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1999 BMW 3 Series 328i 4dr Sedan
My first BMW. I will have a very hard
time buying a different manuf now. I'm
spoiled. The fit and finish of this
car is top notch. I keep discovering
many little things that most manuf just
slap on, but with the bmw someone has
put a lot of thought into the design
and function. A blast to drive. A
great balance of power, handling, and
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1999 BMW 3 Series 323i 4dr Sedan
Rock solid handling, performance,
safety and reliability. The
handling/comfort balance is terriffic
(BMW's base suspension embarrasses
many 'sport' suspensions), the interior
is very logical and well laid out and
the styling is typical BMW timeless. I
always chuckle at the SUV-types
explaining the need for 4 wheel drive
in Washington DC, while I drive my rear-
wheel wundercar all winter long in
Minnesota without drama and without
giving up that perfect 50/50
balance. "All-season" tires are
marketing bologna. I do run winter
tires on my bimmer (and on my front-
drive Passat for that matter)
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1999 BMW 3 Series 328i 4dr Sedan
Fun to drive. Long drive feel like they
take half the time. Very reliable,
very durable. Gives a drive a lot of
confidence. Dealership service has
been good too.
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1999 BMW 3 Series 328i 4dr Sedan
This is a fun car to drive. It is
responsive, reliable and appealing to
the fashionable driver. It is
surprisingly economical for its
performance. Two downturns: I had more
hitches than expected, such as burned
bulbs etc. - nothing major, but
certainly a time consuming pain; not a
spacious family car at all; passengers
in the back seat are sure to complain
during a long drive. Overall, perfect
for a single adventurer or young
couple. Absolutely love it and will
continue to be a loyal BMW buyer
(previously owned a 7-series and a M3).
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1999 BMW 3 Series 318ti 2dr Hatchback
I bought this car used with 37,000
miles. I've driven it for about 3,000
more and I love it. The car drives
really well, it has great acceleration,
great handling, and it feels great to
be driving it. I really like the looks
of this car. I got the sports package
on it, which includes alloy wheels,
rear and front spoilers. Too bad they
don't sell this model anymore in the US
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1999 BMW 3 Series 323i 4dr Sedan
I love my car. It has had some little
problems which were covered by the
warranty...fortunately. I had a window
that malfunctioned and a radio knob
that would turn the radio up instead of
down. Everything was replaced
completely at no cost to me.
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1999 BMW 3 Series 328i 4dr Sedan
I was in hell during the initial part
of the test drive... you know when the
dealer has to drive it off the lot. I
couldn't wait to take the wheel, and
when I finally did, I fell madly in
love with the performance and
handling. I love everything about this
car. Although the symbols on the
interior controls take some getting
used to, I find them very easy to use
after a couple of months together. My
wife gave what I feel is a great
compliment when she said it was "easy
to drive." It takes care of the
mundane things and keeps me safe, yet
it doesn't over think for me. I still
have control.
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1999 BMW 3 Series 328i 4dr Sedan
After 3 years, only only complaint -
it is a BIG one - is that the left
bolster of the sport driver seat is
always uncomfortably pushing on my
thigh. I must either pull my foot
forward so that my thigh/knee are above
the bolster, and thus not in the way,
or keep my thigh on the bolster, where
I become so uncomfortable in only 5-10
minutes, I must find a new position.
If I straighten my left leg "within"
the seat (to the right of the left
bolster), my feet are in each other's
way and I can't properly/safely operate
the brake and accelerator pedals. BMW,
why did you cram the sport seat into
such a tight cockpit like this?
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1999 BMW 3 Series 323i 4dr Sedan
First BMW but not the last !
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1999 BMW 3 Series 328i 4dr Sedan
Tiring of my '93 MX-6 LS with all the
trimmings, most of which no longer
worked, I knew I wanted a luxury/sport
thing. Test drove the 328i with the
sport package and knew I had to have
the car. I have NEVER been as awed by
the performance of a vehicle as I was
by this. My jaw hurt for days from
smiling too much...
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For immediate release – 2/21/12Contact: Rockford College Box Office, 815-226-4100Director of Communications Rita Elliott, 815-226-3374
Rockford, Ill., – Professors Nancy Ogle, soprano, and Ginger Yang Hwalek, Ph.D., pianist, both from the University of Maine, will present a hybrid reading/music performance entitled "America in the Poetic Imagination" at Rockford College's Fisher Memorial Chapel on Friday, March 2, 2012, at 4 p.m. Their visit is part of the College's Spring 2012 Forum Series.
Ogle and Hwalek will perform a hybrid reading/music performance that condenses some of the finest moments of America's journey through time into a musical work of art. The concert draws on the settings created by noted American poets like W.H. Auden, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Lucille Clifton. The concert is accompanied by a narration written and presented by Rockford College Assistant Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, John Burns, Ph.D., that briefly explains the relevance of the poets and poems.
Professor Nancy Ogle, soprano, is a Professor of Music at the University of Maine and Ginger Yang Hwalek, Ph.D., is a pianist instructor in the University of Maine School Of Performing Arts.
The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are required. Fisher Chapel is accessible. For more information, contact the Rockford College Box Office at 815-226-4100.
To see the complete Spring 2012 Forum Series line-up visit: http://www.rockford.edu/?page=ForumSeries.
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In keeping with our "glass is half full" optimism regarding monthly Corvette sales, we are happy to report that the March 2009 sales report released by GM yesterday shows the third straight month of growth for 2009 in new Corvette deliveries. In March 2009, 1,183 Corvettes were sold which was a 15% increase over February's 1,027 deliveries and was 41% higher than the 842 Corvettes sold in January 2009.
Back in January, we brought you news that GM was considering a Grand Sport Widebody for 2010 and now the interwebs have blown up again with the news following a Corvette Forum post by Billings, Montana Chevy dealer Ken Fichtner. I guess a rumor is much more official when you can back it up with the internal model codes from GM. We've also got some additional information about the Grand Sport and it's about the color blue.
Ken's post on the Forum went viral pretty quick. Here is what he said:
Chevrolet will offer the 2010 in 6 models:
1YY07 Corvette Coupe
1YY67 Corvette Convertible
1YY87 Corvette Z06
1YY87 Corvette ZR1
1YG07 Corvette Grand Sport Coupe
1YG67 Corvette Grand Sport Convertible
I haven't any other information on colors, trim, powertrain, packages, or options.
