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Infiltration offers a mix of the practice and theory of urban exploration in areas not designed for public usage. This site is the online companion of the paper zine about going places you're not supposed to go. The latest issue of the zine, focusing on sneaking into and around stadia and arenas, just came out in September 2004.

Passive millimeter wave imaging growing fast by Yvonne Carts-Powell The area of passive millimeter wave imaging is still in development, but both commercial and military applications abound for the technology. A conference on passive millimeter wave imaging technologies will be held at Aerosense in March. "Most of the world leaders and renown people [in this area] will be there," says Chair Roger Smith of the Air Force Wright Laboratory (Eglin AFB, Florida). Desire and past Active radar at longer wavelengths and infrared (and optical) systems at shorter wavelengths are more mature technologies, but passive millimeter wave sensing could add some...

We have, over the past several months, warned that as Planet X moved from below to above the Sun’s middle, the Ecliptic, it would move from slinging along the magnetic flow lines curling toward the Sun’s S. Pole to the magnetic flow lines curling out from the Sun’s N. Pole. Magnetic particles flow along these lines, from the N. Pole to the S. Pole, thus forcing Planet X to align with this flow. We have explained that the steps in this process are: Planet X first slings past the Sun’s S. Pole with its N. Pole pointing toward this great...

Date set for space prize attempt The team behind the private spacecraft, SpaceShipOne, says it will attempt the Ansari X-Prize in two flights on 29 September and 4 October. The $10m (£5.7m) prize awards the first team to send a three-person craft over 100km, and repeat the feat in the same craft within two weeks. SpaceShipOne, built by aviation pioneer Burt Rutan, became the first private manned craft to go to space in June. Another 25 teams across the world are competing for the prize. Possible third Although the fights have been scheduled, Rutan did not rule out the possibility...

Sharapova, Serena Williams to play in China Open 2004-07-27 09:54:46 GMT (Reuters) BEIJING, July 27 (Reuters) - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova and beaten finalist Serena Williams will play at the first China Open in Beijing this September, organisers said on Tuesday. Russian Sharapova and six-times grand slam champion Williams join a list of top male players at the event, including 2000 U.S. Open champion Marat Safin, former world number one Carlos Moya and number one Asian player Paradorn Srichaphan. China Open director Lincoln Venancio said the aim was to develop the event into one of the world's top five tennis...

UN goes ga-ga for Nicole By Caroline Overington New York Correspondent New York April 27, 2004 United Nations diplomats are supposed to be a dignified bunch with terribly important work to do. But, give them a chance to meet a glamorous movie star and they go ga-ga, like everybody else. The star was Nicole Kidman, who is making a movie called The Interpreter at the UN's New York headquarters. UN diplomats have been dying to get a glimpse of her, so last night they got together with staff from Australia's Mission to the UN, some Australian restaurants in New York,...

Roddick misses Monte Carlo Top seed Andy Roddick has pulled out of this week's Monte Carlo Masters. Roddick, who lost the US Clay Court final on Sunday to Germany's Tommy Haas, withdrew for "non-medical" reasons, according to organisers. The clay court tournament's top seed is now Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero, who is seeking his third Monte Carlo title. Roddick joins world number one Roger Federer plus fellow Americans Andre Agassi, Mardy Fish and James Blake in pulling out of the event. Organizers said Federer cited fatigue for his withdrawal but that Agassi had not immediately stated a reason. However, Agassi...

"This odd book is as much a look into the dark heart of Hollywood narcissism and juice as it is an excellent introduction to a grim, fascinating artistic subgenre. Keaton writes in her introduction that she came across a Don Barclay clown painting at a Pasadena Rose Bowl Swap Meet and "had an epiphany.... All of us have begged for attention and cried out in loneliness. Each and every one of us has been surprised and hurt, over, and over, and over, again and again, just like the exhausting, repeated shock that is the life of a clown." She...

Throughout 2003, cooperation among world leaders was garnered by a promise that the passage of Planet X would occur with little more than minor earthquakes and tides and meteor showers, and the admonition that the greater threat was panic among the masses who would desert their jobs to loot and pillage and make unreasonable demands on their leadership. The leaders agreed, especially since they were bribed and threatened to encourage them to do so. That odd meeting in France, over a year ago, where all heads of state were in attendance to ostensibly talk about Iraq and mending fences, had...

>Clearly, the Evangelicals would not shift their support to Dean but they might put their support behind a third-party candidate or just not vote at all There is a third choice! A few days ago, I asked in another thread: Which course is the morerational: elect someone you know is evil, and then use all the checks and balances to keep the evil in line; Or elect someone who is supposed to be good and who thereby flies below the radar of the checks and balances and can do real harm?! Real conservatives might decide that if we can't tell...

