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COLLEGE PARK — — As they enter the 61st and final year of their partnership, Maryland and the Atlantic Coast Conference are like a newly divorced couple that is forced by circumstances to continue to live together and makes a halfhearted pledge to remain friends.
The conference and the university, which enters the Big Ten on July 1, 2014, have publicly committed to being cordial. But beneath the veneer lie bruised feelings and a pronounced disagreement about money — Maryland has challenged the legality of the $52 million exit fee — that can't help but color the relationship.
The strain was evident when ACC members were asked this week by The Baltimore Sun whether they would consider adding Maryland to their nonconference schedule — in any sport — after the Terps depart.
Their response? Plenty of silence.
Many seemed to gingerly sidestep the question, although none explicitly replied "no." Four — Clemson, Florida State Georgia Tech and Miami — said directly that they would consider scheduling the Terps as they would any other Big Ten team.
Virginia, a border-state rival that has played Maryland in football more than any other school, released a written statement from athletic director Craig Littlepage. "We have not made any scheduling decisions about future UVA-UMD competitions," it said.
Asked by The Sun if that meant Virginia could be open to playing Maryland, the school's athletic department replied in an email: "Craig's statement… sums up where we currently are."
Duke has been the most vocal of the ACC schools about Maryland's impending departure. When Maryland played at Duke in men's basketball last season, fans chanted "ACC" and held signs reading "Good Riddance" with a Maryland logo displayed.
"If [Duke-Maryland] was such a rivalry, they'd still be in the ACC," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski told reporters after the second Terps-Blue Devils game in College Park in February. "Obviously they don't think it's that important."
Asked this week about speculation that Duke might be unwilling to schedule Maryland in the future, the school answered without mentioning Maryland.
"There is one principle guiding Duke Athletics' scheduling philosophy," the school said. "The 26 varsity sports programs schedule according to what is in the best interest of the student-athletes, Duke University and the Atlantic Coast Conference." Duke officials declined to elaborate.
Dozens of universities are leaving conferences in 2013 or 2014.
"Lame-duck status is awkward," said David Carter, executive director of the Sports Business Institute at USC's Marshall School of Business, "but less awkward than it used to be because the prospect of it has become commonplace throughout sports.
"Everywhere college fans have looked over the last decade they have seen substantial conference overhauls. The fact that you can't tell a conference without a scorecard suggests that once-strange bedfellows are now simply bedfellows."
Maryland publicly announced its Big Ten plans last November. The ACC recently added Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame and will add Louisville next year. Notre Dame will retain its independent status in football.
Before it could begin in the Big Ten, Maryland needed to provide notice to the ACC — it did so within the past few weeks — and endure an uncomfortable waiting period.
The Terps continue to compete in the conference even as the school and the league are entangled in legal battles in North Carolina and Maryland. In November, the ACC asked a North Carolina court to declare that Maryland is subject to the full exit fee — $52,266,342 — for leaving the conference. Maryland countered with its own suit alleging that the exit fee is anti-competitive and should not be enforced. Maryland's suit has been placed on hold while the first suit proceeds.
Among other allegations, Maryland said in court documents that the ACC "has systematically excluded the Maryland President and University representatives from ACC meetings, even though Maryland remains a full member of the Conference."
ACC spokesman Amy Yakola said Wednesday that Maryland has been invited to all the meetings. Several officials who have attended meetings said the exclusion applies when the subject is conference business involving the post-2013 period when Maryland will have left the ACC. At that point, the Maryland officials leave the meeting.
In addition to monitoring ACC developments, Maryland representatives have already begun attending Big Ten meetings on marketing and other topics.
This week, Maryland's mascot, Testudo, was invited by the ACC to participate in ceremonial events in New York City with the other conference mascots. The events marked the entry of Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame to the conference.
In one photo taken aboard a boat, Testudo is depicted upside down with his head on the deck and his legs being held by the Duke Blue Devil and the Virginia Cavalier. Media pundits and fans wondered publicly if the mascots were trying to deliver some sort of message about Maryland's tenuous relationship with the ACC. "The ACC mascots are doing something really bad and weird to Testudo," joked the Washington Post's Dan Steinberg in a tweet.
Officials at the event said later that the mascots were having fun and weren't trying to send a message. But the photo generated lots of buzz.
In April, Maryland fans noticed that top draws Duke and North Carolina weren't scheduled by the ACC to visit Comcast Center in either men's and women's basketball in the upcoming season. Some fans on message boards speculated that the conference was using scheduling to punish Maryland.
The ACC office said in reply that it uses a least one independent consultant to help piece together schedules and that there are always a number of variables.
Conference realignment inevitably causes strain. "I think what Maryland is going through is not unlike what everybody else [leaving conferences] is going through," said Loyola athletic director Jim Paquette.
In the past year, Loyola had various teams competing in three conferences. It left them to join the Patriot League, effective this month.
Paquette said schools want their transitions to be as seamless as possible, but it is not easy.
"It's awkward," he said. "You go to your boss and resign, it's never not awkward. We wanted to do it in a respectful, dignified manner with all three of the conferences. You want to meet your obligations to the conference you are in."
Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson declined comment, citing the ongoing legal action.
Maryland coaches have said they hope for particularly strong performances in their final ACC seasons. The Terps' final regular-season football game is at North Carolina State on Nov. 30.
Paquette said Loyola's goal was "to win everything going out the door, to go out on a high note. We wanted to make sure our student athletes had an opportunity for conference championships."
Maryland has a 60-year history with the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Baltimore Sun asked ACC schools if they would consider scheduling Maryland as a nonconference opponent in any sport after Maryland departs for the Big Ten in July 2014. Queries were sent initially to sports information directors, who often forwarded them to athletic directors. Queries weren't sent to the ACC's newest members — Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Notre Dame — because they don't have a history with Maryland.
Here are the responses:
Boston College: No comment because athletic director was unavailable.
