Bitches, Bikes, and Guns with Jim Stewart

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavrv2zshtG98KVnTZvqKn_EgrUkkP2Ez737eZNFOaVE-tKtAJ6b0q3mxoTOhe7F-SwGSRuCjbT8Ml7rDptrbHqayQ-FY1ell96M4wbFJ7EBKFj_ky-fhAdoMkVAo0a3Zfs7m0T7BnUbk/s1600/Jim+Stewart+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavrv2zshtG98KVnTZvqKn_EgrUkkP2Ez737eZNFOaVE-tKtAJ6b0q3mxoTOhe7F-SwGSRuCjbT8Ml7rDptrbHqayQ-FY1ell96M4wbFJ7EBKFj_ky-fhAdoMkVAo0a3Zfs7m0T7BnUbk/s320/Jim+Stewart+4.jpg" width="222" /></a></div>Hey all you un-American, Second Amendment hating, abortion loving readers of <i>I’m With Stupid</i>.  Jim Stewart here.<br /><br />I’m a veteran, proud gun owner, proud American, and the neighbor of one arrogant, sarcastic, and fucked up freak of left wing nature, Matt-Man.<br /><br />I normally like to stay away from these blogs…these…these…instruments of re-education, however…I saw a picture of <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/01/jays-hillbilly-neighbor-speaks.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">Jayman’s neighbor</span></i></a> on here yesterday…<br /><br />And I said to myself…<br /><br /><i>“God intended that chick for me, and I think we could grow some right-thinking children together.”</i><br /><br />She thinks like me.  Cusses like me.  Holds a weapon like me.  Oh sure…her name, <i>Not Jayman’s Neighbor</i>, is a bit weird, but just look at her and read her words on the IWS blog thing yesterday.  You’d have to be some kind of lunatic, gay, baby killing lib to let her fucked up name get in the way of getting in her pants. That bitch RAWKS!!<br /><br />As soon as I saw her picture, I could see the Stars and Stripes blowing in the wind over amber waves of grain, and when I read what she had to say, it was like listening to the late great President Ronald Reagan.<br /><br />Well, the Ronald Reagan before he lost his mind due to lib doctors and FEMA putting an Alzheimer’s chip in his head after he was shot, which resulted in him unknowingly and against his will, calling for a ban on assault rifles in the early 90’s.  They really fucked him up!!  It’s bullshit!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7zqQsEkfGWJRjZfPbElqWokL51_HoP9XloW-eJq13gMRrg_QnFyprXL0w1fYEX7Pqe2PJGSDB4EneLB9sxPVUwiUlLVU24fVVPMOSZaOAR9Njkl8djBREIkNthRYDQ37NLETsj4ER5Q/s1600/Sexy+Girl+Gun+Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7zqQsEkfGWJRjZfPbElqWokL51_HoP9XloW-eJq13gMRrg_QnFyprXL0w1fYEX7Pqe2PJGSDB4EneLB9sxPVUwiUlLVU24fVVPMOSZaOAR9Njkl8djBREIkNthRYDQ37NLETsj4ER5Q/s400/Sexy+Girl+Gun+Hot.jpg" width="231" /></a>Anyways, and as I was talking about…Not Jayman’s Neighbor needs to drop the Match.com bullshit and get a hold of JimStewartLoveGun.com.<br /><br />She mentioned that she needed a man who had been tested for diseases n’shit yesterday…She doesn’t even have to wait on my test results.  As soon as I saw her on IWS yesterday, I went and got tested.<br /><br />Other than a slight case of mange and anti-social disorder, I was given a clean bill of health.  And let me tell you, I know the test results are accurate because they were performed by one, Dr. David Smith.  An AMERICAN DOCTOR!!<br /><br />They were NOT performed by some towel head doctor named Dr. Rawalpindi, or Dr. Akbar Hussein, or Dr. I Came Here Illegally to America in Order to Put Herpes and Lyme Disease in your Flu Vaccination!!<br /><br />Nope, not a chance.  I use an American doctor every…fucking…time…I get…an American ailment.<br /><br />So the following goes out to Not Jayman’s Neighbor:<br /><br />I have the paper work proving I am clean. I own several guns, and I drink heavily.  I believe in God, the Baby Jesus, and the right to cut off a lib’s head and shit down his or her neck…I believe in the beauty and God-given sanctity of fucking all night in a drunken stupor with the windows open for all to hear.<br /><br />In other words, Miss Not Jayman’s Neighbor…<br /><br />I, Jim Stewart, am your soul mate.  And…<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSCZpvjbU_7ymduNAAWwfoHf2YLu8kOWSE-d0xhjqNQx4lvx9HVHEic5xGMkfZ7xtZiGvftvIZ1WadqTTUzTu9VHV-snYYN78hRVCgUu-DQu8Sgl5YyvjAlK44dfF_fzOGoDr4O0mWjM/s1600/Jim+Stewart+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSCZpvjbU_7ymduNAAWwfoHf2YLu8kOWSE-d0xhjqNQx4lvx9HVHEic5xGMkfZ7xtZiGvftvIZ1WadqTTUzTu9VHV-snYYN78hRVCgUu-DQu8Sgl5YyvjAlK44dfF_fzOGoDr4O0mWjM/s320/Jim+Stewart+3.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />If you would do me the honor of hangin’ with me, I can pop a wheelie and shake the bitch off the back of my bike in no time, and we can ride into a red, white, and blue sunset together.<br /><br />If you’re interested, get a hold of Matt-Man, because I'm sure that those Muslim lovin’ FEMA fucks are always sticking their big brown noses into my e-mail account.<br /><br /><i>Let freedom ring bitches, and keep your powder dry…</i><br /><br /><i>Jim Stewart</i><br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><br />P.S.  Don't forget...Jay and Matt broadcast LIVE at 11 AM ET today on Blog Talk Radio.  They will be talking <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/01/23/nothing-and-everything" target="_blank"><i><b><span style="color: blue;">Nothing and Everything</span></b></i></a>, so join them LIVE today at 11 AM ET by clicking <i><b><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/01/23/nothing-and-everything" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a></b></i>!!</div>

