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|Just 'cause Hannah fucked up her life doesn't mean she has to fuck up ours.
|— to Alex about Hannah and The Tapes, in "Tape 6, Side B"
Zachary "Zach" Shan-Yung Dempsey is a main character in Netflix's 13 Reasons Why. He is portrayed by Ross Butler.
Zach is the son of Karen Dempsey and George Dempsey, the brother of May Dempsey and the ex-boyfriend of Hannah Baker. He is the subject of the seventh tape on Hannah's list of reasons of why she killed herself.
Early Life
Zach lost his dad in the summer of 2017; he implied to having felt depressed and/or suicidal after his father's death.[1]
Throughout the Series
Season 1
Zach is Justin's good friend. Zach and Justin were walking together on Hannah's lawn when she first saw Justin. Feeling sorry for Hannah after Marcus tried to use her, Zach tried to comfort her, but she ignored him. The next day, Zach said that he wished he had gotten matched with Hannah for the Dollar Valentine survey. Not believing him, Hannah yelled at him until he finally left. Zach's friends teased him for trying to talk to Hannah, but it is implied that his intentions were pure and he really liked Hannah.
After being humiliated by Hannah, Zach got revenge on her by stealing and throwing away all of Hannah's notes in the Brown Paper Bag Program, notes that she desperately needed to gain comfort and confidence.
Hannah figured out that Zach was the one who took her notes, so she wrote him a note in order to confront him. In her tapes, she claimed that he read her note and threw it on the ground, however, it is revealed that Zach still keeps the note in his wallet.[2]
Season 2
Zach helped Alex by carrying his book bag and also helped him with his PT. He tried to distance himself from Bryce but still has to see him because they play baseball together. [3] He was the 6th person to testify in Hannah's trial. He revealed that during the summer before she committed suicide they'd spent a lot of time together. He told the court that he and Hannah had a summer romance and had taken each other's virginities, but ended it after Zach was too scared to bring their relationship public which made Hannah believe he was ashamed or embarrassed of their relationship.[4]
We learn that he is the one who had been giving Clay the Polaroids. Clay asked him why he didn't just come and talk to him about what was going on in the Clubhouse. Zach told him that it's because he's a coward.[5]
After the lawsuit against the school was dismissed and Bryce Walker was granted probation rather than a jail sentence, Zach was in attendance of Hannah Baker's funeral as well as her wake. He later attended the prom with Clay, Justin, Alex, Jessica, Tony, Ryan, Courtney, as they all join in a group slow dance to the song Hannah and Clay danced to together the previous year at junior prom as a way to quietly mourn for their friend.
Season 3
During the homecoming game, Zach's knee is busted by Bryce Walker, meaning that he can never play football again and ruining Zach's dreams. As a result, he brutally beats Bryce before his murder, but doesn't kill him.[6] He is later brought in by Ani Achola as part of the group protecting Clay Jensen and Alex Standall the latter of whom had killed Bryce shortly after Zach's beating of him and explains to Alex what they did to protect him. At Tyler Down's photo exhibit, Zach apologizes for any pain and bullying he caused him over the years.[7]
Zach's Mistake (Reason #7)
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Zach is Hannah's seventh reason for why she committed suicide.
After being humiliated by Marcus on their Valentine's Date, Zach reached out to Hannah and tried to cheer her up. Hannah was actually appreciative of this. However, when Zach tried reaching out to her again at lunch and revealed that he wanted to be her Valentine's date, he unintentionally insulted Hannah and as such she insulted and rejected him in front of his friends. Out of revenge, Zach began stealing the positive notes from Hannah's compliment bag in their English class, notes she enjoyed getting. Hannah discovered it was Zach that was the thief and wrote him a note, however after reading the note he did not apologize and Hannah believed he just threw out the note (though he actually kept it). Hannah wrote another note which was read in front of the whole class though Zach still did nothing to help Hannah and let Skye take the fall for apparently writing the note.
|Zach, you're just an entitled idiot who does cruel, stupid things even though you probably have a decent heart.
|— Alex describing Zach[src]
Zach is shown to be a kind hearted person and a good friend to those around him though he is also extremely cruel and uncaring to a degree. Like the other jocks at Liberty High he is somewhat shown to be a bully and disrespectful towards girls as he himself admits during his deposition that he said insulting things about Hannah. He is physically aggressive to as he threatened Tyler he would break his arm if he didn't leave him and the others on the tapes alone at lunch and is shown to have a temper as seen after Hannah rejected him and his help. Zach is also inconsiderate of how his actions effect others. When he began bullying/slut shaming Hannah he may have see it as all fun and games, but he did not take into consideration how Hannah may have felt due to the betrayal she suffered from Justin Foley, Jessica Davis, or Alex Standall.
In spite of the other jocks, Zach appears to shown concern for the feelings of others as he tried to cheer Hannah up after Marcus humiliated her on their valentines date though he himself insulted her while trying to tell her she was the valentine he himself hoped for and as result led him to cruelly torturing Hannah by stealing the positive notes that she strongly desired getting which ultimately broke her spirit. Zach is shown to be selfish like a majority of the others on Hannah's list and is willing to keep the tapes a secret to protect himself and even claims that Hannah was too much to deal with and that she screwed up her own life and even though he was well aware that Hannah was calling out for help after stealing her notes for weeks, he did nothing to help her. He is shown to be in agreement with the plans to keep Clay from ratting them all out to and participated in intimidating him along with Alex and Justin. However he is also one of the few people who is civil to Clay as after the latter took revenge against him after hearing his tape, he only forgave him and admitted the truth.
