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In recent years enormous progress has been achieved in the design and creation of barrier free environments in both commercial buildings and public housing.  For individuals with restricted mobility, hearing or vision, the physical environment can either facilitate or reduce their independence.  But in a barrier free surrounding, a person with a disability is allowed to live more independently within their home and enjoy greater access to public buildings and even participate in physical activities.  Rooms with barrier free designs, especially kitchens, not only assist those with disabilities, but aid even the elderly and other individuals whose physical attributes restrict them from experiencing easy access to kitchens and other living quarters.  Fortunately, there is a vast number of high-tech and cutting edge companies like Home Depot, Lowes, Inc., Barrier-Free Environments and the National Association of Home Builders, to name just a few, involved nationwide in the design and manufacture of barrier free kitchens and other facilities for the disabled.  And while every space in a barrier free home is vitally important to the disabled homeowner or resident, the focus here will be on barrier free kitchens and what isrequired in their design and construction before comtemplating contracting or purchasing a new or old kitchen.First off, we know that the average kitchen, no matter how well designed, has numerous impediments that make it difficult for use by anyone with a physical disability. Creatiing a kitchen barrier free requires specific planning and design features that are different from the average remodeling or retrofitting project.  When designing barrier free kitchens, four vital issues need to be considered:     1.  Safety: which includes non-slip floor surfaces, lighting, and non-protruding,rounded-off corner surfaces;     2.  Mobility: is there sufficient space to manoeuvre a stroller or wheelchair?    3.  Accessibility: can the kitchen be easily accessed from one or more adjoining rooms and/or hallways, or are  there steps or other barriers to impede access; and    4.  Function: are the appliances, counter tops, cabinets, sinks and fixture facilities able to be used by a person with a disability?Generally speaking, wheelchair access requires wider door openings — 36 inches minimum, with 42 inches to 48 inches preferred — as well as greater clearance between all cabinets. Grab bars may also be necessary for additional support, and these should be near appliances and primary work areas.  Of course, grab bar designs need to be discussed with the contractor before workcan begin, so that support blocking can be added in the walls and other partitions.  The primary access consideration is that hallways and doorways need to be at least 1200mm wide to allow sufficient space to enter the kitchen.   Light fixtures and power switches should be located where a wheelchair user can reach them, at least 1m from the floor. Consideration should be given to using rocker or touch switches which are easier to turn on and off.  The kitchen should also have benches (with rounded off corners) which are around 850mm from the floor.  Providing a continuous bench between preparationarea, microwave, stove and other appliances will assist with the safe handling of hot food.  Cabinet access can be established by using cabinets 2 inches lower than standard height. The toe-kick space under cabinets also needs to be higher — 6 inches instead of the standard 4 — to allow the wheelchair to positioned closer to both cabinets and countertops.  Sink cabinets and cooktop areas should be designed so a wheelchair can roll all the way under them. This is achieved by using doors that open out and then slide back into grooves on the sides of the cabinet, such as those on an entertainment center; or the doors of cabinets can be left off to provide easy, continual access.  Drapes or vertical blinds can be used here instead of doors to cover the cabinet openings.Appliances and their locatoin also are important to a barrier free kitchen. Most experts suggest that appliances be electrical to eliminate having to reach over an open flame and to avoid thedanger of carbon monoxide poisoning. For anyone with an impaired sense of smell, electric appliances  will eliminate the danger of being unable to detect a gas leak.  Appliances with controls positioned in the front are best for simple access. For persons with impaired vision, there are appliances that come with Braille lettering as well as knobs and push-button controls provided in various sizes and dimensions to assist those who experience difficulty usingconventional ones.Ovens with doors hinged on one side, lower table-top stoves and side-by-side refrigerators with freezers are far more accessable to wheelchair users especially when it is necessary to reach thelower shelves in these appliances.  Another innovative device that can be installed to facilitate accessing shelves in cabinets and appliances, are carousel shelves and shelves mounted onsmooth rollers which make it easier to reach objects stored on the back part of the shelf.  Such carousel shelves are also handy to use inside the refrigerator for storing small items.It is best to remember that the issue of safety should first be addressed when designing a barrier free kitchen.  And such safety issues should specifically relate to or answer the individual needsand requirements of the disabled person in question.  Therefore, an experienced contractor or designer will viisit the disabled person at his current dwelling to learn firsthand what unique design features should be installed to meet these specific needs and requirements.When complete accessibility is established, mobility is no longer a problem for the disabled person who must use a wheelchair or stroller.  Electrical and gas-free designed appliances, non-slip and adhesive floors, easy to reach fixtures and cabinets, and wide enough entrances and surface spaces are of course major concerns for a barrier free kitchen.  And while appliances, counter tops, cabinets, floors, and sink and fixture facilities are all crucial to designing and constructing a barrier free kitchen, those with disabilities (and their families) first need to know where to go whom to contact before design and/or remodeling concerns and costs become a consideration.  