TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S COMPLETE RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW.

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 12/22/2012

The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issues below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62, 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.

Summary of Issues that Applicant Must Address

(1) Requirement to Submit New Drawing;

(2) Requirement to Remove Matter From Drawing;

(3) Requirement to Amend Mark Description and Color Claim Statements;

(4) Requirement to Submit English Translation of Word “SATYA” in Mark;

(5) Requirement to Amend Description of Goods;

(6) Requirement to Disclaim Words “NAG CHAMPA” in Mark; and

(7) Requirement to Submit Claim of Ownership of Prior Registration

No Conflicting Marks

The examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered or pending mark which would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.

However, the applicant must respond to the following informalities.

Drawing

I. Configuration Mark

For marks consisting of a configuration of the goods or their packaging or a specific design feature of the goods or packaging, the drawing must depict a single three-dimensional view of the goods or packaging, showing in solid lines those features that applicant claims as its mark. See 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(2); TMEP §§807.10, 1202.02(c)(iv); In re Minn. Mining & Mfg. Co., 335 F.2d 836, 839, 142 USPQ 366, 368-69 (C.C.P.A. 1964). If the mark cannot be adequately depicted in a single rendition, applicant must file a petition to the Director requesting that the requirement to provide a single rendition of the mark be waived. TMEP §807.10.

If the drawing of the mark includes additional matter not claimed as part of the mark (e.g., matter that shows the position or placement of the mark), applicant must depict such matter using broken or dotted lines. 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(4); In re Famous Foods, Inc., 217 USPQ 177, 177 (TTAB 1983); TMEP §§807.08, 1202.02(c)(i); see In re Water Gremlin Co., 208 USPQ 89, 91 (C.C.P.A. 1980).

In addition to these drawing requirements, applicant must also submit a clear and concise description of the mark that does the following:

(1) Indicates that the mark is a three-dimensional configuration of the goods or their packaging or of a specific design feature of the goods or packaging;

(2) Specifies all the elements in the drawing that constitute the mark and are claimed as part of the mark; and

(3) Specifies any elements which are not part of the mark and indicates that the matter shown in broken or dotted lines is not part of the mark and serves only to show the position or placement of the mark.

See 37 C.F.R. §§2.37, 2.52(b)(2), (b)(4); In re Famous Foods, Inc., 217 USPQ 177, 178 (TTAB 1983); TMEP §§807.08, 807.10, 1202.02(c)(ii).

II. Drawing Does Not Reproduce Satisfactorily

The drawing is not acceptable because it will not create a high quality image when reproduced. See TMEP §807.04(a). Specifically, the wording inside of the horizontal lines and circles around the letter “S” and the design over the letter “S” within the circles repeatedly shown in the mark are blurry, illegible and unclear and thus will not be displayed in a high quality image when reproduced.

A clear drawing of the mark is an application requirement. 37 C.F.R. §2.52. Therefore, applicant must submit a new drawing showing a clear depiction of the mark. All lines must be clean, sharp and solid, and not fine or crowded. 37 C.F.R. §§2.53(c), 2.54(e); TMEP §§807.05(c), 807.06(a).

To submit a new drawing via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), applicant must use the response form and follow the instructions regarding submission of a drawing. TMEP §807.05(a); see 37 C.F.R. §2.53(a). An applicant must submit a drawing via TEAS in jpg format, and the USPTO recommends a digitized image with a length and width no smaller than 250 pixels and no larger than 944 pixels. 37 C.F.R. §2.53(c); TMEP §807.05(c).

For drawings submitted on paper, the paper should be approximately 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches long, white, non-shiny, and include the caption “DRAWING PAGE” at the top. 37 C.F.R. §2.54(a)-(c); TMEP §807.06(a). The mark in the drawing must appear no larger than 3.15 inches (8 cm) high by 3.15 inches (8 cm) wide. 37 C.F.R. §2.54(b); TMEP §807.06(a). Further, the drawing must be made with ink or by a process that will provide a high definition when scanned. 37 C.F.R. §2.54(e); TMEP §807.06(a). A photolithographic, printer’s proof copy, or other high-quality reproduction of the mark may be used. 37 C.F.R. §2.54(e); TMEP §807.06(a).

The USPTO will not accept amendments or changes to the applied-for mark shown in a new drawing if the changes would materially alter the mark. 37 C.F.R. §2.72; see TMEP §§807.13 et seq., 807.14.

III. Deletion from Drawing

Applicant must submit a new drawing showing “TRY OUR OTHER NEW PRODUCTS: CELESTIAL MIDNIGHT PATCHOULI FOREST SANDALWOOD SUNRISE JASMINE BLOSSOM ROMANCE FORTUNE RAIN FOREST”, “EXCLUSIVELY PRODICED FOR: R. EXPO (USA) INC. EMAIL: REXPO@COMCAST.NET CUSTOMER CARE No. 91-22-6692-6955”, all caution warnings, net weight information, bar code information and associated symbols on the upper-right top portion of the packaging, the symbols on the insertion tabs on the sides of the packaging, the address information at the bottom of each circle surrounding the letter “S”, “INCENSE”, “MFRS.” and all information below the wording “SHRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA” in the middle rectangle on the packaging deleted from the mark because it is merely informational matter and/or the name of the goods. This matter is not part of the mark. See TMEP §§807.02, 807.14(a).

In addition, applicant must submit a new drawing showing the ® symbol deleted from the mark; this matter is not part of the mark and is not registrable. See TMEP §807.14(a).

IV. Mark Description

Applicant must revise the mark description of record by providing a clear and concise description of the mark that does the following:

(1) Indicates that the mark is a three-dimensional configuration of the goods or their packaging or of a specific design feature of the goods or packaging;

(2) Specifies all the elements in the drawing that constitute the mark and are claimed as part of the mark; and

See 37 C.F.R. §§2.37, 2.52(b)(2), (b)(4); In re Famous Foods, Inc., 217 USPQ 177, 178 (TTAB 1983); TMEP §§807.08, 807.10, 1202.02(c)(ii).

In addition, applicant has submitted a color drawing and provided a color claim, but has not provided the required description specifying where color appears in the literal and design elements in the mark. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.37, 2.52(b)(1); TMEP §807.07(a)-(a)(ii).

Generic color names must be used to describe the colors in the mark, e.g., magenta, yellow, turquoise. TMEP §807.07(a)(i)-(ii). If black, white, and/or gray are not being claimed as a color feature of the mark, applicant must exclude them from the color claim and include in the mark description a statement that the colors black, white, and/or gray represent background, outlining, shading, and/or transparent areas and are not part of the mark. See TMEP §807.07(d).

Therefore, applicant must provide a mark description that specifies where all the colors appear in the literal and design elements in the mark. See TMEP §807.07(a)(ii). The following is suggested, if accurate:

“The mark consists of a three-dimensional configuration of product packaging for incense and air fragrancing preparations whereby the top section shows the word “SATYA” in white stylized font within a blue oval above the black stylized words “REKINDLING YOUR THIRST FOR FINE FRAGRANCE” and the black stylized wording “BLESSINGS IS A VERY MILD FRAGRANCE TO ENHANCE YOUR HABITAT, TRY FOR YOUR YOGA AND MEDITATION” all against the color white with a yellow-colored folding tab on the right side featuring a stylized letter “S” surrounded by concentric circles and the wording “SHRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA” shown therein with the stylized lettering “SSS” superimposed against the same all in a repeated pattern in white stylized font and partial representations of the words “SAIBABA” and “SRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA” in white stylized font, the middle and bottom sections of the package appear in yellow and feature the wording “SRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA”, “SATYA”, “SAIBABA”, “NAG CHAMPA” and a stylized letter “S” surrounded by concentric circles and the wording “SHRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA” shown therein with the stylized lettering “SSS” superimposed against the same all in a repeated pattern in white stylized font while the middle section also shows a large white-colored rectangle featuring a smaller red-colored rectangle shown therein surrounding the word “SATYA” in white stylized font within a blue oval and the red-colored stylized words “BLESSINGS” and “SHRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA” and four blue-colored horizontal lines showing the white-colored stylized words “SATYA NAG CHAMPA” in a repeated pattern across the packaging. The matter shown in broken or dotted lines is not part of the mark and serves only to show the position or placement of the mark.”

V. Statement Claiming Color

In light of the mark description above, the color claim statement of record should be amended by using the following format: “The colors white, blue, black, yellow and red are claimed features of the mark.” 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(1); TMEP §807.07(a)(i). Common color names should be used to describe the colors in the mark, e.g., red, yellow, blue. TMEP §807.07(a)(ii).

VI. Literal Element Advisory

Applicant is advised that the literal element of the mark is SATYA REKINDLING YOUR THIRST FOR FINE FRAGRANCE BLESSINGS IS A VERY MILD FRAGRANCE TO ENHANCE YOUR HABITAT, TRY FOR YOUR YOGA AND MEDITATION SRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA SAIBABA NAG CHAMPA S SHRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA SSS BLESSINGS. TMEP §807 et seq.

Translation of Foreign Word in Mark

Applicant must submit an English translation of all foreign wording in the mark. TMEP §809; see 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a), 2.61(b). In the present case, the wording “Satya” requires translation.

The following translation statement is suggested: The English translation of “Satya” in the mark is “Truth”. TMEP §809.02.

See the attached sample Internet printout and third-party registrations/approved applications demonstrating the same.

In addition, if the wording “SRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA”, “SAIBABA” and “SHRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA” have any meaning in English, applicant must amend the proposed translation statement accordingly. The following translation statement is suggested:

The English translation of “Satya”, “Srinivas Sugandhalaya”, “Saibaba” and “Shrinivas Sugandhalaya” in the mark is “Truth”, “[indicate English translation of ‘Srinivas Sugandhalaya’]”, “[indicate English translation of ‘Saibaba’]” and “[indicate English translation of ‘Shrinivas Sugandhalaya’]”. TMEP §809.03.

Identification of Goods

The words “air fragrances preparations in the form of agarbatti”, “masala batti”, “dhoop sticks”, “dhoop cones” and “dhoop powder” in the identification of goods are indefinite and must be clarified. See TMEP §1402.01. Applicant must specify the common commercial or generic name for the goods. If there is no common commercial or generic name for the goods, applicant must describe the product and intended consumer as well as its main purpose and intended uses.

The applicant may adopt any or all of the following descriptions, if accurate:

“Agarbatti being air fragrancing preparations; masala batti being incense; incense sticks; masala incense sticks; perfumed incense sticks; dhoop sticks being incense sticks; dhoop cones being incense cones; dhoop powder being incense powder”, in International Class 3.

TMEP §1402.11.

For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the online searchable Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services at http://tess2.uspto.gov/netahtml/tidm.html. See TMEP §1402.04.

An applicant may amend an identification of goods and services only to clarify or limit the goods and services; adding to or broadening the scope of the goods and/or services is not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07 et seq. Furthermore, any goods or services deleted by amendment may not be reinserted at a later point in prosecution. TMEP §1402.01(e).

