Show Notes Sunday, November 26, 2006

• Welcome Comments


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• Show Line Up
  
  
• CopCAST Frappr Shout Out - Hello to Sandi who listens from San Diego, CA. I don't know whether Sandi is a male or a female but we want to thank him or her for downloading and listening to the show. Thanks for downloading and listening to the show Grunta.
• Cop News of the Week
• Training Opportunities
• Job Opportunities
  
• Tech Issues

• Cop News of the Week
  
  
• Three More Fallen Heroes - Rich
• Donations to help out Belleville, Illinois PD Sergeant Jon Brough, the officer who was shot in the face, can be mailed to:
  
  Jon Brough Trust Fund
  c/o Jeanne Dalman
  Commerce Bank
  5701 W. Main Street
  Belleville, IL
  
  
• 'Web-rage' Attack - Mack
• Killer Likes to Cuddle - Rich
• Half-Baked Attempt To Kill Supreme Court - Mack
• Should Have Stayed on Foot Patrol - Rich
• Homemade Dope Sub Captured - Mack
• Bad Guy Scores Head Shot - Rich

• Training Opportunities


• Each week we try to include training announcements from academies or training organizations.  This week we don't have any new announcements this week.
• 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.

• Job Opportunities


• We are pleased to be able to assist criminal justices agencies in their effort to identify and hire the best qualified people. If your agency is looking for qualified people, just send us a little information about the job and we will announce it on the show
• We welcome job announcements from any criminal justice agency. Just send the information to talkback@copcast.net and we will do our best to announce your vacancies.

• Tech Issues


• MADD Wants Ignition Interlocks - Rich
• Ontariocops.com Google Map - Mack


• PC User's Tip
  

For PC user tip this week I want to tell you how to squeeze a little more speed out of your high speed internet connection.  If you have ever done an on-line speed test on your high speed internet service, you know that you probably aren't experiencing the speeds that your ISP advertised. Unfortunately, there are many things that impact your download and upload speeds.

However, if you are using Windows XP Professional, you can make a small adjustment to increase your broadband speed. By default, Windows reserves some of your connection's bandwidth but you can change that by making a change to the Group Policy. Just follow the steps below to this tweak your internet connection.


1. Click Start>>Run.
2. Type gpedit.msc and click OK.
3. The Group Policy Box will open. You will see Local Computer Policy.
4. Click the plus sign to expand the Administrative Templates section.
5. Click the plus sign to expand the Network section.
6. Highlight QoS Packet Scheduler.
7. In the right side of the box, double-click Limit Reservable Bandwidth.
8. Check Enabled.
9. Change Bandwidth limit to 0 percent.
10. Click Apply>>OK.
11. Restart your computer


• Mac User's Tip
  

This week for our Mac user tip, I want to remind you about the benefit of using the "drag and drop" feature. You know, sometimes I think we forget that one of the greatest features of the Mac is the "drag and drop" function. If you have an application like Word or TextEdit in your dock, OSX makes it a breeze to cut and paste text from another application.


• Just highlight the text you want to cut and paste
• Click on the selected are with the right mouse button and hold it for about a 1/2 second
• Finally, drag the highlighted text to the Word or TextEdit icon in your dock.

The application will open and the desired text will be pasted into a new document. Nice and easy.

• 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.
• Do you have a computer and a microphone? Visit our CopCAST Odeo Voice Mail System and leave an audio comment. We may even use your comment on the next show! Just click on the link at CopCAST.net.
  
• You can also contact us using Skype.  Our Skype name is copcast.
• Send your comments and suggestions to talkback@copcast.net.  If you have figured out how to record audio files on your computer, attach an audio comment to your e-mail so we can play it during the show.
• From the crew at CopCAST.....Have a great week!