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The three most influential factors when deciding to do business with a company is 1) personal experience, 2) a company's reputation or brand; and 3) recommendations from family and/or friends, according to survey results..
Good service experiences carry more weight than bad ones when Americans make future spending decisions, according to the survey. Consumers are likely to give a company repeat business after a good service experience (81 percent of respondents) than they are to sever ties with a company after having a poor experience (52 percent of respondents).
Alas, only about a third of Americans believe that companies have increased their efforts to provide quality customer service; 27 percent feel businesses have not changed their attitude toward customer service, and 28 percent say companies are actually paying less attention to good service than they were before.
"Many consumers say companies haven't done enough to improve their approach to service in this economy, and yet it's clear they're willing to spend more with those that deliver excellent service," says Jim Bush, executive vice president, World Service. This suggests "substantial growth opportunities" for businesses that get customer service right, he notes.
The findings were released today in the American Express Global Customer Service Barometer, a survey conducted in the United States and 11 other countries exploring attitudes and preferences toward customer service.
Even though nine in 10 Americans consider customer service important when deciding to do business with a company, not many of them trust businesses to acknowledge it. More than 75 percent of consumers don't believe companies value their business enough to go the proverbial extra mile for it, according to the survey.
That's too bad, because according to the study, customers are now more inclined to talk about a positive experience than complain about a negative one. That goes against popular thought that bad reviews travel faster than good ones. Three-quarters of the survey respondents said they are "very likely" to speak positively about a company after a good service experience, while 59 percent said they would probably speak negatively about a company after experiencing poor service.
Consumers indicated that they're more forgiving of a bad experience if a company has earned their trust over time. Eighty-six percent said they're willing to give a company a second chance if they've historically experienced great customer service with that business.
But companies who get it wrong will pay: Consumers expect something in return after a poor customer service experience beyond merely resolving the problem, according to the survey. Seventy percent of respondents say they want an apology or some form of reimbursement.
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The Federal Home Loan Bank Act combatted home foreclosures and stimulated construction by establishing banks to supplement home loan lending resources.
In Schechter Poultry Corporation v. the United States, the Supreme Court ruled the National Recovery Administration unconstitutional and held that the government could not determine national codes, wages, or hours in local plants.
Franklin D. Roosevelt won re-election by beating out Kansas Republican Alfred Landon.
The Nazis began the blitzkrieg (or "lighting war") of several European countries, including Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belguim, France, and the Netherlands. Blitzkrieg attacks combined forces of mechanized infantry, tank divisions, and air support to devastate invaded countries and led to many quick surrenders.
President Roosevelt signed Executive Order #9066, which authorized the designation of military areas "from which any or all persons may be excluded." The order was used to remove Japanese Americans to internment camps.
After a months-long battle at Stalingrad, Soviet troops recaptured the city in a key victory. The victory came at a great price in civilian and military casualties—as many as two million between the Russians and the Axis powers. The battle weakened German military might and damaged German morale.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to a record fourth term in office when he defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey.
By 1930, more than 3.2 million people were unemployed, up from 1.5 million before the Stock Marked Crash of October 1929
World War I veterans, who in 1924 had been promised a bonus for their military service to be paid in 1945, marched on Washington, DC, to demand immediate payment of their bonuses. The Great Depression had taken a huge economic toll on the veterans, and many were unemployed and unable to find work. Though the House approved their request, the Senate defeated the Bonus Army bill, sparking a weeks-long protest in the capital. Eventually, troops were sent to disperse the "Bonus Army."

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I changed my password hier on wordpress.org. Saw my old webpage. Trying to change that, but the old one keeps coming back.
Are you talking about your profile here? Or on your own site?
No on my profiel.
Your profile where?
As sone I inlog to wordpress.org.
There you can change your profiel and password. But NOT your old website. The old one keeps coming back.
Your web site should be editable in your profile. What are you trying to set it to?
tHE OLD WEBSITE= HTTP://.WWW.CARIBBENLAGOOON.NL
The new one = http://www,kkcuracao.com
All I do is delete the old one and type in the new one. Then update profiel. After updating profiel and checking the old one is back and the new one is gone. Try it 6 times with NO result
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Your new web site url is already on your profile.
Yep the good one is on now. But what about the one caribbeanlagoon??
