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Vinmonopolet's sales revenue in 2010 totalled NOK 11 211.1 million excluding VAT. Profit before tax came to NOK 211.6 million compared to NOK 117.2 million the year before. The special tax levied on Vinmonopolet in lieu of ordinary corporation tax is NOK 49.4 million. By decision of Stortinget (the Parliament), Vinmonopolet will pay a dividend of 50 per cent of the profit after the special tax to the state. This amounts to NOK 81.1 million. As of 31 December 2010, Vinmonopolet had 259 outlets in operation with 1 876 full- and parttime employees, the equivalent of 1 198 full-time employees.


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Lat. Am. appl. res. vol.33 no.3 Bahía Blanca July/Sept. 2003
Superheated steam drying of parsley: a fixed bed model for predicting drying performance
M. A. Martinello1, M. A. Mattea1 and G. Crapiste2
1 Facultad de Ingeniería - Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto
Ruta 36 - Km 601 - 5800 Río Cuarto - Argentina
2 PLAPIQUI (Universidad Nacional del Sur CONICET)
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Abstract ¾ Superheated steam drying technique has been known for a long time, but its application to food drying has received little attention. In this work, superheated steam was applied to dry fresh parsley (Petroselinum Cripsum). A mathematical model to simulate this drying process was developed by using mass and energy conservation equations for solid and steam phases. The resulting partial differential equation system was solved by means of a finite difference method. Software Matlab 5.3 for Windows was used for programming the algorithm. The development of the drying kinetics equation, required in the model, was based on thin layer experimental results. The simulation model was used to analyze the influence of different variables (bed height, operating pressure, steam velocity and steam temperature) on solid moisture content, as well as on solid and steam temperature profiles along the bed. Experimental determinations in a fixed bed arrangement were done at different operating pressures (0.07-0.17 kgf/cm2), steam temperatures (70-100oC), steam velocities (5-12 m/sec.) and bed heights (thin layer, 2 cm and 10 cm). Solid temperature at the top of the bed and average solid moisture content were measured as drying proceeded. An acceptable agreement between experimental and theoretical average solid moisture contents was obtained.
Keywords ¾ Parsley Drying. Superheated Steam. Fixed Bed.
The principle of drying with superheated steam has been known for a long time and its industrial utilization increased significantly in the last years. Superheated steam drying presents potential benefits, although it is necessary to analyze the convenience of its application for a particular product. Besides the energy saving and environmental benefits, the oxygen-free atmosphere appears to improve product quality by retarding some deterioration reactions. Under-atmospheric pressures are often required with foodstuffs, which are sensitive to high temperatures due to denaturalization reactions. Several research works have been presented in the literature about the application of superheated steam drying for different solid materials and drier types, but references to drying of foodstuffs are relatively scarce (Akao, 1983; Nomura and Hydo, 1985; Denventer and Heijmans, 2000; Elustondo, 2001).
Solid drying in a packed bed circulated by a gaseous thermal agent is a complex, non-steady state process in which fundamental transfer phenomena appear simultaneously. Different fixed bed models have been developed for air drying, but there are a few references about fixed bed drying using superheated steam (Khan et al., 1991; Wimmersted and Hager, 1996; Elustondo, 2001).
A fundamental information required in dryer modeling is the drying kinetics. Several works related to steam drying kinetics have been reported, most of them for porous inorganic materials (Perre et al., 1993; Shibata and Ide, 1991; Wimmersted et al., 1997; Cenkowski et al., 1996; Daurelle et al. ,1998; Topin et al., 1999; Hager et al., 2000; Elustondo, 2001).
The main objectives of the present work were to obtain an adequate drying kinetics expression for superheated steam drying of parsley from thin layer drying experimental data, and to develop a fixed bed model for superheated steam drying of vegetables that allows to analyze the influence of different process variables.
Fresh parsley (85-87% w.b. moisture content), bought at a local market, was dehydrated in a pilot plant steam dryer (Elustondo, 2001). The experimental device consists of an insulated drying chamber connected to a vacuum pump. The solid is placed in a perforated bottom basket. The steam is heated by an electrical resistance and conveyed through the solid bed by a fan. The equipment is provided with an automated steam temperature control, a velocity controller connected to the fan motor, a pressure gauge, and a thermocouple for solid temperature measurement.
Experiments were performed under different operating pressures, P (0.07-0.17kgf/cm2), steam temperatures, Tv (70-100oC), steam velocities, v (5-12 m/sec.), and bed heights, L (thin layer, 2 cm and 10 cm). The experimental determinations provided the total weight of the packed bed and solid temperature at the top of the bed, for different times, as drying proceeded. Experiments in a thin layer arrangement were carried out in order to obtain the drying curves (solid moisture content vs. time) for different drying conditions, which were used in the estimation of the kinetic equation parameters.
A. Drying Kinetics
Drying of foodstuffs involves several transport mechanisms so that drying behavior can be influenced by a large number of variables. The mechanisms involved in the drying process are heat transfer from the external drying medium to the solid surface combined with heat transfer within the material; and mass transfer from the interior of the solid to its surface, followed by external mass transport to the surroundings. One or more mechanisms can control the drying rate, depending on the solid characteristics and the drying agent conditions. No constant drying rate period is observed when drying hygroscopic materials (solids where the water exerts a vapor pressure lower than the saturation pressure) or when the process is internally controlled. In drying with superheated steam, the rate of vapor transport from the solid interface is not limited by mass transfer resistance, and thus the rate of evaporation from the surface is heat transfer controlled (Khan et al., 1991; Wimmerstedt and Hager, 1996).
