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They include Laura Thielen for Parks and Recreation and Dean Uchida for Planning and Permitting.
By Chad Blair / December 29, 2020
Rick Blangiardi, who will be sworn in as the next mayor of the City and County of Honolulu Saturday, announced top leadership and Cabinet positions on Tuesday.
Danette Maruyama
Michael Formby will serve as managing director (as was previously announced), Danette Maruyama will be deputy managing director and Andrew Kawano will be the director of Budget and Fiscal Services.
Formby previously worked as an acting state transportation director, Mayor Kirk Caldwell's city transportation director, chief of staff to former Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa, an interim director and member of the board of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation and an interim city councilman.
Andrew Kawano
According to a press release from Blangiardi, Maruyama, who worked at DataHouse in executive positions, "brings to the City over 25 years of experience in strategic planning, implementing innovation and business development, in both the private and public sectors," while Kawano will leave a position as director of facilities for Foodland Supermarket "and brings 25 years of managerial and executive experience in the controller, senior director of finance, CFO, and EVP roles" to the city.
The nominations of Formby and Kawano require City Council confirmation.
Other appointments:
Sarah-Jane Allen as director of the Department of Community Services. Her background includes "customer service, education, accounting and government work." She is currently the state's chief procurement officer.
Dean Uchida, director of the Department of Planning and Permitting. His previous work includes executive director of the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii — a pro-development lobbying group — and land administrator at the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Land Division.
Laura Thielen, director of the Department of Parks and Recreation. She is a former state senator and former chair of the DLNR.
Roger Morton, director of the Department of Transportation Services. He has been president and general manager of Oahu Transit Services, operator of TheBus and TheHandi-Van.
Dr. James Ireland, director of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department. He is currently chief of Emergency Medical Services in the department and was formerly director from July 2010 through December 2012.
Nola Miyasaki, director of the Department of Customer Services. She served as the former executive director and CEO of the state's Hawaii Technology Development Corp.
Alex Kozlov, director of the Department of Design and Construction. He is a retired U.S. Army brigadier general with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Jerry Pupillo, director of the Department of Enterprise Services. He is "an indoor/outdoor venue, attractions, activities and entertainment veteran for nearly 30 years" in Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific region.
Wesley Yokoyama, director of the Department of Environmental Services. He has "played all the positions" in the wastewater Engineering and Construction Division, from planning chief to design chief to construction chief to division chief.
Mark Wong, director of the Department of Information Technology. He currently holds the position.
Scott Hayashi, director of the Department of Land Management. He was manager of commercial properties for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Makanani Sala, director of the Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts. She was previously an instructor in Hawaiian Studies at Windward Community College and an event producer and cultural consultant.
Lloyd Yonenaka, executive secretary, Neighborhood Commission Office. He previously was an executive with Communications Pacific and worked at the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
Amy Asselbaye, director of the Office of Economic Revitalization. She has been reappointed to the position.
Matthew Gonser, director of the Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency. He has served as the Coastal and Water Program Manager for the office since October 2017.
Anton Krucky, executive director of the Office of Housing. He was most recently president and chief executive officer of Tissue Genesis and general manager of IBM Corp. Pacific.
Clarke Bright, bandmaster, Royal Hawaiian Band. He continues his role.
Masahiko Kobayashi, M.D., medical examiner. He continues his position.
The department directors, the bandmaster and the medical examiner are subject to confirmation by the council, as is the executive secretary to the Neighborhood Commission.
Over 400 individuals submitted their resumes for consideration for Cabinet positions, according to the press release.
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site of the earliest known settlement of man in Ireland is to be highlighted to Coleraine schoolchildren next week.
During the 1970s, Peter Woodman and his team of archaeologists uncovered evidence of a Mesolithic - Middle Stone Age - settlement dating back to 7600-7900BC at Mountsandel.
Their discoveries dramatically revised our understanding of prehistoric life at that time, and the Coleraine site remains the earliest known evidence of human settlement in Ireland.
Now Coleraine Rotary Club and Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council are working together to educate and inform schools on the historic importance of the 'forgotten site.
They have teamed up with Coleraine High School and the Coleraine Academical Institution to bring together a group of 30 Year 10 pupils to learn about the hunter-gatherers in the area.
On Friday, June19 the students will visit Mountsandel Fort and the Mesolithic site itself, where there have been significant archaeological findings.
They will also be guided around the nearby beach area, where they will find flint, and the surrounding forest and woodland.
The area is interspersed with interpretative panels, highlighting the history and biodiversity of the site.
The pupils will attend three separate workshops at three separate locations within the Mountsandel site - Archaeology, Flint and Hunting – facilitated by specialists from Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council.
During the hunting workshop, students will be asked to pick and bag some litter to raise awareness about the importance of looking after our natural environment and heritage.
Professor Peter Woodman, who began excavating the site in 1973 and uncovered significant evidence said: "At the time, we did not realise that the site was nearly 10,000 years old.
Mountsandel is unique and pivotal in our understanding of the first immigrants to the island of Ireland in so far as it has the actual huts pits and hearths of quality along with evidence of animals and fish, which were hunted and plant foods gathered.
Prior to the discoveries at Mounsandel, Boora in County Offally was the earliest known Mesolithic site, which provided actual fauna remains.
Carbon dating has shown that Mountsandel predates this very important site and other very important sites by at least a few hundred years.


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Everything is nice but how to fold it back? There is no video on the website, it should be. Otherwise it is no big help.
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Jeff Zucker and Katie Couric Talk Reunions
By Kat Stoeffel • 01/28/11 7:39pm
You know how in When Harry Met Sally, Harry and Sally have really great chemistry but can't make it happen for themselves until they've had a few break-ups and seen their exes move on?
Well, Katie Couric and Jeff Zucker are talking about making a syndicated television show together according to The Post.
Couric and Zucker go way back; Zucker produced The Today Show when Couric hosted. It became the most-watched morning news show and made both of them stars. Since being pushed out of NBC as it gets together with Comcast, Zucker has reportedly made plans to open his own production company on Park Ave. Katie Couric left NBC for CBS in 2006, but it's not entirely working out. She is reportedly coming up against a paycut when her contract expires in May.
