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Does anyone have any ideas on how best, easiest & least painful to get rid of all of the glue stuff that is left behind after surgery - you know, after all of the surgical tape has been removed there's all that gunk left.
I have washed it every day in the shower with warm soapy water. I have rubbed it down with alcohol and then just kind of tried to rub it all off as best I can with my fingertips. None of it seems to be working very well though. I have A LOT of that stuff on me & I am ready for it to be gone! lol
Any suggestions?
I killed my magnetic tape measure today. I caught the clasp between a UB and the cladding and twisted the clasp. In the end the guys in jobbing were able to straighten it, but it's measurements are now suspect..... DAMN!!!!!
*Mutter* *Grumble* *Rant*
On the bright side the company paid for a newer, better tape. But it doesnt have the magnetic clasp that made old faithful so useful.
Ah well.....
Surprise Surprise, It's Another Al Qaeda Blockbuster Release
Media reports on Atta/Bin Laden video fail to Mention the Fact that Atta was under CIA surveillance at the time, was allowed into the U.S. and was then monitored by military intelligence
Steve Watson / Infowars | October 2 2006
Karl Rove's promised October surprise has arrived nice and early. Five weeks before the midterm election, a "previously undiscovered" video emerges that reminds the uninformed world that Al Qaeda carried out the 9/11 attacks and in order to combat them we must vote for security over liberty.
The video, supposedly obtained by The Times of London through 'a tested channel', shows Osama Bin Laden addressing followers at Kandahar In 2000. It also features "9/11 mastermind" Ramzi Binalshibh and Lead hijacker Mohammed Atta reading his will, along with Ziad Jarrah, the alleged pilot of flight 93.
Watch the video: Osama Bin Laden's HQ
The tape has no soundtrack and a US source said lip readers had tried without success to decipher what was being said. This means that no voice analysis can be performed to confirm the true identity of those featured, a practice that has previously proven tapes to be outright fakes.
The soundtrack has been purposefully removed, who removed it and can they explain why?
Furthermore, why can't lip readers decipher what is being said? The lips of Atta and Jarrah are clearly visible. Could it be because the images have been doctored as was suspected with the video testimonies of the London bombers?
When a video tape of Mohammad Sidique Khan was released showing him in Arab garb and talking about committing bombings, his former friends and locals who knew him were adamant that the tape was fake. One of Khan's friends was quoted as saying "It's a fake. Look at the way his lips were moving; they looked odd, the whole thing is a fake."
Not questioned also is the fact that although the London Times says it "obtained" the tape, other reports say things like "The video released this weekend was found when the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001. NBC News has obtained an analysis of the tape by U.S. intelligence experts, which scrutinizes every frame."
The fact of the matter is that all these tapes come from the US military and the CIA, they are then 'leaked' to the media in an attempt to remove any suggestion that they are US propaganda. We previously documented how the Washington Post reported that the last Al-Zarqawi tape was admittedly a Pentagon produced psy-op.
The fact that this tape was given to The Times of London and not left on the doorstep of Al Jazeera suggests that US officials wanted a worldwide reception for it and recognise that generally people are tiring of the "Al Jazeera obtains Al Qaeda video" cliche.
The tape is being touted as "the missing link" where Mohammed Atta is concerned.
The Times reports, "American and German investigators have struggled to find evidence of Atta’s whereabouts in January 2000 after he disappeared from Hamburg. The hour-long tape places him in Afghanistan at a decisive moment in the development of the conspiracy when he was given operational command. Months later both he and Jarrah enrolled at flying schools in America."
Where as the majority of people will only see the tape as further proof that 9/11 was carried out by Bin Laden henchmen, those who have researched 9/11 will know, as reported by the Berliner Zeitung newspaper, “Atta was under surveillance by CIA agents while in Germany from January to May, 2000…. The Americans did not inform German law enforcement authorities of their observation of Atta, or of the reasons that they considered him suspicious…. But the CIA apparently also hid its incendiary findings from other agencies of the United States government,” thus allowing him to gain a U.S. entry visa on May 18, 2000.
At this times the CIA also had Ramzi Binalshibh under surveillance:
"It seems likely that the CIA did monitor Binalshibh long enough to connect him to Atta... So we have strong indications that Binalshibh led the CIA to Atta, who was then followed to the States."
Once Atta was inside the US he was discovered and monitored by the DIA op 'Able Danger'. The op was part of an experimental program to collect intelligence on terrorist networks. The Army intelligence unit, located near the Pentagon, then alerted the FBI and the CIA to Atta, who of course already knew about him.
