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- Tech Support: "May I ask what operating system you are running today?"
- Customer: "A computer."
A girl walked into the computer center where I work. She said she was having problems with her Mac. I asked what kind of Mac she had. In an indignant voice, she replied, "Duh, Intosh."
- Tech Support: "What operating system are you running? Windows 95?"
- Customer: (a little too excited) "95, 97, 98, I've got them all!"
After conferring with her husband, it turned out she owned a Macintosh with System 8.1.
- Tech Support: "Do you know what operating system you're on?"
- Customer: "Hmmm...what would be a good answer?"
- Customer: "I don't use DOS. What would happen if I deleted that directory?"
One time I had to walk a Windows 95 user through a particular procedure.
- Me: "First you need to open DOS-prompt. I'll guide you--"
- Customer: "MY COMPUTER DOES NOT HAVE DOS! YOU THINK I RUN THAT ANCIENT SOFTWARE?" (click)
- My Friend: "I just installed Windows 98."
- Me: "Cool. But...it's 2001. Why not Windows 2000 or wait for XP to come out?"
- My Friend: "Oh, 98 is more easily hacked, so I want it."
- Me: "You want to get hacked?"
- My Friend: "Yes! Wouldn't you?"
- Me: "No...."
- My Friend: "When you get hacked you get a lot of money! That's a good thing!"
- Me: "???"
- My Friend: "What's your operating system?"
- Me: "Linux."
- My Friend: "You better uninstall it!"
- Me: "Why?"
- My Friend: "The government uses Linux to look through your computer and see your every move. They use it as a security camera into your world."
- Me: "Sure...."
- Friend: "Does Windows 98 support Linux?"
- Customer: "Do you sell Mac OS X for Windows?"
Overheard in a classroom:
- Student: "How much do Windows cost, and do you have to buy each one separately?"
- Customer: "How much do Windows cost?"
- Tech Support: "Windows costs about $100."
- Customer: "Oh, that's kind of expensive. Can I buy just one window?"
- Friend: "Hey, cool Mac! Does it have Windows!?"
- Me: (incredulous stare)
- Friend: "Oh, wait, that was stupid. All Macs have Windows."
- Customer: (angrily) "You said I would get 98 windows with this computer. Where are they?"
- Tech Support: "What version of Windows do you have installed?"
- Customer: "... Double glazed."
A customer called in with modem problems.
- Tech Support: "Ok, we're going to check your modem settings. First thing we need to do is make sure all programs are closed."
- Customer: "How do I know if everything is closed?"
- Me: "Make sure all windows are closed."
- Customer: "But...I'm in the basement. I don't have any windows here."
Lucky me, I made it to the the mute button in time!
I can't even count how many people I argue with about this, yet they insist there is an operating system call "Windows 95 NT."
One day I got a call toward the end of the day from a sales rep in Chicago who couldn't get his computer to boot up. We went round and round for about two hours -- nothing worked. I was ready to pull my hair out, but I don't like losing. To lighten the tension of the moment, I started chitchatting with him as we're waiting to see if the machine will restart. He has an IBM ThinkPad, and I told him how much I like mine.
- Him: "Yeah, they're ok, but I travel a lot, and I got tired of the darn thing being so heavy, so I installed Windows CE to make it lighter."
- Me: "Do you know what the registry is?"
- Friend: "Oh, yes. I take the registry apart and put it back together all the time."
I was calling to sign up with a new DSL provider. When the guy asked what operating system I was using, I said, "Linux." I was put on hold for five minutes, and then a supervisor came back and told me, "You can't use Linux to connect to the Internet. It's a hacker tool, anyway." I almost fell out of my chair.
In about 1993, Cambridge University had a few rooms of 486s, for use by members of the University. You could get into the rooms at any time of day if you had a key, and the site security would walk around every hour or so at night.
One policy, introduced after a few too many noisy games of network Doom, was that playing games wasn't allowed. One evening, however, I saw someone using eXceed (an X-Windows server for Microsoft Windows) to run Motif. Apparently he was doing something on one of the UNIX machines over the network. The security guard came up behind him, and the conversation went something like this:
- Security Guard: "Could you stop that -- you're not allowed to play games in here."
- Student: "This isn't a game."
- Security Guard: "You can't fool me. That's not work."
- Student: "Yes, it is. I'm a computer science student -- I've got a deadline later this week."
- Security Guard: "That doesn't look like work to me. I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
- Student: "What? I'm working. I'm working quietly. Why do I have to leave?"
- Security Guard: "You're playing a game, and you're lying to me. Out. Now. Before I turn this machine off."
Even the other two people in the room couldn't persuade the security bloke that it wasn't a game.
Overheard in a software shop:
- Woman #1: "What this Linux thing?"
- Woman #2: "It's a program that if you have it on your computer, you can't turn the computer off."
- Woman #1: "Oh."
Last year, the temp agency I was working for was arranging a contract for me, and some additional "computer skills" tests were necessary. The branch manager asked what kind of computer I was comfortable with. I said, "Windows PC," although I had used several others. She cut in right then and asked, "Word or Excel?"
- Customer: "I installed Windows 98 on my computer, and it doesn't work."
- Tech Support: "Ok, what happens when you turn on your computer?"
- Customer: "Boy, are you listening? I said it doesn't work."
- Tech Support: "Well, what happens when you TRY to turn it on?"
- Customer: "Look, I'm not a computer person. Talk regular English, not this computer talk, ok?"
- Tech Support: "Ok, let's assume your computer is turned off, and you just sat down in front of it, and want to use it. What do you do?"
- Customer: "Don't talk like I'm stupid, boy. I turn it on."
- Tech Support: "And then what happens?"
- Customer: "What do you mean?"
- Tech Support: "Does anything appear on your monitor? I mean, the TV part."
- Customer: "The same thing I saw last time I tried."
- Tech Support: "And that is what?"
- Customer: "Are you sure you know what you're doing?"
- Tech Support: "Yes, sir. What is on your screen?"
- Customer: "A bunch of little pictures."
- Tech Support: "Ok, in the upper left corner, do you see 'My Computer'."
- Customer: "No, all I see is that little red circle thing with the chunk out of it."
- Tech Support: "You mean an apple?"
- Customer: "I guess it kind of looks like an apple."
Then it took me fifteen minutes to convince him that he had a Mac. Even after showing him "About this Macintosh." I spent another fifteen minutes trying to convince him that Windows 98 wouldn't work on his Mac. He said it should work because Windows 98 is for PCs, and he had a PowerPC. I think he's still trying to get it to read that CD, because I never could convince him.
Two night forepersons at our company were discussing our new computer network after just having been to a brief orientation session. One of them wanted to know what "windows" were, so I explained. Just as she seemed to be catching on to the concept, the other foreperson piped up. "Well that's great, because we have ninety-five windows on there!"
- Tech Support: "Do you have any windows open right now?"
- Customer: "Are you crazy woman, it's twenty below outside..."
- Co-Worker: "What version of DOS does UNIX run?"
