Montreal, QC (PRWEB) December 19, 2008

BunnyBingo.com (http://www.bunnybingo.com/) has entered the online gaming market and has chosen the Income Access affiliate marketing software (http://incomeaccess.com/affiliate_software_solutions.asp) to power its affiliate program. BunnyBingo.com offers a variety of different bingo and slot games, with generous player sign-up bonuses and a choice of revenue share or CPA commission structures for affiliates.

“We are very to be entering the online bingo market,” said Shaun Measday, President and CEO of BunnyBingo.com. “We also understand that to be competitive, we must offer both players and affiliates real value in order to share in the growth and development of online bingo.”

To celebrate its launch, Bunny Bingo is pleased to offer affiliates three commission structures: 30% revenue share; £30 CPA for each new player who deposits at least £10; or a hybrid of 20% revenue share and £20 CPA for each new player who deposits at least £10. Affiliates can also be assured by no negative roll-over and a 5% one-tier affiliate referral.

“The team at BunnyBingo has a strong Affiliate background, and we are confident we can leverage this to make the Affiliate channel one of our most successful routes to market,” added Measday. “By choosing Income Access as our Affiliate Marketing partner, I think we have demonstrated how serious we are about our affiliates.”

As a user of the Income Access affiliate marketing software, the BunnyBingo.com affiliate program will be able to provide affiliates with a wide variety of advanced tracking reports. This data will give affiliates the information required to optimize their online marketing efforts. Advanced marketing tools and a dedicated affiliate support team will further assist affiliates in generating increased revenues.

“Bunny Bingo is offering its affiliates an excellent opportunity,” said Nicky Senyard, CEO of Income Access. “These attractive player promotions along with the lucrative incentive structures represent a huge potential for affiliates. Combined with the tracking reports and tools of our software, these incentives should give affiliates a definited edge in generating revenues. .”

Bunny Bingo also offers up to £4,000 of guaranteed bingo jackpot games everyday and a player deposit bonus of 200%, up to £100. The site mascot Buster Bunny will introduce players to the variety of games available, as well as keeping them up-to-date on celebrity gossip, via his gossip blog.

About BunnyBingo.com

BunnyBingo.com (http://www.bunnybingo.com/) is a U.K. based bingo, slots and scratchcard website powered by Virtue Fusion gaming software. The site aims to attract a community of new players with a 200% deposit bonus, 1-pence bingo hours and a celebrity news and gossip section.

About Income Access

Since 2002, Income Access has been helping both affiliates and operators succeed in the online gaming space. With an emphasis on long-term, proactive relationships, Income Access offers three types of services to meet the individual marketing needs of its partners: 1) an affiliate network, 2) white label affiliate marketing software, and 3) an expert team of affiliate managers. To date, Income Access has partnered with a variety of Sportsbook, Casino, Poker, Bingo, Mobile, and Softgames operators.

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SSAE 16 Professionals

Orange, CA (PRWEB) February 01, 2012

SSAE 16 Professionals is proud to announce they have hired Joe Jimenez as a Director of Business Development in the firm. As a leading service provider that specializes in SSAE 16 readiness reviews, SSAE 16 Type I Reports, and SSAE 16 Type II Reports, clients are increasing choosing SSAE 16 Professionals for the personalized service and great value.

Joe has over 24 years of business development and marketing experience developing and executing marketing programs for companies within various industries. Joe excels in his ability to quickly understand client initiatives and corresponding client needs that sometimes involve “outside the box” thinking. Additionally Joe firmly believes in developing and maintaining positive and trusting business relationships that ultimately become long lasting and mutually beneficial. Joe’s key responsibilities include the implementation and support of the firm’s marketing and business development efforts, proposal process and industry leading client service.

Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree from San Diego State University and will handle business development efforts and strategic relationships in the Pacific Northwest and other portions of the Western United States. Joe has been actively involved in several youth sports programs serving as a youth baseball and softball coach.

“We are excited to bring Joe on-board,” says Tim Roncevich, Partner at SSAE 16 Professionals. “His experience will prove to be extremely valuable to our clients and our strategic partners.”

