* International Jazz Day, organized by UNESCO, first observed in 2012, " is intended to raise awareness in the international community of the virtues of jazz as an educational tool, and a force for peace, unity, dialogue and enhanced cooperation among people.

In 2012, the Mezcal Jazz Unit of Montpellier, France, collaborated by Internet with Grayhawk Perkins, a historian of the Muskogean nation, to make a recording titled Thirteen Moons which features " the soulful chants of ancient folk tales and more modern stories told in Mobilian.

This show is hosted in the United Kingdom ( from 16th July 2012 ) on Jazz FM.

In March 2012, Thorpe digitally released the ' No Hits, No Jazz Collection ' and performed at Darwen Library Theatre with a live eight-piece band for his ' 50th Anniversary 1-Gig-Tour '.

On July 2, 2012, the Hawks traded small forward Marvin Williams to the Utah Jazz for point guard Devin Harris.

In the first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs, the Spurs defeated the eighth-seeded Utah Jazz, four games to none.

On February 23, 2011, the Jazz traded star player Deron Williams to the New Jersey Nets for two 1st round draft picks ( New Jersey's 2011 and Golden State's conditional 2012 ) and players, Derrick Favors and Devin Harris.

During the 2012 offseason the Jazz to traded Devin Harris to the Hawks for Marvin Williams.

In the 2012 draft the Jazz selected Kevin Murphy.

On draft night of 2012, the team re-acquired forward Lamar Odom from the Dallas Mavericks as part of a four-team deal that also sent Mo Williams and Furkan Aldemir, their 2012 draftee, to the Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets respectively.

The show, conceived by and originally directed by Joe Brancato and originally staged by Penguin Rep Theatre, Stony Point, NY, was invited to give six performances during the 2012 Montreal International Jazz Festival, making The Devil's Music the first play ever presented in the music festival's 30-year history!

The Jazz Band went to play in down town Indianapolis in the Super Bowl Village in 2012 and plays at Barnes And Nobels twice every year in Plainfeild Indiana.

D ' Angelo live at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, 2012.

In Japan, the BFJO ( Big Friendly Jazz Orchestra ) of " Takasago High School " ( Hyogo ) gave its own version on 2012. 8. 25 in Student Jazz Festival at Kobe-Bunka Hall.

In 2012 she performed at 16th Jazz and Blues Festival in Jamaica.

D ' Angelo live at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, 2012.

It has scheduled service to numerous southern and northern Ontario locations via Air Canada Jazz, Bearskin Airlines, Thunder Airlines and Air Creebec with Porter Airlines offering direct service to downtown Toronto beginning January 16th 2012.

The triumvirate of Duncan-Parker-Ginóbili entered the 2012 NBA Playoffs well-rested and healthy, and the Spurs swept the Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Clippers 4 – 0 in the first two rounds.

In January 2012, Martha held court at London's Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with a sold out six-show stand that drew celebrity friends like Phil Collins and Boy George.

On April 13, 2012, it was announced that Thomas Cook Canada Inc. had terminated the remaining three years of the five-year flight services agreement with Jazz Aviation LP.

* 2012: Original Album Series-The Modern Jazz Quartet ( Warner, 5 CDs )

* 2012: Um Dia-the complete 27 track Elis Regina 1979 Montreux Jazz Festival live performance on 2 CDs of the afternoon and night shows ( Warner ).

The dates given above are for 2012.

As of 2012, less than 50 Apple I computers ( with only six in working order ) are believed to exist, making it a very rare collector's item.

In August 2012, two mites preserved in amber were determined to be the oldest animals ever to have been found in the substance ; the mites are 230 million years old and were discovered in north-eastern Italy.

According to Alexei Nakamura, as of 2012, there are only 205 Ainu living in Russia ( up from just 12 people who self-identified as Ainu in 2008 ) and they along with the Kurile Kamchadals ( Itelmen of Kuril islands ) are fighting for official recognition.

* 2012 – At least 26 miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, China.

* 2012 – At least 306 people are killed and 3, 000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.

The earliest evidence of settlements in the area of today's Berlin are a wooden beam dated from approximately 1192 and leftovers of wooden houseparts dated to 1174 found in a 2012 digging in Berlin Mitte.

As of Sept 2012, 571 kilometers are in service.

Beginning with the 2012 season, the wild card team that advances to the Division Series will face the number 1 seed, regardless of whether or not they are in the same division.

When MLB adopted the addition of a second wild card team, the 2012 Division Series are scheduled to use the 2-3 format due to scheduling conflicts, which will revert back to the 2-2-1 format from 2013 onwards.

Beginning with the 2012 season, the wild card team that advances to the Division Series will face the number 1 seed, regardless of whether or not they are in the same division.

The most recent was in May 2012, when Washington Post columnist Mike Wise published a piece entitled " Fans who yell ‘ Oh !’ during national anthem are tainting a moment meant to unite Americans ".

As of 2012, this and the American black bear are the only bear species not classified as threatened by the IUCN.

As of March 2012 the main sports presenters on the channel are Olly Foster, Katie Gornall, Katherine Downes, Damian Johnson, Andrew Lindsay and Jenny Culshaw.

* When Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark arrive at the Capitol in the 2012 film The Hunger Games, a pair of pink borzoi are shown on screen — an illustration of the Capitol residents ' gaudy lifestyle.

Members of the 2012 U. S. Navy Blue Angels are:

Chaplin's photographic archives are held by the Musée de l ' Élysée in Lausanne, and some of the images in the collection were presented in an exhibition, Charlie Chaplin – Images d ' Un Mythe, in 2011 – 2012.

Two lines are planned to Sudan and Cameroon from the capital, with construction expected to start in 2012.

In June 2012 the Cypriot finance minister Vassos Shiarly stated that the European Central Bank, European commission and IMF officials are to carry out an in-depth investigation into Cyprus ' economy and banking sector to assess the level of funding it requires.

In the Clean Development Mechanism, only afforestation and reforestation are eligible to produce certified emission reductions ( CERs ) in the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ( 2008 – 2012 ).

However, given the rapid progress in the industry they are working on a more in depth study to be concluded in May 2012.

The world's top 10 association croquet players as of May 2012 are Reg Bamford ( South Africa ), Robert Fulford ( England ), Robert Fletcher ( Australia ), David Maugham ( England ), Toby Garrison ( New Zealand ), Aaron Westerby ( New Zealand ), Paddy Chapman ( New Zealand ), Jamie Burch ( England ), Greg Bryant ( New Zealand ) and Ben Rothman ( USA ).

National population censuses are carried out in Chile every ten years by the INE ( Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, or National Statistics Institute ), the last one being in 2012.

Executive producer Doug Berman said in 2012, " The guys are culturally right up there with Mark Twain and the Marx Brothers.