In spite of this Zach is not completely heartless and Alex even once says to him that he is simply an entitled idiot who does cruel stupid things while on the inside has a decent heart. He even kept the note that Hannah personally wrote to him (despite her belief that he threw it out) and during his deposition admits that Hannah was indeed bullied at school and that he took part in it as well, possibly showing he is willing to admit the truth.
Physical Appearance
Zach is a tall and athletic Asian-American with short-cut dark hair and dark eyes. He is typically seen in sporty wear like varsity jackets, jeans, sneakers, and snapbacks. He is also often found in his basketball uniform.
Hannah Baker
Hannah is Zach's ex-girlfriend.
Zach first interacted with Hannah when he tried to cheer her up after Marcus used and attempted to assault her, but Hannah ignored him. The next day, he tells her that he wished they had been on each other Dollar Valentine's list and says that he likes her for so much more than what other guys like her for. Hannah doesn't believe him and gets offended, yelling at him to leave her alone. Zach tells her that he was just trying to be nice and tells her "fuck you". He starts to steal notes with compliments that Hannah gets, and Hannah writes him a letter about how lonely she felt, which he did nothing with.
The next summer, Zach goes to the movie theater a lot just to see Hannah, and also apologizes to her. Later, he invites Hannah to watch a movie with him at her house. Hannah is there for Zach after his Dad passes away, and they start hanging out more. They lose their virginities to each other, start dating and have sex all summer. They broke up after Zach didn't want anyone to know about their relationship, making Hannah think that he was ashamed of her.
Bryce Walker
Bryce is Zach's ex-best friend and enemy.
Zach and Bryce seem to have been friends for years. Zach and Bryce used to be close; Zach was often seen around him and Bryce considered Zach his brother and best friend. Zach never defends Bryce for his actions, but keeps hanging out with him, even at the beginning of the second season. Bryce doubts Zach's loyalty to him when he starts to hang out with Alex, but Zach assures him that he and Alex aren't like that and that he got Bryce's back. They grow further apart; their friendship seems to end when they argue during a baseball game where Zach says that he "can't do it anymore" and walks off the field.
During the homecoming game incident, Bryce purposefully tackled Zach's leg, breaking his knee to the point that he could never play football again and effectively ruining Zach's life. Zach brutally beat Bryce in revenge, leaving Bryce with serious injuries including a badly broken leg and possibly a broken arm.
Alex Standall
Alex is Zach's friend.
Zach and Alex were friends in the first season, mainly because they were in the same friend group. They become very close in the second season. Zach gives Alex rides to and from school, helps him with PT and with a lot of other small things. At first, Alex still doubts their friendship as he still hangs out with Bryce and doesn't want to tell his Mother that he is with Alex. At one point, Alex gets aggressive towards Zach in the locker room. Zach tries to calm him down, and Alex gets a boner. After learning that Alex killed Bryce, Zach helped to protect him and suggested that they should be the kind of friends who tell each other everything.
Justin Foley
Justin is Zach's friend.
Zach and Justin are often seen together and are good friends. Their relationship is a little tense at times at the end of the first season and beginning of the second season, as they disagree about how to deal with Clay and Zach doesn't show any excitement about Justin being back and is even a little rude to him. However, Zach still calls Justin his best friend and attacks Bryce when he sees him fighting with Justin. After Justin returns from juvenile detention, Zach's very excited to see him again and they hang out at the dance.
Clay Jensen
Clay is Zach's friend.
In the first season, Clay dislikes Zach because of his tape; he has daydreams of him beating up Zach during a basketball game and he carves the side of Zach's car. Zach, on his side, helps with threatening Clay to keep quiet. However, he wanted his Mother to forget about Clay carving his car and tried to explain himself to Clay about his tape.
In the second season, Zach gives Clay the Polaroids of girls getting sexually harassed in the Clubhouse because, according to Zach, he is a "coward" and Clay's not.
Karen Dempsey
Karen is Zach's Mother.
Zach and Karen aren't very close. Karen doesn't show or say how she feels after her husband's death, to Zach's frustration. She also doesn't seem to care about what Zach wants or about how he feels about things, but about what she wants for him. Karen usually seems to think her son is better than any other kid.
May Dempsey
May is Zach's little sister.
Zach and May appear to be close. Zach is protective of her, as he became violent towards Tyler when he found out someone took pictures of May.
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
|Just 'cause Hannah fucked up her life doesn't mean she has to fuck up ours.
|— Zach to Alex about Hannah and The Tapes[src]
- Zach Dempsey: "I know you think every guy likes you because you've got this great ass, but I like you for so much more than that."
- Hannah Baker: "Oh, my God. You're such an idiot."
- Zach Dempsey: "What? What'd I say?"
- Hannah Baker: "The fact that you don't even know."
- Zach Dempsey: "I meant it as a compliment."
- Hannah Baker: "Zach, walk away."
- Zach Dempsey: "Come on, I know why you're pissed at Marcus..."
- Hannah Baker: "Zach, go."
- Zach Dempsey: "If you just gave me a chance..."
- Hannah Baker: "Leave me alone!"
- ― Zach tries to talk to Hannah[src]
|One thing. If one thing had gone differently somewhere along the line maybe none of this would have happened.
|— Zach when talking about life after Hannah's suicide and the tapes[src]
- Zach: "I freaked, okay? That letter. That shit was heavy, and… I didn't know what to do."
- Clay: "So you threw it away."
- Zach: "No. No, I didn't. Hannah lied about that. Maybe that's what she saw, I don't know. I freaked out. But I never threw it away. I'm sorry, Clay. I'll always be sorry."
