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It has been a month since the Packers came away with a "W" (fortunately, not a Jameis Winston kind of "W"). By this point, the Packers would take any kind of "W". For those who ordered an ugly, sloppy "W", you got your wish from the contest that somewhat resembled a football game at Solider Field.
There's no need to pull a Michael/Martellus Bennett and lie about it. This tweet from beat reporter Aaron Nagler essentially summarized the Packers's offensive performance up to that point.
There was nothing the Packers did that inspired confidence toward salvaging the season until 5:29 to go in the 4th quarter.
Then suddenly, after another afternoon filled with checkdowns, mental errors, and sloppiness, Brett Hundley channeled his inner Aaron Rodgers and nailed Davante Adams at the pylon with a beautiful, back-shoulder throw off a scramble. It was a hell of a throw for any professional quarterback. That one throw may have given the season just a shred of hope after a disastrous month. Rodgers was beaming with pride on the sideline, as if his own son had just made that throw. He looked like a Jedi master finally seeing his apprentice break through, like a Obi Rodgers Kenobi.
If Hundley's pass was a confidence builder, then he's going to need to keep building confidence like it's falling out of style. The defense, while allowing only 16 points, showed nothing that inspires confidence against a quality opponent in January. The Bears only scored 16 points because their offensive played horrendously. They allowed five sacks against a defense that provides a pass rush as often as Michael/Martellus Bennett tell the truth. None of those sacks were coverage sacks either. Each sack would not have happened against an upper tier QB either.
Against an offense with zero depth at WR, the Packers continued to leave soft gaps in coverage that would have been shredded apart any any decent quarterback. The sacks piled up solely because of Mitchell Trubisky not getting rid of the ball after five seconds and/or a wideout from arguably the worst receiving corps in the league not getting open.
Play of the Game
Benny Cunningham breaks loose on dump off from Trubisky and dives for the pylon. The refs rule him down short of the goal line. The fans in the stands scream for a challenge. They get their wish. The play is reviewed, and the commentators gradually begin to realize that Cunningham is not short, nor did he score. At the last second, the ball clearly comes loose and is out of his control by the time it brushes the pylon. The referee returns from the review and announces a touchback. The Chicago Bears managed to turn the ball over on their own challenge. It was hilarious, and couldn't have been more Bears-ish.
Player of the Game
This one is no contest. There was one Packer that played with balls, and it wasn't even close. Jamaal Williams, an afterthought once the regular season began, ran like a man among boys. With Aaron Jones and Ty Montgomery sidelined, Williams ran through Bears defenders like they owed him money. Nearing the two minute warning, Williams bulldozed his way through multiple Bears for a 4 yard gain and a crucial first down. It was the most punishing run of the season. Jamaal Williams played like a man, and every other Packer, especially those on defense, should take note.
In conclusion, a win is a win, no matter how pretty. A plethora of things still need to go their way, but the Packers showed the world they still have a heartbeat for at least another week.
________________John Piotrowski is a UW-Eau Claire alum, spending most of his life in western WI. He makes the trek east to Lambeau whenever possible. Follow him on twitter at @piosGBP.
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Harry Wilson joins Derby on season-long loan
Harry Wilson has completed a season-long loan move to Championship side Derby County.
The Wales international will spend the duration of the forthcoming campaign with Frank Lampard's team having signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool earlier this month.
Wilson impressed at the level for Hull City last term, scoring seven goals in 13 games to help ease them away from trouble after joining in January.
The 21-year-old, who has made one appearance for the Reds first team, scored twice in the opening pre-season friendly of the summer – a 7-0 win at Chester FC.
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It's definitely a good sign when Sir Richard Branson recognises the potential of your start-up, which is exactly what happened to the 2015 NatWest SE100 Trailblazing Newcomer, Andiamo.
The team at UK-based social enterprise Andiamo has a lot to live up to in 2016 after achieving so much in the past twelve months.
The company, which was founded by Naveed and Samiya Parvez, uses 3D scanning and printing technologies to measure and produce orthoses – or braces – in just 24 hours. Patients who benefit from orthoses may have a condition such as spina bifida or cerebral palsy, or have experienced a spinal cord injury or stroke.
The Parvez' set about their mission to ensure 'no person anywhere in the world should have to wait more than a week for their medical device', after spending years battling with distressing and inefficient orthosis services on behalf of their son. In 2015, Andiamo was named the NatWest SE100 Trailblazing Newcomer and was selected as a Grand Prize Winner at the 2015 Talent Unleashed Awards. As part of the prize the Andiamo team were invited to Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island for the uniting change leadership gathering, which is attended by some of the world's leading philanthropists and entrepreneurs.
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New York prosecutors have charged a woman with criminal adultery after she was arrested allegedly during a tryst with a man in a public park. Suzanne Corona, 41, is the 13th person charged with adultery in New York since 1972. I have previously written about the unconstitutionality of these laws.
Corona from Batavia, N.Y. allegedly was found on a picnic table near a playground having sex with Justin Amend, 29, at 5 pm. While it is not unknown to have couples going to parks for trysts, such an act at 5 pm near a playground would be pretty shocking. Police say that there were parents and children nearby.
They were charged with public lewdness — a reasonable charge under the circumstances. However, prosecutors tacked on an adultery charge for Corona when they discovered she was married.
When confronted, the couple insisted that they were "just talking."
Genesee County District Attorney Larry Friedman is pressing the charge despite the fact that it is facially unconstitutional. I have previously written how these morality laws should be removed from the books, particularly after the decision in Lawrence v. Texas. Notably, Corona told officers that her husband was "transgender" and that they no longer had intimate relations. She should challenge the law and I expect that she would prevail. It is shows a distinct lack of prosecutorial judgment to bring such a charge in 2010.
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"I feel like a stolen heart from a corpse, trapped in a foreign body." Sunny Jo
"This is not something that gets better over time. Because as you get older, as you live, you learn more and more about what's been taken away from you. And you learn more and more about the enormity of what's been stolen." Cameron Horn
"I feel like a ghost, invisible to the culture and society that brought me here, but also invisible to the community and culture of my birth. My heritage and the cultural umbilical cord having been severed at birth by transracial adoption – an act perceived to be responsible for saving my life." Lucy Sheen
Compiled by Janine and Jenette Vance, AdoptionLand: From Orphans to Activists, is an indispensable contribution to adoption literature. The essays, poems and letters in this compilation reflect the thoughts, the feelings, the souls of those who inhabit AdoptionLand — a place of truth and acceptance for the casualties of the demand for children.
