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Islam: The Sunni Muslims vs RAFIDI NUSAYRI Majosi Shia / Shiite Muslims in Indigenous Latin America
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A. The Sunni Muslims have control:
20 Indigenous Sunni Muslim Groups in Latin America
1) The Maya of Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Belize and Central America Northern Triangle
2) Native Americans of United States
3) Eskimos of Canada, Alaska and Greenland
4) Chorotega of Costa Rica
5) Bribri of Costa Rica
6) Ngabe Bugle Guaymi Panama
7) Embera of Panama and Colombia
8) Colombian Tribes
10)The Arawak of Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean South America
11) Tainos of Caribbean and Eastern Cuba
12) Amazonian Tribes of Brazil
13) The Guarani of Tri Border Region of Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Eastern Bolivia
14) Shuar Jivaro of Ecuador
15) Mapuche of Araucania Chile
16) Tehuelche, Selknam and Yaghan of Argentina and Tierra del Fuego in Patagonia
17) Other Indigenous Peoples in Mexico
18) Kuna of Panama
19) The Zapotec of Southern Mexico
20) The Garifuna of Guatemala
FARC or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia—Ejército del Pueblo, FARC–EP and FARC) is a guerrilla movement[10] involved in the continuing Colombian armed conflict since 1964. It has been known to employ a variety of military tactics[11] in addition to more unconventional methods, including terrorism.[12][13][14][15] The FARC-EP, which formed during the Cold War period as a Marxist–Leninist peasant force, promotes a political line of agrarianism and anti-imperialism. The operations of the FARC–EP were funded by kidnap and ransom; illegal mining;[16] extortion or taxation of various forms of economic activity; and the taxation, production, and distribution of illegal drugs.[17][18] The United Nations has estimated that 12% of all killings of civilians in Colombian conflict have been committed by FARC and ELN guerrillas, with 80% committed by right-wing paramilitaries, and the remaining 8% committed by security forces.[19]
The strength of the FARC–EP forces is high; in 2007, the FARC said they were an armed force of 18,000 men and women; in 2010, the Colombian military calculated that FARC forces consisted of about 13,800 members, 50 percent of whom were armed guerrilla combatants; and, in 2011, the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, said that FARC–EP forces comprised fewer than 10,000 members. In 2013 it was reported that 26,648 FARC and ELN members had decided to demobilize since 2002.[20] According to a report from Human Rights Watch, approximately 20–30% of the recruits are minors, most of whom are forced to join the FARC.[21] The greatest concentrations of FARC forces are in the southeastern, northern and southwestern regions of Colombia's 500,000 square kilometers (190,000 sq mi) of jungle, in the plains at the base of the Andean mountain chain[citation needed] and in northwestern Colombia.[22] However, the FARC and the ELN (National Liberation Army of Colombia) lost control of much of the territory, especially in urban areas, forcing them to relocate to remote areas in the jungle and the mountains .[23]
In 1964, the FARC–EP were established as the military wing of the Colombian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Colombiano, PCC), after the Colombian military attacked rural communist enclaves in the aftermath of The Violence (La Violencia, ca. 1948–58). The FARC are a violent non-state actor (VNSA) whose formal recognition as legitimate belligerent forces is disputed by some organizations. As such, the FARC has been classified as a terrorist organization by the governments of Colombia, the United States, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, and the European Union; whereas the governments of Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, and Nicaragua do not.[citation needed] In 2008, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez recognized the FARC–EP as a proper army. President Chávez also asked the Colombian government and their allies to recognize the FARC as a belligerent force, arguing that such political recognition would oblige the FARC to forgo kidnapping and terrorism as methods of civil war and to abide by the Geneva Convention. Juan Manuel Santos, the current President of Colombia, has followed a middle path by recognizing in 2011 that there is an "armed conflict" in Colombia although his predecessor, Álvaro Uribe, strongly disagreed.[24] In 2012, FARC announced they would no longer participate in kidnappings for ransom and released the last ten soldiers and police officers they kept as prisoners, but it has kept silent about the status of hundreds of civilians still reported as hostages, and continued kidnapping soldiers and civilians.[25][26] In February 2008, millions of Colombians demonstrated against the FARC.[27][28][29]
In 2012, the FARC made 239 attacks on the energy infrastructure. However, the FARC have shown signs of fatigue. As of 2014, the FARC are not seeking to engage in outright combat with the army, instead concentrating on small-scale ambushes against isolated army units. Meanwhile, since 2008, the FARC have opted to attack police patrols with home-made mortars, sniper rifles, and explosives, as they are not considered strong enough to engage police units directly. This follows the trend of the 1990s during the strengthening of Colombian government forces.[30]
In June 2016, the FARC signed a ceasefire accord with the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos in Havana. This accord has been seen as a historic step to ending the war that has gone on for fifty years.[31]
On August 25, 2016, the Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, announced that four years of negotiation has secured a peace deal with FARC and that a national referendum would take place on 2 October.[32] The referendum failed with 50.24% voting against.[33] The Colombian government and the FARC on November 24 signed a revised peace deal,[34] which the Colombian Congress approved on November 30.[35]
National Liberation Army or ELN
The National Liberation Army (Spanish: Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) is an armed group involved in the continuing Colombian armed conflict,[5] which has existed in Colombia since 1964. The ELN advocate a composite communist ideology of Marxism and liberation theology. They conduct military operations throughout the national territory of Colombia; in 2013, it was estimated that the ELN forces consisted of between 1,380 and 3,000 guerrillas.[2][3][4]
The ELN is the lesser known of two communist guerrilla armies who operate in Colombia; the other guerrilla army is the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC–EP) who are Marxist–Leninist in their approach to the national liberation of Colombia.[6] According to former ELN national directorate member Felipe Torres, one fifth of ELN supporters have taken up arms.[7] The ELN has been classified as a terrorist organization by the governments of Colombia, Peru,[8] United States,[9] Canada[10] and the European Union.[
Sandinista National Liberation Front or FSLN
The Sandinista National Liberation Front (Spanish: Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is now a democratic socialist[5][6] political party in Nicaragua.
Its members are called Sandinistas [sandiˈnistas] in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto César Sandino, who led the Nicaraguan resistance against the United States occupation of Nicaragua in the 1930s.[7]
The FSLN overthrew Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979, ending the Somoza dynasty, and established a revolutionary government in its place.[8][9] Following their seizure of power, the Sandinistas ruled Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as part of a Junta of National Reconstruction. Following the resignation of centrist members from this Junta, the FSLN took exclusive power in March 1981. They instituted a policy of mass literacy, devoted significant resources to health care, and promoted gender equality.[10] A militia, known as the Contras was formed in 1981 to overthrow the Sandinista government and was funded and trained by the US Central Intelligence Agency.[11] In 1984 elections were held[12] but were boycotted by some opposition parties. The FSLN won the majority of the votes,[13] and those who opposed the Sandinistas won approximately a third of the seats. The civil war between the Contras and the government continued until 1989. After revising the constitution in 1987, and after years of fighting the Contras, the FSLN lost what many consider the first truly democratic election in 1990 to Violeta Barrios de Chamorro but retained a plurality of seats in the legislature.
The FSLN remains one of Nicaragua's two leading parties. The FSLN often polls in opposition to the Constitutionalist Liberal Party, or PLC. In the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, former FSLN President Daniel Ortega was re-elected President of Nicaragua with 38.7% of the vote compared to 29% for his leading rival, bringing in the country's second Sandinista government after 16 years of the opposition winning elections. Ortega and the FSLN were re-elected again in the presidential election of November 2011.
Zapatista Army of National Liberationor EZLN
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN), often referred to as the Zapatistas, is a revolutionary leftist political and militant group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico.
Since 1994 the group has been in a declared war "against the Mexican state", and against military, paramilitary and corporate incursions into Chiapas.[1] This war has been primarily defensive. In recent years, it has focused on a strategy of civil resistance. The Zapatistas' main body is made up of mostly rural indigenous people, but includes some supporters in urban areas and internationally. Their main spokesperson is Subcomandante Insurgente Galeano, previously known as Subcomandante Marcos (a.k.a. Compañero Galeano and Delegate Zero in relation to "the Other Campaign"). Unlike other Zapatista spokespeople, Marcos is not an indigenous Maya.[2]
The group takes its name from Emiliano Zapata, the agrarian reformer and commander of the Liberation Army of the South during the Mexican Revolution, and sees itself as his ideological heir. Nearly all EZLN villages contain murals with images of Zapata, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and Subcomandante Marcos.[3]
Although the ideology of the EZLN reflects libertarian socialism, paralleling both anarchist and libertarian Marxist thought in many respects, the EZLN has rejected[4] and defied[5] political classification, retaining its distinctiveness due in part to the importance of indigenous Mayan beliefs in the Zapatistas. The EZLN aligns itself with the wider alter-globalization, anti-neoliberal social movement, seeking indigenous control over their local resources, especially land. Since their 1994 uprising was countered by the Mexican army, the EZLN has abstained from military offensives and adopted a new strategy that attempts to garner Mexican and international support.
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front of FMLN
The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (in Spanish: Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, FMLN) is one of the two major political parties in El Salvador.
The FMLN was formed as an umbrella group on October 10, 1980, from five leftist guerrilla organizations:
- the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL),
- People's Revolutionary Army (ERP),
- the Resistencia Nacional (RN),
- the Partido Comunista Salvadoreño (PCS) and
- the Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores Centroamericanos (PRTC).
The FMLN was one of the main participants in the Salvadoran Civil War. After peace accords were signed in 1992, all armed FMLN units were demobilized and their organization became a legal left-wing political party in El Salvador.
On March 15, 2009, the FMLN won the presidential elections with former journalist Mauricio Funes as its candidate. Two months earlier in municipal and legislative elections, the FMLN won the majority of the mayoralties in the country and a plurality of the National Assembly seats.
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B. The RAFIDI NUSAYRI Majosi Shia Muslims control:
9 Indigenous Shia / Shiite Muslim Groups in Latin America
1) Miskito of Nicaragua
2) Tainos of Western Cuba
3) Wayuu of Guajira Peninsula, Zulia and Lake Maracaibo Venezuela and Colombia
4) Quechua Inca of Andes in Peru
5) Aymara Inca of Andes in Bolivia
6) The Kichwa Inca of Ecuado
7) The Tupi of Brazil
8) The Pipil of El Salvador
9) The Lenca of Honduras