As Kurt Nimmo has pointed out, "In other words, we are expected to believe both the CIA and the FBI are completely brain-dead and unable to process the most basic intelligence information. In fact, the CIA (with the assistance of the so-called Israeli “art student” spies and covert op facilitators) micromanaged the nine eleven plot patsies, from Hamburg to flight training and beyond."
More recently Pentagon lawyers have ordered five members of the Able Danger intelligence team not to testify at an open Senate about information they developed on Atta. It was also confirmed that intelligence officials involved in the program had been ordered to destroy more than 2.5 terabytes of information in April/May 2000.
We have previously also reported that Atta was wired $100, 0000 days before 9/11 by the head of Pakistani Intelligence who happened to be having breakfast on 9/11 with Senator Bob Graham and Rep. Porter Goss, the chairmen of the Senate and House Intelligence committees.
The tape could also have been produced at any time given the fact that it has been reported that ATTA IS STILL ALIVE, and Ziad Jarrah's family provided evidence days after 9/11 that Jarrah, wasn't even onboard Flight 93 and that if he was, it was only as a passenger who was just as much of a victim as the rest of the people on the plane.
in order to counter these claims defenders of the official story point to Jarrah's recovered visa that was miraculously found in the remains of Flight 93, only a bit burned and not entirely destroyed along with the entirety of the aluminum and steel plane parts.
This latest tape comes hot on the heels of a previous release last month that purported to show Bin Laden meeting with alleged 9/11 hijackers Wail Alshehri and Hamza Alghamdi days before the attack in Afghanistan. Telling therefore it is that Wail Alshehri was one of the accused hijackers reported by the L.A. Times to still be alive and protesting his innocence in Saudi Arabia after 9/11.
It has previously been reported that up to nine of the nineteen alleged hijackers are still alive. Yet the FBI still maintains it has the correct mugshots of the right men.
Furthermore, the other alleged hijacker in the previous tape, Hamza Alghamdi's original mug shot as it appeared on the splash of 19 hijackers bore, "no resemblance" to the real Hamza Alghamdi - according to his own father after being informed of his son's involvement in the attack. The Hamza Alghamdi in the new video does appear to be the same individual in the FBI's mug shot parade. As with at least seven of the hijackers, it seems that there are two of each one, and the ones that appear in the tapes are patsies or dupes.
This is by no means a stretch when we recall that many of the hijackers were trained at secure U.S. government air bases and that the FBI had its own informants living with them.
As we reported last month, "The hijackers were patsies, Osama bin Laden was a patsy - it doesn't really matter if they met or not. The other patsy in the video, Hamza Alghamdi, was trained at the behest of the U.S. government at the Pensacola Naval Air Station. But the video - as with most war propaganda - is aimed at the lowest common denominator and it's enough to reinforce the official version of 9/11 and the legitimacy of the war on terror."
I’ve had a very busy last few months. So busy I haven’t had time to write anything down. So why have I been too busy to update for my friends? Well, beside the fact that I often have update lapses, here’s what’s been going on:
1. School –
As you’re probably aware I’ve been spending the last few years nestled in my birthplace of Humboldt County, in Northern California, earning my Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education and getting a Teaching Credential. I earned the BA in May of 2005, and this last year I’ve been working toward the Credential by student teaching and attending various post-graduate classes. And let me tell you, this year was a bear! Especially the last six months. No extra time for anything. But it was also fun in a lot of ways. I mean, you get to be with kids all day, and that’s pretty cool. You can even play songs for them every once in a while.
Now, when I started back at this school thing, I was kinda sick of playing the music game and figured I was ready to settle into a stable career, and a stable life, and have my summers and other vacations off for “hobbies” like playing music. Which still sounds good, and it’s something I may still do, but at this point I’m not so sure…
2. Tape Op Conference –
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: An extended weekend hanging out with music makers. Summer camp for music recording geeks. Every year has been great, inspiring, educational, and fun. These conferences have made me think seriously about being a small recording studio owner and helping to aid other folks into shaping their music, in addition to my own career as a performer and recording artist. So we’ll see what the future brings...
Anyway, this year’s conference was wonderful as usual. The location this time around was Tucson, Arizona, at the (perhaps too) fabulous El Conquistador resort – very swanky. I ran two home recording discussion workshops this time around and had some incredible panelists, including Brian Berg (of 44 Long), skater / musician Ray Barbee, Ireland’s Mark O’Connor, and Nik Frietas, among others. Let me tell you, Nik is one to watch. The workshops seemed to go well and good information was exchanged. Other conference highlights were the potluck studio, “My Favorite Mix Moments,” and especially “Records that made me want to record” which was capped by Mark Rubel’s stirring tribute to Ray Charles’ recording of “Georgia On My Mind.”
