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Assigned Reading: LPP pgs. 105-120 and The Story in the Picture Ch. 4
Concepts in Art:
My response to this reading is that it was extremely informative. The reading discusses the several ways that elements of art can be extended in the classroom and go past the ways that they are traditionally used. Placing images around the room, especially reproductions of artwork can really engage students in learning that is beyond typical lectures or lessons. Children will get excited to refer to images that are hanging on the walls and even more excited when they come into class on any given day and those images have changed and are brand new to them. These images and artworks can be used to explore so many important concepts of art.
The concepts of art that were discussed in the reading are: color, line, shape, and three dimensional work. These concepts, especially if they are readily available to the child either introduce or reiterate concepts that have been discussed and taught.
"Introducing concepts of line, shape, and color also lets children (and teachers) know that not all art activities need to be dependent on areas of the curriculum" (Mulcahey, 57). This idea presented in "The Story in the Picture" introduces the idea that there is art knowledge that can be explored on its own and it should be.
Giving children the opportunity to explore their own ideas, on their own, in addition to the ones the teacher is presenting in the classroom will be extremely beneficial.
- How does one effectively introduce concepts of art to children while still keeping their interest or making the lesson age appropriate?
- What are some ways to promote discussion about art?
- How do teachers allow students to explore art on their own while still keeping the lesson structured or on task?
- How young is too young to promote the freedom to choose what one creates in an art classroom?
- How do you incorporate discussion about pieces that students create on their own or ideas they come up with themselves?


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Preseason Training in Full Swing
Though spring is some time away, training has already commenced for 2016 with a full preseason training programme now underway in Amsterdam. If you are keen to join and play some footy this year, come down to the Vondelpark at 7pm on Tuesdays! For more information, please contact us via Facebook or email.
We're also looking for people who are keen to do some training sessions in the Hague, so if you can't make it to Amsterdam please get in touch via Facebook or email so that we can gauge the numbers and organise training sessions in the Hague!
DAFA AGM announcement
To all our members,
2015 has been by far the best year for the Dutch Australian Football Association with several highlights. We have started the year with early training sessions for the inaugurational European Club tournament called the AFL Champions League. We hosted and organized this event with a lot of positive feedback and reached a very well respected 4th place for the Amsterdam devils.
We have played a national Dutch league between 3 evenly powered teams. A number of international game days have been held, we have received teams from London, Odense, Cologne and visited teams in Paris and the Rheinland. The national team ' The Flying Dutchman' has earned 9th place in the AFL Europe Cup in Croatia and brought home a well deserved plate, to be placed in our recently acquired brand new club house at Sportspark the Eendracht. Finally the season was closed off with our first international footy trip in Ireland. Many good things we look back at with pride.
We would like to maintain our positive run within the club and progress to coordinate and work on our own organization to provide another good season for 2016 and beyond.
Therefore we would cordially like to invite you for the DAFA Annual General Meeting on Wednesday the 6th of January at 19:00 hrs at sportspark the Eendracht.
In this meeting we will briefly look back to season 2015. Based on your input or enrollment as a member we would also like to discuss any changes within the DAFA board and Games Administration Committee. Through this way we would also like to invite you as a member to come forth, contribute to your club and nominate yourself for any of the open positions that are available for nomination. These roles are re-electionable every year and will be determined during the AGM where your important attendance and therefore personal vote counts.
The season 2016 open positions for nomination are: (Vice)-President, (Assistant)-Treasurer, GAC member, Secretary, Public Relations Officer and Coach.
If you feel affiliated with one of these roles or are interested in the roles and responsibilities then we would like to hear your personal note preferable before or at latest during the AGM. Please contact one of the current Board Members for this (Micka, Jort, Maurice or Tim)
The AGM will also be held to discuss and inform important club matters for season 2016. Such as the use of our current club house, membership fees, recruitment, game planning, tournaments, the Champions League 2016, training structure, material and much, much more. Should you feel obliged to have your say in this then please make yourself present and known during the AGM.
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Kristen Stewart & Rumored Girlfriend Soko Match in Bright Jackets
Kristen Stewart steps out of a building on Friday (March 18) in Paris, France.
The 25-year-old actress was joined by her 30-year-old rumored girlfriend Soko.
The duo wore similar colorful jackets, Kristen in bright red and the stylish French musician in shimmering pink.
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Kristen and Soko have been spending the week together in the city and have been spotted side by side on a daily basis.
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Steve and I sometimes wonder how we made it this far along the marital trail, when so many others have dropped by the wayside. But as we sit and reflect, we can look back on our life together and see God's handiwork at so many junctures amongst the Family Circus maze of our wanderings. We can see His fingerprints on both our good and bad experiences and the gaining of wisdom that it afforded us. Most importantly, he placed so many providential people along our path at critical points to guide us in our inexperience and naivety as a couple.
We are especially thankful for two couples in those early years. Whether they saw themselves as mentors, we don't know, but they definitely sidled up next to us to pour into our fledgling marriage and parenthood. They were essential in helping us begin to form the foundation of our marriage. At the time, we couldn't understand WHY we had to be so far away from home, but now looking back, we credit those early years for building the root structure that would allow our little family tree to weather the storms that would come later. I'm not sure that we could have done it without these couples or these experiences.
Steve enlisted in the Air Force and we moved away immediately upon our marriage. It was during those first years away from family and hometown friends that our foundation would begin to form. We first found ourselves as strangers in a strange land, in England. We felt like fish out of water, culturally and emotionally, as we were also brand new to this marriage thing with only each other to depend on. Before long we met a couple that took us under their wing. The thing is, in the military, rank is everything and you normally don't fraternize with those under your rank. But this Captain and his lovely wife, farther down the marriage road than us (and much higher in rank), did just that. They stepped gracefully over that demarcation line and enveloped us into their family and became a lifeline of advice and support. We admired and respected them as a couple and as parents, and carefully observed their interactions with each other to help us navigate ours. We don't know what we would have done without them. They became an invaluable touchstone. We don't see them near as often as we wish, but our hearts will always be connected in a bond of thankfulness.
The second couple found their way into our lives in South Dakota, again far far from home. History repeated itself in that the lines of rank had no meaning for a young doctor and his precious wife as they embraced us. At the time, since we were also new to the military way of life, we didn't see this for how outside the norm it was. Looking back, it stands out as a very rare occurrence and the fact that it happened to us twice is not a coincidence. We have no doubt God placed them there….for us. They were drawn to our youth and inexperience as parents and they reached out. Their guidance came in the guise of sharing meals and including us in their family gatherings. We gained so much wisdom from watching them parent their children. During this season of our lives, I am sad to say that Church had been on our back burner. The wife, in her compassionate and caring way, encouraged us to give our children a spiritual foundation that they could take with them and build from. It was sage advice that we took to heart as we slowly tried to implement her words throughout the years, and have never regretted her gentle nudging.
