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Item 212: A fully working padlock, demonstrably openable, to be delivered to the Judges at 3 pm on Thursday in the Reynolds Club South Lounge. [6 points]
Everyone (except for Lanie and T-Rex) managed to complete this item on time. Many formidably unhackable locks were submitted, but none more so than MacPierce's nobody-is-going-to-pick-this-lock lock, a combination lock that relied on the vertical and horizontal manipulation of a toggle rather than dialing a wheel.
Item 213: Perform a bel canto rendition of "Inside the Particle Storm" by Dark Tranquillity. Then perform a death metal vocals rendition of "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" by Giuseppe Verdi. [12 points, 5 bonus points if the same vocalist performs both songs
This item turned out better than I could possibly have hoped for. I had great fun listening to people attempt to exercise the full range of human vocal styles. All of the entries were either great or, if not great, bizarre and entertaining. MVP: Breckinridge. Team Breckinridge had instrumental accompaniment for both of their songs. For the bel canto, one of their team members wrote out a full piano and vocal arrangement and provided me with the sheet music to follow along with. Their completion of the item was far above and beyond what was asked for. It was wonderful to see their team put a ton of time into perfecting this item just for the sake of having fun and doing something well, not just for getting points. This, along with the sheet music was easily among the best things I saw at Judgment this year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La6T3vbfqLs&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydItXu-inM4 MVP: BJ. Ms. Buras from BJ also came up with her own classical arrangement for the bel canto part of the item. Her rendition of the song is different from Breckinridge's and is also a lot of fun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTjFC4zwJ30
Item 214: Oh no! One of those dastardly Judges has absconded with a jarful of your points!
For those of you who don't know the punchline yet, the only thing inside the jar was a red herring (which was only a red herring and not a real clue). I got a really terrific facepalm from Sam Bloom when he heard about the red herring. Each jar handed out had been marked by the Judges' fingerprints. The intent was for each team to lift the prints from the jar and then, by handing the Judges items (or booze), fingerprinting the Judges and determining who had touched the jar. MVP: No team actually completed this, but team BJ came awfully close. BJ did almost everything right, ignoring the red herring, finding the prints, and handing the Judges beer during HQ visits in order to get their fingerprints. The only Judge who touched their beer during the visit happened to be the one who took their points, but they were unable to successfully make that connection. In the car afterwards a few of the Judges thought it was strange how BJ acted when we didn't drink their beer, but shrugged it off saying, "there's no way they're that clever." It turns out that they are that clever! So close and yet so far: During the Breckinridge visit, while I asked their captains about Item 214, Anya appeared out of nowhere to hand everyone cups of pudding. I (who had stolen the points from Breck's jar) took one, put my fingerprints all over it, and put it back in the tray, thinking that the surprise pudding could only be a clever ruse to trick us into revealing the answer to 214. Unfortunately, immediately after I put the cup back Anya went around to give the pudding to her own teammates instead of the other Judges...
Item 215: Deliver a message to the Judges stating just how much you love them using a computer program compiled from fewer than 100 lines of obfuscated FORTRAN.
I received a lot of great entries for this one, and I'm glad teams put so much effort into it. MVP: Team The GASH. While their entry was not the most confusing and impenetrable, it did use character manipulation to produce a fun result: The user entered the name of one of the active Judges (for example, "Leah") into the program and received as output: Leah, Leah bo-beah!/Banana-fana-fo-feah!/Mi my mo meah/ Leah!
Item 216: Jeff Smith's Bone illustrated deck of cards. Dave Sim's Cerebus illustrated Diamondback deck. Sergio Aragones's Groo the Wanderer card game. Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo RPG. Vintage only.
These four things are all merchandise associated with important black and white independent comics that began in the 80's and 90's. I have tried unsuccessfully to find each of these myself, but since this is the year of the go-find-it I thought it appropriate for other teams to find them for me. MVP: Team The GASH, the only team that made it possible for me to hold any one of these, the Usagi Yojimbo RPG, in my hands . LVP: Team The FIST, who misunderstood the phrase "vintage only" and handed me a deck of cards with photocopied panels from Bone taped to them.
Item 217: Put the Kindle back in kindling. It doesn't need to be completely gutted and ruined by fire, but we do want to see your Kindle cheerfully ablaze.
So, it turns out that the Kindle didn't actually get its name because we can burn all of our books now that a booklike electronic reader is commercially available, but that should be where the name comes from. No team was brave enough to trash their expensive electronics, but team Max P had the courage to pour inflammable liquid on the back of their Kindle (proudly displaying page 1 of Farenheit 451 "It was a pleasure to burn" on the front) and light the surface on fire.
218: Everyone knows the one about the Higgs boson and the clown walking into the bar, but when was the last time you heard a really good HIPS joke? Compile department-specifc jokes from as many different academic departments as you can. Faculty should tell jokes about their own departments and they should be recorded on video so we can all enjoy them.
I got a lot of great entries for this one, and it sounded like people had a whole lot of fun doing this. In totall teams submitted at least a hundred different jokes, including jokes in ASL and Mandarin. I'm still waiting for the videos to come in, but I have provided Max P's videos below for people who would like a sample. MVP: Both Snitchcock and BJ managed to find the most jokes, with 23 jokes each. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxPzmlc0Va4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzVqNCXfRfc
219: Bring documents proving that the notorious Prawo Jazdy is one of your teams members.
Over the years, Prawo Jazdy has racked up dozens and dozens of traffic offenses in English speaking countries like Ireland. The trouble is that Prawo Jazdy means nothing more than "driver's license" in Polish. The IgNobel prize for literature was awarded last year to the Irish police for awarding more than 50 traffic tickets to a Mr./Mrs. Jazdy. A number of teams thought that I wanted a fake ID with a team member's name replaced by Prawo Jazdy, I was hoping for teams to track down an actual Polish driver's license. MVP: If I recall correctly, BJ was the only team to give me an actual polish driver's license instead of a poorly made fake ID. LVP: The Judges intercepted and internal communique from one of the teams where the person responsible for this item asked for help: "Is there anyone who knows someone named Jazdy?"
220: Pop a balloon inside another balloon. Both balloons must have taut surfaces. Do not violate the topological integrity of the outer balloon.
I honestly thought that this had a correct answer: use a concentrated light source to heat the inner balloon without heating the outer balloon. I was surprised that of the many teams that completed this no team used that method, and that many teams came up with ingenious ways to accomplish this. Team Snitchcock filled the outer balloon with liquid which made it possible to put extra pressure on the inner balloon so that it would pop if one squeezed the outer balloon properly. Team Scampi used a chemically coated needle to pierce through both balloons but form a seal as one withdrew the needle from the balloon. Nicely done!
