Preserved mummy of 500-year-old Inca 'Ice Maiden'

She died over 500 years ago yet, with her hands resting on her lap and head falling forward so that her finely braided hair slips across her eyes, this 15-year-old girl looks as peaceful as if she has just fallen into a sleep from which she might wake at any moment.

Her frozen body has been hailed as one of the best preserved Incan mummies ever found and, this week, she went on public display for the first time in the High Mountain Archaeological Museum in Argentina.

Visitors to the museum have been peering at the downy hairs still visible on her arms, the perfectly intact skin on her face and the lice that must have been scurrying through her hair when she died and are still lodged there.

 Along with the remains of two younger children, the teenager was plucked from the slopes of a cloudswept volcano in 1999 by a team who battled for three days through driving blizzards and 70mph winds to reach the summit 22,000ft above sea level.

There, the archaeologists spotted a rectangular walled area, dug down through five feet of rocks and soil and finally uncovered an Incan burial platform.

One of the team was lowered headfirst into the icy pit, his colleagues hanging onto his ankles, so that he could scrape away the soil and pull the dead children out with his hands.

The three Children of Llullaillaco, as the mummies came to be known after the mountain on which they met their death, were found with an extraordinary collection of elaborate gold, silver and shell statues, textiles, pots containing food and even an extravagant headdress made from the white feathers of an unidentified bird.

But it was the state of the bodies, preserved not by embalming, like Egyptian mummies, but simply by the natural deep-freeze in which they were abandoned, that scientists found most remarkable.

The younger girl's body was slightly damaged because it had been struck by lightning. But CT scans showed that their internal organs appeared to be in perfect condition: one still had blood in its heart, the brains were completely undamaged and when the blood vessels were thawed the blood that poured out of them was crimson, as it would be in a living person.

Mountain tomb: The burial site where the children were found

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Bangladeshi Kid In Guinness record

A seven-year-old boy is to be included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's youngest IT expert. "Ripley's Believe It or Not" has already called him a “wonder boy” and plans to give him an award.

Wasik Farhan Roopkotha started toying with the computer when he wasn't even a year old. Now, he is about to go down in history as the world’s youngest programmer.

Born on January 27, 2006, the child recently demonstrated his skills in front of IT experts and journalists in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka. The event was videotaped and an unedited copy was sent to the Guinness Book of World Records as proof of the boy's talent.

"After receiving the video, the Guinness people sent me some papers which I have signed," the boy's mother, Cynthia Farheen Risha, told DW proudly.

She explained her son Roopkotha, which means "fairytale" in English had started playing computer games when he was only a year old and at two he was already using MS Word.

When he was four he could change characters from one game to another using different emulators. "About a year ago, he started working with some of the programming languages including one of the most complicated languages, C++," Risha said

Monir Hosen, the managing director of Creative IT Limited was there when Roopkotha was demonstrated his skills in Dhaka. “I am not sure about how much he knows about the computer language "C",” he told DW. “But whatever he did on that day was very unusual, considering his age. I wanted to talk to him. That such a young person was working on the computer, writing codes and solving problems, was really hard to believe."

"I heard that the Guinness authorities had sent their representatives to Dhaka after they were contacted by Roopkotha's parents. They also noted the boy's talents and asked his parents to provide them with appropriate video confirmation."

Risha said her son could easily set up operating systems and fix problems and that he could touch-type as fast as a professional. She said he had never received any IT lessons but simply taught himself. "Whenever he wants to know something he goes directly to Wikipedia."

"He is thinking big," she added. “He wants to develop his own computer operating system. He already knows and can compare the features of different Windows versions."

Ripley’s Believe It or Not franchise has already informed Roopkotha's parents it will include the boy's name in its annual record book in September.

The Bangladeshi government has requested that Wasik Farhan Roopkotha's story be included in schoolbooks to serve as an inspiration to other children.