Clemson: "As we look at future football scheduling, we consider several options. With Maryland moving out of the ACC, we would evaluate them as we would any current member of the Big Ten."
Duke: "There is one principle guiding Duke Athletics' scheduling philosophy. The 26 varsity sports programs schedule according to what is in the best interest of the student-athletes, Duke University and the Atlantic Coast Conference."
Florida State: "Scheduling is on a team-by-team basis. There is no moratorium on scheduling Maryland."
Georgia Tech: "While it's not likely that Maryland will be a non-conference opponent in football or basketball in the immediate future, we are receptive and actively pursuing future scheduling partnerships with all BIG 10 conference members."
Miami: "We do not have any restrictions on scheduling Maryland and would gladly do so where it makes sense."
North Carolina: No immediate reply.
North Carolina State: "Most of our coaches schedule their nonconference games throughout the season prior to the year in which they plan to play. Since we have not yet begun the school year, it is not clear if various sports will desire to play in the DC area or not in 14-15 and beyond."
Virginia: "We have not made any scheduling decisions about future UVA-UMD competitions."
Virginia Tech: No immediate reply.
Wake Forest: "Thanks for the opportunity but we must politely decline to comment."
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WASHINGTON The White House likes to use a phrase of tingling adventure to describe the presidents recent penchant for wandering the country talking to people: The bear is loose.
There are three problems with this unbearable metaphor: Barack Obama is not in captivity, hes not a bear, and hes not loose.
As Voltaire said of the Holy Roman Empire, it was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
When our whippetlike president travels on Air Force One from staged photo-op to staged photo-op and then to coinciding fundraiser to coinciding fundraiser, encased by the White House travel behemoth and press centipede, thats kind of the opposite of breaking loose.
Somehow, I thought that the tech revolution in campaigns would usher in fresh ways for presidents to communicate. In the age of Snapchat, I didnt think presidents would still be crisscrossing the country to do hokey snaps of chats.
As David Plouffe wrote in The Wall Street Journal last week, With advancements in artificial intelligence, you could soon have holograms of presidential candidates at your door, interacting with you and asking and answering questions. He noted that Narendra Modi used holograms to extend his reach during his successful campaign to become the Indian prime minister.
So wheres the Oval Office holodeck?
Besides the fact that the posed pictures end up on Twitter as well as in the paper, prescreened and sanitized political tableaus seem stuck in the 20th century. 44 does rallies and round tables and has Kabuki sit-downs with people in coffee joints just the same way 41 did.
In the sixth year of his presidency, the White House is still trying to cast Barack Obama as a regular guy, playing pool and drinking beer (even though he only took a few sips) in Denver with Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado. This, when the one thing we know, and that Obama wants us to know, is that hes no regular guy.
As Julie Hirschfeld Davis wrote in The Times on Tuesday, the president has been seeking out the intellectual, artistic and tech elite at private dinners around the globe.
Sometimes stretching into the small hours of the morning, the dinners reflect a restless president weary of the obligations of the White House and less concerned about the appearance of partying with the rich and celebrated, Davis wrote.
In Dallas last week, Obama did a short round table with Gov. Rick Perry of Texas on the border imbroglio followed by a barbecue DCCC fundraiser with five round tables of fat cats. Explaining why he was staying away from the heart-wrenching scene on the border, the president said, This isnt theater. This is a problem, adding, Im not interested in photo-ops. Im interested in solving a problem.
Yet, even as the world is roiling, the presidents desk is clean. As he flees gridlock and a Boehner lawsuit in Washington, the best news for Democrats is that Republicans are talking impeachment. The Democrats can actually make money on that. Obama seems fixated on both the photo-ops hes doing and the ones hes not doing.
He didnt go to the LBJ play on Broadway and meet its Tony-winning star, Bryan Cranston, after Cranston suggested that if he went, he might learn some methods for getting his way with Congress. And the president doesnt want to be pictured on the border in shots that look as if hes welcoming children, many fleeing violence in Central America, who are illegally entering the country, even though Pope Francis has advised that the humanitarian emergency requires, as a first urgent measure, these children be welcomed and protected.
By now, Americans are so habituated to stagy things, its hard to imagine that many people dont see the presidents roving photo-ops as posed and theatrical.
But Plouffe, who helped devise Obamas technologically groundbreaking campaign, contends that such events are more important than ever because for younger people, if you dont have the visual with the words, its almost as though it doesnt exist.
People like to see their president or their governor or their mayor out mixing it up in the community and not behind the ivory gates, he told me, adding that he could see a day when a campaign could have a candidates hologram materialize in the kitchen of a swing voter in Lorain, Ohio, to talk education.
Its not going to be a 2016 thing, he said. But it could be a 2020 or a 2024 thing.
(Microsofts Jaron Lanier waggishly suggests that political avatars be saved for fundraising, where their algorithms could be fine-tuned to deliver individual, if hypocritical, pitches that would get the maximum donations.)
My suspicion, Plouffe said, is that unless the Republicans shed some of their intolerance, Hillary Clinton will get all the great tech talent.
The presidents odysseys are meant to illustrate that hes still relevant. But do they actually underscore irrelevance by conveying his view that if Republicans in Congress are going to keep blocking him, he may as well go fishin?


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After all the speculation about the tortured arithmetic that might decide this group, the sums were painless. Germany and Portugal advance. Holland never gave up and were close to a leveller from Robin Van Persie when his drive went wide towards the close. As if piqued, Cristiano Ronaldo then hit the post. Recent issues had left the Dutch in circumstances they could not overcome.
The much-criticised Ronaldo, who scored both of Portugal's goals, had a lot to do with that and his sudden revival following the long campaign with Real Madrid is stirring for the rest of the squad as they anticipate the quarter-final against the Czech Republic. "The individual effort of players is not important," said the manager, Paulo Bento. "I am proud of what we did as a team. We did that brilliantly in three games." He has a stolid tone, but it is always better when footballers provide the entertainment.