Unfortunately, I didn’t get that many pictures this year, but I do have photos of both of my workshops as well as me and Mark O’Connor hobnobbing with Joey Waronker They’ll be up on the website’s picture page very soon.
3. Tape Op Con Hootenanny -
I’ve been saying for the last couple of years that when I was done with college that I’d return to live performing. What I didn’t realize was that I’d be performing the day after college was officially over. But thanks to good friend and Tape Op founder Larry Crane, I was asked to play a songwriter’s hootenanny at this year’s conference at Tucson’s Club Congress. The hoot featured Leigh Marble, Brian Berg, Nancy Hess, Ben London, and myself. We all sat on the Congress’s wonderful little stage and traded songs, one after another. Both Brian and Nancy mentioned ahead of time that they were nervous because they hadn’t played in a year. You can imagine how I felt – I haven’t performed in four years. And guess what? I had to start it off. First I did “Thirteen Weeks”, which felt sloppy and off-key. Then the rest of the folks played some marvelous songs – no wonder we (they?) were billed as some of the country’s best songwriters – which made me feel more inadequate. Next I did “Hollywood’s Dreams”, which felt a little better. That was followed by a slowly strummed “These Days”, by which time I felt I’d shaken off the rust. After songs from everyone else again, I closed with “September Knows”, which felt really good. It was a great night and I felt very honored to be sharing the stage with folks of that caliber.
Also performing at the Congress for Tape Op Con were American Music Club, Cracker, M. Ward, Nik Frietas, Jay Bennett, Rebecca Gates, Norfolk and Western, and several others. It was a great weekend!
4. Moved to Washington, DC
Yep, now I live in Washington, DC. If you know me or have kept up with the website or these pages, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to you. I’ve been planning a move east for years. I’m in an apartment on the Northeast side of town. The rent’s cheap but the neighborhood is less than desirable, but it’s improving fast. I’ve got my studio set up and I hope to start recording soon.
Now that I’m out of college I need to get me a day job. I’m not sure what I’m going to do, but I’m sure it’ll have something to do with teaching, or maybe retail. I certainly have tons of experience doing retail.
I’m also hoping to get back to playing live. I figure I’ll knock off the rust by playing some open mics. That’ll be a good way to meet other musicians around town, too, as I’d love to play with other people.
5. Complete Catalog Available on iTunes
Yep, everything’s available now, so you can download from all four studio albums, from the live album, and even from the rarities and outtakes album. I would’ve never thought that there’d be so many versions of “Opera Alley” out there! Links to all of the albums are on my website, or, if they aren’t there now, they will be soon! Download away and help me keep from working for The Man!
Funny thing, by the way – my top song on iTunes is “Alison Day”, an outtake from Smile Slightly that was finally released on the rarities album. Go figure.
6. The Future
So what does the future hold? Well, here are some things I’d like to happen I the next few years:
· A return to regular live performing - I miss playing live. I’d like to have a band – one that’s flexible. That is, if one person can’t make it, we can still perform. If the drummer’s gone, the bass player and guitar player and I can do an acoustic show. If the bass player’s out, either the other guitar player can play bass or the drummer can play congas and the two guitar players can do, again, an acoustic show. You get the idea.
· Playing with other folks – there’s nothing like playing with other people when it comes to improving your musical skills. I’d love to just jam with other people. To just sit back and exchange tunes. I haven’t done enough of that. Washington D.C. folks, are you listening?
· Touring all over - I’d love to play in Europe, Australia, Japan, and all over the U.S. and Canada. One of these days, I will. And I’ll see you there.
· Moving to the Shenandoah Valley – It’s a beautiful area. Fewer “big city” problems, yet seemingly very healthy musically. As I mentioned, I’m thinking of opening a recording studio there in a couple of years. I think the area is ripe for it. James Madison University is growing like crazy, and universities bring musicians and bands. And those musicians and bands will need places to record.
· Producing other musicians and helping them with their records – This goes hand in hand with having a studio, of course.
· Properly mastering my entire recorded output and getting it out on “real” CDs – This will happen in the next few years. So buy your artist-assembled CD-Rs now, they’ll be collector’s items soon!
Guess that’s about it for now. Come back real soon!
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