Jessica Alba Gives Birth to Baby Girl

Actress Jessica Alba Sunday announced the birth of her second daughter with movie producer husband Cash Warren.
The new addition, named Haven Garner Warren, joins three-year-old daughter, Honor Marie.
The 30-year-old, who got her start on the TV show "Dark Angel," announced the news on her Facebook page.
"Hi Everyone, Hope you're enjoying the weekend. Cash and I are so excited to announce the birth of our daughter, Haven Garner Warren," Alba wrote.
"She was born on Saturday, weighed 7lbs [3.2kg], and was 19 inches [48cm] long. Healthy and happy! Big Sister Honor couldn't be more excited about the new addition to our family.
"Thank you for all of your support during my pregnancy. It means the world to me."
Alba, who also announced her pregnancy via Facebook, told Us Weekly last month that Honor was "as excited as a kid can be [about becoming a big sister], even though she doesn't really know what it means just yet."
The Golden Globe-nominated actress will next be seen in "Spy Kids 4" which opens in the US on Friday

Will, Kate wedding biggest event in internet history

The entire world was spellbound, as it watched the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

The wedding which is touted as the biggest of the year had set an internet traffic record, making it the sixth biggest event in the internet history.

According to Keynote Systems, an internet monitoring company revealed that most news websites had pretty good traffic, as millions of people watched the live stream on the internet.

Incidentally, it’s reported that global internet traffic at some of the websites had hit a maximum of nearly 5.3million page views per minute, at 1.30pm yesterday.

Meanwhile, the statistics data for television coverage revealed that BBC and ITV1 attracted 24 million viewers to television.

Social networking sites performed well
Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter had also attracted huge traffic, as several people updated and commented about the royal wedding.

The topic that generated a lot of attention on Facebook and Twitter revolved around Westminster Abbey, Prince William, Kate Middleton and David Beckham.

From Kate’s dress, wedding ceremony to the newly wed’s procession to Buckingham Palace, had gathered a huge number of comments and hits among UK users of Facebook.

Data in Facebook revealed that more than 6.8 million commented on the wedding and on the micro blogging site Twitter, the wedding was mentioned 67 times a second.

Meanwhile, it’s also revealed that YouTube didn’t have much traffic and was available 100 percent, while the royal wedding site was available 74 percent of the time respectively.

William and Kate’s wedding outshined President Obama’s election
However, the new Duke and Duchess had failed to be the strong contender on the biggest news event of all times.

According to Akamai, an internet hosting provider that supposedly manages 20 percent of world’s internet traffic revealed that Prince William and Kate’s wedding didn’t manage to beat last year’s World Cup Soccer match, since the streaming for the wedding was less than the World Cup.

However, the royal couple managed to outshine President Obama’s 2008 election, as the number of views was 4.3 per minute back then.

Ashwin: MSD’s mystery man

That bowlers have it tough is a well-documented fact of modern cricket. And their job becomes harder even as the length of a cricket match shortens. Bowling in a Twenty20 game is a prospect that must make even the hardiest bowler balk - the short boundaries, the field restrictions, the flat tracks and the license to bludgeon each delivery all conspire against the bowler.

In such a scenario, every captain wishes for of the services of a bowler who can deny the opposition runs in Powerplays and pick up crucial wickets with attacking bowling. MS Dhoni is one captain to have been granted his wish in the IPL in the form of the trusty Ravichandran Ashwin.

The tall, strapping off-spinner has emerged as one of the best Powerplay bowlers in recent times. He shot into prominence in IPL 2010 where he ended up as CSK’s second highest wicket-taker with 13 scalps – Muralitharan had 15. He also had the best economy rate (6.10) among those who had bowled six or more overs in the tournament. After playing a pivotal role in Chennai’s victorious IPL campaign, Ashwin and Muralitharan had a key role in the title-win at the Champions League Twenty20 that followed. Together they accounted for 25 batsmen, out of which the younger partner scalped 13 at an economy rate of 6.51. What makes Ashwin special in the shorter formats of the game is the variety in his bowling; he uses his deliveries intelligently, without getting predictable.

The carrom ball, known to trick batsmen, gives his captain the option of opening the bowling with spin. Ashwin’s towering frame, on the other hand, helps him get some extra bounce off the wicket, deceiving batsmen. While the 24-year-old likes to mix his deliveries up and vary his pace and length, he, unlike many modern day spinners, isn’t obsessed with the mystery balls, losing sight of the basics. He uses the variations only to complement his strong stock ball – the off-spinner – and an immaculate line and length. By his own admission, having started his career as an opening batsman has helped him read the batsman’s mind and strategise more effectively. To complete the package, Ashwin has a big heart and an unwavering mental strength.

