* 2008 – Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming award.

During his post-ABBA career Andersson won four Swedish Grammis awards, and together with Ulvaeus received the " Special International " Ivor Novello award from ' The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters ', twice " The Music Export Prize " from the Swedish Ministry of Industry and Trade ( 2008 ), as well as the " Lifetime Achievement " award from the Swedish Music Publishers Association ( SMFF ).

Matt Kelland of Short Fuze ( left ) and Keith Halper of Kuma Reality Games at the 2008 Machinima Film Festival with the Mackie award for Best Technical Achievement

In 2008, she was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award by the Government of India.

In January 2009 Robyn won a Swedish Grammis award for Best Live Act 2008.

The crossing won a special award from the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2008.

The first World Series game was a highly anticipated matchup between 2-time National League Cy Young Award winner ( 2008, 2009 ) Tim Lincecum, against the 2008 American League Cy Young award winner and heretofore undefeated in postseason play Cliff Lee.

* Winner of Wheels Gold star cars award for best compact SUV 2008

The 2008 award also went to a woman, Barbara Liskov.

It won a bronze award in the best scripted programming category in the 2008 UK Student Radio Awards.

Encounters at the End of the World won the award for Best Documentary at the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Feature, Herzog's first nomination.

Palatino Arabic won 2008 Type Directors Club TDC2 2008 award under Text / Type Family category.

In May 2008, Fish's Planet Rock show won the Silver award in the Music Broadcaster of the Year category at the UK Sony Radio Academy Awards 2008.

The awards are administered by Status of Women Canada, and may be presented to persons of either gender ; Ben Barry became the first man to win the award when he was presented it in 2008.

She was the only French cinema actress to receive an Oscar until Juliette Binoche in 1997 ( Supporting Actress ) and Marion Cotillard in 2008 ( Best Actress ), and the first woman to win the award appearing in a foreign film.

* November 6, 2008: Chief research scientist Wolfgang Leister and research scientist Truls Fretland, win a best-paper award for their contribution at the conference ICSNC 2008 in Sliema, Malta for their work in the SAMPOS research project.

Despite this success, which included numerous film award nominations, Frank Rich of the New York Times wrote in November 2008 that the film was frequently labeled as dated among liberals.

At the 2008 MTV Movie Awards, he won the award for " Best Villain " for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd and " Best Comedic Performance " for Jack Sparrow.

The name of this award is occasionally changed ; in 2008, it was listed as the Academy Award for Achievement in Film Editing.

In 2008, he was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award as well as a Caps grant in 1983, an award from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1988 and a NYSCA grant in 1998, all for music composition.

Burton ( 2008 ) argues that Lincoln's republicanism was taken up by the Freedmen as they were emancipated.

In 2008, it was discovered that the inactivation of only two genes in one species of annual plant leads to the conversion into a perennial plant.

From 2002 to July 2008 under Turkmen calendar reform, the month of August was named after Alp Arslan.

In 2008, the world's total arable land amounted to 13, 805, 153 km², whereas 48, 836, 976 km² was classified as " agricultural land.

A bridge was first completed here in 1887, replaced by another structure in 1949, and subsequently replaced with the current bridge which was completed in 2008.

To try to answer this question more definitely, a randomized double-blind study was started in September 2008 and was completed in March 2010.

For this reason, Armenia was virtually unaffected by the Liquidity crisis of September 2008.

It hosted the annual Hall of Fame Game, an exhibition game between two major league teams that was played from 1940 until 2008.

In 2008, Athens was ranked the world's 32nd richest city by purchasing power < ref >

As of early 2008, the wholesale price for abalone meat was approximately US $ 40. 00 per kilogram.

In 2008, a former goods shed by the main railway station of Abensberg was converted into a theatre by local volunteers.

The " Theater am Bahnhof " ( Theatre at the Railway Station ) is mostly used by the Theatergruppe Lampenfieber and was opened on 19 October 2008.

It replaces the " sheaves of wheat " design, and was minted until 2008.

On December 1, 2008, the Curb Exchange building at 86 Trinity Place was closed, and the Amex Equities trading floor was moved to the NYSE Trading floor at 11 Wall Street.

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.

It was not until June 6, 2008 that Japan formally recognised the Ainu as an indigenous group ( see Official Recognition, below ).

On June 6, 2008, a bi-partisan, non-binding resolution was approved by the Japanese Diet calling upon the government to recognize the Ainu people as indigenous to Japan, and urging an end to discrimination against the group.

Its main building was named Albertus Magnus Hall in 2008.

In 2008 the skeleton of Queen Eadgyth, granddaughter of Alfred the Great was found in Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany.

In December 2008, HDMS Absalon was involved in the rescue of putative Somali pirates 90 miles off Yemen in the Gulf of Aden.

The campaign by the name ' Tree Day-Plant Your Future ' was first organized on 12 March 2008, when an official non-working day was declared and more than 150, 000 Macedonians planted 2 million trees in one day ( symbolically, one for each citizen ).