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• The challenges: competition and core deposits: although a community bank with roots in a once rural suburb of Washington, D.C., Sandy Spring Bank today has to provide sophisticated products and services to please its affluent and educated customers, says marketer Jim Burrows Jr.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Describe your bank's strategic plan. Our core strengths are the wealth segment on the retail side and the small-business se...

• ABA Bank Marketing
• Vol. 41 Nbr. 1, January 2009

• The Virtual Workplace Is a 'Must,' Not a 'Should'

Although the initial topic in a seminar held at the George Washington University Virginia Science and Technology Campus, was the need for organizations to move aggressively toward creating virtual work environments, it quickly expanded to include those other areas. Here are some of the panel's main findings and recommended actions. Records management and information assurance alone are not enough -- preserving knowledge about how to interpret information and take appropriate action is equally important. The cloud provides a cost effective means for implementing all of those critical capabilities together: business continuity, virtual workplaces and knowledge presentation. Get at least part of your IT infrastructure onto the cloud. Just as the network is the computer, the cloud will be t...

• KM World
• Vol. 19 Nbr. 6, June 2010

• Actively Contribute to Their Community.

Since President Obama's unveiling of the American Jobs Act, it has not taken long for political gridlock and inertia to take hold in Washington. Although various economic policies and fiscal approaches have been suggested (and some tried), most are blunt instruments when it comes to targeting the real key to long-term sustainable growth -- innovation of the type that creates jobs. One avenue for promoting sustainable growth through driving innovation that has been significantly overlooked is investing in the development of a highly committed and engaged work force. There is an extensive and growing body of research showing that when employees feel that their organization is investing in them and cares genuinely about them as individuals, they are more likely to feel ...

• Buffalo News
• October 03, 2011

• Hatchets Rolling Into 3a Rangers, Tudor Clash Again at 2a

Although Washington High School's boys' basketball team returned four starters from last season's Class 3A state champions, coach Gene Miiller needed some time to rearrange the pieces of the puzzle so they fit perfectly. As usual, Miiller found the right formula and has the No. 1- ranked Hatchets (22-4) riding a 15-game winning streak entering today's 3A Seymour Semistate matchup against unranked Batesville (18- 6). Tipoff is 5 p.m. CDT.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• May 13, 2011

• Dyrs Wards Increasingly Violence-Prone ; Lack of Supervision Makes Community Placement a Deadly Roll of the Dice

Carlos Bernard Alexander's cry carried surprise and terror when three boys trapped him in a dark courtyard of the Langston Terrace public housing complex in Northeast Washington and demanded his money. Although his home was about 30 blocks away, the 47-year-old handyman was a familiar sight at Langston Terrace. Police were told he frequently came to the project's courtyard to buy crack cocaine.

• The Washington Times
• November 19, 2010

• Buyers, Sellers Need to Consider Pets

Although Harry S. Truman may never actually have declared, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog," the sentiment certainly holds true for increasing numbers of Wash- ington-area residents.

• The Washington Times
• December 03, 2010

• Last Hurdle for Peacehealth Deal Awaits

Although Southwest Washington Medical Center and PeaceHealth formally agreed to team up earlier this month, both nonprofits have one final hurdle to clear before they merge. They must win Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidlers blessing.

• The Columbian
• January 01, 2011

• Remapping Caribbean Geopolitics

The twist of historical precedence comes amid other intriguing developments in the changing diplomatic and political arena in which Caribbean now finds itself. Although Washington's purported involvement appears to be a repetition of a familiar interventionist pattern, a close examination of developments in the wake of Aristide's downfall reveals a pronounced shift in the regular trajectory of US-Caribbean relations. Here, Thorburn explores Caribbean geopolitics.

• NACLA Report on the Americas
• Vol. 39 Nbr. 6, May 2006

• Outdated Drug War Needs Revision

[...] marijuana use is currently on the rise and, although usage has fluctuated in the past decades, the proportion of use among 12th graders is only a few percentage points below what it was in 1974. Drug trafficking is not a national problem- it transcends country borders and needs to be approached from a hemispheric perspective. [...] the United States needs to work with its southern neighbors to formulate a comprehensive drug policy.

• Washington Report on the Hemisphere
• October 11, 2011

• ; Advantages Outweigh Setbacks

Although Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been hurt by poor debate and straw-poll performances - and in recent days by associations with a racial slur - top Republican officials think he nonetheless can survive the blows and remain a major contender for the party's presidential nomination. These party officials, whose neutrality in nomination contests requires their anonymity in discussing the candidates, have told The Washington Times that the structure of the 2012 primary race, funding advantages and weaknesses in other candidates mean Mr. Perry can hang with Mitt Romney, Herman Cain and the other top contenders.

• The Washington Times
• October 04, 2011