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[[File:Downtown Port au Prince after earthquake.jpg|thumb|right|Damage in downtown Port-au-Prince.]]
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* On January 12, 2010, a [[2010 Haiti earthquake|7.0 magnitude earthquake]] hits [[Haiti]], causing widespread destruction in [[Port-au-Prince]]. Haitian authorities currently believe that the disaster has claimed between 100,000 and 200,000 lives.<ref name='reutersfirst'>{{cite news | first=Jane | last=Sutton | coauthors= Anthony Boadle, Pascal Fletcher |authorlink= | title=Haiti quake death toll may hit 200,000-minister | date=15 January 2010 | publisher=Reuters | url =http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N15143632.htm | work =Reuters Alertnet| pages = | accessdate = 15 January 2010 | language = }}</ref> Over 2 million inhabitants were affected and over 3 million in need of emergency aid.
* On January 12, 2010, a [[2010 Haiti earthquake|7.0 magnitude earthquake]] hits [[Haiti]], causing widespread destruction in [[Port-au-Prince]]. Haitian authorities currently believe that the disaster has claimed 150,000 lives confermed.<ref>http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gJGnsQlohW0HXsQ_PYZ71pVa3a1g</ref> Over 2 million inhabitants were affected and over 3 million in need of emergency aid.


== Popular culture ==
== Popular culture ==

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The 2010s decade, pronounced "twenty-tens", "twenty-teens"[1], "two thousand (and) tens", or simply "the Tens",[2][3][4][5] is the current decade, which began on January 1, 2010 and will end on December 31, 2019.

Names of the decade

Among experts and the general public, there is a debate as to how specific years of the 21st century should be pronounced in English, that as of January 2010 has yet to be fully resolved.[6] Although the majority of English-speakers say "two thousand (and) X" for years of the 2000s decade, in theory this could mean any year up to 2999.

One article suggests that since former years such as 1809 and 1909 were commonly pronounced as "eighteen oh-nine" and "nineteen oh-nine", the year 2009 should naturally be pronounced as "twenty oh-nine", and that majority usage of "two thousand (and) X" is a result of influences from the Y2K hype, as well as the way "2001" was pronounced in the influential 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.[7]

In January 2000 an Australian Broadcasting Corporation poll found 40% of people favored calling the 2010s the "twenty tens", 60% said "two thousand and tens".[8]

In addition, the Vancouver Olympics, taking place in 2010, are being officially referred to by Vancouver 2010 as "the twenty-ten Olympics", despite the United States saying "two thousand ten" in a commercial about them.[9] The London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 has restricted the commercial use of the terms "Two Thousand and Twelve" and "Twenty Twelve", to protect the London 2012 Olympics.[10] According to a recent press release, David Crystal, author of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, has predicted that the change of pronunciation to "twenty X" will occur in 2011, as "twenty eleven", explaining that the way people pronounce years depends on rhythm, rather than logic. Crystal claims that the rhythm or "flow" of "two thousand (and) ten", beats that of "twenty ten", but the flow of "twenty eleven" beats "two thousand (and) eleven".[11] Alternatively, Ian Brookes, editor-in-chief of Chambers Dictionary, suggests the change will occur in 2013 (as 2012 is often referred to as "two thousand and twelve"). However, the pronunciations of 2010, 2011, etc., as "twenty ten", or "twenty eleven", requires one less syllable than "two-thousand ten", or "two thousand eleven."

On New Year's Eve of 2009, the host of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve said "two thousand ten", "twenty-twelve", but "two thousand twenty-eight".

Suggested names for the decade other than the "twenty-tens" or "two thousand tens" include the "teenies" (reflecting the name "Noughties" for the 2000s), "tenties", "tweenies", "teens", and "twenteens".[12][13][14][15]

The 2010s are considered the second decade of the 21st century and 3rd millennium, [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] even though some say that both the 21st century and 3rd millennium technically began in 2001. [26]

Politics and wars

Wars

Main article: List of wars 2003–current

The wars of the decade include:

Internal conflicts

The most notable Internal conflicts of the decade include:

Disasters

Natural disasters

Main article: 2010 Haiti earthquake
Damage in downtown Port-au-Prince.
  • On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hits Haiti, causing widespread destruction in Port-au-Prince. Haitian authorities currently believe that the disaster has claimed 150,000 lives confermed.[27] Over 2 million inhabitants were affected and over 3 million in need of emergency aid.

