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The Salaries
» State Capital | [State Capital]Barack Obama, President of the United States: $400,000, plus $50,000 expense account, $100,000 nontaxable travel account, $19,000 for entertainment, and free housing Deval Patrick, Massachusetts governor: $140,535 John Baldacci, Maine governor: $70,000 Sarah Palin, Alaska governor: $125,000 Donald Carcieri, R.I. governor: $119,818 Catherine Zuba, governor's executive assistant: $30,412 Brian Stern, governor's chief of staff: $141,547 Beverly E. Najarian, governor's deputy chief of staff: $128,532 John Robitaille, governor's communications chief: $72,413 Aaron Guckian, governor's advance person: $68,002 Frank T. Caprio, general treasurer: $99,214 A. Ralph Mollis, secretary of state: $99,214 Elizabeth H. Roberts, lieutenant governor: $99,214 Jennifer L. Wood, lieutenant governor's chief of staff: $148,288 W. Michael Sullivan, director DEM: $130,152 Howard Boksenbaum, chief state library officer: $67,735 Michael Lewis, director Department of Transportation: $130,000 Al Moscola, RIPTA general manager: $162,219 Bus driver, RIPTA, first year: $28,600; top tier: $47,674 DOT bridge safety inspector: $52,267 DOT semi-skilled laborer: $35,629 John Landers, DOA chief information officer: $125,747 Allan Fung, mayor of Cranston: $80,765 James E. Doyle, mayor of Pawtucket: $90,992 David Cicilline, mayor of Providence: $131,000 State senator: $14,089 Teresa Paiva-Weed, president R.I. State Senate: $28,178 William J. Murphy, house speaker: $28,178 Patrick Kennedy, U.S. congressman: $169,300 Jack Reed, U.S. senator: $169,300 Legislative proofreader: $35,713 Jametta O. Alston, state child advocate: $91,457 [Law & Order]First-year associate, Edwards Angell Palmer and Dodge: $140,000 Patrick C. Lynch, attorney general: $141,435 Staff attorney, attorney general's office (level IV): $97,213 Frank J. Williams, retired chief justice R.I. Supreme Court: $138,306; while on the bench: $184,409 Joseph F. Rodgers Jr., Superior Court presiding justice: $181,121 Alice Bridget Gibney, associate justice Superior Court: $166,910 Superior Court general chief clerk: $94,775 Jeremiah S. Jeremiah Jr., chief justice Family Court: $177,347 John J. Hardiman, public defender: $136,969 Kent A. Willever, Rhode Island Ethics Commission executive director/chief prosecutor: $119,847 Esme Devault, RIEC staff attorney: $51,493 Steve Branch, RIEC investigator: $41,150 Paralegal: $22/hour (state median) Dean Esserman, Providence police chief: $163,000 Brendan P. Doherty, colonel R.I. State Police: $148,937 R.I. state trooper: $53,834 MG Robert T. Bray, adjutant general, R.I. National Guard: $94,796 R.I. National Guard member: $38,000 (average) John Chartier, state fire marshall: $95,546 Firefighter, Providence: $43,426–$51,089 Firefighter, Johnston: $46,772 Environmental police officer (level III): $70,282 Correctional officer, lieutenant: $62,201 Court House security officer: $41,917 [Business Class]Patrick M. Sweeney, wealth manager/financial planner: $200,000–$400,000 Brian Goldner, CEO Hasbro: $2.25 million in total com- Thomas Ryan, CEO CVS: $18 million in total compensation Jaymin Patel, CEO GTech: $2,768,012 (including bonuses) Lewis Campbell, chairman and CEO, Textron: $24,395,128 in total compensation Kevin Sharer, president and CEO, AMGEN: $13.2 million in total compensation Merrill Sherman, CEO Bank RI: $1,075,237 in total compensation John C. Warren, CEO, Washington Trust: $813,098 in total compensation Bank teller: $24,220 (state median) Senior CPA, three years' experience: $52,000– $62,000; seven years' experience: $70,000–$85,000 [Pay to Play]Brad Faxon, PGA golfer: $84,645 (2007 tour earnings) Billy Andrade, PGA golfer: $243,490 (2008 tour earnings) Caddy, RI Country Club: $35–$40/bag plus tips for a double bagger Rocco Baldelli, outfielder, free agent: $2.25 million (2008) PawSox player, rookie season: $30,000 average PawSox player, down from Red Sox: $600,000 (one player example) PAWS, PawSox mascot: $9/hour Andrew Bodnaychuk, P-Bruins defenseman: $525,000 Jim Baron, URI basketball coach: $310,246 Thorr Bjorn, URI director of athletics: $169,125 Robert G. Driscoll Jr., PC athletics director: $197,274 URI athletic therapist: $74,614 RIC head athletic trainer: $47,154 Tennis pro, Tennis Hall of Fame: $50,000 (average) Lifeguard, Middletown: $9,331 (experienced) Professional racing sailor: $65,000–$83,000 Naama Gidron, iyengar yoga instructor, Motion Center: $50,000 (average) Brian Fracassa, personal trainer, Bodyworks Training: $60–$140/session [Hire Learning]Dr. Robert Carothers, president, University of Rhode Island: $231,143 Ruth Simmons, president, Brown University: $745,481 (2007) Ray M. Di Pasquale, president, Community College of Rhode Island: $197,000 Donald Zeyl, philosophy chair URI: $105,356 Philosophy chair CCRI (equivalent position): $72,451 Donald H. DeHayes, URI provost: $225,000 Librarian, URI: $43,608 Professor, RWU School of Architecture: $70,000–$90,000 Captain, URI research vessel: $69,310 Peter McWalters, commissioner Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: $155,843 First-year kindergarten teacher, South Kingstown: $36,866; ten years' experience: $68,978 Eric Peterson, headmaster, St. George's School: $203,431 (2006) Maureen Raia-Taylor, head of upper school, Lincoln School: $71,000 Caroline Walsh, head of middle school, Lincoln School: $57,000 John Gray, principal, Barrington High School: $113,752 Public high school teacher, Providence: $37,100 Catholic high school teacher: $29,500 Dr. Hans W. Dellith, superintendent, Pawtucket schools: $148,447 Teacher's aid, Warwick public schools: $25,000 Tutor elementary/secondary schools: $20–$40/hour Social worker, Rhode Island School for the Deaf: $76,340 Psychologist, Rhode Island School for the Deaf: $56,350 Substitute teacher, Providence: $125/day School bus driver, Westerly Public Schools: $14.40/hour Crossing guard, Warwick: $7,200/school year Crossing guard, Providence: $17,921/school year [Healthy Profits]Dr. Kathleen C. Hittner, president, Miriam Hospital: $572,132 