Ebay Live 2008

USPS Postal Service Ebay Shipper Presentations

If you are an Ebay shipper or desire to be an eBillionaire, you will not want to miss Ebay Live 2008. eBay Live! 2008 will be June 19 -21, 2008 in Chicago. The Postal Service will be on hand to inform shippers about their competitive products and pricing. Visit the United States Postal Service at Booth 405 - Solution Center. If you are unable to attend eBay Live! 2008, one Ebayer is offering a US Postal Service Priority Mail Flat Rate Box® full of Ebay Live Chicago 2008 assorted collectibles. It is listed as Item number: 180253534526. This website is not affiliated with the seller and is not responsible for any dealings with the seller or buyer.    

Source: http://postal-newsgroup.blogspot.com/

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buyouts and early retirement deals in other industries

Ford: More Job Cuts Needed

"...In the past three years, Ford has shed about 40,000 of its U.S. and Canadian hourly workers. Earlier this year, Ford offered buyouts and early retirement deals to its remaining hourly work force, but only 4,200 workers left, about half the number Ford hoped would take the offers. It has not been decided if the terms of the upcoming targeted buyouts would match previous offers given to hourly workers, Gattari said...."    

Source: futureoftheunion.com

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Gas prices affecting the USPS

"...Every time gas prices go up a penny, it costs the U.S. Postal Service an extra $8 million a year. ..."    

Source: news10now.com

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New Stamps Salute State Flags

Ten new postage stamps featuring the U.S. and state flags went on sale Saturday — on the annual observance of Flag Day.

"...stamps salute the U.S. flag and the flags of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut and Delaware. They're being sold in a roll of 50 stamps, with five stamps for each flag. The second set of 10 flags will be issued in September..."    

Source: news.aol.com

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Article on Express Mail Guarantee

USPS Says Guaranteed Overnight Isn't Guaranteed. What?

"... was told the guarantee does not extend to items left in the Express Mail box. It only applies if you bring the item to the counter. If that is the case, why would they even offer Express Mail via their website? When you purchase it online, you do so in an effort to avoid the lines at the post office. Also, nowhere on the website, while purchasing the Express Mail option did it state that items needed to be taken to the window/desk in order for the guarantee to apply. I asked her, "Where on the box does it say that?" She then told me she had handed my form over to her supervisor. I was given my full refund..."    

Source: consumerist.com

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Free Stamp Collecting Booklet: A Guide to U.S. Design Numbers (USD), 1847- 1947

PSE Unveils "Fresh" Stamp Collecting Format and Offers Free "U.S. Design Numbers" Booklet

"...Entitled, "A Guide to U.S. Design Numbers (USD), 1847- 1947," the new collection-building structure focuses on 435 regular-issue U.S. postage stamps that were issued from 1847 to 1947 and intended for use on letters or parcels. PSE has produced a full-color, 56-page booklet with photos of the stamps and a cross listing of the USD numbers and their corresponding numbers in the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue. The Scott numbers are used with permission of Scott Publishing Co., a subsidiary of Amos Press, Inc..."    

Source: www.psestamp.com

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Wal-Mart Goes Postal

Wal-Mart adds a new aisle – The Postal Service

"...Customers will easily recognize the presence of the Postal Service at our new Stamps on Consignment location by the exterior and interior signage,” said Customer Relations Coordinator Lori Thomas. “Postal customers..."    

Source: www.kpcnews.com

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Flags of Our Nation Stamps

New Three-Year Multi-Stamp Series Launched

"...The first 10 stamps in the new series will be presented during a first-day-of-issue ceremony on Flag Day at the National Postal Museum in Washington at 10:30 a.m. ET. Anchored by the Stars and Stripes, a perennial stamp favorite, the series salutes the state and territorial flags of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut and Delaware...."    

Source: www.usps.com

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Bonnaroo Post Office

Bonnaroo: Tie-dye, Hacky Sack, Bikinis

"...a new little structure, a round hut made of clay, straw, bamboo and a layer of recycled tires that houses Bonnaroo’s own United States post office, complete with the festival’s own postmark. (It’s popular on the psychedelic-looking 27-cent postcard stamps.)..."    

Source: nytimes.com

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The dam stamps are finally available!

Marvelous engineering

"...The 2008 Express Mail and Priority Mail stamps, featuring the Hoover Dam and Mount Rushmore go on sale today..."    

