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Indian-Spiced Mung Bean Stew
While it may seem like I had a severe lack of down-time over the holidays, I was able to catch up on a few things on my to-do list. I caught up on the links Rob routinely shares with me, watched my share of movies, read a few books and cooked up a few bookmarked recipes. In the spirit of clearing out a bit of blogging backlog, I thought you may enjoy my favourite finds, too… so here were my linkable highlights:
1. 38 Life Lessons Leo has Learned in 38 Years.Great list. An old post, but timely in the spirit of the New Year.
2. Batkid: More feel-good moments. My friend was The Penguin in this heist. You can read about his experience here.
3. 2013 World Press Photo Winners. I would scope out the travelling exhibit of jaw-dropping photography while in Toronto, but this year I savoured it online.
4. 2013 National Geographic Photo Competition Winners. Another fabulous collection of photographs can be savoured online. National Geographic rarely disappoints for awesome pictures, including this other favourite.
5. Time-Lapse Auroras Over Norway. Watch it. Love it. It brings me back to my vacation in Iceland.
6. The Happiest Facts of All Time. Very cute list.
7. Ten Words You've Probably Been Misusing. Not entirely accurate but I am guilty of a few misused words. ;)
I have been gravitating to easier meals and have not been cooking up as many dried beans from scratch lately. One solution to this problem is to use quick-cooking no-soaking needed beans, like lentils, anasazi and mung beans. Yes, mung beans. I am back on the mung bean bandwagon with great results. Simmer the mung beans directly with an assortment of veggies (kabocha squash, tomato, bell pepper and spinach here) with simple Indian spices: cumin, fenugreek and turmeric. The kabocha squash and mung beans melt into a deliciously creamy stew. A thick and hearty stew, perfect for the winter.
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This is my submission to Deb for this week's Souper Sundays and to this month's Let's Cook with Green Vegetables.
Indian-Spiced Mung Bean Stew (aka Mung Bean Casserole)
Adapted from Pulse
1 tbsp coconut oil, or oil of choice
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
2 cm knob fresh ginger, freshly grated (around 1 tbsp)
1/2 tsp Aleppo chili pepper, or to taste (this was not spicy)
1 onion, chopped
1-2 red bell peppers, sliced
2 lb kabocha squash, washed and chopped into 1-cm chunks (or sweet potatoes, or your choice of winter squash)
1 tsp turmeric
1.5 cups dry mung beans, rinsed and drained
4-6 cups water or veggie stock (I added 1 tbsp nutritional yeast to the water)
500g fresh spinach, roughly chopped (350g prepped)
1 pint tomatoes, cut into chunks
juice of 2 limes (optional, I forgot to add it)
salt to taste
1. In a medium pot over medium-high heat, add oil. Once hot, add fenugreek and cumin seeds, stirring occasionally, for approximately one minute. Do not let burn. Add garlic, ginger, chili flakes, onion and bell peppers. Saute until the onions are translucent, stirring often, approximately 7 minutes. Add the kabocha squash and turmeric and stir to coat in the onion medley. Add mung beans and water/nooch (or vegetable stock).
2. Cover, raise heat to high and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to allow the stew to simmer for 45 minutes, until the mung beans are cooked through. Add the tomatoes and spinach and cook for a further 5-10 minutes, until the spinach wilts.
3. Remove form heat. Add lime juice and season to taste. Serve with your favourite Indian bread, rice or eat it as is.
Serves 4.
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I am definitely going to make this! After years of avoiding bean sprouts because of reported bacterial contamination, I realized I have never gotten sick from them when I eat Vietnamese food and am back to sprouting. have never cooked them, so this will be a first.
Is kabocha squash frightfully expensive in Houston? Not sure why they charge so much for it than acorn or butternut squash. Ordered a dish that was half of a Kobocha stuffed with some rice in a Korean restaurant and it was double or triple what most vegan entrees are!
I love moong beans and this stew looks really delicious and so healthy too.