A good place to start is with the family doctor or an occupational therapist.  Occupational therapists, along with real estate contractors and designers can be found under both local and State listings in the phone book or by contacting one or more of the many sources listed at the conclusion of this article.  On the Internet a search for “barrier free kitchens” via any of the major search engines will provide an almost inexhausible list of local and regional companies actively involved in the business of designing and manufacturing barrier free rooms and kitchens.For now and more than ever across the United States and Canada, real estate planners and contractors, architects, appliance manufacturers, plumbers, carpenters, cabinet makers and others in the construction industry are working and innovating at high speed to design, construct and retrofit better barrier free rooms and other access facilities for both public housing and commerical real estate.   Ever since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 and the notable aging of the United States population an awareness for facilities that are accessible to people with disabilities has become more than just a social or political concern.  Barrier free environments benefit everyone, and their increase in construction has been an economic boon to thousands of communities across the nation.  Specifically, the design of barrier free kitchens in homes for the disabled and the elderly has provided both dignity and livelihood to these citizens, and moreover has provided a reciprocal windfall in both jobs and improved economies for local housing commuities and the construction industry  alike.  No longer does the disabled or elderly person have to endure limited access and restricted mobility at home or in public.  Today, the answer to greater access and almost unlimited  mobility is only a phone call or email away!SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Adaptive Environments Center 374 Congress Street Suite 301 Boston, MA 02210 (617) 695-1225 voice/TDD (617) 482-8099 fax A nonprofit organization that promotes accessibility through design consultation, educational programs, and publications. American Institute of Architects 1735 New York Avenue NW Washington, DC 20006 (202) 626-7300 Professional society of architects. Maintains a library and bookstore. Barrier Free Environments, Inc. U.S. Highway 70 West, Water Garden P.O. Box 30634 Raleigh, NC 27622 (919) 782-7823 voice/TDD (919) 787-1984 fax An architecture and product design firm. Develops seminars and publications on accessible and universal design. Barrier Free Resources Box 401 Iowa City, IA 52244 (319) 337-9951 A consulting and training firm. Designs new construction, remodels existing buildings and homes, and performs job analyses on worksite adaptations. Center for Accessible Housing School of Design North Carolina State University Box 8613 Raleigh, NC 27695-8613 (919) 515-3082 voice/TDD (919) 515-3023 fax A research and training center of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Provides technical assistance, training, and publications on accessible housing. Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association 75-20 Astoria Boulevard Jackson Heights, NY 11370-1177 (718) 803-3782 800-444-0120 A chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Has publications on accessibility and the ADA; single copies are free. Federal Communications Commission 1919 M Street NW Washington, DC 20554 (202) 632-7260 (202) 632-6999 TDD A federal regulatory agency that provides information about ADA requirements for telecommunications (Title IV). Job Accommodation Network West Virginia University 918 Chestnut Ridge Road, Suite 1 P.O. Box 6080 Morgantown, WV 26506-6080 800-526-7234 voice/TDD 800-ADA-WORK voice/TDD for ADA information A service of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. Offers free information and free consulting about job accommodation strategies and manufactured devices. Mainstream, Inc. 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 830 Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 654-2400 (301) 654-2403 fax A nonprofit organization that develops cost-effective solutions to place people with disabilities in the workplace. Publications include Accessing ADA Resources and the bimonthly journal In the Mainstream. National Association of Home Builders NAHB Research Center 400 Prince George's Boulevard Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-8731 (301) 249-4000 (301) 249-0305 fax The research arm of the home-building industry. Provides information and sells publications on housing accessibility and accessible building products. National Easter Seal Society 230 West Monroe Street, Suite 1800 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 726-6200 (312) 726-4258 TDD 800-221-6827 (312) 726-1494 fax An advocacy, research, and educational organization. Provides the Americans with Disabilities Resource Catalog that lists publications and audiovisuals for sale. National Rehabilitation Information Center 8455 Colesville Road, Suite 935 Silver Spring, MD 20910-3319 (301) 588-9284 voice/TDD 800-346-2742 (301) 587-1967 fax An information center on disability and rehabilitation. Produces fact sheets on accessible products such as bath lifts, ramps, and stair lifts, and a list of manufacturers of architectural elements. Paralyzed Veterans of America 801 18th Street NW Washington, DC 20006 (202) 872-1300 National organization of veterans with spinal cord diseases that cause paralysis. Advocates for accessibility issues. President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities 1331 F Street NW Washington, DC 20004-1107 (202) 376-6200 (202) 376-6205 TDD (202) 376-6219 fax An organization affiliated with the U.S. Department of Labor that disseminates printed materials on training, hiring, and retaining people with disabilities. Project ACTION (Accessible Community Transportation In Our Nation) National Institute for Accessible Transportation 1350 New York Avenue NW, Suite 711 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 347-3066 800-659-6428 voice/TDD (202) 737-7914 fax A national research and demonstration program administered by the National Easter Seal  Society. Assists transit providers in implementing the ADA and provides information, training, and technical assistance. Publishes Project ACTION Update.

