INSTANT FLIGHT is a London based 4-piece band with a psychedelic/pop/rock sound.
Their 1st album"Colours & Lights"(2005)released by label Beard of Stars was produced by Gary Ramon(Sundial) & it’s no surprise they‘ve also been playing as backing band of the legendary Arthur Brown - he features on 2 tracks on the album . Their sounds is influenced by Doors, Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, late Beatles & yet the feel of the songs is timeless, catchy & powerful. The album is having very good reviews in U.K. and abroad & they are positively mentioned on biography”God of Hellfire". INSTANT FLIGHT are: Marco Magnani(guitar & vocals), LucieRejchrtova’ (keyboard & backing vocals), John O'Sullivan(bass), James Ovens(drums). They have played regularly in London, the rest of U.K.and Europe.They played on the same bill as Sun Dial, Pentangle, Bronco Bullfrog, Arthur Brown himself, Country Joe & the Fish & many more.Their second album is about to be released.True beautiful pop rock that makes you fly.
Their 1st album"Colours & Lights"(2005)released by label Beard of Stars was produced by Gary Ramon(Sundial) & it’s no surprise they‘ve also been playing as backing band of the legendary Arthur Brown - he features on 2 tracks on the album . Their sounds is influenced by Doors, Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, late Beatles & yet the feel of the songs is timeless, catchy & powerful. The album is having very good reviews in U.K. and abroad & they are positively mentioned on biography”God of Hellfire". INSTANT FLIGHT are: Marco Magnani(guitar & vocals), LucieRejchrtova’ (keyboard & backing vocals), John O'Sullivan(bass), James Ovens(drums). They have played regularly in London, the rest of U.K.and Europe.They played on the same bill as Sun Dial, Pentangle, Bronco Bullfrog, Arthur Brown himself, Country Joe & the Fish & many more.Their second album is about to be released.True beautiful pop rock that makes you fly.
Limitation on the Lombardi Trophy
"No team nor individual head coach shall ever hold high the Vince Lombardi Trophy as NFL world champions more than 2 consecutive seasons, corresponding to the longest streak achieved by Coach Lombardi himself."
This 'good' curse, originally theorized by noted NFL luminary Mr. Aslam Rawoof, is currently 37 years in effect, is unbroken, and applies only to consecutive NFL championship streaks, and NOT a sum total of championships.
Among his many accomplishments, Vince Lombardi guided the Packers to three straight NFL championships, in 1965, '66, and '67, to finish out his superlative career as head coach in Green Bay. However, due to the preliminary AFL-NFL merger occurring long after the conclusion of the 1965 season, only the last two of those three campaigns actually resulted in a World Championship. Because the AFL was a competing professional American football league at the time, it was only by way of this merger agreement that Lombardi & his NFL-champ Packers were permitted to face the AFL's champs in '66 and '67, and legitimately lay claim to world championships after beating them. This annual tradition to crown the world champions of football has come to be known famously as the Super Bowl.
So while the Packers of 1966 and 1967 soundly defeated the AFL's Chiefs and Raiders to become World Champions, the 1965 NFL champion Packers were unfortunately deprived of the chance to face their AFL counterpart that year, the Buffalo Bills, to also have their shot at a world title. What is particularly irksome to both Packers' fans and Lombardi's admirers is the nearly unanimous opinion among experts of 1960's-era pro football that the 1965 Packers would have easily bested the 1965 Bills, had the game taken place. After the 1967 season, Coach Lombardi stepped down as head coach of the 'Pack'; the following year the Packers failed to make the playoffs under their new head coach.
Because the powers-that-be in the NFL and AFL couldn't get their act together just one year earlier, Coach Lombardi was shortchanged of a chance to lead his squad to the first of likely 3 straight world championships. Through no fault of his own, circumstances dictated that Lombardi settle for two world titles in his career, to go along with annoying conjecture from the football community about whether or not he and his team would have captured a third back in 1965. This best explains why Every Effort Towards Uninterrupted NFL Success Thereafter May Equal But May Not Surpass Lombardi's Standard Of 2 Consecutive World Titles.
The limitation curse became real in 1970 after Lombardi's death from cancer compelled the NFL to immediately rename the trophy that is awarded yearly to the world champion Super Bowl winners as the Lombardi Trophy. Many, though, believe that the curse was unofficially in effect after Lombardi retired as coach from the Packers, which would add two more years to its total duration. It should be mentioned that Coach Lombardi has never publicly made any remarks to indicate resentment over the first Super Bowl arriving one year 'late.'
"No team nor individual head coach shall ever hold high the Vince Lombardi Trophy as NFL world champions more than 2 consecutive seasons, corresponding to the longest streak achieved by Coach Lombardi himself."
This 'good' curse, originally theorized by noted NFL luminary Mr. Aslam Rawoof, is currently 37 years in effect, is unbroken, and applies only to consecutive NFL championship streaks, and NOT a sum total of championships.
Among his many accomplishments, Vince Lombardi guided the Packers to three straight NFL championships, in 1965, '66, and '67, to finish out his superlative career as head coach in Green Bay. However, due to the preliminary AFL-NFL merger occurring long after the conclusion of the 1965 season, only the last two of those three campaigns actually resulted in a World Championship. Because the AFL was a competing professional American football league at the time, it was only by way of this merger agreement that Lombardi & his NFL-champ Packers were permitted to face the AFL's champs in '66 and '67, and legitimately lay claim to world championships after beating them. This annual tradition to crown the world champions of football has come to be known famously as the Super Bowl.