Now we wish to pay it forward. That is where our passion for pouring lies…with young couples. We have landed in this city of young people at this time in our lives for a reason. I think God is placing us in providential proximity to others that are just like that young version of us. We are prompted to move in that direction, as our dear friends moved toward us. We believe that is why we are given our difficult experiences….to share…to support….to help others over the hurtles. What providential people are there in your story that may prompt you to pour in a significant way?
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30 Boxes is an online calendar application with built-in social networking features. Central to 30 Boxes is the concept of buddies (which you can add, just like any other social networking site) with whom you share your calendar to the extent you decide.
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text: Home > Lifestyle > Teen > Your life Updated 30 October 2013 It's exam time! Exams are around the corner. Are you prepared? Are you panicking? CyberShrink gives a few great tips on coping with examination stress. 0 Related Beat exam blues How to improve your marks Dealing with that difficult teacher Ask Teen Expert » Quiz Will the relationship last? » Test Push-ups » From girl to woman From boy to man Exams are around the corner. Are you prepared? Are you panicking? CyberShrink gives a few great tips on coping with examination stress. Exams are one of the most stressful of experiences we routinely have to endure - especially when we're young. This is the first of two articles aimed at all those facing examinations in the next few weeks. The issues mentioned here should also be useful to members of your family. And also to anyone else who is facing things such as job interviews, assessments at work, or any other public performance of any kind. Here follow some practical tips: Not all stress is bad. It is important to remember that a bit of stress can motivate us - the trick is to get the dose right. If you find exams to be relaxing, or pure pleasure, then you must be misunderstanding something! A modest amount of stress and anxiety can provide valuable stimulus that gets us to study and prepare, otherwise we might not bother to put in our best effort. Anxiety is normal. The exam results are important to you, and not entirely predictable - anyone can be anxious about that. But you don't need to become so anxious that you're crippled by fear. You need to control the anxiety, and not let it control you. You're the boss, even if it doesn't feel like it. Lack of control is scary. We don't like being in situations where we can't entirely control what happens, especially when the result really matters to us. 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It's well known that many people think that the use of drugs - both legal and illegal, prescription or street - can help when coping with stress. They're actually likely to damage your chances of success even in the short term. Unless you have very specific kinds of stress problems, you should stay away from any of these. Just about the worst thing you can do is to take some medication to help you study through the night. Be well prepared. Prepare as well as you still can, plan for the exam. By doing these things, your confidence and competence will increase. Try and avoid that last-minute rush. However, now it might be too late to start worrying about what you didn't do months ago - you can't go back in a time machine and do your preparation better, and sitting panicking about what you should have done, simply makes you panic. 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Our Social Initiatives
SCGC is devoted to establishing a sustainable dialogue with the local communities especially those surrounding the plants. Building partnerships for sustainable development is part of our company's corporate policy.
In this respect, this attitude was reflected by initiating the following projects in the field of socio-economic development, education and health.
Omar Ibn El Khattab Preparatory School Upgrading Project, Suez
Implementing Agency: Takatof Association for Development
Location: Kafr Selim in Suez Governorate
Start Date: June 2014
Suez Cement
The school has deteriorated due to the looting and riots that have been occurring in the city of Suez. The doors and windows need a complete change (and in some classrooms are not-existent), bathrooms are dilapidated and the flooring is in a very bad condition, Furniture, desks and chairs need to be changed. Scope of the project is to provide the students and the teachers with a good environment to help with the educational process.
Implementation of the program
Upgrading in the school will be done on a structural and architectural level, infrastructure and furnishing/equipment. The execution of the project will be from May 2014 to February 2015, divided in 4 phases, ending with the school inauguration event.Suez CementSuez Cement
Before After
Progress at September 2015
The school has been completely upgraded and refurbished and more than 800 pupils, including children with special needs, can now benefit from better, brighter, warmer classrooms thanks to this initiative. The project's activities included also training courses addressed to the 61 teachers, the administrative staff of the school and the pupils' parents.
Suez Cement and Takatof NGO also developed new activities, with the involvement of Suez Cement's employees, to tackle the project sustainability challenges. On this regard, Suez Cement and Takatof Association for Development signed an agreement to implement a school program against violence, that aims at decreasing the level of violence in the school and indirectly improve the educational process, and hire necessary cleanliness and security staff for securing and maintaining the school.
Partner Background
Takatof Association for Development is an NGO with the goal of a "Better Quality of life for people of poor and underprivileged areas in Egypt".
Among its activities is the renovation of public schools according to a protocol agreement signed with the Ministry of Education.
Madrasti, Kafr El Elw - Helwan
Implementing Agency: ADEW, Association for Development and Enhancement of Women
Location: Kafr El Elw, Helwan
Start Date: May 2014Suez Cement
Purpose of the project is to create a suitable and healthy school environment for children in order to empower them to become active citizens in the future and to achieve a long term change in mentality for the entire community to understand the need and vital importance of education for the present and future.
Implementation of the program
Renovation of the primary school in Kafr El Elw, Helwan will include:
- rehabilitation of the facilities
- scholarships to pay tuition fees and help families to purchase uniforms, book, shoes, school bags, etc..
- medical convoys to provide women and children with a medical service
- community mobilization program through which a set of development projects will be implementedProgress at March 2015
On March 3rd was held the closing conference of "Madrasti" project (My School) carried out by The Association for Development and Enhancement of Women (ADEW) in collaboration with Helwan Cement Company. The conference aimed at presenting the achievements of the project implemented in the period between July 2014 and February 2015. ""Madrasti"" project was successful partnership for developing the learning environment in Kafr El-Elw district. The infrastructure of Kafr El-Elw primary school was developed for the benefit of 860 girl and boy students. Tuition fees were paid for a number of 500 students and sportswear, uniforms and stationeries were also offered to them. SCGC is glad to present you the achievements of the project implemented, as appeared on national portals at below links:
Akhbar el youm
Face Masr
Partner Background
ADEW is an Association for Development and Enhancement of Women believing in the power of social, economic and political development to alleviate poverty and eradicate the cultural differences between genders that perpetuate inequality.
Sponsorship of the Enactus Annual National Competition
Implementing Agency: ENACTUS EGYPT
Location: Helwan, Suez, El Minya
Date: Acadiemic years 2013 - 2014 and 2014 - 2015Suez Cement
Suez Cement is one of the main sponsors of the Enactus Annual National Competition. Egyptian students are asked to present their development project to be evaluated by Egyptian business leaders serving as judges who will rank them on how successful they were at using business concepts to improve the quality of life and standard of living for those in need and the most impact creating economic opportunities for others.
Implementation of the program
Suez Cement provides Helwan, Tourah and Suez Enactus team with technical support to help them reach a high rank in the competition. The winners of the national competition are invited to compete at the prestigious Enactus World Cup that involve students from 39 other countries. In the academic year 2013-2014 Suez Cement also promoted the "Special Competition on marketing Italcementi Group innovative products in the Egyptian market" involving students from 40 Egyptian universities who were asked to prepare a marketing and communication plan to commercialize Italcementi Group innovative products in the Egyptian market. In its continuos commitment towards education and development projects inside the local communities SCGC has partnered again in 2015 with Enactus Egypt for the academic year 2014-2015. The funds also covered "Suez Cement Special Competition on Solar Energy".
