Tabitha Berg

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Gallery of Historical Figures announces "The Holocaust," a realistic sculpture by artist G. S. Stuart pays homage to the millions of victims slain in the death camps of World War II. After extensive research, Stuart set a working prisoner in Auschwitz and then carefully modeled the tableau in quarter life size.

RICHMOND, Texas -- OCuSOFT Inc., producer of the popular ocular-lid hygiene products, OCuSOFT(R) Lid Scrub(TM) and OCuSOFT(R) Lid Scrub(TM) PLUS, is responding to a recent advertisement released by Advanced Vision Research (AVR) that was found to be misleading.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- People's lives are filled with constant challenges and adversities. That's why author Ricardo Estrada, founder of Tumi Publishing, has launched the first in a planned series of books that celebrates the human spirit - "Sticks of Fire: The Turning Point" (ISBN: 978-0979-675508).

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Solving Light Books announced today the publication to the Web of 37 images of the Biblical Noah uncovered in ancient Greek art. The surprising Web Presentation includes written commentary by Robert Bowie Johnson, Jr., author of "The Parthenon Code: Mankind's History in Marble" and most recently, "Noah in Ancient Greek Art" (ISBN 13: 978-0-9705438-4-4).

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. and LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- At this week's annual meeting of the DirectEmployers Association in Las Vegas, Doug Berg, Chief Gigster of HotGigs, Inc. will present a case study reviewing the results achieved by a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company that implemented HotGigs' Jobs2Web career site optimization solution.

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Wholesale network infrastructure provider BandCon announced today that Matthew Haentzschel has joined the firm's senior management team as vice president of sales. Mr. Haentzschel will lead BandCon's national sales team in developing and implementing strategies to reach and communicate with their growing customer base.

RICHMOND, Texas -- CYNACON / OCuSOFT (OCuSOFT, Inc.), a company specializing in ophthalmic research, development and supply to ophthalmologists and optometrists, is pleased to announce the appointment of Katherine Mastrota, M.S., O.D., to its Optometric Scientific Advisory Board.

NEW YORK and LONDON, England -- Prince Harry is the symbolic hero of a monument encouraging empathy for the Iraq War in the latest work by controversial New York sculptor, Daniel Edwards. The statue featuring Prince Harry will be unveiled at London's Trafalgar Hotel October 11th during the Bridge Art Fair, courtesy of Capla Kesting Fine Art of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Integrated Mobile Electronics (IME) announced today that its upcoming IME Dock will be completely compatible with the full line of Microsoft Zune portable media players, including the existing 30GB model and recently unveiled 4GB, 8GB, and 80GB models.

DENVER, Colo. -- Ironman China Ltd. (ICL), announced today that the City of Haikou, Hainan will be the venue for Asia's second Ironman 70.3 series event. Ironman 70.3 China will take place on April 20, 2008 and will be the first time that a full-distance Ironman and Ironman 70.3 race will be staged at the same venue on the same day.

DENVER, Colo. -- Parent companies Van Gilder Insurance Corporation, of Denver, and EnRisk Services Inc. of Fort Worth, have created a new firm, vangilder | enrisk, which will specialize exclusively in risk mitigation and insurance for the energy industry in the western United States.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- HotGigs Inc., an innovative provider of staffing solutions and services, announced that it achieved a membership milestone on the HotGigs Staffing Exchange, when Minneapolis-based business planning and management consultant Craig Kalscheur registered as the 100,000th consultant member. Kalscheur joined HotGigs on the recommendation of fellow consultants.

GREENWICH, Conn. -- Written by author James Martin II, "William is Going Green" (ISBN 978-0-9799465-1-6) is an 860 word children's book introducing William the Garbage Truck, a kelly green eco-friendly cartoon character determined to make the planet a safer and cleaner place to live. William often rhymes when he speaks.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- At the end of March 2008 from the Himalayas in Nepal will start a special expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. The participants of the Himalayan Message Project expedition will be carrying the most precious cargo in the History of Mankind - the Book of human dreams, hopes and joys, the words of commitments, prayers and messages sent by people from all over the world.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- CADFORCE, the Los Angeles-based global leader in outsourced architectural services, today announced the hiring of David Gerber, Ph.D., as Vice President of Innovation. "In Dr. Gerber, we have found a rare combination of architectural and technology expertise that makes us the clear innovation leader in Revit," said Bob Vanech, Chief Executive Officer of CADFORCE.

MUMBAI, India -- In a world filled with people of all shapes, sizes and varying physical needs, the fashion industry has to recognize that not everyone is a perfect size. Make Your Own Jeans is a fashion-savvy company that recognizes the importance of non-conforming, eye-catching styles.

SOUTH AMBOY, N.J. -- DCH Auto Group is driving more than cars this fall. At the suggestion of N.J. CAR (New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers), the DCH dealerships in New Jersey are supporting the 2nd Annual "Driven To Read" campaign promoting literacy by serving as collection locations for donated children's books between October 1 and November 30, 2007.

HOUSTON, Texas and DENVER, Colo. -- Spirit Drilling and Completion Fluids announced today that Dynamic Drilling Fluids of Denver, Co. will combine with the company, expanding Spirit's operations into the Rocky Mountain region. The company will be renamed Spirit Drilling and Completion Fluids, LTD and will be a key component in Spirit's expansion from the Gulf Coast into the significant petroleum basins of North America.

FREMONT, Calif. -- TeamF1, Inc., the high-performance embedded networking and security software company, today announced it has signed on as a founding sponsor of the MIT Kerberos Consortium, a non-profit group with a vision of promoting an environment where fully functional and interoperable Kerberos-based authentication and authorization will be as ubiquitous as TCP/IP-based networking itself.

EVERETT, Wash. -- Sales Talent Inc., a national executive search firm, opened its second office Sept. in Everett to provide consulting services to local and national companies. "Our philosophy is simply to align ourselves with growing, top-tier companies and develop long-term relationships with them," said Chris Carlson, president.

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- In today's world of stress and illness, people continue to seek ways to improve and restore health. Intuitive Health offers custom-designed wellness programs to incorporate their clients' inner awareness into a comprehensive health program.

NEW YORK, N.Y. and LONDON, U.K. -- Campbell Belman, an established pharmaceutical analytics company, today introduces its new name: Eularis. This announcement reflects the significant growth the Company has achieved across its full range of pharmaceutical analytics products, which have helped tailor the advertising and marketing programs of its global top-tier clients.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- With a new genre of music called axuality, guitarist Brian Butler is composing and performing music with a lofty goal: to improve listeners' mental outlook while enjoying cool, unique guitar playing. One of Butler's aims is to help facilitate listeners achieving a "clear mind" when hearing the music.

PALM BEACH, Fla. -- James Nemec, LMT, CST-D, raised on the Atlantic ocean, begins to question the power of touch and collective emotions in the CraniOcean Media release of, "Touch the Ocean: The Power of Our Collective Emotions" (ISBN: 978-09792805-0-4). "One Light Touch Can Change the World" is a theme that runs throughout this intriguing look at the power of light touch and the possible effects of positive and negative energy that is released into the world.