- Tech Support: "How can I help you?"
- Customer: "Well, everything is working fine, but there is one program that is not."
- Tech Support: "What program is it?"
- Customer: "It's called 'MSDOS Prompt'."
- Tech Support: "What's wrong with it?"
- Customer: "Well, I click on it, a black screen shows up with NOTHING but a sign that reads: 'C:\WINDOWS>', and it just sits there and doesn't do anything. I have to turn off the system to go back to Windows."
For my work-study job, I work tech support at a small college. One night I was working Help Desk and the phone rings. I pick it up to have a student telling me she can't get the computer to work.
- Me: "What operating system are you running?"
- Student: "Hunh?"
- Me: "Do you have a Mac or a PC?"
- Student: "Um, I don't know."
- Me: "Ok. What does the screen look like?"
- Student: "It's yellow."
- Me: "Ok. What does it say on the computer CPU?"
- Student: "What's that?"
- Me: "The big grey box."
- Student: "It doesn't say anything."
- Me: "Never mind that...do you have a little 'Start' button at the bottom of the monitor?"
- Student: "Monitor?"
- Me: "The thing that looks like a TV sceen sitting on the grey box."
- Student: "Oh! That! No. No start button."
- Me: "Ok. Is there a little apple symbol anywhere on the screen?"
- Student: (very puzzled) "Why would I have fruit on my computer?"
Back in the early days of Windows 95:
- Customer: "I have Windows Thirty One."
- Tech Support: "Ok, this program requires either Windows 95 or Win32s. Do you have Win32s on your system?"
- Customer: "No, I have Windows Thirty One, not Thirty Two."
- Tech Support: "Windows 3.1 is the operating system. Win32s is a program that makes your computer fast like Windows 95."
- Customer: "What's Windows Ninety Five got to do with it?"
- Tech Supprort: "You need either Windows 95 or Win32s to run this."
- Customer: "I HAVE THIRTY ONE! WHY WON'T IT WORK?"
- Tech Support: (giving up) "Ma'am, your computer is too old. Buy a new one with Windows 95."
- Customer: "I've heard about Windows Three Hundred and Eleven. Wouldn't that be better than Ninety Five?"
My father decided that it would be a nice surprise to install Windows 95 on my seven year old computer. He had one of his employees give him step-by-step written instructions but neglected to mention that my computer is so old. When I got home he had Windows 95 installed and was struggling to install the first piece of software.
- My Dad: "It says there's insufficient disk space. How much stuff to you have on the hard drive?"
- Me: "It was almost full. You shouldn't have been able to get Windows 95 on there."
- My Dad: "Well, I just followed these instructions."
I looked at the instructions and saw that he had backed up everything and wiped the hard drive.
- Me: "If you followed these instruction properly, the only thing on the hard drive should be Windows 95. How much space does that take up?"
- My Dad: "It doesn't take up any space. It's an operating system."
- Me: "No, it takes up a lot of space, and it shouldn't even be able to fit on this computer."
- My Dad: "No, you don't know what you're talking about. The problem is that you have too many files. You have to delete some of them."
- Me: "You already deleted all my files. They're on that stack of disks now."
- My Dad: "Yes, and those disks are taking up too much space."
A friend just got his new Aptiva/Win98 system and bought a bunch of software to go along with it. He installed everything, then complained that when he started his computer up, the screen was so cluttered he was having a hard time finding his desktop. I talked him through the process of making his desktop a more simple place by turning off fancy wallpaper, toolbars, and so on. He rebooted and said it was just as bad as it ever was. Sighing, I took a quick trip over to look at it.
Somewhat to my amazement, I discovered that every time the computer booted up, a half dozen or so program groups opened up on the desktop, and all sorts of programs were spilling their menu contents onto the screen. After some poking around, I discovered that he had installed everything -- everything -- into his StartUp folder.
I asked him why he installed all his programs in there. He said, "Well, I wanted to be sure they'd start up when I needed them, so...."
My father likes to delete things from the Windows System directory because he's convinced that's where the swap file lurks. I have to reinstall Windows 95 almost every day.
A friend of mine had an old system with a small hard drive and not much memory, so she continued to use Windows 3.1 rather than suffer under the strain of Windows 95/98.
She called me one day to help her because her computer will no longer run Windows. Past experience had taught me most of her computer problems were self-inflicted, so I asked her what she had done to the computer recently.
- Her: "Well, I needed more space from the hard drive so I could get more JPGs and WAVs from my friends on mIRC."
- Me: "Ok, so what did you do?"
- Her: "I just deleted all the blank files from my computer."
- Me: "Blank files?"
- Her: "Yes, blank files. I deleted tham all."
- Me: "What exactly is a blank file?"
- Her: "When you run File Manager, every file shows a picture. I just deleted all the ones with the blank page picture."
Say goodbye to every .DLL and unassociated file on her system. She was somewhat indignant when she found out she would have to find some Windows 3.1 install diskettes and reinstall every piece of software she wanted to use.
About two months ago, a client called in screaming profanities at me and demanding that I either give him a refund on his one year old system or send a technician out to repair it immediately. His problem was that the taskbar was on the right-hand side of his screen, and he couldn't get it back to the bottom.
A few days ago, a client called in wondering why he couldn't delete items off the Windows desktop. It was soon discovered that he'd already dragged Internet Explorer, MS Outlook, and a few other items off into the recycle bin, and was trying to delete 'My Computer' and 'Network Neighborhood.'
I saw two older looking ladies trying to figure out the computers at a local store. I knew one of them would say something that I could send to Computer Stupidities, so I tried to listen in.
- Woman 1: "What is that little trash can on the screen?"
- Woman 2: "My son says that is call the 'recycle bin'. He tells me when I don't want a Word document anymore and I delete it, it really goes in there."
- Woman 1: "Why in the recycle thingy? Can't you just erase it?"
- Woman 2: "Oh no, Word wouldn't work for very long if I did that, I would run out of blank pages."
- Woman 1: "Why?"
- Woman 2: "Because it cleans the words off the pages, then sends the blank sheets back to Word so they can be used again. That's why it's called the recycle bin."
My coworker (who uses Windows 95) was having trouble downloading a self-extracting archive off the net. In an attempt to make it easier to open the file with WinZIP, he associated *.EXE with WinZIP.
Nothing worked after that. Every program he tried to run would load WinZIP first. He couldn't even run REGEDIT to delete the association.
He ultimately had to reinstall Windows 95 and all his programs.
From a Windows 95 user:
- Customer: "I think my computer doesn't know what it is doing."
- Tech Support: (pause) "Why? What is the problem with the system?"
- Customer: "Well, it keeps asking me, 'What is this?'"
- Customer: "I keep getting an error message whenever I try using the MSDOS mode in Windows 95."
- Tech Support: "Can you describe what happens?"
- Customer: "Well, I keep getting a black screen with an error message saying, 'C:\WINDOWS>'."
- Customer: "Something's wrong with my computer."
- Tech Support: "Like what?"
