" Munchin " Mike Longo also won the Little Jimmy's National Italian Ice Eating Championship again beating AICE eating star Ian The Invader Hickman and legendary eater King George Van Laar, eating 4lbs 1. 25 ounces of Italian ice in 7 minutes.

King George Van Laar won the National Beef Pattie Eating Championship eating 60oz of beef patties in 7 min 32 sec.

A Friedman Prize was given to the late British economist Peter Bauer during 2002, Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto during 2004, Mart Laar, former Estonian Prime Minister during 2006 and a young Venezuelan student Yon Goicoechea during 2008.

In 2006 the Reason Foundation sponsored a " Reason in Amsterdam " event with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, former Estonian prime minister Mart Laar, and journalist Andrew Sullivan.

In April, 2006, former party leader and twice PM Mart Laar was awarded the Friedman Prize for Liberty.

The results of the radical reforms have been recognized by Transparency International ( which ranked Estonia the least corrupt country in the post-communist region ), the Heritage Foundation / Wall Street Journal ( whose index qualified Estonia as the most economically free in all of Europe ), the United Nations Development Program ( whose Human Development Index measured Estonia ’ s rapid rise in such quality-of-life parameters as education, health, income and environment ), and the Cato Institute, which awarded Laar the Cato Institute's Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty in 2006.

In September 2006, Laar announced that he will come out of political retirement to run for the candidacy for Prime Minister of the new Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica party.

Laar claims the only book on economics he had read before becoming prime minister at the age of 32 was Free to Choose by Milton Friedman, although according to his autobiography he is a Conservative, not a Libertarian.

Although Friedman never visited Estonia, his book Free to Choose exercised a great influence on that nation's then 32-year-old prime minister, Mart Laar, who has claimed that it was the only book on economics he had read before taking office.

I asked Mr. Laar where his government got the idea for these reforms.

Laar worked as a history teacher in Tallinn, and was the past presidents of Council of Historians of the Foundation of the Estonia Inheritance, the Society for the Preservation of Estonia History and the Estonian Students ' Society.

As a professional historian Laar has written many books on Estonian and Soviet history, among them his book War in the Woods: Estonia's Struggle for Survival, 1944 – 1956 a work about the Forest Brothers anti-Soviet resistance movement.

Laar ’ s reforms are referred to as the most thorough in the region and are occasionally used as a model for other transitions.

The House of Terror Museum in Hungary has given Mart Laar the Sándor Petöfi Award for his contributions to investigating the crimes of communism.

In 2003, Laar received the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award for his contributions to the development of the electronic systems in Estonia.

Mart Laar ( Prime Minister of Estonia, 1992 – 1994 and 1999 – 2002 ), in his 1992 book War in the Woods: Estonia's Struggle for Survival, 1944 – 1956 rejected Soviet propaganda that had painted the Baltic resistance as having been orchestrated by wealthy landowners and Nazi officials and noted that the Forest Brothers counted among their ranks anti-Nazis and former Soviet partisans.

Estonian historian Mart Laar, deducting the losses in the Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive, Battle for Narva Bridgehead and the combat in Finland estimates the number of Soviet casualties in the Battle of Tannenberg Line as 35, 000 dead or missing and 135, 000 wounded or sick.

The Acton Institute awarded Dr. Laar their Faith & Freedom Award on October 24, 2007.

Estonia under Laar was the first country to implement a flat tax, which was partially emulated by some other countries, including Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania and others.

Laar implemented harsh banking reform by encouraging the bankruptcy of banks suspected of having been taken over by the mafia.

The programme of Mart Laar ’ s government was signed by Fatherland Union, Reform Party, Moderates and People ’ s Party.

The winner, five-party electoral cartel Fatherland led by Mart Laar, formed the cabinet together with national-conservative Estonian National Independence Party and centrist alliance Moderates.

< p > Estonian Prime Minister Mart Laar came to my office the other day to recount his country ’ s remarkable transformation.

Since fully regaining independence Estonia has had 12 governments with 8 prime ministers: Mart Laar, Andres Tarand, Tiit Vähi, Mart Siimann, Siim Kallas, Juhan Parts, and Andrus Ansip.

He chose 32-year-old historian and Christian Democratic Party founder Mart Laar as prime minister.

Pro Patria Union, the Reform Party, and the Moderates formed a government with Mart Laar as prime minister whereas the Centre Party with the Coalition Party, People's Union, United People's Party, and Members of Parliament who were not members of factions formed the opposition in the Riigikogu.

The latter two merged soon after, so Mart Laar ’ s second government is widely known as Kolmikliit, or Tripartite coalition.

Notwithstanding the different political orientation of the ruling parties, the coalition stayed united until Mart Laar resigned in December 2001, after Reform Party had broken up the same coalition in Tallinn municipality, making opposition leader Edgar Savisaar new Mayor of Tallinn.

After resignation of Laar, Reform Party and Estonian Centre Party formed a coalition that lasted until next parliamentary election, 2003.

In fall 2001 Arnold Rüütel became the President of the Republic of Estonia, and in January 2002 Prime Minister Laar stepped down.