Source: yourpostalblog.blogspot.com

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Going Postal - An Offensive Term?

Union Campaign Against Violent Stereotype Greeted with Silence by Postal Management

"...The union has learned that the Postal Service has designated a franchise business called — you guessed it — Goin’ Postal as a partner in the USPS Approved Shipper Program. The national union learned about the partnership from local editors Mike Mazurkiewicz, (Saint Paul’s Postmark) and Cathy Hanson (Minneapolis’ Northern Light), who ventured into a Goin’ Postal outlet in their area. When they identified themselves to a manager as postal workers offended by the company’s name, they were informed that the company plans to open 4,000 stores nationwide..."

Source: www.apwu.org

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Send Fathers Day Mail to Our Soldiers in Iraq from www.mymars.org

Free Father's Day Messages for Overseas Servicemen

"...Family members can easily send free MARSgrams overseas by entering their message on the web site www.mymars.org. The Army MARS WinLink system automatically relays the Iraq-bound messages to Hammer and his helpers, who produce printouts and envelopes and hand them on to the Military Postal Service for final delivery. A MARSgram travels much faster than ordinary mail and can be delivered wherever American troops serve..."    

Source: www.theleafchronicle.com and www.mymars.org

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A Look Back: Mail Data from 1999 Article

offthemap; Deck the Box - greeting cards - Statistical Data Included - Brief Article

"...If trends hold, Americans will send out more than 4.5 billion stamped cards and letters this holiday season, plus an additional 138 million parcels, comprising 28% of the annual mail volume, according to the U.S. Postal Service..."    

Source: findarticles.com

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Additional Benefits for Civilian Employees in Combat Zones

OPM Reminds Agencies of Additional Benefits for Civilian Employees in Combat Zones

Springer outlined a list of authorities currently available to agencies. These include, but are not limited to:

* The National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 provides for a higher annual maximum limitation on premium pay;
* The Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR) provide a number of important compensation entitlements, such as danger pay and hardship differentials;
* OPM regulations give agencies the discretionary authority to provide recruitment, retention, and relocation incentive payments (up to 100 percent of basic pay) to address difficulties in recruiting or retaining employees in combat zones;
* Agencies have the ability to offer time off awards;
* Agencies have the authority under DSSR to provide travel benefits for rest and recuperation equivalent to one trip every six months and after 90 days in the country; and,
* Agencies have the authority to grant administrative leave (excused absence with pay and without charge to leave).

For additional information on these and other authorities, Federal employees should contact their agency human resources office.

Reference: www.opm.gov

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Social Studies Teacher Blogs About Ben Franklin

Ben Franklin’s Post Office

"...have collected stamps off & on since I was in the 4th grade. I collect stamps from all over the world but I mostly enjoy United States stamps. I think the reason I love stamps is because there is history in stamps. Commemorative stamps do just that..."    

Source: history591twenty9.wordpress.com

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Royal Mail workers issue fresh strike threat

Union warns that it will push for industrial action unless Royal Mail gives assurances on the future of the business

"...The postal group halted its final salary pension for all employees in April, and replaced it with one based on career average earnings...."    

Source: timesonline.co.uk

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USPS Shipping of Live Animals

Animal cruelty or business as usual?

"...Since 1919, the Postal Service has retained statutes dictating the terms of shipment of live animals, including newborn and adult fowl, lizards, earthworms, snails, leeches, scorpions and even honey bees..."    

Source: www.malibutimes.com

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Stole gasoline from the U.S. Postal Service

Texas pair stole, sold postal gasoline

"...used postal service credit cards to buy gasoline for themselves, plus sell it to people in Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. They have paid restitution of more than $47,000..."    

Source: www.chron.com

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How to retire in style

Neither rain nor heat nor gloom of night stops folks from living large at the unofficial retirement community of the National Association of Letter Carriers.

"...With an efficiency renting for under $75 in 1964, Nalcrest [Florida] was nirvana for postal retirees. It remains a bargain: A one-bedroom rents for only $305, and dinners at Jay Bee's II, the town's only restaurant, average $6. ..."    

Source: nationalgeographic.com

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Emergency Drill At Main Post Office

Workers Hold Emergency Drill At Main Post Office

"...The drill focused on response to a biohazard danger, including decontamination of volunteers...."    

Source: www.kypost.com

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