text:
Pity poor post-Communist Kyrgyzstan.
The bloody events in its capital, Bishkek on Wednesday 7th April are only the most recent round in the political infighting there. Even the flight of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, apparently to his southern stronghold of Osh suggests that continued political violence remains a possibility. But it is the naïve belief fostered by Western media that the violent sacrifice of over 70 lives must mean fundamental change which distracts from understanding the recurring cruel realities of post-Communist politics in Kyrgyzstan.
It is almost exactly five years since Bakiyev's predecessor, Askar Akaev, took the presidential plane to exile in Moscow. Then the regime-change was greeted as the triumph of "People Power" and the beginning of true democracy and prosperity. This year's revolution was bloodier than in 2005 but anyone with a memory will recognise not only the street-scenes of pillage and blood-stains but even the faces of the leading revolutionaries.
Despite the new regime's familiar faces, Western media are reporting the upheaval in Kyrgyzstan as the sign of a geo-political earthquake in the strategically sensitive Central Asian state. Back in 2005, it was quickly clear that the new regime was pro-American. What about 2010's crop of Kyrgyz revolutionaries and their role in the "Great Game" for control of the Eurasian heartland?
Did the Kremlin's Hidden Hands pull the rug from under Bakiyev?
The Russian premier, Vladimir Putin, spoke dismissively of the ousted president Bakiyev's corruption and nepotism on the day of the uprising. Bakiyev's prime minister complained about Russian media coverage of the crisis as it developed. Putin however telephoned Rosa Otumbayeva, the head of the self-proclaimed interim government and treated her as the legitimate authority in Kyrgyzstan. This showed Moscow imprimatur for the new regime. But are Western conspiracy theorists right to detect the Kremlin's hidden hand behind the violent events in Bishkek?
The standard explanation by Russophobe media is that Putin was anxious to force the closure of the US airbase at Manas just outside the Kyrgyz capital. The conspiracy theory is that the Russian regime is anxious to make life difficult for the US troops occupying Afghanistan. Since Manas is a key link in the Pentagon's re-supply route the New Cold Warriors see it as the nodal point of the new "Great Game" between Washington and Moscow for control of the oil, natural gas and opium-rich Central Asian states.[1]
Although Askar Akaev, who was ousted in 2005, has been interviewed by Russia Today[2] saying that his successor had discredited himself by being too close to the United States and by downgrading relations with Russia, official Russia seems to be engaged in much less of a New Cold War than either US neo-conservative ideologists believe or the victims of US-sponsored "colour-coded" revolutions in 2003-05 would like to think.
After all, on the very day of the coup in Bishkek, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev was in Prague to sign the new START nuclear arms treaty with President Obama. Medvedev's government agreed in 2009 to facilitate the re-supply of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan by allowing transhipment of supplies across Russian territory to Central Asia. If the Kremlin is playing a Machiavellian game to undermine the United States, the only rational explanation of Russia's direct assistance to the US war effort in Afghanistan is that Medvedev and co. are encouraging Obama's desire to be bogged down there! Only the more paranoid of the Pentagon's grand strategists can really believe that is Russia's game.
Russia's acceptance of the new regime fits a pattern of acquiescence in US-backed regime change.
In October, 2000, Vladimir Putin sent his foreign minister, Igor Ivanov, to Belgrade to persuaded Slobodan Milosevic to concede defeat in the Yugoslav presidential elections to the US-backed candidate, Dr. Kostunica. In November, 2003, Ivanov went to Tbilisi to tell Eduard Shevardnadze to relinquish office to Mikheil Saakashvili, the US-sponsored leader of Georgia's "Rose Revolution." In April, 2004, Ivanov was on hand to usher Saakashvili's regional rival, Aslan Abashidze, on to his plane and exile in Moscow. In 2005, Russia gave Kyrgyzstan's Askar Akaev asylum but recognised the regime which came to power in Bishkek even though Western media broadcast pictures of US-funded resources being used to back the opposition to Akaev.[3]
The Moldovan Model
In April, 2009, a violent uprising in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, prefigured the events in Bishkek on 7-8th April. A year ago in Europe's poorest country, post-Soviet Moldova, a similar violent scenario was played out. Parliament was stormed and new elections forced. Like Kyrgyzstan, Moldova had been highly praised in the 1990s as a model of economic reform and admitted into the World Trade Organisation by passing laws and regulations embracing pure capitalism while the real economy crashed.
Like Kyrgyzstan, Moldova is dirt poor and under-developing as each year went by since the collapse of Communism. The Moldovan President, Vladimir Voronin, had made the mistake of drifting into economic dependence on Russia as his country's economy and society imploded under the burden of poverty induced by the shock therapy imposed on the advice of Western experts and the Soros Foundation. The mob in Moldova stormed the Parliament and forced fresh elections. Naked power rather than the people's will had been demonstrated and the Moldovan electorate wisely voted for the representatives of parties backed by the mob rather than anyone disliked by it. Russia even accepted this outcome. The EU and USA applauded it.
Both Kyrgyz and Moldovan societies were heavily dependent on remittances from migrant workers scratching a living in Russia or other countries. The financial crash of 2008 and the continuing lack of demand for unskilled labour has had a cruel effect on Kyrgyz and Moldovan migrant workers. At the same time, energy prices in particular have shot up. The last straw for ordinary Kyrgyz in their bleak mountainous Central Asian homeland was the dramatic hike in electricity and natural gas tariffs at the start of 2010. With the arrival of spring, the destitute could come out onto the streets to protests.
The problem for ordinary people in Kyrgyzstan as elsewhere in the post-Soviet realm is that popular protests may topple regimes, but "The People" cannot hold power for themselves. Only a few people can actually sit in office as ministers. It is those with "experience," however dubious, who fill the ministerial posts in any new regime In Bishkek, political insiders who had fallen out with Akaev before 2005 and then Bakiyev afterwards have been scrambling to occupy vacant ministerial posts.
Any consideration of who constitutes the new regime in Bishkek as well as Russia's track-record of accepting and even facilitating "colour-coded" revolutions since October, 2000, must put the neo-con conspiracy theories aside.
New Regime, Old Faces
The Financial Times quoted the former Soros-supported activist, Edil Baisalov as saying, ""What we are seeing is a classic popular uprising. This is a revolution, and it is bloody."[4] Certainly since the Moldovan events, "velvet revolutions" have gone out of fashion but how much change is really heralded by the bloodshed in Bishkek?
Although in Western media Rosa Otunbayeva's biography begins in 1991 like so many reformers favoured by Washington, her political career began as an official of the Soviet Communist Party as far back as 1981. Like the rest of the Kyrgyz elite applauded periodically as model reformers since 1991, the current self-proclaimed president's skills at in-fighting and career-building were not honed in the Westminster school of politics but the Leninist one. Explaining the self-proclaimed interim president of Kyrgyzstan to its readers, the international mining magazine, Mineweb declared that she was already "known as the Thatcher of Kyrgyzstan"![5] In fact, she had served as both Akaev's foreign minister until 1997and then after a brief interval as an ambassador to the UK for instance, she became leader of the opposition Social Democrats, and foreign minister again after the "Tulip Revolution" in 2005. Later she fell out with President Bakiyev before re-staging her role in this year's bloody re-run of the Tulip events.
Rosa Otunbayeva told Russian Mir TV, ""The security service and the interior ministry, all of them are already under the management of new people." But the "new people" turned out to be old-hands in these jobs. For instance, the new defence minister, Ishmail Isakov, was Bakiyev's defence minister from 2005 until 2008. Last October, he was sentenced to eight years in prison for abuse of office. As in Soviet days, charges of corruption are often made in Kyrgyzstan for political reasons but sadly the facts of corruption by office-holders are commonplace. The new interior minister, Bolotbek Sherniyaov, was key organiser of the 2005 revolution.
These new ministers have Soviet-era pasts which the Kremlin will know about but they have also been deeply-engaged with US government agencies and US-based organisations like the Soros Foundation (in whose office I met Mrs Otunbayeva fifteen years ago, for instance).
The new leadership has reassured his contacts in Washington that Manas can continue to function as the Pentagon's forward base in Central Asia. Despite their failure to control the anti-Bakiyev crowd, the Kyrgyz special forces trained by US contractors at Tokmok, seen firing their guns, wearing US-style desert fatigues and coal-scuttle helmets on the streets of Bishkek seem set to continue to receive US training and subsidy. Maybe they will do a better job when the next poverty-stricken crowd demonstrates for another regime-change.
New Regime, Old Policies
This rotation within the post-Communist regime's personnel bodes ill for Kyrgyzstan's future. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the poverty-stricken Central Asian state has repeatedly undergone traumatic changes. Yet a huge gulf has yawned between Western media coverage of the country and the harsh reality of life there. Worse still, US-funded NGOs specialising in regime-analysis and regime-change show no willingness to learn from their past mistakes nor a readiness to be a little more modest about promoting personalities or policies as the salvation of countries like Kyrgyzstan which have gone downhill following previously approved recipes or leaders. While life has lurched from bad to worse for ordinary people in Kyrgyzstan, on the few occasions the outside world has taken note of events there it has been to announce a re-birth of society and hope rather than to warn against repeating mistakes or following mirages of freedom and prosperity.
The US organisation Freedom House has a dubious track record in the Central Asian state. For years it acted as an advocate of the Akaev regime before suddenly turning on it in 2004 and promoting the regime-change in 2005. At first, Freedom House endorsed the Bakiyev regime but in 2009 it downgraded Kyrgyzstan to a "not free" country.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on 12th January, 2010, that "Kyrgyzstan -- once the center of pro-democracy hopes in Central Asia -- moved from 'partly free' to 'not free' category. The downgrade was due… to claims of voter irregularities in the country's July 2009 presidential election, consolidation of power in the executive branch, and new restrictive legislation on freedom of religion. The setback means the entire region of Central Asia is now rated 'not free.'…" RFE/RL cited Freedom House's Central Asian analyst Christopher Walker as saying, "the hopes that bloomed in 2005 for Kyrgyzstan and the region are now history." According to Walker, "Kyrgyzstan has turned out to be a sour disappointment in terms of political rights and civil liberties, and has trended downwards over the last two years."[6] But such disappointment has not stopped the inter-locking world of US democracy promotion agencies and private foundations like Soros from dropping yesteryear's favourite and extolling a new champion of freedom.