Constance Howes, president and CEO, Women and Infants' Hospital: $459,869 (2006) Dr. Donald R. Coustan, Ob-Gyn chief, Women and Infants' Hospital: $582,364 (2006) General surgeon: $198,000 Dr. Thomas Gilson, state chief medical examiner: $147,122 Gary Alexander, director, Department of Human Services: $126,870 Registered nurse: $62,860 (state median) Physician's assistant: $71,620 (state median) Chiropractor: $73,300 (state median) Optometrist: $114,380 (state median) Psychologist: $68,980 (state median) Psychiatrist: $164,420 (state mean) Dentist: $154,700 (state mean) Dental hygienist: $65,220 (state median) Acupuncturist: $50,000–$60,000 Veterinarian: $74,640 (state median) [Creative Accounting]Lisa LaDew, managing director, Festival Ballet: $55,332 Mihailo Djuric, artistic director, Festival Ballet: $55,450 Dancer, Festival Ballet: $16,000–$18,000 Mark Freedman, artist, painter: $24,000 (see profile, page 41) Marilyn Massaro, curator, Museum of Natural History, Roger Williams Park: $45,940 Larry Rachleff, music director, Rhode Island Philharmonic: $154,000 Percussionist, Rhode Island Philharmonic: $600/concert Curt Columbus, artistic director, Trinity Rep: $159,615 Craig Watson, associate artistic director, Trinity Rep: $89,519 Actor Trinity Rep: $550/week lower theater, $750/week upper theater (union base pay) Actor Gamm Theatre: $100–$400/week (union) Randall Rosenbaum, executive director, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts: $77,595 Wedding photographer: $70,000–$100,000 Gallery manager, 5 Traverse: $30,000 Architect, first year: $40,000–$43,000 Landscape architect: $24.33/hour (state median) [Media (and Sales) Moguls]Pawtucket Times reporter: new hire: $456/week; five years' experience: $729/week (2006) New York Times reporter: $1,675/week Boston Globe reporter: $1,387/week Freelance writer: $38,000–$55,000 First-year TV reporter: $28,000 Veteran (ten-year) TV popular anchor or meteorologist, Providence: $150,000–$250,000 Veteran (ten-year) TV popular anchor or meteorologist, Boston: $1 million-plus First-year radio DJ: $30,000 Popular talk radio show host: $85,000-plus Public relations consultant: $50,000–$70,000 Web designer: $49,000 Sharon Remington Ford, realtor, RE/MAX Flagship: $100,000–$200,000 (see profile, page 38) Cell phone salesperson, Verizon: $32,000 (average) Used car salesperson, J.D. Byrider: $60,000 (average) New car salesperson, Bailey Flood Ford: $55,000 (average) New car salesperson, Inskip Auto Mall (BMW, Porche, Bentley): $40,000–$100,000 [Service Included]Massage therapist: $35/hour Joseph Farias III, hair stylist, Celebeautique: $55,000– $65,000 (see profile, this page) Taxi driver, Providence: $23,000 Travel agent: $34,160 (state median) Southwest Airlines ramp agent: $20,360 (starting) Southwest Airlines check-in agent: $21,060 (starting) Dog groomer, Monique's: $25,000–$30,000 Alison Hamilton, pet sitter: $64,000 Babysitter: $10–$13/hour Nanny (live-out): $500/week Telemarketer: $10.50/hour (state median) Barista, Starbucks: $9/hour Cashier, Dunkin' Donuts: $7.53/hour Pizza delivery person, Ronzio's: $70–$100/night Pastry chef, The Spiced Pear: $26,250 Chef, Gracie's: $65,000–$70,000 Dishwasher, Gracie's: $400–$500/week Bartender, Ten Prime Steak & Sushi: up to $1,000/week Server, Chinese Laundry: $800–$900/week Server, Nicks on Broadway: $100–$200/shift Shot boy, Mirabar: $20–$200/night [Not-For-Profiteers]Lawrence Taft, executive director, Audubon Society of Rhode Island: $80,000 Karen Leslie, president and CEO, YMCA of Greater Providence: $139,550 Robert Billington, president, Blackstone Valley Tourism Council: $54,010 Edward S. Clement Jr., executive director, Aquidneck Land Trust: $105,000 Jonathan Stone, executive director, Save The Bay: $140,000 Trudy Coxe, CEO and executive director, Preservation Society of Newport County: $184,707 Darrell Waldron, executive director, Rhode Island Indian Council: $27,612 Paul Fitzgerald, president and CEO, AIDS Care Ocean State: $88,119 Anne Nolan, president, Crossroads Rhode Island: $130,000 (2006) Andrew Schiff, executive director, Rhode Island Community Food Bank: $130,000 Robert Fish, president and CEO, Rhode Island PBS: $125,888 Anthony Maione, president and CEO, United Way: $202,777 [Hands On Approach]Plumber, Little Compton: $58,250 Plumber, URI: $21,658 Electrician: $35–$38/hour (union) Mechanic: entry level: $20,000–$24,000; ten years' experience: $40,000–$60,000 Fiberglass boat builder: $15.09/hour (state median) Wooden boat carpenter: $28/hour Metal worker: $11.69/hour (state median) Roofer: $33,340 (state median) Net/gear builder: $18/hour Quahogger (summer): $200–$250/day; (winter): $100/day Dairy farmer: $20,000 Produce farmer: $25,000–$40,000 Poultry farm worker: $10.13/hour (regional average) State House janitor: $27,497 (classified, starting salary) DOA senior janitor: $38,562 Pest control technician, SHS Pest Control: first year: $25,000; five years' experience with commission: $60,000 Newport Bridge toll collector: $43,000 [Odd Jobs]Teague Sobin, Southwest Airlines pilot; $85,000–$120,000 (see profile, page 39) Bike messenger, DASH Delivery: $9–$12/hour (plus commission), extra $2–$8/express package Priest-in-charge, first level, Episcopal Diocese of R.I.: $54,529 Winemaker, Greenvale Vineyards: $48,000 Zookeeper, Roger Williams Park Zoo: $40,040 Wayne Peacock, part-time life/executive coach: $18,000 (see profile, page 42) Providence meter reader: $40,938 Whole Foods store team leader: $107,000 "Kitty Litter," drag queen: $10,000/year ($100/appearance, free at charity events) Foxy Lady dancer: $200–$500/8-hour shift Funeral director/embalmer: $750–$1,000/week (higher for high volume funeral) Hearse driver: $10–$15/hour Grave digger: $33,601 (state average) Sources: Municipal salaries: www.themoneytrail.org. State average wages: R.I. Department of Labor and Training, Occupational Employment Statistics 2007. Some wages annualized by multiplying hourly wage by forty-hour week and fifty-week year with unpaid two week vacation. State salaries: State of R.I. Fiscal Year 2008 Budget, Personnel Supplement. Nonprofit salaries: www.guidestar.org, IRS Form 990 filings 2007. Corporate salaries: www.forbes. com, www.reuters.com, www.companypay.com, www.investing.businessweek.com, www.pharmalot.com. Other figures found through Internet searches, public records and individual interviews. |


