In 2012 the Lions won the Northern Conference and overall NEAFL premierships.

By 1993, the Federal Emergency Management Agency had made the program available nationwide ; by 2012, CERT programs were offered in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.

The incumbent Chief Minister of the Northern Territory is Terry Mills, representing the Country Liberal Party since the 2012 general election.

As the 2012 Northern Hemisphere Summer started to draw to a close, NOAA stated that El Niño conditions are likely to develop in August or September.

The 2012 Tuareg rebellion has left Northern Mali without official money transfer service for months.

* 1926 – Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian ( d. 2012 )

* November 6 – Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian ( d. 2012 )

On 20 March 2012, it was announced that the band would be headlining Tennent's Vital in Northern Ireland.

The Africa Capitalization Fund was setup in 2011 to invest in commercial banks in both Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa and its commitments totaled $ 181. 8 million in March of 2012., Gavin E. R.

In April 2012, the Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

On 4 January 2012 Virgin Money, who had just bought Northern Rock, signed a 2 year deal to sponsor Newcastle United.

A new semi-circular departures concourse, opened to the public on 19 March 2012, has been built in the space directly to the west of the station behind the Great Northern Hotel, some outbuildings of which have been demolished.

The Northern Blues, formerly known as the Preston Bullants and Northern Bullants before becoming the Blues in 2012, are based in the northern suburb of Preston, but also play several home games at Visy Park.

One inventory in June 2012 found the following species: ovenbird, Eastern Whip-poor-will, wilson's snipe, alder flycatcher, Warbling vireo, red-eyed vireo, winter wren, wood thrush, American robin, veery, gray catbird, common yellowthroat, Chestnut-sided Warbler, northern waterthrush, Black-throated Green Warbler, northern parula, American Redstart, white-throated sparrow, indigo bunting, red-winged blackbird, American goldfinch, osprey, Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Virginia Rail, American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Chimney Swift, Belted Kingfisher, Marsh Wren, House Wren, Eastern Bluebird, Pine Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Savannah Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Eastern Meadowlark, Bobolink, bank swallow, cliff swallow, barn swallow, White-breasted Nuthatch, Ruffed Grouse, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Blue-headed Vireo, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Lincoln's Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pine Siskin, Purple Finch, Canada Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Morning Warbler, Dark-eyed Junco, and Northern Rough-winged Swallow.

It was the natural choice of location for the Mid-Ulster Sports Arena ( established in 2003 ) and the planned multi-million pound investment in a state of the art Public Service Training College which will accommodate the Police Service of Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue and the Northern Ireland Prison Service ( which is to be built at Loughry commencing in late 2012 ).

The Northern Ireland Commission for Catholic Education has accepted continued selection at Catholic grammar schools as a temporary measure, but wishes them to end the practice by 2012.

* Close the Coalhouse Door ( 2012 ), Northern Stage

In January 2012, the Northern Territory Government opened a new $ 900, 000 bus interchange park and ride facility to provide better public transport services for commuters travelling between the rural area, Darwin and Palmerston.

On 29 March 2012 the Department for Transport announced Abellio, First, Govia, MTR and Stagecoach have been shortlisted for the new Thameslink Southern Great Northern franchise.

Haüser is the name of an independent recording artist / songwriter from Northern Ireland who has released several EPs since 2001 and is currently recording new material scheduled for release in late 2012. The Hauser Project is a musical project created in 2011 whose name was inspired by Kaspar Hauser.

WIthin the Territory defined by the United Kingdom and Ireland ( UKIT ) this collection is known as the Annual Appeal, and it often carries another name that the generally public would more readily know-in 2012 becoming The Big Collection.

On the 21st of June 2012, in an interview with Melbourne radio station Joy 94. 9 FM, Major Andrew Craibe, the Salvation Army ’ s Territorial Media Relations Director for the Southern Territory in Victoria, stated that non-celibate gay people deserved to die.

On June 23, 2012, The Salvation Army Australia Eastern Territory offered a formal apology to LGBT people for his comments, stating " The Salvation Army encompasses a diverse community with a wide range of opinions on human sexuality and other subjects.

In July 2012 the Russian archaeologists discovered a Jurchen burial ground in Partizansky District of Primorye ( Primorsky Territory ) in Russia.

Under the agreement Jetstar would be required to base three aircraft at Darwin by June 2009, with a further four by June 2012, with the Territory Government to provide A $ 5 million to set up the hub and a further A $ 3 million for promotion of the new routes.

The 2012 Northern Territory election resulted in the return of the CLP under Terry Mills with 16 seats to the ALP's 8.

Under the terms of the Agreement on Governance in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay Territory of July 24, 2012, the region will cease to exist and be replaced by Cree-non-Native co-management.

Full details of South Australian university and TAFE entry requirements for 2012 onwards are provided in ‘ Tertiary Entrance Booklet 2010, 2011, 2012 ’, published by the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre, the South Australian Government authority which processes applications for tertiary courses in South Australia and the Northern Territory.

