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* Many industrial machines have two start buttons, but they are close enough to be pressed by a single operator so long as he uses both hands. The goal here is to ensure that both of the operator's hands are on the control box and not in the machine. Depending on the machine, there might also be a foot pedal.
* In some poor villages of Africa where they have opted for Food Bank (filled with food aid for use when the harvest is lean and topped up by local farmers when the harvest is good) three people from the community are given keys and required to open it. As Josette Sheeran says, [http://www.ted.com/talks/josette_sheeran_ending_hunger_now.html food is gold].
* As detailed on ''[[60 Minutes]]'', the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastic_Republic_of_Mount_Athos Mount Athos monastery] has a vault which contains the order's most valuable books, documents, and artifacts, the door to the vault requiring several different keys to open, and a rule in place that says a monk is not allowed to hold more than one key at one time. Mike Wallace even described it as an archaic version of the PALs system listed above.
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