I run more than only that one. Or is it only one you can put in or change???
You can only add 1 site url to your profile.
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When the US invaded Iraq not only did they topple a strong central government that was holding the country and the different factions together, but they relocated huge segments of the population to different areas dividing the country up into Kurdish, Sunni and Shiite. This has had a direct impact on the sectarian violence that we are seeing in Iraq today. As we know the US is propping up the weak government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki which is not only hated by huge portions of the population but is made up of mainly Shiites. Maliki has refused to negotiate with the other two groups, especially the Sunnis.
The fighting and on-going violence is once again impacting the people of Iraq. I have good friends who are part of the Iraqi population who themselves had to move three times due to the two US Iraqi wars and are now settled here in Pittsburgh. However, their families back home are now contemplating having to flee from violence once again. This family is one of those that can afford to move. But, how about the millions of others? The inevitable tragedy of war is the impact on families and children, as well as the emotional impact, especially on the children. It leads to a breakdown in the stability of the population.
In a listening project I did with military wives and Iraqi mothers about the impact of the Iraq war, this is how one Iraqi mother talked about her life:
"My life was dark, my family's life was filled with darkness and fear. Everything was unknown. My kids were scared and depressed. They couldn't go out. They were scared for their father if he went out, or if I went out."
US military intervention can only prolong this war and could further unsettle the volatilityof the region. Every day that this violence goes on, more and more people are being impacted and displaced.
The best thing the US can do for Iraq and the world community is to take responsibility for the immense crisis which has resulted from its intervention in Iraq and support institutions that have the moral standing to be able to engage with and support Iraqis as they rebuild their country.
We are calling on our government to stay out of Iraq, to support diplomacy and to focus on humanitarian aid.
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A Tennessee lawmaker who was arrested last week in Walton County, Florida has killed himself.
State Rep. Keith Westmoreland was found dead at his home in Kingsport Wednesday night. Investigators said Westmoreland committed suicide.
He was charged last week with exposing himself in Florida and faced seven counts of indecent exposure. Nashville police officers said Westmoreland had another exposure incident back in March.


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When driving through the country, old beat up car parts and lazy grazing cows are two things you might see lying around in middle America, but artist Miina Äkkijyrkkä has been working with cows for over 50 years. Inspired by her favorite animal, she purchased dozens of used cars from dealers around Finland and used the scraps to form these big automobiles-turned-cow creations, seen chilling on this farm in a variety of positions. Moo. [BumBumBum]
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Rangers Encouraged By Holland's Outing In 2-0 Loss To AngelsHolland (3-4), who went 6 2-3 innings, has allowed only four earned runs in his last two starts totaling 12 2/3 innings after giving up 15 in two starts during which he didn't get through the second inning.
Rangers Beat Angels 9-2 To Clinch AL West TitleThis is the first time the Rangers have won the division title since 2011.
Rangers Celebrate AL West TitleChampagne was spraying all over the place.
Rangers Fall To Angels' 9th Inning Rally 11-10The Anaheim Angels rallied for five runs in the ninth inning.
Astros Beat Rangers 4-2 To Tighten AL West RaceThe Astros are closing in on Texas with a week left in the regular season.
Rangers' 9-7 Loss To Astros Shrinks GapThe loss cut Texas' lead in the AL West to 3 1/2 games.
Texas Leads AL West In Unlikely Pennant RaceThe Rangers still have 13 games left in a pennant chase that seemed so unlikely with how they started this season -- and even a few games after the All-Star break.
Rangers' 7-3 Homestand Ends With 9-2 Loss To MarinersThe Rangers still have a 1 1/2-game division lead with 13 games to play after a 9-2 loss to the Mariners on Sunday.
Rangers Beat Astros, Take First Place In AL WestThe Texas Rangers overtook the Houston Astros for first place in the AL West, winning another tense showdown 6-5 on a Mitch Moreland sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth.
Rangers Sweep Astros With 4-3 WinChris Gimenez hit the deciding home run, and Texas held on for the 4-3 win on Wednesday, using five relievers after Nick Martinez allowed one hit and one run over five innings.
Vegas Projects 77.5 Wins For Rangers In 2015The Texas Rangers suffered their first losing season since 2008 in finishing 67-95 in 2014. Las Vegas projects a second unsuccessful campaign in 2015.