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Organized crime in Italy

Founded
1800s%5B1%5D
Membership
25,000 members 250,000 affiliates%5B1%5D

Since first becoming well known in the 18th century, organized crime in Italy and its criminal organizations have infiltrated the social and economic life of many regions, particularly in Southern Italy.

Five major mafia-like organizations are known to exist in Italy: Cosa Nostra (or the Sicilian Mafia) of Sicily; 'Ndrangheta of Calabria (who are considered to be among the biggest cocaine smugglers in Europe); and Camorra of Naples, are the oldest and most powerful of the five, having started to develop between 1500 and 1800. In the 20th century, two new criminal organizations, Stidda of Sicily and Sacra Corona Unita of Apulia, were created. Two other Italian organized crime groups, the Banda della Magliana of Rome and Mala del Brenta of Veneto, held considerable influence during their heights of power but are now largely defunct or inactive. The latest creation of Italian organized crime (IOC), Mafia Capitale, has recently been disbanded by the police.%5B2%5D

The most notorious Italian organized crime group is the Mafia or Sicilian Mafia (referred to as Cosa Nostra by members). As the original "Mafia", the Sicilian Mafia is the basis for the current colloquial usage of the term "mafia" to refer to organized crime groups. The Mafia or Sicilian Mafia notably expanded into some foreign countries, especially the United States, where Sicilian mafiosi eventually joined together with Neapolitan criminal groups in the U.S. and other Italian-American and Italian immigrant criminal groups to form the modern Italian-American Mafia (or simply the "American" Mafia.) Though less well-known, the Neapolitan Camorra, Calabrian 'Ndrangheta, and offshoots of both these groups have also operated or set down roots in foreign countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Latin America, and Great Britain.

Sicilian Mafia (Cosa Nostra)

Based primarily in Sicily, the Sicilian Mafia formed in the mid-19th century by clans which sprang out of groups of bandits; these groups gained local power and influence.[citation needed] In Sicily, the word mafia tends to mean "manly" and a Mafioso considers himself a "Man of Honor." However, the organization is known as "Cosa Nostra"—Our Thing—or Our Affair. The Sicilian Mafia originally engaged in such lower-level activities as extortion, cattle theft and, upon Sicily becoming part of a democratic Italy, election slugging in addition to other kinds of relatively low-level theft and fraud.[citation needed]

In the 1950s, Sicily experienced a massive building boom. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Sicilian Mafia gained control of the building contracts and made millions of dollars.[citation needed] It participated in the growing business of large-scale heroin trafficking, both in Italy and Europe and in US-connected trafficking; a famous example of this are the French Connection smuggling with Corsican criminals and the Italian-American Mafia.

Today, the Sicilian Mafia has evolved into an international organized crime group. The Sicilian Mafia specializes in heroin trafficking, political corruption and military arms trafficking and is the most powerful and most active Italian Organized Crime Group in the United States with estimates of more than 2,500 Sicilian Mafia affiliates located there.%5B1%5D The Sicilian Mafia is also known to engage in arson, frauds, counterfeiting, and other racketeering crimes. It is estimated to have 3,500–4,000 core members with 100 clans, with around 50 in the city of Palermo alone.%5B3%5D

The Sicilian Mafia has had influence in 'legitimate' power, particularly under the corrupt Christian Democratic governments from the 1950s to the early 1990s. It has had influence with lawyers, financiers, and professionals; also it has had power and resources by bribing or pressuring politicians, judges and administrators. It has less of these now than previously on the heels of the Maxi-Trials, the campaign by magistrates Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino and other actions against corrupt politicians and judges; however it retains some influence.

The Sicilian Mafia became infamous for aggressive assaults on Italian law enforcement officials during the reign of Toto Riina. In Sicily the term "Excellent Cadaver" is used to distinguish the assassination of prominent government officials from the common criminals and ordinary citizens killed by the Mafia. Some of their high ranking victims include police commissioners, mayors, judges, police colonels and generals, and Parliament members.

