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Interview with Kelly Ford About Her Chapbook The Witness

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[trigger warning: child abuse] The Witness Author: Kelly Fordon Publisher :  Kattywompus Press Publication date: 2016 The Witness #2 The Witness is just like you and me. Most days he doesn�t feel like saying anything antagonistic. Most days he�s happy with toast and tea, a little bit of television, a stroll, but every now and then The Witness is struck down mid-jaunt. Every now and then, The Witness tumbles down the stairs. The water in the shower comes out scalding hot. The Witness�s hair falls out in clumps. The Witness can�t remember his name, he can�t even get out of bed. Shake it off? There is nothing he would like more. If you run into The Witness at a dinner party, he will not bring it up. He�ll listen to your suburban saga politely. He�s been known to suck down a shot of vodka, a snort or two. In other words, he could be you. If you had witnessed it. If you were on your merry way one day when you were very small and everyone around you was very very tall. The Witness can ...

Keto Diet Versus HCG Diet: What are They and How Do They Differ?

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The HCG Diet is based on and follows the principles of the Keto or Ketogenic Diet. But still the two diets have subtle differences. The key difference is that the HCG Diet involves taking injections or drops of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG). To understand the differences better and have a better understanding of the two diets, we have discussed key points of both diets below. What is the Ketogenic Diet? The Keto Diet is famous as the low carb diet or the low carb high fat (LCHF) diet. On the Keto Diet you would be taking very low carbs, about 20-50 per week. Which means rather than relying on carbs for energy, the keto diet promotes production of ketones in the liver that are used as a source of energy in the body. This process is called ketosis and it takes a week for the body to get in this mode. If you are on a keto diet you must regularly check ketone levels by monitoring it through your breath, blood or by urine samples. This can be done easily at home by using keto stick...

7 Benefits of Clove for Healthy Teeth and Gum

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The penetrating aroma and the sweet-hot flavor of clove is something that stimulates our senses to the core. Cloves are nothing but the dried and immature flower buds of the clove tree that has an Indonesian origin. Clove trees can live up to a whopping 150 years. The clove oil is known for various medicinal values and the age-old belief of clove oil as a healer has been backed by science. Eugenol is the primary active ingredient of clove oil as it has profound analgesic and aesthetic (pain-reliving) properties. Certain pain receptors are blocked by it and the effect begins after five minutes of application and lasts up to 15 minutes. Clove is a renowned healing agent and even today it is most commonly associated with the oral health and is used by people especially for the achy gums and aching teeth in spite of incredible advancements in dentistry, today. The reason why clove is so effective as a tooth and gum reliever is the fact that it contains benzocaine which is the same stuff us...

How Drugs Affect Your Teeth

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Forget everything else, as even the foods you eat can affect the health of your teeth. The beverages you enjoy can harm the beauty of your pearly whites. And your oral care, or lack of it thereof, can ruin the charms of your smile.   Well, a lot of things can affect our teeth, and some will obviously cause more damage than others. Drug use is one such thing which can pose a variety of dental challenges to anyone, and everyone. Worse still, drug use will have some damage, it does not matter whether you use prescription or illegal ones. It will entirely depend on the type of use you�re habitual to. So, being careful seems the only way out.  More importantly, prescription drugs may cause only indirect nature of dental damages but from banned items, problems can be of destructive nature in true sense. It�s therefore important to be sure about the drugs you�re taking, else your dental health can suffer a great deal for sure. The best strategy is to stay in touch with the denti...

Methods For Contouring the Thighs and Butt

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If you are experiencing issues wherein skin or fat is sagging or drooping around your thighs or butt, there are a variety of procedures that you can choose from to help you correct these problems and tighten the skin in these areas. Although the methods used to contour the thighs and butt can be described as a lower body lift, there are a couple of different surgical methods that this category of plastic surgery can be further divided into. Before you consider having your thighs or butt contoured through surgery, you should be aware of what these procedures include and how they can change the appearance of these areas of your body. What Is Body Contouring? Body contouring is a specific type of plastic surgery that is meant to alter the shape of your body by reducing or altogether eliminating any extra fat or skin that still exists within your butt or thighs even after you have lost a substantial amount of weight. When losing heavy amounts of weight, your skin will still be stretched an...