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AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the Bulgarian Police has signed a contract for one AW109 Power light twin helicopter that will be delivered in 2010. This aircraft will be used for law enforcement and border patrol missions.

This contract marks the entrance of the AW109 Power in the Bulgarian helicopter market and adds to the large number of operator who have selected the AW109 Power for law enforcement, homeland security and public service duties worldwide. Continued →

While in China this summer, I read as much as I could about the country’s “orphan problem.” I particularly loved The Lost Daughters of China, written by Karin Evans, an American adoptive mom of a Chinese baby girl.

Evans’ book overflows with perspectives personal, academic, and literary. Continued →

I’m invited to view your photos!!!

Your swaddled new infant, in pink cap or blue cap
In mom’s arms, then dad’s arms, then still, fast asleep.
I’ve seen it before, far too a lot of times over
First smile! First bottle! First eyes open wide—
Well I can’t be wide-eyed! Your blah blah baby bores me. Continued →

G4S Events, the specialist events division of G4S Security Services (UK), has won a SportBusiness Sports Event Management Award for its security and stewarding services for The Derby Festival at Epsom Downs Racecourse, and The Championships, Wimbledon. The award was presented to Mark Hamilton, Managing Director of G4S Events, at the awards ceremony that was held at the St Pancras, Novotel hotel in London on Wednesday the 12th of November. Continued →

IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee to meet for 85th session

IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) is to meet at the Organization’s London Headquarters for its 85th session, from 26 November to 5 December 2008.

The packed agenda includes discussion on the Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) System, the development of goal-based standards for new ship construction and the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). Continued →

Most people know what an domain name is, but a lot of don’t have a clue what web hosting is or how important it is. A domain name is the actual web address for your website, (e.g. www.mybusiness.com). Hosting is the space on a server/computer that stores all the files, data, web pages, emails etc. for your website. Continued →

The most recent garment-related decree of Rabbi Yosef Sholom Elyashiv, of modesty courts fame, has given us an great new marketing idea for Orthodox women’s fashions. In a recent talk, R. Elyashiv announced that contemporary sheitels, as wigs worn by married Orthodox women are often called, are not an acceptable way to cover one’s hair in accordance with the tradition for married women. Continued →

Needless to say, it’s been a long time since I’ve written. The fall months have swirled up and overhead, dried leaves rushing away from me, ungraspable. These months have been a whirlwind of academic rigor in my doctorate program, while the real conquest has been unspoken for. These months my mother has slipped quietly into doctor’s office, the obligatory testings. Continued →

(First of all.
Last night.

Okay.)

Last year I left school for a semester to be a nanny for the baby of very close family friends. I moved in when she was four and a half months old, and fell deeply in love.

There were a lot of experiences I had there that I felt I shouldn’t be having yet. Walking up and down the hills of Oakland in August facilitating Amira’s hours-long naps was blissful. Continued →

Well.

I triple-checked the non-profit guidelines section of the IRS website, so it is without fear that I am endangering anyone here that I say: OH MY GOSH, WE WON WE WON WE WON*.

That’s a pretty nice feeling. And an unbelievable fit with this week’s parsha of Lech L’cha. Going to a new and unexplored land is an great metaphor for what this new administration will feel like. Continued →