Remember the "Tulip Revolution." Dan Fried, still the key State Department architect of US policy promoting so-called "People Power" under President Obama as well as Republican presidents, told us in October, 2005, "Kyrgyzstan experienced what the people there call the March events. Some people call it the Tulip Revolution… An authoritarian president was overthrown because of widespread revulsion at perceived massive corruption and other factors. There followed elections which were just about the freest the region had seen and you have a reformist leadership trying to move the country ahead and trying to get it on its feet." If the new presidential elections in six months are held and produce another 86% landslide like Bakiyev's poll in 2005 will the US State Department wait five years to denounce electoral manipulation?
This year's violent events seem set to repeat the Kyrgyz syndrome of regime change, international approval, followed by further corruption until poverty provides those who lose out in the inevitable in-fighting over the country's few spoils with enough discontented young men to rush the police cordon around government house. The so-called "Tulip Revolution" in 2005 was, like other "People Power" revolutions, not a fundamental regime-change but a change within the regime. Is the current chaos in Kyrgyzstan the prelude to another game of political musical chairs or something more profound?
North-South Split
One possible spoke in the wheels of the rotation of government posts within the elite is the ousted Bakiyevs refusal to resign. Instead he has fled to his home base in the south of the country protected by Central Asia's highest mountain chain.
In 2005, there was an initial north-south split. But then, it was Bakiyev's southern backers who set the revolution rolling. The first sign of the crisis was when crowds attacked government offices and the police in the city of Osh.
Osh at the eastern end of the Ferghana Valley was a key centre in the Central Asian smuggling trade. Situated on the border of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan but also a centre for Afghan and Tajik traders. Bakiyev's retreat to his homebase raises the risk of a split inside Kyrgyzstan. Certainly in 2005, the smugglers backed him in what was euphemistically called a "free market revolution"! Will the ex-president be able to buy back power? Certainly, the US-led coalition has done nothing to fight the drugs mafia whose smuggling routes criss-cross Central Asia from Afghanistan via Kyrgyzstan to the West – unless verbal denunciations of the evil of opium are to be counted part of the Pentagon's arsenal of smart weapons. Anyone challenging the Kyrgyz affiliates of the heroin trade would be putting their political careers on the line.
Manna for Manas
What is the role of the Manas airbase which figures so prominently in conspiracy theory accounts of the Kyrgyz coup?
The US military presence in Kyrgyzstan was dramatically increased after 9/11. Until then, small contingents of special forces and intelligence agents – plus "private contractors" – helped train the Kyrgyz security forces and to observe local Islamic militants and events in nearby Afghanistan. The US invasion of Afghanistan after 7th October, 2001, transformed the military relationship between the superpower and the "Switzerland of Central Asia." The Soviet-built long runway at Manas airport outside Bishkek was ideal for US transport planes. The proximity of Kyrgyzstan to Afghanistan meant that a host of intermediary operations as well as supply from the US homeland could be facilitated through it.
Washington's local favourite in the 1990s,Askar Akaev, agreed to the US use of Manas for a minimal payment. As the years of Operation Enduring Freedom rolled by he began to ask for a more generous rent. Then his standing as a democrat and economic reformer went into free fall – whither it should have dropped years earlier.
After Akaev's fall, the Bakiyev regime agreed to keep the base, but his clan too needed cash and Kyrgyzstan has no oil or gas, or even opium of its own, to squeeze as a cash cow.
At first at the start of 2009, it seemed Bakiyev was part of a Russian plot to shut US out of access to Manas. President Medvedev granted Kyrgyzstan a generous line of credit at the height of the crisis with the Pentagon when Bakiyev and his tame parliament had refused to prolong the deal for US use of Manas. But once he had the Russian cash up front, Bakiyev suddenly agreed to let the Pentagon use the air field for US$117 million per annum.
The agreement runs for one year at time. The current agreement runs out in June. Getting in on the negotiations and the sweeteners which drip off such contracts made this spring in Kyrgyzstan particularly tense. Bakiyev's concentration of economic power and rent-collection in his immediate family and their clan's hands outraged Kyrgyzstan's class of reformers who feel entitled to a cut.
It is instructive to contrast Russian and US approaches to the politics of aid. The Russians subsidise societies with loans for projects whereas the Americans buy the political elite with rent. Russia agreed to grant Kyrgyzstan US$2 billion in 2009 but it was tied to economic aid projects while the United States paid US$117m in rent. Even though economic aid would certainly be ruthlessly skimmed by the Bakiyev clan's control of the economy, the rent for Manas constituted a direct grant to the ruling family. At least if they have lost power, the manna from Manas will cushion their exile.
Anyone wanting to understand the principles of the much-touted reform process now about to re-start in Kyrgyzstan could do worse than listen to Swedish shock therapist turned Washington insider, Anders Aslund. He reassured worried Americans straight away on 7th April itself that the Manas Airbase was safely in their hands. "This is very much on a pecuniary basis." Aslund added, "The US pays a substantial amount to hold the airbase" and it continue to hold it regardless of regime."[7]
Reform-Revolution-Reform - - - the Roundabout Revolves Again
Western media seem unable to escape from the stereotype of any and every new Kyrgyz ruler as "reformer." For instance, Isabel Gorst's report on the events of 7th April, 2010, carried the sentence, "Mr Bakiyev introduced sweeping government reforms that transferred management of the economy and security to new bodies controlled by his family and close associates"![8] If those were "reforms" what would bad policies be? If past form is any guide, we can expect any successor to Bakiyev to be lauded as the new Jefferson of Central Asia, and so on.[9]
Even as the crisis unfolded, the Peterson Institute reassured Beltway insiders reporting arch-shock therapist, "Anders Åslund says the overthrow of President Baikyev was led by pro-democracy forces that will likely continue reforms and maintain ties with Washington."[10] In other words, the policies which have impoverished the population and promoted periodic brutal revolt and plundering will continue. Pity poor Kyrgyzstan, with such faithful friends and sponsors in Washington it has no hope of escaping from the syndrome of reform followed by impoverishment and then revolution. The continuation of the downward spiral seems pre-programmed.
Maybe ordinary Kyrgyz would welcome someone who plotted a different course from the tragic one pursued for two decades now, but sadly their tiny in-fighting political class has nothing to gain from abolishing a rent-seeking relationship with the Pentagon or other foreign sponsors. Until Kyrgyzstan stops the cycle of regime-change and finds new political leaders it looks doomed to repeat its unhappy past.
[1] For a British neo-cold warrior version of events, see Simon Tisdall, "Kyrgyzstan: a Russian revolution?The US is on the back foot in Central Asia after Vladimir Putin appears to be winning a round in the new Great Game" in The Guardian (8th April, 2010): http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/08/kyrgyzstan-vladimir-putin-barack-obama
[2] Broadcast 2.30pm GMT, 9th April, 2010.
[3] See Manon Loizeau, Revolution.com. L'evoluzione della Guerra fredda (23rd July, 2007): http://www.ariannaeditrice.it/articolo.php?id_articolo=12759 & http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=45233954 for one Bishkek-based Freedom House US activist's comment, "We've got wrapped up in that story of velvet revolutions, orange revolutions. I keep saying, 'I want to see a green revolution.' Bring in the money!" as he waves some US currency.
[4] See Isabel Gorst, "Bishkek curfew as dozens shot dead " FT.com (7th April, 2010): http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c3b7f250-421e-11df-9ac4-00144feabdc0.html
[5] See Dorothy Kosich, "Kyrgyz revolution unlikely to affect Kumtor – Centerra" Mineweb (8th April, 2010): http://www.mineweb.co.za/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page34?oid=102291&sn=Detail&pid=102055.
[6] See Nikola Krastev, "Democratic Decline Continues across Former Soviet States" RFE/RL (12th January, 2010): http://www.rferl.org/content/Report_Democratic_Decline_Continues_Across_Former_Soviet_States_/1927675.html
[7] See "Uprising in Kyrgyzstan" Peterson Institute for International Economics (7th April, 2010): http://www.piie.com/publications/interviews/interview.cfm?ResearchID=1538.
[8] See Isabel Gorst, "Bishkek curfew as dozens shot dead" FT.com (7th April, 2010): http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c3b7f250-421e-11df-9ac4-00144feabdc0.html.
[9] Who has forgotten Strobe Talbott's ineffable encomium of Akaev in 1994?: "We here in Washington think of President Akaev as the 'Thomas Jefferson' of Kyrgyzstan, and of Central Asia— and that's not just because he can quote from the writings of one of our own Founding Fathers. After hearing him engage Vice President Gore in a long and animated conversation about the potential of the information superhighway, I realized that President Akaev has more than a bit of Benjamin Franklin in him as well."
