#John W. Fitzpatrick

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Vietnam War - Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, June 1968

Sourced from: http://natsmusic.net/articles_galaxy_magazine_viet_nam_war.htm

Transcript Below

We the undersigned believe the United States must remain in Vietnam to fulfill its responsibilities to the people of that country.

Karen K. Anderson, Poul Anderson, Harry Bates, Lloyd Biggle Jr., J. F. Bone, Leigh Brackett, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mario Brand, R. Bretnor, Frederic Brown, Doris Pitkin Buck, William R. Burkett Jr., Elinor Busby, F. M. Busby, John W. Campbell, Louis Charbonneau, Hal Clement, Compton Crook, Hank Davis, L. Sprague de Camp, Charles V. de Vet, William B. Ellern, Richard H. Eney, T. R. Fehrenbach, R. C. FitzPatrick, Daniel F. Galouye, Raymond Z. Gallun, Robert M. Green Jr., Frances T. Hall, Edmond Hamilton, Robert A. Heinlein, Joe L. Hensley, Paul G. Herkart, Dean C. Ing, Jay Kay Klein, David A. Kyle, R. A. Lafferty, Robert J. Leman, C. C. MacApp, Robert Mason, D. M. Melton, Norman Metcalf, P. Schuyler Miller, Sam Moskowitz, John Myers Myers, Larry Niven, Alan Nourse, Stuart Palmer, Gerald W. Page, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Lawrence A. Perkins, Jerry E. Pournelle, Joe Poyer, E. Hoffmann Price, George W. Price, Alva Rogers, Fred Saberhagen, George O. Smith, W. E. Sprague, G. Harry Stine (Lee Correy), Dwight V. Swain, Thomas Burnett Swann, Albert Teichner, Theodore L. Thomas, Rena M. Vale, Jack Vance, Harl Vincent, Don Walsh Jr., Robert Moore Williams, Jack Williamson, Rosco E. Wright, Karl Würf.

We oppose the participation of the United States in the war in Vietnam.

Forrest J. Ackerman, Isaac Asimov, Peter S. Beagle, Jerome Bixby, James Blish, Anthony Boucher, Lyle G. Boyd, Ray Bradbury, Jonathan Brand, Stuart J. Byrne, Terry Carr, Carroll J. Clem, Ed M. Clinton, Theodore R. Cogswell, Arthur Jean Cox, Allan Danzig, Jon DeCles, Miriam Allen deFord, Samuel R. Delany, Lester del Rey, Philip K. Dick, Thomas M. Disch, Sonya Dorman, Larry Eisenberg, Harlan Ellison, Carol Emshwiller, Philip José Farmer, David E. Fisher, Ron Goulart, Joseph Green, Jim Harmon, Harry Harrison, H. H. Hollis, J. Hunter Holly, James D. Houston, Edward Jesby, Leo P. Kelley, Daniel Keyes, Virginia Kidd, Damon Knight, Allen Lang, March Laumer, Ursula K. LeGuin, Fritz Leiber, Irwin Lewis, A. M. Lightner, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Katherine MacLean, Barry Malzberg, Robert E. Margroff, Anne Marple, Ardrey Marshall, Bruce McAllister, Judith Merril, Robert P. Mills, Howard L. Morris, Kris Neville, Alexei Panshin, Emil Petaja, J. R. Pierce, Arthur Porges, Mack Reynolds, Gene Roddenberry, Joanna Russ, James Sallis, William Sambrot, Hans Stefan Santesson, J. W. Schutz, Robin Scott, Larry T. Shaw, John Shepley, T. L. Sherred, Robert Silverberg, Henry Slesar, Jerry Sohl, Norman Spinrad, Margaret St. Clair, Jacob Transue, Thurlow Weed, Kate Wilhelm, Richard Wilson, Donald A. Wollheim.

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supernatural s14e3 the scar (w. robert berens)

all right, here's hoping i can get through this today. tail end (knock on wood) of a bad migraine but i can listen to things with headphones now and not feel horrendous so maybe?

lol just stab him with the archangel blade somewhere non-lethal, see what happens, there's an angel test for ya. still bothered that they apparently have no desire to truly confirm michael isn't playacting dean? whatever

DEAN It’s just every time I think about it, you know. It's like a nightmare. I mean I can’t eat, I can’t sleep - it’s always just there watching me. SAM Dean, it’s just a beard. I’ve been a little busy lately.

absolutely have seen gifs of this whole bit a bunch of times. why is sam's beard watching you while you sleep, the perennial question (has enough time even passed for them to try to sleep? :p)

DEAN So, I’m good. I’m just really, really, happy to be... home.

i watched until this scene when i started this episode a couple days ago and noped out. their home being taken over by all these people continues to give me the heebiejeebies. granted their home is massive and more like a work space than a home, so it's more like it's getting used like it was designed, but they've been so isolated forever basically this is just a lot. (also i'm a jealous asshole in some ways and i'm like oh dean's gotta share sam with all these people now? lol 😬)

why's bro always getting weird scar things on his person? the hand print, the mark, whatever the fresh hell this thing is

is it the spear of destiny lance of michael whatever business. doesn't seem nearly wide enough to account for his scar. wonder if this is another episode by that different editor (john fitzpatrick on imdb), reminiscent of those visions of jody dying in 13x09. ding ding ding, it is indeed the same editor. funny. last episode he did was 13x21

speaking of, hey jody! even though i just referenced the episode with her in it i forgot about the whole kaia / dark kaia thing -_-

JODY No, no. I have video surveillance going down at the fair, Claire practically sat shiva down there. There’s been nothing.

shiva reference #3 (7x10 and 8x16)

cas conveniently has to stay back to fix rando hexed girl, so dean and sam can have some arguments on the way to jody. after dean upset jack too of course by refusing to let him go with. which i think was the right call but, you know. do it less dickishly.

SAM C’mon man, this isn’t a joke! Something huge happened and you won’t really even talk about it. Look, this whole Michael thing: we need to deal with it. DEAN I’m going at 80 to deal with it. How can I be running from something when I’m RACING toward it?! SAM I know, kinda your thing. DEAN Ok. SAM I’m just saying. You said you let Michael in, then bang, you’re back in a blink. But for me, you were gone: for weeks. I didn’t know if you were alive. I just need you to talk to me. Slow down so I can catch up. DEAN Call Jody, let her know we’re almost there.

way to talk about your feelings, sam! way to be a jerk, dean. both being able to open up at the same place and time has never been their strong suit. honestly don't have the wherewithal to even ponder why dean's being like this

LOL very cute. like the little "see dean, people do like the beard!" from sam. also cute little exchange where dean rolls his eyes about sam knowing a serial killer fact and sam makes the wtf bro face

very special episode where jack realizes he can Be Useful in other ways than a rock 'em sock 'em hunter? helping with the hexed girl

DEAN We’ll make better time if we split up. SAM No, Dean we’ll be safer if we stick together. JODY If I get a vote, I’m in team stick together. DEAN Fine.

man i do not enjoy dick!dean :p he gets like this sometimes and i wanna smack him. use your words, asshole, instead of taking whatever out on everyone else

no one was expecting dark kaia! oh, how i do not care. sorry, girl.