Partner Background
ENACTUS is an international non-profit organization that brings together students, academic and business leaders who are committed to using the power of entrepreneurial action to improve the quality of life and standard of living for people in need. The student leaders of Enactus create and implement community empowerment projects around the world.
Revamping of Helwan Public Hospital
Implementing Agency: Misr El Kheir Foundation
Location: Helwan
Start Date: December 2013
Suez Cement
Aim of the project is to give Helwan and neighbour areas an efficient structure that can contribute to the development of healthcare for the needy communities nearby the Company's manufacturing sites.
The upgrade of Helwan Public Hospital was in fact directly required by the Company's employees. It is an example of successful stakeholders engagement, involving the private sector, the NGO, the government and the local community.
Implementtion of the program
Helwan and Tourah Cement Companies partnered in 2013 with the Misr El Kheir Foundation for the revamping of the facility. The area chosen as first stage is the Emergency Room, which is considered the first and more crowded step. In addition, the plan includes training of the staff, changes in the policies and procedures and other processes to enable performing in a more efficient and effective way. The project, worth LE 3 million, is set to tackle the hospital's crumbling infrastructure as well as provide proper medical equipment and maintenance. In addition, it will also look at hospital employee morale, due partially to the facility's chronic problem of being understaffed. The restructuring activities took unfortunately more than the one year expected, due to unforeseen technical impediments and additional works required. These delays caused the extension of the timeframe of the project which however resulted to be in the end very well equipped to develop the efficiency, safety and performance of the hospital itself by revamping the infrastructure, qualify and empower its staff in order to meet a standard suitable to the need of the patients.
Progress at September 2015
In pursuance to the successful completion of improving the health infrastructure of Helwan area through modernizing Helwan Public Hospital, Suez Cement has supported extra infrastructural activities to successfully complete the project. During the renovation works, Misr El Kheir Foundation discovered critical and complex obstacles in the hospital that weren't visible initially and could not be estimated until reaching this phase of the project. As mentioned, the Emergency room was chosen as first stage area to be revamped as the more crowded step for trauma and accidents immediate care. The future plans should include renovation works in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Departments.
Partner Background
Misr El Kher Foundation is a non-profit organization involved in several sectors, including health, social solidarity, scientific research and education. The foundation supports projects in each field through financial support and consulting work as well as offers direct help to limited income families.
Supporting the activities of Don Bosco Technical Institute
Implementing Agency: Don Bosco Institute in Cairo
Location: Cairo
Start Date: May 2006Suez Cement
Suez Cement has been supporting Don Bosco since 2006 through upgrade of its infrastructure and facilities, development of new programs and increase of number of students attending the Institute. The project is linked to the national program for educational development and to the literacy policy launched by the Egyptian government. The overall program's objective is to match the demand and the supply of training to improve Egyptian industries' competitiveness in the global and domestic markets. The specific objectives of the project are to provide a suitable educational environment, increase the number of students and create new job opportunities for young Egyptians.
Implementation of the program
Over the years, the contribution of SCGC helped increasing the number of students attending the Institute, has allowed the construction and renovation of laboratories and classrooms and a new storey that holds seven classrooms and three laboratories which have been provided with the necessary educational equipment and furniture. In line with the objectives of the joint project, Suez Cement provided on yearly basis, summer internships to students from the Don Bosco Institute with two months of training on the cement industry. The 51-day program is divided into theoretical and on-the-job practical training. The theoretical part focused mainly on implementing two concepts that are new to students: Suez Cement's Safety and Environmental policies. It also covers the technical issues related to cement manufacturing. SCGC has hired more than 25 graduates from the program and provided on-the-job training for another 170 participants on top of summer internship opportunities.
The project is also focused on conducting new training courses for the educational activities implemented in cooperation with the International Telematic UNINETTUNO University, a consortium of some of the most renowned Italian and Euro Mediterranean universities. The project provides skilled labor, highly qualified technicians and competitive managers for both the national and international work market.
Progress at 2015
The fund for 2015 covers the scholarship for 48 poor students and will be used to upgrade the centre by reinforcing the external wall, buying an electric generator and support the Oratorio (Youth Centre) for the recreational, schooling and social activities addressed to the youth of the neighborhood.
Partner Background
The Don Bosco Technical Institute in Cairo was founded in 1926 with the aim of helping Egyptian teenagers holding a pre-school diploma to enter the job market. It has been regarded as a successful model, because of its combination of advanced practical training and modern educational techniques. The Institute supports young people from different social backgrounds by providing educational and training courses based on student-centered approaches, including cultural, professional and social aspects. According to the overall agreement between the Italian and Egyptian governments to promote technical, scientific and cultural cooperation between the two countries, the graduated Don Bosco students can be admitted either to Egyptian or to Italian Universities. Don Bosco graduates are well known and in demand throughout the industrial sector due to their excellent training and professional skills.
Suez Cement Company Endowed Fellowship Fund
Implementing Agency: AUC
Location: Cairo
Start Date: January 2012Suez Cement
Suez Cement has given funding for the Suez Cement Company Endowed Fellowship Fund, which will support tuition for one Egyptian M.Sc. student in the School of Sciences and Engineering at the American University in Cairo. This graduate fellowship offers the chance for academically outstanding and financially disadvantaged students to obtain their master's degree at AUC.
Implementation of the program
The recipient must reside in Helwan or Tourah in Greater Cairo, the Suez Governorate or the Minya Governorate or have graduated and received a Bachelor's degree from Helwan University, Minya University or Suez Canal University. The student will be expected to complete his/her studies within two years. After the student graduates, another student will be selected to receive this fellowship. In this way, the donation will fund in full the education of bright and deserving students in perpetuity.
Progress at June 2015
Michael is currently enrolled for the second and terminal year of his master's program in mechanical engineering, after satisfactorily completing four courses during his first year while he was serving in the military. During the summer, Michael accepted a position as Projects Engineer for Wolf Lubricants.
Michael reflected on his past year at AUC and wanted to share the following:
"I am working on a research concerning sustainability and sustainable development. I have been researching on cement kiln dust (CKD), which is the fine-grained, solid, highly alkaline waste removed from cement kiln exhaust gas by air pollution control devices. It is currently categorized as "special waste."
I would like to let Suez Cement know that I appreciate their generous aid and that I have tried my best to make a good use of the opportunity they gave me. I am a better professional and person because they contributed to that. I deeply thank you for the great chance that you gave me to return to AUC as a graduate. Through this opportunity, I was able to make a huge career shift to production and industrial engineering. I was given the chance to conduct compatible research with my new job. Thank you for supporting me, I truly appreciate it."
