I received these instructions from Amity High School on how to sign up for free closing alerts. 

This sends me closure notifications for other town organizations such as Park & Rec and Clark Memorial Library. I recommend signing up! 

free emergency school closing alert opportunities offered by the media outlets Amity uses to notify the community of such emergency closings. In order to make the process of logging on to these outlets (one need only log on to one) as easy as possible, we have developed the following set of instructions for each. 

WTNH News 8 emergency notifications:

1.)    Go to this link – http://www.wtnh.com/subindex/about_us/text_alerts

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2.)    At the bottom of the page, fill in your information and Click on “Submit Your Selections”

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WSFB News 3 emergency notifications:

1.)    Go to this link – http://my.textcaster.com/ServePopup.aspx?id=498

2.)    Fill in your information.

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3.)    Sroll down the page and select Amity Reg. 5 Schools.

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4.)    Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and Click the Continue Button.

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5.)    Enter the authorization code you received in a text message, and Click Submit.

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NBC Connecticut News 30 emergency notifications:

1.)    Click on this link – http://my.textcaster.com/asa/Default.aspx?ID=651c5aed-b306-472c-9b67-8d79ecb9f5dc

2.)    Fill in your information and select the message formats that you would like to receive.

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3.)    Select Regional School District 5

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4.)    Click on Continue

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5.)    Enter the authorization code you received in a text message, and Click Continue.

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CT Weather emergency notifications:

1.)    Click on this Link – http://www.ctweather.com/e-notifications.php

2.)    Click on “Sign-Up” to create an account.

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3.)    Fill in your information and Click on Submit.

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4.)    Youll receive this message.

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5.)    Sign in to the account you just created.

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6.)    On the welcome Screen, scroll down and check “Region 5”, scroll down to the bottom and click “SUBMIT”

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Hey,

I just signed the petition “MPAA: Don’t let the bullies win! Give ‘Bully’ a PG-13 instead of an R rating!” and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name.

Our goal is to reach 150,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:

http://www.change.org/petitions/mpaa-dont-let-the-bullies-win-give-bully-a-pg…

Thanks!
Jack

Today is my 43rd birthday and I am being uplifted by all the messages on Twitter and Facebook, but today is a sad day for the Norks. Our dog Cloe has been battling kidney failure for several months.  We have been watching her waste away before our eyes and the time has come to put her to rest.

 

In November of 2007, we lost our German Shepherd suddenly. Cloe came to us through a Google Search on the key word “German Shepherd Rescue”. My wife Ali searched on the internet and her picture came up in the search results. Cloe had such a happy look on her face. Ali said “That’s the dog for us!”

 

So on Saturday December 15, 2007 the family made the trip down to Brooklyn NY. This was the first time we had ever been there.
We got to see the Brooklyn Bridge and even a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty!

 

Cloe was taken out of the kill shelter by the Brooklyn Animal Foster Network on her last day before being euthanized. They set up in the parking lot of a store in Brooklyn trying to find adoptive homes for the animals.
A student at Brooklyn College saw Cloe in the morning on his way to class and stopped to play with her. On his way home he saw that she was still there. He knew what that meant. If no one adopted her, she would be taken back to the shelter to be euthanized.
So he decided to sneak her into his apartment even though his landlord didn’t allow dogs. Shortly after Ali saw Cloe’s picture and the rest is history.

 

Cloe quickly became a member of the family posing in our 2007 Christmas card, playing in the snow and taking hikes in the woods with the boys. She was a great watch dog that looked mean enough but everyone knew she wouldn’t hurt a fly. It took her many years but eventually she made friends with the cats and in her final years she seemed happy to see them!  Cloe loved her boys and took turns sleeping in each of their bedrooms at night.

 

Cloe will be sorely missed but we were so happy to have her as part of our family for the past 4+ years. Cloe rest in peace my friend.

 

 

 

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I've never been a big Jazz fan. I think it's like the poetry of the music world.

It takes some work to understand and appreciate.
I will continue to give it a chance. I'm wondering if seeing live jazz will help me connect with it more…

People are buzzing about tripple Grammy Award  winning Wallace Roney coming to town. 
Take a listen to this song. What do you think?

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Taken at Lakeview Lodge

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Jerry Koch-Gonzalez and John Buck lead the Green Haven Co-Housing Sociocracy Workshop held at The Grove in New Haven Connecticut. Here are some pictures and videos of the weekend and more information on Sociocracy.

Day 1 1/28/2012

The entertainment committee getting everyone involved! 

 

Day 2 1/29/2011

Art From The Sociocracy Conference:

 

More Information On Sociocracy:

Dynamic Governance at Lost Valley Educational Center and intentional community:

An introduction to sociocracy and its processes written by Jerry Koch-Gonzalez:
“Governance by Equals: An Introduction to Sociocracy”

Equality_in_Governance_-_Intro_to_Sociocracy.pdf
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I love how my good friend Aldon Hynes always puts up Follow Friday posts on his blog
I want to do a Create96 themed Follow Friday (#FF).
Tonight Friday 1/27/2012 is the Create96 show-and-tell – 6:30 at The Grove.

#FF Create96 Masterminds:
@wordmason – Mason Rabinowitz 
@jkubarych – Jeff Kubarych
@create96  – Create96.com

The Norks will be there in full force!

Evan will be unavailing the latest music video from his side-project band Synchron.

Hayden will be showing the slide show he made for the 2011 Robotics season to a rockin Led Zeppelin soundtrack.

Liam will be showing his Harry Potter Lego creation. (pictures to follow)

Ali and I will be announcing the launch of GiveLaptops.org

 

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Give Laptops collects donated laptops less than 5 years old, refurbishes them in partnership with City Wide Youth Coalition
and distributes them through teacher partners directly to the children who could most benefit from a laptop.

Goal for 2012 is to distribute 24 laptops. For our pilot year, two schools have signed on:
We handed out our first laptop (donated by a fellow Grover) and have 3 more ready to be given to students.
If you would like to donate a laptop to the cause, please fill out the form here: http://givelaptops.org/donate-a-laptop

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