The Dutch, with no points, have made a spasmodic contribution. Losers are generally ignored, but that cannot be the case with Holland. After all, the contrast with the effort that took them to the World Cup final two years ago is severe. It has to be accepted that their campaign in South Africa took the side close to a peak and then left them to slither downwards. Even so, no one had anticipated that all three group matches would be lost.
It is Portugal who were on the rise in Kharkiv and they will be confident of coming through their quarter-final. A tournament such as this demands much of players who have already been depleted by campaigns, but Ronaldo, with his taste for drama, responded to the stage that a European Championship provides.
Holland's manager, Bert van Marwijk, was phlegmatic. "I knew it wasn't going to be easy to do what we did two years ago," he said with reference to the appearance in the World Cup final. Van Marwijk also observed that his contract runs until 2016. He might live to fight another day, but his players were second best here.
"Portugal has succeeded in its great aim," said Ronaldo, the man of the match. His side held particular advantages, considering the turbulence besetting Holland. Mark van Bommel may have appeared beside his manager at the press conference on the eve of the match, but the air of solidarity was not to be trusted. Van Bommel was ditched and so lost the armband to Rafael Van der Vaart, who had not made the starting line-up in the defeat to Germany. Other adjustments were more predictable still, with Klaas-Jan Huntelaar accommodated at centre-forward while Van Persie took up a deeper attacking role. The side soon had a prize worth protecting. Arjen Robben came in from the left after 11 minutes and slipped a pass to Van der Vaart, who bent a beautiful shot past Rui Patrício from just outside the area.
The stakes may have been high yet this had the air of an open game, with each side indifferent to defence or, on this evidence, simply not adept at resistance. The Dutch right-back, Gregory van der Wiel, prone to lapses here, then presented the ball to Helder Postiga, who slipped his attempt wide.
Chances were abundant in that period, however, and there was no cause to brood if some were misused. Ronaldo equalised with authority after João Pereira's service put him clear of the centre-backs in the 28th minute. That opportunity arose because the left-back, Jetro Willems, lost possession. "At 1-0 we were playing well," Van Marwijk observed. "An individual error got Portugal back in the game."
The free-spiritedness in that period was embodied almost entirely by Portugal and, seven minutes later, Ronaldo headed wide from a João Moutinho corner. It was Portugal who carried intent then. Bento might have reproached them at half-time, but he would also have pointed out that his side had impressed in several respects. The Dutch had the deeper cause to reproach themselves. With so much at stake, the lack of urgency was curious.
There may have been a possibility that the technique of the Portuguese was marginalising Holland but that interpretation made little sense when the Dutch have stood so high in the world rankings. Van Marwijk still had faith and the lack of immediate substitutions was a reminder that the score remained tied.
The pattern of play had scarcely altered with an hour gone. Regardless of determination in the ranks, Holland simply looked the weaker side. The shuffling of the pack by Van Marwijk for this game was justified, but that did not mean that their hand was necessarily stronger. A manager at a tournament has usually had years to deliberate over his lineup. For all the drama, it must be disturbing to learn that his plans have not worked as expected. Risks soon had to be embraced, with Willems withdrawn so that Ibrahim Afellay could at least attempt to apply pressure.
Portugal, all the same, had too much technique not to command and they could afford a chance that Nani squandered. Shortly after it was Ronaldo, however, who made his presence felt once again. Nani slipped the ball to the Real Madrid attacker on the left and, with the full-back keeling over, Ronaldo came inside to establish a 2-1 lead in the 74th minute.
The Dutch have worth established over many years, but this occasion asked too much even of them. Portugal, for their part, looked as if their tournament was just starting. All was in their favour on a night that Bento's side can relish.


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SACRAMENTO — A change of seasons is in the air in California, but not much moisture is.
Temperatures in the last several weeks have turned mild and pleasant in the Central Valley, which likely signals an end to the searing, triple-digit heat that gripped the valley at times earlier this summer.
Afternoon highs in September were actually cooler than last year in most inland cities. For instance, Redding averaged 86.6 degrees in this past month, down sharply from its 95.8-degree average in September 2012, according to the National Weather Service.
A band of rain even visited Northern California on Sept. 21, causing some concerns for growers. But the federal Climate Prediction Center foresees a below-average chance of rain throughout the state in the next two weeks, and only equal chances of below- or above-normal precipitation after that.
"A ridge is building in now and it looks like, even up in Redding, it's below normal with winds blowing," said Johnnie Powell, a NWS forecaster here. "There's no sign of the storm track coming over us."
In the Sacramento area, skies are expected to remain clear with afternoon temperatures in the high 70s to low 80s throughout October, according to AccuWeather's long-range forecast.
The lull comes after a series of showers in northern areas raised growers' hopes — and a few fears. The biggest rain came Sept. 21, when Redding sopped up 1.22 inches while Sacramento recorded about a half-inch, the NWS recorded.
The rain stopped the harvest of walnuts at Crain Orchards in Red Bluff for a couple of days, said Jud Pray, farm manager. But a little rainfall actually helps walnuts mature, he said.
The rain caused a pause in the rice harvest, too, as growers had to wait a couple of days before getting back into the fields, reported the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service office here.
Winegrape growers were watching their grapes to see if they were affected by the rain, the California Farm Bureau Federation reported. The rain could dilute sugar content in some grapes or cause them to rot, the organization explained.
Raisin-grape growers say three-quarters of their crop was still drying in vineyards last week and that blowing sand from the storms may have affected some of the crop, the CFBF reported.
Still, rainfall is needed to help California's depleted reservoirs, which were holding 74 percent of their average amounts for this time of year as of Oct. 1, according to the state Department of Water Resources. Shasta Lake, the centerpiece of the Central Valley Project, was down to 42 percent of capacity on that day.