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হন্ডুরাসের লোকাচার বিদ্যায় মাছ বৃষ্টি একটি সাধারণ ঘটনা। প্রত্যক্ষদর্শীদের মতে, এ অবিশ্বাস্য প্রাকৃতিক ঘটনা ঘটে মে থেকে জুলাই মাসের মাঝামাঝি। প্রথমে আকাশে কালো করে মেঘ জমে। এরপর শুরু হয় তুমুল বৃষ্টি, সে সঙ্গে প্রবল বাতাস, বিদ্যুৎ চমক আর বজ্রপাত। এ রকম চলে প্রায় ২-৩ ঘণ্টা। বৃষ্টি থেমে যাওয়ার পর শত শত জীবন্ত মাছ পড়ে থাকতে দেখা যায় মাটির ওপরে। লোকজন এসব মাছ কুড়িয়ে নিয়ে রান্না করে খায়। ১৯৯৮ সাল থেকে স্থানীয় লোকজন এ প্রাকৃতিক ঘটনার ওপর ভিত্তি করে প্রতি বছর উৎসবের আয়োজন করে।

ফ্রান্সের প্রকৃতিবিজ্ঞানী এন্দ্রে মেরি এমপেরের মতে, আটলান্টিক মহাসাগরে সংঘটিত টর্নেডো উঠিয়ে নিয়ে আসে এই মাছগুলো এবং ২০০ কিলোমিটার দূরে অবস্থিত হন্ডুরাসের ইউরো শহরে ফেলে। তবে প্রতি বছর একই সময় টর্নেডো আটলান্টিক মহাসাগর থেকে মাছ উঠিয়ে এনে ইউরোতেই ফেলবে-এ ধরনের কাকতালীয় ঘটনা অনেকের মতে অসম্ভব। অনেকের মতে এ মাছগুলো স্বাদু পানির এবং সাঁতরে কাছের নদী কিংবা জলাশয় থেকে ভূগর্ভস্থ জলাধারে আশ্রয় নেয়। ভারী বৃষ্টিতে মাটি ধুয়ে গেলে মাছগুলো উন্মুক্ত হয়ে পড়ে। অনেকের মতে, ১৮৫৬-১৮৬৪ সালে হন্ডুরাসে আসা এক সাধুর কারণে এ মাছ বৃষ্টি হয়। কথিত আছে, অনেক অভাবী লোক দেখে সেই সাধু তিন দিন, তিন রাত সৃষ্টিকর্তার কাছে অভাবীদের খাবারের চাহিদা মেটানোর মতো কোনো অলৌকিক ঘটনার জন্য প্রার্থনা করেছিলেন। সেই অলৌকিক ঘটনাই হচ্ছে এই মাছ বৃষ্টি বলে তাদের বিশ্বাস।

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ARJUN RAMPAL

Name: Arjun Rampal

Height : 6'1"

Birthday: 26th November, 1972

Zodiac: Sagittarius

Marital Status: Arjun Rampal is married to supermodel and Ex-Miss India Mehr Jessia. The couple got married on 1997. The couple has two daughters Maahika and Myra.

 Awards: The dark, tall and handsome actor of Bollywood has bagged 10 awards and 15 nominations in this little span of time. The model cum actor won Apsara Film & Television Producer Guild Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (2011) for the film Raajneeti, Film Fare Awards for Best Supporting Actor (2009) for Rock On!!, International Indian Film Academy Awards for Star Debut Of The Year-Male (2002) for Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat, Best Supporting Actor (2011) for Rajneeti and for Rock On!! (2009), National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor for Rock On!! (2009). He also won Screen Awards as Most Promising Newcomer-Male (2002) for Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat, Moksha:Salvation, Dewaanapan and also Best Supporting Actor (2009) for Rock On!!, Zee Cine Awards for Best Actor in a Negative Role (2007) for Om Shanti Om and Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Male (2011) Rajneeti. The hero villain of Bollywood got nominations for Zee Cine Awards (2002) for Best Male Debut for Deewanapan, Screen Awards (2008) for Best Villain for Om Shanti Om, International Indian Film Academy Awards (2008) for Best Performance in a Negetive Role for Om Shanti Om, Filmfare Awards (2002), (2011) for Best Male Debut in Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat and Best Supporting Actor in Rock On!! respectively. Arjun got nominated for Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards (2008) for Best Actor in a Negetive Role in Om Shanti Om.