- ― Zach about the letter Hannah gave him[src]
- Zach: "This shit that happens to you… I think some of it you bring on yourself."
- Hannah: "Is that what you think? Thanks for the insight, genius."
- Zach: "I was… I was trying to be nice."
- Hannah: "Well, you failed."
- Zach: "Well, fuck you."
- ― Zach and Hannah after Hannah told Zach to leave her alone[src]
| Alex: I meant to ask you guys about my note.
Zach: What note?
Alex: My suicide note. [takes it out]
Zach: Jesus, put that away!
Alex: It's not radioactive.
No, I know, it's just... we're not allowed to talk about suicide. Or you, or Hannah.
Jessica: Says who?
Zach: Says the school. They made a rule, the day after you... after that day. And if you talk about it on campus, you get suspended.
Alex: That's so fucked up.
Zach: Yeah.
|— Zach, Alex and Jess on the new suicide-suspension rule at Liberty High.[src]
|I don't even know how you feel about Dad dying. I don't know how you feel about anything. What if I felt like Hannah did? Because I have, Mom. I actually have.
|— Zach to his mother.[src]
|You fool yourself into thinking that by keeping things hidden, it makes it easier for you to get by.
|— Zach during his testimony[src]
|sometimes it's obvious and sometimes it's not. Sometimes a kid gets roughed up. A lot of the times, though, it's just stuff that people say. Especially athletes.
|— Zach about the bullying at school[src]
- Zach seems to be the only person out of the group that seems to actually consider Hannah's feelings and tries to think twice before doing something stupid. Although this is proved controversial because Zach steals things out of Hannah's bag of what is supposed to be people saying nice things to her and takes them so that she doesn't find them, this is only after being verbally rejected by Hannah.
- Zach kept the letter Hannah put in her own bag to see if he was doing what she thought he was, although Hannah stated on the tapes that he threw the letter away.
- Zach is currently the only person on Hannah's list to actually prove that she lied about something on her tapes, in this case she accused him of throwing out the personal note she wrote to him after discovering he was stealing her positive notes out of revenge though in reality he kept it and still has it in his wallet.
- Zach's mother mentions that he wants to become a marine biologist.
- Zach's shown multiple times to find biology important, as he didn't want miss his biology classes and didn't want to drink before his biology test.
- Zach and Hannah lost their virginities to each other the summer before she committed suicide.
- Zach was the one sending Clay the incriminating Polaroids, two of Bryce raping an unconscious Chlöe, and multiples of other jocks sexually assaulting girls. Zach's explanation for doing this was because he is a coward but Clay isn't. This means that Clay has the ability to expose Bryce and the jocks and get justice for the girls who have been assaulted.
- In The Smile at the End of the Dock, Zach reveals to his mother that, after his father's death, he felt the same way Hannah did.
- According to a video posted on 13 Reasons Why's Instagram account his iPhone password is 4278.
- See also: Category:Images of Zach Dempsey
- ↑ Bicknell, Julia (writer) & Hittman, Eliza (director) (May 18, 2018). "The Smile at the End of the Dock". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 6.
- ↑ Benjamin, Elizabeth (writer) & Araki, Gregg (director) (March 31, 2017). "Tape 4, Side A". 13 Reasons Why. Season 1. Episode 7. Netflix.
- ↑ Yorkey, Brian (writer) & Araki, Gregg (director) (May 18, 2018). "The First Polaroid". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 1.
- ↑ Bicknell, Julia (writer) & Hittman, Eliza (director) (May 18, 2018). "The Smile at the End of the Dock". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 6.
- ↑ Moore, Kirk A. (writer) & Candler, Kat (director). (May 18, 2018). "Smile, Bitches". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 10.
- ↑ MacDonald, Allen, Malone, M.K., Higgins, Thomas, Tyler, Hayley, Smith, Trevor Marti (writers) & Dowling, Kevin (director). (August 23, 2019). "And Then the Hurricane Hit". 13 Reasons Why. Season 3. Episode 12.
- ↑ Yorkey, Brian (writer) & Kretchmer, John T. (director). (August 23, 2019). "Let the Dead Bury the Dead". 13 Reasons Why. Season 3. Episode 13.


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Seniors are picked up by BC Transit HandyDart and taken to Askew's Foods (downtown) for their grocery shopping. Our volunteers are on hand to assist seniors with their shopping. The seniors then enjoy a coffee break at the New Bombay Grill Restaurant next door to Askew's, after which the seniors are transported back home on the HandyDart where volunteers carry the groceries into the seniors home. Transortation by HandyDart is $1.75 each way.
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Coping with stress as a student
A big stress factor, especially for students, is the fear of rejection or the fear of not fitting in. This inability for coping with stress comes from a negative self-image and self-rejection. We project our fears and beliefs about ourselves onto some outside "movie".
How you judge yourself, is how you expect others to judge you. You change your fear of rejection, by improving your self-image. Just accept who you are and say empowering words to yourself like "I am a loveable person and other people like me", or whatever it that makes you feel good about yourself.
Visualise a positive and exciting picture
When coping with stress, try to visualise a positive and exciting picture about connecting with new people. That will create positive emotions, instead of stress and anxiety, when it comes to interacting with the new group.
Trying even harder to fit in, doesn't work! Because the opposite of fitting in, is belonging and that's what you are actually after. To belong and connect is the underlying feeling, that makes you try to fit.
Belong to yourself first
If you want connection, you first have to belong to yourself, by being true to yourself. Stop trying to fit in, show yourself, speak your through and just be who you are.
