Out of curiosity, Lily Robinson, a 3 and a half years old little girl made a company alter the name of one of its bread products. Little Lily Robinson, made a letter of suggestion to Sainsbury’s, one of the largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, indicated that its “Tiger Bread” looks more like a “Giraffe Bread“. Here is a snapshot of Lily’s letter to the company:

Lily then received a reply after 2 weeks. Apparently, Sainsbury’s customer service manager Chris King wrote the letter. King agreed with confirmation to the observation of Lily by saying:

I think renaming tiger bread giraffe bread is a brilliant idea. It looks much more like the blotches on a giraffe than the stripes on a tiger, doesn’t it?

Take a look at the reply letter of Chris King:

The Customer Manager reasoned that the Tiger Bread was called as such because the first baker who made it looong time ago thought it looked stripey like a tiger, so maybe they were a bit silly that time, King continued.

With his awesome gesture of appreciation of the little girl’s inquisitive thoughts, Chris inserted in his letter, a gift card present for Lily.

I really liked reading your letter so I thought I would send you a little present. I’ve put a ?3 gift card in with this letter. If you ask your mum or dad to take you to Sainsbury;s you could use it to buy some of your own tiger bread (and maybe if mum and dad say it’s OK you can get some sweeties too!)…

Those lines were followed by Chris King’s signature above his name, followed by his age in the format: “(age 27 & 1/3)”.

The letter of Lily Robinson and the customer manager’s reply went viral 8 months later. It has gotten over 150k “LIKE“s on Facebook. Thus, by popular demand, Sainsbury’s started to sell the newly named bread from the first week of February. Sainsbury’s spokesman said:

In response to overwhelming customer feedback that our tiger bread has more resemblance to a giraffe, from today we will be changing our tiger bread to giraffe bread and seeing how that goes.

According to the supermarket, Mr King after having been praised by the huge networks of Twitter and Facebook users, left the company to train as a primary school teacher.

From Tiger Bread to Giraffe Bread / www.dailymail.co.uk

If only all customer letters are being handled the way Chris King do it, there would be a much better relation between a company and its present and future patronizers. So far, the best and awesome customer manager reply letter in the air for good vibes and lifestyle. A must-follow, so to speak.

How about you? How do you write a reply letter as a customer manager? Do you find this encounter between a 3 1/2 and 27  1/3 years old nice and cute? Do spread this story!

Best Wedding Songs for Walking Down the Aisle — There was a mention of this topic while yours truly was talking with some colleagues involved in events organizing. It was just a casual conversation until somebody from the group asked for any suggestions on wedding songs for walking down the aisle. The response was overwhelming. Upon concluding the gathering that time, I was able to take note of the following songs for walking down the aisle during marriage.

Arioso – J.S. Bach
All My Life – America
All I want is you – U2
A Walk To Remember – Mandy Moore
Andante – Telemann
All My Life – K-CI & JoJo (performed gospel)
After All – Cher and Peter Cetera
Air On The G String – J.S. Bach
All I Ask Of You from Phantom of The Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber
Allegro from Autumn of The Four Seasons – Vivaldi
Allegro from Spring of The Four Seasons – Vivaldi
Canon – Johann Pachelbel
China roses – Enya
Claire De Lune – Claude Debussy
Everything I Do – Bryan Adams
Endless Love – Lionel Richie and Diana Ross
Erev Shel Shoshanim – J. Hadar
From This Moment On – Shania Twain
Glory of Love – Peter Cetera
Here, There and Everywhere – The Beatles
Heaven – Bryan Adams
I Was Born To Love You – Eric Carmen
Jesu Joy Of Man’s Desiring – JS Bach
Largo from Winter of The Four Seasons – Vivaldi
Looking Through The Eyes Of Love – Melissa Manchester
Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso – Andrea Morricone
Lara’s Theme from Dr. Zhivago – Maurice Jarre
Largo from Sonata – Corelli
Moon River from Breakfast At Tiffany’s – Henry Mancini
Ode To Joy, 9th Symphony – Beethoven
Romanze from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik – W.A. Mozart
Romance – Hummel Stewart
Somewhere In Time – John Barry
Stairway To Heaven – Led Zeppelin
Te Deum Overture – Charpentier
The Way You Looked Tonight – Frank Sinatra / Michael Buble / Tony Bennett / Rod
The Prayer – David Foster
Trumpet Tune – Henry Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah Clarke
The Look of Love – Herb Alpert
Unforgetable – Nat King Cole
Wedding March from Lohengrin – Richard Wagner
What A Wonderful World – David Weiss and Bob Thiele

Do you know of any other songs for walking down the aisle that you can suggest? Don’t hesitate to share them here by hitting the comment box. Not everyday that a person will get to experience one of the most precious occasions that could happen to man’s life, so wedding is such a sacred agreement that each of the marrying couple shall have to take care of.