A single generalized model that includes all pertinent transport mechanism inside the solid and the external heat transfer is proposed (Strumillo and Tadeuz, 1986). The time derivative of solid moisture content in dry basis is given by:
K is the drying rate coefficient that can be represented as follows:
K = k nwc (2)
where k is a relative drying coefficient depending on material parameters, and nwc is the theoretical drying rate in the constant rate period that depends on drying conditions only:
nwc = hv (Tv - Tsat) / l (3)
Here Tv is the steam temperature and Tsat is the saturation temperature at the operation pressure. The heat transfer coefficient, hv, was calculated by using correlations from the literature (Khan et al., 1991):
hv = a(kv / lp)(Cpvmv / kv)l (rvvlp / mv)m (4)
Steam properties were considered constant, except for steam density which was calculated by using the ideal gas law. With these assumptions Eqn. 4 can be written as:
hv = a1 (P v / Tv)m (5)
As an approximation, equilibrium solid moisture contents, Xe, obtained from measurements in humid air can be used for steam drying applications. Water activity, aw, is calculated as the ratio between the operating pressure and the saturation pressure at the steam temperature (Wimmersted and Hager, 1996). In this work, equilibrium isotherm data for parsley (Alcalá et al., 1995) were fitted to the GAB equation to obtain:
|c1=10.52 k=1.05 m0=3.55
By introducing Eqns. (2), (3) and (5) into Eqn. (1), the following expression was obtained:
Model parameters were determined by linear fitting using the experimental data for thin layer, resulting in b=0.046 (kg/kgss min), m=0.4683 and n=0.9051. In this equation v is in [m/sec.] , Tv in [oC] and P in [kgf/cm2].
Drying rate, nw, required in the fixed bed model, is obtained by using Eqn. (7) in the drying rate definition:
B. Fixed Bed Model
The fixed bed model developed in this work is based on plug flow and external heat transfer considerations. The following non-dimensional variables were defined:
Ts*=(Ts-Tven)/DT; Tv*=(Tv-Tven)/ DT;
X*=X/Xin ; G*=G/Gen;
t*= t/tR; z*=z/L
where Ts is the solid temperature, G the steam flux and DT=Tsin Tven. The subscripts in and en means initial conditions and entrance values respectively.
The governing equations considered in the model are the mass and energy balances for the solid phase (parsley) and the fluid phase (steam):
The boundary conditions are:
The solution of the proposed model was accomplished by using a finite difference technique. The software used for programming the algorithm was Matlab 5.3 for Windows.
The obtained drying kinetic equation allows the prediction of operative variables influence in solid drying rate. It was found that higher steam temperatures and velocities produce higher drying rates, although they are limited by mechanical and product quality considerations. On the other hand, there is an optimum value of pressure that gives a maximum drying rate (see Fig. 1, Fig.2 and Fig.3).
Fig. 1. Influence of steam temperature in drying rate.
Fig. 2. Influence of steam velocity in drying rate.
Fig. 3. Influence of pressure in drying rate.
The influence of operative variables, such as pressure, bed height, steam temperature and velocity, in solid moisture content, can be analyzed by using the developed fixed bed model. For instance, the influence of bed height in the average solid moisture content, Xav*, as a function of drying time can be observed in Fig. 4. Experimental results are presented in the same figure.
Fig. 4. Bed average solid moisture content. P=0.08 kgf/cm2 , Tven =100oC, v=12 m/sec.
The fixed bed program also allows the calculation of temperatures, moisture content and steam flow profiles along the bed and their variation with drying time (see Fig. 5, Fig. 6, Fig.7 and Fig. 8).
Fig. 5. Solid moisture content profiles along the bed. P=0.08 kgf/cm2 , Tven =100oC, v=12 m/sec, L=2 cm.
Fig. 6. Solid temperature profiles along the bed. P=0.08 kgf/cm2 , Tven =100oC, v=12 m/sec, L=2 cm.
Fig. 7. Steam temperature profiles along the bed. P=0.08 kgf/cm2 , Tven =100oC, v=12 m/sec, L=2 cm.
Bed height shows a considerable influence in drying rate: as bed height increases drying rate is slower and the required time to get the desired final solid moisture content increases.
This higher residence time can affect product quality. It has been observed experimentally that there is an important bed resistance to steam flow, thus the bed height increment is limited.
Fig. 8. Steam flux profiles along the bed. P=0.08 kgf/cm2 , Tven =100oC, v=12 m/sec, L=2 cm.
A useful tool for steam drying performance prediction has been obtained for an application not much explored, such as vegetable drying under vacuum conditions. Steam drying characteristics of parsley can be analyzed by using the obtained kinetic equation. Simulation results allow getting important conclusions about the influence of different variables in the fixed bed drier performance. Drying rate increases with steam temperature and velocity, decreases with bed height, and has an optimum with operating pressure.
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Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Wonder Woman
Before she was Wonder Woman she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained warrior. When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, she leaves home to fight a war to end all wars, discovering her full powers and true destiny.
You Will Meet a Tall
Sally's parents' marriage breaks up when her father undergoes a mid-life crisis and impulsively weds a prostitute. Meanwhile, Sally's own marriage also begins to disintegrate.


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Early on, the German Biscuit and the cafe crema was delicious. The jazz reviews in the Guardian were "so-so" this weekend (too many vocalists for my liking), but the Red Garland Trio on my hi-fi were keeping the old spirits up. It was the start of my two days "me time" and I was approaching a state that could almost be called "mellow".
I'd even started a little housework" and then it all went pear-shaped. I noticed the trip switch on the septic tank overflow pump had gone.
A quick change into my cruddiest of cruddy clothes and a trudge to the foot of the garden confirmed my worst fears. I could smell the bloody thing before I was even half way down the garden path.
