

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.

* Verizon Wireless — Formerly operating an AMPS network, on February 18, 2008, Verizon has discontinued all AMPS service.

The company has posted a three phase turn down schedule, which was completed in September 2008.

He was a brilliant guy — but a little screwed up ," Frazetta has said ( from The Comic Art of Frank Frazetta, 2008 ).

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 ).

2008 has brought announcements of new or additional sales to Singapore, Finland, Morocco and South Korea ; in December 2010 the Swiss government requested 150 AIM-120C-7 missiles.

He has remained active in politics by campaigning for Democratic candidates, most notably for his wife's campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, and then Barack Obama's presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012.

In 2008 the Brazilian minister of defense has formulated the " Estratégia Nacional de Defesa " ( National Defense Strategy ), that claims to build a strong national industry and make strategic partnerships with allied nations to develop technology together.

In 2008, Brazil has signed a strategic partnership with France and Russia to trade military technology.

The UDF government also failed to stop the growing negative account balance, which has since then continued to increase, reaching a negative of $ 12. 65 billion in 2008.

The Movie has now become the most successful movie musical of all time and has been named the number one box office smash of 2008, and the biggest-selling DVD ever in the UK.

Fort Dodge Animal Health has their vaccines available for multiple European Countries ( vaccination will start in 2008 in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain and Italy ).

The town has been subject to several orders of natural disaster: floods and mudslides in 1994 and 2008, and landslides in 1996 and 1999.

This version of the script logo has been on the front of the away jerseys since 2001 and the home ones since 2004. The Orioles began the 2008 season in a rebuilding mode under President of Baseball Operations Andy MacPhail.

The countdown since 2008 has shown the elements of journalism and production involved in bringing news stories to air

In a 2008 interview he described the way that online social media has empowered consumers:

In 2008, the graphics were again relaunched, using the style introduced in 2007 and a new colour scheme.

In this case the specific name marinus changes to marina in order to conform with the rules of gender agreement as set out by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature changing the binomial name from Bufo marinus to Rhinella marina ; the binomial Rhinella marinus was subsequently introduced as a synonym through misspelling by Pramuk, Robertson, Sites, and Noonan ( 2008 ).

The Australian Government has introduced legislation that requires ISP's to " restrict access to age restricted content ( commercial MA15 + content and R18 + content ) either hosted in Australia or provided from Australia " that was due to commence from 20 January 2008, known as Cleanfeed.

In October 2008 TfL introduced a new colour scheme to the vehicles, using the blue, white and green of the routes ' symbol on TfL maps, to distinguish the trams from its buses operating in the area.

In South Australia, on 30 July 2008 the government introduced legislation to scrap parts of its double jeopardy law.

In Tasmania, on 19 August 2008, amendments were introduced in to allow retrial in serious cases, if there is " fresh and compelling " evidence.

* 2008: Subaru introduced the first horizontally opposed diesel engine to be fitted to a passenger car.

First introduced at AirVenture 2008, the Switchblade is to utilize a single Wankel rotary engine and ducted fan to keep the propeller out of harm's way on the ground.

The word " forest " comes from Middle English forest, from Old French forest ( also forès ) " forest, vast expanse covered by trees "; first introduced in English as the word for wild land set aside for hunting without the necessity in definition for the existence of trees ( James 1981 ; Muir 2000, 2008 ).

In 2008, Foster's was introduced with a widget called a " scuba " placed into the can to ensure good mixing.

However, in late June 2008, the Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmão, introduced a proposed gun law to Parliament for " urgent debate ", pushing back scheduled budgetary discussions.

Windows Server 2008 builds on the technological and security advances first introduced with Windows Vista, and is significantly more modular than its predecessor, Windows Server 2003.

Chelsy also accompanied Harry to the wedding of Harry's cousin, Peter Phillips to Autumn Kelly in May 2008, where she was introduced to the Queen for the first time.

In November 2008, a subway train decorated in IKEA style was introduced in Novosibirsk, Russia.

In October 2008, Sine Nomine Associates introduced OpenSolaris on System z.

The States of Jersey introduced a goods and services tax ( GST ) in 2008.

The people hit the hardest by the new GST will be the people on the lowest incomes, however, to try to prevent islanders living below the poverty line, the States of Jersey introduced an Income Support service in January 2008.

In 2008 Vodacom Lesotho introduced its new partnership with Vodafone.

However, the tax cuts introduced in 2008 may undermine the favorable fiscal position.

Though the Millenia ( and its Miller-type V6 engine ) were discontinued in 2002, the company has recently introduced a much smaller Miller-cycle four-cylinder engine for use in itsDemio starting in 2008.

In 2008, the Phillies introduced an alternate, cream-colored uniform during home day games in tribute to their 125th anniversary.

A different blue cap was introduced in 2008 as part of the alternate home uniform for day games, a throwback to the late 1940s.

In 2008, Sedgewick introduced a simpler version of the red – black tree called the left-leaning red-black tree by eliminating a previously unspecified degree of freedom in the implementation.

The Gendarmerie may call upon the assistance of the Municipal Police in cases of major crime or national security, and ( following revised regulations for both corps introduced by the Government of San Marino in 2008 ) may also call upon soldiers and border guards of the Fortress Guards Corps, in their secondary role as ' Criminal Police Officers '.

The company provides over 100 video and over 78 audio channels, and in 2008 introduced its first HD video channel.