Kim Kardashian Naked Selfie During Pregnancy

The 34-year-old reality star is currently expecting her second child with husband Kanye West. But after speculation arose that she was actually using a surrogate and her bump was fake, Kim did the only thing she knew how to shut down the speculation once and for all.

"First they say I'm too skinny so I have to be faking it...Now they say I'm too big so I have to be faking it...SMH! Some days I'm photographed before I eat & look smaller, some days I've just eaten & I look bigger. It's all a part of the process," she wrote on Instagram alongside the photograph of her posing nude. "I think you all know me well enough to know I would document the process if I got a surrogate. Everyone's body is different, every pregnancy is very different! (sic)"

Kim has faced increasingly harsh criticism over her shape after her bump looks different sizes in various paparazzi photographs. But making use of her own camera, the star posed in her bathroom with just her arm covering her breasts and her leg bent to cover her lower half. Standing side on, her bump was clear for all to see and Kim added that it's only going to get bigger.

"I've learned to love my body at every stage! I'm going to get even bigger & that's beautiful too! I'm blessed to even be pregnant & even luckier to not have preeclampsia as far as I know, so I don't have the swelling issue this time!" she continued. "They also say your body carries a boy different than a girl! Whatever the case may be I'm grateful to God for this miracle & no matter what rumors or comments you throw my way this time they truly don't affect me! #NoFilter #NoPhotoShop #GoodLighting. (sic)"

Size 22 Model Tess Holliday Says Fatkinis Make Her Feel Sexy

"When I’m buying a swimsuit the thing that is most important to me is how I feel in it, if I feel good," Tess Holliday said on the set of her shoot for new plus-sizeswimwear collection Sea by Monif C. “It’s great to buy something that may look cute but I want to buy something that makes me feel sexy and I want to feel confident when I’m going out and I want people to stare so you know I want good support, I want fun prints.” The line, which was started byMonif Clarke, a size 16 herself, does exactly that. 

Clarke started her line 10 years ago because as a 20-something she couldn’t find clothes, let alone bathing suits, that weren’t shapeless sacks in blacks, grays, or browns. Although armed with a degree in math and computer science, she ditched STEM for sartorial when she realized that if she needed to custom make her clothes just to have something cute in her closet, then there must be others, more specifically customers, out there aching for similar styles. “If I design stuff that I love then maybe others will love it too,” Clarke told Yahoo Style. 

Today, the plus size fashion industry looks a lot different. Prints, bright colors, cut outs, unique and flattering shapes are all available. But while plus size offerings have certainly changed, the perceptions surrounding it aren’t as quick to catch up. And Clarke, a pioneer in promulgating the idea that women of all sizes are beautiful and providing the items to match, has, admittedly, not made enough strides to feature different body types in her campaigns — until now.

"We’ve always featured size 14 plus models," Clarke said, "But, we thought, ‘How do we make this more compelling for our customer?’ The feedback we were getting was, ‘We love that you show women in size 14 and 18 but what about the 22s and 24s?’" So that’s where Holliday comes in. The first model of her size and height — she’s  5’5”, weighs 260 pounds, and wears a size 22 — Clarke thought she’d be the perfect fit to feature in the swim campaign. Not only does she represent the slightly different size and body type Monif C. was looking to feature, but her #effyourbeautystandards movement also closely ideologically corresponds with what company tries to achieve. 

"I love that the swimwear is designed by an actual plus size woman. Not only does [Clarke] know what we need but she also gives us the sexy factor that’s totally lacking in swimwear," ‘Holliday said. "She gets that we don’t need to hide our bodies or feel bad for the way we look yet she makes swimwear that helps us embrace our size and look good." The 29-year-old, who is notorious for wearing shapewear underneath her bathing suits, has ditched the slimming under-layer and embraced her body. But self-acceptance also comes from external factors making one feel confident, and, as Holliday points out, the Sea by Monif C. line is made specifically for women sizes 14 to 24 and therefore features include boning, tummy tuck lining, underwire, and high-waisted two-pieces. When you look good, you feel good, Clarke notes. She adds: “There’s no reason that plus-size women can’t be just as sexy or as fashionable as our smaller counterparts.”