The anthology brings together twenty-eight men and women. Many are internationally and/or inter-racially adopted. Asian babies scattered around the globe like seeds in the wind, hoping some will flourish. One taken from Germany and another sent to Germany illustrating the haphazard irrationality of international adoption and begging the question: how this could be in the best interest of the children?
Like the majority of those adopted, many of the contributors were loved and feel great affection for their adoptive parents. One did not know he was adopted until well into adulthood. Another was adopted at ten years of age by a sexually abusive man after having been abused by a foster family and a "trial" summer adoption. Regardless of their personal circumstances, many grew up to see the fallacies and failings in the adoption process and now work to create change in the system
Interspersed with the voices of these adoptees are mothers and a father who lost their children to adoption. Cameron Horn writes:
"We are the parents of the missing children. …I am a parent of a missing child. I don't know where she is. I've had a reunion. I've seen her for five minutes in 32 years. I don't know where she is."
Like Horn, for whom the pain of loss increased with time, Lily Arthur says she is still in a state of "trauma and anger 43 years later. I am still trying to come to terms with my imprisonment and the premeditated theft of my only son."
The Donaldson Adoption Institute recently responded to a comedy film that mocks adoption describing this reality, noting,
"There can be pain in adoption because for many, at the heart of it, is loss. …Adopted people navigate the unique, and at times, complicated experience of knowing there is fundamental loss in gaining an adoptive family.
The world of adoption can be beautiful and it can be painful; most often, this world is a combination of the two."
AdoptionLand is the place where the two combine. It is the place where those whose lives have been irrevocably changed by adoption dwell. Tinan Leroy describes his experience in the limbo nether land of adoption. On his first trip to back to his homeland, Haiti, he says, "I thought that I belonged to two worlds. It occurs to me now that I do not belong to either."
Lucy Sheen describes it as "a no-man's land between two cultures, two languages, and two distinct 'what might have beens'." It is in this place, says Sheen, that adoptees wander without "benefit from the reflection of society's mirror re-enforcing our physiognomy." Identity is, she says, "elusive."
Tinan Leroy also describes feeling "caught in a no-man's land" and says, he
"[W]anders in a no-man's land, ill-defined, trying to build upon my shaky foundation, while it continually gives way under my feet. Sometimes, I struggle to keep my balance and not get lost in the grey area of adoption. Sometimes I lose my grip completely and falter."
Another recurring theme in the writings of these adoptees is that of "gratitude." Tinan Leroy, who was born in Haiti and adopted by an affluent single mother in France asks, "How can you thank someone for removing you from family roots?"
Trace DeMeyer and her brother lived, as many adoptees do, silently and secretly, fearing that they could be "abandoned again, put out on the street, sent back to the orphanage, or back to foster care." As a result,
"By trial and error, Joey and I learned not to bring up the subject [of their origins] and to act grateful. We could not protest the absurdity or secrecy we lived under. It was never clear how they would respond to questions… we knew showing too much interest in our adoption was definitely risky. If we asked too many questions, they'd think us ungrateful."
Sunny Jo was kidnapped in South Korea and adopted in Norway where she was often told how lucky she was because of "the assumed benefits" of living "a privileged and affluent life in Norway." Like DeMeyer, Sunny Jo was "made to feel guilty" for wanting to know about her beginnings.
"There was simply no room for my loneliness and feelings of alienation (as all space was consumed by the happiness of my parents and society's colour blind conviction of having done 'something good' by 'saving' me… to show anything but gratitude… would be like slapping the faces of the adoptive parents, who loved me… So I carried my pain alone, wearing a mask for fear I might destroy someone else's illusion."
Lucy Sheen says she is "profoundly grateful for having been adopted" but she is not beholden to her adoptive parents and owes them nothing. She credits a good therapist for helping her untangle and singularly identify and simultaneously accept these seemingly contradictory concepts.
Such help is not easy to find. Often, the reality of the inhabitants of AdoptionLand runs contrary to the popular myths of adoption as a win-win which, even if it were true, takes a three dimensional phenomenon and views it from only two perspectives, ignoring the third.
As a nation, we have come to embrace those with the courage of those like Caitlin Jenner who speak out about the pain of living a lie. Veterans of war are encouraged to not suffer in silence with PTSD but to seek help. We do not diminish their invisible wounds by suggesting that speaking openly of it was unpatriotic. Yet because adoption is held in high regard and generally improves the socio-economic status of the adoptee, their traumas are downplayed or totally dismissed. It is time we accept that adoptees and their parents of birth often live with PAST: post adoption separation trauma, regardless of how much love they receive or feel in their adoptive homes.
Peter Dodds describes how he "learned to live with the anger of abandonment like someone who slowly disciplines themselves to accept the perpetual pain of a debilitating physical injury." Michael Allen Potter, whose name was changed three times before his tenth birthday writes eloquently of not knowing what box to check because he did not know if he was South American, Central American, Hawaiian, or Samoan.
What do the contributors hope to accomplish? That is as varied as are their experiences. Khara's (South Korean born, adopted in Norway) dream "is for adoption to end" while Vanessa Pearce (born in India, adopted in Canada) wants "to end the myth that adoption always lead to a better life." Peter Dodds (born in Germany, adopted to the US) would like the removal of children from their homeland to be a last resort and Lucy Sheen (who says she was "made in Hong Kong and exported to the UK") wants the same for transracial adoption. Arun Dohle (born in India, adopted in Germany) wishes "for justice for all families who have been separated by adoption."
As the word "activist" in the title indicates, many of the contributors are doing more than dreaming or wishing. Dohle is co-founder of Against Child Trafficking. Another contributor, Janine Myung Ja, is co-creator of "Adoption Truth and Transparency Worldwide Network." Tolbias Hübinette (born in South Korea, adopted in Sweden) was instrumental in founding "Truth and Reconciliation for the Adoption Community of Korea." All are actively trying to eradicate the corruption and exploitation that adoption is riddled with.