When you are yourself, other people will show themselves too and that's when real connection is happening. This will help with coping with stress as a student.


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Canal+ ("Canal Plus", "C+", French pronunciation: [kanalˈplys], meaning "Channel Plus/More") is a French premium cable television channel launched in 1984. It is 100% owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted. Unencrypted programming can be viewed free of charge on Canal+ and on satellite on Canal+ Clair (Clear).
Canal+ is a supporter of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) initiative (a consortium of broadcasting and Internet industry companies including SES, OpenTV and Institut für Rundfunktechnik), which promotes and establishes an open European standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface.
After the announcement about the launch of the fourth French television channel, Canal+ started broadcasting on 4 November 1984. In 1986, the channel had one million subscribers. It has produced numerous films of auteurs, including David Lynch's The Straight Story, Mulholland Dr., and Inland Empire.
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A band society is the simplest form of human society. A band generally consists of a small kin group, no larger than an extended family or clan; one definition sees a band as consisting of no more than 100 individuals.
Bands have a loose organization. Their power structure is often egalitarian and has informal leadership; the older members of the band generally are looked to for guidance and advice, and decisions are often made on a consensus basis, but there are no written laws and none of the specialised coercive roles (e.g., police) typically seen in more complex societies. Bands' customs are almost always transmitted orally. Formal social institutions are few or non-existent. Religion is generally based on family tradition, individual experience, or counsel from a shaman. All known band societies hunt and gather to obtain their subsistence.
In his 1972 study, The Notion of the Tribe, Morton Fried defined bands as small, mobile, and fluid social formations with weak leadership that do not generate surpluses, pay taxes nor support a standing army.
Rede Bandeirantes (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁedʒi bɐ̃dejˈɾɐ̃tʃis], Bandeirantes Network), officially nicknamed Band, is a television network from Brazil, based in São Paulo. Part of the Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação, it aired for the first time in 1967. Currently, is the fourth TV network in Brazil by the ratings.
Rede Bandeirantes was founded on May 13, 1967, by João Saad, nephew of São Paulo state governor Ademar de Barros and owner of Rádio Bandeirantes. In 1969 the main TV building suffered a massive fire, which forced Saad to replace his broadcasting equipment with new ones. By 1972, TV Bandeirantes was the first Brazilian television network to fully broadcast in color, the same year that Rede Globo did the same. Later in the 1970s Bandeirantes became a national broadcasting network, helped partly by the hit Saturday afternoon program Clube do Bolinha, the Japan-theme program Japan Pop Show and a 2nd wave of drama programs which started in 1979.
Walter Clark took over the network in 1982 and remodeled the station's programming after Rede Globo, while the network's present logo debuted that same year, with Cyro Del Nero as its designer, the very logo was also shown nationwide given the fact that it - together with Rede Globo - had also at the same time began nationwide satellite broadcasting as well. This was also the same year that the network began a 18-year tradition of broadcasting the biannual electoral debates in the local levels.
311 (pronounced "three-eleven") is an American rock band from Omaha, Nebraska. The band was formed in 1988 by vocalist and guitarist Nick Hexum, lead guitarist Jim Watson (who would later be replaced by Tim Mahoney), bassist Aaron "P-Nut" Wills and drummer Chad Sexton. In 1992, Doug "SA" Martinez joined to sing and provide turntables for 311's later albums, rounding out the current line-up. The band's name originates from the police code for indecent exposure in Omaha, Nebraska, after the original guitarist for the band was arrested for streaking.
To date, 311 has released eleven studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, four EPs and four DVDs. After a series of independent releases, 311 was signed to Capricorn Records in 1992 and released the albums Music (1993) and Grassroots (1994) to moderate success. They achieved greater success with their 1995 triple platinumself-titled album, which reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200 on the strength of the singles "Down" and "All Mixed Up", the former of which topped the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks in 1996. The band's next three albums, Transistor (1997), Soundsystem (1999) and From Chaos (2001), did not achieve the massive success of the self-titled album, though they were still successful, with the first going platinum and the last two going gold. Their 2004 compilation album Greatest Hits '93–'03 was also certified gold. The band's most recent studio album is 2014's Stereolithic. As of 2011, 311 has sold over 8.5 million records in the US.
The Mighty Boosh's third series was originally broadcast between 15 November 2007 and 20 December 2007. The series features five main cast members; Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Rich Fulcher, Michael Fielding and Dave Brown. The third series revolves around Howard Moon and Vince Noir (Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding), and the adventures they have whilst running a second-hand shop. A DVD of the series was released on 11 February 2008 in Region 2 and 7 August in Region 4.
Whereas the second series was set mainly in a flat in Dalston, England, the third series was set in a second hand shop below the flat called the Nabootique, owned by Naboo, and run by Howard Moon and Vince Noir. The flat, however, is re-used for most of the setting of the episode "Party".
Series 3 had the smallest budget of all three series to date. Filming for the series took place in seven weeks, from July to September 2007, in a warehouse in a disused Ministry of Defence site in Surrey, England.


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How to Care for Sensitive Skin While Traveling
"Traveling leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller." –Anon
While short plane trips generally do not create skin issues, your family's nine hour European vacation flight may affect your skin. In these cases, the long stay in a pressurized air cabin can weaken skin, making it drier, more prone to chapping and, may also provoke redness and irritation. The skin, especially in the lower body parts, also tends to swell and retain more fluids, due to poor circulation.
