the economyonvinced is diversified enough that even with defefense spending cuts we can weathethat storm? >> yes, we are not longer as dependent on defense or the entire federal government. we are a diversified economy with a lot of opportunity. as a result, people are seeeeing is, and th are coming to washington. the population, as i said, is growing, and it is a lot of young p professiona and a place where they can have a greaeat ququality of life together with job opportunity. >> speaking of opportunity, community banking overall weathered the storm of the recession better than many big-name banks d did, but eaglebank h has made a name for itself withhenomenal growthth at you all have seen. are you going to sustain the kind o of growowth you have been seeing? >> let's hope so. nothing has changed other than it has been a more imperative environments. for a peod of for five years from 2008 until 2012, our window olending was open. we are a healthy bank, strong balance sheet. we were lending and filling a lot of market share from t the other banks. that being said, today the biggerer ba