An Post (English literal translation: 'The Post', English official title: The Post Office) is the State-owned provider of postal services in Ireland. An Post provides a universal postal service to all parts of Ireland and is a member of the Universal Postal Union. Services provided include letter post; parcel service; deposit accounts; a courier service (SDS - special delivery services); and Swiftp ...

Including:

• An Post - An Post Transaction Services
• An Post - External link

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Definition and meaning of posting:

posting - a single message entered into a network communications system

(Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) )

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In 2003, An Post set up a new division to run its post office and transaction services business, entitled An Post Transaction Services or PostTS. It rebranded its post offices network as "Post Office" or, in a limited number of areas "Oifig an Phoist", with a new white and red logo, and introduced banking services in conjunction with Allied Irish Banks. It also introduced a service wherby newsagents could provide some Post Office services, entitled PostPoint. This was thought to have reversed a downward trend in business. PostTS al ...

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An Post, An Post - An Post Transaction Services, An Post - External link

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The Cincinnati Post is an afternoon daily newspaper published in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is owned by The E. W. Scripps Company. The Post was first published by Frank and Walter Wellman on 1881-01-03. It was originally called the Penny Post. The Kentucky Post was created as an edition of the paper in 1885 to serve Cincinnati's suburbs across the Ohio River. It was acquired in the early twentieth century by Charles Phelp ...

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China Post (中国邮政, Zhōngguó Yóuzhèng) is the postal service of the People's Republic of China operating in the mainland. Other related archivesPeople's Republic of China, The China Post, mainland, postal service

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The Yorkshire Post is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds, England. The paper was founded in 1754, as the Leedes Intelligencer, making it one of Britain's first daily newspapers. Like the Scotsman, it has the look and feel of a national broadsheet, rather than a local news carrier. Its focus on international and national news puts it in the same class as the Washington Post, which nobody would think of as the district's local newspaper. In fact, without "Yorkshire" in the title, the Post could easily be mist ...

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Canada Post (French: Postes Canada) is a Canadian postal service operated as an independant crown corporation. The successor to the Post Office Department of the Government of Canada, Canada Post was created on October 16, 1981 by the Canada Post Corporation Act to set a new direction for the postal service, creating more reliable service and ensuring the postal services financial security and independence. In 2004 Canada Post handled 10.9 billion mail items. It employed 70,000 people in its traditional mail operations and an additional 12,500 at the 94% o ...

Including:

• Canada Post - Labour troubles
• Canada Post - Addressing envelopes
• Canada Post - Services offered by Canada Post
• Canada Post - Stamps
• Canada Post - External link

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The Washington Post is the largest and oldest newspaper in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It gained worldwide fame in the early 1970s for its Watergate investigation by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, which played a major role in the undoing of the Nixon presidency. It is generally considered among the best three daily American newspapers along with the The New York Times, which is known for its general reporting and international coverage, and The Wall Street Journal, which is known for its ...

Including:

• The Washington Post - History
• The Washington Post - Political leanings
• The Washington Post - Criticism by Ombudsmen
• The Washington Post - Notable contributors
• The Washington Post - Executive Officers and Editors - Past and Present

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Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) gained international fame as the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Also known for his work in high altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits. His plywood airplane, the Winnie Mae, and his pressure suit are displayed at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA. On August 15, 1935, Post and American humorist Will Rogers were killed when Post's plane crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow, in Alaska. Including:

• Wiley Post - Early flying career
• Wiley Post - Around the world
• Wiley Post - With Harold Gatty
• Wiley Post - First solo pilot
• Wiley Post - First pressure suit
• Wiley Post - Final flight
• Wiley Post - Memorials and awards

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A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. Post office - Operations. In each city, mail is concentrated from post boxes to local post offices to regional sorting centers. At regional sorting centers, mail is sorted by city and sent out in trucks. In the U.S., almost all first-class mail that moves more than a hundred miles flies ...

Including:

• Post office - Operations
• Post office - Services
• Post office - General postal concepts
• Post office - Examples of operators of post offices from around the world
• Post office - Famous post offices
• Post office - Miscellaneous

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Australia Post is the government-owned postal service of Australia. Australia Post - History. The first postmaster of Sydney was an ex-convict, Isaac Nichols, who took the post in 1809, and postal services grew throughout the Australian colonies as they were established. A regular Sydney-Melbourne overland service began in 1838, as did the issuance of prepaid postage stamps, and by 1849 uniform postal rates were established by agreement between the colonies. Monthly steamship sea mail to the United Kingdom ...

