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I Bismarck Tribune Tuesday, December 15, 2009 I Page 5A Tech, terrorism and travel By BETH J. HARPAZ Travel Editor NEW YORK- Remember getting through an airport without removing your shoes, dumping your water bottle or showing ID? Remember when buying plane tickets by phone was faster than using a clunky Web site with a dial-up connection? Remember when you needed a guidebook to plan a vacation, and when you had to phone ahead to get directions? All these things are different now, thanks to two forces that have changed travel and tourism in the last decade profoundly and forever: Terrorism and technology. Long before Sept. 11, 2001, air passengers walked through metal detectors and had their carry-on luggage screened by X-ray. But these procedures failed to prevent the attackers from boarding four jets with knives and box cutters.

In the aftermath of the attacks, Security the Administration Transportation created, "the number of prohibited items doubled or tripled," all checked bags were screened and "the scrutiny passengers undergo was increased," said Robert Baker, director of global security intelligence studies at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz. A few months later, in December 2001, Richard Reid tried to blow up a plane by igniting explosives in his shoe. That led to barefoot passengers padding through the checkpoints. Then in August 2006, British authorities uncovered a plot to blow up aircraft using liquid explosives. That led to restrictions on liquids and gels.

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Discover what employer mandates mean to your bottom line. Nandan Kenkeremath is the principal at Leading Edge Policy Strategy. Kenkeremath recently served as senior counsel for the House Commitee on Energy and Commerce where he worked for 17 years. For the last 12 years he has focused on health care policy including extensive work on health care reform and employer and group health plan issues, the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, health information technology, privacy, health insurance regulation and reform and variety of cutting edge health care policy issues. To register: Call the Bismarck- Mandan Chamber at 223-5660 or visit www.bismarckmandan.com/events ONE CHAMBER BISMARCK MANDAN DEATHS checkpoints seem absurdly out of touch.

And there's little sympathy if you miss your flight because you didn't allow enough time for security lines. The attitude toward air travel has changed over the last decade, too. Flying isn't fun anymore. It's just one big headache: Flight delays, lost baggage, overbooked flights, fewer onboard amenities and fees for things that used to be free. Despite the hassles, though, Americans fly more now than they did a decade ago.

Technology is the other big force that's changed travel in the last decade. Expedia and Travelocity began accepting online bookings in 1996, but the phenomenon of using the Internet to routinely book and plan travel has exploded in the 21st century. Nandan Kenkeremath In 2009, for the first time, more than half of travel bookings were made online, according to Douglas Quinby of PhoCus Wright, a travel industry research company. (If you're surprised that online bookings make up only 50 percent of travel, consider this: Most group travel, most cruises, many complicated itineraries and even the majority of lodging reservations are still booked through a travel agent, by phone or in person, Quinby says.) But the Internet's impact on travel is not just in booking; it's also in planning trips. Instead of buying a guidebook, today's traveler might consult a destination Web site.

To find a restaurant, you might ask friends for a recommendation through Facebook or Twitter. Ray DeGuero, 71, Minot, 11 a.m., First Lutheran Church, Minot. (Thomas Family Funeral Home, Minot) Bernice Edgerton, 84, Valley City, 11 a.m., LerudJohnson-Schuldt Funeral Home Chapel, Valley City. Kathryn Feist, 89, Strasburg, 10:30 a.m., St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Linton.

(Myers Funeral Home, Linton) Terry Four Bear, 36, Wakpala, S.D., 10 a.m. CST, Wakpala Community Center. (Stout Family Funeral Home, Mobridge, S.D.) Ruth Holm, 88, Williston, 11 a.m., First Lutheran Church, Williston. (Everson Funeral Home, Williston) John Kuntz, 88, Mandan, 10:30 a.m., Spirit of Life Catholic Church, Mandan. (Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan) 75; Paul Seifert, 63; Alfred Wiese, 75.

MOHALL Charles Gillstrap, 77. NIAGARA Irene Hoverson, 78. NORTHWOOD Annie Spoonheim, 97. ROLETTE Delima Jaste, 96. WAHPETON Ramon Cagley, 77; Jerome Jones, 42.

WEST FARGO Jay Seabold, 35. David Ryan DEVILS LAKE David S. Ryan, 65, Devils Lake, formerly of Tolna, died Dec. 13, 2009, at Mercy Hospital, Devils Lake. Services will be held 11 a.m.

Thursday, Dec. 17, at Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake. Burial will be in Devils Lake Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Judy; one daughter, Shelly Ryan, Devils Lake; one sister, Eileen Erickson, Jamestown; and one brother, Dennis, Minot. Loretta Dawson FLASHER Loretta Dawson, 76, Flasher, died Dec.

10, 2009, at Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center, Bismarck. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 18, at Mandan United Methodist Church. Further arrangements are pending with Buehler-Larson Funeral Home, Mandan.

Carl Bolken WATFORD CITY Carl H. Bolken, 74, Watford City, died Dec. 11, 2009, at Eastern Montana Veterans Home, Glendive, Mont. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec.

17, at First Lutheran Church, Watford City. Further arrangements are pending with Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City. (More deaths on 7A.) Elaine Keller-Qualley WILLISTON Elaine M. Keller-Qualley, 71, Williston, died Dec. 10, 2009, at her home, after a battle with cancer.

A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, at Everson Funeral Home Chapel, Williston. Survivors include her husband, Ron Qualley; three sons, Gregory Keller, Mandan, Mark Keller, Grand Forks, and Jonathon Keller, Prairieville, three grandchildren; her stepchildren, Jody Hronek, Kristopher Qualley, Edward Qualley and Jackie Qualley, all of Valentine, four step-grandchildren; two step-greatgranddaughters; her brother, Adam Wock, Dickinson; and her sisters, Angeline Erickson, University Place, and Vivian Kingsolver, Spokane, Wash. Nancy Hart Nancy Jane Hart, 58, Bismarck, passed away Dec.

12, 2009, at St. Alexius Medical Center, after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck.

Burial will be held at Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck. A gathering time will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck. Further arrangements are pending..