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Ronda Rousey is never going to fight a man, so please STOP

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Celebrate Ronda Rousey for her greatness and don't bring up this ridiculous and demeaning notion that she should fight a man. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports)

An online sports book set odds at 25-1 that Ronda Rousey would fight a man in a UFC sanctioned event by Dec. 31, 2016. Bovada could have set the number at 100 million to 1, because it's never going to happen.

Not now.

Not ever.

It's beyond ridiculous and is highly disrespectful to Rousey, the wonderfully talented UFC women's bantamweight champion. What Rousey is doing is remarkable, and should be celebrated. She's 11-0 with 11 finishes and has won her last two fights in a combined 30 seconds.

It's one of the most dominant runs in sports history by any athlete in any sport, male or female.

Three times in UFC history have there been championship fights between two unbeaten fighters. Rousey was involved in two of the three, and won those fights in a combined one minute, 20 seconds. She defeated Sara McMann, who was 7-0 entering their bout at UFC 170, in just 1:06. And then last week, she needed only 14 seconds to submit Cat Zingano in the main event of UFC 184.

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UFC announcer Joe Rogan. (Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports)

Beating a fighter like Zingano in 14 seconds is kind of like Tiger Woods winning the 2000 U.S. Open by 15 shots. Or Secretariat winning the 1973 Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths. Or the Chicago Bears defeating the Washington Redskins 73-0 in the 1940 NFL Championship game.

This is an incredibly amazing run she's on, one rarely seen in sports. It's a disgrace that instead of celebrating Rousey's historic accomplishments, we're debating whether or not she could defeat men.

UFC analyst Joe Rogan unintentionally got the controversy rolling when he said during an appearance on The Dan LeBatard Show on Feb. 26 that Rousey could beat 50 percent of the male bantamweights in the UFC.

He said it as a means to try to express Rousey's greatness, because it's easy to run out of superlatives to describe what she's doing. He wasn't suggesting she would, or should, fight a man.

At one point before her fight with Zingano, UFC president Dana White joked he might have to make Rousey fight men if she beat Zingano easily. Again, White wasn't suggesting that was his plan. He was simply pointing out how dominant she'd been.

But that didn't stop UFC flyweight contender Ian McCall from speaking out about it. McCall took Rogan's comments completely seriously and said that Rousey wouldn't defeat a good male mixed martial arts fighter. He went on to say he'd throw Rousey, a bronze medalist in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

A good man will not lose to Ronda Rousey. I could put a judo gi on, [she's] an Olympian. You're not throwing me. It's not going to happen. I will throw you on your head. Pretty simple. And you weigh more than me. I can't compartmentalize it. It doesn't make sense to me. I know it's all talk. They compare her to [former heavyweight boxer Mike] Tyson. She's dangerous, she's good. I get it, but it's just silly.

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UFC flyweight Ian McCall. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports)

McCall completely missed the point and made himself look incredibly small in the process. Rousey is enormously popular and is growing the fan base. People like to witness greatness and what Rousey is doing is not only great for herself, but for all of her peers, male and female.

McCall's words are incredibly demeaning to one of the greatest female athletes in the world. And, of course, he missed the bigger picture because she's only going to grow the sport and make fighters like him more money.

Rousey's mother, the 1984 world judo champion AnnMaria De Mars, was right on the money on Saturday following her daughter's win over Zingano when she blasted the notion of her daughter facing a man.

"That's a stupid idea," De Mars said. "Seriously, that's a stupid idea. I'm as much a feminist as anyone but the fact is that biologically, there's a difference between men and women. Hello. Duh. A woman who is 135 pounds and a man who is 135 pounds are not physically equal."

It's sad she even had to say that because in some ways, it takes attention away from what Rousey has done in the Octagon and focuses attention on something that is utterly ridiculous.

This needs to stop, and now.