Have yet to try mung beans! Must seek them out immediately. Or I guess I could make this with the red lentils I have in the pantry!
I have a bag of mung beans in the pantry–I need to get cooking with them. This stew looks perfectly hearty and has all of my favorite flavors. Thanks for sharing it with Souper Sundays this week. (You have been missed!) ;-)
Like Deb, I have some mung beans in the pantry that I need to turn into something. Thanks for the great suggestion.
Mung beans! I never know what to do with them, and I could definitely eat this right now! looks yum!
Hi Janet, just wanted to say thanks for sharing this recipe, it really inspired me, and I featured a version of it over on my blog supersimplevegan.blogspot.com if you wanted to take a look!
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HOUSTON — Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich did not endorse anyone before his state's big Super Tuesday primary, but now that it's over, he's being generous with his praise for runner-up Rick Santorum.
"You got to give a lot of credit to Santorum," Kasich told reporters on Tuesday during an energy conference here, a few hours after his state gave Mitt Romney a razor-thin victory. "He is winning a bunch of these states. He has no money, or relatively small amounts of money. And he's tapping into something, or else Romney is not delivering enough."
Kasich, who served in the House with Santorum and Newt Gingrich in the 1990s, said he talked to Santorum the day before the primary and has talked to Romney several times. He said he has not recently spoken with Gingrich, who was speaker of the House during part of Kasich's service.
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Tradeoffs in overstory and understory aboveground net primary productivity in southwestern ponderosa pine stands
Sabo, Kyla E.; Hart, Stephen C.; Sieg, Carolyn Hull; Bailey, John Duff. 2008. Tradeoffs in overstory and understory aboveground net primary productivity in southwestern ponderosa pine stands. Forest Science. 54(4): 408-416.
Previous studies in ponderosa pine forests have quantified the relationship between overstory stand characteristics and understory production using tree measurements such as basal area. We built on these past studies by evaluating the tradeoff between overstory and understory aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) in southwestern ponderosa pine forests at the landscape level and over a gradient of stand structural types and burn histories. We measured overstory and understory attributes in 2004 and 2005 in four stand structural types (unmanaged, thinned, thinned and burned, and low basal area thinned and burned) relative to a stand-replacing wildfire site. Thinning alone and with prescribed burning reduced stand-level wood and total tree production relative to unmanaged stands. Understory (herbaceous) ANPP was highest in wildfire stands and low basal area thinned and burned plots but did not differ among the other stand structural types, apparently because of high residual basal area and relatively uniform tree spacing. Contemporary ponderosa pine forests are low productivity ecosystems that exhibit a threshold response between reductions in tree density and increases in understory production at ~5.9 m2 ha. We calculated the slope of the relationship between tree and herbaceous ANPP to be -0.14, which was lower than the values we estimated from other, more productive savanna ecosystems. Our results suggest that to maintain more fire-resistant and hence sustainable southwestern ponderosa pine ecosystems, tree densities need to be substantially reduced from contemporary levels. Large, landscape-level reductions in tree density will decrease total ecosystem production of this forest type, but this reduction will probably be small relative to ecosystem production losses after widespread, stand-replacing wildfires.
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Juneau-Douglas High School Principal Ryan Alsup is resigning after three years in the job.
Alsup will leave his post on June 30th for what he says are "personal reasons."
He says it was a tough decision because he and his family enjoy living in the capital city. He does not yet have another job.
Alsup moved to Juneau from Colorado in 2010, when JDHS was a larger school. But Thunder Mountain High School had just opened and budget cuts were looming. Alsup says he's seen a number of major changes.
"We're roughly 200 kids smaller, but we're also roughly 25 staff members smaller as a result of budget cuts and things like that," Alsup says. "The bulk of my job has been to maintain a high quality education as we go through the budget reduction processes that we've done every year since I've been here"
He says the opening of a second high school in a town is difficult for the existing school. He believes JDHS staff morale has improved in the last three years.