Disclaimer

Applicant must disclaim the descriptive words “NAG CHAMPA” apart from the mark as shown because it merely describes a key feature and/or characteristic of the identified goods; namely, Indian fragrances incorporated into incense and related fragrance products. See 15 U.S.C. §1056(a); TMEP §§1213, 1213.03(a). See the sample LexisNexis® articles below demonstrating the same.

Material obtained from computerized text-search databases, such as LexisNexis®, is generally accepted as competent evidence. See In re Lamb-Weston Inc., 54 USPQ2d 1190, 1192 (TTAB 2000) (accepting LexisNexis® evidence to show descriptiveness); TBMP §1208.01; TMEP §710.01(a)-(b).

The Office can require an applicant to disclaim an unregistrable part of a mark consisting of particular wording, symbols, numbers, design elements or combinations thereof. 15 U.S.C. §1056(a). Under Trademark Act Section 2(e), the Office can refuse registration of an entire mark if the entire mark is merely descriptive, deceptively misdescriptive, or primarily geographically descriptive of the goods. 15 U.S.C. §1052(e). Thus, the Office may require an applicant to disclaim a portion of a mark that, when used in connection with the goods or services, is merely descriptive, deceptively misdescriptive, primarily geographically descriptive, or otherwise unregistrable (e.g., generic). See TMEP §§1213, 1213.03.

Failure to comply with a disclaimer requirement can result in a refusal to register the entire mark. TMEP §1213.01(b).

A “disclaimer” is a statement that applicant does not claim exclusive rights to an unregistrable component of a mark. TMEP §1213. A disclaimer does not affect the appearance of the applied-for mark. See TMEP §1213.10.

A disclaimer does not physically remove the disclaimed matter from the mark, but rather is a written statement that applicant does not claim exclusive rights to the disclaimed wording and/or design separate and apart from the mark as shown in the drawing. TMEP §§1213, 1213.10.

The following cases further explain the disclaimer requirement: Dena Corp. v. Belvedere Int’l Inc., 950 F.2d 1555, 21 USPQ2d 1047 (Fed. Cir. 1991); In re Brown-Forman Corp., 81 USPQ2d 1284 (TTAB 2006); In re Kraft, Inc., 218 USPQ 571 (TTAB 1983).

The computerized printing format for the Office’s Trademark Official Gazette requires a standardized format for a disclaimer. TMEP §1213.08(a)(i). The following is the standard format used by the Office:

No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “NAG CHAMPA” apart from the mark as shown.

TMEP §1213.08(a)(i); see In re Owatonna Tool Co., 231 USPQ 493 (Comm’r Pats. 1983).

In addition, if the wording “SRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA”, “SAIBABA” and “SHRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA” describe any aspect of the identified goods, it will be necessary to disclaim these words.

No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “SRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA”, “SAIBABA”, “NAG CHAMPA” and “SHRINIVAS SUGANDHALAYA” apart from the mark as shown.

TMEP §1213.08(a)(i); see In re Owatonna Tool Co., 231 USPQ 493 (Comm’r Pats. 1983).

Finally, if applicant does not show the outline of the packaging in dotted or broken lines, it will be necessary to disclaim the shape of the product packaging because incense and air fragrance preparations are commonly available and sold in rectangular packages. See the attached sample Internet printouts showing the same.

Ownership of Prior Registrations

If applicant is the owner of U.S. Registration No. 3438680, then applicant must submit a claim of ownership. 37 C.F.R. §2.36; TMEP §812. A printout of this registration is attached for the applicant’s review. The following standard format is suggested:

“Applicant is the owner of U.S. Registration No. 3438680.”

Response Guidelines

For this application to proceed toward registration, applicant must explicitly address each refusal and/or requirement raised in this Office action. If the action includes a refusal, applicant may provide arguments and/or evidence as to why the refusal should be withdrawn and the mark should register. Applicant may also have other options for responding to a refusal and should consider such options carefully. To respond to requirements and certain refusal response options, applicant should set forth in writing the required changes or statements.

If applicant does not respond to this Office action within six months of the issue/mailing date, or responds by expressly abandoning the application, the application process will end, the trademark will fail to register, and the application fee will not be refunded. See 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.65(a), 2.68(a), 2.209(a); TMEP §§405.04, 718.01, 718.02. Where the application has been abandoned for failure to respond to an Office action, applicant’s only option would be to file a timely petition to revive the application, which, if granted, would allow the application to return to live status. See 37 C.F.R. §2.66; TMEP §1714. There is a $100 fee for such petitions. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.6, 2.66(b)(1).

Advisory Regarding E-mail Communications

If applicant has questions regarding this Office action, please telephone or e-mail the assigned trademark examining attorney. All relevant e-mail communications will be placed in the official application record; however, an e-mail communication will not be accepted as a response to this Office action and will not extend the deadline for filing a proper response. See 37 C.F.R. §2.191; TMEP §§709.04-.05. Further, although the trademark examining attorney may provide additional explanation pertaining to the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office action, the trademark examining attorney may not provide legal advice or statements about applicant’s rights. See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06.

Miscellaneous

If applicant has questions about its application or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned trademark examining attorney directly at the number below.

/David Yontef/

David Yontef

Trademark Attorney Advisor

Law Office 105

(571) 272-8274

david.yontef@uspto.gov

TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: Go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp. Please wait 48-72 hours from the issue/mailing date before using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), to allow for necessary system updates of the application. For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov. For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney. E-mail communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to this Office action by e-mail.

All informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.

WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE: It must be personally signed by an individual applicant or someone with legal authority to bind an applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants). If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the response.

PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION: To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at http://tsdr.uspto.gov/. Please keep a copy of the TSDR status screen. If the status shows no change for more than six months, contact the Trademark Assistance Center by e-mail at TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov or call 1-800-786-9199. For more information on checking status, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/.

TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS: Use the TEAS form at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.

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Las Vegas Weekly

June 6, 2012

SECTION: NIGHTLIFE

LENGTH: 819 words

HEADLINE: Local bartenders brought game to Disaronno's battle royal

BYLINE: Erin Ryan

BODY:

In 1988, Tom Cruise poured a drink with his pelvis in Cocktail. The movie is a classic stinker, but it made a statement about what really goes into the glass. Muddling, shaking, straining and stirring (and tweezing ridiculous garnish) are performance art, and that artistry makes a simple beverage a memory.

I have the U.S. Bartenders' Guild and Disaronno to thank for a reminder not involving Mr. Cruise and his legendary "moves." The professional network and the sexy Italian liqueur partnered on a nationwide competition called the Mixing Star, and the final round happened this week at Palazzo's stunning Azure Pool.

Thousands of hopefuls were whittled down to regional qualifiers in Miami, New York, Portland and LA, and judges looked for deliciousness, creativity and style in both the drink and the person mixing it. That's because cocktails are about the experience, and because the grand prize is a trip to Mumbai, India, and a potential appearance in a Bollywood film.

Wynn/Encore Master Mixologist Patricia Richards could have Jai Ho-ed onto the set. Eyes dusted with dark purple shadow, flawless skin draped in gold and sari silk, she looked like she might burst into song and then share a long, wet kiss with some hunky servant boy. Instead, she soberly told me why Las Vegas, despite its glut of bartending talent, continues to be snubbed in best-of features by national media (I'm talking to you, Esquire).

"It might be that we get so much attention otherwise," she said, adding that bartending's intimacy and craft lend themselves more to cities that don't oblige gazillions of drinkers every day. "It's a different animal. But they should try to do what we do. They wouldn't be able to keep up."

Lucky for her competition--from LA, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco and St. Louis--each of 17 gladiators had about 10 minutes to prep and present for a panel of judges that included USBG President David Nepove, Wirtz Beverage Nevada Beverage Development Specialist (and former Cosmo property mixologist) Andrew Pollard, and Disaronno's U.S. Marketing Manager Effie Panagopoulos and National Ambassador Paul Sevigny.

Dressed for a cabaret number, Lauran September from LA's Spare Room got carried in and greeted the panel, "Well hello, you fantastic bitches." Joel Clark, the wiry star of St. Louis' Sanctuaria, pumped up for his performance with Chopin, hugs from besotted fans and a snap of the elastic on his Superman underwear. A guy from Miami impressively strained over one shoulder while pretending to call his mom. There was a triple cocktail pour and a naughty nurse. Gimmicks were flying, quite literally in Richards' case, as she showered the judges with petals through a haze of nag champa incense.

Her "Mai Chai" paired Disaronno's nutty, spicy sweetness with two kinds of Amrut single malt whiskey, lemon juice, agave nectar and Angostura bitters, with a garnish of kumquat and clove. Nepove asked for a memory from her first bartending job.

"Being scared sh*tless," she said, which got a good laugh from the audience, where Disaronno drinks were also flowing (especially because I kicked one over on a lovely woman's leather bag). With Campari, grapefruit and lemon, the Sorrentine Punch was like drinking the summer sky.

Roger Gross of Cosmo's Vesper Bar went second to last. Early in the night, I asked for his "flair" strategy, the bells and whistles (and pelvic pours!) he would spring on the crowd.

"What I really want to do is just be myself and be genuine. ... My cocktail is the star. I'm the vessel," he said, admitting with a laugh that just-inked additions to his tattoo sleeve might grab some attention.

He does believe in the ceremony of drink making and borrows from the Japanese style, from masters such as Hidetsugo Ueno. "At Tales of the Cocktail last year I got the opportunity to go to his seminar, and to watch him was utterly amazing, even just the way he carved ice," Gross said. "It's very romantic, very sexy, very fluid--no wasted movements."

So was the performance by Gross, who told stories and cracked jokes just like he does five days a week at Vesper. His Disaronno-based "Chance Encounter" wove Zaya rum, lime, velvety egg white and Tiki bitters with cardamom pods ground into caramelized pineapple puree. Without any props (or wasted movements), he owned second place.

Only Miami's Julio Cabrera was better, at least according to the judges. When I asked Gross why Vegas doesn't get recognized for talents like him, Richards and so many others, he said it's because there are so many. There is so much concentrated skill and passion that everyone forgets to notice. And our bartenders aren't too proud to make a Red Bull and vodka in 10 seconds flat, though they live for the chance to pour more than booze.

"A lot of times I ask people, 'How do I taste?' That's me in that glass," Gross said. "I just poured my heart and soul."

GRAPHIC: Patricia Richards got serious style points for her look and her luscious concoction.

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The Register-Mail (Galesburg, Illinois)

February 5, 2012 Sunday

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HEADLINE: Non-traditional bookstore full of eclectic merchandise;

Info, advice on Eastern religions, Shamanism, Christianity, dreams, yoga, New Age practices

BYLINE: ANTWON R. MARTIN, KNOX NEWS TEAM

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Inner Wisdom is something of an oddity in Galesburg.

From the outside, it looks like little more than a pleasant, small town bookstore. Walking through the first glass door of the store at 31 N. Kellogg St. one sees Buddhist statues and artwork from the Far and Middle East.

The second door opens with a jingle. The smells of downtown Galesburg are replaced with the enticing aroma of nag champa incense. The walls are lined with bookshelves filled with titles about the Dalai Lama, Wiccan traditions, and all sorts of guides for spiritual health.

