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Mayo Clinic: Privately insured patients to get priority over Medicaid, Medicare patients
By Casey Ross @caseymross and Andrew Joseph @DrewQJoseph
Mark Lennihan/AP
Citing tighter profit margins, the chief executive of the Mayo Clinic recently told his employees that the prestigious health system will prioritize the care of privately insured patients over those on Medicare and Medicaid.
That bold pronouncement by Dr. John Noseworthy — made in a speech to employees late last year — reflects the growing unease among hospital executives who are watching profits shrink due to steady increases in the number of government-insured patients. Medicaid, whose enrollment has increased dramatically under the Affordable Care Act, traditionally pays hospitals significantly less than commercial insurers.
"We're asking … if the patient has commercial insurance, or [if] they're Medicaid or Medicare patients and they're equal, that we prioritize the commercial insured patients enough so … we can be financially strong at the end of the year," Noseworthy said.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported his comments Wednesday.
The policy is being implemented at an uncertain time for hospital finances, with many executives concerned that the GOP's plan to replace Obamacare could cause people to lose both private and public insurance coverage, forcing hospitals to absorb more uncompensated care.
But those pressures — and Noseworthy's statement — predate the current debate over the law.
"There is this thought that hospitals treat whoever comes to their door, but this is a statement that lays out what happens," said Christine Spencer, a health economist at the University of Baltimore. "It's a surprise to hear it out loud like that, but hospitals, probably for decades, have engaged in these more subtle attempts to get privately insured patients over Medicaid or the uninsured."
In a statement, Mayo Clinic representatives said that about 50 percent of their care goes to patients on Medicare and Medicaid.
"Balancing payer mix is complex and isn't unique to Mayo Clinic. It affects much of the industry, but it's often not talked about. That's why we feel it is important to talk transparently about these complex issues with our staff. We will continue to discuss these complicated issues and work to find solutions that benefit our patients," the statement said.
As a top hospital system, Mayo stands to lose big on the spread between public and private insurance reimbursement from those sources, said Harold Miller, chief executive of the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. Mayo told STAT that it lost $546 million in indigent care and in unpaid Medicaid portions in 2016 and $1.8 billion in unpaid Medicare portions.
The health system's market power gives it the ability to charge more for its services and command high payments from commercial insurers, a clout it can't wield with the federal government. So, Miller said, in prioritizing those commercially insured patients, it is following the money.
"It's a very lucrative thing for them to do," said Miller. While it makes sense from business perspective, he said, it doesn't help to solve the underlying problem of America's sky-high medical costs. "True leadership would be to figure out how to deliver high-quality services at the lowest cost possible," Miller said. "If institutions are simply going to say, 'I'm not going to serve patients unless I get paid more,' that's only contributing to the problem."
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The hunt for higher-paying patients plays out in all sorts of ways, experts said. A medical center may locate its satellite offices and target its advertising in wealthier suburbs. Hospitals might reduce emergency room services so they do not have to handle the chronic yet untreated issues — such as diabetes or high blood pressure — that regularly bring people without insurance to the hospital.
Mayo's policy would not apply to emergency care, and Noseworthy said that Mayo will continue to take all patients, regardless of their ability to pay. He said the change would affect only a small number of patients, and only in circumstances when government-insured individuals and those with private coverage are seeking care for similar medical problems at the same time.
Mayo operates facilities in Minnesota, Arizona, and Florida, and has reported increases in unreimbursed costs related to Medicaid patients in recent years. The disparity in payments between commercial and government insurers has grown wider under the Affordable Care Act, which reduced Medicare reimbursements and instituted penalties for readmissions and poor quality. It also changed the mix of patients hospitals see by increasing the number of Medicaid patients. In Minnesota, the Medicaid rolls have expanded by 300,000 people.
While having more paying patients is generally a good thing for hospitals, it can also exert financial pressure on hospitals that serve high numbers of Medicaid patients, because government reimbursements are lower and do not cover all billable costs. Experts said the gap between public and private reimbursement is ripe for public discussion.
Noseworthy said in his comments to employees that a recent 3.7 percent increase in Medicaid patients was a "tipping point" for Mayo. "If we don't grow the commercially insured patients, we won't have income at the end of the year to pay our staff, pay the pensions, and so on," he said, "so we're looking for a really mild or modest change of a couple percentage points to shift that balance."
Even if Noseworthy's statement was a moment of honesty, Daniel Polsky, a health economist at the University of Pennsylvania, said it doesn't mean he and Mayo should be chastised for their strategy.
"I don't think they should be shamed for saying it," he said. "I think there should be some public discussion about whether elite systems such as Mayo should provide equal access to all payer types. I don't know the answer to that, but it's a reasonable debate."
Despite the increase in publicly insured patients, Mayo has still generated significant profits. Its income jumped to $612 million in 2013. Last year, however, income dipped to $475 million, translating to an operating margin of 4.3 percent.
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Elle Lucas says:
We were refused appointment in memory disorder clinic…we have Medicare & supplement. Most patients with memory disorders are on Medicare!! Yet Mayo is turning away these patients in preference for private pay!! Why have such a clinic!?
It's a business, not a hospital. Not what Mayo Brothers intended!!
Branwen says:
Christus does the same thing. Their public relations people portray the little catholic non profit as if the treat the poor. The general public has no idea how they are exploiting the broken healthcare system to expand their operations into other countries, like Mexico. Of course they only treat the poor in highly publicized "outreach screenings" to prevent them from showing up at their highly profitable, high end hospitals. Some of the people they deny care to die, or suffer complications, but according to CHRISTUS that is fine, because Medicare and Medicaid pay for that. What this really means is that the taxpayers are subsidizing their operations.
We really need to look at these so called non profits and how they exploit Medicare and Medicaid patients, while enjoying tax free status.