I will keep you updated as information is available.
Well, we do have some brand new info regarding the 2010 Grand Sport Corvette:
- It will be offered as a widebody (like the Z06/ZR1)
- It will be offered in different color combinations, not just blue/white.
- It will be offered with the LS3 – no engine upgrades.
- Some parts/pieces of Z06/ZR1 may be offered on the GS.
Regarding that last bit of info, we are hearing a brake package may be available but we could also see other items like a differential cooler.
And if you want a blue Grand Sport, you can get one but it will come in Jetstream Blue only. No other new colors are slated for 2010 other than Torch Red replacing Victory Red.
We heard from Corvette Marketing Manager Harlan Charles say at Sebring that the new 2010 models can be seen at the Birthday Bash on April 24th at the Corvette Museum so we are assuming the Grand Sports will be there as well. CorvetteBlogger will be making the trip to the Bash specifically to witness the 2010 introductions and will bring the coverage to the web that weekend.
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UPDATE: Autoblog spoke with Andrea Hales, GM Bowling Green Assembly Communications manager, who informed them that while there will be six weeks of down time from now until the end of June, the plant actually has about 600 workers and they will continue to build 11 Corvettes per hour, not eight.
Earlier this week it was announced that GM would idle the Bowling Green Assembly Plant for 6 weeks over the next three months. What we are hearing now is that when the plant is open, hourly production of the sports car will fall from 11 to 8 cars an hour.
UAW Local 2164 Secretary Cindy Shelton confirmed the slowing of the assembly line to 8 cars an hour, a far cry from the 18 cars an hour produced a year ago. "We are hardly running", she said as the workforce has been trimmed to 400 workers, down from nearly 1,000 workers two years ago. "We are all worried and we are all waiting." Shelton said in response to news about Rick Wagoner's departure and President Obama's comments about General Motors earlier this week. "Retirees are worried about their pension if GM goes bankrupt and the rest of us are just worried if we will be here next week."
The slow down in production and plant idling comes as Corvette sales continue to run about half of what they were a year ago. In February 2009, Corvette sales were down 50% over 2008 sales. Just 1,027 Corvettes were sold in February compared with 2,071 the year prior.
Later this week we are expecting similar numbers when GM announces March 2009 sales.
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Corvette Assembly Plant Facing Further Downtime
Corvette Assembly Plant to Layoff 110 Workers
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GM employees were notified on Monday about plans for additional shutdowns at the Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, Ky. Starting Monday, March 30th, the Corvette plant will close for two weeks, then reopen for a few weeks before closing again. Hourly workers will be temporarily laid off during those down times.
The plant is scheduled to be closed during the first two weeks of April, first two weeks in May and then two weeks in June which will probably coincide with the changeover to the 2010 model. The closings affect not only the lives of the great people that work at the plant, but customer tours and museum deliveries are also impacted.
BG Assembly Plant Communications Director Andrea Hales said news of the shutdown did not surprise workers. "I think our employees expected more downtime because they follow the sale of our products very closely,†she said. "So I think our employees were expecting some sort of scheduling announcement."
"We are still hopeful that the market is still there for Corvette,†Hales said. "We're just waiting to see, when the economy does take a turn, we're hoping we see Corvette come back as strong as it was before the downturn last year."
The plant has laid off around 130 employees and another 110 more could be laid off before the end of the year.
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The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring brought down several key members of Team Corvette to Florida who were on hand for the unveiling of the 2009 GT1 Championship Edition Corvettes. CorvetteBlogger spoke with Corvette Product Marketing Manager Harlan Charles about the people who build America's sports car, the new GT1 Championship and Competition Sport Corvettes and the Transformers' Corvette Stingray Concept and its potential influence on the C7 Corvette.
We appreciate Harlan taking the time to talk with us and we're looking forward to attending the 2010 Corvette model rollout at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green at the end of April.
[VIDEO] My Hot Lap Around Sebring in a 2009 Competition Sport Corvette
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[PICS] Up Close with the 2009 Corvette GT1 Championship Edition
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The Corvette Action Center scored these photos showing the 2009 Corvette GT1 Championship Edition at the decal installation supplier located just down the street from the Corvette Assembly Plant. The decal supplier will be busy this spring as GM is producing 600 of these special editions that celebrate Corvette Racing's 10 year anniversary and the final year of the GT1 program.
Pricing for the GT1 Championship Edition starts at $65,310 for the 4LT Coupe, $71,815 for the 4LT Convertible and $86,385 for the 3LZ Corvette Z06. Click here for more information:
Officially Official: The 2009 Corvette GT1 Championship Editions
The 2009 Corvette GT1 Championship Edition will make its public debut this Friday at the Mobil One 12 Hours of Sebring. Check back with CorvetteBlogger as we'll be in Sebring covering the race and Corvette related festivities.
