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You may be surprised to know that I am shy. People usually are. They see me speaking at a luncheon or Chamber function. It's much easier to speak to a room of people who are interested? in what I have to say (at lease I think they are) than it is at a cocktail reception or business after hours where I have to make small talk. If I had to network that way for my own small business, I would be terrible.

Yet, networking is vital for your business. And there is tremendous value in this collaboration for our local tourism industry. Our rural community is increasingly seen as a place for entertainment, leisure activities, and an alternative to a busy urban area. Visitor requests for information are more than three times what it was at this time last year. We can thank the beautiful cultural heritage of the Palouse region for this increased interest and can use this identity marker as a means to promote our farm products, cottage industries and other local producers through rural tourism.

Using our heritage for promotion is not only a fashionable trend right now, but also shows a community's social, economic and political determination. We are discovering a new-found interest for our own rural identity, and as tourists come into the area, they buy local products, eat in local restaurants and represent a sizeable source of income.

Visitors are intrigued when a restaurant features locally grown products or a boutique hotel has locally made lotions and soaps in each room. Let's work on promoting the region as a whole! This requires building these business relationships between grower/manufacturer and retail. The Pullman Chamber offers many networking options each month to get out and hobnob with other business owners - meetings, luncheons, and after-hours. What a great way to find that new product for your business, or a new way to incorporate the Palouse into your business identity.

And if your shy? Do what I do and check out the daily posts on the Chamber's facebook page and be armed with a current topic to talk about!

Vicki,
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Hot Topics Recap: London Olympics/Summer Games

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following releases focus on London Olympic Summer Games.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--United States Olympic Committee to Use GE Electronic Medical Record Technology for the First Time at London 2012 Olympic Games Source: GE (May 24, 7:00AM)

WASHINGTON--World Affairs Council-DC Representative to Carry 2012 Olympic Torch in Northern Ireland Source: World Affairs Council-Washington, DC (May 24, 9:00AM)

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.-- Team USA Road to London Experiential Tour to Visit Six DeVry University Campuses Source: DeVry University (May 21, 5:50PM)

CINCINNATI--The Path to the London 2012 Olympic Games Starts with a Confident, Winning Smile Source: Procter & Gamble (May 17, 9:00AM)

LONDON--Coca-Cola Launches Anywhere in the World the Coca-Cola Anthem for the London 2012 Olympic Games Source: Coca-Cola (May 16, 1:06PM)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. & PLANO, Texas--1992 USA Basketball Dream Team Legends Featured on Sunkist and 7UP Collectible Cans Source: Sunkist Soda (May 15, 10:27AM)

CINCINNATI--Procter & Gamble, its Orgullosa Program and Olympic Taekwondo Athlete Diana Lopez Give Thanks to Moms with ?LA FALDA BIEN PUESTA?? Source: Procter & Gamble (May 9, 11:53AM)

ATLANTA--Vitrue & NBC Sports Group Expand Partnership Source: Virtrue (May 8, 12:02PM)

CINCINNATI--Procter & Gamble Helps Every Mom of London 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Team Through Gift to Offset Travel Costs to London Source: Procter & Gamble (May 8, 9:00AM)

SAN FRANCISCO--Visa Rallies Fans to Join Worldwide Cheer with Launch of Global Olympic Games-Themed Marketing Campaign ? Go World Source: Visa (May 7, 8:30AM)

CINCINNATI--In Celebration of the 2012 Olympic Games, Tide Asks Americans: ?What Do the Red, White and Blue Mean to You?? Source: Procter & Gamble (May 1, 10:00AM)

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-- Yahoo! Goes Beyond Gold With Global Programming Coverage of?Summer Olympics Source: Yahoo (April 30, 8:00AM)

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif.--Oakley Launches ?TakeLondon? Sweepstakes Source: Oakley (April 26, 1:49PM)

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y.--Citi Team USA Flag Tour Stops in Long Island City to Celebrate 100 Days to the 2012 London Olympic Games Source: Citi (April 18, 4:36PM)

NEW YORK--Oakley Unveils ?BEYOND REASON?? Campaign Ahead of 2012 Olympics Source: Oakley (April 18, 01:55AM)

PORTLAND, Ore.--Elemental Sweeps London Olympic Deals for Multiscreen Video Across Four Continents Source: Elemental Technologies (April 10, 9:00AM)

BOSTON--Steward Health Care to Advertise on the 2012 Summer Olympics Source: Steward Health Care (April 9, 12:12PM)

PARIS--GlobeCast to Bring London Olympics to Asia in HD with ATEME Source: ATEME (April 10, 8:41AM)

