5 Best Reasons Why You Should Encourage Art in a Child's Life

By Dawn M Best

* Self-Esteem: Creating art or working on an art or craft project can 
develop a child's sense of "feeling good" about him or herself, and 
what he or she has accomplished. Happiness and pride in his or 
her artistic accomplishments helps promote positive feelings and 
generally, a healthier, positive attitude.

* Stress Reliever: There is no room for life's problems and stress while a child is totally immersed in an art or craft project. Finding ways to relieve stress in our lives is a very positive and healthy action to take. It's good for all of us, including children, to try to spend time each day free of stress.

* Using the Right Side of the Brain: Working and being educated in the arts, along with the core classes (English, mathematics, and science), and the humanities, helps to promote a more well-rounded education. Encouraging children to use both sides of their brain can lead to healthier overall development in children.

* Hand and Eye Co-Ordination: Developing what a child's eyes see and what his or her hand can replicate on paper is a good hand and eye co-ordination exercise. Seeing that picture on the board and trying to draw, color or paint it the same way, or seeing a craft project and trying to duplicate it helps to develop hand and eye co-ordination, which is an important part of childhood development.

* Learning the Act of Giving: When children give their art work or craft projects to family and friends, it instills a sense of happiness and accomplishment in them, and helps them to start learning and understanding, that the act of giving is an important part of life, and a "win, win" situation for both themselves and their recipients. Giving their art work or handmade crafts makes them feel proud of what they have made, and it makes them feel happy knowing that they have made someone that they care about, happy too.

In summary, encouraging a child's creativeness, and praising the artistic achievements of a child is so important to his or her overall development. We all want our children to grow up feeling good about themselves and the world around them. We want our children to realize that they can achieve their goals, dreams, and aspirations, because we, as parents, teachers, mentors, friends and relatives, have helped them to develop their self-confidence in whom they are and what they can accomplish. Art, in any form, helps to promote and develop good characteristics in a child that, hopefully, will lead to a productive, rewarding, and happy adult life.

Dawn Best offers art easels, boards, and early educational furniture for artistically active children.

Supplying a child with good art supplies and easels could help stimulate a child's creative imagination.

7 Useful Technologies for Organizing Events in 2012

By Jonathon Reynolds

According to experts, the year 2012 will see the usage of many new trends and technologies that will help event organizers streamline their event needs in the coming years. Millions of event organizers across the world are taking the help of advanced Cloud computing, mobile applications such as LTE and WI-Fi, and social media tools to enhance their brand image and create a repeat attendance.

Cloud Computing

It is one of the most highly used technologies of 2011, and its demand will increase all the more in 2012. Cloud computing refers to freely sharing of products and services over the Internet. Event planning organizations can adopt this technology to offer registration and payment management solutions to the global audience.

Social Media Tools

An increase number of individuals will start using social media tools in 2012. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google+ already has millions of users and the number of new members is rising with each passing day.

Free HD Video Conference Tools

Many organizations hold events across multiple locations throughout the year. Now, it is impossible for the same person to be present at different conference or meeting venues at the same time. Skype and Google Hangout helps you easily interact and share valuable event-specific information with your members and customers over the Internet. The tools help you attend the meeting or seminar without being physically present at the location.

Free Collaboration Tools

Collaboration tools such as Google Docs helps you share documents and other resources almost instantly with your customers. You can also store documents on your computer desktop and allow your team members or customers to view and share the document as and when necessary.

Mobile Applications - LTE and Wi-Fi

LTE (3GPP Long Term Evolution) accelerate the process of data transfer over wireless devices. LTE uses the new latest DSP (Digital Signal Processing) method to offer customizable high-speed bandwidth across numerous networks. Tablets, Smartphone, and video game console are based on the Wi-Fi technology. It allows you to connect a mobile device to the Internet via a wireless plug point.

Use of Hybrid Events

A hybrid event helps you host a product launch party or conference on the Cloud. You can chat with your attendees, share important documents, and exchange ideas without being actually present at the event. To sum up, a hybrid event means holding a meeting in a virtual environment.

