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	<title>The Alabu Skin Care Blog &#187; Around The Shop</title>
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	<description>a natural perspective on skin care</description>
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		<title>A New Family Member</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mmayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We started looking for a cat to adopt and found one at the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society in Menands, NY. The staff and volunteers there were all so friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. They knew about the animals under their care, and pointed us in the right direction to find the perfect pet for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsletter&#8230;How Do I Get That In My Inbox?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Turgeon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we shared several ways to make every dollar and bar go a little further. One of the way that we suggest to saving money on your purchases was to read our newsletter. At the beginning of every month we send out a wonderful newsletter filled with photos from around our farm, stories about what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little More on Why</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Turgeon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are fragrance oils that different from essential oils? The simple answer is yes. The confusion happens because many people use these terms interchangeably. Nonetheless, a lot of questions have been raised about our decision to discontinue fragrance oils. This is not a decision that was made without serious consideration. I decided to take a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No More Purely Herbal, Why?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Turgeon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot going on over the last few months at Alabu. Nell and I have been unable to participate in the day-to-day activities, but we are excited to be back now. It was exciting to see a lot of the changes that have been made. One change that was made in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Goat Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Mayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been great meeting all kinds of people at the Country Folk Art Show this weekend. I&#8217;ve gotten a lot of requests for pictures of our newly born goat kids, so I thought I would put a few of them up here. They were born on April 2nd at about 4:45 a.m. All three are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Lotion Setup</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Mayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a year ago we improved our lotion-making process. I haven&#8217;t written about it yet, so I thought I&#8217;d share a little bit about it. When I took over the production of Lotion Sticks, I realized that our process was sometimes leading to inconsistent Lotion Sticks. If you&#8217;ve ever had a lotion stick feel grainy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living in the Stone Ages</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Mayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve got about five computers here in the Alabu Headquarters (that&#8217;s our walk-out basement for those of you who don&#8217;t know). It seems like every week at least one of them is acting up, well, except for my MacBook Pro. That never seems to act up. Oh, Maryclaire just got an iMac for Christmas, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fascination Update</title>
		<link>http://thealabublog.com/soap-archives/general/fascination-update/28/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Mayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our horse Fascination is doing much better. If you read my post at the end of last month (That&#8217;s Horse) you already know she&#8217;s been sick lately. It all started when we noticed she was a little bit &#8220;ouchy&#8221; on her two front feet. That progressed into a fever and at one point she was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That&#8217;s Horse.</title>
		<link>http://thealabublog.com/soap-archives/general/thats-horse/23/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 23:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Mayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s been quite a while since I&#8217;ve chatted here. Since I&#8217;ve finished school I&#8217;ve actually gotten busier. I thought that things might slow down but somehow I now have less time. So be it though, at least I am busy with things I enjoy. Many of you know (or know of) our horse Fascination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In The News&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thealabublog.com/soap-archives/general/in-the-news/18/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Mayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had quite a busy week! If you haven&#8217;t heard already, a local newspaper (The Schenectady Gazette) recently featured Alabu Soap on the front page of the Business section. It was a great article actually, I&#8217;d say it was the best article in Alabu history. You can read this article here. Around here a newspaper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renovations: Part 2</title>
		<link>http://thealabublog.com/soap-archives/general/renovations-part-2/17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Mayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between college, renovating the production space, and moving www.alabu.com over to a new web server (more on that later), I haven&#8217;t had very much spare time lately. I know you all probably miss me (yes, I miss you, too), but don&#8217;t be too sad; I&#8217;ve brought pictures! I wouldn&#8217;t say the new production space is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renovations</title>
		<link>http://thealabublog.com/soap-archives/general/renovations/13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Mayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boy was that a busy Christmas season. Of course we decided to renovate the manufacturing facility during our busiest time of year. When it rains it pours. Since we&#8217;ve revved up our batch size, we have seen a real need to reconfigure our production space. We&#8217;ve made a dedicated place for extracting the soap from [...]]]></description>
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