AdoptionLand is a vital contribution to a new genre of books, films, documentaries, and blogs intending to #FlipTheScript on adoption by giving voice to those who have been muted, disregarded, and marginalized as disgruntled, "bitter" or "angry." AdoptionLand should be required reading by adoptive and pre-adoptive parents, anyone considering placing a child for adoption, lawmakers, all who work in the field, and all who are concerned with social justice, human rights, and child rights. It is also highly recommended for anyone wanting to know what it's like to be adopted.
It is imperative for us to as a society, if we are concerned with the lives and care of our most vulnerable children, to hear from adults who were adopted. As we continue to import and export children to meet a demand for adoption, it behooves us to ask why many in the adoption community are less than enthralled with a process that was supposed to help them and improve their lives.


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I'm going to keep this post brief and my own comments to a minimum, because I'm still processing a lot of this myself, but because of some time sensitivities I wanted to bring this to Sepia Mutiny readers' attention now.
The U.K.'s Channel 4 has produced a much-discussed film called "Sri Lanka's Killing Fields," which is about the way the Sri Lankan civil war ended in 2009. "The programme features devastating new video evidence of war crimes – some of the most horrific footage Channel 4 has ever broadcast," Channel 4 says. I'd recommend watching it; all signs are that it's going to be a part of the conversation for awhile, and the official link is only up for four more days (there are a few unofficial links in other spots, but who knows how or if that will continue).
Link to the film (please be forewarned that it contains a considerable amount of extremely graphic material–to quote Channel 4, "With disturbing and distressing descriptions and film of executions, atrocities and the shelling of civilians"):
Link to related interviews on PBS NewsHour, which includes the Sri Lankan Ambassador to the U.S., as well as someone from the International Crisis Group–
A link to a recent report from an advisory panel to the U.N. Secretary General
You can find analysis of these items, particularly the first and the third, in various spots on the Interwebs… but lots is still coming out, and it's too early to know which pieces I find particularly strong. Sri Lanka citizen journalism site Groundviews, of course, will be one option. My purpose here is mostly to say that if you're interested in forming your own opinion, you have a limited time to check out the movie itself. (That URL works all over the world.)


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Motive is the most significant. Audiences are often willing to forgive well intentioned mistakes, while a selfish or malicious motive is the mark of a villain. After motive comes significance. A hero may recognize when the risk or price is too high, while a villain may to be too self-centered to care. Last is frequency, which isn't to say that characters who lie often are well received, but word spreads quickly, minimizing the trouble they can cause.
2. Arrogant/Superior
Everyone has strengths, but no one is infallible. At a certain point confidence becomes arrogance, and assuming that 'I'm better" or "I'm always right" is annoying at best, and a foundation for tyranny at worst. Many villains believe they are superior, and therefore have an inherit right or duty to lead, without the consent of others.
3. Self-Appointed, Self-Serving
Characters who usurp power cut against the very core of communities, which are founded on ideals of cooperation and mutual support. A usurper or self-serving character is less likely to care about the community as a whole, and may do great harm to the people without the wisdom or compassion to lead properly. In many cases villains intentionally sacrifice the needs of many so that the few, or the one, can flourish.
4. Assassin or Avenger
Justice is the true calling of a hero, the desire to create and maintain balance. When someone commits a crime, justice is a consequence founded in logic, to discourage the criminal behavior, and to counterbalance any harm done to the victim(s). Revenge is grounded in emotion, in hurting someone else because they hurt you. Assassination is when a professional killer is hired or ordered to kill someone covertly.
Agents of justice use logic and discussion to collectively determine the consequences of the crime. Avengers rely on emotion, inflicting pain that feels commensurate with their suffering. Assassins, for the most part, do not question, they simply obey and kill. This is why assassins are particularly difficult to cast as anything other than a villain.
In rare instances where a hero is an avenger or assassin, the author must go to great lengths to build up sympathy for the hero, and animosity towards the target(s).
5. Bully or Sadist
Bullying is one of most broadly condemned behaviors in society; using intimidation to influence someone else. Among heroes bullying is a last resort, when all else fails. Cynical and arrogant characters may use it regularly as a tool to manipulate others and achieve their goals.
Sadists represent the worst of humanity, those who derive pleasure from causing others harm. Intimidation and pain are not a means, they are the goal, and thus sadists represent one of the truest threats to community and the most abhorred of character traits.
Many authors use contrast to help bring a conflict into prominence. The hero and villain can be confronted with similar situations and make very different choices, or feel differently afterwards. A hero might kill a criminal and regret it, while a villain remains convinced that killing the criminal was the right choice. The difference can be physical (David and Goliath), economical (Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter), or demeanor (Batman and the Joker).
A hero is a character who exemplifies ideals and virtues. A villain is a character defined by extreme flaws. An antihero is a character with both extreme virtues and extreme flaws. An antihero frequently does good deeds by accident, or achieves positive outcomes using questionable methods. Antiheroes are in a state of tension, an unstable balance between hero and villain, with most antiheroes either falling into the redeemed or loveable rogue, or becoming villains entirely.
Severus Snape, from the Harry Potter series, could be considered an anti-hero for much of the series. He is hostile towards the protagonist, but he does offer help, grudgingly. V, from the V for Vendetta series, is another example of an antihero; working towards positive change using questionable methods.
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A guide to projects around the home that will inspire you this spring.
The myriad of camps in South Jersey offers an opportunity for them to not only stay busy, but to build skills and friendships that will last a lifetime.
Answers to some common questions about staying in shape and injury free.
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American parenting: My family is OK, yours is not
A new study suggests American parenting is full of culturally inflated views of our own families. Most parents in the US think their own kids and family are doing just fine, thanks. It's the other families out there that are the problem.
Even before the heartbreaking shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary, American parents were anxious about child rearing.
According to a report that came out earlier this month from the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, less than a quarter of US moms and dads believe this is a great time to be bringing children into the world, and most say it is tougher to raise children today than it was 50 years ago. Fewer than 1 parent in 10 thinks the quality of American family life has improved since they were growing up.
RELATED: America's 4 family cultures – what's yours?
But in a twist, researchers found that most parents in the U.S. think their own kids and family are doing just fine, thanks. It's the other families out there that are the problem.
"Given the chorus of cries from all quarters about family crisis, families in decline, the pernicious effects of technology, and the increasingly tenuous nature of contemporary family arrangements, there was really only one thing we did not expect to unearth in our investigation: That parents actually think their families are doing well," researchers wrote.