 Trivia: Arjun Rampal is an Indian supermodel. He was the proclaimed Society’s Face Of The Year, 1994. Arjun Rampal is cousin to the Bollywood bombshell Kim Sharma. Arjun Rampal was a former model and is son of Sikh Amarjeet Rampal and Dutch Guen Rampal. He even appeared with his cousin Kim in Yakeen. Arjun’s villain role in Om Shanti Om was formerly offered to Shiney Ahuja who dropped the offer and it went to Arjun. He has even acted with Nicole Kidman in the ad for Schweppes Drink produced by Gladiator director Sir Ridley Scott and directed by Shekhar Kapoor. Arjun has featured in the Temptation Tour alongside his best buddy Shahrukh Khan. He started his production house Chasing Ganesha and his first production was I See You (2006) with himself in the lead. Arjun family launched a Resto-Bar named LAP Lounge inside the hotel Samrat. The bar was collectively designed by Rampal, Mehr and Shahrukh Khan’s wife Gauri Khan.

 Biography: The Bolly hunk is born of a mixture of culture. Arjun comes from a high class Ramgariha Punjabi Sikh background. He went to the Kodaikanal International School with his sister in Tamil Nadu. Rampal boy collected his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Hindu College in Delhi.

Rampal was unsuccessful in his earlier career and was highly criticized for his failed start with lead roles in Moksha:Salvation (2001), Deewaanapan (2001), Vaada (2005), Yakeen (2005), Dil Hai Tumhar (2002), Dil Ka Rishta (2003), Asambhav (2004), Fox (2009), EMI (2008). His debut film was Rajiv Rai’s Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat (2001). But Moksha with Manisha Koirala was his actual first film but as it released later it could not earn the title of Arjun’s debut.

Rampal’s first critically acclaimed role was of a blind man from the film Aankhen (2002). His career graph moved up from this point. He did various genres of films and worked with varieties of actresses. His films include Ek Ajnabee (2005) opposite Big B, Tehzeeb(2003), asambhav (2004) an action thriller, Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai (2006), Darna Zaroori Hai (2006).

The desired actor’s success reached the height as the supporting actor in Don-The Chase Begins Again (2006) which was the remake of 1978 movie Don.

Rampal’s producing career begins with I See You (2006), himself as the leading actor and his wife Mehr Jesia as coproducer.

The stylish Rampal’s career as the villain hero took the flight with Om Shanti Om (2007) opposite the debuting Deepika Padukone and King Khan. It was the biggest hit of his career.

The next film was Rock On!! In the year 2008 which again after Om Shanti Om earned him awards.

He starred in Rituparno Ghosh’s The Last Lear, English arthouse film with Priety Zinta and Amitabh Bacchan. The film was premiered on different Film Festivals.

 Rampal tried his hand on comedy with Housefull (2010), a Sajid Khan film. The film hit the Box Office with bang.

He also featured in We Are Family opposite Kareena and Kajol.

In 2011 again Rampal took a negative acting in Anubhav Sinha’s Ra.One.

The choco villain did small roles in movies like Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007).

He has not yet bid goodbye to his filmograph and his upcoming movies include Heroine, Ishq In Paris, Chakravyuh. These films are hoped to strike the silver screen this year. The next year upcoming fils are The Legend Of Kunal, Ajab Gajab Love, Zanjeer. Thse films are on processof shooting.

The cool hunk is going to debut in Telegu, Tamil and English with the film Amma 3D. The film is a pre-production and the shooting in different languages are going on simultaneously.

He had a shaky career at the beginning but proved himself the dark horse of a race with his determination, dedication and hard work. Carry on and achieve what you dream!

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JOHN ABRAHAM

Name: John Abraham

Birthday: 17^th December, 1972

Zodiac: Sagittarius

Marital status: Single, but in relationship with actress Bipasha Basu.

Awards: Rajiv Gandhi Award

Trivia: John’s Parsi name is Farhan.

John Abraham is actively involved with social communities like PETA and Habitat for Humanity. His efforts earned him an ‘Eco-Warrior’ award from the Vice President of India.