Back for another year of reviewing American Idol. Since this is Simon's last it's probably mine too. Maybe next year I'll focus on House Husbands of Hollywood 2.

Season 9 of Idol began with an acknowledgment of all the changes. Paula left the series to pursue obscurity. We were told nine guest judges would appear on the audition rounds vying for Paula's spot and they must've all done fantastic since Ellen DeGeneres got the job.

First up guest-judge wise was the painfully thin Victoria Beckham. My droll daughter Annie, who watched with me, shouted out, “Give her a sandwich! You'd think David Beckham could provide!“

Victoria's musical credentials are impeccable. She was Posh in the Spice Girls. And now Ryan refers to her as a “Fashion Icon”. Oh really? I don't think those doily-laced headbands are going to catch on other than for tying your garbage bags. Here's an example of her expert assessment of a singer's performance: “I love the jeans, the shirt.“

Posh offered nothing in the way of insight or personality, which still made her better than Kara. How the hell is she back for another year? Kara Dioguardi and Jeff Zucker - the two people who can't get fired. I'm reminded of that great line — “Who do you have to fuck to get off this picture?”

Randy Jackson is also back - wearing more make-up than Kara, Victoria, and even Ryan. And what was with the Playskool watch? Did “Fashion Icon” Posh suggest that? Randy unveiled some exciting new meaningless catch-phrases for the season. “Doin' it big!” and my personal favorite, “You're a cool guy. Great hang!“

The show started out in Boston. 9000 delusional guttersnipes getting drenched in a pouring rain. And not one of them I'm sure could appreciate the metaphor.

They started right off with a classic nut. Some whacko girl who kept auditioning to the American Idol video game. And when the animated Simon said she was good enough she entered the real competition. She was horrendous. Annie said they should recall the game if it put her through. Her idea of rehearsing, by the way, was to practice jumping.

There was the obligatory parade of idiots — girls who dressed like Diablo Cody if Diablo Cody was blind and guys decked out like Michael Jackson, the Marlboro Man, and the Burger King. This year's atrocious William Hung Asian kid massacred Eric Carman's “All By Myself”. And we had two or three lunatics who mistook grand mal seizures for dance steps. One cretin actually still thought Paula was there.

All of the losers broke down crying. “Simon's wrong!” “I'm a great singer, I know I am.” “I just took the steroids to heal faster.”

There were heart-tugging stories galore — cancer and down syndrome and dying grandmothers with dementia. All of these contestants got through to Hollywood of course. You're never going to hear, “Well, you have only one year to live and you can't sing.“

Ryan said one contestant got a “One-way ticket to Hollywood.” Uh, does that mean he has to pay his own way home? I guess the economic crunch has even caught up to American Idol.