Better than well, actually.
Based upon parents' responses in the project (a national sample that was surveyed with rigorous academic standards, according to the researchers), only 1 out of every 20 American school children consumes alcohol. Even limiting the analysis to teenagers, parent answers suggest only 1 in 10 kids ever drink. (Compare this to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 72 percent of all high school students have tried alcohol.)
More than 7 in 10 parents report that none of their children are overweight. And according to parents, 72 percent of American teenagers have "definitely not" had sex, while more than a third of the country's school children are A students, while another 49 percent are either A/B or B students. Ninety-three percent of children have never been suspended, and two-thirds have received an award or certificate for outstanding performance in school, sports, music or the arts.
Now, this last tidbit might be close to accurate. We wouldn't be the first ones to point out the "trophies for everyone" trend has pretty well taken over our child rearing culture.
But for most of these statistics, there is a clear disconnect between parent perception and what researchers say is an accurate picture of child achievement.
Carl Desportes Bowman, the director of survey research at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and the lead author of the family culture report, said he suspected the parents' rosy view of their own families has to do with another national trend: one toward not just close families, but families where parents hope to be "friends" with their children.
Nearly half of American parents put themselves on the "closest" end of a numerical scale that evaluated how close they were with their children; seven out of 10 American parents say "I hope to be best friends with my children when they are grown."
"There is so much emphasis on being close to your kids that it plays tricks with personal identity," Bowman says.
Now, some parents here might ask: what's the problem with that? Why not look at your kid in glowing terms? The researchers don't confront this exactly head-on. And sure, some less-than-objective love for your kid is natural.
The issue, perhaps, is that when there is a wide-spread, culturally inflated view of one's own family, everyone else's starts to look lousy in comparison. And this can't be helpful for a society that, as this report showed, is quite divided about the moral questions of parenting, families and what values children should internalize.
So next time - think a little closer about whether Johnny is really a straight A student who would never drink or have sex or text and drive. A realistic view won't make you a worse parent; it will just give you the empathy to deal with these issues on a macro level.


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Own a Piece of Internet History With Plush Pizza Rat Sculpture
The creature rose to fame in a viral video.
The Internet has been abuzz this week over a video of a rat dragging a slice of pizza down the steps of a subway platform, which went viral after being posted to YouTube on September 21. Widely agreed to be "the most New York thing ever," the hungry rodent even went on to be the subject of a profile (of sorts) in the New Yorker. If you for some reason haven't yet watched the video, we highly recommend you do so.
We figured it was only a matter of time before some enterprising artist decided to riff on the Internet sensation, and it looks like the moment has finally come: Tina Trachtenburg, a Brooklyn-based artist who makes "urban soft sculptures," has transformed everyone's favorite subterranean pest into a decidedly cuddlier version of himself, complete with a soft slice of pizza slathered in cheese and mushrooms.
Trachtenburg also re-created the original video with the help of some off-screen puppeteers. Unlike the original, in which Pizza Rat eventually abandons his quest for pizza goodness, his stuffed counterpart fares better, and is ultimately rewarded with the gooey snack.
AM New York reports that Trachtenburg will be selling stuffed rats for $80 and pizza slices for $20 tomorrow in Union Square—meaning that for just $100, you can own both an objet d'art and a priceless piece of Internet history. Will they appreciate in value on eBay as the rest of the country clamors for a huggable Pizza Rat of their very own? Only time (and #trends) will tell.
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"The training wheels protocol", this is a great trailer and completely spoiler free. In fact that this is the first trailer that made my own personal Spidey Sense go off, in a good way! Check out trailer 3 for Spider-Man: Homecoming. There were undoubtedly be a few more and a dozen or so TV spots.
Synopsis: Following the events of Captain America: Civil War (2016), Peter Parker attempts to balance his life in high school with his career as the web-slinging superhero Spider-Man.
Spider-Man: Homecoming features Robert Downey Jr., Tom Holland, Marisa Tomei, and Michael Keaton.
Spider-Man: Homecoming arrives in theaters July 7th, 2017.


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We've scoured the internet for the best easy Halloween crafts for kids to make. You are sure to find an easy Halloween craft for every age of kids, from toddler to preschool to grade school for your Halloween party.
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These Beaded Crystal Spiders from "Cute As A Fox" can be made in under 15 minutes!
This bottle cap spider Halloween craft not only re-uses plastics in your home, it adds a friendly addition to your Halloween decor.
These adorable spooky DIY bat corner bookmarks is a fun origami project for the little ones from "Easy Peasy and Fun".
To make this toddler craft from "Mommy's Bundle", you'll only need a few supplies: paint, washable paint and some googly eyes.
This little monster is made from an empty paper roll. He's almost too adorable to be called a monster!
This simple Halloween craft from "Busy Mommy Media" is a fun twist on a paper Chinese lantern — it's a Chinese Jack-O-Lantern! This is super simple to make and can be adapted for even the youngest kids.
Celebrate Halloween by making a vibrant 100% recycleable Halloween Necklace Craft for Kids from Fireflies and Mud Pies.
Gather some empty plastic milk jubs and have your kids draw some cute little Halloween faces on them to create a very frugal, yet super fun, craft project from iSaveAtoZ.
These Halloween Mummies Apple Sauce Snack Ideas from "See Vanessa Craft" would make a great last minute snack idea or craft up a bunch for trick or treaters!
All you need for this easy craft from "Easy Peasy and Fun" is stones,
orange acrylic paint, a paintbrush and a black sharpie.
These spiders made with paper plates are simple to make, your kids will LOVE them, and they make spooktacular Halloween decorations!
Making this super cute Halloween spiderweb craft from "Thrifty Jinxy" is very easy to do and costs next to nothing.
Quick, grab a couple of paper rolls and let's make a cute Halloween craft! We'll be making kitchen towel or toilet paper roll black cat craft today, well quite a few of them as the more there are, the cuter (scarier) they look.
Kids of all ages will enjoy collecting pinecones to create Pinecone Spiders with pipe cleaner legs and googly eyes from "Fireflies + Mud Pies".
This months challenge was to come up with a monster themed craft, perfect for Halloween approaching. We did a super easy preschool craft using popsicle sticks.