LORA Is that your Dad? JACK One of them, yes.

can i say again i really appreciate how they make it textual that sam, dean and cas are all jack's fathers. it's just nice. doesn't have to mean anything outside of their relationship to him, regardless of their relationships with each other. as it should be

JACK Do you have parents? Or someone we can call? LORA My mom, but she probably hates me. JACK Why? LORA Because I left, I ran away. I hated school, I hated our crappy one star fleet town and I hated her rules. I was sick of being treated like a kid. I thought I could make it on my own but then I met her.

lol this show can be so literal when it wants to make a parallel to a victim of the week and a recurring character's situation. literally laughed out loud when she started "because i left"

i'm sure the giant necklace gifted by the evil witch is unrelated. i keep looking at her (false) lashes. they're pretty but a little unexpected in the locked up by a witch situation

SAM Or it could have been Michael. C’mon, three vamps in Sioux Falls and not a single civilian death. That’s not an accident. I think they were hunting her. DEAN Why? SAM I think because Michael sent them to finish what he started.

trying to remember what michael had to do with kaia and drawing a huge blank, clearly retained almost nothing of her storyline. imagine how bad i'd be at keeping track if i didn't write these posts.

back when i was watching game of thrones (as it aired so i'd get a week to process between episodes) i would always read recaps/reviews after the episode because they were so densely packed and i knew i missed stuff, but i dunno, i just don't want other people's takes muddling up my feelings about this show in particular. more personal investment or something in it (it's also a *lot* more straight forward, it's just got the overloaded plot/characters syndrome past the first handful of seasons)

did not manage to watch this in one sitting so we're day 2 but i think (knock on wood again), demon migraine was smushed into 2 days instead of 3 and is gone

'squatchin

way dean is acting reminds me of a little how he was acting, and how i expected him to be acting, directly after purgatory. bro is pissed and gonna make it everyone's problem

losing my mind, just take the necklace off the girl -_- as she writhes around with this giant bauble flopping around where she's actively mummifying

JODY They have a right to know but I can’t. I promised Claire human cases are mine, but anything "monstery" I’d loop her in: this. God. Claire’s been doing so good. I mean anything connected to Kaia, she’s a powder keg. First loves strikes quick, and then to lose it like that.

couldn't remember if that was a thing that we knew about or not lol seriously, brain.

JODY Well, you two are having a time of it. SAM Yeah, he’s working something out and he’s working it out alone. The only thing I know is he’s not ready for this case. JODY Maybe. Maybe he needs it.

maybe he needs it but also him haring off (practically) alone with not enough information rarely ends well. nonetheless, glad jody's here to support them. my favorite family dynamic on the show, and the one that i don't feel like i need the text convincing me of. it's just there

DEAN That pig sticker she’s hiding, it is the only thing that we know that hurts Michael. I’m gonna do whatever it takes.

literally just raised my hand. um hello, what about the archangel blade?? do we not have one anymore?

JACK Lora’s life force: it’s in here. CAS Jack, are you sure? JACK No... (he smashes the pendant and green smoke twirls its way in to Lora’s pendant and she comes to life.)

this is so goofy :p

SAM Wait a second: you’re a dreamwalker, too? Your powers, they connected you. DARK KAIA Our whole lives, what she saw, I saw. I know where it comes from your anger, your impatience: itvs fear. You’re scared and you’re weak. DEAN Alright, shut up! DARK KAIA Michael hurt you. He hurt me too.

i mean, everyone is doing a good job acting-wise but this is just. ridiculous. so is dean mad because he's feeling guilty about what michael did while using his body against his will? that probably should have been incredibly obvious, i'm just so not connecting with this story 🥴

SAM So Michael wants the spear because he knows it can hurt him? And that’s why his monsters are coming after you?

okie dokie

jody sure gets pretty serious injuries a lot? how about pop back to the bunker so cas can just fix it :p like the... broken leg? was it? hmm, guess it wasn't healed magically there either

from 11x12 JODY Oh, it had to be the leg. I'm gonna need bionics.

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DEAN Jody. JODY Dean Winchester, you have nothing to apologize for. DEAN How is the arm? SAM You sure you don’t want a ride to the hospital or… JODY I’ve driven with a broken arm before. I’m more worried what I’m gonna tell Alex when I get there. And then once I get home… SAM Claire. JODY I’m dreading those consequences. She’s got to know, she’s got to know that Kaia’s killer is still out there. SAM You alright? JODY It’s just seeing her face again. Raising three hunters and fearing every day that I might lose one of them. I didn’t even really get a chance to know Kaia before she died - just feel like I already lost before I even ever began.

again, well acted but this is a stretch emotionally, for me

CAS Well, Jules is off. She’s taking Lora back home to her mother. Jack, I just wanted to say I’m sorry. I know that you have been going through a lot lately:. We’ve all been going through a lot but it’s no excuse. I just haven’t been there for you: not the way I should of. JACK Cas, it’s okay. CAS Well, what you did today made me so proud. You know, learning to hold your own in a fight without your powers. That takes time and training, but today you proved that you have the mind of a hunter and the heart of a hunter. I was thinking, erm, I’ll talk to Sam and Dean, but maybe-- maybe we could go on a hunting trip -- I mean if you want to?

good sentiment but oh so cheesy -_-

JACK (coughing) Yes (coughing again) Sorry. CAS You ok? JACK I’m fine: I’m human now. Must be getting my first cold. CAS Well, I’ll make you some soup then.

LOL not ominous at all. i'm sure it's fine. not a plot relevant illness, just a garden variety cold!

DEAN I put us all in danger today, stupid danger. SAM Dean. DEAN You were right. I just didn’t want to look at it, what Michael used me for. I just wanted to race ahead. You know, skip to the end of the story the part where I get the weapon and I take out the bad guy. The part where I kill Michael. SAM Yeah, I know. DEAN You know I said yes to him because I thought: it was stupid. I was stupid. SAM Dean, you did what you had to do.

just following directive number one, keep sammy safe

DEAN And it wasn’t a blink. I got possessed: I made it sound like that but it wasn’t. I don’t remember most of what Michael did with me because I was under water. Drowning. And that I remember. I felt every second of it - clawing, fighting for air. I thought I could make it out but I couldn’t: I wasn’t strong enough. And now he’s gone: he’s out there putting an army of monsters together. He’s hurting people. That’s all on me, man. I said yes. It’s my fault.

i know i've talked about the moral calculus of it all, the number of people they saved vs the number they've gotten killed by their decisions, specifically to save each other (insert enraged noises that my blog is nigh on unsearchable so who the fuck knows when i actually talked about it). sam more directly gets a lot of credits i think from preventing the (first) apocalypse by jumping into the cage, puts them all in the black possibly indefinitely :p but how many people died because dean killed death to save sam and sam needed to save dean by removing the mark and letting out the darkness. from dean stopping sam from dying to finish the trials and closing the gates of hell.

not even sure what i'm arguing here. get over it, bucko? you've done worse? lol i don't know. round and round we go. we've been down this road too many times and i'm tired. yeah, he said yes. he thought he could make deal with michael that he'd uphold, and he didn't. and we're always gonna swim around in dean's neverending crushing guilt

jack's got the (magical??) consumption apparently

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words from Ulysses by james joyce [the bodley head, london, 1967 (seventh impression, w/ corrections), p274.

john eglinton: pen name of william fitzpatrick magee.

