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Crip Knowledge Gang: from L.A. to where?

admin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:43:13 +0000

The gang, known as the Crips, is based in Los Angeles, California, and was started in 1969 by Raymond Washington, who at the time was 15 years old and Stanley Williams. Washington was not old enough to join in the Panther movement in the 60’s so he decided he wanted to take what he had learned, regarding control of neighborhoods, and start his own. Washington chose to continue the style of clothing the Panthers wore, such as the black leather jackets, and at first called the gang the Baby Avenues, also known as the Baby Cribs, after another gang he had admired known as the Avenues.... continue

Blood Knowledge Gang in the U.S. and overseas

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:10:44 +0000

The Bloods were originally established on Los Angeles but has since branched out across much of the United States, and have about 15,000 members. They are known to wear the color red and use the gang sign that means blood and to be rivals with the gang known as the Crips. The Bloods have also been found to be in the U.S. military and, in the U.S. and overseas.... continue

The Nortenos Gang – History and Culture

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:04:05 +0000

The Nortenos gang of Northern California has its roots in the prisons of the state. A Chicano gang associated with the Nuestra family, it started in 1960 when the inmates of the California state prison system began to identify by hometown and divide themselves into northerners and southerners, using the community of Delano as the dividing line. The Nortenos, or northerners became the bitter rivals of the southerner Surenos, an off-shoot of the Mexican mafia. Allegedly, this long-standing rivalry was sparked by an incident in which a member of the Mexican mafia stole a pair of shoes from a northerner. Thus, the longest running gang rivalry in the California state prison system was created.... continue

The Sureños Gang or simply The Southerners

admin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:54:19 +0000

Sureños is not a gang, but an alliance under which gangs align themselves. Sureños, which is Spanish for “Southerners” is comprised of Mexican-Americans gangs whose origins are the barrios of Southern California. Sureños are very dangerous because they are controlled by the Mexican Mafia. The Mexican Mafia actually consists of Sureños who have made it to prison. Once in prison, they become part of the influencing gang leaders who dictate the activities of the Sureños on the outside. The Sureños of the streets are essentially the foot soldiers for the leaders, or Mexican Mafia, inside the prison.... continue

Clarence Smith and The Five Percenters

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:11:19 +0000

The Five Percenters or the Nation of Gods and Earths as the refer to themselves is a religious organization and is an off shoot of the Nation of Islam. However, just as muslims, they themselves do not describe their beliefs as a religion but simply as “a natural way of life”. The Five Percent Nation was created in the 1960’s when it’s founder Clarence Smith who is also known as Clarence 13x was exiled from the Nation of Islam. The reason for Clarence Smith leaving the Nation is not fully understood or verifiable. While Clarence was a member of the Nation of Islam he began cultivating his own ideas (the reason many believe he was exiled) and when he left the Nation of Islam he began spreading his ideas to the youth of Harlem, New York. Most of his ideas mirrored the Nation of Islam but unlike members of the Nation who believe Master Fard is God, Clarence Smith taught that all black men were God. The belief that black men are God is the primary idea of the Nation of Gods and Earths and the most controversial.... continue

The People Nation Gang

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:18:20 +0000

The People Nation is not a gang, but an alliance under which gangs align themselves. The People Nation was created in Chicago in 1978, along with their long-time rivals, the Folk Nation.... continue

The Folk Nation Gang

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:52:08 +0000

The Folk Nation is not a gang, but an alliance under which gangs align themselves. The Folk Nation was created in Chicago in 1978, along with their long-time rivals, the People Nation.
Many gangs align themselves with the Folk Nation and generally all of these groups consider themselves allies with each other as well as enemies of People Nation gangs. Folk Nation gangs include the Black Gangster Disciples; the Black Disciples; the Gangster Disciples; the Imperial Gangsters; the La Raza; the Spanish Cobras; the Latin Eagles; the Latin Disciples; the Maniac Latin Disciples; the Simon City Royals; the Spanish Gangster Disciples; the Two Sixers; and the International Posse.
As with the People Nation, identifiers are used as a way for Folk Nation alliance member to recognize each other. This is referred to “representing” and also includes the use of hand signs, specific colors, graffiti, and the use of certain words or phrases.... continue

Blank Calendar Pages: how to create and print them

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:25:24 +0000

Blank calendar pages offer a world of opportunity. Not only can they be used to schedule important appointments, they can also remind a person of special occasions like birthdays and anniversaries. A person can choose a variety of writing utensils from gel pens to colored pencils to markers to personalize their blank calendar pages. They can also draw pictures, add stickers, and highlight specific days. Using this method grabs the person’s attention and helps them recall the events that are written on the blank calendar pages.... continue

Free Printable Calendar Online: why do you waste your money buying a calender?

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:09:31 +0000

Did you know that you can print your own calenders online for free? If you search, you could probably find any subject that you are interested in, from puppies, to cars, and even models. When you print your calenders online for free, you get to see the whole calender and you will be able to see if you like it or not. When you buy a calender in the store, you have to rely on the small pictures on the back. If you don’t like some of the pictures in the calender there’s not much you can do about it either. What if you found a calender in the store but you only liked one picture on it? Would you waste your money buying a calender that you didn’t like or would you just buy another one?... continue

Printable Blank Calendar Template: do not forget to add your birthday!