We have another easy Halloween craft to share with you today, this one being perfect for preschool and kindergarten. Let's make a popsicle stick pumpkin craft (well Jack'o'Lantern).
This spooky tree Halloween Craft from "I Heart Crafty Things" is a great Halloween kids craft or works great when learning about nocturnal animals and their glowing nighttime eyes.
This stuffed paper bag witch craft makes a fun Halloween kids craft, fall craft for kids, preschool Halloween craft and elementary age Halloween craft.
This is s cute little Halloween craft project for kids of all ages – from preschool, through kindergarten and to older kids – everyone likes to put up a show.
This yarn wrapped mummy craft is perfect for little ones to work on strengthening fine motor muscles and it makes a great Halloween kids craft.


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Well that was a good 6 weeks….
Hey everybody,
So… I got the transfer call last night. I am leaving the area, even though I have only been here for 6 weeks (1 transfer). It was way too fast and I was not waiting for this to happen. I hope to not get sad or anything and to keep working super hard. I was doing so well here and I don't want to have to start all over again and leave all this work behind. But this is how the mission is, so I guess it is going to be this way. I knew it was too good to be true…
We had a baptism this last week, and it was pretty nice. At least I can say that I baptized in every area that I have had now… Also, something super interesting, I didn't knock a single door in all of my time here. I only worked with members in finding part families and references, and this is the only way to work from now on.
I feel like I learned quite a bit honestly, even though I was just here for a little while, and I feel like I have worked with all diligence and as hard as I possibly could, so I feel good. Nothing else that is too interesting went on this week, and I have just been thinking about my future life for some reason. I don't know why, but I feel more capable to think at a higher level and think rationally. I feel like mom and dad were right when they told us that our brains leak out of our heads when we are younger. I feel like I can take bigger decisions and also do things more rationally. I don't know how to explain it, just that I am getting old.
Things I feel like I have learned: to be super diligent, a lot more patient, and be happy. Things I need to do better about: Delegate without just taking over, not get frustrated about unimportant things, and to be more humbler.
I feel like I am doing good. My next companion is also going to be from the USA, and he will be finishing his mission in about 3 transfers, so it is very likely that I am going to kill him ( in mission terms ) (or literally, I don't know yet)
I love you all and hope everything goes well for you all this week.
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The Sales & Marketing Representatives will develop the Club's existing commercial relationships alongside establishing new partnerships and revenue streams.
They will look to promote the Club's activities to potential new interested parties and represent the Club in a positive manner to internal and external agents.
We are looking for staff for the following positions:
Sales & Marketing Representatives
Responsibilities include all or most of the typical commercial activities of the Football Club such as sponsorship, advertising, hospitality, digital media, communications, etc.
We are accepting written applications for all of the above positions, either directly to reception (open Monday-Friday 9-5), by email (firstname.lastname@example.com) with the subject line 'Sales & Marketing Recruitment' or by post to:
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Morecambe Football Club
Globe Arena
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37.5 hours plus per week including evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays, consequently you should be able to commute easily to Globe Arena.
You will need relevant experience for these roles, but the right attributes and positive attitude are essential, as we will provide in-house training for you.
A skill set including presentation, communication, decision making, interpersonal and assertiveness plus the ability to work within a team and independently.
Closing date for applications is 25th June 2017.
We regret that due to the anticipated high number of applicants we may be unable to personally respond to all applications.
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Scripting SEO: 5 Panda-Fighting Tricks for Large Sites
The author's views are entirely their own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz.
For anyone that's experienced the joys of doing SEO on an exceedingly large site, you know that keeping your content in check isn't easy. Continued iterations of the Panda algorithm have made this fact brutally obvious for anyone that's responsible for more than a few hundred thousand pages.
As an SEO with a programming background and a few large sites to babysit, I was forced to fight the various Panda updates throughout this year through some creative server-side scripting. I'd like to share some with you now, and in case you're not well-versed in nerdspeak (data formats, programming, and Klingon), I'll start each item with a conceptual problem, the solution (so at least you can tell your developer what to do), and a few code examples for implementation (assumes that they didn't understand you when you told them what to do). My links to the actual code are in PHP/MySQL, but realize that these methods translate pretty simply into most any scenario.
OBLIGATORY DISCLAIMER: Although I've been successful at implementing each of these tricks, be careful. Keep current backups, log everything you do so that you can roll-back, and if necessary, ask an adult for help.
1.) Fix Duplicate Content between Your Own Articles
The Problem
Sure, you know not to copy someone else's content. But what happens when over time, your users load your database full of duplicate articles (jerks)? You can write some code that checks if articles are an exact match, but no two are going to be completely identical. You need something that's smart enough to analyze similarity, and you need to be about as clever as Google is at it.
The Solution
There's a sophisticated measure of how similar two bodies of text are using something called Levenshtein distance analysis. It measures how many edits would be necessary to transform one string into another, and can be translated into a related percentage/ratio of how similar one string is to another. When running this maintenance script on 1 million+ articles that were 50-400 words, deleting only duplicate articles with a 90% similarity in Levenshtein ratio, the margin of error was 0 in each of my trials (and the list of deletions was a little scary, to say the least).
The Technical
Levenshtein comparison functions are available in basically every programming language and are pretty simple to use. Running comparisons on 10,000 individual articles against one another all at once is definitely going to make your web/database server angry, however, so it takes a bit of creativity to finish this process while we're all still alive to see your ugly database.
What follows may not be ideal practice, or something you want to experiment with heavily on a live server, but it gets this tough job done in my experience.
Create a new database table where you can store a single INT value (or if this is your own application and you're comfortable doing it, just add a row somewhere for now). Then create one row that has a default value of 0.
Have your script connect to the database, and get the value form the table above. That will represent the primary key of the last article we've checked (since there's no way you're getting through all articles in one run).
Select that article, and check it against all other articles by comparing Levenshtein distance. Doing this in the application layer will be far faster than running comparisons as a database stored procedure (I found the best results occurred when using levenshteinDistance2(), available in the comments section of levenshtein() on php.net). If your database size makes this run like poop through a funnel (checking just 1 article against all others at once), consider only comparing articles by the same author, of similar length, posted in a similar date range, or other factors that might help reduce your data set of likely duplicates.
