# Rough Weather ( 2008 )

Everybody Talks about the Weather ... We Don't: The Writings of Ulrike Meinhof, Seven Stories Press, New York, 2008 ( ISBN 978-1583228319 ).

On January 3, 2008, it was reported that The Weather Channel and its assets were put up for sale by Landmark Communications.

On July 6, 2008, NBC Universal, Bain Capital and Blackstone Group agreed to purchase the Weather Channel from Landmark.

From November 2008 through February 2009, The Weather Channel terminated seven long-time on-camera meteorologists: Kristina Abernathy, Eboni Deon, Kristin Dodd, Rich Johnson, Cheryl Lemke, Mark Mancuso and Dave Schwartz.

A new high definition series, When Weather Changed History, premiered on the Weather Channel on January 6, 2008.

Throughout the final months of 2007 to the early months of 2008, various cable companies had started to add the Weather Channel HD to their cable lineups, including the Boston, Massachusetts, Austin, Texas, San Antonio, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana markets.

Since the purchasing of The Weather Channel by NBC Universal in 2008, the network has participated in the " Green is Universal " campaign, which occurs twice a year, usually being in April and November.

File: TWC HD logo. svg | The current Weather Channel High Definition logo debuted 2008

* " Bringing Weather to Life " ( August 15, 2005 – February 2008 ; This slogan is still used on weather. com and certain other materials, e. g. mailing labels ; Slogan made by Lambie-Nairn )

* " The Weather Has Never Looked Better " ( June 2 – late 2008 ; also slogan for HD broadcasting )

* " Your Winter Weather Authority " ( January 2008 – present )

Additionally, the Air Force Weather Agency broke ground on a new facility which was completed in 2008.

On October 13, 2008, WGN-TV began providing weather forecasts for WGN Radio through a partnership between the two stations ; this came as WGN Radio ended a ten-year partnership with The Weather Channel to provide local forecasts for the station.

In the 2008 remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, Klaatu's robot is taken to Mount Weather for analysis.

* Weather Blether ( for stv. tv, 2007 – 2008 )

In October 2008, after a ten year partnership with The Weather Channel to provide the station's weather forecasts, the station began to air forecasts prepared by Tom Skilling and other members of WGN-TV's weather staff.

WTLV aired NBC Weather Plus on digital subchannel 12. 2 until it ceased operations in November 2008, which was then replaced by local weather channel First Coast News Weather Plus as part of the NBC Plus automated weather service.

* USA Today ( 2008 ), " Weather Derivatives becoming hot commodities ", USA Today Online posted 6 / 9 / 2008.

* Myers, R. 2008 " What Every CFO Needs to Know About Weather Risk Management ", Storm Exchange, Inc. & CME Group

Her story of her rescue would be featured on The Weather Channel's When Weather Changed History in the " Rescue from the South Pole " in January 2008.

On 3 September 2008, however, publisher Harper Collins issued a public apology for its book " The Daring Book for Girls " which openly encouraged girls to play the instrument.

Rock Bridge is a perennial powerhouse in both boys and girls tennis, having won the Girls State Title in 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2011 as well as the Boys State Title in 2008.

** Estelle Getty, American actress ( The Golden Girls ) ( d. 2008 )

In August 2008, McCracken revealed on his DeviantArt account, as had been announced in that year's Comic Con, that he was working with Cartoon Network on a new half-hour Powerpuff Girls special to celebrate the series ' tenth anniversary.

", aired on the Pan-Euro Cartoon Network on November 29, 2008, on the Powerpuff Girls Birthday Marathon, and in the United States on January 19, 2009, as part of its 10th anniversary marathon.

From 2004 through 2008, Manual has won the Combined Girls and Boys State Championship, and the girls alone have maintained their own state championship from 2005 through 2008.

Then, they performed again on February 18, 2008, during their Return of the Spice Girls Tour.

2008 saw the debut of Phineas and Ferb, the first original animated series to be broadcast in HD, and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody spin-off, The Suite Life on Deck, along with Disney Channel Original Movies such as Camp Rock, Minutemen and The Cheetah Girls: One World.

The four members performed the song again on their reunion tour, the Return of the Spice Girls in 2007 and 2008.

She is recognised on Broadway for her roles in The Coast of Utopia ( 2006 – 2007 ), Top Girls ( 2007 – 2008 ), Pal Joey ( 2008 – 2009 ) and Shining City ( 2006 – 2007 ).

Plimpton received her second nomination for a Tony Award in 2008, Best Performance by a Featured Actress In a Play, for her work in Top Girls at the Biltmore Theater.

It was formed February 1, 2008 by a merger of three councils: Girls Scouts, Patriots ' Trail ; Girl Scout Council of Southeastern Massachusetts ; Girl Scouts of Spar and Spindle Council.

On March 1, 2008, Plymouth won the Indiana Class AAA Girls ' Basketball Championship.

The school has won the Class D Girls ' Basketball Championship 4 times, most recently in 2008.

* Skyland Roller Girls, founded in 2008, bout out of Excel Roller Skating Center in Hackettstown.

The host site for the 1999, 2005 ,& 2014 U. S. Open Golf Championships, the 2008 U. S. Amateur, the 2007 women's U. S. Open Golf Tournament, the former home of the World Golf Hall of Fame ( now located in St. Augustine, Florida ), a former venue of the Tour Championship in 1991 & 1992, a recently chosen venue for the 2010 U. S. Junior Girls Golf Championship.

The Girls basketball team won the state title in 2008 with a perfect record.

The Girls ' basketball team was the Division I ( large school ) State Champion in 2000 ; the girls track team was State Champion in 2004 ; the boys cross country team was State Champion in 2008 ; the girls golf team won back-to-back state championships in 2008 and 2009 ; the debate team placed first in 2005 ; and the Mock Trial Team was state runner-up in 2006.

Three promo singles were released in late 2008: " Marco Polo " featuring Soulja Boy, " Big Girls ", and " Roc The Mic ".

The Indigo Girls performed again on the True Colors Tour 2008.

Originally the building was planned to begin construction 2008 for completion in late 2009, but due to legal issues with the neighbouring Langley Park School for Girls the building work was delayed, on the grounds that the new construction would interfere with access to their own buildings.

On New Year's Eve 2008, he appeared on Jools Holland's annual Hootenanny, performing " Girls Talk " and " I Hear You Knocking ".