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		<title>Trading Lapel Pin Display Options</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lapel pin trading is becoming such a huge hobby, not only in the United States but across the globe.  The biggest contributor to this tradition is of course Walt Disney World.  Each year they design and release numerous lines of themed lapel pins that then get sold and given out at their parks as well as massive world wide pin trading conventions. But Disney isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Symbols of Labor Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elena</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/?p=2149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor Day has become so much a part  of the holiday culture of the United States. Over the years it has come to symbolize the end of Summer and the official beginning to a new cycle of the school years for students and the families that support them. A three day weekend gives everyone  a last blast of fun and out door activities before things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Spread the Word with a Lapel Pin</title>
		<link>http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/index.php/lapelpins/five-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away-spread-the-word-with-a-lapel-pin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>montereypins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/?p=2138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the food and health movements going on in the world, the month of September becomes a bit of a culmination of them with its &#8217;5 A Day Keeps The Doctor Away&#8217; campaign. Created in 1991 as a national nutrition education program by the Produce for Better Health Foundation, the campaign seeks to encourage and educate people on the benefits of eating at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lapel Pins: Helping You to Prepare for Election Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>montereypins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[branding]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/?p=2135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Election season in the United States is coming up quickly as November 2nd, 2010 approaches. Campaigns for all levels of public office are beginning to gain momentum and all candidates are concerned with getting their message out to the public. Campaigning is very dependent on branding and so at the end of the day, it really becomes a matter of marketing your brand, which all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boy Scouts Of America Celebrate 100 Years with a Commemorative Coin</title>
		<link>http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/index.php/coins/boy-scouts-of-america-100-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/index.php/coins/boy-scouts-of-america-100-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>montereypins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last 100 years the Boy Scouts of America has been a national institution that has served and trained countless youth in the values stated above.  It has given American families opportunities to build memories, share experiences, and develop strong values. This entire year has been dedicated to celebrating its centennial.  Events are occurring throughout the country and, as a result, commemorative stamps, badges, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trend Watch: Back To School Embroidered Patches</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>montereypins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Patches]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are in the middle of August, and the mad dash to prepare for school has already begun. Whether its preschool, elementary, junior high, high school or college, there is always a need to purchase school supplies, clothes and whatever other accessories needed to not only perform well at school, but also look good while doing it. One of the latest trends that is actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 Emblematic Bling Items For Back To School</title>
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		<comments>http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/index.php/lapelpins/top-5-emblematic-bling-items-for-back-to-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>montereypins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charms and Pendants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keychains]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/?p=2114</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you think that The Monterey Company wouldn’t have a hand in making school the coolest thing ever? Think again. We are thrilled that trends are elevating the use of emblematic jewelry to such cool status and thought we would share what the coolest Bling embellishments are for this upcoming year. 1. Embroidered Patches Yes. Yes. Yes. We have already written about this huge trend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women’s Equality Day</title>
		<link>http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/index.php/lapelpins/womens-equality-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/index.php/lapelpins/womens-equality-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>montereypins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About Us]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/?p=2110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On August 26th, 1920 women in the United States won the right to vote. Today this might seem like a foregone conclusion, but women of this country fought long and hard to attain a 19th amendment to the Constitution allowing them suffrage. This movement propelled what is today still called the Women’s Movement, which strives daily to achieve full equality under the Constitution of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Expensive Coin In The World</title>
		<link>http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/index.php/coins/the-most-expensive-coin-in-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/index.php/coins/the-most-expensive-coin-in-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brank</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From 1850 the twenty-dollar Gold Double Eagle coin was issued publicly. In 1907 the gold piece was radically altered by the well-known American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The Gold Double Eagle coin continued to be issued until 1933 when, in an attempt to prevent the hording of gold and halt the run on the banks during the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Lapel Pins Are Made</title>
		<link>http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/index.php/lapelpins/how-lapel-pins-are-made/</link>
		<comments>http://www.montereycompany.com/blog/index.php/lapelpins/how-lapel-pins-are-made/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brank</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lapel pin (also known as a “badge” or “button”) is a tiny pin that is usually affixed to the lapel of a jacket or dress. They can be worn simply as a decorative piece of jewelry or can make a statement about the wearer’s social, political, or religious views. They can also represent a special accomplishment or status for the wearer, creating a feeling [...]]]></description>
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