221: A dress tailored to fit the University of Chicago's 1971 homecoming queen, to be modeled by her or a close relative at Judgment.
For those of you who don't know the story, the 1971 homecoming queen was a refrigerator. There is a picture of me with the lovely ladies here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=33940217&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=2908418&id=2901476
222: Construct a functioning solid-state transistor from scratch.
The solid-state transistor is one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. It has allowed for the development of switches, digital electronics, and fast, space-efficient storage and processing of data. The best thing about it, however, is that pictures of the original looks like it was made out of paper clips and scotch tape. In other words, it looks like something that was made for Scav Hunt. MVP: Snitchcock. Very few teams got very far with this one, but Snitchcock was able to definitively demonstrate that they had created a digital FET switch from scratch. MVP: Breckinridge. Their device did not work as perfectly as Snitchcock's, but it did demonstrate nonlinear current flow.
223: Scavenger Hunt-Themed ScrabbleTM tableau: Use exactly one complete set of ScrabbleTM tiles to compose a single-sentence ode to your team's magnificence.
A Scrabble Tableau is a fun little exercise that I have seen completed in honor of the champions at big tournaments. There were a lot of good entries, but I don't remember any specific ones at this point. If you have one from your team, please get it to me if you can.
224: It is said that only love could pick a nested pair of steel Bramah locks. Without love, a full two days of work was necessary. This means that you'll have more than enough time to safely pick any of the locks located in plain sight in front of the Reg, beginning at 4 pm on Thursday.
I was really surprised when a small crowd of people showed up at exactly 4 pm and eagerly charged the place where the locks had been put up, crowding and elbowing one another out of the way to be the first ones to reach the locks. I (as well as the representative from BJ) honestly thought that nobody could possibly succeed and that most of the locks would remain obstinately attached to the chain. I returned an hour later after Elephant Polo to see that of the 13 locks only 4 were left. I remain very impressed. MVP: Macpierce. Not only did one guy bring us the nobody-is-going-to-pick-this-lock lock (the only one to remain uncracked come Sunday), but he apparently broke through no fewer than 7 locks before anyone else noticed what was happening. Very impressive. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=33959190&id=2908418
225. Demonstrate Action Units 2 and 29, and while you're at it wiggle each of your ears, one at a time. [18 points]
Facial Action Units are isolated muscle movements of certain parts of the face. 2 is raising the outsides of your eyebrows (only used in Kabuki). 29 is a jaw thrust, a motion significantly easier than 39, which is nostril contraction. Admittedly, there was a typo on the list, and it took me a while during Judgement to realize that the typo was there. We will do better next time. MVP: Do you know who can contract his nostrils? SamPH.
226. A soap bubble in the shape of a platonic solid. Bubble solution only, no wire frames. [7 points]
This turned out to be really cool, as people used straws to control the size of each bubble in order to optimize the shape of their platonic solid. MVP: Scampi, who were able to set up and show me both a tetrahedron and a cube in less than a minute.
89. Ride the rails with the roving little Jollyball and see the sights of the country of your choice.
This was like a dream come true. Thank you all for making this Judge extremely happy.


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Marc Coleman: Forgive debtors or risk wrath of God
Contrary to what Pat Rabbitte says, the promissory note has been paid, but there is still hope.
Some of us are still traditional enough to believe Christmas is more about moral messages than giving gifts. And my favourite moral message of all is in the parable contained in Matthew chapter 18, verse 21, which basically goes like this: A master forgives one of his servants of a massive debt only to find that the same servant has had one of his own slaves imprisoned for a far lesser debt. Cue righteous anger and the wrath of God and the hypocritical servant is ultimately tortured, jailed and probably killed. Such is the penalty for moral inconsistency in the Bible. So – as we saw last week – it is in politics too.
Last Sunday, Pat Rabbitte pleaded for forgiveness from the Government's masters in Frankfurt. "We didn't pay the promissory note this year and as far as I'm concerned we're not going to pay it next year. It's as simple as that." Now actually it isn't "that simple". We traditional Bible-reading types don't like correcting our elders and betters. But on this one, I have to correct Pat. Go to the latest (November 2012) Exchequer release and look under 'Sources and Applications of Funds' and you will find an item 'Promissory Note issued to IBRC' with two asterisks beside it.

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GM Strasbourg two years ago was turned over to Motors Liquidation Company, an entity charged with selling off General Motors assets as a means of reducing the bankrupt auto maker's huge debt.
GM Strasbourg management on Friday said it had called a meeting with the company's workers' committee "to hear its opinion on a project proposed by General Motors Company to acquire the Strasbourg plant and research center."
It added that the workers' committee would convene June 16.
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GM last month reported a quarterly profit for the first time in three years on the back of a jump in sales and cost-cutting measures.
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I vaguely remember reading that Navigator is about to undergo a refit. Is this correct or am I having an increasingly frequent senior moment? We are booked on the 2 July Anchorage-VanQ cruise (RollCall currently 2 - where is everyone??) so I assume this refit will be carried out reasonably soon and we will have a clean and sparkly new ship to enjoy.


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Creating Opportunities for Generosity
Recently, John Oliver tackled the payday loan industry on Last Week Tonight. It is often assumed that people in financial distress turn to payday lenders because they do not know what a horrible deal they are. This is not so. Towards the end of this clip Oliver refers to a survey by Pew Research which shows that a majority of borrowers say payday loans take advantage of them but they take them out anyway because they also provide relief. As Oliver points out, many people have other options including borrowing from friends or relatives or pawning possessions, and many are driven to do these things anyway once they get trapped in the circle of unending payday loan debt. It is easy to say that this behavior makes no sense, and it doesn't, if you consider no values except the purely financial.
But that is not the world we live in. It fails to take into consideration the value of personal relationships, the very real need human beings have to feel that they are valued members of their communities. For most people, the real agony of being poor is not going without things, even missing a meal or two. It is not even being harrassed by impersonal creditors, as stressful as that is. The real pain has to do with the emotional deficit that is created when a person feels his need to receive help out paces his ability to give help. The real pain has to do with strain on the most valuable personal relationships, the fear of the loss of respect among those one loves and values. The fear of being unable to act as caregiver to someone who one loves. The horrible thought of straining important friendships until they break and leave a person isolated and alone. There is a logic to trying one's best to avoid seeking help. A person facing a short-term financial hardship does a quick cost/benefit calculation which includes not only the interest on a payday loan, but ideas about quality of life. They make the calculation that they would prefer to struggle to repay a stranger than struggling to repay a friend.