Lianna Ita, store owner and operator, sits chatting with her boyfriend, Tom Mastin, on a couch in the middle of the room. A faux fireplace gives off artificial heat around the center sitting area where another couch and a large, cushioned chair entice.

Ita, in a practiced yet sincere tone, asks, "Did you have any questions?" In a store with such fascinating wares, there are plenty of questions to ask. A response of, "Not just yet, but I'm sure I will," seems appropriate before continuing to explore the enchanting merchandise.

Neatly displayed trinkets are all around. Animal-speak charms, which look like silver dollar sized medallions with animal engravings, sit in small baskets. According to the signage, the charms "let the animals whisper messages to your heart."

Another section of the store displays homeopathic herbs in small vials, while yet another houses stones and crystals. These "can be used as alternative medicine and healing tools," according to the Inner Wisdom website.

A glass case displays jewelry with unique bird, insect and Celtic designs as well as polished stones. A wide variety of music also is offered. And of course there are books. Back in the center sitting area where Ita and Mastin chat, the earthiness of plants with long flat leaves complements the subtle light given off by lamps. It feels comfortable.

Once settled in, Ita explains her wares, calling them "eclectic."

"We try to offer a lot of different paths to try to find what's best for everyone," she said. Books in the store offer information and advice on Eastern religions, Shamanism, Christianity, dreams, yoga and all sorts of New Age practices.

Aside from selling a wide variety of merchandise, Ita also works alongside two message therapists and a reflexologist. The reflexologist specializes in hand and foot massages to positively affect the organs and meridian flow by applying pressure to specific zones.

Ita, who identifies herself as a Buddhist, is a Reiki Master, having practiced the art for 18 years. Her and her mother offer Reiki treatments as a way to aid in recovering therapeutically as well as helping with relaxation, emotions and spiritual well being. Reiki is a Japanese spiritual practice that involves balancing the chakras, or energy centers of the body.

"My mom worked at Maytag and learned about Reiki from a lady at work," Ita said. Her mother introduced her to the woman.

After speaking with the woman, Ita "knew this is what I wanted to do. Some people ask, 'does it heal the physical body?' Yes, it can.

"When my son was 2, he needed surgery" for a fairly common, yet pressing condition, she said. "I'm sitting with the specialist and ask, what about alternatives?" She is referring to natural herbs as well as Reiki. The specialist insisted the surgery was necessary.

For the next three months, Ita tried a combination of Reiki and herbs to treat her son. When they went back to the specialist, there was no longer any reason for surgery.

"My mom said, you've always chosen different paths. Things that weren't traditional," Ita said. "Until now. I own a business; I'm a businesswoman. That's traditional."

Her mother's response to that statement: "You own a metaphysical book store in Illinois, (perhaps) traditional (is not the perfect word)."

Owning her own store has a great deal to do with her philosophy of wide offerings. "It isn't about being your own boss. It's finding what you love and doing that."

Before opening Inner Wisdom, she was a military engineer stationed in Fairfield, Calif. Ita joined the Air Force right after high school, eager to see the world. Between the Air Force and Army Reserves, she spent 12 years helping others, doing what she loves.

"We did a lot of humanitarian things, like building schools and houses in Central America," Ita said.

It would not be long, though, before her path led her back to her home town of Abingdon.

"I was eager to move back for family," she said.

Ita was a stay-at-home mom with two children when she started to write a journal. She wrote, "If I can do anything . . ." and the idea of Inner Wisdom began. As she further describes the idea behind the store, she says, "I walked into a book store in Peoria and said to my mom, 'if I could do anything...' " Her store is now seven years old and running strong.

"When you ask, 'if I could do anything,' and you get the answer, how can you do anything but that? It seemed like anything else at that point would not be courageous," she said. "I just started doing research once I decided I wanted to open a book store."

For the next year and a half, she made phone calls, visited trade shows, and finally took her business plan and projections to the bank. To fund the endeavor, she ultimately had to mortgage her home.

"You have to be either very brave, or crazy," Ita said, laughing.

Mastin adds, "I think you're definitely brave."

His path was a little different from Ita's. A Galesburg native, he was a truck driver down south before settling back in town. "I travelled all around, going where the money was," Mastin said.

Glancing around the shop, he says, "I love the store, I used to come here even before we were together." Then, stopping to take in the atmosphere, adds, "The whole vibration is incredibly soothing."

Since one of the many offerings at the store has to do with Wicca, which is related to Pagan Witchcraft, some have nicknamed the store "the Wiccan Shop." Ita explains, "It doesn't bother me. But it is a limited view of what we offer here.

"Our purpose here isn't to show people how we're different, but how we're the same," she said. "By having this conversation, we learn about each other."

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas)

December 3, 2010 Friday

SECTION: E

LENGTH: 389 words

HEADLINE: Birds & Batteries lands at Lola's Saloon Sixth

BYLINE: Preston Jones; pjones@ star-telegram.com

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If you're looking for somewhere to park yourself this weekend, you could do no better than Lola's Saloon Sixth .

The current nerve center for the Fort Worth scene will be humming, beginning Friday night, with an appearance from San Francisco's Birds & Batteries , which recently joined forces with area booking/promotions powerhouse Spune Productions . RTB2 (which recently performed a Dallas gig with -- gasp! -- a bassist) and Stella Rose round out that particular lineup.

Saturday night, you'll want to have your lava lamps and nag champa incense in tow: Epic Ruins , the Fort Worth-based supergroup that counts Jordan Richardson , Steve Steward , Sam Anderson and Jeff Dazey among its members, returns to town to celebrate the vinyl release of its galactically expansive debut album, Void Mariner and the Mystic Boogie of the Sacred Line . If that were not enough, Calhoun , which is gearing up to release Heavy Sugar early next year, and the Orbans , which has one of the year's best albums (When We Were Wild) under its belt, will also be on the bill. To close out the weekend, the Panther City Bar Bazaar Christmas Extravaganza , which features arts and crafts from a variety of local vendors, as well as live music, kicks off at noon Sunday at Lola's.

The University of North Texas Jazz Artist Series gets under way, for the third straight year, Jan. 25 at McDavid Studio . Spanning three months and featuring performances from UNT jazz faculty, the series will spotlight artists such as Marvin Stamm , Steve Turre , Larry Goldings , Adam Nussbaum , Bill Moring and James Spaulding . And speaking of McDavid Studio, local blues-rock guitar god Bugs Henderson will ply his trade there Friday.

The initial lineup for next year's 25th anniversary edition of South by Southwest has begun trickling out of HQ in Austin. So far, the North Texas contributions are slim: Erykah Badu , Bowling for Soup and the Secret Handshake are the only confirmed acts from our area.

And last but not least, if any local folks would like their albums considered for my year-end best-of list, get those MP3s and CDs to me. You can e-mail me tracks at the address above, or send me physical media to 400 W. Seventh, Fort Worth, TX 76102. The cutoff for consideration is Dec. 10, so get cracking.

Preston Jones is the Star-Telegram pop music critic, 817-390-7713

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The New York Times

August 8, 2010 Sunday

Late Edition - Final

SECTION: Section RE; Column 0; Real Estate Desk; Pg. 1

LENGTH: 1494 words

HEADLINE: Sharing the Faith, Splitting the Rent

BYLINE: By SARAH MASLIN NIR

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APARTMENT hunters always have a wish list of things that will help them call a new place home -- doormen, laundry rooms, southern exposures.

But for some people, faith guides real estate choices. Instead of bay windows and an in-house gym, their must-have may be a kosher kitchen, a short walk to church, room to roll out a prayer mat or like-minded roommates.

Community mattered to Jason Storbakken, 33, and his wife, Vonetta, 36, who wanted to share their lives with other followers of Christ, and not just for an hour on Sunday morning. So the couple started Radical Living, a Christian collective, in 2007 in a Brooklyn brownstone they bought in 2001 for $180,000, first rehabbing it to the tune of $80,000. To find members, they began ''targeted marketing,'' Mr. Storbakken said, advertising for roommates on Christian Web sites.

Today Radical Living is home to 20 adults, with several satellite apartments within a block of the brownstone. The word radical, the group's Web site explains, means ''relating to the root or origin,'' and refers to the members' aim ''to return to primitive Christianity and to share their lives with others in a spirit of love and service.'' Thus, Mr. Storbakken, faith ''plays out in every area of your life, from the food you eat to your housing.''

The house is ecumenical, and there are Catholics and Protestants among the current residents, as well as varying levels of orthodoxy and an assortment of ages and backgrounds. The residents meet for weekly meals to discuss values and scripture. Sometimes they fast together. On these warm summer days, Bible study takes place on the brownstone's brick patio.

Justin Hilton, 21, arrived at the brownstone in Bedford-Stuyvesant on July 1. Mr. Hilton works at a video store in Park Slope, and moved from Crown Heights, where he shared an apartment with a friend. He now pays $500 a month to be a part of Radical Living.

A child of missionaries to West Africa, he grew up in communal situations, and he was seeking similar surroundings when he discovered Radical Living.

''Living here in this community is not just like I have people my age or into the same things as me,'' he says. ''It stretches you and makes you hopefully more selfless, living for something more than just your own comfort.''

He said that living where religion is as much a part of daily roommate life as making sure there's milk in the fridge, means the principles of his faith are always in practice. ''Church, when it's once a week, you can turn it off,'' Mr. Hilton said.

Prospective residents of Radical Living fill out an application, answering questions like ''Why do you want to live in Christian community?'' and ''Our community emphasizes loving our neighbor. In what ways would you work to love your neighbors in Bedford-Stuyvesant?''

Rent is from $450 to $650, depending on the size of the room. Housemates contribute to a purse that covers pantry staples like tea and flour, and to charitable projects that the group agrees upon.

Conflicts are mediated using a method outlined in the Bible: ''If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.''

''Christians are good moral people, ''Mr. Storbakken said. ''But you have the same issues with Christians as non-Christians when it comes to housing.''

Yoheved Rubenstein, 24, on the hunt for her first solo apartment, wanted to live in the thick of the action in Manhattan, among good restaurants, great bars and an arts scene.

But higher on the list were the demands of her religion. Ms. Rubenstein, who grew up in Scarsdale, N.Y., is a modern Orthodox Jew and adheres to kosher dietary rules. She is also shomer Shabbat -- observing the Sabbath by not turning on electricity or using transportation, among other things.

Thus, her ideal apartment would be within walking distance of her temple. So before she went house-hunting, she went temple-hunting. Having decided on the Jewish Center on West 86th Street, she began looking on the Upper West Side.

''All my friends were asking why I wasn't moving to the East Village,'' she said, but ''my Sabbath life is so important it totally changed the destination or location that I would choose to live in.''

The appeal of living not just near her synagogue, but also among fellow congregants, trumped all other concerns even financial ones. ''You could live in Astoria for half the price, you could live in Washington Heights for half the price,'' Ms. Rubenstein says, ''but it's really the community you want.''