Increased Use of Social Publishing Tools

You can use YouTube to freely upload your event videos for quick viewing by your target audience. Event organizers can also use WordPress to write and post interesting articles about your events and festivals. Finally, Flickr.com can be used to share event photos with your present as well as new customers.

Jonathon is a professional event planner. Event professionals worldwide are increasingly relying on automated software to streamline the online event registration, payment management, and attendee relationship management. Acteva is the market leader in providing event registration process, & management solutions at competitive cost.

Uplevel Your Brand in 3 Simple Steps

By Martina Srblin

When was the last time you checked your brand's temperature? Is it hot or not? Does it perform well and sell for you, or is it closer to a head- and/or heartache?

Here are 3 steps you can take right away to skyrocket your brand to the next level of efficiency and success...

Uncover Your "Rays of Value"

The foundation of every strong, thriving brand is total clarity about the value it brings to the table. Can you jot down 30 to 50 benefits your clients get after working with you or consuming your product? These numbers may seem high, but they're actually high for a reason - to make you look beyond the obvious, and dig deeper. What you want to do is draw a small circle in the middle of a piece of paper, and then a larger circle around it. If you pretend the small circle is the Sun, and the bigger circle is what captures the rays of light, then you'll soon see how the beneficial outcomes spread like wildfire.

There are five areas to consider when you're measuring the transformational power of what you do, so imagine cutting a cake in five pieces, and connect your "Sun" with the outer circle with five lines. The words to write on the five shapes that emerge are the following: financial, personal/family, spiritual, social, health-related. Now, for each category - for each "ray of value" - start with the most general and obvious benefits and then follow their trail to all the consequences they trigger in your clients' life. Voilà! Piece of cake, right? (Literally.)

Stand Out More

How memorable is your brand? Does it get attention in a crowded marketplace? If your answers are not anywhere near "very" and "absolutely", it's time to find out what makes you different from your "competition", and then properly showcase it in your marketing, sales, PR - everywhere! Keep in mind that price and quality are NOT categories that will do much for your differentiation, though, as you don't want to only appeal to price shoppers and quality is a given. A better use of your resources it to identify specific points of difference related to added value/bonuses, packaging, product and/or service delivery, business model, marketing, client experience, support of charitable causes, being bold enough to be controversial... you name it!

In short, your brand needs to find its own unique voice, build character, and dare to be liked or disliked without your emotional attachment to one or the other.

Be Consistent Through and Through

If brand identity is kind, consistency is queen! Since a confused mind says NO, inconsistencies never go unnoticed. Unless you want to kill your sales and drive clients away, pay attention to always portraying a consistent brand image with your brand's colors, fonts, imagery, copy and more. If you've come up with a specific "linguistic flavor" that you use as part of your brand, make sure to include it in all your communications. Also, be adamant about delivering the same brand experience every time, everywhere. On a similar note, everything you do needs to be in alignment with your brand's values.

Ultimately, clarity about what your brand stands for and how it stands out, paired with a consistent and memorable brand presence, creates the "magic" that rewards you with more visibility, more (perfect) clients and more income.

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10 Hal Tentang Indonesia Yang Anda Mesti Tahu

1. Tiga orang Presiden RI pertama memiliki bulan lahir yang sama, yaitu bulan juni. Bungkarno lahir 6 Juni 1901 (Bernama asli Kusno Sosrodihardjo). Pak Soeharto 8 Juni 1921. Sedangkan Pak Habibie 25 Juni 1936.







2. Istana Merdeka mulai dibangun pada tahun 1873 dan selesai pada tahun 1879. Istana tsb di rancang oleh arsitek Drossares dengan luas 6,8 hektar dan 16 jumlah anak tangga yg terdapat di bagian depan gedung.