September heat
Here are average high temperatures in September and their comparisons to last year for selected California cities, according to the National Weather Service:
Redding: September 2013, 86.6 degrees; September 2012, 95.8 degrees
Sacramento: 2013, 85.2 degrees; 2012, 90.4 degrees
Stockton: 2013, 85.2 degrees; 2012, 90.9 degrees
Modesto: 2013, 86.2 degrees; 2012, 91 degrees
Salinas: 2013, 76.3 degrees; 2012, 71.4 degrees
Fresno: 2013, 91.5 degrees; 2012, 96.8 degrees


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Postcards vs. the Future: 10 'endangered' travel items
By Duncan Forgan, for CNN • Updated 24th November 2013
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Although technology cannot (as yet) eradicate crippling food poisoning or comically awkward cultural exchanges, there's little doubt that travel gets easier with the advent of every new app.
Smartphones make it simpler to find obscure backstreet restaurants or order cabs in Ulaanbaatar.
Nevertheless, the relentless march of progress hasn't been without a few regrettable victims.
Several much loved travel stalwarts are falling out of favor thanks to technology and other factors.
The following 10 are some of our most loved travel items that are slowly being replaced by modern innovations.
1. Postcards
A telling sign of a much loved item's near obsolescence is when a campaign is launched to save it.
Going by that standard, the postcard -- the object of a number of
high-profile resuscitation attempts
in recent years -- has been in the emergency ward for some time.
One survey last year found that while 60% of people texted friends and family back home when on vacation, only
16% sent postcards
There's plenty of anecdotal evidence suggesting that postcards are out of favor.
"The overall, overwhelming consensus is that postcard sales are down dramatically," Matthew Tobin, president of the U.S. Souvenir Wholesale Distributors Association and executive vice president of Arts & Cards,
told the Providence Journal
earlier this year. "It's probably half what it used to be."
Postcards were
born in the UK
, in the Victorian era, and allowed vividly colored images to be sent and received for the first time.
They've had a roller coaster ride since then, with 4.5 billion postcards delivered in the United States in 1951, falling to 1.8 billion in 1980, rising again to 3.3 billion in 1990 and plummeting again to 1.4 billion in 2010. The United States Postal Service forecasts around 1 billion single-piece cards will be sent in the U.S. in 2013.
Those numbers include non-personal postcards, such as dentist appointment reminders and advertising fliers.
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2. Slide shows
Vacation slide shows were once the cultural after-dinner mint of the suburban dinner party.
Of course that dinner party might have been microwaved nouvelle cuisine and the slide show held in a "den" tastefully decorated in salmon pink and dove gray.
But there was something far cozier about sharing photos with people in physical proximity than with a collection of avatars and Facebook accounts.
In 2012, slide film became another victim in Kodak's sad fall from favor.
The world's once biggest manufacturer of film and slides recently
emerged from bankruptcy
, having shed most of its film businesses to focus on digital photography and printing.
The reason, it said, was lack of demand.
Fujifilm, Kodak's consummate competitor in years past, has also been
killing off its film and slide film products
Which means those Kodak moments once projected fuzzily onto your grandpa's living room wall -- there's Mom cooking dinner outside the tent;
; there's cousin Hannah setting the split-log picnic table -- are now most often enjoyed on a 2x2-inch digital screen.
3. Guidebooks
If the traditional guidebook really is in its death throes, 2013 may come to be seen as its Waterloo.
If only this book could upload photos.
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In March, after BBC Worldwide unloaded Lonely Planet for $120 million less than it paid for the brand in 2007, some began to look closely at the bigger picture.
They found that sales have
declined dramatically across the industry
in recent years.
In 2007, combined U.S. sales from the big five travel publishers that represent more than 80% of the market (Frommer's, Dorling Kindersley, Lonely Planet, Fodor's, Avalon's Moon/Rick Steves) were just more than $125 million, according to Stephen Mesquita's "World Travel Guides Market" report for Nielsen BookScan.
By 2012, combined sales had dropped nearly 40% to $78 million.
The UK's Automobile Association said last year it had
stopped publishing and updating its travel guides
due to lack of demand.
The demise of the unwieldy travel tome won't be mourned by those who feel they send everyone to the same hotels/restaurants/sights.
As well as being cumbersome they become quickly dated.
Try using "Lonely Planet: China 2010" to make your way around and you'll see what we mean.
Yet we'll miss certain things about the humble guidebook.
Few things whet the appetite for a trip like a potted political history, culinary glossaries, maps, pictures and descriptions.
Not only that, but in all their seawater-splashed, curry-stained, beat-up glory, they help recall your travels in a way smartphones never will.
4. Internet cafes
Once an invaluable portal linking home with abroad, the Internet cafe is a victim of the inexorable march of wireless connectivity.
Until just a few years back, many travelers would spend at least an hour a day trying to work out the vagaries and quirks of a foreign keyboard while tapping out missives to friends and family.
These days, however, laptops, tablets and the resulting Facebook and Instagram feeds have become an integral part of the travel experience.
The upshot has been the documented closure of Internet cafes in a number of countries, including
and the
Increased competition between Internet service providers in travel hotspots such as Vietnam and Thailand means finding a Wi-Fi connection is as simple as hunting down a bowl of noodles.
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5. Alarm clocks (analog)
Travel alarm clocks were once simple things.
A clock inside a fold-up case that beeped or buzzed a few times then shut up, leaving sleepers to awaken only when the midday power cut knocked out the one-speed fan.
Now, of course, there's an app that won't stop announcing the day's itinerary.
A 2008 survey by hotel chain Travelodge claims that, in Britain at least,
mobile phones have replaced alarm clocks
as the morning's first noise.
Judging by the
unleashed when thousands of irate iPhone users have blamed their overnight software upgrade for an alarm fail, it's clear the
phone hasn't only replaced the alarm clock
in huge numbers, it's sometimes less effective.
Those compact clocks that clam-shell to the size of a bar of soap are missed.
Because if nothing else you could at least ignore them.
