With the passage of the Farm Bill in the summer of 2008 these expanded federal income tax incentives were extended such that they also apply to all conservation easements donated in 2008 and 2009 and then this provision was extended again to apply to donations in 2010 and 2011.

A research study published by Joseph Piotroski of Stanford University and Suraj Srinivasan of Harvard Business School titled " Regulation and Bonding: Sarbanes Oxley Act and the Flow of International Listings " in the Journal of Accounting Research in 2008 found that following the act's passage, smaller international companies were more likely to list in stock exchanges in the U. K. rather than U. S. stock exchanges.

Final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2008 ( H. R.

Restoration of Apethorpe Hall in 2004 – 2008 revealed a previously unknown passage linking his bedchamber with that of James.

In 2007, Lincoln played a key role in brokering the compromise that led to passage of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.

On November 17, 2008, a mural by Tarō Okamoto, " The Myth of Tomorrow ", depicting a human figure being hit by an atomic bomb, was unveiled in its new permanent location at the station, in the connecting passage to the Keiō Inokashira Line entrance.

He signed his name to a full-page ad in the December 5, 2008 The New York Times that objected to violence and intimidation against religious institutions and believers in the wake of the passage of Proposition 8.

Representative Moore ’ s greatest legislative sachievement to date came in 2008 with the passage of the Jessica Lunsford Act, House Bill 933.

Testifying before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on August 28, 2008, Sekou Conneh said that, during the war, Sierra Leone and Guinea had allowed the LURD rebels free passage " through their borders with our arms without any questions from them ".

Although hailed by the PWG on the day of congressional passage as “ important legislation ” to allow “ the United States to maintain its competitive position in the over-the-counter derivative markets ”, by 2001 the collapse of Enron brought public attention to the CFMA ’ s treatment of energy derivatives in the “ Enron Loophole .” Following the Federal Reserve ’ s emergency loans to “ rescue ” American International Group ( AIG ) in September, 2008, the CFMA has received even more widespread criticism for its treatment of credit default swaps and other OTC derivatives.

This bridge replaced the three-lane floating Okanagan Lake Bridge on May 30, 2008 which had a lift span for passage of large boats.

The Bill completed its passage through parliament in July 2007, and the first six probation trusts came into being on 1 April 2008 ( Merseyside, South Wales, Humberside, Dyfed / Powys, West Mercia and Leicestershire & Rutland ).

On 8 September 2008 archeologists searching for a legendary 300-metre statue at the site of the already dynamited Buddhas announced the discovery of an unknown 19-metre ( 62-foot ) reclining Buddha, a pose representing Buddha's passage into nirvana.

However, the new ( 2008 ) ice-strengthened heavy lift vessels Beluga Fraternity and Beluga Foresight commenced an East-to-West passage of the Northern Sea Route in August 2009

More recently, as a result of the passage of extended GI Bill coverage in 2008, the school hosts many U. S. and international veterans.

In March 2008, NPS was directed by Congress to manage the memorial, after passage of a bill introduced in 2007 by Miller.

These issues led to the legislative interest in the reform of the agency, and the final result of these efforts was the passage of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act in 2008.

In 2008 and again in 2009, Maloney authored, and secured House passage of, a bill to provide four weeks of paid parental leave to federal employees.

As a result of a County Charter amendment passed by voters on 4 November 2008 all elective offices of King County are officially nonpartisan, that being said as County Council elections have not occurred since the passage of this amendment, the party affiliations of members are listed here as they were most recently elected.

This changed upon the passage of Charter Amendment 8 by voters in 2008, which made all elections for county offices nonpartisan.

One of Olbermann's Special Comments spoke out against the passage of Proposition 8 in California on November 4, 2008, for which he was awarded the 2009 GLAAD Media Award for " Outstanding TV Journalism Segment ".

Tunney introduced an ordinance repealing Chicago's ban on foie gras in July 2007 and spearheaded passage of the repeal on May 14, 2008.

He signed his name to a full-page ad in the 5 December 2008 New York Times that objected to violence and intimidation against religious institutions and believers in the wake of the passage of Proposition 8.

On February 5, 2008 residents voted on Measure C. The outcome decided that Oakhurst would not incorporate as a city.

In February 2008 Measure C, to incorporate Oakhurst as a city was defeated at the ballot box.

The first Assembly legislation to be officially proposed was called the NHS Redress ( Wales ) Measure 2008.

His fourth studio album ( the first album of original material since 2003's Measure of a Man ), On My Way Here was released on May 6, 2008.

According to Billboard, Aiken ’ s 2008 album “ On My Way Here ” sold just 159, 000 copies in the U. S., compared to his 2003 debut album, “ Measure of a Man ,” which sold 2. 78 million copies ".