He’s someone who believes in taking adversity in his stride and striking hard when the opportunity arises. Ashwin’s fighting spirit was on display during CLT20 2010 in South Africa. Dhoni called him to bowl the super-over against Victorian Bushrangers to decide the outcome of a tied match and he was hammered for 23. Chennai lost. In their next match, the Warriors, chasing down CSK’s modest 136, needed 32 from the last three overs with seven wickets in hand. Ashwin convinced his captain to give him a chance to redeem himself.

When he got it, he didn’t let it go, picking up two crucial wickets giving away only seven runs. The pressure created by Ashwin in the 18th over was doubled by Muralitharan in the 20th and Chennai qualified for the semi-finals. Ashwin’s responsibility in the Super Kings camp will go several notches higher this season since they have lost their wily magician Muralitharan to the Kochi Tuskers Kerala. The off-spinner may have got only two games in India’s triumphant World Cup campaign (he picked two wickets in each game), but when Dhoni dons his yellow jersey, the Chennai lad is sure to figure prominently in the team’s plans.

Sarah Palin story

You’ve most likely heard of Lady Gaga? What of Mama Grizzly? Or Lady Blunder? No? Well, I’ll bring you up to speed. John McCain brought Mama Grizzly or Lady Blunder also known as Sarah Palin to national limelight when he picked her as the GOP's first female vice presidential nominee.

They were pitted against Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama in the United States of America 2008 presidential elections. I’m not sure why anyone gives Lady Blunder the time of the day let alone a microphone to air her gaffes! The media hype and circus around her just like Paris Hilton, leaves me puzzled, considering the social blunders and tactless remarks they bring to the table.


A colleague of mine described Sarah Palin’s nomination in 2008 as a masterstroke. I wasn’t convinced it was a masterstroke. But arguing with this colleague is akin to having a conversation with the deaf. So, I let him be while shaking my head in disagreement. Palin had been governor of Alaska before her nomination.


My colleague’s ‘profound’ reasoning was that since Obama didn’t pick Senator Hilary Clinton for his running mate (he chose Joe Biden instead) it was a politically deft move for McCain to have picked a woman as his running mate. Events were later to prove this was more of a death knell or ‘death stroke’ for the McCain camp.


The Obama camp questioned Sarah Paling’s complete lack of experience in international politics and some politicians even questioned how this woman could fill the vacant seat of the nation’s President should McCain die during his term, given that he was already in the evening of his life at over 72 years old. And this was the point at which Sarah Palin began her misadventures and gaffes. She and the Republican camp countered this ridicule of her lack of foreign experience with the claim that her home state of Alaska is near Russia and gives her experience in Russian affairs. Really? This faux pas was only the intro of more blunders to come.

Her slip of the tongue has achieved legendary status. In a recent live radio interview, Sarah Palin mistakenly called N. Korea an "Ally" of the United States. What? No way! In this interview, Palin twice referred to North Korea as America's ally and urged President Obama to firmly demonstrate the alliance.


One might even have missed the first gaffe, had she not said just seconds after the first slip uttered: "Obviously, we gotta stand with our North Korean allies." What?


Upon hearing that, the popular conservative host Glenn Beck immediately interjected, "South Korea."

But a star has been born. Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, emerged as the star of America when she accepted to be John McCain’s running mate at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. The American public and media have seemingly not had enough of her since then.

“American Idol" is a reality television competition to find new solo singing talent and entertains millions of viewers all over the world, but not Sarah Palin.


In excerpts from her recently released memoir, "America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag," the former vice-presidential candidate slams the reality show for hosting what she refers to as "talent deprived" contestants. Wow, this Lady Blunder doesn’t pull her punches!


"Did you ever wonder where the producers of 'American Idol' come up with the seemingly endless supply of people who can't sing but are deluded enough to get in front of a national television audience and screech out a song anyway?" Palin asks in the book.


You may think then that Lady Blunder would not allow her children participate in such talent hunts or talent exhibition shows for talent deprived people? Yet Palin’s daughter Bristol Palin is currently on the reality show "Dancing With the Stars," and she goes on to say that those unqualified contestants who appear on "Idol" are "victims of the cult of self-esteem."