6. Fold-out maps
With their carefully cartographed hills, cartoon monuments and indecipherable symbols -- is that a toilet or a flower vendor? -- fold-out maps have a pirates' treasure feel to them.
The best way to get that tourist look.
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But that's not enough to keep them on top.
The California State Automobile Association
closed its paper map business in 2008
while its online travel planner was showing double-digit growth.
The UK's Ordnance Survey, the national mapping authority, announced a
sales drop of 25% between 2005 and 2010
as people opted to use smartphones and GPS units.
For better or worse, the days of fighting with a flapping map by the side of a road in a force seven gale are becoming less common.
7. Travelers' checks
The simplicity and
ubiquity of the ATM
are helping put an end to those awkward conversations with foreign merchants about where you can exchange travelers' checks for real money.
According to data from the U.S. Federal Reserve, the amount of money in
outstanding travelers' checks more than halved
from a high in 1995 of just more than $9 billion to around $3.6 billion in October 2013.
That said, $3.6 billion isn't chump change.
For those who like to buy things the old fashioned way,
travelers' checks can still be useful
in many places.
Banks still sell them, as does American Express. Many hotels still accept them.
And if you're interested in currency speculation you may even make a few extra cents from their fixed-at-the-time-of-purchase exchange rate.
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8. Photo albums
With mobile phone cameras, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest, and sales of film cameras and film tumbling, we've all got far
fewer paper pics to fill those romantically fading albums
of family, friends and far-flung places.
9. Airline first class
The "
decline of first class
" has been making headlines since 1986 -- but it's only since the global financial crisis in 2008 that belt-tightening by airlines has been serious enough to make a world without first-class air travel seem plausible.
First to go during the crunch.
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Due to smaller business budgets and subsequent
decline in sales for this most premium of offerings
, many
airlines are cutting back
their international first-class services.
First class is still available, and it's still a totem of sky-borne indulgence, with prices that often top $15,000 per person for a long-haul trip.
Singapore Airlines offers a
private suite with a double bed
and champagne, while
Air France offers a contemporary art gallery
on select planes.
But frequent travelers, and more importantly their bosses and accountants, seem to be more often willing to "downgrade" to business class.
10. Traditional steamer trunks
Nobody but the most vintage-fixated contrarian would deny that improvements in baggage have improved the travel experience.
But it's clear that something is being lost in the march toward a streamlined, easily wheeled future.
The traditional steamer trunk, first conceived when a young Parisian by the name of
Louis Vuitton designed something called the "slat trunk
," isn't entirely absent from the luggage carousels of today.
But with top-end models tailor-made by LV today going for up to $30,000 apiece, it's little wonder most travelers opt for lighter, cheaper, wheelier versions. ("Why bother with wheels when you have servants?" the trunk crowd may be heard mumbling.)
There's no convincing data on steamer trunk sales available, but these once essential travel boxes are feeling more and more like a relic of a bygone era.
Which is a shame -- an old school travel trunk was emblematic of the traditional "grand tour."
Plastered with stickers from the French Riviera to the Orient, travel trunks may have been tough to carry, but they were undeniably raffish and an integral symbol of a time when the romance of travel was at its peak and the world seemed more alive with mystery and possibility.
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What is wealth management, and what do professionals who call themselves wealth managers actually do? Those were the questions the Investment Management Consultants Association sought to answer when in commissioned a year-long study in 2011.
"The certifying bodies of a particular industry are usually the ones that define what that particular industry is or does," Sean Walters, IMCA's executive director and CEO, said at Schwab Impact 2012 in Chicago last week. "A pediatrician heals children, which is defined by the board of standards. It's something the CFP Board has done for years with financial planning."
One of the reasons for the study, Walters said, was "we found the term 'wealth management' was being used in a fast and loose manner. As an industry, we were not being very good about it."
Kryterion Test Services, a professional certification test development and delivery company, initiated the three-phase job analysis on behalf of IMCA last year.
"We wondered if there would be a big overlap in how wealth management was defined when compared with the definition of financial planning from the FPA and CFP Board," he added. "One of the biggest surprises to come from the survey was that there was not. It was a validation of the unique skills that our members offer their clients."
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"That's how I boil it down; it's truly multi-discipline," he concluded.
Besides clarifying what constitutes a private wealth advisor, IMCA will use the analysis to refine the experience, education, examination and ethics requirements of its CPWA certification program.
Following are highlights of the study:
- Wealth management is a distinct practice. Financial planners, accountants, estate planning attorneys or investment professionals may practice advanced competency in this discipline.
- A client must have a minimum net worth of $5 million in order to be considered a high-net-worth client.
- The knowledge advisors need in order to provide competent wealth management incorporates 169 topics within human dynamics, wealth management strategies, client specialization and legacy planning.
- In working with clients, private wealth advisors may use fundamental tasks and a process similar to financial planning or other client-oriented professions; however, they need an advanced and unique set of knowledge and skills to serve high-net-worth clients effectively.
- The CPWA is the appropriate standard for advanced competency in the wealth management practice, and the certification will be adapted to more-effectively address the tasks, knowledge and skills addressed in the study.
IMCA has administered the CPWA certification since 2007.
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Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska
Anaktuvuk Pass (Inupiaq: Anaqtuuvak, IPA: [ɐnɑqtuːvɐk][6], Anaqtuġvik, or Naqsraq, IPA: [naχʂɑq]) is a city[4][7] in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 282 at the 2000 census[8] and 324 as of the 2010 census.[4]
There was a nomadic group of Inupiat called Nunamiut that lived inland in northern Alaska and lived by hunting caribou instead of the marine mammals and fish hunted by the rest of the Inupiat, who live on the coast.[10] The Nunamiut traded with the coastal people for other items they needed. A decline in caribou populations in about 1900 and in the 1920s caused many Nunamiut to move to the coastal villages. In 1938, several families of Nunamiut moved back to the Brooks Range, around Tulugak and the Killik River. In 1949 the Killik River group moved to Tulugak Lake, fifteen miles north of where the village lies today. Anaktuvuk Pass is the only Nunamiut settlement.