- Customer: "When I turn it on the screen goes all black."
- Tech Support: "Totally black?"
- Customer: "Yes."
- Tech Support: "Does it say 'C:\>' in the corner?"
- Customer: "Yes."
- Tech Support: "Then it's not really all black, is it?"
- Customer: "I guess not."
- Tech Support: "Type 'win' and press the enter key."
I work at an office supply store. When Windows 98 came out, we had a sale on new computer systems. There were more than a few people who were completely taken in by buzzwords and had no idea what they were talking about. The worst case was a person who spent five or ten minutes looking through Windows Explorer, apparently trying to find something. Trying to make the sale, I stayed with her, helping her when necessary. Eventually, I asked to know what she was looking for. "I'm trying to run Windows 98," she said.
Read in a message board of a local BBS: "I try to avoid using Microsoft. That's why I use MS-DOS."
- Tech Support: "What software are you using to backup?
- Customer: "Ms. Dos." (spoken like it was a person, like Mr. Dos or Mrs. Dos)
- Tech Support: "What, are you just copying the files with the xcopy or copy command?"
- Customer: "Oh, no I use Ms. Backup for that."
At least three people from our company have come to me panicked, almost crying. They all say, "I think I just erased a program!! Help!!" In reality, it turns out they just minimized the window. When I open it again, they gasp, "What did you DO?!?!?"
We maintain a 24 hour, 800 number call desk for our maintenance contract customers, a very expensive undertaking. Non-contract customers can call as well, but our per-call maintenance charge is $250/hour, with a minimum of three hours. If you only call us occasionally, it's a lot cheaper than a contract, but it's clearly designed to discourage trivial calls.
In 1996 a per-call customer called. "What does MSDOS stand for?" she asked. We told her. Her firm paid the $750 bill without demur.
One time a user was trying to clean up his hard drive. He saw a folder called "system" which took up lots of space but only had a few things in it. So he moved the fonts and sounds to a new location and deleted everything else.
One of our users, upon receiving his new computer, deleted most of the files in the system area. He said he didn't know what those files did, so he got rid of them. For some strange reason, the system refused to work properly afterward.
Had a user that called the other day, complaining that all her files were "garbage" and that I should take her computer back and fix them. It turned out she was looking at system files. She couldn't read the binary code and assumed, therefore, that the files were corrupted.
I was asked to fix Word Perfect once, when it had apparently "just quit working." They didn't know why, but it didn't take long for me to find the problem. They had cleaned up their hard drive by erasing all binary files because "they weren't readable."
One user -- a regular caller of ours -- got herself into some serious computer trouble when she set about cleaning up her system. She had been exploring the hard drive in the file manager and discovered hundreds of files in the Windows directory with all different file extensions. Being of an orderly mind, and with several hours of free time, she had created a TXT folder, a COM folder, a DLL folder, and so forth, and moved all the files into these subdirectories.
- Me: "You really should exit Windows before you shut down."
- Friend: "Why?"
- Me: "Well, otherwise you could end up with fragmented files and hard drive errors and that sort of thing."
- Friend: "Oh well. Who cares about hard drive errors?"
- Customer: "My machine won't do anything."
- Tech Support: "What's on the screen right now?"
- Customer: "It's frozen, it's showing my Windows desktop."
- Tech Support: "Try hitting Ctrl-Alt-Delete, tell me what happens."
- Customer: (taptaptap) "Nothing."
- Tech Support: "Did you hit all of them at once?"
- Customer: "Umm...just a second." (taptaptap) "I did that time. Nothing happened."
- Tech Support: "Try it again."
- Customer: (taptaptap) "No, it's just sitting there."
- Tech Support: "Move the mouse around. What happens?"
- Customer: "Nothing, the arrow doesn't move."
- Tech Support: "Ok, last try, hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete again."
- Customer: "Still nothing."
- Tech Support: "Hit your numlock key. Does the light flash?"
- Customer: "No."
- Tech Support: "Ok, you're going to have to shut your computer off. Just press the power button, wait for a couple of seconds, and turn it on again."
- Customer: "I've heard that's bad for Windows."
- Tech Support: "Um, well, you can't do anything else, right?"
- Customer: "No."
- Tech Support: "Well, you can't hurt it any worse then."
- Customer: "But I've heard it's bad for Windows to just shut it off without shutting down first."
- Tech Support: "Yes, but it's locked up. There's nothing else you can do."
- Customer: "Will it hurt my Windows?"
- Tech Support: "Probably no worse than it already was by locking up."
- Customer: "Well...ok...but if it doesn't work, will you come over and fix it for me?"
There is a gradeschooler who lives in an apartment complex down the street for whom I built a 486 some time ago. It's running Windows 95, and I am forced to fix it for him constantly. One day he called me up and said that his computer is opening up all of his files. I grabbed my coat and hat and popped over to see what he had done to the poor thing. He had selected everything on his desktop and made shortcuts of them in a new folder on the desktop, in the quick-launch, and, worst of all, his startup folder. Imagine booting all the MS Office 97 applications at startup on a 486...quite painful.
I put my foot in my mouth rather firmly once. I was teaching a new user some basic UNIX commands just so she could get around on the computer when she needed to. I thought I was doing pretty well, but, in a moment of self-doubt, she said that she didn't think she'd ever learn how to use a computer. My feeble attempt at consoling her follows:
- Me: "Don't worry. You'll get the hang of it. When I first started using UNIX, I didn't even know how to change directories!"
- Her: "What's a directory?"
- Customer: "File manager? What's that?"
- Tech Support: "How long have you had your computer?"
- Customer: "Three years."
Talking to a Mac user:
- Tech Support: "When was the last time you rebuilt the desktop?"
- Customer: "Did what?"
- Tech Support: "How long have you owned this computer?"
- Customer: "Four years."
A customer walked into the computer store I work in, wanting to return a computer.
- Me: "Sure, is it defective?"
- Customer: "No, that's not the problem. When I took it home and turned it on, I realized it was only half programmed."
- Me: [scratching head] "What do you mean by half programmed?"
- Customer: "Well, look at the computer on display." [points to the Windows 95 desktop] "Do you see how all the programs are on the left side of the computer?"
- Me: [biting tongue] "Well, you are right sir, I will take your computer back."
I decided the moron had to solve his life before he could buy a computer.
A guy at our company asked to have Lotus Notes installed on his Mac. He said he'd be away for a couple days, and I could install it then. When I went to do it, there wasn't enough disk space, but there was about 96 megs in the trash. Ah, I thought, he's forgotten to empty it.
When the user returned to work, he came straight to see me after switching on his machine.
- Him: "Where're all my files?"
- Me: "What files?"
- Him: "The ones I was keeping in the trash."