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Supreme Court, U.S FILED In The OCT 2 2022 Supreme Court ofthe United States  RALAND J BRUNSON, Petitioner,

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美国密集出台多项涉台法案

一.2023年台湾税收协定法案

2023年7月19日,众议院外交委员会主席、共和党众议员迈克尔·麦考尔(Michael McCaul)与外委会资深成员、民主党众议员格雷戈里·米克斯(Gregory W. Meeks)和民主党众议员杰里·康诺利(Gerry Connolly)推出跨党派的《2023年台湾税收协定法》(Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023)，授权拜登行政当局与台湾协商并完成税收协定。

参议院外交委员会主席、民主党参议员鲍勃·梅嫩德斯(Bob Menendez)、民主党参议员克里斯·范霍伦(Chris Van Hollen)和参议院外委会亚太小组资深成员、共和党参议员米特·罗姆尼(Mitt Romney)提出了相应的跨党法案。该法案通过了参议院外委会。

除了麦考尔、米克斯和康诺利之外，这项法案还得到了其他来自两党的众议员的联署，他们是：阿米·贝拉(Ami Bera)、鲁本·加莱戈(Ruben Gallego)、格雷格·斯坦顿(Greg Stanton)、安迪·巴尔(Andy Barr)、匡希恆(John Curtis)、帕特·法伦(Pat Fallon)、安·瓦格纳(Ann Wagner)、盖伊·瑞森绍尔(Guy Reschenthaler)和金映玉(Young Kim)。

二.台湾国际团结法案

2023年2月,台湾国际团结法案是由弗吉尼亚州民主党联邦众议员杰拉德·康纳利（Gerald Connolly）提出的跨党派立法,、联署成员包括众院外委会印太小组民主党首席议员贝拉（Ami Bera），以及众议员泰塔斯（Dina Titus）、匡希恒（John Curtis）、安迪`巴尔（Andy Barr）、 费茨派垂克（Brian Fitzpatrick）与麦克林（Lisa McClain）等10多位议员。

2023年5月16日，众议院外委会口头表决无异议通过该法案,

2023年7月25日，美国联邦众议院通过法案

三．通过实力促进台湾和平法案

6月15日，共和党籍参议员马可·卢比奥（Marco Rubio）提出参议院版本的法案，民主党籍众议员巴帕斯（Chris Pappas）与共和党籍众议员班克斯（Jim Banks）7月28日提出了两党的《台湾通过实力实现和平法案》，试图加强美国对台湾岛的支持。

四．美台21世纪贸易倡议首批协议实施法

2022年6月，美国行政当局与台湾政府在宣布将启动《美台21世纪贸易倡议》谈判，同年8月正式展开谈判，经过几轮在台北和华盛顿的面对面与视频协商，2023年6月1日，美国在台协会（AIT）与驻美代表处于华府签署“台美21世纪贸易倡议首批协定”，由驻美代表萧美琴与AIT执行理事蓝莺（Ingrid Larson）代表签署，台湾行政院政委邓振中、美国副贸易代表毕昂奇（Sarah Bianchi）及AIT主席罗森博格（Laura Rosenberger）在场见证。

6月9日，民主党籍参议院财政委员会主席韦登（Ron Wyden）及共和党籍众议院筹款委员会主席史密斯（Jason Smith）等人提出实施法案，除盼透过跨党派核准程序表达国会对协定的支持，也为加强国会监督。

6月21日，众议院表决通过此项立法,7月18日参议院表决通过此项立法，7月27日，这部得到参众两院民主共和两党议员支持的法案被送交白宫。

8月2日，众议院筹款委员会发布声明称，《美台21世纪贸易倡议实施法》确认了国会对美台在此贸易倡议下签署的首批协议的支持，并表明这个首批协议和未来美国与台湾达成的协议在没有国会的批准下将不能生效。

8月7日，美国总统乔·拜登将国会通过的《美台21世纪贸易倡议首批协议实施法》（the United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act）签署成法。

[ulkaralakbarova]

A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Steve Lopez: Robert Downey Jr. Nathaniel Ayers: Jamie Foxx Mary Weston: Catherine Keener Graham Claydon: Tom Hollander David Carter: Nelsan Ellis Adam Crane: Michael Bunin Jennifer Ayers: LisaGay Hamilton Leslie Bloom: Rachael Harris Curt Reynolds: Stephen Root Flo Ayers: Lorraine Toussaint Cheery Lab Tech: Jena Malone Troubled Woman: Octavia Spencer Young Nathaniel: Justin Martin Bernie Carpenter: Kokayi Ampah Paul Jr.: Patrick Tatten Marisa: Susane Lee Mayor Villaigosa: Marcos De Silvas Harry Barnoff: Ilia Volok Julliard Conductor: Mike Nowak Angry Homeless Man: David Jean Thomas Uncle Tommy: Lemon Andersen Homeless Transvestite: Kevin Michael Key Barely Dressed Woman: Moya Brady LAMP Homeless Guy: Orlando Ashley Leon: Artel Great Shouting Woman: J.J. Boone LAMP Advocate: Annie McKnight Homeless Lady: Bernadette Speakes Leeann: Anna Levin Steve: Steve Foster Teresa: Vivian George KK: Kevin Cohen Courtney: Courtney Andre Detroit: Teri Hughes Linda: Linda Harris Bam Bam: Albert Olson Melissa: Melissa Black Mama Grouch: Valarie Hudspeth Darryl: Darryl Black St. Kiana: Kiana Parker Hazard: Hazard Banner Russell: Russell Brown Jackie: Jacqueline Sue West Ashley: Joyre Manuel Singing Woman: Lorinda Hawkins Annette: Annette Valley Patrick: Patrick Kelly Quiana: Quiana Farrow Globe Lobby Guard: Tony Genaro Atheist: Charlie Weirauch Cop with Tents: Wayne Lopez EMT #1: Joe Hernandez-Kolski Winston Street Cop: Noel Gugliemi EMT #2: Paul Cruz Homeless Man: Wil Garret EMT #3: Halbert Hernandez Construction Worker: Alejandro Patiño Homeless Woman #1: Karole Selmon Neil: Rob Nagle Cello Donor: Patricia Place Enraged Homeless Man: Ralph Cole Jr. Reception Nurse: Gladys Khan ER Nurse: Palma Lawrence Reed Laid-off Employee: Isabel Hubmann Homeless Woman #2: Bonita Jefferson Winston Street Prostitute: Eshana O’Neal Young Jennifer Ayers: Myia Hubbard Miss Little John: Iyanna Newborn Beauty Shop Girl: Bronwyn Hardy News Editor: Troy Blendell Jennifer’s Son: Nick Nervies Editor: Paul Norwood Sign Spinner (uncredited): Wally Lozano Film Crew: Screenplay: Susannah Grant Unit Production Manager: Patricia Whitcher Casting: Francine Maisler Art Direction: Greg Berry Producer: Gary Foster Author: Steve Lopez Director: Joe Wright Editor: Paul Tothill Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran Production Design: Sarah Greenwood Makeup Department Head: Ve Neill Producer: Russ Krasnoff Still Photographer: François Duhamel Production Coordinator: Robert Mazaraki Hair Department Head: Gloria Pasqua Casny Music Editor: Dominick Certo Director of Photography: Seamus McGarvey Set Decoration: Julie Smith Script Supervisor: Kerry Lyn McKissick Original Music Composer: Dario Marianelli Post Production Coordinator: Adam Cole Stunts: Shirley Smrz Stunts: C.C. Taylor Stunts: Hannah Kozak Hairstylist: Lisa Marie Rosenberg Stunts: Allan Graf Stunts: Jim Wilkey Stunts: Aaron Toney Stunts: Gregg Smrz Stunts: Todd Schneider Stunts: George Marshall Ruge Stunts: Chad Randall Stunts: Robert Nagle Stunt Coordinator: Scotty Richards Stunt Driver: Ed McDermott II Stunts: Marilyn Miller Stunts: Sean Graham Stunts: Jalil Jay Lynch Stunts: Kevin L. Jackson Stunts: Kofi Elam Stunts: John T. Cypert Stunts: Greg Wayne Elam Stunts: Chino Binamo Stunt Driver: Michael Caradonna Stunt Driver: Norman Epperson Stunts: Daniel W. Barringer Stunts: Greg Fitzpatrick Stunt Coordinator: Mickey Giacomazzi Stunts: Peter Weireter Stunts: Hollis Hill Stunts: Keith Woulard Stunts: Angela Meryl Stunts: Danny Wynands Stunts: Kortney Manns Stunts: Michael Maddigan Stunts: Kofi Yiadom Stunt Driver: Allan Padelford Stunts: Thomas DuPont Stunts: Jason Cekanski Stunt Driver: Scott Alan Berk Movie Reviews:

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The W(hole) Picture

29 September - 11 October 2018

Join us in celebrating Nuit Blanche Toronto 2018 with the first-ever collaboration between the CLGA (Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives) and Glory Hole Gallery.