At least he admits it. You really think other hospitals don't do the same thing? Baptist, Ascension, HCA, you name it. I have worked in multiple ER's, and Mayo is the only one I never saw violate EMTALA. If you rolled up to that ER with a bad brain bleed or ectopic, etc the only place you were getting sent was upstairs for emergency surgery, whether you had no coverage, Medicaid, or the highest tier Blue Cross plan. When I worked at a "safety net hospital", the hospital that was worst in town about EMTALA violations was an Ascension hospital, which boasts about their Catholic charity mission all day long. They once sent us an ER to ER transfer w/o any conversation with our attending physicians or anything. They took the time to set up transportation with a private ambulance company and gather CT reports and disc, medical records to send with the patient, meanwhile this patient's brain hemorrhaging severely & their life clock ticking. After the patient was already on the way to our facility, a PA calls and is like oh by the way we're sending you a brain bleed bc we have no neurosurgeon on call. One of our physicians who previously worked at this hospital, called a friend and asked "What neurosurgeon do you have on call?" There were 2 sets of teams for neurosurgery (an NP, a fellow, and attending physician for each all on call). I highly doubt the hospital would have sent us this guy if he had private insurance…
Gwendolyn graves says:
Yes say it out LOUDbecause consumers are definitely aware of how "prioritized treatment" goes and as a healthcare worker it is disgusting and shameful that patients are cherrypicked… it is unethical , uncaring and has ALWAYS BEEN SOLVEABLE.
We know who is on government issued insured( the poor, the disabled, and disproportionately other marginalized groups). This is NOT NEW, but it does not make one feel very cozy about a system they have been apart of for 30+ years.
If you have the RIGHT kind of commercial insurance you are "entitled to better care and better options' if not just die. And the US models itself as being the most civilized and humane country in the world. It is not!
ANY PT REGARDLESS OF RESOURCES SHOULD BE GIVEN THE BEST TREATMENT WITH BEST PRACTICE IF THEY ARE SICK.
Too bad we're so CIVILIZED, I simply wonder what INHUMANE looks like?
ShanG says:
My daughter was recently diagnosed with POTS. The nearest — and one of only three — specialist in the state for her disease is at Mayo. It's also the only dysautonomia clinic in the state. I was told, flat-out, that the clinic does not accept Medicaid. Period. What is my 12-year-old daughter supposed to do?? She deserves treatment, just like anyone else!
LARRY W PIERCE says:
What state are you in? Do some research. There is probably a good clinic or medical facility within reasonable driving range that can help your daughter and will accept Medicaid. I do not know precisely how the Mayo Clinic is registered with the IRS, but I do know they are a non-profit. If they are a 501 (c) (3) then they must be a charitable organization and I have serious doubts that they can legally deny you service if you are paying them through a charitable public organization such as Medicaid. I would check with an insurance attorney to make sure that what they are doing is within the rules laid out by the IRS.
Yes Madam your child has a RIGHT TO BEST TREATMENT AVAILABLE.
I can't tell you how sick it makes me that your child was turned away because she has Medicaid.
Dr. Noseworthy and other physicians, healthcare systems, insurance, politicians have ABDICATED THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PATIENT AND HEALTHCARE IT IS BUSINESS MAAM JUST BUSINESS.
I worked for big Pharma at one short time…. if they took ALL the bonuses that they give out EVERY PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY COULD BE COVERED W/O REGARD TO ABILITY TO PAY OR TYPE OF INSURANCE, as well as they decrease the outlandish costs of care, but healthcare is a political machine in this country and they do not care about your child….. IT IS DESPICABLE, but greed trumps everything. It is not enough that pharma and insurance don't have recessions, drs don't have recessions.
The US health system is the most unhealthy model in the world because of greed off the backs of sick ppl who can afford it, no prevention or early intervention model…. keep the drugs coming, damn money into more viable research, and damn poor ppl, the elderly, minorities, women etc.
There will be a reckoning of the utter audacity of the politized US HEALTH SYSTEM. It is simply another big business who the government has given individual status.
I regret the day I went in to healthcare. Because I believed in the ideals of helping ppl to be their healthiest selves and not watch big busy come in and corrupt it.
Many Blessings to find help for your child. I apologize wholeheartedly for the insult to humanity that they choose not to treat your child SHE HAS A RIGHT TO EXCELLENT CARE.
If you are in Arizona or FL, they don't do pediatrics. I mean, if a kid comes in the ER, they can't refuse them and have to stabilize them, but they otherwise, you are getting referred elsewhere, regardless of what kind of coverage you have. If you're in Minnesota, Univ of Minnesota has an amazing children's hospital. Mayo does do charitable care but it goes toward patients with more severe diseases, like cancer, cystic fibrosis, etc. For POTS, you should be fine simply going to a good neuro doc. It's not like a brain tumor or muscular dystrophy.
Grant Schibilia says:
I was told by Mayo in Florida that since I had Medicare as my primary insurance carrier they would not accept it nor would Medicare allow me to pay out of pocket. So basically I could not have there services since they would take Medicare or my BC/BS, or allow me to pay out of pocket. In other words I was SOL.
Rose star says:
Every time I call medicare they say sure you can pay out of pocket. I think when medical providers say you're not allowed to pay out of pocket they are doing that because they really don't want to treat you at all.
ron jacobs says:
This is a prime example of why medical care should not be for profit. Dr. Mayo would most likely be appalled. Hippocrates definitely would be.
Hippocrates says:
Ron is right! I AM appalled. I am also appalled at the federal and state regulations that attempt to control the practice of medicine and make it safer for the public, the hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt that students must incur in order to become physicians, and the discontinuation of many of my sacred practices such as bloodletting, trepanation, and Mercury ingestion. Finally, I resent it when it is said that people who invoke my name in modern discussions of health policy are only showing their ignorance! -H
I absolutely agree with you about what you said about the founding doctors of Mayo Clinic. They wouldn't recognize the place.
Tina Euresti says:
Thank You for sharing the true example of what I have tried to articulate and experienced in my diverse and personal experience of health care system and how it is managed and delivered. I ask people to look at the history of the establishment and how quality and priority has always had a profit plan in place and insurance, Medicare and Medicaid are all a Ponzi scam and medical students and providers are soldiers that are educated in school that is the link that history needs to be researched and rewritten to understand how the cartel and monopoly of organized heath care is branching out into a market that is using power and privilege to attract people who want the privilege and power that money can not buy if you are not as privileged or powerful as the MAN who is behind you or ahead of your need for care. If you think this is new it is not it is like the way the AAA American Automobile Association tried to monopolize new car maker Henry Ford to manufacture transportation for all, Not just the privileged, He had a design and ability to give same privilege better quality and for a affordable cost to anyone. The same with Rothschild control over oil and he shows deception and manipulation that we see in health care and business practices changing names and ownership titles to mislead government and people to think they just created shareholders and investors to pay him for use of privilege and power but not full control. He bought Government to establish standards and guidelines associations that claim are to protect people and quality of product is guidelines set up by board that Foundations like carnage and Rothschild control, They are a cartel protected by government funded by the people for privilege for basic needs welfare and charity is a market place mayo clinic used