LUXEMBOURG & LONDON--SES: Sky, Freesat from Sky and Freesat to Broadcast 48 Dedicated BBC Channels Created for the London 2012 Olympics Source:?SES (April 4, 10:36AM)

NEW YORK--The New York Times and Reuters Collaborate to Deliver 2012 Olympics News and Data to Publishers Source: The New York Times (April 2, 9:00AM)

BETHEL, Conn.--NBA All-Star Dwight Howard Highlights Duracell?s ?Rely on Copper to Go for the Gold? Olympic Games Program Source: Procter & Gamble (Mar. 22, 8:55AM)

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis.--Kohl?s Department Stores Reveals ?Shop to Win? Campaign Featuring Olympians Dara Torres, Mia Hamm and Lindsey Vonn Source: Kohl's Department Stores (Mar. 19, 2:02PM)

CALABASAS, Calif.--British Public Deserves Olympic Ticket Transparency, U.S. Ticket Industry Expert Says Source: SpotlightTMS (Mar. 14, 6:04AM)

TORONTO--Procter & Gamble to Support Canadian Olympic Hopefuls in Their Quest for Gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games Source: Procter & Gamble (Mar. 9, 7:19PM)

MADRID--With 150 Days to Go Amadeus and ForwardKeys Reveal Major Growth in Travel Volumes During the London 2012 Olympics Source: Amadeus (March 1, 09:24AM)

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.--Iconic Olympic Swimmer and Mom Dara Torres Relies on Sleep Innovations for a Good Night?s Sleep Source: Sleep Innovations (Feb. 28, 9AM)

YONKERS, N.Y.--The Untold Story from The Other Dream Team Documentary Film, Lithuania Basketball Team, The Biggest Charity to the 1992 Lithuanian "Other Dream Team" Came from the Artist Source: Skullman.com (Feb. 22, 12PM)

LONDON--Ability Lifting: There is Still Time to Make Your Business More Accessible for the London Olympics Source: Ability Lifting (Feb. 20, 3AM)

LONDON--Coca-Cola Launches Global Ads for London 2012 Olympic Games Starring Mark Ronson Source: The Coca-Cola Company (Feb. 15, 10AM)

YONKERS, N.Y.-- The Untold Story from The Other Dream Team, Lithuanian Basketball Team Documentary Film Source: Skullman.com (Feb. 7, 10AM)

BOTHEL, Wash.--Hansons-Brooks ODP Runner Desiree Davila Secures Coveted Seat on Team USA for 2012 Olympics ? Women?s Marathon Source: Brooks Sports Inc. (Jan. 14, 7:32PM)

INNSBRUCK, Austria --Procter & Gamble Launches Global ?Thank You Mom? Campaign for London 2012 Olympic Games Planning to Raise $5 Million for Youth Sports and Support More Than 150 Athletes Source: Procter & Gamble (Jan. 13, 7AM)

BOSTON--Gillette Fields Team for the London 2012 Olympic Games Source: Procter & Gamble (Jan. 9, 8:08AM)

NEW YORK--Ralph Lauren Announces U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Athlete Roster for London 2012 Source: Ralph Lauren (Dec. 9, 1:44PM)

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WORLD NEWS TOMORROW ? ROME:??Vatican police arrested Friday a man that is reportedly the pope?s butler, on allegations of having leaked confidential documents and letters from the pontiff?s private study to newspapers. The man was caught in possession of secret documents, the Vatican said, but it would not confirm the suspect?s identity, age, or when he had been arrested. But informed sources said the man was Paolo Gabriele, 46, who had been working as a butler in the papal apartments since 2006. One source said the pope was ?saddened and shocked? by this ?painful case.?

?The inquiry carried out by Vatican police? allowed them to identify someone in possession of confidential documents. This person is currently being questioned,? Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi told journalists. Il Foglio newspaper and ANSA news agency named the detained man as Gabriele, a member of the small team which works daily in Pope Benedict XVI?s apartments. The Italian daily said he is likely to be used by the Vatican as ?a handy scapegoat? for several others suspected of being involved in leaking documents, some of which ended up in a new book on the tiny state published a week ago.

Gianluigi Nuzzi?s ?His Holiness? reproduces dozens of top secret and private letters and faxes which were smuggled out by whistle-blowers tired of the corruption and unhealthy bitterness in the Vatican.? The number of people who have access to the pope?s private study is very limited, and includes his butler, four nuns and Benedict?s two secretaries, Georg Gaenswein and Alfred Xuereb.

Last month, the pope set up a special commission of cardinals to probe the leaks, which began in January and have seen private documents splashed in the Italian media? to the embarrassment and rage of the Holy See. Among papers leaked to Italy?s press are some that have dealt with allegations of corruption within the Vatican.