Earlier this summer she found an almost perfect pad with an ample bedroom not far from the Jewish Center. But another feature of her observance ruled it out: Every Friday night, Ms. Rubenstein hosts a traditional Sabbath dinner. She needed enough space to accommodate at least 30 guests.

This month, she began moving into a three-bedroom apartment that has a much smaller bedroom and is 10 blocks farther north that she might have liked. But the dining room is huge.

''For me,'' Ms. Rubenstein said, ''it was more important to have a larger living space, as opposed to my room, which wasn't really a priority. I'd rather host people than have a larger room.''

Sadia Kalam, a Muslim who prays five times a day, spent her freshman year of college in 2003 living in New York University's Union Square dorms. There, Ms. Kalam, now 24 and a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, found practicing her religion a logistical problem.

During the monthlong holiday of Ramadan, where the observant fast during daylight hours, she remembers tiptoeing around in the dark to grab cereal for her predawn meal. She had to roll out her prayer mat in a cramped communal space, and pray by a bathroom light so as not to wake her roommates.

Junior year, she sought out roommates through a Muslim student group. She ended up living as only college students can, in a sardine-tin-size place on Waverly Place with three other women. Two were Muslims, and a third was Catholic; all four were devout.

The jam-packed apartment became a community. The Muslims would share milk and Cheerios before dawn during Ramadan, and pray with the apartment cat flopped on their mats.

''The living situation was not anything I would brag about,'' Ms. Kalam said, but ''I wouldn't trade that experience of living with Muslim girls for a beautiful loft in a really nice neighborhood. It's more about the experience of living with people who understand who you are and what you need to do.''

All three women were her bridesmaids when she married, Ms. Kalam said.

ONE of the most exasperating aspects of shared living can be when roommates don't play by the same house rules. For example, one thinks it's acceptable to invite pals for a midnight supper on a Tuesday; the other thinks weeknights are for shut-eye.

Having values in common can cut off conflicts at the pass. Ms. Rubenstein found roommates who have no objection to her large Shabbat dinners. Ms. Kalam and her roommates agreed to abide by policies like no alcohol and no overnight male guests. Because some of the roommates wore a hijab over their hair in the company of men, if a man was coming over, the rule was to call home with advance warning.

Finding roommates of the same faith is not necessarily difficult. Besides the time-honored church bulletin board, there are sites like muslimroommates.org. Ms. Rubenstein used BangitOut.com, a Jewish social site.

Olivia Magdelene, 30, a Buddhist, is not looking for a roommate of any particular background, but someone who doesn't mind her rituals. So when she posted a room-wanted ad on Craigslist, she specified what she is willing to pay ($500 in any borough) and that during her daily meditation she burns incense like nag champa, which she says some people find noxious.

''I basically listed my religion and my practices in the ad because I am looking for other people with like minds,'' says Ms. Magdelene, an artist who also works in child care. Religion, she says, ''is not a thing you can outsource to a mosque or a temple; it's a way of life.''

To take her religious life out of her home, she says, ''is like asking an artist, 'Why don't you just do art across town? Why do you need to sketch in your bedroom?' ''

Members of the Christian community in Bed-Stuy also treasure the fact that the lines between house of worship, and just plain house, are blurred.

''We don't call it church, but in the biblical sense of the word, where every two or three people are gathered in the name of Christ, that's where the church is,'' says Mr. Storbakken of the brownstone. The Storbakkens, who have two young children, don't often make it to their actual church -- the house fills that niche.

''You always hear that it's a fiercely secular city,'' he says, ''but the Holy Spirit is alive and well in Brooklyn.''

URL: http://www.nytimes.com

GRAPHIC: PHOTOS: A PLACE TO LIVE AND A WAY OF LIFE: Jason Storbakken, center, leads a prayer in the backyard of Radical Living, a Christian collective in Bedford-Stuyvesant. (PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHELLE V. AGINS/THE NEW YORK TIMES) (RE1)

BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Oliva Magdelene, a Buddhist, is looking for like-minded roommates who won't mind if she burns incense during her daily meditation. Left, Sadia Kalam treasures memories of tight quarters shared with two other Muslims and an equally observant Catholic. Far left, Yoheved Rubenstein moves into an apartment on the Upper West Side chosen for its proximity to her temple and a dining room that can accommodate large Shabbat dinners. (PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHELLE V. AGINS/THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Evansville Courier & Press (Indiana)

March 10, 2010 Wednesday

SECTION: FEATURES; Pg. B5

LENGTH: 654 words

HEADLINE: CO-OP;

FOOD PURCHASES

BYLINE: story and photography by AIMEE BLUME / CORRESPONDENT N aimeeblume@hotmail.com

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Do you really know where your food comes from?

How the vegetables are grown and the animals treated? What is added to it? At the River City Food Co-op, the mission is to ensure that you do know.

River City sells produce that is organic or natural and chemical-free.

"We try to get local products, which we know are raised naturally and chemical-free," said Cristine Dawson, store manager. "I buy from a lot of different organic local growers ? that has really been growing, and we're getting to have a really good local food source. We're doing very well with the produce. People are coming in just for that. Our meat comes from Fischer Farms (in Jasper), and they've been delivering organic chickens and eggs, tomatoes in season and mushrooms that have been locally grown in that area."

The co-op purchases animal products only from companies that farm using sustainable and compassionate methods, with no added hormones or antibiotics. None of the cosmetics, soaps or household goods have been tested on animals.

Items such as tea and coffee that must be ordered from overseas are strictly purchased from fair trade companies.

Dawson noted that she is happy to take suggestions for items customers would like to see on the shelves.

"If it's something we don't sell, I'll special order a case of something for a customer," she said.

The co-op was formed a little more than four years ago by a group of people who wanted a natural food store Downtown.

"Many of our members are from the Downtown area, but we have people from everywhere. Right now we have over 200 members," said Dawson. "But we want everyone to know that you don't have to be a member to shop."

The goal of a cooperative is not to amass profit, but only to remain financially viable while giving its members and customers the best products at the best price they can manage.

A lifetime membership in the River City Food Co-op costs $150, and members get to vote on how the store is run, because the members are the owners. All members receive a 5 percent discount whenever they shop, and volunteer hours

helping in the store lead to greater discounts.

Located in a quirky old art-filled house, River City sits next to Patchwork Central on Washington Avenue.

"Patchwork owns this building," said Dawson. "It used to be a residence for the Mennonite volunteers that came to work at Patchwork .. and the

upstairs still is used to house volunteers sometimes"

Patchwork worked with the fledgling co-op organization in its beginning, permitting them to fix up the building in lieu of rent, which helped the group get on its feet.

Now the "living room" houses a check-out counter, while the "dining room" holds tables, chairs and locally made arts and crafts.

An entire room at the rear is filled with bulk bins offering everything from grains and beans, coffee, dried fruit, granola and cereals, whole grains and spices.

"The price is good when you get bulk," said Dawson. "There's less processing done at the factory, less packaging and waste."

The scent of nag champa incense wafts around the household goods section, canned and packaged goods, the dairy and meat cases and the bright produce bins full of local garlic and ginger, healthy fruits, greens and root vegetables.

The house's kitchen is still put to good use.

"We bake our own bread once or twice a week," said Dawson. "We only do three to six loaves at a time ? it's fresh, good whole grain bread at a good price. The customers who want it know when to come in and get it."

Each Monday, the co-op offers a vegetarian lunch special. Such tasty fare as red lentil soup, squash and basil salads or spinach falafel wraps with a beet salad might be on the menu, along with desserts such as apple crisp and bananas foster.

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River City Food Co-op

Where: 116 Washington Ave.

Phone: (812) 401-7301

Hours: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday

GRAPHIC: Brandon Staub and Claire Helfrich cook MondayOs vegetarian lunch at River City Food Co-op. The menu included cream of broccoli soup and angel hair pasta with fresh vegetables.RIGHT: In the organic produce section, River City Food Co-op customers can buy locally grown black walnuts, oyster mushrooms, chemical-free fruits and vegetables of all types, and even organic heirloom seeds for the garden.

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Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon)

December 21, 2008 Sunday

SECTION: LIFE; Pg. 1

LENGTH: 449 words

HEADLINE: Luxury with a reasonable price tag

BYLINE: Staff and wire reports

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Luxury is not necessarily about the lavish price tag. It's about "elevating the ordinary to something extraordinary," says Cara May, director of shopping at FineLiving.com. Here are some gifts that bring the decadence, without the enormous price tag.

Less than $10

Delight the senses: There's no reason, in this day and age, to be turning to Ivory or Irish Spring, not when there's inexpensive but lux soaps available right downtown.

S.L.A.B. Handcrafted Soaps (189 Liberty St. NE) features bars with scents ranging from nag champa to honeysuckle, and almost all the bars in the store are $4.

The all-natural soaps are made with olive, palm and coconut oils and, employees say, are so moisturizing that no lotion is needed.

Less than $25

Make them melt: "Luxury is inherent in things that delight the senses," May says, "and who wouldn't delight in the aroma of melted chocolate?" This fondue set from Crate and Barrel ($16.95), which includes six forks, "is meant to be shared. It's festive and so easy to use. Just put a tea light in the bowl, and it melts the chocolate."

Keep hands warm and soft: Fans of alpaca wool hail its ability to be both warmer and softer than sheep's wool. The alpaca fibers are hollow, which makes them water-resistant, and there's none of the itchiness of wool.

The Andes Gift Fair Trade Alpaca Gloves ($24) from Ten Thousand Villages (474 Court St. NE) come in a variety of colors, sure to match any wardrobe.

Bedazzle them: A great gift for a couple, this chrome shaker, available at Organize.com ($24.99), decorated with rhinestones "is inexpensive and useful but also has sparkle," May says. "And a hand-mixed cocktail" is much more luxurious than one "just blended in a glass."

Bowl them over: Leisure time "is a luxury in itself," May says, so why not play it up?

Your backyard could be transformed into badminton or volleyball heaven with the Sportcraft Better Badminton/Volleyball Set ($19.97) from Joe's Sports, Outdoor & More.

The four-player set includes four rackets, a 20-foot net, shuttlecocks and a volleyball.

Limited stock is available at the store, 275 Lancaster Drive NE, or online at www.joessports.com.

Less than $75

Help them travel in style: Air travel isn't what it used to be - in fact, today's domestic flights have almost no glamour at all.

Nonetheless, you can make a traveler feel pampered with the Dreamsacks Airplane Comfort Set ($65) from the French Unicorn, 355 Court St. NE. The set, which comes in either navy or teal, features a silk blanket with foot pocket, a silk pillowcase that fits perfectly over airplane pillows and a silk sleepmask that could mean the difference between unpleasant alertness and blessed sleep.

Shaker from Organize.com

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Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico)

November 1, 2008 Saturday

SECTION: HOME; Pg. B1

LENGTH: 493 words

HEADLINE: get FIRED up;

Make candles at home in a jiffy with these helpful tips

BYLINE: - Compiled by Amanda Schoenberg

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To save money and add a personal touch to holiday gift giving, many people turn to do-it-yourself presents. The Journal is starting an occasional series on popular items that can be created in the home.