The hose had become detached from the pump...the chamber had filled ...the switch had become submerged in water and the trip had..well.. it had "tripped".
Job one is to empty the tank (by hand) to get the liquid level below the switch. Well, actually step one is to chap on the neighbours doors and ask them not to run/flush any water till I'm finished. The problem is - where to empty it? Can't put it down the bog as that would only go back into the tank and I'd be there all day!
There's no natural "run off" or we wouldn't need a pump to take it way, and I'm not draining it away in our garden!
I ended up just dumping it on the grass verge at the side of the road. One of my manky hippy neighbours lets his dog roam about there, so with a bit of luck the mangy thing will catch something (that would be natural justice).
|"I've dropped my screwdriver?"
Imagine, if you will, a really hot day. Your about to run a marathon. You join the back of a very, very long queue for the portaloos. You're nervous about the marathon. Your tummy is all rumbling and churning (so is every one elses). Remember its really really hot. You finally get to the front of the queue and step into the portaloo....... have you been there before? Well that doesn't even start to describe what the smell is like cleaning a tank out!
Anyway. Got the level below the power switch and managed to fix the hose onto the pipe (the old hose clip had eroded). Took a few goes to get the switch completely dry and stop tripping.
Had a long hot shower once I was finished. Didn't quite get to the wire brush and Detol stage, but I really need a good scrub to get the memory of the smell away.
Not a nice start to the weekend.


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Black Grape are back and they will be taking to the stage at The Venue in Derby for a gig there on Monday, June 8.
The Happy Mondays fell apart in 1992, leaving most observers to assume that it was the end for Shaun Ryder, as he struggled to recover from his numerous addictions.
No one could have ever predicted that three years later, a relatively fit and healthy Shaun would return to the top of the charts, with a new band that fulfilled some of the promises of the Mondays.
Black Grape's début album, It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah is a surreal, funky, profane, and perversely joyous album, overflowing with and giddy humour.
The new band was looser and grittier than the Mondays. Ryder's sound was reinvigorated, creating bizarre rhymes that tie together junk culture, drug lingo, literary references, and utter nonsense.
One of Britain's best wordsmiths Shaun Ryder's lyrics have always been delightfully free-wheeling, and full of multicoloured imagery.
Teaming up with Kermit (ex-Ruthless Rap Assassins) he now had a rapper on board with equal skills to bounce off. Even better, the music has deep grooves and catchy pop hooks.
2015 sees the 20th anniversary of the release of It's Great When Your Straight……Yeah. Shaun Ryder is again back in the rehearsal studios with Kermit, about to unleash the mad carnival that disregards boundaries between rap, house, rock, soul, and pop and is Black Grape.
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Challenging ideological environments: International teachers' experiences in an outside-of-country teacher training programme
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Gutierrez, A. (2016). Challenging ideological environments: International teachers' experiences in an outside-of-country teacher training programme. Critical Studies in Education,57(3), 313-329. United Kingdom: Routledge. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2015.1076492
Teacher training for developing nation contexts is often conducted in short, intensive inside and outside-of-country programmes. Concerns have been raised in relation to the uncritical take-up of the western-centric material provided by these programmes, which are usually funded by national and international government organizations. This paper explores an approach used in an outside-of-country teacher training programme funded by an Australian government grant. The research focused on teacher trainers from the Monastic education system and their reflections on whether critical literacy approaches could be incorporated into curriculum in Myanmar. It used a Bakhtinian framework to analyse the teacher trainers' ideological environments and their hybridizations of critical literacy discourses for their own contexts. It was found that while the teacher trainers were passionate about the worth of developing critical literacy skills for their teachers and pupils, they struggled with a range of constraints that existed for them within their country. The research illustrated the importance of providing spaces for participants in programmes such as these to critically reflect on the relevance of non-government organization (NGO) and international non-government organization (INGO) training programmes, especially in light of the multiple challenges that are a part of their everyday lives.
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Winning Images of the 2016 iPhone Photography Awards
The winners of the 8th annual iPhone Photography Awards have been announced, with the grand prize going to Man and the Eagle from Chinese photographer Siyuan Niu. The competition launched in 2007 today brings together photographs from 139 countries across many categories, with the only caveat being that the images be captured with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.
"It is truly amazing to have so many people from around the world share their experiences," said IPPA Awards creator Kenan Aktulun, " the beauty they see and their personal moments with us."
Here is a selection of our favourite pictures from this year's competition.
Grand Prize Winner – Man and the Eagle
"The brave and wise Khalkhas live along the mountains in the south of Xinjiang and are companions with the eagles. They regard eagles as their children and train them for many years to hunt. This 70 year old man is rigid and solemn in front of family and friends, but when he is with his beloved eagle, the corner of his mouth would curve up. When the eagles reach mating age, although he is very reluctant, the man releases the eagles back into nature so that they can thrive. A mild heart and exquisite love are covered by his weather-beaten face. He is a tough man with a tender heart."
First Place – Modern Cathedrals
"Most of my shots come from Warsaw and one from Strasbourg. The idea was to make it more impressionistic, to show architecture in a completely different way that combines my background in graphic design and painting."
Second Place – She Bends with the Wind
"I was on a iPhone workshop and reunion with a friend and teacher in Cape Cod. We all went out to photograph the the perfect sunset. I tend to bring a few things when I travel, one being this wonderful red umbrella. When others shoot the sunsets and beautiful scenery, I like to photograph some human aspects in these scenes."
Third Place – Wonderland
"This image was taken as part of a series I did for instagram's #WHPwonderland. Each weekend when the hashtag project comes out I try to come up with an idea and this particular weekend, the weekend before Christmas, was wonderland. For this one I went on a little adventure with my son to the beach and we wore the reindeer masks."