Film

Main article: 2010s in film
  • The computer-animated film Avatar becomes the second highest grossing film of all time & is on target for no.1 spot above James Cameron's other big film Titanic.

Music

Main article: 2010s in music

Architecture

Burj Khalifa

Sports

Notable sporting events to be held in the 2010s:

2012 Summer Olympics emblem.
HDTV is projected to become a standard in the 2010s.
An illustration of an IP address (version 6), in hexadecimal and binary.

In the population

  • World population is likely to reach around 7.5 billion by the end of the decade, representing a significant slowdown in growth. In Europe and Japan, the population is projected to decline during the decade.[28]

In science and technology

  • The Orion is set to replace the Space Shuttle around 2014 or 2015. This is expected to follow a period of several years beginning with the scheduled retirement of the space shuttle program in 2010 in which NASA will not have an active manned spacecraft launch program.

See also

References

  1. ^ Happy twenty-ten!
  2. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/2000/mill/dating.htm
  3. ^ 'Twenty Tens' to become nickname for next decade, survey says
  4. ^ Jones, Sam (1 January 2010). "A new decade: what's in a name?" (in English). United Kingdom: The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. ^ "New Year revellers welcome in 2010" (in English). United Kingdom: BBC News. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. ^ "It's the end of the Noughties, we feel fine". news.com.au. October 26, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  7. ^ Norfolk, Andrew (April 4, 2005). "Experts clash over millennium bugbear". The Times. London. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ "ABC 2000 - About 2000 - What do we call the 2000's?".
  9. ^ "Labels for Years? A Question for Linguists?". FieldNotes: for the Anthropology of British Columbia. 2005-07-28.
  10. ^ London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 British Crown 2006; Accessed February 22, 2007
  11. ^ Experts clash over millennium bugbear—The Times
  12. ^ Damian, Fletcher (1 January 2010). "What should we call the decade after the noughties?". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  13. ^ Atfield, Cameron (1 January 2010). "After 10 years of Noughtiness, what's next?". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  14. ^ ANI (2 January 2010). "Will the next decade be the tweenies, tens, or teens?". Economic Times. India. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  15. ^ Jones, Sam (1 January 2010). "A new decade: what's in a name?". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  16. ^ Sekou, Dr. Malik (5 January 2010). "2010—The Second Decade of the 21st Century Begins" (in English). US Virgin Islands: The St. Croix Source. Retrieved 12 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  17. ^ "In New York, 21st Century's Second Decade Opening with New Lighting Technology" (in English). United States: Energy Business Daily. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  18. ^ Klare, Michael T. (5 January 2010). "The Second Decade" (in English). United States: Mother Jones. Retrieved 12 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  19. ^ Fernandez, Norman Gregory (1 January 2010). "New California State Laws for the Second Decade of the 21st Century" (in English). United States: USLaw.com. Retrieved 12 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  20. ^ Burroughs, Katrina. "Interiors: Noughties but nice: a decade of design" (in English). United Kingdom: The Times. Retrieved 12 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  21. ^ "2020 vision: Our team of futurologists peers into mists of time" (in English). United Kingdom: The Independent. 27 December 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  22. ^ "'Decade From Hell': Time Mag Trashes The '00s" (in English). United States: The Huffington Post. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  23. ^ "Business Expo, Perth Concert Hall" (in English). United Kingdom: Perth and Kinross Council. Retrieved 12 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  24. ^ Eldon, Sir Stewart (9 October 2009). "Sir Stewart Eldon's Speech to the Atlantic Council of Ukraine on the strategic concept" (in English). United Kingdom: UK in Ukraine: Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 12 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  25. ^ Mole, Chris (14 September 2009). "Speech to the International Federation of Consulting Engineers" (in English). United Kingdom: Department for Transport. Retrieved 12 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  26. ^ "The 21st Century and the 3rd Millenium When Did They Begin?" (in English). United States of America: US Naval Observatory. Retrieved 12 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  27. ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gJGnsQlohW0HXsQ_PYZ71pVa3a1g
  28. ^ United Nations, based on 2004 figures
  29. ^ IPv4 Address Report
  30. ^ Trinidad, Katherine (2010-01-01). "NASA Astronaut John Grunsfeld, Instrumental to Hubble Telescope Repair, Will Help Oversee its Science Operations". NASA. Retrieved 2010-01-05. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  31. ^ IPCC website
  32. ^ Thibodeau, Patrick (2008-06-10). "IBM breaks petaflop barrier". InfoWorld. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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