"They've made magic before, there's no reason they couldn't do it again," The Post's source says.
Go for it, guys! We know how this one ends.
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The landmarks by means of which Dexter Dalwood maps out a cultural landscape are both recognizable and disconcerting. Paintings referring to Mao and Stalin, Bill Gates and Kurt Cobain sit alongside others devoted to Patty Hearst, Ulrike Meinhof, and Brian Jones. Like the paintings themselves, which depict unpopulated fantasy-bespoke interiors cobbled together from a variety of art and design sources, Dalwood's choice of iconic figures is both utterly familiar and willfully idiosyncratic. People who remain vivid in the popular imagination rub shoulders with others half-forgotten. This might be
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I still haven't figured out whether the gradual shifts in tone within the nominally white ground of Bridget Riley's Pause, 1964, are real or only apparent, chemical or optical. I am certain, though, that in her Cataract 3, 1967, the colors actually do change from top to bottom. It's just that I can't quite put my finger on where the shift takes place. And while I keep looking to find out—sometimes until my eyes ache, which doesn't take long—I'm not sure I want to know. Their underlying illusionism is mental, not optical: the intimation that understanding their operations would explain
Having entered the arena of mass-media attention occupied by such titans of overexposure as Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst can cheerfully scoff at the modest claims of art criticism. For all the brickbats hurled at him, there is the critic's temptation to just say uncle, to agree to be amused if not absolutely charmed, to assert that, regardless of the apparent vulgarity of certain individual works, Hirst possesses that supremely uncritical attribute, "talent." The apparent "unoriginality" of his work—its reliance on Surrealist shock techniques and Minimalist presentational
Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
"Like you I have longed for a memory beyond consolation, for a memory of shadows and stones." These words (by Marguerite Duras) are delivered deadpan and lumbering by the female protagonist in the opening dialogue of Alain Resnais's 1959 film Hiroshima, Mon Amour. Seconds later, the film displays footage of a government building that stood at the epicenter of the Hiroshima nuclear catastrophe, the ravaged husk of which has been left standing, memorialized as the A-Bomb Dome. It was this structure that Krzysztof Wodiczko chose as the site for his Hiroshima Projection, 1999, a work commissioned
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In Victor Pelevin's 1993 novel Omon Ra, a Russian boy who dreams of becoming a cosmonaut and flying to the moon gets his wish: He is accepted into the space program and even chosen to represent the Soviet Union in the space race against the United States. But what awaits young Omon isn't glory. Instead, he finds himself surrounded by grotesques—power-hungry flight officers, aged space dogs, and cadets whose legs have been amputated to accommodate tiny cockpits. Eventually Omon learns the truth about his mission, that he is to pilot an officially "unmanned" lunar vehicle to the moon—then
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Had we but world enough, and time . . . Old-master painting breathed through this show, but I also remembered the seventeenth-century poet Andrew Marvell, and the time he imagined devoting to a lover's body: An hundred years should go to praise / Thine eyes, and on thy forehead gaze. The heart of the exhibition was a series of DVD tableaux vivants, playing on flat screens that hung on the wall like paintings or stood on pedestals like propped-open books. The images showed people caught in a range of emotional states—joy, anger, fear, awe, dream—and unlike paintings they moved, but at
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For his first solo exhibition in New York, Darren Almond parked Mean Time, 2000, a forty-foot orange commercial cargo container, customized with a giant built-in digital clock, right in the middle of the gallery, and it took up just about all of the space. It wasn't just the sheer bulk of the time-telling fortress that suggested a literal occupation of the place; what really held one's attention was the relentless, mechanical noise of the flipping and flapping, clicking and clacking plates of the digital clock face keeping time. The industrial sound that echoed inside the container's metal walls,
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There's an idea afloat these days that art movements are purely academically generated and driven by a handful of art schools. What that vision fails to account for are the exceedingly vital "fringe" movements that currently flourish at the doorstep of contemporary art: One is digital art (think Sony PlayStation 2); another is graffiti. The former is radically commercial; the latter, radically public. Both embrace the idea of the artist as hero and, occasionally, outlaw, too. Aside from a moment of brief rapture in the '80s when graffiti artists turned their spray-paint cans to canvas (it looked
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I don't know if Jules Olitski is the greatest living painter, as Clement Greenberg once claimed, but his late works certainly offer a supreme abstract version of the "splendid manner," a term Giovanni Pietro Bellori applied to the paintings of Nicolas Poussin in the seventeenth century. A splendid manner requires above all grand subject matter: in Poussin's case, scenes from the Bible and Greek myth; in Olitski's, our origins, both personal and universal, and our common end in death and (one hopes) transfiguration. Bellori considered Poussin the ultimate philosophical painter; Olitski, with
Rachel Berwick
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Rachel Berwick's art is haunted by extinction. For previous exhibitions she has cast animal death masks in amber and taught parrots a defunct Amazonian language. In her most recent show, "Hovering Close to Zero," Berwick focused on the Tasmanian tiger, a creature that survives only in a few bones and in a sixty-second film made in the '20s documenting the disappearing beast. The exhibition consisted of stills from the film, a series of computer-aided forensic re-creations of the tiger in resin, and a group of crystal models cast from tigers' skulls.
Berwick approaches questions of loss, collection,
Jonathan Feldschuh
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In "Little Corner of the World," his first solo show in New York, Jonathan Feldschuh exhibited twelve canvases, varying in size but consistent in their mixture of cartoonish sci-fi and romantic verve. A product of the Harvard physics department, Feldschuh has a nice feel for the fine line between microscopic and cosmic conceptions of space and good instincts for the salutary effect of elegance on silliness (and vice versa).