First Place – Abstract
"When I was visiting The Barnes Foundation, built by Tod Williams + Billie Tsien in Philadelphia, I entered into the main lobby. The double height space made this lobby so open and bright. I was looking at the skyline and I saw a gorgeous light reflected through the ceiling geometry that came into the space."
Second Place – Abstract
"The photo was taken when I was visiting Casa Prieto Lopez in Mexico City, designed by the legendary Mexican architect Luis Barragan. Standing in this space, I marveled at how elegantly these walls capture the shadow and cut the sky, time becomes almost visible through the slowly moving shadow and drifting clouds."
Third Place – Abstract
"I took this photo at the Tibetan area in the Western Sichuan province last year. These Prayer flags with vivid colors are ubiquitous and also a unique feature of the region. I found the biggest Prayer flag at Aba County, with the help of a local Tibetan, I went inside of the Prayer flag, and was quickly attracted to the fantastic colors and took this photo."
First Place – Architecture
"The photo 'China Red' was taken in Beijing Olympic Park, in front of this traditional Chinese red wall. I was fascinated by the great visual effect which was created by the lights and shades."
Second Place – Architecture
"Most of my shots come from Warsaw and one from Strasbourg. The idea was to make it more impressionistic, to show architecture in a completely different way that combines my background in graphic design and painting."
(Note: Kuleta also won First Place overall and Third Place in Architecture.)
Third Place – Architecture
First Place – Animals
"I started traveling around Japan 3 years ago and have visited all 47 prefectures to discover all kinds of animal spots, including cat islands, cat temples, zoos and farms. My photo was taken in the Miyagi zao fox village while I was feeding the foxes, it was a very a dramatic scene when they all stared at me at the same time so I took out my iPhone to capture the moment immediately."
Second Place – Animals
"Milly is happiness on four very short little legs, wagging her tail all day long, but as the day is long Milly thinks she is a ferocious hunter, regardless of her miniature size."
Third Place – Animals
"Yangjiang, Guangdong is famous for the Yellow Bristle Goose. This photo was taken in Lanfeng Village, Pinggang Township, Yangjiang City in the afternoon of February 29th, 2016. At dusk, swarms of yellow bristle geese are marching, quite a spectacular scene, especially with the dust and backlight."
First Place – Children
"The photo was shot in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province in China. Two children were playing with a home-made sled on the frozen Songhua River."
First Place – Flowers
"I took this Photo on a warm day at the end of May 2015. On my way home from work I saw this field full of red back-lighted poppies, catching the last daylight. A perfect end to a good day."
First Place – Food
"The image of the Rhubarb came about when I was working with a chef, she had some produce stored in an old outhouse. Fresh Rhubarb has to be stored in dark conditions otherwise it loses its red/pinkness in the stems, and it is unusual to find them with the leafy tops on. I treat my iPhone like a little sketch-book and thought the colors looked beautiful in the subdued light of the out-house so snapped this shot."
First Place – Landscape
"This picture was taken on the 5th January 2015 when I was flying back to London where I am taking my course. What you see in the picture is a bridge called Ponte 25 de Abril (a very important day for Portugal). I was really lucky to get this photo because 30 seconds after I took the picture the Pilot changed direction and I stopped seeing the bridge."
First Place – Lifestyle
"I and a group of friends went to Iceland last year, the dream destination for every photographer. It was amazing and we enjoyed every moment."
First Place – Nature
"It was during sunset in White Sand National Monument, New Mexico. I was a bit lost since I walked off the trail and my iPhone had no signal at all, the only thing I could do was follow the wheel marks and footprints lef by others, they became the only guide I could rely on to lead me out of this white desert, and to help me fight with my loneliness and helplessness."
First Place – People
"I was filming some empty lens reflex for my documentary on the riverbank of the Indian Ganges River, then happened to see this man who was bathing in the river and immediately use my mobile phone to take this moment."
First Place – Portrait
"My oldest son, Charlie, had been staring out of a train window as we traveled to London for the weekend. It looked as though he was in some kind of daydream. I took a few sneaky shots before he noticed and turned to looked directly at me. He held his dream-like gaze just long enough for me to take this last shot before the moment was lost."
First Place – Seasons
"I was on my way home afer a few hours of shooting outside during Winter Storm Jonas. As I turned back once more to take in my surroundings, I saw the beautiful, but faint image of the Manhattan Bridge in the distance. During a brief pause of activity, I quickly knelt down to snap the photo at the same time a couple stepped into the frame.
First Place – Sunset
"It was the end of summer and was getting slightly cooler so I admired the swimmers doing their laps as it has always needed to be about 40 degrees for me to dive in."
First Place – Travel
"This picture shows harmonious scenery of an old couple who started working early in the morning when the sun shined a light in Xiapu, Fujian Province. I focused on the moment and story in front of me."
More info: IPPA website


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Fandom: Sherlock (BBC)
Alternate Postings: AO3
Rating/Content: PG13, some violence, blood
Warnings: none
Word Count: 3475
Disclaimer: Not my world.
Beta/Britpick: The invaluable and amazing irismay42! \o/
Notes: This story has been being written for so many years now I've lost count. Based very loosely on a second-hand report of a thing that happened to a guy I knew years ago, who I haven't talked to in a few decades and who has NO idea I write fanfic. If he finds this, uh, hi! Details changed to etcetera.
Summary: John would have been fine if he hadn't been attacked by the gnome. But that's getting ahead of the matter.
John would have been fine if he hadn't been attacked by the gnome. But that's getting ahead of the matter.
It had been a typical case and a typical Sherlock.
