Press Release

*Connecticut Post, Connecticut - 6/28/98. *Westport News,
Connecticut - 7/10/98. *Los Angeles Times, California - 8/27/98.
*Press Journal, Vero Beach, Florida - 12/20/98. *"America's Best
Beaches, Stephen Leatherman, Costal Publications, P.O. Box 164,
Paw Creek, NC 28130-0164 - 1998. *Lapidary Journal - 6/99. *New
Haven Register, Connecticut - 7/28/99 & 8/1/99. *San Diego Union -
Tribune, San Diego, CA - 7/28/99. *Hartford Courant, Hartford,
Connecticut - 8/1/99. *Los Angeles Times Magazine, California -
9/2/01. *The Day, New London, Connecticut - 10/28/01. *Panorama
Prospect, Gem & Mineral Club, Colville, Washington - 11/01.
*Columbia News Service, Columbia University, New York - 1/02. *The
New York Sun, New York, New York - 4/20/03. *Discovery Channel,
The Beach - Aired 7/02. *The New York Times, New York - 1/11/04.
*Playboy Magazine, National - March 2004.

*National Referral Center of the Library of Congress. *National
Avocational Organizations Directory. *National Recreational Sporting
and Hobby Organization. *Maloney's Antiques & Collectibles
Resources Directory. *Encyclopedia of Associations. *BBC Radio,
England. *English Daily Telegraph Journal. * London Telegraph,
England. *CBC Toronto, Canada. *The Microscope. *Meriden Record
Journal, Connecticut - 8-9/87.*UD & E, Denmark - 10/88. *The
Science Teacher - 4/89. *Hartford Courant, Connecticut - 7/9/89.
*New York Times, New York - 1/11/91. *The New Haven Register,
Connecticut - 1/13/92. *The Day, New London, Connecticut - 1/20/93.
*The Dini Petty Show, CFTO-TV. *Canadian National Television,
Toronto Canada - 2/7/92. *Norwich Bulletin, Connecticut - 5/23/93.
*Yankee Magazine, New Hampshire - 2/94. *Nic's News,
Nickelodeon. *PBS National Television - 1996.