Feldschuh alternates layers of acrylic paint with Cluck coats of clear medium, so that the final image reads as a series of laminated tissues, each one at once obscuring and
Thomas Erben Gallery
For seventeen years, Irish-horn Tom Wood took photographs while riding local buses around Liverpool, across the Mersey from his current home. What's immediately apparent in the nineteen selections recently on view from Wood's "Bus Project," 1979-96, is how much more fluid his approach is than the current conventions of post-Conceptual photography or photojournalism dictate. Eschewing the antithetical forms of simplification specific to programmatic typologies on the one hand and commodified empathy on the other, Wood's eye expresses itself through elaboration rather than encapsulation, expansion
Aïda Ruilova
According to the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky, it is cinema more than any other art that enhances and prolongs a meager dose of time, but I suspect many of us think of music as the essential art of remolding duration and distorting the regularities of the clock. Aïda Ruilova draws on both: Her conception of video is indebted more to the montage-based aesthetic of cinema than to painting or sculpture, in which so much video work remains tacitly rooted, and she uses images of things like records and musical instruments not only to mention sound itself but also to draw our attention to the
Acharaya Vyakul
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It would be a mistake to read Acharaya Vyakul's luminous work as naive or folksy. Vyakul, who died in May at sixtynine, was no "outsider"; he was a tantric scholar and Sanskritist, a learned and avid collector of devices used in magic and ritual, and a founder of what has become the richest private museum of folk and tantric art in India. Though initially unassuming, his paintings are serious, sensual, even interrogative; from a Western standpoint, they are successful, spare abstractions (loosely akin to Klee's or Kandinsky's) in which chance operations produce subtle details of stroke and


This attractive period building occupies a prominent Mayfair location, close to Bond Street and Hanover Square. Totaling 3,600 sq ft, the building is comprised of 3,100 sq ft of offices and 500 sq ft of retail accommodation.
Brook Street runs through the heart of Mayfair, linking Hanover Square to the east, with Bond Street and Grosvenor Square to the west. Brook Street is set to be much enhanced with the redevelopment of Hanover Square and the creation of a Crossrail station.


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The white-rumped babbler (Turdoides leucopygia) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan.

Habitat
In the mountains of Degua Tembien, the species is found in bushland, scrubland and dense secondary forest, often near cliffs, gorges or water.

References

Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers)  pp. 70 – 291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

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Redwood Shores, Calif. (12/01/2004) - MetricStream, Inc., a market leader in the enterprise-wide quality and compliance market today announced that Albany Molecular Research Inc., a chemistry-based drug discovery and development company, has successfully validated and gone live with the document management capabilities of MetricStream's quality and compliance suite to reduce the cost of cGMP compliance associated with managing regulatory documents within its environment. Albany Molecular is currently deploying the MetricStream Corrective Action and Preventive Action (CAPA) and Out of Specification (OOS)/Variance modules as a part of their second phase of the implementation.
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Q: How to localize SQL Server 2005 data to display in asp.net website Can you please let me know how I can fetch the data from Sql Server 2005 Database in multiple different languages and display them in the ASP.NET application?
I am creating asp.net web site for global users with mulitple language support using .resx resource files and by changing the CurrentCulture and UICulture of asp.net page to the selected language by the user from the HomePage using System.Globalization and System.Threading namespaces
So far I have managed to display the User Interface on the page in different languages as I am fetching the control caption text message/images from the resource files but how can I display the data that fetched by the application inside asp.net page controls from sql server 2005 database similarly how to make the user filled the data on registration or anyother form in the selected language.
Can you please let me know

A: The simplest way (for static data) is to grab English data and translate it via standard resource files (treat English data as keys and read text from resource files).
Other option is to create Localization table with primary key based on string identifier and Culture identifier (i.e. 1033, 1036, etc.), containing translated texts and get translated data with appropriate query (this would require joining...).
The real problem could be dynamic (entered by users) data if you have it. You would need to rely on DB table like mentioned above, but you would need to create an interface in your application to allow content translation...

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Home Latest News The Most Popular Art on the Getty Website in 2020
The Most Popular Art on the Getty Website in 2020
On July 27, 1890, in a field near Auvers on the outskirts of Paris, Vincent van Gogh pulled a 7mm revolver and shot himself in the chest. He died from his injuries two days later, at age 37. The Dutch painter, who struggled with depression and spent long periods in solitude, would posthumously become one of the most influential artists in the canon of Western art.
An end-of-year ranking of the top searches on the Getty Museum's website in 2020 provides another testament to van Gogh's enduring allure. The results show that people turned to van Gogh's work for solace during this dark year. The troubled artist topped the list of most searched artists, and his name appeared in the most searched terms in 2020. Also, his 1889 painting "Irises," which he made while hospitalized at an asylum in Saint-Rémy a year before his death, was the most viewed artwork on the Getty's online collection this year, with a whopping 38,324 views. Other sought-out artists included Claude Monet, Édouard Manet, Rembrandt, and Edgar Degas.
Titled "Getty Wrapped 2020," the list mimics the style of Spotify's annual "Wrapped" analysis, ranking top song and artist searches for the year on the app, and for individual users. The museum posted the list on social media on December 5, recording the top searched terms, artists, and the most viewed artworks on its website.
See the Getty's list of most popular art searches for 2020, reproduced below:
Paul Cézanne, "Still Life with Apples" (1893–1894), Oil on canvas, 25 3/4 × 32 1/8 in., 96.PA.8 ((all images courtesy the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, "A Young Girl Defending Herself Against Eros" (1880), Oil on canvas, 32 1/8 × 22 3/4 in., 70.PA.3
Master of St. Cecilia "Madonna and Child" (1290–1295), Tempera and gold leaf on panel 2000.35
Édouard Manet, "Jeanne (Spring)" (1881), Oil on canvas, 29 1/8 x 20 ¼ in.
