The current Board of Directors, 2005 – 2006, includes Steve Burke, Monica Hargraves, Rebecca Nellenback, and Bill Chaisson.

In 2006, Jim Burke authored and illustrated a children's book version of " Take Me Out To The Ballgame ".

* Underwood, James L. and Burke, William Lewis ( 2006 ).

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Recent acquisitions by Hormel Foods include: Century Foods International ( 2003 ) Clougherty Packing ( Farmer John ) ( 2004 ), Lloyd ’ s Barbeque ( 2005 ), Mark-Lynn Foods ( 2005 ), Arriba Foods ( 2005 ), Provena Foods ( 2006 ) and Burke Foods ( 2007 ).

One of the local stations established was 98FM and in 2006 its owner, Irish businessman Denis O ' Brien won a record € 750, 000 damages from the Irish Daily Mirror which had claimed that O ' Brien had paid a bribe of IR £ 30, 000 to Burke to secure a licence for the station.

Burke has maintained a low profile since completing his prison sentence but attended the June 2006 state funeral of Charles Haughey, his political patron.

In the fall of 2006, Smith won the third season of Dancing with the Stars with professional dancer Cheryl Burke.

* John Burke, " Triple titleholder tells how he won toughest fight ", New Orleans Times-Picayune, 8 / 13 / 2006, p. D2.

In 2006 Burke describes his birth: " I was born upstairs while church was going on downstairs.

" According to Burke in a 2006 interview: " Atlantic just wasn ’ t home anymore, wasn ’ t family.

Burke won Readers ' Awards for Most Outstanding Blues Singer again in 2006 and 2008.

On March 13, 2006, Burke opened the 21st annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf-Astoria, with " a raucous tribute to Wilson Pickett ( class of 1991 )", who had died in January 2006.

Burke returned to his country roots with the release on September 26, 2006 of a 14-track country album titled Nashville, produced by Buddy Miller.

Burke was joined by a host of top country stars and backed by Buddy Miller and his band at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee on September 25, 2006 for a one-off concert to celebrate the release of Nashville.

On September 28, 2006, Burke was among the several rock, soul, and country legends who sang along with Jerry Lee Lewis at the live concert " Last Man Standing " at the Sony Music Studio in New York.

As one of the early artists at Atlantic Records, on April 17, 2007 Burke honored Ahmet Ertegün, the co-founder of Atlantic Records and also of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, who had died on December 14, 2006.

At the end of 2006 Burke was engaged to his manager, Jane Vickers, of American Royalty Management, who had been his personal assistant since at least 1977.

In a 2006 interview Burke admitted having his first child at age 14: " being a father at age 14 maybe been a little early, but I don ’ t regret one moment, one second, one day, or one hour.

Burke's daughter, Melanie " Honey " Burke McCall, a Neo Soul singer who is an accomplished artist as well as a freelance background recording artist with companies such as Daxwood Records, Casablanca, A & M and Rawkus Records and a studio artist for groups such as Billy Preston, Peacock ( Anna Gayle group ), and Leslie Uggams, and toured with Chaka Khan, and wrote and produced Family, & Friends, a 14-song original soundtrack for Ms, which was released in 2005, and opened for Jocelyn Brown, Jaheim, Norman Connors, and Angela Bofill, as well as for her father at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia in 2006.

For many years Burke struggled with his health, with his " weight estimated somewhere between 300 and 400 pounds " in 2006.

In 2006, she appeared in the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy as Jane Burke, the demanding mother of Dr. Preston Burke.

In 2006 the Australian Salvation Army acknowledged that sexual abuse may have occurred during this time and issued an apology.

At the 2006 Hong Kong Entertainment Awards ceremony Choi tearfully acknowledged that there have been criticisms of the Twins ' singing abilities and that she hoped that they could better improve in the coming year.

" In a motion filed on March 4, 2009, prosecutors in Virginia acknowledged that when Al-Arian took the plea deal in early 2006, prosecutors in Tampa believed that it exempted him from testifying in other cases.

In May 2006, Harris's campaign spokesman Christopher Ingram acknowledged that she had also had a previous dinner with Wade in the same restaurant in March 2004, when the $ 32, 000 in illegal donations had been given to her campaign.

In the December 17, 2006 issue of USA Weekend, Kimmel himself acknowledged that the Damon incident was a joke.

The National Trails Strategy, published by the Irish Sports Council in 2006 to set out a vision for the development of recreational trails in Ireland, acknowledged many of these shortcomings and found that " the quality and standard of recreational trail development, for the most part, falls well below international standards.

The 50th wedding anniversary, of " Mr. and Mrs. George P. Burdell from Atlanta ," was acknowledged in the September 23, 2006 broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion.

June 1998 to October 2006 was the longest period since 1945 with no acknowledged nuclear tests.

But on September 6, 2006, President Bush acknowledged the existence of covert, overseas CIA interrogation centres ( colloquially known as black sites ) and announced that 14 high-profile members al Qaeda and related groups had been transported from those sites to Guantanamo Bay.

In 2006, the ABA acknowledged that it violated the consent decree and paid DOJ a $ 185, 000 fine.

A statement issued December 29, 2006, by the House Ethics Committee Chairman Doc Hastings ( R-Wash .) and Ranking Minority Member Howard Berman ( D-Calif .), said that Conyers acknowledged what he characterized as a " lack of clarity " in his communications with staff members regarding their official duties and responsibilities, and accepted responsibility for his actions.

A scientific advisor for the company, David A. Morton, PhD ( whose brothers Joe and Gordon helped found the company ), made the unfounded statement in 2006 that " emerging evidence that mangosteen has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-microbial properties " exists, yet acknowledged the only study of humans consuming mangosteen pulp juice was conducted as a test of dysentery therapy in Singapore in 1932.

Other bishops complained of the Legion's cult-like aspects, but it was only in 2006, when the truth of Maciel's extensive record of sexual abuse and financial shenanigans was finally acknowledged, that the Vatican forced the elderly priest from ministry and launched an investigation.

In October 2006, Reid acknowledged in an interview with Us Weekly that she had liposculpting.

" In December 2006, as acknowledged by TNA's website, VKM accepted The Hardys ' open challenge to a match at December to Dismember.

" On October 17, 2006, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Weldon " acknowledged yesterday that he was under investigation.

However, in 2006, Taiwan officially acknowledged that Okinawa is now part of Japan.

All versions of the Internet Explorer created before Internet Explorer 7 ( released October 18, 2006 ) acknowledged Spyglass as the licensor for the IE browser code.

In her 1985 autobiography, Real Life, Hunt acknowledged that " Brown Sugar " is about her, among a few other songs, a fact she reiterated in her 2006 book Undefeated.

Icehouse's iconic status was acknowledged when they were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association ( ARIA ) Hall of Fame on 16 August 2006.

While no official statement had then been made regarding a breakup, in a 2006 interview No Use For A Name acknowledged as much.

In a documentary promoting the 2006 album, Meat Loaf acknowledged that there is a " core of fans that know that song ," so he " had that under the microscope more than any other on the album.

Australian forces have at times been involved in heavy fighting, and significant battles have included Operation Anaconda in 2002 and Operation Perth in 2006, as well as actions in Chora in 2007, Kakarak in 2009, the Shah Wali Kot and Derapet in 2010, and Doan in 2011 ; although others have yet to be publicly acknowledged due to operational security requirements.

The court found that " the Silmido agents were not informed of the level of danger involved with their training, and the harshness of the training violated their basic human rights " and also acknowledged the emotional pain the government caused by not officially disclosing the agents ’ deaths to family members until 2006.