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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Forbes magazine ranks Children International, a humanitarian organization, as a top charity.

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Forbes rated Children International 142 of 200 of the largest charities based upon three financial efficiency ratios and the trend from the previous year. Their survey judged Children International based upon the following criteria:

    --  fundraising efficiency
    --  charitable commitment
    --  donor dependency

Despite the struggling economy, Children International's income in October 2009 was up over 6 percent from last October. During that time, Children International acquired 15,000 more sponsors committed to helping an individual child living in poverty. With sponsorship growth up 5 percent from last year, the organization attributes the increase to the generosity of American consumers during a difficult economy.

Children International received more than $147 million in direct public support from generous contributors, making it possible for the organization spend over 80 percent to effectively change the lives of hundreds of thousands of impoverished children and their families around the world.

President and CEO of Children International Jim Cook said, "Children International is proud to recognize our dedicated donors who have given more of themselves during these uncertain economic times. Our donors have made it possible for us to be acknowledged by Forbes magazine as a leading charity."

Children International currently has over 300,000 generous donors who make it possible for the organization to dramatically improve the lives of more than 335,000 needy children throughout the world.

To help a child living in poverty, visit www.children.org.

About Children International:

Established in 1936, Children International is a humanitarian organization with its headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. Children International's programs benefit over 335,000 children around the world in 11 countries including Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mexico, the Philippines, Zambia and the United States. To sponsor a child, visit Children International today.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Dolores Quinn Kitchin
Public Relations
Children International
Direct: (816) 943-3730
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    Highlights
    -   Geochem program in progress on the Kasala Copper project
    -   Follow up on high grade copper mineralization
    -   Drill program slated early 2010
    -   Excellent infrastructure in place

VANCOUVER, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - El Nino Ventures Inc. ("ELN" and the "Company") (TSX.V: ELN; Frankfurt: E7Q) is pleased to announce that further to its news release of October 16, 2009, the Company has closed its non-brokered private placement. Proceeds from the financing will be used in part to advance the Company's properties in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC") where the Company announced January 12, 2009 and February 25, 2009, a significant Copper discovery in the DRC.

    Kasala Copper Project
    ---------------------

The Kasala project is one of the first new Greenfields copper discovery in the last 10 years in the central African Copper belt

For maps and photos, please click on the hyperlink: http://www.elninoventures.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=374700

One of the newest copper discoveries in the Central African Copperbelt, El Nino Ventures' Kasala prospect is located approximately 70 kilometers northwest of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo's second largest city and the center of the country's massive copper/cobalt mining industry. The Central African Copperbelt contains over 10% of the worlds copper and 34% of the world's cobalt. The Kasala project permits are located adjacent to Anvil Mining's Kinsevere Mine, which is expected to produce 24,000 tonnes (52 million pounds) of copper annually for the next 20 years. It is also located approximately 10km east of Tiger Resources' Kipoi deposit. Other prominent companies active within this region are; Freeport-McMoran, Lundin Mining Corp, First Quantum Minerals, Katanga Mining Limited, Ivanhoe Nickel & Platinum Ltd. and Konkola Copper Mines.

The Kasala project has an excellent infrastructure and is ideally situated within 20 km of the national highway (a hard-surfaced all-weather road) and is also within 30 km of a rail line linking the mining centers of the Copperbelt. A high-tension electrical transmission line is located 12 km west of the projects' boundaries.

Highlights of the Drilling and Exploration to date

The recent drill program identified consistent mineralization over large widths, from 50m to 91m. Highlights included high-grade intercepts:

    -   22 m @ 3.28% Cu
    -   29 m @ 2.82% Cu
    -   31 m @ 2.19% Cu
    -   11 m @ 3.68% Cu

These results confirm the presence of significant mineralization within the Kasala Main Zone with the potential for expansion based on the results from an IP Survey completed in early 2009.

The 2008 drill campaign on the project was undertaken to test a number of priority targets identified from the interpretation of airborne geophysical data from a survey commissioned by the Company in late 2007.

The 50 drill hole, 5,920 metre 2008 drill program consisted of 35 Reverse Circulation ("RC") drill holes totaling 3,336 meters and 15 diamond drill ("DD") holes totaling 2,584 meters.

Since then, the Company has completed a soil geochemistry sampling program and an Induced Polarization ("IP") survey across the Kasala site and has found good correlation between mineralization identified in the drilling, soil anomalies identified from the geochemical sampling program and both the ground and airborne geophysical surveys.

The Company's technical team has compiled all of the available data (including drilling results, geophysical and geochemical data) into a geological model of the site, which has led to new interpretations of the geology. Previously, the Company had reported (press release of February 25, 2009) that a parallel zone had been identified east of "Kasala Main Zone" and was being referred to as "Kasala East". Further interpretation of the "Kasala East" zone has now found that this block is not one structure but is actually two discreet blocks. For this reason, and the possibility of discovery of additional blocks, "Kasala Main Zone" is now being referenced as Kasala Block "A", while what was previously referred to as "Kasala East" has been divided into Kasala Block "B" and Kasala Block "C" (Figure 1).