to establish foundation of trust and environment to educate and publish same technic and procedure practice of medicine and know that insurance and health care are established for profit they are first to open the true nature of the intent and priority investors used to create establishment. We demanded what we never were getting with the funds provide by Government and premiums from private insurance. This is a fact that medical students have a suside rate of 400 death per year, Why? They are bullied and made to follow a practice that you think follow oath to do no harm, I would think wanting to practice medicine is a calling and hope to heal the sick. Yes wealth and respect are what is glamorized. This is not true, Wealth and respect is promoted and exploited by policy and privilege to preform and practice by intentional desire to work for program designed for profit, Imagine work and dedication along with student loan the are another question to answer, is a stress and situation with power given that teaches you need to follow procedure, you owe us for future connection and practice you have no choice or credit, Government public do not see you or witness deception and compaction is the practice.performance and quality is not welcomed profit then quality is key to career choice. Live with choice to question duty expected follow you will not be accreted or develop connection to practice debt and bills need to be managed. Suicide is committed as a solution and direction I have been healing and understanding my fear and situation is more dangerous and insidious I can not even articulate the evil and corruption as a patient and human it kills me to accept a future for a illness is something even if I had money or welfare for service. I would ask myself is my care with do diligence, or denied because power or privilege, is agenda, compaction is the connection I noticed was connected your future to mine. My story my situation made see motive is reason to realize neglect and promotion of quality rises but money or privilege give justice to cover the virus that is spreading and infecting, it`s target, and people who work around it friends and family faith healers and patient in a bed in same hospital the visitors, regardless of desired profit and service MRSA is one secret I witnessed the lies and cover up. Helpless and hopeless is scary to a person regardless. I can relate to suside by a student who want to heal and give service. Debt and the obvious is endless. God says he will not give you more than you can handle. This is my conclusion and understanding of a senseless loss of good, And this is evil past and present you see in this message from mayo clinic. It is because people are aware of is taught and expected understanding is a view denied and established it is a this can not be true moment. Not a to good to be true.
My brother died in a filthy hospital and I mean literally. It was close to his house so his wife chose to send him there. They were both elderly and he had a broken tibia. They drained his knee 3 times and gave him a terrible infection that killed him. And they bullied him and treated him like hail the entire entire time he was there. I was there for only a few days and I saw how he was treated and I was horrified. There's nothing you can say to them because if you say anything then thou be even worse. I never knew that nurses and doctors would actually literally bully I helpless patient who was unable to walk Was in terrible pain in was dying. I witnessed it with my own eyes. It didn't register with me until later that this woman was bullying him she acted like she was joking but I was standing to her side and I could only see his face and he looked into her eyes and he looked down like a little child. Later I realized that she was torturing him right in front of May. What a blatant evil person. When I talk to him on the phone later he told me how when the nurse came in to clean him she heard him. I did not know what to do because I was in another state I could not be there to defend him. So now hes dead. He is out of his misery. But I am still suffering and always will because of the evilness of these medical people. They should not be allowed to practice in they should actually be charged and put in jail. How dare they. And I don't care if put these sick people are difficult or not. When you're old and you're tired and you're in pain and agony you can't be a perfect person. But use that as an excuse to abuse the elderly and the ill. And they caused his death and they called his suffering by giving him a staph infection. Everybody talks about children being bullied at school and how terrible it is. everybody talks about people being bullied for their race for their sex and for their sexual preferences. But nobody speaks out at all for all the bullying that goes on and hospitals by medical personnel towards helpless patients. It's time this horror stops because if you think for one moment you, if you are lucky enough to get older, are not going to experience this then you're sadly mistaken. If we want to protect our own self then we need to stop this now.
michael emmer, m.d. says:
Completely agree with the Mayo Clinic. It's simply a matter of survival, and Mayo and other health providers cannot be expected to take on all patients
regardless of insurance reimbursement or lack there of. The original intent of the ACA was to destroy the private practice of medicine, and no one can convince me otherwise
What is your medical specialty, Dr. Emmer? Are you Internal Medicine, Oncology, Surgery, Cardiology, Anesthesiology, Obstetrics? When was the last time you saw or knew of an Adverse Event that resulted in Serious Harm or Death? Did you report it? If not, why not? When was the last time you or one of your colleagues "doctored" a patient's medical record in order to ameliorate the chance of liability? These are all questions that I am far more interested in than whether the Mayo Clinic cooks their books to stay alive. They can survive or not, but do they kill people in the process without reporting the event?
Yes and because of the ACA doctors are punishing innocent people. I've been going to my doctors for 20 years and when I got medicare they continued to see me only because I was going to them for so long under other insurance. After the ACA 4 of them dropped me and stop taking people with medicare. It's not our fault that after working a lifetime we are now on medicare. It's not our fault that the president decided to come out with ACA. It isn't our fault and yet we are the ones who are being punished and the having to go to doctors who are not board certified who are not fellows who have terrifying reviews. I live in a large city and I can't even find a doctor at all in my area where I live that takes medicare. I have to drive 45 minutes and that gets harder and harder to do as you get older. I don't see why hospitals and physicians have to make so much money that they become multimillionaires. Shouldn't you be in this to help people not for the money? Sure you deserve a decent living and sure all the system needs to be fixed there's a lot of issues that need to be changed but why don't you get busy changing those things that rather than taking it out on innocent human beings.
Meredith Maki says:
I think that it is good that Dr. John Noseworthy said this. At least this is out in the open. The medical community has been denying care to the poor and elderly for a very long time. At least now that this is out in the open maybe just maybe they can find a solution to the problem. I can only pray.
Again the problem is the cost of medical care not its reimbursement.
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Multiple style tags are ok. When you have multiple style tags, the cascade rule applies, so you just need to make sure your selectors have higher specificity than the page's default style.
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A: I'm doing this, defining a <style>...</style> block within the HTML and it's working fine across the browsers I've tested (Firefox, IE10, Chrome).