Our Services

SSAE 16 Readiness Reviews

SSAE 16 Readiness Reviews are consulting engagements that are designed to assist service organizations in assessing their preparedness for a SSAE 16 audit. SSAE 16 Professionals works collaboratively with management teams to perform a detailed readiness review and provide a gap matrix that identifies controls that would pass right away, controls that would partially fail, and controls that would fail and require remediation (in priority order with recommendations for remediation). Some firms go right into the SSAE 16 and realize there are issues which result in a qualified opinion. By that time, the service organization has spent a lot of time and money only to get a qualified report (which is useless to both the service organizations and its clients).

SSAE 16 Type I and Type II Reports

In addition to Readiness Reviews, SSAE 16 Professionals completes both Type I and Type II SSAE 16 Reports.

    SSAE 16 Type I Reports – A report on policies and procedures placed in operation as of a specified point in time. SSAE 16 Type I Reports evaluate the design effectiveness of a service provider’s controls and then confirms that these controls have been placed in operation as of a specific date.
     SSAE 16 Type II Reports – A report on policies and procedures placed in operation and tests of operating effectiveness for a period of time. SSAE 16 Type II Reports include the examination and confirmation steps involved in a Type I examination plus include an evaluation of the effectiveness of the controls for a period of at least six calendar months. Most user organizations require their service provider to undergo the Type II level examination for the greater level of assurance it provides.
    SSAE 16 Reports are beneficial because:
     Financial Audit Requirement by SEC – Auditors of your Clients will increase their scrutiny of the “system of internal control” during their audits of the financial statements (Sarbanes-Oxley) – which will result in more requests for your SSAE 16 report.
     Marketing and Competitive Advantage – SSAE 16 can be a key differentiator to prospective clients.
     One Time Audit – Avoids user auditors (auditors of your clients) continuously contacting service organization personnel for separate audits throughout the year. Rather, service organization clients request and rely on the SSAE 16 report.

About SSAE 16 Professionals

SSAE 16 Professionals is one of the nation’s leading firms specializing solely in SSAE 16 audits and readiness assessments. Each of our professionals has over 10 years of relevant experience at “Big 4” and other large international or regional accounting firms. Each professional is certified as a CPA (Certified Public Accountant), CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor), CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), and/or MBA (Master of Business Administration). For more information, please visit http://www.SSAE16Professionals.com.

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Tijuana, Mexico (PRWEB) August 4, 2009

The Caliente Group, Mexico’s largest gaming operation, has joined an effort to bring self-governance to their electronic gaming operation, voluntarily calling upon third party NYCE to certify their electronic gaming machines.

Caliente, as a member of a trade association, the Association of Gaming and Sweepstakes Licensees (Associación des Permissionarios des Juegos y Sorteos) has made a contract with NYCE to certify the machines both in laboratory testing and field audits.

NYCE has been authorized by the Mexican Government to certify electronic gaming machines throughout Mexico. NYCE is a Mexican non-profit corporation with a membership of 43 Mexican companies and verifies and certifies compliance of both Mexican Standards (technical regulations) and non-mandatory Mexican Standards for telecommunications, electronics and information technologies.

NYCE is currently in the final phases of preparing testing standards, creating voluntary compliance to those standards and encouraging the Mexican government to adopt mandatory testing standards for gaming devices.

Caliente’s Director of Electronic Gaming, Carlos Murguia, had this to say about voluntarily requesting that his company’s machines be certified, “Our core task is to develop and promote our company’s transparency along with our integrity. Our players appreciate playing in a fair environment. Our suppliers appreciate our willingness to be held accountable as does the industry in general.”

Alfonso Perez, chairman of the Association of Gaming and Sweepstakes Licensees said, “We take prize payouts very seriously. We are very careful that any customer that wins a prize gets the prize paid. No discussion about it. We are very careful with our systems and we are very careful with our suppliers in order to have total transparency and total control. Nobody is going to cheat our customers. If they win a prize then they get the prize.”

NYCE President Claudio Bortoluz Orlandi said, “These are important testing standards that will protect consumers and ensure the integrity of gaming in Mexico.”

