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HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- A record crowd of over 90,000 well-wishers greeted Hollywood actors Martin Kove and Phil Proctor, along with two dozen costumed actors riding aboard the colorful, glittering 32-foot long L. Ron Hubbard Stories from the Golden Age float--named the Golden Age Express--and Santa's Jumpin' Jive Swingers dancing alongside the float for the entire 2 1/2 mile route Sunday night as part of the annual Hollywood Christmas Parade.

"It's great to see the joy in people's faces along the parade route," said Kove, who was riding along with his fiance, Michelle Tabb. "Hollywood's past and current success is based a lot on pulp fiction stories, so Stories from the Golden Age make a perfect fit for the parade."

Proctor, accompanied by his actor-daughter Kristin, stated, "The crowd was wowed!" He continued, "Everyone was here to see Santa and hear the musical bands, but our Golden Age Express and the wonderful original music, swing dancers and costumed characters made everyone smile."

Audiences were treated to cowboys, detectives, maidens, and pirates showcasing characters from 8 different story genres found in the Stories from the Golden Age pulp fiction series (Galaxy Press, www.goldenagestories.com), along with Santa's Jumpin' Jive Swingers, comprised of swing couples from all over Southern California led by top swing dancer Benny Reese and partner Jennifer Netzel and choreographed by Bonita Wilson and Liz Baybak of Dancemakers, Inc. (http://dancemakers.wordpress.com).

Stories from the Golden Age is an 80-novel, 150-story series of trade paperback and multi-cast, unabridged audio books showcasing author L. Ron Hubbard's pulp fiction masterpieces from the 1930s and 1940s in multiple genres, including romance, drama, mystery, western, action adventure, and science fiction, among others. The book collection is one of the largest known releases of pulp fiction novels ever published by a single author and publisher.

In addition to his float appearance, Kove and Proctor regularly take part in live theatrical readings of the Stories from the Golden Age pulp fiction stories. The performances take place every Saturday at the 150-seat Golden Age Theater located at Hollywood & Sycamore, just one block west of the famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

For more information go to www.goldenagestories.com.

Contact:
John Goodwin
Galaxy Press/ Golden Age Stories
(323) 466-7815
jgoodwin@galaxypress.com

SOURCE Golden Age Stories

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- DNC Chairman Tim Kaine and DNC Vice Chair for Voter Registration and Participation Donna Brazile issued the following statement on yesterday's ruling by the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey keeping in place a consent decree barring the Republican National Committee from voter intimidation and asserting that Republicans still have an incentive to engage in such illegal practices. Late last year the RNC asked that the consent decree, which it agreed to in 1982, be nullified, going so far as to argue that because the President and U.S. Attorney General are African American, there is no longer any reason for Republicans to be subject to limits on efforts to engage in "ballot security measures." To read the decision, click here: http://my.democrats.org/page/-/pdf/voter_protection/DNCvRNC_Opinion_12.1.09.PDF

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"Yesterday's ruling is a victory for all Americans who believe that every eligible citizen should have the right to vote and have their vote counted. It also represents a resounding repudiation of the Republican Party's trumped up claims of voter fraud. Our great nation was founded on the principles of equality and freedom, and our founders envisioned the right to vote as central to our ideals. Yet for years, Republicans have engaged in deplorable practices that intimidate voters and make it more difficult for them to cast their ballot.

"This is wrong, and it is illegal. As the court made clear, these types of actions stand in the way of Americans' fundamental rights under the Constitution of the United States. Republicans would be better served trying to engage minority and under-represented voters rather than trying to intimidate them. Yet there is overwhelming evidence that these types of practices still occur, that Republicans have engaged in them in recent elections and that without a consent decree barring such actions Republicans will continue to have an incentive to engage in them. That Republicans, who attempted to use foreclosure lists in the 2008 election to deny people the right to vote in Michigan, even asked the court to nullify this decree, shows just how eager they are to continue engaging in practices to suppress the rightful votes of thousands of American citizens.

"These are not the ideals that our country was founded on, and they should not be tolerated. We applaud yesterday's decision and recommit ourselves to fighting to ensure that the right to vote is fully protected. And we encourage Republicans to work with us to reform our electoral system to remove any impediments to voting and to ensure our voting rights laws are enforced consistent with the law."

SOURCE Democratic National Committee

WILTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- LDH Energy Asset Holdings II LLC ("LDH" or the "Company") entered into a $350 million Senior Secured Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement") with UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities LLC and RBS Securities Inc. as joint lead arrangers, UBS Securities LLC and DnB NOR Bank ASA as documentation agents and UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as administrative agent for the lenders. The Credit Agreement provides for a $250 million term loan that matures in December 2013 and a $100 million revolving credit facility that matures in December 2012.

George Ferris, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of LDH, commented, "We are very pleased to complete this transaction, which highlights the availability of attractive financing for quality assets with strong sponsorship. This transaction broadens our sources of capital and provides further liquidity to pursue our growth strategies."

Proceeds of the term loan will be used to repay intercompany debt and return capital to LDH's parent, Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy LLC, that had funded the expansion of LDH's asset infrastructure portfolio, and to pay the fees and expenses of the transaction. The revolving credit facility will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.

