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U.S. Postal Service Rate Hike - Effective May 11, 2009

On February 10, 2009, the Postal Rate Commission and the Board of Governors from the U.S. Postal Service made the decision to increase the postal rates effective May 11, 2009. For First Class mail, the rate will increase by 2 cents to $.44 for the first ounce. For more detailed information on the new postal rates and link to the U.S. Postal Service web site, please refer to the BLINK web site:

http://blink.ucsd.edu/go/postage

For additional assistance, please contact Mail Services at x41164.

Robert Trout Manager Mail Services