Ronda Rousey is one of the most incredible athletes in the world, as well as the most popular in the UFC.

All the talk of her fighting men does is detract from her extraordinary accomplishments in the cage.

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Taliban attack Pakistani school, kill at least 130

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 130 people, officials said, in the worst attack to hit the country in over a year.

The overwhelming majority of the victims were students at the army public school, which has children and teenagers in grades 1-10.

The horrific violence, carried out by a relatively small number of militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban group, a Pakistani militant group trying to overthrow the government, also sent dozens of wounded flooding into local hospitals as terrified parents searched for their children.

The attack began in the morning hours, with about half a dozen gunmen entering the school — and shooting at random, said police officer Javed Khan. Army commandos quickly arrived at the scene and exchanged fire with the gunmen, he said.

Outside the school, shooting was initially heard along with one loud bang of unknown origin. Details were sketchy in the face of the overwhelming tragedy. Pakistani television showed soldiers surrounding the area and pushing people back.

Pervez Khattak, the chief minister of the province where Peshawar is located, said 84 died but that death toll could rise further in the unfolding drama.

Khattack said fighting was still underway and that roughly the same number of students have been wounded. He said the 84 killed were all "children" but hospital officials earlier said at least one of the fatalities was a teacher and that one security official was also among the dead.

The school is located on the edge of a military cantonment in Peshawar, but the bulk of the students are civilian.

Taliban spokesman Mohammed Khurasani claimed responsibility for the attack in a phone call to media, saying that six suicide bombers had carried out the attack in revenge for the killings of Taliban members at the hands of Pakistani authorities.

Peshawar has been the target of frequent militant attacks in the past but has seen a relative lull recently.

Gunhild Stordalen alvorlig syk

I slutten av oktober skal Gunhild Stordalen ha fått påvist den potensielt livstruende sykdommen, skriver Dagens Næringsliv.

Systemisk sklerodermi er en bindevevssykdom som kan spre seg til hele kroppen, og angriper hud og indre organer.

Stordalen sier til DN at hun ikke vet om hun blir frisk.

- Jeg spurte overlegen på Rikshospitalet: «Hvis jeg ikke dør, hvordan kommer livet mitt til å bli?» Og da sa han: «Det snakker vi ikke om nå», sier Gunhild Stordalen til avisen.

-Betydelig dødelighet

Prognosen for pasienter med systemisk sklerodermi er alvorlig, avhengig av spredning og hvilke organer som blir angrepet.

Petter og Gunhild Stordalen under utdelingen av moteprisen Nåløyet 2014 på DogA tidligere i år.

FOTO: Berit Roald / NTB scanpix

Ved utbredt sykdom, som sees i ca. 40 prosent av tilfellene, er dødeligheten i løpet av 5 år betydelig, heter det i Store Medisinske Leksikon. Verst er det hvis hjerte, lunger eller nyrer rammes. For halvparten av pasientene stabiliserer sykdommen seg og medfører begrenset funksjonstap, skriver hudlege Tor Langeland i Store Medisinske Leksikon.

Hos Gunnhild Stordalen skal sykdommen foreløpig ikke ha spredd seg til indre organer.

Avlyste jobber

Både Gunhild Stordalen og ektemannen Petter Stordalen har siden oktober kansellert møter, foredrag og offentlige tilstelninger.

– Vi har valgt å fortelle om dette nå, på tross av at ingen kan vite hvordan dette ender, sier ektemannen til DN.

Får eksperimentell behandling

Gunhild Stordalen har blitt undersøkt både ved Rikshospitalet og hos spesialister i USA. Nå skal hun igjennom en krevende, eksperimentell behandling i Nederland. De neste månedene skal hun gjennomgå en høydose cellegiftsbehandling og stamcelletransplantasjon.