John had only just caught the turn of the interview - going from question, to statement, to accusation as Sherlock added the details together on the fly - changing a casual witness interview into a sharp accusation, and sending the apparently maiden-aunt-murdering Oliver Sackworthy into sudden flight. He'd bowled Sherlock over by the simple expedient of waiting until his back was turned while detailing out the proof of Oliver's guilt, then shoved him over an anti-macassar-covered ottoman and head first into the solid oak airing cupboard. Oliver then hared off through his kitchen, sending a jar of utensils clattering on his way out the back door.
John turned to pursue, calling, "You all right Sherlock?" back over his shoulder as he paused in the doorway of the kitchen.
"He's getting away, John!" Sherlock shouted, floundering in an avalanche of chintz.
John pelted out the back door into a dark garden, catching the dim-ghost of Oliver's grey button-down shirt as he leapt over a fence two gardens away. He swore and vaulted the garden fence.
He wished he'd brought his gun but why would he? It was supposed to be a witness interview, not a murderer chase. Sherlock had given no hint that the distraught nephew of the murdered woman was even suspected to be her murderer. Judging from the rapid shift in interview tone, Sherlock hadn't realised either until something about the way the man stood in his freshly-inherited deceased aunt's house in Hampstead had tipped Sherlock's mental scales from witness to murderer.
It'd save time- John thought, huffing as he ran past a shih tzu going mental at the intruders running through its yard before hopping another fence, -if I just carry the bloody gun any time Sherlock will be talking to anyone. Ever.
Vaulting a sturdy garden wall, John landed in a pristinely-maintained herbary lit by a single 'moon glow' lamp, narrowly missing a bird bath and an unrealistic plastic fawn. The walls on the other sides were much taller, not easy to leap or climb. Half the garden was faintly lit by a soft light from inside the back porch of the house, along with a few moonglow lamps that dotted the garden features along the opposite wall, but the rest of the yard was black as coal. In the farthest darkest corner behind a shadowy ornamental tree of some sort with other shadowy plants or garden knicknacks barely hinted at beneath it, John could hear the grunt-THUMP-scrabble-rustle of what was presumably Oliver; throwing himself up against the high garden wall, scratching for a grip, and then falling back down against the leaves.
"You've nowhere to run, Oliver." John said, voice even and calm. He held his hands spread low, non-threatening, steady gaze aimed (he hoped) directly at the invisible man in the shrubbery. "Give it up. Turn yourself in."
Behind the tree all was silent except for laboured breathing and faint rustling noises that edged along behind the shadowy foliage, back towards the one lower fence they'd just jumped over.
"Ah, ah now," said John, stepping between the breathing and escape. He strained to hear the footsteps of Sherlock catching up, but the shih tzu they'd run past before was still barking loud enough to raise the dead. In the dark John had no idea which back garden they were even in anymore, or how Sherlock would know which way they'd gone. Given it was Sherlock though, he'd probably follow the sound of the shih tzu.
Sirens sounded faintly, several streets away. Can't be for us, Sherlock never calls the police, but our murderer won't know that... "Hear that? It's over, Oliver."
The shadow breathed a harsh sob and rushed towards John, swinging something unexpectedly large towards his face. John cursed and snapped his arm up to block the inbound blow. The large thing impacted his arm with a jarring sting and a hollow plastic thunk.
John glanced up at the thing he was fending off. In the faint light carried from the back porch, a cheery plastic face under a red cap smiled down at him.
...Garden gnome?! was all John had the time to think before a hot slash of pain crossed his abdomen. He gasped and staggered back, clutching at his stomach then bringing his hand back into the faint light. It was wet, and red as the gnome's cap.
"Leave me alone!" Oliver shouted, wild-eyed, a reddened kitchen knife glinting in the faint light. He dropped the garden gnome, turned and ran back to jump over the shorter fence, and was quickly lost in the darkness.
John's legs went wobbly and he collapsed to his knees in the garden next to the gnome. He crossed his arms over the long cut and bent forward to put as much pressure on it as he could. The plastic deer stared at him in frozen alarm. His ears started ringing.
Bloody hell. The gnome was a distraction.
In the back porch of the house whose garden he was bleeding in, a light went on.
"I have a dog!" a tissue-thin voice quavered from inside the house. "A vicious dog!"
"Call 999. Police." John grunted out, pained shallow gasps. "Ambulance."
The door banged shut and a deadbolt slid home. Sensible. Murderers about tonight. John tipped slowly sideways, lying curled on the damp lawn, face to face with the discarded garden gnome. And you. Should get you too, for aiding and abetting.
The gnome smiled innocently.
"John?" He heard Sherlock call faintly.
"Here!" John tried to shout as loud as he could. It came out something like a creaking cellar door.
A flutter of black coat like an avenging vampire vaulted the garden fence and knocked over the plastic deer. Sherlock glanced down at the fallen pseudo-ungulate before looking around the shadowy garden and locking his eyes on John's fallen shape. "John?"
John tried pushing himself up onto one elbow - the one not attached to the arm pressing against the bleeding gash on his abdomen - but that pulled things in alarming ways and threatened to hurt a lot more than they already did. With a grunt he settled back down to the moist loam, thumping his head against the hollow plastic gnome. Rhymes. Loam gnome. Gnome loam. Gnome, gnome on the loam, John thought giddily. Ooo, giggling would be a very bad idea right now.
Sherlock's coaty blackness crouched beside John's curled form. He reached out a gloved hand in the dark, but hesitated. "You're hurt."
Thank you, Captain Obvious. In the darkness the blood was black against John's black coat and deep brown jumper. He didn't want to check to see how fast it was flowing, but it didn't seem arterial or he'd be spattering the foliage and be far less calm and conscious, so at least that was something. Not much of a something though.
