The 1976 definition of the astronomical unit was incomplete, in particular because it does not specify the frame of reference in which time is to be measured, but proved practical for the calculation of ephemerides: a fuller definition that is consistent with general relativity was proposed, and " vigorous debate " ensued until in August 2012 the International Astronomical Union adopted the current definition of 1 astronomical unit = 149597870700 meters.

In September 2011 it was announced that production of the Rapide would be moved to the company's factory in Gaydon, production will begin in the second half of 2012 and will see all of the current Aston Martin range produced from the Gaydon facility.

The current executive secretary is Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, who took up this post on 15 February 2012.

* 2012 – A primary election is held in Venezuela to choose the contendent against Hugo Chávez, the then current president of Venezuela.

IRCs purchased in foreign countries could be used in United States toward the purchase of postage stamps and embossed stamped envelopes at the current one-ounce First Class International rate ($ 1. 05 USD as of April 2012 ) per coupon.

The current kits are designed by Warrior Sports, who became the club's kit providers at the start of the 2012 – 13 season.

The current President of the Maldives is former Senior Member of UNICEF, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, who was sworn into office on 7 February 2012 when his predecessor, Mohamed Nasheed resigned following weeks of protests led by police.

On May 2, 2012 it was announced that four players who played for the team between 2009 and 2011 would receive suspensions for their alleged participation in " Bountygate ": Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma ( 16 games ), Saints defensive lineman Will Smith ( 4 games ), former Saints / current Browns linebacker Scott Fujita ( 3 games ), and former Saints / current Packers defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove ( 8 games ).

As for the DreamWorks Animation library, Paramount owns distributions rights to the present library, and their current distribution deal to future DWA titles expires after 2012.

The current Premier is Campbell Newman of the LNP, who was sworn in as Premier on 26 March 2012, following a massive win by his party in the 2012 state election.

The current President of the Republic is François Hollande, who took office on 15 May 2012.

The current Moderator of the 220th General Assembly ( 2012 ) is Rev.

The list of callsigns, frequencies, baudrates and shifts ( current June 2012 ) are as follows:

Wales are the current title holders, winning a Grand Slam in 2012.

The current holder of the Triple Crown is Wales, who have completed wins over Ireland, Scotland and England in the 2012 championship.

In 2012, New York Production Services produced the documentary, Soap Life, a film that chronicles the current decline of the genre and looks to what the future may hold for daytime dramas.

Vimata Stin Ammo is CyBC current weekday soap aired since September 2010 and will continue for a second season for 2011 – 2012.

The Sixth Republic began in 1987 and remains the current republic of South Korea ( 2012 ).

* Note -- All data is current as of 1. 1. 2012

Note -- All aircraft data is current as of 1. 1. 2012

The current ( 2012 ) Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion is Dominique Ashaheed, who was also part of Denver's Slam Nuba in 2011.

In addition, Nintendo celebrated the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda game by releasing a Zelda game for all its current consoles in 2011: Link's Awakening in the 3DS's Virtual Console on June 7, Ocarina of Time 3D for the 3DS on mid-June, Four Swords Anniversary Edition on September 28, 2011 to February 20, 2012 as a free DSiWare download and Skyward Sword for the Wii, which was released on November 18, 2011 in Europe, November 20, 2011 in the United States and November 24, 2011 in Australia.

The professional schools of the University of California, San Francisco are among the top in the nation, according to current ( 2012 ) US News and World Report graduate school and other rankings.

Prior to the 2012 season, the visitor bullpen was reconfigured to be parallel to the field after the previous visitor bullpen configuration had excessive amount of heat during hot weather games.

JavaOne 2011 was held in the same venue configuration as in 2010, as will be JavaOne 2012, from September 30 to October 4.

As of February 2012, the Japan Transocean Air fleet consists of 9 Boeing 737-400 aircraft, all aircraft are in full-economy class configuration and the capacity is 150.

The Arkia Israel Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft, each in an all-economy configuration ( as of April 2012 ):

The 2012 Grand Prix reverted to using the 15-corner Grand Prix Circuit configuration last used in 2009, instead of the Endurance Circuit configuration used in 2010.

As of September 2012, the Bmibaby fleet consisted of the following aircraft in an all-economy class configuration:

As of 03 April 2012, the following sites have been upgraded to the RBC configuration, which includes a 13-meter 3-axis antenna:

On 10 May 2012 Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced in Parliament that the government had decided to revert to its predecessor's plans to purchase the F-35B rather than the F-35C, and to complete both aircraft carriers with " ski-jumps " in the STOVL configuration.

In July 2010 the westbound platform 2 was closed to begin refurbishment and extension work, in preparation for the new S Stock, to be introduced on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines from 2012, which will consist of 7 cars instead of the current 6-car configuration.