Recently, I had a guy from the local tech school come in for an interview for my computer assistant job opening. I was taking him around the office, trying my best to explain to him what my job entails and what he'd be doing if he worked for me. One of the very first things I showed him was our NT server, which runs Wincenter Pro, a third-party enhanced version of Windows NT Server which allows us to have multiple people logged into the same NT box and to start up a remote NT session from an X-Windows desktop. He was pretty impressed by that, having been trained in a vanilla NT environment. The next thing I showed him was one of our old DG 300 UNIX workstations. He scoffed along with me when I explained that the workstation used an old 16mhz Motorola processor, so it was not exactly fast. The interview seemed to be going well up to this point, with the guy seeming to understand most of the stuff I was throwing out (even the stuff I wasn't too sure about myself) until I happened to mention that the DG workstation, along with all the other workstations and servers in our office (save the NT server, of course) ran DG/UX 5.4R3.10:
- Me: "Yeah, and this thing runs DG/UX 5.4R3.10."
- Him: "What's that?"
He stares blankly. My heart sinks.
- Him: "So does that run as a thread under NT?"
- Me: "No. It's an OS. It just runs by itself."
- Him: "Oh oh, so you start up NT, then--"
- Me: "No. UNIX. It's an operating system. It runs by itself, not under NT."
He stares blankly. So much for this prospective employee.
Two girls walked into the University's Linux cluster one time. They were obviously unfamiliar with computers and chatted with each other trying to figure everything out. I was doing my own work and had tuned out a lot of the conversation, but at one point one of them turned to me and asked how to get into Windows. "Type startx," I replied, for the Linux machines booted to a shell prompt, and you had to type "startx" to get into X-Windows. I never did find out if that worked for them or not, but they spent quite some time trying to correlate the instructions they had on paper (presumably given out in one of their classes) with what they were seeing on the screen. A full hour and a half passed, and finally one of them turned to me again and asked if this was the Microsoft Windows cluster. "No," I replied, "that's downstairs." It was hard to stifle the laughter until they were gone. An hour and a half before they realized they weren't even using the right operating system. Wow.
A lab technician (legendary, where I work) deleted a large and seemingly useless file named /vmunix from a Sun workstation. (This file is the UNIX operating system image.) The machine worked fine until I tried to reboot it.


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Statistics are reported annually to the Church of the Nazarene General Board. These reports include comparisons with the previous year and the previous decade.
From the 2023 Report:
There are currently 30,747 churches in the denomination (23,680 considered officially organized).
The Church of the Nazarene has 19,321 ordained elders, 893 ordained deacons, and 11,140 licensed ministers.
Information is based on reports received from districts for assemblies held 1 October 2022 through 30 September 2023.
The combined statistical comparison report is available in Português, Français, and Español.
Previous Year's Reports:
The slides in this PowerPoint presentation
show some of the annual statistics for the Church of the Nazarene.
This slide set will be updated each fiscal year.

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Categories: Protection
CodeMeter SmartBind
CodeMeter SmartBind describes the new concept to bind licenses, i.e. digital rights, to a computer or other specific device. CodeMeter SmartBind has been developed by Wibu-System and is patent pending. Binding stands for activation. The challenge is to choose binding features which uniquely identify the computer while, at the same time, tolerating minor changes to the computer, thus ensuring high license reliability for the user.
How does it work?
Imagine you are to identify a person. Imagine further that you cannot use fingerprints since the person wears gloves or you have no fingerprint scanner at hand. In this case, you would fall back on visible features: facial form, size, weight, gender, hair color, hair length, nose width and length, shape and strength of eye-glasses, beard color and shape, etc.. If you recognize enough features then you conclude: "Yes, that's him."
When there is only a short interval between the first and the next time you meet the person, most of the features will be unchanged. However, if this interval is longer, then some features may have changed more or less. And the features are of different quality. It is rather unlikely that the gender changes although possible thanks to modern surgery. Some change their hair color like they change shirts while others keep the original color throughout their lives. For adults, size is a good first exclusion criterion, while with children and teens this naturally changes.
Until meeting again with the statement "Gee, isn't that John Doe", numerous complex processes take place in the human brain. Features are compared and carefully considered before the final "yes" or "no" decision is made.
Carrying the passport photo
What does this have to do with CodeMeter SmartBind? Nature itself has been the model case for CodeMeter SmartBind. CodeMeter SmartBind mathematically maps the complex recognition processes. When a license is bound to a computer, CodeMeter SmartBind creates the fingerprint of the computer, the so-called a cryptographic key, and a list of all features found. This list is – analogous to a photo in the passport – stored on the computer. That is, the license always carries its own passport photo.
The passport photo is used to identify the license. All current features are matched to those on the photo. New features, glasses in the human example, a UMTS card in the case of the computer, are negligible and do not become part of the algorithm. In contrast, in the case of classical binding, a new network card would falsify the value of the MAC address/es. Not so with CodeMeter SmartBind. New features are not a source of error.
Dynamic feature selection
How would it be if you did actually have the fingerprint, retina scan or DNA sample of a person? Then you would of course use them. The same applies to CodeMeter SmartBind. CodeMeter SmartBind has no rigid scheme concerning the features it uses. The selection of features is dynamically adapted to the availability and recognition of features. CodeMeter SmartBind is able to access a large pool of potential features. If, for example, the CPU ID and/or TPM chip is available, it will use these too.
Dynamic weighting
You definitely remember the size of a person. Children and teenagers are still growing, but size is a good and stable criterion for adults. Features are dynamically weighted by CodeMeter SmartBind according to the available characteristics and the environment. If the CPU ID and/or TPM chip can be read, they will be given a high weighting in the binding. The components of a virtual machine differ to those of a "real" computer.
CodeMeter SmartBind is tolerant of changing features. You set the tolerance level. If you select the "Tight" setting, the tolerance level is low; if you select the "Loose" setting, the tolerance level is high. A high tolerance level means only a few features need to be retrieved to identify the computer; a low tolerance level means many original features must be retrieved. It is not necessarily the number of features which is important, but the "overall weighting".
Doesn't a passport photo then present a security risk? A particularly fine example here is provided by the advertising poster of a security services company which showed the bit of a key belonging to the company. The picture was enough to allow the key to be copied. This couldn't happen with SmartBind as features are not stored in plain text in the passport photo. The information in the passport photo only says this feature existed when the license was activated but does not allow the feature itself to be reconstructed.
CodeMeter SmartBind provides an easy and secure way to bind a license to a computer. Using a variety of dynamically selected features, CodeMeter SmartBind provides both reliability and security preventing manipulation. Let us go back to our comparison with recognizing a person. If I take off my glasses I will still be recognized. A colleague who puts on my glasses though will not succeed in pretending to be me. The license does not become invalid and
require reactivation until several features have changed.
KEYnote 22 – Edition Fall 2011


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EMCMD <system> CHANGEMIRRORTYPE <volume letter> <remote ip> <A/S>
This command is used to change the mirror type of a mirror that is part of a DataKeeper job.
Note: The volume must be online.
Refer to the examples below.
See Synchronous and Asynchronous Mirroring for information about the supported DataKeeper mirror types.