This settlement attracted Inupiaq people from many other locations, and villagers today lead a somewhat more sedentary lifestyle than in earlier nomadic times. The City was incorporated in 1959. A Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1966.
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The Internet remains uncharted territory for Canadian businesses: RBC Poll Français
Feb 27, 2013, 07:00 ET
Less than half of Canadian Businesses have a dedicated website
TORONTO, Feb. 27, 2013 /CNW/ - According to a recent RBC small business survey, only 46 per cent of Canadian small businesses have a dedicated website, and less than half (48 per cent) of those businesses say they sell their products and services through their websites.
"With the majority of consumers choosing to research and shop for products and services online, businesses without a web presence are missing a significant opportunity," says Jim Mulligan, national director, Retail, RBC Royal Bank. "Businesses need to be visible where consumers choose to be, so investing in an online strategy is fundamental to attract new customers and stay competitive."
In fact, 56 per cent of the entrepreneurs in the survey rate finding and keeping clients as one of the top business challenges that they will face over the next year, yet only 41 per cent of those surveyed promote their business using a dedicated website.
According to Statistics Canada, more than 80 per cent of the Canadian population is online; and a report by the Boston Consulting Group predicts that Canada's Internet economy will grow 7.4 per cent annually through 2016. Although this represents a significant opportunity for small businesses, twenty per cent of entrepreneurs admit that keeping up to date with technology is among their top challenges.
"It is always challenging for small merchants to stay abreast of new technologies and to find the capital to grow their independent businesses," said Diane J. Brisebois, president and CEO of Retail Council of Canada, adding that RBC in collaboration with Retail Council are investing in tools and resources to assist small merchants in capitalizing on the benefits of an online presence.
"Small merchant online and social media strategies can result in market growth and greater profitability," noted Brisebois.
When it comes to social media, only 39 per cent of entrepreneurs surveyed say that they use social media to promote their business.
Mulligan adds that engaging in social media offers many positive benefits for entrepreneurs, citing the following examples:
- Improved market awareness;
- More lead generation opportunities;
- Increased relationship building opportunities with existing customers and prospects;
- Better reputation monitoring; and
- Additional traffic to existing web sites.
The RBC survey also found that four-in-10 (38 per cent) businesses that sell via their company website generate over 25 per cent of their revenue through their online sales, with two-in-10 (22 per cent) generating more than 50 per cent of their revenue this way.
For more information on e-commerce, please visit the RBC Advice Centre at rbc.com/techwebseries.
About RBC Small Business Banking
If you are a small business entrepreneur who is starting a business, managing growth, or considering succession planning, the RBC Advice Centre can help answer your questions. Free interactive tools and calculators provide customized information covering many facets of business finance. In addition, online advice videos and free webinars are provided regularly to answer questions that are top of mind with small business owners. With the guidance of RBC business advisors, small business owners have access to free, no obligation professional advice about RBC products and services. For more assistance, please visit rbcadvicecentre.com.
About the RBC Ipsos Reid Small Business Survey
These are some of the findings of an RBC/Ipsos Reid survey conducted from August 9 to 20. This online survey of 1,004 small business owners, who were either self-employed or owned their own small business, was conducted via the Ipsos I-Say Online Panel, Ipsos Reid's national online panel. The results are based on a sample where quota sampling and weighting are employed to balance demographics and ensure that the sample's composition reflects that of the actual Canadian population according to Census data. Quota samples with weighting from the Ipsos online panel provide results that are intended to approximate a probability sample. An unweighted, probability sample of this size, with 100 per cent response rate would have an estimated margin of error of ±3 per cent, 19 times out of 20. Margins of error for subgroups will be higher.
For further information:
Angela Harkey, RBC Corporate Communications, 416 313-5001
Suzanne Willers, RBC Corporate Communications, 416 974-2727
Margie McNeil, RBC Corporate Communications, 905 606-1425


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text: I am working on a program in java on notepad++ that opens a file(reverse.in) opens it and extracts the integers to an array. Now I need convert the numbers to words and print them out in reverse. For example 0 1 2 3 would become three two one zero. I have the array set but have no idea how to convert the numbers and print in reverse. This is only my 3rd week of java so the more info the better!!! Code: import java.util.*; import java.io.*; public class Reverse1{ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{ int i =0; File file = null; file = new File("Reverse.in"); BufferedReader bufRdr = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file)); String line = ""; String [] numbers = new String[10]; while ((line = bufRdr.readLine()) != null){ StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(line,","); while (st.hasMoreTokens()) { numbers[i]= st.nextToken(); } i++; } for (i = 1; i < numbers.length; i++) { System.out.print("" + numbers[i]); System.out.println(); } System.out.println(); } }


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tl;dr Your OS X applications can connect to Oracle Database as if it was running natively on OS X if you simply run Oracle Database in a VirtualBox VM with port forwarding enabled (easy).
To work backwards through the installation process: in the Network window of the VirtualBox GUI, I enable a NAT Network adapter.
Then, under Networking -> Advanced -> Port Forwarding, I create a TCP rule with Host IP 127.0.0.1 and both the Host and Guest Port fields set to the port number that the Oracle Network Listener in the VM is using: the Oracle default is 1521. I leave the Guest IP field blank.
I click OK twice, dismissing the "The current port forwarding rules are not valid. None of the host or guest port values may be set to zero." dialog
Start the VM. If the DB is set to autostart during OS boot, you don't even need to log in.
Update: If you have Oracle Database 12c you can use the new EM Express console for DB management and monitoring. Just enable port forwarding for port 5500 and then browse (from OS X) to https://localhost:5500/em. See this article by Gerald Venzl.
Update: If you want to access the database from a second, NAT-configured VM, simply configure the DB VM's port forwarding as described in this article. In your second VM, applications can use an Oracle connect string like "10.0.2.2/orcl". The IP address to use is the VirtualBox gateway, see Configuring the address of a NAT network interface in the VirtualBox documentation.
