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Sun’s CTO

Greg Papadopoulos sponsored our participation in the
American Heart Association –

Silicon Valley Heart Walk 2007 event yesterday, 16 September, at
De Anza in Cupertino, CA. We gave away
140 Sun Heart Walk t-shirts to Sun staff, family, and friends and raised
about $9,000 in donations. (Pledges are still being met, so
we don’t have exact numbers yet.) Not bad for our first time!
Best of all, it was a fun morning.

The Sun Heart Walkers who got up early enough to be in the 8 am
group photo:

Go to the
Sun’s Company Page to make a donation.
Here are photos of the day:

Welcome to Heart Walk 2007:

Ballon clown:

Sun sign at Heart Walk:

Balloon hats at Heart Walk 2007:

Sun’s sponsor booth:

Sun’s sponsor booth with customers:

Sun Heart Walkers:

Sun Heart Walkers:

Sun Heart Walkers:

Sun Heart Walkers:

Sun t-shirt as dress:

Littlest Sun Heart Walker:

Images Copyright 2007 by Sheri Kaneshiro, Yu-Yen Mo, Paula Patel,
and John Plocher

I was sad to read that writer Madeleine L’Engle died
this month. When I was a girl, I read L’Engle’s classic
A Wrinkle in Time at least a dozen times. The

EpiscopalLife Online story from 7 September says she
wrote more than 60 books and includes the quote:

“In times when we are not particularly suffering, we do not have enough time for God,” she said. “We are too busy with other things. And then the intense suffering comes, and we can not be busy with other things. And then God comes into the equation. Help. And we should never be afraid of crying out, ‘Help!’ I need all the help I can get.”

When Meg from A Wrinkle in Time sets out to travel through time
and space to save her little brother Charles, she became the first young
heroine I could believe in.

Phil Rosenzweig was a teammate who was among the victims killed
in the crash of American Airlines Flight 11 at the World Trade Center in
New York City on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. One of Phil’s several
memorials at Sun campuses is near the Menlo Park building where I work.
On September 11th each year, Phil’s black bench under a willow tree
bears flowers (and sometimes his favorite cookies). Here is the
flag at half mast for Phil in front of Sun’s Santa Clara clock tower
building today:

We miss you, Phil.

Image Copyright 2007 by John Plocher

Dr. Cesar Molina, Medical Director of the
South Asian Heart Center
of El Camino Hospital,
came to Sun’s Menlo Park campus today to talk about
heart health. This is the second talk I set up as part of CTO

Greg Papadopoulos’ sponsorship of

Silicon Valley Heart Walk 2007 by the
American Heart Association.
The Heart Walk will be held this Sunday morning, 16 September at
De Anza in Cupertino. Go to the

Sun’s Company Page to sign up as a Sun Heart Walker or to make a donation to support one of our teams.

Dr. Molina’s talk was fascinating and passionate and funny. He built his
case for life changes (no smoking, regular exercise, eat more fruits and
vegetables, achieve a healthy weight) from both detailed analysis of
medical studies and from less conventional sources of wisdom. My
favorite was this quote from President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865):

Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy; but, my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift.

Dr. Molina talked about many aspects of health with examples drawn from
both the general American context but also from the culture and population
of South Asians. I had asked the Heart Association to invite someone
who could speak particularly to Sun’s Engineering population, which
includes many South Asians. Before today, I had not been aware that
Coronary Artery Disease strikes South Asians at a

four-fold rate compared to the general population. This holds true
even for lifelong vegetarians who do not smoke and are not overweight.
Even though I hosted the talk, I was surprised at how much I learned.