Featuring works by Karina Iskandarsjah, Fallon Simard, Markus Starkiss, Lisa Myers, Megan Feheley, Eric Chengyang, and John Fitzpatrick

Projects featured at both the Canadia Lesbian and Gay Archives at 34 Isabella street and Glory Hole Gallery at 499 Church Street!

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美国密集出台多项涉台法案

一.2023年台湾税收协定法案

2023年7月19日,众议院外交委员会主席、共和党众议员迈克尔·麦考尔(Michael McCaul)与外委会资深成员、民主党众议员格雷戈里·米克斯(Gregory W. Meeks)和民主党众议员杰里·康诺利(Gerry Connolly)推出跨党派的《2023年台湾税收协定法》(Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023)，授权拜登行政当局与台湾协商并完成税收协定。

参议院外交委员会主席、民主党参议员鲍勃·梅嫩德斯(Bob Menendez)、民主党参议员克里斯·范霍伦(Chris Van Hollen)和参议院外委会亚太小组资深成员、共和党参议员米特·罗姆尼(Mitt Romney)提出了相应的跨党法案。该法案通过了参议院外委会。

除了麦考尔、米克斯和康诺利之外，这项法案还得到了其他来自两党的众议员的联署，他们是：阿米·贝拉(Ami Bera)、鲁本·加莱戈(Ruben Gallego)、格雷格·斯坦顿(Greg Stanton)、安迪·巴尔(Andy Barr)、匡希恆(John Curtis)、帕特·法伦(Pat Fallon)、安·瓦格纳(Ann Wagner)、盖伊·瑞森绍尔(Guy Reschenthaler)和金映玉(Young Kim)。

二.台湾国际团结法案

2023年2月,台湾国际团结法案是由弗吉尼亚州民主党联邦众议员杰拉德·康纳利（Gerald Connolly）提出的跨党派立法,、联署成员包括众院外委会印太小组民主党首席议员贝拉（Ami Bera），以及众议员泰塔斯（Dina Titus）、匡希恒（John Curtis）、安迪`巴尔（Andy Barr）、 费茨派垂克（Brian Fitzpatrick）与麦克林（Lisa McClain）等10多位议员。

2023年5月16日，众议院外委会口头表决无异议通过该法案,

2023年7月25日，美国联邦众议院通过法案

三．通过实力促进台湾和平法案

6月15日，共和党籍参议员马可·卢比奥（Marco Rubio）提出参议院版本的法案，民主党籍众议员巴帕斯（Chris Pappas）与共和党籍众议员班克斯（Jim Banks）7月28日提出了两党的《台湾通过实力实现和平法案》，试图加强美国对台湾岛的支持。

四．美台21世纪贸易倡议首批协议实施法

2022年6月，美国行政当局与台湾政府在宣布将启动《美台21世纪贸易倡议》谈判，同年8月正式展开谈判，经过几轮在台北和华盛顿的面对面与视频协商，2023年6月1日，美国在台协会（AIT）与驻美代表处于华府签署“台美21世纪贸易倡议首批协定”，由驻美代表萧美琴与AIT执行理事蓝莺（Ingrid Larson）代表签署，台湾行政院政委邓振中、美国副贸易代表毕昂奇（Sarah Bianchi）及AIT主席罗森博格（Laura Rosenberger）在场见证。

6月9日，民主党籍参议院财政委员会主席韦登（Ron Wyden）及共和党籍众议院筹款委员会主席史密斯（Jason Smith）等人提出实施法案，除盼透过跨党派核准程序表达国会对协定的支持，也为加强国会监督。

6月21日，众议院表决通过此项立法,7月18日参议院表决通过此项立法，7月27日，这部得到参众两院民主共和两党议员支持的法案被送交白宫。

8月2日，众议院筹款委员会发布声明称，《美台21世纪贸易倡议实施法》确认了国会对美台在此贸易倡议下签署的首批协议的支持，并表明这个首批协议和未来美国与台湾达成的协议在没有国会的批准下将不能生效。

8月7日，美国总统乔·拜登将国会通过的《美台21世纪贸易倡议首批协议实施法》（the United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act）签署成法。

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"WRECK SURVIVORS SAY THEY WERE SHABBILY TREATED BY THE C.P.R." Ottawa Journal. June 27, 1913. Page 1. ---- Signed Documents Waiving Further Claims When Bewildered ---- Canny Scot, However Sees a Lawyer Before Signing any Papers --- Sums Paid Vary From $12 to $70-Immigrants Claim These Will not Nearly Reimburse Them for Losses. ---- There is considerable dissatistion among the injured at St. Luke's Hospital who claim that they were shabbily treated by the C. P. R. in the matter of financiel settlement for personal losses sustained in the recent wreck of the Imperial limited.

The discontent is principally centered in the Irish and Scotch immigrants who this morning were bitter in their denunciation against the company.

Beastly Unfair. "It was beastly unfair," was the way one Irishman, Thomse Fitzpatrick expressed himself. "We had no one to advise us at all and I guess we were roped in," he added. "We were in a bewildered condition from the effects of our experiences."

The immigrants claim what they received from the company will not nearly reimburse them for the total loss of their personal effects. All those who received money had to sign statement waiving all claim for future damages.

One Scotchman from Edinburgh, Mr. William Pringle, refused to sign but saw a lawyer on the matter and will likely put in bid for a much higher figure than offered by the company. The amounts paid to those The Journal talked with ranged from $13 to $76. Some have not yet been approached by the company's officials.

Amounts Received. The following were those seen The Journal and the amounts each received: John Boyce, Donegal, Ireland, $70. He was cut about the head and body bruised.

Thomas Fitzpatrick, Cavan, Ireland, asked for $100 but was only given $25. His arms had been twisted.

Frederick McBride, Donegal, Ireland. $12. Back badly strained.

Patrick Neally. Cavan, Ireland, $15.

Patrick Devine, Donegal, Ireland, $70.

George Stuart, Scotland, $50.

Bewildered When Signing. Most of the above are bound for Manitoba and claim while yet bewildered from the effects of their experience.

Getting Along Nicely. All those injured in the wreck are getting along very nicely in the various hospitals. It is now expected that Robt. McNeally, who was most seriously injured, will recover.

Clearing the Wreck. This morning preparations were under way for shifting the two colonist cars still in the river. It is not expected that they will be moved until late this afternoon. The first-class coach was put on trucks and moved to the Britannia siding.

Will Bury Victims. The County Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians will bury all Irish Catholics killed in the C. P. R. wreck and will also amidst the among the injured.

Were Repairing Track. Sun kinks may have caused Wednesday's wreck on the C.P.R., but it is also quite possible that human and not solar agencies were responsible. Superintendent Gilliland of the C. P. R. frankly admitted to The Journal this morning that section men had been at work at that point where the Imperial Limited was thrown, a very short time before the accident. They were laying new ties, he said.