The airplane cabin situation
In the airplane cabin, the air is very dry: the percentage of the humidity in cabin is less than 20%. Calculate that the humidity in the air we breathe in our homes is generally above 30%. The effects of dry cabin air can be felt immediately. Dehydration can cause headaches, fatigue and also affect your eyes, throat and skin. If you notice those who wear contact lenses often experience discomfort, and those who have dry skin and suffer from eczema, by the end of the flight feel a pulling sensation in the skin and the eczema worsens.
The high concentration of carbon dioxide in the cabin air of the plane – 5% higher than the air we breathe on the ground – caused by the continuous recycling of the same air, asphyxiates the skin, alters its hydrolipidic barrier and results in the loss of brightness. High pressure leads to less of an oxygen supply to tissues, causing the alteration of the cutaneous microcirculation. This modifies the regeneration processes of the skin and increases the oxidation process and the lack of cellular oxygenation. Moreover, when the flights are long lasting, the changes in biorhythm and sleep loss heavily affect the appearance and freshness of the face because it alters the regular process of nocturnal regeneration.
Knowledge is power
Being aware of the repercussions of lengthy flights on our skin, enables us to enact strategies of prevention and protection before and during our travels.
- Before traveling: In the days before the trip, prepare your skin by moisturizing it with creams based on vegetable oils and butters. Remember before boarding the plane to create a small beauty case in which to insert "travel size" products including mineral water, moisturizer for both the face and hands, a hydrating lip balm, and an eye contour cream. These products will be useful for inflight skin care.
- During the flight: Make sure you keep your circulation going by getting up every hour and walking a lap around the plane. It is recommended that your travel without makeup. Spray the mineral water on your face before and during the trip, apply your moisturizer, which serves to keep the skin surface more intact and to promote deep hydration. Also, frequently apply hand cream, lip balm and if you intend on reading, you may wish to use artificial tears to keep your eyes lubricated. Make sure you absolutely avoid caffeine and alcohol for their diuretic effect. Alcoholic beverages, in particular are extremely dehydrating.
- After the flight: Once you reach your destination, take an invigorating shower with vegetable based moisturizing oils and apply a hydrating body cream. Apply a moisturizing face mask, as well. Make sure you moisturize often over the next few days, to counteract the dryness and reconstitute the skin barrier film.
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This answer page contains the QuizUP cheat database for the category Family Guy.
|Family Guy Trivia Question
|In the episode "There's Something About Paulie" who does the car salesman claim previously owned the car Peter buys?
|James Bond
|In the 11th season, which character receives a curse that causes everyone to see him as a woman?
|Who is the creator of Family Guy, and also voices many of the main characters?
|Seth MacFarlane
|Who is Carter's character in the Family Guy Star Wars parody "It's a Trap"?
|The Emperor
|What does Peter call alcohol in a song warning of its dangers?
|Mr Booze
|What's the missing word from the episode title: "8 simple Rules for … my Teenage Daughter"?
|What team does Meg join at school?
|Flag Girl Squad
|What is the name of the maid that Lois hires in the eighth season?
|What is Peter's last name?
|What is the name of Lois's deranged brother who is also the "Fat Guy Strangler"?
|Which character plays the Han Solo role for the Star Wars themed episodes?
|What is Joe and Bonnie Swanson's baby daughter called?
|When the Griffins are put on TV, who plays Peter?
|Tom Arnold
|What is the name of Peter's birth mother?
|Thelma Griffin
|Tom Tucker is the anchorman for which TV channel's news?
|Channel 5
|Which part of the armed forces was Glen Quagmire in?
|In which episode are Cleveland, Joe and Quagmire stranded on a desert island?
|The Perfect Castaway
|Brian likes Carolyn, but Carolyn likes who?
|Who is Bertram's biological father?
|Peter Griffin
|Adam West is which important Quahog resident?
|The Mayor
|Who plays the voice of Jillian Russell, Brian's ex-girlfriend?
|Drew Barrymore
|How many episodes are in season 5 of Family Guy?
|What commercial did Stewie do that Peter considered awful?
|What is the name of Lois and Peter's band?
|Handful of Peter
|What is the address of the Griffin house?
|31 Spooner Street
|How did Brian and Peter meet?
|He washed Peters windshield
|Name the Family Guy episode which features the song "You Got a Lot to See"?
|Brian Wallows & Peter Swallows
|Who voiced Kevin Swanson the first time he appeared?
|John Cryer
|Which character does Mila Kunis voice?
|Meg Griffin
|In eighth season, Peter falls in love with a cardboard cutout of which model?
|Kathy Ireland
|Which actress from "That 70's Show" provides a voice for a member of the Griffin family?
|Mila Kunis
|Where did Brian go to "find himself"?
|Los Angeles
|What is Stewie's middle name on Family Guy?
|What was the two-hundredth episode of "Family Guy" called?
|Valentine's Day in Quahog
|According to a musical number by Brian and Stewie, what is everything better with?
|A bag of weed


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We are passionate about creating a culture where you can develop your fullest potential, regardless of your stage of career. We want to grow with you, we provide exciting challenges for your skills to develop. That's why we have a Free Book Club Program, monthly SMVtalk peer training sessions, monthly Smovers Culture Week and much, much more!
We are driven by transparency, open discussion, collaboration, and direct feedback. We hate bureaucracy and slow moving decisions, and strive to create an environment where employees can speak their mind and shape the future of the company. We embrace personal development, and foster a climate where trying new things and failing without consequences is not only the norm, but expected.
We like to have fun too! You can also look forward to interacting with experienced and friendly team mates from more than 10 different countries, who bring in an invaluable diverse range of backgrounds, ideas and perspectives!