"I think when I started here there was still kind of the feeling of loss amongst the staff as far as the things that they were afraid they would lose with the opening of Thunder Mountain, and we've overcome that," he says. "So that's where I feel like we're in a better place. It isn't so much that our test scores are going to indicate that we're better off than we were or any tangible piece of evidence. It's just simply the overall feel of the school."
School District officials are to meet with faculty and parents soon to talk about the search for a new principal. Alsup hopes his replacement will be hired before he leaves, which will help ease the transition.


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Hodgkinson said the leak began around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday at a well site on Gulf Road near the town of Orangefield.
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Oxnard Elks provide turkey dinners for 12th year
The Oxnard Elks Lodge No. 1443 cooks up 18 huge turkeys to serve anyone who needs a warm, free meal "because we're the Benevolent Order of the Elks," said Cameron Gonzales, 11.
Her father, Jess Gonzales, was at the Elks Lodge at 5 a.m. Monday preparing the Thanksgiving feast and was one of about 30 Elks and family members who gathered to ladle out food and friendship later in the afternoon for people who might otherwise have gone hungry.
"It makes me feel good because they don't have as much as I have. I'm giving back to the community," Cameron said before taking over the pumpkin pie station, where she added a dollop of whipped topping to each slice.
Ines Greenwald, exalted leader of the Oxnard Elks, said Monday's meal was the 12th time the group has offered a free Thanksgiving meal for anyone who is hungry. Gonzales, a past exalted leader, said serving the meal is "the benevolent thing to do."
"These are people in need. It's a beautiful thing to be able to give them this," he said.
The group used to offer the meal on Tuesdays of Thanksgiving week but learned another group offered a meal at that time, and it changed the day to Monday last year, Gonzales said.
Enjoying the meal of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, rolls, gravy and mixed vegetables was Carmen Ortiz, who was eating with Dwayne Finnegan.
"I come here every year for the Thanksgiving kitchen," said Ortiz, who was first in a line of about 200 people waiting to eat Monday at the Elks Lodge hall.
Finnegan said he comes to the meal because of the friends he runs into at the lodge.
"The food is good, and it saves me having to buy a meal," he said, adding that he plans to spend Thanksgiving at his granddaughter's house this year.
Maria Ramirez said she brought her grandson Ray Yanez, 8, after hearing about the event through a friend.
"The food is fantastic," she said.
Ray said he was enjoying his meal but that his favorite part of the holidays was "just being with my family."
Gonzales said that after preparing so many turkeys he tends to be a bit burned out when it comes time for his own Thanksgiving feast.
"I just want to grab a burrito or something," he said.
In addition to the Thanksgiving meal, the Elks will also prepare a holiday meal for Navy and Air Force personnel Dec. 1. On Dec. 14, the Elks will prepare a meal for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 and provide a gift exchange. There is a Dec. 8 meal for foster families. On Dec. 11, there will be a meal for mentally ill people, and Dec. 15, the Elks will offer a meal for those who are hearing-impaired.
Will Welling, one of the guests Monday, said he enjoys the many turkey dinners being offered this week. He said he heard about the Elks' Thanksgiving meal at the Ventura County Rescue Mission, which is planning its meal at noon Wednesday. On Thanksgiving Day, he hopes to go to the Ventura County Fairgrounds for a One City, One Meal event.
"Am I burned out? No. It's a blessing," Welling said.
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Earnest Clyde Simpson was born in Jefferson City, Tennessee, April 28, 1872. He was the son of George and Frances Virginia Simpson and had one brother and five sisters. He attended public schools and was graduated from Carson Newman College in Jefferson City in 1896 with a B. A. degree. He entered the Yale Law School and received the LL. B. degree in 1899. On June 26, 1900, he was admitted to the bar of this state at New Haven. Shortly thereafter, he entered the office of Seymour C. Loomis in New Haven, where he practiced law until 1905, when he formed an association with Charles W. Birely, they later associating with John L. Gilson. On April 3, 1905, he was appointed city attorney in the City Court of New Haven, and held that position until September 9, 1908, the date he was appointed to the Court of Common Pleas for New Haven County, where he served until January 27, 1925, when he was appointed a judge of the Superior Court. This latter position he held continuously until April 28, 1942, when he was retired by reason of constitutional limitation of age and became a state referee, serving as such until his death on May 21, 1946.