Candle-Making: Tools of the trade

kitchen kettle, whisk, candy thermometer, paper towels, clothespins or chopsticks stuck together with rubber bands, kitchen scale, glue gun, glue sticks, one-ounce bottle of scent, dye in a dropper bottle, one-pound soy wax, pre-tabbed cotton wicks, candle containers, heatsafe glass or metal pitcher for mixing and pouring

Wicks, soy wax, dyes and scents can be purchased at craft stores or online. Other items are available at houseware stores.

Set-up: 10 minutes Candle making: 10 minutes HOW TO MAKE A CANDLE

1. Heat the glue gun.

2. Choose containers. Deborah Koan uses glass and tin containers, but porcelain cups, mugs and mason jars are also options.

3. Glue the bottom of the pretabbed cotton wicks to the bottom of each container.

4. Measure one pound of wax for about four 7-ounce containers.

5. Put wax into the kitchen kettle. Heat to 175 degrees.

6. Decide which scents and dyes will work well together. 7. When wax is heated to 175 degrees, pour it into a mixing container.

8. Add dye to the hot wax and whisk for 45 seconds to one minute.

9. Add scent to the mix and whisk for one minute. Be sure the scent and dye are mixed well. When Koan makes lightly scented candles, she usually uses one ounce of scent per pound of wax. Make sure to follow instructions on the bottle. Depending on the dye, 1 to 15 drops may be needed. To check color, dab a little of the mix onto a paper towel.

10. Pour wax into containers. 11. Use either a clothespin or a chopstick wrapped with a rubber band on each end to keep the wick centered in each container.

12. Put candles on a heat-safe flat surface away from children. Let them cool for 24 hours.

13. Clip wicks to ¼ inch. 14. Add labels or paint containers to personalize candles.

Deborah Koan, South Valley candle maker

WHY CANDLES?: Deborah Koan has been making candles since she was a child. She says it is meditative and helps her tap into her creative side. "I just get in my groove and I don't have to think about it," she says.

WHERE TO BUY HER CANDLES: Los Ranchos Growers' Market (Saturdays, 8-11, only second Saturday), La Montañita Coop in the valley and Bipolar, a new store in Coronado Shopping Center featuring local artisans. The number is 872-2739. Also visit www. SouthwestSoyCandles.com.

WHY SOY WAX: Koan switched from paraffin to soy wax candles one year ago. Soy wax offers easier clean-up with soap and water. It is also biodegradable and doesn't emit toxins when candles burn, she says.

WHAT TYPE OF CANDLES: pumpkin spice, mistletoe, spiced pear, vanilla amber, red clove, cinnamon balsam, nag champa (an earthy East Indian scent often used in incense), Feliz Navidad, holiday tree, Mexican chocolate and unscented in glass or tin containers.

HOW MUCH: $4.95-$12.95

GRAPHIC: MORGAN PETROSKI JOURNAL

GREG SORBER/JOURNAL

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Eugene Weekly (Oregon)

October 2, 2008 Thursday

SECTION: MUSIC; Pg. N_A Vol. 27 No. 40

ACC-NO: 58627

LENGTH: 376 words

HEADLINE: Sun Rah

BYLINE: Ohmes, Jeremy

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ABSTRACT

FULL TEXT

If there's one album that will emit the essence of patchouli oil and nag champa incense from your speakers this year, it is most assuredly Brightblack Morning Light's Motion to Rejoin. This second full-length from the duo of Naybob Shineywater and Rachel Hughes - who both claim to have Native American ancestry "somewhere" in their blood - moves at the pace of sand slowly trickling through your hands and gives off the vibe of being baked and naked in the desert. BBML's sun-soaked guile is inspired in part because Hughes and Shineywater wrote and recorded these songs while living in an adobe on a secluded New Mexico mesa, using only four solar panels to power their primitive recording studio. Naturally, the sun shines through as elements of Southwest twang, Delta blues, minimalistic gospel, warm, vibratoed Rhodes, lilting Silvertone guitars and mirages of other scorched audible components are swirled into BBML's sound, which wafts in the air like smoke in some sequestered opium den.

The slithering singing styles of both members may seem half buried at times, but in no way do they sag as they take on a shared craft for coos that are elastic, rustic, angelic and at times soulful. The panoramic grooves and lethargic tempos are easy to get swept up in - in a way they serve as sonic mantras and encompass the palpitations of a state of foreboding forlornness, while showcasing a knack for some breezy droning and down-home psych-jazz redolent of Traffic and, to some extent, Talk Talk.

To make it as simple as their music: Brightblack Morning Light captures the semblance of a stoned summer night under the stars in an empty outback. Brightblack Morning Light plays with Warning Broken Machine at 9 pm Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Sam Bond's. 21+ show. $6. - Jeremy Ohmes

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New Haven Register

July 30, 2006 Sunday

SECTION: CONNECTICUT; Pg. B1

LENGTH: 825 words

HEADLINE: Clean and Natural; Want soap made from coconut, pumpkin or sea kelp? Go to Sunflower Farm

BYLINE: Pamela McLoughlin

DATELINE: ORANGE

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By day, Sabrina Santoro is an administrator for Connecticut's Judicial District out of Superior Court in New Haven. But nights, mornings and weekends she takes on a much different role: An earth mother of sorts who makes natural soaps, shampoo bars and balms in her kitchen, her tattoos revealed by a halter top and flowing peasant skirt.

Santoro, who along with her husband, Ernie, owns Sunflower Farm at 767 Derby-Milford Road, began making the soaps about five years ago after her sister died.

"Out of trying to keep my head busy, I started making homemade soaps," she said.

Santoro has always been interested in herbal remedies - laughing still about the time she unsuccessfully tried to cure her husband's respiratory infection by putting garlic on his feet.

To prepare for making a soap free of harsh elements and full of pure ingredients, Santoro poured herself into research, even visiting Web sites based in China and translating the pages. Her first homemade soaps were shared with friends and family.

"My first soaps were lavender because I had it in the garden," she said.

Soon, she got enough confidence to sell a few bars at the farm and as they grew in popularity, she came up with more and more recipes and two years ago began selling them online on the farm's Web site. She also sells the soaps Mondays at the Farmer's Market at Walnut Beach in Milford.

Now her soaps are so popular - even among men - that she's working on soaps about five nights and mornings a week, filling online orders on Sundays.

Donna Murphy of Milford is a regular customer.

"I'm soap sensitive and the oatmeal soap cleans well and leaves your hands feeling soft," Murphy said.

Santoro said she used to buy the oils in regular bottles and now she orders in large pails.

"Ernie says, 'What's next? 55 gallon drums?"' she said.

Ernie Santoro, known around the state for his beautiful mums, became a stay at home dad and farmer when their son, Ernie, now 22, was born and stayed that way for Rachel, now 20.

Sabrina Santoro, the official court reporter for the Judicial District of New Haven, has been working for the judicial system for 27 years, but she'd love it if someday she could make soap full- time.

"It's got a creative edge and it's very satisfying when it turns out well and people like it," she said.

Among her many ingredients in the various soaps are: goat's milk, berries, sage, olive oil, peppermint, vanilla, marigolds, almond oatmeal, honey, honeysuckle, coconut, pumpkin, sea kelp, patchouli, African shea nut butter, safflower oil.

Then there are some soaps targeted for specific uses, such as Chef's soap inspired her brother and made with espresso because the substance removes odors such as fish and garlic.

Many of Santoro's soaps contain goat's milk, which Santoro says is rich in beta-hydroxy acids that act as natural skin conditioners to exfoliate, smooth and soften.

Her biggest seller is Happy Hippie Treehugger, a moisturizing vegan soap with nag champa- an Indian fragrance - and crushed green tea leaves to help exfoliate.

Santoro's Pumpskin Soap - spelled that way to emphasize that pumpkin is good for the skin - is made from pumpkins grown on Sunflower Farm, as is the case with many of her other ingredients. Santoro, while careful not to make any medical claims about the benefit of her soap, said pumpkin has natural fruit acid and vitamins A, C and E to inhibit breakouts, refine pores and stimulate circulation to restore elasticity.

Her calendula lemongrass soap is full of calendula petals, which Santoro said are beneficial for healing rashes, chapped skin, scratches, insect bites and burns. Lemongrass oil, she said, is a natural insect repellent and helps combat conditions such as acne.

Most of her soaps have a heavenly aroma that fills the Santoro house like potpourri.

She said regular soaps contain preservatives and detergent harsh to the skin and remove natural glycerin.

Santoro's soaps are sliced with a taper's tool and look like hunks of cheese, so no two are alike. The weight of regular bar never is below 4.3 ounces and they cost $3.50 each or three for $10. Santoro said she keeps the price down because many senior citizens on fixed incomes buy her soap.

Santoro makes her soap in pots on the kitchen stove and mixes each batch for about an hour until it becomes thicker, like a pudding. She then pours it into long wooden molds, takes the soap out of the molds after 24 hours, slices the soap, then lets it cure for three weeks before putting it in a brown box with an ingredients label.

"It's kind of a messy project," she said.

Even though the farm is called Sunflower Farm, it's one of the few ingredients at her fingertips that aren't in any of the soap because as with some other flowers, they turn brown in the soap.

Now she's working on yet another creation after reading that topically applied caffeine is good for cellulite.

The farm is open Monday through Friday, noon - 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

GRAPHIC: Caption: Color photos by Peter Hviadak/Register: Sabrina Santoro of Orante at the Sunflower Farm, holding lavender. LEFT: Santoro cuts bars of soap as she prepares them for curing, which is the final step in her soapmaking. ... BELOW: Santoro smells fresh lavender next to her roadside stand. Homemade soap products sit next to the natural ingredients of marigold petals, ground seaweed and lavender.

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The Kansas City Star

April 9, 2006 Sunday

SECTION: E; Pg. 2

LENGTH: 161 words

HEADLINE: OLFACTORY FACTORY

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The battle to keep your car smelling fresh seems to never end.

There's the car jars, the hanging trees and scented vent clips. And there's always Febreze. But what if you could create your favorite scent and keep your car smelling lovely for a few weeks? What if your car could smell like coffee or chocolate or maybe even lavender or nag champa?

At Bath Junkie, 18810 E. 39th St. in Independence, you can create almost any fragrance you like. It's like a laboratory for scents. You can make lotions, scrubs, washes and even a "scent stash" to use for your car or dresser drawers. The deodorizer, $5, is a small, solid stick that holds your scent. You can set it under your seat or in your cup holder to keep your car smelling delicious.

Try the buttercream, vanilla and red apple if you like that baked goods type of vibe, or mango papaya for some tropics. For more information, visit www.bathjunkie. com/missouri. htm or call (816) 795-3339.

- Jeneé Osterheldt/The Star

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The New York Times

January 8, 2006 Sunday

Correction Appended

Late Edition - Final

SECTION: Section 9; Column 3; Style Desk; Pg. 1

LENGTH: 924 words

HEADLINE: The Windows Talk Politics to Passers-By

BYLINE: By JODI WILGOREN

DATELINE: CHICAGO

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THE silvery mannequin in the window sports a sexy black sequined skirt with a butterfly tail and shear fringed halter top, her wrists weighted with $1,000 worth of Swarovski crystal bracelets. But above the matching scarf wrapped around her neck, where the head should be, sits a big red stop sign.

