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The famous cover photo of the June 1985 issue was of an Afghan refugee, a young 13-year old girl with haunting green eyes. The photograph was taken in a small tented schoolroom by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry in a Peshawar, Pakistan refugee camp.

After the US-led invasion of Afghanistan a search was conducted for the (presumably grown) girl.

Remarkably, a National Geographic television film crew found her, and she was identified in 2002 as Sharbat Gula, a Pashtun woman married and living with her family, and quite unaware of her fame as a photographic subject. Steve McCurry again photographed Sharbat Gula for the second time in her life.

Her story was told in the April 2002 issue of National Geographic and in a National Geographic television documentary. She stated then that the two famous photos of her, the one from 1985 and the follow-up in 2002, were the only times she had ever been photographed.

A fund named after Gula was created and initially funded by the Society and contributed to by thousands of readers which resulted in a partnership between National Geographic and the Asia Foundation in the creation of a girls' school in Afghanistan that taught hundreds of teenage girls with both a vocational and basic education, in addition to a hot meal and health care. The funds also contributed to the construction of a public school for girls in Kabul

Wired Magazine est à la fois un magazine mensuel et un périodique publié à San Francisco, Californie depuis mars 1993. Il se concentre sur l'incidence de la technologie dans les domaines de la culture, de l'économie et de la politique. Sa position éditoriale s'appuyait initialement sur les idées de Marshall McLuhan, un théoricien canadien des médias considéré comme le saint patron du magazine dans les débuts de celui-ci.

Wired Magazine est à la fois admiré et détesté pour ses principes libertariens, son enthousiasme marqué pour les technologies, même si elles peuvent parfois paraitre utopiques et son approche expérimentale de la mise en page qui contient des encres aux couleurs vives et métalliques.

"In June 1997, as Apple teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, Wired decided to offer some friendly advice, 101 tips to save the ailing company. We added an extra one on the cover: "Pray."

That idea was more useful than many of our other suggestions. The very first: "Outsource your hardware production, or scrap it entirely." Hmm. Today, 83 percent of Apple's revenue comes from sales of hardware like iPods, iMacs, and iPhones.

We urged Apple to consider an assortment of ill-advised partnerships. "Sell yourself to IBM or Motorola," we said. We also suggested Apple team up with a bigger company like Sony, Sega, or Oracle. It's hard to imagine Apple thriving under Motorola — the outfit that couldn't milk a cash cow like the RAZR — or Sony, whose Walkman brand was rendered obsolete by the iPod.

And then there was the worst idea of all: Switch to Windows NT. Ugh.

But not all of our advice was so wrongheaded. "Get a great image campaign," we said. "Do something creative with the design of the box," we advised. We told Apple to get rid of cables and go wireless, come up with a new logo, build a PDA-cum-phone that handles email wirelessly, port to Intel, get into retail, and give the deposed Steve Jobs, then serving as consultant, total control.

And we nailed the conclusion as well. Tip 101: "Don't worry. You'll survive. It's Netscape we should really worry about."



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Comme le mensuel Hara Kiri en 1961 et en 1966, l'hebdomadaire du même nom sera frappé d'interdiction en novembre 1970. Le dernier numéro titrait : "Bal tragique à Colombey = un mort", à l'occasion de la mort du général De Gaulle et d'un fait divers où 144 jeunes périrent dans un dancing en Isère. La même semaine, la bande au professeur Choron et à François Cavanna réplique au ministre de l'Intérieur de l'époque, Raymond Marcellin, en lançant Charlie Hebdo et en ameutant les journalistes.

This LIFE special edition “To the Moon and Back” chronicles the first moon landing, brought about by the courage of the Apollo 11 astronauts and the thousands of people who supported their mission. On the cover is a picture of Buzz Aldrin, taken by fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong. Along with color photographs of this historic walk on the moon, there are biographical sketches of Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins.

April 1965

This cover of Harper’s Bazaar is a photograph of model Jean Shrimpton by photographer Richard Avedon. The cover of Shrimpton peering from behind a bright pink Day-Glo space helmet was designed by Art Directors Ruth Ansel and Bea Feitler. This photograph, with the Harper’s Bazaar logo vibrating against it in acid green has been often reproduced as an emblem of the sixties.