Judge Simpson married Mae Etheridge Hodson on August 17, 1912. They had four children, Mrs. Katherine Frances Rekers, Virginia Mae Simpson, George Hodson Simpson and Mrs. Marjorie E. Early; also there were three grandchildren. All of these, including his wife, survive. His daughter Virginia is a practicing attorney in New York City and is a member of the Connecticut bar.
Aside from his activities as a practitioner and upon the bench, Judge Simpson had many interests. He was a trustee of the Connecticut Savings Bank and a member of the executive committee of the Yale Law School Association. He was also a member of the State and New Haven County Bar Associations, an association of lawyers known as "The Benchers," the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the Revolution, the Graduates Club and the New Haven Country Club. He was a thirty-second degree Mason and a past master of Hiram Lodge No. 1, A. F. and A. M. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
While his entire life was centered primarily in his family and in his chosen profession, he was keenly interested in hunting, fishing, rifle shooting, golf, baseball, football and other outdoor sports. In the course of his military activities he joined the New Haven Grays as a private and, having attained the rank of corporal, was promoted to a battalion adjutant with the rank of first lieutenant. During World War I, he was state inspector of small arms practice with the rank of major on the staff of Colonel Lucien F. Burpee. While in the Connecticut National Guard, he became very proficient in the use of small arms and represented the state upon many of its rifle and pistol teams, contesting in marksmanship in various parts of the United States. During one of these contests at Sea Girt, New Jersey, he attained the distinction of winning the president's match and was awarded therefor the Theodore Roosevelt Medal.
Judge Simpson's career on the bench was remarkable in several respects, not the least of which was the length of its duration - thirty-five consecutive years. More important, however, than the length of his service was the quality thereof. In the course of his judicial experience he was presented with thousands of cases for decision and to each he gave most serious and thoughtful consideration. Many of his decisions involved important and intricate issues and were generally accepted by the bar and litigants without appeal to higher authority. On occasions when his decisions were appealed to the Supreme Court of Errors the percentage of reversals was unusually small and his record in that court was most enviable.
Judge Simpson sat as a member of the Supreme Court on occasion and in some instances wrote the opinion of the court. These opinions exhibit the same carefully meticulous style of his trial court judgments. He was not a judge who received his inspirations from the air but arrived at his decisions from deep thought and laborious research into the legal principles involved. It has been said that he never reached a decision without having read all of the citations offered him and then having entered upon a personal research of the basic principle involved. He had a deep respect for the law and for human rights. He had no patience with sham or frivolity. He was austere on the bench but was most charitable in his views of humanity.
He was indefatigable in his work and never shirked the many laborious hours in his study, when his court was not in session, necessary to bring about a result he thought correct. By dint of hard study and close application, Judge Simpson became one of the pillars of the bench and commanded the respect and confidence of his colleagues as well as of the bar. In short, he was a thoroughly competent judge who understood the duties of his office and fulfilled those duties to the utmost.
During the latter part of his career he was not in good health. Early in 1936 he was affected with a heart ailment which somewhat restricted his activities, but nevertheless he continued to function on the bench until March, 1942, when he experienced a cerebral hemorrhage which practically disabled him during the remainder of his life. Whether he had anticipated the possibility of a sudden end to his career will never be known but he had no unfinished business on his desk when the final hour came.
"Jerry," as he was affectionately known by his intimates, was a kind and loving husband and father, an excellent judge, a good citizen and a loyal friend. His passing ended a life the imprint of which will long remain in the memory of those who knew him. His was a life well spent.