''Stop'' as in ''Stop Domestic Spying,'' the white block letters splayed across the plate-glass window.

It seems a strange slogan for selling Italian stilettos with four-figure price tags, but the owners of the exclusive boutique, G'bani, see shocking the shoppers strolling this city's Gold Coast district as part of their mission.

''We can just sell shoes and clothes, or we can do more,'' said Trevian Kutti, who owns G'bani with her husband, B. J., a native of Nigeria, who, she said, ''didn't have any shoes when he was growing up.''

''Fashion is really centered on the exterior, but we are more about humanity,'' Ms. Kutti said. ''We do windows that show we are human beings before we are a business.''

Inspired by Ms. Kutti's anger over disclosures that the Bush administration has been eavesdropping on the international phone calls and e-mail messages of some Americans since the 2001 terrorist attacks without obtaining court orders, the domestic spying display is one of the tamer G'bani windows.

Before the 2004 presidential election the storefront was filled with dismembered mannequins spattered in fake blood under an Iraqi flag and little signs saying ''Oil,'' with the headline ''Vote World Peace.'' For Black History Month 2004 there were two mannequins, one draped in white, the other in bright fabrics, under ''Whites Only'' and ''Colored Only'' signs. They one-upped that last year, placing a poster-size swastika, a Klansman's portrait and a picture of the burning World Trade Center behind the words ''Never Again.''

Ms. Kutti said she usually does statement windows only in February and September -- ''Chicago can only handle it twice a year'' -- but she could not keep quiet about the eavesdropping.

''For me, literally, he said I'm going to be able to come into your home, listen to your phone calls at will,'' she said, referring to the president. ''I am a citizen. I pay George Bush. Our taxes, business taxes, whether it's a dime or a dollar, it gives me a right to say something about it.''

Hers is a highly unconventional strategy for retail merchants, who are usually wary of alienating any shopper. But Ms. Kutti shrugged off that risk, saying, ''Our customer is not the conservative Christian right.'' When a mother complained that the antiwar diorama in 2004 was scaring students at the elementary school nearby, Ms. Kutti said she told her, ''What you need to do is think about the children in Iraq who don't see mannequins, who see it for real.''

Several retail analysts said G'bani's provocative windows were a blunter, more extreme version of campaigns by companies like Kenneth Cole and Benneton, which weave liberal political messages about poverty, AIDS or racism into their advertising, and they praised the store's bold effort to stand out.

''Somebody who's going to spend $1,400 for a pair of boots that are that high styled has to live in the controversial lane,'' said Marshal Cohen, the chief analyst for NPD Group, a market research firm in Port Washington, N.Y. ''It's not for everyone, and that's part of what they want to do. They want to be the brand that's willing to defy.''

Howard Davidowitz, a Manhattan retail consultant, said it all comes down to one thing: footsteps through the door. ''You're an independent store in a tough, tough field,'' he said. ''You can't be middle of the road. You can't be Macy's. You have to stand for something.''

But Maureen Lampert, the president of the Oak Street Council, a business group for the high-price shops around the corner from G'bani, said she ''might have an issue with them'' if the store were in her jurisdiction. ''I never would do anything like that in our store because of offending people,'' said Ms. Lampert, whose jewelry store windows are filled with, well, jewelry.

Since 1997, when the Kuttis opened G'bani -- which is Uruba for independent wealth -- business has grown and now tops $2 million in annual sales, Ms. Kutti said. The scent of nag champa, an incense often burned in Buddhist temples, permeates the 2,800-square-foot store, where customers must be buzzed in through the locked door.

Across from the bar where the Kuttis offer clients Champagne, Cognac and occasionally caviar, photographs are posted on a red velvet curtain, of the $50,000 club (yes, purchases a year) and of celebrities like Chris Rock, Mikei Pfeiffer and the members of Destiny's Child who have shopped at the store. The shoe inventory stretches from a Rene Caovilla denim mule on sale for $199 to a Roberto Cavalli boot of forest green pony hair for $1,480. (Fox fur thigh-highs by Rodolphe Menudier at $2,200 are sold out.)

If radical protest seems incongruous with such indulgence, Ms. Kutti said she and her husband are equal parts fashion and passion, and that ''it's necessary for us to express how we feel about something.''

Julie Nerenberg, 38, a longtime customer searching one afternoon last week for a chocolate brown dress boot, said the she feels ''compelled to come'' to G'bani not just for the funky fashions but because she shares the owners' philosophy. ''You feel that you're supporting people who have the same beliefs,'' she said. ''I think that style is something that's part of you. You dress how you feel.''

URL: http://www.nytimes.com

CORRECTION-DATE: January 15, 2006

CORRECTION:

An article last Sunday about the Chicago shoe store G'bani misstated the African language in which the store's name means independent wealth. It is Yoruba, not Uruba. The article also misspelled the name of an actor who has shopped at G'bani; he is Mekhi Phifer, not Mikei Pfeiffer.

GRAPHIC: Photos: LISTEN! -- G'bani, a shoe store in Chicago, appeals to hearts and purses. (Photo by Kenneth Dickerman for The New York Times)(pg. 1)

BOOTS AND BEEFS -- Trevian Kutti, an owner of G'bani, lets window shoppers know what upsets her. (Photo by Kenneth Dickerman for The New York Times)(pg. 10)

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Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania)

June 1, 2005 Wednesday

MERGE EDITION

SECTION: MERGE; BODY WORK; Pg. M30

LENGTH: 811 words

HEADLINE: "Om' your way to fitness through yoga

BYLINE: By Gabrielle Salerno Of The Morning Call

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A lot of people have the impression that yoga is for out-there, New Age types. But nowadays there are yoga practices to fit nearly every personality and body type. There's even chair yoga and bed yoga for slackers.

Celebrities like Madonna have made it trendy, and even professional football players are downward doggin' it to keep their minds relaxed and focused, and their bodies strong and limber.

I'm no human rubber-band or mindful meditator, but even I can tap into my inner warrior.

At my first visit to the Lehigh Valley Yoga Center, in a room full of newbie yogis, I reach up, then bend forward. My head hangs heavy and my fingers graze the hardwood floor. I lift my chest and look up, keeping my back flat.

I take a step back and lower myself down into an isolated push-up. My wrists ache. I release my body to the ground, lying on my stomach. I push my chest off the floor with my arms, arching my back and looking towards the room's vaulted ceiling.

My toes curl under and I push myself onto my feet, butt extended toward the sky, hands on the ground in front of me, making a triangle out of my body.

I step forward, again, fold over with head and hands toward the ground, lift my chest and look up. Then I stand upright and reach my hands overhead.

I practice these flowing Ashtanga postures over and over trying to remember to breathe deeply. But it's hard when the air is saturated with the noxious scents of nag champa incense and body odor.

This "sun salutation" is the basic yoga warm-up. We're supposed to rehearse at home and have it mastered by our next class. Fortunately, our instructor passes out a cheat-sheet.

A woman with bobbed hair the color of red wine grabs a pen next to her thin, rubber mat and scribbles frantically on her paper. So much for relaxation.

After we salute the sun so many times it must know us by name, we move on to "back-bending inversions." These sound like the sort of freaky-deaky contortionist moves you might expect to learn in a yoga class. But we beginners start by lying on our backs, lifting our legs up and resting them against the wall; then we roll our shoulder blades under and it's actually quite comfortable.

Then we rest. We're supposed to be concentrating on releasing the tension in each part of our bodies. But, to me, it seems like nap time. I close my eyes and try to make the ocean-like breathing noises our instructor emits. I sound like Darth Vader.

My body's calm, but my mind's racing with thoughts of what I'm going to eat for dinner, where I'm going out that night and what I have to do at work the next day.

Erica Sulzer, the owner of the Allentown studio, says calming the mind is the toughest part of the practice and what yoga is really all about.

"The stretching part is secondary," she explains. "A gymnast could come in and do every posture perfectly, but if they aren't doing the internal work, then they're still just doing gymnastics."

Sulzer says the best way to achieve the Zen-like state that allows your body to relax is to breathe slowly and deeply and practice, practice, practice.

"If you tried to run five miles once a week, it's not really going to help you," she says. "It's not like you have to change your lifestyle and start getting up at 6 in the morning and doing it every day. Just fit yoga into your schedule a couple times a week, so you have a little time for yourself." The many styles of yoga Ananda: Emphasis on meditation. Combines breath awareness, affirmations and yoga postures.

Anusara: Heart-oriented yoga. Integrates the celebration of the heart, principles of alignment and balanced energetic action.

Ashtanga: Power yoga. Flowing, fast-paced yoga for those who want a serious workout. Builds strength, flexibility and stamina.

Bikram: Heated yoga. Postures are performed in a room heated from 85 to 100 degrees.

Integral: Healing power of relaxation. Associated with chanting "Om." Emphasizes breath control and meditation.

Iyengar: Symmetry and alignment. Stresses understanding the body and how it works. Uses props -- straps, blankets, wooden blocks and chairs -- to achieve postures. Poses are held longer than in most yoga styles.

Kripalu: Yoga of consciousness. Emphasizes alignment, breath and movement.

Kundalini: Awakening energy. Mixes chanting, breathing and yoga exercises.

Sivananda: Healthy lifestyle. Incorporates chanting, meditation and deep relaxation. Practitioners are encouraged to embrace vegetarian diets and positive thinking.

Tantra: Sensual spirituality. Teaches practitioners to use energy for sexual pleasure, bringing joy and wholeness to everyday life and aiding in spiritual evolution. Includes visualization, chanting and strong breathing.

Viniyoga: Gentle flow. Emphasis on coordinating breath and movement. Similar to Ashtanga, but performed at a reduced pace and stress level. Excellent for beginners, and is often used in physical therapy.

GRAPHIC: PHOTO by Gabrielle Salerno, Merge

Instructor Erica Sulzer helps Susan Welebob of Wilkes-Barre stretch at the Lehigh Valley Yoga Center in Allentown.

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The San Luis Obispo Tribune

February 15, 2005 Tuesday TRIBUNE EDITION

SECTION: BUSINESS; Pg. D1

LENGTH: 468 words

HEADLINE: TENDING A TOWN'S SPIRIT;

WORK SPACES: SUSIE CLARK, HALCYON STORE AND POST OFFICE

THE WOODEN BUILDING, DATING FROM 1908, IS BOTH A MEETING SPOT AND A FOCAL POINT IN THE TINY COMMUNITY

BYLINE: AnnMarie Cornejo, The Tribune

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Susie Clark

Job: proprietor, Halcyon Store

Location: 936 Halcyon Road, Halcyon

Contact: 489-2432

Susie Clark bought a piece of South County history 20 years ago when she purchased the Halcyon Store and Post Office. The rustic wooden store and post office, located along Halcyon Road, has been a fixture in the community for nearly a century.