Season-Opening Sebring Race Marks Corvette Racing's 10th Anniversary GT1 Championship Edition Corvettes Commemorate Corvette Racing's Decade of Success SEBRING, Fla. – The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the season-opening race of the 2009 American Le Mans Series to be held on March 21, will mark the start of Corvette Racing's 10th anniversary in international road racing. The team made its competition debut in February 1999 at Daytona, and competed in its first Sebring 12-hour race the following month, finishing fourth in the GTS class. Since that modest beginning, Corvette Racing has become one of the world's premier production sports car teams, winning eight consecutive ALMS GT1 manufacturers and team championships, seven straight drivers' titles, and five class victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Chevrolet is commemorating Corvette Racing's decade of success with the introduction of the GT1 Championship Edition Corvette. These limited edition vehicles (designated Regular Production Option GT1) will be available in coupe, convertible, and Z06 models in yellow or black livery. With graphics packages inspired by the championship-winning Corvette C6.R, the GT1 Championship Edition Corvettes will make their public debut at Sebring International Raceway. Production is scheduled for spring. "There have always been strong ties between production and racing Corvettes," said GM Racing manager Mark Kent. "Technology developed by Corvette Racing is applied to improve the efficiency, performance, handling, aerodynamics and safety of production vehicles. Now with the introduction of the GT1 Championship Edition Corvettes, the link between the race and street versions is apparent at a glance. Corvette enthusiasts will be able to purchase cars that celebrate the remarkable history of Corvette Racing. The GT1 Championship Edition program is another example of how racing helps Chevy sell cars and trucks and provides a solid return on investment." The ALMS season-opener also will mark the final appearance of the Corvette C6.Rs in the GT1 class in the Sebring 12-hour endurance classic. The twin Corvette C6.R race cars (chassis Nos. 5 and 6) are beginning their third season, and are scheduled to be retired in preparation for new global GT class rules that will take effect in 2010. These two cars have accounted for 23 of the team's 74 wins. Corvette Racing has scored six class victories in Sebring, and Johnny O'Connell, driver of the No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R, notched his record-setting seventh Sebring win in last year's event. O'Connell and Jan Magnussen, the reigning GT1 champions, will be joined by Antonio Garcia at Sebring, while three-time GT1 champions Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta will be teamed with Marcel Fassler in the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R. The addition of Garcia and Fassler for long-distance races will bring the total number of Corvette Racing drivers to 19 since the team's inception. Corvette Racing will be powered by cellulosic E85R ethanol fuel at Sebring for the first time. The team adopted the renewable fuel made from wood waste after last year's Sebring race, and used E85R throughout the remainder of the 2008 ALMS season. Cellulosic ethanol was one of the key ingredients in the team's overall victory in the inaugural ALMS Green Challenge in the 1,000-mile Petit Le Mans held at Road Atlanta in October 2008. The winning No. 3 Corvette C6.R achieved the best overall score based on performance, fuel efficiency and environmental impact under criteria developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Energy, and SAE International. Corvette Racing's use of an alternative fuel on the race track reflects GM's commitment to producing fuel-efficient vehicles for customers – there are 3.5 million E85-capable GM FlexFuel vehicles on the road today. The Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring is scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 21. The race will be televised live on SPEED from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 to 11 p.m. ET.
Corvette Action Center
Officially Official: The 2009 Corvette GT1 Championship Editions
Details Emerging on the 2009 GT-1 Championship Edition Corvette
2009 Corvette Competition Sport Package Pricing Revealed
Introducing the Limited Edition 2009 Competition Sport Corvette
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GM released its sales figures today that show 1,027 Corvettes were delivered in February 2009. While the sales number is down 50% over February 2008′s 2,071 Corvettes delivered, the good news is that this is a 22% increase over the paltry 842 Corvettes delivered in January 2009.
GM Performance Parts teased us during 2008′s SEMA show about the coming availability of an LS9 crate engine and yesterday we received word that the heart of the ZR1 is now available through GM dealers. MRSP for the 6.2L Supercharged ZR1 V8 is listed at $28,000 with the GM dealer price set at $21,000.
The 6.2L LS9 is rated at 638 horsepower and 604 lb-ft of torque. A limited 24 month/50,000 mile limited warranty is included.
The package comes fully dressed including the ignition system, supercharger assembly, exhaust manifolds and the dry-sump oil pan. The external oil and cooling tanks as well as an ECU/wire harness are not included. Also not included is the Corvette ZR1 "Blue Devil†engine cover. GM Performance Parts does plan to release a LS9 controller kit and a front accessory drive kit later in 2009.
From the GM Performance Parts Catalog:
The most powerful regular-production engine ever from GM! The New LS9 6.2L supercharged – the standard engine in the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 – is a technology marvel that holds the distinction of being the most powerful regular-production engine ever offered in a GM car. It helps propel the 3,324 pound ZR1 from 0-60 in 3.4 seconds and through the quarter-mile in an astonishing 11.3 seconds at 131 mph – all the way to a top speed of 205 mph! Those stats make the ZR1 not only the most powerful car ever from GM, but the quickest and fastest, too! GM Performance Parts is thrilled to offer the LS9 6.2L in a fully dresses crate engine package. And while it shares the 6.2L displacement of other LS engines, this one is unique, with stronger block casting, stronger cylinder head castings and steel cylinder liners that are honed with a deck plate installed to maximize performance and cylinder seating. High-rpm-validated lightweight reciprocating parts, including titanium intake vales and connecting rods, are used along with high-flow cylinder heads that flow the charge forced on them by sixth-generation supercharger. A revised, higher-helix design delivers greater power at the low end and sustains it longer through the rpm band for broad, on-demand power whether off-idle or at speed. A dual-brick charge cooler is integrated on a unique manifold system that mounts the "blower" in the engine's valley, with charge cooler on top.
Click here to view the GM Performance Parts 6.2L LS9 Crate Engine Catalog Page.
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Transformer's Revenge of the Fallen rolls into theaters this summer and one of the main Autobot characters is Sideswipe, who's alt-car mode is the Corvette Centennial Design Concept. After months of only seeing the Corvette concept in spy shots, the car finally made its official public debut at the Chicago Auto show.
Initially known as the Centennial Design Concept, we are seeing references to the unveiled car as the "Corvette Stingray Concept" so until we see something different, that's how we'll refer to it as well.
After seeing the photos I still think that this concept is a great starting point for work on the C7. I'm sure the front and rears would be reworked but overall the concept is a home run. Just imagine this Corvette Stingray in Black or Red. Smokin!
Transformers Corvette Concept Revealed as Sideswipe
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Continuing our coverage of today's reveal of the Corvette Stingray Concept at the Chicago Auto Show, we bring you this video of GM's Design Chief Ed Welburn doing a walk-around of silver Autobot at the GM design center. Pictured in the background is one of the inspirations for the Corvette concept, the 1959 Stingray Racer. Video after the jump.
Giant movie robot also on display with vehicles used in the upcoming blockbuster summer film
Camaro BumbleBeeCHICAGO – Visitors to the Chevrolet display at this year's Chicago Auto Show (Friday through Feb. 22) will be treated to an out-of-this-world vehicle display – the automotive stars from the upcoming DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures release, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."