[10] See "Uprising in Kyrgyzstan" Peterson Institute for International Economics (7th April, 2010): http://www.piie.com/publications/interviews/interview.cfm?ResearchID=1538
Friday, 9 April 2010
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)


text:
Wichita, Kansas Public Records
Wichita, Kansas Public Records (15)
Wichita, Kansas Arrest Records (1)
The page must be viewed over a secure channel
Technical Information (for support personnel)
Wichita, Kansas Civil Records (1)
The page must be viewed over a secure channel
Technical Information (for support personnel)
Wichita, Kansas Court Records (3)
Wichita, Kansas Criminal Records (3)
The page must be viewed over a secure channel
Technical Information (for support personnel)
Wichita, Kansas Death Records (2)
Wichita, Kansas Driving Records (DMV) (1)
Wichita, Kansas Genealogy \ Research Tools (1)
Wichita, Kansas Laws, Statutes, and Legislation (1)
Wichita, Kansas Property Records Search (1)
Wichita, Kansas Warrants and Most Wanted Criminals (1)
Sedgwick County, Kansas Public Records (23)
Sedgwick County, Kansas Arrest Records (1)
Warrant Search
KASPER - Offender Population Search | City of Wichita Warrant Search
Sedgwick County, Kansas Assessor and Tax Records (2)
Property Appraisal & Tax Information / Payment Center - Sedgwick County, Kanas
Real Property (A piece of land, including the air above it and the ground below it, and any buildings or structures on it.)Personal Property (Property, other than real estate, owned by an individual, i.e. boats, jet skis, trailers, etc.)Both Real and Personal Property
Sedgwick County, Kansas Court Records (1)
Sedgwick County, Kansas Criminal Records (1)
Sedgwick County, Kansas Death Records (3)
Sedgwick County, Kansas Genealogy \ Research Tools (2)
Sedgwick County, Kansas Inmate Records (1)
Sedgwick County, Kansas Sheriff's Department - Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
If you have information as to the whereabouts of any of the individuals shown below please call the Sedgwick County Sheriff s Department at 1-800-874-6449 or 911 or contact your local law enforcement agency. You may also submit tips via our online report form
Sedgwick County, Kansas Maps and Geographic Records (4)
Sedgwick County, Kansas Property Records Search (3)
RMIS Instrument Search Registration
The information obtained from the information on this web site can not be used for prohibited purposes as set out in the Kansas Open Records Act
Sedgwick County, Kansas Recorder (1)
Sedgwick County, Kansas Sex Offenders (1)
Sedgwick County, Kansas Warrants and Most Wanted Criminals (3)
Sedgwick County, Kansas Sheriff's Department - Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
If you have information as to the whereabouts of any of the individuals shown below please call the Sedgwick County Sheriff s Department at 1-800-874-6449 or 911 or contact your local law enforcement agency. You may also submit tips via our online report form
Kansas Public Records (112)
Kansas Agriculture and Forestry Records (1)
Farm Subsidy Database
List of agriculture and farm subsidies provided by the environmental working group (EWG public affairs can be reached at (202) 667-6982)
Kansas Arrest Records (1)
Kansas Department of Corrections
Alternatively, you can specify a location, known to be the last supervision location, and narrow down the search to absconders who were supervised by that location before absconding
Kansas Assessor and Tax Records (1)
Kansas Court of Tax Appeals - Search Decisions
Kansas Court of Tax Appeals
Kansas Bank Records (2)
Division of Banking - Financial Institution Search
Office of the State Bank Commissioner - Division of Banking - Financial Institution Search
The next meeting of the Credit Union Council is scheduled for March 10, 2011 at 10 a.m. in the Kansas Department of Credit Unions Conference Room, 109 S.W. 9th Street, Suite 610, Topeka, KS
Kansas Business Records (12)
Agency Information
Licensees can provide us with a change of address by filling out the following Change of Address Form which will be emailed directly to us so we can update our files
Kansas Board of Pharmacy License Verification
Please initiate your search by providing a license number, or name information, or business/pharmacy information, then choose Search. Note: Please fill out only one search type listed below
Kansas Business Entity Search
Welcome to the Business Entity Search Station (BESS) for the Secretary of State s office
Kansas Business Entity Search
Welcome to the Business Entity Search Station (BESS) for the Secretary of State s office
Kansas Business Entity Search
Welcome to the Business Entity Search Station (BESS) for the Secretary of State s office
Kansas Business Entity Search
Welcome to the Business Entity Search Station (BESS) for the Secretary of State s office
Kansas Business Entity Search
Welcome to the Business Entity Search Station (BESS) for the Secretary of State s office
Kansas Business Entity Search
Welcome to the Business Entity Search Station (BESS) for the Secretary of State s office
Kansas Insurance Department, Commissioner Sandy Praeger
Official site of the Kansas Insurance Commissioner
Kansas.gov redirect
The Kansas Real Estate Commission (KREC) License Verification Database allows you to check the status of a Real Estate licensee in the State of Kansas. You may search by name, license number and the city of the responsible broker. The licensee data is updated daily. Please contact KREC if you need more current information
Office of the Kansas Securities Commissioner
2010 Proceedings 2009 Proceedings 2008 Proceedings 2007 Proceedings 2006 Proceedings 2005 Proceedings 2004 Proceedings 2003 Proceedings 2002 Proceedings 2001 Proceedings (June-December)
Kansas Campaign and Finance (3)
Conference Committee Briefs Conference committee briefs are explanations of bills as agreed to by conference committees (similar to supplemental notes). The conference committee reports themselves are only available in the Journals of the House and Senate
Ethics Commission - Campaign Contributor Data
Contributor Data
Governmental Ethics Commission Lobbyist Expenditure Report
Itemized Data: View data containing recipient name and itemized listing
Kansas Charities and Non-Profit Organizations (1)
Kansas Charity Check - Search
Many charities are exempt from registration under Kansas law. For the statutory list of charities that are exempt from registration, consult K.S.A. 17-1762
Kansas Civil Records (2)
Case Inquiry System for the Kansas Appellate Courts
State of Kansas Civil Employment Home Page
State of Kansas Recruitment
Kansas Court Records (8)
Kansas Corporation Commission Site Map
The Kansas Corporation Commission site map
Kansas Judicial Branch - Cases & Opinions
Office of Judicial Administration Telephone: 785.296.2256 Fax: 785.296.7076 Email: email@example.com
Kansas Judicial Branch - Cases and Opinions - Dockets and Oral Arguments
Office of Judicial Administration Telephone: 785.296.2256 Fax: 785.296.7076 Email: email@example.com
Kansas Judicial Branch - Court Administration
The Kansas Supreme Court 301 SW 10th Avenue Topeka Kansas 66612-1507
Kansas Secretary of State - Finance Rates
Lists are provided for Usury Rate, Kansas Code Mortgage Rate and Judgment Rate
KSB CM/ECF Live Area
Welcome to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas
Kansas Criminal Records (8)
KBI: Kansas Criminal History Record Check
Online record checks is a fee based service that allows a person to perform a public record name search against the Kansas Criminal History database
KBI: Kansas Criminal History Record Check
Online record checks is a fee based service that allows a person to perform a public record name search against the Kansas Criminal History database
KBI: Offender Registry
Narrow the search results to only offenders who are not in compliance with reporting requirements by selecting Non Compliant Only. You can also narrow the search results to only offenders who are in compliance with reporting requirements by selecting Compliant Only
KDOC Web
The item you requested does not exist on this server or cannot be served
KDOC Web
The item you requested does not exist on this server or cannot be served
KDOC Web
The item you requested does not exist on this server or cannot be served
Parole Absconders
Alternatively, you can specify a location, known to be the last supervision location, and narrow down the search to absconders who were supervised by that location before absconding
Kansas Driving Records (DMV) (2)
Kansas.gov - The Official Web site of the State of Kansas
Kansas.gov - The Official Web site of the State of Kansas
KHP Crash Log: Welcome
As such, in fatality crashes, the Patrol will withhold names of fatality victims until next of kin are notified. Official crash reports must still be obtained through the Kansas Highway Patrol General Headquarters Records section located at
Kansas Employment Records (5)
Online Communication Directory for the State of Kansas
This directory is a public record. Kansas Statute K.S.A. 45-230 states, No person shall knowingly sell, give or receive, for the purpose of selling or offering for sale, any property or service to persons listed therein, any list of names and addresses contained in or derived from public records
Welcome to the United States Department of Justice
Report Waste, Fraud, Abuse or Misconduct to the Inspector General
XPDNC - Kansas Labor Links
XPDNC Labour Directory - XPDNC Labor Directory present over 4000 links to individual web sites. Also included are links to union link pages. The majority of sites are sorted by geographic location
Kansas Genealogy \ Research Tools (1)
Services Directory - State of Kansas
The Kansas Services Directory was created to provide Kansas Citizens with easy access to information about services and programs. The directory is made possible because of a partnership of state agencies. Please send your comments and suggestions to firstname.lastname@example.com
Kansas Inmate Records (2)
Escapees — KDOC Web
Escaped: 3-29-2007
Kansas Laws, Statutes, and Legislation (6)
Kansas Administrative Regulations
Article 3 equal employment opportunity and affirmative action 1-3-1. revoked may 31, 1996. 1-3-2. revoked june 5, 2005 1-3-3. revoked may 31, 1996. 1-3-4. revoked may 31, 1996. 1-3-5 definitions. 1-3-6 equal employment opportunity
Kansas Data - Find Your Legislator Institute for Policy & Social Research
The web site of the Institute for Policy & Social Research
Kansas Legislature: KS Legislature Enrolled Bills
Home Bills Enrolled Bills Signed by the Governor and Adopted Resolutions
Session Laws
Ron Thornburgh Secretary of State First Floor, Memorial Hall 120 S.W. 10th Avenue Topeka, KS 66612-1594 (785) 296-4564
NOTICE The text of the Kansas Statutes is provided with the permission of the Revisor of Statutes of the State of Kansas
Kansas Maps and Geographic Records (3)
NACo : The Voice of America's Counties
The National Association of Counties (NACo) is the only national organization that represents county governments before the Administration and Congress. NACo provides essential services to the nation s 3,068 counties
National Register of Historical Places - KANSAS (KS)
National Register of Historical Places, Historical Properties, Historic Districts, Lodging, Shopping, Restaurants, Renovation Opportunities
The National Address Server
This service is meant for personal use. Please do not overload the server by using automated tools to query this server. IP addresses which conduct a large number of queries will be banned without warning
Kansas Missing Persons and Missing Children (1)
Kansas Private Investigator Records (2)
Access Kansas redirect
The State of Kansas Private Detective (P.I.) licensing database allows you to check the license status of either a Private Detective or Private Detective Agency
Kansas Professional License (27)
Help Starts Here - Welcome/Select a State
Help mends. In thousands of ways, social workers help people help themselves. People of every age. From every background. In every corner
Kansas Attorney General Opinions
Other Searches: Number | Date | Requestor | Attorney General | Author | in Topic | in Synopsis
Kansas Board of Pharmacy License Verification
The Kansas Board of Pharmacy (KBP) License Verification Database allows you to check the status of a Pharmacy licensee in the State of Kansas. You may search by name or license number. The information is updated the first business day of the week. Please contact the KBP if you need more current information
Kansas Doc Finder
To find your doctor in other participating AIM states Search Tips Kansas State Board of Healing Arts Home Page Who we are and how to contact us Aim Home Page The Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors
Kansas Dry Cleaners Verification