About Caliente

The Caliente Group has evolved and shown steady growth since having been acquired by a group headed by Jorge Hank Rhon in 1985. The company pioneered off track betting in Mexico, adding U.S. and international racing to its own existing greyhound and horse racing programs. It now broadcasts greyhound and horse racing programs to a very large satellite footprint that includes all of Mexico, Central and South America along with portions of Western Europe.

Caliente’s Race & Sports Book OTB locations have shown robust growth, which along with the OTBs to whom Caliente provides its services are now numbering over 174 in Mexico with more Caliente locations operating in the following countries: Austria, Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela and The Caribbean.

The full card racing programs from over 50 tracks are carried annually by Caliente. Those tracks include the major players in the thoroughbred world such as Santa Anita, Churchill Downs along with the NYRA tracks, California, Florida and Texas tracks. Additionally, there are broadcast agreements with tracks in the UK, Australia, Panama and Uruguay among others.

Caliente was able to introduce sports book wagering in Mexico in 1990. The book operation features betting on major sports throughout its network of Race & Sports Book OTB locations. Sports signals and betting opportunities that are carried by Caliente include all of the major sports events in the U.S. – football, basketball, baseball and hockey – plus soccer from around the world along with auto racing, boxing, jai alai and other one-off special events.

By 2001 Bingo became legal in Mexico. Caliente continues to operate some of the largest bingo halls in the Republic. Later bingo-based electronic machines were introduced. Today there are different types of electronic gaming machines in their operation.

The company’s heritage dates all the way back to 1916 coming from the Agua Caliente Race Track, featured in the famous motion picture, Seabiscuit. Drawing from its extensive technological and labor infrastructure, Caliente provides race and sports book signals, tote and operational services to its vast Latin American and Western European network. Live greyhound racing is staged every day of the year at the Caliente racetrack.

The company is headquartered in Tijuana, Mexico, employing over 7000 people.

Contact:

Jeff Blum

(619) 813-8099

121 Broadway, Suite 609

San Diego, CA 92101

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Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood

Hollywood, Fla. (Vocus) December 13, 2010

In celebration of the grand opening of Winner’s Way Parking Garage on December 15, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will create an unprecedented and spectacular ceremonial guitar smash of 2,400 acoustic guitars, which are not “musician quality.” The event will be documented and recorded for the Guinness Book of World Records as the “World’s Largest Guitar Smash,” with a representative of the Guinness Book on site to observe and certify the event.

The addition of 2,400 parking spaces in the new Winner’s Way Parking Garage will bring the grand total of spaces available at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood to more than 12,000. Designed by Klai Juba Architects of Las Vegas, the Winner’s Way Parking Garage offers guests another hassle-free, covered option to access the resort’s award-winning casino and world-class amenities. It will also provide 15 elevators, six escalators, a 351-foot-tall pedestrian bridge to Seminole Paradise, a 164-foot-tall pedestrian bridge to the Seminole Hard Rock Casino, and a car count system – all in a brightly lit environment.

The grand opening event will begin with a V.I.P. cocktail reception at 5 p.m. in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino main ballroom, with rock band and rock violin performers as musical entertainment. The outdoor celebration will include a special performance by the Grammy-winning Huey Lewis and The News, which will be followed by the countdown to the Guitar Smash at 7:30 p.m., and capped by a musically synchronized fireworks display.

In true rock-star style, Hard Rock’s grand openings are deemed official with a signature guitar smash and complemented by a donation to local charities, children and musicians in need. As part of this ceremony, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will donate guitars worth $ 50,000 to the music programs of public schools in Miami-Dade County, Broward County and Palm Beach County. The funds will be used to purchase a new guitar for every public and charter school in all three counties.

In addition, the smashed guitar pieces will be contributed to the Ann Storck Center of Plantation, where adults with disabilities will be able to create original sculptures, decorative home accents and other works of art as part of the Ann Storck Center Fine Art program. The artwork will be available for purchase as “Smashed GuitART;” all proceeds will help support the fine art program to enable Ann Storck Center residents to continue to discover abilities and build independence.”

