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Dvorak Simplified Keyboard

Dvorak Simplified Keyboard
The modern Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (US layout) The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard ( i/d(ə)ˈvɔræk/ d-VOR-ak) is a keyboard layout patented in 1936 by Dr. Overview[edit] The Dvorak layout was designed to replace the QWERTY keyboard layout (the de facto standard keyboard layout, so named for the starting letters in the top row). Many common letter combinations require awkward finger motions.Many common letter combinations require a finger to jump over the home row.Many common letter combinations are typed with one hand. Dvorak studied letter frequencies and the physiology of people's hands and created a layout to alleviate the problems he identified with the QWERTY layout. The Dvorak layout is intended for the English language. The layout was completed in 1932 and was granted U.S. History[edit] Dvorak and Dealey's objective was scientifically to design a keyboard to decrease typing errors, speed up typing, and lessen typer fatigue. Original Dvorak layout[edit] Records[edit] Early PCs[edit]

Keyboard layout A keyboard layout is any specific mechanical, visual, or functional arrangement of the keys, legends, or key-meaning associations (respectively) of a computer, typewriter, or other typographic keyboard. Mechanical layout The placements and keys of a keyboard. Visual layout The arrangement of the legends (labels, markings, engravings) that appear on the keys of a keyboard. Functional layout The arrangement of the key-meaning associations, determined in software, of all the keys of a keyboard. Most computer keyboards are designed to send scancodes to the operating system, rather than directly sending characters. Key types[edit] A typical computer keyboard comprises sections with different types of keys. There is some variation between different keyboard models in the mechanical layout – i.e., how many keys there are and how they are positioned on the keyboard. Character keys[edit] Modifier keys[edit] Typically, a modifier key is held down while another key is struck. Dead keys[edit] History[edit]

QWERTY QWERTY /ˈkwɜrti/ is the most common modern-day keyboard layout for Latin script. The name comes from the first six keys appearing on the top left letter row of the keyboard and read from left to right: Q-W-E-R-T-Y. The QWERTY design is based on a layout created for the Sholes and Glidden typewriter and sold to Remington in 1873. It became popular with the success of the Remington No. 2 of 1878, and remains in use on electronic keyboards due to the network effect of a standard layout and a belief that alternatives fail to provide very significant advantages.[1] The use and adoption of the QWERTY keyboard is often viewed as one of the most important case studies in open standards because of the widespread, collective adoption and use of the product.[2] History and purposes[edit] Keys are arranged on diagonal columns, to give space for the levers. The first model constructed by Sholes used a piano-like keyboard with two rows of characters arranged alphabetically as follows:[3] Notes:

Seal (musician) Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel was born on 19 February 1963 in Paddington, London, England to a Nigerian mother, Adebisi Samuel, and a Brazilian father, Francis Samuel.[6][7][8][9] Seal's name, Olumide, means "my Lord has arrived". Adeola means either "rich crown" or "a crown of wealth". Seal's other name, Olusegun, means "God is victorious". All are in the Yoruba language.[10] He was raised in a district of the City of Westminster in inner London by his foster family. He received a two-year diploma, or associate's degree, in architecture and worked in various jobs in the London area.[11] Seal has one brother, Jeymes Samuel and a sister Tanya. Although there have long been rumours as to the cause of the scars on his face, they are in fact the result of a type of lupus called discoid lupus erythematosus – a condition that specifically affects the skin above the neck.[12][13][14][15] After a short time singing in local clubs and bars, in the 1980s. Seal in March 2008

The Case of the Pregnant Seaman | Wonderland Earlier this month, Holly Tucker wrote a guest post on PLoS about male pregnancy. It’s a fascinating topic–and one I’ve done a little research on myself–so I thought I’d add to the discussion. The doctors had already ruled out liver disease. It had all started with a “peculiar feeling” in his belly, said the patient, a small but muscular merchant marine. The doctors sent the seaman off to a psychiatrist, who toyed with diagnoses ranging from hysteria to paranoid schizophrenia and suggested the symptoms might be tied to the merchant marine’s ambivalence about his homosexuality. This is a classic—albeit extreme—case of phantom pregnancy. Indeed, researchers have long known about a phenomenon called couvade syndrome. Marmoset fathers participate in infant care. Though we can’t rule on the cause of the merchant marine’s symptoms, it is now abundantly clear that not all men who experience something that seems suspiciously like pregnancy need to be rushed off to a shrink.

