sandra on February 20th, 2010

Some residents believe that Cove Connections and the Update | spanishcove.org are competitors.
Fortunately, that isn’t true and we affirm that the Spanish Cove Update and spanishcove.org are the official communications tools of the Spanish Cove community.
Few people know that we have supported the development of spanishcove.org.
As an example when Tom Lake began to work [...]

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sandra on January 18th, 2010

In response to Free Speak comments I, not Dave Danson, recorded the meeting and placed the recording on Cove Connections.
It’s a full unedited version of the entire meeting and was placed on CC so that property owners, who were unable to attend the meeting, could listen to the entire event.

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sandra on January 16th, 2010

Below please find the complete original recording of the Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 CPOC Town Hall Meeting.
You can listen to the entire meeting, over the Internet, by using the following player in Internet Explorer.  Other browsers may or may not work.
 

To download different file types click on the following link:
http://www.archive.org/details/CPOCTownHallMeeting
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sandra on January 14th, 2010

Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion but that’s all it is [unless the writer attacks the reputation of, speaks ill of or defames someone].
I choose not to accept some opinions and, like a seed on the wind, let them float by remaining centered and unattached.
Spanish Cove’s problems seem very small indeed especially when major earthquakes [...]

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sandra on December 6th, 2009

A new search feature is now on Cove Connections and it will search posts and  comments.  The search word(s) will be highlighted when the results become available.

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sandra on November 8th, 2009

Per this evening’s news Hurricane Ida is heading for the Gulf Coast. 
To obtain more information click on the picture on the left that will take you to the National Hurricane Center’s website.
Other helpful websites are:
Weather Underground
StormPulse 
Storm shelter, transportation, preparation and other information can be downloaded or obtained from the Cove Connections ‘Documents’ page [...]

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sandra on October 16th, 2009

 
Phew, that was quite a Board meeting!
I am so proud of my new JVC camcorder and last night decided to test it by taping a small part of the Thursday night Board meeting.
Arriving shortly after the meeting began, I stood at the very back of the Clubhouse fireside room and pressed the record button [...]

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sandra on September 20th, 2009

For your information.  To read the online article please click Parade Magazine:  Online Comments Spark Lawsuits
The Internet can seem like an open forum for people to rant and rave. But more and more, individuals are being held to account for what they write. A Chicago realty company sued a tenant this summer for $50,000 [...]

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sandra on August 19th, 2009

Posted 08/19/09
By Jason Kessler CNN
NEW YORK (CNN) — A model who was slammed with derogatory terms by an anonymous blogger has the right to learn the identity of her online heckler, a judge ruled.
In August 2008, a user of Blogger.com, Google’s blogging service, created "Skanks in NYC," a site that assailed [...]

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sandra on August 4th, 2009

Threaded comments were becoming to difficult to read and removed the feature.  I’ll continue to search for a better solution but in the meantime the latest comments are now on the top of the comments list.
To add a comment click on the orange button at the bottom of each post:

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sandra on June 25th, 2009

In the future, for easier reading, the latest comment will appear at the top of the comments list instead of the bottom.
Thanks, Sandra

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sandra on June 19th, 2009

Regular backups of our most important files are really important!  Most of us have experienced a hard drive failure, virus attack or other problem that affected or even wiped out our important documents, music files, videos and photos.  Years of work can disappear in a matter of minutes and, sometimes, we’ll never get it [...]

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sandra on June 1st, 2009

Now you’ll be able to respond to individual comments instead of the whole post.  For instance if you’d like to respond to Dick Junkins’ comment click the ‘Reply’ button that’s located directly under his comment.  Nice huh?

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sandra on May 26th, 2009

In an effort to provide better search results a new search feature has been added to Cove Connections.
Would you please test it by typing something in the Search box on the CC Home page and let me know how it’s working or if you encounter any problems on CC?  Thanks!

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sandra on May 25th, 2009

Approximately 55.825 days ago I downloaded a 60 day trial copy of Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and three licenses (one user, three computers).  It’s a very nice package and  costs around $99.00 but, since I don’t need high-end software for home use, I’d prefer to use something [...]

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sandra on March 27th, 2009

Picasa3 is one of the best free photo viewer and imaging editing applications on the Internet.  It’s a simple, easy to use, application that includes excellent image editing tools.
Over the years I’ve downloaded and used several free and paid for image editing,  programs but I always return to Picasa because it’s a simple easy to [...]

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sandra on March 8th, 2009

Several of you have expressed interest in learning more about great freeware applications and, since I work with computers, thought you might like to hear about some of the most popular freeware applications. 
Over the next month or two I’ll be writing about them while Sally continues to keep you informed on Cove matters.
CCleaner is [...]

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sandra on January 27th, 2009

Well the vote is in, 65% of the residents who participated in the latest poll are willing to read or download an online version of the Spanish Cove Update.  The rest of you (35%) like it just the way it is. 
That’s good news since, if the Communication Committee can provide both options, we’ll [...]

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Ben on October 29th, 2008

Recently some of you have expressed an interest in knowing the daily volume Cove Connections is presently enjoying.  Absolute Unique Visitors, of course, are those who have never visited the site prior, Pageviews are the number of times all web pages have been viewed and Visits are the sum of Absolute Unique Visitors and visitors [...]

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Sally McKinney on October 28th, 2008

AN EDITORIAL FROM COVE CONNECTIONS:
With all the hoopla about the Presidential candidates in the Nov. 4 election, one  important piece of legislation may go unnoticed. An amendment to the state constitution takes Baldwin County Sewer Service (BCSS) out of the exempted classification of a decentralized or cluster facility when it comes to regulation of wastewater [...]

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Dave on October 23rd, 2008

I have just posted the following comment on Spanish Cove Free Speak. Their editor had just removed a posting for bad language and inflammatory content, as Cove Connections has done in the past. While I understand the concerns that people have about such remarks, and am proud to be associated with this Blog, I also [...]

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sandra on October 2nd, 2008

We are proud to announce that since April 2008, the month that Cove Connections was launched, we have had over 23,495 Visits and more than 98,576 Pageviews.  
Since we are continuing to grow we will be adding a security certificate to  our website soon and plans are in the works for a new ‘magazine style’ website [...]

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Dick Junkins on September 6th, 2008

There has been much discussion recently about freedom of speech and an individual’s right to say or write whatever he or she wants – unfettered; unedited – just ‘let it all hang out’. We Americans are endowed with a multitude of rights, and it seems new ones are being invented daily. Many of our rights [...]

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It’s hard to believe that we’re entering the six month mark of Cove Connections existence and at this point our visits have exceeded 20,000 which is amazing. Thank you for your encouragement and support and we will continue to strive to provide accurate, real time and sometimes thought provoking information. 
It’s also time to thank the [...]

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sandra on August 22nd, 2008

In the future CC slide shows and photos will appear on the Photos page and we’ll let you know as soon as new photos are available.  The photos of the latest Johnsons Beach Sunset party were posted yesterday.

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