Bacardí 8, for example, received two gold medals and a silver from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition between 2008 and 2010.

On April 17, 2008, Colorado beat the San Diego Padres, 2 – 1, in a 22-inning road game that spanned 6 hours and 16 minutes.

On July 1, 2008, the Rockies defeated the San Diego Padres, 4 – 0, in the shortest nine-inning game in Coors Field history – one hour and 58 minutes.

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 ".

In 2008 Dallas wore the throwback uniform on November 23, 2008 against the San Francisco 49ers.

Detail of Persian Ceiling installation by Dale Chihuly at the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum | De Young Museum in San Francisco, 2008.

Following their Super Bowl championship, the Colts would go onto a 13 – 3 record during the 2007 season and would lose to the San Diego Chargers in the divisional playoffs, which would be the final game the Colts played at the RCA Dome, with the Colts moving into Lucas Oil Stadium in 2008.

In March 2008, Voight appeared at a rally aboard the in San Diego, California, for the kick-off of Vets for Freedom's National Heroes Tour.

The San Jose Earthquakes used Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, home of the Oakland A's ( and Oakland Raiders ), for certain games during the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

* Agilists and Architects: Allies not Adversaries at QCon San Francisco 2008 ( with Rebecca Parsons )

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San Francisco Opera began prerecorded video transmissions in March 2008.

The 2008 portion of the tour started on April 11, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico at José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum and culminated on July 24, 2008 in Noblesville, Indiana at the Verizon Wireless Music Center.

* Bay Meadows Racecourse, San Mateo ( demolished in 2008 )

2008 San Diego Chargers season | 2008 San Diego Chargers.

2008 San Diego Chargers playing against the Denver Broncos.

On January 11, 2009 the Chargers were defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers 35 – 24 in the AFC Divisional Game ending the 2008 San Diego Chargers season.

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 '.

As of 12 June 2008 San Marino maintains official relations with 108 states.

The 2008 season marked the first year that Barry Bonds was not a member of the team since first signing with them in 1992 and the 50th season in San Francisco.

Direct flights between Victoria and the San Francisco Bay Area ( San Francisco, Oakland, Silicon Valley ) began service on June 5, 2008 ( Victoria Times Colonist, February 6, 2008 ).

It regained some popularity from the early-1980s onward and was revived in a series of new productions at the San Francisco Opera ( 1982 ), Lyric Opera of Chicago ( 1984 ), at La Scala ( 1984 ) and the Met ( 1985 ), the 2008 stagings being the first since that time.

* Centennial Towers, South San Francisco, California, United States, 2008

* San Francisco Pride Gallery 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005

During the previous year, supporters collected 10, 350 signatures that placed it on the presidential primary ballots in San Francisco for February 5, 2008.

The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay spanned all six inhabited continents before proceeding through China, but was met with protests in London, Paris, and San Francisco.

It was premiered by San Francisco Ballet in April 2008

A 2008 book by Spanish writer José Rey Ximena claims that Howard was on a top-secret mission for Churchill to dissuade Francisco Franco, Spain's authoritarian dictator and head of state, from joining the Axis powers.

Cyndi Lauper during the Gay Parade in San Francisco, 2008

In 2007 and 2008 the Jack Hanley Gallery in San Francisco and Track 16 in Santa Monica ran exhibitions entitled " Gee Vaucher: Introspective ", showing a wide selection of Vaucher's work.

Most recently, United Express / SkyWest Airlines flew between PMD and San Francisco from June 7, 2007, to December 6, 2008.

* Buster Posey, Class of 2005, Chosen 5th in the first round of the 2008 MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants, Catcher for 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants, 2010 MLB National League Rookie of the Year

Likewise, the San Francisco Opera has staged the opera 10 times during its history giving its first performance in 1925, with Marguerite d ' Alvarez and Fernand Ansseau in the principal roles, and its most recent performance in 2008, with Borodina and Clifton Forbis.

A comparison between a FlightGear 1. 0 screenshot in 2008 and a photo of San Francisco Airport

He was touted as a possible Conservative candidate for the Mayor of London elections in 2008, but turned down an offer from Conservative leader David Cameron.

Voight endorsed former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani for the 2008 Republican Party nomination.

Ken Livingstone and Dave Wetzel were to remain in office until the election of Boris Johnson as Mayor in 2008.

In 2008, Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov declared that Sevastopol " should again be a Russian city " and appropriated $ 34 million for " the support of compatriots abroad.

Alexiei Dingli has been the Mayor of Valletta since 2008.

In 2008, it was rumoured that Kennett was intending to stand for Lord Mayor of Melbourne.

* Politician Boris Johnson was the Member of Parliament until he resigned after being elected Mayor of London in 2008.

In March 2008, Mayor Maciej Kobyliński put forward a proposal to expand the city limits by incorporating some territory from neighbouring districts.

Independent candidate David A. Bowers, a former Democrat, defeated incumbent Democrat Nelson Harris for Mayor in the May 2008 election with 53 % of the vote.

In 2008, Deputy Mayor Venelin Zhechev estimated the actual population at 650, 000.

In December 2008, Mayor Kiril Yordanov claimed the actual number of permanent residents was 970, 000, or that there were 60 % unregistered people.

The Sheriff of Oxford for the civic year 2008 / 2009, Councillor | Cllr John Goddard, speaking shortly after his election as such, with Cllr Susanna Pressel, Lord Mayor of Oxford, next to him.

In the 2008 city elections, for example, two residents of Sun City were the only two candidates for Mayor of Georgetown.

Susan Roberts is a former Mayor of Enterprise and was elected onto the Board of Commissioners in 2008.

In June 2008 outline plans to reinstate some underground rivers were published by the office of Mayor of London, and in January 2009 a partnership between the Environment Agency, Natural England and the Greater London Authority set out a strategy for putting this into effect by creating the River Restoration Centre.

LaFayette's Mayor Matthew K. Hurst became Alabama's youngest mayor, currently, when he was elected on October 7, 2008 at the age of 21.

The current Mayor of Fountain Hills is Jay Schlum, elected in Mar 2008.

The current Cathedral City Mayor is Kathleen DeRosa, who was elected to her first term in 2004, second in 2006, third in 2008, and fourth in 2010.

Mayor Baker became the first 3-term mayor upon his re-election in 2008.

On November 1, 2008, the new Village Hall was dedicated at a ceremony attended Mayor Roger Peckham and the Board of Trustees, by two former Mayors Paesel and Collins, former Village Trustees Joseph Wiszowaty, Mary Seery, V. Zeke Luther, Rita Kueny, Patricia Hasse, former Village Clerks Marjorie Tuley and Elizabeth Selvey and several other local mayors and many other distinguished guest.

On January 1, 2008, the town of Westfield incorporated ; and Andy Cook was sworn in as Mayor.

The Edmonston municipal government consists of four members of Council and a Mayor who, beginning in May 2008, are elected to three-year terms.

Mel Mettler, the first Mayor of Columbus, was re-elected in November, 2008.

Incumbent Mayor David Bowman beat challenger Yvonne Collins by a landslide in the 2008 Mayoral race on April 8, 2008, capturing 74 % of the vote.