Bitches, Bikes, and Guns with Jim Stewart

Hey all you un-American, Second Amendment hating, abortion loving readers of I’m With Stupid.  Jim Stewart here.I’m a veteran, proud gun owner, proud American, and the neighbor of one arrogant, sarcastic, and fucked up freak of left wing nature, Matt…

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Leftover notes and quotes from Monday’s MLK Jamboree

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><header class="entry_header" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; padding: 20px 20px 0px; width: 580px;"><div class="graphic_header" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 600px;"><div class="blog_icon left" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100px;"><a href="http://varsitynow.blogs.starnewsonline.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #004776; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" height="100" src="http://varsitynow.blogs.starnewsonline.com/files/2012/02/VarsityNow100.gif" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="100" /></a></div><div class="blog_titles left" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 400px;"><h3 style="border: 0px; color: #aaaaaa; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: lighter; letter-spacing: 0.1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: capitalize;"><a href="http://varsitynow.blogs.starnewsonline.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #004776; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Varsity Now</a></h3><h1 class="entry_title" style="border: 0px; color: #31669d; font-family: Arimo, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: lighter; letter-spacing: -0.03em; line-height: 32px; margin: 5px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://varsitynow.blogs.starnewsonline.com/21228/leftover-notes-and-quotes-from-mondays-mlk-jamboree/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #004776; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Permalink to Leftover notes and quotes from Monday’s MLK Jamboree">Leftover notes and quotes from Monday’s MLK Jamboree</a></h1><div class="post_meta" style="border: 0px; color: #aaaaaa; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.03em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="sep" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Tuesday, </span><a href="http://varsitynow.blogs.starnewsonline.com/21228/leftover-notes-and-quotes-from-mondays-mlk-jamboree/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #004776; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="2:49 pm"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2013-01-22T14:49:23+00:00" pubdate="">January 22, 2013</time></a> at 2:49 <span class="by-author" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="sep" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">by </span><span class="author vcard" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a class="url fn n" href="http://varsitynow.blogs.starnewsonline.com/author/latimer/" rel="author" style="border: 0px; color: #004776; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="View all posts by Powell Latimer">Powell Latimer</a></span></span></div><div class="post_meta" style="border: 0px; color: #aaaaaa; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.03em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">From: <a href="http://varsitynow.blogs.starnewsonline.com/" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit;">http://varsitynow.blogs.starnewsonline.com</a></div><div class="post_meta" style="border: 0px; color: #aaaaaa; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.03em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">I was up in Sampson County on Monday for the MLK Jamboree, a day full of basketball. The story is here, but there was plenty that couldn’t fit. Here’s the leftover ntoes and quotes from my notebook, done chronologically.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">-<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Laney girls 58, Lakewood 26</strong></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">This game was supposed to be closer. Lakewood was the top-rated 1A girls team in the state, and if you’re coming off a run to the state title game, you should be able to hang with anyone.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">I forgot about Laney’s defense. The Bucs completely shut down Lakewood’s offensive attack, and handled the pressure Lakewood tried to throw at them with relative ease.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Laney enters every game with three boxes to check off for a win: 1) suffocating the other team’s offense 2) limiting turnovers 3) scoring enough to win. Laney almost always checks the first two boxes by default, and hopes the third comes around at some point. (That’s one reason Ashley can give Laney trouble the Eagles can create enough pressure and have enough scoring firepower to uncheck two of those boxes.)</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">But on Monday, Laney checked all three and the result was a rout. There weren’t any huge runs, just Laney consistently using its size advantage on both ends.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Laney coach Sherri Tynes on her team’s post play:</strong></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“Our post players did a good job of getting high-low positioning. And our guards did a great job finding them.”</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Tynes, on Lakewood’s pressure</strong></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“They pressured us, but as the game went on we got a little more calm and handled that pressure.”</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">-Jack Britt Boys 49, Laney 39</strong></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Laney coach Nate Faulk reiterated that the Bucs were missing leading scorer Kirby Kealon, who is the best offensive threat that Laney has. Kealon, out with injury, will be back for Friday’s game according to Faulk.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“They did a better job of shutting us down,” Faulk said. “If we’re not hitting shots, we’re so limited – if shots aren’t going for us then it’s hard.”</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">-Hoke County boys 69, Hoggard 57</strong></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hoke County didn’t show up for the game until about 7:25 p.m. The team got lost trying to find Union High School. It didn’t make a significant difference for Hoke.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Joe O’Donnell has stepped up as a senior for Hoggard in the past few games. In five games in January, O’Donnell is averaging 18.4 points per game for Hoggard. He had 12 on Monday with a couple of huge three-pointers.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“He’s really playing well,” Hoggard coach Brett Queen said. “We’ve been doing some things to make him more aggressive and he’s doing the things a confident senior does.”</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Queen also made an excellent point with regards to the postseason: The No. 1 seeds in the east will likely include some combination of Clayton, Garner, Hoke County, 71st, and whoever wins the Mideastern Conference, with the MEC winner probably as the No. 4 seed. So Hoggard’s chances of seeing Hoke County a third time and possibly in the regional are pretty good if the Vikings can win the Mideastern Conference.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">-As a final note, Union boys coach Tim Pope is almost worth the drive by himself. He’s a very good coach and extremely helpful to media at the MLK Jamboree, but he’s also a champion at railing officials. During one particular exchange Monday, Pope laid into the refs with a sentence-long outburst.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.67; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Here’s the thing: Pope has a thick Eastern North Carolina accent, and I could only pick out the last three words: “86 years old!” That’s funny in and of itself, but it’s also impressive – I’ve had two and a half years of interviewing coaches in southeastern North Carolina, plus 14 years of life in Translyvania and Gaston Counties. Suffice it to say I’m well-versed in country accents. But I couldn’t understand Pope. I’m assuming he was going for hyperbole with regards to a referee’s assumed age, but I asked Pope what he said after the game and he declined to elaborate. Probably for good reason. Oh well.</div></div></div></div></header></div>