So while the Packers of 1966 and 1967 soundly defeated the AFL's Chiefs and Raiders to become World Champions, the 1965 NFL champion Packers were unfortunately deprived of the chance to face their AFL counterpart that year, the Buffalo Bills, to also have their shot at a world title. What is particularly irksome to both Packers' fans and Lombardi's admirers is the nearly unanimous opinion among experts of 1960's-era pro football that the 1965 Packers would have easily bested the 1965 Bills, had the game taken place. After the 1967 season, Coach Lombardi stepped down as head coach of the 'Pack'; the following year the Packers failed to make the playoffs under their new head coach.
Because the powers-that-be in the NFL and AFL couldn't get their act together just one year earlier, Coach Lombardi was shortchanged of a chance to lead his squad to the first of likely 3 straight world championships. Through no fault of his own, circumstances dictated that Lombardi settle for two world titles in his career, to go along with annoying conjecture from the football community about whether or not he and his team would have captured a third back in 1965. This best explains why Every Effort Towards Uninterrupted NFL Success Thereafter May Equal But May Not Surpass Lombardi's Standard Of 2 Consecutive World Titles.
The limitation curse became real in 1970 after Lombardi's death from cancer compelled the NFL to immediately rename the trophy that is awarded yearly to the world champion Super Bowl winners as the Lombardi Trophy. Many, though, believe that the curse was unofficially in effect after Lombardi retired as coach from the Packers, which would add two more years to its total duration. It should be mentioned that Coach Lombardi has never publicly made any remarks to indicate resentment over the first Super Bowl arriving one year 'late.'
Tim Bass (Timothy James Bass), an internationally recognized Internet security expert, most notably in field of intrusion detection and anti-spam filtering, was the subject of a July 1999 article by Frank Vizard in Popular Science Magazine called WAR.COM, where Bass is credited with inventing the first countermeasure against email bombs used by hackers against Langley Air Force Base. The strategy invented by Bass in 1997 is known as the Blackhole Strategy.
In April 2000, the Communications of the ACM published earlier work by Bass where he developed intrusion detection techniques.
Bass also published IEEE papers on the topics of Email Bombs and Countermeasures and on Internet Exterior Routing Protocol Development.
Blackhole Strategy
The Blackhole Strategy is a defense against email bombs that was invented by Tim Bass during the Langley Cyberattack in 1997. The basic requirements of the countermeasures against email bombs are :
*Do not provide any feedback or error messages to the hackers or mail-bombers;
*Capture and minimize delivery of illegitimate mail using a rules-based filter;
*Copy suspect mail for future analysis, delivering legitimate e-mail robustly and quickly; and
*Keep and maintain all captured messages as potential forensic evidence.
In April 2000, the Communications of the ACM published earlier work by Bass where he developed intrusion detection techniques.
Bass also published IEEE papers on the topics of Email Bombs and Countermeasures and on Internet Exterior Routing Protocol Development.
Blackhole Strategy
The Blackhole Strategy is a defense against email bombs that was invented by Tim Bass during the Langley Cyberattack in 1997. The basic requirements of the countermeasures against email bombs are :
*Do not provide any feedback or error messages to the hackers or mail-bombers;
*Capture and minimize delivery of illegitimate mail using a rules-based filter;
*Copy suspect mail for future analysis, delivering legitimate e-mail robustly and quickly; and
*Keep and maintain all captured messages as potential forensic evidence.
Blue Shift 2 is a third-party sequel the Valve's Half-Life: Blue Shift, the story closely follows that of Half Life 2 and its world. Barney is undercover with the Civil Protection.
Plot
It is set during the events of Half Life 2, you play as Barney Calhoun, a former mid-ranking security guard in the Black Mesa Research Facility, during the week Gordon and Alyx are teleporting back from Nova Prospekt. While seeming instantaneous to them, the trip took a week. After learning of the destruction of Nova Prospekt, the citizens of City 17 (and perhaps other cities as well) have begun to resist and are violently overthrowing the Combine. Barney has a major role in this. Thus begins the story of the mod.
Features
* Enhanced AI - Your enemies will now be tougher using smarter tactics and working together to outsmart you.
* Enhanced weapon graphics.
* Stealth Gameplay - Enhanced AI now requires you to be more sneaky in your attempt of aiding the rebels.
* New Weapons - Barney will have full access to the Combine arsenal. New weapons include: Stun Stick, Combine Sniper Rifle, and Man Hacks.
* New Characters - Barney will have to interact with new characters not previously seen in Half Life 2.
* New Locations - Explore new areas of City 17 and Nova Prospekt not previously seen in Half Life 2.
Plot
It is set during the events of Half Life 2, you play as Barney Calhoun, a former mid-ranking security guard in the Black Mesa Research Facility, during the week Gordon and Alyx are teleporting back from Nova Prospekt. While seeming instantaneous to them, the trip took a week. After learning of the destruction of Nova Prospekt, the citizens of City 17 (and perhaps other cities as well) have begun to resist and are violently overthrowing the Combine. Barney has a major role in this. Thus begins the story of the mod.
Features
* Enhanced AI - Your enemies will now be tougher using smarter tactics and working together to outsmart you.
* Enhanced weapon graphics.
* Stealth Gameplay - Enhanced AI now requires you to be more sneaky in your attempt of aiding the rebels.
* New Weapons - Barney will have full access to the Combine arsenal. New weapons include: Stun Stick, Combine Sniper Rifle, and Man Hacks.
* New Characters - Barney will have to interact with new characters not previously seen in Half Life 2.
* New Locations - Explore new areas of City 17 and Nova Prospekt not previously seen in Half Life 2.