Most charities try to meet people's immediate physical needs. They either take the "give a man a fish" approach or the "teach a man to fish" approach, but inevitably they focus on what the poor person needs, not what he can give. I wonder if the vicious cycle of payday lending could be ameliorated by programs that provided people of limited means with opportunities to be generous. If there were a focus on eliminating the giving deficit, by helping poor people to find ways to give and to feel that their contributions made a real difference, then perhaps the calculus would change and people would be less likely to go to a lender they know is taking advantage. Sometimes you receive, sometimes you give, and all is in balance. I don't actually know what such a program would look like. But creating programs that allow people with little money to be the givers, and for those with more money to see them in that light, would go a long way to relieving shame and suffering.
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Chicken & Egg Pictures announces the five recipients of the second annual Breakthrough Filmmaker Award
We are pleased and proud to announce the recipients of the second year of the Breakthrough Filmmaker Award. The five chosen filmmakers are Geeta Gandbhir (Prison Dogs), Kirsten Johnson (Cameraperson), Penny Lane (NUTS!), Grace Lee (American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs), and Dawn Porter (Trapped). This award consists of a $50,000 unrestricted grant and a year-long creative support and mentorship program tailored to each filmmaker's individual goals.
The Chicken & Egg Pictures Breakthrough Filmmaker Award responds to the reality that only a few women non-fiction directors in the U.S. are able to work full-time as independent storytellers. The program recognizes and elevates five experienced women directors with unique voices who are poised to reach new heights and to continue to be strong filmmaker-advocates for urgent issues and creative visions.
"After a successful inaugural year, we welcome this new cohort of talented women into the program," said Jenni Wolfson, Executive Director of Chicken & Egg Pictures . "Through our investment in these filmmakers, Chicken & Egg Pictures affirms its commitment to supporting women from a diversity of backgrounds, with powerful voices, who are driving change through storytelling. They are creative risk-takers who have made their mark and are ready to push the boundaries even further and continue to bring to the forefront critical issues and stories."
Recipients of the Chicken & Egg Pictures 2017 Breakthrough Filmmaker Award were chosen through an international, confidential nomination process.
For additional information on Chicken & Egg Pictures and the Breakthrough Filmmaker Award please visit our Program page.
Geeta Gandbhir
Geeta began her career in editing. As an editor, she has won two Emmy® Awards. Her latest feature documentary, Prison Dogs, which she co -directed with Perri Peltz, premiered at the 2016Tribeca Film Festival. Her film with Sharmeen Obaid -Chinoy, A Journey of A Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers, premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival; won the Jury award for Best Documentary at The Bentonville Film Festival; and won the Humanitarian Award at the River Run Film Festival. She co-created and was a director on a series about race for The New York Times Op-Docs entitled The Conversation, which won an Online Journalism Award. Her film with Ms. Peltz, Remembering the Artist, Robert De Niro, Sr., for HBO, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. She is currently finishing a feature documentary on a bomb disposal unit in Pakistan.
Kirsten Johnson
Drawing on footage she shot for a myriad of documentary directors over the last 25 years, Kirsten Johnson's Cameraperson premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival; won the Cinema Eye Awards for Best Documentary, Best Editing, Best Cinematography; and the National Board of Review Freedom of Expression Award. Widely reviewed as one of the top films of 2016, it received awards at nine international festivals, was nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Awards, the IDA Documentary Awards, the Critics' Choice Documentary Awards , the Independent Spirit Awards, and is currently shortlisted for an Academy Award®. Johnson's short film, The Above, was nominated for 2016 Best Short Film Award by the IDA. Her interest in image-making, collaboration with documentary filmmakers, and the ethical dilemmas faced by camerapeople around the world is ongoing.
Penny Lane
Penny Lane's most recent feature, NUTS!, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival where it won a Special Jury Prize for Editing. Her debut feature documentary, Our Nixon, premiered at the 2013 Rotterdam International Film Festival, had its North American premiere at SXSW, won the Ken Burns Award for Best of the Festival at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and was selected as the closing night film at New Directors/New Films. Lane was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2012 and "Most Badass" at the Iowa City Documentary Film Festival in 2009. Film festival screenings span the independent and experimental film worlds, including Sundance, Rotterdam, Images, IMPAKT, Hot Docs, Full Frame, CPH:DOX, and Oberhausen. She is currently a professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Colgate University.
Grace Lee
Grace Lee is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker whose work explores questions of history, race, politics, and community. She directed American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, which won six festival audience awards and aired on the POV documentary series. Other directing credits include The Grace Lee Project, Janeane From Des Moines, the Emmy®-nominated Makers: Women and Politics, and Off the Menu: Asian America. Lee's work has been supported by the Ford Foundation, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Center for Asian American Media, Film Independent, and the Sundance Institute, where she was a Women at Sundance Fellow. She recently co-founded the Asian American Documentary Network and is currently in production on Ktown92, an interactive documentary that explores the 25th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots through the eyes of the greater Koreatown community.
Dawn Porter
Dawn Porter is a documentary filmmaker whose first feature, Gideon's Army, won the Sundance Film Festival Editing Award in 2013 and later broadcast on HBO. The film was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and an Emmy. Dawn's other films have appeared on PBS, OWN and the Discovery Channel. In 2015, Porter interviewed President Barack Obama for Rise: The Promise of My Brother's Keeper. Dawn's latest feature project, Trapped, explores the impact of laws regulating abortion clinics in the South. Trapped premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking. In 2016, Porter was named to Variety's "10 Documakers to Watch" and received the Robert and Anne Drew Award for Documentary Excellence at DOC NYC's Visionaries Tribute. She also recently created a short film for The New Yorker Presents, a digital series executive produced by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney.
Nine Chicken & Egg Pictures grantees recognized with Sundance Documentary Fund grants
Nine Chicken & Egg Pictures grantees have been recognized with grants through the Sundance Documentary Fund. On Monday, October 31, the Sundance Institute announced the awarding of over $1 million in grants through this program.
Chicken & Egg Pictures congratulates our grantees, and looks forward to celebrating their continued success.
Chicken & Egg Pictures grantees awarded Sundance Production Grants:
Even When I Fall
Directed by Kate McLarnon & Sky Neal
Even When I Fall is the story of three remarkable young Nepali women, all survivors of human trafficking into corrupt big top circuses across India. Facing forgotten families and uncertain futures, the story begins in the often-overlooked aftermath of a childhood spent in captivity and forced labor. But these tough young women were inadvertently left with a secret weapon by their captors – their breathtaking skills as circus artists.
