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Kevin J. Anderson has published 160 books, 56 of which have been national or international bestsellers. He has written numerous novels in the Star Wars, X-Files, Dune, and DC Comics universes, as well as unique steampunk fantasy novels Clockwork Angels and Clockwork Lives, written with legendary rock drummer from Rush, Neil Peart. His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series, the Terra Incognita fantasy trilogy, the Saga of Shadows trilogy, and Spine of the Dragon. He has edited numerous anthologies, written comics and games, and the lyrics to two rock CDs. Anderson and his wife Rebecca Moesta are the publishers of WordFire Press. He is Director of the Publishing MA Program at Western Colorado University.
Working Stiff by Kevin J. Anderson
Back from the dead…and back on the case!
Even being murdered doesn't keep a good detective down, and in the Unnatural Quarter—inhabited by ghosts, vampires, werewolves, mummies, and all sorts of creatures that go bump (or thud!) in the night—a zombie P.I. fits right in. Dan Chambeaux, a.k.a. "Shamble," solves a string of madcap cases with his ghost girlfriend Sheyenne, his Best Human Friend Officer Toby McGoohan, and his firebrand lawyer partner Robin Deyer.
Working Stiff contains seven cases from the files of Chambeaux & Deyer Investigations. Dan Shamble has to solve the mystery of a stolen deck of fortune-telling cards and the undeath-defying feats of a vampire trapeze artist, finds himself sealed in a coffin in the back of a truck with no idea where he's being taken, and is even hired by Santa Claus to find his lost "naughty and nice" list. Being trapped in an unbreakable monster-proof crypt, deciphering a string of mysterious zombie graffiti, investigating the murder of a costumed fan at a science fiction convention where the monsters are the normal attendees, or tracking down a kidnapped hellhound for legendary vigilante werewolf cop Hairy Harry—it's all in a day's work for Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I.
The circus is supposed to be fun, even a monster circus, but the experience turned sour when somebody tried to murder the vampire trapeze artist.
As a private detective, albeit a zombie, I investigate cases of all sorts in the Unnatural Quarter, applying my deductive skills and persistent determination (yes, the undead can be very persistent indeed). Some of my cases are admittedly strange; most are even stranger than that.
I'd been hired by a transvestite fortune-teller to find a stolen deck of magic cards, and he had sent me two free tickets to the circus. Gotta love the perks of the job. Not one to let an opportunity go to waste, I invited my girlfriend to accompany me; in many ways her detective skills are as good as my own.
Sheyenne is beautiful, blond, and intangible. I had started to fall in love with her when both of us were alive, and I still like having her around, despite the difficulties of an unnatural relationship—as a ghost, she can't physically touch me, and as a zombie I have my own limitations.
We showed our passes at the circus entrance gate and entered a whirlwind of colors, sounds, smells. Big tents, wild rides, popcorn, and cotton candy for the humans, more exotic treats for the unnaturals. One booth sold deep-fried artichoke hearts, while another sold deep-fried human hearts. Seeing me shamble by, a persistent vendor offered me a free sample of brains on a stick, but I politely declined.
I'm a well-preserved zombie and have never acquired a taste for brains. I've got my standards of behavior, not to mention personal hygiene. Given a little bit of care and effort, a zombie doesn't have to rot and fall apart, and I take pride in looking mostly human. Some people have even called me handsome—Sheyenne certainly does, but she's biased.
As Sheyenne flitted past the line of food stalls, her eyes were bright, her smile dazzling; I could imagine what she must have looked like as a little girl. I hadn't seen her this happy since she'd been poisoned to death.
Nearby, a muscular clay golem lifted a wooden mallet at the Test Your Strength game and slammed it down with such force that he not only rang the bell at the top of the pole, he split the mallet in half. A troll barker at the game muttered and handed the golem a pink plush bunny as a prize. The golem set the stuffed animal next to a pile of fuzzy prizes, paid another few coins, and took a fresh mallet to play the game again.
Many of the attendees were humans, attracted by the low prices of the human matinee; the nocturnal monsters would come out for the evening show. More than a decade had passed since the Big Uneasy, when all the legendary monsters came back to the world, and human society was finally realizing that unnaturals were people just like everyone else. Yes, some were ferocious and bloodthirsty—but so were some humans. Most monsters just wanted to live and let live (even though the definition of "living" had blurred).
Sheyenne saw crowds streaming toward the Big Top. "The lion tamer should be finishing, but the vampire trapeze artist is due to start. Do you think we could…"
I gave her my best smile. With stiff facial muscles, my "best smile" was only average, but even so I saved it for Sheyenne. "Sure, Spooky. We've got an hour before we're supposed to meet Zelda. Let's call it 'gathering background information.'"
"Or we could just call it part of the date," Sheyenne teased.
"That, too."
We followed other humans through the tent flaps. A pudgy twelve-year-old boy was harassing his sister, poking her arm incessantly, until he glanced at me and Sheyenne. I had pulled the fedora low, but it didn't entirely conceal the bullet hole in my forehead. When the pudgy kid gawked at the sight, his sister took advantage of the distraction and began poking him until their mother hurried them into the Big Top.
Inside, Sheyenne pointed to empty bleachers not far from the entrance. The thick canvas kept out direct sunlight, protecting the vampire performers and shrouding the interior in a pleasant nighttime gloom. My eyes adjusted quickly because gloom is a natural state for me. Always on the case, I remained alert. If I'd been more alert while I was still alive, I would be… well, still alive.