"No one they've encountered in their lives — from their parents to their teachers to their president — wanted them to feel bad by hearing the truth," she writes. "So they grew up convinced they could become big pop stars like Michael Jackson."


In a strange twist, a Wisconsin man angry at the success of Bristol Palin on "Dancing with the Stars" blasted his TV with a shotgun as she waltzed her way into the program's finals. Just the way Sarah Palin is upset at the talent deprived contestants of American Idol, some don’t believe her daughter deserves getting to the finals of "Dancing with the Stars" and aren’t happy about it. The Wisconsin man named Steven Cowan decided to blast his television to smithereens because just like Sarah Palin he couldn’t stand to see a victim of the cult of self-esteem move up the ranks of the ABC competition.

Despite a history of dismal performances and low scores from the judges; Bristol Palin advanced to the show's semi-finals on the strength of viewers' votes, which ultimately decide the contestants' fates.

Sarah Palin is amazingly considered to be the favourite for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination. She also rivals the charming and eloquent Barack Obama in poll popularity.

Strange things do happen in America. Selflessly and out of the magnanimity of her heart, the former half-term Alaska governor said she "would offer [herself] up in the name of service to the public" and run for President in two years if "nobody else wanted to step up" during a recent interview on Fox News.

It will however take more than her current 'Mama Grizzlies' Video, encouraging conservative women to become more active, to shake my perception of her and her foot in the mouth politics.

Earthquake & Tsunami hits Japan

Japan was hit by a massive earthquake the measured 8.9 on the Richter scale, on March 11. This was followed by a 10 meters high Tsunami wave that washed away Northern Japan. The nearest city to the epicenter is the coastal city of Honshu, 130 km (80 miles) from the quake center. Japan's capital city Tokyo is situated 373 km (231 miles) away. Take a look at some photos.

Save Our National Animal - Tiger

Save Tiger
 
The tiger, one of the most magnificent animals in the world, is also one of the most endangered. A cat of beauty, strength, and majesty, the tiger is master of all and subject to none -- except humans. Of the eight original subspecies of tigers, three have become extinct within the last 60 years; and there are less than 50 South China tigers left on this planet -- few, and possibly none, survive in the wild.

There are five different kinds or subspecies of tiger alive in the world today. These tigers are called Siberian, South China, Indochinese, Bengal, and Sumatran. Their Latin name is Panthera tigris. Tigers are an endangered species; only about 5,000 to 7,400 tigers are left in the wild. Three tiger subspecies, the Bali, Javan, and Caspian tigers have become extinct in the past 70 years.

Poachers are continuing to exterminate the world's remaining Tigers. New demand across Southeast Asia for the skins, teeth and claws of tigers is endangering much of the great cats, particularly the Sumatran tiger. Currently, the demand for Tiger parts is centered in several parts of Asia where there is a strong market for traditional medicines made from items like tiger bone and body parts. Volumes are sizeable and there has been little enforcement action against poachers and traders.

What Needs to be Done to Save the Tiger:

 Local institutions and people Scientists who were closely involved in managing tigers at the local level, Hemendra Panwar of India and Hemanta Mishra of Nepal, pointed out an important lesson more than a decade ago: unless local community needs are met, conservation of the tiger will not succeed and protected areas will perish. Therefore, conservation programmes

must reconcile the interests of people and tigers. In most situations, a sustainable tiger conservation strategy cannot be achieved without the full participation and collective action of individual rural households whose livelihoods depend on rights of access and use of the forests where tigers live.

- Technologies for conservation of resources There already exists a wide range of technologies and practices in forest and watershed management and agriculture, both traditional and new, for conservation of resources. The biological processes that regenerate forests and make agriculture less damaging to tiger habitats take time to become established

- Use of external institutions Institutions, such as NGOs, government departments, and banks, can facilitate processes by which local people develop their sense of ownership and commitment. When little effort is made to build local skills, interest, and capacity, people have no interest or stake in maintaining structures or practices once the incentives for conservation stop. Success hinges on people’s participation in planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, which leads to the formation of new institutions or the strengthening of existing ones

- Conservation of tiger habitat and of prey In many areas peripheral to tiger habitat, grazing lands for livestock have been converted to crops or degraded by excessive use; livestock is of poor quality and of poor productivity; wood for fuel and building has been exhausted; and sources of income are limited. The rehabilitation of the natural resource base of local people is essential if they are not to seek their requirements in protected areas. This requires ecodevelopment with the support and cooperation of specialized government organs and the non-governmental conservation community.