On May 23, 1992, the Sicilian Mafia struck Italian law enforcement. At approximately 6:00 p.m., Italian Magistrate Giovanni Falcone, his wife, and three police body guards were killed by a massive bomb. Falcone, Director of Prosecutions (roughly, District Attorney) and for the court of Palermo and head of the special anti-Mafia investigative squad, had become the organization's most formidable enemy. His team was moving to prepare cases against most of the Mafia leadership. The bomb made a crater 30 feet in diameter in the road Falcone's caravan was traveling.

This became known as the Capaci Massacre. Less than two months later, on July 19, 1992, the Mafia struck Falcone's replacement, Judge Paolo Borsellino, also in Palermo, Sicily. Borsellino and five bodyguards were killed outside the apartment of Borsellino's mother when a car packed with explosives was detonated by remote control as the judge approached the front door of his mother's apartment.

In 1993 the authorities arrested Salvatore "Totó" Riina, believed at the time to be the Capo di tutti capi and responsible directly or indirectly for scores if not hundreds of killings, after years of investigation which some believe was delayed by Mafia influence within the police and Carabinieri. After Riina's arrest control of the organization fell to Bernardo Provenzano who had come to reject Riina's strategy of war against the authorities in favor of a strategy of bribery, corruption and influence-peddling. As a consequence the rate of Mafia killings fell sharply but Mafia influence not only in the international drug and white slavery (prostitution) trade but locally in construction and public contracts in Sicily continued. Provenzano was himself captured in 2006 after being wanted for 43 years.

In July, 2013, the Italian police conducted sweeping raids targeting top mafia crime bosses. In Ostia, a coastal community near the capital, police arrested 51 suspects for alleged crimes connected with Italy's Sicilian Mafia. Allegations included extortion, murder, international drug trafficking and illegal control of the slot machine market.%5B4%5D

Stidda or La Stidda

La Stidda (Sicilian, star) is the name given to the Sicilian organization started by criminals Giuseppe Croce Benvento and Salvatore Calafato, both of Palmi di Montechiaro, Agrigento province. The Stidda's power bases are centered in the cities of Gela and Favara, Caltanissetta and Agrigento provinces. The organization's groups and activities have flourished in the cities of Agrigento, Catania, Siracusa and Enna in the provinces of the same name, Niscemi and Riesi of Caltanissetta province and Vittoria of Ragusa province, located mainly on the Southern and Eastern coasts of Sicily.

The Stidda has extended its power and influence into the mainland Italy provinces of Milano, Genova and Torino. The members of the organization are called stiddari in Caltanissetta province and stiddaroli in Agrigento province. Stidda members can be identified and sometimes introduced to each other by a tattoo of five greenish marks arranged in a circle, forming a star called "i punti della malavita" or "the points of the criminal life."

The Cosa Nostra wars of the late 1970s and early 1980s that brought the Corleonesi Clan and its vicious and ruthless leaders Luciano Leggio, Toto Riina and Bernardo Provenzano sometimes referred to as "Cosa Nuova" into power caused disorganization and disenchantment inside the traditional Cosa Nostra power base and values system, leaving the growing Stidda organization to counter Cosa Nostra's power, influence and expansion in Southern and Eastern Sicily. The Stidda membership was reinforced by Cosa Nostra men of honor such as those loyal to slain Capo Giuseppe DiCristina of Riesi who had defected from Cosa Nostra's ranks due to the bloodthirsty reign of the Corleonesi clan.

The organization also looked to enlarge its membership by absorbing local thugs and criminals (picciotti) who were at the margins of organized crime to gain more power and credibility in the Italian underworld. From 1978 to 1990, former Corleonesi clan leader and pretender to the Cosa Nostra's "Capo di Tutti Capi" title, Toto Riina, waged a war within Cosa Nostra and against the Stidda spreading death and terror among mafiosi and the public in his quest for a crime dictatorship, leaving over 500 in Cosa Nostra and over 1000 in La Stidda dead, including Stidda Capos Calogero Lauria and Vincenzo Spina.

With the 1993 capture and imprisonment of Totò Riina, along with the currently jailed Bernardo Provenzano's, "pax mafia," following a new, less violent and low-key approach to criminal activities the Stidda has gained power, influence and credibility among the longer established criminal organizations within Italy and around the world, making itself an underworld player in the United States, Canada and Germany. The Stidda is sometimes called the "Fifth Mafia" in the Italian media and press.

Camorra or Campanian Mafia

The word "Camorra" means gang. The Camorra first appeared in the mid-1800s in Naples, Campania, Italy, as a prison gang. Once released, members formed gangs in the cities and continued to grow in power. The Camorra has more than 115 gangs with about 500 members each, for a total of about 57,500.%5B5%5D The Camorra made its fortune in reconstruction after a powerful earthquake ravaged the Campania region in 1980.%5B1%5D

The Camorra also specializes in cigarette smuggling and receives payoffs from other criminal groups for any cigarette traffic through Italy. In the 1970s, the Sicilian Mafia convinced the Camorra to convert the cigarette smuggling routes into drug smuggling routes with the Sicilian [Mafia's assistance but not all Camorra leaders agreed. This brought about the Camorra Wars between two factions and almost 400 men were murdered. Those opposed to drug trafficking lost the war.

The Camorra controls the drug trade in Europe, and is organized by management principles. It runs the largest open-air market in the world in Secondigliano in Naples. The gangs themselves are loosely controlled franchises. The former leader, Paolo Di Lauro, who designed the system has been imprisoned since 2005. The organization produced about €200 million (about $250 million) annually. They inspired the current Italian television series Gomorrah.%5B5%5D

It is believed that nearly 200 Camorra affiliates reside in the United States. Many came to the US during the Camorra Wars ever since the 19th century, as proved by an old organization best known as Black Hand. The Camorra conducts money laundering, extortion, alien smuggling, robbery, blackmail, kidnapping, political corruption, and counterfeiting.

'Ndrangheta or Calabrian Mafia

Derived from the Greek word andragathía meaning courage or loyalty, the 'Ndrangheta formed in the 1850s. The 'Ndrangheta consists of 160 cells and approximately 6,000 members, worldwide some estimate there to be as many as 10,000 core members%5B6%5D and specializes in kidnapping and political corruption. The 'Ndrangheta cells are loosely connected family groups based on blood relationships and marriages. 'Ndrangheta presence in the United States is estimated between 100 and 200 members and associates. The majority of that presence is in New York and Florida. The 'Ndrangheta is also known to engage in cocaine (controlling up to 80% of that flowing through Europe)%5B6%5D and heroin trafficking, murder, bombings, counterfeiting, illegal gambling, frauds, thefts, labor racketeering, loansharking, illegal immigration, and kidnapping.

Basilischi (Basilicatan Mafia)

The Basilischi are a mafia organization founded in 1994 in Potenza. It's sometimes called Italy's fifth mafia.%5B7%5D This organization has assumed a role for the control of illegal activities in the region. They are believed to be an independently run 'ndrina from the Rosarno Alliance involving 5 clans of in the provinces of Reggio Calabria and Gioia Tauro plain. Not a lot is known of them.