Handle the duplicates as you see fit. In my case, I deleted the newer entry and stored a log in a new table with full text of both, so individual mistakes could later be reverted (there were none, however). If your database isn't so messy or you still fear mistakes after testing a bit, it may very well be good enough just to store a log and later review them by hand.
- After you're done, store the primary key of the last article that you checked in the database entry from i.). You can loop through ii.) - iv.) a few more times on this run if this didn't take too long to execute. Run this script as many times as necessary on a one minute cronjob or with the Windows Task Scheduler until complete, and keep a close eye on your system load.
2.) Spell-Check Your Database
The Problem
Sure, it would be best if your users were all above a third grade reading level, but we know that's not the case. You could have a professional editor run through content before it went live on your site, but now it's too late. Your content is now a jumbled mess of broken English, and in dire need of a really mean English teacher to set it all straight.
The Solution
Since you don't have an English teacher, we'll need automation. In PHP, for example, we have fun built-in tools like soundex(), or even levenshtein(), but when analyzing individual words, these just don't cut it. You could grab a list of the most common misspelled English words, but that's going to be hugely incomplete. The best solution that I've found is an open source (free) spell checking tool called the Portable Spell Checker Interface Library (Pspell), which uses the Aspell library and works very well.
The Technical
Once you get it setup, working with Pspell is really simple. After you've installed it using the link above, include the libraries in your code, and this function to return an array of suggestions for each word, with the word at array key 0 being the closest match found. Consider the basic logic from 1.) if it looks like it's going to be too much to tackle at once, incrementing your place as you step through the database, logging all actions in a new table, and (carefully) choosing whether or not you like the results well enough to automate the fixes or if you'd prefer to chase them by hand.
3.) Implement rel="canonical" in Bulk
The Problem
link rel="canonical" is very useful tag for eliminating confusion when two URLs might potentially return the same content, such as when Googlebot makes its way to your site using an affiliate ID. In fact, the SEOmoz automated site analysis will yell at you on every page that doesn't have one. Unfortunately since this tag is page-specific, you can't just paste some HTML in the static header of your site.
The Solution
As this assumes that you have a custom application, let's say that you can't simply install ALL IN ONE SEO on your WordPress, or install a similar SEO plugin (because if you can, don't re-invent the wheel). Otherwise, we can tailor a function to serve your unique purposes.
The Technical
I've quickly crafted this PHP function with the intent of being as flexible as possible. Note that desired URL structures are different on different sites and scripts, so think about everything that's installed under a given umbrella. Use the flags that it mention in the description section so that it can best mesh with the needs of your site.
4.) Remove Microsoft Word's "Smart Quote" Characters
The Problem
In what could be Microsoft's greatest crime against humanity, MS Word was shipped with a genius feature that automatically "tilts" double and single quotes towards a word (called "smart quotes"), in a style that's sort of like handwriting. You can turn this off, but most don't, and unfortunately, these characters are not a part of the ASCII set. This means that various character sets used on the web and in databases that store them will often fail to present them, and instead, return unusable junk that users (and very likely, search engines) will hate.
The Solution
This one's easy: use find/replace on the database table that stores your articles.
The Technical
Here it is an example of how to fix this using MySQL database queries. Place a script on an occasional cron in Linux or using the Task Scheduler in Windows, and say goodbye to these ever appearing on your site again.
5.) Fix Failed Contractions
The Problem
Your contributors are probably going to make basic grammar mistakes like this all over the map, and Google definitely cares. While it's important never to make too many assumptions, I've generally found that fixing common contractions is very sensible.
The Solution
You can use find/replace here, but it's not as simple as the solution fixing smart quotes, so you need to be careful. For example "wed" might need to be "we'd", or it might not. Other contractions might make sense while standing on their own, but find/replace by itself will also return results that are pieces of other words. So, we need to account for this as well.
The Technical
Note that there are two versions of each word. This is because in my automated proofreading trials, I've found it's common not only for an apostrophe to be omitted., but also for a simple typo to occur that puts the apostrophe after the last letter when Word's automated fix for this isn't on-hand. Words have also been surrounded by a space to eliminate a margin of error (this is key- just look at how many other words include 'dont' on one of these sites that people use to cheat in word games). Here's an example of how this works. This list is a bit incomplete, and leaves probably the most room for improvement in the list. Feel free to generate your own using this list of English contractions.
That should about do it. I hope everyone enjoyed my first post here on SEOMoz, and hopefully this stirs some ideas on how to clean up some large sites!


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Over 8,000 Nigerian Migrants Return Home with IOM Assistance in Past 12 Months
Lagos – Since April 2017, IOM, the UN Migration Agency in collaboration with the Federal Government of Nigeria has assisted over 8,000 stranded Nigerian migrants to return home from transit and destination countries along the Mediterranean irregular migratory route. Of the total number, over 7,000 returned from Libyan detention centres and urban areas while 750 were from neighbouring countries, mainly Niger and Mali.
One charter flight carrying 218 returnees landed at the Murtala International Airport in Lagos on May 8, bringing to 8,140 the total number of Nigerians who were assisted by IOM thanks to the EUTF-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration. Since the launch of the Joint Initiative in Nigeria in April 2017, IOM has facilitated 39 charter flights from Libya.
Upon their arrival, the returnees receive immediate assistance such as food, medical screening, overnight accommodation and 100 Euros pocket money to cover their immediate basic needs including in-county onward transportation cost. The Initiative works with governmental and CSO partners to provide assistance, including referral of severe medical and mental health cases to hospitals for further treatment.
"I am glad to return back home and start my life again in Nigeria after all the troubles I went through in Libya in search of greener pastures. The pain and experience I went through in trying to cross over to Italy was unbearable. I lost my friends to the desert and some at sea. I'd rather stay and invest in my country than risk my life in the hands of smugglers," said Rescue Esosa, a returnee from Libya.
Nigeria was for two years in a row the main nationality of those who arrived in Italy by sea with 36, 352 arrivals in 2016 and 18,158 in 2017.
In the following months, the returnees will receive in-kind reintegration assistance as well as business management skills training. The training aims to provide a platform where returnees can meet each other and consider pooling their in-kind assistance, skills, and resources to open businesses together.
To date, over 726 returnees have been trained by IOM in coordination with various governmental and CSO partners, including, among others, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Ministry of Labour and Employment, Patriotic Citizen Initiative (PCI), and Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO).