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Subpart E--Obstetrical and Gynecological Surgical Devices
(a) Identification. A vibratory cervical dilator is a device designed to dilate the cervical os by stretching it with a power-driven vibrating probe head. The device is used to gain access to the uterus or to induce abortion, but is not to be used during labor when a viable fetus is desired or anticipated.
(b) Classification. Class III (premarket approval).
(c) Date PMA or notice of completion of a PDP is required. A PMA or a notice of completion of a PDP is required to be filed with the Food and Drug Administration on or before December 26, 1996 for any vibratory cervical dilator that was in commercial distribution before May 28, 1976, or that has, on or before December 26, 1996 been found to be substantially equivalent to a vibratory cervical dilator that was in commercial distribution before May 28, 1976. Any other vibratory cervical dilator shall have an approved PMA or a declared completed PDP in effect before being placed in commercial distribution.
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In the 1700's an artist named Gainsborough painted a portrait that has become famous over the centuries. It is of a teenage boy and is titled, 'Blue Boy'. Many people thought that this was when the colour blue started to be used traditionally for boys. However, that isn't true because he also painted a portrait of a younger boy and called the painting 'Pink Boy'. The two portraits were painted to be displayed together as companion pieces.
Long ago, in the Christian tradition, red was considered to be a strong, male colour so the softer pink was used for boys. Blue on the other hand was associated with Mary the mother of Jesus, so females wore blue and baby girls were dressed in pastel blue.
In 1927, before medical research had discovered how to determine the gender of the unborn fetus, the Crown Prince of Belgium was certain that his consort, Princess Astrid would 'give him' a son. A news clip from a 1927 issue of Time magazine states: "The cradle . . . had been optimistically outfitted in pink, the color for boys, that for a girl being blue." The ending you may have guessed was that Princess Astrid had to redecorate the nursery in blue because she gave birth to a little girl.
The Switch!
So – when did blue and pink switch camps? After World War I, men's uniforms were mainly blue. It wasn't long before blue became associated with masculinity. Advertisers began pushing blue as a masculine colour and pink as a feminine color since the 1940's. 'Think Pink' was a marketing slogan created to convince women that dressing in pink made them appear more feminine. Little girls were therefore dressed in pink and little boys in blue.
Remember the nursery rhyme about the little shepherd boy who falls asleep and lets the sheep and cattle get into the gardens? It starts: "Little boy blue, Come blow your horn. The sheep's in the meadow, The cow's in the corn..." In picture books, he is always wearing blue.
What else can we learn about blue?
In Feng Shui, the color blue belongs to the water element and is used in the east, southeast and north sides of the home. They say if you place artwork or decor items in the east area of your home and your rooms you support health and family relations. If you place them in the southeast you promote wealth and abundance.
Gentle blue is an excellent feng shui choice for study, especially as a ceiling color. Several studies have shown that children worked better under a blue-colored ceiling then under a regular white one. If you need restful sleep, decorate your room in calm, soft blues. The addition of deep night-blue accent pillows and even a little earthy tan helps you to have a room where you can feel grounded and well-rested. Add some green or pink though – either flowers in a tall vase, soft throws or a couple of pillows – because too much blue can tend to make you feel a bit down and you will appreciate the splashes of colour that are uplifting. Add a gentle, playful aqua in the living room of a big, busy family.
Temperatures of Blue
One of the most calming feng shui combinations is the combination of the blue and white colors, as it brings the energy of unlimited sky and happiness to your space. The combination of white and blue is fresh and clean. And to feel cooler on hot sunny days, soft pale blue somehow makes you feel and even look a lot cooler than if you were to wear yellow, pink or red. If you want to grab attention, combine blue with yellow. Deep blue and silver can be elegant and stately. Gray silk or satin adds elegance to blue. A combination of deep blue, watery blue and light, watery green gives rich coolness. Blue with purple gives a spiritual, mystical quality.
Blue and Your Emotions
The colour blue helps to give the feeling of confidence, without the controlling power of red. If you are meeting with a group and have a leadership role, or if you are going for an interview, the best colour to wear is navy or midnight blue. It will help to put forth the feeling of intelligence, confidence, stability and calmness. Add some youthful brightness to your dark blue outfit - a white or soft gray top, a scarf with blue and other pleasant pastel colours, silver earrings... and you are all set to make a great impression.
Blue Phrases
- Someone who is 'true blue' is loyal and faithful
- When something happens 'out of the blue', it is an unexpected event
- A 'blue ribbon prize' is a top prize
- Someone who is a 'blueblood' is a person of noble birth
- 'The Blues' is a style of music that may have a sad theme and melody
- 'Baby blues' are your eyes of blue
- You are 'feeling blue' when you feel sad or depressed
- If you say it's a 'Blue Monday' it means you are feeling sad
- 'Blue language' is inappropriate, profane language
Blue Words
If you are an artist or a designer, you will want to know the various shades of the color blue: Sapphire, azure, beryl, cerulean, cobalt, indigo, navy, royal, sky blue, baby blue, robin's egg blue, cyan, cornflower blue, midnight blue, slate, steel blue, Prussian blue.
Blue Facts
- In Iran, blue is the color of mourning while in the West the something blue bridal tradition represents love.
- In some cultures blue is said to bring peace, or is believed to keep the bad spirits away.
- Some colourblind people can see blue but they cannot see the colour pink. To them, it looks like beige.
- Blue stars are the hottest stars. Most stars are currently classified using the letters O, B, A, F, G, K and M, where O stars are the hottest and the letter sequence indicates successively cooler stars up to the coolest M class. According to an informal tradition, O stars are "blue", B "blue-white", A stars "white", F stars "yellow-white", G stars "yellow", K stars "orange", and M stars "red", even though the actual star colors perceived by an observer may deviate from these colors depending on visual conditions and individual stars observed.
~ Alicja
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Sports Connection: The Shadek Match
For Ned Shadek '82, it was just like old times. On a sunny morning last October, the lanky Boston resident—a top player on the Pomona-Pitzer tennis team three decades ago—was back on campus swatting tennis balls around.
The occasion? A celebration of the wide-ranging upgrades to Pomona's Pauley Tennis Complex, a development in which Shadek played a leading role. Improvements to the 10-court facility include additional lighting, resurfaced courts and an expansive onsite classroom for team meetings and video sessions. To make those renovations a reality, Ned and his wife, Kristine, issued a fundraising challenge back in 2009. The couple promised to match any financial gift or pledge up to the amount of $200,000. Their challenge spurred a spirited response from the Pomona-Pitzer tennis community: 60 donors contributed the full $200,000. The College also set aside $250,000 for the upgrades, which were completed last summer.
"It's really nice to be able to give back to the school and to the tennis program, which is something that was so important to me in my formative years," says Shadek. "The time I spent at Pomona College is such a large part of who I am. One of the things I really enjoyed was the chance to play sports and be a student at the same time."
The October ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the official opening of the renovated tennis complex. Shadek delivered a speech, and he and Kristine received a plaque commemorating their gift to the College. Afterward, Ned took the opportunity to hit some tennis balls with members of the current Pomona- Pitzer men's team.
"That felt great," says the investment management professional, who was a top executive at Putnam Investments for many years, and has just recently launched his own company, Shaylor Capital.
Chief among the improvements to Pauley is the installation of state-of-the- art lighting on the lower four courts. (The four upper courts already had lighting.) Being able to now use eight courts at night, for both practices and matches, is a big boost for the men's and women's teams—more than 25 players in all. Because of limited lighting in the past, weekday matches were typically held in the daytime, meaning many players had to request absences from class.
"This way we can have more evening matches—schedule them at 6 p.m.," says Ben Belletto, head coach of the Pomona-Pitzer men's tennis team. "That's a tremendous asset."