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The power of the program
Experience is often the best teacher when it comes to learning how to tackle difficult challenges, and in the case of this article, when it comes to learning how to manage large business programs. This article examines how four program managers--each with very different backgrounds, each with the same professional orientation--practice their discipline. In doing so, it identifies practical advice for managing programs, advice that involves approaches to learning continuously, managing requirements, delivering on promises, and finding solutions. It discusses--as an example of managing programs--the United States Army's effort to create a line of high-tech military gear for field soldiers, a line known as Land Warrior. It concludes by describing the challenges of working with executives when managing programs.
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The Centre for Isotope Research offers highest quality radiocarbon 14C dating by AMS, and additional stable isotope ratio analysis of the elements H, C, N and O by IRMS.
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The Artec Leo 3D Scanner is pushing the boundaries of 3D scanner capabilities. Offering onboard, automatic processing through an intuitive touchscreen, the Artec Leo is truly the first of its kind. With the Artec Leo, capturing 3D renderings is seamless. Simply point your scanner at the target object to capture a complete 360-degree view.
As the Leo scans, the rendering will load onto the touchscreen, allowing you to review your image as it's created. After Leo has compiled your images into a 3D image, you can rotate and review the final product as needed - simply re-scan an area that you may have missed on your first scan.
The Artec Leo 3D Scanner scans at an impressive 80 frames per second. At this scanning speed, the Artec Leo is the fastest handheld 3D scanner on the market - if you need fast, detailed scanning, there's nothing faster than the Artec Leo. Ideal for both small and large objects, the wide field of view allows Leo to capture a wide range of objects. Simply hold Leo closer to smaller objects to accurately scan fine details.
Not only does the Leo provide the world's first onboard touchscreen to make 3D scanning even easier, but it also uses industry-leading technology, such as the NVIDIA® Jetson™ platform, featuring Quad-core ARM® Cortex®-A57 MPCore CPU and NVIDIA Maxwell™ 1 TFLOPS GPU with 256 NVIDIA® CUDA® Cores.
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I wake up late in the morning, about 11:30. I look at my phone and see a text from Dan, open it, and see his stupid smiling face on my screen.
"I notice you have no shirt on Mr. Avidan. Aren't you a little cold?" I say in a reply. I get out of bed, take a shower, and make some tea. I lie back in bed about an hour later and check to see his reply. Another picture of him biting his lip with the words:
"Maybe if you were here it wouldn't be so cold Miss Molly."
"That bastard." I thought cheekily. I text him back with one he can't resist though.
"Maybe if I pulled at your hair a bit, it wouldn't be so quiet over here. I know how noisy you can be in bed, mister." Immediate text back.
"Fuck babe I'm at work. There is no time on this grump couch for Excalibur to get excited."
"Mmmm. Good." I respond. I have a feeling today will be a hard one for him.
I rile him up all day, making him flustered by sending him teasing texts and titillating pictures. "You better be careful with those pictures babe, or else…" he texts me. I sit and wait for him to finish his text. He sends me a snapchat video where he unzips his leather jacket slowly revealing his bare chest and says,
"I might just want to join you." I blush in response and don't respond to it because I'm not sure how to, as it's getting too hot and heavy to respond…
Later that evening, I get on Skype and as I wait for Dan, I get into a light pink nightie with black frillies around the chest and near the bottom, and I put a silk black robe on over it. He calls me just as I tie my robe up and I answer. He's sitting there in his Rush T-shirt and wearing his glasses and his hair pulled back in a ponytail.
"Well hey there handsome!" I say, sitting down on my bed with my legs crossed.
"Well hey there pretty lady. I was afraid my snapchat video scared you off. You stopped responding after that, and I got worried." I shake my head, giggling and feeling warmth build up in my cheeks.
"No, no it wasn't that at all Dan, I was just unsure as to how to respond. It was um…" I keep playing with my lips nervously, searching for the word.
"…tantalizing." The tie on my robe begins to loosen, opening my robe a bit.
"Miss Molly What are you wearing underneath that robe?" I bite my lip and look away from the camera.
"Nothiiiing." He chuckles lightly.
"Okay fine it's nothing. I can respect that!" I get ambitious and get on my knees.
"Oh. It is something then?" I smirk at him and open my robe a little bit more, showing a bit of the big pink bow.
"Oooo. It really is something…" I could see his eyes widening with hunger, biting his lip. I open the robe and take it off slowly. He sits here with his mouth agape. "You like I take it?" I giggle softly as I see him lick his lips.
"Damn baby girl. You look fucking hot." I run my hands over my breasts and down my torso as my cheeks turn a bright pink. I cover my face and giggle.
"Are we starting with the Daddy stuff this early in the relationship Dan?"
"Only if you want to!" He smirks at me.
"As tempting as it sounds, I think we should talk about it, talk through it before we go into really heavy stuff, but I could call you Daddy if it does happen tonight." I pull up my nightie a little bit so he gets a peek of my black lacy panties. He trembles a little.
"F-fuck babe, please don't tease me tonight, I have to get up early tomorrow!" He whines sexily as I creep my fingers down my panties slowly then pull them out.
"So, babe." I sit back down on the bed and smile at his beet red face.
"Mmm. Yes baby girl?" He says in a baritone voice, making my core tense up.
"I heard once in a Game Grumps episode that you can't masturbate standing up without losing balance…" I bite my finger observing his facial expression change. His eyes get a little wide and he raises his eyebrow, speaking slowly.
"Yeeeeeaaaahhhh. What about it?"
"Um…well…I've always wanted to see you lose your shit in orgasmic bliss. Mind if I see a demonstration of just that?" He gulps.
