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WORLD-TYRANT WORLD 07 09 14 1 

Russian Soyuz to Launch *Scotland’s* First Space Satellite 

18:55 08/07/2014 

http://en.ria.ru/world/20140708/190845668/Russian-Soyuz-to-Launch-Scotlands-First-Space-Satellite.html

Scotland’s first ever space satellite will be launched today [Tuesday] aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that will blast off from the historic Baikonur cosmodrome. 

“A lot of the team are aware of the great history of that [Baikonur] launch site,” Robin Sampson of Clyde Space told RIA Novosti. 

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http://www.clyde-space.com

http://www.clyde-space.com/ukube-1

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“It has a great atmosphere and is clearly a place steeped in space exploration history and we were very much in awe of the launch site there," he added. 

UKube-1, built by Glasgow Company Clyde Space, is a “cubesat”, a miniature lightweight satellite with a payload of just three litres. 

The launch will take place from the same site where Sputnik 1 and Yuri Gagarin took off, a legacy that has not gone unnoticed by the team behind the Scottish satellite. 

“There is a healthy dose of nervousness and excitement at Clyde Space, probably more excited than nervous,” Sampson said.  “We have performed extensive checks and tests.  We’re now just looking forward to the launch.” 

Blast off is expected at 15:58 UTC, and once deployed in space the satellite will conduct a yearlong mission trialling a number of new and potentially ground-breaking experiments. 

[ The launch was successful. ] 

“There are a number of innovative payloads on there that will push the technology envelope a little bit,” Sampson told RIA Novosti 

“There are some new experiments being trialed, one of which is a random number generator that will use radiation events to create true random numbers. 

“It is almost impossible for a computer to generate a random number but using the space environment we can generate true random numbers from radiation,” Sampson added. 

“These genuinely random numbers can then be used to securely encrypt communications,” Sampson said. 

Although the mission will last 12 months the satellite will remain in orbit for at least another 15 years during which ground based scientists will carry out a range of additional experiments and tests. 

As well as the UKube-1 the Soyuz will also launch eight other satellites from the Baikonur launch site. 

Chinese president meets Russian presidential administration chief  2014-07-09 19:06:39  http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-07/09/c_133471992.htm

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with Russian presidential administration chief Sergei Ivanov. 

President Xi said his close contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin shows the special characteristics of the China-Russia relationship. 

Xi said he is looking forward to meeting with President Putin in Brazil during the sixth BRICS leaders' meeting this month and welcomes Putin to attend the APEC meetings in November in Beijing. 

He said he believes that they will reach further consensus on deepening and expanding bilateral cooperation. 

Xi urged relevant departments of the two countries to act in close coordination and ensure all bilateral mechanisms run smoothly to fully implement the consensus he reached with Putin. 

China and Russia will jointly hold activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, Xi said, calling on the two sides to strengthen cooperation so as to make the activities a success. 

Ivanov said the close contact between President Putin and President Xi has vigorously promoted the Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination. 

The two countries signed a series of agreements with epoch-making significance during President Putin's state visit to China in May, Ivanov said, stressing Russia will work with China to fully implement the two presidents' important consensus. 

He said Russia will work with China to push forward pragmatic cooperation, enhance coordination in major projects, youth exchanges, security and law enforcement as well as jointly crack down on the three evil forces of terrorism, separatism and extremism. 

The two countries will observe the 70th anniversary of the victory of the World War II to show the two countries' significant contributions, he said. 

Li Zhanshu, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, was present at the meeting. 

Jul 9, 3:14 AM EDT 

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VA APOLOGIZES TO WHISTLEBLOWERS FACING RETALIATION [Excerpts] 

Scott Davis, a program specialist at the VA's Health Eligibility Center in Atlanta, said he was placed on involuntary leave after reporting that officials were "wasting millions of dollars" on a direct mail marketing campaign to promote the health care overhaul signed by President Barack Obama. 

Davis also reported the possible purging and *deletion* of at least 10,000 veterans' health records at the Atlanta center. 

More records and documents could be deleted or manipulated to mask a major backlog *and* mismanagement, Davis said. 

Those records would be hard to identify because of computer-system integrity issues, he said.