When I was a human private detective in the Quarter, Sheyenne's ghost had asked me to investigate her murder, which got me in trouble; I didn't even see the creep come up behind me in a dark alley, put a gun to the back of my head, and pull the trigger.
Under most circumstances, that would have put an end to my career, but you can't keep a good detective down. Thanks to the changed world, I came back from the dead, back on the case. Soon enough, I fell into my old routine, investigating mysteries wherever they might take me… even to the circus.
Sheyenne drifted to the nearest bleacher, and I climbed stiffly beside her. The spotlight shone down on a side ring, where a brown-furred werewolf in a scarlet vest—Calvin—cracked his bullwhip, snarling right back at a pair of snarling lions who failed to follow his commands. The thick-maned male cat growled, while the big female opened her mouth wide to show a yawn full of fangs. The lion tamer roared a response, cracked the whip again, and urged the big cats to do tricks, but they absolutely refused.
The lions flexed their claws, and the werewolf flexed his own in a show of dominance, but the lions weren't buying it. Just when it looked as if the fur was about to fly, a loud drumroll came from the center ring.
The spotlight swiveled away from the lion tamer to fall upon the ringmaster, a tall vampire with steel-gray hair. "Ladies and gentlemen, naturals and unnaturals of all ages—in the center ring, our main event!" He pointed upward, and the spotlight swung to the cavernous tent's rigging strung with high wires and a trapeze platform. A Baryshnikov look-alike stood on the platform, a gymnastic vampire in a silver lamé full-body leotard. He wore a medallion around his neck, a bright red ribbon with some kind of amulet, and a professional sneer.
"Bela, our vampire trapeze artist, master of the ropes—graceful, talented… a real swinger!" The ringmaster paused until the audience realized they were supposed to respond with polite laughter. Up on the platform, Bela lifted his chin, as if their applause was beneath him (and, technically speaking, it was, since the bleachers were far below).
"For his death-defying feat, Bela will perform without a safety net above one hundred sharpened wooden stakes!" The spotlight swung down to the floor of the ring, which was covered with a forest of pointy sticks, just waiting to perform impalement duties.
The suitably impressed audience gasped.
On the trapeze platform, Bela's haughty sneer was wide enough to show his fangs; I could see them even from my seat in the bleachers. The gold medallion at his neck glinted in the spotlight. Rolling his shoulders to loosen up, the vampire grasped the trapeze handle and lunged out into the open air. He seemed not to care a whit about the sharp wooden stakes as he swung across to the other side. At the apex of his arc, he swung back again, gaining speed. On the backswing, Bela spun around the trapeze bar, doing a loop. As he reached the apex once again, he released, did a quick somersault high in the air, and caught the bar as he dropped down.
The audience applauded. Werewolves in the bleachers howled their appreciation; some ghouls and less-well-preserved zombies let out long, low moans that sounded upbeat, considering. I shot a glance at Sheyenne, and judging by her delighted expression, she seemed to be enjoying herself.
Bela swung back, hanging on with one hand as he gave a dismissive wave to the audience. Vampires usually have fluid movements. I remembered that one vamp had tried out for the Olympic gymnastics team four years ago—and was promptly disqualified, though the Olympic judges could not articulate a valid reason. The vampire sued, and the matter was tied up in the courts until long past the conclusion of the Olympics. The vampire gymnast took the long view, however, as she would be just as spry and healthy in the next four-year cycle, and the next, and the next.
A big drumroll signaled Bela's finale. He swung back and forth one more time, pumping with his legs, increasing speed, and the bar soared up to the highest point yet. The vampire released his hold, flung himself into the air for another somersault, then a second, then a third as the empty trapeze swung in its clockwork arc, gliding back toward him, all perfectly choreographed.
As he dropped, Bela reached out. His fingertips brushed the bar—and missed. He flailed his hands in the air, trying to grab the trapeze, but the bar swung past out of reach, and gravity did its work. Bela tumbled toward the hundred sharp wooden stakes below.
Someone screamed. Even with my rigor-mortis-stiff knees, I lurched to my feet.
But at the last possible moment, the vampire's plummeting form transformed in the air. Mere inches above the deadly points, Bela turned into a bat, stretching and flapping his leathery wings. He flew away, the medallion still dangling from his little furry rodent neck. He alighted on the opposite trapeze platform, then transformed back into a vampire just in time to catch the returning trapeze. He held on, showing his pointed fangs in a superior grin, and took a deep bow. On cue, the band played a loud "Ta-da!"
After a stunned moment, the audience erupted in wild applause. Sheyenne was beaming enough to make her ectoplasm glow. Even I was smiling. "That was worth the price of admission," I said.
Sheyenne looked at me. "We didn't pay anything—we got free tickets."
"Then it's worth twice as much."
With the show over, the audience rose from the bleachers and filed toward the exit. "The cases don't solve themselves," I said to Sheyenne. "Let's go find that fortune-teller."


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Michael Cohen's Lawyer Just Explained How Donald Trump Jr. Could Be Indicted for the Same Violation His Father Committed
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Last summer, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws when he made hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal at the behest of his client.
Both women claim to have had affairs with Trump in the 2000s. Trump, named as co-conspirator "Individual-1" in Cohen's case, has denied any wrongdoing.