Five Chevrolet-based characters – including four all-new characters – are featured in the new film set to open in the United States on June 26. All of them are at the Chevrolet display. The four new movie characters include:
- SIDESWIPE – a stylized Corvette vision concept vehicle
- SKIDS and MUDFLAP – twin AUTOBOTS® based on Chevy's Beat (a concept that will go into production as the Chevy Spark in 2011) and Trax concepts
- JOLT – an AUTOBOT-based on Chevy's upcoming Volt extended-range electric vehicle
BUMBLEBEEâ"¢, the heroic AUTOBOT based on Chevrolet's Camaro concept from the first "Transformers" movie, returns with a high-performance attitude. Joining the vehicles on stage will be BUMBLEBEE in his AUTOBOT form, standing almost 17 feet (5.2 meters) tall and 13 feet (4 meters) wide.
"Chevrolet is thrilled to again be part of one of the most anticipated movies in years," said Ed Peper, GM North America vice president, Chevrolet. "'Transformers' gives us a great opportunity to connect with young people on their terms, with a dynamic, environmentally friendly image. The new characters represent the change going on in Chevy showrooms. From the exciting Camaro, the 21st century sports car, to the game-changing Volt, there's more than meets the eye at Chevrolet today."
Directed by Michael Bay, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" sees the AUTOBOTS confront a new threat from DECEPTICONS® bent on avenging their earlier defeat on Earth. The new AUTOBOT characters in their current Chevy-based form square off against new, tougher foes determined to rule the universe.
"'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' goes way beyond the first film in terms of robot action and excitement," said LeeAnne Stables, executive vice president of worldwide marketing partnerships at Paramount Pictures, the distributor of the film. "The new AUTOBOTS add to the storytelling, and these Chevy vehicles went with our filmmakers to locations all around the world. GM has again provided incredible support to the production team working on the movie."
Along with the Camaro that's reprising its role in the new film, the other Chevy models to be seen on the big screen are new to movie-goers.
SIDESWIPE takes the form of a sleek, vision concept dreamed up by the Corvette designers at GM. The design is influenced by the original Stingray race car, introduced in 1959, but also draws on Corvette heritage cues from other generations. It brings them together in a futuristic shape that seems to be equal parts racecar and space ship.
"SIDESWIPE represents an exercise in exploration for the Corvette," said Ed Welburn, vice president of GM Global Design. "By giving my creative team the freedom to design no-holds-barred vision concepts, it helps them push boundaries and look at projects from different perspectives."
The Beat and Trax-based characters, SKIDS and MUDFLAP, remain faithful to their concept designs introduced at the 2007 New York Auto Show – although each wears new paint and other exterior accessories. And while they may be small cars, when they turn into fighting AUTOBOTS®, they pack a big punch.
The other new AUTOBOT, JOLT, appears in the production form of Chevy's 2011 Volt extended-range electric vehicle. With the capability of up to 40 miles (64 km) of pure electric propulsion, plus hundreds of more miles with the assistance from its Voltec powertrain system, the real-life Volt will change driving in America.
Of course, the AUTOBOT team isn't complete without BUMBLEBEE, the yellow Camaro based on the new, 2010 production model. Sporting new wheels and SS-model performance cues, BUMBLEBEE is more stylish and powerful than ever – and enthusiasts will be able to drive their own new Camaro when it goes on sale this spring. For more exclusive AUTOBOT movie information relating to Chevrolet, please visit www.autobotsrollout.com.
Chevrolet is one of America's best-known and best-selling automotive brands. With the largest dealer network in the United States, Chevy is the leader in full-size trucks and the leader in sales of vehicles priced $35,000 and above. Chevrolet delivers more-than-expected value in every vehicle category, offering cars and trucks priced from $12,120 to $103,300. Chevy delivers expressive design, spirited performance and great value with standard features usually found only on more expensive vehicles. More information on Chevrolet can be found at www.chevrolet.com.
DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures present, in association with Hasbro, a di Bonaventura Pictures production, a Tom DeSanto/Don Murphy Production, a Michael Bay film, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, John Benjamin Hickey, Ramon Rodriguez, Isabel Lucas, Glenn Morshower and John Turturro. The film is directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It is based on Hasbro's TRANSFORMERSâ"¢ action figures and is produced by Don Murphy, Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Ian Bryce. Executive producers are Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian. This film has not yet been rated.
TRANSFORMERS is a brand of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS). Hasbro is a worldwide leader in children's and family leisure time products and services with a rich portfolio of brands and entertainment properties that provides some of the highest quality and most recognizable play and recreational experiences in the world. As a brand-driven, consumer-focused global company, Hasbro brings to market a range of toys, games and licensed products, from traditional to high-tech and digital, under such powerful brand names as TRANSFORMERS, PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, TIGER, CRANIUM and WIZARDS OF THE COAST. Come see how we inspire play through our brands at http://www.hasbro.com.
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We're back! The 2015 Apartment Internet Marketing Conference is pleased to announce our slate of programming for the 10th annual AIM Conference May 4-6 at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach. From SEO audits to workshops in digital copywriting, imagery and video, presentations on the wired apartment, a dive into retargeting and alternative advertising opportunities and yes the return of the AIM video awards, we're looking forward to the best AIM Conference yet. By popular demand, we've also relaunched our annual call for speakers. Check out all of the planned programming and download a speaker submission form on the AIM website. We'll announce all confirmed speakers and sessions by January 30, 2015. Don't forget to register early and save on discounted attendance to AIM 2015!
Danny Sullivan, founding editor of Search Engine Land, didn't waste any time answering the conspiracy question posed in the conference guide: "Google is taking over everything. This will be a very short talk."
Fortunately for the attendees of the keynote session at the Apartment Internet Marketing conference (AIM), Sullivan continued and explained that success with Google isn't about the tactics, but the Internet marketing strategy.
"Stay focused on the broad strategy," Sullivan says. "It will guide you toward success in the long run. You understand how people search on Google and you should take advantage of the ways that help you do well on Google."
Being successful, however, is becoming more difficult by the day, as Google regularly changes its guidelines, making it difficult to keep up for brands. Sullivan pointed to the introduction of Penguin, a Google algorithm update aimed at decreasing search engine rankings of websites that violated Google's Webmaster guidelines, as a prime example of the complexity.
"Every day, I think I have seen it all," Sullivan says. "Google had to ban itself for violating it's own rules."
Google banned some of its own pages in 2005 for cloaking, a search engine optimization technique in which the content presented to the search engine spider is different than the content presented to users. If Google can make mistakes that lead to being banned, apartment owner-operators can easily find themselves in the same position.