John Abraham Biography

With cute dimples and a six-pack torso, John Abraham bagged the Gladrags Manhunt Contest, Bipasha Basu and a few good movies in a decade of being in the limelight.

John was born in Mumbai to a Malayali father and a Parsi mother. He has a younger brother, Alan. John studied at the Bombay Scottish School. He graduated with a with a B.A in Economics from Jai Hind College. He started his career in the media, working with Time & Space Media Entertainment Promotions Ltd and later with Enterprises Nexus.

 In 1999, he won the Gladrags Manhunt Contest and went to the Philippines for Manhunt International, where he won second place. Soon, he also appeared in a number of commercial advertisements. To improve his acting skills, John joined the Kishore Namit Kapoor acting school in Mumbai and completed an acting course while juggling modelling assignments.

John Abraham’s debut into movies was the steamy Jism with Bipasha Basu. His second movie Saaya, with Tara Sharma, received fair reviews. In 2004, his fans got their fill of the handsome actor in movies like Aetbaar, Paap and finally, Dhoom, which had John playing the cool villain with a racing bike. Incidentally, bikes are John’s passion off-screen too.

In 2005, John starred in the supernatural thriller Kaal and the comedy Garam Masala both of which did well at the box-office. Later that year, he had a major role in the critically acclaimed film, Water, which portrayed the tragic fate of Hindu widows during the 1930s.

 In 2006, John starred in the films Zinda, Taxi No 9211, Baabul and Kabul Express.  Among these, Taxi No 9211 and Kabul Express were successful. Salaam-e-Ishq was Abraham’s first release in 2007 but it failed to do well at the Indian box office. His last two releases of the year included the art-house thriller, No Smoking, and the sports film, Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal. In 2008, Abraham starred alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra in Dostana, his only release that year.

His first release of 2009 was New York, in which he starred along with Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh. In 2010, he appeared in two films; Aashayein and Jhootha hi Sahi, both of them failed to do anything at the box-office.

John’s first release of 2011 is 7 Khoon Maaf. He is currently working on Desi Boyz and Force.

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NILOY

Full Name: Alamgir Hossain Niloy
Nick Name: Niloy
Date Of Birth: 20 August
Hometown: Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Religion: Islam
Horoscope: Leo
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 70kg
Father: Awlad Hossain (Freedom Fighter)
Mother: Asma Hossain (Housewife)
Siblings: Sultana Yeasmin & Joy Jahangir
Facebook ID: facebook.com/niloy.calling.niloy

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NIROB

Birth Name: Nirob

Nick Name: Nirob

Age: 30

Height: 5’10″

Weight: 65

Religion: Islam

Education: Graduated

Occupation: Bangladeshi Model and actor

Interest: wanted to become a pharmacist.

Favorite food: rice, chicken, Bargar

Favorite dress: t-shirt, Panjabi

Acted Films: Mon Jekhane Hridoy Shekhane, Raja Surjo Kha(n), Atmadan, Tomar Majhe Ami and Tumi Ashbe Boley Bhalobashbe Boley, Game,

Acted TV dramas: Kinbodonti Phire Esho, Robe Nirobe, G Factor, vagfol,

Acted TV adz: Banglalink, Botanic Aroma, Nescafe Coffee, Pepsodent, Aktel, Ruchi, Tibet.

Marital Status: Unmarried

Girlfriend: Another model and TV actress Sarika.

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Arefin Shuvo

Arefin Shuvo is one of the top models in Bangladesh. He acts in a lot of dramas and movies. He is a trendy ramp model too. He also works with renowned brand’s media advertisement in Bangladesh. In a word, he is a popular face in our media industry and hot celebrity to the young generation of Bangladesh.

 Name: Arefin Shuvo
Born: November 30, 1981
Born place: Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Occupation: Actor, Model
Height: 6’2”

 Arefin Shuvo is one of the top models in Bangladesh. He acts in a lot of dramas and movies. He is a trendy ramp model too. He also works with renowned brand’s media advertisement in Bangladesh. In a word, he is a popular face in our media industry and hot celebrity to the young generation of Bangladesh.