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In Compromise Vote, Maryland Regents Ask Chancellor to Retire in 2002
The University System of Maryland's Board of Regents has asked the chancellor, Donald N. Langenberg, to retire amid increasing complaints that he lacks the political skills needed for the job.
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I'm new to WordPress and reading as much as I can to catch up. I've modified the Kubrick theme on my blog just by replacing images and some simple CSS edits to change the type. That's great, but what I really need to do is add a nav bar from an existing site.
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Matt Martin was selected in the fourth round, 66th overall, by the Leafs in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. The defenceman made his Toronto debut on October 19, 1993 at Maple Leaf Gardens against the team he grew up watching, the Hartford Whalers.
Overall, he recorded five assists and 71 penalty minutes in 76 career regular season games with Toronto from 1993 to 1997.
The native of New Haven, Connecticut was a product of the United States National Team and the University of Maine. His greatest thrill in hockey was participating in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Martin also represented his country at the 1997 World Hockey Championships.


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FALL RIVER — BankFive, the SouthCoast's independent community bank, has won the Gold Award for Civic Involvement in the Community Champions category presented by the New England Financial Marketing Association. The award recognized the Hero Van campaign, which was a fundraising drive to provide the Southeastern Massachusetts Veterans Housing Program, Inc. — better known locally as the Veterans Transition House (VTH) — with a much-needed van.
The multi-faceted campaign generated community support and matched all donations dollar-for-dollar, raising a total of $16,000. All proceeds generated during the fundraiser went to the purchase of the vehicle, which was called the "Hero Van."
BankFive also won the Silver Award in the PR category.
"I'm extremely proud to have received this recognition for such a worthy cause that I'm so passionate about. Having been able to rally together area businesses and residents to mutually raise enough funds to meet the needs of the VTH and support our local veterans, was a great achievement on its own," said William "Bill" R. Eccles Jr., president and CEO of BankFive. "I'm thankful to our amazing marketing team who worked very hard with our advertising agency McDougall & Duval on this campaign.
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Robert J. Coleman enters his ninth season at Whittier College under the title of Special Assistant to the President and Executive Director of Athletics and is a valued member of the President's Senior Staff. As athletic director, Coleman has been responsible for the operations of Whittier College's athletic department, which currently sponsors 24 intercollegiate varsity sports (12 men, 12 women).
Over the past eight years, Poet teams have reached new heights under Coleman's tenure. Recently, the 2014 Men's Water Polo team claimed the program's second consecutive SCIAC Championship and third overall and was selected into the NCAA National Championships for the second consecutive year, while finishing the regular season ranked No. 1 in the Div. III National Polls for the fourth time (3rd in Coleman's tenure) in school history. Also, the 2013 Men's Track & Field team finished their season with a national ranking of No. 7 and achieved the program's first individual national champion in the 400 meter.
Other teams that have achieved a national ranking within the Top 30 include:
* Men's Tennis - No. 24 (2012), No. 17 (2013), No. 19 (2014)
* Men's Golf - No. 17 (2012)
* Women's Cross Country - No. 30 (2010)
* Women's Water Polo - No. 1 (2015)
Along with these rankings, men's soccer, men's golf, men's water polo, softball, women's lacrosse, men's and women's basketball, and men's and women's tennis have all had their highest total number of victories over a 10 year span with some teams breaking the all-time single season win total in school history.
The program has also seen incredible growth under Coleman's direction as the overall size of the program has grown from 280 student-athletes to 480 in the past five seasons, which is close to a third of the Whittier College enrollment. With the growth of the program the teams have produced a total of 45 NCAA Division III All-American's in the sports of Football, Baseball, Women's Cross Country, Men's and Women's Track and Field, Men's and Women's Water Polo, Men's Swimming and Men's Lacrosse.
Whittier student-athletes have also excelled in the classroom, as well as the playing fields. Eight teams have been recognized as All-Academic by their sport, (Men's & Women's Cross Country, Men's & Women's Track & Field, Men's & Women's Tennis, Men's Swimming, & Women's Lacrosse), and a total of 71 Academic All-Americans have been produced by all teams. Over the past four years over 50% of the student-athletes have received a GPA of a 3.0 or higher in each semester with an all-time high of 66.5% in the second semester of 2015.