At least cloaking is in an apartment company's control. What isn't is Google's increasing emphasis on advertising, which is pushing organic search results further down the page.
"A few years ago when you searched for the name of a hotel on Google, the number one thing would have been … the hotel," Sullivan says. "Your conspiracy. That's it. It's just reality. Google is showing more ads."
That means apartment owner-operators have to pay for a lot more with Google to get prime placements in search results. And that's the conspiracy of Google – a brand once known as the champion of free information.
Download the Danny Sullivan AIM 2014 keynote presentation here.
The logo doesn't make a brand. The design of marketing collateral doesn't make a brand. Even the style of the apartment community doesn't make a brand.
Brands are always bigger than most people first think when they hear the word. They're a combination of all of the above and much more, including the personalities of the associates, the style of customer service and even the appearance of the uniforms. Brands are an experience.
So, it only makes sense that the experience be created in a collaborative environment, involving on-site operators who have to execute the brand, the development team and a little outside help from an agency. That's exactly what Melanie Flaherty, vice president of marketing, led at Carmel Partners to launch 14 individual brands for communities across the country, which she presented at the Apartment Internet Marketing Conference. But it wasn't easy to sell in.
"We have such small amount of time with senior execs to discuss branding," Flaherty says. "If we can frame up how we approach strategy, the process that we're using and show them that strategy with results and how it plays out in creative execution, it can be an effective way to sell in the creative strategy."
The collaborative process in which on-site operators were intimately involved in the branding helped frame the branding concepts win the executives over.
To begin the process, Carmel categorized the communities into five different themes: boutique, location, destination, suburban and Gen Y. Boutique communities are smaller, unique communities with an opportunity to be defined by an intriguing style. One example of a boutique community was 325 Lexington in New York City, which reflected an appreciation of culture, art and travel.
The location communities offered excellent location amenities that could be easily incorporated into their branding. The RockVue Apartments, a location community in Broomfield, Colo., was branded for active men and focused on the many outdoor activities available near the community.
Destination communities incorporated the fact that they were in destination places like Iroquois Point in West Oahu, Kapilina. The branding for the Kapilina apartment community creating a sanctuary experienced focused on the backdrop of the beach, family-friendly amenities and open spaces for indoor-outdoor living.
Suburban communities are locked in unremarkable neighborhoods, but offer an opportunity to bring urban style to soccer moms in the burbs. Alder, a community in a California suburb, creates a distinct sense of style with modern patterns and the use of stylish lifestyle photography of interiors that look more like an urban home than the traditional suburban experience.
Gen Y communities were designed with Gen Y expectations in mind, including being technology-friendly, having a unique personality and offering a walkable location. One example was BLVD63 in <insert location>, which features a beach lifestyle throughout all marketing collateral featuring surfboards, skateboards, beach cruisers VW buses and other beach-related iconography.
Within each category, Carmel worked with 11 different marketing agencies to develop individualized brands for each of the 14 communities. The brands that were developed delivered a first-class experience similar to high-end consumer product and service brands from brochure design to community amenity space design.
The cohesive brand strategy was achieved by also working closely with development on new projects that were in the works.
To be a better marketer, think like a technologist. It's happened faster than anyone probably anticipated. Marketing and technology have become so intertwined that marketers must not only understand technology, but also transform its use into revenue generating activities.
That's definitely been the experience for Lauren Curley, marketing director for Landmark Property services, who shared her advice with attendees of the "Think Like a Technologist" session at the Apartment Internet Marketing Conference (AIM).
"We're the ones driving this change within our organizations because our customers are driving the change," Curley says. "And we're responsible for the customer experience."
To be effective in driving that change marketers have to think like the technology gurus who consider the needs of the user before moving forward with development.
"We need to be the intersection between our communities and our brand and our customers," Curley Says. "Technologists think about software as a service. In this changing dynamic, we need to think about marketing as a service."
Thinking about marketing as a service means providing the technology tools that solve the problems apartment residents and customers have that technology can solve.
"Good software is all about trying to solve a problem," Curley says. "They're asking themselves, 'What do my customers want? What do my customers need that they don't realize they need?'"
It's the antithesis of QR codes, which have all but disappeared because customers didn't want to use them. They were something marketers wanted so they could better measure the value of their marketing campaigns.
But determining what marketing technologies actually add value is easier said than done. The key is to collaborate and work with on-site teams to determine what customers are asking for, Curley says.
"The future of marketing is all about partnerships both inside and outside of your organization," she added. "One of the most successful things you can do as an organization is get your regional team on site."
Download the Think Like a Technologist presentation here.
Integrated marketing campaigns were a breakout trend this year at the Apartment Internet Marketing Conference because multifamily is the perfect example of an industry in need. Today's residents are hyper-connected and use a mix of technology and personal connections to find their next apartment home. It's important that multifamily professionals understand where and how to reach this new consumer via IMC.
So what does IMC mean to today's marketer? Steve McKee sums IMC up in a way that is easy to understand, "Integration means communicating a consistent identity from message to message, and medium to medium, and (more importantly) delivering consistently on that identity." The AIM conference theme this year is "Conspire," and we set out on the integrated marketing brand campaign panel conspire to gain inspiration from some of the world's most successful brands, including Nike, Red Bull, and Kraken Rum.
Kraken, a company that not only has a awesome name but also an amazing integrated marketing campaign, has empowered their consumers to purchase their product. Kraken took their offline marketing campaign to a whole new level by creating a giant Kraken mural in Brooklyn. Fans can compare their size to the Kraken. They took this a step further by asking their viewers to post pictures with the mural on Instagram using the hashtag #KrakenHugeness
In addition to their giant mural and social presence (fans love them), they have a YouTube channel dedicated to the legend of the Kraken, and a mobile app on which customers can practice navigating the deep seas where the Kraken lives.
These three brands understand the importance of creating an integrated marketing campaign that empowers their consumer to purchase from them. They show that they understand their consumers likes, needs, wants and how to reach them. They understand how an empowered customer can make a difference in their bottom line.
For many multifamily management companies they are inundated with marketing opportunities, those opportunities can be overwhelming when trying to implement an IMC. It's not that multifamily marketer's are not familiar with IMC. For many it is getting past the road block of thinking an IMC is not feasible either due to the size and scope of their portfolio or it just wasn't in the budget. During our panel presentation Dana, Sarah, Eric and I hoped to show you how to embrace consumer empowerment in-spite of having extremely different portfolios and budgets. That by empowering your team to understand the 'campaign', you'll be able to empower your prospective residents to lease!