    Table 1: Significant Intercepts from Kasala Block "A" 2008 drill program.

                                From        To  Interval    Copper    Cobalt
    Hole ID      Depth (m)       (m)       (m)       (m)      (Cu)      (Co)
    MDB-DD-007       195.7     141.2     155.2        14     0.98%    0.006%
                               164.2     186.2        22     1.97%    0.004%
              ...including     170.2     175.2         5     3.09%    0.001%
    MDB-DD-008       122.3      39.8     109.8        70     1.19%    0.030%
              ...including      78.8     109.8        31     2.19%    0.012%
    MDB-DD-011A      109.0      63.4      93.4        30     1.88%    0.110%
              ...including      86.4      91.4         5     4.91%    0.016%
    MDB-DD-011B      144.8      78.1     149.1        91     1.19%    0.100%
              ...including     113.1     123.1        10     6.07%    0.034%
    MDB-DD-019       213.0      65.7      76.7        11     0.77%    0.022%
                                 125       147        22     3.28%    0.057%
              ...including       126       133         7     7.02%    0.090%
    MDB-023           97.0        17        97        80     1.42%    0.130%
              ...including        17        46        29     2.82%    0.340%
    MDB-026           47.0        26        47        21     2.42%    0.088%
    MDB-027          100.0         9       100        91     1.16%    0.033%
              ...including        22        33        11     3.68%    0.047%
    MDB-031             56        33        43        10     3.03%    0.056%

The recent drill program focused exclusively on Kasala Block "A" - Blocks "B" and "C" are yet to be drill tested, but are considered as priority drill targets due to the strong copper-in-soil values identified over large areas on these blocks. Block "C" in particular has numerous multi-point anomalies of greater than 300 parts per million copper-in-soil and has an anomalous area of approximately 1,500 meters long by 1,500 meters wide - it represents a high priority for drilling.

All samples from the drilling program were collected following strict quality controls and were then dispatched to ALS Chemex Laboratories in Johannesburg, South Africa for assay.

Across Kasala Block "A" copper mineralization is found close to surface (some intercepts less than 10 meters from surface) and both oxide (malachite) and sulphide (chalcopyrite) copper mineralization have been identified.

Currently, the mineralized strike length of Kasala Block "A" stands at just over 750 meters with a width of as much as 250 meters. The thickness of mineralization has been found to be as great as 90 meters, but the mineralization is open in all directions, including at depth.

2010 Exploration Program

An infill diamond drilling program of at least 5,000 meters is planned to commence on Kasala Block "A" in late April, 2010, to determine the complete extent of the mineralization and to allow an NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate to be completed on Kasala Block "A" by the end of summer, 2011.

In advance of any additional drilling the Company has determined to undertake additional soil sampling, both across Kasala Blocks "A", "B" and "C" and regionally, to provide enhanced geochemical detail while selecting drill targets.

    -   Phase 1 objective - To define a inferred resource on block A with
        5000 meters of diamond drilling
    -   Phase 2 objective - Step out and test geochemical and geophysical
        anomalies on block B and block C with 5000 meters of diamond
        drilling
    -   Phase 3 objective - Continue to develop inferred resource on blocks
        A, B and C

This Enhanced Soil Geochemistry Survey is planned to decrease sample spacing from the current 100 m x 100 m coverage over Kasala Blocks "A" "B" and "C" to 100 m x 50 m spacing regionally and 50 m x 50 m spacing over priority target areas. The Enhanced Soil Survey will be started within the next week and will entail the collection of some 6,000 samples. All results are expected to be received within 8 weeks of commencing the program.

The high degree of correlation between the soil geochemistry and drill results on Block "A" indicates that detailed soil geochemistry will provide reliable information when targeting drill holes. The objective of the continuing exploration programs on Kasala Blocks "A", "B" and "C" is to define an aggregate minimum of 1 million tonnes of contained copper metal.

Terms and Condition of Private Placement

Further to its news release of October 16, 2009, the Company has closed its non-brokered private placement and issued a total of 21,428,571 units at a purchase price of $0.07 per unit for gross proceeds of $1,500,000.

Each unit consisted of one common share and one common share purchase warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase an additional common share at a price of $0.15 per share for a period of 18 months, subject to accelerated expiry, such expiry being accelerated to 30 days in the event the Company's shares have closed at or above a price of $0.25 per share for ten consecutive trading days.

In connection with the closing of this financing, the Company has paid a finder's fee consisting of an aggregate of $49,986.65 in cash.