"French" (3,965 views)
"Holland" (3,722 views)
"Van Gogh" (1,852 views)
"Portrait" (1,795 views)
"Monet" (1,402 views)
Vincent van Gogh (1,852 views)
Claude Monet (1,402 views)
Édouard Manet (view numbers unknown)
Rembrandt (view numbers unknown)
Edgar Degas (view numbers unknown)
Most viewed artworks
Vincent van Gogh, "Irises" (1889) (38,324 views)
Paul Cézanne, "Still Life with Apples" (1893–1894) (14,213 views)
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, "A Young Girl Defending Herself Against Eros" (1880) (13,982 views)
Master of St. Cecilia, "Madonna and Child" (1290–1295) (13,461 views)
Édouard Manet, "Jeanne (Spring)" (1881) (13,245 views)
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In the early 2000s, Massachusetts was one of the leading states in the initial solar energy revolution that began sweeping across the United States. The industry has grown tremendously since those early days and Massachusetts continues to be a pioneer, ranking in at No. 6 for Solar Growth and often providing some of the most aggressive payback period for homeowners in any state.
While many other municipalities have joined in and are now embracing solar, Massachusetts continues to promote the technology and experience some of the highest growth due of positive public policies and a solar friendly grid which helps promote renewable and other forms of distributed power.
In Massachusetts alone, over 14,582 residents identify as being involved in the solar energy industry within some capacity. MA is home to over 500 companies and estimates claim these numbers may double over the next 5 years. Because of install and equipment price declines of nearly 55% over the last 5 years, the regions solar production is quickly approaching 2,000 MW of generating power. In fact, it is estimated the growth will continue to increase at an increasing rate and quickly top over 3,000 MW of capacity within the next few years.
Massachusetts legislatures recently debated some of the issues that accompany such explosive growth and are currently looking at ways to address the explosive growth. Currently there are minimal effects on the public utility grid, however, officials are concerned that as the State approaches 3,000 megawatts, a majority of energy might be installed in places where the grids are not able to handle such large amounts of energy generation. This would be due to an excess of energy being produced which is higher than the current demand.
Unlike other solar states, Massachusetts' summer climate is much milder than southern states and this issue remains a great concern, especially in the higher elevations of the State and along the coastline. Comparatively, these areas require less energy usage during hot summer months when solar produces a bulk of energy. Energy events are less common which means the supply of energy might exceed the grid's capacity to carry the energy outside of localized areas.
This can cause grid strain and utilities are looking to enact measures that give them the authority that temporarily suspends net metering in order to prevent overcharging of power lines. (*in southern states, energy usage spikes higher during hot summer days than in these effected areas- these are called "events" and oversupply has a higher threshold).
If you are considering solar today, do not let this deter you. In fact, 2018 is expected to be one of the best years for solar in Massachusetts and local legislators are hoping for this to occur. In 2016 the Legislature and Governor passed An Act Relative to Solar Energy in order to continue promoting a homeowner's ability to install solar on their home. This legislative action raises the cap of solar energy allowed in the State to the maximum load that the grid may handle (raising from 5% to 8% of total state energy usage coming from Solar Energy). The act was passed with a bipartisan measure which recognizes the positive effects that solar energy has on both the environment and economy of Massachusetts, especially smaller town or suburban area surrounding Boston.
If you are considering Solar Energy on your home, and live in Massachusetts, below is a list of the various benefits, laws, and incentives to take action now. As the State approaches the 8% threshold, many of the economic benefits may be reduces so therefor, we recommend speaking with a licensed solar expert to consider taking action as soon as possible.
Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SREC): A SREC is essentially a certificate which can be purchased by local utilities in order to offset their requirement to purchase and promote solar energy within their operational grids. Every new solar system installed can submit to this program which allows homeowners to register their certificates with a broker or auction house and sell the certificate every year for up to 10 years from the date of system commissioning. Currently (as of December, 2107), a SREC accounts for roughly 1,000 kWH of energy produced in a Calendar Year. A single SREC is valued at $310. Example: If you install a solar energy system that produces 8,000 kWh per year you will obtain 8 SRECS. This has a current market value of $2,480 per year (this figure does not include auction or broker fees).
Solar Arrays are exempt from Property and Sales Taxes and will not add to your assessment.
Several Loan Guarantee programs or State Approved Mortgage programs that may sometimes allow homeowner to easily barrow the funding to have a solar array installed. Incentives include reduced interest amounts or some guaranteeing instruments.
Personal Income Tax Deduction from State Taxes what can be up to 30% if installed by 12/31/2019.
These incentives can be combined with several Federal Programs that include the same 30% tax credit that many homeowners are currently allowed to take.
As one can imagine, Massachusetts is a very serious state when it comes to cleaning up the environment and promoting the use of renewable and distributed energy products. As the State approaches the 8% limit, many of the programs are set to be reduced or simply expire, making 2018 to be the year of solar according to several industry insiders.
When you combine these incentives with the low cost of installing solar and various financing options, there are several scenarios where solar will make the best sense for Massachusetts homeowners.
When it comes to incentives, it is important to consult a professional. We recommend speaking with both your installer and personal accountant prior to making any decisions on purchasing and having a solar array installed in your home. Solar incentives can be great, after all, they allow the average homeowner to reap the same investment benefits that used to be reserved for large corporations and utility power plant operators.
Solar is an excellent way to reduce your energy bills and help the environment. Because the recognition of this is widely accepted, many Local, State, and the U.S. Government have various incentives designed to provide financial benefits for those choosing to install solar on their properties. Some of these incentives are in place to make the actual installation process more efficient (thus less expensive), or reduce the period of time to recoup the initial capital outlays. These are all part of an overall objective that the United States must switch to clean, energy independence, and by installing a solar array on your own home or property, you help contribute to this effort.
Solar is often referred to as the "individual's power," or "power for the masses," and below are some of the incentives that you can obtain by installing solar on any property you manage. As a professional, solar incentives are usually broken into 3 categories (1) Federal, (2) State, and (3) Local, with 2 subsections (a) credits, or (b) rebates. Incentives vary from location to location and the type of credit can either come in the form of a credit against a financial obligation or actual disbursement of funds from relevant sources.
*Please note- these incentives were in place during the time of this article being written (December, 2017). It is important to consult with a qualified and local professional to verify your personal ability to participate in each of the programs.
