Score One for Minnesota DLI: Getting it Right with Encrypted Email

• 12/09/11

A document that recently landed on my cluttered desk restores my faith in mankind – well, at least in mankind's ability to properly manage its email – and if so only in Minnesota. ...
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An Apology to Our Customers and Friends

• 12/07/11

Yesterday, the backbone internet provider to our primary Network Operations Center (NOC) in Minneapolis, MN, experienced extensive technical malfunctions. This resulted in a service outage for that NOC for ...
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Beware the Door to Door Breast Examiner

• 12/05/11

Today I provide a vital public service, so pay attention. It is a health related warning, and this is important; your safety and security just might be at risk. If an 81 year old man knocks on your door, ...
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What Clown on a Unicycle? Cell Phone Ban for Commercial Drivers a Good Thing; Private Companies To Follow?

• 12/02/11

Kevin Connors and Mike Fish, both attorneys with the National Workers Compensation Defense Network, have been very active online this week, informing people of a new regulation handed down by the federal ...
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Suicide by Cop - A Dog's Desperate Cry for Help

• 11/28/11

I know that they have strict punishments for those who abuse the 911 emergency system, but when I read this morning about a dog who called 911 only to be shot by the responding deputy, I thought they had ...
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Good News, You're Not the Turkey. A Thanksgiving Message

• 11/22/11

We work in a tough industry. Misunderstood by most and resented by many, we toil on in a “mandated industry” – one that few outsiders love, but even fewer could live without. To many ...
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Let Me Be Blunt: Sandy Got Screwed in North Dakota

• 11/18/11

I did not know Kangaroos were native to North Dakota, but reading about their court system has convinced me otherwise. (Alternate opening line: Hey, I found out where GEICO goes to film those caveman ...
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The Best Job You've Ever Had In Workers' Comp...

• 11/16/11

An interesting topic has been posted on our LinkedIn Discussion Group, the Workers' Compensation Roundtable, by Becki Shafer of Amaxx Risk Solutions. She has posted a thread entitled “Tell Us ...
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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way From The Forum....

• 11/11/11

I am heading home from Las Vegas after the National Workers' Compensation Conference, and had an interesting experience on the leg into Houston. In honor of Veterans Day, a flight attendant made a long ...
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