My favorite aspirants: the drummer who broke both wrists after falling out of a tree, some Clark Kent-looking guy who was pissed he had to wait all day (this really irked Kara who intimated that if you're going to make it in the music industry you better have a talent for waiting), and finally - a blond stoner with horrible skin (I love my HD) who said he was going to try to sound like his idol, Chris Brown. Why Chris Brown? Because “he touches young kids all over the world.” Yeah, he sure touched young Rihanna. He beat the crap out of her. Stoner Boy was rejected but he was satisfied with his performance. As he said, “I did what I had to do. I hit really loud notes.“

More auditions tonight but I'm skipping those because, well, it's the same show as this one. Only the sob stories and costumes will change. Oh, and the guest judge. Not sure but I think it's Captain Beefheart.

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Welcome To The Thunder: This Is Your Hump-Day Trans-Am

Wednesdays suck. 1960s American muscle does not suck. Road racing does not suck. YouTube also does not suck. Can you see where we're going with this? In-car video of a 7500-rpm AMC Javelin and loud noises below. Eat me, Wednesday.

My dad is a funny guy. Because he and I both have weird work schedules, I'll often go a week or two without talking to him over the phone. We communicate a bit more regularly through email, but even then, it's limited to sporadic bursts of excellence: 500 words on why the much-abused BMW 2002 race car that we share needs more cam. Three paragraphs on the glory of Mark Donohue's The Unfair Advantage. Five sentences on how he needs to buy a Vincent Black Shadow and listen to more Richard Thompson while drinking small-batch bourbon. You get the picture.

Of all the things my dad geeks out on, the one subject he repeatedly comes back to is the original Trans-Am. (The racing series, not the Pontiac.) The Trans-American Sedan Championship of the 1960s and early 1970s is one of our shared touchstones, the kind of unspoken father-son weirdness that we both understand and never have to explain.

All of this is an elongated way of saying that, a few days ago, Dad sent me the clips below, along with a few appropriate comments (”Holy hell, Marlboro was tiny!“). For a number of different reasons, none of which I will bore you with, I absolutely hate Wednesdays. Maybe you do too. And maybe this will help.

Highlights: Peter Revson narrating a lap in his AMC Javelin. Someone saying “…the start, which is frequently a short run to disaster here.” At several points, you catch a glimpse of the all-conquering Penske/Sunoco Camaros. The oft-forgotten Dan Gurney/Swede Savage AAR Plymouth 'Cuda can be seen peeking its nose through the pack on a start. And Mark Donohue does heroic, Captain Nice Mark Donohue things.

Photo/Screencap Credit: Historic Trans-Am, Dave Friedman/DF Photo Services

Send an email to Sam Smith, the author of this post, at sam@jalopnik.com.

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Introduction: As you can see the original shot is extremely far from a masterpiece or work of art. With some full color editing, tone enhancement, and contrast adjustments you will surely end up with a much better looking picture. This tutorial is made especially for more intermediate and advanced Photoshop users.

Step One: Flattern your first layer, then deplicate so you can easily get back to your original layer at any time. Use Control+J for duplicating.

Step Two: Make yourself a new color balance layer with the adjustment layer icon.

Step Three: With this new layer you can now adjust the midtones, shadows, and highlights separately. Every photo needs different editing. Beware of burning certain parts with highlights and shadows. Keep values even otherwise you'll have an odd looking effects. Always enable the preview option and click OK when it looks slightly better than before.

Step Four: Now flatten the image. Layer>Flatten Image.

Step Five: Again, duplicate the layer with the hotkey you used before. You will now have a background layer and the new one you just created.

Step Six: Change the new layer model from normal to hardlight in the layer menu. Adjust the layer opacity to about 65%, but the opacity for your specific photo could be from 40% to 90%. Use your judgment to determine what is best for your photo.

Step Seven: Create a new layer, except this time a Levels Adjustment layer. Modify the RGB Channel. First number is used to adjust the overall dark tones and shadows contrast. Use about 25. The second number is to adjust the midtones levels in your photo. Use 1.43. Its used to lighten your picture without dodging parts. Use 250.

Step Eight: Create another new layer, except a Hue and Saturation adjustment layer. Now you can edit the tone of each color in the Edit box. Don't put the values too high.Use the preview option. This will give you an idea of how it will look.

Step Nine: Flatten all your layers once more. Now your photo should look more enhanced.

Step Ten: Go to Image>Adjustments>Variations. Now you can tone the photograph how ever you look. For my photo I used green, blue, and cyan because of the specific landscape it is. Since mine is a lake, it was an appropriate color choice. If you have a forest, use greens and yellows. If you're using a sunset, you can use reds, yellows, and blues. Try to play with different color options to see what fits best. If you need to dark or lighten your photo when you adjust the variations, do so.

