If you thought the 2006 WSOP couldn't get any hotter, well guess again. Celebrity poker player and queen of the internet Cindy Margolis will soon be arriving in Sin City.

Scheduled to make an appearance in the media/celebrity poker tournament. Margolis will be there to promote her cover and feature in one of the industry's hottest poker publications, TopPair.

TopPair magazine is the brainchild of former Playboy bombshell, Jill Ann Spaulding who is both editor and publisher of the magazine. They say that beauty and brains is a deadly combination and apparently Spaulding has both.

Soupy Sales is a throwback to the days when you could enjoy some good wholesome comedy without worrying about profanity or offending dialogue. Soupy and his cast of characters became legends of TV comedy and for the first time these classic performances are available in a three DVD set from Morada Vision.

As the subtitle indicates on the cover of the DVD-The whole gang is here including White Fang, Black Tooth, and Pookie...plus some very special guests drop in such a Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis junior. The Rat Packs boys go to a restaurant where Soupy is a disgruntled waiter and a full-scale pie fight ensues. It is slapstick comedy at its very best. One of the most famous outtakes in TV history featuring the naked-lady is included with the generous set as well. A twelve-page booklet with pictures is a welcome bonus to supplement the package.

TRU at http://www.toreachus.com, a division of the Kavanaugh Effect, is the new "Web For Less Than $1 A Week Company." With the mom and pop stores still competing with the larger chain stores, now is a good time for them to have their business information on-line and available 24 hours a day. The basic site offered includes a directions map, product types carried, form for requesting more information, number of visitor and hours of operation. All the shops, banks, professionals, etc. found in the average town can make use of this now inexpensive exposure.

Corporate Services LLC, developers of TrakQuip™ and RTMS, the premier equipment and rental software applications, is proud to be a recipient of Management Action Programs (MAP), Inc.'s Presidential Award.

The MAP Presidential Award is an annual recognition of companies that have achieved business excellence by utilizing the MAP Management System™. They were selected based on the implementation of the system throughout their organization, significant improvements of factors that contribute to sustainable business growth and the establishment of clear and effective leadership.

MarketBridge (www.market-bridge.com), a leading marketing and sales professional services company to the Fortune 500, today launches its Financial Services Practice, established to meet the needs of a dramatically changing global financial services industry.

The formation of a dedicated Financial Services Practice reflects MarketBridge’s growing body of work with leading companies in the industry, as well as market research and direct feedback from financial services executives. At the Financial Services Roundtable held in New York, MarketBridge learned firsthand the challenges faced by financial services marketers. “We saw some trends last year that led us to believe that the industry was in for significant change, which will require new thinking in how companies go to market, particularly around channel selection, product alignment and customer segmentation,” said Tim Furey, CEO of MarketBridge. “The state of the industry closely resembles what we observed in high-tech years ago. In this case, different events are causing companies to dramatically rethink their traditional business models, and how they acquire new customers and keep existing ones.”

Christmas has come and gone, Valentines Day is nearly upon us and Easter is just round the corner. The question for the online marketer is, how do you get your message for these seasonal sales opportunities across to potential customers quickly and in a non intrusive way? The simple answer is let them do it for you.

Recently the profile of social media as a marketing tool has risen dramatically thanks to sites like Facebook & Twitter which are now being used by millions of people. In fact Social Media has been described by internet marketing specialists, E-consultancy, as "Word of mouth on steroids".

There is a new player in the online greeting cards industry. Excuse me - there are 64 new players in the online greeting cards industry. That's the number of animators and artists Greeting-Cards-By-Stars.com has partnered with in the few short months they began competing in the $40.6 million Online Greeting Card market.

The ECard market is up from $6.8 million since 2001, according to Online Publishers Association. If you count advertising revenue, it's well over a $70 Million market!" exclaims Mark Kanter, co-founder of Greeting-Cards-By-Stars.com. We have great content from great people. Now all we need is great rankings from search engines to help our artists earn the royalties they deserve."

Would it surprise you to learn that for many years, women have been deliberately skipping their period? Female athletes and women planning important events such as their wedding or a vacation have simply deferred their period through continuous birth control therapy. That is, they continue to take the pill until they reach a convenient time to have a period.

Once an unconventional practise for a small group of women, continuous birth control therapy is now an oft-discussed topic as new research surfaces regarding its safety and effectiveness. “Oral contraceptives have always been intended to manipulate the menstrual cycle,” says Dr. Paul Zickler of DoctorSolve (www.doctorsolve.com) online pharmacy services. “The ‘placebo’ week became part of the schedule for a number of reasons, none of which are biological. Taking a week off to have a period made women feel more comfortable and natural. There were also cultural and perhaps even religious reasons why this made sense, but there is no scientific evidence that indicates a woman ‘needs’ to have a period.”

