ASU's undergraduate program is ranked 65th for public universities and 132nd of 280 " national universities " by the 2012 US News and World Report ranking of US colleges and universities ; and, for the fourth year in a row, ASU was ranked in the top 10 for " Up and Coming " universities in the US, for substantial improvements to academics and facilities.

Caltech was ranked first in the 2011 – 2012 Times Higher Education worldwide rankings of universities as well as ranking first in physical science and engineering.

It also ranks first in High School Counselor Rankings as of 2012. The college ranks number seven in The Wall Street Journals ranking of top feeder schools.

These factors have contributed to a Corruption Perceptions Index of 8. 3 and a DAW Index ranking of 10 in 2012 ; the latter the highest in Europe.

In 2010, Monocle ranked Munich as the world's most livable city ( in 2012, Munich was ranked fifth in Monocle's ranking, yet remained the highest ranked city in Germany ).

As of July 2012, the club is number one in Forbes magazine's annual ranking of the world's 50 most valuable sports teams, valued at $ 2. 23 billion.

According to the Ease of Doing Business ranking 2012, Thailand ranks 17th in the world and 2nd in Southeast Asia-after Singapore.

The university is rated as the best university in the Netherlands by both the Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2011 and the Shanghai Ranking of World Universities 2012, and ranked as the 12th best European university and the 68th best university of the world by the former ranking and 12th best European university and 53th best of the world by the latter.

In global rankings, Columbia was ranked # 7 by The Economist and # 5 ( 2012 ranking ) by Financial Times.

She has been a regular on FHMs 100 Sexiest Women list since 1996, ranking at # 79 in 2012, # 81 in 2010, # 24 in 2009 and # 27 in 2008.

In 2012, Jon Bon Jovi ranked number fifty on the list of Billboard magazine's " Power 100 ", a ranking of " The Most Powerful and Influential People In The Music Business ".

LSE ranked 3rd overall in the Sunday Times University Guide cumulative ranking over a ten year period ( 1997 – 2007 ), and ranked 4th in the Complete University Guide 2012.

Ranked 47th globally by QS World University Rankings in 2012, a jump of 11 places from its 2011 ranking, NTU is the fastest-rising university in the QS global top 50, and 4th in the world among young elite universities, according to QS Top 50 Under 50.

In 2012, it was the fastest-rising university in the top 50 of the 2012 QS World University Rankings as it moved up 11 places from its 2011 ranking, having previously risen 16 places in 2010.

In the 2012 ranking, NTU moved up one place to 5th position for faculty diversity, up five places to 59th position for academic reputation and up four places to 47th position for employer reputation.

In 2012, the university was ranked 4th in the world among universities below the age of 50 in the QS Top 50 Under 50 ranking.

In 2011 – 2012, Mount Holyoke is one of the nation's top producers of Fulbright Scholarships, ranking fourth among bachelor's institutions according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

In 2012, Marlborough ranked # 1 ( of 24 ) in Connecticut Magazine's biannual ranking of Connecticut small towns, population 3, 500 to 6, 500.

Based on reported 2009-2010 IB / AP test participation data, Locust Valley High School is ranked 55th nationally, 10th in the northeast, and second on Long Island ( behind Jericho ) Magazine May 2012. This ranking being out of some 27, 000 public high schools nationally.

The Maclean's 2012 ranking of law schools placed the University 11th in Canada.

In its 2012 college ranking, U. S. News & World Report ranked Swarthmore as the # 3 liberal arts college, with an overall score of 96 / 100, behind Williams and Amherst, respectively.

On 4 July 2012, due to bad results in friendlies, Brazil was ranked 11th in the FIFA ranking, being the first time the Seleção was ruled out the top 10 and also the lowest position since the ranking was created, in 1993.

This last happened in 2010, when the choice was to give either 226 ( 43. 71 %) or 266 ( 51. 45 %) of the 517 ( excluding the 6 from North Korea — see below ) contestants a medal, and 2012, when the choice was to give either 226 ( 46. 35 %) or 277 ( 50. 55 %) of the 548 contestants a medal.

* McPherson, James M. War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 ( University of North Carolina Press ; 2012 ) 277 pages ; by leading scholar

As of April 2012, the city has an estimated population of 72, 277 and a population density of 965 persons per km².