There is another belief that this group was created by local crime bosses and criminals with the help of the Pesce and Serraino 'Ndrangheta clans from Rosarno in the northern and western areas of the region of Calabria and so would be smuggling drugs and arms through Italy into the rest of Italy for these Clans.[citation needed]

Sacra Corona Unita (Apulian Mafia)

Sacra Corona Unita (SCU), or United Sacred Crown, is a Mafia-like criminal organization from the region of Apulia (in Italian Puglia) in Southern Italy, and is especially active in the areas of Brindisi and Lecce and not, as people tend to believe, in the region as a whole. The SCU was originally founded in the late 1970s as the Nuova Grande Camorra Pugliese, based in Foggia, by the Camorra member Raffaele Cutolo, who wanted to expand his operations into Apulia. It has also been suggested that elements of this group originated from the 'Ndrangheta, but it is not know if they were breakaways from it or the result of indirect co-operation with clans of the 'Ndrangheta.

A few years after the creation of the SCU, following the downfall of Cutolo, the organization began to operate independently from the Camorra under the leadership of Giuseppe Rogoli. Under his leadership the SCU mixed its Apulian interests and opportunities with 'Ndrangheta and Camorra traditions. Originally preying on the region's substantial wine and olive oil industries, the group moved into fraud, gunrunning, and drug trafficking, and made alliances with international criminal organizations such as the Russian and Albanian mafias, the Colombian drug cartels, and some Asian organizations. The Sacra Corona Unita consists of about 50 Clans with approximately 2,000 Core members%5B1%5D and specializes in smuggling cigarettes, drugs, arms, and people.

Very few SCU members have been identified in the United States, however there are some links to individuals in Illinois, Florida, and possibly New York. The Sacra Corona Unita is also reported to be involved in money laundering, extortion, and political corruption and collects payoffs from other criminal groups for landing rights on the southeast coast of Italy. This territory is a natural gateway for smuggling to and from post-Communist countries like Croatia, Montenegro, and Albania.

With the decreasing importance of the Adriatic corridor as a smuggling route (thanks to the normalization of the Balkans area) and a series of successful police and judicial operations against it in recent years, the Sacra Corona Unita has been considered, if not actually defeated, to be reduced to a fraction of its former power, which peaked around the mid-1990s.

Local Rivals

The internal difficulties of the SCU aided the birth of antagonistic criminal groups such as:

Remo Lecce Libera: formed by some leading criminal figures from Lecce, who claim to be independent from any criminal group other than the 'Ndrangheta. The term Remo indicates Remo Morello, a criminal from the Salento area, killed by criminals from the Campania region because he opposed any external interference;

Nuova Famiglia Salentina: formed in 1986 by De Matteis Pantaleo, from Lecce and stemming from the Famiglia Salentina Libera born in the early 1980s as an autonomous criminal movement in the Salento area with no links with extra-regional Mafia expressions

Rosa dei Venti: formed in 1990 by De Tommasi in the Lecce prison, following an internal division in the SCU.%5B8%5D

Mala del Brenta

The Mala del Brenta, also known as the Mala del Piovese or Malavita del Brenta was in operation throughout the Veneto region, across Northern Italy and into Croatia/Yugoslavia, Malta, Hungary and possibly Austria in the 1970s and 1980s.

There is a debate if this organization shall be considered a mafia-like organization, even if, according to Article 416-bis cp, introduced into Italy in 1982, it falls into the category of mafia-type organization displaying some of the characteristics described therein.%5B9%5D This is in spite of its origins in the Northern Italian region of the Veneto, and its North Italian membership base. Having originally spawned from the Southern Italian organized crime syndicates, who had operated and infiltrated the Veneto region during the 1970s, their vision of unifying Veneto banditry into a mafia-style syndicate was first realised under the leadership of Felice "Angel Face" Maniero throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

These original Sicilian mafiosi, controlled much of the mafia activity in the Veneto, throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and included most notably: Salvatore "Totuccio" Contorno, Gaetano Fidanzati, Antonino Duca, Gaetano and Salvatore Badalamenti, and Giuseppe Madonia. Veneti malavitosi, or underworld figures and bandits, learned from these Sicilians the necessary means for organizing themselves and taking the reins of control from the successive two decades.

Sometimes referred to as the fifth and smallest of the Mafia organizations across Italy during its existence, it operated under the sanction of the Corleonesi clan from Sicily and had strong links with other mafia families, such as Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta, Camorra and Sacra Corona Unita.

Banda della Magliana

The Banda della Magliana (English translation: Magliana Gang) was an Italian criminal organization based in Rome and active mostly throughout the late 1970s until the early 1990s. The gang's name refers to the neighborhood in Rome, the Magliana, from which most of its members came. The Banda della Magliana was involved in criminal activities during the Italian "years of lead" (or anni di piombo). The organization was tied to other Italian criminal organizations such as the Cosa Nostra, Camorra and the 'Ndrangheta, but it was also notably connected to neofascist paramilitary and terrorist organizations, including the Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari (NAR), the neofascist group responsible for the 1980 Bologna massacre. In addition to their involvement in traditional organized crime rackets, the Banda della Magliana is also believed to have worked for the Italian secret services (SISMI) and political figures such as Licio Gelli, grand-master of the illegal and underground freemason lodge known as Propaganda Due (P2), all of which were purportedly connected to neofascist and far-right militant paramilitary groups.

Mafia Capitale

The Mafia Capitale was an Italian Mafia-type, crime syndicate, or secret society, that originated in the region of Lazio and its capital Rome.%5B2%5D Founded in early 2000s by Massimo Carminati on the ashes of Banda della Magliana.%5B10%5D

Italian crime in U.S. and other foreign countries

Those currently active in the United States are the Sicilian Mafia, Camorra or Neapolitan Mafia, 'Ndrangheta or Calabrian Mafia, and Sacra Corona Unita or "United Sacred Crown". The FBI refers to them as "Italian Organized Crime" (IOC). These Italian crime groups frequently collaborate with the Italian-American Mafia, which is itself an offshoot of the Sicilian Mafia and, to a lesser extent, the Camorra.

The Sicilian Mafia first gained footing in the United States following waves of immigration from Southern Italy into the United States. In the past, the Camorra also operated on a larger scale in the United States, forming the New York Camorra, which warred with the Sicilian Mafia in the United States and eventually became absorbed into the United States Sicilian Mafia to form what is now known as the American or Italian-American Mafia. Though many of the first Italian criminal groups in the U.S. combined to create the Italian-American Mafia, more recent members of the Sicilian Mafia, Camorra, and 'Ndrangheta continue to semi-independently operate in the U.S. or collaborate with the Italian-American Mafia.

The FBI estimates the size of the four IOC groups to be approximately 25,000 members and 250,000 affiliates worldwide. There are more than 3,000 members and affiliates in the United States scattered mostly throughout the major cities in the Northeast, the Midwest, California, and the South. However, their largest presence centers around Boston, New York, northern New Jersey, and Philadelphia. Their criminal activities are international with members and affiliates in Canada, South America, Australia, and parts of Europe. These organizations are also known to collaborate with other international organized crime groups from all over the world.