Nyheten om Gunhild Stordalens sykdom har ført til massive støtteerklæringer på sosiale medier. Lørdag formiddag skrev Petter Stordalen på Twitter:

 

– Jeg innser at jeg kommer til å bli uendelig syk og kanskje subbe borti gravkanten med begge bena før jeg er gjennom behandlingen. Men jeg har forsonet meg med risikoen. Alternativet er så mye dårligere. For det eneste jeg vet, er at uten stamcelletransplantasjonen, kommer jeg til å bli verre. Mye verre, sier hun i DNs reportasje.

Opptatt av mat og miljø

Gunhild Stordalen er utdannet lege, men har de siste årene jobbet med klimaspørsmål og miljøvern, både gjennom stiftelsen Stordalen Foundation, ZERO-konferansen og GreeNudge. Hun er også styremedlem i ektemannens selskaper Home Invest og Nordic Choice Hotels.

Stordalen klarte i vår å samle verdens fremste forskere, næringslivsledere og politikere til å diskutere mat og miljøspørsmål under konferansen EAT Stockholm Food Forum.

Twins Tower New York

The two towers were different in height: the first one, built in 1972, reached a height of 417 meters and the second one, finished one year later measured 415 meters. The One World Trade Center was the tallest building in the world until 1974, when the Sears Tower was built inChicago. At the time of their destruction, the Twin Towers still ranked in the top 10 of the highest buildings in the world and dominated the skyline of lower Manhattan.

The World Trade Center was a project started up in 1960 by David Rockefeller. The towers were sometimes nicknamed David and Nelson, the Rockefeller brothers. The design came from Minoru Yamasaki and Emery Roth & Sons. The monolithic Twin Towers were never seen as great architecture, but it certainly was a great engineering feat.

The Terrorist Attacks

The Building never received the attention the Empire State Buildinggets. But it first became world news when, on friday Feb. 23, 1993 at 12:18, a bomb exploded in the World Trade Center. 

Ground Zero, July 2002

The explosion killed 6 and wounded at least 1000 people. Muslim fundamentalists have been convicted for the bombing.

The second time the WTC became world news was on the tragic day September 11, 2001 when 2 hijacked planes crashed into the twin towers. Not much later, the towers imploded. Almost 3000 people died in this cowardly terrorist attack by muslims. The site of the towers - a gaping wound - became known as 'ground zero'.

A New WTC

New WTC under
construction

Plans to build a new WTC were launched shortly after the destruction of the original WTC Towers. Instead of rebuilding the Twin Towers, it was decided to create a memorial at the site and build five new towers around the memorial.

Already in 2006 one of the towers - Seven WTC, a 52 story skyscraper - was completed. The whole complex, including the landmark 1 WTC tower with a symbolic height of 541 meters or 1,776 ft (The US declared its independence from the British in 1776) was completed in 2013. One World Observatory, the observation deck on floors 100 to 102, is expected to open in Spring 2015.

Memorial

9/11 Memorial

A memorial to the victims of the terrorist attack on the WTC was unveiled on September 11, 2011.

The memorial, dubbed 'Reflecting Absence', has cascading waterfalls with illuminated reflecting pools at the exact site of the former towers. The memorial design by architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker was chosen during a competition which attracted more than 5200 submissions.

Top 10 jackpots in Las Vagas

Top 10 Recent Las Vegas Slot Jackpot Winners

There are always going to be some mega sized jackpots won in places such as a Las Vegas, and this is obviously due to the fact that there are more players and more progressive slot games found in this gambling City than in any other part of the world.

However, you may be wondering just how often some of the progressive slot games that can be found in Las Vegas award their top prize jackpots, and if so then the following guide to going to open your eyes in regards to the frequency that the jackpots are awarded on Las Vegas progressive slot games.

What you will also find interesting in this guide is we have chosen to name not only the casinos in which the jackpot were won but also the time and amount of the jackpots, plus of course we list the name of the slot games which awarded these life changing jackpot winning payouts.

It should be noted that as you check through this listing of the top 10 biggest Las Vegas slot jackpot winners guide, you will notice that the Wheel of Fortune slot game does appear to pay out its jackpot very, very regularly. The reason for this is simple, that is one of the most played slot game series in Las Vegas, with virtually every land based casino in Nevada offering a range of these highly playable games!