French supermarket tycoon Paul-Louis Halley dies in British plane crash Sun Dec 7, 5:22 PM ET MICHAEL MCDONOUGH LONDON (AP) - Billionaire French businessman Paul-Louis Halley, whose family is the largest shareholder in giant French retail chain Carrefour SA, was named by police Sunday as one of three people killed in a plane crash in central England. Halley, 69, died Saturday along with his wife, Annik Jacqueline Halley, 63, and their Belgian pilot when their single-engine propeller plane crashed into a field as it attempted to land at Kidlington Airport near Oxford, Thames Valley Police said. Halley and his family...

<p>MOSCOW (AP) — The United States lost the Fed Cup finals 4-1 Sunday, beaten convincingly by a French team that got a clinching victory from Amelie Mauresmo to win the title a second time.</p> <p>Mauresmo routed Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2, 6-1 to put France ahead 3-0 in the best-of-five series.</p>

Cursed Reshoots; Baker Quits Wes Craven, director of the troubled werewolf movie Cursed, told SCI FI Wire that many of the film's scenes will have to be reshot—and possibly recast—when the film resumes production in November. Craven also made the surprising announcement that Oscar-winning makeup effects maven Rick Baker has retired, turning over responsibility for the film's werewolf makeup to KNB. "I haven't seen that hit the news yet, but he shut down his studio," Craven said in an interview. "All of the elements have been taken over by KNB for us." Craven shot Cursed for 11 weeks before Dimension...

"Quickly Assess the situational area through real-time situational knowledge" The Raytheon Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisiton-Mission Equipment Package (RSTA-MEP) program provides the capability to quickly assess the situational area through real-time situational knowledge provided by long range on-board thermal sensors and off-board sensors. Technological advancements in the sensors and software provide for a wide-area-search (WAS) capability, automatic target detection (ATD), and aided target recognition (AiTR). ATD and AiTR can automatically detect stationary or moving targets beyond the enemy's engagement range and provide a wealth of data to the crew including target bearing, elevation, range, classification, and priority. The RSTA-MEP leverages...

Maria Sharapova, the Queen of Scream as she was dubbed in Birmingham, produced another ear-splitting performance to not only outwail but also outplay Ashley Harkleroad 6-2, 6-1 on her debut at The Championships. The 16 year-old Russian, who first came to the public's attention last year when she was runner-up in the Girl's event, has progressed rapidly up the senior rankings with her powerful groundstrokes and aggressive, fist punching style of play, all moulded in the cauldron of the Nick Bollettieri Academy in Florida. There is no give in her game, all shots being met while the ball is on...

Buckley AFB F-16s take up residence as runways improved By Dominic Weilminster, Rocky Mountain News June 11, 2003 Sleek, sharp curves make Buckley Air Force Base's F-16 squadron look like Ferraris parked in a lot of buslike jumbo jets. But their presence at Denver International Airport so far has caused little commotion. The 15 fighters are stationed away from home temporarily while their runway system is revamped. "Everything is really integrated well," said Maj. Jerome Dyck, acting public affairs spokesman for the squadron. According to Dyck, despite minor delays for F-16 practice flights to accommodate airliners, there have been almost...

Booker: ‘I thought I was going to die’ by Phil Speer CHARLOTTE, N.C. – May 18, 2003 -- Booker T isn’t 100 percent yet, but he says he’s well on his way to recovering from pneumonia. The five-time WCW Champion became violently ill on May 10, and had to be rushed to the hospital late that night. Booker -- who wrestles in the Intercontinental Title Battle Royal today, his first in-ring action since becoming ill – says he’s never been that sick in his life. “I thought I was going to die actually, because I’ve never really felt like that...

Niburu and Other Nonsense By: David Morrison The wild stories about an approaching planet or comet are false! For months, weird stories have circulated on the Internet predicting the close passage by Earth this month of a Planet X sometimes called "Niburu", or in some versions a giant comet. I have even seen it linked to both Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) and Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs), although why either of these is relevant is not clear to me. This news note is for those who may have heard such rumors and wondered if there was any reality to them. The...

China on brink of 'explosive' HIV/AIDS epidemic: report Jun. 27, 2002 Provided by: Associated Press Written by: AUDRA ANG BEIJING (AP) -- China is on the brink of an "explosive" AIDS epidemic and could have 10 million infected people by the end of the decade, a UN study released Thursday predicts. The report urged the Chinese government to spend more on education and prevention, and complained that many Chinese officials lack commitment to fighting AIDS. Talking more openly about the disease will help to remove its stigma and make people willing to come forward for testing and treatment, it said....