The store, built in 1908, was once home to a small branch of the San Luis Obispo County library and a health food store. Now, it's a spiritual gift shop, bright and eclectic in design, which sells items such as candles, incense, decks of tarot cards, books and crystals. Clark has also added a cafe for customers who want to enjoy a cup of coffee while they write letters or peruse the shop's books.

What you see: The store is a colorful centerpiece in the small community of Halcyon. Climbing morning glory tendrils scale the front of the store and outline the store's sign with red flowers. The rest of the building's wooden slat exterior is covered with colorful images created by local artist Verona ReBow. Vibrantly colored hues blend together to form such images as a whooping crane and natural seascapes.

The shop's door is framed by a painted red curtain that is parted to reveal a bold, yellow sun and green, rolling hillsides with blue water trickling down them. The mural wraps around the entire building, adding more vivid scenes for the imagination to ponder.

Local residents drift in and out of the sh0op, collecting their mail at one of 108 antique post office boxes. Old-fashioned combination dials are accented by an eagle with outstretched wings on the mailboxes. At a small desk behind the boxes, employees still hand-stamp the mail for the two afternoon pickups.

A sweet blend of nag champa incense and sage fills the air. Wind chimes gently jingle in the background, and conversation and laughter can be heard in the adjacent cafe.

What she likes: Clark enjoys the store's ambiance. She often welcomes the day by lighting a candle and playing music woven with positive affirmations. "The store is a feel-good place," Clark said.

She is also happy with the wide range of spiritual products found in the store, from Buddhas to crystals.

"This little store has a god that everyone can believe in," she said.

Clark spent her youth kneeling by the wooden shelves reading library books that her mother, the librarian, helped her choose.

Now, Clark's own daughter and granddaughter work with her at the store. When Clark retires, she plans to leave the store to her daughter, Jennie.

What she would change: Clark has considered upgrading small things in the store like the flooring's worn edges and the aged wallpaper. But Clark has decided that they only add to the store's charm, and so she won't change a thing.

GRAPHIC: TRIBUNE PHOTO BY JOE JOHNSTON - Susie Clark, owner of the Halcyon Store and Post Office, says 'the store is a feel-good place.' Below, local artist Verona ReBow decorated the store's exterior.

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Daily Variety

April 20, 2004, Tuesday

SECTION: Pg. 08

LENGTH: 430 words

HEADLINE: Gov't Mule

BYLINE: RICH NIECIECKI

BODY:

(Wilshire Theater; 1,910 capacity; $ 32.50)

Presented by Nederlander. Band: Warren Haynes, Matt Abts, Danny Louis, Andy Hess. Reviewed April 17, 2004.

Celebrating Gov't Mule's 1,001st show with co-founder drummer Matt Abts on Saturday, frontman Warren Haynes might well have called his group Work Horse. As if recording and touring relentlessly with this hard-rocking jam band since 1995 weren't enough, the singer-songwriter-guitarist can also be found on the road this year sharing time between the Allman Brothers Band (with whom he's been associated since the late '80s) and the newest incarnation of the Dead (which also includes opening several of their shows as a solo artist). And yet, to his credit, given all those gigs over the years, he continues to seem incapable of phoning one in.

Formed as an Allmans' side project with the late Allen Woody, Haynes and Abts are now joined in their sweaty distillation of Southern rock, jazz, blues, reggae and myriad other influences by bassist Andy Hess and keyboardist Danny Louis. Early in the first of two sets, the outfit rode an aptly named "Rocking Horse," taking the tune through its paces from an easy gallop to breakneck and back with precision.

Among the jam-band tenets adhered to by Gov't Mule (besides the burning of nag champa), songs --- often several minutes in length --- segue seamlessly into the next, and covers are plentiful. But thankfully pointless noodling is kept to a minimum, and rarely does the genre sound so muscular, with Haynes and company able to turn Bob Marley's chordally simplistic "Lively up Yourself" into a guitar god workout.

Drop-in guests (another tradition) on this particular occasion included Ben Harper, who lent some added soul on vocals and grit on lap steel to the Mule original "Lay Your Burden Down" and a side visit to Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning"; harp player Hook Herrera (whom Haynes introduced as having been at show No. 1) on the classic blues numbers "She's Nineteen Years Old" and "Ain't Superstitious"; and former Black Crowes lead guitarist Marc Ford on the night's final song, the always elegiac "Cortez the Killer," by Neil Young.

Current concert run is being touted as Rebirth of the Mule Tour, given the naming of Hess in September as permanent replacement for Woody. A marathon six-hour tribute to the fallen musician occurred in New Orleans last May involving more than a dozen prominent bass players, and "The Deepest End" (ATO), a bundled DVD and two-CD package, chronicles the event.

Gov't Mule play the Grove in Anaheim tonight .

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Colorado Springs Business Journal (Colorado Springs, CO)

March 12, 2004 Friday

SECTION: NEWS

LENGTH: 418 words

HEADLINE: Nepal native sees his Colorado Springs-based retail import business flourish

BYLINE: Stephanie Cline

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Jiban Shrestha came to the United States from Nepal in 1991. He is now the owner of a downtown restaurant and three import shops.

Shrestha, who is 32, worked in his brother's restaurant in Fort Collins before opening an import shop in Manitou Springs in 1994. "That location was not very good for business," Shrestha said. He closed the shop in 1995 and moved Everest Tibet Imports to Bijou Street.

Shrestha's brother Narayan opened a Nepalese restaurant across the street from the shop in 2000. Shrestha bought the restaurant and his brother has since opened restaurants in Boulder and Vail.

Shrestha opened a shop in Old Colorado City in 2001 and another in the Chapel Hills Mall in the summer of 2003. "We have more business at the Bijou store," Shrestha said. He sells more than 100 varieties of incense at his import shops. "A lot of customers like incense. Most of my business is in incense."

One of the most popular scents at Everest Tibet Imports is nag champa, which has a scent Shrestha describes as "very much like a flower." Shrestha said customers appreciate the quality of his incense. "A lot of people make fake incense," he said. Everest Tibet Imports also sells brightly-colored, hand-woven clothing, prayer flags and belly dancing jewelry and accessories.

The Everest Nepal Restaurant specializes in rice biryani dumplings, an Indian-style flatbread called na'an and clay oven-baked tandoori dishes. The sampler dish, which features a number of Nepalese delicacies, is quite popular. "The restaurant business is very up and down and we do most of our business in the summer," Shrestha said.

The three Everest Tibet Import shops and the Everest Nepal Restaurant are family-operated. Shrestha's sister-in-law works at the Bijou location, his mother-in-law is an employee at the store on West Colorado Avenue and his brother-in-law works at the shop in Chapel Hills Mall. A number of Shrestha's cousins lend a hand as well.

"I like it in Colorado Springs," Shrestha said. When he came to Colorado Springs from Fort Collins to start his own business he was nervous about negotiating with landlords for his shops. "They look at backgrounds and we didn't have one," he said. Shrestha's first landlord had once traveled to Nepal and the two were able to share their experiences with one another.

The Everest Tibet Import shops are located at 23 E. Bijou, 2623 W. Colorado Ave. and in the Chapel Hills Mall. The Everest Nepal Restaurant is at 28 E. Bijou Street.

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Omaha World Herald (Nebraska)

March 5, 2003, Wednesday METRO EDITION

SECTION: LIVING; Pg. 1e;

LENGTH: 402 words

HEADLINE: Concert showcases Robinson's new groove

BYLINE: By Christine Laue

SOURCE: WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

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Two bananas and an apple stuffed with smoldering nag champa incense framed a black panther rug where former Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson perched with guitar Tuesday night at the Ranch Bowl.

The snarling cat with extended claws seemed an odd choice, since Robinson's solo debut is tamer than the wild blues- and funk-infused rock'n' roll that took the Crowes to multiplatinum status in the 1990s.

The incense, a shin-high Indian statue and a band of four bearded men better reflected the earthy vibe of "New Earth Mud," Robinson's October-released solo debut album.

Although the Crowes were known to jam live, Robinson's solo concert took that to a different level. Free from the restraints of an established band, expectations of fans wanting Black Crowes songs, the tense relationship with brother and Crowes guitarist Rich, and any concern for short, radio-friendly songs, Robinson played to nearly 200 people with little interaction - no "hello, Omaha!" or talk about the snow that clearly hurt attendance.

The 10-song first set lasted an hour and 20 minutes. After a 40-minute break, the band returned for a seven-song set plus one-song encore that lasted an hour and 40 minutes and spilled past the bar's 1 a.m. closing time by almost 15 minutes. Some jams, like the break, were too long.

But that isn't to say Robinson and his electric New Earth Mud band didn't impress. The soul that shines from that lanky body still amazes, and fans kept eyes glued to the denim-clad singer.

Two bearded friends directly in front of the stage beamed with excitement.

"Chris Robinson can sing the alphabet, and I would enjoy that," said Nick Shepherd, 28, an Omahan who has seen the Black Crowes nine times and Robinson once in Minneapolis.

The Black Crowes were an incredible band with feel-good grooves that recall times gone by. But unlike many rock acts that turn to nostalgia, Robinson is trying to grow as an artist, trying new things, not reliving the past.

True fans will hang on, fans who were weirded out will fall away, and Robinson will move forward. Robinson is like a cat - maybe not a panther, but one that you try to pet only to have it stare at you blankly before strolling out of reach, unconcerned. He is not a slave to pop music standards, but to true artistry - expression in its purest form. A rarity and a treat today.

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Salt Lake City Weekly (Utah)

June 27, 2002 Thursday

SECTION: Pg. 8 Vol. 19 No. 5

ACC-NO: 58655

LENGTH: 671 words

HEADLINE: The Rude Reality

BODY:

ABSTRACT

"Excuse me, but do you have any Doc Bronner's peppermint soap?" I asked. The shopkeeper was dressed in stylish black and had to be addressed multiple times. "Excuse me," I pleaded, repeating my request for one of Southern California's fine hemp-based, cult-produced hygiene products.

Something about the attendant's demeanor made me want to keep apologizing, as though he had more important things to do than his job. "I'm sorry," I said in a way that was meant to be ingratiating. "I couldn't find it anywhere--do you normally keep it in stock?"

Once again, he fixed me with an icy gaze. "If you don't see it, it isn't there."

FULL TEXT

A recent trip to one of our city's fine locally owned new-age bookstorecum-vegetarian-café establishments was marred by the presence of a bad tempered and arrogant shopkeeper.

I was met with a cold stare. "Those kinds of things are over there," he announced with an imperious wave of his arm.

"Over there" was near the rack of essential oils and nag champa incense, the price of which had tripled soon after the advent of the vegetarian café. I had already perused the selection of designer beeswax soaps (made from real designer bees) and had not found them to be suitable for my modest income level.

Once again, he fixed me with an icy gaze. "If you don't see it, it isn't there."

Perhaps it was the hypnotic subliminal music playing over the loudspeakers, but for a moment his words seemed to hold great profundity. It was a positivist philosophy, or the answer to some sort of paradox: If you don't see it, it isn't there.