A: What do you mean by "it's conflicting with the header of the overall page"? Is there a PHP error saying that their is an output and header can't be set (so the system seems like using ob_start/ob_flush)
Normaly following should work:
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This same, local, Spanaway area-based garage door service provider first studied why garage door maintenance services were so important, and once they realized and understood why they were so, they based their garage door maintenance service offering off of the reasons why garage door maintenance services are so vital and fundamental. The result is of course, what everybody sees and is delivered to right now—their exceptional and premier garage door maintenance services.
Having mentioned Spanaway Garage Door Repair Maintenance Service studying and understanding why garage door maintenance services are so special and essential, it is also good to know for yourself just why these garage door maintenance services really are significant. Maybe in the process, you would also get to figure out just how this same Spanaway-situated garage door service providing company achieved such excellent garage door maintenance service offerings.
Having Spanaway Garage Door Repair Maintenance Service base their services off of all of these, did just the trick.


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[Review] Blood Fest is Bloody Fun
Owen Egerton's 2018 "Blood Fest" begins with Dax (played by Robbie Kay) dreaming about the discussion he had with his mother the night of her untimely murder when he was a young child.
Instead of driving him away from watching horror movies – an activity he and his mother did together – the experience made him eager to escape the reality of life by consuming horror films.
His fascination with the genre escalated as he grew into adulthood. This tension is highlighted by an early scene he had with his father.
After a brief argument in which his father does not give his blessing, Dax decides to accompany two of his friends to a horror festival that was advertised to bring blood and gore to the forefront and to put the horror back in horror movies.
The trio, as well as thousands of other fans of the genre, attend the festival and almost immediately regret their decision.
The creator of the festival welcomes the scourge of people and then quickly notifies them that they are in a real horror movie.
After this short build up, movie viewers are treated to a barrage of blood and gore. Festival goers are cut in half by chainsaws, stabbed brutally, and bitten to death.
The movie does a nice job of using traditional horror movie storylines – torture rooms (like those in Saw), wood killings (Friday the 13th), zombies, vampires, and clowns – in its product.
The film is definitely worth watching, even if it is only to see the ways characters are killed off while giving a nod to monumental moments in the horror genre.
Not to mention, you get to see Flynn Ryder (from Tangled) bite it.
Article written by Michael Donaldson
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The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Committee, is a working group of faculty and administration that seeks to catalyze and support meaningful transformation in critical areas of diversity and inclusion at Mountain Laurel Waldorf School.
We seek to acknowledge and celebrate the diversity within our school and are striving to better represent the many cultures of the world we live in. Doing so, we hope that our students may learn from one another, to see themselves in their peers and become citizens of the world, enabling them to understand and appreciate varying viewpoints and ways of being.
During the June 2021 work week, the College examined Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice pertaining to pedagogy, and took a deeper dive into its anti racist training. In addition to DEIJ study at our weekly College meetings, 4 afternoons have been set aside on the school calendar to allow focused DEIJ work.
As a community of learning, Mountain Laurel Waldorf School actively welcomes children, families, faculty and staff of all races, religions, classes, origins, ethnicities, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations and family cultures. We believe that this range of differences fosters a richer learning environment, instilling values of empathy and collaboration more deeply in each of us.
Our community grows stronger as it grows in diversity. Now, more than ever, a verse from Rudolf Steiner the MLWS College recites as we open our weekly meetings, strengthens this understanding:
"The healthy social life is found,
When in the mirror of each human soul
The whole community finds its reflection.
And, when, in the community,
The virtue of each one is living."
Our teachers recognize the value of including a variety of cultures, experiences, opinions and life stories in each classroom. We strive for lessons that are filled with world perspectives, preparing the students to be conscious citizens and empathic leaders of the future.
A fundamental principle of Waldorf Education is the respect of human rights and the diversity of humankind, as well as the belief that inclusivity and equality is both a moral and educational imperative.
We strive to have all learners, families and staff feel a sense of belonging and true inclusion. The Waldorf pedagogy stands on principles that embrace our common humanity and the equality of people.
However, understanding and appreciating differences, working through implicit biases and making conscious the undermining, systemic messages about "others" takes work. So is striving for honest communication and authentic listening, especially when hard topics arise. It takes work to open ourselves to new perspectives and find common ground in our humanity.
The MLWS College is committed to do this work, including the ongoing practice of courageous self-reflection, organizational development, and individual inner work.
At the foundation of Waldorf education lies the mission of social renewal.
The MLWS College studies and draws inspiration from the insights of Rudolf Steiner. Anthroposophy is the materializing impulse behind the founding of the first Waldorf School, which opened in Stuttgart in 1919.
The MLWS College acknowledges that some of Steiner's early writings are unacceptable, racist, misogynistic and bigoted. We condemn and fiercely separate ourselves and our school from such misguided and harmful impulses.
Waldorf Schools, like many institutions founded over a century ago, and the people associated with them, have evolved.
Steiner's own thoughts and beliefs evolved dynamically over the course of his life. He planted many seeds knowing that future generations would nurture and lead his initiatives, morally, toward their most upright realization. We therefore embrace Rudolf Steiner's evolution, self education and later appeals that:
"We must seek to unite people of all races and nations, and to bridge the divide and difference between the various groups of people. Anthroposophy does not exist to send people off to sleep, but to make them really wide awake. We are living at a time when it is necessary for people to wake up." -Rudolf Steiner, The Universal Human lecture
AWSNA Statement of Inclusion and Equity
The Benefits of Socioeconomically and Racially Integrated Schools and Classrooms
How Students Benefit from School Diversity
"Rudolf Steiner gave us powerful tools. We really can begin with the path of self-knowledge that requires the condition of freedom and the recognition of and respect for that freedom for every other human being. This is called moral tact or discernment and is the foundation for the virtue of justice in the relational world. And if we can deeply listen rather than speak in the relational world, trust will come toward us."
John Bloom – General Secretary – The Anthroposophical Society