They have mainly centred on the activities of the Vatican bank and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. The arrest came a day after the head of the Vatican Bank was ousted for failing to clean up the image of an institution that has come to symbolise the opacity and scandal gripping the Holy See?s administration.Ettore Gotti Tedeschi was thrown out by the bank?s board for failing to do his job? but had also recently been suspected of being one of those behind the leaks.

Gotti Tedeschi, an expert on financial ethics, was put in charge of the bank ? also known as the Institute for Religious Works (IOR) ? in 2009, in an effort on the part of the Vatican to rid the institution of scandal. Moneyval, the Council of Europe?s experts on anti-money laundering, is due to rule at the beginning of July on the whether the Holy See has managed to clean up its act and meet international monetary standards. But the former head of Spanish bank Santander?s Italian operations tasked with bringing transparency to the bank came under suspicion in 2010 when he was investigated as part of an inquiry by magistrates into money laundering.

Gotti Tedeschi, 67, was accused of violating laws set up in 2007 that tightened rules on disclosure of financial operations to the Italian central bank in a bid to stamp out money laundering.

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Relationship Agreements | dr. paul hokemeyer

As news spread of the recent wedding of?Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook billionaire, and Priscilla Chan, the recently graduated medical student, one aspect of their courtship has drawn scrutiny from the chatterati. Years earlier, before Ms. Chan moved to Palo Alto, Calif., to be near Mr. Zuckerberg, the couple forged a relationship agreement in which she insisted on at least one date night and 100 minutes together a week, not in his apartment or at the Facebook office.

(The agreement was reported by Sarah Lacy in her 2008 book ?Once You?re Lucky, Twice You?re Good.? Facebook had no comment.)

Such agreements are hardly common. But many couples do make contracts, written or oral, delineating the idiosyncratic needs of their relationship: how much time they need to spend together and apart; who cooks and who cleans; who feeds the fish. Some turn to couples? counselors, some hammer out such agreements themselves (as did Ms. Chan and Mr. Zuckerberg, apparently), and others even resort to lawyers. Such discussions expose a couple?s vulnerabilities, and make clear how each partner wants to be heard and understood.

?Each party has a chance to draw a line in the sand or negotiate,? said Kelly M. Roberts, a marriage and family therapist in Oklahoma City. ?It?s not based on economic earnings but on relationship capital.?

These are different from prenuptial agreements, which are used to protect marital assets in case of death or divorce. By contrast, relationship agreements can read like wish lists: a business plan for a successful romance. And unlike prenups, which have been challenged in court, most lawyers think that such agreements generally are legally unenforceable.

?It?s more about acknowledging the seriousness of the discussion,? said Cheryl Lynn Hepfer, a matrimonial lawyer in Bethesda, Md. ?People?s memories fail. So they say, ?Remember when this was so important to us that we signed, with witnesses????

Lawyers say these contracts are a stripped-down version of cohabitation agreements, which gay men and lesbians in particular began writing years ago when states prohibitedsame-sex marriage. Those agreements, which protected finances, often enumerated relational requirements.

Ken Altshuler, a lawyer from Portland, Me., who is president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, said that in one cohabitation agreement he drafted, a partner prone to seasickness allowed his partner to take one cruise-ship vacation a year, alone.

In return, the seasick-prone partner could not ?berate or complain? about cruises, including such digs as blasting the theme from ?The Love Boat.?

Cohabitation agreements are now also used by heterosexual couples who may not envision marriage. An agreement might stipulate, for example, that if one partner sets aside graduate studies to work to support the other while finishing up school, then eventually they must reverse roles.

?The issues haven?t changed, but how we?re framing them has,? said Paul Hokemeyer, a Manhattan therapist. ?Women are saying: ?I have a place in the world. I won?t just wait around and expect you to be kind and generous. Let?s nail this down.???

Even just documenting the emotional quid pro quos of a relationship has value, couples? therapists said. The process forces people to confront issues that might otherwise fester.

Relationship agreements also have contemporary currency because they can be used to ?dtr,? texting shorthand for ?define the relationship.? And once a couple has worked out their latest terms to ?dtr,? they can post a status update on Facebook.

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Cows on the loose in Boxford, Mass., crashed a backyard party and helped themselves to beer. WHDH-TV's Tim Caputo reports.

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Cows on the loose in Boxford, Mass., crashed a backyard party last weekend, and went right for the beer.

?They enjoyed it. There?s no doubt about it. They went right for the beer and then when one was done, they?d knock another one over and take care of that beer,? Lt. James Riter of the Boxford Police Department told NBC affiliate WHDH.com.


