Skin

1. The meaning of a dream of human skin varies with its condition. If you dream of smooth, beautiful, healthy skin, it foreshadows romantic happiness. If you dream of blotchy or pimply skin, however, it indicates romantic trouble ahead. Peeling skin represents a sloughing off of the old in order to make way for the new.

2. Animal skins are a symbol of death, colored by the nature of the animal. For instance, rabbits represent fear, and if you dream of a rabbit skin that indicates that some of your fears are going to disappear. Dreaming of an ox, however, indicates a loss of strength and stamina. To dream of a coat or stole made of animal skins is a symbol of exploiting the vulnerable for the sake of one’s own gain.

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Dream Interpretation Rabbits

A rabbit stands for sexual desires, fertility, feelings of inferiority, insecurity or anxiety. If you dream of a white rabbit, expect a pleasant experience in the near future. A black rabbit is a bad omen, sometimes it brings news of death. Catching a rabbit in the dream means that you will meet a young person. Breeding rabbits denotes a long life. Watching a rabbit being killed: you are sacrificing your ideas and positive qualities for the good of other people.

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Rabbit:

1. In British mythology, a symbol of fertility, fecundity, and sexual pleasure. The ancient British fertility goddess Oestre, from whose name we get our word Easter, had a pet hare that laid its egg every Spring Equinox so that life would spread throughout the world. Dreaming of a rabbit, therefore, especially one that is affectionate and at ease with you, can be a sign of love and domestic happiness ahead.

2. Dreaming of many rabbits is a sign of new responsibilities - but not unwelcome ones. A new and wonderful opportunity will come your way - but you'll enjoy the work required to accomplish it instead of viewing it as a chore.

3. In Native American mythology, Rabbit is a symbol of needless fear. Therefore, dreaming of a rabbit that is afraid of you means that something in your life is troubling you now - and that your fears are groundless.

Source: Astrocenter, http://astrocenter.astrology.msn.com/msn/DreamDictionary.aspx

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Rabbit

Rabbits are cuddly and cute. They are known for their quickness but not their keen perceptions or intelligence. In our dreams, rabbits can represent luck, quickness, fertility, pregnancy, or magic. However, they can also symbolize the dreamer's lack of consciousness or awareness. Rabbits as dream symbols might suggest to the dreamer that sometimes he reacts too quickly to life's situations and that more thought and planning may be needed.

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Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae, found in many parts of the world. They are sometimes affectionately known as bunnies, especially by children. There are seven different genera in the family classified as rabbits, including the European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), cottontail rabbits (genus Sylvilagus; 13 ...

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• Rabbit - Size and weight
• Rabbit - Humans' relationship with rabbits
• Rabbit - Domestic rabbits
• Rabbit - Environmental problems with rabbits
• Rabbit - Classification
• Rabbit - Rabbits in culture and literature

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 The Tarot cards operate on many levels, describing both internal developments (emotions, thoughts, intuitive feelings) and external ones (actions and physical events). Think of the complete Tarot as a map where each card represents a different piece of a jigsaw puzzle. This puzzle symbolizes the wide variety of possibilities and experiences available to us all.

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Domestic rabbit - Vaccinations Against Calici Virus and Myxomytosis. Calici virus and Myxomytosis are the biggest threat to the health of well-cared for pet rabbits. These can be prevented by annual vaccinations. Rabbit owners in Australia cannot get their rabbit vaccinated against myxomytosis due to its use in controlling wild rabbit numbers (it may escape if a vaccinated pet rabbit is released). Rabbits caged outdoors are especially vulnerable due to their being exposed to more vectors carrying the diseases, especially mosquitoes. In wild populations fleas also carry myxomytosis. ...

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Domestic rabbit, Domestic rabbit - History, Domestic rabbit - General Types, Domestic rabbit - Meat Rabbits, Domestic rabbit - Fur Rabbits, Domestic rabbit - Wool Rabbits, Domestic rabbit - Diet, Domestic rabbit - Pellets, Domestic rabbit - Vegetables, Domestic rabbit - Hay, Domestic rabbit - Treats, Domestic rabbit - Caecal pellets, Domestic rabbit - Rabbits as Pets, Domestic rabbit - Children's Pets, Domestic rabbit - Companionship, Domestic rabbit - Acquiring a Rabbit, Domestic rabbit - Training and Play, Domestic rabbit - Breeds, Domestic rabbit - Exhibition, Domestic rabbit - Conformation shows, Domestic rabbit - Show jumping, Domestic rabbit - Housing, Domestic rabbit - Commercial rabbits, Domestic rabbit - Pet rabbits, Domestic rabbit - Health Problems, Domestic rabbit - Vaccinations Against Calici Virus and Myxomytosis, Domestic rabbit - Sore hocks, Domestic rabbit - Respiratory infections, Domestic rabbit - Head tilt or wry neck, Domestic rabbit - Teeth problems, Domestic rabbit - Gastrointestinal stasis, Domestic rabbit - Cancer, Domestic rabbit - Resources