Having those well-thought songs for walking down the aisle is like a prelude to a happy family ahead. The good and sweet vibes must be there. But of course, other things are also needed. We got the photographs where best chosen photographers play a very significant role in the wedding process. This one goes depending on your criteria in a wedding photography; wedding photography raleigh nc, wedding photography studios, as well as freelancers are great options to consider.

I hope you get to choose one of the songs listed above as your song for walking down the aisle on your auspicious day of wedding.

I have been a religious fan of furniture works and its amazing products. Perhaps it stemmed from where I spent my early 20s, where wood works are very much prevalent as source of livelihood to almost any family that you can find in the neighborhood. Although furniture per se is not limited to wood-based products, wood happened to be the most available source of industrial production in my old place, so practically, I’ve never really got to get a hold of those that are made with materials such as metals and plastics.

Definition of Furniture:

Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping. Furniture is also used to hold objects at a convenient height for work (as horizontal surfaces above the ground), or to store things.

Furniture can be a product of design and is considered a form of decorative art. In addition to furniture’s functional role, it can serve a symbolic or religious purpose. Furniture can be made from many materials, including metal, plastic, and wood. Furniture can be made using a variety of woodworking joints which often reflect the local culture.

Furniture has been an indispensable part of human lives, indeed. It walked with man’s progress, from the old and ancient stages up to this age of modern technology and arts. Noteworthy is that, even with the advent of high forms of technology in home styling, decorations or interior designing for that matter, the old-fashioned craft or let’s say vintage form of such home accessories is still a matter of obsession to many.

Ancient Furniture History and Design. In view of appreciating this wonderful product of skill and art, I invite you to indulge me as I take you to a brief run down of what has been the straights and corners of “furniture” in terms of history and design evolution. Let’s get it done quickly by going through the different periods that furniture works have traversed. Here we go!

1. Neolithic Period – It is where a range of stone furniture were unearthed in Skara Brae, a Neolithic village located in Orkney. The place had some sort of wood shortage, hence people were forced to build things with stone – the most ready material that can be found in the neighborhood. Items made include shelves, cupboards, seats and limpet tanks.

2. Classical World – the occasion where some ancient furniture were found, identified as coming from the “8th-century BC Phrygian tumulus, the Midas Mound, in Gordion, Turkey.” The pieces of items found include tables and serving stands. Something from the “9th-8th-century BC Assyrian palace of Nimrud” were also discovered. More of the items found during this period are the following: Pazyryk Carpet in a frozen tomb in Siberia – dated between 6th and 3rd century BC, 3rd millennium BC beds at Tarkhan – 2550 BC gilded bed and chairs from the tomb of Queen Hetepheres, and boxes, beds, chairs from c. 1550 to 1200 BC from Thebes.

3. Early Modern Europe -furniture during the middle ages were found heavy, made of oaks and are well-ornamented with carvings and designs. It is where a rebirth in design marked in the Italian Renaissance of the fourteenth and fifteenth century. Parallel to the said revolution in design occurred in Northern Europe in the 15th century. It is also during this time that the;

Palladianism in Great Britain or Louis Quinze in French furniture, others, such as the Rococo and Neoclassicism were perpetuated throughout Western Europe.

4. 19th Century – the time when revival styles came into play. This includes Gothic, Neoclassicism, Rococo, and the East Haven Movement. It is during this era that “Aesthetic movement and the Arts and Crafts movement” were introduced. It is the main influencing factor on “Art Nouveau“.

5. Early North American – furniture designs in this period were mainly in the emphasis of both form and materials, as called by the necessity of the time. Furniture items were mostly constructed with “turned spindles” with the chair backs often with steaming to bend the wood. It is also where highlights on wood of edible or fruit bearing trees such as Cherry or Walnut were indicated. It is also where early technologies used to further refine furniture products were given high regards, like the abrasives and the likes of it.

6. Modernism - the era that was seen as the march towards the realms of Modernist idiom. History had it that it is the era when designers or groups like Art Deco, De Stijl, Bauhaus, Wiener Werkstätte, and Vienna Secession, worked heavily under the banner of modern furniture styles. Materials used were made of laminated plywood, plastics and fiber glasses. Sample of works in the modernism stage include those by George Nelson Associates, Charles and Ray Eames, Paul McCobb, Florence Knoll, Harry Bertoia, Eero Saarinen, Harvey Probber, Vladamir Kagan and Danish modern designers including Finn Juhl and Arne Jacobsen.