Meniscal Tears - Your Orthopaedic Connection Copyright 2014 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Meniscal Tears Meniscal tears are among the most common knee injuries. Athletes, particularly those who play contact sports, are at risk for meniscal tears. However, anyone at any age can tear a meniscus. Normal knee anatomy Three bones meet to form your knee joint: your thighbone (femur), shinbone (tibia), and kneecap (patella). Two wedge-shaped pieces of cartilage act as "shock absorbers" between your thighbone and shinbone. Menisci tear in different ways. Sports-related meniscal tears often occur along with other knee injuries, such as anterior cruciate ligament tears. Common types of tears Sudden meniscal tears often happen during sports. Older people are more likely to have degenerative meniscal tears. You might feel a "pop" when you tear a meniscus. The most common symptoms of meniscal tear are: Without treatment, a piece of meniscus may come loose and drift into the joint. Physical Examination and Patient History Imaging Tests

Debt deflation The theory was developed by Irving Fisher following the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression. The debt deflation theory was familiar to John Maynard Keynes prior to Fisher's discussion of it but he found it lacking in comparison to what would become his theory of liquidity preference.[1] The theory, however, has enjoyed a resurgence of interest since the 1980s, both in mainstream economics and in the heterodox school of Post-Keynesian economics, and has subsequently been developed by such Post-Keynesian economists as Hyman Minsky[2] and Steve Keen.[3] Fisher's formulation[edit] In Fisher's formulation of debt deflation, when the debt bubble bursts the following sequence of events occurs: Assuming, accordingly, that, at some point in time, a state of over-indebtedness exists, this will tend to lead to liquidation, through the alarm either of debtors or creditors or both. Rejection of previous assumptions[edit] (B) The debts must be paid. Subsequent developments[edit]

liveliketherestofus.com Our perfect divorce On a sunny June day in 2009, I attended the wedding of my former wife, Anne. The small church contained many people who had been at our own wedding 14 years earlier, including my mother, who sat beside me. One person who had not been in attendance that day was our 11-year-old daughter, Lillian. My heart swelled with pride as she delivered a reading from Margery Williams' book The Velveteen Rabbit as part of the ceremony. My former wife and I have often laughed about the readings we chose for our own wedding, which all, somehow, had to do with not getting too close. In fact, over the years, I have experienced a deep bond with Anne, particularly now that our relationship has more to do with parenting than a failed romance. But we were not happy and could not remember a time when we gave each other the kind of intimate connection one needs from a lifelong romantic partner. That summer of 2001, Anne said to me: "Well, there's no person I'd rather be divorced from than you."

Is AOL Scamming Old People? The decline and fall of AOL is one of the great stories of the digital age. At its peak, AOL was a subscription service and Internet gateway for more than 35 million Americans. Then the Web took off, telcos started delivering broadband services, and AOL got left with the ruins off its ill-considered marriage to Time Warner. AOL.com, of course, is free. The New Yorker's Ken Auletta did a profile of AOL's CEO Tim Armstrong this week and it includes the following whopper: '[M]any of [AOL's subscribers] are older people who have cable or DSL service but don't realize that they need not pay an additional twenty-five dollars a month to get online and check their e-mail. Setting aside the ageist overtones, the implication here is that a large number of AOL subscribers are already paying their phone company or cable provider for Internet access. What's more, Auletta estimates that these subscriber revenues generate 80% of the AOL's profit.

Facebook Status Saves Woman From Hostage Situation A Facebook post pleading for help reportedly saved a Utah woman who was being held hostage in her own home. People often use Facebook statuses to share exciting news about their lives. But a dire Facebook post last weekend saved the lives of a Utah woman and her 17-month-old-son after they were held hostage in their own home for five days. Salt Lake City Police Sgt. Jon Arnold told the Associated Press that the woman hid in a closet with a laptop from which she posted a cry for help, saying she and her child would be "dead by morning" if someone didn't intervene. The post prompted a friend to call police, who were dispatched to the woman's home to check in on her. "Facebook was her only outlet that she had at the home," Arnold said. Police on Saturday arrested and detained 33-year-old Troy Reed Critchfield while they investigated charges of aggravated kidnapping, forcible sodomy, aggravated assault, domestic violence, child abuse, and animal cruelty, among other things, the AP said.

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