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For thousands of years, the wild European rabbit was hunted and used for meat by humans living in Europe. The domestication of the species did not begin until the time of the Roman Empire. Phoenician sailors visiting the coast of Spain circa 1100 B.C.E., mistaking the European rabbit for a species from their homeland, gave it the name i-shepan-ham. A corruption of this name, used by the Romans, would become the Latin name for Spain, Hispania. In Rome rabbits were raised in large walled colonies. These captive rabbits wer ...

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Almost all breeds of European rabbits, if they are handled properly, are suitable as household pets. However, some breeds have inherently calmer dispositions than others and therefore usually make better companions. There are more then 50 different breeds of domestic rabbit. Like breeds of dogs, rabbit breeds were generally created by humans at different times, for different purposes. Breeds were created many reasons including for their fur, wool, meat, apperance and behavior. ...

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Domestic rabbit, Domestic rabbit - History, Domestic rabbit - General Types, Domestic rabbit - Meat Rabbits, Domestic rabbit - Fur Rabbits, Domestic rabbit - Wool Rabbits, Domestic rabbit - Diet, Domestic rabbit - Pellets, Domestic rabbit - Vegetables, Domestic rabbit - Hay, Domestic rabbit - Treats, Domestic rabbit - Caecal pellets, Domestic rabbit - Rabbits as Pets, Domestic rabbit - Children's Pets, Domestic rabbit - Companionship, Domestic rabbit - Acquiring a Rabbit, Domestic rabbit - Training and Play, Domestic rabbit - Breeds, Domestic rabbit - Exhibition, Domestic rabbit - Conformation shows, Domestic rabbit - Show jumping, Domestic rabbit - Housing, Domestic rabbit - Commercial rabbits, Domestic rabbit - Pet rabbits, Domestic rabbit - Health Problems, Domestic rabbit - Vaccinations Against Calici Virus and Myxomytosis, Domestic rabbit - Sore hocks, Domestic rabbit - Respiratory infections, Domestic rabbit - Head tilt or wry neck, Domestic rabbit - Teeth problems, Domestic rabbit - Gastrointestinal stasis, Domestic rabbit - Cancer, Domestic rabbit - Resources

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Bugs Bunny - A suggested early influence. A number of animation historians believe Bugs to have been influenced by an earlier Disney character called Max Hare. Max, designed by Charlie Thorson, first appeared in the Silly Symphony The Tortoise and the Hare, directed by Wilfred Jackson. The story was based on a fable by Aesop and cast Max against Toby Tortoise, and won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film for 1934. Max also appeared in the sequel Toby Tortoise Returns and the Mickey Mo ...

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Bugs Bunny, Bugs Bunny - History, Bugs Bunny - A suggested early influence, Bugs Bunny - Proto-typical rabbits, Bugs Bunny - Bugs emerges, Bugs Bunny - Popularity during World War II, Bugs Bunny - After the war, Bugs Bunny - Greatest cartoon character, Bugs Bunny - Ace Bunny

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Meat is animal tissue (mainly muscle) used as food. The common definition of meat is dependent on culture. Many Americans would exclude organ meat, fish, and other seafood from their definition of meat. Originally, the word meat meant simply "food." It is also used as a vulgar way to refer to the human body (see meat market). For the most part, meat for human consumption comes from domesticated animals bred specifically for th ...

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REM (rapid eye movement) dreaming sleep usually occurs in ninety minute cycles throughout the night, before the onset of a period of SWS. As the night progresses, these intervals of REM increase in length until finally, the last two hours of slumber contain a high percentage of dreams. Therefore, we are more likely to catch ourselves dreaming towards the end of sleep - between the hours of five and eight in the morning for the average person.

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Brahmacharya is very very essential Even in dreams you must be free from lustful thoughts. It requires long practice and careful watch over the mind and Indriyas. Foolish people hastily jump up to the higher courses in Yoga in vain without having this important item which is very useful for spiritual Sadhana.

From "Kundalini Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda

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Small bats are sometimes preyed upon by owls and falcons. Generally there are few animals able to hunt a bat. In Asia there is a bird, the bat hawk, which specializes in hunting bats. The domestic cat is a regular predator in urban areas; they may catch bats as they enter or leave a roost, or on the ground. Bats will land on the ground for feeding, in bad weather, or due to accidents while learning to fly. The worst enemies are parasites. The membranes with all their blood vessels are ideal food sources for fleas, ticks and mites. Som ...

