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Nowadays, Le Cap d'Agde is the nudist community in Southern France, with something for everyone. There are families with young children, large numbers of bronzed retirees, lots of elderly folk (with no handicap access to the beaches, one naked octogenarian regularly makes the rounds with his walker) and representatives of every age group in between. Everyone has a different reason for coming here. "There is more finesse, a bit more je ne sais quoi, to French naturism," a well-tanned Austrian in his 60s tells me as he prepares for another day on the sandy "nudism obligatory" beach, where...
...MAIL, MOST ANYWHERE MailStation ($99, $9.95 a month), from Cidco Inc., based in Morgan Hill, Calif., is the size of a hardcover tome and very portable, with a small but readable flip-up screen. The company provides access with local dial-ups from most U.S. cities, but only e-mail is available--no surfing. Like nearly every other Internet appliance, Cidco commits you to its own Internet service when you buy the device...
CALL IT MINI-PC The i-Opener ($99, $21.95 a month), from Netpliance Inc., looks like a tiny PC, with a sleek flat-panel screen, attached keyboard and 56K modem for Web access and e-mail. Surfing may be sluggish at 200 MHz, and the browser may gag on fancier websites. But for folks with limited needs, it's like a Yugo: for the money, it's an adequate way to get where you want...
Queen emphasized that while the punishment for SSP students and College undergraduates is somewhat different, both have access to the same due process and disciplinary procedure...
...reassuring tonight to have the VCR malfunction. We pay a price for constant global electronic access. Paradoxically, such access closes our routes of escape...