the monterey bay aquarium has joined in, sponsoring, giving out children's passes to the monterey bayquarium. first 5 is sponsoring some families with young kids to come out to the event. and the event founders also sponsor some young kinds to come out and participate in the event. and the whole idea is to get them involved while they're young in events like this, so it becomes part of what they do as they grow up. damian: that seems to be an ongoing message especially here in the bay area where we're trying to--there's a lot of agencies trying to educate the folks by eating healthy, exercising, you know, to control, as you mentioned, diabetes and other maybe ailments. do you find that maybe this is a strong area when it comes to sending that message to our community? arturo: oh, of course it is. it's--we're just a little behind on the curve in our community but it's happening everywhere and we're just trying to help that--our local community along a little faster. and, you know, your station is a sponsor, through telemundo nbc, of the event as well. and i know your kids had a great t

after many years leading that monterey bay aquarium research institute, a dream job if there ever was one, i was offered the directorship of the u.s. geological survey or the usgs. everyone i knew had told me i would be declared certifiably insane to move from idyllic monterey bay to washington, d.c., to take a china pharma aype and salary -- to take it ginormous cut in salary to obtain an equally large increase in bureaucracy. save for one person. an old friend of mine who was a former science advisor, i saw it out his advice right after i met with the secretary of the interior to discuss the position. i told him that secretary salazar, who is also a warmer he, grad, was willing to meet all of my request for elevating the visibility and the prestige of the usgs in terms of its position in the u.s. government. this mentor that i met with told me, and i quote, in this case, he said, you cannot turned on the position. -- turned down the position. it is not about you anymore. it is what is in the best interests for the nation. if you turn down the position, there will not be another oppo

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