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Nathalie Feix grew up in Switzerland, spent her undergraduate years at the University of Geneva and earned a master's degree in public policy from the London School of Economics. When she decided to study law, though, she skipped Europe's elite institutions and enrolled at the University of Miami. Why? Feix, 26, who worked for Hewlett-Packard in Geneva last summer, explains that U.S. law schools have "law reviews, moot court, judicial clerkships, litigation training--things that aren't available in Europe...
...number of veterans are taking their songs to the commercialized Woodstocks that have popped up across Europe recently. Promoters love festivals, which draw a broader, larger audience by mixing old and new acts. One example is the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland (July 24-29), which has old-timers (Kool and the Gang, John Hammond) and younger artists (Kelis, Ash) in the program. Also keep an ear out for emerging artists who use festivals as a chance to introduce themselves to new audiences. "We'll be playing music that thousands of people haven't ever heard," says Julian Casablancas, lead...
Still, so many of the technologies that promote interactivity don't fulfill that promise. When I attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this January, Compaq gave each delegate a free iPaq pocket computer. I sat with a friend and marveled at the gizmo. Then we sent each other e-mails. Hey! Of course, we were sitting side by side (at an indescribably dull panel on Asian economies). Pointless communication, yes, but isn't that what we do nowadays? Think how commonly we send e-mails to colleagues at work who might be as near...
...Countries that are unable to convert all objects into smart objects will be eligible for U.N., World Bank and wto loans. Countries that want to protect certain objects from becoming smart (say cuckoo clocks in Switzerland or statues of the Buddha in Tibet) can appeal on grounds that it may reduce tourism, but in general such unilateralism will be frowned upon and sanctions may be applied...
...Three years later, the Furlauds left Big Sur for Switzerland and then Paris, where Furlaud became NPR's first Paris correspondent...