Sherlock hovered, pale face hanging blank as the moon over John. It looked a bit like the face he seemed to get when he was having an emotion and not sure what to do with it yet. Not that he'd ever admit to having such a face.
"'S a scratch. Had worse," John dismissed airily, beginning to feel less giddy and more woozy. The sirens were getting louder now, a two-tone harmony with the faint ringing in his ears. "Be fine. Ambulance soon."
"Which way did Sackworthy go?" Sherlock said, a sudden alarming coldness in his voice.
"Back." John ducked his head toward the lower-height fence.
"I should have seen him, I just came that way. How did I not see him?" Sherlock snarled, glaring back over his shoulder like the fence had insulted his tobacco ash findings. "Over another fence, into the alley, that gate-"
"Long gone," John grunted. "Police'll. Get'im."
Sherlock stood in a rush of black wool. "Not if I get to him first."
"Leave it. 'S got a knife. Sherlock-!" but Sherlock was already leaping back over the fence the way he'd come.
Typical. Actually a bit more intense than was typical for Sherlock, and that was saying something. John gritted his teeth as adrenaline began to subside and the wound began demanding a lot more of his attention. Trying to distract himself. He's probably just put out he got shoved into the cupboard at the start, trying to make up for missing out on the early bit. Leaping over garden fences after a gnome-wielding maniac. Such fun.
A siren pulled up in front of the house. Oh good. This is starting to get really annoying.
Paramedics soon scurried around him in wan torchlight, laying him out flat, pulling the gnome out from under his head and setting it to one side. He stared at it. It stared at him. John again fought the urge to giggle as it would do nothing but hurt and alarm the paramedics.
"Sir, what-"
"John Watson. Abdominal knife wound. No allergies," John grunted efficiently.
The paramedic team began doing very familiar triage things, but John couldn't be arsed to care about too much but the burning coal of pain in his gut as they shifted his arms away to dress the wound and hook him up to an IV.
The garden's faint lights swirled around as the pain went distant and John faded in and out of awareness. He listened for Sherlock yelling or anything that might say what the situation with Sackworthy was, but there were too many sirens, and with the dose of morphine sulphate now coursing through his system he very quickly found it a challenge to be arsed to care about that either. But he did care. Sherlock'll be fine. At least he knows Sackworthy is armed now. I just got sidelined for this chase. By a gnome.
It wasn't until the paramedics began loading him on the stretcher for transport that John stirred again. With herculean effort only made possible by the analgesic now coursing through his system, John flailed out, grabbing the gnome's hat with his fingertips.
"Sir!" a paramedic cried out, "Please stay still!"
"Nn." Keeping his freshly IV-laden arm across his slashed midsection, he pulled the gnome up onto the lowered stretcher with him, wrapping his unmolested arm round the tacky garden decoration's neck. "Gnome. Comes with us."
And on that note, John thought it was best to pass out, clutching his hollow plastic assailant.
"And how exactly am I supposed to interrogate Big Ears here, John?" Lestrade smirked at the garden gnome tucked alongside John in the stretcher in the recovery cubicle off the Royal Free Hospital A&E. "You know, all these years I thought Noddy'd be the one to go bad."
"As you might, PC Plod," Sherlock snapped.
"Sherlock," John said, voice low and warning, despite the warm buzz of the very nice painkillers.
Sherlock sighed. "Fine."
Inspector Lestrade had shown up shortly after to let them know the murderer had been caught and to get a statement about the attack from John. They had reached the part of his statement involving the garden gnome attack, and Lestrade wasn't having any luck at all keeping a straight face about it.
"Gnome or no gnome, you two chasing after killers is going to end me, I swear." Lestrade frowned and ran a hand through his hair. "You need to call us in."
"I did," said Sherlock.
John raised a bleary eyebrow. Doesn't usually. Guess that explains the early sirens.
"I didn't consider him a valid suspect at all until I discovered what he'd done to his aunt's collection of Hummel figurines." Sherlock's shoulder lowered and raised in faint acknowledgement of this oversight. "I may have made an accusation. Sackworthy ran. John pursued, I was... detained."
John giggled. "In an airing cupboard! By chintz!"
Lestrade laughed ruefully and shook his head. "You are very lucky to get away with as little damage as you did, John."
"More likely, Sackworthy was far less committed to stabbing a person he'd just met than he had been to poisoning his own Aunt." Sherlock muttered.
"Didn't look so minor when they were loading you in the back of the ambulance," added Lestrade, with a glance at Sherlock. "Looked like you'd been slaughtered."
"Bled a lot, but not bad." John gestured at his bandaged abdomen under the thin, bog-standard NHS blanket. "'S a nicked vein. Biggish one. Quick bit of surgical gluing on the vein, bunches of stitches-"
"Twenty-seven," Sherlock contributed lugubriously.
"Yeah, something like that. Top up the blood, make certain the patch job holds, list of restrictions for 'bout a month, exercises." John waved a hand. "They'll keep me in observation tonight once they get a bed free, but it's just a scratch, really. Abdomen's too mobile or they'd have just used surgical tape to close. I've had far worse."
Sherlock made an unintelligible noise. John frowned and looked at him.
"You know, you're also lucky it wasn't the more usual cement sort of dwarf," Lestrade noted, smirking. "You'd have a broken arm as well."
John nodded amiably toward Lestrade. "'S'true."
Sherlock snorted. "Please. It's fifty centimetres tall. Sackworthy couldn't lift and swing a solid cement garden gnome that size."
The look of disgust on Sherlock's face at Lestrade's snickering and John's pained giggling didn't do much to contribute to them stopping laughing.