Months later, in February, Cohen would reveal during his testimony before the House Oversight Committee that Trump and his eldest son Donald Trump Jr. had signed checks used to reimburse him for shelling out the payments to the two women - $130,000 and $150,000 respectively.
"I am providing a copy of a $35,000 check that President Trump personally signed from his personal bank account on August 1st of 2017, when he was president of the United States, pursuant to the coverup which was the basis of my guilty plea to reimburse me," Cohen said, adding that "This $35,000 check was one of 11 check installments that was paid throughout the year while he was president. Other checks to reimburse me for the hush-money payments were signed by Donald Trump Jr. and Allen Weisselberg."
Cohen will begin serving a three-year prison term in May for campaign finance violations, bank fraud, tax evasion, and lying to Congress as part of his plea deal.
On Monday, Cohen's attorney Lanny Davis said that there is enough evidence to indict Junior for the same campaign finance crimes to which Cohen pleaded guilty and was later sentenced. Davis cited the check(s) bearing Junior's signature as evidence of guilt.
Davis told Hill.TV's Rising hosts Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti:
"I do suggest, respectfully, that Donald Jr., based upon signing a hush money check for his father — out of a trust fund, by the way, that was set up to prevent any money being spent that would help Donald Trump while he was president — out of that trust fund is where the Donald Jr. check was written, that is a crime."
For Davis, there is no legal grey area.
"He should be, in my opinion, respectfully, indicted, based upon just the signing of that check."
Davis is in good company. There are a lot of people that want to see Junior indicted.
Davis continued, explaining that he believes the evidence against Junior is irrefutable.
"There's no allegation or credibility issue here. Federal prosecutors found that Donald Trump directed and coordinated an illegal hush money scheme and the payment of $35,000 a month," Davis said. "The payment of $35,000 a month was a payoff for what was a fictitious legal services retainer agreement, which the federal government prosecutors said never existed. So this is not a matter in dispute."
Because of Justice Department policy, Trump is unlikely to be indicted by federal prosecutors. Junior, however, is afforded no such legal clout.
"That check signed by our president is a fact that cannot be denied as a felony committed by the president of the United States, which, thanks to Michael Cohen and his testimony, is now before federal prosecutors," Davis explained. "They can't indict a president, but they can indict Don Jr. because the second check was signed by Don Jr., the same $35,000 a month installment payment for the hush money."
The Southern District of New York - with whom Cohen struck his plea agreement - is continuing to investigate Trump, his family, and his businesses.
Davis also said that Cohen's sentence was too harsh.
"The most important issue for me is why Mr. Cohen is serving this length of time for what, is compared to others who have not paid income taxes, a minor sum of $275,000 a year, whereas Floyd Mayweather didn't pay $18 million a year, and got a civil penalty," he said.
"So the disproportionality of this sentence, I would respectfully suggest should be reconsidered, and he should be given credit for the criminal evidence that he put before the American people, using documents such as this check, as credit for this sentence."
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Trump's Defense Attorney Asked 'Why Are We Here?' During the Impeachment Trial and People Were Quick to Answer
President Donald Trump's impeachment trial began in earnest in the Senate on Tuesday.
Shortly after House impeachment manager, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), laid out the evidence against the President unveiled by House Democrats, one of Trump's defense attorneys—Jay Sekulow—asked a question in his rebuttal.
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Tobias Hauser
Junior Group Leader
Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research &
Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging
PhD, Psychology, University of Zurich, 2014
PhD, Neuroscience, ETH Zurich, University of Zurich, 2013
Orcid Personal website
Tobias Hauser works in the fields of developmental neuroscience and computational psychiatry. He wants to understand how the computational mechanisms underlying cognitive functions, such as exploration and decision making, develop, and how they can go awry in patients with mental health problems. He uses mathematical models that allow us to understand the processes underlying cognition, and combines them with neuroimaging, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). By doing so, we can understand how the brain processes information, how cognitive functions develop during childhood and adolescence, and how an impairment of these functions can lead to disorder.
In my fellowship project, I want to understand how curiosity develops in the brain. I will thereby investigate how, when and why humans make exploratory decisions. I am particularly interested in teasing apart different forms of exploration, such as goal-directed and random exploration. By combining neuroimaging, pharmacological and developmental studies, I hope to explore the role of specific chemicals in the brain (neurotransmitters), and how they contribute to these exploratory decisions. By looking at different forms of exploration during development, I hope to find the developmental trajectories of how exploration develops and whether we can relate these trajectories to specific brain maturation processes. Lastly, I plan to relate the development of curiosity to other factors, such as schooling success or mental wellbeing. This will allow to assess whether curiosity contributes to a productive development and wellbeing, and whether deviations from a normative curiosity development can lead to difficulties at school. This fellowship will thus provide a window into the developing curious brain and help us understand how we can foster curiosity.
Curiosity is central in life. We are born with an inherent wonder for the things around us and an urge to understand how the world works. Curiosity is a strong driver for self-guided learning and should therefore be fostered both at school and at home. However, we still know relatively little about how curiosity develops and how kids use different forms of exploration during their development. If we succeed in capturing the development of these different forms of curiosity, then we can shape the school settings so that they optimally foster the inherent curiosity and thus help the pupils to learn with most joy and efficiency. By studying the brain mechanisms that underlie curiosity, we can learn how these processes may go awry, for example in children with mental health issues that often express a lack of curiosity.