3. Sebelum digunakan oleh pemerintah Indonesia, Istana Kepresidenan Bogor digunakan sbg rumah peristirahatn gubernur jenderal Belanda. Tercatat 44 orang gubernur jenderal Belanda pernah menjadi penghuni istana yang pada masa penjajahan bernama Istana Buitenzorg



4. Istana Kepresidenan Tampaksiring merupakan satu-satunya Istana RI yang dibangun setelah Indonesia Merdeka, tepatnya pada tahun 1957



5. WR. Soepratman, pencipta lagu kebangsaan wafat pada tgl 17 Agustus 1938. Tepat tujuh tahun sebelum proklamasi kemerdekaan RI dinyatakan



6. Lagu 'Indonesia Raya' di ciptakan pada tahun 1942 (ralat tahun 1924) dan dikumandangkan untuk pertama kalipada tanggal 28 Oktober 1928, tepatnya pada penutupan acara Kongres Pemuda II yang melahirkan Sumpah Pemuda.

7. Mobil dinas Kepresidenan RI yang pertama adalah mobil Buick keluaran tahun 1939 yang digunakan Alm. Bung Karno. Sedangkan Alm. Bung Hatta menggunakan mobil dinas De Soto yang merupakan hadiah dari pengusaha sekaligus pamannya, Djohan Djohor. Kedua mobil ini dpt dilihat di Gedung Joang '45, Jakarta


Buick


De Soto

8. Republik Gabon di Afrika Barat memiliki tanggal kemerdekaan yang sama dengan RI. Bedanya, Gabon merdeka pada tahun 1960



9. Rupiah dinyatakan sebagai mata uang nasional RI pada rgl 2 November 1949.



10. 21 jumlah dentuman meriam yang dibunyikan untuk menyambut tamu negara yang merupakan kepala negara. Sedangkan untuk menyambut tamu negara yang merupakan kepala pemerintahan di bunyikan 19 kali dentuman meriam.



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LED Architectural Lighting Can Accent Your Best Design Elements

By Kim Zheng

A big part of any major architectural project is drawing the eye both to and away from certain design elements. For example, if you have implemented remarkable wall designs, you may want to draw the eye away from the usual focal point, which is the door, and towards your ornate wall design or other adornments. While some design elements naturally draw the eye, you will find that LED architectural lighting can be a great way to ensure that your focal point receives the emphasis that you desire.

Turning the interior of any structure into an architectural masterpiece can take a lot of work, but lighting can prove to be a solid enhancement. In fact, many design features are implemented to make the most of light fixtures, utilizing them to create shadows or to give the feature an even more distinct look. The interior of any home will determine the comfort level of the people living and visiting it, and ensuring that you have the perfect aesthetic can turn any house into a home. Par lamps are a fantastic form of LED architectural lighting that can provide the illumination and accent that you are looking for.

One benefit to using Par lamps as part of your LED architectural lighting is that they can easily be retrofitted into existing light sockets. This is certainly welcome news for people who are remodeling an existing home or business, and it can be a great way to make use of traditional light fixtures and sockets. LED Par lights are fantastic energy savers, and like all LED bulbs, offer a significantly greater lifespan than traditional lights and bulbs.

While Par lights are the most common form of architectural lighting due to the fact that they act as the best spotlights, you will find that there are many other LED options available to you as well. Cove lights are a fantastic way to highlight a beautiful ceiling, while under cabinet and low profile lights can bring out the smaller details in a wall or backsplash. Under shelf lighting can also highlight unique shelf designs or even bring out the best in antiques and other décor that help give the room its unique aesthetic. Taking the time to look at all of your options in terms of LED architectural lighting can go a long way towards helping to inspire the perfect design for your space.

The bottom line is that LED architectural lighting is a great way to showcase the very best design elements in any space. LED lighting also offers the added benefit of being environmentally friendly, helping you to reduce not only your utility expenses, but your carbon footprint. Modern design takes great care to employ the highest lighting quality and to maintain a high level of energy efficiency, and you will discover that there is no option available on the market today that can accomplish this more effectively than top quality LED par and strip lighting.

LED lighting is great for residential, commercial cove and architectural lighting applications. LED-Mate brings you cost effective custom lighting solutions. Kim Zheng is the company's main author of energy efficient LED architectural lighting articles, an experienced expert of super bright SMD based LED linear tube for cove lighting and architectural lighting. He reveals technology aiming to improve LED cove lighting by using high brightness LED fixtures. Find out more about LED architectural lighting from other articles written by Kim Zheng, where he offers valuable advises and tips for environmentally friendly, energy efficient LED tube lighting for excellent lighting effects.