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Evan Coffee Table
Details http://www.ethanallen.com/en_US/shop-furniture-living-room-coffee-tables/evan-coffee-table/128220+++191.htmlItem #: 128220 191
Dimensions: 46"w x 19"h x 25"d
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Three, two, one. This trio of tables conforms to your needs. Custom-size to the length of your sofa, or pull apart and use all three when extra surface space is needed. The creamy travertine stone veneer top is lighter, stronger, and more stable than solid travertine limestone.
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There was no film more 'love-it-or-hate-it' at Sundance this year than "The Comedy" (currently playing in select theaters nationwide and available on VOD). Indiewire's Eric Kohn, for one, loves it. In his glowing review from Park City, he wrote: "There's little conventionally funny about 'The Comedy,' but its status as a provocation is a grand joke. Director Rick Alverson ('New Jerusalem') has made a one-of-a-kind portrait of pathologically insecure and overpriviledged hipsters, crafting the finest awkward-bizarre character study since Ronald Bronstein's 'Frownland.' The first brilliant maneuver is its casting of Tim Heidecker as the supremely unlikable lead. Best known as one half of the irreverent comedy duo from 'Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job!,' Heidecker embodies a supremely obnoxious Williamsburg resident committed to wisecracks, regardless of whether or not anyone laughs. Usually, they don't — and neither do we. That's the point."
Below, Alverson shares on his favorite scenes from the film.
The scene was written as a playful, adolescent and mostly innocent indiscretion for the men, but set against something that has a gravity and severity they are disconnected from in every way. The important word was "tourists." I wanted to stress the novelty and foreignness of a sacred place to them and also the waning reality of the church as a social power. It was mostly important to illustrate their curiosity; that an ironic field trip to a cathedral is inevitably laced with an actual desire to interact with that place, however deeply that may be submerged in the sacrilege.
There is a very important moment when the group diverges and Swanson, Tim's character, meanders off alone, however briefly. He sits and, for a moment, is objectively just a man in a pew in a church, his mind wandering as one's mind would in that place. He sees the bodies in the front of the cathedral, occupying their space. That was the important transition. It shouldn't need to be overwrought, it is a simple fact of place and silence. Those moments in the film are not without considerable importance. They are more appealing to me as humanizing elements than a face racked with tears and regret.
Initially the scene was much longer, and contained a protracted meditative moment with all the men. The camera panning across their faces much like it does at the slide show near the end of the movie. Then it showed the faces of the paritioners. I liked it very much and both my co-editor Michael Taylor and myself would have been happy with a 3 hour cut. It is difficult to say how those moments would change the film, what they would offset in some other place. Ultimately I opted, like with much of the movie, to tuck those humanizing ambiguities in the shadow of the louder irreverence. I wanted them to strike us only briefly, knowing that many people many not see them. To appease that instinct in a viewer for the obvious humanization and redemptive moment would have been to betray the thing, and let us walk away as assured as we have become accustomed to being in our consumption of media. Assurance is a dangerous thing in movies.


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Well you know I love the brass screen. Sheesh.
I love the idea of dressing up boring cabinetry! I remember your other post about it. Still love it.
Adore the fretwork with mirror behind it- seriously thinking of adding some to my house somewhere.
Love these too, I have always had a "thing" for a geometric shape and love the drama it adds to a screen, fabulous way to dress up a room.
I just realized I don't have enough geometric in my life.
I have been looking for the perfect project to use one of Danika's overlays but haven't found one yet. Such a great idea and so much you can do with them. The pantry door is a good place!
I love a good geometric pretty much anywhere…and detailed cabinets have really been catching my eye and smacking me around lately…I feel a project coming on (c:
I still need to get some O'verlays and do something. I have an idea but not sure it will work. Must make a plan! Love your examples as usual!
That gold screen is extra special magical.
Well, you know I'll be a fan because of my headboard made of various squares. I guess I'm a square?
Love a good geometric pattern too.


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Chicago Cubs outfielder Tyler Colvin is in stable condition at a Miami hospital after he was hit in the upper chest by a piece of a maple bat during Sunday's contest in Florida.
Kevin McCarthy Dies at 96: Invasion of the Body Snatchers Youtube Video Trailer
Golden Globe-winning actor Kevin McCarthy, who starred as a frantic doctor trying to save his community in the science-fiction movie classic 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers,' has died. He was 96.
Barack Obama Calls for Day of Service on 9/11 Anniversary of World Trade Center
President Barack Obama is asking the country to observe the Sept. 11 anniversary as a day of "service and remembrance." He says Americans should find a way to serve their fellow citizens and rekindle the spirit of unity and common purpose felt in the wake of the 2001 terror attacks.