The Italian gangs (especially the Sicilian Mafia) have also connections with the Corsican gangs. This collaboration were mostly important during the French Connection era. During the 1990s the links between the Corsican Mafia and the Sicilian Mafia permitted an establishment of some Sicilian gangsters in the Lavezzi Islands.

The major threat to American society posed by IOC groups centers around drug trafficking and money laundering. IOC groups have been involved in heroin trafficking for decades. Two major investigations which targeted IOC drug trafficking in the 1980s are known as the "French Connection" and "Pizza Connection." These and other investigations have documented their cooperation in drug trafficking with other major drug trafficking organizations. IOC groups are also involved in illegal gambling, political corruption, extortion, kidnapping, frauds, counterfeiting, infiltration of legitimate businesses, murders, bombings, and weapons trafficking. Industry experts in Italy estimate that their worldwide criminal activity is worth more than $100 billion annually.

Outside of the United States, Italy, and Southern France, IOC groups have also established strongholds in Canada (i.e. Rizzuto crime family, Musitano crime family, Cotroni crime family, Commisso 'ndrina, Siderno Group); Australia (i.e. Siderno Group, The Carlton Crew, Honoured Society, Barbaro 'ndrina); and Germany (see Duisburg massacre). Italian organized crime groups also operate to varying extents throughout Western Europe, including the United Kingdom. In the U.K. in particular, historically influential but now defunct Italian organized crime gangs operating in Great Britain included the Sabini gang and Cortesi brothers.

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South Korean funding helps North Korea improve health careBMJ 2010; 340 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c1369 (Published 10 March 2010) Cite this as: BMJ 2010;340:c1369
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North Korea has reduced its maternal mortality rates and numbers of deaths from surgery or postoperative complications, thanks to improvements in health care brought about by a joint programme between South and North Korea. The programme was funded by Seoul and facilitated by the World Health Organization.
Eric Laroche, WHO's assistant director general for health action in crises, told reporters, "It's a very cost effective means to get high returns and reduce the incidence of disease and mortality."
The programme, which began in 2006 and was initiated by the late head of WHO, Lee Jong-wook, himself from South Korea, has helped train more than 6000 doctors and has renovated and equipped four provincial hospitals (two paediatric and two maternity), 80 county hospitals, and 1200 …
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Hot Chocolate with Máchica
© Stewart Ferebee
How to Make It
Step 1
In a spice or coffee grinder, grind the toasted barley to a fine powder. In a small bowl, mix the barley powder with the brown sugar and ground cinnamon.
Step 2
In a medium saucepan, bring the milk to a boil, then remove it from the heat. Add the chopped chocolate and whisk until it is melted. Whisk in the barley mixture and the salt and cook over moderate heat, whisking, until the hot chocolate is thickened, about 5 minutes. Serve at once.
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Toasted whole barley is available at Korean markets.


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Monday, November 3, 2014
Sick, and Dying Mish Mosh Monday
The bad thing is we were both sick and cranky at the same time. The good thing is we were both too tired to yell and even if we wanted to, our throats wouldn't let us. The best we could do was muster a dirty look or two.
After searching many different stores, we decided that we liked the clearance section of one of the super posh stores I have been posting pictures of. Note to self, just stay out of those stores.
Right before we bought the slightly chipped furniture, Den realized that it was particle board and not well made. It was the only set that we both liked and was small enough for the room. We had decided that it was alright to buy a new set because well, we couldn't find anything used for the last few months and we keep our furniture forever. Den said it was an investment and would be with us til we died.
I wasn't real happy with the thought of having to start our search all over again. We are pushing me out of my comfort zone. We are going to have company for Thanksgiving and I have a trashed room and nowhere for Anna to sleep. I have issues, oh and I don't like to spend money.
I have also learned that finding a bedroom set with a full headboard is a problem. I guess full sized beds are now only for kid's rooms. And I wasn't willing to buy purple furniture.
We ended up buying a simple set from Steinhafels. This is as posh as it gets around here. I hate parting with money but the quality is amazing and I'll leave it in the will for one of the kids. It will be with us for a while.
I'm just glad this weekend is over, its going in the failure column.
So here we are...................
$250 Bank of America credit
$100.49 Google(blog writing)
$138 Pinecone research
$25 Amazon gift code from Saving Star
$25 Bass Pro Gift card from MyPoints
$10 Chili's gift card from MyPoints
$25 Amazon gift code that I won from Donna Freedman at Surviving and Thriving!!!!!
$50 Gamestop gift code from e-rewards
$4 Liquor rebate
$134.40 Hotel refund
$60 Free gas cards from Silverton converted to cash
Total $1142.02 for our 2014 Christmas!
Glad its over,
Sonya Ann
18 comments:
- slugmama said...
Oh come on!
$4 in liquor rebates in a year?
And you call me a slacker on my drinking efforts!
Glad you aren't dying any longer.....
- November 3, 2014 at 8:40 AM
- Sonya Ann said...
sluggy-Hahaha, smart ass.
- November 3, 2014 at 9:29 AM
- Jane said...
You decorate like I do (hanging my head in shame!) Though good job on the furniture - I find it very hard to talk myself into buying the good stuff even though I know it will last longer.
- November 3, 2014 at 11:14 AM
- Cheapchick said...
We searched and searched craigslist, kijiji and a used furniture store for some side tables for my stepdaughters bedroom. In the end we used 2 odd tables we owned already and bought 1 new one that is really nice $80 marked down to $40. We went without a headboard as was worried it would take up too much room (already have a couch in that room plus the bed) and just bought a metal frame for the bed. Used doesn't always work out the way you want it to.
- November 3, 2014 at 11:20 AM
- Sonya Ann said...
Jane-It seems to go in spurts. You can be frugal for a long time and then BAM, you spend it all.
- November 3, 2014 at 11:24 AM
- Sonya Ann said...
Cheapchick-We buy 85% of everything used but this time we just couldn't find anything or even piecemeal it together.
Good job on your frugal redo and for taking such good care of your stepdaughter.
- November 3, 2014 at 11:25 AM
- Linda said...
I won't buy another bed until I can find one with a footboard that comes up above the mattress. What happened to those? When I was looking for a bed, I could not find one with a footboard.
Do you really need a valance?
- November 3, 2014 at 11:56 AM
- slugmama said...
Smart ass here again....lol
How about a futon instead of a real bed?
It takes up less space when it's a sofa and good lord you can buy one of those anywhere....even get one used and buy a new "mattress"
- November 3, 2014 at 12:10 PM
- Janie Junebug said...
Who pays $4500 for something at a garage sale? Garage sale finds are supposed to be more like $5. I've done my share of dying. I bought a white dress on sale and loved it so much that I wanted it in a different color. It didn't come in a different color. So I bought another one in white and tried to dye it brown. I'm not sure what color it is, but it kind of looks distressed.
- November 3, 2014 at 1:57 PM
- Anne in the kitchen said...
Went to a charity fundraiser this weekend that had a silent auction as an aside. I bid on many things, just to be the opening bid. I guessed I would not "win" any of the bids since mine were the required opening amount. Ha! I wound up with a brand new brown suede upholstered headboard for $45, (Donated by a local furniture company) After trying for an hour to load it into a car, and a return trip with a truck, I understand why no one else bid on it. It is huge and heavy, but it looks great. I will never move it again and after we die our kids can have it, move it or sell it.
- November 3, 2014 at 2:41 PM
- Sonya Ann said...
Linda-I really want room darkening curtain but those aren't cheap. I want, I want, I want, I'm like a little kid.
- November 4, 2014 at 10:12 AM
- Sonya Ann said...
sluggy(smart ass)- We have 2 futons/couches in this house. I'm kind of thinking about getting rid of DJ's futon for a real bed. Bet he wouldn't be happy about that one when he came home.
- November 4, 2014 at 10:14 AM
- Sonya Ann said...
Janie Junebug-No kidding about the $4500 at a garage sale. They were the types that thought their stuff was worth more than what they paid new for it just because they owned it.
There really needs to be a warning about dye. I'll never do it again.
- November 4, 2014 at 10:15 AM
- Sonya Ann said...
Anne in the kitchen-Great job on the win!! I have never been to one in my life. Sounds like fun. But it sounds like the headboard will be sold with the house sort of thing.
- November 4, 2014 at 10:16 AM
- Frances said...
Sonya Ann, we are frugal so we CAN buy new when we want it.
You are doing great on your Christmas fund!
- November 7, 2014 at 8:43 PM
- Frances said...
Oh, and Hubby had that cold crap for week. He didn't feel as bad as he sounded, but he was petty out of it for a while. I am so glad I didn't catch it.
Hope you and Den feel better.
- November 7, 2014 at 8:45 PM
- Sonya Ann said...
Frances-Thank you and it spends way faster than you can save it. Its just not fair.
- November 9, 2014 at 6:25 PM
- Sonya Ann said...
Frances-We are better but it still it seems like such a waste of life/time. He may be right, its the government or maybe aliens.
- November 9, 2014 at 6:26 PM


