Weekly Filet #65: Dead Survivors of War. And more.
Le chef propose: Weekly Filet #65. You can view it in your browser or right below.
This week's top recommendation
Last year alone, the NY Times recently reported, 6500 US soldiers returning home after war have committed suicide, more than the total number of soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq combined since those wars began. A great many more are suffering from severe traumata. Scott Ostrom, 27, is one of them. The Denver Post ran a photo series about him that you just have to see. It just won a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.
→ Welcome Home: The Story of Scott Ostrom (The Denver Post)
Further recommendations
What a great idea: Open up a restaurant or a bar for just one day and visit others who do the same. Originating from Helsinki, it's bound to spread.
→ May 19, Restaurant Day
Free Wi-Fi across the country. Voting via Internet. One card to store and manage all your official documents. Science Fiction? No, Estonia.
→ How tiny Estonia stepped out of USSR's shadow to become an internet titan (The Guardian)
Pictory Mag, a very beautiful format for photo essays. Dive in with this one about Paris, then browse on to the next one.
→ Portrait of a Place: Paris (Pictory Mag)
How to buy a dinosaur, how to deal with angry people, how to make the perfect elevator pitch. Those and many more how tos, pick your favourites.
→ The Second Annual How-To Issue (Businessweek)
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