org., Tuesday,
February 14, 2006, at the Computer History Museum's Hahn Auditorium, 1401
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TV Land and Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications Join Forces to Celebrate Comedy

"The commitment and spirit to the preservation of all facets of
television and radio communications is an important undertaking and the MBC's
vision and dedication is shared by everyone at TV Land.
TV Land and the MBC will also create a series of public programs featuring
comedy pioneers.

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The 70,000-square-foot facility, scheduled to open in downtown Chicago in
July of 2006, will feature nine genre focused exhibits on the evolution of
American radio and television. For more information, please visit
http://www., "and we continue that century -old heritage of community involvement in
all of our local banking activities today.m.

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It will include a wide variety of
classic and contemporary highlight clips from the genre's most memorable
shows .
Rabobank's $2 million gift will launch the National Steinbeck Center's capital
campaign to raise matching funds for its recent $3 million grant application
submitted to the California Cultural and Historical Endowment (proposition
40).

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The exhibit will also include original TV Land content that celebrates
the pioneers of TV comedy as well as touch-screen kiosks that test a visitor's
TV knowledge.A. now has 39 locations extending
from the Imperial Valley northward through the Central Valley and along the
Central Coast, and a major new facility opening in the Sacramento area later
this month. In the Americas ,
Rabobank is a leading financier to all segments of the agriculture industry,
providing wholesale banking services to food and agribusiness clients, and
agricultural lending to farmers, ranchers , input suppliers, and manufacturers;
and full retail and commercial banking services to businesses , communities and
real estate developers and investors throughout Southern and Central
California . Shoreline Blvd.org.

Erik Fair is a UNIX systems programmer who has worked on E-mail, messaging ,
electronic collaboration, and other internet standards for two decades.

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"Their
commitment to our entire community is remarkable, as evidenced by this
wonderful gift.
"Community Bank employees and customers can feel proud, as I do, to be part of
an organization like Rabobank which uses its significant resources to benefit
and enrich local communities like ours. http://www.

Reid Hoffman is CEO and co-founder of LinkedIn.

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The funds will help us to expand the programs,
exhibits and services we are able to offer visitors to the Center, and to
showcase our tremendous agricultural heritage in new galleries and the
Rabobank Agricultural Museum. From the 1970s Berkeley Computer Memory project to today's
video blogs, social computing has wrought profound changes in the way we
connect, collaborate, and communicate.1010.

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A working radio and television studio
will offer visitors with a take-away hands-on experience on the air. We eagerly anticipate
the opening of this important and highly entertaining Museum, which will only
add to Chicago's already vibrant cultural scene.
"I am very pleased that Rabobank is making this tremendous investment, a
clear demonstration of its commitment to Salinas and to the entire Central
Coast, where Rabobank is now an integral part of the community," said Nick
Ventimiglia, former Chief Executive Officer of Community Bank of Central
California and now a member of the board of directors of Rabobank, N.A. DiTullio, Director of Development , by phone at 831-775-4723, or by
email at tiffanyd@steinbeck.
The Computer History Museum in Mountain
View, Calif.

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In addition to Comedy, exhibits are being
planned about Drama, Music, News , Talk, Sports, Game shows, Children's shows
and Commercials.A.steinbeck.

One of the web's current hottest topics, social computing describes the
array of online systems and services that link like-minded people and
institutions. These programs occasionally
feature technologies or point events, with the objective to apply lessons
of history to present day understanding and inspiration .

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Rabobank's commitment to community-involved banking continues to be a
guiding principle for the bank's activities today, everywhere it does
business. Each of Rabobank's 39 California branches and offices are actively
involved in their local communities, investing resources, expertise and
employees' time to help support and strengthen towns and cities from Southern
California to the Central Valley and, now, throughout the Central Coast.
"We are pleased to be linked to the National Steinbeck Center, an
institution that is committed to honoring an American literary icon so closely
tied to the Salinas Valley, and the agricultural bounty of the Valley of the
World ," said Rick Arredondo, President of Rabobank, N.computerhistory.

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The TV Land donation follows a recent $1-million donation from Paul and
Angel Harvey, a $500,000 donation from DisneyHand , worldwide outreach of The
Walt Disney Company, and $250,000 grants from The Oprah Winfrey Foundation ,
Lee Phillip Bell of The Young and the Restless and Chicago's Polk Bros.
TV Land and all related logos and titles are trademarks of Viacom
International, Inc. One million dollars of Rabobank's
donation will be used to substantially increase the current endowment fund
that supports the Center 's arts, education and public programs. This
contribution will create a new permanent endowment, the "Rabobank Endowment
Fund. In
February 2005, Rabobank announced a naming rights agreement with the City of
Bakersfield for the "Rabobank Arena, Theater and Convention Center", the major
event and exhibition venue for the Central Valley of California.