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- Before the fair at Focus Beyond, SPPS Counselor, Jessie Hass, will be offering a Q & A with tips for families to make th most of the fair. Box dinners will be provided. A bus will take families to the fair or families may drive themselves.
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Application of self drilling hollow bar support in coal mine
With the development of economy, the coal as main energy demand is becoming more and more huge, coal as the main production in the coal industry is also facing the deep development of the problem, with the increase of excavation depth, roadway supporting faces many difficulties, in order to improve the support strength, enhance security, we need to analyze the application of self drilling hollow bar support in coal mine internal.
Self drilling hollow bar is a direct acting within the surrounding rock of roadway,it is different from the old ways such as wood beams , in other words, it is from the past passive support on the outside of the rock into the internal active support, so that we can reduce the deformation of roadway, improving the bearing capacity of self drilling hollow bar support.
At present,there are many coal mining in China has reached more than 1000 meters depth above, not only larger mining depth, but also the complicated geological structure, there exists the possibility of mine disaster,which brings very great difficulty in self drilling hollow bar coal mining support.
The Self drilling hollow bar is a reliable and convenient anchoring system which is applied in complicated geological conditions for rock support work. It is particularly applied in the following geological conditions, such as weathered rock, gravel layer, backfill, hard conglomerate, etc. The Self drilling hollow bar is widely used in tunneling, the full seam gateway of the mine.


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I Believe
music and lyrics by Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham,
Jimmy Shirl and Al Stillman
I believe for every drop of rain that falls, a flower grows.
I believe that somewhere in the darkest night, a candle glows.
I believe for everyone who goes astray, someone will come to show the way.
I believe, I believe.
I believe above the storm the smallest pray'r will still be heard.
I believe that someone in the great somewhere hears every word.
Every time I hear a newborn baby cry, or touch a leaf or see the sky,
Then I know why I believe!
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Give the seat cushions in your camper a fresh, clean look with new slipcovers. Camper cushions generally are simple rectangles, which means that slipcovers for them won't require you to configure any complicated angles. Because camping almost always includes a little dirt, a dark-colored fabric with a pattern is recommended. These slipcovers are secured with Velcro at the back so they can be removed for washing.
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- Tape measure, upholstery fabric, thread, pins, Velcro, sewing machine
Measure the length, width and depth of the seat cushion.
For the top and bottom, cut two pieces of fabric 1 inch wider than the seat cushion's width from side to side, and 6 inches longer than the length from front to back.
For the edge, cut a strip of fabric 1 inch wider than the depth of the seat cushion and 3 inches longer than the total length of the front and sides. The edge strip is slightly longer than the sides and front of the cushion, which is needed to ease the strip around the corners.
With right sides together, sew the sides and front of the top and bottom pieces to the edge strip, starting and ending the edge piece 4 1/2 inches from the back of the main sections. This creates a type of wide pillowcase. Sew seam again for durability. Turn right side out.
The back section that is not attached to the edge creates a flap that folds both up and down to overlap across the back of the cushion. Sew Velcro pieces to this flap approximately every 12 inches.
Slip the cushion into the new cover. The fit will be tight, requiring you to squeeze the foam and work it all the way to the corners. When it is in place, overlap the back flaps and stick the Velcro pieces together to hold in place.
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Antigone: A Play
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers.You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.Naguib MahfouzThis article attempts to provide systematic policy information regarding land use/land cover change in the vicinity of the Giza Pyramids in Egypt.
Agriculture is considered one of the vital activities in Egypt; it consumes about 83� % of the Egyptian Nile water quota. This activity is becoming negatively affected by water pollution causing negative repercussion on land productivity and subsequently food security. This paper assesses the water quality for agriculture along the mainstream of the Nile in Egypt through spatial distributions modelling of total dissolved solids (TDS), using spatial statistical analysis.
The Nile River provides nearly 97% of Egypt's freshwater supply. Egypt's share of Nile waters is fixed at 55.5 billion cubic meters annually. As a result, Egypt will not be able to meet increasing water demand using freshwater from the Nile and has been developing non-conventional wastewater reuse strategies to meet future demands. The USAID Mission in Cairo began promoting strategies for water reuse in 2004, and guidelines for safe and direct reuse of treated wastewater for agricultural purposes were approved in 2005 (Egyptian Code 501/2005).
The objective of this article is to explain the hydraulic function of subsurface pipe drainage system on agricultural experimental field in Mashtul Pilot Area (Nile Delta) in non-steady state drainage flow conditions. Subsurface drainage structures were designed for the conditions of steady state drainage flow. However, in reality non-steady state drainage situations prevail. A model to solve the problem is presented. Boussinesq's equation was used to study the non-steady state drainage flow. The final expression of lowering of water table in time was approximated by Glover-Dumm.
The rapid urban development in the Hurghada area since the 1980s has dramatically enhanced the potential impact of human activities. To inventory and monitor this urban development effectively, remote sensing provides a viable source of data from which updated land cover information can be extracted efficiently and cheaply.
Environmental land degradation is a major impediment to the utilization of land in many arid and semi-arid regions of the World and is a major issue in the East Nile Delta (END), Egypt. Waterlogging and salt-affected soil problems have serious implications for irrigated areas leading to socio-economic and agricultural development problems.
Urban sprawl is threatening the limited highly fertile land in the Nile delta of Egypt. Landsat TM satellite images of 1984, 1992 and ETM+ of 2006 have been used to study the impact of urban sprawl on agricultural land of the Northern Nile delta, Egypt. Visual interpretation using on screen digitizing and change detection techniques were applied for monitoring the urban sprawl. Combining the land capability map and the urban thematic layer using GIS made it possible to point out the risk of urban expansion on the expense of the highly capable soil class.
Sand dunes encroachment is a challenge that faces land development in North African countries. Movement of these dunes threatens cultivated lands, roads, and urban settlements. Geographic information system (GIS) provides a tool for cartographic modeling of risk of sand dunes encroachment. This study modeled the potential risk of sand dunes encroachment related to their terrain characteristics in the Western Desert of Egypt. The Food and Agricultural Organization's land cover map of Egypt derived from Landsat Thematic Mapper was used to locate the sand dunes bodies.
Urban sprawl is one of the main problems that threaten the limited highly fertile land in the Nile Delta of Egypt. In this research, satellite images of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) 1992, Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) 2001 and Egypt Sat-1 2009 have been used to study the urban sprawl and its impact on agricultural land in Qalubiya Governorate. Maximum likelihood supervised classification and post-classification change detection techniques were applied for monitoring the urban sprawl in this study area.
The Mediterranean region covers about 854 million ha, but only 118 million (or 14 per cent) are suitable for agricultural production. In North Africa and the Middle East (MENA), agricultural land covers about 5 per cent; in Egypt and Algeria, it occupies less than 4 per cent and, in Libya, less than 2 per cent of the total national land area. Across the Mediterranean region land use divides between natural pastures/rangelands (ca. 15 per cent), forests and woodlands (ca. 8 per cent), with the ca.