LDH is an independent midstream company that owns and operates a diversified portfolio of energy infrastructure assets, including natural gas liquids and refined products storage, pipelines, gas gathering and processing facilities, and coal blending and transport facilities. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy LLC, which is jointly owned by the Louis Dreyfus Group and affiliates of Highbridge Capital Management, LLC.

    Source: Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy LLC

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ --

What:               After watching the premiere of truTV's exciting new
                    series CONSPIRACY THEORY WITH JESSE VENTURA, fans
                    can go online via Livestream
                    (http://www.livestream.com) for a live Web chat
                    with host and executive producer Jesse Ventura.

When & Where:       Tonight, Wednesday, Dec. 2
                    Series premiere of CONSPIRACY THEORY airs on truTV
                    at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).
                    truTV.com's live Web chat with Jesse Ventura will
                    begin at 11 p.m. (ET).

About the Web Chat: truTV's Web chat is being facilitated by Livestream.
                    Fans can log on at http://www.truTV.com/jesse and
                    http://www.facebook.com/truTV to participate.  In
                    addition, the chat will also be available through
                    http://www.livestream.com/truTV, which will house an
                    archived recording of the chat.

About the Show:     In this brand new truTV series, former wrestler and
                    politician Jesse Ventura sets out to uncover the
                    truth behind the most compelling modern day myths
                    and mysteries.  He will travel across the country
                    investigating cases from the perspective of both
                    believers and skeptics.  In tonight's series
                    premiere, he will head to Alaska to investigate a
                    special government research center said to be
                    testing radio waves that some believe are being
                    developed as a potential weapon.

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Livestream (www.livestream.com), formerly Mogulus, provides everything needed to webcast live and build an engaged audience. Founded in 2007, the company is based in New York and includes Gannett Co. as a minority shareholder and investor. Producers can use Livestream to create live, linear and on-demand Internet television to broadcast anywhere on the Web through a single embeddable player widget. Features include the ability to mix multiple live cameras, overlay graphics, and desktop streaming with 3D effects.

truTV is television's destination for real-life stories told from an exciting and dramatic first-person perspective. Currently seen in 91 million U.S. households, the 17-year-old network is enjoying its best deliveries ever in key demographics. truTV features high-stakes, action-packed originals that give viewers access to places and situations they can't normally experience. truTV's primetime fan favorites include the original series Black Gold, Operation Repo, The Smoking Gun Presents... and Forensic Files. During the daytime, the channel features expert trial coverage under the name IN SESSION.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

SOURCE truTV

TEMPE, AZ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/02/09 -- Test Advantage Software and Kinesys Software have combined their respective technology development roadmaps as Kinesys Test Advantage. This development leverages the synergies of Kinesys' Single Device Traceability and Test Advantage's Advanced Semiconductor Device Variability detection technologies into a fully integrated production solution, enabling existing joint customers and the broader marketplace to take advantage of this fully integrated solution for employing advanced feed forward Adaptive Test Strategies.

The two parties have committed to the semiconductor device manufacturing marketplace to provide fully integrated 'end to end' product solutions that are deployed throughout the backend semiconductor manufacturing operations, and targeted to improve production efficiencies, reduce DPPM levels, and enable single device traceability while facilitating open data standards.

"The combined installed base of Test Advantage and Kinesys Software among IDM, OSAT and fabless companies and the merger of our production ready technologies, offers the market the next generation quality standards today, while simultaneously establishing Kinesys Test Advantage as the market leader in this space," stated Dave Huntley, CEO of Kinesys Software.

"Next generation quality and cost demands are driving new advanced manufacturing strategies. Whereas Adaptive Test has become the latest buzz, the industry must look beyond the test cell and employ new feed forward strategies in order to continue to improve quality while at the same time attacking cost of manufacturing. Single Device traceability forms the backbone to enable end to end manufacturing and facility to facility data transfers required by these advanced manufacturing methods. We pride ourselves on continuing to advance our technologies and providing non-intrusive, cost effective solutions to our marketplace," commented Fabrice Dechoux, CEO of Test Advantage. "Kinesys Test Advantage provides a single source for both the technology and support for our end to end integrated solution."

About KINESYS Software, Inc.: Founded in 1992, KINESYS Software is a privately held company that is focused on the automation of semiconductor manufacturing "back-end" processes. In particular, the company offers innovative software products and expert support services for data management and equipment integration aimed at inkless assembly and single device tracking.

About Test Advantage, Inc.: Founded in 1997, Test Advantage, Inc. operates three divisions offering diverse solutions to the semiconductor industry. Test Advantage Hardware provides remanufactured/refurbished ATE capacity. Test Advantage Capital offers lease and rental solutions for new and used ATE system or sub-system capacity. Test Advantage Software develops and deploys leading-edge, proprietary software to automate manufacturing quality and throughput improvements throughout the manufacturing test process. The Tempe, Arizona-based company maintains offices worldwide.

More information about Kinesys Test Advantage is available at www.kinesystestadvantage.com.

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