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Desulfovibrio paquesii is a bacterium. It is sulfate-reducing and hydrogenotrophic. The type strain is SB1(T) (=DSM 16681(T)=JCM 14635(T)).

References

Further reading
Staley, James T., et al. "Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3."Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD (1989): 2250–2251.
Bélaich, Jean-Pierre, Mireille Bruschi, and Jean-Louis Garcia, eds. Microbiology and biochemistry of strict Anaerobes Involved in interspecies hydrogen transfer. No. 54. Springer, 1990.

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Type strain of Desulfovibrio paquesii at BacDive -  the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Bacteria described in 2009
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The Barkeep
By: William Lashner
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
Justin Chase is the perfect barkeep, tending bar as he lives his life, in a state of Zen serenity, until Birdie Grackle, a foul-mouthed alcoholic, walks into his bar and makes a startling confession.
Six years ago Justin's life was ripped apart when he discovered his mother's bludgeoned corpse. Now Justin's father is serving a life sentence and Justin drowns his emotions in a pool of inner peace. But when Birdie claims he murdered Justin's mother for cash, Justin is hurled back to the emotions, back to the past, and, most frightening of all, back to the father he tried to leave behind. Who hired Birdie Grackle to kill Justin's mother? As Justin pieces together the truth, a killing machine stalks Justin, leaving a trail of dead in his wake. Someone wants to bury the truth, and maybe Justin, too. Justin had better find some answers quick, because murder is just not Zen.
©2013 William Lashner (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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What listeners say about The Barkeep
Chip Atkinson
Probably listened to it 4 times…
… and it's still riveting. The narrator is great at times, but I felt he was a bit over the top with 2-3 key characters.
wasn't an i can't wait to get back to it
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I didn't feel there was 12 hours of story to the book. Lots of twists and turns, but I wish a few of the loose ends had been tied up.
Would you recommend The Barkeep to your friends? Why or why not?
No. It just want as thrilling as many of the other books I've read/listened to.
Did Luke Daniels do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?
Yes, he did different voices and was consistent with them. I've listened to others that are better.
Was The Barkeep worth the listening time?
For me, not really.
Entertaining. Good not great.... As a former bartender, I appreciated the many references to the world "behind the board".
Richard Delman
Likable, entertaining, not masterful.
I enjoyed this book. As above, it is not a masterpiece, but then, how many of those do we get? It is entertaining, which I think is what most of us want in a thriller. It is unusual. The protagonist, Justin Chase, is a bartender whose father, McKenzie, is in prison for murdering his mother, Eleanor. Justin deteriorated after the murder, and his life has never been the same. He had graduated from law school, but never passed the bar, and floated into a series of bartending jobs, having no serious relationships and no goals. The book sets up the goal of finding out whether his father really did kill his mother, and he finds this out at the end of the book. In the meantime, the book is populated by a cast of interesting characters: Mia, the D.A., Westbrook, the cop, a very bad man named Birdie Grackle (you read that right) and some friends of Justin's. As the book progresses, Justin hooks up with Annie Overstreet, who, in a fine Oedipal twist, was his father's girlfriend before he went to prison. Justin uses Zen techniques to try to fend off his feelings, particularly his mourning of his mother, but also his growing attachment to Annie.
The writing is good, but the performance of Luke Daniels is amazing. Mr. Daniels tries as hard as he can to make this one of the most memorable audiobooks you have heard, and he does a truly respectable job of it. He uses a tremendous range of voices, expressing the voices of characters, moods, different properties of speech, passions, and pretty much anything you can think of in a good narrator. I will now take serious looks at books that he narrates. He won't make you forget Frank Muller, and he's not Edoardo Ballerini, but he is doing his damned best, and that is good enough for me.
The book could have benefitted from some editing. It is too long. A number of the scenes do not advance the plot, which they should, a cardinal rule of all novels and particularly thrillers. The author needs to keep you interested and wondering whodunit.
This book is worth reading. It kept me entertained, and that is a fine thing these days. Winter can be cold and wet, even here in "sunny" California. Light a fire, pick up a blankie, and settle down in your favorite chair. Needless to say, only light a fire if you have a fireplace, or else you might have a scene from one of these thrillers.
Murder mystery or failed attempt at comedy?
I really like this author and this narrator, but Barkeep is an awful audiobook. I found listening to this shipwreck painful. William Lashner's attempts at levity repeatedly fall flat in this silly story. Luke Daniels, one of my favorite narrators, consistently over performs while trying to capture the emotion of the horrible dialog.
ZeraGirl
Wow, what a read !!
This book was a total surprise for me. At the very beginning I didn't think I would enjoy it. After a slow start, for me that is, it captivated me and kept me enthralled. It kept me guessing until almost the very end. I think Mr. Lashner has gained another fan.
Strangely entertaining
The premise of the story was good, there were lots of twists and ah ha moments. But the narration was off at times I couldn't tell when another charade was speaking because they all sounded the same and there was a bit too much mindless rambling. With all that being said it was a pretty good.
Terrific
Wonderful narration... He captured the different characters - amazing
Great story - couldn't put it down
I finished it in a day
Unusual Characters, Original Plot!