Police said they heard reports of screams from a group of women as five or six cows stumbled into the yard, eagerly hurtling toward the beers.

?They got up as the cows went toward the table. They stepped back and the cows took over the table, knocking over the beers with their noses, drinking the beer off the table. They went to the recycling bin to find any leftovers,? Riter told the TV station.

A caller told the 911 dispatcher: ?We thought they were deer, but they're huge, huge, huge cows. There's got to be five or six of them.?

Andrea Poritzky also called 911 after spotting "about six cows" in her yard.

"I don't own cows,? she said.

?I was initially a little nervous. And then after I found it very comical and not very surprising due to the fact that we live in the country here,? Poritzky said.

A police escort rounded up the cows and returned them to a farm about a mile away.

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How to Get Your [SA] Gaming Clan Sponsored

Recently, we at Ozone Energy Drink opened up our doors to South African gaming clans or teams for sponsorship. We?ve received many requests and they keep pouring in. We learned that there are MANY clans out there that want to get their name out there in the gaming community and get recognized.

This gave us the idea to make a guide for all of you aspiring pro gamers out there that are looking for sponsorship from Ozone South Africa, in our case, a energy drink company. So here are some useful tips that you should keep in mind when applying for clan sponsorships, whether you?re a start-up clan, or experienced pros.

Build up Your Gaming Resume

One important factor that potential sponsors are looking for is something to prove that you?re worth the time (and investment) to their business. We need to see some sort of proof that you?re here to stay and you?ve got some potential customers behind you.

You can show this by building up different channels to showcase your skills. Remember, that nobody wants to sponsor a clan that can?t deliver. Since your clan is most likely playing competitively online, on games like Modern Warfare 3, or other first-person shooters, you should focus on online-based outlets to show off your talent.

For instance, many clans make Youtube videos of their online gameplay. If you?re not good at putting together videos, find someone who can. If you?re truly competitive, you need a solid YouTube account with the focus of getting as many video views, channel views, and subscribers as possible. The fact that you have a weak sauce Youtube account with 4 subs and 0 friends is not good enough for sponsorship.

Another way to get your clan off the ground is by getting a website. There are tons of free website builders out there for you to try. This will let people know that you?re serious about gaming and your clan is here to stay.

Be creative about it, everyone has Youtube, what do you have? What sets your clan apart? Get a Twitter account and use it, get a blog going, get?NOTICED.

Our final point for building up your gaming resume is to get noticed online. Simply put, you need to have a solid clan that can move up in rank on competitive gaming in South Africa. You have got to be able to perform and get noticed.

Get Focused on the Bottom Line

The most important thing that we are looking for is the ability of your clan to bring in:

  1. More traffic to our website, facebook page and twitter
  2. Sales of our products as a result of your efforts which in turn will fund sponsorship and promote SA Gaming
  3. New customers that are turned on to our product
  4. Be ambassadors for our brand and SA Gaming

This all means that you have to?work?to show that you can put our name out there in an effective way that is going to be a?benefit?to our business.

Don?t Look for Free Stuff

If you?re just looking for free stuff right off the bat, we can guarantee you that 99.9% of all potential gaming sponsors will reject you on the spot. Although getting free mods, or free modded controllers can be a plus of a gaming sponsorship, you and your clan will have to?EARN?it.

No business in their right mind is going to be like,??Oh, so you?ve got 2 subs on Youtube and your clan plays MW3 20hrs a day, sweet, here are some free controller mods!??Uhm, no. That is most definitely not going to happen. If you want free stuff, look elsewhere. If you want recognition for your clan, a means of getting to the top of the gaming community, and are willing to work for it, you will eventually get discounted/free products.

The point is, the more you get the sponsor?s business name out there and promote their products, the more you will get in return.

Quick Summary

So, that pretty much is the roadmap to success in the gaming sponsorship world. To wrap things up:

  • Build up your online presence (Youtube, Twitter, Blogs, Clan Website, etc.)
  • Be creative! What sets you apart from the 3489503890 other clans out there?
  • Focus on how you can help your sponsor?SELL?their products
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FACT CHECK: Romney off on Obama's love for unions

In this photo taken May 24, 2012, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a school in Philadelphia. When Romney decried Barack Obama as beholden to the nation?s teachers? unions and unable to stand up for reform, he glossed over four years of a relationship that has been anything but cozy. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

In this photo taken May 24, 2012, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a school in Philadelphia. When Romney decried Barack Obama as beholden to the nation?s teachers? unions and unable to stand up for reform, he glossed over four years of a relationship that has been anything but cozy. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney decried President Barack Obama as beholden to the nation's teachers' unions and unable to stand up for reform, he glossed over four years of a relationship that has been anything but cozy.

