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PRESS RELEASE MAY 2, 2008

Our project the “Man In The Sea Memorial Monument” (MSMM) will be dedicated to all military divers and installed at the Washington DC Naval Yard, on the Anacostia River. 

For_Immediate_Release:United States of America (Press Release) May 2, 2008 -- 

The Homeland Security Policy Institute Group (HSPIG) is asking for your assistance in creating a Memorial Monument for military divers. HSPIG is an IRS 501 (c) (3) Non-Profit Corporation established in 2003. Our goal is to bring the Private and Public sectors together and begin sharing information as a “Public Benefit Corporation”. Our founding members Thomas Barnes a retired US Naval Officer and Military Diver and Kenneth Dreger spearheaded our current endeavor. 

Our project the “Man In The Sea Memorial Monument” (MSMM) will be dedicated to all military divers and installed at the Washington DC Naval Yard, on the Anacostia River where the original Hard Hat Divers School once stood! The 10-foot tall solid bronze sculpture mounted on a marble base will provide educational benefits and cultural enrichments to the public about Military Diving History.Our corporation has a strong military background, and has been involved with many local, state and federal agencies in the information sharing process. 

Since our start we have worked on various projects like the anthrax vaccine issue and border security. HSPIG has a small operating budget that covers only the bare necessities, no board member, or founding partner takes a salary. Our expenses are entirely subsidized by generous people like you who can and do make a difference by assisting us in these efforts.We are in the final stages of planning this project, working thru the endless amounts of red tape required by the Federal Government and the U.S. Navy. 

We are expecting that the “MSMM” will cost approximately $2.5 - $3.1 million. We are asking for any size donation to help fund this project, no donation is too small or too large. Contributions made to “HSPIG” are tax deductible under IRS rulings, and HSPIG will send you a receipt for any donations given. When you send a donation of $5,000 you will have a personalized brick with your company name inscribed at the monument. When you give a donation of $15,000 or more you will receive a 22” bronze miniature replica of the “MSMM” mounted on a marble base. The replica statues are numbered and will only be given to the first 250 donors.

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Contact: Christopher Cowen FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Herzog Cowen Entertainment OCTOBER 02, 2006 (818) 762-4640 e-mail: underpressure@herzogcowen.com 

HERZOG COWEN ENTERTAINMENT AND CALIFORNIA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTARY SERIES "UNDER PRESSURE" The Six Part Series Chronicles the History of Military Divers Los Angeles – Herzog Cowen Entertainment ("HCE"), in collaboration with California Entertainment Group ("CEG"), will produce "Under Pressure," a 6 part, hour-long documentary series that chronicles the history of military diving. Through its use of archival film, personal home video, current interviews and breathtaking footage, the series will detail the sacrifices, scientific contributions and heroics of military divers throughout the ages while highlighting the historical milestones and important figures that helped conquer "the other blue frontier" – the inner space of our Earth’s oceans. 

The series culminates in the dedication of the Man in the Sea Memorial in Washington, D.C., the first in a series of monuments honoring the contribution of all military divers at significant, historical diving locations around the world. Thomas Barnes, US Naval Officer and Military Diver- Ret., serves as managing director of the nonprofit organization spearheading the memorials. Endorsement and supporters for the memorial include the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, US Army Divers Association, US Navy UDT/Seal Association Seals, Force Recon Association, US Coast Guard Diving Program, NOAA Diving Center, US Department of Veterans Affairs, the Historical Diving Society and Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society as well as veteran associations and all branches of the US Department of Defense. 

Herzog Cowen Entertainment, led by partners Mark Herzog and Mark Cowen, is an award-winning television and film production house whose work covers a vast range of entertainment marketing and original programming for television, DVD, EPK, and the Internet. In 2001, the pair produced, and Cowen directed, the Emmy Nominated "We Stand Alone Together", the HBO companion documentary to the Playtone/Dreamworks produced miniseries "Band of Brothers." In 2005, Cowen co-wrote and directed, and Herzog served as Exec. Producer on the IMAX film "Magnificent Desolation – Walking on the Moon" in 3-D. The large format film, produced for IMAX and Playtone, Tom Hanks’ production company, was financed by Lockheed-Martin and premiered at the Smithsonian in the fall of 2005.

Also in 2005, the pair received an Emmy nomination for the CBS retrospective documentary "Everybody Loves Raymond: The Last Laugh." Most recently, Mark Herzog and HCE executive produced the 2006 Academy Award winning short documentary "A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin." 

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