It wasn't until I was outside in the fresh air and sunshine that my mental fog lifted and the truth finally dawned: the man had been rude to me! Not merely abrupt or harried as might be expected if I hadn't been the only customer in the shop at the moment; nor curt and sniffy as would be entirely appropriate had I not been ready to fork out cash for the merchandise--no, the man had been downright rude.

In this serious era of terrorism, kidnappings and the wholesale erosion of civil rights and personal privacy, it seems silly and even irresponsible to grouse about something as trivial as rude shopkeepers. There are many more important things to grouse about: the current administration's stratagem of inoculating itself by throwing out several unsubstantiated terrorism warnings per week; or the fact that pharmaceutical companies charge three times as much for drugs in America as they do in other countries. For someone who likes to grouse, this decade is shaping up to be a good one. Grouse, grouse, grouse.

However, widespread rudeness is a perennial concern, one capable of transcending many other worries. You can type the word "rudeness" into a search engine and expect to come up with any number of statistics, such as this one: According to a recent survey by a research group called Public Agenda, most Americans agree that rudeness is on the rise, and that it's a serious problem.

Such polls can't prove much--there has probably never been a time when that kind of survey would have yielded any other result. That we're getting more and more crass as years go by is a common complaint. Our grandparents bemoaned young peoples' lack of good manners, and so did theirs.

So are we really more rude than we used to be? Who can say? The fact that we think we are is just one of those things that makes us suspicious of our countrymen.

It also makes courtesy that much more sweet on those occasions we encounter it.

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FLORIDA TODAY (Brevard County, FL)

June 9, 2002 Sunday Final and all Editions

SECTION: LOCAL;STATE; Pg. 3

LENGTH: 396 words

HEADLINE: Deadheads pay tribute to famed Jerry Garcia

BYLINE: Victor Thompson

BODY:

Deadheads pay tribute to famed Jerry Garcia

By Victor Thompson

Florida Today

COCOA BEACH -- A hint of nag champa incense wafted through the Comfort Inn's darkened ballroom Saturday as Dave Groom and his band, the Deadbeats, played blues tunes during Jerry Daze 2002.

From noon to midnight, local musicians played Grateful Dead songs as well as original works to an ever-changing and diverse crowd of about 50 people.

"Java" John Goldacker,

co-organizer of the fourth annual event, said a festival commemorating Jerry Garcia wasn't too difficult to find supporters for. The event's first three years were hosted at the former Kool Beanz coffeehouse in Cocoa Village.

"Dave Groom and I decided to pay tribute to Jerry Garcia by having a festival that raised awareness about some of the issues we think he would have supported," Goldacker said. "He had his demons and he had his problems, but he had a good heart and was an extremely talented musician."

Items from Garcia's estate donated by his wife were sold in a silent auction, and memorabilia as far-flung as a Frankie Avalon autographed photo and a "That 70s Show" T-shirt signed by the sitcom's actors were raffled. Money raised from the sale will go to Students for a Free Tibet, a non-profit organization that fights for the independence of Tibet.

Middle-aged Comfort Inn patrons and passersby as well as beach-ready twenty-somethings were draped in tie-dyed shirts, emulating Garcia's dress. The influential rock band's leader died Aug. 9, 1995, while undergoing rehabilitation at a drug-abuse treatment clinic.

Mike "George" Niebuhr, 36, and his nephew, Adam Clifford, 23, reserved a room at the Comfort Inn and traveled from Orange City with Niebuhr's small black dog, Pepi, to experience the event.

"I've been a Dead fan since I've known this guy," said Clifford, pointing to Niebuhr. "We just saw it in the paper two weeks ago."

Melbourne resident Chris Current, listening to Mike

Runion covering a Bob Dylan song with her husband Doug, said she has been a Deadhead for more than a decade.

"When I was 18, a friend and I went on a fluke to Minneapolis where the Dead were playing," said Current, who is from Iowa. "After a while I started listening to the lyrics and learning the songs, and it just became a part of my life. It sounds kind of corny, but following the Dead is how I met Doug."

GRAPHIC: Craig Bailey, FLORIDA TODAY; Janet Reedy sings for the audience during Jerry Daze 2002, a tribute to the music and spirit of Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia. MUG: Jerry Garcia

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Asbury Park Press

March 7, 2002 Thursday

SECTION: J; Pg. 1J

LENGTH: 483 words

HEADLINE: New-age store ZenFire hopes to spark Red Bank

BYLINE: SHERRY W. SUNG/Staff Writer

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THE Sept. 11 attacks had caused Laura Gargiulo to close her East Brunswick store in December after two years.

Sales were down, income was lost, and the Barnegat resident was struggling to pay the rent.

But one month later, she relocated her business to 14 West Front St. in Red Bank - and renamed it ZenFire.

"Fate brought us to Red Bank," said Gargiulo, 33, who sells candles, incense, aromatherapy, body jewelry and other items. "Our store is what Red Bank used to be."

"Zen" means the discovery of the "perfect balance," or niche, between her business and the community, she said, and "Fire" is equivalent to "hot and exciting."

The "new age" gift store, which still bears the sign of the paint business that used to occupy the lot, she said, is operated by Gargiulo and manager Jillian Tully, who lives in Red Bank.

ZenFire is the only store in town that sells body jewelry, according to Gargiulo. Her nickel-free collection is comprised of navel pieces - some of which glow in the dark - ranging from $14 to $40, shaped as flowers, butterflies and more. "Captive Hoops" - offered in colors such as blue, pink, green and purple - can be worn in ears, eyebrows, tongues and navels.

Candles, three for $4, offer a wide selection of scents, including Strawberry Field, Sandalwood, Black Rose, French Vanilla and other aromas.

Some "Artistic Candles," which are highlighted with abstract designs, are round and some are mushroom-shaped. They range in price from $1.50 to $4.

Candleholders, laced with artificial flowers and leaves, are priced from $17.99.

ZenFire will soon carry "AromaZone" aromatherapy candles, by Northern Lights, Gargiulo said, and "Aromatherapy of Rome" in the weeks to come.

Each bag of incense, which costs $5.99, has its purpose, such as achievement or improvement in love, money, friendship, harmony and other areas.

On the other hand, "Azenta Sands" incense powder - offered in scents such as nag champa, opium type, wisteria, peppermint and other aromas - is supposed to be sprinkled over coil-shaped incense burners, which are priced from $4.99 through $14.99.

ZenFire carries an array of incense burners, some of which are candleholders as well, which are shaped as dragons, cobras, skulls, gargoyles and other creatures - priced from $12.99 through $30.

Gargiulo is the exclusive dealer in town, she said, of Windstone Editions, which are sculptures - some of which are candleholders as well - shaped as dragons, gargoyles, winged cats, bats, unicorns and more. Most of the creatures have green, red or blue eyes.

The store also sells skull-shaped ashtrays, wind chimes, snowglobes, tie-dye and hippy-colored lighters, various jewelry - such as bracelets, rings and anklets - and other products.

For more information, call ZenFire at (732) 936-9302 or visit its Web site at www.ZenFireRedBank.com.

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HEADLINE: CANDLES THAT MAKE SCENTS; Candles of all shapes, sizes and smells glow in popularity; Candles Warming Hearts And Cash Registers

BYLINE: HILARY GROUTAGE SMITH, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

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Not sure how a wedding day, approaching storm or Christmas night is supposed to smell?

No matter.

Candlemakers have it all figured out, and Utahns, fond of scenting their homes with wax and wicks, are buying them like crazy.

"I can burn a pumpkin candle and pretend I'm making a pie," said Debi Brady, assistant manager of Seasons, a gift shop in downtown Salt Lake City. "I always have a candle burning at my house."

And Brady is not alone. Americans spent billions on candles last year, said Susan Stockman, director of public relations for Yankee Candles, the Massachusetts-based candle giant that got its start 30 years ago when a penniless teen-ager melted down his childhood crayons to make a Mother's Day candle as a gift. Last year, Yankee did more than $ 280 million in business with trademark scents like Storm Watch, Witches Brew, Roses at Cliffwalk, Macintosh, Island Mango, Wedding Day and Christmas Cookie.

"Scented candles have become incredibly popular over the last decade. It's a nesting syndrome that's taking place after the 1980s syndrome of going out all the time. People are staying home more now," Stockman said.

Maybe more than ever in Utah.

"It's because of our heritage in Utah of homecooked meals and that country-craft atmosphere our homes take on in the fall," said Sue Christensen, manager of the Provo Yankee Candle store. "That's why they sell here."

Besides, candles can be given as gifts to men or women, they have no calories and are appropriate for occasions ranging from holidays to housewarmings.

Scentinals, a candle company based in Logan, has found a niche in the candle market by manufacturing custom-labeled candles for golf courses, banks, title companies, resorts and auto repair shops. The company also manufactures candles under its own label and distributes them nationwide. Manager Mark Hedin said fragrances are chosen from selections provided by out-of-state "perfumers" who sell the scented oils. This time of year, pumpkin spice is popular and candles vanish as fast as they are manufactured, but the biggest year-round seller is pomegranate.

"I'm not even sure what a pomegranate smells like, but people sure like it," Hedin said.

Ditto at Azania in Provo. Azania is a six-person operation that started in 1997 molding candles from oils imported from India. Pomegranate is the most popular candle the company sells.

"It's pleasant and fruity," said company president Thomas McKinnon.

In addition, the company makes a popular aromatherapy line that includes patchouli, sandalwood and nag champa. For Christmas, layered candles of spice, pine and cinnamon or almond, currant and fig are available.

Besides the scent, candles offer comfort and warmth and add ambience to a room, Hedin said.

"They're romantic. I have to have one going at my house. I've been working here so long I can't come home and not light one," he said.

But just as the popularity of candles has gone up, so has the number of fires, accidents and deaths they have caused. In Utah, the number of fires caused by candles has gone from 45 in 1995 to 95 in 1999, the last year figures are available. Two people have died as a result of candle-caused fires since 1995, said Janet Herron, deputy fire safety specialist at the Office of the State Fire Marshal.

To prevent fires, never leave candles burning unattended; burn them in an open area away from small children, curtains and pets. Never, ever, burn candles as part of holiday decorations like wreaths or Christmas trees, said Salt Lake County Fire Capt. Jay Ziolkowski.

"We would hope people would use common sense, but I have a job because common sense doesn't always prevail," he said.

The safest candles to burn are those that extinguish when they are tipped over, Ziolkowski said. Most candles marketed in jars are designed to do that, he said.

And it might be wise to avoid candles with metal in the wicks. Earlier this year, the Public Citizen's Health Research Group in Washington, D.C., released a report claiming candles with lead in the wick can elevate lead levels in the air as much as 33 times the federal safety guidelines. Elevated lead levels can cause lead poisoning that may damage the central nervous system and cause learning problems in children.

But with a little care, candles add romance, ambience and warmth to a home.

"I've heard a hundred different reasons people love candles," Hedin said. "For me, it's a comfort thing."

GRAPHIC: Candles are a traditional part of holiday celebrations, but more people are decorating their homes with candles all year long for the warm ambience they bring to a room. Candles come in a variety of styles, and many have aromatherapeutic value as well.

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