Tips For Creating An Effective Trade Show Booth Design On A Budget By

Chris A. Harmen

Designing a trade show exhibit that is both visually appealing and communicates your brand message can be a tricky task - especially when you're operating on a limited budget. It's probably every exhibitor's nightmare to spend countless hours developing the perfect trade show booth design, only to show up at the event and find that the crowds just aren't taking notice. While there's never a guarantee that your display will be the most talked-about in the venue, you can certainly increase your booth's impact with just a few simple design tips.

Make Room For Product Trial And Demonstration Stations

Attendees are naturally attracted to exhibits that provide a hands-on experience of some variety. When creating your next exhibit, be sure to make room in your design for product trial and demonstration stations. It only makes sense that potential customers would want to try a product themselves before purchasing. Set up areas of your trade show exhibit with table top displays where people can give your product at try. After all, the sense of touch can be a powerful motivator! You might also consider staging live product demonstrations, so you can show off all the features and capabilities of your product.

Utilize Custom Lighting In Your Trade Show Exhibits

If you really want to make a statement with your exhibit, it may be time take review the effectiveness of your booth lighting. In many expo environments, the overall lighting of the venue consists of harsh fluorescent lighting that does little to flatter even the most elaborate trade show exhibits. With soft lighting and simple color schemes, you can create a trade show booth design that is both striking and functional. However, keep in mind that although it may seem like a good idea to include multi-colored lights and special effects, you do run the risk of distracting from your overall marketing message.

Fewer Words, Bigger Impact

While it can be tempting to fill your trade show exhibit with as much information as possible, this isn't necessarily the best way to catch the eye of attendees passing by. In fact, it is much more beneficial to choose a few simple words or phrases that effectively communicate your brand, enlarge the words for maximum impact - and leave it at that! A concise message printed on a simple, vibrant backdrop can be stunning; while a cluttered, overly wordy design can produce the opposite effect, sending potential buyers in the other direction.

Consider Table Top Displays

If your budget is tight this year, but you don't want to sacrifice quality when it comes to your exhibit design, explore the possibility of table top displays! This compact, easy-to-install option can be fully customized to your company's needs. Table top displays are available in a wide range of colors, shapes and sizes to fit your overall style. You can even have your company's logo or graphics printed directly on the fabric. A simple table top display adorned with sharp, vibrant colors, soothing lighting, and friendly booth staff can be just as effective as a large, complex display.

Skyline Canada is your source for the latest trade show booth design trends, including customized table top displays and banner stands. To learn how you can draw in the crowds with your next trade show exhibit, or to request a free brochure, visit Skyline's website today!

Identify Which Type Of Trade Show Exhibits Will Suit Your Company's Image The Best

By Mark Delacruz

Selecting the right trade show exhibits is critical to the success of 
your booth at a show. There are five basic types of exhibits and you 
need to identify them and then decide which one will suit your:

• Custom
• Custom modular
• Pre-owned
• Portable
• Rental

The custom trade show booth will be built with based on exact specifications of the space allotted to your booth at an exhibition. This custom-built booth can be innovatively designed to make it unique and stand out in the crowd. This kind of custom exhibit is the best choice, when announcing a most important breakthrough product, or when establishing superiority over competitors.

A custom unit is very expensive to build and can be used only in specific spaces. The custom modular exhibit is cheaper than the custom model. This offers the owners flexibility in reconfiguring or redesigning the booth. This is especially useful when the size of the booth space changes from show to show as it normally does. The unit has inter-changeable components like counters, back walls, exterior panels and display pedestals. Custom modular units are usually lightweight and hence easy to assemble and take down.

It also comes in space-saving packs that make them easy and cheap to transport and store when not in use. Some of the materials used in custom modular exhibits are Plexiglas, aluminum and high-grade fabrics. If you want a high quality, yet flexible display unit then go in for this booth model that is affordable also. Many companies that sell trade show exhibit items also have a large inventory of pre-owned displays. These help a company save money while at the same time having a striking display.

