February 17, 2017 – Page 10

Scientists have uncovered the mystery of the famous Rorschach ink blots

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Scientists have uncovered the mystery of the famous Rorschach ink blots American scientists measured the fractal complexity of the famous Rorschach ink blots, and found that the simplicity of repetitive patterns is a key factor in why we see so many images. A fractal is a repeating pattern, like those larger parts. Examples of fractals in nature are snowflakes, blossoms and branches of trees, writes Nature. The complexity of a fractal is measured by an indicator D, which represents the number of repeating structures in the image. In a straight line without fractals D is equal to one, and at the maximum repetition can reach the target of 2.0. Thus, the closer the value is to one, the more simple the structure is fractal. A group of scientists from the University of Oregon decided to find out how the complexity of a fractal related to the number of produced images.

Scottish kayakers took video of a very friendly seal

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Scottish kayakers took video of a very friendly seal MOSCOW, 16 Feb — RIA Novosti. In Scotland, the seals decided to ride along with people on two kayaks. Video with friendly animals was published to YouTube by user TheKayakingkid. The author wrote that the seal for some time followed them. “During the heats on the kayaks is fine, but this seal came closer than usual,” — said in the recording to the video. “He almost never showed fear and was not aggressive,” adds the author. The video shows that the seal calmly climbs on the kayak and even licks the hand of the author of the video. Then the animal jumps back into the water, but not even thinking to leave. Instead, it tries several times to climb on the boat. Seals quite often demonstrate a willingness to “make friends” with people and rest on their boats.

Drought in Mexico has discovered a submerged ancient temple

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Drought in Mexico has discovered a submerged ancient temple Flooded in the 60-ies of the last century the Church in the Mexican state of Chiapas this year, appeared from under the water nearly a month earlier than it should, and looks almost untouched. Scientists believe that the temple was built in the XVI century, when the monks came to Mexico to preach the Christian doctrine. In 1962 the Mexican government, raising the region’s agriculture, the dam was built where the Church was flooded. Now, however, annually fall of the water level, the Church once again appears on the surface. The last time due to a severe drought, the water is only 16% of its volume, and the temple you can see almost from the very Foundation, writes Daily Mail. 400-year-old temple is revealed after decades underwater #science https://t.co/sEvE6Q9zBV pic.twitter.com/qkfiBcWfLL — josetron (@josetron) February 15, 2017 Usually, though, the Church appears

The headquarters of NATO announced the cancellation of the visit of American congressmen

February 17, 2017 RR Politics

The headquarters of NATO announced the cancellation of the visit of American congressmen Moscow. 16 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — Anticipated Friday visit to the Brussels headquarters of the Alliance of the delegation of the U.S. Congress canceled, reported the press service of the organization. “The visit of the delegation of the United States Congress, led by Senator (John) McCain, at the headquarters of NATO on Friday, 17 February 2017, has been cancelled due to a scheduled vote in the U.S. Congress,” — said in a communique issued on Thursday evening. Earlier in the day, the press service of the Alliance announced on Friday the visit of the delegation of the U.S. Congress.

Trump instructed Tillerson to establish contacts with Russia in the near future

February 17, 2017 RR Politics

Trump instructed Tillerson to establish contacts with Russia in the near future Moscow. 16 Feb. INTERFAX.RU — U.S. President Donald trump said on Thursday that the Secretary of state Rex Tillerson will soon continue contacts with the Russian leadership. “If we manage to get along with Russia, it would be positive. We have a very talented man, Rex Tillerson, who will soon meet with them (Russian leaders — Interfax)”, — he said at a press conference in Washington. “And I told him that I realize that in political terms, it may (attempt to improve relations with Russia — Interfax) — not good for me,” trump added. In this regard, I would be more profitable to hit that ship, which is 55 km from our shores (the Russian intelligence ship), so he literally jumped out of the water. And everything in this country would say, “wow, how cool”. But I would

Trump said that Obama left behind a “mess” on all fronts

February 17, 2017 RR Politics

Trump said that Obama left behind a “mess” on all fronts WASHINGTON, 16 Feb — RIA Novosti. President trump said that he had inherited from his predecessor, Barack Obama’s “mess” both inside the country and in the international arena. “As you know, our administration inherited a lot of problems both in the government and in the economy, to be honest, I inherited this mess!” — trump said at a meeting with journalists, the broadcast of the press conference is channel CNN. At home and abroad is just a mess: jobs flowing out of the country low pay, confusion and instability abroad, wherever you looked: the middle East, North Korea, but we will take care of all of this.Donald Trepresent USA

Lavrov and Makey in a telephone conversation discussed the relations of Moscow and Minsk

February 17, 2017 RR Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a telephone conversation with his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei discussed topical issues of bilateral relations of Russia and Belarus, said in a statement on the foreign Ministry website. “They discussed topical issues of bilateral relations, including the schedule of the forthcoming Russian-Belarusian contacts. Were also discussed regional and international subjects of mutual interest”, — stated in the message.

Svanidze suggested to bury Lenin on the centennial of the October

February 17, 2017 RR Politics

Photo: RIA Novosti The body of Vladimir Lenin has offered to bury the centenary of the October revolution of 1917. This initiative was made by the historian Nikolai Svanidze. His words captured the national news service (NSN). “For the reburial of Lenin anything can be a reason. I would even say that for this reason is not necessary. The only reason to bury one’s death,” said Svanidze. According to the historian, the authorities do not dare to bury the body of the leader of the revolution in respect of concerns that some companies would not support this idea. However, Svanidze is convinced that “Lenin is not interesting to anyone”, except the functionaries of the Communist party. Svanidze also said that the mausoleum on red square has long lost its symbolic meaning. According to a sociological survey conducted by VTSIOM, the idea of burying Lenin’s body supports 60% of Russians, 36

In the air strikes on suburbs of the capital of Yemen killed 9 women and a child

February 17, 2017 RR World

Archive photo In the heart of the capital of Yemen, Sana’a, in an attack by coalition aircraft, led by Saudi Arabia, killing nine women and a child, injured dozens. About it reports Reuters with reference to locals. The blow was struck on Wednesday evening, February 16, in the village of Ashira North of Sana’a home of tribal leader allied with the movement of the housetop. There were people at the memorial ceremony for the dead woman. As one of the witnesses, the people heard the sound of planes and started to run out of the house. The bomb hit directly in the building, the roof caved in. The coalition stated that it had begun investigating reports of casualties in the area. 8 October 2016, the coalition attacked a funeral procession in Sana’a, killing more than 200 people, more than 500 injured. Saudi Arabia informally acknowledged that the strike took part

Media in the United States have disagreed regarding a case against Flynn

February 17, 2017 RR World

Michael Flynn The American media have disagreed on the possibility of a case against former adviser to the U.S. President for national security Michael Flynn. Thus, the sources of The Washington Post (WP) allowed the prosecution, as during the FBI interrogation he gave a false testimony about the conversation with the Russian Ambassador in Washington Sergei Kislyak. CNN interlocutors expressed doubt that the outcome of events. 16 Feb WP newspaper reported that in late January the Federal Bureau of investigation questioned Flynn about his conversation with Kislyak, who said that not talking with the Russian Ambassador about the sanctions, allegedly not true. The publication notes that perjury is a serious offense, however, the decision to prosecute will be taken by the Ministry of justice. According to sources of the newspaper, to prove the guilt would be relatively easy, because Flynn “might try to conduct a detailed analysis of the definition

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