Connecting to the database from OS X tools and clients uses the same forms of Oracle connect string as if the database was native on OS X. For example, using the "Easy Connect" hostname/service_name form, I can simply use 'localhost' as if the database was on OS X:
cjones@mac:~$ sqlplus cj/welcome@localhost/orcl SQL*Plus: Release 220.127.116.11.0 Production on Mon Jan 19 09:20:38 2015 Copyright (c) 1982, 2013, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 126.96.36.199.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options SQL>
Here I was using SQL*Plus from the free, easy to install Instant Client bundle. Download the Oracle Instant Client Basic, SDK and SQL*Plus ZIP files. Unzip them, create the two symbolic links given in the install instructions, and set DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH to the Instant Client directory.
Update: with Instant Client 12.1, you do not need to set DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH.
The Instant Client can be used, among other things, for building PHP, Python, Node.js and other language drivers. With each of these you would use exactly the same connect string to connect to the database.
There are prebuilt VMs with Oracle Database already installed, such as the Database App Development VM. Download and import it into VirtualBox.
It's easy to install your own Oracle Database "XE" Express Edition database for development. After the XE RPM is installed on Oracle Linux 5 and 6, run its simple configuration script to set up the administration passwords, the listener port (default is 1521), and whether to autostart during boot. Install XE by following the ten steps in Chapter 4 of The Underground PHP and Oracle Manual or check the official instructions.
Alternately you could install the Enterprise Edition for free ("only for the purpose of developing, testing, prototyping, and demonstrating" - read the click-through license). There are various scripts on the web to autostart the DB at VM machine boot.
If you need an OS, Oracle Linux is free from our yum server. Download the ISO, create a new VirtualBox VM and tell it where to find the ISO. Boot and follow the install prompts.
VirtualBox is free from VirtualBox.org and runs on OS X, Windows, Linux and Solaris.
The only "trick" to using VirtualBox is to remember the magic cursor-releasing key, e.g. the Left Command Key on OS X. This key is useful if/when you haven't installed the VirtualBox "Guest Additions" into the VM and clicking into the VM window captures the cursor. The specific key combination is shown as a reminder on the bottom right of the containing VirtualBox VM window. Pressing it returns cursor control to the host OS. Luckily, once you install the "Guest Additions" the cursor is automatically released when you mouse out of the VM window.


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By Fareed Zakaria, CNN
Wherever you are in the world, you've probably used or coveted some Japanese product - a Honda four-wheeler; a Toyota Prius, a Sony, a Panasonic TV, a Nikon camera. Since the 1950s, Japan's exports have flooded the world and fueled an economic miracle at home, making that country one of the wealthiest in the world. Well, this week marks a turning point - one of the world's great export engines has run out of gas.
What in the world is going on?
For the first time in 31 years, Japan has recorded a trade deficit. In simple terms, that means Japan imported more than it exported last year. Now this is not that unusual for some rich countries: the U.S. has had a trade deficit since 1975, and yet we've grown. But the U.S. economy is not built on exports. Japan's economic rise on the other hand, has been almost entirely powered by exports.
So what has changed in Japan?
The Japanese government would like to blame one-off events: Last year's earthquake and tsunami crippled factories and shut down nuclear energy reactors. The offshoot of that was decreased economic output, plus they needed to import expensive oil from the Middle East. But natural disasters have only highlighted and accelerated existing trends in Japan: A decline in competitiveness and an ageing work force.
China and other East Asian countries can now produce cheaper products and in greater quantities. Add to that a rising Yen, and Japan's exporters have been at a disadvantage globally. Toyota's chief perhaps said it best last year: "It doesn't make sense to manufacture in Japan."
Then add to this Japan's demographics. Between 1990 and 2007, Japan's working population dropped from 86 to 83 million. At the same time, the number of Americans between the ages of 15 and 64 rose from 160 million to 200 million. In a global marketplace, this is a major handicap for Tokyo.
Between 2001 and 2010, Japan's economy grew at seven-tenths of one percent - less than half the pace of America's. It was also well behind Europe. Contrast that with growth per person - or GDP per capita - and Japan actually outperforms America and the Euro Zone.
So while Japan's economy in aggregate has been hurt by this lack of workers, for the average Japanese worker income is still up and quality of life is still very high. That's partly why the country has not felt the pressure to reform.
Now it's easy to extrapolate from the data that Japan's low growth is not a failure of economic policy, but just a reflection of its demographics. But that's too simple. In reality, Japan's industry is becoming less competitive and even per capita incomes will start slowing down.
Tokyo's policymakers have failed its people - they could have opened up many of its closed sectors to competition, reformed its labor laws to make Japanese labor more attractive, cut pension benefits, and allowed more immigration. Its government could have put the country on a path to reduce its massive debt burden. Instead, we're now entering an era where one of the great manufacturing nations of history faces a looming current account deficit. With its debt at 211% of its GDP, if the cost of its borrowing increases, Tokyo would face an even greater crisis: A default.
Keeping a rich country competitive is very hard, especially in a democracy where interest groups keep asking for more - more benefits, more subsidies, more protections. They want to be shielded from competitive forces. It is happening in America, just as it happened in Japan. It's easy to forget how powerful a growth engine Japan was in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.
But eventually, it was unable to change its ways, reform, and get less rigid. The result was decline.
For more of my thoughts throughout the week, I invite you to follow me on Facebook and Twitter and to visit the Global Public Square every day. Also, for more What in the World? pieces, click here.
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Political Islam
North African media say 'political Islam' a failure
Prominent writers and editorialists in the Arab nations of Tunisia and Morocco say that the "Arab Spring" movement that ousted dictatorial leadership in several nations and installed "elected" Islamists was a good thing.
But probably not the way that was expected.