Through 12/31/21, individuals installing a solar array may recoup up to 30% of the system cost via a Residential Renewable Energy Tax Credit. This is not a deduction against your annual income but a credit on the taxes which you would otherwise have to pay. In summary: If your solar array costs $20,000, you may deduct $6,000 from your annual tax payment to the Federal Government. In many cases, if you are unable to use the full credit in a single tax year, you may consult with your personal accountant and determine if that value can be spread over several years.
There are also several Federal Loan Guarantee Programs which are offered through FHA financing. These systems offer a guarantee instrument for various upgrades (including the installation of new solar arrays) which provide the homeowner with lower interest rates and an ability to access equity in their homes via a simpler process. Homeowner must have a meet a minimum threshold for credit worthiness (660 Score, Debt to Income Ratio of 45%) but they may be eligible for funding up to 100% of the system cost.
If you live in Massachusetts or Maryland, we previously discussed the various incentives in these two states here; (Mass) (Maryland). The incentives in states are typically state-wide rebate programs, Interconnection Standards, Sales and Income Tax Credits, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards, and often small grants provided through local utilities or municipalities.
An excellent resource to review what is available in your state can be found by visiting www.dsireusa.org, a website that is maintained by The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center. This website is widely viewed as the most comprehensive list of State and Local incentives, and it is update regularly. We also highly recommend consulting with a local professional that has experience in working within your municipality and understand the various application processes and permitting systems.
Other solar leaders are: California, North Carolina, Arizona, Nevada, New Jersey, Utah, Georgia, Texas, New York, and Maryland.
Each state has various regulations, rebates, and credits. Some local municipalities also programs which can be limited to projects installed within a city or boundary perimeter. Because the programs vary in the type and amount of offerings, it is difficult to determine trends. Often the offering municipalities are diverse from each other and although renewable energy is often associated with more progressive ideologies, this is often not the case on local levels (remember, the current tax credit structure of solar energy was first signed into law under George W. Bush).
There are relatively few municipalities that offer solar incentives. Some cities and towns are very progressive when it comes to energy policies and offer incentives on top of the other federal and state incentives. These incentives can range from a flat payment for each installation to faster or cheaper permitting processes and everything in between. Contact your local town hall for information specific to your location, but keep in mind that most cities and towns don't offer anything.
Like any other product, there are sometimes rebates or discounts on the purchase of certain solar panels at certain times. Your installer would be familiar with these and they change over time and by manufacturer so there isn't a better method than having the conversation with your installer. They'll be more than happy to help you get the best deal on the equipment.
Credit: A way to help the homeowner offset paying an amount that would otherwise be due. Tax Credits are common for solar energy and although the homeowner does not get a check (as they do with a grant), the credit is an amount applied against the usual tax credit (income and property tax credits).
Deduction: This is an amount that is allowed to be applied against (reducing) your taxable income. Unlike Credits, this amount is not recouped on a dollar for dollar basis. Instead it is an amount that is subtracted from your taxable income to reduce your overall tax burden.
Distributed Energy: Smaller power plants that are typically limited to localized areas or single properties/ homes.
Rebate: The same as a grant, a rebate is a program that allows for actual monetary compensation. Typically they are tied to an earmarked fund and once registered within the system you space is reserved. Grants and rebates do expire so keep up to date with these and register as soon as a design is finalized.
Solar Panels: Are They Worth the Investment for your Home?
The history of solar panels can be traced as far back as 1839 when Alexandra Edmond Becquerel placed a special compound of chemicals on a copper sheet and felt an electric charge. During his experiment, the sunlight reacted with the compound and the first solar panel was created.
In the 1950s, Bell Labs worked to refine this technology, the 60s brought solar to space, then the 70s saw it installed on the White House. Americans began to embrace renewable energy, however, there has always remained a debate about the value.
In order to help you answer this question of value, we are going to look at 3 different system scenarios and measure payback. This should give you a full understanding of whether solar may or may not work for you (but we highly recommend you consult with your installer and financial advisor prior to making any decisions). This assessment is strictly financial (there are other benefits of course like helping the environment and making your home more independent of the grid) and we do not cover solar leasing in this article, only purchasing the solar panels.
When measuring financial benefits of solar, we will show you how to calculate the payback in a) years, or, b) annual savings compared to purchasing energy from the utility grid.
Warrantied production is 25 years and useful life is 30 years.
First, we want to show you how to determine the total amount of kWh produced. For this, we recommend you visit the website (http://pvwatts.nrel.gov/). The calculation is complicated and needs to consider the average solar exposure for your exact location, and the size of your system, energy loss due to inverters, shading, position, etc. The calculator above is widely accepted as the most accurate and reliable source to determine your energy production during the first year. Rest assured, it is as easy as entering your address and giving basic details on the size of your proposed system.
To determine the Total Energy Production, use the number provided via PVWatts and multiply it by 30 years, the useful lifespan of a solar array. You must also consider panel degradation because your solar panels will produce less energy each year due to the organic materials breaking down over time—we will explain that below. Many manufacturers warranty at least 90% of the initial production for the first 15 years and at least 80% for the remaining 10. For the purpose of our calculations we will estimate a blended rate of 87% during the lifetime.
The system in our example produces 8,359 kWH of energy during he first year. Each year, the amount of energy will decrease as stated above. Our blended annual production rate for this system is 7,272 kWh annually or 218,169kWh in total. (8,359 x .87 x 30).
Often a political hot button, the owner of a solar array is able to capture several incentives for the investment. Incentives are typically offered in various forms on every level of the government from federal down through your local municipality, who may offer property tax incentives or even an expedited permitting process.
To look at the solar energy payback without incentives is extremely easy to calculate, although hard to compare with traditional forms of energy. This is due to the fact that in the United States, all forms of energy receive several layers of similar incentives. Therefore taking incentives out of the equation gives the homeowner a good idea to the "raw payback" but not a fair assessment vs. other forms of energy production.
In this case (without incentives), the total payback for the system is approximately 17 years, however the overall savings is $32,943.50. When you consider the environmental impact of solar energy combined with the savings, many would choose solar.
