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Andrew Winton seven-string lap guitar/bass (the Wintonbeast) http://www.youtube.com/watch...

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I've been listening to Jack Casady's acoustic bass Diana, a lot of Renaud Garcia-Fons' on double bass, and Luna Gayageum and I wondered, "Has anyone built a Weissenborn bass or lap slide bass?" Yep - GuitarBuster - -

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On January 18, 1891—124 years ago today—James Stephen Hogg was inaugurated as the state’s governor, the first native Texan to be elected to the office. He was born in 1851 in Cherokee County and died in 1906 in Houston at the age of 54. He served two 2-year terms as governor, leaving office in 1895. He’s famous, among other things, for naming his daughter Ima (His three sons had conventional names and he did not, as is widely believed, have a second daughter whom he named Ura). - GuitarBuster - -

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A puppy maybe? Sargent or Maggie Mae?

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Both. (I'm the wrong person to ask...) - GuitarBuster - -

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We're partial to black and white ones at Chez Botts. :) - GuitarBuster - -

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MARTIN 00-16 CUSTOM AMBERTONE GUITAR & CASE 0016 - Elderly Instruments - http://elderly.com/new_ins...

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I think I like this one better than the new NAMM model 000-16 that I posted the other day. - GuitarBuster - -

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The Caregiver's Tao Te Ching - William Martin

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[38] Not trying to be good, we are free to truly care. When we try to be good, our caring loses power. We work harder and accomplish less. Trying to be good is a pale imitation of caring. It blooms like a flower for a moment, but it fades soon after blooming. Our caregiving is the fruit at the center of life, not a flower. We don't have to try to be good, We are good. - GuitarBuster - -

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I have two copies of The Sage's Tao Te Ching, another of William Martin's books. I'll add it to the cobwebbed shelf of books for Joe Silence (along with Cooking Fearlessly) - GuitarBuster - -

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I had a huge train set when I was about 8. #SaturdayFF.

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My dad and I had a 8x12 ft tabletop setup in the garage complete with bridges, tunnels, stations, and landscaping. Lionel, The large 'O' gauge. 1:48 scale, not the little HO gauge, 1:87 scale. - GuitarBuster - -

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I always wanted a train set. <a href="#jealous</a>" target="_blank">http://friendfeed.com/sea... ; - GuitarBuster - -

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No butts about it: Dairy goats are picky about what they eat | The Star Telegram - http://www.star-telegram.com/news...

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"There's nothing more ill bred than to steal the affections of someone else's dog."

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Cashmere Slim and the Texas Goat Uprising

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Map: Literally every goat in the United States - The Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...

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You'll find commercial goat farms operating in 2,996 of the country's 3,143 counties. Of the top ten goat-producing counties, 8 are in Texas and two are in Arizona. In Sutton County, Texas, goats outnumber people 14-to-1. In Edwards County, also in Texas, the ratio is 22-to-1. All in all, goats outnumber people in 21 U.S. counties, all but one of which are in Texas. - GuitarBuster - -

Edwards and Sutton are adjacent counties, west of Kerrville, north of Del Rio, Sonora is the country seat of Sutton Co. - GuitarBuster - -

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The top places in the U.S. to live if you want to be outnumbered by goats | MNN - Mother Nature Network - http://www.mnn.com/your-ho...

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Those who have experienced traumatic petting zoo encounters should probably steer clear of Texas. - GuitarBuster - -

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Architecture for Humanity abruptly closes up shop | MNN - Mother Nature Network - http://www.mnn.com/your-ho...

