"Allowing this armory to remain empty and stand as a symbol of the abandonment that once plagued the Bronx was simply unthinkable, " Bloomberg said as he stood in the chilly, vaulted, four-acre-plus expanse that was the armory's drill floor.

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Things get murkier still when oil companies drill deep below the surface of the ocean floor, since even robots can't go down there to see what's going on.

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The need to drill for oil in 5000 feet of water and 20, 000 feet below the ocean floor is a dramatic illustration of how the low hanging fruit are long gone and the lengths to which our addiction to oil will drive us.

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The drill is meant to teach Curry to dribble harder, which means the ball moves from the floor to his hand more quickly and lets him navigate tight spaces on the court.

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For now the 31-year-old plant manager is content to lord over a factory floor of Vermeer Manufacturing Co. in Pella, Iowa, pointing to a directional drill assembly line that used to be cluttered with 20 days' worth of parts inventory.

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