Search for Kansas dry cleaners that have a registration in good standing with the KDHE Bureau of Environmental Remediation
Kansas Insurance Department
Now available: Select agent by National Producer Number (NPN) , display of NPN and easier access to agent renewal information. Please make a selection
Kansas Judicial Branch - Office of Disciplinary Administration - Published Kansas Disciplinary Cases
Office of the Disciplinary Administrator 701 SW Jackson Street, 1st Floor Topeka Kansas 66603-3729 Telephone: 785.296.2486 Fax: 785.296.6049 Email: email@example.com
Kansas Real Estate Commission License Verification
The Kansas Real Estate Commission (KREC) License Verification Database allows you to check the status of a Real Estate licensee in the State of Kansas. You may search by name, license number and the city of the responsible broker. The licensee data is updated daily. Please contact KREC if you need more current information
Kansas State Board of Healing Arts License Verification
The Kansas Board of Healing Arts License Verification Search allows citizens the ability to perform a limited search for medical professionals in their area and verify those professionals licenses
Kansas State Board of Nursing License Verification
Welcome to the Kansas Board of Nursing License Verification Web site. This page is the official verification Web site of the Kansas State Board of Nursing
Kansas State Board of Nursing License Verification
Welcome to the Kansas Board of Nursing License Verification Web site. This page is the official verification Web site of the Kansas State Board of Nursing
Kansas.gov redirect
License Verification Disciplinary Actions Helpful Hints Privacy Statement Contact Information BSRB Web site Kansas.gov
KBI: Private Investigation Licensing Verification
The State of Kansas Private Investigation (P.I.) License Verification Database allows you to check the license status of either a Private Investigator or Private Investigation Agency
License Verification - Kansas Dental Board
The Kansas Dental Board (KDB) License Verification Database allows you to check the status of a Dental Board licensee in the State of Kansas. You may search by name or license number. The information is updated the first business day of the week. Please contact the KDB if you need more current information
List of Kansas Optometrists
Disciplinary actions are reported in the January issue of the Newsletter each year Newsletter Archives
(Please use the button below to confirm date of last criminal record check for Non-Licensed/Non-Certified Individuals) /input
Membership Directory
You may submit a query by providing the last name and/or firm and/or city name. To create a list of all the members whose last name begins with A type in the letter A. Chapters | Committees | Continuing Ed & Activities | Membership Application | Member Web Pages | PAAK Home | Officers & Board Members | Scholarships | Tax Links
PAAK-Public Accountants Association of Kansas
P.O. Box 2732 Salina, KS 67402-2732 785-827-PAAK FAX 785-827-0283 Email: email@example.com
Search Roster Data Form
This database will allow you to search for a specific individual, business entity, or you may search for groups based upon a partial or complete string of text
Kansas Property Records Search (6)
Kansas.gov - The Official Web site of the State of Kansas
Kansas.gov - The Official Web site of the State of Kansas
Medicare.gov - Nursing Home Compare - Geography Questions
This section of Medicare.gov provides detailed information about the past performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country
Zillow - Real Estate, Homes for Sale & Real Estate Values
Zillow provides free real estate information. Search homes for sale, home prices, home values, recently sold homes, mortgage rates, apartment rentals, and more
Microsoft VBScript runtime
Kansas Recorder (1)
KSRODS Contacts Page1
1 north washington
Kansas School Records (2)
Kansas Schools - Kansas State School Ratings - Public and Private
Kansas school information: Test scores, school parent reviews and more. Plus, get expert advice to help find the right school for your child
Kansas Sex Offenders (2)
KBI: Offender Registry
Narrow the search results to only offenders who are not in compliance with reporting requirements by selecting Non Compliant Only. You can also narrow the search results to only offenders who are in compliance with reporting requirements by selecting Compliant Only
KBI: Offender Registry
Narrow the search results to only offenders who are not in compliance with reporting requirements by selecting Non Compliant Only. You can also narrow the search results to only offenders who are in compliance with reporting requirements by selecting Compliant Only
Kansas Unclaimed Money (2)
Kansas State Treasurer Website - UP Search Criteria
You may also expand your search capabilities by clicking on advanced search below the entry fields
Kansas State Treasurer Website - UP Search Disclaimer
Under the Unclaimed Property Act, no person can charge a finder s fee within the first two years after the asset is reported to the Kansas State Treasurer s Office
Kansas Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Filing (2)
Kansas Secretary of State - Uniform Commercial Code
General information on the Business Entities Division of the Secretery of State's Office
Kansas Secretary of State | Home
Don t let an election pass you by! Easily verify your voting eligibility and complete an application
Kansas Voter Registration Records (1)
Kansas Warrants and Most Wanted Criminals (7)
Kansas.gov - The Official Web site of the State of Kansas
Kansas.gov - The Official Web site of the State of Kansas
Kansas.gov - The Official Web site of the State of Kansas
Kansas.gov - The Official Web site of the State of Kansas
KBI - Kansas Bureau of Investigation - Kansas Most Wanted
Kansas Bureau of Investigation - Kansas Most Wanted
Parole Absconders
Alternatively, you can specify a location, known to be the last supervision location, and narrow down the search to absconders who were supervised by that location before absconding
Warrant Search
KASPER - Offender Population Search | City of Wichita Warrant Search
Kansas Workers Compensation (1)
Workers Compensation - Workmans Comp Service Center
The National website providing workers compensation information, news, facts, and contact information for employees, employers, insurers, and medical providers. Find rules, statutes, forms, and professional help relating to workplace injuries and disabilities in the U.S
US and International Public Records (227)
US and International Assessor and Tax Records (2)
State and Local Tax Burdens (1977-2009)
Find out how much tax you're paying. The site calculates the total amount paid by the residents in taxes, then divides those taxes by the state's total income to compute a "tax burden."
Unclaimed IRS refunds - The Denver Post
Unclaimed IRS refunds
US and International Aviation Records (9)
International - FlightAware - Live Flight Tracking
Live Tracking Maps, Flight Status, and Airport Delays for airline flights, private/GA flights, and airports. Track a flight by departure city and arrival city or by airline name and flight #. You can also view information or activity by typing in the the airport code or airport city.
U.S. - Aircraft Accidents - Military Aviation Incident Reports
Free Database: Aircraft Accident Reports 1918-1955 ... family member, squadron history, lost wabirds and crash sites ... Research and reproduction of military USAF, USAAF, USN & USMC reports and photos of airplane crashes and mishaps.
U.S. - AirNav - Aviation Information
The site provides information on various airports and their traffic. You can search by state or by country/territory. Click on Advanced Search for more options. View all the latest public-use airport identifier changes.
U.S. - Cockpit Voice Recorder
This site provides cockpit voice recorder reports from 1962 to present day. The CVRs are transcripts of aviation accidents and incidents. Aviation news is also available on the site.
U.S. - Dept of Transportation - FAA Accident & Incident Data
This is the Federal Aviation Administration site. It provides free accident and incident data reports to the public. The reports date back to 2005 until present day.
U.S. - Dept of Transportation - FAA Airline Certificate Information
You can access airline certificate information through the Federal Aviation Administration website. Complete a search by airline name or by its location, or choose the advanced search option. Complete a search using partial airline name.
U.S. - Dept of Transportation - FAA Registry N-Number Inquiry
Search Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) N-numbers online.
U.S. - Dept of Transportation - FAA Registry Name Inquiry
Search Federal Aviation Administration Registry by Name
U.S. - Landings - Busiest Aviation Hub
Huge Database: Search FAA certified pilots by name or medical class or CFI expiration. N-Number Database & Reserved N-Number (updated monthly) ... Basic Search, Expanded Search, Owner Search, Multiple Field Registration Search, Aircraft Database (Codes) and much more
US and International Bank Records (22)
Canada - Alberta Treasury Branches (ATB) Financial - Branch Locator
To search for information on a particular ATB Financial branch or agency (including branch name, address, telephone number, hours of operations, and transit number) please enter a search phrase in the space below, or use the Quick Search Menu to search alphabetically
Europe - Bolagsverket - Products & Services
As a customer of the European Business Register (EBR) you may search for information on approximately 20 million enterprises in more than 20 countries
Finland (Finnish) - Finnish Business Information System (BIS)
Use the BIS Information Service to search for a company using the Business ID. You can further specify your search by selecting a suitable company form. More search tips
Guernsey - Financial Services Commission
The site provides information on all businesses within the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
India - Finance, Banking & Insurance
Indian web directory banking section
International - AAA Bank Directory - Banks of the World
Search through 13018 Banks and 55978 Branches around the world
International - American Express - Cash ATM Finder
AMEX ATM Finder: Search by Country, Airport Code, Financial Institution or Address
International - Bank Identification Number (BIN) or Issuer Identification Number (IIN) Database
Identifies bank issuer of Visa/Mastercard accounts. Used by the FBI and Justice Department to assist in Hotwatch surveillance orders.
International - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Free public reports on failed banks including failures and assistance transactions provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
International - HSBC Bank - Find a Branch or Local ATM
HSBC The Worlds Local Bank: Search for a local Branch and/or ATM
International - Jersey Financial Services Commission - Regulated Banks
Search banks by name listed alphabetically or type name in search box
International - Jersey Financial Services Commission - Regulated Trust Company Business
Search Trust Company Business by name listed alphabetically or by typing name in search box
International - Mastercard Law Enforcement Request System
Law enforcement request system for Mastercard. Identified as DOJ Hotwatch tool by FOIA request Christopher Soghoian in his slight paranoia blog.
New Zealand - Reserved Bank of - Registered Banks in
Search through records of registered banks in New Zealand
Switzerland - SW Consulting SA - Directory of Swiss Banks
Directory of licensed banks in Switzerland.
U.S. - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - Failed Bank List
Free information on banks that have failed (if applicable). This list includes failed banks since October 1, 2000. Download the CVS file to view the list.
U.S. - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - Institution Directory
Search by Bank Holding Companies, Institutions, Offices or complete an Advanced Features search
U.S. - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - Special Alerts
Subscribe Search Special Alerts Previous Special Alerts 2007
U.S. - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - Unclaimed Funds
When a failed financial institution (bank or savings and loan) with federal deposit insurance is liquidated, the FDIC resolution division is responsible for paying
U.S. - Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS)
This is the Federal Reserve Financial Services website where you can search for Fedwire participants. Type in the field box a name, choose from the pull down menu a state or territory, city, or type in the routing number.