Partner Background
The American University in Cairo was founded in 1919 by Americans devoted to education and community service in the Middle East. Today, AUC is the region's premier English-language university — an essential contributor to the social, political and cultural life of the Arab world. It also serves as a crossroads for the world's cultures: a vital, vibrant forum for reasoned argument, spirited debate and understanding across cultures. AUC is an independent, nonprofit, apolitical, non-sectarian and equal-opportunity institution, fully accredited in Egypt and the United States.
57357 Children's Cancer Hospital
Implementing Agency: 57357 Children's Cancer Hospital
Location: Cairo
Start Date: 2008 - 2013Suez Cement
SCGC raises funds for 57357 Children's Cancer Hospital, one of the best cancer hospitals in the region. The donation, which includes cash and cement products, is set to enable the hospital to continue to engage in advanced cancer treatment and research.
Implementation of the program
Six hundred tons of cement were donated in 2008 for the construction of a new building which contains the cyclotron, special equipment used for the cancer therapy which allows a personalized cancer treatment. In 2012 and 2013 the Company supported the construction of a new clinic donating totally 100 tons. In 2013, 25 SCGC employees from the Helwan, Tourah and Kattameya plants participated in a marathon organized by the hospital to raise more funding for the medical facility.
A special Ramadan Campaign with SCGC workers was dedicated to fundaraise the hospital collecting totally EGP 300,000 in addition to the EGP 115,000 previously donated by the Company.
Partner Background
Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt 57357 is the largest children's cancer hospital in the world. CCHE is leading the way in healthcare in Egypt and is a model of what people can do when they work together for the benefit of mankind. It provides superior care for children suffering from cancer in Egypt, the Arab world and the Nile Basin countries.
Adopt a school
Implementing Agency: Injaz
Location: El Minya
Start Date: August, 2012Suez Cement
Suez Cement has agreed to "adopt" four Egyptian schools, one each in Tourah, Helwan, Suez and Menya. The money we donate will go to four main areas:
- developing student skills
- training the teachers on interactive ways of teaching
- holding awareness sessions with parents
- making the school environment a livable and healthy place where students can develop and flourish
Implementation of the program
Learn skills that are vital for them to be able to step up and become better citizens and employees developing their entrepreneurial skills and spirit. Courses the students will be studying (Environment, Personal Life Planning, Success Skills, More than Money, It's my business and Community Leadership) are built around three pillars:
- work readiness
- financial literacy
- entrepreneurship.
Enabling a school teacher to effectively implement the best modern teaching techniques through a breakthrough in education that will shift the old teaching paradigm.
Coach parents on better parenting skills as well as discuss with them issues about building a healthy, engaged environment around the students that will welcome the changes and development fostered through the INJAZ courses.
Assess school's physical needs to make the school a better place for the students to study and play.
Partner Background
INJAZ Egypt is an educational organization that works to bridge the gap between the education system and the private sector. In partnership with the Ministry of Education and multinational and national companies Injaz was established to create a new generation of empowered youth who will become entrepreneurs or the employees of choice for corporations, instead of joining the growing ranks of the unemployed. Injaz signed an MOU with the Ministry last year to launch the first Adopt a School program.
Training of students to help develop critical skills
Partners: Helwan and Suez Canal Universities
Location: Helwan and Suez
Start Date: November 2012Suez Cement
Following the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding on June 28, 2012, SCGC signed the implementation agreements with Helwan and Suez Canal Universities to provide assistance and training of students to help develop critical skills needed to raise their competitive edge in the job market after graduation, in addition to other support that will enhance the learning environment for both students and professors.
Implementation of the program
The support of the Group will be in some of the following areas: student trainings (English language and Soft Skills), internship opportunities, support of young reserchers and in addition, SCGC will financially assist defaulting or unable students to pay their tuitions and cover cement lab/materials.
SCGC's activities during Ramadan
Location: Helwan, Tourah, El Minya, SuezSuez CementSuez Cement
In the spirit of the merciful month of Ramadan, SCGC ran different activities as part of its continuous commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility with the local communities. Ramadan is the most important and charitable month for all Muslims and in this view charity drives people to give back to those in need.
Implementation of the program
In Tourah and Helwan Cement Social Club, 300 seats are daily arranged annually for the "Maidat Rahman" providing the most disadvantaged people with a meal box, thus reaching almost 9,000 persons during the 29 days per year.
In cooperation with different local NGOs thousands of Ramadan bags, which include the basic food needs for the fasting month, are also distributed to the poorest families of Cairo, Suez and Minya governorates. SCGC employees take part in delivering the food boxes to the beneficiary families listed on the NGOs' databases through social status investigations.
In addition, SCGC plants host iftars banquets for its employees to share together and spread the atmosphere of Ramadan and organize Ramadan Football Tournaments as an occasion of fun and positive competition between workers, contractors and neighborhoods.
Implementing Agency: National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM)
Location: Kafr El Elw, Al Maasara (Cairo)
Start Date: June 2007Suez CementSuez Cement
Kafr El Elw Cement School Before Kafr El Elw Cement School After
The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) was established in 1988 as the highest national authority with policy making, planning, coordination, and monitoring and evaluation activities in the areas of child protection and development.
Under the auspices of the Governor of Cairo, H.E. Abdel Azim Mussa Wazir, Suez Cement group of Companies (SCGC) and the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM), launched on the 18th of April, 2007 a comprehensive program designed to improve the standard of living conditions in the communities of Kafr El Elw and El Maasara area. The key objectives are to help eradicate poverty by addressing community needs and providing access to quality infrastructure and services, especially in education.
The project addresses the environmental problems that affect the Southern Cairo communities. It aims at solving these problems by raising awareness on the importance of cleanliness for the environment and the public health in general. It tackles also other social issues such as illiteracy, unemployment and women's and children's rights. In cooperation with 19 local NGOs, religious leaders and schools, the project implements awareness-raising initiatives in the field of environment, health, education and children's rights.
Expected Results
During the first year the project plans to achieve the following results:
- A social survey about the inhabitants of the two southern Cairo districts available;
- Students and teachers from 10 schools and local leaders are trained on environmental awareness;
- Community environmental guard groups established;
- Educational material on environmental awareness prepared and distributed;
- Special community events on environmental, health and social problems implemented;
- Poor children, women and girls, before illiterate, know how to read and write and are aware of local environmental problems and related health issues.
- six schools of Kafr El Elw and Al Maasara area revamped
- two medical centers of the target area revamped
- new green areas for the children established
- Providing training courses addressed to the teachers of 10 schools of the target area
- sport initiatives organized by the youth centers of the area implemented
Progress at March 2008
Since 2007, Suez Cement group of Companies has partnered with the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) to implement a development project in the field of poverty alleviation targeting the local communities of Kafr El Elw and El Maasara, two districts of Helwan Governorate where two of the Company's five plants are located. In 2008, SCGC provided a yearly grant of L.E. 2,400,000 to NCCM to improve the quality of life of the children and their families living in the two districts. The key objective of this development project, titled "For the Smile of Our Children", is to contribute to the eradication of poverty and to address community needs and priorities by providing access to quality basic infrastructure and services, especially in the field of education.