Brad Cribbins, chief operating officer for Alliance Residential, describes his daughter's digital media consumption and interaction with wonder, "She'll be on the couch watching a movie while playing a game on her iPad while texting with a friend on her phone."
That sums up not only the challenges many marketers attending the Executive Power Panel at the Apartment Internet Marketing conference (AIM) face in marketing, but also communicating with their senior executives. Marketing is inexplicably linked to rapidly changing technology that is inundating customers with messages from friends and advertisers nearly every minute of the day and making it even more difficult to communicate new ideas effectively to senior executives.
"There's more change happening in marketing in the last 5-7 years than what has happened in the last 100," Cribbins says. "There's this knowledge gap between how we're trying to advance the ball in each of the various markets and how our executives are trying to advance it at the corporate level."
In order to sell in a marketing idea in this complex context, marketers need be able to quickly and simply articulate the benefits of the idea, how it will affect operations and how it will be implemented.
"Those of us in the senior positions aren't the most patient. Don't give me a 30-minute speech about marketing," says Cindy Claire, president of Kettler Management. "You need to be able to articulate what you want and show that there is going to be some return. We need to understand how it's going to help the whole. Implementation and understanding what that means is critical to a great marketing idea."
Jeff Brodsky, president of Related Management, added that marketers need to speak the language of the executive audience, much like they do when they're developing consumer campaigns.
"The first challenge to marketing is that I have an opinion about marketing. I'm not a marketer," Brodsky says. "Everybody in your c-suite believes that they know as much as you do about marketing, which they don't. Your job, if you're good, is to be able to speak their language."
But in the end, there's one thing senior executives want from the marketing function and any ideas they present – leads.
"We have to focus on so many things," Claire says. "We have to brand our company. We have to brand what we do. And that has to translate down to how we operate our properties. Brand means a lot of things to a lot of people, but it ultimately translates into — does it bring us more business?"
That's a difficult question to answer, considering the amount of data coming in from the many advertising sources inundating customers, like Cribbins' daughter.
"We now have a lot of systems that give us a lot of data," Claire says. "We have data, but we don't have it all coming into one place. How do we take all of that data and make sense of it."
It started with a rendition of "Simply Irresistible," air filled inflatable guitars and sunglasses.
The Customer Cartography: Mapping the Prospect to Resident Journey session at the Apartment Internet Marketing conference lived up to the opening salvo with a simply irresistible customer-centric view of the process. The customer touch points throughout the process are important, but the key to the journey is the customer and what the customer wants.
"Being customer focused and customer centric has to start with knowing your customer and what your customer wants," says Melanie Gersper, executive vice president of property management for CFLane. "That's the psychology of sales, engaging with and understanding what your customer wants and needs."
The way to do that is to truly listen to customers, which can be difficult in a world of standardized operational processes.
"Learning how to actively listen is something you learn," Gersper says. "I believe that listening to someone is the highest form of respect that you can show them and respect is the foundation of every good relationship. We try to train our sales people or people on the floor to be good listeners. We've definitely turned the corner there and good sales people listen."
Listening leads to engagement, a higher level of customer interaction.
"We believe that engagement is what drives the customer to the place of interest," Gersper says. "Engagement breeds familiarity and familiarity sells. Everything from the leasing process to the move-in process to each time they are paying rent to every service request and even move out. Our associates have a chance to touch the resident at any one of those moments."
The touch points start with having a website that makes it easy for prospects to get all the information they need without having to contact the community.
"We are creating love relationships with our residents," says Lynette Hegeman, vice president of marketing for Berkshire Property Advisors. "The first step is attraction, the engage interest stage. They really don't want to have to pick up the phone and ask questions. They want everything they need to know on a great website."
Listening begins when the customer contacts the leasing office either through the website or via the phone to set an appointment. Upon arrival, customers have expectations that have already been set by the website and their interactions with community team members.
"Once they get there, they want to be reassured that everything they saw on the web was actually there," says Tracey Bowers, managing director of Matrix Residential.
The on-site associates also need to be able to deliver on the customer-service experience with strong communication skills.
"We should be teaching people to be superior communicators and negotiators," Gersper says. "The technology that we have today iOS really driving the transaction. I think we all agree that all the technology in the world is going to take the place of the human element that is required to sell apartment homes."
But the customer-centric experience doesn't end at the visit and lease signing. It continues all the way through move-out, an opportunity to give a customer a reason to return or tell their friends about their positive experience.
"The move-out experience is just as important as move-in," Gersper says.
From website visit to move-out, the key to providing a simply irresistible experience is to see the journey through the eyes of the customer.
Download the Customer Cartography: Mapping the Resident Journey presentation here.
Marketing gets the leads. Sales closes the leads. It's that simple. Right? Not exactly. The devil is in the details.
For an apartment company to be successful, marketing needs to deliver quality leads, and sales needs to close effectively. There's the rub. Marketing and sales don't always agree or talk about what makes a quality lead or how to effectively close a sale.
That's where lead scoring, data-driven customer relationship management systems (CRM) and training come into play, according to Steve Taraborelli, president and CEO of Acperion Digital Marketing, and Arther Kosmider, director of property marketing for TGM Companies. Taraborelli and Kosmider presented the power of lead scoring, CRM and training to marketers at the Apartment Internet Marketing conference.
"Lead scoring can be a unifier for sales and marketing," Taraborelli says. "Lead scoring also helps prioritize the leads and get the right leads to the right sales people."
To make that possible, sales and marketing must come together and agree upon the factors that determine how ready a lead is to sign a lease, which make up the lead score. That allows the organization to prioritize leads, qualify the right leads and capture long-term sales opportunities that would otherwise be lost, Taraborelli says.
"The data points that go into the algorithm is what marketing feels is important and what sales feels is important," Taraborelli says. "The higher the score, the more engaged they are, the more sales ready they are."
After the factors that make up the lead score are defined, leads are generally broken up into three categories – hot, warm or cold. Sales will treat leads differently based on the category, allowing them to close more effectively and efficiently.
That requires proper training and quality CRM systems with comprehensive data.