Several facility initiatives have also been established to benefit Poet Athletics during Coleman's tenure. The recent upgrades to the Graham Athletic Center include a new 43 m x 25 m pool with new offices, a four color outdoor video display scoreboard and a two story addition to the Graham Athletic Center which includes a new Hall of Fame, offices and locker rooms. The $9 million dollar facility was unveiled in February 2012.
Other additions include a new synthetic surface for Wallace Newman Field, and state-of-the-art press box, stadium seating, outdoor display scoreboard, track resurfacing and lighting for Memorial Stadium. Refurbishments and improvements have also occurred to the Graham Athletic Center, Ettinger Tennis Facility, George Allen Fitness Center, Donald Graham Soccer/Lacrosse Field, Memorial Baseball Field and the Athletic Training Room. These improvements have included new scoreboards, locker rooms, dugouts, backboards, sound systems, logos, flooring and weight room equipment, to name a few.
In addition to creating multiple new full-time positions for coaches and staff, Coleman has also been instrumental in the creation of a new athletics web site and marks for the entire department, restoring the sport of Women's Golf and increasing the membership of Purple & Gold the programs booster club. Over his tenure, membership for the Purple & Gold Club has doubled and the monies raised from P&G have allowed the athletic program to continue upgrading its athletic facilities while also creating opportunities for its current and future student-athletes. The latest upgrade will be the addition of a new "Poet Apparel Store", which will include a sport specific site for all teams.
Prior to his appointment at Whittier College, Coleman was the Director of Athletics at The City College of New York from 1998-2005. During his tenure at CCNY, Coleman reorganized the entire program. Under his direction the program won nine tournament championships and sent four teams to the NCAA Division III Championships with Women's Track and Field finishing as high as third place on two separate occasions. The program also sent seven teams to the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships Tournament with Men's Volleyball winning the Metro South Championship. Coleman also brought extensive renovations to the athletic facilities at CCNY, including the Nat Holman gymnasium, fitness center and athletics offices.
Before joining CCNY in 1998, Coleman served as the Assistant and Associate Director of Athletics at Hunter College (N.Y.) from 1990-1998 and received the graduate fellowship from the Springfield College athletic department in 1988-89.
With 25 years of experience in athletic administration, Coleman has had extensive involvement with committee participation. He recently was selected to serve a four year term (2012-2016) on the NCAA Division III Financial Aid Committee, which he will chair here in his final year, and recently finished a two-year term (2008-10) as the Chair of the Athletic Administrators in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. He also has served a four-year term on the NCAA Division III Interpretation and Legislation Committee where he was committee chair from January 2007-2008. Other committee work has consisted of serving six years on the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee, where from 1998-2001 he was chairman for the Atlantic Region, which culminated in being selected as the chair of the National Committee during the 2000-01 season.
Coleman received his Bachelors of Science in Athletic Administration from St. Leo University, Fla., in 1987 and a Masters of Education specializing in Sports Management from Springfield College, Mass., in 1989.
Coleman, 50, currently resides in Fullerton, Calif., with his wife, Victoria, and their ten-year old son, Aidan.


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Helvetia Mine Power Plant Turbine Room, Helvetia, PA
The second floor turbine and control room at the Helvetia Mine Power Plant with John T. Kelley and his grandson Richard in 1934.
The Helvetia mine was in Clearfield County, PA.
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Surf on over to Google, iFones fans, and feast your eyes on the new mobile version of Google. You've got Google Reader, Gmail, your Calendar, and even Docs all nicely arrayed in Joe Hewitt's (TC thinks) iPhone sexiness. It's good to own the best phone on the market today, isn't it?