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Despite being legally married to Jessica Biel, Justin Timberlake had the audacity to be seen in the presence of a blonde woman while leaving the studio one night. And not just any blonde woman, but a mystery one. For those of you out there who don't spend your entire day reading gossip blogs, let me fill you in on something. "Mystery woman" is a polite way of saying "this human being is so not famous that we couldn't even begin to take a guess as to what she calls herself." What Justin Timberlake was doing inches away from this M.W, we'll never know. Ever. Everything about this mystery woman will forever be a mystery. She's the human equivalent of a Boxcar Children book with the last ten pages ripped out.
What we do know is that Jessica Biel should be upset, enraged, even murderous. I've seen people kill their spouses for less than this on Discovery ID. There's nothing more suspicious than a celebrity hanging out with a normal. Especially a blonde normal. Even if he didn't speak to her once or glance in her general direction, he violated their marriage contract by even making it possible to be photographed with her. Do I think we should stone him? No. Do I think castration's out of the question? Also no.
While I can go on and on about this act of infidelity all day long, I think MediaTakeout.com sums up my thoughts on the matter perfectly with their extremely appropriate and accurate headline, "CAUGHT CREEPING!!! Justin Timberlake Is Spotted LEAVING THE STUDIO LATE LAST NIGHT . . . With A MYSTERY Blonde Who AIN'T HIS WIFE!!!"
Honestly, I couldn't have said it any better myself.
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And the Steven Moffat/Mark Gatiss connection lingers on – following news that Steven Moffat dismissed suggestions that his Sherlock star Englebert Humperdinck Benedict Cumberbatch would make a good Doctor Who, the man himself has underlined that he wouldn't appear in "an episode" of the series.
However – Lumberpunch was rather clever with how he phrased his answer. Might we be seeing him in a Steven Moffat-produced show other than Sherlock in the near future?
Wonderbra also remarked of Doctor Who:
"I'm a huge fan of the series and amazing people do amazing work in it in all parts of the episodes."
Sherlock is a series of 3 feature length episodes which kicks off this Sunday on BBC One – meanwhile Doctor Who fan community Outpost Skaro have a review of Sherlock (registration required.)


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At Furnitology Productions, we're about design, proper materials, and the equipment you likely have in your woodworking shop (eg. table saw, routers, band saw, sabre saw, glue, clamps, wood lathe) with all operations leading to the production of a quality woodworking project. See Why...
Neil Lamens passed from this earth on September 19th, 2012.
Neil was the founder of Furnitology Productions and his passion for fine woodworking was the driving force behind its success. He was a master craftsman and the beauty of the work he created made that clear to anyone seeing it for the first time. For those who knew Neil, there was no secret that his charismatic persona was forged into every piece he created. He was always happy to be in his woodshop turning wood into works of art and the pieces he left us are a testament to that. Neil was loved by many and will be dearly missed by all. He had a great life augmented by the love of his family and friends.
We hope the pages of this website will remind everyone of Neil's talent and passion for his craft. Neil Lamens 1955 - 2012
Furnitology Productions, our mission is to push the home gamer (aka: you - the Village Cabinetmaker) to higher levels of cabinetmaking craftsmanship through the use of the "How to… video"and a solid woodworking plan.
We believe you don't have to possess the newest tool in the shed. But rather have the courage to stick your ego out on the ledge and have your personal creative genius critiqued with each furniture making accomplishment. Much like woodworking itself, I happen to love that process. Similar to the sentiment expressed by sometime woodworker and President, Teddy Roosevelt:
Far better it is to dare mighty projects and feel glorious accomplishment even though there's a spattering of failure along the way, then to just hang out and not continually test your woodworking techniques.
Not much in life is better than to step back, observe and feel the emotion of a completed build, especially if resulting from downloadable plans. Rembrandt would build pictures with wooden frames and oil paints. Today, some individuals like building motorcycles, others enjoy building businesses, however, we are all about teaching you how to build fine wooden cabinetry using the how to video as a wood working tool. This DVD will surely make you a better woodworker.
If you're looking for a cerebral approach to woodworking, the homemade hand plane left the shop. It's now a collectable in the living room. No, this "How to woodworking DVD" is here to educate you towards building the fine, finer, and finest furniture using basic power tool techniques and contemporary materials for today's cabinetmaking.
At Furnitology Productions, we're about design, proper materials, downloadable plans, and the equipment you likely have in your woodworking shop (eg. table saw, routers, band saw, sabre saw, glue, clamps, wood lathe) with all operations leading to the production of quality wood working projects.
Are we going to show you how to spray lacquer?……….NO! it's not on the DVD. We are wood working in homes… you have no business spraying lacquer without proper safety preparation; not just ventilation and storage, but proper environmental disposal of the lacquer dust too. All parts of a good wood working plan. We're quite practical and believers in Buckminster Fuller's "Starship Earth" at Furnitology Productions.
We limit our evaporants to a nice safe multi-coat oil finish topped with a fine hand rubbed paste wax. Down the road we'll have the proper wood working plan that requires an aniline dye and shellac finish. Off the top of my head…something maple. But for now, lets just concentrate on the techniques of fine woodworking and look for a free wood working plan later.
My design style is buzzed around as, "Transitional". My personal genius calls it "using contemporary materials and hardware to build and incorporate traditional icons in the overall design". This video will expose you to a design style that will have you teetering in and out of Furniture History. It's fun to be a woodworker in this style.
So grab your downloadable plans, your how to video and lets get started on some cabinetmaking projects!
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AFSCME Joins Call for Corporate Tax Reform
by Karl Stark | May 19, 2011
On Wednesday, AFSCME joined other unions and allies in the progressive community across the country in telling lawmakers to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to tackling the federal budget deficit. In all, over 250 non-profits, consumer groups, unions and faith-based groups signed onto a letter calling on Congress to enact corporate tax reform that raises revenue.
Just as in Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, Michigan, and other states across the country, politicians in Washington, DC, have proposed draconian cuts to essential public services while letting their corporate cronies off the hook:
It makes no sense for Congress to debate cuts in public services that working families rely on while ignoring the public spending that benefits corporations and is hidden in the tax code...