Directed by Sahra Mosawi
In Afghanistan where systematic abuses of girls rarely come to light, and seeking justice can be deadly, one young woman says "Enough." Her name is Khatera and this is her incredible story of love, hope, bravery, forgiveness and truth. It is also one of horrific abuse. Khatera was brutally raped by her father since the age of nine. Today she is twenty-three and raising two precious and precocious children—a daughter and a son—whom he sired.
Directed by Arthur Pratt, Anna Fitch, Banker White, and Barmmy Boy
Through the eyes of Sierra Leonean filmmakers, Survivors presents a portrait of their country during the Ebola outbreak, exposing the complexity of the epidemic and the socio-political turmoil that lies in its wake. The film chronicles the remarkable stories of Sierra Leonean heroes during what is now widely regarded as the most acute public health crisis of the modern era.
Chicken & Egg Pictures grantees awarded Sundance Post-Production Grants:
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
Directed by Hope Litoff
A reflection on the life and suicide of Ruth Litoff, a successful artist, a pathological liar, and the filmmaker's sister. By looking back on Ruth's incredible highs and lows, bursts of creative genius, depression, secrets, and lies, a vivid portrait will emerge of the brilliant woman the filmmaker is not sure she ever really knew. This is her attempt to understand what happened.
Fly Away
Directed by Lucy Cohen
Fly Away is a film about memory, identity, and growing up told through the eyes of seven siblings and their mother. Five of the children are on the autistic spectrum and as they move through adolescence, an event of the past keeps drawing them back. Combining observational footage with a rich archive of home movies and songs, the film is both a detective story and coming-of-age tale, exploring universal themes of memory, family, and love.
Directed by Cynthia Wade & Sasha Friedlander
Mudflow is the story of a huge, toxic mudflow in Indonesia widely believed to be caused by shoddy drilling practices. The mud volcano has been erupting violently for the past eight years, burying 17 villages and permanently displacing 60,000 people. Mudflow follows ordinary Indonesians seeking justice for this disaster during a national election where one presidential candidate has promised restitution — and the other has not.
United Skates
Directed by Dyana Winkler & Tina Brown
United Skates follows an underground subculture growing inside our country's last standing roller rinks. Fusing hip-hop with the speed of old school quad roller skates, this film shines a fresh light on the recurring pattern of racial struggle faced by African American artists, as it follows the next artistic movement still undiscovered by the American mainstream.
Whose Streets?
Directed by Sabaah Jordan & Damon Davis
A first-hand look at how the murder of one teenage boy became the last straw for a community under siege. Whose Streets? is a story of love, loss, conflict, and ambition; the journey of everyday people turned freedom fighters, whose lives intertwined with a burgeoning national movement for black liberation. This is a film for all of America – it provides insight into the unseen reality of racism, the role of media in conflict, state-sanctioned violence, and militarized policing – but at its core it is Ferguson's story, it is our cry of "enough is enough".
Chicken & Egg Pictures grantees chosen for the Art of Nonfiction Fellowship:
Kirsten Johnson
Kirsten Johnson works as a director and a cinematographer. Her most recent work as a cinematographer appears in Citizenfour, Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs Gravity, and The Wound and the Gift. Her work was featured in Academy Award®-nominated The Invisible War. She shared the 2010 Sundance Documentary Competition Cinematography Award with Laura Poitras for The Oath. She shot the Tribeca Film Festival 2008 Documentary winner, Pray the Devil Back to Hell. Her cinematography is featured in Farenheit 9/11, Academy Award®-nominated Asylum, Emmy®-winning Ladies First, and Sundance premiere documentaries, A Place at the Table, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, American Standoff, and Derrida. Deadline, (co-directed with Katy Chevigny), premiered at Sundance in 2004, was broadcast on primetime NBC, and won the Thurgood Marshall Award.
Kirsten received the Chicken & Egg Pictures Celebration Award, supported by the Ravenal Foundation, in 2014.
Chicken & Egg Pictures grantees chosen for the inaugural Bertha Foundation Fellowship:
Directed by Sahra Mosawi
Submissions for the 2017 Accelerator Lab will open on October 11, 2016
Chicken & Egg Pictures will begin accepting submissions for the Accelerator Lab for first and second-time filmmakers on Monday, October 11. There is one deadline for the 2016 Open Call: Wednesday, November 9, 2016, 5:00 PM EST. The application fee is $35.
The Accelerator Lab is focused on identifying and supporting women non-fiction directors who are first and second-time filmmakers. This program brings together ten projects helmed by first or second-time directors, with a special focus on underrepresented voices.
Each participant will receive a two-part grant for the production of a film, to be developed over the course of a 12-month program. All ten participants will come together at various points over the course of a year for an intensive period of mentorship and workshops with industry experts, creatively fusing the art and craft of filmmaking with best practices and peer-to-peer support.
To read more about the program and the application guidelines and criteria, as well as our Frequently Asked Questions, visit our Programs page. The 2016 application questions are available for download as a Word document here.
Chicken & Egg Pictures announces five recipients of inaugural Breakthrough Award
We are pleased and proud to announce the recipients of our inaugural Breakthrough Filmmaker Awards. The five chosen filmmakers are Kristi Jacobson (A Place at the Table) Julia Reichert (The Last Truck), Yoruba Richen (The New Black), Elaine McMillion Sheldon (Hollow), and Michèle Stephenson (American Promise). This award consists of a $50,000 unrestricted grant and a year-long mentorship program tailored to each filmmaker's individual goals.
The Chicken & Egg Pictures Breakthrough Filmmaker Award responds to the reality that only a few women nonfiction directors in the U.S. are able to work full-time as independent storytellers. The program recognizes and elevates five mid-career women directors with unique voices who are poised to reach new heights and to continue to be strong filmmaker-advocates for urgent issues.
"Chicken & Egg Pictures continues to make bold investments in both women artists and gender equality to ensure that a greater diversity of voices are acknowledged for their participation in the storytelling that drives change," said Jenni Wolfson, Executive Director of Chicken & Egg Pictures. "Our hope with this new award is to provide support and a platform for these artists to continue showcasing and elevating critical social justice, environmental, and human rights issues and stories while working to increase their visibility and ensure they receive the recognition they deserve."
Recipients of the Chicken & Egg Pictures Breakthrough Filmmaker Award were chosen through a nation-wide confidential nomination process.