"As it is, we won't even need it for fingerprints," Lestrade said cheerfully as the giggles wound down.
"No?" John was distantly disappointed.
"Sackworthy literally begged to be taken in. Ran straight up to the first uniform he saw and confessed to everything." Grinning, Lestrade nodded towards Sherlock. "Easy to understand though, what with himself here chasing after him like a cross between Dracula and Batman."
Sherlock rolled his eyes. "You are taking a witness statement Lestrade! If you could restrain yourself to the facts and not-" he fluttered his fingers in the air towards Lestrade, "-fanciful pop-culture nonsense."
Lestrade raised his hands in surrender, grinning. "Well, I think that's all I need for now anyway. I'll call round tomorrow, yeah? One of the PC's will be by with an evidence bag for your little friend."
"I'll make sure he's no trouble and goes quietly," John said with all the mock-gravity a morphine derivative analgesic could provide.
With a smirk and a lazy semi-salute -- waving a finger in the vicinity of his forehead -- Lestrade left.
Floating on the painkillers, John listened to the familiar rhythms of an emergency medical facility. At the heart of it, much the same as a field hospital. Triage was triage; a bit like a second home. However... Sherlock was never this quiet after a case. John looked over to see Sherlock glaring down at John's injury as though he could weld the wound shut with laser beams from his eyes.
No, Batman can't do that, that's Superman. John hiccupped a deep laugh and immediately regretted the tug on his stitches. Sherlock twitched in alarm, one hand making a quickly-halted reach toward John.
John caught his breath, the brief twinge sinking back into the analgesic fog. He mustered his wits. "I'll be fine Sherlock. It's long, but shallow. Slash not a stab. Bled a lot, didn't get through the peritoneal sack or nick any major arteries. No organ damage, barely penetrated the muscle. They're mainly keeping me overnight for blood and fluid IV's and as a precaution to be sure I don't I pop their stitching or gluing and need further surgical intervention. Or in case I throw a clot I suppose, which isn't very likely. I could give you a figure on the chances but right now-" John giggled woozily and waved in the direction of his head. "Drugs. Numbers. Pffft."
Sherlock remained silent, jaw clenching grimly.
"Really. Mostly it's just blood loss and a bit of shock." John breathed and grinned, patting his cheerful plastic bedmate. "And not just because of the gnome."
Sherlock aimed his glare at John's face before turning to glower at a trolley of medical supplies.
"It's fine, Sherlock," John said, drifting a little. "As I said, I have had far worse."
"Not while I've known you," Sherlock muttered to the trolley.
"I..." John tilted his head at Sherlock's half-turned back, seeing something in the half-hunched angle of his shoulders.
"Did this scare you, Sherlock? Me getting hurt?"
"No." Sherlock snarled at an innocent pile of fresh gauze. "It enraged me! How dare he hurt you! That amitacidal waste of an arts degree."
"Amitacidal. Latin for paternal aunt is amita," Sherlock waved a hand dismissively, "and you can follow the rest."
The leather of the gloves on Sherlock's hands creaked as he clenched and unclenched them. "He could have killed you, John. With a kitchen knife. Probably one last used by his aunt to slice up the Sunday roast."
"A kitchen knife and a garden gnome," John muzzily quipped.
"Will you shut up about the bloody gnome!" Sherlock rounded on John.
John said nothing, but patted his plastic assailant consolingly on the cap when Sherlock turned again to pace and snarl.
"If he'd killed you, I would not be responsible for my subsequent actions against him."
While the swirl and swish of Sherlock's coat as he paced was mesmerizing to John's medication-addled brain, Sherlock's words and the emotion behind them riveted John's attention.
"As it stands, I shall be as cooperative and considerate a witness at his trial as there ever was one." Sherlock glared thunderously at the IV drip hanging above John, then away. "The prosecuting barrister will weep with delight. I'll ensure every single scrap of evidence is so water-tight in presentation that there will be no doubt of his premeditated guilt. Sackworthy will be punished."
John blinked sleepily, processing Sherlock's tirade. "You really are upset about me getting knifed, aren't you?"
Spinning on his heel, Sherlock turned to John, mouth open to speak. Just then a hospital porter and a nurse bustled into the recovery bay. Sherlock's mouth snapped shut.
"Right! We've got a spot for you for the night on the third floor, might not be great company, but you likely won't be there long." The nurse looked up from his chart and blinked down at the gnome beside John. "I thought the Inspector was taking that with him?"
"He needed backup," John giggled. "'S a dangerous assailant."
"There's a PC coming 'round for it shortly." Sherlock translated, having gone back to staring down at John's abdomen.
"Ah. Well." The nurse looked at the gnome again and shook his head.
I don't doubt you're still not the weirdest thing he's seen, John thought gnomeward.
"If all goes well we'll be releasing you around six PM tomorrow, but we're keeping him in tonight. Now," The nurse turned to face Sherlock more directly. "Visiting hours are over but you can stay to see him settled in if you like? We just need some space here for a bit to move him out, and then you can follow him up in a few minutes to say your goodnights."
In lieu of giggling, John smiled beatifically up at Sherlock.
Silence fell for a moment. Then Sherlock visibly jerked, realising the last bit the nurse had said had been addressed to him. He frowned and blinked.
The nurse smiled at them indulgently.
Sherlock made one of his many 'humans are tedious' noises. "I'm going to find something resembling coffee. Enjoy snuggling with your gnome." He started to stride out of the recovery cubicle, but stopped at the edge of the open curtains. "I'll... be up in a minute. To, ah..."
"-here for an evidence pickup from J. Watson? It's a...gnome?"