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Argentinean singer/songwriter Luis Jahn was captivated by local popular music at the age of 16, he soon started singing, making his live debut in 1982. After graduating from high school, Luis Jahn moved to Buenos Aires, where he worked along with David Lebón. In 1989, the talented musician settled in the U.S., composing acoustic ballads while living in Chicago, recording his debut album, called Desconectado, in 1994. Later, touring the country along with Mexican Ramón Marino. In 2001, Luis Jahn recorded Compromiso. ~ Drago Bonacich
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Risks 2014, 2(2), 89-102; doi:10.3390/risks2020089
Initial Investigations of Intra-Day News Flow of S&P500 Constituents
1 Finance Department, The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Baltimore, MD 21202, USA 2 Investment Technology Group, Inc., New York, NY 10006, USA
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Received: 1 November 2013 / Revised: 23 January 2014 / Accepted: 5 March 2014 / Published: 1 April 2014
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AbstractIn this work, we examine Thomas Reuters News Analytics (TRNA) data. We found several fascinating discoveries. First, we document the phenomenon that we label "Jam-the-Close": The last half hour of trading (15:30 to 16:00 EST) contains a substantial and statistically significant amount of news sentiment releases. This finding is robust across years and months of the year. Next, upon further investigations we found that the "novelty" score is on average 0.67 in this period vs. 2.09 prior to midday. This indicates that "new" news is flowing at a rapid pace prior to the close. Finally, we discuss the implication of such phenomena in the context of existing financial literature.
Keywords: TRNA; news sentiments; intra-day prices; S&P500
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Chula Vista Turns Foreclosures Around
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Addressing the Issue of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
The two articles presented here examine the legal standards and practices under which cities may enact local laws either to ban or regulate dispensaries.
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Enough Is Enough! Join the Fight to Save Vital Local Services
Ongoing state raids and state borrowing of local revenues continue to jeopardize the services that Californians need most. Borrowing local taxpayer and transportation funds exacerbates budget problems because those borrowed funds have to be repaid with interest-out of taxpayers' pockets.
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A Leader's Role When Tragedy Strikes
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MOSTAGHASI INVESTMENT5929 Wooldridge Rd Corpus Christ, Texas USA
MOSTAGHASI INVESTMENT SUN GEORGE CONTRACTING, WOOLDRIDGE APARTMENTS, LIPES APARTMENTS illegal wooldridge apartments lipes apartment MOSTAGHASI INVESTMENTS SUN GEORGE HOSSEIN MOSHTAGHI Corpus Christ Texas
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Complaint Review: Bridalonlinestore.com
Bridalonlinestore.com7630 McEwen Rd Dayton, Ohio U.S.A.
Bridalonlinestore.com, International Bridal, LLC Bridalonlinestore 3 day return policy NIGHTMARE!! Dayton Ohio
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*REBUTTAL Owner of company: Customer agreed to our return policy and was offered the exact dress she ordered in a new size.
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Customer agreed to our return policy and was offered the exact dress she ordered in a new size.
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Every customer from Bridal Online Store.com must sign our return policy before they can place a order with us. Our return policy was put in place to protect the customer and ourselves. Many customers will purchase prom gowns or destination gowns and them attempt to return them once the event is over. We only sell brand new gowns to our customers. This way every bride, graduation, or Quinceanera customer will know they are the only women to have worn their gown.
This particular bride returned a dress that had been worn and was stained. She did not call for a return authorization for over 2 weeks. We offered to ship here the exact same dress in the size she wanted immediately and it would arrive 1 month before her listed wedding date. She tells in her report that from some unknown reason she would not be home for a lengthy period of time.
While we want to believe everyone unfortunately in this instance there were to many factors that pointed to the dress being worn for an event and then it was attempted to be returned.
Even the customers own credit card company agreed with us and would not return the customers money.
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CITY OF LONG BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVCES444 WEST OCEAN BLVD LONG BEACH, California United States of America
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My home remains uninhabitable to this day. The contractor did not perform over $27,000 worth of work at my home, and there are corrections that the city inspector noted for this contractor that have not been corrected. It has been disclosed, through an insider, that the money that was set aside for these loans has disappeared into another project promoting the self-interest of the Head of the Homeowner Neighborhood Services, Angela. Therefore, they were trying to recall these loans under the false pretense that individuals did not qualify for them. At this point, I do not know where to turn, or who can help me. How can I get justice from a City that has played fast and loose with Federal Funds? I am seriously thinking of walking away from my home. If I cannot live in it, what is the point of paying for it?
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U.S.-Mexico Drug War: 2 Systems Collide
By JULIA PRESTON and CRAIG PYES
Published: July 23, 1997
MEXICO CITY, July 22— When American agents in San Diego arrested two men suspected in the brazen murder of an Mexican anti-drug prosecutor, officials in both countries praised the operation as a stellar instance of cross-border cooperation.