Always be aware that if you do decide to give any of the following progressive slot games some play tie mina land based casino, you need to play maximum bet spins to have a chance of winning in the jackpot paying combination and then winning the progressive jackpot attached to that slot game.
If you play any of the following top 10 progressive slots and fail to put into play maximum bet spins then you will have no chance what so ever of winning the progressive jackpot, you may however win a much smaller cash prize if you line up the jackpot combinations but have not put into play the required stake amounts.

Always have a good look through the rules of any progressive slot game you are thinking of sitting down and playing before you actually do play it, for printed on the slot games glass you will find exactly hw you have to play the slot to have any realistic chance of spinning in and winning that life changing jackpot win!

Let us now present to you the top 10 Las Vegas progressive jackpots that have been paid out on various different slot games in the last few months, as you are about to discover the value of some of these jackpots won are huge, and there have been many people leaving Las Vegas multi millionaires!

Hopefully you will be adding your name to the jackpot winners list one day soon, let’s hope so!

1. Wheel of Fortune Video Slot (1¢) - The highest jackpot won in Las Vegas recently was a jackpot worth $4,526,288.12 this jackpot was won on 1/28/2014 and the lucky winning player was playing the 1c Wheel of Fortune Video Slot at the Caesars Palace Casino when the jackpot combination was spun in.
2. Wheel of Fortune Slot $1.00 – The second highest jackpot won in Las Vegas recently was a jackpot worth $2,694,775.14 this jackpot was won on 5/26/2014 and the lucky winning player was playing the $1 Wheel of Fortune Slot at Treasure Island when the jackpot combination was spun in.
3. Wheel of Fortune $1.00 - The third highest jackpot won in Las Vegas recently was a jackpot worth $1,235,302 this jackpot was won on 11/11/2013 and the lucky winning player was playing the $1.00 Wheel of Fortune slot at Caesars Palace when the jackpot combination was spun in.
4. Wheel of Fortune $1.00 – The fourth highest jackpot won in Las Vegas recently was a jackpot worth $1,094,560.56 this jackpot was won on 6/7/2014 and the lucky winning player was playing the $1.00 Wheel of Fortune slot at the Bellagio when the jackpot combination was spun in.
5. Wheel of Fortune $5 - The fifth highest jackpot won in Las Vegas recently was a jackpot worth $1,036,304 this jackpot was won on 10/26/2013 and the lucky winning player was playing the $5 Wheel of Fortune at Harrah’s when the jackpot combination was spun in.
6. Wheel of Fortune 25¢ - The sixth highest jackpot won in Las Vegas recently was a jackpot worth $273,005 this jackpot was won on 11/6/2013 and the lucky winning player was playing the 25c Wheel of Fortune slot at the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino when the jackpot combination was spun in.
7. Wheel of Fortune 25¢ - The seventh highest jackpot won in Las Vegas recently was a jackpot worth $257,696 this jackpot was won on 10/28/2013 and the lucky winning player was playing the 25c Wheel of Fortune slot at the Excalibur Casino when the jackpot combination was spun in.
8. Wheel of Fortune 25¢ - The eighth highest jackpot won in Las Vegas recently was a jackpot worth $241,126.36 this jackpot was won on 12/28/2013 and the lucky winning player was playing the25c Wheel of Fortune slot at the Aquarius Casino Resort in Laughlin when the jackpot combination was spun in.
9. Wheel of Fortune 25¢ - The ninth highest jackpot won in Las Vegas recently was a jackpot worth $238,177 this jackpot was won on 11/10/2013 and the lucky winning player was playing the 25c Wheel of Fortune slot at the Mandalay Bay Casino when the jackpot combination was spun in.
10. Wheel of Fortune 25¢ - The tenth highest jackpot won in Las Vegas recently was a jackpot worth $201,352.99 this jackpot was won on 3/10/2014 and the lucky winning player was playing the 25c Wheel of Fortune slot at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino when the jackpot combination was spun in.