Kristi Jacobson
Kristi Jacobson is a New York-based filmmaker whose films capture nuanced, intimate, and provocative portrayals of individuals and communities. Her most recent film, A Place at the Table (Participant Media/Magnolia Pictures), called "one of the most important…and gripping non-fiction films to debut in some time" by Indiewire, premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival before its theatrical release in over 35 U.S. cities. Previous films include the critically acclaimed Toots, winner of the National Board of Review's 2007 Top Documentary Award, and American Standoff (HBO), produced by two-time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple. Jacobson is a member of the Director's Guild of America, NYWIFT, and a two-time Sundance Creative Producing Fellow. She is a recipient of grants from Tribeca Film Institute, Sundance Institute DFP, Chicken & Egg Pictures, and many others. She is currently working on an upcoming HBO documentary that provides an immersive and unprecedented look inside the world of solitary confinement in the U.S.
Julia Reichert
Julia Reichert is a three-time Academy Award® nominee for her documentary work. She lives in Ohio, and has chosen to focus on class, gender, and race in the lives of Americans. Julia's first film, Growing Up Female, was the first feature documentary of the modern Women's Movement. It was recently selected for the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Her films Union Maids and Seeing Red were nominated for Academy Awards® for Best Feature Documentary, as was The Last Truck, a short (co-directed with Steven Bognar) which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and on HBO. Her film A Lion in the House (an ITVS co-production, made with Bognar) premiered at Sundance, screened nationally on PBS, and won the Primetime Emmy® for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Filmmaking. She co-wrote and directed the feature film Emma and Elvis. Julia is co-founder of New Day Films, the independent film distribution co-op. She is author of "Doing It Yourself," the first book on self-distribution in independent film, and was an Advisory Board member of IFP. Reichert is currently directing a film about the 9 to 5 movement, telling the stories of the millions of low wage, invisible women who populated the clerical pool, served coffee, and suffered sexual harassment before it was named. In the 1970's they gathered their courage and rose up against their bosses, large corporations, and institutions. She's also begun filming a verite follow-up to The Last Truck, chronicling the arrival of a new plant in her economically devastated Midwestern city.
Yoruba Richen
Yoruba Richen is a documentary filmmaker whose work explores issues of race, space, and power. She has directed films in the U.S. and abroad, including The New Black and Promised Land. The New Black won Audience Awards at AFI Docs, Philly Q Fest, and Frameline LGBT Film Festival. The film also won best documentary at the Urbanworld Film Festival and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award and a GLAAD Media Award. The New Black opened theatrically at New York's Film Forum and aired on PBS's Independent Lens. Yoruba has received numerous grants including from Sundance Documentary Fund, Chicken & Egg Pictures, and the Ford Foundation. She won the Creative Promise Award at Tribeca All Access and was also a Sundance Producers Fellow. Yoruba is a featured TED Speaker and a Guggenheim Fellow. She is director of the documentary program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Yoruba is currently working on How It Feels To Be Free, a two-part documentary chronicling how black entertainers like Lena Horne and Cicely Tyson navigated the industry and took control of their own images, all while fighting for civil rights through their art and actions.
Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Elaine McMillion Sheldon is a documentary filmmaker and media artist who explores themes of identity, roots, and change. She's the director of Hollow, the Emmy®-nominated and Peabody-winning interactive documentary that explores life in the Appalachian coalfields. She's also the co-producer of The Lower 9, a feature-length documentary about The Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Sheldon's film and interactive work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, from the New York Film Festival to IDFA. Sheldon was a 2013 Future of Storytelling Fellow, and named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2013 by Filmmaker Magazine and one of "50 People Changing The South" in 2015 by Southern Living Magazine. She works across platforms and mediums—film, photo, audio, interactive media—to create storytelling experiences. Sheldon is currently working on several projects that employ the storytelling skills she has developed for multiple mediums, including short and feature filmmaking, longform and interactive journalism, participatory media, virtual reality, and audio storytelling. Two of the film-based projects include a feature-length documentary about home, identity, and roots of Latino families living in Appalachia, and a short-film collaboration with the New York Times Op-Docs centered on the election year in rural America.
Michèle Stephenson
Michèle Stephenson pulls from her Caribbean roots and international experience as a human rights attorney to tell compelling personal stories that resonate beyond the margins. Her work has appeared on a variety of broadcast and web platforms, including PBS, Showtime, and MTV. Her most recent film, American Promise, was nominated for three Emmys® including Best Documentary. The film won the Jury Prize at Sundance and was selected for the New York Film Festival's Main Slate. Stephenson's community engagement work has won numerous awards including the BRITDOC Puma Impact Award and a Revere Award nomination from the American Publishers Association. Other films directed by Stephenson include Slaying Goliath and Faces of Change. Her recent book, "Promises Kept," written with co-authors Joe Brewster and Hilary Beard, won an NAACP Image Award. Stephenson is currently working on Hispaniola, a documentary chronicling the lives of families affected by the TC-186 Dominican Republic Supreme Court ruling that strips citizenship from individuals of Haitian descent who were born in the country. She's also part of the filmmaking team behind Conversations On Race, a New York Times Op-Docs series of short films that uses powerful personal narratives to elevate shared experiences of race and equality.
Chicken & Egg Pictures announces support of LAST CALL and SURVIVORS
Two projects have been awarded Chicken & Egg Pictures production grants: Last Call, directed by Lana Wilson, and Survivors, directed by Anna Fitch, Arthur Pratt, and Banker White.
Lana Wilson's last film, After Tiller, was also supported by Chicken & Egg Pictures and was part of our Reel Reproductive Justice cohort, a group of films exploring reproductive justice from various angles.
Director: Lana Wilson
A remarkable Japanese Buddhist priest uses a range of unorthodox methods to help desperate men and women re-discover the will to live. But when a health crisis puts him at serious risk, can he live by the same advice he gives out?
Directors: Anna Fitch, Arthur Pratt, and Banker White
Through the eyes of Sierra Leonean filmmakers, Survivors presents a portrait of their country during the Ebola outbreak, exposing the complexity of the epidemic and the socio-political turmoil that lies in its wake. The film chronicles the remarkable stories of Sierra Leonean heroes during what is now widely regarded as the most acute public health crisis of the modern era.
Chicken & Egg Pictures announces support of criminal justice projects
Chicken & Egg Pictures was pleased to announce today our support of two additional projects focusing on criminal justice in the United States, joining a cohort of films currently supported by the organization that address the issue. 6X9: An Immersive Experience of Solitary Confinement and College Behind Bars will both receive grants from the organization.