The National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, California, is a museum and
educational institution devoted to the life and works of Nobel prize-winning
author John Steinbeck and the rich agricultural heritage of the Salinas
Valley . Each event in the Series provides
stimulating interaction with authentic experts whose achievements have
transformed how things are done or viewed, and examines how their personal
stories might inform the present and future.

About the Computer History Museum

The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, a public benefit
organization, preserves and presents for posterity the artifacts and
stories of the information age.

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The new Museum of Broadcast Communications is projecting first year
attendance in excess of 240,000 visitors in its new tourist-friendly home . We look forward to a successful relationship
with this leader in banking and agricultural finance .

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(Photo: http://www. "I know Larry Jones and his TV
Land executive team have a love affair with comedy, and with their help, by
using sounds and pictures, rare artifacts and dynamic retrospectives , we will
create a remarkable museum experience," DuMont added. Comedy artifacts in the exhibit will include original Edgar
Bergen puppets Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd and Effie Klinker, a replica
of Fibber McGee's famous closet and scripts from the long running radio
classic, an I Dream of Jeannie bottle and the original Ernie Kovacs' Nairobi
Trio masks.Museum., Rabobank, the leading bank to the
global food and agriculture industry with retail branches throughout
California, today announced a $2 million donation to the National Steinbeck
Center Museum, located in historic Oldtown in Salinas, California. This is
the largest private donation ever received by the National Steinbeck Center."
The Center's grant application for Prop 40 funding proposes an almost
8,000 square foot expansion at the Center. Rabobank is the only
private bank in the world with the highest possible credit ratings from both
Standard + Poor's (AAA) and Moody's Investor Service (Aaa), and is ranked the
world's third safest bank by Global Finance magazine. Funds raised through admissions, memberships , programs, events and
donations help support the Center, which is a 501(C)3 non-profit institution .computerhistory."

About Odysseys in Technology

Odysseys in Technology, The Computer History Museum Speaker Series
Sponsored by Sun Microsystems Laboratories, presents people and
perspectives behind extraordinary innovations and advancements in the
computer technology-related world.

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The National Steinbeck Center's Valley of the World agricultural wing will
be rechristened as the "Rabobank Agriculture Museum at the National Steinbeck
Center", under a 20-year naming rights agreement between Rabobank and the
National Steinbeck Center ("the Center"). This is an important opportunity for the Center, and will
provide the space and resources to offer compelling, multi-cultural ,
historical and community programs.com.org or call 650.

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CHICAGO, TV Land will step into the Comedy
spotlight at the new $22-million Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC), now
being developed in Chicago."
"Comedy was the foundation of both radio and television programming and TV
Land is synonymous with classic comedy," said Bruce DuMont, MBC Founder and
President in announcing the major donation. The new MBC will be the first public museum in
the nation to achieve the Gold rating of the Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED) criteria."
"Rabobank has been serving and supporting local communities since our
founding in 1898," said Ronald Blok, Chief Executive Officer of Rabobank,
N., the California community bank providing comprehensive banking
services to communities, agricultural customers, commercial real estate
developers and investors, and small - and medium-size businesses.

F. Prior to LinkedIn, Reid
was Executive Vice President of PayPal in charge of all business
relationships, including the company's acquisition by eBay.

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The donation to the non-profit radio and television museum will support
the development of a highly interactive comedy exhibit, detailing the history
of comedy on both radio and television. We are delighted to strengthen our
ties to the Salinas community through this investment in the National
Steinbeck Center, a world class facility, and are proud that the agriculture
museum will continue to serve local residents and visitors through Rabobank's
sponsorship. Community Bank is now a division of
Rabobank, N. "We look forward to
contributing to the cultural and civic fabric of the local community through
the Rabobank Agricultural Museum, and to continuing to serve the financial
needs of individuals, businesses, organizations and agricultural customers in
the Central Coast. He
worked at Apple Computer from 1988 to 1997, attempting to enlighten the
company about the Internet.

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The new museum will be located one block from the new Trump Tower Chicago and
directly adjacent to two popular Chicago tourist attractions -- the famed
House of Blues and Harry Caray's restaurant.

Rabobank Donates $2 Million to National Steinbeck Center

"
Bruce Taylor , Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Steinbeck
Center and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Taylor Farms, said,
"Rabobank's gift is an important contribution to the vitality and growth of
the National Steinbeck Center. The Center offers three visitor experiences exploring literature and
history, agriculture and art.org., has been
designing, building and managing online social media systems and related
platform technologies for more than 30 years.com saga and co-produces the
annual tech and media conference, "D: All Things Digital.

Currently in its first phase, the Museum brings computing history to life
through its popular speaker series, seminars, oral histories , workshops and
Web-based educational resources for students, scholars and the general
public.

