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These hungry bunnies were drawn by author and illustrator Beatrix Potter for her 1909 book ‘The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies’

Here the young rabbits are nibbling on lettuce in Mr Macgregor’s garden and, according to the story, the lettuce had a very soporific effect – they all fell asleep on a newly mown lawn.

Who’s your favourite Beatrix Potter character?

See more of Potter’s beautiful bunnies here: http://ow.ly/kdBi30quMqp

The BPC’s inquiry will weigh up the competing theories. Given the range of methods and the universal error, a late surge seems the most plausible explanation for now. That would vindicate Lynton Crosby, the Tory strategist, who insisted voters would turn blue late on. Next time expect more scepticism about polls—and more frantic last-minute campaigning.


Promising a “good life to all” under more Tory rule, David Cameron presented his party’s offer to voters in Swindon, an unglamorous, true-blue, commuter town, on April 14th. Where, until recently, he sought to scare voters with a vision of economic apocalypse under Labour, he now promised sunshine and gravy—mainly in the form of three giveaways http://econ.st/1aOZ7nx

 Roche Drug to Raise 'Good' Cholesterol Fails

Roche said its drug designed to raise "good" cholesterol failed in a large study, the second major setback for a type of medication for which the industry had high hopes.

 Issues Voluntary Recall of Risperdal
Pharmaceutical Technology Magazine
Ortho-McNeil-Janssen, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, initiated a voluntary recall of its antipsychotic medication Risperdal because of an unusual odor. The recall covers one lot of 3-mg Risperdal tablets and one lot of 2-mg risperdone tablets. ...


cover

(kŭv'ər)

v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers. v.tr.

1. To place something upon or over, so as to protect or conceal.
2. To overlay or spread with something: cover potatoes with gravy.
3. 1. To put a cover or covering on.
   2. To wrap up; clothe.
4. To invest (oneself) with a great deal of something: covered themselves with glory.
5. 1. To spread over the surface of: Dust covered the table. Snow covered the ground.
   2. To extend over: a farm covering more than 100 acres.
6. 1. To copulate with (a female). Used especially of horses.
   2. To sit on in order to hatch.
7. To hide or screen from view or knowledge; conceal: covered up his misdemeanors.
8. 1. To protect or shield from harm, loss, or danger.
   2. To protect by insurance: took out a new policy that will cover all our camera equipment.
   3. To compensate or make up for.
9. To be sufficient to defray, meet, or offset the cost or charge of: had enough funds to cover her check.
10. To make provision for; take into account: The law does not cover all crimes.
11. To deal with; treat of: The book covers the feminist movement.
12. To travel or pass over; traverse: They covered 60 miles in two days.
13. 1. To have as one's territory or sphere of work.
    2. To be responsible for reporting the details of (an event or situation): Two reporters covered the news story.
14. To hold within the range and aim of a weapon, such as a firearm.
15. To protect, as from enemy attack, by occupying a strategic position.
16. Sports.
    1. To guard (an opponent playing offense).
    2. To defend (a position or area): cover third base; cover the backcourt.
17. To match (an opponent's stake) in a wager.
18. To purchase (stock that one has shorted).
19. Games. To play a higher-ranking card than (the one previously played).
20. Music. To record a cover version of (a song).
21. Obsolete. To pardon or remit.

v.intr.

1. To spread over a surface to protect or conceal something: a paint that covers well.
2. To act as a substitute or replacement during someone's absence: Her assistant covered for her.
3. To hide something in order to save someone from censure or punishment: cover up for a colleague.
4. Games. To play a higher card than the one previously played.

 gravy 

:

noun (plural gravies)

[MASS NOUN]

1A sauce made by mixing the fat and juices exuded bymeat during cooking with stock and other ingredients.

1.1The fat and juices exuding from meat during cooking.

2informal , chiefly North American Unearned orunexpected money.

blue

British informal A supporter of the Conservative Party.

 true-blue

adjective

1British Staunchly loyal to the Conservative Party:even in true-blue East Hampshire Tory popularity is on the wane

1.1North American Extremely loyal or orthodox:I’m a dyed-in-the-wool, true-blue patriot

2Real; genuine:the tournament was won by a team of true-blueamateurs

medication[med・i・ca・tion]

• 発音記号[mèdəkéiʃən][名][U][C]

1 投薬, 薬物治療

be on medication
投薬治療中である

take a person off medication
人への投薬を中止する.

2 薬物, 薬剤, 医療.



Hypnotic (also called soporific) drugs are a class of psychoactives whose primary function is to induce sleep^[1] and to be used in the treatment of insomnia and in surgical anesthesia. When used in anesthesia to produce and maintain unconsciousness, "sleep" is metaphorical and there are no regular sleep stages or cyclical natural states; patients rarely recover from anesthesia feeling refreshed and with renewed energy. Because drugs in this class generally produce dose-dependent effects, ranging from anxiolysis to production of unconsciousness, they are often referred to collectively as sedative-hypnotic drugs.^[2] Hypnotic drugs are regularly prescribed for insomnia and other sleep disorders, with over 95% of insomnia patients being prescribed hypnotics in some countries.^[3] Many hypnotic drugs are habit-forming and, due to a large number of factors known to disturb the human sleep pattern, a physician may instead recommend alternative sleeping patterns, sleep hygiene, and exercise before prescribing medication for sleep. Hypnotic medication when prescribed should be used for the shortest period of time possible.^[4]

In Greek mythology, Hypnos (/ˈhɪpnɒs/; Ancient Greek: Ὕπνος means 'sleep') is the personification of sleep; the Roman equivalent is known as Somnus. His name is the origin of the word hypnosis.

Siblings: Moros, Keres, Thanatos, Oneiroi, Mo...

Parents: Nyx alone; Nyx and Erebus

Roman equivalent: Somnus

Abode: Underworld

In Roman mythology, Somnus ("sleep") is the personification of sleep.^[1] His Greek counterpart is Hypnos. Somnus resided in the underworld. According to Virgil, Somnus was the brother of Death (Mors),^[2] and according to Ovid, Somnus had a 'thousand' sons,^[3] the Somnia ('dream shapes'), who appear in dreams 'mimicking many forms'.^[4] 

Hypnos - Wikipedia

hypnotic

(hĭp-nŏt'ĭk)
adj.

1. 1. Of or relating to hypnosis.
   2. Of or relating to hypnotism.
2. Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific: read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice.

n.

1. 1. A person who is hypnotized.
   2. A person who can be hypnotized.
2. An agent that causes sleep; a soporific.

[French hypnotique, from Late Latin hypnōticus, inducing sleep, from Greek hupnōtikos, from hupnoun, to put to sleep, from hupnos, sleep.]

hypnotically hyp·not'i·cal·ly adv.

[形]

1 催眠状態の；催眠術の

a hypnotic effect
催眠効果

a hypnotic suggestion
催眠暗示.

2 〈人が〉催眠術にかかりやすい［かかった］.

3 眠りを誘う.

━━[名]

1 催眠薬.

2 催眠術にかかりやすい［かかった］人.

［ラテン語←ギリシャ語hypnōtikós（HYPNOS＋-tic＝眠りの状態に置く方法）. △HYPNOS］

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