In 2008, the Center for Consumer Freedom formally petitioned Virginia's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, requesting official reclassification of PETA as a slaughterhouse.

In 2008, animal rights organization PETA sent members to work undercover at a pig factory farm in Iowa to investigate allegations of animal rights abuses, then released a video record showing workers treating the pigs cruelly and without regard for animal rights.

In 2008, the animal rights group PETA initiated a campaign against Karan for her company's use of fur in products and her contracted fur farmers ' alleged inhumane treatment of animals.

On September 7, 2008, PETA protesters picketed a Boston fashion show by waving signs reading: " Donna: Dump Fur.

" On December 4, 2008, PETA members wearing Grim Reaper costumes and " bloody " fur coats protested at Karan's boutique in Boston.

Marker inscriptions have also been used for political purposes, such as the grave marker installed in January 2008 at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky by Mathew Prescott, an employee of PETA.

Then, in December 2008, one of the world's largest retailers, Liz Claiborne, ( in which PETA is a shareholder ) banned the use of Australian Merino wool in its products in opposition to the mulesing practice, at the time an Australian Wool Innovations spokesman said " the company did not purchase any Australian wool ".

He was in the 2008 PETA Musical Comedy ' Skin Deep ' as Ador / Chorus and recently in ' Noli at Fili Dekada 2000 ( Dos Mil ),' Nick Tiongson's contemporary adaptation of the two novels by Dr. Jose Rizal.

PETA renewed its demands that PetSmart permanently stop selling live birds after the voluntary halt in bird sales because of the psittacosis outbreak in January 2008.

On January 23, 2008, PETA posted a press release accusing one of Petsmart's largest vendors, Rainbow World Exotics, of neglect and cruelty to animals.

In January 2008, the band was awarded a Libby Award by PETA for Best Newcomers.

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.

Service on the remaining 850 MHz AMPS markets was discontinued along with 850 MHz D-AMPS service on February 18, 2008, except in areas where service was provided by Dobson Communications.

In 2008, he provided a foreword for the first book collection of Richard Thompson's Cul De Sac comic strip.

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 January 2008, Dark Horse Comics began releasing a four-part monthly comic book mini-series based on Evil Dead, written by Mark Verheiden, with art by John Bolton, who provided art for the Dark Horse Army of Darkness comic.

In 2008 the resulting EU Directive 2008 / 51 / EC provided the current common basis for national laws affecting hunters, target shooters and collectors, and member states were to have complied with it by 28 July 2010.

It was successfully launched on 27 April 2008 at 22: 16 UTC ( 4. 16 a. m. Baikonur time ) aboard a Soyuz-FG / Fregat rocket provided by Starsem.

In 2008, the French government provided $ 180 million of the Louvre's yearly $ 350 million budget ; the remainder came from private contributions and ticket sales.

It was in relation to the latter that, in November 2008, the United States Court of Appeals in Cincinnati decided that a case over sexual abuse by Catholic priests could proceed, provided the plaintiffs could prove that the bishops accused of negligent supervision were acting as employees or agents of the Holy See and were following official Holy See policy.

In 2008, the New York State budget provided St. John Fisher College with a $ 2 million grant to explore the feasibility of opening a law school in downtown Rochester.

Since 2008, US government has provided aid in planning, development and coordination of the Global Peace Festival of the Unification Church.

In response to the 2007 – 2008 world food price crisis, the IBRD initiated a Global Food Crisis Response Program which provided food assistance to 40 million people across 44 countries.

Another estimate ( 2008 ) was that Wall Street provided a fourth of all personal income earned in the city, and 10 % of New York City's tax revenue.

As of February 2008, there were fears that this system provided a safety net for losers in these races, as shown by loan taken out by John McCain's campaign that used the promise of matching funds as collateral.

Since 2008, the generators that power Tribute in Light have been fueled with biodiesel made from used cooking oil collected from local restaurants provided by Tri-State Biodiesel.

Newman also provided the narration for the film documentary The Meerkats, which was released in 2008.

In 2008, Medicaid provided health coverage and services to approximately 49 million low-income children, pregnant women, elderly people, and disabled people.

On April 18, 2008, the NBA gave conditional approval for the Seattle SuperSonics franchise to move to Oklahoma City for the 2008 – 2009 season provided the ownership could free themselves from the legal challenges that existed with the City of Seattle with a 28 – 2 vote by its board of owners.

In 2008, Medicare provided health care coverage for 45 million Americans.

Similarly, another congressional act held 2007 payments at their 2006 levels, and HR 6331 held 2008 physician payments to their 2007 levels, and provided for a 1. 1 % increase in physician payments in 2009.

