| Go Green with recycled wrapping paper with Mar Jennings
Our Lifestyle Guru Mar Jennings shows us how to use eco-friendly wrapping paper. Information provided by Mar:
www.marjennings.com Recycled Wrapping:
In this age of consumerism, nothing speaks more to a "green" lifestyle than recycling paper, fabric and other goods that can be used to wrap packages and gifts. Any chance I get and whenever possible, I save various and sundry items that I may not have a use for at the moment but invariably become a source of inspiration when I need to wrap a gift. I have two favorite materials that I always save and use for wrapping: those would be wallpaper and burlap fabric. Both make a natural, organic statement and are suitable for any occasion. Wallpaper Wrapping
Biodegradable jute twine
Boxwood clippings
Silver Christmas balls (1 ¼ inch) already wired available at any holiday supply store
Tape When wrapping with wallpaper, remember that it is quite stiff.
Iowa Business Briefs: National Pork Board to seek a new CEO
Steve Murphy, chief executive officer of the National Pork Board since 2001, has resigned, the board announced Friday.
Lynn Harrison, a pork producer from Elk Mound, Wis., who is president of the 15-member National Pork Board, said the board "reluctantly" accepted Murphy's resignation.
Murphy will keep the job until the board finds a successor, which could take up to a year, Harrison said. Murphy said in a telephone interview that he resigned because the past six years have "taken an awful lot of energy out of me." .
Ford, Chrysler Introduce New Pickups
His address, reprising his call for democracy in the Middle East and other places where it is scarce, was planned at an opulent, gold-trimmed hotel here where a suite goes for $2,450 a night.Republican Candidates Stump in Michigan %mlink(STRY:V5244; PHOTO:MIMO116-0112081848; AUDIO:203%mlink)YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) - Mitt Romney and John McCain argued about their concern for the auto industry, while Mike Huckabee spotlighted his opposition to abortion, as the Republican presidential contenders campaigned Saturday before Michigan's potentially make-or-break primary. Romney, seeking a rebound in Tuesday's primary after losing to Huckabee in the Iowa caucuses and McCain in the New Hampshire primary, made an impromptu stop at a General Motors plant near here after 200 layoffs were announced last week.Former Holloway Suspect Tosses Wine %mlink(STRY:V5226; PHOTO:NYOL548-1207071433; AUDIO:%mlink)AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - A former suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway threw wine in the face of a crime reporter after they appeared together on a Dutch television program.
O’Jays, friends sing sweet tribute to Levert
It's a moment for the ages. Eddie Levert of the O'Jays conjures the spirit of his gone-too-soon son, and in a flashback moment of sheer Gerald Levert-dom, it's gyrating, sensual, get-down-to-the-nitty-gritty hysteria Saturday night at the Gerald Levert Tribute Concert at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. Before then, though, when the Manhattans with Gerald Alston took the stage, all hormones broke loose. They cranked out hit after hit from "Kiss and Say Goodbye" to "It Feels So Good to Be Loved So Bad," which had ladies all but throwing themselves on stage. But it was Alston's rendition of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" that really got the crowd going. Dedicated to the "Jena Six" in Louisiana, it was as moving as it was mesmerizing to see this man whip up so much chutzpah as if he not only wanted change but an overhaul.
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