Some lawmakers have proposed to eliminate corporate tax subsidies and use all of the resulting revenue savings to pay for a reduction in the corporate income tax rate. In contrast, we strongly believe most, if not all, of the revenue saved from eliminating corporate tax subsidies should go towards deficit reduction and towards creating the healthy, educated workforce and sound infrastructure that will make our nation more competitive.
Even in the face of an 8.7% national unemployment rate and budget shortfalls in states across the country that have caused over 400,000 layoffs since 2009, the view from the corporate boardroom couldn't be sunnier. While raking in record profits in 2010, many of America's largest corporations avoided paying even one cent in taxes.
So what did they do with all this extra cash? Use it to hire back workers? Increase investments to help stabilize the economy? Fat chance — CEO's kept it for themselves.
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Delaware Strengthens Efforts to Collect Cancer Information
The state will track possible environmental causes of cancer.
Government Technology
August 21, 2002
DOVER, Del. -- Gov. Ruth Ann Minner signed legislation that could help fight Delaware's high cancer rates by tracking the disease's possible environmental causes.
The bill, S.B. 372, requires that doctors report additional information from cancer patients to the state's cancer registry. The new information includes the length of residency in Delaware; where the patients lived; and what type of work residents have been involved in. The bill also extends the reporting deadline for caregivers who must report to the cancer registry.
"With this new information we will be able to find out whether our state's environment is contributing to our high cancer rate," Gov. Minner said. "Our goal is to not only decrease our cancer rate, but to make Delaware a model for quality cancer care and early detection, while at the same time ensuring that our environment is a safe one."
The goal of the reporting is to help determine why Delaware's cancer death rate is third in the nation. In 1999, nearly 3,800 Delawareans were diagnosed with cancer, according to the council's report. More than 1,700 died. And between 1994 and 1998, the cancer incidence rate in Delaware was 10 percent above the national average.
The state's electronic cancer registry was created in 1970 and, a decade later, it became the official statewide cancer registry. The Division of Public Health, part of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, maintains the cancer registry.
The Delaware Advisory Council on Cancer Incidence and Mortality, a 14-member council created last year by the governor and the General Assembly, recommended the creation and passage of S.B. 372.
The cancer advisory council's report, "Turning Commitment Into Action" lists 26 recommendations for fighting cancer and another 130 specific tasks related to those recommendations.
One of the council's suggestions was to increase knowledge about cancer and its environmental causes.
The council's report has five major long-term goals:
To decrease cancer incidence rates;
To decrease cancer death rates;
To make Delaware a model for quality cancer care and early detection;
To eliminate the differences in cancer rates between different races, genders and socioeconomic groups; and
To learn more about who gets cancer and why.
Office of Gov. Ruth Ann Minner
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Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Best Buy + Guitars = No Threat to Guitar Center, Yet
Best Buy hasn't become the last man standing in the notoriously fickle electronics retailing business for nothing.
Few other retailing concepts generate as steady a rate of failure as electronics retailing—falafel stands in Fargo, North Dakota, I suppose—and the formerly large publicly traded electronics retailing flameouts I can name without pausing to think about it includes Crazy Eddie, Newmark & Lewis, The Good Guys! and CompUSA.
(Circuit City looked like it was coming close to joining that parade, but it's still standing up, although not quite as tall as Best Buy.)
Best Buy has managed through electronics product cycles better than anybody: the corporate culture is terrific at focusing on new product categories and dominating them, re-formatting the stores when necessary to accommodate what customers want—home theater being the latest example.
Which is why I was intrigued to hear Guitar Center management mention a Best Buy experiment in musical instruments on their earnings call recently.
Other than the fact that the Best Buy store was in Riverside California, Guitar Center claimed to know little about how it was going or what it might mean—except that it would no doubt expand the category by encouraging many more consumers to pursue their inner Joey Ramone, as it were.
("Expand the category" is what every retailer in existence has said whenever a bigger, better-run player has moved into their category. I wasn't there at the time, but I imagine that when smallpox-infested whites began settling the Eastern Seaboard, the more optimistic Native Americans were telling their friends the pasty-skinned intruders would "expand the category.")
Having been to Riverside, I can report that while Best Buy's musical instrument effort is decent enough, it is no Guitar Center—yet.
The most impressive part of the whole thing, in my opinion, was the fact that Best Buy carved it out of the rear corner of the store in such an unobtrusive way that it's hard to remember what had been in that corner before. It's big and airy, but it fits the store. You wouldn't know it hadn't always been there.
The second impressive aspect is that, yes, there are real guitars—Gibsons, mainly—hanging up across the back wall, in Sam Ash/Guitar Center-fashion. While not nearly as comprehensive, it does tell you they're selling something besides a plastic grab-and-go disposable gift-pack for somebody's birthday.
There's also a glassed-in room with acoustic guitars set up so users can try them out. And along the other, non-guitar wall (we're in the corner of the store, remember) is a row of computers set-up to show how to create your own home studio. I was told this gets a lot of traffic.
That's the good stuff—from my point of view, as a hack-drumming semi-regular customer of local Guitar Center and Sam Ash stores.
The rest of the lay-out was weak, I thought, with a very limited set of song books and accessories, and a haphazard collection of electronic pianos and synthesizers scattered around the floor, along with stacks of the grab-and-go guitar/amp starter sets.
Furthermore, the second glassed-in playing room was stuffed with electronics and a measly single set of drums—not very inviting. (It was explained to me that when the drums had been out in the open they attracted a little too much attention from boys.)
On the whole, the new musical instrument section in the Riverside store makes a good first impression, although I doubt it will siphon off the hard core Sam Ash/Guitar Center customers. Eventually, however, I suspect Best Buy will get it right.
Up to now, the musical instrument business has operated in a relatively quiet backwater of Big Box consumer retailing.
Whether Best Buy "expands the market" for the current market leaders, or does what the whites did to the Native Americans, remains to be seen.
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- Gone to the blogs said...
*sigh* This makes me long for the bygone days of the true "buy,sell,trade" shops; where one could "demo" every instrument in sight and BS with the skinny long-haired guys working in the store for hours at a time. Next thing you know, Dell will be selling guitars, basses and drums in a direct consumer-direct model.