<system> | The source or target system on which to initiate the changing of the mirror type. |
<volume letter> | The drive letter of the mirror to be changed. |
<remote IP> | The IP address of the remote system. |
<A/S> | The new mirror type (Asynchronous or Synchronous). |
- A job may contain multiple volumes and multiple mirrors. The CHANGEMIRRORTYPE command will modify the type of one mirror each time it is used.
- The volume must be online on each system in the mirror to change the mirror type of an existing mirror.
- The mirror type of an existing mirror can be changed while the mirror is in the active Mirroring state. The type change takes effect immediately.
- The mirror type of non-existing mirrors can be changed. See the 1×1×1 example below.
- The mirror type of a mirror that is in the Split-Brain state cannot be changed – the Split Brain must be resolved first.
- If a job contains multiple mirrors, individual mirror types can be modified. Having mixed mirror types within a job, and within the mirrors for an individual volume in the job, is supported.
1×1 Mirror CHANGEMIRRORTYPE Command Example
emcmd SYS1.MYDOM.LOCAL getJobInfoForVol D
ID = caa97f9f-ac6a-4b56-8f25-20db9e2808a8
Name = Mirr Vol D
Description = Mirror Volume D
MirrorEndPoints = SYS3.MYDOM.LOCAL;D;172.17.103.223;SYS1.MYDOM.LOCAL;E;172.17.103.221;A
emcmd SYS1.MYDOM.LOCAL ChangeMirrorType D 172.17.103.223 S
The above example changes the mirror of D: between SYS1 and SYS3 to Synchronous.
1×1×1 Mirror CHANGEMIRRORTYPE Command Example
emcmd SYS1.MYDOM.LOCAL getJobInfoForVol J
ID caa97f93j-ac6a-4b56-8f25-20db9j2808a8
Name = Mirr Vol J
Description = Mirror Volume J
MirrorEndPoints = SYS1.MYDOM.LOCAL;J;172.17.103.221;SYS2.MYDOM.LOCAL;J;172.17.103.222;A
MirrorEndPoints = SYS1.MYDOM.LOCAL;J;172.17.103.221;SYS3.MYDOM.LOCAL;J;172.17.103.223;A
MirrorEndPoints = SYS3.MYDOM.LOCAL;J;172.17.103.223;SYS2.MYDOM.LOCAL;J;172.17.103.222;A
emcmd SYS1.MYDOM.LOCAL GetMirrorVolInfo J
emcmd SYS1.MYDOM.LOCAL ChangeMirrorType J 172.17.103.222 S
emcmd SYS1.MYDOM.LOCAL ChangeMirrorType J 172.17.103.223 S
emcmd SYS2.MYDOM.LOCAL ChangeMirrorType J 172.17.103.223 S
In this example, all mirror types will be changed to Synchronous. The third command changes the mirror type of the non-existing mirror between SYS2 and SYS3.


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You'll find I'm a serious gearhead, a car fanatic, and I bleed Ford blue! I founded the Fordnatics mailing list. I am a former (and future) member of the Northern California Shelby Club.
I am also a big fan of all kinds of auto racing, but Indy cars and sprint cars are my favorites!
I also play rock and jazz music for fun. I'm currently in two bands, neither of which is gigging at the moment. Watch this space.
Another of my hobbies is photography. For examples, check out my photos of Mike Keneally and Beer For Dolphins, a vacation in the southwestern US, and my Carvin guitar and bass collection.
I'm a software engineer by day. My first choice in languages is Lisp. (Common Lisp rules!) I also do Java and C++ programming when I have to, which unfortunately is most of the time. (C++ sucks!) Currently I work for a contractor at the Intelligent Systems division of NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, USA.
Photo by Bob Edmiston
On October 14, 1995, I married the former
Ruth Colby,
in a ceremony in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. We live in Sunnyvale.
We used to have
three cats, but
Norton passed away in 2002, Cici in 2003, and Designer Kitty in
2009. God rest their furry souls. We acquired another cat, Princess, in 2009,
and yet another furball named Gray Matter in 2013.
Photo by Bob Edmiston
Here's another scene from the wedding, showing my immediate family.
Left to right: brothers Doug and Ken, sister Laura Hambrick, Mom (Dale)
and Dad (Frank) Fry, me, and kid brother John.
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Sorry if this is a bit dated. Drop me a note if you have a suggestion or complaint.


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I have 9 transit apps installed, including 1 for Portland, Oregon. Seven are reviewed here.
If you upgraded your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad this week, you'll find yourself without transit directions in the built-in Maps application. Wednesday was the first day you could download and install the latest version of iOS 6, your iDevice's operating system. The Maps app was previously powered by all things Google but in iOS 6 the app is powered by Apple-owned technologies and partner companies' data. It's been known for months that the new Maps app wouldn't come with built-in transit directions. (However, Apple Maps does scan your phone for compatible transit apps and links you to them, or helps you find them in the App Store.)
Don't fret, though, as there are several apps for free and purchase that take over transit directions duty. I'll review six apps, some of which I downloaded after I started writing this post. Visit the CTA's Transit Apps webpage for more apps.
See all the screenshots created for this post.
Buster (CTA)
Download for $1.99. Arrival times, no trip planning.
Buster has four features: a bus route list (from which you can find a specific stop), find bus stops near where you're currently standing, favorite bus stops, and an interface to the CTA mobile Train Tracker website. The first three are quite standard among Chicago transit apps, but each has a unique way of helping you find "your" stops and bookmarking them. Continue reading The best Chicago transit apps for iOS 6 devices


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Weaver Popcorn Co. Inc., Noblesville, Ind., introduces the first microwave popcorn made with canola oil, under its Pop Weaver brand. The new formulation of the popcorn enhances the rich, buttery taste and is lower in calories, total fat, saturated fat and sodium and contains zero trans fat.
Pop Weaver's canola oil blend is primarily comprised of "heart healthy" polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats, which help to lower LDL (bad) cholesterol and supply omega-3, omega-6 and omega-9 fatty acids, helping to protect against coronary heart disease, heart attacks and strokes.
And the popcorn provides other health benefits, as well, since it is a good source of whole grains and fiber. A study released last summer found that popcorn also provides healthy antioxidants. In fact, because it is unprocessed, according to the study, popped popcorn provides more antioxidants than any other snack food tested.
All three flavors in the Pop Weaver microwave popcorn line – Light Butter, Butter and Extra Butter – have been reformulated to incorporate canola oil. Even lovers of Pop Weaver Extra Butter microwave popcorn can enjoy an entire bag of their favorite snack without guilt. With only 260 calories, 2g saturated fat, and 0g trans fats per full bag popped, new Pop Weaver Extra Butter microwave popcorn will satisfy your butter craving without ruining your diet.
The Light Butter and Butter flavors – which carry the American Heart Assn.'s Heart Check designation, designating them as heart-healthy products – contain only 210 calories and 230 calories per full popped bag, respectively.