MLK Leftover notes and quotes from Monday’s MLK Jamboree

Varsity NowLeftover notes and quotes from Monday’s MLK JamboreeTuesday, January 22, 2013 at 2:49 by Powell LatimerFrom: http://varsitynow.blogs.starnewsonline.comI was up in Sampson County on Monday for the MLK Jamboree, a day full of basketball. The…

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Ratings for Kevin Bacon's 'The Following' give Fox a solid new drama

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line-height: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0px 5px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></div><div class="ad_body" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></div></div></div><span class="toolSet" style="background-color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-right: -50px; margin-top: 6px; width: 335px;"></span><br /><div class="byline" style="color: #292727; float: left; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;"><span class="toolSet" style="background-color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-right: -50px; margin-top: 6px; width: 335px;"><span class="byline" style="display: block;">By Scott Collins From: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 13px;">http://www.latimes.com</a></span></span><br /><div class="date" style="color: #930000; 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font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div id="story-body-text" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.43; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/kevin-bacon-PECLB000297.topic" id="PECLB000297" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Kevin Bacon">Kevin Bacon</a> has given Fox some of its best ratings news in months.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Bacon's gory new serial-killer drama <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/television/the-following-%28tv-program%29-ENTTV00001045.topic" id="ENTTV00001045" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="The Following (tv program)">"The Following"</a> slashed its way to 10.4 million total viewers in its Monday premiere, according to Nielsen.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">That placed "The Following" solidly among TV's highest-rated new dramas this season. NBC's post-apocalyptic<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/television/revolution-%28tv-program%29-ENTTV00001047.topic" id="ENTTV00001047" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Revolution (tv program)">"Revolution"</a> (11.6 million for the premiere) and CBS' Sherlock Holmes update <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/television/elementary-%28tv-program%29-ENTTV00001065.topic" id="ENTTV00001065" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Elementary (tv program)">"Elementary"</a> (13.4 million) drew somewhat larger total audiences, but Bacon's show actually tied "Elementary" among young adults.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">In "The Following," Bacon plays a former <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/crime-law-justice/crimes/fbi-ORGOV000008.topic" id="ORGOV000008" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="FBI">FBI</a> agent called out of retirement after the serial killer he put away escapes from prison and activates a cult of followers.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The news could not come at a better time for Fox, which has languished for much of this season so far. When talking with reporters earlier this month in Pasadena, network chief Kevin Reilly cracked: "We all screw up. Look at my fall."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">What did you think of Bacon's "The Following"?</div></div></div>

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Beyonce lip-syncing furor: She's not the first

