Cristiano Ronaldo and Irina Shayk

Cristiano Ronaldo and Irina Shayk showed his recent surprise fatherhood hasn't dented their relationship as they put on an affectionate show poolside yesterday.
The Real Madrid footballer, 25, was in a playful mood as he tickled the Russian model, 24, as they relaxed by the rooftop pool of their New York city hotel.
Their loving display came after Shayk revealed she had been left 'deeply upset' over rumours surrounding her reaction to him becoming a father to a baby boy by surrogate.

Poolside: Cristiano Ronaldo relaxes in the sun outside his New York hotel as his girlfriend Irina Shayk issued a statement denying she was devastated by the news he had paid a surrogate to have his child

The svelte brunette spoke out as Ronaldo's family confirmed he had named his son after himself.
Shayk has been at the centre of reports that she knew nothing about the birth of the baby boy and a Facebook page in her name suggested she had been left in tears by her boyfriend's announcement.
The 24-year-old model, furiously denied the rumours in a statement issued by her spokesman, and said anything that was allegedly said in previous reports by her was fake.
It said: 'There have been rumors that have recently been publicised surrounding our client Irina Shayk's personal life and the birth of Cristiano Ronaldo's son.
'Any such statements allegedly made by Ms. Shayk are false. Furthermore, any statements allegedly made by Ms. Shayk regarding marriage at this time or wanting to have children at this time are also false, as recently printed by European tabloids.

Stunning: The 24-year-old Russian model showed off her incredible bikini body

Affectionate: The couple share a playful moment amidst the dramatic week

'She has not and will not in the future comment on such matters and believes her private life and that of her friends’ are not material for gossip.
'It is unfortunate that individuals take it upon themselves to create fake fan pages and release false statements for any reason. For the time being, Ms Shayk has suspended her Twitter account in the wake of such rumors.'

 

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The part talking to reports about the couple in European tabloids last week referred to suggestions that Ronaldo had proposed to Irina and they were planning to have a baby together.
In light of the news about the surrogate mother, postings on her Facebook fan page, claimed that she was 'devastated' about the surrogate son.

Fun in the sun: Ronaldo dives into the pool

A friend close to the model added yesterday: 'She is at the end of her tether. She is sick and tired of it all and fed up with it hanging over her head.
'She is a private person and feels she is under siege. She just wants to carry on with her relationship with Ronaldo.'
Although becoming a father three weeks ago, Ronaldo appears to have spent little time with his son, having spent the past week shopping, partying and relaxing by the pool in New York with his girlfriend.
Meanwhile, back in the footballer's native Portugal, his mother and sister celebrated the new arrival to the family.
Mum Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, and his sister Katia Aveiro, were snapped out in the port of Vilamoura, drinking pink champagne to wet the new baby's head.

Enjoying fatherhood then? Despite becoming a dad three weeks ago, Ronaldo has spent the past week shopping, sunbathing and partying

Toned: Ronaldo tickles his girlfriend's flat stomach

Katia enthused: 'The baby is at our home in the Algarve. We're looking after him while Cristiano is away in Madrid (sic). He's called Cristiano Ronaldo.
'Yes, Cristiano chose the name but we like it. We don't know the mother, we've never met her.'
Irina has stuck by her boyfriend since he made the announcement that he had become a father to a baby boy by a surrogate mother.
She met up with the Real Madrid star for lunch in Manhattan on Monday but took a friend along with her for moral support.
And later that night, she met up with Ronaldo for dinner at Chinese restaurant Mr Chow, but again, took a friend along with her on the night out.
She stuck close to model Jessica White, 26, and barely managed to raise a smile all night, looking deep in thought as she was snapped by waiting cameras.

Wetting the baby's head: Ronaldo's sister Katia (L) and mother Dolores went out in Portugal last night to celebrate the family's new arrival

The party then made their way to SoHo House for an after dinner party at the member's club.
The £180,000-a-week footballer broke the news about his baby son in the early hours of Sunday morning.
On his Facebook page, he wrote: 'It is with great joy and emotion that I inform I have recently become a father to a baby boy.

'As agreed with the baby's mother, who prefers to have her identity kept confidential, my son will be under my exclusive guardianship.'


The footballer's sister Katia Aveiro, speaking at her home in Vilamoura on the Algarve in Portugal, said the baby - born weighing 9lb 8oz on June 17 - had made her brother 'very happy'.

All the gang: Ronaldo, with his back to the camera, looks at Irina who avoids his gaze and flashes a dirty look to the cameras as they and their friends have a cigarette outside Mr Chow in New York earlier this week

The child is now said to be in the care of other members of Ronaldo's family in Vilamoura, including his mother Dolores.

Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias claimed the baby was conceived with a surrogate mother at the end of last summer in San Diego, where the Real Madrid star was on holiday.
A spokesman for Ronaldo's management company Gestifute confirmed he had become a father but refused to comment on the surrogacy claims.
He was said to have flown home to Portugal to see the baby as soon as the national team was knocked out of the World Cup.

5-000-Australians-bare-steps-Sydney-Opera-House

More than 5,000 people turned up at the Sydney Opera House today to get naked in the name of art.
Braving an early morning chill they shed their clothes, abandoned any embarrassment, and posed naked for renowned American nudist photographer Spencer Tunick. 
People came in all shapes and sizes and one heavily pregnant woman even postponed the birth of her twins so she could take part.

Titled Mardi Gras: The Base, the installation had been commissioned by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, which took place over the weekend

As the sun rose over the harbour, Mr Tunick instructed his subjects to adopt a number of poses, from standing, lying, and even embracing cheek to cheek

Titled Mardi Gras: The Base, the installation had been commissioned by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, which took place over the weekend.
Mr Tunick, 43, who has taken nude crowd pictures all around the world, said the project was about sending a positive message that no one should shun other people.

 

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'Gay men and women lay naked next to their straight neighbours and this delivered a very strong message to the world that Australians embrace a free and equal society,' he said.
The organisers had only expected about half the number of people to turn up.   

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is visible in the background as the thousands of Australians parade naked along the seafront

More than 5,000 people turned up at the Sydney Opera House today to get naked for a project by American nudist photographer Spencer Tunick

Mr Tunick, 43, who has taken nude crowd pictures all around the world, said the project was about sending a positive message that no one should shun other people

'We thought we'd get a couple of thousand people turning up - but to get 5,200 is just amazing,' said one of Mr Tunick's assistants.
As the sun rose over the harbour, Mr Tunick instructed his subjects to adopt a number of poses, from standing, lying, and even embracing cheek to cheek.

'I want all couples to embrace and kiss, all friends to kiss and all strangers to, well, do whatever they want,' said the photographer.
Anna Bruce, 28, who signed up for the photo shoot with a friend, described the event as a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity.

People came in all shapes and sizes and one heavily pregnant woman even postponed the birth of her twins so she could take part

A wide-angle lens shot of the 'installation'

'It was easier than I expected. It was really normal - there was no problem in getting our kit off. I'd say the hardest part was the embracing poses.'

Mr Tunick maintains his work is not about exhibitionism or eroticism but instead he reveals the vulnerability of life in a rough city landscape

Student Art Rush admitted that he was expecting old people and nudists to turn up 'but everyone arrived from all over the place.

'It's a great adrenalin rush and I'll never get a chance to do anything like this again. It's not worth being inhibited.

'It doesn't feel sexual - more like a feeling of being tribal, a gathering of humanity.'
The artist said today’s installation 'went well'.
'I’m just so lucky to be able to work with so many naked gay, straight and transgender people,' he said.
This is Mr Tunick's first installation in Australia following projects in the U.S., Brazil, France, England, Spain, Switzerland, Holland and Austria.
The artist has been documenting the nude figure in public through photography and video since 1992.
His largest work to date involved 18,000 people posing in Mexico City in 2007.
He has said the title of the work refers to the sameness of individuals, regardless of their sexual preferences.
Mr Tunick maintains his work is not about exhibitionism or eroticism but instead he reveals the vulnerability of life in a rough city landscape.
However sometimes authorities have disagreed, particularly in the U.S., where Tunick has been arrested seven times.

The Mysterious Sailing Stones of Death Valley

It is one big mystery that a stone that weighs more or less like a man can move on its own. This has become quite a puzzle for the past decade. The mysterious sailing stones of Death Valley have been discovered to slide over valleys that people do not live in. These valleys are filled with dry cracking muddy ground during summer and ice during winter. Many geologists have gone to all the places in Racetrack Playa and its surrounding.

The mysterious sailing stones of Death Valley slide on very smooth ground and leave a trail behind. Some geologists came up with the conclusion that the mysterious sailing stones of death valley move through the smooth ground when the mud is wet and the stones have little ice droplets on them with the help of the wind. This is however not entirely true because the stones move during the summer when the temperature is too high and even dries the stones themselves.The mysterious sailing stones of Death Valley not only slide on smooth ground but dig and leave shallow track in their wake.

The mysterious sailing stones of Death Valley are a magnificent phenomenon in the sense that they can take different turns around each other. This is mind challenging because the mysterious sailing stones of Death Valley start moving in a parallel direction.

As the years proceed, each stone takes its own different path. Some stones make linear turns others make oval turns while others create a wavy shape on their tracks. No one has ever seen them move and nobody knows the speed they move with. The mysterious sailing stones of Death Valley turn while they are sliding through the flat leveled valley and this leaves different tracks behind them. Some stones move further than others over two to five years.

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