Net private transfers decreased in 2009, but saw a continuous increase during the first six months of 2010.

Norway saw its first finding in February 2009, when cows at two farms in Vest-Agder in the south of Norway showed an immune response to bluetongue.

Matters did not improve under caretaker manager Phil Parkinson, and a 3 – 1 defeat at Sheffield United saw the Addicks four points adrift at the bottom of the Championship as 2009 dawned, under threat of their first relegation to English football's third tier for 29 years.

May 2010 also saw the funeral of Coronation Street favourite Blanche Hunt, who was written out after the death of her portrayer Maggie Jones on 2 December 2009.

The elections in 2009 saw a significant drop in some areas in support for Eurosceptic parties, with all MEPs from Poland, Denmark and Sweden losing their seats.

The 2000s also saw an increase in the number of individual competitive awards won by French artists at the Cannes Festival, for direction ( Tony Gatlif, Exils, 2004 ), screenplay ( Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, Look at Me, 2004 ), female acting ( Isabelle Hupert, The Piano Teacher, 2001 ; Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist, 2009 ) and male acting ( Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila and Bernard Blancan, Days of Glory, 2006 ).

At 2009 European Parliament election held on the same day as the Local elections, which saw a reduction in the number seats from 13 to 12 for Ireland, the party won four seats, retaining the largest number of seats of an Irish party in the European Parliament.

n3td3v was banned from the Full disclosure mailing list on January 21 2009. n3td3v is thought to be banned in response to his widespread criticism of what he saw as irresponsible disclosure practices carried out by some security researchers, such as HD Moore.

Some saw the banning of n3td3v as an attack on freedom of speech in an email post to the list August 31 2009, while others accuse him of being an internet troll.

This period also saw the emergence of a new generation of Scottish poets that became leading figures on the UK stage, including Carol Ann Duffy, who was named as Poet Laureate in May 2009, the first woman, the first Scot and the first openly gay poet to take the post.

February 2009 saw the introduction of a new CHANFIX module called OPME, a mechanism for EFnet Admins to use to restore ops in an opless channel.

However, 2009 also saw the team's attendance numbers plummet, leading to television blackouts and speculation that the team could eventually be moved or sold.

The beginning of 2009 also saw the introduction of a new logo for the university which retained the Sirius Star, present on both the old logo and the university crest, but now ' embedded in a stylised lotus flower '.

The country's economy actually contracted by 1. 5 % in 2009, due to decreased export demand in the US and Central American markets, lower commodity prices for key agricultural exports, and low remittance growth, but saw 4. 5 % growth in 2010 thanks to a recovery in export demand and growth in its tourism industry.

September 2009 saw the release of Sinatra's digital-only album Cherry Smiles: The Rare Singles, featuring previously unreleased tracks and songs only available on 45.

2009 saw a return to traditional Offshore Racing and the trophy was won by Drew Langdon in Silverline Buzzi Bullet.

For the 2009 reboot film Star Trek, writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman saw McCoy as an " arbiter " in Kirk and Spock's relationship.

2009 also saw Andy Smith win again this time at Kings Lynns Norfolk Arena.

November 3, 2009 saw three new releases.

Recent constitutional changes saw a new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom come into being in October 2009 that took on the appeal functions of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords.

2009 also saw the beginning of the new New Mutants volume written by Zeb Wells, with the limited series X-Infernus serving as prologue.

The end of 2009 and the Nation X storyline saw the X-Men's longtime archnemesis, Magneto, renouncing his villainous ways and joining the X-Men, which Cyclops allowed.

2009 also saw a scare in which 2. 2 pounds of missing plutonium prompted a Department of Energy investigation into the laboratory.

The 2009 elections again saw a victory for the European People's Party, despite losing the British Conservatives who formed a smaller eurosceptic grouping with other anti-federalist right wing parties.

" In a 2009 interview, Whedon revealed he only recently realised how much he saw of himself in Buffy.

* Interview about The West Wing with Martin Sheen and Richard Schiff, May 6, 2009 on The Alligator ; 6 minutes.

In a 2009 revival in Los Angeles, Martin Sheen again appeared, this time in the role of the father.

In 2009, he portrayed Sam Longson, chairman of Derby County football club in the 1960s and 1970s, in the film The Damned United ; the starring character in the film was football manager Brian Clough, played by Michael Sheen.

In 2009, Sheen appeared in two fantasy films, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans and The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and starred as the outspoken football manager Brian Clough in The Damned United.

Sheen at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009.

Also in 2009, Sheen reprised his role as a werewolf in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, a prequel to the original film.

Sheen made two once-off stage appearances in 2009 ; he performed a scene from Betrayal as part of a Harold Pinter tribute evening at the National Theatre and performed improvisational comedy as part of The Groundlings ' Crazy Joe Show in Los Angeles.

Sheen was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Year Honours list for his services to drama.

Sheen in March 2009

On December 25, 2009, Sheen was arrested for assaulting his wife, Brooke Mueller in Aspen, Colorado.

A major donor and supporter of Aid For AIDS since 2006, Sheen was honored with an AFA Angel Award, one of only a few ever given, at the nonprofit's 25th Silver Anniversary Reception in 2009.

Madsen went to Mexico City to co-star in boxing film The Kid: Chamaco with Martin Sheen and Kirk Harris for director Miguel Necoechea in 2009.

Older parts of the stadium were used in the 2009 film The Damned United, which was centred around the 44-day reign of Brian Clough ( played by Michael Sheen ) at the club in 1974.

In January 2009 she starred opposite Martin Sheen as " Marika " in Bhopal: Prayer for Rain.

The European premiere was directed by Paul Kerryson at the Curve Theatre, Leicester, UK in May 2009, starring Lucy Schaufer as Margaret and Caroline Sheen as Clara, with design by George Souglides, musical direction by Julian Kelly, lighting design by Giuseppe di Iorio, sound design by Paul Groothuis.

Especially following a September 27, 2009 bombing near a Syrian security installation that killed 17, the regime has attempted to portray Syria as a victim of terrorism rather than a purveyor of it.

In May 2009, Law returned to the London stage to portray the title role in Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Donmar Warehouse West End season at Wyndham's Theatre.

When the Daily Telegraph in 2009 exposed that Hogg had claimed upwards of £ 2, 000 of taxpayers ' money for the purposes of cleaning the moat around his country estate, Kettlethorpe Hall, he became one of the most prominent illustrations used by the media to portray the extent of the expenses scandal, though Hogg always maintained that the allegation was untrue.

* In the 2009 ABC television series FlashForward, the exterior of the LADWP headquarters is used to portray the FBI field office building where several main characters are based.

On September 29, 2009, it was announced that Jackson would return to General Hospital on October 27 to portray Lucky Spencer.

In January 2009, it was reported per Variety that Elba would portray Charles Miner, a new rival to Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott ( Steve Carell ) for NBC's The Office.

In November 2009, the Chamber was reported to be seeking to spend $ 50, 000 to hire a " respected economist " to produce a study that could be used to portray health-care legislation as a job killer and threat to the nation's economy.