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We all hear voices: A psychotherapist's perspective on 'The Voices Within: The History and Science of How we Talk to Ourselves' by Charles Fernyhough (Profile Books, 2016).
Following our initial call for two perspectives of 'The Voices Within,' we are pleased to publish the first review by Marie C. Hansen. The accompanying review will be published in due course.
These questions have particular relevance for me — I am a trainee clinical psychologist who works with people experiencing psychosis. My interest in reading The Voices Within was prompted by two clinical questions: How can 'typical' inner speech help us understand 'unusual' voice-hearing experiences? And how can this inform therapeutic practices for working with individuals experiencing distressing voices?
Fernyhough's understanding of inner speech is influenced by the work of Lev Vygotsky, a developmental psychologist who viewed the 'self-talk' of a child playing as a form of planning and a way to move into physical action. He positions inner speech as an internalization of this self-talk, and sees thought as dialogical, sharing the same interactional styles and features as conversations we have with others. What makes this important for understanding voice-hearing in psychosis, is that although the experience may be perceived as unusual, it is most likely a variant of common human experience. We all hear voices to some degree, since we are all in constant dialogue with ourselves. Fernyhough examines how some of the areas associated with self-authorship of inner speech — such as the supplementary motor area (SMA) — show less neural activation during a hallucinatory experience (described as the brain "seeing" or "hearing" itself). This concept corresponds with the theoretical work of Sass and Parnas, who view the dual processes of "hyper reflexivity," or exaggerated awareness of the self, and "diminished self-affection," or the weakened awareness of one's agentic qualities, as the fundamental disturbances in psychosis (Sass and Parnas 2003). As such, The Voices Within provides a destigmatizing look at voice-hearing in psychosis. Indeed, Fernyhough is keen to compare and contrast voice-hearing in psychosis to all the varieties of inner speech, from the creation of literary characters, to reading a novel, to laughing at daydreamed jokes. Although the primary focus is on thought more broadly, Fernyhough periodically returns to the topic of individuals who hear voices, contextualizing their experiences within the greater notion of inner speech.
Drawing on previous research, much of which builds on the work of the international Hearing Voices Movement, Fernyhough acknowledges that for voice-hearers, it is often not the voices themselves that are distressing, but the ways in which they are thought about and experienced relationally. He hypothesizes that our inner speech is derived not only from our own experiences, but also from the 'thoughts, feelings, and attitudes of the people with whom we share our world' (2016: 76). This concept is particularly relevant for understanding trauma-informed theories of psychosis, as voice-hearers seeking psychotherapy often experience their voices as hostile, abusive, and domineering. Fernyhough expands upon this concept by asking members of the Hearing Voices Network about their experiences of voice-hearing, connecting the experience to the concept of dissociation. Importantly, in addition to peer-support, this aspect of the book has implications for the psychodynamic treatment of psychosis, a modality often shunned for use with individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia or what is commonly termed 'severe mental illness.' For example, theories on dissociation and voice-hearing are compatible with the work of Philip Bromberg, an American psychoanalyst interested in concept of 'multiple self-states,' both in healthy development and dissociated self-states resulting from trauma (Bromberg 1996). Bromberg's approach to therapy is predicated on helping people recover lost elements of their experience, a theory in keeping with Fernyhough's description of the Hearing Voices approach.
The Voices Within stresses the importance of gaining knowledge by attending to the subjective reports of people who hear voices. For example, in Chapter Eight, we meet Jay, a dance-instructor who can hear the voices of three different disembodied individuals. Fernyhough expands on his own concept of inner speech in these instances, while also acknowledging differences — one of Jay's voices takes the form of a memory, while other times Jay's voices cannot be heard, but are experienced as physical presences. Fernyhough describes how Jay is undergoing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help him understand the emotional and psychological processes that underlie his voice-hearing experiences. One of the key things that Fernyhough highlights is how CBT has helped Jay gain control over his voices. For example, by 'time-guarding' so that he will only listen to the voices at a certain time each day. Although many clinicians (particularly researchers) base psychotherapy outcomes on a reduction of voices, The Voices Within shows that we may be off the mark — it is not often about reducing or "getting rid" of voices, but changing the voice-hearer's relationship towards their voices. To eradicate voices is problematic, firstly because for many people voices have positive qualities, and secondly because silencing them in this fashion seems to be contingent on intentionally inducing a dissociative split.
One of the most important elements of The Voices Within is its interdisciplinary approach — no single perspective or 'voice' receives privilege over another, as Fernyhough tackles the subject of inner speech across neuroscientific, theological, historical, literary, cultural, and lived perspectives. Strikingly, the format of the book, as well as the implications of the theory, correspond to one therapy that has been gaining a great deal of attention for the treatment of distressing psychosis: Open Dialogue. This community-based group therapy is guided by a founding principle of 'polyphony' or "the co-existence of multiple, separate, and equally valid 'voices' or points of view, within the treatment meeting" (Olson, Seikkula and Ziedonis 2014: 5). Perhaps herein lies the crucial element for helping those who hear distressing voices — gaining some measure of inner peace depends on allowing for the inevitability of discord. Within my own practice of psychotherapy, I have found a commitment to the multiplicity of meaning to be essential when working with individuals, as they learn to tell their story and make sense of confusing or painful experiences. In this light, the need for multiple perspectives and communal dialogue about voice-hearing within academic discourse seems essential. The Voices Within offers a significant contribution in this direction.
Reviewed by Marie C. Hansen, a postgraduate research student in Clinical Psychology at Long Island University Brooklyn. Marie is the co-editor (with Marilyn Charles) of 'Women & Psychosis: Multidisciplinary Perspectives' (Routledge, 2017), and she is an active member of Hearing Voices Network NYC and interested in the phenomenological experience of voice-hearing in postpartum psychosis.
Olson, Mary, Seikkula, Jaakko, Ziedonis, Douglas. 2014. The key elements of dialogic practice in open dialogue: Fidelity criteria. Worcester, MA: The University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Sass, Louis and Parnas, Josef. 2003. Schizophrenia, consciousness, and the self. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 29(3): 427-444.