In compliance with Canadian securities laws, all of the securities issued in connection with this closing are subject to a hold period expiring on March 21, 2010.

Proceeds from the financing will be used in part to advance the Company's properties in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC") where the Company made a significant Copper discovery, and in particular the Kasala Project. The Kasala Project has several intercepts of ore grade material with thickness varying from 50 to 90 meters.

This placement allows the company to position several strategic financial and recognized technical experts which will continue to allow ELN to complete its objectives in both Africa and its projects in Canada.

About El Nino Ventures Inc.

El Nino Ventures is an exploration company, focused on exploring for Copper/Cobalt in the DRC, that is aggressively negotiating to acquire other projects through out Africa that are in line with the Company's corporate objectives. In Canada, in the Bathurst Mining District, the Company holds a 50% interest in an extensive base metal project located within the Bathurst mining camp, New Brunswick. El Nino recently entered into an option agreement with Votorantim Metals Canada Inc. and Xstrata Zinc whereby Votorantim may earn a 50% interest in El Nino's landholdings by expending $10 million over 5 years and may further increase its interest in El Nino's landholdings to 70% by expending an additional $10 million over a further two years. (Please refer to ELN's August 6, 2009 news release).

Allan Lines (P.Geo.) is the Qualified Person responsible for reviewing the technical results in this release.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors,

"Harry Barr"

Harry Barr, Chairman and CEO

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Note: this release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results and are based on current expectations or beliefs. For this purpose, statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements include statements in which the Company uses words such as "continue", "efforts", "expect", "believe", "anticipate", "confident", "intend", "strategy", "plan", "will", "estimate", "project", "goal", "target", "prospects", "optimistic" or similar expressions. These statements by their nature involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially depending on a variety of important factors, including, among others, the Company's ability and continuation of efforts to timely and completely make available adequate current public information, additional or different regulatory and legal requirements and restrictions that may be imposed, and other factors as may be discussed in the documents filed by the Company on SEDAR (www.sedar.com), including the most recent reports that identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake any obligation to review or confirm analysts' expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

SOURCE El Nino Ventures Inc.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Atlanta-based production company Sunseeker Media chose RIOT Atlanta to provide multiple post production services for Centric presents 2009 Soul Train Awards show. RIOT created video packages that ran during the R&B and Soul themed event, held November 3rd at Atlanta's World Congress Center, and provided all the post production services to package the presentation for the premiere broadcast that took place November 29th on BET Networks and BET's brand-new channel, Centric. The gala event, hosted by Hustle & Flow co-stars Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, will be rebroadcast on Centric on Thursday, December 3rd; Saturday, December 5th; and Sunday, December 6th; and on BET on Saturday, December 5th.

"RIOT is becoming recognized as a total creative studio," says John Phillips, RIOT Atlanta's director of business development. Adds Sunseeker principal, Bart Phillips, "With the tight schedule we had, it was great RIOT was able to take on the editing, audio, writing, producing, and much of the graphics. As the kickoff show for Centric, viewers' impressions were extremely important, and RIOT did a great job."

Chuck Brock, a producer and VP of creative services at RIOT, worked closely with senior editor Willie Giles creating the 30-second nomination packages and the two-and-a-half-minute pre-show tribute pieces about artists Chaka Khan, Charlie Wilson, and the late Michael Jackson, all of which were used at the live event. RIOT handled all aspects of the pieces' creation internally. "We wrote and produced them in their entirety," says Brock, adding that RIOT's creative staff worked in-house in Apple Final Cut Pro for the editing; Apple Motion and Adobe Photoshop and After Effects for graphics work; and a combination of Fairlight and Digidesign Pro Tools workstations for audio mixing and sweetening.

The live show was captured in HD with nine cameras placed throughout the venue. RIOT received the material in the form of a line cut, and all cameras' iso recordings. RIOT's job at this point was to provide a seamless edit of the show by cutting it down to time, building in graphics elements and enhancing the live mix of the audio making use of all the individual tracks that existed for the individual microphone placements throughout the space.

The editing was done in multi-camera mode with RIOT's FCP system. "We could work with BET's post producer, Troy Mosely, in a very interactive way," Brock explains. "If we wanted to find an alternative shot to what was in the line cut, we could quickly show him what all the other cameras got at that moment. The whole process of making editorial adjustments went very smoothly."

RIOT Atlanta also used Fairlight tools to give that extra sparkle to the sound. "They had every voice, every live mix and Pro Tools to remix the audio for broadcast. Sunseeker had made sure to have every voice, every instrument, separated out onto individual tracks," Brock notes.

"We had on any given day," Phillips says, "up to five rooms running simultaneously on this production. We had the volume and dedication to crunch through this challenging production very quickly."

Centric went live on air Sept. 28 via digital cable and satellite carriers.