"Since popcorn is all we make, we're continually striving to make our product the best-tasting, healthiest popcorn, at the best possible price," says Mike Weaver, president and CEO. "We've worked for years to replace our previous oil blend with a canola oil blend, and we are proud to lead the industry with this innovation." Weaver adds that Pop Weaver remains a great snacking value, as well. "You can serve your family our popcorn for 21 cents per full bag popped. No other snack provides the nutrition that we do for such a low cost. And it's fun and delicious to eat."
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Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively Donate $1 Million to Those in Need Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak
While the coronavirus continues to spread across the world, it's affecting those who don't test positive for the disease as well as those who are sick. With people being urged to self-quarantine and practice social distancing, many establishments have temporarily closed their doors, leaving millions of people without work.
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are doing their part to help those in need and on Tuesday (March 17) announced that they were donating $1 million to food charities that have been working around the clock during the pandemic.
"COVID-19 has brutally impacted older adults and low income families. Blake & I are donating $1 million to be split between FEEDING AMERICA and FOOD BANKS CANADA," Reynolds, who hails from Canada, wrote on Instagram. "If you can give, these orgs need our help."
"Take care of your bodies and hearts. Leave room for joy. Call someone who's isolated and might need connection," he ended his message before sharing a fake phone number to harass Hugh Jackman.
Lively also shared the message to her Instagram followers, adding her own additional thoughts: "Though we must be distancing ourselves to protect those who don't have the opportunity to self quarantine, we can stay connected. Remember the lonely and isolated. Facetime, Skype, make a video. Remember the love that can travel through all this."
She thanked people for stepping up by "shopping for the elderly" and "making lunches for children." "We can all do something for one another, even if that's simply staying home," she wrote.
The actress concluded her message on a lighthearted note as well: "Can someone please tell Ryan that 'emotional distancing' from his mother in law is not a thing. Nothing can save him."


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"Solving Emotional Problems in the Lord's Own Way," Ensign, May 1978, 91
Welfare session
Solving Emotional Problems in the Lord's Own Way
Our bishops face increasing calls to counsel members with problems that have more to do with emotional needs than with the need for food or clothing or shelter.
My message, therefore, is to the subject: solving emotional problems in the Lord's own way.
Fortunately, the principles of temporal welfare apply to emotional problems as well.
The Church was two years old when the Lord revealed that "the idler shall not have place in the church, except he repent and mend his ways." (D&C 75:29.)
The Welfare handbook instructs: "[We must] earnestly teach and urge Church members to be self-sustaining to the full extent of their powers. No true Latter-day Saint will … voluntarily shift from himself the burden of his own support. So long as he can, under the inspiration of the Almighty and with his own labors, he will supply himself with the necessities of life." (1952, p. 2.)
We have succeeded fairly well in teaching Latter-day Saints that they should take care of their own material needs and then contribute to the welfare of those who cannot provide for themselves.
If a member is unable to sustain himself, then he is to call upon his own family, and then upon the Church, in that order, and not upon the government at all.
We have counseled bishops and stake presidents to be very careful to avoid abuses in the welfare program.
When people are able but unwilling to take care of themselves, we are responsible to employ the dictum of the Lord that the idler shall not eat the bread of the laborer. (See D&C 42:42.)
The simple rule has been to take care of one's self. This couplet of truth has been something of a model: "Eat it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without."
When the Church welfare program was first announced in 1936, the First Presidency said:
"Our primary purpose was to set up, in so far as it might be possible, a system under which the curse of idleness would be done away with, the evils of a dole abolished, and independence, industry, thrift and self respect be once more established amongst our people. The aim of the Church is to help people help themselves." (Conference Report, Oct. 1936, p. 3; italics added.)
Occasionally someone is attracted to the Church because of our welfare program. They see material security.
Our answer to them is: "Yes, join the Church for that reason. We can use all of the help we can get. You will be called upon continually to bless and assist others."
Interesting how enthusiasm for baptism often fades away.
It is a self-help system, not a quick handout system. It requires a careful inventory of all personal and family resources, all of which must be committed before anything is added from the outside.
It is not an unkind or an unfeeling bishop who requires a member to work to the fullest extent he can for what he receives from Church welfare.
There should not be the slightest embarrassment for any member to be assisted by the Church. Provided, that is that he has contributed all that he can.
President Romney has emphasized, "To care for people on any other basis is to do them more harm than good.
"The purpose of Church welfare is not to relieve [a Church member] from taking care of himself." (Conference Report, Oct. 1974, p. 166; italics added.)
The principle of self-reliance or personal independence is fundamental to the happy life. In too many places, in too many ways, we are getting away from it.
The substance of what I want to say is this: The same principle self-reliance—has application to the spiritual and to the emotional.
We have been taught to store a year's supply of food, clothing, and, if possible, fuel—at home. There has been no attempt to set up storerooms in every chapel. We know that in the crunch our members may not be able to get to the chapel for supplies.
Can we not see that the same principle applies to inspiration and revelation, the solving of problems, to counsel, and to guidance?
We need to have a source of it stored in every home, not just in the bishop's office.
If we do not do that, we are quite as threatened spiritually as we should be were we to assume that the Church should supply all material needs.
Unless we use care, we are on the verge of doing to ourselves emotionally (and, therefore, spiritually) what we have been working so hard for generations to avoid materially.
We seem to be developing an epidemic of "counselitis" which drains spiritual strength from the Church much like the common cold drains more strength out of humanity than any other disease.
That, some may assume, is not serious. It is very serious!
On one hand, we counsel bishops to avoid abuses in welfare help. On the other hand, some bishops dole out counsel and advice without considering that the member should solve the problem himself.
There are many chronic cases—individuals who endlessly seek counsel but do not follow the counsel that is given.
I have, on occasions, included in an interview this question:
"You have come to me for advice. After we have carefully considered your problem, is it your intention to follow the counsel that I will give you?"
This comes as a considerable surprise to them. They had never thought of that. Usually they then commit themselves to follow counsel.
It is easier then to show them how to help themselves, and more than that, how to help others. That is the greatest therapy.
Speaking figuratively, many a bishop keeps on the corner of his desk a large stack of order forms for emotional relief.
When someone comes with a problem, the bishop, unfortunately, without a question, passes them out, without stopping to think what he is doing to his people.
We have become very anxious over the amount of counseling that we seem to need in the Church. Our members are becoming dependent.
We must not set up a network of counseling services without at the same time emphasizing the principle of emotional self-reliance and individual independence.
If we lose our emotional and spiritual independence, our self-reliance, we can be weakened quite as much, perhaps even more, than when we become dependent materially.
If we are not careful, we can lose the power of individual revelation. What the Lord said to Oliver Cowdery has meaning for all of us.
"Behold, you have not understood; you have supposed that I would give it unto you, when you took no thought save it was to ask me.
"But, behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right.
"But if it be not right you shall have no such feelings, but you shall have a stupor of thought that shall cause you to forget the thing which is wrong." (D&C 9:7–9.)
Spiritual independence and self-reliance is a sustaining power in the Church. If we rob the members of that, how can they get revelation for themselves? How will they know there is a prophet of God? How can they get answers to prayers? How can they know for sure for themselves?
