DeKalb residents could be under boil water advisory for days after major water main break

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution

Buford Highway in DeKalb County is open again after a 48-inch water main broke Wednesday morning, disrupting a multitude of services across the county, including hospitals, businesses, restaurants and schools.

But a boil water advisory remains in effect for the entire county and Department of Watershed Management Interim Director Reggie Wells said Wednesday night it could last for days.

The 20- to 30-year-old main broke just north of I-285 about 4:30 a.m. and flooded the roadway for hours. The county’s CEO said a “full-scale investigation” will be conducted into the cause of the break.

DeKalb’s Watershed Management department has been plagued by issues over the years, including outdated meters that led to widespread water billing issues and a decaying sewage system that is the source of regular spills.

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Stephanie Miller coming up on Hardball

Probably at the end.

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Are you sitting down? I'm training to do a 10K half marathon in Sun River, Oregon in June. It's for a good cause. The daughter of one of my co-workers is battling Leukemia and received a bone marrow transplant from her dad on Dec 22. I am participating in her honor and hope to raise $2400 for a cure. Another benefit is a coach for me for the next six months to get ready for the event. Please wish me luck and click the link donate to a few bucks for the cause.

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Societys Team in Training

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I'm training to do a 10K half marathon in Sun River, Oregon in June. It's for a good cause. The daughter of one of my co-workers is battling Leukemia and received a bone marrow transplant from her dad on Dec 22. I am participating in her honor and hope to raise $2400 for a cure. Another benefit is a coach for me for the next six months to get ready for the event. Please wish me luck and click the link donate to a few bucks for the cause.

http://pages.teamintraining.org/ga/paccrstr18/LCea#home

By participating as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) TNT, I am raising funds to help find cures and ensure access to treatments for blood cancer patients.

Your donation will help fund treatments that save lives every day; like immnuotherapies that use a person’s own immune system to kill cancer. You may not know it, but every single donation helps save a life with breakthrough therapies such as these.

Patients need these cures and they need your support.

Please make a donation in support of my efforts with Team In Training and help get us all closer to a world without blood cancers.

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A Christmas Memory

End of net neutrality could spell doom for real estate small businesses

Source: Inman

For internet-centric real estate companies like Redfin, Zillow and realtor.com, the rollback could have a deleterious effect, with internet providers making it more expensive to access these websites reliably. Additionally, to remain competitive brokers and real estate services might be forced to pay extra in order to ensure their workforces could access all the websites they rely on, should providers choose to offer a tiered-service model.

The National Association of Realtors (NAR), which sent a letter to the FCC in July urging Pai to reconsider his motion to repeal the Open Internet Order, reaffirmed its opposition Tuesday, accusing the agency of stacking the deck against smaller companies in favor of corporations. Ninety-three percent of NAR members report using the internet to promote their business while a mere two percent said they have no web presence, according to NAR data. As NAR President Elizabeth Mendenhall said in a statement:

“Technology is an increasingly important part of the way our membership delivers its services, whether through streaming video, drone technology, or other applications. We remain concerned that a rollback of net-neutrality rules could lead to blocking, throttling, or discriminating against Internet traffic, or even ‘paid prioritization’ arrangements that put small mom-and-pop businesses at a disadvantage in the marketplace. We will continue working with the FCC to share these concerns and ensure a fair and open internet where everyone can succeed.”

“Redfin’s mission to redefine real estate in the consumer’s favor depends on free and open access to information about every home for sale, whether it be on Redfin.com or on a small website run by the real estate agent who’s listing the home,” wrote Redfin Chief Economist Nela Richardson. “Removing the framework that prevents internet service providers like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T from slowing down and blocking websites, or charging apps and sites extra fees to reach an audience, is in direct conflict with our mission to make housing data more transparent and easily accessible to consumers.”




Read more: https://www.inman.com/2017/11/21/end-of-net-neutrality-could-spell-doom-for-real-estate-small-businesses/?utm_source=dailyheadlines&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=localnewsletter&utm_term=&utm_content=395999_default_readmore_1