The Diamondbacks announced in early September 2006 that their uniforms, which remained largely unchanged since the team's first season, would be completely redesigned for the 2007 season.

In early 2006 the Pakistan Air Force ( PAF ) ordered 500 AIM-120C-5 AMRAAM missiles as part of a $ 650 million F-16 ammunition deal to equip the PAF's F-16C / D Block 52 + and F-16A / B MLU fighters.

While the early explorers used horses to cross the outback, the first woman to make the journey riding a horse was Anna Hingley, who rode from Broome to Cairns in 2006.

In 2006 Chris Noonan directed Miss Potter, a biopic of Potter ’ s life focusing on her early career and romance with her editor Norman Warne.

In early 2006, Selig was forced to deal with the issue of steroid use.

Euan Kerr was editor from 1984 until he handed over to Alan Digby in early 2006.

However, in late 2006 and early 2007 the rate of attrition reached new proportions, and the term colony collapse disorder was coined to describe the sudden disappearances.

In an interview with Holger Petersen, on Saturday Night Blues on CBC Radio in the fall of 2006 Bo Diddley commented about the racism that existed in the music industry establishment during the early part of his career that saw him deprived of his royalties from the most successful part of his career.

The world premiere occurred at the Princess Cinema in Waterloo, Ontario, in early 2006.

In early 2006, Bozizé's government appeared stable.

The situation has deteriorated since early 2006 and the regular army and the presidential guard regularly execute extortion, torture, killings and other human rights violations.

The Carolina Panthers, who came into existence in 1995, used to attempt the gimmick ( regardless of whether the purpose of beating the early season heat was to be had ) until 2006.

The roof's worn paint had become so unsightly in the early 2000s that it was repainted in the summer of 2006 by the City of Irving.

Additionally, Benton claimed in the early 1990s that he would commit suicide at the age of 33 to " mirror " a lifespan opposite that of Jesus Christ ( however, he passed that age in 2000 and did not commit suicide, rebutting in 2006 that these statements had been " asinine remarks " and that " only cowards and losers " choose to kill themselves ).

Leary and Clarke both spoke about their early affiliations and influences in the Boston comedy scene in the documentary film When Standup Stood Out ( 2006 ).

In recent times, an occurrence of El Niño started in September 2006 and lasted until early 2007.

After the severe economic troubles of the early 1990s, brought on by a drop in the vital fish catch and poor management of the economy, the Faroe Islands have come back in the last few years, with unemployment down to 5 % in mid-1998, and holding below 3 % since 2006, one of the lowest rates in Europe.

" As early as 1992, Singer was charged publicly by a CO < sub > 2 </ sub > scientist from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of unethical conduct in certain publications, which same charge was reiterated in 2006.

A 2006 exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum displayed graffiti as an art form that began in New York's outer boroughs and reached great heights in the early ' 80s with the work of Crash, Lee, Daze, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Evidence for the early appearance of galaxies was found in 2006, when it was discovered that the galaxy IOK-1 has an unusually high redshift of 6. 96, corresponding to just 750 million years after the Big Bang and making it the most distant and primordial galaxy yet seen.

However, despite these laws, East Timor has many problems with illegally armed militias, including widespread violence in 2006 which resulted in over 100, 000 people being forced from their homes, as well as two separate assassination attempts on the Prime Minister and President in early 2008.

While strips in this vein can be found online as early as 2006, the 2008 site Garfield Minus Garfield by Dan Walsh received enough online attention to be covered by news media.

In 2004 – 2006, two additional plants, one in Ras Laffan, Qatar, and the other in Skikda, Algeria, were built, but as of early 2007, Ras Laffan is functioning at 50 %, and Skikda has yet to start up.

Founded by Danny Boy in early 2006, La Coka Nostra reunited him, Everlast and DJ Lethal for the first time since House of Pain's split.

