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Here is the Skill Analysis you need to do to pass the KOD.

The following is a three minute timing.  The numbers
above the line indicate the speed (gwam) for three 
minutes.  

                  1              2              3    
     An excellent performance shows the true concern 
          4               5              6     
of the performer for the task.  It gives one a 
       7               8             9          
feeling of personal triumph and prompts us as a
   10             11             12             13 
matter of habit to do our best.  Really successful  
            14             15             16       
men and women take great delight in their work and 
      17             18             
pursue it with a lot of dedication.
     19             20             21             22
     A factor common to all who succeed is the need 
            23             24             25      
to have a good job recognized by others.  If good
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work goes without notice, the desire to excel may be
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reduced.  Lucky, indeed, are those who can study
        33             34             35            
their own performance, evaluate its quality, and do
 36             37            
what must be done to improve.
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THE PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES


The Constitution of the United States of America is the foundation for all law for the USA and its fifty states. The first sentence is called the Preamble. It sets forth six reasons for the creation of our country.

The Preamble
We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS


President Abraham Lincoln was asked to deliver a few "appropriate remarks" to the crowd at the dedication of the Civil War cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1863. Lincoln's address was almost ignored in the wake of the lengthy oration by main speaker Edwin Everett. In fact, Lincoln's speech was over before many in the crowd were even aware that he was speaking. But Lincoln's eloquent words of redemption and sacrifice remain among the most revered in American history. He concluded his speech with this vow: "We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."



Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate --- we cannot consecrate --- we cannot hallow --- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us --- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion --- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain --- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom --- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.


Some Pangrams


These sentences, though not very good, contain all the letters of the alphabet. You can use them to practice typing and using all your fingers/letters. Try to make up your own pangram.

The five boxing wizards jump quickly.
A very bad quack might jinx zippy fowls.
The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.
Prized waxy jonquils choke big farm vats.
A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
How quickly daft jumping zebras vex.
Turgid saxophones blew over Mick's jazzy quiff.
Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.
Cozy sphinx waves quart jug of bad milk.
Five or six big jet planes zoomed quickly by the tower.
Many big jackdaws quickly zipped over the fox pen.
Six big devils from Japan quickly forgot how to waltz.
A large fawn jumped quickly over white zinc boxes.
Six quite crazy kings vowed to abolish my pitiful jousts.
Big July earthquakes confound zany experimental vow.
Jim just quit and packed extra heavy bags for Liz Owen.
How razorback-jumping frogs level six piqued gymnasts!
My grandfather picks up quartz and valuable onyx jewels.
Crazy Fredericka bought many very exquisite opal jewels.
The job of waxing linoleum frequently peeves chintzy kids.
Sixty zippers were quickly picked from the woven jute bag.
Fred specialized in the job of making very quaint wax toys.
Freight to me sixty dozen quart jars and twelve black pans.
Just keep examining every low bid quoted for zinc etchings.
My help squeezed back in again after six and joined the weavers.
How jolly vexing a fumble to drop zucchini in the quicksand!
We promptly judged antique ivory buckles for the next prize.
May Jo equals the fine record by solving six puzzles a week?
West quickly gave Bert handsome prizes for six juicy plums.
Jack amazed a few girls by dropping the antique onyx vase!
Jeb quickly drove a few extra miles on the glazed pavement.
All questions asked by five watch experts amazed the judge.
A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize six gunboats.
How vexing a fumble to drop a jolly zucchini in the quicksand.
Alfredo just must bring very exciting news to the plaza quickly.
Jay visited back home and gazed upon a brown fox and quail.
New farmhand proves strong but lazy, picking just six quinces.
Grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil Queen and Jack.
We have just quoted on nine dozen boxes of gray lamp wicks.
The exodus of jazzy pigeons is craved by squeamish walkers.
Astronaut Quincy B. Zack defies gravity with six jet fuel pumps.
Lazy movers quit hard-packing of papier-mache jewelry boxes.
Back in June we delivered oxygen equipment of the same size.
New farm hand (picking just six quinces) proves strong but lazy.
Hark! Toxic jungle water vipers quietly drop on zebras for meals!
My help squeezed back in again and joined the weavers after six.
Would you please examine both sizes of jade figures very quickly.
Now is the time for all quick brown dogs to jump over the lazy lynx.
Six big juicy steaks sizzled in a pan as five workmen left the quarry.
About sixty codfish eggs will make a quarter pound of very fizzy jelly.
The juke box music puzzled a gentle visitor from a quaint valley town.
Just work for improved basic techniques to maximize your typing skill.
Will Major Douglas be expected to take this true-false quiz very soon?
A mad boxer shot a quick, gloved jab to the jaw of his dizzy opponent.
Verbatim reports were quickly given by Jim Fox to his amazed audience.
Murky haze enveloped a city as jarring quakes broke fourty-six windows.

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