About RIOT Atlanta

RIOT Atlanta is a tightly knit group of designers, editors, animators, motion graphics artists, composers, sound designers, mixers, writers and producers who collaborate with each other and their clients to create inspiring and entertaining work for television, commercials and beyond. RIOT Atlanta offers a wide array of concept, design, content creation and editorial services while maintaining a boutique work environment.

RIOT Atlanta is part of Ascent Media Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ascent Media Corporation (Nasdaq: ASCMA).

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PAOLI, Pa., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) announced the acquisition of the pressurized gas systems business of Ameron Global, Inc., a privately held company based in Baldwin Park, CA. The acquired business is a manufacturer of highly engineered pressurized gas components and systems for commercial and military aerospace customers. In addition they are a leader in the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of fire suppression and oxygen supply systems. The business has annual sales of approximately $20 million.

"This acquisition broadens the reach of our aerospace and defense business," notes Frank S. Hermance, AMETEK Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "The business serves a wide variety of commercial aircraft and defense customers. Their products complement our existing aerospace safety products and offer us important growth opportunities in fire detection, fire suppression, oxygen supply and other safety systems."

"Ameron Global operates three facilities across the United States for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of fire suppression and oxygen supply systems, adding complementary and differentiated capabilities to our existing global MRO network. Coupled with other recent AMETEK MRO acquisitions and expansion activities, we have a significant and growing presence in this attractive market," comments Mr. Hermance.

This business joins AMETEK within its Aerospace & Defense division, which is a leading supplier of engine and aircraft sensors and monitoring systems; data acquisition units; fuel and fluid measurement systems; cables and harness assemblies; solid-state power distribution products; avionics blowers and fans; heat transfer and cooling systems; and maintenance, repair and overhaul services.

Corporate Profile

AMETEK is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with annualized sales of $2.1 billion. AMETEK's Corporate Growth Plan is based on Four Key Strategies: Operational Excellence, Strategic Acquisitions & Alliances, Global & Market Expansion and New Products. AMETEK's objective is double-digit percentage growth in earnings per share over the business cycle and a superior return on total capital. The common stock of AMETEK is a component of the S&P MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 1000 Index.

Forward-looking Information

Statements in this news release relating to future events such as AMETEK's expected business and financial performance are "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements are subject to various factors and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ significantly from expectations. These factors and uncertainties include our ability to consummate and successfully integrate future acquisitions; risks associated with international sales and operations; our ability to successfully develop new products, open new facilities or transfer product lines; the price and availability of raw materials; compliance with government regulations, including environmental regulations; changes in the competitive environment or the effects of competition in our markets; the ability to maintain adequate liquidity and financing sources; and general economic conditions affecting the industries we serve. A detailed discussion of these and other factors that may affect our future results is contained in AMETEK's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent reports on Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. AMETEK disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

Contact: William J. Burke (610) 889-5249

SOURCE AMETEK, Inc.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regency Energy Partners LP (Nasdaq: RGNC) today announced that it has priced an upsized public offering of 10,500,000 common units representing limited partner interests at $19.12 per common unit. In connection with the offering, Regency granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,575,000 common units. Regency intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay outstanding indebtedness under its revolving credit facility. The offering is scheduled to close on December 7, 2009.

UBS Investment Bank, BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Securities are joint book-running managers for the offering.

The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A copy of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus meeting such requirements relating to the offering may be obtained from the following addresses:

                                                             J.P. Morgan
UBS Investment Bank           BofA Merrill Lynch
                                                             via Broadridge
Attn: Prospectus Department   Attn: Preliminary Prospectus   Financial Solutions
                              Department
299 Park Avenue                                              1155 Long Island
                              4 World Financial Center       Ave
New York, NY 10171
                              New York, NY 10080             Edgewood, NY 11717
Toll free: (888) 827-7275
                              prospect.requests@ml.com       Toll free: (866)
                                                             803-9204

Morgan Stanley                Wells Fargo Securities

Attn: Prospectus Department   Attn: Equity Syndicate
                              Department
180 Varick Street, 2nd floor
                              375 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10014
                              New York, NY 10152
Toll free: (866) 718-1649
                              Toll free: (800) 326-5897
prospectus@morganstanley.com
                              equity.syndicate@wachovia.com

Regency Energy Partners LP (Nasdaq: RGNC) is a growth-oriented, midstream energy partnership engaged in the gathering and processing, contract compression, marketing and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids. Regency's general partner is majority-owned by an affiliate of GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE).

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the units described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these units in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Statements about the proposed offering are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events and are subject to a number of uncertainties and factors, many of which are outside the control of Regency Energy Partners LP, and a variety of risks that could cause results to differ materially from those expected by management of Regency Energy Partners LP.

    Source: Regency Energy Partners LP