Then you're done!

AIM allows you to customize your information through bookmarking, personal RSS feeds and links, and communication with administrators through forums. When AIM is updated, you will be automatically notified of those updates on application startup. Updating involves the silent install of new content and does not require reinstalling the application or running any background services.

Customize this application by adding and removing RSS feeds, links, and bookmarks. You will be automatically notified of content updates.

The current version of AIM includes:

• Preference Reference for Acrobat and Adobe Reader: An in-progress database of configurable registry-level preferences that is updated regularly.
• Preference Overview: Describes the data types, feature lockdown, and other details.
• Feature Lockdown: A guide to locking features so that end users can't change the settings.
• Application Security Documentation: A guide to secure application configuration, including enhanced security, JavaScript controls, and other features.

Install the Administrator's Information Manager for Acrobat

Important: Still using Acrobat or Reader 7?

Adobe no longer supports or patches for Acrobat/Reader 7 and earlier.

These versions and all previous versions are missing critical updates and users are recommended to upgrade.

For more information, see Adobe Support Policies.

NOTE: As described in Adobe's Supported Product Versions, Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.x and Adobe Reader 7.x support ended on December 28, 2009.

Read on to learn more about why it is important to keep Acrobat up to date.

Why Keep Acrobat Up-to-date?

Adobe Reader and Acrobat are an interesting target to hackers in some ways. These products have some browser-like capabilities, connect to the internet and interact with the file system.

I've previously written about how Acrobat can be extended via JavaScript to add all sorts of new capabilities. Indeed, there are a great many customers who take advantage of this.

Unfortunately, JavaScript can be used in some malicious ways. Hackers try to embed JavaScript in a document which could deliver a malicious payload.

To help you keep your software up to date, the Adobe Updater periodically checks with our servers and alerts you if a new update is available. You can also check yourself at any time by choosing Help—> Check for Updates.

It is alarming to me how many customers I talk to do not keep Acrobat up to date.

Quite simply, not patching is bad. You put you, your clients and your organization at risk by not keeping your software up to date.

Security Alerts

If you are in IT or just curious, you can sign up for the Adobe Security Notification Service.
The Adobe Security Notification Service is a free e-mail notification service that Adobe uses to send information to you about the security of Adobe products. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Security Blogs

Adobe has several Security-related blogs which are interesting reads, especially if you are on the geeky side.

The Security Matters Blog offers general insights about Adobe products and security.

The Adobe Reader Blog often covers security topics and will definitely be of interest to IT folks who deploy Reader.

Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) has a blog that covers security across all Adobe products or interactions with operating systems and other tools.

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Photoshop is a static image editor but is also part of the Adobe Creative Suite and as such allows you to have greater control over the still images you use in your videos. Understanding how to use Photoshop will allow you to enhance your video with more effective still images.

This guide is one that I use in my classes to give people a basic understanding of the workflow of Photoshop and prepare them for using the many tools offered to them to edit their still images. While I will mention some tools, I will go into them in depth in later tutorials. Once you have completed this tutorial, you will be able to open an image, manipulate the size with the image tool, fix any errors you have made with the history tool, and be able to export your image (save) in a format you can use in video editing. The key is not to just know the tools, but to locate where they are, how to restore Photoshop if you have moved things around, and how the tools work in connection with each other.

To begin, open Photoshop and look at the standard desktop. This is the default workspace and while it is slightly cluttered, it does provide a base to come back with all the relevant tools when you are working. Image 001 shows all the palettes that are open in the default layout. On the left is the TOOLS PALETTE, where you will access the selection tool, the marquee tool, the shapes tool and others. On the lower right is the LAYER PALETTE where you will be able to access the individual layers of your image. In the middle right is the HISTORY PALETTE, which allows you to “fix” any problem you may have caused while you were editing. Finally, the NAVIGATOR PALETTE is on the top left, this allows you both to determine image size dimensions, move around your image, and zoom in on your image all in one go.