To better respond to local needs and enhance the sustainability of social investments, the project has implemented awareness-raising initiatives in the areas of environment, health, education and children's rights. The project adopts a participatory approach by involving the entire community, including community leaders, youth centers, local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and women's groups. A Steering Committee has been established that includes representatives of Suez Cement, NCCM, Helwan Governorate, the Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs, the ministries of Education, Health, Electricity, Industry, and Interior, the Cairo Holding Company for Water and Sanitary Drainage, and local NGOs. To date, the project has conducted a social research survey to investigate the social, health and environmental problems the two communities are facing and to identify their needs. In particular, the study examined the population distribution in each of the two communities, and the educational and employment status of each. Teachers and heads of the environmental department of the Ministry of Education have been trained on how to organize environmental camps, and 1344 students have received training as environmental guards. The project also organized a green corner competition among the 10 schools involved in project activities. Sixty awareness campaigns on health and environmental issues have been executed, with special attention given to the awareness program on children's rights, environment, drugs, smoking and female genital mutilation (FGM). In addition, the project has revamped and upgraded 6 schools from Kafr El Elw and El Maasara area, upgraded two health medical centers, and covered the school fees of 710 children to prevent them from dropping out of school. Within the framework of the project, SCGC co-sponsored some of the activities of the national campaign against FGM, and participated at a high-level regional conference titled "For the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation - the Cairo Declaration + 5". The conference took place in Cairo on 13 -15 December 2008 under the patronage of the First Lady, H.E. Suzanne Mubarak. The purpose of the meeting was to provide an opportunity to share knowledge and experiences accumulated at the regional and national levels, in order to identify and consolidate the most appropriate strategies and legislative policies to combat FGM, and create the foundations of a real and strong international alliance to eradicate the practice once and for all. During the event, H.E. Moushira Khattab, secretary general of NCCM, thanked Suez Cement as the first and only private company that accepted to support this important national campaign. A special website for the event is online at http://www.fgmcairodeclaration2008.org.eg
Implementing Agency: International Labour Organization ( I.L.O ) Ministry of Manpower and Migration
Start Date: May, 2007Suez Cement
Within Suez Cement "Zero Accidents project", and building on ILO's relevant Conventions on Occupational Safety and Health and other documents. The campaign will target mainly workers, their families and communities; and will seek to create awareness among them concerning the key safety and health hazards they may encounter in their work.
The project aims to increase awareness, shift and change cultural settings with regard to safety and health at work. It provides the correct information that will allow the workers and their families to make sound and well informed choices.
Expected Results
The main expected results of the project are:
- Launch of the National Safety Day;
- TV spots on safety and health at work produced and broadcasted on national TV and local media channels;
- Audio-visual material produced and distributed to the workers and the local communities
- Advocacy initiatives implemented in the local communities where the plants are located during year 2;
- Communities capacity to organize advocacy initiatives developed and tested;
Progress at March 2008
Preparations for this campaign were carried out in close collaboration with the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the Egyptian Trade Union Federation, and the Federation of Egyptian Industries.
This campaign aims to sensitize workers, their families, communities and the general public as to the causes and consequence of work-related injuries; and means to avoid them. It intends to stimulate greater respect for occupational safety and health in Egyptian industry in general.
This nation-wide campaign utilizes media such as (TV and Radio) in addition to printed materials as posters in the streets and public transportation to disseminate widely occupational safety and health messages.
Within this context, the project target a variety of groups including children/young people, parents, schools, policy makers and communities through an integrated campaign that relies on a number of social communication interventions including public service announcements, public events, the use of radio and television and direct communication approaches that can be implemented at the local level.
To date, the project produced 4 TV campaigns, 4 advertisements for buses and billboards in the metro station.
A radio program on safety at the cement industry was aired on different radio program such as "El Bernameg Elam" containing interviews with experts as well as field interviews with workers.
The project published newsletter, brochures and organized on October, 22nd 2008 the Open-Door Day at Kattameya plant.
Implementing Agency: Education Department of El Minya Governorate
Location: Samalout district (El Minya)
Start Date: August 2007Suez CementSuez Cement
The project is linked to the national program for educational development and to the literacy policy recently launched by the Egyptian Government. Its main aim is to provide a suitable educational environment to school children in the governorates of Minya, which is particularly deprived area where obsolete buildings need to be replaced to cope with the growing population of school age children.
Expected Results
The project will revamp, maintain and equip 6 primary schools. The works will consist of complete refurbishment, partial refurbishment and extensions. They will include the establishment of all relevant infrastructures (water, electricity and sanitary networks, as well as the construction of paved roads to guarantee access to the schools for children). In addition, schools will be provided with the necessary educational equipment, furniture and recreational areas.
Progress at March 2008
All the 6 schools in Minya have been provided with computers laboratories and libraries. Infrastructural works (water and electricity networks) were implemented for 4 schools.
Implementing Agency: World Food Programme
Location: Samalut district (El Minya)Suez CementSuez Cement
The project aims at reducing poverty and enhancing human resources by addressing nutritional deficiency and hunger. In particular, its objective is to improve the nutritional and health status of school children in vulnerable areas between 6 and 12 years old and to enhance their capacity to concentrate and learn at school. This objective will be achieved by supplying snacks to 3000 children of Samalut district on a daily basis, all through the school year, as an incentive to encourage poor families to send their children to primary school.
Expected Results
The main expected results of the project are:
- increase of enrolment in the target schools;
- reduction of drop-out rates;
- minimization of short-term hunger for the target student population;
- snacks are produced in compliance with required food quality standards;
Progress at July 2009
In keeping with its social engagement strategy, and with the aim of supporting and enhancing the government's efforts to improve the quality of education by 2015, Suez Cement signed a partnership agreement with the World Food Programme in January 2008 to provide school feeding support to pre-school, primary, and one-class schools, as well as Girls' Education Initiative (GEI) schools, in the village of Beni Khaled in the district of Samalut. Beni Khaled ranks high among Egypt's poorest 1000 villages. The Company's contribution to this project amounts to L.E. 1,000,000. The beneficiary village of Beni Khaled, which surrounds the El Minya White Cement plant, has seven basic education/primary level schools, three one-classroom schools and five GEI schools. Suez Cement's contribution provides nutritious in-school snacks to 3757 children. The company exceeded the number of children specified in the agreement (2800 children), in order to provide similar treatment to all children enrolled in the assisted classes, as per the request of the School Feeding Unit at the Ministry of Education. The table below provides a breakdown of the Company's outreach by school, type of school, and number of students.