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">From:<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/">http://www.cbsnews.com</a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beyonce's musical performance at President Obama's second inauguration on Monday has caused a stir in the press as the U.S. Marine Band said Tuesday that the singer lip-synced to "The Star Spangled Banner."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-assetid="50139416" data-assettypeid="14" data-nodeid="207" data-overlay="1" data-overlayenabled="true" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50139416n" style="border: 0px; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></a><h3 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; color: #202022; font-family: nimbus-sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; font-style: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.07em; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 220px;"><a data-assetid="50139416" data-assettypeid="14" data-nodeid="207" data-overlay="1" data-overlayenabled="true" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50139416n" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Beyonce sings national anthem at inauguration 2013</a></h3><a data-assetid="50139416" data-assettypeid="14" data-nodeid="207" data-overlay="1" data-overlayenabled="true" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50139416n" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></div><a data-assetid="50139416" data-assettypeid="14" data-nodeid="207" data-overlay="1" data-overlayenabled="true" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50139416n" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></a><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A source very familiar with the situation tells CBS News that Beyonce performed the National Anthem live, but she pre-recorded a track of the song to sing over. The source said this is a standard performing practice. And the musical accompaniment by the Marine Band? A recording.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57565248/beyonce-lip-synced-national-anthem-at-inauguration-marine-band-says/" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Beyonce lip-synced national anthem at inauguration, Marine Band says</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There has been no comment by Beyonce's publicist. However, pictures and video of her performance is prominent on the artist's <a href="http://www.beyonce.com/news/2013-inaugural-performance" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">website</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If it is true that Beyonce did lip-sync at Monday's inauguration, she wouldn't be the first artist to perform that way at a major national event. Here are a few examples:</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><ul class="greyBullet" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background-image: url(http://asset2.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/cbs/generic/genericSprite.png); background-position: -446px -2606px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 1.1em; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1991, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/marine-band-says-beyonce-lip-synced-national-anthem-at-obamas-inauguration/2013/01/22/4902d3d0-64d1-11e2-889b-f23c246aa446_story.html" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Whitney Houston</a> lip-synced her iconic interpretation of "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl.</li><li style="background-image: url(http://asset2.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/cbs/generic/genericSprite.png); background-position: -446px -2606px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 1.1em; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Oscar-winner and former "American Idol" contestant Jennifer Hudson <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/beyonce-inauguration-lip-sync-national-414260" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">did the same thing</a> with the anthem at the Super Bowl in 2009.</li><li style="background-image: url(http://asset2.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/cbs/generic/genericSprite.png); background-position: -446px -2606px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 1.1em; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Faith Hill also performed to a backing track for "America The Beautiful" at the same event in 2009.</li><li style="background-image: url(http://asset2.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/cbs/generic/genericSprite.png); background-position: -446px -2606px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 1.1em; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">At President Obama's first inauguration in 2009, Yo-Yo Ma's performance came into question over "hand syncing." The acclaimed cellist had said the instruments weren't working properly in the very cold weather.</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There were even reports that <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/did-madonna-lip-sync-halftime-show-super-bowl-2012-video-406084" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">speculated </a>Madonna was lip-syncing during her appearance at the 2012 Super Bowl half-time show. "The only thing Madonna proved during the Super Bowl 46 show is her irrelevance; the halftime show was so obviously lip synced that it was painful," <a href="http://dallas.sbnation.com/2012/2/5/2773985/2012-superbowl-halftime-show-madonna" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">wrote </a>SBNation's JP Starkey.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As for Beyonce, a statement released by the Marine Band to CBS News on Tuesday said that "there was no opportunity for Ms. Knowles-Carter to rehearse with the Marine Band before the Inauguration so it was determined that a live performance by the band was ill-advised for such a high-profile event. Each piece of music scheduled for performance in the Inauguration is pre-recorded for use in case of freezing temperatures, equipment failure, or extenuating circumstances. Regarding Ms. Knowles-Carter's vocal performance, no one in the Marine Band is in a position to assess whether it was live or pre-recorded."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CBS News has confirmed that James Taylor, who also performed "America The Beautiful" at President Obama's second inauguration, did not perform to pre-recorded music and that everything was live, according to the artist's representative.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A representative for singer Kelly Clarkson, who had sang "My Country This Of Thee" at also at the inauguration Monday, told The Associated Press, that her performance was live</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8rzgmA4vDjM?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe></div>

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From:http://www.cbsnews.comBeyonce's musical performance at President Obama's second inauguration on Monday has caused a stir in the press as the U.S. Marine Band said Tuesday that the singer lip-synced to "The Star Spangled Banner."Play VIDEOBeyonce…

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Michelle Obama Stuns in Jason Wu -- Twice