From where he was lying, John could see a constable's hat swivelling by the A&E registration desk.
Sherlock expelled a disgusted huff back over his shoulder. "The constabulary is here for your little friend. I'll go make sure they don't find their way to Maternity and try to impound someone's child." He sailed off through A&E; a tall black schooner in a sea of blue scrubs.
As the orderlies reconfigured his stretcher and IV for transport, John wrapped his non-IV'd arm around his short plastic assailant.
"Know what?" he whispered to the gnome. "Sometimes I think he might actually give a damn. Don't tell anyone though."
With that John settled back into the morphine fog with a smile, waiting for the PC to come over and escort his assailant away.
(that's all)
...and if any ACD fans are reading, yes I am aware that it went a little into "Three Garridebs" territory in the end there. That sort of snuck up on me. :-)
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Under Attack
Hannah Jayne
Hannah Jayne
Series: Underworld Detection Agency Series #2
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Paperback: 322 Pages
Publication: November 1, 2011
by Kensington
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Paperback: 322 Pages
Publication: November 1, 2011
by Kensington
Sophie Lawson is a human immune to magic, which comes in handy for helping paranormal beings transition into everyday life. But fallen angel Alex Grace and his search for the Vessel of Souls is one curse she never saw coming. Suddenly an unexplainable string of killings and destruction has even San Francisco's demons fearing for their immortal lives. And Sophie isn't about to trust Alex's all-too-vulnerable charm or his secret agenda. Now their hunt is revealing dangerous secrets about Sophie's past, and malevolent power hellishly close to turning one irreverent human into the ultimate supernatural weapon.
When Sophie opens up the novel talking about hobgoblin slobber, you know you're in for another treat. (NOT the hobgoblin slobber. YES, Sophie and co.) One of the things I love most about Sophie is her quirky sense of humor that comes out even in the most dangerous of situations. Along with the humor comes the tendency to ramble on, and then maybe delve into a sexual fantasy or two. While it does make the plot less streamlined and tight-knit as it could be, I love this trait of Sophie's. It keeps the story light-hearted and fun to read. And, sometimes, one needs to be able to coast through a story that isn't wrought with tension, suspense, and ominous clouds.
I adore the scandalous conversations between Sophie and Nina. They remind me of the insults some sisters at heart will exchange in a way that really means to say, "I love you" and "BFF 4Ever." They're such girls like that. And the way they'll talk about delicious men they can just eat up! The story never lacks for humor and entertainment be it Sophie's own narration or her interactions with others. Okay, Sophie can be a bit of a drama queen at times, and when she's down and doesn't get the comfort treatment that she wants, she'll lash out at people, but I can't stay annoyed at her for long. Her personality is just so vibrant and compelling.
The supporting cast is as fun as ever. I'm glad to see some familiar faces return along with references to occurences from the first book, such as Steve and his new love life. (Who knew that one could get fond of a stinky troll?) Vlad is another character that I love and am glad to see return. He's the perfect image of an angsty teenager who, inside, is really a big softie with a good heart. Alex is as sexy as ever, if a bit antsy and overprotective of Sophie in this novel, and Will is a charming addition to the group. He isn't around much though, so I don't have much to comment on—only that I look forward to seeing more of him in the future.
Still, I have to confess that I liked the first novel more. I liked exploring the demon world much more than the fallen angel side. The whole specter part was weird, especially as it didn't really seem to have anything to add to the plot other than bizarre conversations with the specter. There didn't seem to be much keeping the plot moving, as Sophie doesn't know enough about the situation to take the initiative to investigate. She can only live life and respond to changes in the situation. Also, unlike the first novel, this one doesn't do a good job standing on its own. Going into the final pages, many plot threads were still unresolved, and it felt rushed at the end. Even then, some things remain to be addressed in future installments in the series.
Overall, this is proving to be a fun series filled laugh-out-loud humor, sexiness, and heart-pounding action. I love Sophie and her friends and am looking forward to reading Under Suspicion, the third installment in the Underworld Detection Agency series!
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I don't think I can convey just how much this book entertains me. Even though the plot isn't highly intricate and developed, the characters are so much fun that it doesn't really bother me. As I mentioned in my review, sometimes I just need a fun, laugh-out-loud read.
The cover is gorgeous and totally UF, but it doesn't really fit my image of Sophie. I doubt she has the confidence to pull off that sexy attire. Plus, she gets freaked out holding a gun, and here she is looking badass with one in each hand. I bet she'd love to be able to convey that image though. (See what she does with the gun when Alex catches her by surprise in book one.)
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There are so many laugh-out-loud moments in this novel, but the best have to be the conversations between Sophie and Nina. Even in the saddest, most despairing, of moments (yes, I'm being melodramatic like Sophie is here), they still have room for sexy men in their thoughts and aren't afraid to make light of the situation.
She rushed in, my coat and purse clutched in her pale hands.
"What happened? Are you okay? Did she come after you again?
"I'm fine," I whimpered. "My life is just a toilet bowl of despair and I look like a battered wife, but I'm fine. I just want to go home and take a nap."
Nina smiled sympathetically. "Can I drive you?"
I shook my head. "I'll be fine. But can you cover for me?"
Nina's sweet smile turned salacious and she popped a button on her blouse. "You mean distract Dixon until closing? You bet."
"What happened? Are you okay? Did she come after you again?
"I'm fine," I whimpered. "My life is just a toilet bowl of despair and I look like a battered wife, but I'm fine. I just want to go home and take a nap."
Nina smiled sympathetically. "Can I drive you?"
I shook my head. "I'll be fine. But can you cover for me?"
Nina's sweet smile turned salacious and she popped a button on her blouse. "You mean distract Dixon until closing? You bet."