Implementing Agency: El Minya University
Project Duration: 1 year
Location: El Minya
Start Date: August 2007Suez CementSuez Cement
The main goal is to help improve the quality of education and create new job opportunities for the youth of El Minya governorate. In this respect, the Company sponsored a computer laboratory and a language laboratory, supported multicultural exchange activities, and will implement a summer training program in its plant for 40 students.
Expected Results
- Construction of a computer lab and a language laboratory;
- 3 Workshops on the properties of white cement implemented in cooperation with Polytechnic University of Milan and CTG- Italcementi Group.
- 40 students will be trained at El Minya plant;
- Scholarship for the best graduate students of El Minya to attend the Master course on civil engineering "F.lli Pesenti" organized by Polytechnic University of Milan;
Progress at March 2008
The project organized three workshops on the properties of white cement in cooperation with Polytechnic of Milan and CTG.
A scholarship of 20,000 Euro has been granted to one of the best graduated Engineer of El Minya, who is currently attending the Master course in Milan.
The infrastructural works for the two laboratories will be completed by the end of June 2008.
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But for others, an optimum-posture, a toned body, powerhouse control and abdominal strength are essential for sporting competitions, marathons triathlons or charity runs.
Fig 1: London marathon runners - foot placement techniques
Pilates exercises - Injury prevention and increased body-performance: The inherent attention to the smallest details, coordination exercises, flexibility and training during Pilates sessions is increasing the range of motion (ROM), our body coordination, and flexibility and strength - all very important in both preventing injuries and achieving optimum performance.
Being in control of your movements whilst also mastering an increased range of movement allows you to adjust on the spot successfully preventing the risk of injuries. Pilates strengthens the mind and body connection like no other fitness system that focuses on body balance, abilities and body functionality. It works like a thread that reaches out from your centre and lengthens and strengthens your muscles into place, creating a balanced muscular-skeletal structure and strength, body balance and muscle co-ordination.
Pilates - Optimum body-coordination and increased body-balance: Authentic Pilates contains hundreds of exercise modifications, adaptations and progression levels. It uses expertly guided core stabilisation techniques, open and closed kinetic chain movements, smart neuromuscular training and isolated exercises, unique body conditioning and/or multi-planar flexibility and functional training.
It works where other methods can't, including in plyometric, ballistic and weightlifting contexts, which demand repetitive movements – and in many others contexts!
These movements could throw the body out of balance: my second generation Authentic Pilates restores that balance – and your physical performance, to the max!
Authentic Pilates was specifically designed by Joseph Pilates to: get you healthier, stronger and more toned; balanced, lean and mean to your core, with correct posture and rocketing performance!
Fig 2: Jazz Alessi second generation Pilates teacher.Lawrence Hayward first student-teacher and Pilates elder. Joseph H. Pilates, founder.
Pilates and marathon, triathlon training: If you are running a marathon, competing in a triathlons or in any another sporting events, my authentic, second generation, one-to-one Pilates for Sports will help you perform better and be at your best.
PILATES and MARATHONS beautifully complement each other! If you are running a Marathon, competing in a Triathlon or in any another sporting events, the Authentic one-to-one Pilates for Sports I teach helps you perform at your best.
Fig 3: Practising different marathon running techniques is vital
This specially designed Pilates programme will lead to optimum flexibility, increased power and ultimate success, helping you to win competitions, help prevent injuries, and gain endurance, agility and strength!
Pilates and better sex: Pilates strengthens the core muscle and the pelvic floor, and men who practice Pilates gain greater control of this region of their body therefore Pilates helps us to performing better in bed, enjoy more and have much better sex.
Fig 4 - Six Pack: Core muscle exercises, incresed abilities, body-aesthetic and coordination
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"Harry, wake up…"
"It's me, Harry. Come out from under the covers."
Harry opened his eyes blearily and was met with the sight of covers. His body was covered in sweat for the intense heat that came for sleeping under the blankets, but he didn't care. That didn't matter. What did matter were the burns that stung every time he moved. And that voice that kept talking to him and telling him to wake up. His mind was fuzzy and he couldn't place the voice. This scared him. What if it was Voldemort come to torture him again?
Whoever it was placed a hand on the covers and Harry whimpered when they hit his burns. "Harry, please. I want to talk to you."
Harry shook his head under the blankets. He didn't want to talk to anyone. He hurt all over and just wanted to be alone. "Harry, it's me, Sirius. Come out from under the blankets."
Harry's eyes widened. "Sirius?" he rasped, daring to lift the covers a bit and peek out. He saw his godfather's concerned face and removed his head from under the covers.
"Yes, Harry. Everything's okay now. I'm here to take care of you." Harry nearly cried in happiness. Sirius was here. Sirius would make everything better. He tried to get up using his arms for support but he was too weak. His arms gave out and he landed hard back on the bed, tears springing to his eyes as the pain flared up again. "Just stay still, Harry." Sirius moved to remove the rest of the covers from Harry's body and Harry curled up in a ball, shaking his head violently. He was still naked.
Sirius's eyes looked sad. He reached behind him and grabbed a pair of boxers and pajama bottoms that were on the next bed. He held these out to Harry. "I suppose this is the reason Dumbledore gave me these." He placed these next to Harry on the bed. Harry grabbed the clothes and slowly put them on shakily under the covers. When he was done, he allowed Sirius to pull the covers off of him. Sirius's face went pale. His fingers shakily traced the letters on Harry's stomach.
"Did Voldemort write this?" He asked, his voice scared. Harry nodded. "Oh…" Sirius paused and Harry swore he saw tears in his godfather's eyes. Sirius cleared his throat. "Do you want to talk about it?" Harry shook his head hurriedly. He didn't want to even think about what had happened.
"Alright…" Sirius paused. "I was ordered by Madame Pomfrey to try and heal your injuries when you woke up. She wanted to, of course, but Dumbledore thought it would be better if I was here instead. Just lie still." He grabbed a container from the bedside table with shaking hands. When opened it revealed a smelly gel. Sirius put some of this on his fingers and spread it on Harry's burns. Harry flinched slightly. "Dumbledore told me how Voldemort managed to get into Hogwarts."
This perked Harry's interest. He had been wondering how Voldemort had managed to accomplish that. "How?" he managed to whisper.
Sirius sighed. "It was a flaw in our defenses. The wards prevent those who contain either dark magic or a dark mark from entering the grounds. They scan each person and check them for signs of this. There is one person who has an exception to this, though, because he is continually around Dark Magic. The wards are set to recognize him and let him enter." Sirius placed the container back on the table and grabbed a cloth which he soaked with a bright green potion. He gently turned Harry over and rubbed this on his back. "Voldemort possessed Severus Snape to get into Hogwarts. The wards saw Snape and let him through. Voldemort was able to enter and come to you. Dumbledore never thought this would happen since Snape isn't one to be easily possessed. But Voldemort somehow managed it. Snape wasn't too happy about it. The wards have been fixed, of course. It shouldn't be able to happen again."