Including:

• Australia Post - History
• Australia Post - Current activities
• Australia Post - Board Members

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Post-glacial rebound (sometimes called continental rebound, isostatic rebound or isostatic adjustment) is the rise of land masses that were depressed by the huge weight of ice sheets during the last ice age, through a process known as isostatic depression. It affects northern Europe, especially Scotland and Scandinavia, Siberia, Canada, and the Great Lakes of Canada and the United States. Post-glacial rebound - Overview. By the end of the last ice age about 11,000 years ago, much of nor ...

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• Post-glacial rebound - Overview
• Post-glacial rebound - Effects

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An Post National Lottery Company (Irish Comhlacht Chrannchur Náisiúnta An Post) is the company which has the licence of "the National Lottery" (Irish: "an Crannchur Náisiúnta") of the Republic of Ireland. The company was founded by its parent company An Post under a licence issued under the National Lottery Act, 1986 by the Minister for Finance for a lottery. The ownership of the company is between An Post and the Minister of Finance; it is split 80 to 20 percent respectively. The "National Lottery Fund" is a account kept a ...

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The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is featured in the book Going Postal, a 2005 addition to British fantasy author Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of books. The Post Office, which was once a vibrant, relevant institution complete with gleaming wooden counters and polished brass, staffed by postmen in spiffy blue uniforms, languished and almost died, according to Mr Groat (Junior Postman, later Senior Postman and Postal Inspector), when postmen began to leave half a sack of post behind in order to get home on time. Th ...

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Government local posts go back to at least 1680, when the Penny Post was established in London to handle intra-city mail delivery at a uniform rate of one penny. Later on, when postage stamps were first introduced, special stamps were often issued; for instance the cantons of Switzerland issued stamps for use within a canton, and inscribed them "Poste-Local" or "Orts-Post". The Russian province of Wenden issued stamps for a local post from 1862 to 1901, while Nicaragua issued stamps for Z ...

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Local post, Local post - Official local posts, Local post - Private local posts, Local post - Hobbyists' local posts

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Many countries have had private local posts at one time or another. Usually these operated with the acquiescence of the government, and at other time in competition. Types of local posts included intra-city systems, transcontinental delivery (such as the Pony Express), and riverboat routes. Many of these existed for only short periods, and little is known of their operations. Some of their stamps are among the great rarities of philately. An example of a private loc ...

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Local post, Local post - Official local posts, Local post - Private local posts, Local post - Hobbyists' local posts

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As mentioned above, the post-rock sound incorporates a wide variety of musical genres, such as ambient, jazz, electronica, experimental, and sometimes even rock itself. The post-rock approach to music, including emphasis on instrumental work and sound textures, is similar to the earlier New Age movement, which came out of the modern folk tradition. Another genre closely related to post-rock is math rock, characterized by more percussive timbres, more dissonant harmonic ...

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Post-rock, Post-rock - History of the scene, Post-rock - The post-rock sound

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Post-grunge developed out of the grunge music scene of the early ninties, after the breakout success of bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam. This led to an intense interest in not only grunge, but alternative rock in general by record labels. By 1993 some of the first post-grunge bands had been signed to major labels and were beginning to garner mainstream attention, the two best examples of these being Collective Soul and Live. It is interesting to note however that the majority of these bands were not labeled "grunge" at the time (a few, s ...

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Post-grunge, Post-grunge - History, Post-grunge - Comparison to Grunge, Post-grunge - Early Post-Grunge, Post-grunge - Second Wave Post-Grunge, Post-grunge - Modern Post-Grunge

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Post-grunge developed out of the grunge music scene of the early ninties, after the breakout success of bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam. This led to an intense interest in not only grunge, but alternative rock in general by record labels. By 1993 some of the first post-grunge bands had been signed to major labels and were beginning to garner mainstream attention, the two best examples of these being Collective Soul and Live. It is interesting to note however that the majority of these bands were not labeled "grunge" at the time (a few, ...

See also:

Post-grunge, Post-grunge - History, Post-grunge - Comparison to Grunge, Post-grunge - Early Post-Grunge, Post-grunge - Second Wave Post-Grunge, Post-grunge - Modern Post-Grunge

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POST-APOCALYPTIC

A hopeful adjective, not really justified. It indicates a refusal to acknowledge the finality of this aeon.

(See also: POST-APOCALYPTIC, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )