FRIDAY · JUNE 21, 2013 LA JOLLA TODAY
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of CO2 equivalents from entering the atmosphere every year.
CONT. FROM PG. 3 and international resource for marine ecological research for Scripps and other ocean science organizations that address ecosystem-based management. The building was designed to bring together Scripps scientists from multiple disciplines to develop new sensors that will provide the data needed to integrate observations and predictive models of California’s nearshore waters and coastal ecosystems and their responses to climate change. Funded in part by a $12 million award from the U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the building was awarded a Sustainable Communities Champion Award by San Diego Gas & Electric for its green building features. The lab features a 61-kilowatt rooftop photovoltaic system on its roof. The solar panels produce enough energy to power 40 homes and keep 128,246 pounds
Scripps’ newest research building, MESOM, was dedicated at a ceremony on June 14. Courtesy of Scripps Institution of Oceanography
ALZHEIMER’S CAMPAIGN WAGED BY LOCAL AUTHOR — San Diegonative Tess Gerritsen — the mind behind the bestselling crime novel series and TV drama “Rizzoli & Isles” — has declared a war on Alzheimer’s with an online fundraising campaign in memory of her father, who died of the disease. Proceeds will go directly to The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) to support its Alzheimer’s research. Each $5 donation enters the donor’s name in a prize raffle (a $25 donation is equivalent to five entries). Two grand-prize winners will get to name one character each in the next “Rizzoli & Isles” novel, coming out in 2014. Three runners-up will win prize packages that include a signed copy of Gerritsen’s most recent hardcover, “Last to Die,” a “Rizzoli & Isles” baseball cap, T-shirt and surgical scrub top, and handcuff earnings. Gerritsen has also pledged to match every dollar raised, up to $25,000. To join the campaign and make donations, visit www.gofundme.com/War-on-Alzheimers. For more information about Gerristen’s campaign, visit www.tessgerritsen.com/blog/what-scares-you/. LA JOLLANS HONORED FOR COMMITMENT TO END OVARIAN CANCER — In an event designed to celebrate survival, hope and progress in the face of cancer, La Jollans Julie and
John Crawford were honored for their commitment to The Clearity Foundation, a nonprofit advocate for women fighting ovarian cancer. The event, held at a private home on June 14, recognized John Crawford for his dedication to the foundation for several years, and wife Julie for her fight against ovarian cancer, for which she underwent extensive surgery and chemotherapy after her diagnosis with in 2012. Dr. Laura Shawver, founder of The Clearity Foundation, was also honored, along with Dr. Beth Karlan, chairwoman of the Clearity Scientific Advisory Board. For more information about the foundation, visit www.clearityfoundation.org.
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make the best of just dealing with our daily lives. I, too, am often torn between feeling, on the one hand, that I should do more volunteer work and be more active in my community, and on the other hand, thinking that at 86 I can allow myself to read more, see friends and smell the flowers. So maybe it is also OK to not have a passion or a mission but just do the best we can every day. Perhaps being oneself, being there for family and friends, is
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really not only good enough, but actually quite wonderful. One of my goals is to never let a day go by that I don’t have some positive interaction with someone. It can be a kind word to a checkout clerk at the supermarket or a warm “Hello, how are you?” to the deliveryman. I believe these small acts of caring may make a difference to the person in the moment and may even carry on further in the way he or she interacts with the next person. They say a butterfly flapping its wings in Africa has an impact on the air currents half a world away, and so it is with every little thing we do.
*TIME TO SELL OR TIME TO BUY?* Klatt Realty has been serving the needs of its clients and customers since September 1972. If you are considering selling, purchasing, leasing, or property management, give us a call. John and Julie Crawford BESTSELLING AUTHOR COMES TO LA JOLLA — Khaled Hosseini, New York Times bestselling author of “The Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” will be welcomed at a special event at the Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla on June 26 at 7:30 p.m. Presented by Warwick’s and Words Alive, Hosseini will discuss his newest novel, “And the Mountains Echoed,” with Martha Barnette, cohose of public radio’s “A Way with Words.”
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