| 2010 Catalogs
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Our New 2010 Office Supplies Mega Catalog is now available featuring over 30,000 products! Contact your account manager or call one of our friendly customer service professionals and ask for your new 2010 OSS Office Supplies Mega Catalog. It's the Biggest Book in the Business!
OSS is your single source for your office products, furniture, janitorial and breakroom supplies. We have more than 100,000 items and we have more in-stock items available for next day delivery than our big-box competitors. We can ship nationwide too!
Contact your sales rep or call one of our friendly customer representatives for your 2010 Catalog!
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Use Less Paper & Save a Tree? Not Really! |
The fact is that when the demand for paper decreases, tree farming also declines, harming ecological aspects like clean water and wildlife habitats. Decreasing paper use may cause a forest to be used for real estate development. The future of our forests depends on slowing the conversion of these precious resources and by managing them sustainably for generations to come.
-- Every day the forest products industry plants more than 1.7 million trees in the U.S.
-- Today, there are 12 million more acres of forests in the U.S. than in 1987
Forests are renewable, they capture carbon and help stabilize global climate and provide other environmental and recreational services. Today 57.4% of all paper in the U.S. is recovered, and goals are in place to increase to 60% by 2012.
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Office Humor
Top 5 Excuses for Sleeping at Your Desk
"They told me at the blood bank this might happen."
"I wasn't sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm!"
"Amen"
"This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people!"
"Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won't wear off!" | |
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Welcome to the OSS Journal |
Dear Reader,
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Welcome to the OSS Journal! Each month our newsletter will contain information to keep you informed of new products, helpful information and other topics of interest. Feel free to forward this newsletter to your fellow employees and friends! We look forward to our time together each month and welcome your comments.
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Featured Recipe - Quick & Easy Shrimp Chowder 
Cooks Note: This recipe is made quick and easy by incorporating canned potato soup. You can also use easily thawed frozen medium shrimp.
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 medium onion, chopped
2 (10 3/4-ounce) cans cream of potato soup, undiluted
3 1/2 cups milk
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
1 1/2 pounds medium-size fresh shrimp, peeled*
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Garnish: chopped fresh parsley
Oyster crackers (optional)
Preparation:
Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat; add onion, and sauté 8 minutes or until tender. Stir in cream of potato soup, milk, and pepper; bring to a boil. Add shrimp; reduce heat, and simmer, stirring often, 5 minutes or just until shrimp turn pink. Stir in cheese until melted. Garnish, if desired. Serve immediately. Serve with oyster crackers, if desired.
*1 1/2 pounds frozen shrimp, thawed; 1 1/2 pounds peeled crawfish tails; or 3 cups chopped cooked chicken may be substituted.
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| Avoid the Tax Time Blues by Saving Green
Tax time doesn't have to bring on the blues. Think about all the green you could be saving, yes, saving. Follow these steps from Turbo Tax to put more money back in your pocket.
1. Organize Your Records
Good organization may not cut your taxes but it can help you save money in the long-term. Keep all the information that comes in the mail in January, such as W-2s, 1099s, and mortgage interest statements.
Collect receipts and information that you have accumulated during the year.
Enter the amounts from all these documents into a computer program like Quicken or total them by hand and give the list to your tax preparer.
Make sure you know the price you paid for any stocks or funds you have sold. Know the details on income from rental properties.
You could save $300 to $400 with your tax preparer plus plenty of your time. In the event of an audit, you could save on assessments and penalties because you'll have all your back-up on hand.
2. Find the Right Forms
The library won't always have all the forms you need. Go online to view and download a large catalog of forms and publications at the Internal Revenue Service's Web site, www.irs.gov, or call 1-800-829-3676 to have them sent to you by mail.
Need a state form or publications? Visit www.taxadmin.org/fta/link/forms.html.
3. Itemize
It's easier to take the standard deduction, but you may save a bundle if you itemize, especially if you are self-employed, own a home or live in a high-tax area.
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| January Trivia Question
Win a Tote Bag Containing $50 in Free Office Supplies |
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Congratulations to Regina Phillips of Gastonia for winning our December Trivia Question! One winner will be selected this month and you can be entered to win a Tote Bag containing $50 worth of Free Office Supplies when you visit our website at www.ossone.com and email your correct answer to the question below to us at ossjournal@ossone.com.
Here is your question: Master Manufacturing makes three do-it-yourself kits for furniture and seating repairs. Name at least one of these products/kits.
(Hint: Click on the "Furniture" link on the left side of our home page.)
Email your answer to ossjournal@ossone.com and your correct answer will place your name into our drawing for a FREE Tote Bag containing $50 in Free Office Supplies. The winner will be announced in our February edition of the OSS Journal.
Thank you for being our customer!
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