1st Presidential Debate: Obama Lacked-The-Luster of a Commander and Chief

The first Presidential debate I asked... what will win over the American voter, substance, style or possibly both?

And the answer is BOTH - at least for Romney.

First, let me state that I observed the presidential debate from a non-partisan point of view. As a speaker coach, I was listening for clarity of thought as well as how each man expressed himself.

So, what exactly did Romney do that projected a presence that said, "confident, credible and congenial"? What happened to the dynamic and engaging persona that has contributed to Obama's popularity?

As the two men greeted each other, Obama's impeccable posture, determined stride, pleasant expression all said, "I am here to win". Romney, on the other hand, had a slight hesitancy in his walk and his face had a flash of nervous tension, as if he was questioning what was about to happen and recalibrating his strategy.

But all that as quickly changed and here's how...

One: Pace

The pace at which the two men spoke influenced each candidate's credibility. First up, Obama maintained a vocal pattern of saying 7 or 8 words followed by a pause. He was missing his typical vocal inflections that conveys passion and adding insult to injury, he filled each pause with an "ah". Bottom line, he didn't have his usual rhythm that engages an audience and the "fillers" made him sound uncertain, struggling for words. Not good for credibility.

On the other hand, Romney was articulate, clear and concise he was able to connect with his message and his audience. Romney spoke at a good clip and appeared to be in the moment, thinking about what he was saying as he said it. His ability to "think-the-thought" kept me engaged and wanting to listen, to understand his position.

Two: Facial Expression

After the initial hand shake, Romney kept a pleasant expression on his face. One commentator referred to it as a "half-smile". I am not sure what exactly he was doing but it worked - it made him look friendly, "familiar", someone I'd have as an associate or friend. This personable style made his stories about the people he met along the campaign trail (job hunters, people worried about health insurance, etc.) believable.

Another facial expression that Romney mastered was eye contact. He looked at Obama when talking with him, at Jim Lehrer when talking to him and he looked directly at the American public when talking to us. Did you notice that how he stayed engaged with his opponent when Obama was speaking? Smart.

Obama's strategy was quite different. When Romney was speaking, he typically looked down, rarely acknowledging his opponent. When it was his turn to speak, he directed his comments to Lehrer only looking at Romney when challenging him. But what was most surprising was he did not show that million dollar smile which can instantly put people at ease and provide an emotional connection with his audience. Instead he looked irritated and impatient. When he did smile it appeared to be forced rather than sincere.

Three: Physical Expression

The best presenters get everything working together - their words, body language and voice, are in-synch... aligned and supporting their message. Here again, Obama was off his game, even his gestures positioned him as the weaker candidate. Almost dismissive in his behavior, Obama kept is head down, gestures were small, tight to his torso - waist high and he would lean on one leg, causing his shoulder to slouch losing that winning posture.

Romney owned the room, he kept his strong stance and his gestures tended to be "larger", more expressive with the movement coming from his shoulder. Controlled and purposeful, these behaviors along with his direct eye contact proclaimed, "I am in it to win it".

Four: Structure

Right from the get-go, Romney was clear, direct and concise when he spoke. His responses provided structure to the debate. For example, he described his 5-step plan, his rebuttals included a preview of what he was going to say and then he addressed each topic, saying first... second... etc. Whether or not you agree with his politics, you certainly knew where he was headed and what he was talking about. Obama, on the other hand, appeared to wonder. I kept waiting for him to take back control but it didn't happen.

Round One Results

Last night Romney wasn't asking to be our next president, he was letting us experience what it would be like for him to be the president. While Obama felt like the default candidate.The results: Romney 1 Vs. Obama: 0

Effective AdSense Strategies For AdSense Beginners

What is the best strategy to use for Google AdSense? How can you make decent money as an AdSense publisher? There are a number of different ways to make money using Google's Pay-Per-Click (PPC) scheme but one thing they all have in common is that they require that you apply a little patience and are prepared to do some hard but rewarding work.

What is the best AdSense strategy to use?

Firstly due to the flexible nature of AdSense, there is no ideal way to make money using the scheme. You can make substantial amounts of money in a single blog or a huge website. You can make money by creating loads of different websites about different types of topics. There is no ideal AdSense strategy. However there are basic AdSense strategies you can apply to better the income generating potential off your AdSense websites.

If you are an AdSense beginner, you need to make sure that you become web savvy. To ensure that you make the most of Google's Pay-Per-Click scheme you need to know everything you can about the web. It doesn't mean that you need to be the ultimate web programmer but you do need to acquire a basic functional understanding of a few essential web-related topics.

