A January 28, 2012 attempt by Occupy Oakland protesters to overtake the vacant Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center resulted in hundreds of arrests by police, and that evening a break-in by vandals to Oakland City Hall resulted in damage to artwork and the building itself.

On April 2, 2012, 7 people were killed in a shooting at Oikos University, in East Oakland near the airport and Coliseum Complex.

In 2012, the Oakland County Cruisers relocated to London, Ontario and were renamed London Rippers.

The 2000 score was performed in London in 2004 and in Oakland, California, in 2012, with Davis conducting the orchestra.

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In November 2011, Allegiant announced new services between Mesa, AZ and OAK beginning January 18, 2012 ; in April 2012 services to destinations in Oregon, Idaho and Montana also began, making Oakland a new focus city for the airline.

In 2012, Oakland International Airport celebrated 85th Anniversary, commemorating the first transpacific crossing by air from OAK to Hawaii, on June 29, 1927.

This record still stands as of 2012, although it has been equaled three times ; on October 25, 1998, by Jason Elam of the Denver Broncos against the Jacksonville Jaguars, at Mile High Stadium in Denver, on September 12, 2011, by Sebastian Janikowski of the Oakland Raiders against the Denver Broncos, at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver, and by David Akers of the San Francisco 49ers at Lambeau Field, on September 9, 2012.

* On August 3, 2012, Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Yan Gomes was moved to the outfield after center fielder Colby Rasmus suffered an injury in the top of the 12th against the Oakland Athletics.

While they've always been known as the Cougars since moving to Kane County, they were affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles in 1991 and 1992, with the Florida Marlins from 1993 to 2002, the Oakland Athletics from 2003 until 2010, and with the Kansas City Royals for the 2011 and 2012 seasons before joining the Chicago Cubs for the 2013 season.

The Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints, Oakland Raiders, and Washington Redskins ignored the warning, and in 2012 the Cowboys and Redskins ( the top two NFL teams by revenue in 2011 ) were docked $ 10 million and $ 36 million, respectively, from their salary caps, to be spread over the next two seasons.

Susan Miller curated his first museum retrospective ( April 12-August 12, 2012 ) at the Oakland Museum of California.

In his Major League Baseball career, Damon has played for the Kansas City Royals ( 1995 – 00 ), Oakland Athletics ( 2001 ), Boston Red Sox ( 2002 – 05 ), New York Yankees ( 2006 – 09 ), Detroit Tigers ( 2010 ), Tampa Bay Rays ( 2011 ) and Cleveland Indians ( 2012 ).

The Stars began play in the Southern League as the Double-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics in 1985 with Don Mincher ( 1938 – 2012 ) as the team's General Manager.

To open the 2012 MLB season the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland A's played a two-game series on March 28 – 29.

Starting August 13, 2012 the Capitol Corridor dropped from 16 to 15 weekday trains each way between Oakland and Sacramento.

Brandon Inge agreed to sign with the Oakland Athletics on April 29, 2012 on a $ 5. 5 million deal.

Prior to the March 2012 arrival of the MSC Fabiola, the largest container ship ever to enter the San Francisco Bay, the Port of Oakland prepared by checking channel depth and dredging as needed.

Seymour was one of four Oakland Raiders selected to attend the 2012 Pro Bowl.

On February 4, 2012 a Paul Baloff Memorial Reunion Concert was held at the Oakland Metro Opera House.

* Bijon " BJ " Boyd ( 2012 ), baseball player for the Oakland Athletics

The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association ( MIAA ) is a college athletic conference which operates in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and effective in 2012 in Oklahoma in the Midwestern United States.

* 2012: Lindenwood University and the University of Nebraska at Kearney, both members of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association will become associate members in the NSIC in the sport of Women's Swimming & Diving.

* Mo Farah, Winner of 5000m and 10, 000m double at 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, with a successive double victory in the 5000m and 10, 000m races of the 2012 London Olympic Games

On 27 January 2012, the International Association of Athletics Federations announced that Nestlé will be the main sponsor for the further development of IAAF's Kids ' Athletics Programme, which is one of the biggest grassroots development programmes in the world of sports.

" The IAAF Congress at 2011 World Championships in Athletics passed a motion changing the record eligibility criteria effective January, 2012, so that women's world records must be set in all-women competitions.

In 2012 he was of one of 24 athletes inducted as inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame.

Middlebury's success in intercollegiate sports is evidenced by the college's first place ranking in the 2012 National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics ( NACDA ) Directors ' Cup and second place ranking in 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011.

The Rasmus are providing the song for the 2012 European Athletics Championships ..

The Athletics ' winning percentage (. 235 ) is the franchise's worst winning percentage ( through 2012 season ).

) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ) on July 1, 2012

On July 13, 2012, Tanner was named Director of Athletics at South Carolina.