"I'm not sure…I haven't done anything to myself for like a few weeks…it will be really too intense…I don't want to hurt myself babe." I moan softly at the words. He rubs his thighs tentatively.
"You know you want to. I want you to. I want you to strip completely naked; I want you to glide your hands all over your body except your aching cock. I want to watch you tease yourself until you can't take anymore. Then I want you to handle your cock and imagine it's my tight, wet hole. And it's so tight and soaked right now. I want you to drop to your knees, caressing your manhood in a state of ecstasy, and you tell me when you're close to the edge so I can tell you when you can blow your load." There's a long pause. Danny just stares at me while I wait for him to say something. He slips his glasses off and leans toward the screen, his big brown eyes looking straight into the camera, at me. He bites down on the tip of the earpiece on his glasses, then slowly puts them down before he speaks.
"Only if you fuck that tight cunt for me." I turn a bright pink and cover my face, giggling.
"That sounds fair enough." I watch him fling off his shirt and throw it across the room. He stands up, his arousal very obvious at this point, and slowly unbuckles his belt, pulling it out of each belt loop painfully slowly. I slide my panties off and start gliding my fingers softly over my smooth sex, biting my lip to hold back any whines or moans.
"Seems like you're liking the show, hm?" He backs up far enough to be in full view from the thighs up. Seeing his hands groping his bare chest and torso makes me wish his hands were mine. He lets his hair free from the tie and shakes his head, making his curls fall in his face.
"I…uh…yeah." He looks at me and chuckles, and disrobes of his jeans, the tip of his erection peeking out of his boxers, too large to conceal. Precum seeps from his lingering shaft, making me whimper out loud, which in turn makes his cock twitch.
"Fuck baby, I want you so fucking bad right now." He moves his hand down his torso near his erection, just circling his fingers around the tip. It's getting hot in my room, and I decide to take the nightie off and get on my knees again and cup my breasts. He throws his boxers off, showing off all eight inches. I groan at the sight as I work my hands slowly and teasingly down to my entrance.
"Mmmm I want you too. I just want all of you in me right now. Every aching inch in my warm mouth, swirling my tongue around the tip, making my way down your shaft, making sure my tongue doesn't miss any part of you." I start circling my fingers around my clit, but not right on it yet.
"Bobbing my head up and down until my tongue is tickling the smooth base baby. Ah, fuck!" At this point I can't take it anymore, seeing his left hand and arm vein up as he works on his rock hard cock, seeing his knees get weak, trying to hold himself up, hearing his helpless moans. I start gliding my now slick fingers along my slit, causing my muscles to tense a bit.
"You better still be teasing your little pussy baby, you're not cumming yet." He says between breathy moans. He loses his balance and almost falls, but catches himself. I finally get out a toy and show it to him. It's a 7 inch pink silicone dildo.
"Can I? Please?" I ask him in a little girl voice. I lower the camera towards my kitty , lightly rubbing my slit still.
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Spectra to expand Algonquin and Maritimes Pipelines The midstream company Spectra Energy Corporation (Spectra) is planning to expand up northeast USA the Algonquin Gas Transmission (Algonquin) system and Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline (Maritimes) with the Atlantic Bridge Project in order to pipe the shale gas from the giant Marcellus and […]Read more
Narrabri CBM to supply New South Wales gas market On November 2014, the Adelaide-based independent oil and gas company Santos Ltd (Santos) and its partner EnergyAustralia ltd submitted an Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) referral to the Commonwealth Government for the environmental assessment of its Narrabri coal bed methane (CBM) project in the […]Read more
Wison to propose Pandora FLNG conceptual design The Chinese engineering company and shipyard Wison Offshore and Marine (Wison) submitted an expression of interest (EOI) to the Australian junior company Cott Oil and Gas Limited (Cott) as the main stakeholder of the Block PRL 38 offshore Papua New Guinea to propose […]Read more
KBR completed Tanzania LNG project pre-FEED Since KBR completed the pre front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) work, the Norwegian national oil company (NOC) Statoil and the International oil company (IOC) ExxonMobil are comparing the best concepts to develop the giant liquefied natural gas (LNG) project based on the offshore […]Read more
Petronas calls for competitive FEED on Sepat project Since 2010, the national oil company (NOC), Petrolian Nasional Bhd (Petronas), has decided to put efforts to develop marginal fields offshore Malaysia. Around the Malaysian peninsula, Petronas identified 106 marginal oil fields representing more than 580 million barrels of crude oil that it […]Read more
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Anadarko combines subsea and FPU in Rovuma Area-1 The Houston based Anadarko Petroleum (Anadarko) and its partners Mitsui E&P (Mitsui), BPRL Ventures Mozambique B.V. (BPRL), Videocon Mozambique Rovuma (Videocon), PTTEP and ENH, are exploring all the potential solutions for the offshore part of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the area-1 of the Rovuma Basin Offshore Mozambique. Since 2011, Anadarko accumulated […]Read more
Freeport LNG Expansion to get approval on H2 2013 After Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG in Louisiana, the Freeport LNG Expansion project in Texas could be the second export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) project to be approved by the US administration. This Freeport LNG Expansion project stands on the second position in […]Read more
Eni ready to sell 20% stake in Rovuma to CNPC Although Eni from Italy and Anadarko Petroleum (Anadarko) from US had decided to team up in the onshore part of Mozambique liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, the both companies are searching for separated partnerships to develop the super-giant natural gas fields of the Rovuma […]Read more
BG and Ophir come closer to Tanzania LNG project
Mzia successful appraisal to justify BG two LNG trains The BG Group (BG) and its partner Ophir Energy (Ophir), both from UK, are pilling up natural gas reserves along their on going appraisal campaign offshore the east coast of Africa to the point to double the size of their liquefied […]Read more


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We would like to inform our Spectators, that unfortunately due to sickness, János Kulka will not be able to join us as Don Alfonso. His role in Così fan tutte will be performed by Artúr Kálid during the premiere run in June.
