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Interactive illustration of an Intel 300mm wafer fabrication facility
Welcome to an Intel fab
You are about to enter an interactive illustration of an Intel 300mm wafer fabrication facility, or “fab”. Learn how inside the fab, Intel builds the world’s most complex, tiniest machines: microprocessors, flash memory devices, and other computer chips.
GOOD NEWS TODAY ! Judges opt for a final end to Russia's death penalty
Judges opt for a final end to Russia's death penalty
A 10-year moratorium on capital punishment in Russia was set to come to an end in January. But members of the country's constitutional court have decided that, due to international agreements, the ban must stay in place.
As a member of the Council of Europe, which guarantees certain human rights, Russia is obliged to abolish the death sentence.
"This decision is final and may not be appealed," said Constitutional Court president Waleri Sorkin, adding that international agreements made any alternative "impossible."
Although the country has signed the European Human Rights Convention, this has yet to be ratified by the Duma, Russia's parliament.
Death penalty has public support
The possibility of a return to capital punishment has fuelled debate in the country during recent weeks. Leading politicians have declared themselves to be against its reintroduction, despite public support for the ultimate sentence.
Violence in the North Caucasus led to demands for terrorists to be executed. One poll showed that only one in four Russians are against capital punishment, with 56 percent in favor.
Members of the Duma are worried that if it ratifies the human rights convention, completely removing execution from Russia's penal code, voters will not be happy.
"We mustn't take up the ratification until we have a public consensus,” said State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov.
Kremlin wants final ban
The Kremlin has said that it is in favor of a ban. "Society must be ready for the abolition of the death penalty. It's a long process," said Mikhail Krutov, President Dmitry Medvedev's envoy to the Constitutional Court.
Former president Vladimir Putin has called capital punishment "pointless and counterproductive."
Among those executed in 1996, when the death sentence was last carried out, was serial killer Andrei Chikatilo.
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Apple Computers Can Sometimes Be Expensive
Evidence that Apple Computers can be, sometimes, overpriced.
Evidence #1
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Coffee Bag Sewing
Workers sew up 130-pound bags of coffee near Yirgacheffe, a coffee-growing center in south-central Ethiopia. Growers of beans for Starbucks and other companies often earn so little they can't afford to send their children to school or feed them adequately. (from http://bit.ly/YHeBL).
Black & White Photography of the Lovely Audrey Hepburn, Another Shallow Depth of Field Example
Audrey Hepburn on the set of Sabrina. Photo by Mark Shaw.
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