Siena Heights athletic teams are known as the Saints, the university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ), and competes in the Wolverine – Hoosier Athletic Conference ( WHAC ) as its primary conference, women's lacrosse competes in the National Women's Lacrosse League ( NWLL ), while football will join the Mid-States Football Association ( MSFA ) in 2012.

In 2012, he was named to the first class of the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame.

On January 14, 2012, Colon agreed to a one-year, $ 2 million contract with the Oakland Athletics.

Host to Opening and Closing Ceremonies and Athletics competitions, the West Side Stadium would have sat adjacent to the Jacob Javits Convention Center, host to six Olympic sports, Olympic Square Park, and a new 40 + story office tower that would have housed Olympic broadcasters in 2012.

On leaving UK Athletics, he pointed to positive signs with a new generation of athletes who are building towards London 2012.

Harden is expected to miss the 2012 season due to a chronic muscle capsule injury which has been an issue since 2007 season with the Oakland Athletics.

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.

* 2012 – At least 30 people have been killed as a result of heavy monsoon rain in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.

As of 2012, AZ is the only club to have beaten Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV away from home in a single Eredivisie season.

The following twelve members have been promoted to the status of " Legend " since 1996: Ian Stewart ( 1997 ), Gordon Coventry ( 1998 ), Peter Hudson ( 1999 ), Kevin Bartlett ( 2000 ), Barrie Robran ( 2001 ), Bill Hutchison ( 2003 ), Jock McHale ( 2005 ), Darrel Baldock ( 2006 ), Norm Smith ( 2007 ), Alex Jesaulenko ( 2008 ), Kevin Murray ( 2010 ) and Barry Cable ( 2012 ).

As of January, 2012, some commentators have characterized the unprecedented changes in the global economy as " turbo-capitalism " ( Edward Luttwak ), " market fundamentalism " ( George Soros ), " casino capitalism " ( Susan Strange ), " cancer-stage capitalism " ( John McMurtry ), and as " McWorld " ( Benjamin Barber ).

** Zehra Kadriye Katırcıoğlu ( Istanbul 12 March 1929-Istanbul 15 May 2012 ), married Ahmet Cevat Tugay have 4 sons and a daughter

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

Plans for a third suspension bridge, which will allow transit traffic to by-pass the city traffic, have been approved by the Ministry of Transportation in 2012.

As of April 2012, it appears that all of the 25, 000 light fixtures will have to replaced, at an estimated cost of $ 54 million.

Through Chile ’ s trade agreements, its agricultural products have gained access to a market controlling 77 % of the world ’ s GDP and by approximately 2012, 74 % of Chilean agribusiness exports will be duty free.

CRTs have largely been superseded by more modern display technologies such as LCD, plasma display, and OLED, which as of 2012 offer lower manufacturing and distribution costs.

The Panthers and Cardinals have played each other every season since 2001 with the lone exception of the 2006 & 2012.

There have been eight series sweeps since interleague play began: four by the Cubs in 1998, 2004, 2007, and 2008, and four by the White Sox in 1995, 2008, and 2012.

Population censuses have been taken in Estonia in 1881, 1897, 1922, 1934, 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2000, and is being taken in January 2012.

Ultimately, these issues have led to a souring of relationships with the erstwhile bandmates, who still have not resolved their personal differences as of 2012.

A suggestion to " do six shots for SEAL Team 6 " following every mention of Osama bin Laden at the 2012 Democratic National Convention necessitated a prominent disclaimer on the satire site that posted it, as the quantity of alcohol ingested would have been lethal.

In July 2012, lensing observations were used to identify a " filament " of dark matter between two clusters of galaxies, as cosmological simulations have predicted.

More recently, the Red Wings have made the playoffs in 26 of the last 28 seasons, including the last 21 in a row ( 1991 – 2012 ).

As of August 7, 2012, the project reported that the world has 16, 345 indexed primary degree confluence points and 6, 132 of them, in 185 countries, have been visited at least once.

SST anomalies then transitioned into the negative ( La Niña ) and have now transitioned back to ENSO-neutral during April 2012.

Institutions such as hedge funds, pension funds and investment banks like Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have been instrumental in pushing up prices in the last five years, with investment in food commodities rising from $ 65bn to $ 126bn (£ 41bn to £ 79bn ) between 2007 and 2012, contributing to 30-year highs.

De Schutter told the Independent in March 2012: " What we are seeing now is that these financial markets have developed massively with the arrival of these new financial investors, who are purely interested in the short-term monetary gain and are not really interested in the physical thing – they never actually buy the ton of wheat or maize ; they only buy a promise to buy or to sell.

As of July 17, 2012, the Red Sox have had 760 consecutive sellouts, which is the longest such streak in Major League Baseball history ; the club, however, includes all tickets distributed ( paid or free ) when reporting attendance.

On 16 April 2012 Military leaders and a group of political parties in Guinea-Bissau have announced the formation of a Transitional National Council.