It is not an unfeeling bishop who requires those coming to him for counsel to exhaust every personal and family resource before helping them.
Bishops, be careful with your "emotional order forms." Do not pass them out without having analyzed carefully the individual resources.
Teach our members to follow proper channels in solving problems.
It is not unusual for some to "shop around" to get advice from friends and neighbors, from every direction, and then choose what they think is the best of it. That is a mistake.
Some want to start with psychologists, with professional counselors, or to go directly to the General Authorities to begin with.
The problems may need that kind of attention but only after every personal, and family, and every local resource has been exhausted.
We mentioned that when a member has used all of his own resources there should be no embarrassment in receiving welfare assistance.
That principle holds true with emotional assistance as well.
There may be a time when deep-seated emotional problems need more than can be given by the family, the bishop, or the stake president.
In order to help with the very difficult problems, the Church has established some counseling services in areas where our membership is large. (Only for those that come through proper channels.)
The first category includes those services that ordinarily require a license from the local, state, or national government. The licensed services include:
the care of unwed mothers,
the foster care of children,
and, the Indian Placement Program.
In July of 1977 the First Presidency issued a letter giving some instruction and caution to priesthood leaders, with reference to licensed services.
Our purpose here will be to review principles that apply to the services offered under the heading clinical.
Clinical services are offered (again, through proper channels only) in three successive steps:
First: consultation, where a priesthood leader consults with an LDS Social Services representative about a member with serious problems. Only the priesthood leader meets with the member.
The next step is evaluation, wherein a priesthood leader and the member meet together with an LDS Social Services practitioner to evaluate the problem. Ordinarily this is one meeting only. Thereafter, the priesthood leader continues to help the member.
In difficult and persistent cases, there is therapy. The member (and, when possible, the bishop) meets with an LDS Social Services practitioner for counseling. The bishop gives continuing help after termination of these sessions.
Bishops and stake presidents can exemplify self-reliance by resolving these problems locally. Ultimately it is the member who must solve them.
Bishops, you must not abdicate your responsibility to anyone—not to professionals, even to those employed by Church Social Services. They would be the first to tell you so.
You have a power to soothe and to sanctify and to heal that others are not given.
Sometimes what a member needs is forgiveness—you have a key to that.
If you find a case where professional help is justified, be very careful.
There are some spiritually destructive techniques used in the field of counseling. When you entrust your members to others, do not let them be subject to these things. Solve problems in the Lord's way.
Some counselors want to delve deeper than is emotionally or spiritually healthy. They sometimes want to draw out and analyze and take apart and dissect.
While a certain amount of catharsis may be healthy, overmuch of it can be degenerating. It is seldom as easy to put something back together as it is to take it apart.
By probing too deeply, or talking endlessly about some problems, we can foolishly cause the very thing we are trying to prevent.
You probably know about the parents who said, "Now, children, while we are gone, whatever you do, don't take the stool and go into the pantry and climb up to the second shelf and move the cracker box and get that sack of beans and put one up your nose, will you?"
There is a lesson there.
Now, a bishop may ask, justifiably, "How in the world can I ever accomplish my job as bishop and still counsel those who really need it?"
One stake president said to me: "Bishops don't have enough time to counsel. With the load we're putting on them, we're killing our bishops off."
While there's some truth in that, I sometimes think it's a case of suicide.
Our study of the role of the bishop indicates that most bishops spend time ineffectively as program administrators.
The influence of a bishop on a ward is more positive when he functions as a presiding officer, rather than getting so heavily involved in all of the program details.
It is usually in program administration, with all of the meetings, training activities, etc., that the bishop spends too much time.
Bishops, leave that to your counselors and the priesthood leaders and auxiliary leaders. Problems, for instance, that involve need for employment can be solved by the home teacher and the quorum leaders.
Trust them. Let go of it. And you will then be free to do the things that will make the most difference, counseling those who really need it—in the Lord's own way.
Recently two letters have gone to the field. The one was a two-thirds reduction in the number of personal priesthood interviews required on all levels.
The other was a shifting of major administrative meetings from weekly and monthly to monthly and quarterly.
We have every hope that other relief will be filtering down through channels.
In the meantime, bishop, you are in charge. Get the administrative and training part of your work in such efficient operation that you will have time to counsel your people.
Bishops, keep constantly in mind that fathers are responsible to preside over their families.
Sometimes, with all good intentions, we require so much of both the children and the father that he is not able to do so.
If my boy needs counseling, bishop, it should be my responsibility first, and yours second.
If my boy needs recreation, bishop, I should provide it first, and you second.
If my boy needs correction, that should be my responsibility first, and yours second.
If I am failing as a father, help me first, and my children second.
Do not be too quick to take over from me the job of raising my children.
Do not be too quick to counsel them and solve all of the problems. Get me involved. It is my ministry.
We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems.
We are indoctrinated that somehow we should always by instantly emotionally comfortable. When that is not so, some become anxious—and all too frequently seek relief from counseling, from analysis, and even from medication.
It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.
Teach our members that if they have a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out.
There is great purpose in our struggle in life.
There is great meaning in these word entitled "The Lesson."
Yes, my fretting,
Frowning child,
I could cross
The room to you
More easily.
But I've already
Learned to walk,
So I make you
Come to me.
Let go now
You see?
Oh, remember
This simple lesson,
And when
In later years
You cry out
With tight fists
And tears
"Oh, help me,
Just listen
And you'll hear
A silent voice:
"I would, child,
I would.
But it's you,
Not I,
Who needs to try
(Carol Lynn Pearson, "The Lesson," Beginnings, New York: Doubleday and Co., 1975, p. 18)
Bishop, those who come to you are children of God. Counsel them in the Lord's own way. Teach them to ponder it in their minds, then to pray over their problems.
Remember that soothing, calming effect of reading the scriptures. Next time you are where they are read, notice how things settle down. Sense the feeling of peace and security that comes.
Now, from the Book of Mormon, this closing thought: The prophet Alma faced a weightier problem than you, bishop, will likely see in your ministry. Like you, he felt uncertain; and he went to Mosiah.
Mosiah wisely turned the problem back to him, saying:
"… Behold, I judge them not; therefore I deliver them into thy hands to be judged.
"And now the spirit of Alma was again troubled; and he went and inquired of the Lord what he should do concerning this matter, for he feared that he should do wrong in the sight of God.
"And it came to pass that after he had poured out his whole soul to God, the voice of the Lord came to him. …" (Mosiah 26:12–14.)
That voice will speak to you, bishop. That is your privilege. I bear witness of that, for I know that He lives.
May God bless you, bishop, the inspired judge in Israel, and those who come to you, as you counsel them in the Lord's own way.
In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.


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September 13, 2012
Going to a petting zoo? Food safety expert says plan on constant hand-washing and watch what kids eat, drink to help avoid illness
Submitted by Communications & Marketing
A trip to a petting zoo may bring more than a smile to a child's face -- it also could lead to them getting sick. That's one reason why a Kansas State University professor says that interactions between animals and the public need better oversight.