Talking Rock’s Jay Morrish-designed championship golf course in Prescott will play host to Arizona Golf Association’s (AGA) Senior Cup Series Tournament on Monday, July 17, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. Talking Rock is one of six stops on the new cup series and is open to AGA members 55 years of age and older with a USGA Handicap Index of 36.4 or under. The 7,350-yard 18 hole Prescott Arizona golf course allows amateur golfers to compete to earn prizes and awards – all against the backdrop of the breathtaking Granite Mountain. This event is free and is open to the public.



“We support AGA’s mission to foster the enhancement and expansion of the game of golf,” said Jim Leisenring, PGA member and general manager of Talking Rock golf course. “Hosting this tournament is just one more way to show our support for AGA and amateur golf in Arizona.”

The course’s strategically placed bunkers and ample landing areas in the fairways and around the greens create a balance between risk and reward, creating an equal playing field for the variance of talent among the amateur field. And, after a long day of golf, players are invited to stay and experience Talking Rock’s rich history and deep spirit. “We want people to think of Talking Rock as more than a championship golf course, but as a place to relax and enjoy the beauty and wonder of rural high country living,” said Leisenring.



Offering the best of both worlds, Talking Rock is located in a peaceful, rural setting just minutes from Prescott where homeowners have access to shopping, dining, entertainment and numerous outdoor recreational opportunities. It is a 3,400-acre private, luxury home community in Prescott, Arizona with a casual western lifestyle and the amenities of an exclusive country club.



The Prescott home lots available at Talking Rock are a development of Harvard Investments, a Scottsdale, Arizona based real estate development company respected for its high quality, residential projects throughout the Southwest. Harvard designed and developed communities are found in Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas, Texas; and in Phoenix, Sedona, and Tucson, Arizona.

Green Edge Systems, Inc, a trusted leader of wireless HACCP temperature monitoring solutions for School Services, Schools, Hospitals and Campuses, presents the FreshLoc™ state -of- the- art hardware products, software and communication platforms in the School Nutrition Association SNA Child Nutrition Industry Conference (CNIC), Monterey Conference Center, January 13-15, 2008.

FreshLoc™ is the market leader in wireless temperature and HACCP monitoring for school food services, hospitals and food production and delivery, with over 1,000,000 measurements per day, and growing.

Shoebuy.com (www.shoebuy.com), one of the largest retailers of footwear and related accessories on the Internet, experienced over 350,000 visitors on Cyber Monday (December 1, 2008) with traffic up more than 30 percent compared to Cyber Monday last year.

Shoppers took advantage of more than 700,000 products or what equates to more than $3.5 billion in inventory available for purchase on the Shoebuy.com site and Shoebuy.com's top-of-the-line customer experience, which has the company ranked by BizRate.com® as one of the top eTailers in the country for outstanding customer satisfaction six years in a row.

With more than 100 deaths and hundreds of other infections reported around the world, the recent swine influenza outbreak has triggered global concern as governments everywhere scramble to contain it. In an effort to assist businesses in preparing for a potential pandemic, the IFMA Foundation is offering the "Pandemic Preparedness Manual," a complimentary resource that can assist in planning for, controlling and responding to the threat of influenza.

Workplaces have a vested interest in mitigating the effects of a pandemic. The Spanish flu of 1918, for example, affected hundreds of millions of people and resulted in more than 50 million fatalities. Today, a flu outbreak could lead to the absenteeism of 25 to 50 percent of employees for up to four months, potentially causing supply chain disruptions and the closure of retail facilities, further impacting the global economic downturn.

iAbida Inc. today announced that Sonya Wills has cut communication time in half by using iAbida with educators that work with her three autistic children. iAbida's Individual Communication Management™ system enables schools and parents to drive communication through a password protected web application.

Sonya says "we use this website to REPLACE daily communication journals between home and school. We also have our HHA, SCL, and Respite providers post their experiences here. Speech Therapists and Occupational Therapists can post here also. Instead of keeping a spiral notebook with only correspondence between the teacher/associate and home, you have everybody's input all in one place and you can create reports and print off everything from one specified date to another (we currently do this monthly). Since my kids see a psychiatrist, he is able to review what has happened with the children both at home and at school BEFORE we arrive at our regularly scheduled appointments and advise us based on this information."

Not much can beat the freshness of a living tree cut straight from a farm. However, cutting the tree down to size, roping it to the roof of your car and lugging it into your home can be a daunting and demanding task. Now, Yule Tree Farms, one of the nation's largest Christmas tree growers, is offering Oregon's Noble Vintage® Live -- a beautiful container Christmas tree that can be planted permanently once the holiday season ends -- to consumers nationwide through its new Web site, www.christmastreeoregon.com.