"The business skills training empowered me. I learnt how to manage my business and attend to my customers. Since IOM facilitated my reintegration in February 2018, I have made profits in selling my groceries and soft drinks to my customers," says Deborah Ehis a returnee from Libya. "With patience and determination, one can make it in Nigeria without risking their lives in search for greener pastures in Europe," she added. Watch her testimony here.
"With over 8,000 returnees back home and more to come, issues such as unemployment especially in high areas of return pose a challenge to all of us. However, not all is lost. IOM is committed to providing support to the Federal Government of Nigeria in ensuring that Nigerian returnees under the programme are fully reintegrated" says Enira Krdzalic, IOM Chief of Mission in Nigeria.
While the initial target under the EUTF-IOM Joint Initiative was to provide reintegration assistance for 3,800 returnees, IOM is now working with more partners on providing reintegration support to a target of 8,500 returnees.
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Suddenly, some sort of virus attacks and 95% of the earth's population drops dead. There are a handful of survivors, and they must deal with the fact that everything that they know is gone forever. The entire novel actually spans the first week and a half after the disaster. Unfortunately, as with many dystopian books, Autumn is absent GLBT people, people of colour and disabled people. Though this is a common trend, it still reads as genocide of historically marginalized people. How is it that historically marginalized people are always the first to go? It is particularly alarming because in a dystopian setting, the author has the ability to completely remake the world and to fall back into a position where only privileged people survive chooses an extreme lack of imagination and a wallowing in self privilege.
The suriviors must first come to terms with the fact that they somehow were not infected by whatever virus attacked the dead. Everywhere they turn are the bodies of the dead, and they serve to remind them of everything that is gone. The survivors are barely accustomed to the change, when the unspeakable happens - the dead begin to rise and walk. At first they are harmless and unaware of their environment, but that does not last long.
Autumn is about how one survives, when the world as you know it is gone. Can you deal with the loss of everyone that you loved, and is life even still worth living? Even conversation becomes a struggle, because everything always leads back to the fact that the world is gone. Even though the book covers such a short time period, the characters are so clearly damaged. Each breathe the survivors take is an absolute struggle. Though everything is free for the taking now that society has crumbled, getting food is a danger because of the threat of the zombies. Even everyday necessities like hydro, running water and heat become luxuries. The survivors quickly learn that the things once prized are worthless now, because they do nothing to aid in subsistence.
Moody does an amazing job of slowly building the tension of the story. Even though this book is a dystopian zombie story, as a reader, I found that I had no problem identifying with the characters fear. In the end, Michael and Emma are left, and I'm worried that this is going to turn into the typical boy protects girl dynamic that these stories often descend into, because Michael has shown what are very clearly protective urges where Emma is concerned, though there does seem to be an equal division labour between the sexes so far.
If you are a fan of The Walking Dead, I think that you will find this book very enjoyable, because it has the very same stark desperateness to it. It is extremely descriptive and reading it, one can almost smell the rot of the dead and the spoiled food swirling the air. Moody's writing is concise, he never uses ten words where one will do, and this gives us a swiftly moving story, though at times it is a touch repetitive in its effort to ensure that the desperateness of the situation, and dark emotions of the characters comes through. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and hope that as it moves into the second book, we will see a greater diversity of survivors.


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Has your elderly loved one been avoiding eating? Maybe they claim that they have no appetite. There are many things that could cause a loss of appetite in senior citizens. Certain medications, illnesses, feeling nauseated, and other things can cause this issue. However, there are some tips on how you or senior care providers can get your elderly loved one to eat properly again.
Using Aromatherapy
Many people have used aromatherapy to help stimulate one's appetite. If your elderly loved one has lost their appetite, you can try a number of things. First, you should try to create some of the meals they ate during their childhood. A home-cooked meal could also help. Alongside the meal, you might want to try some appetite-stimulating essential oils including tangerine, spearmint, and peppermint. Tangerine is known to boost hunger and relieve anxiety and stress. Spearmint is known to stimulate hunger for a longer period of time. It also helps with digestion. Peppermint can help your loved one to relieve their nausea.
Eating a Healthier Breakfast
If your elderly loved one has been skipping their breakfast or eating breakfast with a bunch of empty calories this could cause problems for them all day. It could make them nauseous, as well, which could lead to a loss of appetite later in the day. If you want to help stimulate your elderly loved one's appetite, have them start eating a healthier breakfast.
Smaller Meals Over the Course of the Day
Another way that you can help your elderly loved one to eat properly again is to serve them smaller meals over the course of the day. If your loved one has no appetite, they aren't going to want to eat a large meal. However, you or their senior care providers might be able to get them to eat something small a few times throughout the day. This way they are still getting the calories and nutrients they need, without becoming unhealthy.
Using Bigger Plates
If you want to stimulate your loved one's appetite, you can serve a small amount of food on a bigger plate. This way they feel like they aren't eating very much at all. They might be able to convince themselves to eat that small amount of food (which just looks smaller because you are using a bigger plate).
Socialize Mealtimes
Another way that you can get your elderly loved one to eat properly again is by socializing their mealtimes. Maybe they aren't eating because they feel lonely or don't want to eat on their own. You or their senior care providers can eat alongside them and have a conversation with them during the mealtime.
These are some of the tips you can use for getting your elderly loved one to eat properly again. If they have lost their appetite, this can cause many health issues. Use these tips to help them regain their appetite.
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Headlights in the Dark
One of the most common debates in the writing community is plotting versus pantsing. For those of you who are new to this topic, a plotter is just that—they plot. They can tell you everything that's going to happen, sometimes for more than one book. Some have outlines which are so detailed they're practically a book in and of themselves. These writers know every little thing about every little character, even the ones which have no name and no lines and are there for half a scene.
And then there are pantsers.
Pantsers write by the seat of their pants, hence the term. Oh, they may have a general idea of where the story is going to go and there may even be some sort of outline but for the most part… well, it's like driving in the dark—you can only see as far as your headlights can reach. This wouldn't be too bad if it wasn't for the fact that writing isn't like driving on a straight road. Writing is like driving, as my grandfather was fond of saying, on a road laid out by a drunk man.