U.S. - Federal Reserve System - FFIEC Council National Information Center
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) National Information Center: Institution Search by Name, City, State, County or Type
U.S. - National Credit Union Administration
Search Data from Credit Union Directory, Credit Union Freedom, of Information Act (FOIA) - Search for a Credit Union in your area
US and International Birth Records and Adoption Records (2)
International - RootsWeb part of Ancestry.com
Free database containing records of births, marriages, deaths and other family information.
New Zealand - Government - Births, Deaths & Marriages
Search New Zealand Government records site for births, deaths and marriages
US and International Business Records (60)
Anguilla, British West Indies - Financial Services
Search: Request information by company name or by personal information
Aruba - Business Registry of Aruba
Search the free registry database to lookup information on companies in Aruba.
Australia - Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC)
Search by Organization Number, Name or by State | National Names Index - Index of Corporate and Business Names
Australia - CITEC - South Australia
Queensland, South Australia Corporate searches and reports, Land searches, vehicle lodgements and searches, police searches, legal lodgements and searches.
Austria - Telecom Austria
Unified Communications Produkte & Lösungen
Belgium - Coface Services
Search by National No/VAT No, Enterprise No, Trade Clerk's Office, Non-Profit Companies No, Name of Business and/or Address
Bermuda - Registrar of Companies
Want information on companies doing business in Bermuda? View free information on online applications for service providers and companies in Bermuda.
Canada - Corporations Canada
Search for a Federal Corporation in Canada
Canada - Edward Island - Corporate/Business Names Registry
Search database by registration number or by name: Corporate/Business Names Registry
Canada - Government of Alberta, Canada
Government site of Alberta, Canada: Search Consumer Information, Vital Statistics, Business & Charities, Government Buying & Selling, and a lot more
Canada - Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Companies and Deeds Online (CADO) - Government Services
Canada - Nova Scotia - Registry of Joint Stock Companies - Search Database
Search Our Database Who Needs to Register? Forms and Information Name Reservation Request Status Definitions Fee Notice ULC Tax Bulletins Contact RJSC
Canada - On Corp Direct
Ontorio's record of business information - use the website's name search services, incorporation services, small business name search and registration, corporation searches, corporation filings, corporate supplies, or the securities search and registration
Canada - System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR)
Search free database for public company documents of all types, filings, search by industry or company name
Canada - Toronto - Stock Listing on Toronto Stock Exchange
Browse our stock listings directory to find all companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange. Search for a stock listing by company name or symbol
Canton of St. Gallen - Commercial Register Office
The Commercial Register Office - Search by Company Name, Businesses and/or Indiduals
Cayman Islands - ECAY Business
Search the Registrar of Companies of Cayman Islands
Curaçao - Chamber of Commerce
Services Registry Search Company Registry Forms Registry Statistics Business Info Guide Services Search Business Info Guide Update Profile Advertising Survey Library Investment Guide Momentum New Publications Website Directory Business Publications Training & Advice General Training Schedule Business Advice Support Programs Faston E-Fondo ADA Fondo Keramika Business Opportunities Local International B.O. Forums
Cyprus - Companies of
Free Cyprus Companies Database Search - by Name, Registration Number and/or Date
Czech Republic - ARES - Economic Entities - Ministry of Finance of the
Search by Business Name and tons of other options.
Denmark - Business Registry of Denmark
Central Business Register (CVR) contains primary data on all businesses in Denmark
Estonia - Estonian Center of Registers and Information System
Search through records on Commercial Register, Land Register or e-Notary
Europe - European Business Register (EBB)
Free and easy access to information about European companies
Europe - Infogreffe - Les Greffes des Tribunaux de Commerce
European Legal Information About Companies Search Database by Company Name or Acronym, or Identification Number (SIREN) ... you have options to Expand your search
Europe - The European Business Registry
Central Business Register (CVR) contains primary data on all businesses in Denmark, covering both public and private businesses
Germany - Common register portal of the German federal states
Registers of companies, cooperatives and partnerships, and associations registered in all federal states in Germany
Hong Kong - The Cyber Search Centre of the Integrated Companies Registry Information System (ICRIS)
Conduct searches online in either English or Chinese on the current data of registered companies in Hong Kong and the image records of documents registered and kept by the Registrar of Companies.
India - Ministry of Corporate Affairs - Government of India
Find Company by : Name, CIN/FCRN, Country of Origin, Registration Number, and/or Type
International - CAROL
Free search tool to find company annual reports - search by name, sector, region, and/or stock exchange
International - Economist Intelligence Unit : Research
Complete a research using Custom Research or Business Research options
International - Morningstar Mutual Fund Analyst Reports
Browse Morningstar to get Fund, ETF, or Stock Analyst Reports. The site also offers plenty of tools to help you understand the market and investments. Full articles, calculators, reports, and a news...
International - NYSE, NYSE Arca, NYSE EuroNext, NYSE Alternext, NYSE Amex
Search The Listings Directory By Name, Region or Industry
International - SEC EDGAR Company Search
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Company Search through EDGAR ... Enter Company Name, or Ticker Symbol, or File Number, to find fillings of the company you are looking for.
Ireland - Company Information Direct
Find company information filed at the Irish Companies Registration Office since 2000
Jamaica - Companies Office
Search by Company Name or by Business Name - the site also offers a lot of information on how to run a business in Jamaica
Latvia - LURSOFT
Find all companies, enterprises and associations registered and doing business in Latvia - Free public records
Luxembourg - Business Registry of Luxembourg
Search various information. Site supported by the European Business Register (EBR)
Netherlands - Kamer Van Koophandel (KVK) - Netherlands Chamber of Commerce
Search Trade Register by Name/Location, Zip Code/House Number, Location/Street/House Number, or by Chamber of Commerce Registration number
New Nouveau Brunswick - Corporate Affairs Registry of
Search by Reference Number, by Keyword or 15 digit number assigned to business/registrant
New Zealand - Companies Office
Doing doing business in New Zealand? Browse through this registry
Norway - The Brønnøysund Register Centre
Search free database on business enterprises, mortgaged movable property, marriage settlements, and a lot more in the Brønnøysund Register Centre
Serbian Business Registers Agency (SBRA)
Search by: Companies, Entrepreneurs, Pledges, Associations and a lot more
Slovak Republic - Business Registry of Slovak Republic
Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic Business Register on Internet | Search by business name, identification number, registered seat, registration number or by name of a person
South Africa - Department of Trade and Industry
Search Enterprise by Name, by Number or by Type ... Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office
Spain - Business Registry of Madrid
How to do business in Spain? Free access to business information provided by the Provincial Trade Register
Switzerland - The Commercial Registers in
Search by Business Name or by Identification Number
U.S. - ATFOnline - U.S. Department of Justice
Search through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (AFT) US Department of Justice website: Search by Federal Firearms Licence Number or by other options
U.S. - CCR (Central Contractor Registration) Search
This is a Federal Government computer system. Use of this system constitutes consent to monitoring at all times
U.S. - Channel Island, California - Jersey Financial Services Commission - Company Search
Search JFSC Companies Registry by Type, Name, Registration Number and/or by Entity type
U.S. - Federal Trade Commission
The federal trade commission offers to the public access to the registered identification number database for free
U.S. - FINRA BrokerCheck
Free Records check the background of your investment professional and/or look up a brokerage firm or individual broker in BrokerCheck
U.S. - Hoovers Business Solutions
Search Hoovers by Company Name, People or by Industry
U.S. - MSHA - Mine Data Retrieval System - U.S. Dept of Labor
Federal enforcement agency responsible for the health and safety of the nation's miners
U.S. - National Futures Association (NFA)
Search through this free database by NFA ID Number, Firm Name, Individual Name, or by Pool Name
U.S. - Norcross, Georgia - Site Selection's Guide to Utilities
Search by State/Region or by Utility ... Site Selection's Guide to Utilities
U.S. - Salary Wizard - MySalary.Com
Search through this free database to find salaries by job title and location
U.S. - Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
To locate the drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs nearest you, find your State on the map below and click on it
U.S. - The Better Business Bureau (BBB)
Search by Business/Charity Name, Type of Business, or by Phone, URL or Email
U.S. - Zoom Info
Browse through this free database of people summaries
United Kingdom - Companies House - Company Information Exchange in UK
Search by Company Name or by Company Number
US and International Charities and Non-Profit Organizations (3)
International - Better Business Bureau (BBB) - Charities & Donors
Site for charities and donors. This site offers Charity Reports and a ton of information on and for Donors.
International - Internal Revenue Services (IRS)
Search by Organization Name, by Location or by Deductibility Code ... United States Department of the Treasure.
International - Rick A. Ross Institute of New Jersey - Controversial Groups & Cults Archives
Records on controversial groups archives, cult movements and cult activity.
US and International Civil Records (6)
U.S. - Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Search for Case Information by Case Docket Reports, Decisions and Opinions, or by Archived Cases about Veterans Claims
U.S. - Court of Federal Claims
Search the US Database by Content or Attachment - There is an Advanced Search Options
U.S. - Supreme Court - Docket Search
Search for cases by Supreme Court docket number, lower court docket number, or case name.
U.S. - The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse - University of Michigan Law School
Search by Case, Document, People, Case Study/Biography, Article or Web Link
U.S. - Tribal Court Clearinghouse - Tribal Court Decisions
Search the database for Tribal Court information or Appellate decisions
U.S. - United States Tax Court
Search records by Docket Inquiry - Docket Number, Individual Party Name or Corporate Name Keyword
US and International Criminal Records (7)
Australia - Australian Federal Police (AFP)
Who controls crime in Australia? The Australian Federal Police (AFP) provides free public access to its database.
Australia (New South Wales) - Supreme Court - Court of Criminal Appeal
Looking for South Wales court records? Search this free public database.