It showed, they write, the "drawbacks of political Islam," according to an analysis by A. Mahjar-Barducci, a research fellow at the Middle East Media Research Institute, which analyzes and reports on media trends in that region of the world.
One writer, Rachid Barant, of Kapitalis in Tunisia, said, "Some are complaining and regretting that the revolutions have given birth to Islamist powers. They are wrong. At the very least, the Arab Spring [revolutions] are of great merit in that they opened up the eyes of the people of the country concerned, as well as eyes of the people worldwide, regarding political Islam."
The writer said, "These Islamists, while pretending to be 'moderate,' very quickly – I should say, immediately – revived the practices of the dictators: nepotism – that is, the appointment friends and family members with no proven competence – as well as racketeering and corruption, the instrumentalization of justice (to enforce their ideology], and attacks on liberties!"
Mahjar-Barducci analyzed recent writings of Barnat, an editorial from the Tunisie Numerique, and Fahd Iraqi of the Moroccan weekly Tel Quel.
They were addressing the results of the so-called Arab Spring, which saw, among other changes, an uprising endorsed by U.S. President Obama that ousted longtime Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.
He was replaced with Mohammad Morsi, an Islamist who was elected by Egyptians last year, only to be removed from office by the military this year because of citizen rage over his practices and policies.
The writers cited by MEMRI said there should be a lesson learned from the developments of the last two years, where dictators, many times Islamic, are thrown out in favor of elected Islamists.
Protests also have developed against the Islamic Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Turkey.
Barnat wrote that while the fall of a dictator, and rise of an Islamist to power, "was really bad for the countries, it was also a boon."
He explained that's because now people "were able to see what the Islamists can do when they are in power. The people also realized that these 'pious men' were merely ambitious hypocrites, and that what interested them was not their countries' supreme interests, but power, money, racketeering, and favors for friends and family."
He continued, "The people saw them [the Islamists] at the helm! And this is good. People could also understand that this lesson will leave important marks, meaning that when a party is based on religion, it cannot be moderate nor allow liberties, and that deep inside, it has a totalitarian nature, since it is supposed to implement God's word, basing [everything] on the Shariah which, according to Islamists, is the continuation [of God's word], as [affirmed by] the 'scholars' who interpreted the Quran! As such, the Shariah is as immutable as the Quran! But this way of confounding the word of man with that of Allah is an absolute heresy!"
He wrote that "there is nothing worse than utilizing the word of God in order to rule."
It was in an editorial in Tunisie Numerique where the authors accused the U.S. and Europe of pushing Arab Spring nations toward a model like Turkey, noting that Turkey is not the democratic ideal that perhaps would serve the people.
"By now, we know that the instigators of the so-called springtime had done all they could in order to place on the thrones unsuited Arab leaders, namely Islamists, insisting that all they had to do was to imitate Turkey and its policy," the editorial said.
"Likewise, it was evident that these Islamists, who had been put into power, were charged with a mission that consisted of introducing the reforms necessary to promote the so-very-cherished dream of a new world order – something that the old leaders of these countries had completely failed to produce… It was this mission, with which the newly appointed leaders were charged, and it was also their agenda, that induced the superpowers [i.e. the U.S. and Europe] to close their eyes to the too-numerous 'misdemeanors' of these Islamist governments."
Fahd Iraqi agreed, in the Tel Quel.
MEMRI reported that his criticism focuses on Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelillah Benkirane, who "is acting like the guide of a religious brotherhood that is operating in order to remain in command for as long as possible."
The writer compared Benkirane to Morsi, in Egypt.
"Muhammad Mursi succeeded in creating a united front against himself. The Muslim Brotherhood leader, who promised to defend the democratic ideals of the January 25 revolution, and to be president of all Egyptians, very quickly showed his real face. His regime's liberty-killing and authoritarian moves gave him the image of a bearded man [i.e. Islamist] who aims to hijack the gains of the revolution for the benefit of a religious brotherhood and its political offshoots. At the same time, his cohorts' inexperience, or rather its incompetence, deceived a population that sought greater social justice."
He continued, "As a result, the Egyptian youth took to the streets; the opposition united in a coalition against the president; the religious leaders of Al-Azhar and of the Coptic Church disavowed him; and the army brusquely relieved him of his duties by force of arms.
"Unfortunately, Abdelilah Benkirane seems to be following in the footsteps of his Egyptian counterpart…."
via 'Arab Spring' documents need for 'secular state'.


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The one and two bedroom self-contained apartments open onto a private balcony. The fully air-conditioned apartments are generous in size and offer a choice of queen or twin bedrooms with refurbished ensuite bathroom and adjoining lounge. The two bedroom apartments boast two refurbished bathrooms and two private balconies.
The village of Port Douglas offers visitors the perfect place to unwind. Relax on stunning Four Mile Beach, browse the boutique shops or enjoy a meal at one of the many award winning restaurants. With over 100 tours on offer there is something to suit everyone.
Villa San Michele's Two Bedroom/Two Bathroom Apartments (85 square metres) feature two private balconies, one being a large balcony with outdoor dining overlooking the gardens and the other a smaller balcony which overlooks the pool/courtyard area.
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The apartments feature refurbished bathrooms and kitchen. Apartments are fully air-conditioned and feature two LCD televisions, two DVD players, satellite television, fans, digital safe, telephone, hairdryer, iron/ironing board.
Villa San Michele's unique Mediterranean style One Bedroom Apartments are spacious (50 square metres) and sleep up to three people. They include free wi-fi internet access. The bedroom has either a queen or two single beds and the refurbished ensuite bathroom comes with walk-in shower. The refurbished kitchen includes a dishwasher, convection microwave, fou burner cook-top and fridge.
Terracotta flooring and local artwork add to their unique Mediterranean ambience. All apartments are fully air-conditioned and have a private balcony with either pool, street or garden views. Other facilities include flat screen LCD television, DVD player, satellite television, ceiling fans, digital safe, telephone, hairdryer, iron and ironing board.
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