8. Where can you join an association of rabbit breeders?

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The Nutmeg Rabbit Breeders Association has been a American Rabbit Breeders Association charted club since 1979.
The goals of the association are to educate and assist in the promotion of responsible rabbit and cavy raising . We actively encourage youth membership and the opportunity to learn from experienced breeders. It is through education that we can help to increase the level of quality of rabbit and cavy raisers.
Rabbit and cavy raisers of all levels are welcome to join. From the beginner interested in keeping a rabbit or cavy as a pet to commercial breeders, we all have information that we can share with one another. Many times there are questions that an individual will ask that we will research and provide the answer back to the group so that many benefit.
The Nutmeg Rabbit Breeder's Association is the sponsor of the annual Nutmeg Rabbit Show held at the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen Connecticut. There are opportunities for all members to participate and to help with the tasks required to produce a successful show. It is through this participation that the show has continued to grow in interest.

9.Who was the highes paid athlete in the year 2000 and how much did he or she make?
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Yankee Doodle United ... Those of you wondering why the New York Yankees would "deign" to partner with Manchester United in their recently announced joint marketing deal might consider the bottom line: the Yanks are the junior partner in almost every category. The Yanks are worth approximately $500-600 million, according to industry observers; the Red Devils’ market value is estimated by most analysts at at least $1 billion. The Yanks have a lucrative local TV deal; United has its own television channel (MUTV) and its games are viewed around the world. The Yanks have won four of the past five World Series; Man Utd has won the English Premier League title six times in the past eight years. Shortstop Derek Jeter is a heartthrob; United's David Beckham married Posh Spice. Only in the category of player salaries do the Yanks win: Jeter just signed for $189 million over 10 years; the highest paid Manchester player, captain Roy Keane, reportedly makes "only" $3-plus million per year. Manchester United the junior partner? Not bloody likely.





10.Where can you purchase a Durian?
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It's durian season and throughout the archipelago, even in elite areas of big cities, durian vendors are offering their wares in bamboo baskets and supermarkets are selling neatly packaged, pre-sliced durian.In more rural areas durian seems to be omnipresent along the road. Heaps of durian are offered from the many durian regions in Indonesia. There are small ones and there are big ones.Lots of people are encircling the tengkulak duren, or vendors who sell durian in large quantities.For some people durian has a special place in their hearts. When one is going to northern Sumatra and happens to pass along the way to Tapanuli, people's love for durian is expressed in a statue and in the name of their home city.Tarutung, for example, in local Tapanuli dialect, means durian, and so they named the town Tarutung. All along the region durian grows abundantly, providing very sweet and succulent fruit flesh which has become an important item to mix into their much liked alcoholic brew tuak.Many people, on the contrary, are definitely against durian and even have allergic reactions when smelling the cloyingly sweet fruit flesh. For them it is torture to be near people eating durian.An aroma of rotten cheese, is one description I once heard of durian. But many people throughout Asia love it and are willing to go far out of their way to purchase the variety and quality of durian they like.For durain novices it is a bit risky to just buy from the store because a palatable durian is revealed upon opening it. If a durian is bland and tasteless you can do nothing about it.Durians deteriorate quickly, therefore one should go with somebody with experience picking the good ones, meaning having sweet flesh. Or buy in places where they sell visible durian fruit flesh which should be rather creamy looking.But in many rural areas they ignore the rather bland fruit flesh and take the pits which can be made into many foodstuffs.To obtain a very fine texture the pits are thoroughly washed, sliced finely and then sundried. They are then put in a traditional mortar which is called a lumpang and alu. But in more developed areas, an electric grinder is used.The sweets made from the durian meal exist in many varieties and the most renown is the dodol durian, which differs in preparation and texture.In the southern regions of Kalimantan and Sumatra dodol durian is made from the pit's meal, whereas in other regions, for example in southern Java, it is made from the durian fruit flesh. For people keen on nutritional value: durian pits contain calcium, iron, protein, fat and carbohydrates.Near the village I live in south of Jakarta, the durian market is in full swing this rainy season and one can hear various languages from around the archipelago. But the most dominant of the durian bosses originate from Lampung.I was told an interesting story about the durian orchards there where elephants roam around looking for ripe durians fallen to the ground. The elephants are very choosy I heard and they never are mistaken in judging delectable durians with creamy and sweet yellowish fruit flesh, and with one step they crush it and enjoy the durian!Another story: in most rural areas the person who hears a durian fall from the tree and runs toward it is the one who may get it even though it was his neighbor's tree. That is why my durian trees are always empty because durians mostly fall in the deep of the night, and my family does not have a sharp ear for falling durians.