of near Wyandotte Indian Territory was a caller at the Fairland News Boy office Monday last. Mr. Humble protests the innocence of his daughter, Miss Emma Humble, who was charged with infanticide a few weeks since. If the reports are untrue, a gross injustice has been perpetrated upon the girl and her parents and the News Boy will be found ready to help to right the wrong impressions that may have gained circulation.


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Q: Different default remote for push and pull Can I set it so that pull always pulls from upstream and push always pushes to origin unless specified otherwise.
P.S. - I don't want a different push and pull (set-url) for a specific remote but rather different default remotes.
Edit - Check Postscript before reporting it duplicate.

A: UPDATE - just realized you said default remote
You can set remote.pushDefault to the remote you want to push to.  Branch tracking settings would still determine the default behavior of pull I believe.
Original answer which works per-branch
You can set the config option branch.<name>.remote to the remote you want to pull from, and set branch.<name>.pushRemote to the remote you want to push to.


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Johan Isaac Westergren (12 July 1875 – 16 October 1950) was a Swedish sprinter. He competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in the 60 m and 100 m events, but failed to reach the finals. He was also Chairperson of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association between November 1922 and November 1924, making him the first person on that position.

References

External links

 De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900".  Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at  .

1875 births
1950 deaths
Olympic athletes of Sweden
Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Swedish male sprinters
People from Gävle
Sportspeople from Gävleborg County
20th-century Swedish people

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Data analysis, statistics, and mathematics have been revolutionized by increases in computing power -- and now it's happening again. We can go beyond traditional statistical approaches to data by using unsupervised learning techniques and advanced math.
Topological data analysis looks at the shape of data -- the underlying structure -- and in revealing surprising insights, it also brings up interesting questions. The best part is that you can do your own analysis with Python and R, free and open-source tools. We'll look at real-life applications of topological data analysis from "the dieting paradox" in human health to the health of financial networks, and I'll ask you how topology might apply to your big data problems!


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Property Villa Sandra is a lovely property (250 sq m) that includes air conditioning, WiFi internet and private pool. The property can sleep up to eight guests comfortably in four bedrooms with three bathrooms. Conveniently located in Cantagrillo-casalguidi, Italy in the tourist area "Florence And Surroundings". In nearby towns there are local shops where you can find fresh produce and other items. If you can't find what you need locally, there is a shopping center located 9 km (6 mi) from the property where you can purchase your groceries and personal items.
After arriving you'll find a beautiful clean well-maintained property with views of the hills ideal for a peaceful holiday in Tuscany. For your pleasure you will find a private pool where you can relax while enjoying a nice cold beverage after a hectic day of shopping. A real time-saver is having a washing machine on the property that is available for the guests to use. There is a kitchen including coffee machine, microwave, toaster, stove and refrigerator, as well as, plenty of tableware and cutlery for up to eight people. If you prefer to dine 'al fresco', there is a fully furnished terrace where you can enjoy the weather while dining outdoors.
There are many nearby cities and towns that you can visit while on vacation, each one with its own history and culture that you can enjoy during your stay. The highway is only 6 km (4 mi) from the villa and there is a train station 7 km (5 mi) away.
Pets Welcome - If your pet is travelling with you on vacation that is not a problem at Villa Sandra. If you have a large dog or multiple pets, please inquire for permission prior to booking.


Time is running out to get discounted entry to a fundraising half-marathon hosted by Claire Lomas.
The early bird entry fee of £22 for club-affiliated runners and £25 for non-affiliated runners ends tomorrow (Friday). The cost for the half-marathon, which takes place on Sunday, June 18, then goes up to £25 and £29 respectively.
The Road2Recovery Half Marathon and Fun Runs were launched last year to raise money for the Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation and their research into a cure for paralysis.
It was set up by mum-of-two Claire who was paralysed from the chest down in a horse riding accident in 2007, but has since completed the London Marathon, and most recently the Great North Run last year in a robotic suit. It is the first of three annual events in support of the foundation.
The half-marathon starts and finishes in the grounds of Eye Kettleby Lakes and takes in the back lanes through Great Dalby and towards Burrough-on-the-Hill.
There are also one-mile and 5km fun runs at Eye Kettleby which will host other family-orientated activities during the event.