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Please find term one homework for Fox Class attached below. If you have any questions, feel free to speak to me at the end of the school day. Term One Homework 2017-2018
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I have been so impressed with the quality of the homework that the foxes have completed already this year; I'm looking forward to seeing their homework from this, our final term of the academic year. Please click the link below for term 6 homework. Term 6 Fox Homework
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Our paragraphs this term are all about the Aztecs (homework-paragraphs-aztecs). The children are expected to try their best to learn how to write each paragraph accurately, spelling and adding punctuation where necessary. On a Monday, Miss Jenkin will slowly and carefully read one of the paragraphs to the children (with plenty of repetition as necessary); children […]
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Norman Foster did it again and what I mean by that is that he came up with an idea that ultimately attemps to rescue architecture, as a discipline, from its terminal crisis. When we ask ourselves what is the point of architects today, the only answer that we seem to get is that they are superheroes that build huge sculptural (and thus, unnecessary) objects in urban settings. But what is the point of this? I am saying this because architecture shouldn't worry about building anymore. The pace buildings are being constructed and destroyed makes it more a financial exercise than a social service. Maybe that is why the latest Pritsker Prize went to the Chilean Aravena for his social housing developments in Santiago and, also maybe that is the reason why, Norman Foster thinks he can remain relevant by constructing a droneport in Rwanda which pilot project will be unveiled today at a Press Preview during the 15th International Architecture Biennale.
Rwanda is a country whose physical and social geography poses multiple challenges. The initial plan for three buildings, to be completed by 2020, would enable the network to send supplies to 44 per cent of Rwanda but who is going to send the supplies in a continent cynically wired by French communications that happen at prohibitive costs. Building a droneport in Rwanda is another step in Norman Foster's longlasting relationship with architecture as a tool for corporate and political public relations and not as a human service.
Let me be more clear about this for on one side Foster claims that buildings like the Gherkin (in London) are ecologically self sustainable while on the other, he moves a whole mountain to build a (not particularly ecological) airport in Hong Kong. Something similar happens with the transparency fallacy in his buildings as in, for example, the Reichstag in Berlin which dome was built in glass allowing people to look down into the representatives' debates. In times of virtual communication and Whatssap, it is almost impossible (and I would say, cynical) to state that being able to see our representatives debating equates monitoring their negotiations and dealings. The droneport is the same. While on one hand Foster works for companies that keep Africa poor and disconnected, on the other hand he uses the most important architectural platform to pretend that architect still has a conscience. Helas! J A T


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Bazemore takes points lead with Memphis victory Schumacher, Anderson and Showers among O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals winners MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- Whit Bazemore moved into the POWERade Series points lead for the first time in his career Monday by...
Bazemore takes points lead with Memphis victory
Schumacher, Anderson and Showers among O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals winners
MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- Whit Bazemore moved into the POWERade Series points lead for the first time in his career Monday by winning the rain-delayed O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals presented by Pennzoil at Memphis Motorsports Park.
Tony Schumacher, Greg Anderson and Reggie Showers also were winners at the $1.6 million race, the 18th of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
Bazemore raced to his third victory of the season and 15th of his career, defeating Dean Skuza in the final. Bazemore drove his Matco Tools Dodge Stratus to a winning run of 4.894 seconds at 309.42 mph to hold off Skuza's Cornwell Tools Pontiac Firebird, which ran 5.225 at 227.50. With the victory, Bazemore moved seven points ahead of season-long leader Tony Pedregon, who lost in the second round.
"I don't want to add any more pressure because we have five more races to go and a lot of work to do (to win the championship), but this is quite a feeling," said Bazemore, who joins Cruz Pedregon (1992) as the only driver other than John Force to lead the Funny Car points chase this late in the season during the last 11 years. "Tony Pedregon and those guys have a great car and they are not going to back off, but I certainly feel like we have the performance to compete with them each week."
Bazemore defeated Bob Gilbertson, Cory Lee and Ron Capps to advance to the final. Skuza reached his 14th career final the hard way. An engine explosion and major fire in his semifinal victory over Force led to a major thrash to repair his car within the 75-minutes allowed between rounds. Many teams assisted the cause and Skuza made it to the starting line on time, but he couldn't reel in Bazemore once the lights turned green.
"You have to hand it to those guys, they gave it all they had," Bazemore said of Skuza's team. "You certainly want to win these races, you don't want them handed to you. I am glad they were able to get the car ready and make the call. It was exciting."
Tony Schumacher rebounded from a spectacular Friday night crash to claim his third Top Fuel victory of the season and 10th of his career. He powered his U.S. Army dragster to a 4.581 at 317.79 to defeat rival and series points leader Larry Dixon, who clocked a 4.651 at 316.52 in the Miller Lite dragster.
"No question, this win is special," Schumacher said. "Any time you wreck a fast race car you know you've lost a great one. But today we found out that our back-up car was pretty good too. To run like we did today and then take out Larry Dixon in the final says it all. Alan Johnson (crew chief) and this team are the best in the business. When next season starts we'll be in the championship chase from the word go."
Schumacher had the quickest car in the first two rounds of eliminations and posted victories over David Grubnic and Clay Millican. In the semis he defeated Doug Kalitta.
Runner-up Dixon increased his points lead to 286 over Kalitta. Schumacher moved to within one point of third place in the standings.
Anderson claimed his ninth Pro Stock victory of the season, including his third in a row, by outrunning Jeg Coughlin in the final round. Anderson took his 13th career victory with a winning time of 6.814 at 202.67 in his Vegas General Construction Pontiac Grand Am, while Coughlin was a tick slower in his Jeg's Mail Order Chevy Cavalier, posting a 6.825 at 200.95.
"This was a tough race to win," Anderson said. "When you have to beat Kurt Johnson and Jeg Coughlin in the same day you have your work cut out for you. This track used to give me problems, but now it is one of my favorites."
Anderson, who also eliminated Steve Schmidt and Mike Edwards in earlier rounds, increased his POWERade Series lead to 240 over Johnson.
"We've still got a lot of work to do," Anderson said. "This gives me some breathing room, but this championship isn't mine yet."
Showers, a double-amputee, earned his second career victory and second in as many starts, when final round opponent Fred Collis fouled at the start in a final round battle between Suzukis.
"I feel like I am living a dream right now," said Showers, who beat Michael Phillips, points leader Geno Scali and Shawn Gann to advance to his third career final. "I set some goals for myself this season and with hard work, those goals are becoming reality.
With the early round loss, Scali's point lead over Gann was cut to 133. Showers moved to a career-best third in the order, 163 behind the leader.