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><iframe height="360" id="kaltura_player_1358911212" src="http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/1_5lld54di/uiconf_id/3775332/st_cache/85410?referer=http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/politically-dressed-inauguration-daughters-18243560&autoPlay=false&addThis.playerSize=392x221&freeWheel.siteSectionId=nws_offsite&closedCaptionActive=true&addThis.playerSize=640x360&closedCaptionsOverPlayer.fontsize=18" style="border: 0px solid #ffffff;" width="640">Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.</iframe> <div style="font-size: x-small; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><br /><div id="date_partner" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; height: 32px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 150px; min-height: 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 490px;"></div><div class="byline_date" style="float: left; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 490px;"><div class="byline_date_inner" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 485px;"><div class="byline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">By <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/author/shushannah_walshe" rel="author" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">SHUSHANNAH WALSHE</a> (<a href="http://twitter.com/shushwalshe" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">@shushwalshe</a>) From: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">http://abcnews.go.com</a></div><div class="date" style="margin: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 0px;">Jan. 22. 2013</div></div></div><br /><div id="sponsoredByAd" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; left: 430px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: right; top: 404px;"><span id="sponsoredbylogo1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span id="_fw_container_sponsoredbylogo1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Michelle Obama, wearing a <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/01/live-updates-inauguration-day-2013/#MichellesDress" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">custom Jason Wu</a> ruby-colored chiffon and velvet gown, with a halter-top neckline and deep back, stunned again Monday night at the inaugural balls.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">The first lady <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/ladies-inaugural-ball-gowns-past/story?id=18287165" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">also wore a Wu</a> gown -- a floor length, one-shouldered white number -- to the inaugural balls four years ago, taking the 26-year-old designer to instant celebrity.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">She chose Wu again for this year's inaugural, much to his shock, Wu said, embellishing his creation with a handmade diamond ring by jewelry designer Kimberly McDonald and Jimmy Choo shoes.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Wu wasn't the only one surprised. Obama's choice also astonished a number of fashion critics, who thought she'd choose another little-known designer.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/slideshow/celebrities-wearing-jason-wu-18287680" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Check Out Other Celebrities Wearing Jason Wu</a></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Wu was born in Taiwan, grew up in Canada and was educated in the United States, Tokyo and Paris. Now based in New York City, more than 85 percent of the Jason Wu Collection is made in New York's Garment District, according to Jason Wu Studios. Made-in-New York might have been a selling point, as the first lady tends to favor American designers.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Wu said he hadn't known that Obama had chosen his design again, although he did create it specifically for her and submitted the sketches and finished gown to the White House. It was quite a shock to him when she walked onto the stage at the Commander-in-Chief's Ball Monday evening.</div><div class="rel_container g_4" id="rel_image_feature" style="background-color: white; clear: left; color: #333333; float: left; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin: 20px 50px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 200px;"><div class="rel_content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="rel_thumb" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8896966065785019252" name="lpos=widget[Left_Rail_Image]&lid=view[Image]" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="PHOTO: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama waves at the Southern Regional Inaugural Ball at the DC Armory in Washington, DC, early January 21, 2009; U.S. first lady Michelle Obama arrives for The Inaugural Ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Ja" border="0" height="112" src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Politics/gty_michelle_obama_jason_wu_lpl_130122_wg.jpg" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.5px; padding: 0px;" title="" width="199" /><span class="image_icon" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://a.abcnews.com/assets/images/icons/image_icon_35x35.png); background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 35px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 5px; top: 73px; width: 35px;"></span></a></div><div class="rel_headline" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="photo_credit" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right;">Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images; Michael Kovac/WireImage</div><div class="photo_caption" style="margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">U.S. first lady Michelle Obama waves at the... <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8896966065785019252" name="lpos=widget[Left_Rail_Image]&lid=view[Image]" style="color: #336699; 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font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Vice President Joe Biden Sworn In to Second Term <a class="open" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8896966065785019252" style="color: #336699; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Watch Video</a></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"Mrs. Obama likes to keep her secrets. She surprised me again. She's really good at it," Wu told <a href="http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/michelle-obama-picks-jason-wu-again-6644989?module=Fashion-Fashion%20Features-main" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Women's Wear Daily</a> after she took the stage. "I was so nervous. You'd think I wouldn't be, since I'd experienced it before, but I really was."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Women's Wear Daily reported that four years ago, when Michelle Obama entered the ball wearing his gown, Wu had only three employees and was at home eating pizza with a friend. This time he was watching with a team of 30 in his downtown New York City studio.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"I was just elated. It's hard to describe," he told WWD.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">And of dressing Obama in the bold red?</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"Like last time, I had to go with my gut. I instinctively had to think of the woman in the dress. After four years in office, I thought the country was ready to see a confident first lady in red. It just felt right," he said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">On Monday evening, Wu also spoke with <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/us/first-lady-and-fashion-are-no-longer-so-combustible.html?_r=0" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="external">The New York Times</a>, and said he was "still floating."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"You have to think about the client, and I felt like red was such a perfect color for her. It's such a confident color for her. and it really was my first instinct," Wu told the Times.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">After the first lady took the stage Monday night with the president, they danced to Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," performed by Jennifer Hudson. Obama's gown and the accompanying accessories will go to the National Archives.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;"><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/politically-dressed-inauguration-daughters-18243560" style="color: #336699; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Political fashion stylist Lauren Rothman</a> told ABC News she wasn't surprised that Obama chose Wu instead of putting the spotlight on another little-known designer.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"There was a lot of pressure on who was going to design that ball gown, but deciding on Jason Wu took some of that pressure away," Rothman said, noting that Obama wore Reed Krakoff to the official ceremony and Thom Browne at other inaugural events, which will undoubtedly boost their careers as well.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">"I am not at all surprised that she was loyal to Jason Wu, because she is loyal to the people she wears," Rothman said. "I don't know if anyone could have imagined that she would have worn him again, but at the same time, it's not surprising because her fashion personality is very loyal."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Rothman also believes the choice signaled assurance, saying, "In the second term she is sending a message that she's got a more relaxed, quiet confidence in what she has to prove fashion-wise."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Obama does wear Wu quite often; the young designer is one of her favorite choices. She wore a magenta sleeveless dress of Wu's for the cover of Vogue in March 2009, and she wore a black-and-white sheath dress by Wu in a 2008 interview with ABC's Barbara Walters. Wu and Obama were originally introduced by Vogue's Andre Leon Talley.</div><div class="rel_container g_4" id="rel_1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin: 20px 50px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 200px;"><div class="rel_content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="rel_thumb" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="rel_container g_4" id="rel_3" style="clear: left; float: left; margin: 20px 50px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 200px;"><div class="rel_content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="rel_headline" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Wu has won several awards for design, including the Swarovski Award for Womenswear at the CFDA Fashion Awards in 2010. In 2011 he was nominated for the CFDA/Swarovski Award for Accessory Design and in 2008 was named one of the finalists in the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. He launched his first ready-to-wear line in 2006, at the age of 23.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 150px;">Last year Wu designed a line for Target, which sold out almost instantly.</div><br /></div></div>