The Guardian's 6X9: An Immersive Experience of Solitary Confinement (Francesca Panetta and Lindsay Poulton) is the first virtual reality project supported by Chicken & Egg Pictures. It is being funded through the organization's new Impact & Innovation Initiative, which empowers women filmmakers to explore the new world of immersive and digital storytelling through online and interactive shorts, web series, and other cross-platform projects aimed at creating social impact.
College Behind Bars, directed by Lynn Novick, looks at a group of incarcerated men and women who are taking advantage of the Bard Prison Initiative to pursue a college degree while serving their sentences.
Chicken & Egg Pictures recognizes the magnitude of the criminal justice and mass incarceration crisis in the United States, and over its ten years has supported numerous films that address the issue from multiple perspectives.
6X9 and College Behind Bars join five current projects supported by Chicken & Egg Pictures that focus on various aspects of criminal justice, both in the United States and around the world. These projects include Cocaine Prison (Violeta Ayala), The Return (Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway), Out of Mind (Kristi Jacobson), Sons And Daughters Of The Incarcerated (Denali Tiller), and Southwest Of Salem (Deborah S. Esquenazi).
"We're very proud to be putting our support behind these projects that tackle one of the most pressing issues in the United States today," said Chicken & Egg Pictures Executive Director Jenni Wolfson. "Even though the U.S. represents just 5% of the world's population, we are responsible for 25% of inmates around the globe. Chicken & Egg Pictures believes firmly in the power of film to expose the systematic injustices surrounding mass incarceration, inhumane conditions, and miscarriages of justice. These storytellers address this matter with humanity, innovation, and purpose, ensuring that it stays at the top of our national conscience and contributes towards lasting change."
Chicken & Egg Pictures announces grantees for inaugural Accelerator Lab
Chicken & Egg Pictures announced today the selected participants of the inaugural Accelerator Lab. The Accelerator Lab brings together 10 non-fiction projects helmed by first and second-time women filmmakers as part of a brand new program with the goal of providing the necessary tools and environment for talented filmmakers to tell their stories. The Accelerator Lab is focused on identifying a diverse group of first and second-time women non-fiction filmmakers and supporting their continued success through various means and initiatives.
These include providing financial assistance by way of grants, as well as creative guidance and support through mentorship workshops, industry connections, and peer support. Participants will receive a two-part grant for the production of their film, which they will develop over the course of the 12-18 month program.
"These filmmakers and projects represent a microcosm of the over 200 filmmakers whom Chicken & Egg Pictures has supported over the last ten years. Our goal is to nurture their talent by providing them with a yearlong creative lab program, a grant of up to $35,000, and a community of women filmmakers who can support and learn from one another," said Jenni Wolfson, Executive Director of Chicken & Egg Pictures. "We selected these women filmmakers because we believe not only that they are going to make artful and compelling films, but because we believe that these stories must be told and will contribute to changing how we see and respond to the world around us."
Director: Kathy Huang
In China, an unprecedented surge in African migration has led to a rise in marriages between Chinese women and African men. A Guangzhou Love Story captures the love, heartache, and real life challenges of Afro-Chinese couples attempting to forge a meaningful future together in the face of racism and xenophobia.
Director: Rina Castelnuovo & Tamir Elterman
By A Thread tells the story of Muhammad (Muhi), a Palestinian child from Gaza and the son of a Hamas activist wanted by Israel. As a newborn, Muhi is transferred to Israel for treatment of a life-threatening condition. Months turn into years and Muhi, now six, has lived his whole life in the Israeli hospital, confined for security reasons to its premises with his grandfather. The film explores Muhi's contradictory world in which he is treated, raised, and saved by his people's enemy, while his parents remain in Gaza.
By A Thread is an inside look at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict's inescapable presence in everyday life and how it shapes those like Muhi who are unwillingly drawn into it.
Director: Isabel Alcántara
San Miguel de Allende is neatly perched at the draining edge of the aptly named "Cuenca de la Independencia (Watershed of Independence)." While it used to be a town overflowing in natural springs, long-term abuse has left its glorious aquifer practically bone-dry. Tourists flood into the city daily as the native communities that surround it evaporate from Mexico's collective consciousness, their legacy lost forever. Cuenca carefully weaves together the personal journeys of a diverse cast of characters who are riding a wave of civil unrest to create a coalition of resistance against unbridled government corruption that places profits ahead of its people. Driven by the necessity to preserve the richness of the culture as well as that of the region's ecosystems, Cuenca focuses on the issue at hand and illustrates the steep cost of doing nothing.
Director: LC Cohen
Fly Away is a film about memory, identity, and growing up told through the eyes of seven siblings and their mother. Five of the children are on the autistic spectrum and as they move through adolescence, an event of the past keeps drawing them back. Combining observational footage with a rich archive of home movies and songs, the film is both a detective story and coming-of-age tale, exploring universal themes of memory, family, and love.
Director: Hikaru Toda
A story of love, family, and rights, Lawyers is a snapshot of Japan in transition. Fumi and Kazu are life partners, both professionally and privately: they run the first and only law firm in Japan run by an openly gay couple. From activists to artists to vulnerable young people, we see a cross section of Japanese society pass through Kazu and Fumi's office – their clients and their cases reveal Japan's changing social landscape and the diversity too often overlooked in its homogenous society. Lawyers also follows Kazu and Fumi's quest to raise a family. Faced with a legal system that doesn't allow adoption by same sex couples and having seen firsthand the realities of institutionalized youths, they have begun the process of registering as foster parents.
Director: Nancy Schwartzman
The story of a football town divided, Roll Red Roll is a true crime thriller examining sexual assault in small town America.
Director: Hope Litoff
A reflection on the life and suicide of Ruth Litoff, a successful artist, a pathological liar, and the filmmaker's sister. By looking back on Ruth's incredible highs and lows, bursts of creative genius, depression, secrets, and lies, a vivid portrait will emerge of the brilliant woman the filmmaker is not sure she ever really knew. This is her attempt to understand what happened.
Director: Denali Tiller
Growing up is full of challenges, but for Tre, Maison, and Giana those challenges reach beyond friends, school, and middle school crushes. Sons and Daughters of the Incarcerated tells the story of three children whose fathers are in prison, and a formerly incarcerated mother who is now working to stop the cycle. How do the stigmas of incarceration shape their identities as they struggle to find their places in their communities and the world? What will it take to break the cycle of violence, crime, and imprisonment that pulls so hard on these kids' lives and millions more like them?