Future phases will feature full museum exhibits including a timeline of
computing history , theme galleries, extensive Web-based exhibits and
collection-related information, expanded education programs, a research
center, and much more.

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Other exhibits will introduce visitors to the pioneers who
created the radio and television industry, the business side and promotional
side of broadcasting and an exhibit introducing guests to a wide variety of
career opportunities in the industry.
"TV Land is proud to support The Museum of Broadcast Communications and
its efforts to preserve one of the most popular and enduring facets of
entertainment: Comedy," explains Larry W. The expansion would include over
3,600 square feet of art and cultural exhibit space and three multi-media
learning centers.

Rabobank Group is a financial services leader providing institutional and
retail banking and agricultural finance solutions in key markets around the
world.RabobankAmerica.
For more information visit http://www.

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The Museum of Broadcast Communications is one of only three broadcast
museums in the United States." Rabobank will also become the "Official Bank of the National Steinbeck
Center", providing full banking and financial services for the Center and its
employees .

For reservations, please visit www. Join Usenet guru Erik Fair, virtual
worlds pioneer and Yahoo! Community Strategist Randy Farmer, LinkedIn
founder Reid Hoffman, and Six Apart co-founder Mena Trott in a panel
discussion ranging from online dating to business networking.

Mena Trott is co-founder and president of Six Apart, the company behind The
Movable Type publishing platform , TypePad weblogging service, and
LiveJournal, an online community organized around personal journals .

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Rabobank recently acquired Community Bank of Central California, which has
14 branches located in the town of Salinas and throughout Monterey, Santa
Cruz, San Benito and southern Santa Clara counties. Rabobank has committed to
continuing Community Bank of Central California's long heritage of local
community support and investment, and continuing to provide the highest
caliber of personalized customer service. This marks the beginning of a great
relationship between Rabobank and the residents along the Central Coast. Randall "Randy" Farmer, Community Strategist, Yahoo! Inc ." A new exhibit, "Mastering The Game: A History of Computer
Chess," opened in September 2005, providing an exciting, interactive look
at 50 years of innovation and work in computing. Please check the Web
site for open hours.

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The 10-year partnership includes an undisclosed
monetary donation as well as a major promotional commitment from the network
that underscores TV Land's commitment to the preservation of television and
radio comedy. Cincinnati's Jack Rouse Associates, one of America 's leading
museum design firms, is creating the museum experience along with Steve Ryan
of ShoConcepts of Hollywood, California.
"We are thrilled that Rabobank has chosen to support the National
Steinbeck Center," said Basil Mills, former President of the Board of Trustees
of the National Steinbeck Center , and President of Mills Family Farms. Hear
fascinating personal stories and perspectives about social computing:
yesterday, today and tomorrow.

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Jones, President, TV Land and Nick
at Nite.

Moderator Kara Swisher works in The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco
bureau and wrote the column, "Boom Town," on high tech issues for many
years. For more information, please visit
www.

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Foundation .
Now seen in over 82 million U. homes, TV Land's program mix features
popular dramas, sitcoms , westerns, Retromercials and a TV-referential
interstitial environment, all programmed with a specific audience in mind --
the first generation of Americans to grow up watching television and features
all time classic hits like All in the Family, I Love Lucy, The Andy Griffith
Show, Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie. Renames Rabobank Agriculture Museum, Creates $1 Million
Rabobank Endowment

SALINAS, Calif. With the
acquisition of Community Bank, Rabobank, N.A. There are interactive, hands-on exhibits for all
ages and backgrounds, rare artifacts, entertaining displays, and educational
programs. Its growing collection also
includes photos, films, videos, manuals, documents, publications, and
marketing materials.810.

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Additionally , the exhibit will include excerpts from the
critically acclaimed MBC Encyclopedia of Television and the MBC Encyclopedia
of Radio.TV . If you are interested in supporting the
Center's capital campaign or would like additional information please contact
Tiffany M. From its century-old roots as a Dutch farmers' finance cooperative,
Rabobank has grown into one of the 25 largest banks worldwide with over $600
billion in assets and operations in 38 countries., as part of its Odysseys In Technology Series, sponsored by
Sun Labs, will present four noted Internet gurus in a special Valentine's
Day discussion on Social Computing: From Message Boards to Blogs & Beyond
moderated by Wall Street Journal columnist Kara Swisher at 7 p. She has written two books on the aol. Dedicated to exploring the social impact of
computing, the museum is home to the world's largest collection of
computing-related items, spanning from pre-computing objects, to
semiconductors, hardware, software, computer graphics systems, games,
networking, robots, the Internet, and beyond. The Museum also offers self-guided and docent-led tours of Visible
Storage, where nearly 600 objects from the collection are on display ,
including such rare objects as the Cray-1 supercomputer, the Apple I, the
WWII ENIGMA, the PalmPilot prototype, and the 1969 Honeywell "Kitchen
Computer.

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