As of December 2006, the Recorded A Cappella Review Board ( RARB ) had reviewed over 660 a cappella albums since 1994, and its popular discussion forum had over 900 users and 19, 000 articles.

Number of minorities ( 1st and 2nd generation ) in Bonn by country of origin per 31 December 2006

" In December 2006, TV Guide even ranked the duo's distinct laughing at # 66 on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catchphrases.

* Franklin's impact on medicine — talk by medical historian, Dr. Jim Leavesley celebrating the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth on Okham's Razor ABC Radio National — December 2006

At its most recent meeting, November 27 – December 1, 2006, the Conference of the Parties of the Basel Agreement focused on issues of electronic waste and the dismantling of ships.

On 16 December 2006 he became the first player for the West Indies to pass 10, 000 One Day International runs.

On December 1, 2006, Selig announced that he would be retiring as commissioner of baseball upon the expiration of his contract in 2009.

Bozizé even planned to visit Khartoum in December 2006, but had to cancel his trip when Chad ( which has strained relations with the Sudanese Government ) threatened to withdraw its military support to C. A. R.

The last congressional elections were held on December 11, 2006.

Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )

In December 2006, a responsum was adopted by the Committee that approved the ordination of gay and lesbian rabbis and permitted commitment ceremonies for lesbian and gay Jews ( but not same-sex marriage ), while maintaining the traditional prohibition against anal sex between men.

* Civil Defense Logo dies at 67, and Some Mourn its Passing, The New York Times, 1 December 2006 by David Dunlap.

She also appeared in the NBC television live action production of The Year Without a Santa Claus in December 2006.

31 December 2007 < http :// www. vatican. va / holy_father / benedict_xvi / homilies / 2006 / documents / hf_ben-xvi_hom_20060615_corpus-christi_en. html >.

In fact, the United States Mint, in anticipation of this practice, implemented new interim rules on December 14, 2006, subject to public comment for 30 days, which criminalized the melting and export of pennies and nickels.

Mike Mullen | Mullen ( CNO in December 2006 ) with some of his predecessors: Vern Clark | Clark, James D. Watkins | Watkins, Thomas B. Hayward | Hayward and Jay L. Johnson | Johnson

In December 2006, the ESPN lawsuit was settled, but details were not released to the public.

On 6 December 2006 the Transitional Government came to an end as Joseph Kabila was sworn in as President.

On 18 and 19 December 2005, a successful nationwide referendum was carried out on a draft constitution which set the stage for elections in 2006.

Two founding documents emerged from this: The Transition Constitution, and the Global and Inclusive Agreement, both of which describe and determine the make-up and organization of the Congolese institutions, until planned elections in July 2006, at which time the provisions of the new constitution, democratically approved by referendum in December 2005, will take full effect and that is how it happened.

That constitution was adopted by referendum in December 2005, and decreed into law on 18 February 2006.

In December 2006, Zogby International released the results of a poll of military personnel conducted in October 2006 that found that 26 % favored allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military, 37 % were opposed, while 37 % expressed no preference or were unsure.

: Rufus Sewell read a 10-part audio adaptation combining and abridging Doctor Syn on the High Seas and Doctor Syn Returns for BBC Radio, broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in December 2006 and repeated in June 2007.

According to former DARPA Director Tony Tether and W. B. Bonvillian (“ Power Play ,” W. B. Bonvillian, The American Interest, Volume II, p 39, November – December 2006 ), DARPA's key characteristics to be replicated to reproduce DARPA's success are:

Glasnevin railway station opened on 1 April 1901 and closed on 1 December 1910.

All stations commenced digital broadcasting during 2003, and in December 2003, a fifth station, TDT, began broadcasting.

On December 29, 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt transferred control of Johnston Atoll to the United States Navy in order to establish an air station, and also to the Department of the Interior to administer the bird refuge.

The north station belonging to Zambia has been in operation since 1976, and has four generators of 153. 5 MW each for a total of 615 MW ; work to expand this capacity to 1, 080 MW is expecting completion in December 2012.

The final of this line, which opened on 18 December 1905, lies within the borders of Lesotho, running from the border bridge on the Mohokare River through the northern industrial district of Maseru to that city's station, the only railway station in the country.

New Malden was established entirely as a result of the arrival of the railway when what is now called New Malden railway station was opened on 1 December 1846 on the main line from Waterloo.

Despite several upgrades between December 1923 and July 1924, the nearby Hotel Esplanade's formidable bulk prevented the transmitter from functioning effectively and so in December 1924 it was superseded by a better sited new one, but Vox-Haus lived on as the home of Germany's first radio station, Radiostunde Berlin, founded in 1923, renamed Funkstunde in March 1924, but it moved to a new home in 1931 and closed in 1934.

Five hundred miles ( 800 km ) away, Eagle City, Alaska, had a telegraph station ; Amundsen travelled there ( and back ) overland to wire a success message ( collect ) on 5 December 1905.

DoD wanted its own manned facility, however, and in December it announced Manned Orbital Laboratory ( MOL ), a small space station primarily intended for photo reconnaissance using large telescopes directed by a two-man crew.

It was released by EMI Records, on their Columbia label, in December and was championed by the offshore radio station Radio Caroline.

* December 1 – A train crash at Tattenham Corner railway station lead to the introduction of the current drugs and alcohol policy for railways in the UK.

He soon made the announcement that on 12 December 1901, using a kite-supported antenna for reception, the message was received at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland ( now part of Canada ), signals transmitted by the company's new high-power station at Poldhu, Cornwall.

* December 31 – Ireland's first national television station, Telefís Éireann ( later RTÉ ), begins broadcasting.

* December 3 – Radio station WQXR is officially founded in New York City.

* December 16 – Train 87 from Nanjing to Xining collides with train 368 from Xi ' an to Xuzhou near Yangzhuang railway station in China, killing 106, injuring 218.

* December 7 – The television station W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts, broadcasts video and audio from the radio orchestra program The Fox Trappers.

From December 1944 until his death two years later, Baird lived at a house in Station Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, immediately north of the station itself.

Melbourne's first tram was a horse tram from Fairfield railway station to a real estate development in Thornbury, it opened on 20 December 1884, and was closed by 1890.

The line was opened in two stages, from St Kilda railway station to Middle Brighton on 5 May 1906 and to Brighton Beach terminus on 22 December 1906.

The Rockville station of Washington Metro began service on July 25, 1984, and the Twinbrook station began service on December 15, 1984.

In December 2004, the Channel 4 television station in the United Kingdom broadcast Not Only But Always, a TV movie dramatising the relationship between Moore and Cook, although the principal focus of the production was on Cook.

* SpyCast – 1 December 2007: On Assignment to Congo-Peter chats with Larry Devlin, the CIA ’ s legendary station chief in Congo during the 1960s.