Forwards4all: 05/01/12

[forwards4all] World's strangest theme parks

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BonBon Land
Believe it or not, this is actually a rollercoaster - the Farting Dog Coaster
to be precise. At Bon Bon Land in Denmark, it's as if the designer has had
a massive sugar overdose and then named the rides. The park is owned by a Danish sweets company with ride names inspired by their toilet humour-loving confectionary.

Dwarf Empire
At the Dwarf Empire amusement park in Yunnan Province, China,
visitors are invited to enter the land of the little people. Musical shows,
dances and tricks are performed by small staff for hundreds of Chinese
tourists each day.

Angry Birds Theme Park
Based on the popular smartphone game, a new Angry Birds-themed
section of an amusement park in Finland has opened, but is not yet fully operational.

Mini-Europe
Who knew you could find the highlights of Europe in one spot? Brussels,
Belgium, is home to a series of incredible scale models including the Eiffel
Tower and a mini Colosseum.

Crocosaurus Cove
Located in Darwin, it is dedicated to the fearsome saltwater creature
and visitors are encouraged to get up close and personal. Try everything
from fishing for a croc with bait to jumping in "Cage of Death" with
toothy beasts Houdini or Chopper

Ferrari World
The world's largest indoor park, Abu Dhabi's Ferrari World theme park
offers over 20 rides and attractions including a ride through the heart of
a Ferrari engine.

Love Land
Originally created as an attraction for honeymooning couples, Love Land
in South Korea features erotic sculptures which range from the mildly
disturbing to entirely pornographic poses and giant phalluses.

Holy Land
Park goers at The Holy Land Experience in Orlando get a full sensual
taste of the Biblical land with visitors promised the sights, sounds and even
tastes of life 2000 years ago.

Hershey Park
Be greeted by giant Hershey's chocolate kisses at the Pennyslvania park
originally started by the chocolate boss in 1907 as a place for his employees
to relax.

Stalin World
Enclosed by barbed wire and with ominous watchtowers, hundreds of
statues of famous Communist figures adorn Grutas Park - or "Stalin World"
in Lithuania.

Harmonyland
For lovers of all things Japanese kitsch, a visit to Harmonyland in Japan
is a dream come true.

Buddha theme park
Vietnam's version of Disneyland, the Buddha theme park features the
Unicorn Palace and Heavenly Palace among others which house rides
based on the religion's cult figures and animals.

Wunderland Kalkar
Originally meant to be a nuclear power station but never actually
switched on. It was bought by a Dutch businessman who converted it into
a hotel and theme park with rides such as rollercoasters, flying teacups and
ferris wheels. It promises to be "radiation free".

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[forwards4all] Ten most influential political voices on Twitter

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Ten most influential political voices on Twitter

Burson-Marsteller, a global public relations and communications firm, has released the list of India's top 10 most influential political voices on Twitter. The list of the top 10 political tweeters was determined using data from Klout, which analyzes engagement across social networks. The list was developed as part of a global research study, 'G20 Influencers', that named the 200 most influential political voices on Twitter across the 'Group of Twenty', or G-20, nations.

Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra,
this Harvard graduate took over the reins of the company in 1997 and
since then he has expanded into information technology, hospitality,
aerospace, retail. A jazz and blues fan, Anand Mahindra was awarded
the Rajiv Gandhi Award in 2004 for his outstanding contribution to business
and the economy and was named Business Leader of the year in 2011 at The Asian Awards.

Digvijaya Singh, Congress general secretary, has a penchant for
being in the news for his seemingly outrageous and caustic comments.
His eagerness to walk into controversies often leaves the party and senior
leaders in a soup. Be it his comments on Hemant Karkare or the Sangh
Parivar, his comments always managed to generate a political outcry.

The longest serving Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Damodardas
Modi, has been the man behind the state's incredible growth. He has single-handedly managed to change the sagging fortunes of the state and given
a vibrant economic face to Gujarat. But not everything has been a bed of roses
for Modi: the Godhra riots of 2002 have been a major blot on his political career and continue to be a hurdle to his aspirations of growing his clout across India.

New Delhi-based Jonathan Shainin is an influential journalist and
currently Senior Editor at The Caravan. He has worked on the editorial
staffs of the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books. He was
also the founding editor of The Review, a weekly supplement to The
National in Abu Dhabi. Jonathan's writings have been published in The
Nation, Bookforum, Salon and The Paris Review.

A professional quiz master, Derek O'Brien joined politics in 2004. He
is currently the vice president of All India Trinamool Congress and also
a Member of Parliament. He began his career as a journalist but soon
followed in his father's footstep to become India's premier quizzer. His firm,
Derek O'Brien & Associates, has been hosting India's longest running corporate quiz show, 'The Brand Equity Quiz'.

An early adapter to Twitter, Shashi Tharoor was a trailblazer among
Indian politicians in using it as an interactive medium to connect with
people. One of Tharoor's tweets -- where he termed 'economy class'
on passenger aircraft as 'cattle class' -- was a major embarrassment
for his party.

Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, BJP's Sushma Swaraj is a
veteran lawyer and was Delhi's first-ever woman chief minister. She
began her political career as a student leader in the 1970s, organizing
protests against Indira Gandhi's government.

A former minister and Harvard professor who is exalted by his Hindu
nationalist followers as a crusading hero, Swamy has waged a decades-long
war against the ruling Congress party and the Nehru-Gandhi family at its
heart. A celebrated economist and noted foreign policy expert, Swamy is
perhaps best known as a peddler of conspiracy theories that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Not a stranger to controversy herself, India's most famous IPS officer,
Kiran Bedi, courted notoriety this year with her vociferous support of Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal movement, even resorting to gimmickry and over-the-top antics to get her point across. India's most decorated public services officer and a Magsaysay awardee, Bedi was quick to heap criticism on the UPA government's inaction towards Anna's requests of an ombudsman bill to counter corruption.

Vir Sanghvi is one of India's foremost print and TV journalists. Currently,
he is Editorial Director of the Hindustan Times. Educated in India and
the United Kingdom, Sanghvi's journalistic career began when he started contributing to India Today. He continued writing for the magazine during his vacations and in 1978, the publishers of India Today asked him to start Bombay, India's first city magazine. Sanghvi, then was just 22, and became the youngest editor in the history of Indian journalism. Sanghvi worked with Bombay till 1981 and joined as editorial director of Business Press. In 1986, he was appointed editor of Sunday, a newsmagazine brought out by the ABP Group. In 1994, he took over as consulting editor of the ABP Group. He quit ABP to become Editor of the Hindustan Times in 1999