Show Notes Sunday, July 30, 2006

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• Show Line Up
• CopCAST Frappr Shout Out - Hello to a listener Katrina Hendersron from Midwest City, Oklahoma
• Cop News of the Week
• Training Opportunities
• Tech Issues

• Cop News of the Week
• Two More Fallen Heros
• No Gun Seizures During Emergency - Mack
• DC Commander Returned to Job - Rich
• DUI Instructor Arrested for DUI - Mack
• Two Cal State Northridge Students Hack Professor's Computer- Rich
• Raleigh, NC Double-dipping - Mack

• Training Opportunities
• This week we want to announce a great course entitled Recruitment: Perspectives on the Process. This course will be held at the Central Virginia Criminal Justice Academy, located in Lynchburg, VA, November 16-17, 2006.  The course is recommended for persons who are new or with little experience in overseeing their agency’s recruitment process.
  
  Topics include: (1) the changing workforce in the United States, (2) federal hiring laws and EEC guidelines; (3) management strategies for staffing and supervising a recruitment unit; (5) using the Internet; (6) sample advertisements and scripts; (7) minority hiring and affirmative action programs; and (8) experiences of successful and unsuccessful recruitment campaigns.
  
  For contact information send me an e-mail at talkback@copcast.net or check the shownotes or call Ron Staton (434) 455-6188.
  
  
• We welcome training announcements from any criminal justice training academy or training organization. Just send the information to talkback@copcast.net and we will do our best to announce your training course.

• Tech Issues
• Kazaa Settles With Music Industry - Mack
• Microsoft Money Essentials Available As Download - Rich
• AMD, Intel Competition Great for Computer Users - Mack
• Microsoft Gives Away Virtual PC 2004 - Rich



• PC User's Tip
  

Some of the most helpful Windows XP features don't actually ship with the operating system. Fortunately, there is a collection of handy downloadable software tools called PowerToys.

PowerToys are utilities Microsoft programmers created while working on Windows or other products, and they add a lot of practical capabilities to Windows.

They're free and they should work without problems, but you should know that you're on your own with them. They're not officially a part of Windows, and they're not supported by Microsoft.

Each toy comes in a separate installation and we will put the link in the shownotes. Sometimes there is a free lunch.

 

• Mac User's Tip
  
  As computer monitors get larger and the resolution tighter, you have probably found yourself shaking the mouse to try to find your cursor.<br /><br />
  
  Fortunately, Apple has provided a method of enlarging the cursor so you can find it more easily.<br /><br />
  
  To make the cursor larger:<br /><br />
  
  1. Choose '''Apple | System Preferences''' and select the '''Universal Access''' option.<br /><br />
  2. Click on the '''Mouse & Trackpad tab'''.<br /><br />
  3. '''Move the Cursor Size slider''' anywhere between Normal and Large to resize the cursor. As you do so, the cursor grows.
  
  

• Closing
• Thanks to our partner RLS Enterprises, Inc. - Your Affordable On-Line Training Solution for making this episode of CopCAST possible. Visit their website for more information about providing internet-based training for your organization.
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• From the crew at CopCAST.....Have a great week!