Sirius fell silent after that. Even though Sirius said Voldemort wouldn't be able to come back, Harry knew that he would. If the Dark Lord had gotten in once had would get in again. Voldemort had promised. Harry knew that Voldemort was going to keep that promise. "He's…going to…come back." He croaked.
Sirius shook his head. "No, Harry. I'll be here. Voldemort won't be able to get anywhere near you. You'll be safe." He put down the rag. "Come here, Harry." Sirius helped Harry into his lap. Sirius laid Harry's head on his shoulder and wrapped his arms around his godson. The gels and potions had numbed Harry's burns and he happily hugged back. Sirius stroked Harry's hair gently. Harry felt water on his neck and realized Sirius was crying.
"What's…wrong…Sirius?" He tried to look up into his godfather's face but Sirius still held him there.
Sirius hugged Harry even tighter. "I know what I horcrux is, Harry." There was a sadness in his voice that Harry had never heard before from his godfather.
"What…is it?"
Sirius didn't say anything for a while and just held Harry close to him. "My brother Regulus came to me once, ranting and raving about them. He told me that Voldemort had some and that is what was keeping him alive. I asked what a horcrux was and he told me." A few more tears leaked from the older man's eyes. "Voldemort is trying to keep you alive because…because the truth, Harry, is that you…" But before Sirius could finish the doors to the hospital wing were opened and Dumbledore entered. He looked up as Dumbledore strode towards them, a bright smile on his face.
Sirius unwrapped his arms from around Harry and gently placed him back on the bed, angry at the interruption. "Harry! I see that Sirius has taken good care of you. Excellent. Your friends have been pestering me to no end about seeing you. Shall I let them in?"
Sort of reluctantly Harry nodded. He was annoyed at Dumbledore. He had been mere seconds away from learning about what Voldemort kept calling him. Although, he did want to see his friends. "Great!" Dumbledore clapped his hands together. "They should be arriving any minute. But first, Sirius, may I talk to you out in the hall?"
Sirius glanced at Harry then back at Dumbledore. "Only for a little bit. I don't want to leave Harry alone."
"He won't be alone. Alastor and Kingsley are just outside. Nobody will come in unless I let them in first. There are wards around the door. Let your mind rest, Sirius. Now come." He motioned for Sirius to follow. Grudgingly, Sirius stood and followed Dumbledore. "Oh, and Harry? A few of the students left you some get well presents. You did give them a bit of a fright." Then they left, closing the door behind them.
Harry looked to his other side and saw an enormous amount of Honeydukes candy. He dove into it immediately. Many students left notes, each saying they hoped he got better. Although still a few thought it was all a stunt pulled to get them to believe that the Dark Lord was back and that he was clearly an attention seeking prat. Harry ignored these and just dug in, eating all the candy he could. How long had it been since he had last eaten? Surely forever.
Harry was tearing into his third dark chocolate bar when he felt it. It was like a presence in his mind. Suddenly the chocolate dropped from his hand. "Enjoying yourself, little horcrux?" Harry looked wildly around, trying to see where Voldemort was. Voldemort chuckled. "I'm in your mind, Harry. Dumbledore can't protect you from your own mind."
Harry was now officially freaked. He opened his mouth to yell for help and found he couldn't make a sound. "They don't need to know, Harry. It's just you and me." Harry shuddered as he felt as if hands were touching him. "You're driving me crazy, little horcrux. I can't stop thinking about you. All I want to do is torture you and cut this soft, soft skin." There was a slight burning feeling and red hand marks appeared on his chest. "Your screams keep echoing in my head. I cannot wait till you are with me. I'm so close, Harry. Oh so close. You'll be mine, Harry. All mine." The invisible hands slid down his stomach to his hips. "I'll be free to torture you whenever I please. Doesn't that sound wonderful?"
Harry tried to get up out of bed but some force slammed him back down. "I wasn't done talking." Voldemort growled. A horrible pain attacked Harry's body and he let out a silent scream. "You're so beautiful when you scream, Harry." Voldemort purred while increasing the pain. Harry arched his back clear off the bed, his head thrown back in silent agony. An excruciating pain ran through Harry's body making tears pour down his face. The invisible hands roved over his chest and stomach, occasionally slipping down to his pant-clad legs. "So very beautiful…"
Yelling was heard from outside the hospital wing. His pain filled mind processed that it was Sirius who was yelling. Sirius could help him. He needed his godfather. "Sirius…" he moaned before his voice was again taken away. That one word made Voldemort increase the pain tenfold. "You're so very disobedient." Voldemort hissed. The hurt was so terrible Harry thought he would die. Suddenly, the pain stopped. "I would love to stay longer, Harry, but your friends are coming. You're not going to tell anyone about this, are you?" A lightning bolt of pain shot through Harry's mind as a warning. He quickly shook his head. "Good boy." The invisible hands disappeared. "I believe the next time I visit you it will be to take you away. Dumbledore's been taking good care of my little horcrux I assume. He will keep you safe for me, hmmm?" The shouting became louder and Harry could make out what was being said. "He deserves to know, Dumbledore! How can you keep him in the dark like this?" Sirius yelled.
Voldemort chuckled. "You still don't know what a horcrux is, Harry, do you?" Harry said nothing. "I could tell you, Harry. All you have to do is call me Master. I so loved it the first time you did." Harry shook his head defiantly. No way would he ever call Voldemort Master again. Voldemort sighed. "You will call me Master soon enough, Harry. Willing or not." Footsteps were heard. "I must go. I will be back soon, little horcrux. I promise you."
The presence left as fast as it had come. Just in time too since that was the moment Sirius came in, mumbling obscenities under his breath. Harry quickly pulled the covers up to his chin to hide the handprints on his chest from his godfather. Sirius took his seat again by Harry's side. Harry was hoping Sirius would continue where he left off but Sirius only grumbled and shook his head, taking Harry's hand and squeezing it. Harry wanted to tell Sirius what happened so badly, but he knew Voldemort would punish him if he did. The Dark Lord didn't go back on his promises.
Not long after Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Ginny, and Neville came in. They circled his bed and all began talking at the same time, asking him if he was alright and what had happened. There wasn't even a chance to talk. So he just laid back and tried to answer all their questions as best he could and, when he couldn't, allowed Sirius to do so. He was so tired but he smiled all the same when Ron humored him with a story of how Dean and Seamus had screwed up so bad on their potion that when Snape came over to check it the potion exploded and made Snape's hair turn purple. And he congratulated Fred and George on the pranks they had managed to pull.
"And Mum's so worried about you." Ginny said. "She couldn't make it but except her soon. She was on the verge of killing Dumbledore for sending you back to your aunt and uncle's. Actually, Dumbledore's getting a lot of heat from everybody, isn't he, Sirius?"
Sirius nodded. "Dumbledore needs to get his priorities straight." He mumbled.
"Sirius!" Hermione exclaimed. "You can't possibly think this was in anyway Dumbledore's fault?"
Sirius's eyes became angry. "If Dumbledore would have let Harry stay with me none of this would have happened! It doesn't matter if I'm on the run or not! I can take ten times better care of Harry then those stupid muggles!"