By to-morrow the railway will be in a position to assign an official cause. The investigation is going on all day at the Broad street station, and a large number of witnesses are being examined. Up to now there has been no suspension of any employes of the road.

Those investigating are: A. C. MacKenzie, Engineer of Maintenance of Ways, General Superintendent Hodge, Divisional Engineer F. W. Cooper and Mr. Gilliland.

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Beer Events 1.1

Events

Guinness trademark 1st used (1764)

Ale Brewers Association of the States of New York and New Jersey founded (1830)

Westmalle beer 1st for sale (1861)

Cleveland Brewery burnt to the ground (Ohio; 1865)

Eagle Brewery changed its name to DG Yuengling & Son (1873)

Bass red triangle became 1st trademark registered in England (1876)

Brewmasters Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity (1881)

Brewmasters Association of Cleveland and Vicinity (1886)

Apparatus for Making Malt patented by Justin Whitney (1889)

Frederick Pabst died (1904)

Prohibition begins in Iceland, lasting until finally repealed in 1988, 73 years later (1915)

Beer became legal in Vermont after Prohibition (1934)

Carling Brewing took over Heidelberg Brewery (Washington; 1959)

Process in the Manufacture of Beer and the Like patented by Erik Krabbe and Kenneth W. Wendt (1963)

Schaefer Brewing patented a Crowned Bottle Rejection Pin (1963)

Federal Excise Tax on beer doubled (1991)

American Beer premiered (1996)

Twisted Pine Brewery merged with Peak to Peak Brewing, Colorado (1997)

California bars, clubs and card rooms were made smoke free (1998)

International Trappist Association founded (1998)

Miller's infamous "Catfight" ad 1st aired (2003)

Peter Austin dies (2014)

The last human being to be born on earth is killed in a bar fight at the age of 25, in “ The Children of Men,” by P.D. James (2021)

Breweries Opened

Privat-Brauerei Zötler (Germany; 1447)

Kiliaen Van Rennselaer Brewery (Albany, New York; 1649)

Joseph Huber Brewing Co. (Wisconsin; 1845)

Stroh's Brewery (Michigan; 1850)

Miller Brewing (Wisconsin; 1855)

Stevens Point Brewery (Wisconsin; 1857)

August Schell Brewing (Minnesota; 1860)

Straub Brewery (Pennsylvania; 1872)

Joseph Schlitz & Co. Brewing (Wisconsin; 1874)

F.W. Cook Brewing

Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewing (Ohio; 1885)

Pabst Brewing/Pearl Brewing (Texas; 1886)

F.X. Matt Brewing/Saranac Brewing (New York; 1888)

Grand Rapids Brewing (Michigan; 1893)

John Wagner Sons brewing (Ohio; 1896)

Arlington Brewing (Virginia; 1897)

Fresno Brewing (California; 1900)

Gund Brewing (Ohio; 1900)

Simon Linser Brewing (Ohio: 1901)

Aberdeen Brewing (Virginia; 1902)

G. Heileman Brewing (La Crosse, Wisconsin; 1902)

Schmulbach Brewing (West Virginia; 1902)

Brasserie Henri Funck (Luxembourg; 1905)

Dixie Brewing (Louisiana; 1907)

Elora Brewery Ltd. (Canada; 1934)

Cervceria India (Puerto Rico; 1938)

Cold Springs Brewing (Minnesota; 1974)

Florida Brewery (Florida; 1975)

Redhook Ale Brewery (Washington; 1982)

Prarie Inn Cottage Brewery (British Columbia, Canada; 1983)

Bridgeport Brewing (Oregon; 1984)

Granville Island Brewing (British Columbia, Canada; 1984)

Kessler Brewing (Montana; 1984)

Pyramid Ales Brewery (Washington; 1984)

Truckee Brewing (California; 1985)

Vancouver Island Brewing (British Columbia, Canada; 1985)

Abita Brewing (Louisiana; 1986)

Sprecher Brewing (Wisconsin; 1986)

Bandersnatch Brewing (Arizona; 1987)

Black Star Brewing/McKenzie River Partners (California/Montana; 1987)

Devil Mountain Brewery (California; 1987)

Golden Pacific Brewing (California; 1987)

Humboldt Brewery (California; 1987)

Union Brewery (Nevada; 1987)

Bull City Brewery & Cafe (North Carolina; 1988)

Port Arthur Brasserie & Brewpub (Ontario, Canada; 1988)

Tracks Brewpub (Ontario, Canada; 1988)

Bison Brewing (California; 1989)

Pacific Northwest Brewing (Washington; 1989)

Breckenridge Brewery & Pub (Colorado; 1990)

Clark's Crossing Brewpub (Saskatchewan, Canada; 1990)

Fitzpatrick's Brewing (Iowa; 1990)

Great Western Brewing (Saskatchewan, Canada; 1990)

Irish Times Pub & Brewery (Florida; 1990)

Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe (California; 1990)

McMenamin's Brewery (Oregon; 1990)

Pacific Western Brewing (British Columbia, Canada; 1990)

CEEP Barney's, Ltd. (Ontario, Canada; 1991)

Edgefield Brewery (Oregon; 1991)

Idle Spur Crested Butte Brewery (Colorado; 1991)

Great Lakes Brewing (Ontario, Canada; 1992)

Oxford Brewing (Maryland; 1992)

Preston Brewery/Embudo Station (New Mexico; 1992)

Unibroue (Quebec, Canada; 1992)

Andrew's Brewing (Maine; 1993)

Glatt Bros. Brewing (Canada; 1993)

Kelly's Caribbean Bar & Grill (Florida; 1993)

Downtown Joe's Brewery & Restaurant (California; 1994)

Frontier Brewing (Iowa; 1994)

Gray Brewing (Wisconsin; 1994)

Toisnot Brewing (North Carolina; 1994)

Bear Brewing (British Columbia, Canada; 1995)

Heartland Brewing (New York; 1995)

Motor City Brewing Works (Michigan; 1995)

Thomas Kemper Brewery (Washington; 1995)

Clipper City Brewing (Maryland; 1996)

Don Gambrino's Brewpub (Florida; 1996)

Firehouse Brewery & Restaurant (Ohio; 1996)

Gravity Brewing (Pennsylvania; 1996)

Madison Brewing Pub & Restaurant (Vermont; 1996)

Michigan Brewing (Michigan; 1996)

Saw Mill River Brewery (New York; 1996)

Silo Brewpub (Kentucky; 1996)

Texas Cattle Co. Border Grille & Brewery (Georgia; 1996)

Breakers Brewing (New Jersey; 1997)

Brewery at Ninth Square (Connecticut; 1997)

Copper City Brewing (Arizona; 1997)

Essex Brewing (Connecticut; 1997)

Franklin County Brewing (Vermont; 1997)

Hinesburg Brewing (Vermont; 1997)

Kelly's Brewery (New Mexico; 1997)

Saints Brewing (Iowa; 1997)

Smaragda's Table (South Carolina; 1997)

Starview Brewing (Pennsylvania; 1997)

Timberland Brewing (Oregon; 1997)

Wild Hare Brewing (Montana; 1997)

Windemere Valley Brewing (Canada; 1997)

Yellowstone Valley Brewing (Montana; 1997)

Trumer Brauerei (California; 2004)

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CME Group Inc (CME) Q4 2022 Earnings Call Transcript

$CME Q4 2022 Earnings Call Transcript #earnings #markets #investing

CME Group Inc (NASDAQ: CME) Q4 2022 earnings call dated Feb. 08, 2023 Corporate Participants: Adam Minick — Investor Relations Terrence A. Duffy — Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John W. Pietrowicz — Chief Financial Officer Lynne Fitzpatrick — Senior Managing Director and Deputy Chief Financial Officer Julie Holzrichter — Chief Operating Officer Sean Tully — Senior Managing Director, Global…

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Only known photos and video footage of a living imperial woodpecker (the world’s largest woodpecker, now extinct):

Caption: “Details from four frames in a 16-mm motion-picture film of a female Imperial Woodpecker made by W. L. Rhein in 1956 in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico. Diagnostic features, when perched: triangular white patch on folded wings, black neck and face, black, forward-curling crest; in flight: light-colored bill, white trailing edge in wings, long, tapering tail, and long wings.”