Members from the Seminole Tribe of Florida and its Seminole Tribal Council, Seminole Gaming executives, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino staff, Kraft Construction, Klai Juba Architects, Cleo Design, the Seminole Police Department, local celebrities including TV, radio and sports personalities as well as close to 2,000 casino players and various charity supporters and staff members will all be part of this momentous event.

“This is an incredibly thrilling occasion for us and a significant step to alleviating parking and property accessibility,” shared Jim Allen, chairman of Hard Rock International and CEO of Seminole Gaming. “We’re celebrating not only a parking solution, but the people who helped make it happen – our design and construction partners, supporters, the media, and most importantly, the community and our casino guests who have embraced the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and created the need for Winner’s Way Garage.”

The $ 50 million construction project employed more than 300 workers and made a significant contribution to the South Florida economy. Construction of the nine-stories-tall (112 feet), approximately one million-square-foot parking garage began in April. This past August, representatives of the hotel, Kraft Construction, Coreslab, the Seminole Tribal Council and the Tribal Building Department celebrated the topping off of the garage by personally signing a 17,000-pound concrete slab roof before it was hoisted into place, complete with an evergreen tree to symbolize growth and good luck.

In addition to Winner’s Way Parking Garage, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino offers guests valet or self-parking in the adjacent Seminole Way and Lucky Street Garages as well as several surface parking lots, all totaling more than 12,000 parking spaces. The parking garages offer comprehensive security protection, including state-of-the-art security cameras, guards who patrol on bicycles and Seminole Police officers in patrol cars.

About Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino invites you to PLAYHARD! Play, stay, dine, and shop at South Florida’s ultimate entertainment destination. Eighty-nine tables offer Blackjack, Baccarat, Mini-Baccarat, Pai Gow Poker, Three Card Poker, Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker and Let it Ride on a nearly three-acre casino floor. Play one of the more than 2,500 Vegas-style slots including the Native-American Casino linked Multi-Area Progressive Jackpots and Mega Jackpots. Separate high-limit rooms for table games and slots, in addition to a non-smoking room are available for guests to enjoy. Loyal Player’s Club members may enjoy an exclusive VIP Plum Lounge and VIP Chef’s Table show kitchen. Convene in The Poker Room at Seminole Paradise for Texas Hold ‘em, limit Texas Hold ’em, Seven Card Stud and two dollar and four dollar limit Omaha Hi Lo games. Located inside the casino is Hard Rock Cafe -Hollywood, part of Hard Rock’s 130 globally recognized rock ‘n roll themed restaurants. The Green Lodging Certified by the State of Florida, AAA, Four Diamond rated resort showcases 500 luxurious guest rooms, 18 restaurants and lounges, 40,000-square-feet of meeting room space, a European-style spa, auto salon, 25 boutique shops, 12 nightclubs, Paradise Live, and Hard Rock Live, a 5,500- seat concert arena. Located on State Road 7 (U.S. 441) in Hollywood, Florida. Take I-95, exit Stirling Rd. and travel west to 1 Seminole Way. For more information, call (954) 327-ROCK, 1 800-937-0010 or visit us online at http://www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com or http://www.facebook.com/seminolehardrockhollywood.    

Ana Lanzas, Seminole Hard Rock, 954-327-7504, ana.lanzas(at)seminolehardrock(dot)com

Gary Bitner, Bitner Goodman, (954) 730-7730, ext. 120, gary(at)bitnergoodman(dot)com

Fran Folic, Bitner Goodman, (954) 730-7730, ext. 117, fran(at)bitnergoodman(dot)com

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(PRWEB) November 12, 2007

New Online Slots is an online slots portal that serves as a guide for for slots players from all over the world covering everything about playing online slots including slot machine game reviews, online slot casino reviews, slots casino bonuses and promotions as well as slots reward programs. The casino portal reviews new slots games in-depth as and when they are released by the various online casino software companies and their silenced slots casinos. These last releases of new games are from leading software companies Microgaming Real Time Gaming (RTG), and the games can be played at their respective licensees’ online casinos.

Microgaming has released new games every month for almost two years now and slots fans eagerly await the games at the start of every month. Real Time Gaming upgraded their slots platform when they release their “Real Series” platform last year and the results have been phenomenal with slots players raving over the graphics and features in these games. Land-based slots players love the games from both these providers, as they closely resemble many games you will find in land casinos.