The arrests came after Mexican authorities gave their American counterparts evidence gleaned from a fast-moving inquiry that pinpointed the suspects' whereabouts to a stylish beach community on the California coast.
It was, seemingly, a triumph for Mexican law enforcement officials, who have frequently been criticized for both ineptitude and corrupt ties to drug lords said to spend billions of dollars on payoffs.
But as American prosecutors have tried to persuade a Federal magistrate to extradite the suspects for trial in Mexico, the case has become a cautionary tale about collaboration between law enforcement systems with vastly different standards for interrogating witnesses and building cases.
Some evidence provided by Mexico appears to have been gathered with methods that would not be permitted under American law.
Key witnesses interrogated in Mexico have recanted their statements, asserting they were extracted through torture. A Mexican judge acknowledged in court that one of those witnesses had fresh burn marks on his chest.
In addition, secret documents from another major Mexican drug investigation contradict some of the evidence Mexico provided American prosecutors to support the extradition.
The case has far-reaching implications. American officials regard extradition as a vital weapon in their fight against traffickers who frequently evade charges brought in one country by seeking refuge across the border.
The United States has tried for years, with limited results, to persuade Mexico to hand over a long list of Mexican citizens charged with crimes in this country. American officials hope that winning the return of the two suspects in San Diego for trial in Mexico will encourage Mexican officials to honor more American extradition requests.
The San Diego case is the second time in three years that American prosecutors have found themselves in court defending a high-profile extradition case for Mexico based on evidence that seemed compromised by American standards.
In the first case, the United States Attorney in Newark sought in 1995 to extradite Mario Ruiz Massieu, a former high-ranking Mexican justice official charged in his country with devising a cover-up in a political assassination. Two American judges and an appeals panel rejected Mr. Ruiz Massieu's extradition, with one judge citing primarily the ground that testimony had been tainted by torture.
The Assistant United States Attorney arguing the Government's case for extradition in San Diego, Gonzalo P. Curiel, has defended the quality of the evidence provided by Mexico.
When Mexico initially withheld the recantations by witnesses, arguing they were not valid under Mexican law, Mr. Curiel said that decision was appropriate. He told the judge that the witnesses' torture claims would make the case ''needlessly confusing.''
Mr. Curiel acknowledged at a hearing last month that the testimony he was presenting might have been obtained by coercion. But he told Judge Anthony J. Battaglia, the United States magistrate hearing the case, that it was up to Mexico to determine that.
''The Government is not here to deny there is a possibility of torture,'' Mr. Curiel said. ''There are serious allegations of torture. But the forum for those allegations to be aired is the Government of Mexico.''
Mr. Curiel said he could not comment further on a continuing case.
Alfredo Hodoyan Palacios, 25, and Emilio Valdez Mainero, 32, the men facing extradition, have been linked by Mexican and American investigators to the drug gang headed by Ramon and Benjamin Arellano Felix. A major drug cartel, the Arellano organization has been implicated in dozens of brutal murders, including recent killings of at least four Mexican anti-drug officers.
Mr. Hodoyan, who is known as El Lobo, or The Wolf, is said by American and Mexican officials to have been a gunman for the Arellanos. Mr. Valdez was a high-ranking lieutenant who was responsible for planning executions, drug investigators in both countries say.
The charges against Mr. Hodoyan stem from the murder in Mexico City of Ernesto Ibarra Santes, a top federal drug prosecutor in Tijuana, on Sept. 14, 1996. In contrast to earlier prosecutors, Mr. Ibarra vigorously pursued the Arellano brothers and declared brashly that he was on the verge of catching them. He died in a hail of automatic weapons fire after gunmen in two cars ambushed a taxi in which he was riding. Two other federal narcotics agents and the taxi driver died in the attack.
Almost immediately, Mr. Hodoyan and Mr. Valdez became suspects in that and other murders and Mexico provided the tip that led to their arrest on Sept. 30 in the United States.
To support the extradition, Mexican officials then gave the United States hundreds of pages of detailed testimony from Government informants and jailed drug dealers implicating the two men in the murder of Mr. Ibarra and others.