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Architecture for Humanity, the National Design Award-winning charitable organization dedicated to “building a more sustainable future through the power of design,” is no more. The news comes just several weeks after a more celebratory announcement that AfH had finished its work in Haiti, a country where the nonprofit has completed more than 50 individual rebuilding/revitalization projects including the construction of 13 beautiful new schools. Architecture for Humanity quickly mobilized and opened an office in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince during the aftermath of the 7.0 magnitude tremor that devastated the island nation in March 2010. As reported by John King for the San Francisco Chronicle, all of Architecture for Humanity’s staff was let go on Jan. 1. The nonprofit’s San Francisco headquarters have also reportedly been shuttered. Read more: <a rel="nofollow" href="#ixzz3P5xClqpe"" target="_blank">http://www.mnn.com/your-h... ; title="#ixzz3P5xClqpe">http://www.mnn.com/your-ho...</a>" target="_blank">http://www.mnn.com/your-h... ; - GuitarBuster - -

Architecture for Humanity’s closure comes just a little over a year after the departure of its fearless co-founders, TED Prize-winning British architect Cameron Sinclair and former television journalist Kate Stohr. The heralded duo founded the organization in 1999 in response to the bloody conflicts in Kosovo that left many refugees homeless. Initially a scrappy grassroots effort revolving around the do-goodery of a small number of volunteers, AfH eventually grew into grow into a highly respected, action-oriented charitable organization with upwards of 60 local chapters spread across over a dozen countries across the globe, all dedicated to constructing housing and other much-needed structures (social centers, schools, medical buildings, etc.) and offering pro-bono planning and design services to in-need communities. Numerous awards and accolades followed. In 2006, Sinclair and Stohr released "Design Like You Give a Damn," a compendium of innovative sustainable architecture projects with a humanitarian slant. A follow-up book, "Design Like You Give a Damn {2}: Building Change from the Ground Up," was released in 2012. Read more: <a rel="nofollow" href="#ixzz3P5xYQnQT"" target="_blank">http://www.mnn.com/your-h... ; title="#ixzz3P5xYQnQT">http://www.mnn.com/your-ho...</a>" target="_blank">http://www.mnn.com/your-h... ; - GuitarBuster - -

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New Congress Begins Anti-Environment Attack With 'No More National Parks' Bill | ThinkProgress - http://thinkprogress.org/climate...

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Rep. Young, who has co-sponsored similar legislation in the past, is one of several other members of Congress who are fighting to gut the Antiquities Act and weaken protections on public lands, but who feature national monuments prominently on social media and their websites: the background of Rep. Young’s website currently features a stock photo of Denali National Park and Preserve, a portion of which was originally designated as a national monument by President Carter in 1978. - GuitarBuster - -

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Judge Overturns Home Health Care Wage, Overtime Rules - ABC News - http://abcnews.go.com/Health...

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A federal judge on Wednesday overturned Labor Department regulations requiring overtime and minimum wage protection for 2 million home health care workers. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon had scrapped part of the rules in December, and Wednesday he completed the process. In his decision, Leon said that the Labor Department's concerns about wages for home care providers are understandable, but that Congress is the appropriate forum in which to debate a complex issue affecting so many families. President Barack Obama announced the rules in 2011, avoiding a trip through a hostile Congress that would have been required had the administration chosen the legislative path. Obama presented the rules with fanfare as part of a campaign to boost the economy through executive branch action. The law Congress wrote in 1974 exempted home health care workers from wage and overtime requirements, Leon wrote, and nothing has happened to change that. "Here, yet again, the department is trying to do through regulation what must be done through legislation," he said, adding that the exemption was meant to ensure affordability for the maximum number of families. Wednesday's ruling scrapped a provision in the Labor Department's rules that had broadened the number of workers eligible for minimum wage and overtime. In response to the judge's ruling, the Labor Department said in a statement that it was considering all of its legal options. The rule was "legally sound and the right policy," the department said, "both for those employees, whose demanding work merits these fundamental wage guarantees, and for recipients of services, who deserve a stable and professional workforce allowing them to remain in their homes and communities." Jodi M. Sturgeon, president of PHI, a group advocating for home care workers, said "we are deeply disturbed by Judge Leon's decision. After three full years, the regulatory process has run its course, and America's 2 million home care workers should not have to wait any longer for fair pay." Labor unions and worker advocates had sought the new rules for years, arguing that home care workers deserve higher wages. But home health care companies employing many of the workers claimed the new overtime rules would make it tougher for families to afford home care for their aging parents. - GuitarBuster - -

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Home Care Workers Denied The Right To Make Minimum Wage And Overtime | ThinkProgress - http://thinkprogress.org/economy...