I thought the book was fabulous. I really liked the main character, a bartender who doesn't drink and follows the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the mentally challenged but endearing killer, the jaded former mistress of the imprisoned father. It was a good mystery with complex intrigue. One complaint - I thought the very annoying and disgusting old codger character went on with his rambling way too long, to the point where I had to fast forward a couple of times. The narrator did his voice much too well - an authentic Texas drunk accent which reminded me of people I have encountered here in the Lone Star State.
The detailed descriptions of the mixed drinks were a fun touch but I think this book might not be a good choice for recovering alcoholics.
I agree with other reviewers the ending was a little strange - and a bit weak compared to the rest of the book. Pretty satisfying outcomes all in all, however.
I definitely recommend this book. It was another one that caused me to sit in the driveway listening after I got home.
Good every thing.
What made the experience of listening to The Barkeep the most enjoyable?
Luke Daniels.
What does Luke Daniels bring to the story that you wouldn't experience if you just read the book?
He can bring the characters to life. He has quite a range of voices to offer. He is my favorite narrator next to Ray Porter.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
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Hugo Helmig Bio,Wiki, Net Worth, songs, Youtube, instagram and More
1 Hugo Helmig Bio, Wiki,Net Worth, songs, Youtube, instagram and More
2 How old is Hugo Helmig ?parents, Siblings
3 Education of Hugo Helmig
4 Hugo Helmig Net worth in 2023
5 How is the Profession and Daily Life of Hugo Helmig?
6 Brand Endorsements of Hugo Helmig
7 Awards and Nominations of Hugo Helmig
8 Relationship Status of Hugo Helmig
9 Rumors and controversy of Hugo Helmig
10 How tall is Hugo Helmig?
11 Hugo Helmig -Social Media
Hugo Helmig Bio, Wiki,Net Worth, songs, Youtube, instagram and More
Hugo Helmig
Thomas Helmig
Renée Simonsen
Ida Marie Helmig, Ulrikke Sandvad, Jens-Kristian Sandvad
Hugo Helmig Youtube
Hugo Helmig Instagram
Hugo Helmig Wiki
In the past, Hugo Helmig was a Danish singer-songwriter. The supermodel Renée Simonsen and musician Thomas Helmig are the parents of Hugo Helmig.
How old is Hugo Helmig ?parents, Siblings
Hugo Helmig was born in Aarhus, Denmark, on July 24, 1998. As of 2023, Helmig is a naturalized Danish citizen who is 25 years old and a Christian.
Similarly, he currently resides in Aarhus and was born under the sign of Leo. Helmig's parents are Renée Simonsen and Thomas Helmig, respectively. Ida Marie Helmig, Ulrikke Sandvad, and Jens-Kristian Sandvad are also his siblings.YOU MAY ALSO LIKE ANOTHER SINGER Michele Voan Capps
HugoHelmig in his early years with his parents. From Instagram
Helmig's mother works as a supermodel and his father is a musician. Helmig's parents, on the other hand, are retired and still have a solid union after being married for a long time. Even after all these years, Helmig's parents still enjoy each other's company and can make each other laugh.
Helmig's parents appreciate and share interests with one another. These features show that Helmig and his brothers were raised in a caring environment and that they acquired great traits from their parents, especially honesty and respect.
Education of Hugo Helmig
Regarding Helmig's educational history, there is no information readily available regarding his academics, colleges, or schools. It's possible that Helmig attended an Aarhus community school for his education.
Helmig may have forgone education in the future to pursue his professional singing career, as he began singing at a young age.
Hugo Helmig Net worth in 2023
The professional singer from Denmark known as Helmig has amassed a sizable fortune via his career. The estimated net worth of Helmig is $700,000. Helmig makes $80,000 a year in salary and primarily relies on his singing career for his money.
How is the Profession and Daily Life of Hugo Helmig?
A few weeks before turning 19, Danish-born singer-songwriter Hugo Helmig published his debut single, Please Don't Lie, and things took off from there. Hugo's catchy tune, which has been streamed over 40 million times to date, was the most played song on Danish radio in 2018 and earned him his first platinum certification.
The young songwriter was also in high demand outside of his own country as his song Please Don't Lie started to soar the German Airplay Charts.
The song also gained popularity in other European nations and peaked at number three on the charts (including chart positions in Austria and Switzerland). With six songs covering the past few rough years, Hugo Helmig's strong and brutally honest mini album "LULU vol 1" was released in 2020.
HugoHelmig is pictured here singing. from Wikipedia
The tracks, which largely deal with highly personal issues like sorrow and anxiety, exhibit the Danish musician's more mature and sad side than we saw on his critically praised debut album "Juvenile" in 2019. In the summer of 2020, Hugo released the tune "Sooner or Later," which he co-wrote with Danish pop star Lukas Graham.
Brand Endorsements of Hugo Helmig
Helmig has never advertised anything, sponsored any products, or participated in any brand alliances.
Awards and Nominations of Hugo Helmig
In February 2019, AWAL signed Helmig to a global contract, and later that year, he was nominated for a Music Moves Europe Talent Award.
Moreover, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation reported that Helmig was the third-most successful Danish artist globally in 2020.
Relationship Status of Hugo Helmig
He can be single and not in a relationship at the moment. Additionally, Helmig has never been married and has never been in a relationship or been engaged before.
Furthermore, Helmig is unmarried at the moment and appears to be OK with that. Helmig does not have any children. Additionally, Helmig's social media accounts make no mention of him being in a relationship.