As of June 2012 the Salt River First Nation had given the Akaitcho Territory Government the mandatory six months notice that they would be separating from the organisation.

A First Nations community-owned radio station, known as KWE, Mohawk Nation Radio operated on a frequency of 105. 9 FM until early 2011, and is re-launching in June 2012 on 89. 5 FM in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.

* Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 2008 – 2012 ( current Assembly )

As at September 2012, Kmart had 170 stores trading across Australia-50 in NSW / ACT, 43 in Victoria, 36 in Queensland, 21 in Western Australia, 13 in South Australia, 5 in Tasmania and 2 in the Northern Territory.

* Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, 2008 – 2012 ( 11th parliament )

* Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, 2012 – 2016 ( 12th parliament )

In a redistribution conducted prior to the 2012 Northern Territory election, MacDonnell was abolished and was renamed Namatjira, after the artist Albert Namatjira.

2012 saw the first student from the Northern Territory.

As of June 2012, an Oaktree office exists in every state of Australia, as well as in the Australian Capital Territory ( ACT ).

General elections were held in 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2008 and 2012.

After a long history as proprietary software, it was released as free software on 6 August 2012, under the GNU Lesser General Public License.

On 7 July 2012, the Legislative body-the General National Congress-was elected.

On 16 July 2012, North Korean state media reported that the Chief of General Staff of the Korean People's Army Vice Marshal Ri Yong-ho had been relieved of all his Party duties, namely his Politburo Standing Committee membership, Politburo membership, and Party Central Military Commission vice-chairmanship, stating this move was due to unspecified illness.

On 26 January 2012, military personnel under the command of the retired officer Colonel Yaura Sasa arrested the commander of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Brigadier General Francis Agwi.

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

This will require the approval of the 2010 and 2012 General Assemblies as well as the votes of the presbyteries after the 2010 Assembly.

This is the first step in the PC ( USA ) process of changing the Book of Confessions, a process that will require approval at General Assemblies in 2010 and 2012 and approval of the presbyteries after the 2010 Assembly.

Ahead of its scheduled July 2012 General Assembly meeting, there is talk that this issue will be raised again.

" Santos later told Al Jazeera that peace was possible if there was " goodwill " on both sides .< Ref > http :// www. aljazeera. com / news / americas / 2012 / 09 / 20129816352348815. html </ ref > Santos told the General debate of the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly on 26 September, that Venezuela and Chile were also helping in the discussion along with Cuba and Norway .< Ref > http :// gadebate. un. org / 67 / colombia </ ref >

Since January 2012, four daytime soap operas – General Hospital, Days of our Lives, The Young and the Restless, and The Bold and the Beautiful – continue to air on the three major networks, down from 12 in 1990 – 91 and a high of 19 in 1969 – 70.

On 18 July 2012, Syrian Defence Minister Dawoud Rajha, former defence minister Hasan Turkmani, and the president's brother-in-law General Assef Shawkat were killed by a bomb attack in Damascus.

However in June 2012, it was announced by the Turkish General Staff that active manpower was actually 720, 648 active personnel including the gendermarie and coast guard.

" Moreover, in 2011 and 2012, The United Methodist Church's General Board of Church and Society called on all United Methodists to abstain from alcohol for Lent.

The last General Conference was held in Tampa, Florida, in 2012.

Given current trends in the UMC — with overseas churches growing, especially in Africa, and U. S. churches collectively losing about 1, 000 members a week — it has been estimated that Africans will make up at least 30 % of the delegates at the 2012 General Conference, and it is also possible that 40 % of the delegates will be from outside the U. S. One Congolese bishop has estimated that typical Sunday attendance of the UMC is higher in his country than in the entire United States.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 ) is a Russian politician who has been the General Secretary of the United Russia since 1 January 2008, and the President of Russia since 7 May 2012.

* August 11 – Sir Michael Kerry, QC, British civil servant, former Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor ( d. 2012 )

In 2012 the IWW moved its General Headquarters offices to 2036 West Montrose, Chicago.

In January 2012, the propulsion group for Project Icarus began a technology development project, known as Project Bifrost, under the auspices of Icarus Interstellar and General Propulsion Sciences, to develop an NTR propulsion system, initially aimed at interplanetary missions.

In late 2010 General Motors began production of the plug-in electric Chevrolet Volt ( and related Opel / Vauxhall Ampera ), which later was announced as the 2012 North American Car of the Year, European Car of the Year and World Green Car of the Year.

In May 2012 the tribunal again under a purported exercise of universal jurisdiction took testimony from victims of torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and convicted in absentia former President Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Deputy Assistant Attorneys General John Yoo and Jay Bybee, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and former counselors David Addington and William Haynes II for conspiracy to commit war crimes.