Jason Wu Michelle Obama Michelle Obama Stuns in Jason Wu -- Twice

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. By SHUSHANNAH WALSHE (@shushwalshe) From: http://abcnews.go.comJan. 22. 2013Michelle Obama, wearing a custom Jason Wu ruby-colored chiffon and velvet gown, with a halter-top neckline and deep back,…

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Why concierge medicine will get bigger - Elizabeth O'Brien's Retire Well - MarketWatch

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><p id="" class="leadin" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.17em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; clear: both; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">If you've joined a concierge medical practice, recent trends in the worlds of health care and insurance may have you feeling good about your decision. If you haven't signed up with one of these practices—also called "boutique," "personalized" or "private-physician" practices—some of those same trends may lead you to consider it down the road.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Certainly, plenty of baby boomers have done the math and deemed the investment worthy. In the typical concierge experience, a primary-care doctor accepts insurance for routine services but also charges a non-reimbursable fee that pays for amenities like 24/7 access to the doctor, same-day appointments, longer appointment times and a greater degree of personalized attention. The annual fee for such practices currently averages about $1,800.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Now that the business model has been around for a while, more patients are saying that it involves less stress than a traditional medical practice. What's more, two recent studies that tried to measure the health impact of one popular concierge model found its patients had lower hospitalization rates and other benefits.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The approach has its critics, with some arguing that concierge medicine exacerbates the disparities in care between the haves and have-nots. But for people with the resources to afford it, the boutique-practice model clearly has a growing appeal.</p><div class="bgConga" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; float: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="clear" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; clear: both; "></div></div><p id="" class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; ">While the number of concierge doctors remains small, it's growing at a rapid clip. In the U.S., there were about 4,400 private physicians in 2012, a 25% increase from 2011, according to the American Academy of Private Physicians. That's out of some 600,000 practicing doctors nationwide. At an average of roughly 350 patients per concierge doctor, that means more than 1.5 million Americans are under the care of a physician who provides an additional level of service in exchange for a fee.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Concierge medicine's perceived advantages will only grow in the coming years, experts say, as the traditional health-care system becomes even more strained. The full implementation of the Affordable Care Act next year is expected to bring more than 20 million formerly uninsured patients into the health-care system through 2022, exacerbating an existing physician shortage.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">What's more, proposed changes to Medicare could cut doctors' reimbursements, further squeezing their revenue. Concierge doctors make the case that their fee cushions them, and by extension their patients, from these changes looming on the health-care horizon.</p><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.17em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.465em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">A buffer from Medicare cuts</h3><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">That's an argument that could be particularly persuasive to those approaching retirement—and Medicare eligibility. As one of the biggest recipients of federal tax dollars—the government spent $486 billion on Medicare in 2011, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities—Medicare is vulnerable to cuts as part of any congressional effort to trim the budget deficit.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Proposed changes to the program include raising the eligibility age and implementing more income-based pricing. The government could also decide to reimburse doctors even less for their services. As it stands, Medicare these days usually pays doctors only enough to meet their overhead—that is, to pay the rent, support staff and other expenses—with little left over for the doctors' salary, said Jeffrey Milburn, a consultant in the Health Care Consulting Group of the Medical Group Management Association, a trade group for medical practice managers.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Many concierge doctors accept Medicare, but they say they don't rely on it to meet their costs. That's a good position to be in, said Dr. Gary W. Dorshimer, who recently switched his practice at the University of Pennsylvania Health System over to a concierge system. The annual $2,500 fee he charges his patients will help offset any cuts in Medicare reimbursement, he noted.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Penny DelGaudio, 69, a Medicare recipient and longtime patient of Dr. Dorshimer's, decided to make the transition with him. "I don't consider myself wealthy," said DelGaudio, a real estate agent in Medford, N.J. But she and her husband decided the $5,000 annual cost for the two of them was worth it, for the increased access to the doctor, shorter wait times, and insulation from future health-care changes.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Recently, some in the industry say, personalized-medicine patients have also been insulated from health-care inflation, at least when it comes to their annual retainer. Fees have been "incredibly stable," according to the American Academy of Private Physicians, and the industry's largest network, MDVIP, a unit of Procter & Gamble, has kept its fees essentially flat since 2007. (Patients' insurance premiums, of course, have generally risen over the same period.)</p><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.17em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.465em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Spending more to buy face time</h3><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Concierge practices rely on a simple equation: more money for the doctor equals more time for the patient. Many private doctors have rosters of as few as 300, compared with 2,000-plus in a traditional practice. While most boutique-medicine doctors say they're open to more patients, experts say they'll typically cap their practice at 500 or 600.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The upshot: Instead of rushing through a 10-minute visit, private doctors can spend a half-hour or more with their patients. Many private doctors offer an extensive annual physical that can last a few hours.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">That's a change in approach that many doctors would like to see become more widespread. Experts say that traditional medicine has become reactive, treating patients in discrete episodes only after something goes wrong. Few blame the doctors themselves for the current system—they're under strain from rising costs and falling insurance reimbursements.