Once you have opened your image, you can click on IMAGE and then IMAGE size from the top menu bar (see Image 002). This allows you to view the current image size and manipulate it using the image information window (see image 003). You should note that your rulers should be in pixels, if they aren't, use the drop down menu to change from percent to pixels. Once you have changed the width, the height will adjust automatically. For video work, images should be 720 pixels wide and 576 pixels high. You can either use the selection marquee to crop your image to these dimensions, or simply adjust them in the image size window.

Once you have edited your image as desired, click on FILE and then SAVE AS… from the top menu and you will get the “SAVE AS..” selection menu. Left click on the drop down menu for type and then choose JPEG (see image 004) to select jpg image. Then name your image in the file name box above the file type box. You may also use the drop down menu at the top to change the location of where you are saving the image.

Now your image is edited and ready to be put (imported) into your video. The nice thing about using Photoshop and Adobe Premiere together is that once you have imported your image into your video, if you go back into Photoshop and edit it again, the changes will be seen in Premiere without you having to reimport the image.

A Security Advisory has been posted in regards to the upcoming Adobe Reader and Acrobat updates scheduled for February 16, 2010. The updates will address critical security issues in the products.

We will continue to provide updates on the upcoming release via the Security Advisory section of the Adobe web site, as well as the Adobe PSIRT blog.

This posting is provided “AS IS” with no warranties and confers no rights.

 

What next? Time to add or fix fields

Acrobat doesn't always do a perfect job finding form fields.

• Acrobat may find too many fields
• Acrobat may not find all your fields
• Acrobat might add the wrong type of field
• Acrobat might make a field too big or too small

Deleting and Sizing Fields

• To delete a field, simply select it and hit the DELETE key.
• To make a field larger, simply drag one of the "handles" to the desired size.

 

Adding new Fields to the Form

Acrobat allows you stamp several kinds of fields on top of the form as needed.

Here are the types you will use most often are:

• Text Fields
  Allow your patient to type whatever they want into the field

• Check Boxes
  Allow the patient to tick off an item

• Radio Buttons
  Allow the patient to select only one out of a series of options

• Regular Buttons
  Allow the patient to clear fields or submit a form via email.

You can add additional fields by clicking the Add New Field button at the top of the window

Acrobat offers several types of form fields. Select the type you want from the list and stamp it on to the document.

Changing the Text Fields

Text fields in Acrobat can hold thousands of characters of text. By default, if the text doesn't fit the field, Acrobat makes it smaller until it is eight points high. After that, Acrobat can (optionally) scroll the text in the field.

If you double-click on a Text field, you can change various options for it:

1. Font, size, color of the text
2. Allow or disallow multiple lines of text
3. Limit the amount of text in a cell
4. Formatting (e.g. make all phone number conform to a style like (888) 999-0000 even if the patient didn't type it in that way

Adding or Changing Radio Buttons

Radio buttons offer a mutually exclusive set of choices to your form. By using a radio button, you can ensure that the patient only chooses one out of an allowable set of options. For example, you can be either married or single, but not both.

O the sample form, Acrobat did not create fields for minor, single, married, at the top of the form. I've marked them with the red lines below.

Adding radio buttons is a bit trickier because Acrobat maintains them as a group.

Here's how to add a set of radio buttons:

1. Click the Add New Field button and chose Radio Button from the list
2. Stamp a Radio Button on top of the document
3. A yellow options window appears:

   A) Fill in the name of the group of buttons
   B) Fill in the name of the button that is being clicked
   C) Click the Add another button to group and then add the next radio button

Adding an Email Button

HIPAA rules state that doctors and healthcare organizations need to be extremely careful when transmitting patient data.

Fortunately, patients are not covered entities and can choose to convey information to you the way in which they are comfortable, including email.

Here's how to add an email button:

1. Click the Add New Field button and chose Button from the list
2. Stamp the button onto the form (usually in the upper right)
3. Give the button in name in the yellow options window, then click the Show All Properties link
4. Click the Appearance tab in the Button Properties Window
   Change the fill and border colors to your taste
5. Click the Options tab of the Button Properties window
   Fill in the Label field with the text you want to appear on the button face

6. Click the Actions tab of the Button Properties window
   A) Choose Submit a form from the Trigger pop-up menu
   B) Click the Add button
7. Make the following changes . . .
   A) Enter mailto: followed by the email address you wish to receive the form
   B) Click PDF The complete document
   C) Click the OK button
   
8. Click the Close button

Reader-enabling the Form

Normally, a patient using the free Adobe Reader software can view, print and navigate a document, but cannot save any changes. This limitation includes saving data patients have typed into the form.

