The launch of the first four in-orbit validation ( IOV ) satellites was planned for the 2nd half of 2011, while the launch of full operational capability ( FOC ) satellites is planned to start in late 2012.

In April 2012, the UK Government made law changes to prevent the Channel Islands continued exploitation of LVCR, meaning that UK residents would have to pay the full VAT amount on items imported from the Channel Islands.

Khan's assumption of ownership was approved a couple of weeks later by the NFL owners, and Khan took over full ownership on January 4, 2012.

Since July 2012, Odyssey has been back in full, nominal operation mode following three weeks of ' safe ' mode on remote maintenance.

The UMC is also in dialogue with the Episcopal Church for full communion by 2012.

On 5 July 2012, Volkswagen AG announced a deal with Porsche resulting in VW's full ownership of Porsche on August 1, 2012.

Programs in the United States did not make the full conversion to high definition broadcasting until September 2011, when The Bold and the Beautiful became the last soap to convert to the format, except for One Life to Live, which remained in standard definition, albeit in a 16x9 aspect ratio, until the end of its run on ABC in January 2012.

On August 14, 2012, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published an article stating the code which the retina uses to send signals to the brain has been cracked, and scientists have successfully restored full vision to blind mice.

On June 14, 2011, Seattle U accepted an invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference and will be a full member for the 2012 – 2013 season.

The Church is also in dialogue with the Episcopal Church for full communion by 2012.

In April 2012, the Moscow authorities stated that they would be renovating the " Iron Felix " monument in full and put the statue on a list of monuments to be renovated, as well as officially designated it an object of cultural heritage.

Numan's new album Dead Son Rising was released on 16 September 2011 which had a full U. K tour split in two halves, 15 – 21 September and 7 – 11 December, Both parts were supported by Welsh soloist Jayce Lewis in an interview during the tour ; Gary praised the Welshman to being the best supporting act ever in his 30 years of touring, later documenting the tour in a Tour diary and publicly inviting Jayce to join him for an American tour in 2012.

The facility starts full operation in 2012.

In 2012, when asked about a full re-union, ex-guitarist Tony Thorpe was quoted as saying he was not interested.

As of 2012, an official report from Statistics Austria showed that more than 660, 000 ( 38. 8 %) of the Viennese population have full or partial migrant background, mostly from ex-Yugoslavia, Turkey and Germany.

The first 20 days would be paid for in full by Medicare with the remaining 80 days requiring a co-payment ( as of 2012, $ 144. 50 per day ).

The dam was expected to be fully operational in 2009, but additional projects, such as the underground power plant with six additional generators, delayed full operation until May 2012.

The band will be undertaking a full UK ' Pop Up Shop ' Tour in November and December 2012.

On September 10th, 2012, two full page ads appeared in USA Today and The Washington Post to promote the offer.

DisplayWrite / 370, a much more powerful version with full graphics and WYSIWYG support, is still available for IBM zSeries mainframe computers as of May 2012 ( see IBM Displaywriter System ).

The novel was dramatized for radio by Archie Scottney, directed by Martin Jarvis and produced by Rosalind Ayres ; it featured a full cast starring Toby Stephens as James Bond and was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.

On April 9, 2012, Georgia State, one of the founding members of the Sun Belt Conference, announced that it would be returning to the conference as a full member in 2013.

As part of the move, the football program will begin a transition from FCS to FBS in the 2012 season ; it will play a full Sun Belt schedule as a " transitional " FBS member in 2013, and become a full FBS member, with bowl eligibility, in 2014.

The table below shows historical personnel trends of the British Army from 1750 to 2012.

As of June 2012 Sourceforge shows a count of over 2. 7 million downloads of the stable releases starting from July 2007 with GnuCash 2. 2.

* 2012 – Alternative rock band The Flaming Lips set a new Guinness World Record for performing the most live shows in different cities over 24 hours.

" A Quiet Opening: North Koreans in a Changing Media Environment " a study commissioned by the U. S. State Department and conducted by Intermedia and released May 10, 2012 shows that despite extremely strict regulations and draconian penalties North Koreans, particularly elite elements, have increasing access to news and other media outside the state-controlled media authorized by the government.

* In February 2012 a London based Theatre company Improbable performed a string of shows at the Barbican Theatre London, called " The Devil & Mr Punch " which is an adaptation of the Punch & Judy story.

In August 2012, The Pogues embarked on a 30th anniversary Summer 2012 8-city European tour scheduled from 4 August 2012 at the Stockton Weekender Festival in Stockton-on-Tees, UK to 11 & 12 September 2012 at L ' Olympia, Paris, two shows to be filmed and recorded for a live album and DVD.

In November 2011 it was announced they would be playing two shows in 2012 that will feature the original line-up as well as the classic line-up of the band reunited for the first time in many years ; these shows will take place on 25 May 2012 in Manchester at the O2 Apollo and on 26 May in Brixton at the O2 Academy.

On November 3, They Might Be Giants sent out a newsletter stating " The Avatars of They ", a set of sock puppets the Johns manipulate for shows, will have an album in 2012, suggesting another kids album.

Following much intensified media speculation, The Stone Roses called a press conference on 18 October 2011 to announce that the band had reunited and would perform a reunion tour of the world in 2012, including three homecoming shows in Manchester.

However, the main attractions of the tour are three homecoming shows at Heaton Park, Manchester, on 29-30 June and 1 July 2012 plus one show in Dublin's Phoenix Park on 5 July 2012.

150, 000 tickets for the two Heaton Park shows sold out in 14 minutes, with the band then announcing a third show at the venue to be held on 1 July 2012.

It was later announced that Queen + Adam Lambert would play two shows at the Hammersmith Apollo, London on 11 and 12 July 2012.

' Apples ', ' Spring Awakening ', ' Almost Nothing to do with Frogs ' and ' Flames Over New Jersey ; were all shows performed at the Underbelly during the 2012 Fringe by current and old Etonians, with the latter 2 productions written and directed by boys from the school.

* Design Awards: Eight shows have swept the design awards ( original 3 of Best Scenic Design, Best Costume Design, Best Lighting Design – joined by Best Sound Design starting in 2008 ): Follies ( 1972 ), The Phantom of the Opera ( 1986 ), The Lion King ( 1998 ), The Producers ( 2001 ), The Light in the Piazza ( 2005 ), The Coast of Utopia ( 2007 ), the 2008 revival of South Pacific ( first to sweep the expanded 4 awards for Creative Arts ) and Peter and the Starcatcher ( first straight play to sweep the expanded four awards for Creative Arts ) ( 2012 ).

The shows are due to be released on DVD in 2012.

( Cornell University Press ; 2012 ) 280 pages ; shows how Franciscans shifted away from an early emphasis on poverty and humility and instead emphasized educational roles

In September of 2012, Ventura announced on several shows, including The Alex Jones Show, that if a grass roots movement gets him ballot access in all fifty states, and Puerto Rico, to run for president in 2016, and access to participate in the candidate debates, he will run for president in 2016, as an Independent.

The chart to the left shows the index over time from December 1966 to April 2012.