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"The incentives now are for piecework and symptomatic care," said Robert Williams, director of Deloitte's life sciences and health-care consulting practice. The Affordable Care Act aims to change this, but systemwide changes have only just begun.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Additional time means concierge doctors can focus more on education and prevention, proponents say. William F. Hoover, a retired police officer with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey now living in Las Vegas, credits his concierge doctor with changing his lifestyle. Hoover ate the heavy, meat-and-potatoes meals of his childhood until his doctor, Candice Tung, introduced him and his wife to quinoa and other healthy foods that have helped him lose weight and keep his diabetes in check. "It's a pain in the butt trying to stay healthy at 65," he said, and it helps to have an ally like Dr. Tung, who is affiliated with MDVIP.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">MDVIP is the country's largest network of private physicians, with about 560 affiliated doctors and 200,000 patients in more than 40 states and Washington, D.C. The company has reported revenue growth of approximately 20% per year over the past 3 years, according to a spokeswoman. Since 2007, the number of doctors and patients is up 200%, according to CEO Dan Hecht. "The more chaotic it is in health care, the more changes, the more desirable it is to have confidence in the doctor/patient relationship," Hecht said.</p><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.17em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.465em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Parsing the health studies</h3><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">According to two recent studies financed by MDVIP, its system improves its patients' health outcomes. The company recently published a study in The American Journal of Managed Care that found a 79% reduction in hospital admissions for Medicare patients in MDVIP-affiliated practices, compared with those in traditional practices, and a 72% decrease for those with commercial insurance in MDVIP-affiliated practices between the ages of 35 and 64. Another study, published recently in the International Journal of Person Centered Medicine, found that MDVIP patients better managed their chronic conditions. For example, 83% of MDVIP patients with diabetes had good blood pressure control, versus 50% to 65% in the national benchmark.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">While those studies were peer reviewed, the data was compiled and analyzed by the company's medical director and other company employees and affiliates—and some experts have questioned MDVIP's methodology. For starters, critics said that the company should have engaged a third party to study its effectiveness, instead of undertaking the study on its own.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Others wondered whether MDVIP's studies did enough to minimize "selection bias." MDVIP patients—who pay an annual fee of $1,500 to $1,800—are more affluent than the population at large. That means they may also be more educated and likely to follow a doctor's instructions. In other words, these patients might be less hospitalized than the general population anyway, regardless of who provides their primary care, said Dr. Albert Wu, a practicing internist and professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">While the data did not allow MDVIP researchers to formally control for selection bias, "the bias is very minimal," Hecht said, adding that the fact that the studies were published in peer-reviewed journals spoke to their rigorous methodologies.</p><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.17em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.465em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Wrestling with 'elitist' label</h3><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Other critics say concierge practices are elitist. And even supporters of the approach worry that the spread of personalized practices will only worsen the country's primary-care physician shortage, by making some doctors inaccessible to middle- and lower-income families. ( <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/27/health/la-he-practice-concierge-medicine-20110627" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-family: inherit; color: rgb(0, 65, 118); text-decoration: underline; ">To read a doctor's essay about the drawbacks of concierge medicine for middle-income patients, click here </a>.)</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Some private physicians counter that they were burned out before they went the concierge route, and they might not have remained in medicine if they didn't have that option. "It's helped extend my career," UPenn's Dr. Dorshimer said. Johns Hopkins' Dr. Wu said the country already has a multitiered health-care system, with some people on government insurance, some on private insurance, and others served by veteran's plans or community clinics. There is not always a stark divide between haves and have notes, Dr. Wu said, while the Affordable Care Act will create many more patients who "have some."</p><p id="" class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">MDVIP executives and others balk at the term "concierge" medicine, saying their service is more inclusive than the image of CEOs in robes and slippers evoked by the term. Indeed, other models offer what some call "concierge light." The network One Medical Group, currently available in 5 major cities, charges just $200 annually for longer doctor visits, minimal wait time, iPhone appointment scheduling and prescription refills and other amenities. The group has slashed overhead by increasing its use of technology and cutting down on support staff. Doctors weigh in patients and take their vital statistics, which provides a good opportunity for both sides to catch up, said Dr. Tom Lee, One Medical's CEO, who holds both an MD and an MBA. "Because we've re-engineered our practice, we can weather most reimbursement storms," Lee said.</p><p id="" class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 1.167em; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.354em; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; ">Scott Breslar, 55, a restaurateur in Morris, Ill., says he understands why the concierge concept is expanding. He credits Dr. John Saran, his MDVIP-affiliated physician, with helping him manage complex health conditions, including major surgeries. "It's painful to shell out $1,500 per year," Breslar said. "But it's an insurance policy, and you know exactly what you're getting." <span class="endsquare" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-family: inherit; background-color: rgb(180, 201, 202); display: inline-block; height: 8px; width: 8px; vertical-align: middle; "></span></p></div><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-concierge-medicine-will-get-bigger-2013-01-17">http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-concierge-medicine-will-get-bigger-2013-01-17</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