I have no shame in saying I'm very much a pantser. Not only am I driving on twisty, turny, super curvy road, I occasional take detours on even twistery roads. I'm all about stops at roadside diners and taking a few minutes to look at those strange attractions which are most definitely tourist traps. Some of the best plot elements, the things which have taken the story to the next level, have happened because of a random rest stop.
Driving in the dark is scary, with or without headlights. The thing to remember though is that no matter how scary the drive, it's always worth it when you finally reach your destination.
Book 14
L.M. Pruitt
Print Length: 186 pages
Publisher: SP Press
Publication Date: January 14, 2017
A standalone novel in the world of the international bestselling WINGED series... a glimpse in to one man's past....
It was supposed to be a simple dinner. The repayment of a debt.
I should have known Lilith would find a way to make things difficult.
Three favors. Three stories of lovers past. As Lilith said, an easy task.
I remember them all.
I leaned back, unfolding my napkin and draping it over my lap. "So, what sort of delicacy is on the menu this evening?"
"Oh, who knows. I leave those sort of things to the kitchen." Lilith waved a hand absently, brushing the question aside as if it was no more than a fly. "It's time for you to pay your debt."
"And I'm here."
"Baraquel." Her smile was the sort usually reserved for cute animals and slow adults. "Did you really think a simple dinner would be all the repayment I required?"
"Not really but I was foolish enough to hope." Sighing, I pulled a cigar from my coat pocket and examined the tip. "How, then, am I supposed to repay you?"
"Three favors, correct?" Her smile grew when I nodded. "Wonderful. Three stories, then."
"I beg your pardon?" I winced, shaking my head as she laughed. "Remind me to limit my time around Joanne. I'm picking up too many of her verbal ticks for my liking."
"If it helps, think of this as more of a series of lectures on the right and wrong way to conduct relationships." She propped her elbows on the table, steepling her fingers as she stared at me with the sort of fascination I'd seen on cats in the instant before they pounced. "After all, you have so much advice to offer. It would be a shame to let it go to waste."
"My personal life is my own." I set the cigar down, hating the stiffness in my voice and yet unable to do anything to correct it. "You've known me long enough to know that."
"And I'm not asking for a rundown of every person you've fucked in the last few millennia." Her smile widened, the edges turning cruel. "Besides, even if I did, I doubt you could provide one."
"I remember."
"Do you?"
"Yes." I clenched my fist in my lap. "I remember them all."
"Good." She tapped her fingers on her lower lip. "Then tell me a story."
About the Author:
L.M. Pruitt has been reading and writing for as long as she can remember. A native of Florida with a love of New Orleans, she has the uncanny ability to find humor in most things and would probably kill a plastic plant. She knows this because she's killed bamboo. Twice. She is the author of the Winged series, the Plaisir Coupable series, Jude Magdalyn series, the Moon Rising series, and Taken: A Frankie Post Novel.


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The following is the Chase Bank Holidays 2023 Schedule Which is provided by the Federal Reserve Bank System. Chase Holiday Hours Schedule also follows all Standard Bank of USA. Federal Holidays also regarded as the National Holidays in USA. Here you will get the Region of Holiday and Date of Holiday. Please click on the "Region of Bank Holiday" to know the details about the holiday as - Region of the holiday, event and incident, Importance of the day etc.
Chase Bank Holiday Hours Schedule 2023
|Chase Bank Holidays 2023
|New Year's Day
|January 1, 2023
|Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
|January 16, 2023
|Washington's Birthday / Presidents Day
|February 20, 2023
|Memorial Day
|May 29, 2023
|Independence Day *
|July 4, 2023
|Labor Day
|September 7, 2023
|Columbus Day
|October 9, 2023
|Veterans Day
|November 11, 2023
|Thanksgiving Day
|November 24, 2023
|Christmas Day
|December 25, 2023
Chase Holidays 2023: * For holidays falling on Saturday, most of the bank branches will be open the preceding Friday. In 2023, Independence Day (July 4th) falls on Saturday. * Saturday - the Board of Governors is closed on July 3, 2023.
An Inntroduction of Chase Bank holidays and observances in 2023:
As per rules of Federal Reerve System law (5 U.S.C. 6103), If a public holiday falls on a non-working day (Saturday or Sunday for most federal employees), the holiday is usually observed (and marked as such in the overview below) on the preceding Friday if the federal holiday falls on a Saturday, or on the following Monday if the federal holiday falls on a Sunday. Please note that the official federal name for Presidents' Day, which honors George Washington, is Washington's Birthday. The name Presidents' Day (also often written President's Day or Presidents Day) is used here because the holiday is widely known under this name, especially in states which remember additional presidents (Lincoln, Jefferson and others) together with George Washington.
To know more information about federal holidays and other national holiday observances visit Wikipedia.
Chase Holiday Hours Schedule 2019
|Chase Holiday Hours 2019
|New Year's Day
|January 1, 2019
|Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
|January 21, 2019
|Washington's Birthday / Presidents Day
|February 18, 2019
|Memorial Day
|May 27, 2019
|Independence Day *
|July 4, 2019
|Labor Day
|September 2, 2019
|Columbus Day
|October 14, 2019
|Veterans Day
|November 11, 2019
|Thanksgiving Day
|November 28, 2019
|Christmas Day
|December 25, 2019
Chase Bank Holidays 2023 Policy: Chase Bank observes holidays each year as determined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Read more from the official website.
Note: This Chase Holiday Hours Schedule 2023 will also applicable for All other USA Bank's only. For holidays falling on Saturday, Federal Reserve Banks and Branches will be open the preceding Friday; however, the Board of Governors will be closed. For holidays falling on Sunday, all Federal Reserve offices will be closed the following Monday.
jpmorgan Chase Bank Holiday 2020 Printable Calendar Free Download
Here are some popular question and Answer on Chase Bank Holidays
No, Chase Bank's branch will be closed on New Year's Day?
No, All branch of Chase Bank will be closed on Martin Luther's Birthday / MLK Day.
No, All branch of Chase Bank will be closed on Columbus Day.
No, All Chase Bank's branch will be closed on President's Day?
No, All Chase Bank's branch will be closed on Veterans Day?
No, All branch of Chase Bank will be closed on Good Friday.
No, All Chase Bank's branch will be closed on Black Friday?
Here is some Popular Bank holiday Schedule 2020.
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