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Whether you are a greenhorn, advanced or a real kitchen pro, you don't really need a fully equipped kitchen studio. Our guide presents valuable basic know-how, interesting background information and many helpful suggestions and tricks.
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Has NBC ruined 'Constantine' by straightwashing its protagonist?
Constantine was one of the most high-profile LGBT characters in DC Comics history. Not anymore.
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Published Jul 15, 2014 Updated May 30, 2021, 11:13 pm CDT
Thanks to network TV broadcast rules, we already know that John Constantine probably won't be smoking onscreen in NBC's Constantine. Now, showrunner Daniel Cerone has also confirmed that Constantine won't be bisexual either. This has less to do with NBC guidelines and more to do with the show's writers having decided that Constantine's sexuality is an unimportant facet of his character.
When asked whether Constantine would be bisexual in the new TV series, Cerone pointed out that because relatively few of the character's love interests had been men, they weren't planning to include Constantine's bisexuality in the show.
"In those comic books, John Constantine aged in real time," said Cerone. "Within this tome of three decades [of comics] there might have been one or two issues where he's seen getting out of bed with a man. So [maybe] 20 years from now? But there are no immediate plans."
To the many fans who appreciated the widely accepted canon detail that John Constantine is bisexual, this is not great news.
The weird thing is that it would've been easy for the new TV show to have sidestepped the issue entirely. Technically, Cerone is right: It did take a while for Constantine be seen getting into bed with another guy in the Hellblazer comics. Constantine generally seems to be attracted more often to women than he is to men. Plus, his first appearance was in 1985, with Hellblazer becoming a regular series in 1988. By 1992 he was already mentioning former boyfriends (issue #51), but it took a few more years before his bisexuality became more overt, mostly because in the 1990s, it would have been more controversial.
Cerone's "maybe in 20 years" comment refers to the fact that it took until 2002 for Hellblazer to show John Constantine in a full-blown love scene with another man. But in the context of a TV series airing in 2014, it would be perfectly in keeping with comics canon for Constantine to date three or four women over the course of the show's first season and just make an offhand comment about having dated men in the past. If John Constantine could talk about having "the odd boyfriend" back in 1992, then a TV show in the 21st century should be able to do something similar, fans argued when the news broke.
I'm disappointed that @NBCConstantine won't be sticking the character and making him bisexual. Bummer.
— //CG (@cgumprecht) July 14, 2014
Hey @nbc one of the major villains in the Constantine comic recently is john's ex-boyfriend. But sure, making him bisexual isn't important.
— Maleficent Rea (@vitiosuslepos) July 14, 2014
apparently @NBC are taking a canonically bisexual character and making him straight in @NBCConstantine. what the actual fuck?
— Julia S (@affirmednothing) July 14, 2014
If @NBCConstantine thinks LGBTQ representation doesn't matter and bisexual erasure is ok, they're not worth my time. Not gonna watch! >:|
— grasonas (@grasonas) July 14, 2014
Both Daniel Cerone and writer/producer David S. Goyer have spent several interviews talking about their battle to circumvent NBC standards and get Constantine to smoke on TV. The result is that he'll be "a smoker," but we'll mostly just see him stubbing out cigarettes instead of actually smoking them.
This is a smart workaround for a character who smokes constantly throughout the Hellblazer comics. However, just like how Constantine can still be a smoker even when we don't see him inhale, he's also still bisexual even when he's not making out with another guy. So it shouldn't have been too difficult for Constantine's writers insert one or two casual references to his bisexuality, rather than ruling it out for the next 20 years.
Constantine's sexuality has been a significant part of the character's appeal for many fans, and he's one of the most high-profile LGBT characters in DC Comics history. Back in March, LGBT media site The Backlot even asked, "How straightwashed will NBC's Constantine be?" after selecting him as No. 2 on their list of the 10 best gay and bisexual sci-fi characters.
Sadly, it isn't a huge surprise that Constantine's bisexuality has been erased from the new TV series, because male bisexuality is regularly erased from popular media in general. Even if Constantine's showrunners decide to backtrack on Cerone's recent comments, new viewers will assume that Constantine is straight unless the show states otherwise.
Honestly, this isn't just a disservice to longtime fans of the comics, but it may turn away potential viewers who aren't familiar with the character. The urban fantasy genre is already overflowing with angry unshaven men who fight the forces of darkness: Just look at Supernatural and the Dresden Files books, both of which involve modern-day antiheroes in scenarios that often seem inspired by Hellblazer itself.
The main thing that sets John Constantine apart from from the many other "awkward but tough guy with a dark past" noir fantasy protagonists, is the fact that he is meant to represent the counterculture. He's a former punk, he usually has no money, he often either seems to be homeless or is living in crappy apartments, and he's a noir antihero character who doesn't give a shit if people know that he's bisexual. Remove one or two of these traits, and it becomes increasingly difficult to tell John Constantine apart from the ever-growing number of similar characters.
So with comparisons to Supernatural being an inevitable concern for NBC's Constantine, the fact that John Constantine is bisexual should be a feature, not a bug. After all, good luck finding a bisexual protagonist in Supernatural.
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*First Published: Jul 15, 2014, 10:00 am CDT
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw is a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested. Follow her on Twitter: @Hello_Tailor
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Bob Gegios has more than 30 years of experience representing public and private companies and individuals in a wide range of legal matters, including general business and commercial litigation and counseling, antitrust and trade regulation, dealership and franchise law, securities, intellectual property, RICO, employment disputes, insurance coverage, and international controversies. His domestic and international clients have spanned a wide range of industries and occupations, and he has represented their interests in disputes across the United States as well as in foreign settings.
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Representing Wisconsin businesses in obtaining multiple eight-figure recoveries on their claims of collusive manipulation of natural gas prices.
Succeeding this year in obtaining the Wisconsin Supreme Court's extraordinary exercise of supervisory powers in order to protect his client's constitutional rights to litigate its complex business case before an elected judge, rather than an appointed referee.
Successfully representing prominent Wisconsin businesses in a 2015 United States Supreme Court antitrust case involving hundreds of millions of dollars in controversy.