Incentives are an integral part of the Energy Market in the United States. Across the globe, all energy is subsidized in order to lower the overall cost and spur economic development. The United States is no different.
The first major federal solar incentives that are still in use today were enacted and signed during the presidency of George W. Bush. This includes a program for a federal tax credit. Commercial systems can also depreciate the system on an accelerated schedule, however, we will not use this in our calculations below.
In order to determine the payback with the incentives, we have used many of the same calculations from the example above. However, we will add the incentives listed above. Most of these savings are "front-loaded," meaning they are recouped within the first few year to accelerate the payback period.
As you can see from the illustration above, the payback period occurs toward the end of the 4th year (highlighted in green). With individual homeowners now able to obtain many of the tax credits and/or grant programs that large corporations obtain when building utility power plants, solar energy becomes a more attractive financial play for homeowners.
Finally, financing a solar energy system can provide a stronger incentive to have the solar array installation. When comparing your new solar array to the option of staying on the public utility grid, you must take into consideration that you will likely have to spend some money up-front. Financing the system can often reduce this requirement and can make your new solar energy system more attractive.
Whether or not solar energy is worth it depends on each individual circumstance. The information and calculations above were for specific examples and may vary from homeowner to homeowner but you can see that countless financial scenarios are possible. Every person has various sensitivities for risk and the assumptions above are reliable, however they are for example purposes only.
For instance, we did not consider maintenance, replacement of equipment, insurance, or other items that you may or may not encounter. Financing your new solar array may come with varying terms and may also affect payback. Often, banks and installers offer different terms for solar energy installs. Please consult with an attorney, accountant, your installer, or another qualified professional prior to making any decisions to partake in a solar installation.
A solar energy system is a very complicated purchase because of the many factors and incentives involved. It's a good idea to talk to a solar professional as well as your accountant, at a minimum, before making any decisions.
*Derate Factor - Solar panels are warranted to produce electricity for 25 years. Because they are made from organic compounds, the cells degrade over time. Thus, a derate factor is assumed because each year the panels will produce slightly less electricity than the year before. A .87 derate factor is used.
If you have looked into solar energy or solar panels for your home, you have probably come across the term "net metering." At first glance this term may seem like technical jargon, however, net metering is actually a crucial component of your new solar array and it has many benefits.
Net metering is the policy which allows your electric meter to spin both backwards (during the day), and forward (at night), *this concept explained below.
This simple practice is what makes many of the residential solar energy systems today economically competitive with traditional forms of energy. In addition to reducing the payback period for solar energy, net metering also: helps to keep the costs to install an array lower, requires less maintenance, eases the strain on the public utility grid, and reduces the overall carbon footprint of the new solar energy system.
To first understand the implications of net metering, you should how it works and why it is important.
If you do not have a solar energy system on your home, your electricity comes from the utility lines that connect your house to the power grid. Most properties do not have energy storage systems (batteries) and therefore the electricity from the power grid is delivered at exactly the moment that it is required (this is called "On-Demand Power").
Between your home and the power grid is a meter, with which you are probably familiar. This energy meter is used by the power company to determine how much energy you have consumed during a period of time and how much you will be billed.
Before smart meters, the typical electric meter was powered by simple diodes, which powered a large wheel within the energy meter. Through a series of gears, dials turned on the front of the meter and gave the power company an accurate measurement to the energy which was delivered to your home. When you used energy, the term was coined that your electric meter was "moving forward," or pushing energy forward and into your home.
In the early days of solar energy, when a home had solar installed on the property and more energy was produced than consumed, the meter would literally begin spinning backwards as electricity was pushed back onto the grid (FYI - electricity is like water, it follows the path of least resistance and can flow backwards back onto the grid if the path leads it that way).
At the end of the month you were only billed for the amount that was shown on your electric meter and, without having to make any calculations, the energy you were charged for was the "net" amount that was used during that billing cycle. This method was somewhat unofficial in certain areas and many municipalities and utility companies did not have net metering laws. In fact, some meters were made without the ability to "spin backwards" as a reaction to this.
The recent growth of solar energy also coincided with the widespread implementation of Smart Meters. Smart Meters use a completely different type of method to measure energy and rely more on electronics and processors.
The newer smart meters are capable of sending signals back to the utility grid operators in real time, and with more detail that tells how much energy you were using at a and how much energy you might also be producing. Because the new systems were capable of measuring so much more data and the popularity of solar had begun to grow, municipalities had to establish net metering laws in order to regulate the size, rates, and methods to accommodate solar energy.
Net Metering is simply a set of guidelines that dictate how you will be billed for the difference between the energy that you used compared to the energy that you produced. These laws vary from state to state and will tell you how to determine if you pay the "net" for the month and how your particular utility company will handle any excess energy that is produces and put back onto the grid (there are a variety of options).
During the day, if you use more energy than you produce, net metering is not at play. However, because many solar energy arrays produce a bulk of their energy during periods when many homes are unoccupied, there are several scenarios where your home has a surplus of energy. These overages are kWh of energy that you are able to "push" back onto the grid and obtain credits for them, thanks to net metering laws.
The reason that net metering is important is because a majority of solar energy arrays built produce up to 85% of the properties annual energy consumption during the sunniest 6 months of operation. Because homes use the least amount of energy when solar arrays are working the hardest, it would be difficult to offset your total usage if you were limited to only consuming what you produce and losing the extra energy without credits (unless you have batteries, which is covered below).
Many municipalities have recognized the benefits of net metering and the laws are not widespread. In summary, net metering allows you to produce excess energy during peak periods and retain those credits to use either later that month, or within a single year from the date of the credit. Because you do not need to have on-site batteries and because you are producing energy that can service other neighbors, there are many benefits to this program. However, we recommend you also check with your local solar company to make sure that you understand if any costs might be associated and that those are taken into your evaluation as well.
Without net metering, in order to capture solar energy and not "lose it," you would have to have battery systems to store the energy you produce during the day and make it available for your home at night or during the winter months when solar arrays product less electricity.
