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.

He has collaborated with director and friend Tim Burton in eight films through Dark Shadows ( 2012 ).

As a child, Johnny Depp was so obsessed with Barnabas Collins that he wanted to be him ; he collaborated with Tim Burton on a theatrical film adaptation which opened in 2012, in which he plays Barnabas.

In 2012, Vince collaborated with the band The Good Natured on a track called " Ghost Train ", available as a free download on their website, in exchange for a Tweet.

Vince Clarke, ex-member of Depeche Mode collaborated with his former colleague Martin Gore for the first time since 1981 as techno duo VCMG on an instrumental minimalist electronic dance album called Ssss, released on 12 March 2012.

Father and son collaborated on four novels ; after Dick's death, Felix carried on to publish novels with his father's name in the title ( Dick Francis's Gamble ( 2011 ), Dick Francis's Bloodline ( 2012 )).

The Soul Rebels Brass Band, Rare Essence and Slick Rick performed a tribute concert and collaborated on June 21, 2012 in Washington DC at the historic Howard Theatre which is re-opened in April 2012.

Although songwriters living outside Sweden were once not allowed to enter Melodifestivalen, the 2012 contest marked the first time foreign songwriters could submit entries, provided that they collaborated with a Swedish songwriter.

His current project is an opera, Written on Skin, to a libretto by Martin Crimp ( with whom he collaborated on Into the Little Hill ), commissioned by the Aix-en-Provence Festival, where it will première in July 2012, with subsequent performances at Covent Garden, La Scala, Netherlands Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Wiener Festwochen and in Toulouse at the Théâtre du Capitole.

Roberts who today ( 2012 ) under the name John Roberts is a national correspondent for Fox News ; Christopher Ward, a noted songwriter and producer who collaborated musically with Mike Myers on the Austin Powers movies ; Sook-Yin Lee, now a noted CBC Radio host and actress ; Terry David Mulligan, a prolific film and TV character actor ; actress Amanda Walsh ; Erica Ehm, who became a noted songwriter after leaving Much ; and George Stroumboulopoulos, now a Canadian television personality on CBC.

In 2012, Kricfalusi collaborated with streetwear brand Stussy to create a short series of apparel based on his designs.

Anneke collaborated with Devin Townsend on his albums Addicted in 2009 and Epicloud in 2012 and sang on most songs in them.

In April 2012 Deerhoof collaborated with Ahmir Questlove Thompson, Sasha Grey, Reggie Watts, and The Metropolis Ensemble, in a conceptual concert called Shuffle Culture at Brooklyn Academy of Music.

In 2012 the museum released nearly 20, 000 of its own images of the collections on a Creative Commons license, and collaborated in their upload to Wikimedia Commons, one of the largest and most comprehensive such releases made by any museum.

In June 2012, the Yes Men collaborated with Greenpeace and members of the Seattle Occupy movement to create ArcticReady. com, a parody website criticizing Shell Oil's drilling activities in the arctic circle.

" Basu collaborated with Abbas-Mustan for the third time in Players which became the first release of 2012.

As of 2012, Kanye West holds the artist record for working the most times with Williams, the two have collaborated in 19 music videos beginning in 2005 with the music video for " Diamonds from Sierra Leone ".

In spring 2012 Hart collaborated with Canadian DJ 1Love on a remix of the song " Truth Will Set You Free " from Young Man Running.

In June 2012, he launched a " Catch and Release " series with singer-songwriter Jim Bryson, in which the two musicians collaborated on a project to write and release a song in a single day.

In 2012, he collaborated with American fashion designer Rachel Roy on a line of sportswear, footwear, jewelry and handbags ..

In 2012, Z-Trip collaborated with dubstep artist Datsik to produce the track ' Double Trouble ,' featured on Datsik's first studio album, Vitamin D.

She also collaborated as a featured vocalist with Nine Lives on a new track entitled " 1985 ", which is to be released by Vendition Records in 2012.

Rapper B. o. B and country singer Taylor Swift also collaborated for a Country Rap song called " Both Of Us " in 2012.

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.

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.

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.

The first is being planned for Lake Havasu City with programs available as early as fall 2012.

The first official celebration will take place in Wellington in August 2012, with the planting of pohutukawa and Norfolk pines along Thorndon Esplanade.

On August 5, 2008 Dan Haren signed a four-year, $ 44. 75 million deal with the Diamondbacks worth a guaranteed $ 41. 25 million through 2012 and including a $ 15. 5 million club option for 2013 with a $ 3. 5 million buyout.

* Sun ( ceased publication with the July 2, 2012 issue )

* Metamath-a language for developing strictly formalized mathematical definitions and proofs accompanied by a proof checker for this language and a growing database of thousands of proved theorems ; while the Metamath language is not accompanied with an automated theorem prover, it can be regarded as important because the formal language behind it allows development of such a software ; as of March, 2012, there is no " widely " known such software, so it is not a subject of " automated theorem proving " ( it can become such a subject ), but it is a proof assistant.

* 2012: Best Country Song – " Threaten Me with Heaven "

The Navy demonstrated the AARGM's capability during Initial Operational Test and Evaluation ( IOT & E ) in spring 2012 with 12 live firing of the missiles.

The Navy authorized Full-Rate Production ( FRP ) of the AARGM in August 2012, with 72 missiles for the Navy and nine for the Italian Air Force to be delivered in 2013.

On 9 February 2012, Steinsaltz was honored by Israeli President Shimon Peres with Israel's first President's Prize for his scholarship in Talmud.

In Denmark the closing laws restricting retail trade on Sundays have been abolished with effect from the 1st of October 2012.

After the completion of the Plovdiv-Dimitrovgrad high-speed line on 1 July 2012 the top operating speed was raised to 200 km / h and the national top speed record of 197 km / h set between Iskar and Elin Pelin with a leased Siemens Taurus electric locomotive is soon expected to be broken.

A new bridge link with Romania is scheduled for completion in 2012, relieving road and railroad congestion in that direction.

An under sea water supply tunnel with a length of, named the Bosphorus Water Tunnel, was constructed in 2012 to transfer water from the Melen Creek in Düzce Province ( to the east of the Bosphorus strait, in northwestern Anatolia ) to the European side of Istanbul, from a distance of.

The most recent player credited with a " straight " steal of home was Pete Kozma of the St. Louis Cardinals who stole home against the Chicago Cubs on September 21, 2012.

in 2012, the playoffs were expanded again so that two wild card teams face off in a one game wild card round to determine which team advances to the division series, with the playoffs then continuing as it had before 2012 ( though with the possibilty of a fifth seed being in the playoffs and a fourth seed being out ) after the end of the wild card round.

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.

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.

For 2012, the series will instead follow a 2-3 format with the higher seed playing the last 3 games ( as needed ) as home.