* 2012 – The Dragon spacecraft became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with the International Space Station ( ISS ).

In 2012, Cruz appeared in the first ever Nintendo commercial to promote New Super Mario Bros. 2 and the Nintendo 3DS XL in which she played the role of Mario in the ad.

* 2012: " Where there's Pepsi, there's music " – used for the 2012 Super Bowl commercial featuring Melanie Amaro

Following his commercial breakthrough with Alien ( 1979 ), his best-known works are sci-fi classic Blade Runner ( 1982 ), Thelma & Louise ( 1991 ), best picture Oscar-winner Gladiator ( 2000 ), Black Hawk Down ( 2001 ), Matchstick Men ( 2003 ), Kingdom of Heaven ( 2005 ), American Gangster ( 2007 ), Robin Hood ( 2010 ), and Prometheus ( 2012 ).

In 2012, Ridley Scott produced the commercial for Lady Gaga's upcoming fragrance, " Fame.

For the 2012 commercial whaling season, starting in April and lasting six months, the quota was set to 216 minke whales.

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.

XCOR Aerospace also plans to initiate a suborbital commercial spaceflight service with the Lynx rocketplane in 2012 through a partnership with RocketShip Tours.

By the end of 2012 cargo supply to the International Space Station will be flown by privately owned commercial craft under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services by SpaceX's successfully tested the partially reusable Dragon spacecraft, and Orbital Sciences ' Cygnus spacecraft ( also slated for testing in 2012 ).

The London water tower, fire department, and London High School were featured in a Nike commercial promoting the 2012 Summer Olympics.

As of 2012 the maximum commercial speed was about for the majority of installed systems ( China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, UK ), in Spain and in France.

* Kerwin Du Bois, a Trinidadian soca artist, released his song " Bacchanalist " in 2012, the song was a commercial success in Trinidad and Tobago and referred to the " bacchanalia " of Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival Season.

Ology has been cited by The American Spectator, The Austin Chronicle, and MTV News. In April 2012, Geek Sugar highlighted Ology for its " hilarious, tongue-in-cheek news stories, viral videos, and trends ," and Business Insider featured the website in December for its commercial potential as a social media website.

In 2012 GAZ is starting preproduction of the new-generation light commercial vehicle GAZelle-Next.

In January 2012, Mercado lost a lawsuit against Bart Enterprises International, for which he was trying to prevent from using his name and likeness in future commercial ventures.

While the The New York Times reported Google wished to start selling virtual eyeglasses not only for entertainment but also for information and augmented reality by the end of 2012, more recent statements from Google about " Project Glass " ( as it is now called ) have said a 2012 commercial release is unlikely.

In September 2012, the City of Toronto used Kitchener ’ s King Street as a model for Celebrate Yonge — a month-long event which reduced Yonge Street to two lanes, widening sidewalks to improve the commercial street for businesses and pedestrians alike.

Several commercial plans added coverage for TMS in 2012 including Capital Blue Cross, Health Netand Anthem.

Speedy also appeared on the MetLife Super Bowl commercial in 2012.

* Rio Vista was mentioned at the end of a 2012 AT & T television commercial in which a man jogs from San Francisco until he gets lost, then the GPS on his phone tells him that he is in Rio Vista.

Piketon is expected to exhibit a growth economy during the early 21st Century with the establishment of a full-size United States Enrichment Corporation commercial uranium enrichment plant by 2012.

In August 2012, a swarm of earthquakes shook Southern California's Imperial Valley, showing the most recorded activity in the area since the 1970s.

The economic situation has since 2010 improved further, and by 2012 Latvia was definitely out of the crisis, showing strong growth forecasts.

Since 2012, due to Seven's commitment to showing increased AFL coverage in the southern states, most V8 Supercar Races are instead shown on 7mate.

Lewes Cinema, previously based at All Saints, intend to resume film showing at a new venue in autumn 2012.

For the 2012 Olympics, the Royal Mint has produced a 50p coin showing a horse jumping a fence.

In 2012, images were released showing the Apollo flags still standing on the Moon.

A sign in California showing the distance to Wilmington, North Carolina has been stolen several times, but as of June 2012, the sign was in place.

The Liberal Party performed badly in the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election, securing only 2. 64 percent of the popular vote and gaining five seats in Legco ( one in a geographical constituency and four in functional constituencies ), its lowest ever election showing.

A map showing the current ( 2012 ) states with self-declared communist governments.

Following the publication of photographs showing the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing whilst topless at her cousins ( Viscount Linley ) holiday home in France, it was announced on September 14th 2012 that the Royal couple are to launch legal action against the French magazine " Closer ", it will be the first time that a senior royal has sued in a court outside the UK.

His electronic work was used for a 2012 New York fashion show by Rag & Bone, showing same directions as The Eraser and following solo works.

In April 2012, the National Parks Authority released video showing 35 individual Javan rhinos, including offspring.

A worldmap showing the 54 countries where Accenture has operations as of 2012 ( coloured in blue ) Accenture organizes its services and people in these three primary cross-functional groupings.

A 2012 paper that suggests a new classification system-first proposed by the canadian astronomer Sidney van den Bergh-for lenticular and dwarf spheroidal galaxies ( S0a-S0b-S0c-dSph ) that parallels the Hubble sequence for spirals and irregulars ( Sa-Sb-Sc-Im ) reinforces this idea showing how the spiral-irregular sequence is very similar to this new one for lenticulars and dwarf ellipticals.

In August 2012, he had announced plans to attend the Democratic Convention in Charlotte in showing support for Barack Obama's reelection.

June 2012, " Kimi Dora " Part 2 is finally showing in all theaters nationwide ( Philippines ) produced by Star Cinema of ABS-CBN and Directed by Bb.

In 2012, the boys showed a strong showing in the state tournament but lost in the championship game to rival Altamont School.

The showing of ' High School Musical ' performed by the leavers of 2012 was perhaps the most successful production to date, winning huge acclaim from staff and students alike.

2012 SEIU is paying their employees to protest against Mitt Romney's campaign at a rate of $ 11. 00 per hour showing their support for the Citizens United Decision made by the Supreme Court of the United States allowing businesses to participate in the electoral process.

A 2012 article, by another team also including Beck, revised this assertion, showing instead that Merritte had hydrocephalus from birth.

Map of Switzerland showing municipal boundaries ( 2012 )

On January 17, 2012 Newgrounds joined in the SOPA Protest, by blocking the front page of the website showing info about and how it would affect Newgrounds, the block lasted for 12 hours afterwards service was resumed.

Also during Jacob's time as Director-General was the first showing of Panorama which is the world's longest-running current affairs series as of 2012.

It was originally scheduled for 6 January 2012, however due to the showing of a special edition of Panorama on 3 January, the three part drama Public Enemies, which was due to run on three consecutive nights starting on Tuesday 3 January, was pushed back a day to Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.