Shuvo started his career as a ramp model in various fashion shows. He got popularity in modeling too early. He is trendy person which helps him to get the limelight. After some times he thought that he should start acting. Then, he has completed many dramas in recent years. His first drama was Ha/Na which was directed by popular director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki in 2007. He also got admired in his acting.

 Arefin Shuvo acts in some excellent films. His first movie was Jaago by Khijir Hayat Khan in 2010. Bindu and Ferdous were also act in this movie. Shuvo’s upcoming movies are:

• Movie “Jaago” -(2009)
Script: Khijir Hayat Khan
Directed By: Khijir Hayat Khan
Cast: Ferdous, Bindu, Rownak Hasan, Arefin Shuvo, Nayeem And More

• Movie “Chaya-Chobi” (Coming Soon)
Eid Ul Azha 2012 Special Channel-9 Bangla Movie
Directed By: Mohammad Mostofa Kamal Raj
Cast: Arefin Shuvo,Purnima,Rumel

• Movie “Purno Dorgho Prem Kahini “(coming Soon)
Director: Safu Uddin Safi
script: RUMMAN RASHID KHAN
Producer: Friendz Movies International
Cast: Shakib Khan, Joya Ahsan, Arefin Shuvo, Lamia Mimo,Parveen Sultana Diti, Shubroto,Raj Razzak,Anowara And More
lyrics: KABIR BAKUL
Music: Sowkat Ali Emon• Movie “E Kemon Premer Golpo” -(Coming Soon)

Cast: Arefin Shuvo, Achol and Airin Sultana
Directed By: Faisal Roddy & Asif Islam
Produced By: Jewel Ahmed

• Movie “Valobasha Zindabaad”(Coming Soon)
Cast: Arefin Shuvo & Airin Sultana
Director: Debashish Biswas

• Movie “Wow Baby Wow”
Cast: Arefin Shuvo & Toma Mirza

• Movie “Agnee”
Director: Iftekhar chowdhury
Cast: Arefin Shuvo & Mahiya Mah

Arefin Shuvo is s too much busy now for the movie “Wow Baby Wow”. This movie was suited in Malaysia and Srilanka. Toma Mirza acts with him in this movie. Shuvo sings a song in this movie which is also first time in his career to sing a song in movie. In his another movie “Purno Dorgho Prem Kahini”, Shakib Khan is acting with him and Joya Ahsan will act in the heroine part of this movie. Bangladeshi people are also eagerly waiting for seeing the new couple Shakib and Joya in the big screen. This movie will release in Eid-Ul-Azha 2013 in Bangladesh.

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Bidya Sinha Mim

Bidya Sinha MIM is one of the most popular, renowned Bangladeshi actress in
Bangladeshi entertainment industry and also she is a bangla movie actress. Bidya Sinha
MIm was born in November 10, 1988, at comilla and her nick name is only MIM. Her father
name is Birendra Nath Saha and he is the head of Social welfare department in Comilla
Victoria Govt. College and MIM mother is a housewife.

 Bangladeshi model Bidya Sinha MIm successfully completed her S.S.C from Nawab
Faizunnessa Govt. Girls high School and H.S.C from Comilla Victoria Govt. College and
now MIM is the student of Southeast University

 She came to everyone attention when she was participation on Lux channel I superstar
beauty contest and win 2007 superstar award. As a winner of Lux channel I superstar,
beautify contest authority gives her a opportunity to performs in Bangladeshi bangla
movie, as a result Bidya Sinha MIM first time acting in her debut Bangladeshi banglacinema ‘Amar Achey jol’ . After that she performs in another bangla movie ‘Amar Praner
Priya’. After successfully completed her first two bangla movies Bidya Sinha MIM last two
years (2010-2011) absence in Bangladeshi movie industry.

 She is not only a bangla movie actress further she is a successful Bangladeshi actress
and model in Bangladesh. More than forty television bangla natok acting by Bidya Sinha
MIM and few commercial advertisements represent by MIM. Now she was passing her
busiest time with her few bangla natok and upcoming Bangladeshi new movie 'Jonakir Alo'
with Bangladeshi model Emon.

 

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