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:14:27 +0000

It always seems that you need a calender when you don’t have one. When the new year starts, sometimes I find myself without a new calender until almost the end of January. Once you buy a calender, you come to depend on it to be something that will be there, but as the year ends it’s time to think about getting another one.... continue

Free 2009 Calendar Pages To Print: calender with different colors, shapes, pictures, or whatever else you would like

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:18:09 +0000

You can find tons on information about a wide array of subjects on the internet. There are thousands of pages on any subject that you could imagine. You can also find lots of information about different hobbies. One of these hobbies could be making your own calenders. You can find
everything that you would need, in just a few minutes by searching the internet.... continue

Chinese Pregnancy Lunar Calendar: Baby Gender Prediction – Boy Or Girl?

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:25:51 +0000

There are many fun ways to try to conceive a boy or a girl, or to predict your baby’s gender once you are already pregnant. While some people might be worried about how ethical it is to try to predict or influence the sex of your baby, for most expectant parents, baby gender prediction is simply a fun tool that helps them enjoy the pregnancy even more. Even though you may have a secret preference for a boy or a girl, you’ll of course love your child no matter what the gender. But if you already have three boys, for example, it might be fun to try a few methods to see if you can end up with a girl this time around.... continue

Ancient Chinese Birth Calendar – Gender Child Prediction

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:31:01 +0000

When you find out your pregnant the first thing that goes through your mind is I wonder if it is a girl or a boy? As for me I could not wait until I could go out and buy those sweet little boy or girl clothes. Most every woman I know saw the positive and ran to the stores to purchase something a bear or an outfit. Why not do a gender prediction test like the Chinese birth calendar? You can make an accurate determination of the gender and will not have to wait until the sixteenth to twenty week ultrasound appointment, when we all find out the gender, if we are lucky. Sometimes the baby is not in the correct position and you have to wait even longer. Being prepared early is a wonderful thing and using a tool like the ancient Chinese birth calendar can help. It has been used by the Chinese for millions of years. It was discovered buried in a tomb near Beijing for over 700 years. The original copy is at the Institute of Science in Beijing, and because of its high accuracy, it is getting more attention than ever.... continue

Sun Aztec Calendar Tattoo, Pictures and Symbol: get your favourite!

admin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:21:25 +0000

The sun Aztec calendar tattoo, pictures and symbol are growing more popular with those who love beautiful art and interesting tattoos. It is also a tattoo that has stood the test of time with little or no changes to the symbology and features. Some people even believe that it is similar to the Mayan calendar as regards the end of the world. Some people who acquire the tattoos and art have no idea about the history of the symbol. The Aztecs had two different calendars each of which had a different number of days in their cycles. There was a 260-day calendar and a 365-day calendar. The 260-day sun Aztec calendar tattoo, pictures and symbol were also known as tonalpohualli, or counting of the days. I t was used for religious purposes, such as predicting the future. This calendar was divided into twenty 13-day periods. These periods all had their own individual name and symbol, including water and other sacred Aztec hieroglyphs. They recorded the passage of days by adding a dot to each hieroglyph, when it was passed during each 13-day period. The 365-day calendar, tattoo and symbol were known as xiuhpohualli, when being used to track days and months and/or zihuitl, when the counting of years was necessary. It was divided into 18 periods consisting of 20 days, with a final five day period that was regarded, in much the same many modern people treat Fridays the 13th, as being a very dangerous and unlucky group of days. There were specific festivals for each time period. These periods were linked to the yearly agricultural cycle, and dictated the religious rites and tasks associated with agriculture, such as planting and harvesting fruits and vegetables. Days were recorded with hieroglyphs and dots and years were marked with one of four symbols: rabbit, reed, and house or flint knife. To differentiate days and months from years, as the same symbols were used throughout the year, the Aztecs enclosed the year symbols in squares. They gave each of 52 years its own unique and individual name. This 52-year cycle was what the ancients considered a century. The final day was a very important religious day, marked with festivals for the renewal of the sun. Prior to the ceremonies the peoples would extinguish their hearth fires and begin to fast and destroy all of their kitchen utensils and other household items. Much like one of the Wiccan holidays, when the sun set on the final day the populous would wait for any sign that the sun would rise again and, when it did, the Aztecs people would begin a new 52-year cycle. Then the priests, who were dressed as gods, would make the pilgrimage from Tenochtitlan to a hilltop south of the city that was considered sacred. Once there they would perform “the new fire” ceremony, during which a prisoner captured in battle would be sacrificed to the sun. The priests would use the dead warrior’s body as a hearth and kindle a fire on it and once in flame distribute flaming torches amongst the people which they would then use to rekindle their hearth fires.... continue

2012 Mayan Calendar Prediction : the end of the World Prophecy

admin — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:35:21 +0000

The upcoming year of 2012 is cast as the end of the world according to the Mayan calender prediction. The prophecy shows the years leading up to 2012 as world economic collapse, starvation, the seas raising and swallowing up the lands, world strife as wars are fought every where. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, mass flooding and family stuctures breaking down are all part of the prediction of the end of the world.... continue

Free Lunar Moon Calendar: download and print the one you like

admin — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:40:57 +0000

Calling all Pagans, Wiccans, gardeners, astrologers, astronomers and anyone else who needs to moon gaze. Now is the time to get your free 2009 lunar and full moon calendar, with moon phases, printable for convenient use. Although following the phases of the moon can help you tune into the more ancient rhythms of Nature, you can still take advantage of modern technology to help you get more natural.... continue