From the same academic paper, which formally reported the footage: The Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) lived until recently in old-growth forests of pines and oaks in montane areas of northwestern Mexico. With a body mass of ~700 g, it was the largest woodpecker species in the world. Similar in appearance to the closely related Ivory-billed Woodpecker (C. principalis), the Imperial Woodpecker differed [...] in its larger size [...]. Imperial Woodpeckers often occurred in groups of 5–10 individuals. They were associated with large areas of plateau forest at elevations >2,000 m with abundant mature and dead trees for food and cavities (Collar et al. 1992). Logging of large timber and extraction of dead trees for pulp had affected >99% of the species’ range by 1995. [...] Written records of the Imperial Woodpecker are scant, and the few firsthand accounts are more than a century old. About 160 mounted specimens and study skins exist in museums around the world. Thus far, no photographic, film, or sound documentation of the species in life has been available. We describe a recently discovered film of an Imperial Woodpecker taken in 1956 by William I. Rhein [...].

The Rhein film was shot on 16-mm color motion-picture film, without a sound track. It contains 2,041 frames or ~85 s of film, in nine takes, of one female Imperial Woodpecker. The film shows the bird in large Durango Pine trees (Pinus durangensis) and documents 18 climbing strides (13 vertical, 5 sideways), four pecks, one foraging scene, two flight launches, and one flight shortly after launching. Striking aspects of the film include movements during the initiation of climbing strides; the power stroke of the Imperial Woodpecker is slow and deep compared with that of smaller woodpeckers. The long crest of the woodpecker sways and bounces markedly with abrupt head movements. In flight, the woodpecker shows long, narrow wings, long tail, and a rapid wing-flap rate.

Caption: “(A) Old-growth pine forest with large pines, standing and downed dead trees, and a fire-maintained open understory in the area where the Imperial Woodpecker was filmed in 1956 in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico (from a Kodachrome still slide by R. Heintzelman). (B) Approximately the same site in March 2010. Large pines had disappeared as a consequence of multiple rounds of logging, dense growth of young pines dominated, and standing dead trees were lacking (photograph by M. Lammertink).”

Source: Martjan Lammertink, Tim W. Gallagher, Kenneth V. Rosenberg, John W. Fitzpatrick, Eric Liner, Jorge Rojas-Tome, and Patricia Escalante. “Film documentation of the probably extinct Imperial Woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis).” 2011.

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You can watch the footage of the woodpecker if you visit this article.

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My Decade in Books Tag

Thank you for the tag @thereadingchallengechallenge! I legit just whined about “my decade in books” not being a thing on Goodreads. Now I’m happy 😊

The rules: respond to the prompt “my decade in books” however you want, & then tag some ppl! I chose a book or series to define each year of the decade, some w/a little description. You can do that, or make up your own response

I choose: books&series, writers, and bookish things

2010 - I didn’t read much that year. Some non-fiction about Buddhism.

2011 - was when Twilight was pushed on me. Whatever else, it got me into reading. It introduced me to YA, led me to The Hunger Games and The Mortal Instruments (and fanfiction) (it also made me start writing - not well at all but still)

2012 - was a terrible year for me. My physical and mental health took a huge hit. I hid in books. Which is why I read twice as many books as I do now. I got recommendations mainly from Goodreads back then. Sometimes from my sister, too. And one of the books she gave me was The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. I have never thrown a book across the room and against a wall like that. It freaking broke! I cried for about 98% of it. I found nerfighters after that and was pretty active in the forums and stuff. Whatever else my year was like, at least I Didn’t Forget To Be Awesome.

2013 - brought The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

2014 - was a horrible year again. But it was also when I found booklr and started doing book photo challenges. I think they saved my life because they kept my mind occupied and off dangerous topics. Booklr introduced me to Sarah J. Maas, Rainbow Rowell, Stephanie Perkins, and Colleen Hoover that year.

2015 - brought serious health drama. Half of the year was wasted on medical stuff and the rest was spent on recovering from it. That was when I was too weak to hold books up (and started using an e-reader more because it weighs less). But I tried. This year brought The Grishaverse, a lot of CoHo - including my favorite Maybe Someday - The Raven Cycle, Tammara Webber’s Easy, and Sophie Kinsella.

2016 - Six of Crows, Shades of Magic, Radio Silence. Need I say more?

2017 - Monsters of Verity, a lot of Patrick Ness, I found Mindy McGinnis

2018 - was an interesting reading year. I can feel booklr’s influence here. The Martian by Andy Weir, I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda by Becky Albertalli.

2019 - belongs to Brigid Kemmerer. Also, Karen McManus, Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick, A good girl’s guide to murder by Holly Jackson, The female of the species by Mindy McGinnis (TW: rape&animal cruelty).  Francesca Zappia was a good find.

that took me only 3 hours. @backlogbooks did you pick a # I could check so I could see more of these?

I tag: @cinnasbooks @aliteraryprincess @storytime-reviews @darkestwings @booksandrandomfandoms @themelodyofspring @i-breathe-therefore-i-read Join in the fun!!!

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Burning Love and Bleeding Hearts: Dark and Dangerous Valentine’s Day Tales, edited by Louise Zedda-Sampson and Chris Mason, Things in the Well, 2020. Cover art by Luke Spooner, info: Facebook.

Britain’s most respected living horror writer Ramsey Campbell has said of this magazine-sized charity book of short stories: «A fine anthology for a fine cause. Invest your imagination in it and you'll be investing in the world as well.» Burning Love and Bleeding Hearts is a collection of dark Valentine’s Day tales; a charity anthology to raise funds for the Australian bush-fire victims, and ALL sale proceeds will be donated to the Australian Red Cross. Thank you for buying, and hope you enjoy these stories, all for a great cause!