Winning one of the largest jury verdicts in a business case in the State of Wisconsin in recent years.
Acting as one of the principal counsel in obtaining a major eight-figure recovery (exceeding the clients' aggregate investments) in a nationally-prominent securities dispute.
Winning hard-fought dismissals of numerous multi-million dollar class and individual actions brought against both public and private companies.
Making important new law protecting businesses when they seek insurance protection for legal actions against them.
Negotiating hundreds of successful resolutions of business disputes and government investigations.
Successfully handling multi-jurisdictional and international litigation, arbitration and mediation matters for both domestic and foreign clients.
Bob has been selected for leadership positions in many professional organizations, including the American Bar Association, the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, and the American Inns of Court. He is the past President of the Thomas E. Fairchild Inn of Court and of the Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association.
He has been named the 2016 and 2018 "Lawyer of the Year" in Antitrust Law for Milwaukee by Best Lawyers® and has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the areas of commercial litigation, antitrust litigation and antitrust law. He also has been recognized for many years as a Super Lawyer® and a Leading Lawyer® in business litigation, honored as one of Milwaukee's Highest-Ranked Attorneys®, and chosen as a 2017 Leader in the Law by the Wisconsin Law Journal.
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
Numerous pro hac vice admissions in other state and federal courts
University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D.
Honors: American Jurisprudence Award
Claremont McKenna College; Marquette University, B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Outstanding Senior in Economics
Honors: Distinguished Scholar
Judicial Clerkship:
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Leadership Positions:
President, Thomas E. Fairchild American Inn of Court, 2009 – 2013
President, Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association, 2007 – 2008
Wisconsin Co-Chair, Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, 2007 – 2013
Chair, American Bar Association, Section of Business Law Antitrust and Trade Litigation Subcommittee, 2003 – 2006
Chair, American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law Civil RICO Subcommittee, 1993 – 1997
Vice-Chair, American Bar Association, Section of Business Law Class & Derivative Actions Subcommittee, 1997 – 2003
Co-Chair, American Bar Association, Section of Business Law Programs Subcommittee, 2007 – 2012
Co-Chair, American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law Programs Committee, 1999 – 2001
Vice-Chair, American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law Programs Committee, 1997 – 1999
Executive Committee Member, International Dispute Resolution Practice Group, Primerus International Society of Law Firms, 2011
Executive Committee Member, International Transactional Services Practice Group, Primerus International Society of Law Firms, 2010 – 2011
Co-Chair, Milwaukee Bar Association, International Law Section, 2004 – 2006
Editor-in-Chief, American Bar Association, Private Antitrust Litigation News, 1996 – 1997
Member, National Board of Advisors, RICO Law Reporter, 1997 – Present
Chair and Speaker, Numerous Regional, National and International Legal Seminars, Programs and Symposia on Federal and State Practice and Procedure, Electronic Discovery, Antitrust, Securities, RICO, Class Actions, Insurance, Damages and International Practice and Dispute Resolution
Commissioner, Village of Whitefish Bay, WI, Plan Commission, 1995 – 2007
Attorney Coach, Whitefish Bay High School Mock Trial Team (2011-14); State Tournament Semifinalist (2012)
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Legislature's Changes to Rules of Civil Procedure, Wisconsin Lawyer, June 2018.
"Electronic Discovery Law," Ch. 7, Wisconsin Discovery Law and Practice, 4th Ed., Pinnacle Books, State Bar of Wisconsin, 2011-present.
"Mitigation of Damages," Ch. 30, The Law of Damages in Wisconsin, Vol. III; 5th Ed., Pinnacle Books, State Bar of Wisconsin, 1989 – present.
"Introduction to Discovery" and "Scope of Discovery," Chs. 1 and 2, Wisconsin Discovery Law and Practice, 4th Ed., Pinnacle Books, State Bar of Wisconsin, 1989 – present.
"The Ability to Bridge Cultural Differences: A Prerequisite for Good Counsel in International Transactions," Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business, Vol. 32, Kluwer Law International (2010).
"Judicial Supervision and Enforcement," Ch. 9, Wisconsin Discovery Law and Practice, State Bar of Wisconsin, 1989 – 2010.
"Cross-Cultural Differences: A Crucial Consideration in Transnational Business and Dispute Resolution," presented at the 2008 ABA Global Business Law Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, in association with the program: "When Different Cultures Meet: Mastering Cross-Cultural Considerations in Business and Litigation."
"A Muddle Within A Mess," presented at the 2008 ABA Section of Business Law Spring Meeting, Dallas, Texas, in association with the program: "Raising the Pleadings Bar—How Much Has The Supreme Court Changed The Landscape For Business Litigation?"
"Why the Ability to Bridge Cultural Differences is Essential for Counselors to Transnational Businesses," presented at the 2007 ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, in association with the program: "When Different Cultures Meet: Mastering Cross-Cultural Considerations in Business and Litigation."
"Cross-Cultural Understanding: An Essential Skill in International Advocacy," International Arbitration and Mediation—From the Professional's Perspective, Yorkhill Law Publishing (2007).
Electronic Discovery and the Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Wisconsin Lawyer, December 2006.
Punitive Damages: How Much is Too Much?, Wisconsin Lawyer, February 2004.
Private Antitrust Litigation News, American Bar Association, 1993-1997.
The Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Wisconsin Lawyer, May 1994.
Interference with Contractual Relations Under the Laws of Wisconsin, State Tort Law Survey, American Bar Association, 1992.
RICO & WOCCA, Wisconsin Lawyer, April 1990.
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Thomas E. Fairchild Inn of Court (Master)
Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (Life Fellow)
Wisconsin Law Foundation (Fellow)
American Bar Association (Sections of Litigation, Business Law, Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property and International Law)
Seventh Circuit Bar Association
Federal Circuit Bar Association
Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association
Milwaukee Bar Association
Serjeants' Inn
International Society of Primerus Law Firms
Other Professional Recognitions:
Chosen as a 2017 Leader in the Law by the Wisconsin Law Journal
Named by Best Lawyers® as the 2016 and 2018 Antitrust Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Milwaukee
Consistently selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in three practice areas
Designated a Wisconsin Super Lawyer® since the award's inception
Recognized as one of Milwaukee's Leading Lawyers® and Highest-Ranked Attorneys®
Received Martindale Hubbell's Highest Legal Rating, "AV"
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