Judge Kavanaugh won't be confirmed until October.
I misspoke - my apologies. I was thinking of when he would be seated on teh court when it starts session on 10/1. The earliest he would be confirmed would be would be September 20th
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/4/brett-kavanaugh-judiciary-panel-confirmation-vote-/
Does BIRD mean:
BIRD Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (US-Israel collaboration; Tel Aviv, Israel)