7. Asian History – there is also a great flow of furniture design advancement or revolution to that effect, which took place in Asia. There is Japan’s “Sendai-dansu for kimono“, zelkova woods, iron works in engineering structures, including handles and lockable compartments that can be found in most sets of furniture at the homes as well as establishments. Countries like Korea, Mongolia, China, Japan, Pakistan and India among many others have played significant roles in this phase of furniture development history.

What we are seeing these days are products of the many revolutions in the said industry. They maybe influenced by religion or pure cultural factors but one thing is there – we got into what we are enjoying as comforts to our homes and offices because of the relentless efforts and discoveries made by the brilliant artists in the past and present era.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org , http://www.furniturestyles.net/

Are you in the health industry? Working in a health related institution where CPR is your line of duty and practice? I am sure, CPR or CardioPulmonary Resuscitation is by nature accompanied by resuscitation. But out of a certain humor, Vinnie Jones is happy to demonstrate to you a CPR without the use of the resuscitation thing.

The thing does not stop there. Vinnie Jones will show you a Hands-only CPR to the tune of a Bee Gees song “Stayin’ Alive“. Hilarious, funny and brings mind to a question – does it really exist? Will Hands-Only CPR, without resuscitation work with those who suffered cardiac arrest?

Well, this video is but an urge to people to really use CPR in times of emergency. Watch this video advertisement by the British Heart Foundation TV, starred by the Hollywood’s hard-man Vinnie Jones.

From now on, make sure that you know the basics of CPR. You don’t know whose life will you saving in the latter times. I like this video composition, though a not so familiar viewer may perceive it as a campaign for a certain CPR technique, that is, without the utilization of resuscitation.

CPR saves lives. It has been proven countless times already. This is perhaps one of the precious things that you can bring anywhere, without worrying if it will fit in your gorgeous aluminum briefcase or mobile medical bag for that matter.

It is not often that I blog about footwear for women but since my passion for radical shoe designs have been ignited, I deemed it timely to write about something that women might want to consider when shopping for some rubber shoes. With that, allow me to share with you this 5 most wanted Adidas shoes for women, as per demand data culled from shopadidas.com.

Let’s get into the list!

1. SAMOA - this shoes got the basic sporty profile. It is the same easygoing and all-time favorite shoes since decades ago. The design is all-leather with metallic accent for the feminine blend.

Selling at about $58.00, Adidas SAMOA for women is sold in seasonal colors. Here are some of the details:

- Full grain leather upper for comfort and soft feel
- Rubber toe bumper for added protection
- EVA midsole for lightweight long-term cushioning
- Metallic accents for distinctive look
- Trefoil-pattern outsole for maximum traction

2. CLIMACOOL Ride Shoes – is made as light and durable for your running requirements. ClimaCool or CC Ride running shoes possesses mesh build on the upper part and supreme ventilation design, with adiPRENE®+ in the forefoot for improved propulsion.

Selling for a discounted price of $54.00 (from $90). Here are the details:

- CLIMACOOL® provides 360-degree cooling for the entire foot
- Mesh upper for light weight and breathable comfort
- adiPRENE®+ in the forefoot maintains propulsion and efficiency
- Flexible midsole for comfort; Nonwoven fabric lining for comfort and breathability
- adiPRENE® under the heel for superior cushioning at impact
- adiWEAR® outsole offers the ultimate in high-wear durability

- Stretch textile upper for flexible fit
- Special engineered midsole-outsole construction enables superb responsive feeling of ground contact
- Non-marking outsole

4. OSCILLATE Warm Shoes – is intended for your summer walks and to deal with the winter season, this one is equipped with “breathable CLIMAWARM™” to keep your feet warm and dry.

Oscillate Warm Shoes sells for ($95.00) $57.00, which is a fantastic sale, right?

- Breathable CLIMAWARM™ keeps your feet warm and dry
- Zip elastic lace cover for instep support and protection
- adiPRENE®+ in the forefoot maintains propulsion and efficiency
- Winter lining keeps your feet warm
- adiPRENE® under the heel for superior cushioning at impact
- adiWEAR® outsole offers the ultimate in high-wear durability

5. HONEY STRIPES MID Shoes - this shoes come with the fresh presentation of the classic 80′s leisure shoe. This one feature a laid-back canvass upper with the matching 3 stripes contrasting effect.

Honey Stripes Mid Shoes sells for $50.00. Some details below:

- Canvas upper for classic style
- Comfortable textile lining
- Pivot-point outsole for grip

These are some great shoe deals that you can these days. I bet they also got work shoes for women or other types, depending on your lifestyle or work mode.

Images: shopadidas.com