"Sirius…" Harry squeezed Sirius's hand, trying to calm his godfather. Sirius looked down at him and the anger faded. Sirius remained silent as Harry's friends continued talking. A whole three hours passed filled with laughing and talking. Harry shared his candy with his friends, and Fred and George brought their own weird concoctions everyone tried except for Harry who didn't think he could stomach them at the moment.
Dumbledore came in a bit later and told the students that they needed to get back to class. They all stood and said their goodbyes. Hermione paused before she left. "Are you sure you're alright, Harry?" She asked. No, Harry wasn't alright. He still hurt everywhere and mentally he wasn't doing so well either. But he didn't tell her this. He gave her a fake smile and said he was fine. Hermione gave him a small hug and left with the others.
Dumbledore shot Sirius a look. "Do you want to stay, Sirius?"
"Yes," Sirius growled. "Yes, I do." He scooted closer to Harry.
"You remember our conversation?"
"I won't tell him, okay?" Sirius yelled. "Happy now?" Dumbledore nodded and shut the doors, leaving them alone. Before Harry could protest, Sirius ripped the covers off Harry's chest to reveal the bright red hand marks on his chest. He sighed. "Where you planning to tell me about this, Harry?"
"How…how did you know?" He tried to cover the marks back up again because he hated looking at them but Sirius stopped him.
"I've had to hide enough injuries to know how it's done. Did Voldemort do this?" Sirius searched his eyes. Harry said nothing and looked away. "Harry, tell me what happened."
"I can't. He'll punish me if I do."
"Harry, look at me." Harry did. Sirius looked straight into his eyes. "While I am here no one will ever hurt you. I will protect you. Do you believe me, Harry?"
"Yes…" Harry whispered. "But how can you stop him from getting into my mind? That's how he did this." He pointed to his chest. "He can hurt me in my head."
Sirius reached into his pocket and pulled out a small vial. "Snape gave me this. He said it would prevent Voldemort from being able to enter your mind for a bit. It pains me to say it but I trust him on this one. Do you want it?"
Harry was going to nod that yes he did, but suddenly his whole body seized up. He was instantly doused in fear. It couldn't be Voldemort. Voldemort had already visited him today. But maybe Voldemort had found out that Sirius knew. Maybe he was going to keep his promise.
Sirius must have seen the fear in his eyes. "Harry, what's wrong?" He asked, leaning forward worriedly.
And then the pain hit him. A horribly evil creature was wrapping around him, squeezing the life out of him and spreading pain throughout his very being. Fire was burning him and knifes were stabbing him. But he didn't scream. This was because he was no longer in control of his body. Voldemort was. When he was forced to look up at Sirius his eyes were blood red and he had an evil smirk on his face. He sat up and chuckled. Sirius's eyes went wide and he got out of his seat, dropping Harry's hand. "Don't you want to hug your godson, Black? Don't you want to protect him from me?"
Harry tried to fight Voldemort, but when he did the pain only increased. Tears fell from his eyes. Voldemort lifted his hand and touched the tears. He smiled. "Am I causing you pain, Harry?" He seemed delighted at the very idea of it.
Sirius finally regained himself and growled. "Get out of Harry. You've already hurt him once today."
"But Harry told you about our little encounter earlier today. I told him not to. I told him he would be punished. I don't think you could even imagine the pain he is in right now. It's amazing." The creature wrapped even tighter around Harry and he found he couldn't breathe.
"Stop it now!" Sirius yelled, an angry fire filling his eyes.
Voldemort made Harry shake his head from side to side. "No, Black. I will not stop. Harry is all mine and I will do to him as I please." He used a hand to touch Harry's face. "I will never stop torturing Harry. His pain is much too addictive."
This made Sirius snap. "Leave my godson the hell alone!" Sirius demanded, and then his hand shot out and grabbed Harry's face. Voldemort hissed angrily and grabbed Sirius's arm, trying to push it away. But Sirius was stronger than Harry and he forced his mouth open, pulled the cork out of the vial with his teeth, and poured it down Harry's throat.
Harry instantly felt release from the terrible pain. Voldemort had disappeared. Harry fell down against the bed, shaking and unable to stop. Voldemort had possessed him. Actually possessed him. He hadn't ever really considered the idea. Oh god it had hurt. The pain had been unbearable.
Sirius leaned forward hesitantly. "Is he gone, Harry?" Harry nodded shakily.
Sirius got up and went around to the other side of the bed. He sat down and put his legs up on the bed. Harry crawled over to him and placed his head on Sirius's lap, a few tears leaking from his eyes. Sirius rubbed Harry's back gently. "He won't hurt you again, Harry." Sirius took the covers and placed them on Harry. Harry curled upon himself and hugged Sirius's legs.
He wanted to be strong and show Sirius that he was brave, that he could take all the pain and suck it up. But the reality was that he couldn't take all the pain. The reality was that he couldn't keep Voldemort out of his mind, and he wasn't strong. He was weak and pitiful. He relied on his godfather to protect him. "I'm so stupid…" he muttered, tears falling freely down his face.
"No, Harry." Sirius wiped the tears away. "I've seen braver men than you crack under less. I'm proud of you, Harry. You are still alive, still going. I know I wouldn't have been able to."
These words comforted Harry. He knew he would be fine as long as Sirius wasn't disappointed in him everything would be okay. As long as Sirius was proud of him nothing else mattered. "You want to hear a story, Harry?" This sort of surprised Harry, but he nodded. A story would be nice. "It's a story about how I used to be as brave as you. And what I did can barely add up to what you have done."
"Tell me…" Harry had always wanted to know about Sirius's childhood.
Sirius smiled. "Alright, Harry, alright. I suppose its starts with a harmless game of hide-and-seek."
Harry smiled as well and snuggled in for a good story. He felt so very safe with Sirius. Voldemort couldn't hurt him now. Not while he was here. Not while he was with his godfather. And definitely not when he was about to hear an exciting story. Even Voldemort couldn't be as evil as to ruin this happy, wonderful moment…
Another chapter! Yay! I finally got it done. Sorry if it's taking a while for updates. First, I have to try and update five stories. Second, I have a whole boatload of homework. Anyway, please review. And I'm not going to say any names, but one person's review went something like this, "Nice." If that is all you have to say, don't review. That does not help me in the slightest. Hope you enjoy the chapter. Not as much torture as the pervious two but the next chapter will have more. Also, chapter 10 in my story Snakelike Evil will have some torture in it. I know, I know, I horribly evil. Whatever:) Again, review!


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EMR Conversion Not Totally Good
Laura Lando's suggestions are wonderful, nebulous and in a perfect world may actually improve health care. But there are several issues that make a conversion to electronic medical records a ponderous and formidable undertaking.
Electronic medical records (EMR) merely open the flood gates to the access of these records by those who should not be viewing them. Does "identity theft" and its rise ring any bells?