Australia (South) - Dept of Public Works - Confirm
Representatives working on criminal incidents can access this police reports database ... crime reports in Queensland and Victoria
Canada - Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Civil Fingerprint Screening Services
CFSS is responsible for processing criminal record search results only, and plays no role in the decision making process relating to the purpose of an application
England - The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)
Browse through CRB's criminal records database: information is available to employers and licensing authorities
U.S. - Dept of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons
The FBP is an agency of the US Department of Justice. Search database by ID Number (Register Number, DCDC Number, FBI Number or INS Number) or by Name.
U.S. - National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) - Theft & Fraud Awareness
Use the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) to find out if that car is stolen - Free public records
US and International Death Records (11)
International - Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records
Free public resource for finding the resting place of famous folks, friends and family members.
International - icasualties.org - Iraq Coalition Casualty Count
Search by Fatalities, US Wounded, By State, By Base, By Nationality, By Year, By Month, By Province... This site provides a plethora of information, news, statistics and help relating to information on casualties during Operation Iraqi Freedom
International - Interment.net - Cemetery Records Online
Free public online library of records from cemeteries around the world. Great for students, historical and genealogy research.
International - Legacy.com - Obituaries
Obituaries, Death Notices, Newspaper Obituaries, Online Obituaries, Newspaper Death Notices, Online Death Notices ... 800 newspapers in North America, Europe and Australia
New Zealand - Government - Deaths Records
New Zealand Government records of births, deaths and marriages ... Search by Family Name, Given Name, From Date to Date, or by Registration Number
U.S. - Dept of Veterans Affairs - Nationwide Gravesite Locator
Search for burial locations of veterans and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker
U.S. - National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
This site is part of Nam Us, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. This database is designed to search for matches against the Missing Persons System
U.S. - Orbits Archive.com Powered by Newslibrary
Obits Archive.com is an archive of obituaries and death notices from hundreds of newspapers. Each obituary or death notice is indexed by name of the deceased to make searching easier and more precise
U.S. - Rootsweb.com - Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Search the Social Security Death Index by entering last name, first name, middle initial, or social security #
U.S. - The Cazette Obituaries
Browse through daily reported newspaper listings obituaries. Search by Last and First Name. Photos available, Name/Date, Age, City, Funeral Home, and Funeral Date information available.
U.S. - United States of America Cemetery Records - Genealogy
Search and browse United States cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions for USA genealogy research
US and International Driving Records (DMV) (1)
U.S. - Dept of Transportation - Safety & Fitness Electronic Records System SAFER Web
Users can search by DOT Number, MC/MX Number or Company Name. Query Result Information USDOT Number MC/MX Number Name SAFER Table Layout Enter Value: SAFER Table Layout
US and International Employment Records (1)
2012 Federal Salary Tables
General Schedule, Law Enforcement, Judges, and other Federal wages and salaries for 2012
US and International Environmental Records (1)
U.S. - Dept of Labor - Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Search for OSHA inspections by establishment name
US and International Genealogy \ Research Tools (6)
International - News Archives on the Web
Search for Archives in the U.S. or in select the international, Canadian or Asian link - there is also an option for Other Sources
International - Search all Craig's
Search all of Craigslist site
U.S. - Dept of Commerce - Patent and Trademark Office
This page provides the major documentation, tools, applications, links, and useful information for all your trademark needs.
U.S. - HomeTownNews.com
Find the link to that daily and/or that weekly US newspapers you are looking for
U.S. - Mool - Media Search Engine
Searching within over 4,500 broadcast media, newspapers, & national magazine websites
U.S. - United States Patent and Trademark Office
Part of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Site ... Follow the steps to complete an advanced search ... free access to public database
US and International Historical Records (2)
International - Internet Archive - Free Movies, Music, Books & Wayback Machine
Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 150 billion archived web pages
U.S - A Digital Library of Tobacco Documents
Search this free public database for documents/studies relating to the tobacco industry. Browse through over 11 million documents (60+ million pages)
US and International Internet Records (4)
International - Blekko - Search engine
Blekko is a search engine which reveals metrics about every site on the internet.
International - Domain Dossier - Domain and IP address Search
Need information on an IP address or domain? search whois record, network whois record, DNS records, service scan, or traceroute
International - ReverseInternet.com - Competitive Intelligence
Search Backlink checker, Adsense Sites, Clickbank Affiliate Spy and other things SEO.
U.S. - American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
ARIN Online ADVANCED SEARCH Query: POC, Handle, Name, Domain, Network, ASN, Organization, Number, and/or Customer.
US and International Laws, Statutes, and Legislation (18)
Africa - Tunisian - Code Procedure Penal
Tunisian law in full text : All Codes, Banking and Financial Law, Economic and Commercial Law, Tax Law, Various Branches, Civil Law, Constitutional Law, etc
Argentina - LEGISLAW - Legislation Criminal Law
Need information on Criminal Law in Argentina? Browse through this free public records LEGISLAW site.
Australia - Australian Legal Information Institute
Search 451 databases from all Australasian jurisdictions ... Free public database
Canada - Dept of Justice - Justice Laws Web Site
Complete an advanced Search through Canada's Department of Justice website - fill in Text, Type, Title, Chapter/Registration Number, Select Point in time, Search in, Show # of hits, etc
Chile - Criminal Procedure Code - Secretariat José Luis Alliende Leiva
First Book General Provisions Title 1 Basics ... up to ... Title VIII Execution of sentences and security measures
Finland (Finnish) - Finnish Ministry of Justice
Finnish Penal Code (General Part). Chapter 1 Scope of Application of the Criminal Law in Finland (626/1996) ... up to ... Chapter 9 Corporate Criminal Liability (743/1995)
France - LEGIFRANCE - Penal Code
Go to the government site for more legal documents. Follow the listed link to complete a Search in full code or open page, article number or keywords.
Germany - German Penal Code General Part
A split page, one side written in German the other provides the translation in English of the German Penal Code General Part Chapter 1. The Penal Law Title 1. Scope of Applicability ... The site provides information starting from Title 1.Scope of Applicability ... up to ... Title 5.Freedom from Punishment for Parliamentary Statements and Reports
Germany - University Salzburg - Public Criminal Law
Search through the University's Archives.
International - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Search WIPO Cases and WIPO Panel Discussions. Free public database with various options for research
International - World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)
Search: WorldLII >> Categories >> Countries >> Legistation. AustLII is a contributor of the site ... a wealth of legal information on countries around the world
Israel - "Penal Law--Draft Proposal and New Code," 30 Israel Law Review 5-27 (1996)
Penal Law of Israel (626/1996) Unofficial English Translation Preliminary Part (626/1996). Legality Punishment Title One Basic Provisions ... up to ... Title Seven Miscellaneous Provisions
Mexico - Federal Legislation - Criminal Code
Federal Criminal Code First Book Preliminary Title Article 1 ... up to ... Chapter 5 Article 421 Provisions Common to Environmental Crimes
Nigeria - Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999
Criminal Code Act Chapter 77 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990 starting from Chapter 1 Interpretation ... up to ... Chapter 55 Accessories after the Fact
Spain - Legislation Database - Penal Code
Read the Explanatory Statement from Don Juan Carlos I, King of Spain. Read/search through all Organic Law 10/1995 November 23 and present, preliminary titles articles, Chapters, etc ... the site provides a wealth of legal Articles pertaining to the law in Spain.
Sweden - Swiss Confederation - Systematic Collection of Federal Law
Supported by The Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation. Search through State law, International law, bilateral agreements, parliamentary committees, court, votes, land law, contract law, repealed enactments, public law, etc
Sweden - The Ministry of Justice - The Swedish Penal Code
Free public access to The Swedish Penal Code covering from Preface Ds 1999:36 up to Chapter 38 Certain Procedural Provisions, etc.
U.S. - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Warning Letters
U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations - Warning Letters ... there is an option to complete a more advanced search.
US and International Maps and Geographic Records (5)
International - Geolocation & Online Fraud Prevention from Max Mind
Geolocation determines the country, region, city and ISP of your Internet visitors
International - Map Quest Maps
Use Map Quest for driving directions and maps. See local traffic and road conditions, find nearby businesses and restaurants, plus explore street maps and satellite photos in your local area or abroad
U.S. - Drug Enforcement Administration - National Clandestine Laboratory Register
Free public service on information containing addresses of locations law agencies reported findings of chemicals or other items such as drug laboratories or dumpsites
U.S. - Geocoder.us / Geocoder.net
Enter a US address or intersection to find the latitude and longitude. You must include a city and state or a ZIP code.
U.S. - Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Site supported by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Geological Survey. The United States Board on Geographic Names - Search the Query Form For The United States and Its Territories. The site provides options for Advanced Search, Search Antarctica Data, Search Federal Codes, Search Topographic Map / Digital Product Cells
US and International Maritime Records (6)
International - ABS - Marine and Offshore Classification
Free public information on Marine & Offshore classification dating back to 1999
International - Ships at sea: positions and weather observations
Search by one ship by call sign, Map all ships near location, or search for ship by name - all ships worldwide
U.S. - Navigation Information Connection
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Locate a Vessel by Vessel Name or Vessel Number LRD Only. Other useful information also available on the site.
U.S. - NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Fisheries Service
Office of Science and Technology Vessel Documentation Search by ID. You will need the USCG official number or use the option to search by name
U.S. - USCG (United States Coast Guard) Boating.org
Boating Safety Resource Center. Welcome to the official website of the U.S. Coast Guard's Boating Safety Division. Enter a keyword to search for ... Other very useful information on the site such as regulations, safety precautions, recalls & safety defects, statistics, grants, etc
U.S.- Homeport: US State Coast Guard Vessel Response Plan
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard website. Information on Vessel Response Plan Program: EVRP/Revision Reports, Salvage and Marine Fire Fighting, Contact Information, Maps and Photos, Nontank Vessel Response Plans, Important Documents, Regulatory Updates, Tank Vessel, Response Plans, Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (SOPEP/SMPEP) and other information
US and International Marriage Records (2)
Canada - Library and Archives - Upper and Lower Canada Marriage Bonds
This free public database contains references for Upper Canada (Ontario) and Canada (Quebec)
New Zealand - Government - Marriage Records
Enter a Family Name and Search From Date or A Registration Number. Looking for information on New Zealand marriage records?
US and International Medical Records (9)
Italy - Azienda USL 4 Prato - How to ...