Depending on your chosen AdSense niche and the type of site you've decided to create you can focus on a number of specific web technologies in order to gain a deeper understanding of the processes involved. Some of the more essential topics include:

Search Engines Social Networking Blogging and blog publishing HTML and CSS PHP or other web scripting languages E-commerce

The are many more different types of technologies that could be added to the list, but the above is just a small introduction to the many different areas of the web that an AdSense beginner needs to have a grasp off.

It is essential that an AdSense beginner learns everything they can about how the web works. From the basics of putting together a website to the many different ways of marketing a site and getting it noticed. The more an AdSense beginner understands about the environment they are working in the more they'll have in their armoury to improve the effectiveness of their AdSense campaign.

The best AdSense strategy to adopt in order to maximise AdSense revenue involves developing a good understanding of the underlying mechanisms of the web. The more information an individual understands about the web, the better their chances of succeeding with Google AdSense.

Enjoy the Wisdom of Quitting Smoking and Live a Healthier Life

Smokers know very well that choosing between the charm of smoking and a cancer-free healthier life is next to impossible. It is very shocking that around half of the cigarette smokers in the world die from cancer. But, it's more shocking that even after knowing this fact, youngsters are adding themselves as smokers rapidly. Don't they love to live a healthier life? Of course not; as per human psychology, we love to feel the happiness of the near-future more, than the pain of the far-future. In addition, it is nothing but the outcome of their immature thinking smoking is an appealing activity. Another important reason of getting addicted to smoking is mostly some obvious but unpleasant ups and downs of life, where they find themselves helpless to find out any solution. There are many other reasons that I don't want to go in-depth.

Before we go ahead to our main topic, let's go through some traumatizing information about smoking.

• Around 80% of the smokers worldwide belong to low and middle class families • Around 6 million people die every year from cancer caused by tobacco • There are around 4000 types of harmful chemicals in tobacco smoke • More than 70 harmful chemicals of cigarette-smoke cause cancer • The tar in cigarette raises the threat of lung cancer, bronchial disorder and emphysema highly • Chances of cardiovascular diseases go up for the carbon monoxide in cigarette • Almost 50% of the children of the world are passive smokers

Now, when we have gone through up to this part, can we expect that at least one reader (who is also a smoker) will quit smoking? I know, you are about to plan, but feeling nervous. Then, is there any way to get rid of this killer addiction? Yes, there are different ways that you can follow. But, the safest as well as most effective way is your determination to quit smoking. Remember, if you are smoking for more than one year or you take more than six cigarettes a day, you'll feel several difficulties, mainly craving and withdrawal syndrome, on your way. So, be determined first and follow the guidelines mentioned below.

• Gather Reasons: First of all, gather as many reasons as possible for which you want to quit smoking. It is very important to increase your will power that will bring you the ultimate success. • Don't wait for the 'Fine Morning': If you have planned to stop smoking from one 'fine morning', then surely you are far away from the fine morning. Stop smoking today - right now. • Don't Surrender: You'll feel craving very often at first. But, always try your best to stop yourself for the next 10 minutes, and involve in some distracting activity, especially non-critical or interesting, if possible; but never surrender. • Don't have 'Just One': Mostly during this period, every problem seems bigger and more complex and people plans to take 'just one' to overcome the situation. But, in fact, at the end of the day it becomes four or five 'just ones' or even more. So, strictly you have to stay away from taking 'just one'. • Avoid Triggers: You must have to avoid places or situations that may trigger your urge of smoking. For example, smoking zone, parties, bars, and even colleagues or friends, who smoke. • Physical Activity: A moderate level of physical activity will help you reduce the urge of smoking. You can also go for a walk in the morning or practice meditation under some expert's supervision that will help you feel the difference and keep motivated. • Get Help of Near Persons: Find persons, who will help you being determined through providing moral help; though, there is nothing more powerful than your willpower. • No Alternative: Often people take help of tobacco in other forms to fulfill the urge of nicotine. But, it should be strongly avoided as it will keep you addicted to nicotine, no matter through which form and soon you'll back to square one. • Take Medical Help: If you still feel cravings or getting strong withdrawal syndrome, don't ignore it - consult with your physician immediately. Often it may be serious for chain-smokers and persons with a long history of smoking.

Remember, everyday you'll find some situations, when you'll feel helpless to control the urge. But, you also have to remember that each time you defeat a craving, you are one step closer to quit tobacco.

Simple Words

The words, the thoughts, the processes go on and on.

As simple as it may seem to me I tend to feel that all words have their own meaning and not always the dictionary form.

A simple word takes the form of many other words as each individual person who hears it puts it through a transformation process.

A doctor can take a word and change it into a disease. A carpenter can take a word and change it into a tool.