Rumors and controversy of Hugo Helmig
He hasn't been linked to any controversies or speculations of any kind. Helmig also never speaks to the press or gets involved in anything that can jeopardize his job as a singer.
How tall is Hugo Helmig?
He is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 72 kg, to speak specifically. Aside from that, Helmig has black hair and blue eyes. Helmig wears a size 7 shoe (US). Helmig also has tattoos on his neck and other areas of his body.
HugoHelmig is shown snapping a photo. From Instagram
Hugo Helmig -Social Media
He uses Instagram frequently. He has a @hugohelmig Instagram account with 46.5k followers. And he has 12k followers on his @hugohelmig Facebook page. Additionally, none of the other social media platforms, including Twitter, offer Helmig.
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Cisco Survey: Partnerships Critical to IoT Projects
Written by Channel
A new study from Cisco reports that barely a quarter of Internet-of-Things initiatives are fully succeeding.
Cisco on Tuesday announced the results of a survey of 1,845 business and IT decision-makers about their IoT projects. The majority of respondents (60 percent) said their IoT initiatives "stalled" in the proof of concept phase of development. Only 26 percent of initiatives were called "a complete success."
Cisco made the announcement at the Internet of Things World Forum in London. The conference's attendees intend to advance IoT across a variety of verticals and businesses. But although IDC expects the number of IoT endpoints to hit 82 billion in 2025, Cisco's survey indicates that many organizations are unsuccessfully trying to implement the technology.
"It's not for lack of trying," said Rowan Trollope, senior vice president and general manager of IoT and applications for Cisco. "But there are plenty of things we can do to get more projects out of pilot and to complete success, and that's what we're here in London to do."
Even when organizations managed to complete their IoT projects, a third of them were not considered successful.{ad}
Cisco made multiple conclusions about the study. First, "human factors" like company culture and the interaction between IT and business departments can complicate the process. Cisco says that partnerships typically fuel successful IoT projects.
"We are connecting things that we never thought would be connected, creating incredible new value to industries," said Inbar Lasser-Raab, vice president of Cisco Enterprise Solutions marketing. "But where we see most of the opportunity, is where we partner with other vendors and create solutions that are not only connected but also share data. That shared data is the basis of a network of industries – sharing of insights to make tremendous gains for business and society, because no one company can solve this alone."
Cisco also noted that 64 percent of stalled IoT projects lead to an increased IoT investment – meaning that failure often serves as one of the best IoT educational tools.
Tags: Cisco, Inbar Lasser-Raab, IoT, IoT world forum, Rowan Trollope
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Pandora: The World of Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom has maintained its popularity since it opened in May 2017. Thanks to the new music album released last week you can take a bit of Pandora with you wherever you go. The album features 12 tracks and over 50 minutes of music from locations all throughout Pandora.
The tracks featured are from composers James Horner and Simon Franglen, but also features Sandra Benton's Na'vi River Journey Ride Through. You will find the album available for streaming on Apple Music, or if you prefer to add it to your library it can be purchased for $9.99 or $1.29 per track from iTunes.
The music can be described as meditative, contemplative, upbeat, jazzy, and soothing. So whether you are trying to relive the excitement of flying on the back of a banshee on Avatar Flight of Passage, the bioluminescent beauty of Na'vi River Journey or dreaming of the new menu at Satu'li Canteen this musical journey makes the delights of Pandora come alive wherever you find yourself. One thing is for sure, wherever you are this album will take you back to the awe-inspiring bioluminescent beauty that is Pandora: World of Avatar.
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Farsighted and progressive organizations realize that their reputation is their bottom line. Future-oriented CEOs and other C-suite executives understand that vision and operational discipline are inseparable from one another. Neglect either and you will pay the price.
For too long, the concept of safety in many businesses and corporations has been relegated to mid-management at best, not elevated to senior management. I generally employ a high degree of skepticism when reading the results of most surveys that suggest that a high percentage of a company's leadership perceives safety as very important. Would you really expect them to say it isn't? And, when they reply in the affirmative, does that mean they follow OSHA regulations or step it up a notch and go beyond what is required by law?
Every organization that has employees must ensure that safety and security are just as important – perhaps even more so – as revenue and cost projections, merger or acquisition opportunities, investor issues and customer feedback. After all, safety and security (or lack thereof) can have a devastating impact on an organization's bottom line – and reputation. Think about the fallout from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill or the Upper Big Branch mining disaster and the repercussions.
A laboratory explosion, a plant fire, a hostage crisis, a shooting or other catastrophic event can occur at any time and any place: schools, colleges, businesses and corporations, hospitals, government facilities and military installations. An organization's reputation is carefully built on a foundation of trust, good deeds, integrity and service over many years by many people who have placed the good of the organization – including its employees – over their personal needs. It takes just one major incident to severely taint or permanently scar an organization's reputation – its true bottom line – if any OSHA regulation or safety measure wasn't properly taken into account and effectively executed.
As technology and the rise of social media have made it far easier to uncover and spread damaging information, isn't it time to take a fresh look at how an organization handles its public image and what it can do to proactively build and maintain a strong reputation, especially in light of the probability of some future safety challenge?
In my experience, corporate communications professionals have not always been a part of an organization's leadership team – until enough public relations gaffes have occurred to force a change. It's often the same with respect to safety professionals.
The top safety official should report to no one other than one of the members in the C-suite (SVP or VP), preferably the CFO in many organizations. Depending on the organization, the position itself should be an executive-level position.
