1. The right lung has three separate compartments.
2. The left lung has two compartments.
3. Shallow breathers (most of us) rarely use the lower lobe of our lungs.
4. Most of the blood circulation in our lungs is in our lower lobes. The blood flow at the bottom of our lungs is over a litre per minute.
5. Most of us breathe with the top part of our lungs where the rate of blood flow is less than a tenth of a litre per minute.
6. We can survive with just a few litres of air going into our lungs...
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A bad habit is often simple, but not easy, to break. For example, it is very simple to stop smoking. It merely requires stopping the process of putting a cigarette in the mouth and smoking it. Viewed from an emotional distance, stopping the habit of smoking is a very simple process. But smoking, or any habit, cannot be viewed from an emotional distance. It is part of our emotional wardrobe. It may make us look sick and ugly but we’re deeply attached to it. Breaking any long-term...
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Breath is life! The more fully we breathe, the more life energy we are giving to our self. This energy is used by all parts of our lives, our emotions, our minds, our bodies.
People who consistently breathe deeply tend to be more positive and healthy. As long as we breathe in a shallow manner, we are inviting depression and anxiety and sickness into our lives. We are literally starving for some good clean air, and a sweep-out of all our toxins. Shallow breathing denies both...
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“Loving You”, an original composition by Barbara Llewellyn, is a semi finalist in the 2013 Australian National Country Songwriting Competition. There is another round of judging in early January, where the finalists will be chosen. The winners of the competition will be announced at the Tamworth Songrwiters’ Association’s Gala Concert in Tamworth during the Country Music Festival in January 2014.
“Loving You”:
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Picnic at Hanging Rock is an iconic movie for the Australian film industry yet, not only is the film based on a mystery, there are several mysterious circumstances surrounding the movie itself.
One major mystery is who were the three characters/actors whose voices were completely dubbed in the movie? Each dubbed part is really two actresses in one – one being the onscreen version and the other being the vocal performance.
I can solve part of that particular mystery because I, Barbara...
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Writing for money is a job … just like any other job where you want to succeed. It requires self-discipline, focus and total dedication, as well as talent and desire. And just like any other job, there are a set series of tasks you must be able to complete before you can add the creative touches that turns your work into a masterpiece.
One of the most fundamental tasks a writer must accomplish to earn their taxable dollars is writing to a brief. If you want to write for money then you must to...
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A metaphor is a description of a certain subject by using the attributes of another subject. For example “His voice was full of thunder”. The writer and reader are both aware that thunder is not actually emitting from the person’s mouth, however the metaphor shows the intensity of the voice by using another sound we all know to be loud and threatening as a direct illustration of the loud, threatening voice being used.
Metaphors are extremely common, and can be heard throughout any day....
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An ellipsis is three periods, or full stops, one after the other. It is always constructed in this manner. It is always three periods, or full stops. It is never less than three.
The periods creating an ellipsis are called ellipsis points or ellipsis marks. The plural of ellipsis is ellipses.
An ellipsis is used to indicate missing words, or sentences. For example, if the original sentence was “the dolphins were playing with the waves and having a wonderful time”, it can be changed to...
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Dreams were once taken very seriously, with many people believing in their prophetic possibilities. Alexander the Great certainly believed in his dreams, and with good reason.
Pliny’s Natural History states that Alexander was able to save his friend Ptolemaus, who was dying of a poisoned wound, after dreaming of a dragon showing him the cure … a plant it was holding in its mouth! The dragon even told him where the plant was growing. Alexander accepted the dream as truth and found the...
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In 1846, the three Bronte sisters published a volume of their poems. The following year, Charlotte’s “Jane Eyre and Anne’s “Agnes Grey” were published, and Emily’s “Wuthering Heights” was accepted and awaiting publication.
Writing, and most other professions, was considered an unsuitable career for women, so the reclusive Charlotte, Emily and Anne gave themselves masculine non-de-plumes. They became Currer, Acton and Ellis Bell, keeping only the first letter of their own...
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