Most researchers use the term Tartessian to refer to the language as attested on the stelae written in the southwestern script ( Untermann 1997, Koch 2009-2012, Villar 2004-2012, Yocum 2012, & c .), but some researchers would prefer to reserve the term Tartessian for the language of the core Tartessian zone, attested for these researchers with some graffiti ( Correa 2009, p. 277 ; de Hoz 2007, p. 33 ; 2010, pp. 362 – 364 ) like the Huelva graffiti ( Untermann 1997, pp. 102 – 103 ; Mederos and Ruiz 2001 ) and may be with some stelae ( Correa 2009, p. 276 ): for example Villamanrique de la Condesa ( J. 52. 1 ).

Nearby will be a new purpose-built community of 5, 000 homes, offices, schools, public spaces, municipal and other facilities destined to become a major metropolitan centre for East London, all to coincide with the opening of the Olympics in July 2012.

Its area is 7, 308 km² and its population is 1, 639. 127 ( 2012 ), which is concentrated mainly in the metropolitan area of Málaga and throughout the coastal area.

Filming began in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area on October 3, 2011, and continued through the end of January, 2012.

* Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee ( seven -- six as of 2012 -- communities within Davidson County retain separate governments, although all participate in the metropolitan government in a two-tier system )

According to Stars and Stripes, the South Korean government and U. S. military officials had agreed to relocate Yongsan Garrison south, to Camp Humphreys near the metropolitan city of Pyeongtaek beginning in either 2012 or 2013.

As of October 14, 2007 plans are being set up and a referendum is being planned for a merging of the cities of Yeosu, Suncheon and Gwangyang into a new metropolitan city, taking advantage of the Gwangyang Bay Free Economic Zone, Yeosu's Expo 2012 bid and port facilities, Suncheon's educational institutes and Gwangyang's POSCO plant.

As of October 14, 2007 plans are being set up and a referendum is being planned for a merging of the cities of Yeosu, Suncheon and Gwangyang into a new metropolitan city, taking advantage of the Gwangyang Bay Free Economic Zone, Yeosu's Expo 2012 bid and port facilities, Suncheon's educational institutes and Gwangyang's POSCO plant.

At the beginning of 20th century, the population of Vigo counted less than 50, 000 inhabitants, and in 2012 its metropolitan area has almost reached half a million, making the demographic development of Vigo one of the most spectacular boosts in Europe.

It is the largest metropolitan area in Northern Brazil and the eleventh in all of Brazil, with 2. 283. 906 inhabitants ( IBGE / 2012 ).

The Metropolitan Region of Manaus ( RMM ), which has 2. 283. 906 inhabitants ( counting the population IBGE in 2012 ) is a metropolitan area of Brazil that comprises eight cities of the Amazonas state, but without conurbation.

This project is due to be complete in 2012 and will connect Diggers Rest to metropolitan services rather than the less frequent regional services.

This project is due to be complete in 2012 and will connect Sunbury to metropolitan services rather than the less frequent regional services.

Currently in year 2012 its capital Trujillo is also worth mentioning since is the second most populated metropolitan area in Peru and the largest city in northern Peru.

The Illinois Northern District, which contains the entire Chicago metropolitan area, accounts for 1531 of the 1828 public corruption convictions in Illinois between 1976 and 2012, almost 84 %, making it the federal district with the most public corruption convictions in the nation between 1976 and 2012.

OIT's four locations in the Portland metropolitan area were consolidated into a campus in Wilsonville in 2012 at InFocus ' former headquarters.

As of 2012, the metropolitan campuses host both international and domestic students.

The Expert Panel has been charged with preparing the report published on 1 March 2012, advising COAG Reform Council on whether metropolitan planning systems are consistent with agreed COAG criteria so they meet with the challenges of population growth and demographic change and are productive, liveable and sustainable.

The main provider is Foxtel in both metropolitan, regional and rural areas offering nearly all Australian channels via cable & satellite TV in capital cities, and mostly the same channels are offered by Foxtel via satellite TV ( predominantly ) in regional areas with the recent merger with Austar in 2012.

However, with the coming extension of Northeast Regional Amtrak service to Norfolk in December 2012, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation ( DRPT ) re-evaluated rail access to the Hampton Roads metropolitan area and on September 1, 2012 announced that while rail service from Richmond to Newport News will be maintained, the preferred high-speed corridor has been shifted to a Richmond-Petersburg-Norfolk alignment.