However, if you have Acrobat 9 (Standard or Pro), you have PDF superpowers. You can "bless" a PDF for your patients so that they can save their information in the form.

This process is called Reader-enabling the document.

Here's how:

1. Open the form you wish to Reader-enable

2. Next choose the appropriate option based on which version of Acrobat you have:
   
   Acrobat 9 Pro:   Advanced> Extend Features in Adobe Reader . . .
   Acrobat 9 Standard: Advanced> Extend Forms Fill-in & Save in Adobe Reader . . .

3. Acrobat will prompt you to save the form.

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I recently moved to the downtown Seattle area from Northern Virginia. To pay homage to my home roots, I purchased a pack of Marlboro Virginia Blends cigarettes and started puffing away. Not only was I pleasantly surprised, I was delighted. These cigarettes offer a smooth and almost sweet mellowness which is very satisfying. They pack a pretty decent nicotine content, so you receive a fair buzz, and they pull as well as a cigarette should. The only real drawback I can think of is that they burn fairly quickly, but this is not a bad thing for all.

The Virginia Blends come packaged in a luxurious silver package with a blue tax stamp on the top of the box. These have become my new official cigarette of choice, and the fact that I am from Virginia is really the cherry on top. I recommend these to anyone who likes a smooth cigarette with a bit of sweetness. I hope you've found this review helpful!

Back for another year of reviewing American Idol. Since this is Simon's last it's probably mine too. Maybe next year I'll focus on House Husbands of Hollywood 2.

Season 9 of Idol began with an acknowledgment of all the changes. Paula left the series to pursue obscurity. We were told nine guest judges would appear on the audition rounds vying for Paula's spot and they must've all done fantastic since Ellen DeGeneres got the job.

First up guest-judge wise was the painfully thin Victoria Beckham. My droll daughter Annie, who watched with me, shouted out, “Give her a sandwich! You'd think David Beckham could provide!“

Victoria's musical credentials are impeccable. She was Posh in the Spice Girls. And now Ryan refers to her as a “Fashion Icon”. Oh really? I don't think those doily-laced headbands are going to catch on other than for tying your garbage bags. Here's an example of her expert assessment of a singer's performance: “I love the jeans, the shirt.“

Posh offered nothing in the way of insight or personality, which still made her better than Kara. How the hell is she back for another year? Kara Dioguardi and Jeff Zucker - the two people who can't get fired. I'm reminded of that great line — “Who do you have to fuck to get off this picture?”

Randy Jackson is also back - wearing more make-up than Kara, Victoria, and even Ryan. And what was with the Playskool watch? Did “Fashion Icon” Posh suggest that? Randy unveiled some exciting new meaningless catch-phrases for the season. “Doin' it big!” and my personal favorite, “You're a cool guy. Great hang!“

The show started out in Boston. 9000 delusional guttersnipes getting drenched in a pouring rain. And not one of them I'm sure could appreciate the metaphor.

They started right off with a classic nut. Some whacko girl who kept auditioning to the American Idol video game. And when the animated Simon said she was good enough she entered the real competition. She was horrendous. Annie said they should recall the game if it put her through. Her idea of rehearsing, by the way, was to practice jumping.

There was the obligatory parade of idiots — girls who dressed like Diablo Cody if Diablo Cody was blind and guys decked out like Michael Jackson, the Marlboro Man, and the Burger King. This year's atrocious William Hung Asian kid massacred Eric Carman's “All By Myself”. And we had two or three lunatics who mistook grand mal seizures for dance steps. One cretin actually still thought Paula was there.

All of the losers broke down crying. “Simon's wrong!” “I'm a great singer, I know I am.” “I just took the steroids to heal faster.”

There were heart-tugging stories galore — cancer and down syndrome and dying grandmothers with dementia. All of these contestants got through to Hollywood of course. You're never going to hear, “Well, you have only one year to live and you can't sing.“

Ryan said one contestant got a “One-way ticket to Hollywood.” Uh, does that mean he has to pay his own way home? I guess the economic crunch has even caught up to American Idol.

