While the CIA Factbook in 2006 stated that the " US is the only industrialized nation that does not mainly use the metric system ", ( in addition to non-industrialised Burma / Myanmar, Liberia ), the actual situation, however, is more complicated than the CIA Factbook would suggest-in the United Kingdom, for example, although metric is the official system for most regulated trading by weight or measure purposes, the pint is the official unit for milk in returnable bottles and for draught beer and cider in British pubs, and miles, yards and feet remain the official units for road signage.

Ahtisaari brought the parties together for the first direct dialogue in February 2006 to discuss decentralization of local government, an important measure in the protection of Kosovo Serb communities.

In 2006, Latah County voted 55. 05 % against HJR 2, which amended the Idaho Constitution to outlaw same-sex marriage ; the measure passed with 63. 35 % of the statewide vote.

In 2006, Blaine County voted 66. 3 % against HJR 2, which amended the Idaho Constitution to outlaw same-sex marriage ; the measure passed with 63. 4 % of the statewide vote.

On January 19, 2006, HB 759 was filed with the Florida House of Representatives with all county representatives fully supporting the measure.

However, at the February 4, 2006, deliberative session of the town meeting, a warrant article that would have empowered town officials to take the property was amended by residents in a way that made the March 14, 2006, ballot measure moot.

In the elections of 2006, another incorporation measure was placed on the ballot ( one of two such measures in Oregon that year ; the other being for Bull Mountain, Oregon ).

In 2006, 52 % voted against the measure.

The motion to proceed to the measure was first made on June 5, 2006.

Section 102 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 required the Clerk to the Assembly to present Measures passed by the Assembly after a four-week period during which the Counsel General for Wales or the Attorney General could refer the proposed Measure to the Supreme Court for a decision as to whether the measure was within the Assembly's legislative competence.

The One World Trust Global Accountability Report, published in a first full cycle 2006 to 2008, is one attempt to measure the capability of global organizations to be accountable to their stakeholders.

The method most widely used to measure unpaid work is gathering information on time use, which has " been implemented by at least 20 developing countries and more are underway " as of 2006.

The measure, which reflected recruiting difficulties and the inefficiencies inherent in maintaining a number of relatively small separate units, took place on 28 March 2006.

Chile's Gini index ( measure of income distribution ) of 52. 0 in 2006, compared to 24. 7 of Denmark ( most equally distributed ) and 74. 3 of Namibia ( most unequally distributed ).

The Network ’ s stated mission is " preserving and expanding private property rights in Michigan by elevating public awareness of these rights and how to protect them ; encouraging policymakers to respect property rights when crafting laws and regulations ; and identifying, organizing and supporting concerned property owners, thereby establishing an effective statewide property-rights coalition .” In 2006 initiative scholars “ educated legislators who drafted the Proposal 4 ballot measure that prevents Kelo-type takings in Michigan .” The network has held citizen meetings around the state raising consciousness regarding both physical taking of private property via the government ’ s power of eminent domain and by regulatory taking.

On November 7, 2006, San Diego County residents defeated an advisory relocation which included a joint use proposal measure.

On December 6, 2006, the House of Representatives passed the measure by voice vote.

For a period of three weeks in August 2006, Air Midwest operated as Delta Connection, flying three Beechcraft 1900D from John F. Kennedy Airport to Providence, RI, and Windsor Locks, Connecticut, as a stop-gap measure for Freedom Airlines, another subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, until it was relieved by Chautauqua Airlines.

Adults seem to show little evidence of external parasites, but may have significant levels of disease on their tropical wintering grounds, including avian malaria in their inland freshwater habitats, and so they might be expected to invest strongly in their immune systems ; however, a 2006 study that analysed the blood of migrating Ruffs intercepted in Friesland showed that this bird actually has unexplained low levels of immune responses on at least one measure of resistance.

After a Canadian newspaper reported upon the 2006 Iranian sumptuary law controversy ( based on a report written by Iranian exiles on Iranian religious minorities being forced to wear badges identifying them to Muslims ), the dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Rabbi Marvin Hier, wrote to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan urging the international community to pressure Iran to drop the measure.

She introduced a private members bill to introduce the offence of causing death by careless driving: the measure was later accepted by the Government and introduced in the Road Safety Act 2006.

Sakai became a designated city in April 2006 giving it a greater measure of self-determination in governmental affairs.

Ing-Long Wu, Jian-Liang Chen, A hybrid performance measure system for e-business investments in high-tech manufacturing: an empirical study, Information and Management, v. 43 n. 3, p. 364-377, April 2006

In 2006 he wrote to the newspaper Mellila Hoy, calling for a referendum on the Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) proposals for giving a new measure of autonomy to Catalonia.

In September 2006 a new Science programme of study known as 21st Century Science was introduced as a GCSE option in UK schools, designed to " give all 14 to 16 year olds a worthwhile and inspiring experience of science ".

With a national average of 45. 8 % of students gaining five or more A *- C at GCSE, Range scored 74 % and Formby High scored 76 % in 2006.

Edexcel in 2006 revised its GCSE Science courses following the QCDA new criteria-this saw more emphasis on How Science Works and has now incorporated more practical examination, some of which takes place in the classroom.

The Times ranked UCS as the 45th best School in England for GCSE results 2006..

The school suffered a major arson attack in 2006 and as a result most of the school pupils lost GCSE coursework.

It is highly regarded by bodies such as OFSTED, which gave it a Grade 1 ranking in every area of its 2006 inspection, and it regularly achieves high rankings on a country-wide scale for GCSE and A-level results.

