11.   The tech retreat will be held at the Vallambrosa Center, an oak-studded site in Menlo Park owned by the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

12.   This month House members plan a return to Hershey, Pa., where they held a retreat two years ago.

13.   Watson held management retreats at the Montauk Yacht Club on Long Island and rewarded sales representatives with trips to resorts.

14.   Edwards is holding a retreat with supporters this weekend at St. Simons Island, Georgia.

15.   European Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy and US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick are set to hold a retreat Friday in Gettysburg.

16.   The first stand-alone ministerial retreat was held in the Myanmar capital Yangon last year.