November sees the release of two new games from Real Time Gaming. Both are based on the 5 reel, 20 pay line format. The first and most interesting game is Jackpot Piñatas, Real Time Gaming’s first new progressive slot machine in quite some time. The game combines all the good things about playing slots online. Not only does it have a progressive jackpot that is linked across all Real Time Gaming casino, but it also has a bonus round where players can win as much as 200 times their stake, plus up to 25 free spins.

The second game from Real Time Gaming this month is Field of Green, which will appeal to American football fans. The bonus round is great fund where the players has to slot field goals for cash. The game also has a random side jackpot, similar to numerous other RTG slots. “The random jackpot is another great reason to visit one of our recommended RTG casinos and we have seen them drop for over $ 3000 quite often,” says Ryan, editor at New Online Slots.

Microgaming has come out with a bumper release this month, with no less than four new games. There are three new video slots, namely Path of the Penguin, No Worries and Boogie Monsters. They all offer free spins with multipliers, with Path of the Penguin offering up to 360,000 coins max jackpot, whilst No Worries has a huge eight times multiplier making max jackpot on this Australian Outback themed game a massive 400,000 coins. In addition, there is another new AWP (Amusement with Prizes), British style slot machine called “You lucky barstard”.

The slots guide reviews all of these games in detail (accessible from the site’s home page).

New Online Slots recommends a number of RTG and Microgaming casinos that offer players something extra. “There are many choices for slots players who look for new games.” says Ryan “Through our research and as regular slots players we believe there to be a handful of RTG and Microgaming casinos that stand out above the crowd in terms of promos, customer service levels, and their reputation for fast and reliable payouts.” Such online casinos are all featured New Online Slots website.

In addition to hundreds of slots machine game reviews, New-Online-Slots.com provides information about online slots games. Thy rate some of the best slot machine casinos, and publish regular free articles for slots players covering many topics such as, game strategies and money management.

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Righteous Brothers’ Bill Medley Live at Starlite Theatre

Branson, MO (PRWEB) November 11, 2010

He’s won a Grammy Award. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Billy Joel, one of his biggest fans. He recently spent an enjoyable hour catching up with his old pal Keith Richards.

But like many in his generation, the question he now asks a roomful of contemporaries is: “Aren’t grandkids great?”

To call Bill Medley a legend is to watch a man cringe. “God, that sounds so old,” growns Medley, 70.

But how else to describe a man whose soulful voice, along with the late Bobby Hatfield, provided the soundtrack for an entire generation that danced, kissed and got married to the Righteous Brothers’ music?

“Guys come up to me after my show and whisper, ‘Man, I had real good luck in the backseat whenever your songs came on the radio.’ And then their wives say, ‘Oh, we had so many wonderful and romantic moments, thanks to your music.” Medley laughs. “That’s the difference between men and women.”

The difference between dating in the 1960s and ’70s and now is less amusing to Medley. “I don’t understand it,” he confesses. “I feel sorry for kids now. Cell phones and email and the Internet—that’s how young people get together now.”

Medley has a cell phone. “It’s somewhere in there,” he says, sitting on his tranquil deck and gesturing to his house. “I never carry it except when I travel.”

But doesn’t he rely on email, Twitter, and FaceBook to stay connected with friends and fans?

“Are you kidding? Look, I can get online to play video poker. But that’s about it. I don’t do computers. I’m a 1960’s rock and roll singer.”

The Real Deal:

In an era when a star is made in one season of “American Idol”—or one video on YouTube—it’s easy to forget the slower, more old-fashioned route to stardom. For Medley, the journey began in California.

Born in Los Angeles in 1940 and raised in Santa Ana, Medley grew up with music. His father led a big band and played saxophone. His mother sang and played piano. Medley taught himself to play piano. He also sang in glee club and amateur singing contests as a child. But everything changed the day he heard the music of Ray Charles.

“I became obsessed with Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard,” recalls Medley, who dropped out of school at the age of 16. When he met Bobby Hatfield in 1962, the two already had their own separate vocal groups. “But one night we just started singing these rhythm and blues duets. Together, we were like one voice.”