Batteries are expensive, and even though Tesla and other battery manufacturers have begun making great advances in battery storage systems, the fact remains that they add to the cost of your solar energy system. With net metering, the homeowner has no need for a battery backup system in order to recoup their excess energy and essentially the power grid acts as a battery backup for them.
Although many homes are equipped with some form of battery system or a generator, the cost to handle the amount of energy an average solar array produces would be tremendous. Even on the lower end, batteries could add at least 15% to the cost of having an array installed. This is not even considering the cost to maintain the battery or normal replacement, which can occur in the 10 to 20 year range (most solar panels are warrantied for 25 years and will have a useful production life of 30 years).
Thanks to net metering and the avoidance of having to purchase batteries, the cost for a new residential solar array is much lower and requires less maintenance. Large, utility scale power plants do not have batteries either and by foregoing this purchase, the residential solar array systems costs are much lower and can be more competitive with traditional power production.
In addition to saving the financial cost of a battery, you are also saving on the amount of raw materials required to make your new energy array. Because the goal of many homeowners who choose solar energy is to reduce their overall carbon footprint, skipping the battery bank is an added environmental benefit.
A simple car battery requires 140lbs of Lithium alone. This is in addition to the Lead and other metals/ plastics required to manufacturer a battery. A home would require up to 4 times the amount of energy storage in order to last through the night and on cloudy days when solar is less efficient.
As discussed previously, the resources required for batteries are tremendous and can be avoided thanks to net metering. The production of an average car battery can create carbon emissions to equal the amount of carbon that your car produces in 6 months. Imagine the impact that has on a battery bank large enough to power your entire home?
For residential solar arrays with an accompanied battery bank, it is estimated that in many cases the battery bank could add an additional year of production required to offset the carbon emission from battery manufacturing. Simply put, avoiding the batteries and subscribing to net metering is a good environmental decision in most cases.
Having said all this, there are cases where it makes sense to install a home battery back up system and when you're installing solar is the best time to review whether a battery system is right for your home.
During the summer, it is becoming more common for energy companies to partake in "Emergency Cycling Events." This is when the utility company isn't able to produce enough electricity in order to meet the demand (imagine a hot summer day, home AC systems are running at their peak, office lights and computers are working away, etc). In some cases it would be too expensive to ramp up "peaker plants" which are auxiliary power plants that use natural gas or oil. Therefore the utility company will instead dial down the amount of energy it sends to specific customers. These "rolling brown-outs" occur during the hottest times of day and because of grid strain, you actually see a bottleneck of energy being delivered. (*Note - blackouts are the same as brownouts but include times when electricity service is completely cut off to a specific area. This is a rare event in the United States and only occurs in the most extreme cases).
One answer to the grid strain is distributed energy production. In most cases this refers to smaller and utility scale solar arrays installed on commercial rooftops or farms. However, it can be argued that the array on your residential rooftop can serve that purpose.
During the summer, an average neighborhood may experience up to 5 "emergency events." If everyone had solar, and energy production was at it's peak (ironically, solar energy produces the most power during these types of events), it can be argued that grid strain will be reduced and your excess energy may also help keep your neighbors lights on!
Although net metering is a positive policy which helps solar, one thing any homeowner must consider is the volatility of the market. Depending on your state and the local regulations, Net Metering may be determined by either (1) kWh produced, or (2) value of the energy when it is being produced. This 2nd measure basically puts a value on the kWh which the homeowner back feeds onto the grid and then issues a credit in dollars to their bill.
This becomes an issue because the homeowner is subject to market conditions of the "spot market," whjch is the value of electricity based on current market conditions.
If your local municipality has net metering laws which are centered on value, the financial payback for solar can be affected. It is recommended that you to speak with your solar installer about these fluctuations and consider various scenarios accordingly.
The way your net metering values are calculated can greatly affect your bottom line.
In summary, net metering allows the utility grid to act as your own personal battery system. In most cases there are associated fees with keeping the credits you have pushed back onto the grid, however those are minimal compared to the energy savings you will be rewarded with in the long run. Net metering has allowed many homeowners to install larger systems for less money, which is something that benefits us all.
Please see the sources listed below and a great reference for solar energy regulations is https://www.dsireusa.org, a non-profit with an excellent system for viewing all available credits for solar, wind, and other home improvement projects.


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Alison Machabee Dance Collective creates and performs dances that foster social courage, wide perspective, and generous living. In doing so, we provide dancers with a platform to enrich and enliven all areas of our shared, daily lives.
A note from founder and Artistic Director, Alison Machabee:
It is all too easy to lose hope in the arts. Everywhere we look, humans - fueled by hate and despair - fire words and bullets at each other. The lack of love can be all-consuming, and sometimes, I question my decision to dance as a selfish pursuit. It is in the profound and enduring spirit of the mover, however, where I find hope. For those of us who are called to dance, our practice is life-giving. Alison Machabee Dance Collective is my personal, professional, and socially-reaching mission to continue shaping communities to understand one another. Dance on its own cannot change the world. It is the dancers – transformed by daily practice, enlivened by movement, and encouraged by positive connections – who go out into the world and do good.
By embracing a new dancer/human model, Alison Machabee Dance Collective fuels dancers physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and financially. Bolstered by the immense vitality that we build in the studio and on the stage, we enter all roles of our daily lives with our learned grace and ability to connect across boundaries of every form. When you support Alison Machabee Dance Collective, you not only support the creation of works of art generous in perspective and vibrant with positivity, you also support the development of well-rounded dancer/humans who are fundamental to the betterment of our public and private lives.
On the docket for 2020 are many engaging events, including an appearance in Peridance's Performance Lab, an evening-length work presented in collaboration with young composers, and a goal to offer weekly company classes. Your donation will directly support:
· Paying dancers fairly for their work in the studio, on the stage, and in our communities
· Paying musicians and composers for their collaborations
· Studio rental, theater rental, and technical elements
I sincerely thank you for your consideration in supporting Alison Machabee Dance Collective's development. View video footage of our work HERE.