Public transport to districts within the city and to the surrounding towns, like Bridge of Allan and Alloa, is almost completely provided by buses operated principally by the First Group, although there are also railway links to Bridge of Allan, Dunblane, and, since 2008, Alloa.

MSDN Forums were migrated to an all-new platform during 2008 that provided new features designed to improve efficiency such as inline preview of threads, AJAX filtering, and a slide-up post editor.

* 1, 300 km navigable ( 2008 )

On 4 July 2008, the official F1 site reported that more than 300, 000 people attended the four-day Melbourne Grand Prix, though actual ticket sales were later disputed by the local media.

* 2008 – Sixteen infants in Gansu Province, China, who had been fed on tainted milk powder, are diagnosed with kidney stones ; in total an estimated 300, 000 infants are affected.

The Diplock courts were put into disuse in 2007, but between 1 August 2008 and 31 July 2009, 13 non-jury trials were held, down from 29 in the previous year and 300 trials per year at their peak.

Construction was halted in August 2008, as Gillett and Hicks had difficulty in financing the £ 300 million needed for the development.

In February 2008, a luminous efficacy of 300 lumens of visible light per watt of radiation ( not per electrical watt ) and warm-light emission was achieved by using nanocrystals.

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As of 2008, there were approximately 7. 6 million Mahjong players in Japan and an estimated 8, 900 Mahjong parlors did ¥ 300 billion in sales.

12th IEEE INMIC, Edited by Anis MK, Khan MK, Zaidi SJH, Bahria Univ., Karachi, Pakistan, 2008, pp 294 – 300 ( invited paper ) Free Full Text

In 2008 the group had approximately 300 members.

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When looking only at expressways the National Trunk Highway System ( NTHS ) in China has a total length of at the end of 2006, and 60, 300 km at the end of 2008, second only to the United States with in 2005.

Some of Steinway's most notable art case pianos are the Alma-Tadema grand piano from 1887, the 100, 000th Steinway piano from 1903, the 300, 000th Steinway piano from 1938 and the Sound of Harmony from 2008.

In November 2008, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev announced government support for the construction of the Sakhalin Tunnel, along with the required re-gauging of the island's railways to Russian standard gauge, at an estimated cost of 300 – 330 billion roubles.

Total in 2008: approximately 2, 300

Essays in Honour of Anthony R. Birley on his Seventieth Birthday, Gdansk 2008, 92-130 ( with a huge bibliography of over 300 titles and discussion of the communis opinio on Hero ).

According to a report in 2008, 215 out of 300 students who scored the top 10 in the 30 tested provinces and regions chose Tsinghua and 21 out of the 30 top scorers in each province and region chose the university.

* At the 2008 San Diego Comic Con, Zack Snyder, director of the screen adaptations of Watchmen by Alan Moore, and Miller's 300, expressed his love for The Dark Knight Returns, in response to a question about the more mature direction of comic book adaptations.

" The 300 + member SDSU Marching Band, " The Pride of the Dakotas ", given the special name the Millennium Band in 2000 by the South Dakota State Legislature, has marched in the 1981 and 1997 Presidential Inaugural Parades in Washington, D. C .; A Capital Fourth in 2000 in Washington DC which was broadcast on PBS ; the 2003 and 2008 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California making them the second collegiate band in the history of the Rose Bowl to be invited to march twice when their team was not competing ; and the Korean War Monument Dedication at the state's capital Pierre in 2004, in the company of two other college bands and 60-some high school bands from across the state.

* Other Worlds, Better Lives: Selected Long Fiction 1989-2003 ( Old Earth Books, 2008, ISBN 1-882968-38-7, trade paperback ; ISBN 1-882968-37-9 for 300 copy limited edition hardcover )

* Goldstein, Gordon M., Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2008. pp. 300.

Since its launch in Paris in December 2008, Global Zero ( campaign ) has grown to 300 leaders, including current and former heads of state, national security officials and military commanders, and 400, 000 citizens worldwide ; developed a practical step-by-step plan to eliminate nuclear weapons ; launched an international student campaign with 75 campus chapters in eight countries ; and produced an acclaimed documentary film, Countdown to Zero, in partnership with Lawrence Bender and Participant Media.

* 2008: Monsanto purchased the Dutch seed company De Ruiter Seeds for € 546 million, and sells its POSILAC bovine somatotropin brand and related business to Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly in August for $ 300 million plus " additional contingent consideration ".

In October 2008, Monsanto sold this business, in full, to Eli Lilly for a price of $ 300 million plus additional consideration.