The Pauley renovations, the most extensive in the facility's 21-year history, also include new windscreens, posts and fencing for the courts, and the addition of wooden benches to make the tennis complex more spectator-friendly. Shadek played on the tennis team all four years he was at Pomona. Competing in the sport, he learned about camaraderie and teamwork, he says, adding that several teammates became among his closest friends in life. In addition, he says being a student athlete taught him a great deal about structure and discipline.
"You learn lessons from sports that help you in life," Shadek says. "In tennis you win matches and you lose matches, and when you lose you learn how to pick yourself up and keep battling."
At 50, he is still an avid tennis player, hitting the courts two or three times a week—and often playing with his three boys: Teddy, 15, Will, 14, and Charlie, 11. That's another reason the Shadeks say they feel good about their gift to Pomona: Tennis is a family sport and one that can extend far beyond your college years.
"You can play tennis your whole life," says Kristine.
Coach Belletto says it's particularly gratifying that the Pauley renovations were funded largely by the Pomona-Pitzer tennis community. When members of his team saw Shadek at the October ceremony, he notes, it reinforced the link between past and present players.
"There was something really nice about it," says the coach. "With Ned, the guys saw that here's someone who played in the early '80s and now he's coming back and having an impact on the program."
Pauley Tennis Complex Enhancements
Gifts of $5,000 and Above
- Richard W. and Wanda C. Allinson P'13 and Frankie W. Allinson '13
- Michael J. Benaroya '03
- Sean and Ann Finicane P'10 honoring Siobhan Finicane '10, NCAA National Champion and All American Matthew D. '88 and Kassy W. Ockner
- In Memory of Karl Borton Rodi '29
- Michael E. Schimmel '93
- Edward T. Shadek, Jr. '82 and Kristine Shadek
- Craig C. and Anne L. Taylor P'09 and Cameron T. Taylor '09, All American
- Rochelle J. '92 and A. Scott Whelan
- Tracy R. and Catherine H. Wolstencroft P'12 and Paige W. Wolstencroft '12


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Manchester, N.H. (Jan. 5, 2006) - Dr. Mahboubul Hassan, president of the Islamic Society of Greater Manchester and a professor of finance and economics at Southern New Hampshire University, will receive the 2007 Martin Luther King Award at the 25th annual Martin Luther King Day Community Celebration, Monday, Jan. 15, at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral's Community Center, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
A native of Bangladesh, Hassan is the founder of ISGM and a devoted volunteer in the local Muslim community, according to Sally Crateau, chair of the Martin Luther King Coalition, which sponsors the annual event.
"Dr. Hassan has offered a unique type of leadership for the Muslim community in very difficult times, especially after the events of Sept. 11, 2001," added Nabil Migalli, a member of the Coalition's steering committee.
The Coalition noted that Manchester Muslims have faced many obstacles in their efforts to establish the community's first mosque. "Dr. Hassan's soft-spoken style has helped Muslims reach out and build bridges with the larger community," Migalli said.
The Rev. Dr. Bertha Perkins, who has been among those observing Dr. King's birthday over the past two and a half decades, will be the keynote speaker. She is the founder and pastor of New Fellowship Baptist Church in Nashua.
Gov. John Lynch will also attend the event. The celebration, which is free and open to the public, will also feature performances by the Rhythm of New Hampshire Show Chorus and the West High School Jazz Band. It will begin at 2 p.m. with a potluck meal and social hour, followed by the program from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The program will be interpreted for the deaf.
The Coalition was started in 1982 by the Greater Manchester NAACP, the Greater Manchester Black Scholarship Foundation and the Manchester YWCA. Its first observance of King's birthday was held in the parish hall at Brookside Congregational Church in 1983. The 2007 celebration will include reflections from participants in the first King Day event.
The celebration will be held in the Community Center at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 650 Hanover St. in Manchester.