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Officials had already warned there was no guarantee that the technology would work at such water depth.BP had spent the previous day or so lowering the 98-ton contraption to the well site with the aid of sensors, video cameras, and undersea robots. It hopes to attach a pipe to the chamber to start pumping oil up to a tanker, with the aim of capturing about 85 percent of the leaking oil.The spill threatens an economic and ecological disaster targeting beaches, wildlife refuges, and fishing grounds in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida It has forced President Barack Obama to rethink plans to open more waters to drilling.

And though iPods, iPads, and the like are quite shiny fall guys for societys shortcomings, shouldnt we also wonder what example politicians are setting?The president invoked Thomas Jefferson in his speech, specifically the notion that democracy can only work if each of us stayed informed and engaged, if we held our government accountable, if we fulfilled the obligations of citizenship.But what kind of incentive to participation do people feel when politicians eschew thinking and doing in favor of crude party-dictated posturing and pork? What kind of incentive to serious debate do we have when elections are fought and fraught with base accusations, rather than thoughts for improving the world?.

Now we have cable companies that want to slow down you service, or block access to certain media companies unless you pay a surcharge. iTunes, gee thats popular. Lets block it and then sell access to it for $19.99 month.Fox News -- if you dont want to disappear from the web, youll pony up $1M year. But for $100M year well redirect people looking for cnn.com or msnbc.com to your site. Hows that.A year after taking over the CEO job from Clearwire co-founder Ben Wolff, Bill Morrow is confident the company is on the right track with its 4G wireless network despite continued financial losses.

A Clear customer is often a cord-cutter. This customer has a mobile phone, but no fixed line phone in the house. He wants high-speed broadband, but he doesnt want to be tethered to a fixed broadband service. People use Clear when they are in the house and when they are out on the go. They also probably dont have cable TV service. Instead, they watch Hulu, YouTube, or other video sites for TV downloads.The cable customer cant cut his Internet connection at home He might be sharing it with the entire family But he wants to stay connected outside the house, so he keeps his cable subscription and bolts on the 4G wireless service onto a triple play package.