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Anna Burns Welker, wife of Patriots star, apologizes for criticizing Ray Lewis on Facebook

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="image620 " style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; height: 350px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;"><img alt="Ray Lewis (52) of the Baltimore Ravens covers Wes Welker (83) in a file photo." src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2013/01/22/lewis_welker_file_78237363_620x350.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;" /></div><div class="imgText" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ray Lewis (52) of the Baltimore Ravens covers Wes Welker (83) in a file photo. <span class="greySplitter" style="border: 0px; color: #c4c4c4; font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: baseline;">/</span> <span class="creditImg" style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: nimbus-sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">PHOTO BY GREG FIUME/GETTY IMAGES From: </span><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/" style="background-color: transparent;">http://www.cbsnews.com</a></div><div class="imgText" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Last year, <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57372409/did-gisele-bundchen-tirade-violate-team-code/" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tom Brady's wife Gisele made headlines</a> after the Patriots' season ended, essentially blaming Wes Welker for dropping a key pass in the Super Bowl loss to the Giants.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Now, it's Welker's wife who is in the news for comments she made on Facebook following New England's season-ending loss to the Ravens.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After the game, Anna Burns Welker took to Facebook to support her husband - but mostly take a few shots at Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baltimore-sports-blog/bal-anna-burns-welker-wes-welker-wife-ray-lewis-critical-facebook-page-0121,0,5768158.story" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">according to the Baltimore Sun</a>.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; 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font-style: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.07em; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 220px;">2013 NFL Postseason: Conference Title Games</h3></div></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px;"></span><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Proud of my husband and the Pats," Welker wrote on her Facebook page. "By the way, if anyone is bored, please go to Ray Lewis' Wikipedia page. 6 kids 4 wives. Acquitted for murder. Paid a family off. Yay. What a hall of fame player! A true role model!"</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The post has since been deleted.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lewis, who is retiring at season's end after a surefire Hall of Fame career, was cleared of murder charges in 2000 after a Super Bowl party fight involving Lewis and his entourage resulted in the stabbing deaths of two men in Atlanta.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It didn't take long for Mrs. Welker to apologize for her post.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I'm deeply sorry for my recent post on Facebook," she said in a <a href="http://larrybrownsports.com/football/anna-burns-welker-apologizes-ray-lewis/171214" style="border: 0px; color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">statement sent to Larry Brown Sports</a>. "I let the competitiveness of the game and the comments people were making about a team I dearly love get the best of me.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"My actions were emotional and irrational and I sincerely apologize to Ray Lewis and anyone affected by my comment after yesterday's game," she continued. "It is such an accomplishment for any team to make it to the NFL playoffs, and the momentary frustration I felt should not overshadow the accomplishments of both of these amazing teams."</div><br /></div>

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Ray Lewis (52) of the Baltimore Ravens covers Wes Welker (83) in a file photo. / PHOTO BY GREG FIUME/GETTY IMAGES From: http://www.cbsnews.comLast year, Tom Brady's wife Gisele made headlines after the Patriots' season ended, essentially blaming Wes …

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