- Todd Kenyon said...
Guitar Center stores largely cater to the professional or wannabe hobbyist (guilty). I just don't see either of these customers buying anything of musical value at a Best Buy. If you are going to spend well over $1k on a guitar (e.g., most Gibsons) you want alot of selection, maybe some guidance, maybe a few different amps to play it through with a variety of effects, etc. Then you hope to able to cut a deal at sale time. You may even want to have somebody with some expertise set it up for you. None of this will ever happen at BB. Sure a certain type of client may buy there, but they are not the typical GTRC client. Just the thought of buying a decent instrument at Best Buy sort of makes me sick.
- Sistatroll said...
You forgot to mention the Gibson's that Best Buy sells are knock-offs. The SG they carry is not an actual SG... it's is a Signature Series by Gibson/Baldwin.
Did you pick one of them up? They're worse than Squires.
In addition they carry a Fender Starcasters. What in the hell are those?
Anyone purchasing something that like deserves what they pay for and they're not the clientel GC is trying to cater too.
If you want an acoustic, BB also carries Vinci and Silvertone. (???)
I can't imagine Best Buy ever being competition for Guitar Center. The salesmen at GC aren't always the most knowledgable, but even the girls at the front door know the difference between an acoustic and electric guitar. - 7/02/2006 12:52 AM
- pristine85 said...
this is interesting... is there a potential competition here? Is best buy really prepared to take on this sort of competition??? GC has the whole store dedicated to music...best buy would have to open separate stores dedicated to music retail to really combat...?? just stirring things up....
- Tara said...
"gone to the blogs": Direct-to-consumer online sales are already happening. Rondomusic.com sells asian knock-offs of most of the popular electric guitar styles, and as long as you're willing to buy sight-unseen, they beat the pants off any price you'll see at Guitar Center or Sam Ash.
The future is here.
As for the lost mom&pop guitar stores, the rise of Best Buy is the best thing that could happen in that regard. Remember how CD/Record giants like Musicland pushed all the small record stores out of business? Once Best Buy crushed the major CD store chains, they left a hole in the market (specifically, vinyl, indie lables, imports, and used albums) for small stores to fill. Today there are far more privately-owned record stores within driving distance of my house than there were back in the late 80s.
I suspect a similar thing will happen if Best Buy stomps out Guitar Center. Unlike Guitar Center, Best Buy won't bother trying to serve the entire market. They will probably leave gaps which will create opportunities for new ventures. - 1/29/2008 10:49 PM
- Tara said...
Sistatroll: You obviously haven't actually seen one of the new Best Buy music departments. They are stocked up with genuine Gibsons & Epiphones (as well as Fenders, Peaveys, Yamahas, Daisy Rock, and several other brands.)
The sales people are not part of the main-floor staff, but people hired specifically to work in the musical instruments department, chosen specifically for their knowledge of guitars & music gear.
It's basically a store-within-a-store concept. Noting to do with ignorant front door checkout staff. - 2/10/2008 7:37 PM
- Cara said...
I just paid what was a lot of money (to me, anyway) for a tambourine to be
sent to my daughter for Valentine's Day. I ordered it from Musician's
Friend on February 9. I paid extra for expedited shipping. I AM SO ANGRY!
Musician's Friend:
1. Sent the package via USPS parcel post (the cheapest, slowest service possible) rather than FED EX Second Day Air.
2. Sent it to the WRONG PERSON (using my name rather than my daughter's) (And will the mail room at my daughter's dorm figure that out? Fat Chance!)
3. Gave me an invalid tracking number, apparently just making one up.
4. When I asked about the invalid tracking number, said that USPS sometimes just "recycles" tracking numbers. That is a LIE!
5. Said that maybe they will give me a refund IF I SEND THE PACKAGE BACK. But I don't have the package! (Given the switching of names, the fact that my daughter and I have different last names, and the vagaries of a college mail room, I'm willing to bet that I'll NEVER have it. Nor will my daughter!)
6. Certainly the opportunity for the once-in-a-lifetime little Valentine's Day surprise is over forever.
7. This is my daughter's picture. Shouldn't she have had a tambourine for Valentine's Day?
Be careful when using Musician's Friend. Find an honest, reliable company. - 2/21/2008 11:24 PM
- ZoomControl said...
I am a long time employee of Guitar Centers corporate office and a musician. The Guitar Center store experience is going to be a hard experience to match for Best Buy, this much is true. The stores set-up and culture For GC was established years ago when the corporate office was made-up of many ex-store employees slash musicians, who understood the needs and wants of the professional (or even hobbyist) musician. Fortunately for the chain, that previously established format is what is carrying the chains in present day. The problem I foresee here is that after Best Buy tests the waters and starts to develop a groove and they start to become more familiar with what works and what can be improved upon, Guitar Center does not stand a snowballs chance in hell. If or when Best Buys becomes more comfortable with how they are going to ultimately approach the industry, then start to improve on the approach, the Guitar Center corporate office has been so watered down with business executives that have no clue about the industry and have been so incompetent on so many levels, that there is no way they would be able to compete with Best Buys corporate office. When it finally reaches a level where Guitar Center is forced to adjust to win back the market from Best Buy, Guitar Center will sink. The corporate office has turned into a patchwork nightmare of old systems and old backward thinking and the mistakes continue to snowball unchecked. I'm sure that other large companies would cringe if they actually caught a glimpse of the GC corporate infrastructure. Best Buy could not have made this move at a better time. They could really rally this into something big if they exploit the weakness that currently plagues our corp office.
- Kie said...