Director: Assia Boundaoui & Alex Bushe
The Feeling of Being Watched is the first documentary film to tell the story of the War on Terror from the perspective inside an Arab-American neighborhood. Since the early 90's, people in Bridgeview, IL have stayed quiet about their deep suspicions of living under government surveillance, and no one has ever dug into why the surveillance may have begun. Until now. This film brings to light an under-represented human story and follows the filmmakers as they investigate what really happened, and may still be happening, in Bridgeview.
Director: Sabaah Jordan & Damon Davis
A first-hand look at how the murder of one teenage boy became the last straw for a community under siege. Whose Streets? is a story of love, loss, conflict, and ambition; the journey of everyday people turned freedom fighters, whose lives intertwined with a burgeoning national movement for black liberation. This is a film for all of America – it provides insight into the unseen reality of racism, the role of media in conflict, state-sanctioned violence, and militarized policing – but at its core it is Ferguson's story, it is our cry of "enough is enough."
Program Manager Iyabo Boyd shares some last-minute tips for our 2015 Accelerator Lab Open Call
The deadline for the 2015 Accelerator Lab Open Call is fast approaching. Applications are due this Wednesday, June 10, 2015, by 5:00 PM EDT.
If you're only just getting started on your application, don't worry – we've compiled the below tips to help you get up to speed fast:
Overview: For those of you that want a full breakdown of this whole process, please review our Grants page and Frequently Asked Questions, both of which provide very helpful and thorough information. If you still have questions, please email email@example.com with your project title in the subject line.
Funding and mentorship: This Open Call for funding is the process that determines which films will be selected for our 2015 Accelerator Lab. If you are selected to receive a grant, you will also participate in the lab, which is a year long intensive mentorship program (with possibility for extension). It is not a goal of the lab for the films to be completed in that year; that is the length of time you'll spend with us receiving mentorship. The lab will be structured around 3 to 4 retreats that the granted directors are required to attend, with travel support from us. The lab will be more intensive and tailored than our past mentorship programs, but if you want some insight on our mentorship style in general, take a look at our mentorship page or our blog.
First- or second- time filmmakers: When we say first- or second- time filmmaker, we're talking specifically about your experience as a director or co-director of feature-length documentaries. You are still eligible if you've already made a few shorts, or done fiction work, we're looking for directors who are making their first or second feature-length documentary. By feature length, we mean 40 minutes or more. Read more about this in our Frequently Asked Questions.
Early production: For this round, we're only accepting projects between development and early-production (with no more than 40% of the footage shot) because we want to ensure that we have the greatest opportunity possible to make an impact on the film and on your development as the director. If you're having trouble figuring out what percentage you've shot, think about the big picture of your finished film, where you are now, and what you need to do to get to that finished project. What do you have in the can, and how much more shooting do you think you have left to do? That's how you'll assess if you've reached the 40%. We're not keeping count, but we hope you'll respect the guidelines and be honest with yourself when considering applying.
Work samples: In a nutshell, the short work sample should grab our attention and show the project's potential; the long work sample should give us a deeper sense of your directorial style, characters, and pacing of the film; and the prior work sample should tell us about your experience and your ability to follow through. The short and long samples should consist of pieces of the project with which you're currently applying, whereas the prior work sample is from a different film you've worked on in the past.
No footage shot yet: We have a strict requirement of at least 7 minutes of footage for applicants. If you can, shoot something quickly before the deadline or maybe ask your subjects to shoot some verite or interview of themselves for you, but only if you think it will be good enough to represent your project in our review process. We do not accept unsolicited updates, so the application is the only opportunity for you to show us what you have. If it doesn't seem you can get it all together before the deadline, it might not be the right time for you to apply for this round.
Parting shots: Here are a few last items to keep in mind:
- For this round we are not accepting interactive projects or series. Stay tuned for announcements on an upcoming program geared toward these formats in 2016. Join our mailing list, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
- If you're unsure what makes a documentary a hybrid, check out this great article from the POV blog. Please also note that just because your film is based on a true story, that doesn't mean it's automatically a hybrid.
- For guidance on the written application, be sure to look at the help text on the right side of each question. Please also note that the word count for many of the essay based questions is 2300 characters, including spaces. Trust us, brief is better.
If you have any additional questions or concerns, send an email to email@example.com. Be sure to include the name of your project in the subject line.


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Twitter rips Chef Curry's new Under Armour Curry 2 Lows.
Yesterday afternoon Under Armour released an all-white "Chef" colorway of the Under Armour Curry 2 Low and as soon as the images hit the internet the roast was on.
TBH, the shoes aren't the worst things we've ever seen- James Harden's new Adidas kicks for next season are a far uglier product- but that didn't stop the jokes from raining in.
Things got so out of hand that Steph's brother, Seth, had to intervene and point out that he wore the kicks recently and they don't look half bad if you style them right.
Again, that didn't stop the vultures of twitter from ripping the unbelievable bland Curry 2 Lows to shreds.
You are awesome Internet, just awesome pic.twitter.com/m6aZKYSVu5— Forever Trill (@mccauley318) June 10, 2016
"Let me speak to your manager" 5s. pic.twitter.com/v4KxNAxxQp— Sedulous Lee (@TonyLee_) June 9, 2016
June 10, 2016
who put shoelaces on these to go boxes wtf pic.twitter.com/wBYgSzrDXL— Myles Brown (@mdotbrown) June 9, 2016
Curry 2 Low "Dude You Haven't Watched The Wire?" https://t.co/LVeuCJaqBr— max (@MaxRappaport) June 9, 2016
June 10, 2016
"Piers morgan raises some valid points" 7s pic.twitter.com/rTDdxfp3P6— Desus Nice (@desusnice) June 9, 2016
"Cam Newton is a thug" 7 lows pic.twitter.com/mOgwbwSE43— Desus Nice (@desusnice) June 9, 2016
Egg Avi XIs pic.twitter.com/Ys8oYniV7I— Tyler Samples (@tsampys25) June 10, 2016
Curry 2 Low "I've got a coupon for that" pic.twitter.com/QmbrSubf2j— Finals MVTweeter (@SadFactory) June 10, 2016
Introducing the 'Treat Your Elders With Respect' Two Low's #CurryTwopic.twitter.com/izzYkO7aZ5— Danny Page (@DannyPage) June 10, 2016
the "make sure you're home before dark" 5s pic.twitter.com/9avv5Yrpm7— Drew (@Dcorrigan50) June 10, 2016
"Let me tell how good Hamilton was" 4s pic.twitter.com/s2dRr6QBqP— Desus Nice (@desusnice) June 10, 2016
"Beyonce's formation is disrespectful to police officers" XXI's pic.twitter.com/G7plG5H3Jv— Desus Nice (@desusnice) June 10, 2016
THE "PROSTATE EXAM" 7'S ARE LIMITED RELEASE & U *MUST* SIGN UP FOR THE LOTTERY VIA YOUR AARP APP. GOOD LUCK! pic.twitter.com/RJVAB5MKZs— The Kid Mero (@THEKIDMERO) June 10, 2016
the beat the traffic 8s pic.twitter.com/0DzZCJ7xpq— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) June 10, 2016
The arcade manager 13's pic.twitter.com/WPmfpvivbm— Spitta (@CurrenSy_Spitta) June 10, 2016
Hey man hey man I know what it's like.... Those master p basketball shoes weren't exactly Jordan 3's either.. I did the commercial tho haha— Spitta (@CurrenSy_Spitta) June 10, 2016
I thought I had em looking straight last week 😂 pic.twitter.com/DyxYxGscGK— Seth Curry (@sdotcurry) June 10, 2016


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September 1, 2005
The Milltown Reservoir Sediments Design Review Team is charged with offering a peer review on the technical details involved in the removal of the Milltown Dam and sediments, and advising the parties responsible for the cleanup on behalf of various stakeholders. As the only nongovernmental group involved in the process, CFRTAC, in cooperation with Missoula County, will provide information and opportunity for comment to public interest organizations and the public at large.