My favorite aspirants: the drummer who broke both wrists after falling out of a tree, some Clark Kent-looking guy who was pissed he had to wait all day (this really irked Kara who intimated that if you're going to make it in the music industry you better have a talent for waiting), and finally - a blond stoner with horrible skin (I love my HD) who said he was going to try to sound like his idol, Chris Brown. Why Chris Brown? Because “he touches young kids all over the world.” Yeah, he sure touched young Rihanna. He beat the crap out of her. Stoner Boy was rejected but he was satisfied with his performance. As he said, “I did what I had to do. I hit really loud notes.“

More auditions tonight but I'm skipping those because, well, it's the same show as this one. Only the sob stories and costumes will change. Oh, and the guest judge. Not sure but I think it's Captain Beefheart.

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Stash Spotted! The 10 Weirdest Places Drugs Have Been Found

It’s not outer space that has NASA seeing stars. It’s cocaine!

There was no failure to launch at a NASA this week, as a worker discovered a bag of cocaine outside a bathroom in a secure part of a space shuttle hangar at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. Despite being all spaced-out, NASA has a zero-tolerance drug policy (and is now drug testing everyone with access to the area), so it’s an extra odd place to find some dope. Perhaps not the strangest or funniest, though. Check out some of the most memorable places (that don’t involve dead baby corpses) where drugs have been discovered.

In an ATM, February 2008
• An 18-year-old woman in Bremerton, WA accidentally placed her bag of meth in a deposit envelope instead of her money and tried to deposit it at a Kitsap Credit Union ATM. Silly junkie! Depositing your meth is the how you go through withdrawal!

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In fat rolls, September 2009
• A 5-foot, 220-lb. woman in Pontiac, MI, who’d been sentenced to jail time at her court hearing, tried to sneak her stash in with her by tucking it in some sweaty blubber—completely overlooking the standard strip search. Suddenly smuggling dope in through your anus seem less gross.

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In a public flower pot, September 2009
• Practical jokers in Millville, NJ put planted marijuana in a flower pot hanging from a lamppost on…wait for it…High St. Police eventually noticed the three-foot-tall plants sticking out and took them down, but it was high-larious while it lasted.

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In front of a donut shop, September 2009
• A man, who was apparently unaware of the strong bond between police and pastries, got caught dealing heroin out of a Marlboro Menthol cigarette pack in front of the local Dunkin Donuts in Easton, PA. Hey, some people like their donuts with sprinkles of heroin on top.

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In shark corpses, June 2009
• Drug gangs in Mexico City, Mexico tried to conceal more than a ton of cocaine slabs destined for the U.S. in the frozen corpses of sharks. When Naval officers discovered the stash, those responsible for the shipment claimed the drugs were a conserving agent. Coke—it does a shark body good!

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In stuffed animals, August 2009
• You know how they make teddy bears so cuddly? They slice the cute lil’ fuckers open and stuff ‘em full of heroin! At least that’s what a smack ring in the Bronx, NY did, filling Build-A-Bear dolls with dope before delivering them to distributors. With so much junk coursing through their bodies, we guess you could call them “unsteady bears”!

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In dogs, July 2004
• Dogs may be man’s best friend, but we don’t think they’re cool with drug dealers surgically inserting eleven containers of cocaine in them to smuggle from Colombia to the UK, as a northwest London couple did to some sweet pooches. Sometimes it’s absolutely right to bite the hand that feeds you.

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In a shipment of artichokes, September 2009
• In Peru, police uncovered four tons of high-grade liquid cocaine hidden amongst 8,000 cans of artichokes at the port of Callao. That’s one way to get kids to eat their vegetables.

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In a cast, March 2009
• A 66-year-old Chilean man, who had two fractured bones below the knee, tried to smuggle cocaine into Barcelona in his cast made out of cocaine! The man couldn’t catch a break, in part because he was also hiding coke in his luggage, a six-pack of beer, and the aluminum legs of two stools.

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In a submarine, October 2009
• In Guatemalan waters off the Central American Pacific coast, U.S. anti-drug agents and the Guatemalan Army intercepted three Colombians and a Mexican in a small submarine carrying ten tons of cocaine. That’s even more drugs than the Beatles fit in their yellow submarine!

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In a religious statue, May 2008
• U.S. customs officials with drug-sniffing dogs seized a 6.6-pound statue of Jesus Christ, which a Mexican woman had in the trunk of her car. It turned out God’s son was made from a mixture of plaster and cocaine, which gives a whole new meaning to the “most high.”

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