Candle Making

BBC News – The economic crisis has pushed inflation above 7,500%, and rising. As power cuts have become more frequent, candles light workplaces, restaurants and homes come nightfall. The capacity of the country’s ageing power plants has declined because of lack more here

Detroit Free Press – She’s wearing a birthday tiara fashioned to look like candles and cake for her 34th birthday. In the next class hour, Johns cackles with her Advanced Placement Biology students as she shows a video from the 1970s that uses dancing Stanford University more here

Guardian Unlimited – One New Year’s Eve, I was drunk on fizzy wine in Venice and wandered into a cathedral where I found a series of Titian paintings lit by candles. I’d try to recreate that whole experience. Complete this sentence: At heart I’m just a frustrated more here

MSN New Zealand – 750 candles were lit to guide Sir Ed on his path to the spiritual world and reincarnation. Buddhists believe it takes 49 days to achieve this state. more here

Berkshire Eagle – But as four residents at Curtis Manor Retirement Home prepare for birthday cakes with 99 candles this winter, they say it is still hard to imagine living for almost a century. “I don’t feel 99,” said Mary Clark, who turns 99 today. “I don’t feel 99 more here