Contents: Editor’s Note by Louise Zedda-Sampson and Chris Mason Tender Whisper on a Crimson Tongue by Erik Hofstatter Orchid, Squirrel, White-Hot Star by Russell Hemmell A Saint Valentine’s Day Tale by James Dorr To Cherish, Love, and Obey by K.B. Elijah Waxing Her by Michael Arnzen Oldstones by Miguela Considine Melody in the Dark by Sarah Doebereiner The Rose Room by Kurt Newton Tetratophile by Blake Jessop Kardia by Donna Laemmlen Smoke Signals by Lynne Lumsden Green Abduction Again by Janis Butler Holm Invisible Boy by Bruce Meyer Valentine’s Volunteer by AJ Collins King Cupie by Josh Dygert Geometric Dilemma or Made for Each Other? by Nadja Maril Fallen Angel by Alyson Faye Dark Wings by Gerri Leen Jarred by N. M. Brown When He Comes by Susan Snyder Seamless by Geneve Flynn Screaming for Love by Diane Arrelle Edible Panties by Kevin J. Kennedy Flowering Night by Mere Rain Love Ya to Death by Steve Carr Honeymoon Lodge by Kurt Newton Cleaning up the Act by Stephen Dillon A Receipt by Joshua Strnad Pit of Love by Claire Fitzpatrick Lover Song, Mantis Instinct by Russell Hemmell Dance of the Forever Wolf by S. M. Fedor Broken Crows by William Falo Bloom by Kurt Newton Wrong Number by Noel Osualdini Vegan Vamp by Donna J. W. Munro One from the Heart by Anthony Ferguson Polluted by Sara Tantlinger Lovers’ Quarrel by Michael A. Clark Threeplay by Suzanne Lafetra DNA by E.E. King Encore by Nic Brady Whiter Shade of Pale by C.L. Raven Incisions by Sara Tantlinger The Music of the Heart by John Grant The Catch by Eugene Johnson Vampires and Perfume by Michael Arnzen Doris by Ronnie Smart Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Alan Meyrowitz The Lucky Palace by Syney Khoo A Ballet of Blood and Flames by Liam Hogan Still Broken-Hearted by Lynn White The Lonesome Defeat of Bridge Repair by Gabriel Hart Heart of Dust by Ric Connely Or Something by Sara Tantlinger Damaged by Kevin David Anderson Stonecold by Leslie Wibberley Lovers by Laura Wild Fermented Fatalities by Sara Tantlinger Hermit 2.0 by Rebecca Fraser The Ballad of Elvis O’Malley by Matthew R. Davis Biographies

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美国密集出台多项涉台法案

一.2023年台湾税收协定法案

2023年7月19日,众议院外交委员会主席、共和党众议员迈克尔·麦考尔(Michael McCaul)与外委会资深成员、民主党众议员格雷戈里·米克斯(Gregory W. Meeks)和民主党众议员杰里·康诺利(Gerry Connolly)推出跨党派的《2023年台湾税收协定法》(Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023)，授权拜登行政当局与台湾协商并完成税收协定。

参议院外交委员会主席、民主党参议员鲍勃·梅嫩德斯(Bob Menendez)、民主党参议员克里斯·范霍伦(Chris Van Hollen)和参议院外委会亚太小组资深成员、共和党参议员米特·罗姆尼(Mitt Romney)提出了相应的跨党法案。该法案通过了参议院外委会。

除了麦考尔、米克斯和康诺利之外，这项法案还得到了其他来自两党的众议员的联署，他们是：阿米·贝拉(Ami Bera)、鲁本·加莱戈(Ruben Gallego)、格雷格·斯坦顿(Greg Stanton)、安迪·巴尔(Andy Barr)、匡希恆(John Curtis)、帕特·法伦(Pat Fallon)、安·瓦格纳(Ann Wagner)、盖伊·瑞森绍尔(Guy Reschenthaler)和金映玉(Young Kim)。

二.台湾国际团结法案

2023年2月,台湾国际团结法案是由弗吉尼亚州民主党联邦众议员杰拉德·康纳利（Gerald Connolly）提出的跨党派立法,、联署成员包括众院外委会印太小组民主党首席议员贝拉（Ami Bera），以及众议员泰塔斯（Dina Titus）、匡希恒（John Curtis）、安迪`巴尔（Andy Barr）、 费茨派垂克（Brian Fitzpatrick）与麦克林（Lisa McClain）等10多位议员。

2023年5月16日，众议院外委会口头表决无异议通过该法案,

2023年7月25日，美国联邦众议院通过法案

三．通过实力促进台湾和平法案

6月15日，共和党籍参议员马可·卢比奥（Marco Rubio）提出参议院版本的法案，民主党籍众议员巴帕斯（Chris Pappas）与共和党籍众议员班克斯（Jim Banks）7月28日提出了两党的《台湾通过实力实现和平法案》，试图加强美国对台湾岛的支持。

四．美台21世纪贸易倡议首批协议实施法

2022年6月，美国行政当局与台湾政府在宣布将启动《美台21世纪贸易倡议》谈判，同年8月正式展开谈判，经过几轮在台北和华盛顿的面对面与视频协商，2023年6月1日，美国在台协会（AIT）与驻美代表处于华府签署“台美21世纪贸易倡议首批协定”，由驻美代表萧美琴与AIT执行理事蓝莺（Ingrid Larson）代表签署，台湾行政院政委邓振中、美国副贸易代表毕昂奇（Sarah Bianchi）及AIT主席罗森博格（Laura Rosenberger）在场见证。

6月9日，民主党籍参议院财政委员会主席韦登（Ron Wyden）及共和党籍众议院筹款委员会主席史密斯（Jason Smith）等人提出实施法案，除盼透过跨党派核准程序表达国会对协定的支持，也为加强国会监督。

6月21日，众议院表决通过此项立法,7月18日参议院表决通过此项立法，7月27日，这部得到参众两院民主共和两党议员支持的法案被送交白宫。

8月2日，众议院筹款委员会发布声明称，《美台21世纪贸易倡议实施法》确认了国会对美台在此贸易倡议下签署的首批协议的支持，并表明这个首批协议和未来美国与台湾达成的协议在没有国会的批准下将不能生效。

8月7日，美国总统乔·拜登将国会通过的《美台21世纪贸易倡议首批协议实施法》（the United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act）签署成法。

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Brian Epstein’s Address & Telephone Book

A small leather bound pocket address and telephone book that was owned and used by Brian Epstein. The book dates to 1967 and it consists of 57 pages of addresses and telephone number some of which are typed, some of which are in Epstein’s hand and some which have been added by hand on his behalf. // (click HERE to view more pages from the book)

The book contains a total of 404 entries - a selection of them are listed below:

A

ATV Ltd 

ABC Television Ltd 

AIR London Ltd. 

Tom Arnold Ltd 

Neil Aspinall 

Artistes Car Hire 

Annabels [nightclub] 

Alexander’s Restaurant 

Ashley Steiner Famous [talent agency] 

Al Aronowitz 

Atlantic Records 

Eric Andersen 

Bob Anthony 

B

Bryce Hanmer & Co [accounting firm] 

Bedford, Okrent & Co 

BBC Television Centre 

BBC Broadcasting House 

Al Brodax 

Cilla Black 

Mr. & Mrs. Tony Barrow 

Mr. & Mrs Don Black 

Bryan Barrett 

Jack Barclay Ltd  [Bentley dealership] 

Peter Brown 

Mr. & Mrs. B. Bullough 

Mr. & Mrs J. Bullough 

Miss J. Balmer 

Mr. &. Mrs. Ivan Bennett 

Eric Burdon 

Francisco Bermudez 

Lionel Bart 

David Bailey 

Bag O’Nails 

Tony Barlow 

Ray Bartell 

Rodney Barnes 

Bruno One Restaurant 

Sid Bernstein 

Kenn Brodziak 

Leonard Bernstein 

Al Bennett 

Beverly Hills Hotel 

Brian Bedford 

Scotty Bower 

David Ballman 

Bob Bonis 

Bill Buist 

Arthur Buist 

C

Dr. Norman Cowan 

Curzon House Club 

Crockfords Club 

Clermont Club 

Cromwellian Club 

Paddy Chambers 

Radio Caroline 

Michael Codron 

Cap-Estel Le 

Mr. & Mrs. J. Cassen 

Columbia Pictures Ltd 

Eric Clapton 

Capitol Records Mexico 

Michael Cooper 

Roger Curtis 

Neil Christian 

Maureen Cleave 

Thomas Clyde 

Cash Box 

CBS Records Ltd 

Denny Cordell 

William Cavendish 

Caprice Restuarant 

David Charkham 

Capitol Records 

Columbia Broadcasting System 

Bob Crewe 

May Cunnell 

Car Hire Co. for Lincoln 

Dr. Kenneth Chesky 

Capitol Records (Voyle Gilmore) 

