Gracianna Takes Gold at 2010 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
HEALDSBURG, Calif., Feb. 15, 2010 — Gracianna Winery was awarded three top medals at the 2010 San Francisco Wine Competition, the largest in the United States. More than 60 professional wine experts from across the United States traveled to Sonoma County, California to evaluate 4,913 entries.
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MALIBU, Calif., Jan. 21, 2010 — Powerful and enthralling, “The Lonely Sky” (published by iUniverse) shares the story of Bill Bridgeman, who daily entered that lonely region beyond the speed of sound. A narrative of needle-nosed rocket-powered ships flying at blistering speeds, i…
Astronomer Geoff Marcy, Earth’s Premier Planet Hunter, Wins Carl Sagan Prize
STANFORD and BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 22, 2009 — Geoff Marcy, Earth’s foremost discoverer of planets outside our solar system, has won the 2009 Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization. The award recognizes Marcy’s “exceptional contributions to the public understandin…
Could Economic Stress Cause Tragedy at Your Company? Workplace Expert Lynne Eisaguirre Offers Advice
DENVER, April 29, 2009 — The economy is stressful and employees feel tremendous pressure to perform in spite of declining sales. Was the suicide of Freddie Mac’s CFO another unfortunate sign of the times? This past December a New York banker, Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet, committe…