Many big companies with a large marketing budget will keep changing their booth displays very often. Instead of condemning their old exhibits, they will sell them to these companies that sell trade show display items. By purchasing one of the pre-owned units, you can save on construction costs to a large extent. If you look carefully, you will find good quality options that can be modified slightly to suit the image of your company. First measure the space of your booth and then select an appropriate display that can fit in easily. After this, you can go about modifying structural elements, graphics and such. Companies that wish to participate in exhibitions but are facing a temporary credit crunch can go for this pre-owned display option.

The portable display unit is the cheapest type of exhibit that a company can own. Built specifically for those who participate in multiple shows, these lightweight units are easy to install, transport, dismantle etc. It is often constructed with a basic skeletal frame with detachable panels that can be set-up into multiple styles. These portable units can be made into island displays or tabletop displays every easily. Use backlights, counters, bridges or alcoves to enhance the look of the display and it will have a new image at different shows.

Since it is so flexible, portable units can be used in various types of spaces and being easy to store and transport are the most economical of all units. First-time exhibitors who do not have a large budget can go in for this option. Those who participate in smaller trade shows in far off regional areas can get a portable booth. The best and most economical option is the trade show booth rental. This is the perfect solution for start-ups or those who participate in limited shows.

This is also a good choice for those who want to take part in multiple shows around the same time and do not have the resources to own multiple displays. Sometimes, companies may own the basic booth framework and then get exhibit rentals at different venues. Booth rentals have several key advantages like customization and flexibility, lower costs, scalability and portability. By renting out booth displays, you can customize them to suit the space at each exhibition hall. You have the flexibility of not having to follow the same display design, which could be the case if you own exhibits.

When you buy a display unit, you need to spend on maintenance, transportation and disposal costs. When you rent, you do not have these costs but just the rental costs. Renting booths also means you can participate in several shows at the same time and save on transporting your exhibits from city to city. So, explore all these alternatives and go with the one that suits your company's needs the best.

Article by Mark Delacruz of PopAndExhibits, who is a specialist in exhibit displays. For more information on trade show exhibits, visit his site today.

Meaning of Entrepreneur

By Philip Kent

This is a real big word and can cause a lot of confusion if you do not explain in the right way.

The actual meaning of it is a person who operates, organizes, and takes risks for a business venture.

I want to take the time now to tell you about one of the greatest entrepreneurs that is living today. I also want to give you a few examples of what an entrepreneur does.

First off, I want to tell you about a man called Bill Gates, one of the greatest entrepreneurs of the world. (Now an entrepreneur is one who takes a risk when trying to make his company bigger, better, or make more money.) Bill Gates is one who has been doing that his whole life, for example Bill and his friend Paul Allen called up the president of a company that had made the first microcomputer. They told him that they made a version of the popular computer language basics. The president of the company then told them he wanted to see it. Since Gates and Allen had not even actually made the software, they began to work on making one. When they went to show the president, neither Gates nor Allen knew if it would work but it did work, so they dropped out of school and in the end they created Microsoft.

That is one of the ways of an entrepreneur. These men had a huge amount of risk but in the end, they did succeed. That is a true way of an entrepreneur.

Now an entrepreneur is not always someone who business is huge. They can also be small. The Basic of entrepreneur is to make money from what they have and make something bigger, so you could start out in your garage.

If you want to become an owner or be a manger of a company then you might want to go to college or you can go through online classes. If you want to be a manger or an entrepreneur then you need to study on how to become one.

One of the ways to be an entrepreneur is online. There is potential online. You can make money online hundreds of different ways and an entrepreneur knows that he can invest small amounts of money online and the result will be that he makes more money.

There is so many different ways to be an entrepreneur. If you really want to become an entrepreneur now is the time to start.

10 Fakta Unik Fisika

Berita Aneh- Orang yang beranggapan sains membosankan, mereka salah. Berikut 10 alasan mengapa sains tak membosankan.