From the Source Debuts New Furniture Designs:

Perch Barstool

Earthbound Materials Take Flight in Buoyant Silhouettes From the Source, a leader in sustainable furniture, will debut its latest designs at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York (ICFF). The firm's furnishings are crafted by master artisans using reclaimed, vintage, salvaged or plantation-grown hardwoods exclusively. If there is a theme to this year's designs, it is an air of nimble grace, a characteristic not often associated with handcrafted furnishings wrought of natural hardwoods and metal.

Ambassador Inn and Suites becomes one of 1st lodging properties in South Yarmouth, MA to receive the Green Eco-Leaf Rating. Currently Ambassador Inn and Suites is first of the hotels in South Yarmouth (http://www.istaygreen.org/getcityus.cfm/city/South%20Yarmouth/st/MA) to complete the comprehensive environmental audit administered by iStayGreen.org. The property earned 3 Green Eco-Leafs, which is a "Great" rating.

All Green Eco-Leaf Rated properties are committed to environmentally friendly initiatives. Richard Varner, founder of iStayGreen.org states: "The Ambassador Inn and Suites has set the bar for other South Yarmouth lodging properties by earning the 3 Green Eco-Leaf Rating and becoming the first property rated. We anticipate neighboring properties to follow their lead in insuring a sustainable future in travel."

Trusted LASIK Surgeons announced today that David Huang, M.D., PhD has joined the Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory, an online consumer resource for people looking to improve their vision. Dr. Huang's LASIK Eye Surgery practice at the Doheny Laser Vision Center serves the greater Los Angeles area, including the Downtown and East Los Angeles, Glendale, Pasadena, and San Gabriel communities.

Los Angeles Lasik Eye Surgery Expert David Huang performing vision correction surgery.

The Trusted LASIK Surgeons directory seeks to provide consumers with those LASIK Eye surgeons who are among the best in the United States. To achieve this, Trusted LASIK Surgeons screens each surgeon based on experience, premier patient care, and professional credentials. Doctor Huang's brilliant credentials put him among the top 1% of LASIK and refractive surgeons in the United States.

HomeFront Software™ (www.homefront-software.com), provider of home building and construction management software to contractors throughout Canada and North America, has announced their award-winning Builder Process management suite now integrates with Sage Master Builder. Together, they provide a complete, end-to-end home building software solution that's cost-effective for smaller construction firms, particularly custom home builders.

"It takes more than simple accounting and job costing to gain competitive advantage as a home builder," says Daryl Shenner CEO, HomeFront Software. "By adding HomeFront home building software to Sage Master Builder, smaller builders will benefit from advanced capabilities like comprehensive estimating and purchasing, advanced scheduling, service and warranty management, and CRM (customer relationship management) without replacing their core accounting software and leaving the fit and familiarity of Sage Master Builder."

After an aggressive and innovative restructuring of services and fees, Key West Inns is beginning to see the benefits of one of its most unique programs – the Franchisee Success Coach. (http://keywestinn.net/pressrelease2.htm) A 23% increase in overall revenue of the chain is directly related to implementation of this initiative.

“We developed the Franchisee Success Coach to help our existing franchisees in revenue management and to conduct in house training programs,” said Neal Jackson, President of Birmingham-based Key West Inns.

Brian Robinson of Trussville, Alabama was hired to fill this position. After a few months, the Key West Inn chain rose 23% in revenue over prior year. Rick Patel who owns the Key West Inn in Tuscumbia, Alabama states that his hotel rose 33% in June of 2006 over prior year. Brian worked closely with Rick on yield management and rate analysis. All of which paid off well for that location. Rick Patel further states that "this new position has been a huge help to me and my hotel, I’m very glad that this program was started." After many property visits and a few months in this position, Robinson states "As the individual properties become comfortable with the new features our program offers, their revenues rise. Marketing co-mingles with every aspect of hotel operations. As operations improve, the value increases, and revenue improves."

Holiday Extras: Gatwick Airport Parking - March 1st 2007 - Now is the time to book airport parking in advance at Gatwick airport - Holiday Extras special offers at Gatwick for cheap advance booking are available now from 15 + days in advance.

Holiday Extras have effectively halved the advance booking period from 30 days to just 15 days which means an exclusive low price on 5 of their excellent Gatwick Airport car parks. It makes sense to book your car parking with Holiday Extras - They consistently offer low prices for Gatwick and other UK Airports and they are a well established UK airport parking booking company that only deal with the best car park operators.