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Bat, Bat - Classification, Bat - Reproduction, Bat - Habits and Behavior, Bat - Enemies, Bat - Vector for rabies, Bat - Cultural aspects, Bat - References

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Most of the state lies on the Chota Nagpur Plateau, which is the source of the Koel, Damodar, Brahmani, Kharkai, and Subarnarekha rivers, whose upper watersheds lie within Jharkhand. Much of the state is still covered by forest. Forest preserves support populations of tigers and Indian elephants. Soil content of Jharkhand state mainly consist of soil formed from disintegration of rocks and stones, and soil composition is further divided into: Red soil, found mostly in the Damodar valley, and Rajmahal area M ...

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Jharkhand, Jharkhand - History, Jharkhand - Geography and climate, Jharkhand - Flora and fauna, Jharkhand - Demographics, Jharkhand - Economy, Jharkhand - Government and politics, Jharkhand - Administrative districts, Jharkhand - Language literature & culture, Jharkhand - Social infrastructure, Jharkhand - Health, Jharkhand - Education, Jharkhand - Media

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Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism as the result of a chemical reaction during which chemical energy is converted to light energy. The name originates from the Greek bios for "living" and the Latin lumen "light". Bioluminescence may be generated by symbiotic organisms carried within a larger organism. It is generated by an enzyme-catalyzed chemoluminescence reaction, wherein a luciferin (a kind of pigment) is oxidised by a luciferase (a kind of enzyme). Adenosine triphosphate (AT ...

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• Bioluminescence - Organisms that bioluminesce
• Bioluminescence - Non-marine organisms
• Bioluminescence - Fish
• Bioluminescence - Marine invertebrates
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Accurate global figures for animal testing are difficuly to collect. The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) estimates that 100 million animals are experimented on around the world every year, 10–11 million of them in the European Union [35] (pdf) and 1,101,958 in the United States in 2004 [36] (pdf p.3). The Nuffield Council on Bioethics reports that "[e]stimates of the total number of animals used annually in research around the world are difficult to obtain and range from between 50 to 100 million animals" [37] (pdf). Animals bred for research then killed as surplus, or use ...

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Electroencephalography is the neurophysiologic measurement of the electrical activity of the brain by recording from electrodes placed on the scalp, or in the special cases on the cortex. The resulting traces are known as an electroencephalogram (EEG) and represent so-called brainwaves. This device is used to assess brain damage, epilepsy and other problems. In some jurisdictions it is used to assess brain death. EEG can ...

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• Electroencephalography - Methods
• Electroencephalography - Wave types
• Electroencephalography - History
• Electroencephalography - Notes

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Animal worship - Bear. The bear enjoys a large measure of respect from all cultures that come in contact with it, which shows itself in apologies and in festivals in its honour. The most notable ceremonies involving bears are found in East Asia. The traditional Ainu ceremony called Iomante, Kamui Omante or Kumamatsuri is considered the only surviving bear cult. A young bear is caught at the end of Winter and fed for some nine months. After receiving honours it is ritually killed and feasted u ...

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Animal worship, Animal worship - Classification by outward form, Animal worship - Classification by inward meaning, Animal worship - Pastoral cults, Animal worship - Hunting cults, Animal worship - Dangerous or noxious animals, Animal worship - Animals regarded as human souls or their embodiment, Animal worship - Totemistic cults, Animal worship - Cults of secret societies and individual cults of tutelary animals, Animal worship - Cults of tree and vegetation spirits, Animal worship - Cults of ominous animals, Animal worship - Cults probably derivative of animals associated with certain deities, Animal worship - Cults of animals used in magic, Animal worship - Animal Cults, Animal worship - Bear, Animal worship - Bison and Cattle, Animal worship - Crow/Raven, Animal worship - Dog, Animal worship - Elephant, Animal worship - Fish, Animal worship - Goat, Animal worship - Hawk, Animal worship - Horse, Animal worship - Leopard, Animal worship - Lion, Animal worship - Lizard, Animal worship - Mantis, Animal worship - Monkey, Animal worship - Rabbit, Animal worship - Serpent, Animal worship - Sheep, Animal worship - Tiger, Animal worship - Wolf

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Foods originating in the Americas were, of course, unknown to the Romans. They include potatoes, tomatoes, paprika or capsicums (bell peppers), chile peppers, maize (corn), pumpkins, turkey and many others. Roman eating and drinking - The starter. This part of the meal was called gustatio or promulsis. It generally consisted of light, appetising dishes. The usual drink was mulsum, a mixture of wine and honey. Eggs - mostly hens' eggs, but also duck, goose and, on rare occasions, even p ...

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