I work at the Best Buy in Athens, Georgia as a sales operator....and in this town full of college students just needing some hours for beer money, I feel pretty lucky to have scored this job. I have been with the company now for going on two years and I moved to this area for the music scene having been a performer and sound engineer/composer for the majority of my life. I am a gear snob...because I know what quality is and I would expect that any good musician will naturally reach for top shelf instruments. I have a Vox AC30HW, 65 Amps London, 1972 Gibson ES-335, Gibson '58 Custom Shop, Gretsch 6120RHH, Fender Plus Deluxe Strat, G&L Legacy, Taylor GA6, Martin 00016 Special, Fender Precision Bass, SWR Super Redhead....AND so on. I was asked to manage the upcoming department mentioned here and am very excited to be a part of it. I have managed several music stores in my life and also spent quite a bit of that time servicing and repairing musical instruments from harps to dulcimers to guitars both acoustic and electric. This is a wonderful opportunity for me and I hope to be able to reach out, knowing what I know about "gear", and bring endless possibilities in music to folks both young and old. I think it's a wonderful idea...despite it being admittedly "odd" to have such a set-up within a Best Buy. It's a step in the right direction as far as I'm concerned. Because in big box electronic retail stores, you don't find a department dedicated to creativity as a whole. I know it's all about the bottom dollar, but I can assure you that, should I get the position offered me based on my experiences, you will have a go-to guy to talk with about your new song, your endless fascination of music, your new guitar that may need a set-up, a custom order that you may need....simply put, I am THAT guy that cares about your musicianship more than getting into your wallet. In some instances, I can see this concept being truly ridiculous considering. But I can only hope that the person(s) in those new music departments truly understand a musicians needs and NOT just approach it like another new "product" for the consumer market.
- Chase said...
I have the tendency to be very long winded, but I will do us all a favor and be brief. As a former Guitar Center employee who laughed out loud when I heard my store manager announce that Best Buy is opening a musical instrument store let me say that this is no joke. I'm now an employee for Best Buy's musical instrument department and there is a lot happening in the very near future. Don't get me wrong, Guitar Center has it's benefits but Best Buy is going to make large steps to truly improve the experience of buying instruments. If you don't think that there are professionals or a good selection of amps and guitars there think again. That pool is only expanding as well. Let's all face it, Guitar Center is in desperate need of a good competitor, it's in everyone's best interest (yes even Guitar Center employees). Best Buy is a $40 billion dollar giant, who has the intelligence and innovation to take on anybody in pretty much any field period.
- Don't Panic said...
I just visited the new musical instruments section at the Best Buy in Madison, WI, and I've got to say I was impressed. I walked in expecting to see the crap plastic gift box guitars, and found a pretty decent selection of good guitars. I tried out a Fender Jazzmaster, which I haven't seen at other local music shops (Good n' Loud, GC), and talked with one of the employees about different guitarists that use them, etc. I actually went to GC afterward and asked if they had any Jazzmasters in stock and the 2 different employees I asked didn't even know what a Jazzmaster was. I chatted w/ the manager of the instrument section at BB (who did all the hiring) for a bit, and apparently all his employees have degrees in music. On the whole, the selection was a bit small but there was definitely quality (up to a $3k Gibson, the most expensive guitar I saw there) and the employees are knowledgeable. And they had good financing (18 mos no interest... I could have that Jazzmaster for $55 a month... so tempting). I have qualms because I do love Good N Loud, but it seems like BB have put some real effort into this...
- lovetoblog said...
The musical instruments idea is an interesting one for Best Buy, everytime I'm in my local Best Buy their employees talk about price matching or trying to get me to buy there based on price, how does really expensive musical instruments fit their store: What could they possibly remove from their stores to make room for the musical instruments? There isn't a section of the store that someone from my family isn't shopping in.
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- Bob said...
Just stumbled upon this today in a Chicago area Best Buy.
I think they're doing it right and through pricing and promo's will put a huge dent in GC's market share. They don't have anywhere near the selection of GC and I don't think they want to.
All the sales people working the music section were musicians themselves, a couple coming over from GC. - 11/20/2008 6:16 PM
- Anonymous said...
Well well Best Buy is a musical instrument retailer. Sounds crazy I know, but it is true and surprisingly awesome! For the most part everyone I've met at the new stores have been very cool with a good amount of musical knowledge. Many of them are gigging musicians or pro/semi pro engineers. It's a good selection with more product arriving all the time. The best part. . . non-commission sales people! They give me honest advice and sell me what's in my best interest, not what makes them the most money. And they don't surround you like starving vultures(GC). I've been playing long enough to know what I want, but it's nice to try things out without being harassed. They don't have everything that GC offers, but the items that they do carry are quality and not knock-offs. I met a Gibson Rep while I was there, and we weren't talking about fake Les Pauls I assure you.
- Anonymous said...
PRS guitars at Best Buy? Not SEs either..... Custom 24 and 22s. Watch out Guitar Center and Sam Ash. Oh and by the way I just saw a $5000 Taylor there today. Awesome!!!!
- Anonymous said...
I get sick thinking of shopping at either one of these mega-chains for a guitar - or anywhere else that has "corporate offices" for that matter. Do you think Hendrix would have chosen Guitar Center or Best Buy over Manny's? Fat Chance. They may as well sell cookie-cutters at these places - wait, Best Buy probably does on their website. Maybe OfficeMax and Toys-R-Us will try their hand at music retail next. I remember the days when music stores were opened by musicians who had a love of the instruments, not some board of directors sitting at a table saying "Guitar Hero II was one of our top-selling SKUs last holiday season, we should capitalize on that market to the fullest extent." Yuck.
- Magio said...
I live in a smaller town with only a cheesy local music store or two.
I was pretty psyched to find the music store in Best Buy - kind of blown away, actually! It's huge, they had quality guitars (not 'Starcasters', rather $1800 Stratocasters, etc), nice quiet rooms where I could jam Ampegs, a sick wall of pedals, and overall the selection was pretty intense. I could see them doing well with this, once people know it's there. - 1/09/2009 3:50 AM
- Magio said...
Also, having grown up on the East Coast, practically every guitar store I went to was staffed by some stuck up jerks who would totally ignore us... so, whatever.
- Anonymous said...
Talk about being ignored - I went to Best Buy with intentions of buying the best computer they had in stock. Couldn't get one person to raise a finger to help. I asked if they had the one I wanted in stock - they said no. I found one myself on the shelves. When the guy went to get the monitor, he came back with a box with a giant hole in it. When I asked him if he had another one in stock, he let out a huge sigh like I was totally putting him out. It was by far the worst major purchase experience I ever had. And after you help them put your local "cheezy" mom and pop shops out of business, have fun ordering your strings online everytime you need them when Best Buy decides the musician thing isn't as lucrative as selling refrigerators anymore, or they go out of business like Circuit City and all these other big corps seem to be doing.