Last Sunday at the OperaLab performance the artists registered a video-message for János, who is recovering in the hospital. Get well very soon Jani, we are waiting for you!


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Congratulations to Martin C. Alcocer, our 2018 Department of Theatre Outstanding Student!
Martin was born in Mexico City and grew up in Salt Lake City. He is a dedicated and compassionate leader in the department who is graduating with a BFA in Stage Management.
During his time in the Department, Martin has served as stage manager for many productions in our department and in local theaters. Most recently he served as stage manager for Steel Pier in the Marriott Center for Dance and assistant stage manager for Newsies! at Pioneer Theatre Company.
Martin also has a passion for lighting design and has done the lighting design for Love's Labour's Lost (Studio 115), How Long Can You Stand… (Sackerson and Flying Bobcat), and Our Country's Good (Babcock Theatre). He was the assistant lighting designer for HIR, Streetlight Woodpecker, and Harbur Gate at Salt Lake Acting Company.
The Department of Theatre faculty nominated Martin because of his commitment to the department, his fellow students, and the theatre community. He has taken leadership several years in a row by organizing and mentoring other students to go to the USITT (United States Institute for Theatre Technology). He describes his work as "high quality work that is achieved and demonstrated through collaboration, strong communication, and the understanding that we are all human." He is a recipient of the Elizabeth Warner Scholarship, the Salt Lake Acting Company Scholarship, and Fine Arts Advisory Board Scholarship.
During his time in the College of Fine Arts Most memorable moment: I've had many memorable moments and it is not easy to pick one. Out of all the things I have enjoyed during my time in the College of Fine Arts, my most memorable moments are those in which I had the opportunity to create and collaborate with my peers. There are two times in particular which took place over a period of a few weeks: one was during the Department of Theatre's production of Hello, Dolly!, and the other was during the production of Steel Pier. Both are memorable for similar reasons. They were both fairly large productions, and because of the large scale, they were both high stress. Despite this, everyone in the room was committed to creating a great production. The experience I gained from each show was immense, and the memories created are unforgettable. Having the opportunity to work on these shows will be of the most memorable.
One thing you learned at CFA: During my time in the CFA, I learned about the power of networking, and the importance of balance. In this industry, networking is critical. The arts are often times heavily reliant on who you know. Having this knowledge early on has definitely aided me as I progressed through undergrad and started to build my network in Salt Lake and around the country. The other lesson I have learned is the need for balance. Even though I love what I do and am fortunate enough to be able to work doing what I love, I learned that only working was not healthy. You have to be able to step back and do something else, like spend time with family or friends, or have a hobby that is not related to work. Having learned this has greatly improved my stress levels, and I also feel like it has helped me better my craft.
What Inspires Martin A main component from where I find my inspiration is through the reactions that I, along with everyone else I work with on a project, are able to evoke from an audience. With theatre, or any other type of performance art where I have been fortunate enough to work, I have been able to see and hear the impact that we, as artists, have on people's lives. Whether we take them away from their worries and stress through a production, or we are able to spark a conversation and debate, what I, and everyone in the arts is able to do, has an impact. Knowing that I have a part of this is what inspires me.
Accomplishments While I was in the College of Fine Arts, I have had many fantastic opportunities. Within the Department of Theatre, I have worked, in some capacity, on nearly all of the productions whether it was as an electrician, light board programmer, or last-minute help. I also assistant stage managed and stage managed eight productions. I have been able to work at professional theatre companies, such as Salt Lake Acting Company and Pioneer Theatre Company, where I started in more entry level positions, like light board operator, and worked my way up to assistant stage manager on larger productions, such as The Count of Monte Cristo at PTC, or Saturday's Voyeur at SLAC, where I even spent some time in the role of Stage Manager. I have also interned with Utah Opera on their production of Moby Dick. In addition to stage managing I have also assistant lighting designed at SLAC on Streetlight Woodpecker, Harbur Gate, and HIR. For the department, I designed lights for Love's Labour's Lost and Our Country's Good. I currently work for Salt Lake County Center for the Arts as an On-Call Technical Director where I work at their various spaces, such as the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Capitol Theatre, and the new Eccles Theatre. In this position I ensure that their policies are followed, provide technical help, and verify that everything is done safely. Through this I have been able to interact with local art makers as well as with Broadway tours like, Something Rotten, An American in Paris, and Hamilton. Nationally, I have been a part of groups within the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), which is the largest organization for theatre, entertainment, and performing arts professionals involved in the areas of design, production and technology. I was a part of the Gateway program, which aims to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion in the industry as both a mentee and a peer mentor, and I was also a part of the Stage Management Mentorship Program. In the Stage Management Mentorship Program, I, along with twelve other students or young professionals from around the country and Mexico, was paired with a mentor who gave me the opportunity talk to and network with other stage managers who have worked on touring musical productions and opera, as well as with the Walt Disney Company, Cirque du Soleil, and on events like the Super Bowl. I was also assigned to stage manage the Keynote Address that opened the annual conference in Fort Lauderdale, FL this past March. I have also served as president of the University of Utah's chapter of Young Designers and Technicians, a club which secures funding, and organizes the trip to send students to the USITT conference. conference. Through this club, we have sent between eight to fifteen students, each year to attend the conference.