Is it that no one is listening or is it that each person listens only to what they know currently?

Debates take a turn at each word that is change and looked at in a different way by the person listening. According to our knowledge we can take a prayer and turn it into a blatant statement of hatred or immoral intrusion.

We can take a statement that spews hate and turn it into a humanitarian effort.

The words that tell, the words that say, the words that we hear and acknowledge everyday make us what we are if we allow them to.

It is the definition as we see it and nothing more. Depending on how stubborn a person is the prayer, the hatred can be anything.

A long line of definitions and the end of any Thesaurus will change the meaning according to the word you pick hate can become love and loving can become despising. This is the way a person's mind can work and in the end it all blends into the way a person listens.

If all you know is hatred, it is not hard to imagine what love could be. Still depending on the words that you know it can turn itself into a field of flowers or the face of a monster.

Every word has a meaning and that meaning can be twisted and turned into so many different forms that it can take forever to get through if the person listening does not understand your meaning and what it means to you.

Human beliefs are a large part of the basis of the definitions that are out there. What could be simple and what is simple can, and at times can become complex and confusing.

Confusion occurs when a word we learned as a child takes a different form and we are unaccustomed to it being used in that way. Simple can be so much better but the world is complex and if the ones that hold the knowledge contained in a Thesaurus use it, the world can and will become the definition of what they believe in if only because no one can truly understand what is happening.

It will get to the point where not only will people not understand what is happening because they do not understand the use of the wording. But the other people will not understand because they have evolved to a place where simplicity means nothing.

It is everywhere and few see it.

It is in politics, they make wrongs right, according to the wording of laws and bills. It is in corporations as they justify the wrongs or the lies that they come upon every day. It is in the very fabric of the religions that will change what they need to according to what they want to believe in.

Simple, look it up!

Easy Ways of Finding Life Insurance Prices

An insurance policy provides the best alternative for when a breadwinner dies. There are several ways, which a client can use to get the best insurance prices. Any client with such an insurance policy can guarantee that his family does not suffer in case of his death. Other policies also allow the holder to pay premiums for the insurance, and have tax-free investment opportunities. This is because they build cash value during the contract period. Whole life insurance is the best example of a policy that builds cash value over time.

A potential client should find out different rate plans available for various policies. There are three main rate plans which are standard, preferred and preferred plus. Healthy clients get better rates as compared to sick or older ones. There are some clients who have minor health problems, they may get standard rate if their health is not in an adverse state. On the other hand, young clients with no history of substance abuse get preferred plus rates because they have no probability of dying. With this in mind, client should consider their health conditions before searching for life insurance prices from various companies.

Term life insurance prices depend on the contract period. The policy allows the client to choose the several years he intends to get coverage. The policy can offer coverage options between one year and 30 years. The client can name the beneficiaries who will get payment in case of his untimely death during the contract period. The policy offers some of the lowest rates in the market as compared to other forms of insurance policies. However, as time goes by and the insured person gets older, the premium rates increase. The difference between this policy and whole life insurance is that it does not gain cash value over time.

Term life insurance prices also depend on the calculations of mortality tablets. Many insurance companies use such calculations to decide the benefits pay out costs, as well as the insurance costs. There are some variations where some companies can ask the client to renew their contract if the contract period expires. Getting the best quotes also means that the policy holder avoids using his policy as an investment plan. This is because many policies, which have the option of investment, cost more than other plans available in the market. The clients should focus on the main goal of having a policy.

Using Film Speed Effectively (Black & White Film Thoughts)

It's hard to find sometimes but it's making a resurgence, black and white film. If you've never used this film now is the time to try it out. Here are some tips to using b&w film and what you can expect from the results.

1. Forget color. This is the hardest thing to do and the number one reason that you will not get good results with b&w film.

2. Look for contrast. Once you can ignore color look for contrast. You will want your image to have a bit more contrast than you would normally want in a color image.

3. Consider shooting situations that are more formal. Black and white film gives such a wonderful timelessness to an image and it's perfect for formal situations.

4. Keep your photos simple. Black and white film simplifies so don't fight it. Keep the images simple by keeping close to your subject or place your subject against a simple back drop.

5. Babies and pets look great on b&w film. Place the pet or baby on a white background and you'll be stunned at the beautiful results.

Black and white film creates a timeless simple look. It's wonderful for portraits and formal events. After shooting a few rolls of b&w you'll notice that you start to pay attention to composition of your image more, since you don't have to worry about color. If you're just learned photography try using b&w film for awhile it will help you teach yourself good composition. Think of light and dark, black and white, and good composition and you'll find that b&w film could be a whole new hobby for you.