They found their name at the end of a 1962 performance in Los Angeles when a Marine in the audience shouted, “That was righteous, brothers!” And indeed, it was.

But the rise to the top was not always easy. “Some people said we needed to get in the Pat Boone lane,” says Medley. “But that’s not where we wanted to be. We liked the Little Richard lane.”

After several West Coast hits, including the garage band standard “Little Latin Lupe Lu,” the first major national hit for the Righteous Brothers was “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” produced by Phil Spector (“That guy was a nut in training,” says Medley) in 1964. It was followed by “(You’re My) Soul and Inspiration” and “Unchained Melody.”

From there time began to move faster for Medley and Hatfield, who toured with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Medley hung out with Elvis and played the lounge at the legendary Sands hotel in Las Vegas when Frank Sinatra had the main room.

“Sinatra had to approve whoever sang in the lounge because that’s where his friends would go after his show,” Medley says. “He called us ‘the kids.’ The first time we met him was in his dressing room. It was packed with all of his friends. But he cleared the room so we could talk. He talked to us for an hour and gave us advice about how to protect our voices with steam baths and hot water with honey. I still follow his advice today.”

Sinatra. Elvis. The Beatles. It’s not hard to see why Springfield businessman Randy Little and his partners wanted to book Medley at the Starlite Theatre in Branson.

“Bill Medley’s the real deal,” says Little. “My generation grew up with his music, and the younger generations know his songs ‘(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life’ and ‘Unchained Melody’ through Patrick Swayze movies. Medley’s a legend, whether he wants to admit it or not.”

“It was on my bucket list”

In 2005 a 64-year-old Medley arrived in Branson, Missouri, a town known to many as a destination for country music fan and bus tours.

“I’d visited Branson before,” says Medley. “I played a date here maybe 12 years ago. And I liked it then, but Branson wasn’t ready for me—and I wasn’t ready for it.”

But as the first baby boomers turn 65 in 2010, Medley believes the time is right for rock and roll artists to play Branson.

“This is a town built on family shows like the Presleys and the Baldknobbers,” says Medley. “Those guys own this town, and rightly so. But it’s nice to see my generation starting to come here, too. This town is just getting ready for people raised on rock and roll.”

Like many of his fans, retirement didn’t sit well with Medley. “I took a few years off to raise my son after his mother died,” says Medley. “But the kid’s 45 years old now. He has three kids of his own.”

Hence, those grandchildren. And Medley’s daughter, 23-year-old McKenna Medley, has a singing voice that improbably but beautifully complements her father’s in the old Righteous Brothers’ numbers.

The Righteous Brother has become a Righteous Father—and a grandfather.

Medley and his current wife, Paula, a Michigan native, divide their time between Newport Beach, Calif., and a 5,000-square foot stone and timber lodge set on 20 acres in Branson, just minutes from the Starlite Theatre.

“All those years I was touring, we’d drive past rolling hills and acres and acres of land, and I’d wonder, ‘How does a person get to live there?’” muses Medley. “It was on my bucket list to have a piece of land like this.”

When he’s not performing, Medley spends his time sitting on his deck, playing the piano (“I call it my shrink,’” he says), and enjoying time with friends and family. But when friends include people like Michael Grimm, winner of “America’s Got Talent,” the line between work and play can blur as evidenced by the concert film Medley’s working on that will showcase the talent of Grimm and others.

And of course like any true performer, Medley is always preparing for his next show. The surprise hit of Medley’s 2010 show has been the Unplugged storytelling segment during the second half of the show. That’s when Medley, along with daughter McKenna and their band, move out from behind their instruments and staging to get up close and personal with the audience with a set of songs and stories that seem like a cross between MTV’s Unplugged and VH1’s Behind the Music. Where else can you hear the insider stories about how Blue-Eyed Soul music came to be? It’s like a Rock and Roll history lesson taught by the man who actually lived it.

“The great thing about Branson is that after each show, I get to meet people in the audience and hear their stories,” he says. “This is the first time in my life I’ve ever been able to do that. You don’t have a clue what your music means to people until you hear it with your own ears.”