Obama has promoted initiatives that encourage districts to tie teacher evaluations to student performance and to expand the number of charter schools ? actions the teacher unions have long been against, and which Romney himself promoted Wednesday in a speech in Washington outlining his education platform.

He also painted a bleak picture of a country where millions of kids are getting a "third-world education" and whose international standing has fallen far behind, an assertion frequently used by politicians and debated by academics, though the most recent tests show that U.S. student scores haven't changed significantly and remain about average.

Here are some of Romney's statements on education, and how they line up with the facts:

ROMNEY: "President Obama has been unable to stand up to union bosses ? and unwilling to stand up for kids."

THE FACTS: Several of the core tenets of the Obama administration's signature education initiative, the Race to the Top competition, are policies first heralded by Republicans and are in opposition to the steadfast positions of teacher unions on topics like school choice and merit pay for teachers.

In order to qualify for a slice of the $4 billion allotted for the first two rounds of the grant competition, more than a dozen states changed laws to link teacher evaluations to how well students perform on tests. The Department of Education also rewarded states that had lifted caps on the number of charter schools and created performance pay plans to award teachers whose students have made the most progress.

When a board of trustees in Central Falls, R.I., voted to fire all the teachers at one of the state's worst-performing schools in early 2010, Obama said the dismissals were an example of why accountability is needed at the nation's most troubled schools, causing a furor among union advocates.

At its annual meeting last year, the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union, sent a message to Obama that it was "appalled" with Education Secretary Arne Duncan's practice of focusing heavily on charter schools, supporting decisions to fire all staff and using high-stakes standardized test scores for teacher evaluations, along with 10 other policies mentioned.

"Obama has taken on teachers unions unlike any previous Democratic president," said Tom Loveless of the Brookings Institution. "Because of that his support among union members, although it is still there, is rather tepid."

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ROMNEY: "The two major teachers unions take in $600 million each year. That's more revenue than both of the political parties combined. In 2008, the National Education Association spent more money on campaigns than any other organization in the country."

THE FACTS: Romney is correct that the NEA and the American Federation of Teachers pull in a lot of cash. The NEA took in more than $399 million in 2011, according to its annual report filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. A similar report from the AFT shows it took in more than $211 million last year.

But neither was at the top of the political spending list four years ago. In 2008, the NEA doled out $29 million to federal, state and local political efforts, federal data show. That ranked them a distant third in political spending by labor unions that year. The Service Employees International Union was first, with $67 million, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees was second with $63 million.

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ROMNEY: "More than 150 years ago, our nation pioneered public education.?We've now fallen way behind."

THE FACTS: Romney backed this assertion with figures from the most recent Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results, which tests 15-year-olds around the world in math, reading and science. The United States ranked 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math out of 34 developed countries. Those figures have been frequently cited by the Obama administration as well.

The test has only been administered since 2000, and shows U.S. students consistently hovering right around the average, at about the same achievement levels in math and reading as countries like Sweden, the United Kingdom and France. Overall, the U.S. scores are about the same as they were a decade ago, while some countries have improved.

"A better way for him to state it is to say American achievement is mediocre," Loveless said. "It's been mediocre for 50 years."

Romney also asserted that millions of students are getting a "third-world education." Looking again at the PISA test, students in schools where more than 75 percent of children were eligible for free and reduced-price lunch ? a key indicator of poverty ? scored an average of 446 points in reading. That's at about the same level as Chile and Serbia. Meanwhile, those in the wealthiest U.S. schools score nearly as high as the top performer, the Shanghai region of China.

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ROMNEY: Students participating in the Washington, D.C., Opportunity Scholarship program made gains and "after three months, students could already read at levels 19 months ahead of their public-school peers."

THE FACTS: Romney's description of the success of the school voucher program, which helps low-income children in the nation's capital attend private elementary, middle and high schools, doesn't match up with Department of Education evaluations.

A congressionally mandated review of the program released in 2009 found that after three years ? not three months ? only some students saw those gains. About one-fourth of children who used the scholarship read 19 months ahead of their peers after three years. In general, however, students' gains were more modest. After three years in the program, students read at about four months ahead of their public-school peers.

A 2010 evaluation of the program found that on average, after four years, reading and math test scores of opportunity scholarship students were statistically similar to those not offered scholarships.

The program did, however, significantly improve students' chances of graduating from high school.

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Associated Press writers Sam Hananel, Jack Gillum and Jessica Gresko in Washington contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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