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...cleverly executed and conceived "Studio of J?rn Utzon" succeeds in getting inside the architect's head. "The Opera House is really the embodiment of his consciousness," Murphy says. Projected to the left of the entrance is black and white footage of Utzon in exile, walking through a snowy forest in Denmark; to the right is his last completed Opera House model, from 1966 - "so we have the two sides of his mind," the curator explains. "The free, poetic side, and also the very practical, analytical side." Once inside, the visitor is thrust before the architect's very eyes...
...Giselle,” is the ultimate in classical ballet. A group of dancers play the spirits of young brides who have been betrayed before marriage, called “wilis.” To gain retribution, the wilis lead any men who venture into the forest they inhabit into a dance to the death...
...four were electrocuted. "I've lost all the males in my family," sobbed daughter Lea, 19, who now lives in a temporary shelter in the town of Rodriguez. Arroyo called for a crackdown on the highly lucrative lumber trade that has stripped the mountains. Millions of hectares of forest have disappeared in recent decades-and the Philippines is reminded every year how hazardous it is to fool around with Mother Nature...
...ordeal for Teh, who stops to compose himself when he tells his story. Teh was taken to what he believes was a part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, then moved from one jungle clearing to the next each night, and hidden away during the day in the thick forest. One morning, Teh was finally bundled onto a boat and dropped off at gunpoint on a passing fishing vessel that returned him to Malaysia. (Teh and his family insist that no ransom was paid...
Smokey Bear would love the Jetboil Personal Cooking System, which cuts the risk of forest fires by allowing campers to prepare soup, pasta, rice and beans--any single-pot dish--quickly and safely. How? The flame is contained within the Jetboil's patented Flux Ring, which channels the heat from a butane burner directly into the vessel. (Fuel canisters sold separately.) Bonus: a neoprene cover insulates the food while protecting campers' fingers from the heat...