The most powerful stories, he says, come from Vietnam veterans. “They tell me they played our music over and over, and that it got them through their darkest days. They thank me and I thank them. Music is a powerful thing.”

And if the 70-year-old rocker ever starts to get tired after singing “Rock and Roll Heaven,” “Unchained Melody, “Time of My Life,” “(You’re My) Soul and Inspiration” and “(You’ve Lost) That Lovin’ Feelin’,” six days a week, he needs only to look out and see the faces in the audience.

“These are the guys who were in the backseat,” he says. “These are the guys who went to Vietnam. How can I not want to give them the best show I can give?”

For more information about Bill Medley and his new show at the Starlite Theatre, call (417) 337-9333 or visit http://www.starlitetheatre.com to see clips of Medley in concert. Fans of Medley can join the exclusive Facebook group “Bill Medley Live.”        

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Louisville, KY (PRWEB) April 25, 2008

The 2008 Kentucky Derby may now be easier to bet on with the news that an international horse racing portal, RaceHorseOwner.com, has released a list of the ten leading contenders in the annual “Run For The Roses”.

The opinions of expert horse racing handicappers have been transformed into a unique Power Rankings table that ranks the Kentucky Derby betting heavyweights from one to ten and also suggests a couple of runners that represent longshot value according to the current odds.

The Kentucky Derby betting picture has certainly been transformed this month with ante-post contenders from the previous Futures pools falling away in quick succession. The leading stakes earner amongst the three-year-old crop and the champion juvenile from last season, War Pass, won’t even be in the field. His reputation was already tarnished from two consecutive defeats, and now that he is injured it has thrown this year’s race wide open. Or has it?

An undefeated colt named Big Brown is causing a sensation and will come into the race as the likely favorite in the betting. But he has only three lifetime starts to his credit and no horse has managed to win the Derby with equal (or lesser) experience since Regret did it way back in 1915. Even the great Curlin, who was arguably the most talented three-year-old horse to race in America in recent years, could not manage to win the Kentucky Derby off just three starts.

The West Coast has a serious challenger for the Kentucky Derby as well in the form of Colonel John, who has looked very impressive in his prep runs. But there are many other talented runners out there who could win on the first Saturday in May, and names like Pyro and Z Fortune cannot be ignored.

RaceHorseOwner.com has definitely provided a concise and helpful guide to understanding the betting nuances for this year’s race, and they will also feature free Kentucky Derby tips, which will be published during the final week leading up to the race itself.

http://www.racehorseowner.com provides international horse racing news from around the globe, independent reviews of racebooks, and sportsbooks that offer horse racing betting, and free picks for many major horse races.

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Woodbridge Structured Funding

Sherman Oaks, CA (PRWEB) January 09, 2012

Woodbridge Structured Funding, a specialty finance company that purchases lottery payments, structured settlements, and annuities, is wrapping up a solid fourth quarter with year over year results up more than 50%.

The company specializes in helping individuals sell annuity payments for an immediate lump sum. Many annuitants who have sold their annuity payments to Woodbridge Structured Funding have used their lump sum cash payments to pay off mounting debts, or invest in purchasing a home, starting a business, or funding a loved one’s education.

As predicted, it looks to Woodbridge that the merger of structured settlement companies Peachtree Financial and J.G. Wentworth increased Woodbridge’s market share. Woodbridge Structured Funding remains committed to providing outstanding rates and customer service to each and every client. Adherence to these core principals has allowed for substantial growth.

Vice President Scott Schwartz stated, “2011 saw deal flow in all our business units up 50% year over year.” In addition, Woodbridge Structured Funding expanded operations. “The company has continued to provide strong customer service and competitive pricing and continues to grow with the hiring of our 70th employee in December,” Schwartz said.

Woodbridge Structured Funding, which maintains offices in both Florida and California, holds an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau – the bureau’s highest possible rating.

Woodbridge Structured Funding, LLC can be found online at http://woodbridgeinvestments.com

About Woodbridge Structured Funding, LLC

Woodbridge and its predecessor companies have been pioneers in the financial services industry. Nearly twenty years ago, Woodbridge innovated the purchase of future payments in return for a lump sum. Since 1993, Woodbridge Structured Funding LLC and its predecessor companies and founders, have bought nearly a billion of dollars worth of payments from individuals wishing to sell structured settlements, sell annuity payments or sell lottery winnings, all by working with one satisfied customer at a time.