Ronaldo's Biography (Brazil)

Full name: Ronaldo Luíz Nazário de Lima
DOB: September 22, 1976
Birthplace: Bento Ribeiro, Brazil
Nationality: Brazilian
Other nationality: Spanish
EU passport: Yes
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 82 kg

Club: Real Madrid CF
Position: Forward [C]
Number: 9
Contract Expires: June 2009
Previous Clubs: Sao Cristovao > Cruzeiro > (€6m) PSV > (€19m) Barcelona > (€30.5m) Internazionale > (€45m) Real Madrid

International debut: March 1994, v Argentina
Caps: 91
Goals: 58
World Cups: USA 1994, France 1998, Japan-Korea 2002, Germany 2006
Palmares:
FIFA World Cup (94, 02)
Copa America (97, 99)
Confederations Cup (97)

South American Supercup (93)
Intercontinental Cup (02)
UEFA Cup Winners Cup (97)
UEFA Cup (98)

Brazilian Cup (93)
Dutch Cup (96)
Spanish Supercup (96, 03)
Spanish Liga Primera (03)

Dutch League Top Scorer (96)
FIFA World Player of the Year (96, 97, 02)
World Soccer Player of the Year (96, 97, 02)
U-21 European Footballer of the Year (97, 98)
Spanish Liga Primera Top Scorer (97, 04)
European Footballer of the Year (97, 02)
FIFA World Cup MVP (98, 02)
Italian Serie A Footballer of the Year (98)
Copa America Top Scorer (99)
FIFA World Cup Top Scorer (02)
Intercontinental Cup MVP (02)


1976
Born September 22 in Bento Ribeiro, a poor neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro.
1993
A teenage prodigy with Cruziero, Ronaldo scored 58 goals in 60 games before moving on to Europe.
May: Wins Brazilian cup with Cruzeiro, his first professional title.
1994
March: Makes National team debut against Argentina.
June: Member of the Brazilian team that win World Cup, altough he sat on the bench for all matches.
July: Signs with PSV for 6m euros fee.
1996
May: Wins Dutch Cup with PSV.
June: Signs for Spanish giants Barcelona.
August: Member of the Brazilian team that won the Bronze Medal at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
December: Wins his first FIFA World Player of the year award.
1997
May: Converts the decisive penalty which clinched the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup for the Catalan club; Barcelona fails to win the Spanish League title as Ronaldo ends as the league top scorer.
June: Wins Copa America with Brazil, ends tournament as second best top scorer with 5 goals.
July: Joins FC Internazionale for a world record 30.5m euros fee.
December: First player to retain his title as FIFA World Player of the Year; First South American to win the prestigious European Footballer of the Year award.
1998
May: Scores 1 goals as Internazionale defeats Lazio 3-0 in the UEFA Cup final.
July: Helps Brazil to reach the final at the World Cup finals, but a mysterious and terrific display against France saw the Brazilians defeated 3-0.
1999
April: Marries Milene Domingues, the marriage lasted four years and ended in divorce.
July: Wins second Copa America, ends competition as top scorer with 5 goals.
October: Scores Inter's fifth goal in a 6-0 win over Lecce but later limped off with a knee injury which required surgery and kept him sidelined for six months.
2000
April: Returns to action in the Italian Cup final, but ruptured a knee ligament just six minutes into a appearance as a second-half substitute. Causing him to miss the entire 2000/1 season.
2001
September: Makes his return to official action against Romanian side Brasov in the UEFA Cup first round.
November: Makes his first Italian League appearance for almost two years, but limps out of his Serie A comeback with a thigh injury after just 14 minutes against Lecce at the San Siro.
2002
June: Inspires Brazil to win their 5th World Cup trophy, finish the competition as top scorer with 8 goals, 2 of them in the final.
July: Signs for Real Madrid.
December: Named Intercontinental Club Cup's MVP as Real Madrid defeats Olimpia in Yokohama; Wins third FIFA World Player of the year award; Wins second European Footballer of the Year award.
2003
May: Ends first season at Madrid, scoring 21 times in 30 domestic matches as they won the Primera Division title.
2004
May: Madrid fails to retain title as Ronaldo ends as the league top scorer.
2005
February: Marries Daniella Cicarelli, their relationship lasted only 3 months.
November: Given Spanish citizenship.
2006
May: Turns down a $120 million, 10-year offer to play for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.