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...year compared with 2007, the biggest mail volume decline in history has contributed to the agency's $2.8 billion loss for the year. That partly explains why shipping prices will rise 5% this month (a bigger hike than all shipping increases in 2008), with a stamp price jump to follow in May. The decline could also put your local letter carrier out of a job, and it has even stoked fears that the centuries-old Postal Service could one day go the way of the telegraph...
...those measures aren't enough to stop the bleeding, deeper cuts could follow. "If the economy improves, maybe we won't have to be as aggressive," says Frey. "But if it seems to linger and we stay down in the recessionary trough here, who knows...
...amphetamines to get high (particularly if they snort, smoke or inject) will continue to use, despite negative consequences - addiction rates are much lower when drugs like Ritalin and Adderall are prescribed for ADHD. It's not clear whether the pattern of addiction under medical supervision for enhancement would follow the former or the latter - or whether it would even meet the bar for addiction. Medically speaking, without the element of harm, regular drug use - or even dependence - alone doesn't qualify as addiction...
...about the words we hear. Not only will our understanding of the other person improve, but that understanding will lead to better responses on our part. Researchers have devised a slew of strategies for better listening, but the solution doesn’t really come down to asking more follow-up questions or “predicting outcomes.” What better listening does depend on is effort, in slowing down one’s thought process, and allowing others the time to speak...
...desiccated place. But that doesn't mean Mars wasn't once wet, and its topography - scarred with what appear to be ancient river channels and dry seabed - suggests that the planet once fairly sloshed with water. If you want to find signs of ancient life, the key is to follow that water - or at least the places it used...