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...anchor, ours is books." John McGlynn, publishing director of the Lontar Foundation, which translates Indonesian literature into English, describes Aksara as "a curator, choosing books and other things with a special appeal." It's a formula that's winning many fans. On any given day at Aksara's biggest branch in South Jakarta, you might chance upon a poetry reading or a performance from a local electronica group. The crowd is a good-natured mix of students, style mavens and young expats, while the staff - shaggy of hair and baggy of trousers - is almost entirely made up of college kids...
...formula that's winning many fans. On any given day at Aksara's biggest branch in South Jakarta, you might chance upon a poetry reading or a performance from a local electronica group. The crowd is a good-natured mix of students, style mavens and young expats, while the staff-shaggy of hair and baggy of trousers-is almost entirely made up of college kids from well-off families. Previously, Jakarta's jeunesse dorée shunned service-sector jobs. Now, they're clamoring for a foot in the door...
...oldest branch of the equestrian disciplines, dressage is based on ancient Greek horsemanship as well as Renaissance pageants and training of warhorses...
...Coast Guard has always been, in a word, busy--whether during war or peace. "We are deployed every day," says Allen. "We fly every day. We respond to oil spills every day." Also, since the Coast Guard is the only military branch allowed to perform law-enforcement duties, it is accustomed to engaging with civilians. In one day, a Coast Guard boat crew off of California might arrest as many people as it saves...
...level. If you sit alone and bulldoze through the recent reviews on Pitchfork, it seems to perpetuate the isolationist, ever-headphoned culture that I most concretely associate with those “discovering themselves” on Pitchfork. Spend that time talking and listening to music with other people, branch out and meet new folks to learn from, all that communitarian idealism…anybody...