* Robert Tavernor, Smoot ’ s Ear: the Measure of Humanity ( Yale University Press, 2007 ; paperback edition 2008 ), ISBN 978-0-300-12492-7

It also instituted a " double majority " rule requiring at least a 50-percent voter turnout for all local tax measures in most elections ( partially repealed in 2008 by Measure 56 ).

Several sections of Measure DD work were completed in 2008.

In late 2008, Measure R passed releasing $ 10 billion in reserve funds to start working on all public transit projects in the city of L. A. as well as the most desired " Subway to the sea " project, which will run from downtown L. A. to Santa Monica.

In 2008 she wrote for Measure for Measure, the songwriters ' column in The New York Times, recorded with Kris Kristofferson and Elvis Costello, and appeared on Costello's TV series Spectacle.

Major productions include The Master and Margarita ( 2011 / 12 ) A Dog's Heart ( 2010 ) with De Nederlandse opera and ENO, Endgame ( 2009 ), Shun-kin ( 2008 ), A Disappearing Number ( 2007 ), Measure for Measure ( 2004 ), The Elephant Vanishes ( 2003, 2004 ) ( performed in Japanese, adapted from the work of the writer Haruki Murakami ), The Noise of Time ( 2000 ) ( about the Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich, title from the 1925 memoir and collected essays by the poet Osip Mandelstam, published in English in 1993 ); Mnemonic ( 1999 ); and The Street of Crocodiles ( 1992 ) ( inspired by the life and works of Bruno Schulz ).

* " The Witch ( Made to Measure )" ( 2008 )

The first Assembly legislation to be officially proposed was called the NHS Redress ( Wales ) Measure 2008.

The project is largely funded by a 0. 25 % sales tax, Measure Q, passed by voters in the two counties in 2008.

This project is a top priority project in Metro's Long Range Transportation Plan with the estimated $ 1 billion cost being funded from the 2008 ballot Measure R.

* The Measure of America: American Human Development Report 2008-2009, written, compiled, and edited by Sarah Burd-Sharps, Kristen Lewis, and Eduardo Borges Martin ( June 2008 )

In November, 2008, 75 % of voters approved Measure PS, a $ 235 million school bond measure, to provide for the renovation of schools.

Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 2008.

Peter J. Vaghi ( 2008 )

* An example of critical postmodern work is Rolling, Jr., J. H. ( 2008 ).

J. J. Abrams, producer of the 2008 film Cloverfield, mentioned that a scene in his film, which shows the head of the Statue of Liberty crashing into a New York street, was inspired by the poster for Escape from New York.

* Zeki, S. & Romaya, J. P. ( 2008 ), " Neural correlates of hate ", PloS one, vol.

Forrest J. Ackerman ( born Forrest James Ackerman ; November 24, 1916 – December 4, 2008 ) was an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan.

* MacDonald, J. E. ( 2008 ).

Engdahl announces J. M. G. Le Clézio | Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio winning the Nobel Prize for Literature on October 9, 2008.

* Paul J. McAuley, The Quiet War ( 2008 )

* Daniel J. Barrett, MediaWiki, O ' Reilly Media, 2008, ISBN 0-596-51979-6, p. 84

This has been restarted from 2008 onward with Matthew J. Costello's ( a story consultant for Doom 3 and now Rage ) new Doom 3 novels: Worlds on Fire and Maelstrom.

* Skal, David J. and Jessica Rains ( 2008 ).

At the April 2008 " Toward a Science of Consciousness " Conference held in Tucson, Arizona, Marcel Kuijsten ( Executive Director and Founder of the Julian Jaynes Society ) and Brian J. McVeigh ( University of Arizona ) hosted a workshop devoted to Jaynesian psychology.

* 1916 – Forrest J. Ackerman, American writer ( d. 2008 )

* Martin, W., Rische, J., Rische, K., & VanGordon, K. ( 2008 ).

The Ancient Egyptians covered the faces of pyramids with polished white limestone, containing great quantities of fossilized seashells .< ref > Viegas, J., Pyramids packed with fossil shells, ABC News in Science, < www. abc. net. au / science / articles / 2008 / 04 / 28 / 2229383. htm ></ ref > Many of the facing stones have fallen or have been removed and used to build the mosques of Cairo.

Damian J. Smith, John Doran, Ashgate Publishing, 2008.

* Kevin J. Christiano, et al., ( 2nd ed., 2008 ), Sociology of Religion: Contemporary Developments, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

( 2008 ) " Introduction ," in Dalton, Paul and Graeme J.

( 2008 ) " Royal Income and Regional Trends ," in Dalton, Paul and Graeme J.

* Kinsey, J. M. and Denison, Jennifer, Backcountry Basics Colorado Springs, CO: Western Horseman Publishing, 2008

Paris: J. Vrin, 2008.

* November 24 – Forrest J. Ackerman, American writer ( d. 2008 )

* Jackie ( Jianhong ) Shen ( 2008 ), Cucker – Smale Flocking Emergence under Hierarchical Leadership In: SIAM J.