Aalbeek, Arensgenhout, Grijzegrubben, Helle, Hellebroek, Hulsberg, Laar, Schimmert, Swier, Terstraten, Vaesrade, Wijnandsrade.

Achterbosch, Beemdkant, Broek, Croy, De Hei, Deense Hoek, Ginderdoor, Groenewoud, Heikant, Het Hool, Het Laar ,'t Hof, Kruisschot, Scheepstal, Strijp, Wolfsputten.

Besselaar, Doornhoek, Haanwijk ( nl ), Hal, Halder ( nl ), De Bus, De Hogert, De Loofaart, Heikantse Hoeve, Hersend, Hezelaar, Hoek, Kerkeind, Laar, Maaskantje, Middelrode ( nl ), Nijvelaar, Plein, Poeldonk ( nl ), Ruimel, Tielse Hoeve, Wielsche Hoeven, Wamberg ( nl ) and Woud.

The municipality comprises the villages of Elewijt, Eppegem, Hofstade, Weerde, Laar, Bos and Zemst proper.

The municipality comprises the city of Landen proper and the towns of Attenhoven, Eliksem, Ezemaal, Laar, Neerlanden, Neerwinden, Overwinden, Rumsdorp, Waasmont, Walsbets, Walshoutem, Wange and Wezeren.

William had no mind to retire over the Gete River and entrenched a strong line from Laar through Neerwinden to Neerlanden.

On the right of this line ( Laar to Neerwinden ), the ground was broken and gave plenty of cover to both sides ; this section, being regarded as the key to the position, was strongly garrisoned.

The ER formed a centre-right coalition with the Pro Patria Union and the Moderates, with Mart Laar as Prime Minister and Siim Kallas as Minister of Finance, and with Toomas Savi returned as Speaker.

* Mart Laar: 14. juuni 1941 ( 14th June 1941 ; about the deportations to Siberia ), Valgus, Tallinn, 1990, 210 pages.

* Mart Laar and Jaan Tross: Punane Terror ( Red Terror ), Välis-Eesti & EMP, Stockholm, Sweden, 1996, 250 pages.

With several England players having retired or been injured after the 2005 series, Australia regained The Ashes in the 2006 – 07 series with a convincing 5 – 0 victory, the second time an Ashes series has been won by that margin.

* 2006: Laterna Magica Prize ( Children of Men, won )

Rapper Jawat won the " Grote prijs van Nederland " 2006.

In the 2006 general election, the final election to which the party participated with its own list, AN won 12. 3 % of the vote, securing 71 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 41 in the Senate.

The Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) and The Left ( Die Linke ) took control of the city government after the 2001 state election and won another term in the 2006 state election.

In 2006 the Herald won two SABEW awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for its breaking news coverage of the takeover of local company Gillette Co. and for overall excellence.

Founded 1994 ; won 6 Congressional seats ( 10 % of the Assembly ) in 2002 and again in 2006.

The prohibition was officially recognized as unconstitutional in April 2003, allowing Óscar Arias to run for President a second time in the 2006 Costa Rican presidential elections, which he won with approximately a 1 % margin.

The Leyland era lasted just one year, as a frustrated Leyland retired following the season, not to manage in the majors again until 2006, when he won an AL Pennant with the Detroit Tigers.

" Columbus won the national contest " America in Bloom " in 2006, and in 2004 it was named one of " The Ten Most Playful Towns " by Nick Jr. Family Magazine.

A new election was held on 29 October 2006, which Kabila won with 70 % of the vote.

* 2006: Audi R10 TDI won 12 hours running in Sebring and defeated all other engine concepts.

The same car won the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The Tigers have won four World Series championships ( 1935, 1945, 1968, and 1984 ) and have won the American League pennant 10 times ( 1907, 1908, 1909, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1968, 1984, and 2006 ).

In February 2006, UK Prime Minister Blair, acknowledging that the EPRDF has won the election, said he wanted to see Ethiopia resolve its internal problems and continue on a democratic path.

The 2000s also saw an increase in the number of individual competitive awards won by French artists at the Cannes Festival, for direction ( Tony Gatlif, Exils, 2004 ), screenplay ( Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, Look at Me, 2004 ), female acting ( Isabelle Hupert, The Piano Teacher, 2001 ; Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist, 2009 ) and male acting ( Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila and Bernard Blancan, Days of Glory, 2006 ).

* 2006 Texas Governor Election ( a real-life example where incumbent Rick Perry won re-election despite gaining less than 40 percent of the vote )

In 2006, Harvey Mudd was also named one of the " new Ivy leagues " by Kaplan and Newsweek, while the mathematics department won the first American Mathematical Society Award for Exemplary Program.

* In 2006, the Bulldogs won the 2006 Preseason NIT, beating most notably Indiana and Notre Dame to reach the semifinals in New York City.

The Colts won the next three matches, notching two regular season victories and a win in the 2006 AFC Championship game on the way to their win in Super Bowl XLI.

Spader also won the Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical for Boston Legal in 2006.

On 28 May 2006, Loach won the Palme d ' Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival for his film The Wind That Shakes the Barley, a film about the Irish War of Independence and the subsequent Irish Civil War during the 1920s.