It has had the highest scoring student in the UK at A level in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and the highest performing business student in the UK at GCSE in 2004, 2006 and 2010.

Again in 2005, 100 % of pupils earned five A * to C grades at GCSE, and in 2006, 100 % of pupils passed in at least seven subjects with grades A * to C. In 2008, more A * grades were achieved collectively than any other grade put together at GCSE level.

The school is currently rising in grade per year: in 2008 the school achieved 78 % A *- C grades at GCSE, up from 56 % in 2006.

The Academy's predecessor, The Belvedere School, was rated the best school in Liverpool by the official league tables, having gained 100 % 5 A-C passes at GCSE in 2006.

The Senior School has very high standards and excellent academic success, performing well at A-Level and GCSE. An all-weather playing field ( funded in part by donations from parents and former pupils ) was opened in 2006.

The 2006 GCSE results saw all students leaving the school with at least four GCSE's.

The school's Art Department is, according to the Good Schools Guide 2006 / 7, the Best Overall for Art & Design at A Level and the Best Results at GCSE for Art & Design in 2007.

From 2006 to the present, The King's School has been the top-performing state school in the Peterborough local authority area for GCSE and A-Level results, with 91 %+ of students achieving 5 or more passes at GCSE grades A *- C.

Results for students at age 16 showed clear improvement between 2006 and 2009 outperforming both local and national indicators for students gaining 5 GCSE grades between A * and C, including English and Maths.

* DfES Report for GCSE 2006

In May 2006, a CNN poll comparing Clinton's job performance with that of his successor, George W. Bush, found that a strong majority of respondents said Clinton outperformed Bush in six different areas questioned.

Total foreign direct investment ( FDI ) was only $ 3. 4 billion in 2006, up 52 % from a poor performance in 2005.

Band performance in Florida on October 1, 2006

In an attempt to " pay homage to the spirit of Dada " a performance artist named Pierre Pinoncelli made a crack in The Fountain with a hammer in January 2006 ; he also urinated on it in 1993.

The official first performance was November 1, 2006.

On July 26, 2006, the United States government renewed the contract with ICANN for performance of the IANA function for an additional one to five years.

His final U. S. performance was in San Francisco on August 20, 2006, as headliner at the Festival of the Golden Gate ( Foggfest ) on the Great Meadow at Fort Mason.

In 2006, her performance in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit won her an Emmy for guest actress in a drama series.

In 2006, U. S. National Academy of Sciences released the report of a study of molecular manufacturing as part of a longer report, A Matter of Size: Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative The study committee reviewed the technical content of Nanosystems, and in its conclusion states that no current theoretical analysis can be considered definitive regarding several questions of potential system performance, and that optimal paths for implementing high-performance systems cannot be predicted with confidence.

Also in 2006, Cruz received favourable reviews for her performance as Raimunda in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver.

In the U. S., as of 2006 there were few organizations which systematically monitored performance.

Rod Eddington, in his 2006 Transport ’ s role in sustaining the UK ’ s productivity and competitiveness report, recommended that the congestion problem should be tackled with a " sophisticated policy mix " of congestion-targeted road pricing and improving the capacity and performance of the transport network through infrastructure investment and better use of the existing network.

" At the June 2006 Las Vegas premiere of Cirque du Soleil's Beatles performance " Love ", pictures were taken of her and Paul hugging.

In April 2009, BBC / Opus Arte released a Blu-ray disc of a July 2006 performance of Federico Moreno Torroba's Luisa Fernanda with Plácido Domingo and Nancy Herrera, recorded at the Teatro Real de Madrid with Jesús López-Cobos conducting.

Benson reprised his performance at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe and continues to tour.

Between 2002 and 2006, SCI reduced its net debt ( total debt minus cash ) by more than $ 1. 0 billion, increased operating cash flow, and simplified its field management organization to enhance efficiency, performance, and accountability.

( One recent incident occurred in 2006 when tenor Roberto Alagna was booed off the stage during a performance of Aïda, forcing his understudy, Antonello Palombi, quickly to replace him mid-scene without time to change into a costume.

In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, after a controversial second-round match between Portugal and the Netherlands, which saw referee Valentin Ivanov issue a record 16 yellow cards and four red cards, Blatter was said to have lambasted the officiating referee, and said that Ivanov should have given himself a yellow card for his poor performance as a referee.

Before his death in January 2006, Rawls ' last performance was a taping for the 2006 telethon that honored Wonder, months before entering the hospital after being diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year.

His distinctive performance became a necessary part of the concept album – so much so that a hologram of Burton was used to narrate the live stage show ( touring in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010 ) of the musical.

In 2006, in keeping with his strong interest in car racing, he provided the voice of Doc Hudson, a retired anthropomorphic race car in Disney / Pixar's Cars-this was his final performance for a major feature film.

The Oakland Ballet, performing in the city since 1965, folded temporarily in 2006 due financial problems and the closure of their performance facility, the Calvin Simmons Theater at the Kaiser Convention Center.

His place as starting goalkeeper in France's 2006 FIFA World Cup Campaign, in the face of a substantial public campaign in support of Grégory Coupet, was surprising to many, even more so given Coupet's flawless performance in the remainder of the World Cup qualifying campaign after Barthez's suspension.

In March 2006, Morrissey revealed that The Smiths had been offered $ 5 million for a performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which he turned down, saying, " No, because money doesn't come into it.