"Unless we have a robust strategy to convert that traffic into actual leases, a lot of that work can go to waste," says Kosmider. "You have to create the whole environment around data. … Make sure your teams are able to use that data and create actionable items and improvement plans."
That also means having the right associates on the leasing team, who are capable of closing a sale and delivering outstanding customer service.
"In order for somebody to be a leasing super star, they have to have the constant desire to overachieve," Kosmider says. "The reality these days is that we're not only talking about leasing staff from a sales perspective. They need to be able to do customer service. We need to make sure we empower our teams with all the tools they need to address all the comments and questions that our prospects may have."
Download the Steve Taraborelli lead scoring presentation here.
Download the Arthur Kosmider lead and leasing motivation presentation here.
The students of today are the apartment residents of tomorrow. That means there's quite a bit to learn from student housing providers that can help apartment owner-operators successfully attract future residents.
The Graduation Day: Nurturing Student Housing Residents into Apartments session at the Apartment Internet Marketing conference offered practical tips on how to make apartment communities simply irresistible to the next generation.
But it really comes down to one thing – customer-centric. Whether the idea is technology that makes leasing and paying rent easy to fitness on demand spaces, it's about residents and what they want in an apartment community.
"The student demographic is quite diverse," says Kim Cory, director of student media for ForRent Media Solutions. "A lot of us think of the student as the undergrad. We talk about fitness on demand. We recently did a survey to that entire demographic about what really piques their interest. What they're really looking for is spaces that they can make their own."
These fitness on demand spaces are empty gym-like rooms in which students can bring equipment to make them into whatever they want, such as yoga studios, Pilates classes or even sports facilities.
It's all part of an on demand lifestyle that has been driven much by technology, which has transformed convenience into a commodity. That's even more apparent in how students prefer to lease, pay rent and submit service requests. Students and parents alike want to complete all of these transactions online.
"There's not much that they don't do online," says Katie Smerko, national director of leasing and marketing for Campus Advantage. "I think it's more foreign for them to fill something out with handwriting than to type it into a computer."
That proved itself out when Smerko rolled out online leasing to Campus Advantage's communities.
"Our goal was to get 80 percent to sign 80 percent of leases online," Smerko says of her team's original goal. "It seemed like a really lofty goal. Once we started everybody wanted to do it. We're now a little bit under 100 percent."
Sites can also use technology to enable unique marketing activities using today's popular social media tools, like Facebook.
"Facebook still reigns king with this demographic," Cory says. "We recently did a study on our own Facebook page. Our highest click through rates and highest respondents come from Facebook."
Other technologies that are attracting residents, according to Smerko, include electronic apartment keys (FOBs), docking stations in amenity spaces and Apple TVs.
Technology, on-demand spaces and convenience are what the next generation of renters will expect from you.
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When Jules Epstein asked, "Who knows what design is?" not a single hand was raised.
It's possible the attendees of the Better Branding Through Graphic Design session at the Apartment Internet Marketing conference anticipated it being a trick question. Most likely, however, it's because design is incredibly difficult to define.
"There is one common thread that runs through all design and that is purpose," says Epstein, president and CEO of Primary Design. "Anything that has design has purpose."
Design is purposeful communication through the use of line, shape, color, typography, positive and negative space, context or juxtaposition and physics, Epstein says. That gives a whole new perspective to design.
"There is no such thing as good or bad design," Epstein says. "There is only design and anti-design. Nothing is arbitrary in design."
That's definitely true when it comes to the basics of design regarding typography, color and composition, according to Jamie Ange, senior marketing manager of Bell Partners. Ange provided an overview of the basics of the color wheel, white space and other design elements to the marketers in the room.
Even with purpose at the forefront, design does not equal brand.
"The emotion is really what your brand is," says Steven Ozbun, vice president and managing partner of DZAP. "A brand is a person's feeling about a product, organization and purpose."
Design done right brings out that emotion in your customers and define who you are versus the competition.
"There are too many choices and too little time," Ozbun says. "Most properties have similar qualities and features and the average renter's buying cycle is 30-60 days. You need to really stand out through your branding from your takeaway to your website to the way you answer your phone."
Download the Jules Epstein graphic design presentation here.
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Next time you go shopping, to a movie, or even for a work out at the gym, assume someone is watching you leave your car. A former identity thief just out of jail is now talking about the tricks she used to commit the crime.
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Welcome New Teaching Faculty
We are very pleased to announce that three outstanding academic hospitalists joined the ranks of our teaching faculty earlier this summer. Welcome Drs. Anas Atrach, Ammer Bekele and Viktorya Wolfer. With this new complement of teaching faculty, now all resident teams on the wards are run by a teaching hospitalist, further fostering an environment of learning and delivery of high quality and safe patient care.
Welcome New Interns
Please join us in welcoming our new intern class of 2017. We continue to have great success with our yearly recruitment efforts, and we are fortunate to have an outstanding group of doctors join our PGY1 class. Our interns hit the floor running and are already making us proud with their skills and eagerness to do and learn. Keep up the good work!
Procedure Training and Simulation Lab
Dr. Ricardo Conti, one of our academic hospitalists, is spearheading our procedures curriculum and started a simulation lab for our residents last year. This has been a tremendous success. Dr. Conti's efforts have helped our residents hone their skills and confidence in performing a variety of procedures for their patients.
Graduation 2014
Congratulations to all the graduates of the class of 2014!
As is now tradition, graduation took place at Turf Valley Resort on June 13, 2014. Faculty, staff, residents and their families came together to celebrate all the accomplishments and success of our 2014 class. The graduation video, which featured our chairman Dr. Pomerantz, was a complete hit!
Special congratulations to our intern and resident of the year doctors: Darling Ruiz-Cerrato and Rihab Sharara, who again and again demonstrate commitment and devotion to the profession.
Congratulations to the subspecialty teaching attending of the year, intensivist Dr. Pablo Garcia. This year's winner of the Golden Apple Award was Dr. Durga Adhikari, who has been a great teacher and mentor to our residents. Dr. Adhikari is leaving to further his medical training in a fellowship in rheumatology at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
2014 Class Success
We are extremely proud of our graduating class of 2014; our dear third year residents have exceeded our expectations and never cease to amaze us with their intelligence, dedication and most of all their immense hearts. About 60% of the class applied and interviewed for fellowship positions this year and 100% of them matched at very competitive training programs around the country! We are ecstatic about these results and we have full confidence they will be shining stars at their new institutions, just like they have been during their time here at Saint Agnes!