The CFO should ensure that she/he and the top safety official provide regular briefings to the organization's leadership team on all safety matters. The leadership team should visit the facilities they are responsible for to personally query those on the shop floor and in offices about safety training, meetings, inspections or other compliance issues.
The CEO should ensure that safety and security are a continuous part of any leadership development program (LDP), and that appropriate safety training is in place for all employees. Top executives, including the CEO, need to consistently – and actively – participate in the LDP.
Every manager who supervises employees should have her/his performance evaluation tied to and reflect preventative safety leading indicators that she/he has taken, including co-leading safety exercises (self-directed, tabletop and live).
A company's reputation and its brand are in many ways its most intangible assets, and safety and security play a big role. The ability to sustain an organization's performance in an increasingly competitive global environment depends on having a workforce that is safe and secure. Safety awareness and preparation must be inextricably linked throughout the organization, beginning at the top.


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MaskedArray.view([dtype, type]) New view of array with the same data.
MaskedArray.filled([fill_value]) Return a copy of self, with masked values filled with a given value.
MaskedArray.tolist([fill_value]) Return the data portion of the masked array as a hierarchical Python list.
MaskedArray.tostring([fill_value, order]) This function is a compatibility alias for tobytes.
MaskedArray.tobytes([fill_value, order]) Return the array data as a string containing the raw bytes in the array.
MaskedArray.flatten([order]) Return a copy of the array collapsed into one dimension.
MaskedArray.ravel([order]) Returns a 1D version of self, as a view.
MaskedArray.squeeze([axis]) Remove single-dimensional entries from the shape of a.
MaskedArray.argmax([axis, fill_value, out]) Returns array of indices of the maximum values along the given axis.
MaskedArray.argmin([axis, fill_value, out]) Return array of indices to the minimum values along the given axis.
MaskedArray.argsort([axis, kind, order, ...]) Return an ndarray of indices that sort the array along the specified axis.
MaskedArray.diagonal([offset, axis1, axis2]) Return specified diagonals.
MaskedArray.searchsorted(v[, side, sorter]) Find indices where elements of v should be inserted in a to maintain order.
MaskedArray.copy([order]) Return a copy of the array.
MaskedArray.all([axis, out, keepdims]) Returns True if all elements evaluate to True.
MaskedArray.anom([axis, dtype]) Compute the anomalies (deviations from the arithmetic mean) along the given axis.
MaskedArray.any([axis, out, keepdims]) Returns True if any of the elements of a evaluate to True.
MaskedArray.clip([min, max, out]) Return an array whose values are limited to [min, max].
MaskedArray.cumprod([axis, dtype, out]) Return the cumulative product of the array elements over the given axis.
MaskedArray.cumsum([axis, dtype, out]) Return the cumulative sum of the array elements over the given axis.
MaskedArray.max([axis, out, fill_value, ...]) Return the maximum along a given axis.
MaskedArray.mean([axis, dtype, out, keepdims]) Returns the average of the array elements along given axis.
MaskedArray.min([axis, out, fill_value, ...]) Return the minimum along a given axis.
MaskedArray.prod([axis, dtype, out, keepdims]) Return the product of the array elements over the given axis.
MaskedArray.product([axis, dtype, out, keepdims]) Return the product of the array elements over the given axis.
MaskedArray.ptp([axis, out, fill_value]) Return (maximum - minimum) along the given dimension (i.e.
MaskedArray.round([decimals, out]) Return each element rounded to the given number of decimals.
MaskedArray.std([axis, dtype, out, ddof, ...]) Returns the standard deviation of the array elements along given axis.
MaskedArray.sum([axis, dtype, out, keepdims]) Return the sum of the array elements over the given axis.
MaskedArray.trace([offset, axis1, axis2, ...]) Return the sum along diagonals of the array.
MaskedArray.var([axis, dtype, out, ddof, ...]) Compute the variance along the specified axis.
MaskedArray.__eq__(other) Check whether other equals self elementwise.
MaskedArray.__add__(other) Add self to other, and return a new masked array.
MaskedArray.__sub__(other) Subtract other from self, and return a new masked array.
MaskedArray.__rsub__(other) Subtract self from other, and return a new masked array.
MaskedArray.__mul__(other) Multiply self by other, and return a new masked array.
MaskedArray.__rtruediv__(other) Divide self into other, and return a new masked array.
MaskedArray.__rfloordiv__(other) Divide self into other, and return a new masked array.
MaskedArray.__getstate__() Return the internal state of the masked array, for pickling purposes.
MaskedArray.__new__([data, mask, dtype, ...]) Create a new masked array from scratch.
MaskedArray.__array__(...) Returns either a new reference to self if dtype is not given or a new array of provided data type if dtype is different from the current dtype of the array.
MaskedArray.set_fill_value([value]) Set the filling value of the masked array.
MaskedArray.count([axis, keepdims]) Count the non-masked elements of the array along the given axis.


We have been exploring ways to increase the range of e-books we can provide to library customers.
We are delighted to announce that our new service has now gone live, giving you access to not only a much wider range of titles, but also e-Audio books.
You can find them all at: https://library.bolindadigital.com/knowsley or by clicking on the Great Reads above and selecting "eBooks" from the drop down menu.
The website is easy to use, and there's also an app you can download to make borrowing e-books and e-Audio books even simpler. Library staff will be happy to help if you have any questions.