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MMA Conditioning Association

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (PRWEB) December 16, 2011

Recognizing the growth and integration of mixed martial arts with personal training and physical fitness, the National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association (NESTA) recently approved the Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning Association’s (MMACA) online certification program for 4.0 continuing education credits. These credits also satisfy recertification requirements for the NESTA Personal Fitness Trainer program.

The online MMACA certification program is designed for personal trainers, coaches, martial artists and MMA participants interested in acquiring both athletic and business skills required for successful mixed martial arts coaching. It combines combat drills, plyometrics, mental training, TRX, kettlebells, aerobic and anaerobic conditioning, sports nutrition, flexibility and more.

“Mixed martial arts continues to be adopted into a variety of sports as well as popular culture and national TV, so it only makes sense that this special online certification now qualifies for continuing education credits,” said John Spencer Ellis, founder of the Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning Association. “We are pleased with this recognition of the strength and quality of our certification program.”

Becoming a certified mixed martial arts conditioning coach involves a series of online lectures, video demonstrations, a digital manual, audio lessons and more. The program is 100 percent online and self-paced.

In addition to the NESTA continuing education credits, the Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning Association’s certification also earns credits through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) and the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).

About MMACA

The Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning Association (MMACA) was developed to bridge the gap between sports conditioning science, MMA training methods and direct application from the ring, octagon, mat or cage. The MMA Conditioning Association is the MMA certification division of the National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association (NESTA), a leader in innovative solutions for fitness, nutrition and wellness professionals, as well as club owners since 1992. The MMACA and its staff of educators, exercise physiologists, dietitians, biomechanists, strength coaches, sports psychologists, physical therapists, massage therapists, kinesiologists and business professionals have joined with the world’s top boxers, wrestlers, BJJ fighters, Muay Thai fighters, American kickboxers, MMA fighters and coaches to develop a comprehensive MMA conditioning program. For more information about the certification, please visit http://www.mixedmartialartsconditioningassociation.com/mma-conditioning-coach-training-details.html

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Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) July 3, 2005

You think you know poker? Well, you will now. Hollywood Poker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com) will bring you the latest news, interviews and updates on all the stars and players during the world’s largest poker tournament, the World Series of Poker. Rich Wilens, host of the syndicated radio poker show “Poker Talk America” will host the interviews and bring a side of poker to the table that you haven’t heard.

Commenting on the exclusive coverage offered from the show, Rich Wilens said, “Doing my updates live from the WSOP and streaming them to players around the world with Hollywood Poker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com) will keep poker enthusiasts up to date throughout the event. As a poker insider I’ve always had great access to events, add the cache of being associated with Hollywood Poker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com) and I now have real star power.”

TV and Radio show host Rich Wilens has been called the “Poker Insider” for many years. His access to the poker players, celebrities, poker rooms, poker room managers, casinos and the poker media keeps Wilens informed with up to the minute poker happenings. With Wilens interviews, Hollywood Poker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com) will put their members on tilt, dealing a daily audio talk show live via the Internet with listener participation. Interviews with Hollywood Poker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com) stars such as James Woods, Vince Van Patten, Hollywood Poker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com) Celebrity Shootout winner Bob Goen and many more will give their opinions and insight on the World Series of Poker.

Hollywood Poker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com) will also have a booth at the WSOP Lifestyle Show from July 6-9, 2005. Visitors will be able to play online at the website, as well as play actual poker with the Hollywood Poker (http://www.hollywoodpoker.com) girls and celebrity guests.

Rich Wilens is the host of the syndicated radio show, “Poker Talk America Coast to Coast.” His web site is http://www.pokertlkamerica.com and http://www.pokerkool.com. Rich is a 35 year radio veteran and poker insider. Author, Columnist, Radio personality, and photographer to the world’s best poker players and celebrities, Rich’s latest book: “Faces of the World’s Greatest Poker Players” is released on July 5, 2005.

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