Italian website. How to get medical records, make a complaint, find a doctor, make declaration of birth, obtaining transport services, information for foreigners and non-EU members, and much more, labor, business and trade, and much more.
U.S. - American Health Information Community (AHIC)
Information on The American Health Information Community (AHIC) and The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ... Access the Health IT Archives or follow the link to view a listing of the AHIC VideoCasts
U.S. - Bureau of Consumer Protection : What Insurers Need to Know
Use the free Consumer Reports to find out What Insurers Need to Know? Do you comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)?
U.S. - Flu.gov : Know What to Do about The Flu
Search Flu Frequent Questions (FAQs) Everything you need to know about the Flu
U.S. - Medicare & Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs
Official government site: Find information on Eligibility, Registration and Attestation,Certified EHR Technology, Meaningful Use, Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Basics, and a lot more - full articles Medicaid State Information Medicare Advantage Spotlight and Upcoming Events Educational Materials EHR Incentive Program Regulations and Notices
U.S. - National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
National Association of Insurance Commissioners & The Center for Insurance Policy and Research website. Use the pull-down menu to select the state you want information on. The site provides other general information on the conduct of insurance companies and agents in their respective state or territory.
U.S. - Occupational Safety and Administration (OSHA) Medical Access Order
OSHA access to employee medical records will... this site is part of the United States Department of Labor
U.S. - Privacy Rights Clearinghouse : Medical Records Privacy
Free public access to answers such as What do my medical records contain? Who has access to my medical records?, How can I protect the privacy of my medical records?, How do I get access to my own medical records?
U.S. - The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
United States Department of Labor website on The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ... Find information on Compliance Assistance Materials, Recordkeeping, Applicable Laws and Regulations, and a lot more
US and International Military Records (3)
U.S. - Honor the Fallen - Military Database
Search the database by name, rank, conflict or service, search DoD announcement
U.S. - Selective Service System - Online Registration Verification
Need to look-up a man's Selective Service number? and the date he registered? Enter last name, social security number, and date of birth - free public access
U.S. - The National Archives - Genealogy/ Personal History Military Personnel
Looking for Military Personnel? This is a free public database - Access to Archival Databases
US and International Missing Persons and Missing Children (4)
International - National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
The US Department of Justice offers this free access to compiled information on missing and exploited children. Complete a quick search for "missing children in the USA only" or browse the more search options tab
International - Child Quest International, Inc - Missing Children
Lots of useful information, contacts, resources, and help. International website with posted pictures of missing children
International - INTERPOL database
Fill out the Search Criteria by Name or Birth Name, Forenames, Nationality, Current age between, sex, etc . Browse through the world's largest police organization free public database
U.S. - National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Quick Search including sex, race, ethnicity, date last known alive, age last known alive, state last known alive. New records are added every day - free public access
US and International People Finder and Skiptrace (13)
International - 411.com: Find Anyone's Email Address
International calling Codes and/or International Directories. WhitePages is the worlds largest and most trusted source for peoples contact information, with more than 200M people!
International - AnyWho supported by AT&T
AnyWho is part of AT&T - Find a Business by name or phone number, Find a person by last name or first name
International - ICQ People Search
Search through ICQ. Find a Friend by Gender, Age, Country, First Name, Last Name, Nickname, ICQ Number or follow the site's Advance Search option
International - Myspace Friend Finder
Find Friends on Myspace - Trying to find a long lost friend or want to make new friends? Use Myspace Friend Finder to find friends and connect with co-workers. Search by email address or name. Myspace - A Place for Friends
International - NameBase.org
Search by Last Name, First Name or Last Name only.
International - Wink People Search
Find people by name and get their phone number, address, Websites, photos, work, and plenty of other information
International - Yahoo! Pulse Find a Person
Use Yahoo! Pulse to sign up and find someone you think is on the web
U.S. - 411.com Find Anyone's Profiles and Photos
Find Zip Code by city, state and/or Find Location by Zip Code. WhitePages is the worlds largest and most trusted source for peoples contact information, with more than 200M people!
U.S. - 411.com Free Directory Assistance
Find a Person or Business with our free White Pages and Yellow Pages...411.com is a part of the world's largest and most trusted source for find people and businesses
U.S. - Switchboard Your Digital Directory
Telephone Directory: Internet Yellow Pages, Internet White Pages - Search for a Business Name or Category and/or Search by Location. Find a Person, Find a Car, or Search the Web options available.
U.S. - United States Postal Service: Find a ZIP Code
Zip Code Lookup. Search and Find a Zip Code by Entering an Address ... (You can also search for a partial address, such as "Main Street, Fairfax, VA.")
U.S. - What's yoName? People and Business Search
Search for people across social networks, blogs and more...enter an email address, username, first & last name or phone number... or use the advanced search options
U.S. - ZabaSearch: Free People Search and Public Information Search Engine
U.S. postal addresses & telephone numbers exposed to the public for free
US and International Professional License (13)
International - Excluded Parties List System (EPLS)
Find out if that party is excluded from receiving Federal benefits of any kind
International - QRZ.com Radio World
Free search of names and places through world radio
International - The Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO)
Verify a Real Estate License by First or Last Name, State/Province/Territory
U.S. - American Electrology Association
What is electrolysis? Get rid of that unwanted hair. Look for a professional in your area, read articles & resources, find frequently asked questions, find permanent hair removal location in your state, and a lot more on this site
U.S. - American Medical Association (AMA)
Who is the right doctor in your area? Browse free public information on over 814,000 doctors in the United States
U.S. - CareerOneStop - Pathways to Career Success
Search by License Name, License Description, Agency, Or Browse by Occupations, Agencies
U.S. - Certified Financial Planner: Board of Standards, Inc.
Looking for the best Certified Financial Planner professional in your area? Find free public information by completing a search through this link
U.S. - Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Search all Records by Full Text or by Last Name, Discipline, School, City and/or State
U.S. - KnowX a LexisNexis® Company DEA Registrations
Free public records of businesses and individuals that are registered under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)
U.S. - Martindale - Find a Lawyer or Law Firm
Looking for the best lawyer in your area? Browse by practice area or location, Lawyers & Law Firms by popular practice, Law Firms by popular cities. This site is supported by LexisNexis
U.S. - Medicare.gov - Find a Doctor, Compare Hospitals, etc
Find Facilities & Doctors, Compare Hospitals, Compare Nursing Homes, Research Health & Drug plans, Plan for your Long-Term Care Needs, Find Suppliers of Medical Equipment, or Browse through the Resource Locator ... Free public database
U.S. - Sanctioned Educators - National Database of Problem Teachers Flawed
Search free public records for licensed educators whose certificate are no longer valid or report a negative mark
Welcome to the ARELLO® International Licensee Verification Web Site
The information here is deemed to be reliable, but please see the Important Legal Notices section of this site for more information on the data available here
US and International Property Records Search (7)
International - Mortgage-Net Dictionary of Mortgage Terms (English)
Mortgage-Net provides a detailed dictionary of mortgage terms - the site also has some other valuable information involving debt consolidation and rate trends
U.S - Dept of Homeland Security - Intellectual Property Rights Search
Search by All, Title, Product, Description, Owner, Contact Name, Firm Name, Recordation No., Agency Registration No and use the option of filters
U.S. - Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - General Land Records
This is a government site providing a wealth of information for free - search federal land patents, federal land status records, federal survey plats and field notes
U.S. - Community Software Consortium (CSC)
Search for Parcel Sales by parcel ID, Parcel Address, or property owner select community/communities
U.S. - National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM)
NAREIM provides a member directory, an option to join discussion forum or review their library.
U.S. - The Kelley Blue Book (KBB) - New and Used Cars
KBB is the most trusted resource for new or used car information. Find a dealership and inventory in your area. The site will also help you look for a loan and provides a lot of user friendly information
U.S. - Yahoo! Real Estate
Use this free tool to evaluate home prices in your area - complete search by address, city, state or zip code.
US and International Reverse Phone Lookup (3)
U.S. - Free Reverse Address Finder - 411 Powered by WhitePages
Find people, businesses and phone numbers for free by performing a reverse address lookup
U.S. - National Do Not Call Registry Website
Follow the verification steps below. Click here for detailed verification instructions
U.S. - Phone Validator
How to find out if a phone number is a cell phone or landline? Search by Telephone Number Type Identifier, Reverse Phone Lookup, Free Cell Phone Search, or Reverse Cell Lookup
US and International Sex Offenders (1)
U.S. - Dept of Justice - DRU SJODIN National Sex Offender Public Website
Ever wonder if your teacher or next door neighbor is a sex offender? Use this search tool and submit a national query. Coordinated by the US Department of Justice this database is free to the public
US and International Unclaimed Money (2)
U.S. - Dept of Housing & Urban Dev - Refund from HUD/FHA
Could you possibly be owed a refund? Search this free database to find out.
U.S. - Dept of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt - Search for Bonds
Wondering about the undelivered bond? Search this free database on Series E bonds issued in 1974 and after. There may be a payment out there for you.
US and International Voter Registration Records (2)
U.S. - Federal Election Commission - Transaction Query by Individual Contributor
Search by individual contributor name (last, first)
U.S. - Senate - Find Votes, Statistics, Process, Historic
The site is composed by the U.S. Senate. Search for Glossary and Definitions, Voting in the House topics, Historic Votes, Voting Process, Voting Statistics, and plenty of other information
US and International Warrants and Most Wanted Criminals (1)
U.S. - Database of Publicly Accused Priests
Free database access to accused priests - search by name, by diocese, or by state.
US and International Workers Compensation (1)
U.S. - Dept of Labor - Fatality & Catastrophe Investigation Summaries
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) provides summaries of incidents and casual factors relating to fatalities and/or catastrophes.
This page contains public records information for Wichita, Kansas. You can browse the resources above for a full listing of Wichita public records links.
Want to look through RecordsPedia's report on crime rates for Wichita? Click the Crime Statistics tab at the top of the webpage to see tables and figures for Wichita, Kansas.
Wichita is a city in Sedgwick County in the State of Kansas. In 2008, the population was 366,046, making Wichita the most populous city in Sedgwick County, and the most populated in Kansas.