We're sorry if the short interruption in provision caused you any inconvenience, but hope you'll agree that it was worthwhile.
Thank you again for your understanding, and we hope you enjoy the new service!


I love Christmas. One of my most popular Christmas blog posts is my advent calendar of family activities, which features 24 things to do in December with the kids. I think Christmas is a fabulous time to spend time with the people we love and to get out and about as much as we can with our kids. After all, time is the greatest gift you can give someone. One thing I have noticed recently though, is that much of Christmas nowadays, seems to have become about products, spending power, wishlists and telling our children that Santa only comes to well behaved children. This used to be known as the "season of goodwill", but you don't hear that phrase so much anymore. I want to teach my children about goodwill. About random acts of kindness, helping your local community and helping people less fortunate than yourselves. Because we might not feel like we have much to give right now, but that doesn't mean we can't give. We can give cheer, hope, smiles and goodwill. We can make gestures, some which cost a small amount and some which cost nothing.
So here we are, creating a family goodwill advent calendar. 24 random acts of kindness.
The idea of the goodwill advent calendar, is that you and your family, together, perform one act of goodwill, every day of advent.
We are going to do this goodwill advent calendar ourselves and hope to either blog or video all of these. Most likely just a short clip each day, a minute or less, uploaded to our YouTube channel. I will come back to this post and add links to any posts or videos we do. We would hugely appreciate any likes or shares on social media, so we can share the Christmas cheer and encourage more people to offer kindness to others this Christmas. If anyone wants to join in with our goodwill advent calendar, please let us know what you get up to in the comments of this post.
Give somebody a secret gift. Buy them something and find a way to give it to them, without them knowing who it was!
Buy your Christmas cards from a charity shop, preferably a charity close to your heart.
Send a Christmas card to someone who is lonely. We recently had a campaign envelope come through the post. It said, "If you only send one card this Christmas…" and encourages you to write in the card and send it back. The charity then send the card on to someone who is lonely, vulnerable or homeless.
Take magazines which you have already read, to your local doctors surgery or hospital waiting room. Rather than just putting them straight in the recycling bin, someone who has a long wait will have the opportunity to read something current, rather than from three years ago.
Donate to your local PTA. Most schools have Christmas fairs and whether you donate a really nice raffle prize or a cheap bottle of lemonade for the tombola, they'll surely appreciate it.
Find a local book swap. Some banks, coffee shops and librarys have them. Often you can buy a book for a small donation or swap a book. Instead of taking one home, leave one there. Realistically, how many times are you likely to read the same book over and over anyway?
Donate the things you no longer want, use or need, to a charity shop. Good quality items though, so that other people will want to buy them and raise money for the charity.
Leave a Christmas card for the postman, bin man and milk man. If you can afford it, include a tip or small gift. If you can't afford to, perhaps make the card yourself, to show some thought has gone into it?
Send a friend or loved one a random message, out of the blue, complimenting them or telling them why you admire them or what you love about them.
Buy a suspended coffee. There are many coffee shops (usually independents) which allow you to buy a coffee for someone in need.
Get your children to write short notes for the teachers at their school. Something along the lines of, "I think you are a great teacher because…" and ask the receptionist to put them in the teachers pigeonholes. If your children are in secondary school and don't want people to know, they could write them anonymously and post them.
Contact your nearest animal shelter and ask what they need. They always welcome donations of pet food, but many also ask for donations of old blankets or towels. That old tatty towel or blanket in the back of your airing cupboard might make a deserted old dog warm on a cold Christmas night.
Visit a nursing home. Call ahead first. Nursing homes often love visits from people. You could be dropping off a plant to brighten the lounge or some cookies for the staff, or giving up half an hour of your time to chat to an elderly lonely person.
Give somebody something homemade. Perhaps a Christmas tree decoration?
Take a Christmas card (and gift if you can afford it) in to the teachers and reception staff at your children's school.
Leave a few coins and a note in the coin slots of a washing machine at your nearest launderette. Add a nice note if you like.
Give somebody something they really need. Whether that is a hug, a chat or something practical.
Sign up for a charity event to do in the new year. Keep the goodwill going.
Tape a coin to a vending machine, with a post it note, for the next person who comes along. Whether it's 10 pence or a pound, it'll put a smile on someone's face.
Bake some cakes or cookies and take them round to one of your neighbours.
Leave an anonymous gift on the doorstep of someone you think will really appreciate it. Perhaps a box of chocolates for a single parent family who are living on a very low income. Perhaps someone who is working very hard lately or even someone who you've just not seen a smile from in a while.
Donate to a food bank. Food banks are hugely in demand at Christmas. Nobody chooses to use a foodbank, but it's a lifeline for people in need. Food banks have lists of their most needed items and whether you buy the value brand or the luxury brand, these items will be hugely appreciated!
Get your children to record short video clips, for a family member that you wont see on Christmas day, and send it to them.
Take food, hot drinks and a Christmas card to the homeless, in the evening, after all the shops have shut. It's a cold and miserable time to be sleeping on the streets.
I hope you've taken some inspiration from our goodwill advent calendar and I would love for as many people as possible to join in with these gestures. Please also share this post on social media, so we can spread the goodwill as far as possible. Let's put the goodwill back into the season of goodwill!
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Aww! How lovely! What a fantastic idea!