The NCAA has used the newer Bridgestone Arena, a larger arena with a modern configuration in downtown Nashville, for first-and second-round men's tournament games on four more recent occasions ( 2000, 2003, 2005, 2012 ) instead of Memorial Gym.

The Classic Controller for the Wii uses this configuration, The original configuration of the Wii U touchscreen controller had twin analog " Circle Pads " positioned symmetrically above the D-pad and face buttons, but was reconfigured to have twin clickable analog sticks in May 2012.

The Airtime 2. 0 release on 25 January 2012 added new features including stream configuration through the browser, live stream preview, and uploading of any audio file to SoundCloud.

As of June 2012, the Air One S. C. fleet consists of the following aircraft, in all-economy configuration:

The new symmetric configuration addresses these concerns and a number of missiles will be tested from the ground in 2012 to prove the configuration and engagement envelopes.

As of 2012, the WSOP consists of 61 events, with most major poker variants featured.

The current ( 2012 ) board consists of David Levy, Tony Corfe and Etan Ilfeld.

The top level of sub-national administration within England until the end of March 2012 consists of the nine regions.

In 2012 the on-air line-up consists of " The B Team " ( breakfast ) ( Leroy Brown & Paul " chicken " Dyer ), Marisa ( 9am-2pm ), Aiden ( 2pm-4pm ) and " The Departure Lounge " ( 4pm-6pm with Aiden & Leigh ).

As of 2012, the selection committee consists of: co-chairmen James M. Gregory and Pat Quinn as well as Scotty Bowman, David Branch, Brian Burke, Colin Campbell, John Davidson, Eric Duhatschek, Mike Emrick, Michael Farber, Marc de Foy, Mike Gartner, Anders Hedberg, Igor Larionov, Lanny McDonald, Serge Savard, Peter Stastny and Bill Torrey.

As of 2012 SNCF consists of five divisions:

Each neighbourhood consists of one or more wijken, each of which has a separate postcode with differing last two digits following " 27 ", from within Zoetermeer's 2710-2729 assigned postcodes ( 2700, 2701 and 2702 are used for post-office boxes and the rest are not used as of 2012 )

, the Clinton Township Council consists of Mayor Kevin Cimei ( term ends December 31, 2011 ), Jim Imbriaco ( 2012 ), John Lazarus ( 2013 ), Peter Marra ( 2012 ) and Harmen Vos ( 2013 ).

, Montville's Township Committee consists of Mayor Tim Braden ( term ends December 31, 2013 ), Deputy Mayor Donald Kostka ( 2012 ), Scott Gallopo ( 2013 ), Deborah Nielson ( 2014 ) and James Sandham, Jr. ( 2014 ).

, Pequannock's Township Council consists of Mayor Richard Phelan ( R, 2014 ), Deputy Mayor Melissa Florance-Lynch ( R, 2014 ), Ed Engelbart ( R, 2012 ), Joel D. Vanderhoff ( R, 2012 ), and Catherine Winterfield ( R, 2014 ).

, the Allamuchy Township Committee consists of Mayor James H. Cote ( R, term ends December 31, 2012 ), Council President Betty Schultheis ( R, 2012 ), Douglas Ochwat ( R, 2012 ), Michael Sloane ( R, 2011 ) and John Young ( R, 2011 ).

, the Blairstown Township Committee consists of Mayor Frank Anderson ( R, term ends December 31, 2012 ), Deputy Mayor Richard Mach ( R, 2013 ), Stephen Lance ( R, 2014 ), William Seal ( R, 2012 ), and Herman Shoemaker ( R, 2014 ).

, the Franklin Township Committee consists of Mayor Jeff DeAngelis ( R, 2011 ), Deputy Mayor Bonnie Butler ( R, 2013 ), Joe Flynn ( R, 2012 ), Sarah Payne ( R, 2013 ) and Mike Toretta ( R, 2012 ).

The Hackettstown Town Council consists of Gerald DiMaio, Jr. ( Acting Mayor ; R, 2013 ), William Conforti ( Alternate Acting Mayor ; R, 2012 ), John Stout ( R, 2013 ), Scott Sheldon ( R, 2012 ), Paul Wallace ( R, 2012 ), Leonard Kunz ( R, 2014 ), and Eric Tynan ( R, 2014 ).

, the Hardwick Township Committee consists of Mayor James J. Perry ( R, term ends December 31, 2013 ), Deputy Mayor J. Alfred Carrazzone ( R, 2014 ) and Kevin Duffy ( R, 2012 ).

, the Harmony Township Committee consists of Mayor Brian Tipton ( R, term ends December 31, 2012 ), Deputy Mayor Diane Yamrock ( R, 2011 ) and Richard Cornely ( R, 2013 ).

The Hope Township Committee consists of Mayor Timothy C. McDonough ( Independent ; term ends December 31, 2012 ), Deputy Mayor George Beatty ( Republican ; 2011 ) and M. John Koonz ( Republican ; 2010 ).