- Anonymous said...
For the people that keep saying that Best Buy is selling knock offs, I can assure you we're not. Real Gibsons, real Fenders, and Taylors too! I am a musician, not some guy that was selling blenders a week ago. Quit posting crap that you have no idea about.
- Anonymous said...
As a musician, I have to say that I like the new instruments in BB, and I think it will be competition for GC. Whenever I am looking to buy a new instrument, I go online to first see what guitars are out there. I then go to the local stores to see if I can find the one I want to test it out. Musical instruments in BB just means I have more to choose from when testing out instruments. And if I like it I see no reason to purchase from GC as opposed to BB.
- Anonymous said...
dude i dont see how you can say this is a bad thing, we just got one in ours in tallahassee and its the shit! i just go in there play all the expensive guitars that id never buy for an hour or so get some new strings then walk over pick up a new game for my 360 then leave
- Anonymous said...
I travel around so cal and have been to almost every BB that has a musical instrument store inside...I can say that while the selection is not exactly as wide ranging as GC, the service, knowledge and deals to be had blow GC out of the water. Almost every BB music employee I have talked to USED to work at GC, and got fed up. I used to work at GC and got fed up, too (many years ago). BB seems to put high end stuff on clearance often....I have scored major deals...and not on squiers....but on an Eric Johnson strat, Gibson '61 SG reissue, Gibson Slash Les Paul, Marshall JVM, etc. All in mint condition, all heavily clearanced at far far less than GC would even consider.
Right now I am in the market for another Les Paul, and I will surely check out BB first.
Oh, and I have never had an issue with the BB guys knocking 10% off right off the top of regular priced items...sometimes more! GC's "pay the retail price or get out" mentality (which is newer, BTW...we used to be able to lower prices) will put them out of business eventually. I bought my Eric Johnson strat at BB for over 1k less than GC's "lowest price". pffft. - 8/30/2009 3:13 AM
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I agree that it's become a great place to find deals. Last Spring I bought an '07 Highway One Telecaster as a new-old-stock clearance for just over $400!
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Just a word on Best Buy MI employees... When our new store opened up (Oct 2009) there were over 200 applications for our Musical Instruments section! We ended up hiring only 5 employees and only took the best of the best. Most of our employees have a degree in Musical Performance or Education and the ones that don't are even more knowledgeable and have extensive backgrounds in private lessons and custom guitar building. For pro audio and home recording we have a guy who recorded multi-platinum artists and still does with his personal recording studio! We have a classically trained pianist who specializes in teaching beginners. For DJ equipment, we carry the best new digital and analogue equipment from numark and stanton and we back it up with lessons from a gigging DJ. In short, we know what we are doing...
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Best Buy will never beat the selection, prices or customer service of online stores like Musician's Friend and American Musical Supply, I have been purchasing from them for many many years, and would recommend them over Best Buy any day of the week. Best Buy doesn't even have a section for Guitar Pedals! Musician's Friend has over 800 pedals, Best Buy has about 4.
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I am visiting San Antonio for Christmas and there is a Best Buy with an actual music section - this isn't just 2-3 knock off intro guitars like the "starcaster". For example, I was pretty impressed that they had low prices on American made telecasters. Something didn't sit right though. Why is it that picking up a guitar in an electronics store like best buy makes it feel cheap? I'm a little confused though now - I just looked up the price for an american tele on Best Buys website and it was $1,199. (pretty normal retail) - but I saw a new american tele yesterday marked $749.99..??? Holiday specials??
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Best Buy will never, ever even make a microscopic dent in GC's sales. I've been a professional musician my entire adult life and I'd never go to a discount electronics store for my gear. I did check BB out, of course. Laughable. Junk for the ill-informed. Good luck to them, though. They're gonna need it.
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I stumbled across this "old" thread and had to add my feelings on the subject. When it comes to buying a guitar I am a strong believer in the small music store model. There are a few in my area which are a pleasure to spend time in. Their Inventory may be smaller than a GC but when its time to purchase they are, in most cases, more susceptible to make a deal and the quality of personal attention is unparalleled. You will never get this at a Best Buy, at least not the one in my area. Their inventory is extremely limited and staff (usually consists on one person) knows little to nothing about guitars. The guitars are unkempt hanging on a single wall. GC has it's issues but at least the inventory is large and the staff are enthusiasts them selves.


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The mangosteen has such distinctive purply black skin and a green almost comic-book stem, it would be really hard to mistake it for a mango anyway.
Mangosteen season was a highly anticipated time during my childhood, because it usually arrived at the same time as durian season. Mangosteen was the recommended "antidote" if one had overindulged in the "heaty" durian, as the former is considered a "cooling" fruit. If you'd like to read more about the convoluted concept of "heaty" and "cooling" foods, try this. (To be honest, it all sounds like so much goobledygook to me but shh... don't tell mum! Oops, too late ☺ )
The actual edible part of the mangosteen is quite small in comparison with the overall size of the fruit. The outer peel is quite indigestible and I've heard more than one amusing anecdote of unsuspecting first timers trying to take a huge bite out of the fruit as you would an apple!
As kids, we'd love to turn the fruit upside down and count the number of "petals" on the flower shaped bump found at the base of the fruit. This number corresponds with the number of segments found inside the fruit.
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The fruit should have split open all the way around the middle. Remove the top and enjoy! Be careful though, the sap found in the skin can leave stains on clothing.
It is still relatively hard to find mangosteens because they are a tropical fruit with a short shelf life. When we do find them, during summer, they cost an arm and a leg. Mine cost AUD$2 each! So, no recipe today, because we wanted to enjoy these babies.
Actually, I wouldn't really do too much to a mangosteen - the flavour is so refreshing (Mr. Kitchen Hand likens it to lemonade), it would be a shame to mask it or distort it in cooking. Having said that, I think the fruit would probably make a very good sorbet . There's a recipe here if you can afford that many mangosteens ☺
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