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Great inexpensive bootThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.pm7113 weeks ago
The Hodgman wade shoes my son and I use for float tubing were on the last legs, was looking for a replacement and found these at Academy. Perfect for flippers be sure to select a bigger size if your going to place over breathable stocking foot waders. Hope they last as long as the previous booties we had.
Wade bootThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.muchmomas4 years ago
Great inexpensive wade boots. I like them because they are easy to walk in muddy areas as they have a low foot print. They are form fitting basically in the water and are comfortable
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Excellence in low cost boot!This reviewer rated product 4 out of 5 stars.Pappy8171 year ago
I wanted to try out a water boot with sock WADDERS. I bought both online and was pleased that they both arrived early to the scheduled delivery. The boots were used that day to wade fish for sand bass here in North Texas. Great fishing trip! I walked down the middle of whiskey flats a day after heavy rain and coughs 10 fish in 20 minutes. The boots run large but that is for wearing sock WADDERS and heavy winter socks. No problems with rocks or sucky mud. Cleaned up easily with the hose and dried ... quickly. Unbelievable for $20.00! I'll buy another pair and add felt soles for slick rocks. Thanks for the low price and high quality Academy. I received Nothing for this review! CDB
GOOD SHOES FOR THE PRICEThis reviewer rated product 4 out of 5 stars.Go Fishing3 months ago
I purchase these about a 11/2 month ago have worn them to fishing twice
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5 yr. updateThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.Fishymon2 weeks ago
I've had these boots for five years now. Thinking about purchasing another pair as my feet are getting fatter ? Had a size 10 going to purchase a size 11 now. They are not worn out and I have use them for two or three weeks in Belize every year The big key just to rinse them with freshwater every day after using them . Definitely a bargain for the money. I have walked a lot of coral flats with urchins and have been worried but never poked or cut ! Two thumbs up !
good boots for a good priceThis reviewer rated product 4 out of 5 stars.atxbandit4 years ago
This is my second pair of these boots. I mainly use them when I go fishing at the coast. I had a pair of black hogeman but fishing out of my kayak my feet would get really hot. I decided to try these and I really liked them. They only lasted two years before they started falling apart which is why I only gave them four stars. For half the price of the big names I will stick with these.
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Ray-Guard Men's wading bootsThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.Joe knows fishing2 years ago
Sturdy. Solid, side zipper, it's what every wade fisher needs. this Ray Guard is tons better than all other products you can get. Listen... I wade fish, and sight fish for Tailing Redfish in Carolina coastal lowcountry Spartina Grass Flats. I know redfish and wade fishing; and you cannot do better than this for foot protection. Sized well. My last pair lasted eight years. Listen this is what you need- get it. "I am JOE GUIDE and I know everything you might need to know about - Redfish on A ... Fly.. or a light tackle-you will NOT be disappointed in this product my friend."
fine bootsThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.Rascal12312 months ago
Had another brand of boots, could not make them fit right, with the help of your staff they helped me with this problem, turned out to be a good decision! I think these are the best boots I've had so far and I am 75 yr's old!
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NO LEAK.This reviewer rated product 4 out of 5 stars.Bill425 months ago
I purchased my second pair of these boots and they performed just like the first pair THEY DIDN'T LEAK.
Side zipperThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.Franksteer2 years ago
Nice boot love the side zipper unlike the others that have the zipper in front and unzip if you walk a lot. Make sure get a size bigger than normal, I didn't and have to use talcome powder to get mine on.
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Great flats bootThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.LMat9 months ago
I took this boot to the Bahamas for bone fishing. It's lightweight, but sturdy enough to give you the support and protection you need. (I put my old superfeet insoles in because I need support.) Awesome boot. It's hard to find women's fishing boots for some reason (I'm a size 7 womens), and this is perfect. Couldn't be happier.
BootsThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.Sharkduck4 years ago
I would ighly recommend this wading shoe. It's quality surprised me and it is a lot less then another name brand out there. It does run a little small or actually more like a regular shoe.
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Comfortable Wading BootThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.Trouthunter4 days ago
Since I'm a fan of SoftScience products when I saw that they had come out with a wading boot I had to try it. This is the most comfortable wading boot that I have ever worn, period. It is a well thought out design and I'm going to give the boots a good workout this fall, winter and spring. If my opinion changes I'll edit my review, but I don't think that will happen.
Very comfortableThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.SamF19505 months ago
Great fishing boot. Very comfortable. I like them so much that I wear them for otherv activities too.
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Terrific supportThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.Reel Addiction2 months ago
I've had these Simms Wading shoes now for 3 years and the only complaint I have is, out of water, they are clunky, tight, and heavy. But, they aren't made to wear out of the water. In water, they support my ankles, make it easier to step out of boggy areas, durable, allow me to move quickly if needed, and lend some support for a low sting-ray hit. Others have these listed for over $150. Academy has a great price on them. I'd buy them again.
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Excellent wet waderThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.ScalesTales5 months ago
I live in the mountains of NC and use this boot all the time when hiking to smaller streams for native trout. Also took them to Andros for Bonies. They're unbelievably comfortable, much more so than my Reddington boots I use w/waders. Great to hike in and they don't slip on mossy rocks either, overall excellent and innovative product. Highly recommend
Lightweight with sticky soles.This reviewer rated product 4 out of 5 stars.Fishugo4 months ago
For years I have been searching for a sneaker style wading boot without the Frankenstein weight, bulk, stiffness of the past. Have tried these in fast water with slippery rocks and they as good as any of the stompers. Their light weight and flexibility permit more nimble surefooted wading.
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Wading bootsThis reviewer rated product 4 out of 5 stars.Homerlean6 months ago
First pair I've owned! Very impressed! Good grip on the rocks in the creek!
Awesome bootsThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.5280 Angler1 year ago
Very comfortable and reliable boot will recommend to friends
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Work perfectlyThis reviewer rated product 5 out of 5 stars.Nonameneeded1 year ago
Comfortable, keep out sand/small rocks, stay on in the thickest mud, and cruise over she'll reef with no problem. I would recommend going one size up from what you would normally wear. I wear an 11/11.5 in shoes and a size 12 zip it fits perfectly.
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