Doug Powell, professor of food safety, points to recent cases where 12 people were sickened with influenza A -- H3N2 variant -- from contact with pigs at petting zoos, and four outbreaks linked to mail-order chicks that sickened hundreds, primarily children, with salmonella.
"People have to be careful -- a lot more careful than they thought," Powell said.
Powell is co-author of the paper "Observation of Public Health Risk Behaviors, Risk Communication and Hand Hygiene at Kansas and Missouri Petting Zoos – 2010-2011" that was published recently in the journal Zoonoses and Public Health.
The paper's main author is Gonzalo Erdozain, a master of public health student at the Kansas State University who works with Powell. Erdozain, Manhattan, visited numerous petting zoos and fairs in Kansas and Missouri in 2010 and 2011 and found many sanitary problems at the facilities. Article co-authors include Katherine KuKanich, assistant professor of clinical sciences at Kansas State University, and Ben Chapman of North Carolina State University.
When visiting petting zoos, Powell said parents need to be vigilant in watching their children and they need to put a health plan in effect for the visit. In Erdozain's study, he observed children touching their faces after petting the animals, eating or drinking in the petting zoo, eating petting zoo food and sucking on a pacifier while at the zoo. Children were also seen picking up animal feces.
Another factor to watch for is the presence of high-risk animals -- those most associated with zoonotic diseases, including chicks, young ruminants like kid goats, sheep and cattle. Zoonotic diseases can be passed from animal to human, or vice versa.
Washing hands before and after encountering animals and the animal feed is one of the most recommended method to fight germs and bacteria from the animals and surrounding area of animal pens, Powell said.
"Hand-washing tool selection may also contribute to the success of hand hygiene as a preventive measure, as some outbreak investigations have reported alcohol-based hand sanitizer was not protective against illness, especially when hands are soiled," Powell said.
Powell said Erdozain's study found that visitors were five times as likely to wash their hands when a staff member was present. This observation, Powell said, is consistent with a study published last year that showed the importance of a little encouragement.
To help maintain a safe and healthy environment, Powell said petting zoos should constantly remind visitors to wash their hands when exiting the pens. Keeping clean and useful sinks near the exits of all facilities with a stand by attendant would help decrease the likeliness of a widespread illness due to forgetful hygiene, he said.
Strict governmental regulation and enforcement would be one way to ensure this happens but is an unlikely solution. Powell said that it is up to the zoos to help keep watch on what is happening within their pens and to make sure that the proper facilities are in place and are noticeable to visitors -- children and adults alike.
"Providing hand hygiene stations, putting up some good signs, having staff supervise, avoiding high-risk animals and logical facility design are easy and inexpensive -- and not doing so is inexcusable," Powell said.
The journal article is available at http://bit.ly/QKFIbx.


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The Jabra BIZ 2400 II is a UC headset that features an intuitive, in-line call controller for greater productivity and convenience. Large buttons with LED indicators make it easy for agents to pick up or end calls, put callers on or take them off hold, set volume levels or put the call on mute. Plus, all buttons are user-programmable.
The contact center headset that is built to last
Jabra BIZ 2400 II is built with total cost of ownership in mind. Beside 360˚ degree rotating break proof boom arm and Kevlar-reinforced cord, Jabra BIZ 2400 II is built to withstand any punishment a high-performing contact center can give. With up to 3 years warranty available, Jabra ensure you get the return on your investment.
Talk In Comfort | Be kind to your ears
Assure total comfort with a wide range of styles that match your individual needs and personal fit requirements. Our light, ergonomically designed frames along with soft ear cushions, adjustable headbands and microphone boom will guarantee that your headset will be comfortable all day long.
Noise Canceling Microphone | Reduces unwanted background noise
Noise canceling microphones reduce unwanted background noise and are ideal in crowded and noisy, open office environments. So you can now talk freely without raising your voice excessively.
Kevlar® Reinforced Cords | Increased toughness for enterprise-class durability
Jabra headsets with Kevlar-reinforced cords feature the same material used in anti-ballistic bullet-proof vests. This means cords that withstand more strain are more durable than alternatives all of which lowers the total cost of ownership.
Air Shock Microphone | Reduce unwanted "pops" for better call quality
When the microphone is close to the mouth of the user, there is a risk of respiratory noise. To reduce it, the microphone is designed aerodynamically, and with many small holes instead of a larger hole. In addition to this foam is included on the inside of the microphone. Overall, it reduces the penetration of air shocks to the microphone, which optimizes the call quality.
Jabra FreeSpin™ Boom | Reduces likelihood of breaking during adjustment
With Jabra's FreeSpin boom you can rotate your boom a full 360 degrees. This lets you adjust your boom positioning so that it is always exactly where they need it – without having to worry about breaking it.
Crystal Clear Sound | Digital Signal Processing for clearer sound
Clear sound is essential for a good conversation not to mention call efficiency and accuracy. Digital Signal Processing (DSP) in Jabra audio devices will remove background noise and echo as well as protect the user against sudden high peaks in volume. Call handling time and potential misunderstandings are significantly reduced.
PeakStop™ | Safe sound and superior hearing protection
PeakStop™ technology immediately removes potentially harmful loud sounds or tones before they reach your ears and keeps the sound level within the safe range to protect your hearing.
HD Voice – Wideband Audio | High quality audio for crystal clear conversations
Enjoy high-definition sound with HD Voice and get crystal clear, intelligible communication. You get life-like, vibrant conversations where you can focus on the content and don't have to struggle to understand what the person on the other end of the line is saying.


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www.amrutdistilleries.com |
Brand facts:
Country: India
Founded year: 1948
Brand Review:
The history of Amrut Distilleries is as old as the history of independent India itself. Indeed, just as India itself, after six decades of notable progress, is now noted as among the global economic leaders, so too has Amrut Distilleries grown both in stature and in size. Among the earliest to enter the then arcane field of liquor making, Amrut Distilleries Limited began in 1948 under the name and style of Amrut Laboratories, with an initial investment of barely a few lakhs.
The founder was the late Shri J.N. Radhakrishna, J.N.R as he is fondly called to this day. Much of this fascinating story was made possible by the resolve of successive generations of the Jagdale family to embrace value and to discount form for substance.
Under the leadership of the founder, Amrut Distilleries made rapid strides to entrench itself as a significant, for many the preferred, supplier of Indian Made Liquor (IML) in the Defence Market. In its state of origin, Karnataka, too, Amrut Distilleries grew to be one of the dominant suppliers, especially in the old Mysore area.
After the untimely demise of J.N. Radhakrishna Rao Jagdale in 1976, the mantle devolved on his son, Shri Neelakanta Rao, the present Chairman and Managing Director.
Building on the solid foundations laid by his later father, his stewardship has seen Amrut Distilleries blossom into a multi-national brand respected as much for the superlative quality of its products as his campaign for transparent practices by the IML industry.
List of fine Amrut Rums:
Rum brands from India


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