These are the fellowship programs our third years will be joining this year:
Dr. Ahmed Abdelaziz – Hem/Onc at Wayne State University, Michigan
Dr. Darwin Ashbaker – Pulmonary Critical Care at A & M Scott And White, Texas
Dr. Siddharth Dugar – Critical Care at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Dr. Abhineet Kumar – Hem/Onc at University of Arizona, Tucson
Dr. Mohamed Morsy – Cardiology at University of Tennessee, Memphis
Dr. Chintan Patel – Cardiology at Geisenger Health System, Pennsylvania
Dr. Hibba-Tul Rehman – Hem/Onc at University of Vermont – Fletcher Allen Cancer Center, Vermont
Sameer Ahmed will stay for one more year with us as our Chief Resident and afterwards plans to apply for a fellowship in cardiology.
The rest of the our PGY3 class will be following a very rewarding, noble and much underserved path in medicine as follows:
Dr. Meetu Agrawal will be working as a local primary care doctor.
Dr. Meenakshi Dagar will be working as a hospitalist in Tucson, Arizona.
Dr. Sindhuja Marupudi will working as a hospitalist at Wake Forest.
Dr. Alfredo Montero will be the joining Aventura and West Side Regional Medical Center as an academic hospitalist
To all our PGY3s we congratulate you and we wish you a life full of happiness and achievements.
Winners at ACP
As it is now tradition most of the Internal Medicine training programs in the state of Maryland met to compete for the Doctor's Dilemma championship; the competition was held on Saturday February 1st, at Turf Valley Resort, during ACP's Maryland Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting. As usual, the caliber of all participating residents was outstanding so competition was fierce; the audience was kept on-edge throughout. We are proud to announce that our program is the champion this year and will be representing Maryland at the upcoming national ACP meeting in the spring. Congratulations to our outstanding team: Siddarth Dugar (PGY3), Naresh Bhandari (PGY2), Rihab Sharara (PGY2), and Ji Yon Kwon (PGY1)!
Past Events
Holiday Party 2013
On Friday December 13, 2013 the Internal Medicine Residency program hosted their traditional holiday get-together in the Alagia auditorium to celebrate a year full of great accomplishments and to give thanks for all the excellent work and camaraderie. This year's party was themed 70s style, attendance was excellent, musical entertainment was provided by D.J. Adam who dazzled us with great song selections, funny videos were provided by one of our medical students Jasmine Toor, fun group games were organized and run by the residents, and last but not least food was Mediterranean style and simply delicious! A great many thanks to our second years Rihab Sharara, Safa Hegazin and Inas Abuali who organized the party and made sure it was an undeniable success! Great job girls!
Graduation 2013
Congratulations to all the graduates of the class of 2013!
This year we gathered in style at Turf valley Resort on June 7th to celebrate our residents' success, to show them gratitude for their hard work and to bid them goodbye as they move on with their careers and lives. This class was an outstanding one and left their mark in the program, they created a legacy for future generations to follow. This year we had an all time high attendance and we had great entertainment, the residents did an outstanding job on their graduation video which will be a great memento for the program.
Special congratulations to our residents of the year Dr. Naresh Bhandari and Dr. Saquib Chaudhri, thank you for your dedication and all your hard work; congratulations also to the subspecialty teaching attendings of the year Dr. Shadi Barakat and Dr. Bernard Kim, your commitment to resident education and the residency has been of paramount importance in the ongoing improvement of the program. Lastly but not least, congratulations to Dr. Robin Li who won the Golden Apple Award, Dr. Li has always been an huge supporter of the residents and the residency, she has helped shaped the outpatient experience into an enriching and fruitful one for all the residents.
This year's Annual Maryland Associates Meeting, sponsored by the American College of Physicians was once again held here at St. Agnes Hospital on May 16th, 2013 and it reached all time high attendance with well over 300 participants. Residents from all the local Internal Medicine residency programs participated, including the armed forces, and presented a total of 250 posters and oral presentations in this well known state-wide competition. This year we once again reached an all time high of submissions and would like to congratulate all the residents for their commitment to academia and patient care. On a special note our own Dr. Sapna Kuehl was honored with the C. Lockard Conley Award for her contributions to resident education and training and research.
International Day 2013
The popularity of International Day at St. Agnes Hospital just keeps growing and growing, this year our nurses and IT department made amazing and delicious contributions; celebration took place as is tradition in the Alagia auditorium on March 23rd. Once again we showcased many different cultures and countries from around the globe with delicious food and power point presentations by our very own residents and medical students. International Day continues to be one of the most anticipated events of the year at our institution and it fosters institutional relationships and cultural competence.


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Taveras smacked his first homer, doubled and drove in three runs in Springfield's 13-5 win over Midland. The 19-year-old outfielder finished 3-for-5, breaking out after a 2-for-12 start in his first three games.
St. Louis decided to be aggressive with MLB.com's No. 100 prospect after his big year last season, skipping him over Class A Advanced. The Dominican Republic native hit .386 with eight home runs, 27 doubles, 62 RBIs and a 1.028 OPS in 308 at-bats over 78 games for Quad Cities.
He hit consistently in the prospect-laden Arizona Fall League as well, averaging .307 in 75 at-bats for the Peoria Javelinas. The Cardinals gave Taveras a brief taste of Major League camp, where he went 2-for-8 in seven games.
St. Louis farm director John Vuch told MLB.com this offseason that part of the reason the Cardinals felt confident in bringing their top position prospect along this quickly was because of the impression he made this spring.
"We brought him in the first day of early camp and sat him down and explained that your bat is every bit of Double-A level, but the rest of your game is not," Vuch said. "We told him that he has the next four or five weeks to show us where he belongs. He really took the conversation to heart, really applied himself during batting practice and went at it with good energy."
In 2010, his first exposure to American pro ball, he spent a brief spell in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League before hitting .322 with a .526 slugging percentage in 53 games for short-season Johnson City in the Appalachian League.
After Sunday, Taveras is 5-for-17 with three doubles on the young season.
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