Timelines for the Milltown cleanup are tight and the contractors have concerns about delays possible in the public process. Still, there is a high level of public interest in the Milltown cleanup. The purpose of the design review team is to move efficiently through the design process and allow for public participation.
Check out CFRTAC's fact sheet on Milltown Design Review Outreach (PDF) and see how to get involved.
Anyone who wants to help define CFRTAC's role in the Design Review Team and outreach effort is welcome to attend a meeting noon October 4, at the River City Grill in Bonner. Or call Jim Kuipers at 406-782-3441, or Michael Kustudia at 541-8099.


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Financial Aid
Families that have a financial hardship may opt to take on additional volunteer responsibilities in lieu of cash payment, at the discretion of DFS leadership. Most positions involve significant time commitment and will fulfill a school need. Some positions may happen after regular hours or at home. If you have a financial need and would like to be considered for this program, please fill out the financial aid application. You may also visit our volunteer page to learn more about volunteering.


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Perfect Home Healthcare
About Perfect Home Healthcare3410 Vineland Place
Dumpfries, VA 22026
Price & Availability: (855) 757-9233
General Info: (571) 229-5289
Provides services to: children, adults, seniors
Service Area for Perfect Home Healthcare
About Perfect Home Healthcare
Perfect Home Healthcare
Believes the needs of client needs to be met so we have trained nurses. Our nurses have the skills to recognize and respect behavior,ideas,attitudes,values,beliefs,customs,languages.
Our Services
* Companion Care
* Personal Care
* Light House Keeping
* Meal Preparation
* Laundry
* Medication Reminder
* Personal Grooming and Hygiene
* Bathing and Dressing
* Assist with Ambulance and Transfer
* Live-in 24 Hours
* Respite Care
* Escort to doctor Appointment
* Private Duties Nursing
* ( Trach,G-tubes and Vent)
Perfect Home Healthcare Services
- Private Duty Home Care
- Home Care
- Home Health Aid
- Nursing Care
Cities Served by Perfect Home Healthcare
Perfect Home Healthcare serves ZIP codes that encompass all or part of each of the cities listed below.


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- Details
The ultimate 24/7 go-to option, whether as workwear foundation or party choice: A-line skirt made of flowing viscose crêpe. Perfect for working blouses and tops alike, this HALLHUBER skirt entices with a feminine silhouette and swinging hemline. It teams effortlessly with platform shoes of all kinds, whether that's pumps, ballerina flats or trainers. Optimal comfort is also guaranteed thanks to the elasticised waistband and integrated rubber strand. This A-line skirt comes complete with curved side pockets for an added boost of casual flair.
- Material: 100% viscose
- Material lining: Unlined
- Length (in) for size 8: 26
- Colour: sage
- Reference: 171005485770634
- Handwash
- Do not bleach
- Do not dry
- Dry cleaning
- Ironing stage I
- All prices incl. 20 % tax
- Returns
You have 14 days to return any item. To ensure your item is processed quickly, please return it complete with the original packaging if possible. Please note that only returned items bearing their original labels will be accepted. You can take your parcel to any post office. The customer bears the costs for return shipments.


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A Values-Led Sustainable Business Strategy
VF's first sustainability and responsibility report highlights the many actions—large and small—that we are taking to responsibly manage our business, across all brands and geographies.
VF is a growth company. To succeed, we must consistently deliver top-quartile total return to shareholders while operating in a sustainable and responsible manner. Today, our social and environmental programs influence our business decisions and ensure our company maintains a competitive advantage.
VF is also a company of values. These values guide our actions every day, from the way we make, distribute and market our products to the way we work to preserve our environment and support local communities.
In this, our first global sustainability and responsibility report, we provide insight into the actions we've taken, outline our sustainability and responsibility strategy, put our social and environmental impacts and efforts into context and detail our goals and progress.
To prepare this report, we assessed the issues most material to our business operations in more than 70 countries. The scope of this report spans activities related to VF, our consolidated subsidiaries and our branded business units, including our owned global manufacturing and distribution systems, as well as areas of sourcing relationships where we exercise control. The basis of the report includes only the operations and brands owned by VF, unless stated otherwise. We've worked to understand our most significant impacts and the ways we can use our size, scale and global insights to optimize our social influence and create products in more environmentally-sound ways.
Because of the scale of VF, we view this report as a moving picture rather than a snapshot in time. We are constantly improving our programs, policies and processes in order to reach our sustainability and responsibility targets. We are continuously collaborating to meet the expectations of our consumers, customers, associates (employees), shareholders and NGOs around the world. We look forward to reporting and updating our website several times over the course of the year to reflect our most current performance.
We used the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework to organize this report and to assess our performance, which informs and begins an ongoing conversation about what it takes to sustainably manage and grow our business. We are committed to reaching our potential through people, products and programs that address our impact on the world, while contributing to favorable change across our industry.
With reference to the GRI third-generation (G3.1) guidelines and the Apparel and Footwear Sector Supplement indicators, we have self-assessed our performance against the GRI guidelines at the B level. For questions related to the report, please contact Sustainability Team.