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Lottery Fundraising
October 4, 2022 [email protected]@a Gambling
Lotteries are a form of gambling in which numbers are drawn at random. Some governments outlaw lotteries, some endorse them, and some regulate them. Some governments have national and state lotteries that are open to the public. Despite the controversy surrounding the lottery, it is a popular source of funding for many organizations.
Lotteries are a popular form of gambling, where participants purchase tickets with particular numbers and hope to win a prize. Different governments have different regulations on lotteries, but most of them prohibit the sale of lottery tickets to minors. Vendors are also required to be licensed before selling tickets. Historically, gambling was illegal in most parts of the world. However, after World War II, many countries banned gambling entirely.
While many people argue that lottery games are a waste of money, the truth is that the chances of winning a lottery jackpot are incredibly low. The odds of winning a jackpot are so small that you could never imagine living the life you'd want. People may have dreams of going to technical school or starting a business. They might also be dreaming of getting a promotion, but despite all the hype, it's unlikely that they'll ever get their dreams.
In the United States, the first government-run lotteries were introduced in New Hampshire and Puerto Rico in 1934. Today, there are several different lotteries in the United States. In India, there are 13 state lotteries, and most of them are run by state governments. The state lottery in Kerala, India, was started in 1967, and it became a model for other Indian states to follow. Currently, you can play state lotteries in Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Punjab.
They raise money
Lotteries raise money for a variety of uses, including environmental projects, public education, infrastructure projects, and more. In some cases, proceeds from lottery games are used directly by local governments. For example, proceeds from the Colorado lottery go toward environmental projects, while Massachusetts lottery proceeds support local governments and education programs. In West Virginia, lottery money funds senior services, tourism programs, and Medicaid.
Lotteries have a long history in the United States. They were first used to fund public works projects, including the construction of public wharves. In the 18th century, they were used to help finance the construction of buildings at Harvard and Yale, while George Washington sponsored a lottery to build a road across the Blue Ridge Mountains. Although the practice of lottery funding is not universal today, it has a long history in the United States.
In many countries, CSOs use lotteries to raise funds for their own operations, as well as for other causes. These lotteries can be one-time, incidental events at a fundraising event, or they can run continuously. These lotteries are sometimes called "charity lotteries" or "society lotteries," and often run parallel to state lotteries.
They are a tax on the poor
Some people argue that the lottery is a tax on the poor, but this is a misguided view. In fact, lottery sales are up in half of US states during the recession. And in the UK, lottery sales were up by 8% after the financial crisis. Yet, the lottery operator was accused of a "tax on the poor" as recently as 2013.
The money raised by state lotteries is used for a variety of things, including education. According to the Washington Post, for example, the Mega Millions lottery in North Carolina sends thousands of kids to pre-K. But it accounts for only one percent of the state education budget. And while lottery corporations claim the money they raise goes to education, the reality is that the money is raised from the poorest people in society.
While it may be tempting to indulge in lottery play, this is not a good idea. The vast majority of people who buy lottery tickets are poor. They understand the limits of their lives, but still buy tickets with the hopes of winning. They hope to win enough money to pay off their mortgage or student loans, pay off medical bills, or take a vacation.
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A missing tooth is a problem for many people. Even though dental care has improved significantly over the past few decades, tooth loss is still an issue facing many of us. It is estimated that an adult aged between 20 and 64 will have an average of three missing teeth.
There are plenty of reasons why you should seriously think about replacing a missing tooth. A missing tooth can look unsightly, and just as importantly could affect the rest of your natural teeth. Having a large space in between your teeth could affect your speech and may make it tricky to eat. Even if the missing tooth isn't visible, for example, if it's right at the back of your mouth, it can still affect your ability to chew food. Losing a tooth can affect the adjacent teeth. This is because they can shift out of position, moving towards the gap. These adjacent teeth may become less stable due to the bone loss that occurs after tooth extractions. Your missing tooth will also affect the opposing teeth, and you could find they begin to drift towards the empty space.
Call Avery's Creek Family Dentistry today about your missing tooth.
If you have lost one or more teeth, it is important to find a dentist who can offer you suitable treatment. Our local dentist here at Avery's Creek Family Dentistry can examine your mouth and will discuss the most suitable options with you.
All three options can work very well in specific situations.
A bridge is a very popular option for replacing a missing tooth. This could be a suitable solution if the teeth adjacent to the gap are strong enough to support a replacement tooth. Generally, one tooth either side of the gap will need to be crowned and the crowns are attached to the replacement tooth or teeth. This forms a strong and stable restoration that will allow you to eat and talk normally. The most advanced dental bridges are highly aesthetic and are made entirely from porcelain to look amazingly natural.
False teeth have been used for hundreds of years to fill in the gaps left behind by missing teeth. However, modern dentures are quite different from the false teeth used by previous generations. Nowadays they are custom-designed to ensure they feel comfortable and there is a huge choice of denture teeth. This makes it easy to select the best teeth to give a natural appearance.
A dental implant can be a great option for replacing one or more missing teeth. It's worth considering this treatment if you are interested in finding a long-term solution for tooth loss. This treatment is also extremely versatile. We can use dental implants to restore a single tooth, while multiple implants can support a bridge or even a full denture. Our local dentist can tell you much more about this treatment so why not schedule a consultation?
While we can artificially replace a missing tooth, we'd always much rather preserve your natural teeth. Our dental clinic focuses on preventative dentistry and we provide every patient with a preventative dental care plan. When you come to see us, we can examine your remaining natural teeth to see if there are any problems requiring treatment. Any early signs of tooth decay can easily be treated, hopefully well before the problem causes you a toothache. Periodontal disease is another major cause of tooth loss, but the early symptoms are completely curable. If you play sports, ask us about custom-made mouthguards. These are designed to offer maximum protection for your teeth and are very comfortable to wear. Tooth grinding and clenching, a condition called bruxism is extremely destructive. Again, this is often easily treated with a custom-made night guard.
Whether you already have a missing tooth or are worried about tooth loss, we can help you.
Lots of people are missing at least one tooth. Unless this is a wisdom tooth, it will need replacing and it is important to visit your best dentist to discover the most suitable options.


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