In 2008, effective January 1, 2009, the ADAAA broadened the interpretations and added to the ADA examples of " major life activities " including, but not limited to, " caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, and working " as well as the operation of several specified " major bodily functions ".

: On February 28, 2008, the CIA added an entry for Kosovo ; before this, Kosovo was excluded in the Factbook.

In 2008, the Board added five new charter trustees.

* Before the 2008 season, the temporary luxury boxes installed for the 1999 All-Star Game were removed and permanent ones were added to the State Street Pavilion level.

Windows Home Server 2011 is built on the Windows Server 2008 R2 code base It follows the release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 which added support for Windows 7 to Windows Home Server.

In June 2008, the Kiribati president Anote Tong said that the country has reached " the point of no return "; he added: " To plan for the day when you no longer have a country is indeed painful but I think we have to do that.

The first Moroccan book was published in 1973 is still in print and was added to the James Beard Hall of Fame in 2008.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary added the word in 2008.

On 27 February 2008, the three hostages and Jorge Eduardo Gechem Turbay ( who was added to the list due to his poor health ) were released by FARC-EP.

In 2008 they added an entry-level certification known as the Certified Software Development Associate ( CSDA ).

: Since 2008, there has been discussion among professional users of SVG that either gradient meshes or preferably diffusion curves could usefully be added to the SVG specification.

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In 2008, Warner Bros. absorbed New Line Cinema, as a result, Warner added the New Line Cinema film and television library to its collection.

In December 2007 they started making the latest issue available to download as a PDF and then in early 2008 they announced they had added an archive of the 2007 issues to the service.

In 1989, the resort added Disney-MGM Studios, a theme park inspired by show business, whose name was changed to Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2008.

Under Josep Guardiola's Dream Team, powered by La Masia talents such as Lionel Messi, Xavi, and Andrés Iniesta, Barcelona added three straight Liga titles ( 2008 – 09, 2009 – 10, and 2010 – 11 ).

In 2008, the usage of the AGM-114N variant caused controversy in the United Kingdom when it was reported that these thermobaric munitions were added to the British Army arsenal.

In 2008, a third category, Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program was added.

In early 2008, Tork added " advice columnist " to his extensive resume by authoring an online advice and info column called " Ask Peter Tork " at the webzine The Daily Panic.

In 2008, this recording of " Waltzing Matilda " was added to the " Sounds of Australia Registry " in the National Film and Sound Archive which says that there are more recordings of " Waltzing Matilda " than any other Australian song.

It concluded in 2008 that Taleyarkhan's name should have appeared in the author list because of his deep involvement in many steps of the research, that he added one author that had not really participated in the paper just to overcome the criticism of one reviewer, and that this was part of an attempt of " an effort to falsify the scientific record by assertion of independent confirmation ".

The Kings Contrivance Village Center underwent major construction in 2007 and 2008 when a new Harris Teeter supermarket was added to the center, but maintained the original character of stores around a central corridor and plaza.

In 2008 alone, 6, 433 km expressways were added to the network.

Trillin added that many high West Bengal officials made statements saying that rickshaws would be banned from 1976 to 2008.

According to the ROA National Statistical Service, the average monthly salary during January-June 2008 is 86, 850 drams ( about $ 287 at the time ).

* 2008 – The 2008 Summer Olympics officially opened with the opening ceremony at National Stadium, Beijing, China.

DiFranco went on to perform at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Fears were allayed August 27, 2008, when Clinton enthusiastically endorsed Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, saying that all his experience as president assures him that Obama is " ready to lead ".

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.

** National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center ( NBACC ; Projected: 2008 )

In a letter dated 18 February 2008, Castro announced that he would not accept the positions of president and commander in chief at the 24 February 2008 National Assembly meetings, saying " I will not aspire nor accept — I repeat I will not aspire or accept — the post of President of the Council of State and Commander in Chief.

The UK's National Health Service announced in 2008 that more therapists would be trained to provide CBT at government expense as part of an initiative called Improving Access to Psychological Therapies ( IAPT ).

In South Australia and Western Australia the two parties compete separately, while in the Northern Territory and Queensland the two parties have merged, forming the Country Liberal Party, in 1978, and the Liberal National Party, in 2008, respectively.

The Cubs successfully defended their National League Central title in 2008, going to the postseason in consecutive years for the first time since 1906 – 08.

The Colorado Rockies began the 2008 season after few offseason changes from the National League champion squad of 2007.

National Geographic Traveler ranked Columbus 11th on its historic destinations list in late 2008, describing the city as " authentic, unique, and unspoiled.

The original 1952 recording of A Child's Christmas in Wales was a 2008 selection for the United States National Recording Registry, stating that it is " credited with launching the audiobook industry in the United States ".

In December 2008, Iran ’ s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili visited Ecuador.

" Elizabeth I ( 1533 – 1603 )" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ( 2008 ) accessed 23 Aug 2011

In 2008, “ First Ladies at the Smithsonian ” opened at the National Museum of American History as part of its reopening year celebration.

The 2008 election was won by the National Democratic Congress under Tillman Thomas with 11 of the 15 seats.

In the early hours of 23 December 2008, Aboubacar Somparé, the President of the National Assembly, announced on television that Conté had died at 6: 45pm local time on 22 December " after a long illness ", without specifying the cause of death.

Since the 2008 Guinean coup d ' état, the head of state has been Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, an army officer and President of the National Council for Democracy and Development.

In the United States, the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar designated March 4 as National Grammar Day in 2008.

* Full biography: " Evans, Marian &# 91 ; George Eliot &# 93 ; ( 1819 – 1880 )", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2008

A study of granite countertops was done ( initiated and paid for by the Marble Institute of America ) in November 2008 by National Health and Engineering Inc of USA, and found that all of the 39 full size granite slabs that were measured for the study showed radiation levels well below the European Union safety standards ( section 4. 1. 1. 1 of the National Health and Engineering study ) and radon emission levels well below the average outdoor radon concentrations in the US.