Search by Name
To search by name, you can use the background check or vital records search by clicking the menu at the top. You can also perform reverse phone lookups as well.
Available Resources
RecordsPedia has 377 public records resources for Wichita, Kansas. Fifteen of these are city-specific, 23 of these were found at the county level, 112 of these are for the State of Kansas, and 227 are US and International resources, which may pertain to Wichita.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Monthly Caregivers' Group Meeting
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Location: SFCC Office, 315 S. Hill Ave., Rear Building
Members of the Caltech community who provide care to loved ones, either locally or long-distance, are welcome to participate in the caregivers' group, which meets on the third Wednesday of each month.
This month's session will take place on June 20, from noon to 1:00 p.m., at the SFCC, 315 S. Hill Ave., rear building.
The meeting will be facilitated by Kristen Tachiki, a specialist from the Senior Care Network at Huntington Hospital.
For more information, please phone Ext 8360 or email email@example.com,


text:
Manchester City is doing an online "Advent Calendar" for December, featuring a different player in a daily holiday video. Sunday's video featured defender Aleks Kolarov singing "Jingle Bells." OK, maybe calling it "singing" is a bit generous. After watching this, you'll be infected by whatever the opposite of holiday cheer is.
H/t to Paloma.


text:
LAST UPDATED: May 8th, 2015
One would think that since the hunting season officially ended this past weekend in Illinois that I would be able to catch up on a little rest and enjoy some down time. Not so fast, my friend! As many of you know I was in Indianapolis this past weekend for the annual ATA Show and as I write this I am packing my bags and getting ready to head to Las Vegas for Shot Show too. In between all of all this, I was able to get my 2010 buck officially scored by my good freind Jim Carlson and became an official member of the Pope and Young Club. Jim turned me on to the Pope and Young Club and inisisted I join, and after hearing Jim tell of all the good things the Pope and Young Club stands for and represents, I immediately joined.
October 15th was easily the best day I had hunting for the 2010-2011 season as I was able to harvest a mature self-filming. This is my third mature buck I've been able to harvest while self-filming in the last three years. For those of you who are on the fence about self-filming and question whether or not it limits your chances, I am here to tell you it can be done! If you have ever thought about filming I urge you to give it a try. Bowhunting itself is fun, but when you add a camera into the mix it only adds to the enjoyment. Plus, you get to relive all of your hunts whenever you want to. Stay tuned because we are going to have some self-filming tutorials soon! When I harvested this buck, I guessed the buck to score in the mid 150s. Well, my intuition proved to be correct as my buck officially scored 154 7/8". In case you missed the footage of me harvesting this buck; check out Episode 3 of Bowhunt or Die by clicking here.
My record book buck from the 2010 season. He was just an all around gorgeous buck that ended up grossing 154 7/8″.
I am also proud to announce that I am finally an official member of the Pope and Young Club, and that I entered my buck into the P&Y record books. I had always wanted to become a part of the Pope and Young Club, but never really had the time to sit down and join. The Pope and Young Club is an organization that every bowhunter should think about joining. According to the P&Y website, the Pope and Young Club is a non-profit, charitable, membership-based organization whose mission is to ensure bowhunting existence for future generations by promoting and protecting our rich bowhunting heritage and values. It offers bowhunters around the world a chance to partake in an organization that truly protects our bowhunting rights and ensures a bowhunting future. I encourage all of to consider joining!
If you are serious about protecting our bowhunting heritage and promising a bowhunting future, I encourage you to join the Pope and Young Club. I recently did and it's a great organization.
The Pope and Young Club also supports the National Bowhunter Education Foundation and the two have recently teamed up to unleash an all out attack on tree stand accidents and tree stand safety. This campaign will be called Project STAND (Stop Treestand Accidents 'N Deaths). The goal is to significantly reduce the number of injuries and related deaths associated with tree stand accidents.. Studies show that 50% of tree stand hunters never wear a safety harness. Studies also show that between 10-30% of all tree stand hunters will experience a fall or near miss during the hunting career. By 2012, the Pope and Young Club and STAND are hoping to drastically reduce these numbers. According to the Pope and Young Club, 83% of all P&Y Record Book whitetail entries were taken from a tree stand. Also, tree stand accidents kill and injure more hunters than firearms. Those really are sobering statistics and should be an eye opener for everyone.
Unfortunately, I became a statistic this past fall as I nearly fell from a tree stand while out filming with my cameraman, Cody Altizer. I was wearing my safety harness while hanging a new stand, and removed it before my descent. One of the straps on my Lone Wolf climbing stick snapped and I nearly fell. I was able to grab onto the platform of my stand to prevent a painful landing, but I did injure my right bicep pretty badly. Thankfully, that was the only injury I had to endure. I know my wife and little boy, Craig, are thankful too. I am now taking a serious stand (pun intended) on tree stand safety. I've been particularly impressed by Scent Blocker's new safety products for 2011, the Tree Spider Safety harness and vest, as well as the Livewire Descent system. The harness itself is very light, fast and easy to put on and but more importantly safe. The Speed Vest offers all the same features but in a vest style harness which can be worn into Scent Blocker clothing. The Livewire Descent System allows for safe, quick, hands free descent from your tree stand. To learn more about the Tree Spider Safety System from Scent Blocker click here. I certainly learned my lesson after the fall and immediately ordered the Lifeline System from Muddy Outdoors for all of my treestands. It is a literal life saver in the deer woods, because you are safe and secure from the moment you start climbing your treestand, to the moment you get down at the end of the hunt. All you have to do is attach it to the tree when you first hang the stand and you are promised safety henceforth. I really do encourage all of you to look into the Lifeline System for all of your treestands; the cost certainly outweighs the potential risk.
The Pope and Young Club and the National Bowhunter Education Foundation have recently joined forces to create an educational campaign called STAND designed to educate bowhunters on treestand safety. The above image is the logo for this new movement and both parties encourage bowhunters to help promote the cause.
It is hard to believe that another hunting season has come and gone and quite frankly, I don't even want to think about bowhunting right now. I am one burnt out bowhunter. I worked extremely hard this year and was able to harvest a beautiful 154" buck and two does with my bow, all on film, so I really can't complain. Before I know it spring will be here and I will be working tirelessly on my food plots and habitat management program on my property. Shed hunting season has already begun too. There truly is no offseason for the serious bowhunter! If you love bowhunting as much as I do, I urge you to become a member of the Pope and Young Club to protect our bowhunting rights and the future of the sport we all love. However, I most encourage you to hunt smart and hunt safely!


text:
Jimmy Kimmel, my favorite late night host and prankster extraordinaire, wickedly asked people to post videos of them turning off their TVs during the Super Bowl while everyone in their home was watching. Hilarity, curse words, groans, madness, confusion and screaming ensues. This is so good. Who cares about a game anymore?
The pranks start around the 40 second mark. Enjoy.[Jimmy Kimmel YouTube]


text:
« Risk after Fukushima. Crises, Disasters and Governance », tel est l'intitulé de la conférence internationale proposée par l'IDDRI, les 17 et 18 septembre prochains, au CERI (56 rue Jacob – 75006 Paris).
Les principaux résultats des projets DEVAST et Sustainable Rio seront exposés à cette occasion.
Présentation de cette conférence (qui se tiendra en anglais) :
The triple disaster that hit Japan on 11 March 2011 has had a profound and transformative effect on the Japanese society, and its chain of impacts goes beyond its national borders. This conference aims first to address the social and political consequences of the disaster, with a special focus on the evacuation and return of the population. The focus will then be geared toward the evolution of risk perceptions as to how the myth of the absolute safety, as well as the notion of a safe and secure society in Japan have shattered in the aftermath of the disaster. The conference will address the evolution of risk governance and examine how these events have affected the theories and practice of risk management, not only with regard to nuclear safety, but also to disasters at large. Finally, the international repercussions from these events, especially the Fukushima nuclear accident, will be closely examined, and the conference will reflect on the future of the nuclear age in a post-Fukushima world.
Programme, renseignements et inscriptions : ici


text:
President Barack Obama says the U.S. doesn't have to choose between growing the economy and shrinking the deficit.
In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says no American who works full time should live in poverty. He's asking Americans to support his proposals to raise the minimum wage, pass comprehensive immigration reform and incentivize companies to create jobs in the U.S.
He says education, job training and benefits for the elderly shouldn't be sacrificed even as the government seeks spending cuts to reduce its future debt.
In the Republican address, Rep. Martha Roby of Alabama says Congress must protect the military from devastating cuts by averting the automatic spending cuts set to hit on March 1. She says Obama and Democrats want to use the so-called sequester to raise taxes.
Obama address: https://www.whitehouse.gov
GOP address: https://www.youtube.com/HouseConference


text:
abdulah.zayied necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 131 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
FAMSY is a professional student and youth organisation, that is committed to the education, training and development of future community leaders.
FAMSY has been part of the Community in Australia since 1969, providing a variety of community services to both students and young professionals.
We achieve our aims through sporting & recreational activities, specialised self development courses, and through learning & mentorship groups.
Our audience is primarily Gen Y!
Young, Male and Female between the ages of 17 & 26, primarily those who hope to, or who are already attending college/university, or who have just entered the professional work-force.
They are net savvy, aware of global issues, concerned about their community, objective in their thinking approach and are willing to think outside the box.
A fresh new logo reflecting our youthful audience and also highlighting our modern & innovative approach towards development, learning & interaction.
Colours; All colours are acceptable in a variety of combinations, so long as there isn't more than 3 used within the design. Please note we PREFER logo's based upon any of the following colours; Green (a fluro to light colour), Blue (all types), Red (all types), Burgundy, Orange/Brown, and shades of white & black.
The Design; Can be purely text, or a combination of logo design with text design, or stand alone design logo with no text. The essence is to keep it simple and uncluttered, with a focus on modernism & smooth curves that will be comfortable and acceptable by a generation Y audience.
It is important to also provide inverted impressions of your design, so that we also get an idea of what it looks like in black & white.
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.
For your reference our current logo can be viewed at;
I'd like to really encourage some innovation.
The over-use of the "pointy-man" or "Ubuntu Swirls" may score you're design negatively.
Please keep up the great work!
And don't forget, originality will be scored highly :)
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.