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In the 1890s, a Houma woman gained international attention when she became involved in preparations for the Chicago World's Fair of 1892.
Miss Katherine Lintot Minor, whose family developed the expansive Southdown Plantation empire in Terrebonne Parish, represented Louisiana at the fair and spoke with authority about sugar-cane farming at a time when planters were still dealing with re-staffing after slave labor was eliminated by the Civil War.
"The lady appointed to represent Louisiana at the World's Fair is peculiarly qualified for that responsible position," reported the "Illustrated American," in its Feb. 1891 issue.
"Miss Minor comes of an old and distinguished family, originally from Pennsylvania, but afterward numbered among the early settlers of Mississippi. In the official residence of Don Emanuel Guyoso, the first Spanish governor of the Southern provinces; a stately old mansion, named "Concord;" near Natchez, Miss Minor was born.
"She was the only daughter of Capt. William Minor and his wife, Rebecca A. Gustine. Until 1867 the family continued to live in Adams County (Mississippi), where their ancestors had owned immense land-grants, deeded to them direct by the Spanish officials.
"But reverses of fortune, caused by the Civil War, made diligent devotion to business necessary, and from Mississippi the Minors removed to their large sugar-plantations in Louisiana, where they have since regained much of their lost wealth.
"Miss Minor herself was educated by a private governess, Miss Jane Beauchamp, a very intelligent Irish lady, who herself had enjoyed, in Dublin, the tuition of the Misses Moore, cousins of the great poet.
"Under these advantageous circumstances the young Southerner developed into a woman of unusual culture. Rarely, indeed, is one found with so much sound general information, strength of character, and graciousness of manner.
"Miss Minor is safe to be a power in the feminine element of the World's Fair directors, and will win fresh laurels for herself and the State that proudly claims her."
Katherine Minor's involvement, with her brother in managing Southdown sugar plantations and refineries caught the attention of editors of a British publication, "The Sugar Cane," in its December 1893 issue.
Referring to one of the venues at the Chicago World's Fair, they reported with some amazement, on hearing "a lady lecturer on sugar planting."
"At the Congress of Agriculture, held at Chicago during the month of October, Miss Katharine L. Minor, 'a practical sugar planter and a member of the Board of Lady Managers of the World's Fair,' read a paper on 'The Economical Production of Sugar in Louisiana.
"The lady ... stated at the outset that she had lived all her life on a sugar plantation, and had for a number of years been 'an active partner with her brother in the absolute cultivation of sugar.' "
Her detailed lecture ranged over sugar farming from actual planting operations through cultivation to improvements in efficiency.
At the time, Southdown would have been populated year-round by local black and white laborers and their families who lived and worked on the plantation.
But the "extracts" published in "The Sugar Cane," made little reference to racial issues. Among Minor's comments was an explanation of changes in the Southdown labor force every season at grinding time:
"When the refinery is ready to begin its work, large numbers of hands have to be employed ... a great many white men ... come down from the west after the harvesting season is over there ... Italians, who find it remunerative to come all the way from Italy to spend four months in Louisiana and return to their homes.
"Skilled labor receives the same remuneration in Louisiana as it does in other states.
"The ordinary laborer receives from 75 cents to $1 a day, while the women receive 60 cents, and children from 30 to 40 cents. This is for the cultivating season.
"During the harvesting times men receive $1.25 per day and 75 cents for half a night. This would seem ... to be less than the laborer performing the same amount of service in the north.
"But when it is taken into consideration that the planter provides an excellent house, a garden spot, a yard, the privilege of keeping a horse, cow and pig on the pastures of the plantation, and also providing the laborer with fuel and giving him many other privileges, it will soon be understood that the laborer has only a portion of his food and his clothes to buy.
"And so we feel that he is a peasant who should regard himself in the most prosperous circumstances."
It is not clear whether Minor's failing to speak of white versus black issues reflected a race neutrality of her own, or an understanding that some caution was needed in a speech by a Southern white woman before a largely Northern audience, so soon after the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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[1] "Total Water Use in the United States, 2005," USGS: April, 2011.
[2] "The Quick and the Dead: Fish Entrainment, Entrapment, and the Implementation and Application of Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act," James May and Maya Van Rossum: 1995.