Menurut penulis We Need to Talk About Kevin, Marcus Crown, berikut 10 fakta fisika aneh itu:

1. Jika matahari terbuat dari pisang.

Matahari panas karena beratnya yang luar biasa, sekitar bermiliar-miliar ton dan membuatnya menjadi inti tekanan kolosal. Tekanan besar menimbulkan temperatur besar. Jika matahari terbuat dari pisang, maka beratnya akan bermiliar-miliar ton dan memiliki efek yang sama dengan matahari.

2. Semua materi pembuat ras manusia dapat masuk dalam kotak gula.

Atom merupakan 99,9999999999999999% ruang kosong. Jika semua atom dipaksa bersatu dan menghilangkan ruang di antaranya seperti kotak gula, maka massanya sekitar 10 kali massa manusia hidup. Hal ini serupa yang terjadi pada bintang netron, massa super padat peninggalan supernova.

3. Peristiwa di masa depan dapat mempengaruhi peristiwa di masa lalu.

Keanehan dunia kuantum didokumentasikan. Tetapi keanehan itu semakin aneh. Menurut eksperimen fisikawan John Wheeler dan peneliti lain pada 2007, perubahan partikel masa kini dapat mengubah partikel pada masa lalu.

4. Hampir sebagian besar semesta menghilang

Kemungkinan terdapat lebih dari 100 miliar galaksi di kosmos. Setiap galaksi memiliki 10 juta bintang. Matahari kita memiliki berat bermiliar-miliar ton. Materi ini merupakan materi terlihat di semesta.

Materi lain disebut ‘materi gelap’. Materi ini masih butuh penjelasan dan tampaknya materi ini merupakan perluasan semesta.

5. Benda dapat bergerak lebih cepat dari cahaya.

Kecepatan cahaya konstan pada ruang hampa adalah 300 ribu km/detik, dan cahaya tak selalu melewati ruang hampa. Dalam air, foton bergerak sepertiga kecepatan awal. Dalam reaktor nuklir, beberapa partikel dipaksa bergerak dalam kecepatan tinggi bahkan lebih cepat dari cahaya.

6. Ada jumlah tak terbatas saat menulis dan membaca

Menurut standar model kosmologi saat ini, jumlah semesta yang dapat dihitung pun tak ada batasnya seperti buih. Namun, jumlah kemungkinan sejarah terbatas karena jumlah peristiwa terjadi juga terbatas.

7. Lubang Hitam tidak hitam

Lubang hitam memang sangat gelap, tapi tak hitam. Mereka bersinar dan memberi sedikit spektrum cahaya, temasuk cahaya yang dapat dilihat.

8. Penjelasan mendasar dari semesta tak termasuk masa lalu, kini atau masa depan

Menurut teori relativitas, tak ada hal seperti masa kini atau masa depan atau masa lalu. Bingkai waktu sangat relatif. Waktu kita sama karena kita bergerak pada kecepatan yang sama. Jika kita bergerak pada kecepatan berbeda, kita akan menemukan bahwa kita menua lebih cepat.

9. Partikel dapat mempengaruhi sisi lain semesta dalam sekejab

Ketika elektron bertemu kembaran antimateri, keduanya akan hancur dalam kilatan energi dan dua foton akan terbang dari ledakan itu.

Kembaran itu akan mulai berputar pada arah sebaliknya, dan secara instan kembaran di sisi lain semesta juga ikut berputar.

10. Semakin cepat bergerak, semakin berat

Jika Anda berlari dengan cepat, berat Anda akan bertambah. Tak permanen, tapi secara sesaat akan menambah sedikit berat. Menurut teori relativitas, massa dan energi adalah sama. Semakin banyak energi yang dikeluarkan, semakin berat massanya.

Pintu Langit Di Pegunungan Tianmen

Berita Aneh - Surga Pintu Langit adalah lubang raksasa berbentuk oval di atas Pegunungan Tianmen, (1518 meter di atas permukaan laut) Kota Zhanjiajie, Provinsi Hunan, Cina. Dengan panorama alam yang indah yang tertutup salju, kini dibuka untuk wisatawan asing, khususnya untuk Asia termasuk Indonesia.