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Emily puts in long days, often working 16 hours in one day. But she doesn’t get a dime of overtime pay; her employer pays her the same daily rate as if she worked 12 hours no matter how many she actually did. That’s because she’s a home care worker, and under a current loophole called the “companionship exemption,” she and her coworkers aren’t required to be paid overtime or minimum wage. That was supposed to change this year after the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a rule change that would have closed the loophole. But late on Wednesday evening, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon issued a decision vacating that change. In his decision, he ruled that the DOL doesn’t have the authority to redefine the companionship exemption that has excluded this workforce despite the fact that they perform tasks beyond keeping clients company. He had previously struck down most of the rule, saying that this loophole “is not an open question.” - GuitarBuster - -

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Update: Yesterday was Melinda's monthly meeting with her Case Manager. She's one of the best and works for Easter Seals, not the state. Anyway, before the end of last year, DADS (Department of Aging and Disability Services sent a notice about the new labor rules saying that the pay increase and overtime would start with 2015 and all client budgets would have to be re-approved for the increase. Texas is a party to the lawsuit challenging the increase, so they haven't paid the increase AND the news is, if they are forced to comply, they intend to cut wages across the board since the legislature won't increase funding. Note that DADS hasn't sent any notification to all the affected workers. - GuitarBuster - -

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mini Lumio+ — Lumio - http://www.hellolumio.com/shop...

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The mini version of Lumio light comes in a compact pocket size for extra portability. It features an added function as a battery pack to power your mobile devices. It's small enough to fit into your pocket but packs enough power to provide 4x extra battery life for your smart phones and tablets. The design features a removable "spine" that conceals the USB charging ports while providing the option to personalize the color to fit your style. Mini Lumio+ integrates technology for our mobile lifestyle in a stylish form of a compact hand-crafted notebook. - GuitarBuster - -

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Parents Question Name of New Frisco High School | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth - http://www.nbcdfw.com/news...

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A group of Frisco Independent School District parents is calling on the district to change the name of one of its new high schools. According to the district, the Lebanon name was chosen by its naming committee to honor the district’s heritage. “Lebanon” references a community of farmers that settled near the old Shawnee Trail about 50 years before the city of Frisco was established. - GuitarBuster - -

However, parent Liffey Skender is questioning if that reference still resonates today. “There are a lot of people out there that are not happy with this name,” she said. Skender spoke at a December FISD meeting of the board of trustees to voice her concerns. Since then, she says she’s received about 100 emails and two dozen phone calls from other people supporting her position. “For a high school name, it doesn’t fit this community,” said Robert Mays, another concerned FISD parent. A group of eight parents, including Mays and Skender, met with NBC 5 on Friday. They’re hoping the district will put the name to a vote. They say they were originally told the school would be called “Freedom High School” and are disappointed in what they describe as a less patriotic choice. They feel the name is confusing, as Lebanon is also a country in the Middle East, which, they worry could be a negative association. - GuitarBuster - -

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so, what password did you eventually use? - GuitarBuster - -

Only LastPass knows for sure, I've forgotten already. - GuitarBuster - -

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The Packers of Catan: Green Bay’s Board-Game Obsession - WSJ - http://www.wsj.com/article...

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The weekly schedule of an NFL player is jam-packed and controlled to the millisecond. There are appointments that cannot be missed. There’s practice, film study and time in the cold tub. In the case of the Green Bay Packers, there’s also board-game night. There may not be a more unusual bonding tradition in the NFL than the gang of Packers who get together regularly to play a board game called “Settlers of Catan.” For the past two months, it’s been the talk of the locker room. The number of players that have devoted a long night to the game is in the double-digits—including most of the team’s starting offensive line, among others. - GuitarBuster - -

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Black Bean Chipotle Chili with Zucchini Lime Fritters: Recipe | MNN - Mother Nature Network - http://www.mnn.com/food...

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Mmmm! - GuitarBuster - -

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The Kessler, Thursday Feb 26, 7pm - GuitarBuster - -

Mixed blessing, it's a solo show. - GuitarBuster - -

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Proofread before ordering 5000. - GuitarBuster - -

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