Irving E. Chezar 

Danny Cleary 

Bobby Colomby 

Bob Casper 

Andre Cadet 

D

Daily Express 

Disc & Music Echo 

Decca Records 

Bernard Delfont Ltd 

Bernard Delfont 

Noel Dixon 

Jimmy Douglas 

Chris Denning 

Simon Dee 

Rik Dane 

Dolly’s [nightclub] 

Hunter Davies 

Terry Doran 

Pat Doncaster 

Norrie Drummond 

Alan David 

John Dunbar 

Peter Dalton 

Kappy Ditson 

Robert Dunlap 

Robert L. David 

Diana Dors 

Ivor Davis 

Tom Dawes 

Brandon de Wilde 

Don Danneman 

E

Malcolm Evans 

Clive J. Epstein 

Mr. & Mrs. H. Epstein 

EMI Records Ltd 

EMI Studios 

Geoffrey Ellis 

Etoile Restaurant 

Tim Ellis 

Terry Eaton 

Kenny Everett 

John East 

Bob Eubanks 

Esther Edwards 

Ahmet Ertegun 

F

Alan Freeman 

David Frost 

Georgie Fame 

Robert Fraser 

Andre Fattacini 

Dan Farson 

Billy Fury 

Barry Finch 

Marianne Faithfull 

Robert Fitzpatrick 

Warren Frederikson 

John Fisher 

Danny Fields 

Francis Fiorino 

G

Dr. Geoffrey Gray 

Hamish Grimes 

Derek Grainger 

Rik Gunnell 

Rik Gunnell Agency Ltd 

Derrick Goodman & Co. 

Peter Goldman 

Christopher Gibbs 

David Garrick 

Geoffrey Grant 

Mick Green 

John P. Greenside 

Michael Gillet 

General Artists Corp. 

John Gillespie 

Voyle Gilmore 

George Greif 

Ren Grevatt 

Milton Goldman 

M. Goldstein 

Gary Grove 

Henry Grossman 

H

Mr. & Mrs. Berrell Hyman 

Doreen Hyman 

Mr. & Mrs. Basil J. Hyman 

Mrs. A. Hyman 

Steve Hardy 

H. Huntsman & Son Ltd 

Simon Hayes 

Frankie Howerd 

Henry Higgins 

Chris Hutchins 

Tony Howard 

Wendy Hanson 

Marty Himmel 

Casper Halpern

John Heska

Ricky Heiman

Joe Hunter

Ty Hargrove

Hullabaloo.

Walter Hofer

J

M.A. Jacobs & Son 

David Jacobs [lawyer] 

Dick James Music Ltd 

Mr. & Mrs. D. James 

Mick Jagger 

Brian Jones 

Michael Jeffries 

Drummond Jackson 

David Jacobs [d.j.] 

Brian Joyce 

Gerry Justice 

K

Gibson Kemp 

Johnathan King 

Mr. & Mrs Maurice Kinn 

Kingsway Recording Studios 

Ashley Kozac 

Kafetz Camera Ltd. 

Reg King 

Andrew Koritsas 

Ed Kenmore 

Walker Kundzicz 

John Kurland 

Murray Kauffman

L

Larry Lamb 

Martin Landau 

Kit Lambert 

Dick Lester 

Mr. & Mrs. Vic Lewis 

Tony Lynch 

Radio London 

Mike Leander 

John Lyndon 

Bernard Lee 

Kenny Lynch 

Denny Laine 

Lomax Alliance 

Ed Leffler 

David G. Lowe 

Richard W. Lean 

Goddard Lieberson 

Laurie Records 

Liberty Records 

London Records 

Alan Livingston

M

Melody Maker 

Peter Murray 

Keith Moon 

Mr. & Mrs. G. Martin 

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Matthew 

Midland Bank Limited 

Vyvienne Moynihan 

Gerry Marsden 

Ian Moody 

Michael McGrath 

Cathy McGowan 

Mr. & Mrs. J. McCartney 

Albert Marrion 

Robin Maughan 

Peter Maddok 

Gordon Mills 

Brian McEwan 

John Mendell Jnr. 

Marshall Migatz 

Fred Morrow 

Chruch McLaine 

Vincent Morrone 

Jeffrey Martin Co. 

Gavin Murrell 

Dean Martin 

Gordon B. McLendon 

Sal Mineo 

Scott Manley 

Bernard Mavnitte 

Verne Miller 

N

John Neville 

Joanne Newfield 

Tommy Nutter 

Francisco Neuner 

Tatsuji Nagasima 

New Musical Express 

NEMS Enterprises Ltd 

Graham Nash 

Nemperor Artists Ltd 

Louis Nizer 

Bob Nauss 

Gene Narmore 

O

George H. Ornstein 

Olympic Sound Studios 

A. L. Oldham 

Myles Osternak 

Roy Onsborg 

P

Col. Tom Parker 

Jerry Pam 

Plaza Hotel 

PAN AM. rep 

Bob Perlman 

Allen Pohju 

Robert H. Prech 

John Pritchard 

Prince Of Wales Theatre 

Don Paul 

Sean Phillips 

Jon Pertwee 

Ricki Pipe 

Dr. D. A. Pond 

David Puttnam 

David Puttnam Associates 

Tom Parr 

Harry Pinsker 

Kenneth Partridge 

Larry Parnes 

Priory Nursing Home 

Viv Prince 

Steve Paul 

R

Radnor Arms [pub] 

Leo Rost 

Keith Richard 

Record Mirror 

Dolly Robertson-Ward 

Charles Ross 

Rules Restuarant 

Marian Rainford 

Bobby Roberts 

Bill Rosado 

S

Vic Singh 

Speakeasy [club] 

Simon and Marijke 

Simon Shops 

Judith Symons 

Keith Skeel 

Tony Sharman 

Simon Scott 

Barrie Summers 

John Singleton 

Squarciafichi 

Don Short 

Dr. Walter Strach 

Walter Shenson 

John Sandoe Ltd 

Bobby Shafto 

Harry South 

Brian Sommerville 

Robert Stigwood

David Shaw 

Chris Stamp 

Aaron Schroeder 

Stephen, Jacques & Stephen [law firm] 

Leo Sullivan 

Gene Schwann 

Herb Schlosser 

Gary Smith 

Jim Stewart [co-founder, Stax Records] 

John Simon 

Jerry N. Schatzberg 

Lex Taylor 

Robert Shoot 

Lauren Stanton 

St. Regis Hotel 

Eric Spiros 

Howard Soloman 

T

Taft Limousine Corp 

[Sidney] Traxler (lawyer) 

T.W.A. Ken S. Fletcher [director, public relations, TWA] 

Derek & Joan Taylor 

T.W.A. (Victor Page) 

Martin Tempest 

Evelyn Taylor 

Twickenham Studios 

Kenneth Tynan 

Alistair Taylor 

F. T. Turner & Son Ltd. 

R. S. Taylor 

Michael Taylor 

George Tempest 

Norm Talbott 

U

United Artists Corp Ltd 

U.P.I. 

V

Klaus & Christine Voormann 

V.I.P. Travel Ltd 

W

Mark Warman 

Gary Walker 

Robert Whitaker 

Peter Watkins 

Peter Weldon 

Mrs. Freda Weldon 

Alan Warren 

Orson Welles 

Sir David Webster 

Alan Williams 

Dennis Wiley 

Terry Wilson 

Nathan Weiss 

Norman Weiss 

Gerry Wexler 

Y

Murial Young 

Bernice Young 

Z

Peter Zorcon