Considerable economic development activity transpired in Post Falls in 2009 including the opening of ALK Source Materials / Biopol which is a Danish pharmaceutical company, a second Super Wal-Mart store that will be located near the new Cabelas store began its construction and is slated to open in early summer 2010, and Lowe ’ s Home Improvement finalized the purchase of land adjacent to the new Wal-Mart at the Pointe at Post Falls.

In 2010, additional commercial real estate activity is anticipated including the construction of the Lowe ’ s Home Improvement store mentioned earlier ; a new 30, 000 professional office building to house a high tech network-based solutions company named Ednetics ; a 30, 000 LEED certified industrial building to be the home of a subsidiary of Berg Integrated Systems will begin construction in early 2010 ; the State of Idaho Department of Labor will construct their new regional office here in Post Falls that will provide services to the northern five counties of Idaho ; Blue Dog RV is planning on constructing a new recreational vehicle showroom and maintenance facility ; several restaurants are also anticipated to locate within the Pointe at Post Falls regional power center to take advantage of the retail traffic of Cabela ’ s and Wal-Mart ; the City ’ s downtown area is expected to see a major mixed use project also take off with infrastructure and the first phase including a hospitality component begin construction ; and finally the community anticipates that construction on the Beck Road Interchange with Interstate 90 will begin this fall ultimately providing service to the Pointe at Post Falls and EXPO on the north side of the freeway and the Riverbend Commerce Park and Greyhound Event Center on the south side of the Interstate 90.

In the early 21st century, Wal-Mart opened on the western edge of the city, as did a CarMax used-car superstore.

On the east end of the city off Moreno Beach Drive, a new Wal-Mart was opened in early 2006 (, huge for a traditional Wal-Mart ) next to the Moreno Valley Auto Mall.

Stores such as Wal-Mart and Lowe's opened in the plaza during the early 1990s.

In the early 2000s a new Wal-Mart Supercenter, a new Lowe's, and multiple restaurants have opened.

In early 2005, Wal-Mart indicated intentions to build a Supercenter near its current site on Hoosick Road ( Route 7 ), which sparked outcry from a significant portion of the town population.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the three major discount store chains in the United States — Wal-Mart, Kmart and Target — started developing discount stores in the hypermarket format.

In the early 1980s, she divorced her husband and relocated to Douglas, Georgia, where she was hired at a Wal-Mart distribution center.

In the early 1980s, in response to the success of Wal-Mart, Western Auto Retail converted all of the company-owned stores to what it called " FLAG " stores, which sold exclusively automotive parts and accessories.

Along with her sister, Nancy Walton Laurie, Kroenke inherited stock from father, Bud Walton ( died 1995 ), who was an early business partner and brother of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton.

Common examples are Durabrand ( Sold by Wal-Mart since early 2003 ), and Audio Solutions ( sold by Walgreens ).

Durabrand is a low-end private label tradename of Wal-Mart which was introduced in early 1999.

Durabrand was first started in early 1999 as a brand only made for Wal-Mart stores as a generic brand for electronics, but has grown to be available near-internationally ( due to Wal-Mart's global reach ).

Originating in Western Canada in the late 1970s / early 1980s, the banner expanded into Ontario in the early 2000s as Loblaw attempts to fend off competition from department stores including U. S .- based Wal-Mart.

In the early 21st century, Loblaw brought the Superstore banner to Ontario as a response to the introduction of large grocery sections in most Canadian Wal-Mart stores and other department stores, as well as a pre-emptive strike against any plans by Wal-Mart to bring its " Supercenter " format to Canada.

The Waukee store proved to be the most successful of the three, so Lamberti decided to purchase and open more stores, concentrating on towns of less than 5, 000 population ( a variation on the tactic used in the early success of Wal-Mart ).

Wal-Mart Stores was an early adopter of POS.

The Hypermart stores were the early prototype for the current Wal-Mart Supercenter concept, though these stores were much larger than today's Supercenter.

Wal-Mart, famously focused on cost-saving efficiency, was an early adopter of food miles as a profit-maximizing strategy.