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…Hi Ben and Ronald, bet you didn't think you'd ever hear from me again. It's your Cousin Ray here and I am transmitting this to you from somewhere in the middle of the asteroid belt. It has only been a little more than two and a half months since I last saw you guys, but finally they have allowed me to have the access code to the transmission app on my computer, so I can now send you updates on our move to Europa.
You guys should see this ship! It is really big! It is called the Sovereign of the Sky and it has just about everything you can imagine onboard. I love the I.A.V.R. (Immersive Augmented Virtual Reality) units here. Just yesterday I was playing the part of an old time pirate captain with my own ship and everything! Becky even got sea sick! It was very different from the pirates of today, who prey on the merchant ships and other private vessels out here in space, especially in the Jupiter system. My dad tells me that we are safe though, since this is a passenger spaceliner and it's so large and there are so many people onboard. No pirate would ever dare attack us!
We left from Luna on June 12. It was pretty cool to leave Armstrong City and go to Shepard Station in orbit. Remember the last time you guys were here and we had thought about how cool it would be to go there? It was big and a little disorienting considering how most of the station did not use gravplates like more modern stations and spacecraft do now days. It was just like a giant wheel, spinning slowly in space. On the habitat levels, we walked on the inside of the outer wall, with our heads toward the center of the wheel. In the center was the docking structure.
It felt funny because the floor in the main passageways kept going up, but you never reached the end. On level A, there were skylights in the ceiling where you could see clear across to the other side of the station. It seemed as if the people on the opposite side of the station there were walking on the ceiling. If you looked out the side windows, you could see the surface of the moon. But it looked like it was slowly going around in circles while we, onboard the space station seemed to be standing still! On the opposite side of the station, you know the side facing towards the Earth; the same effect was experienced- only this time it was the Earth that was slowly spinning around in a wide circle.
All in all though, it was fun to see all of the people going to and fro from the colonies and stations around Mars, Jupiter and the Belt. There was even one ship that had come from Titian, you know, one of the moons of Saturn. Most of the travelers though, were headed to the Jupiter system, just like us.
Sovereign of the Sky was docked on the lower (moonside) platform of the station. As we approached the passenger's docking port, I was a little scared at just how big she truly was. (For some reason ships, especially large ships are always called she. I don't know why it couldn't be called a he.) We could see her through the glass enclosed concourse. The robot carrier followed us right up to the boarding gate where there was a long line. Becky and I sat in an opened space among our luggage while mom and dad stood in the line. Needless to say it was really boring. That is, until a man walked up to us.
"Excuse me, Commander Rodriguez?" the man said. He wore the official uniform of the employees on the mighty spaceship.
"Yes" dad replied.
"I am your personal steward sir. My name is Craig Porter and I have been instructed to bring you and your family directly onboard the ship. Your suite is waiting for you." Craig said as he held out his arm and indicated which way we were to go. All eyes were on us as we followed him through a side door marked "Do Not Enter- VIP's only". My dad explained because of his new assignment as Clarke Station's second in command, he was considered a VIP (Very Important Person). I guess it is good to have a father who is very important, since it saved all of us from standing in that long line.
Craig turned out to be a real cool guy. In his early 20's and of African American decent, he told my dad that he was taking a year off from his studies at Lunar University- Armstrong on Luna to travel and see the solar system, or what he can see of it while working for the Sovereign Interplanetary Cruise Lines. His quarters were right next to ours and his job was to be our personal attendant for the entire voyage. My dad told me that he was primarily going to be looking out for Becky and me. In other words, he was to be our babysitter! Can you guys believe that? I am all of fourteen and Becky is going on eleven years old and we are stuck with a babysitter! To make things worse, Craig was also our tutor. Unlike you guys in Cleveland, we are stuck with school all year long with only three weeks between each semester to chill out. It's not fair! We are space heroes, off to the Jupiter system in search of high adventure!
After a brief stop at customs, we were escorted onto the gangway that led to the main receiving area of the ship. Our luggage was taken directly to our suite and then unpacked for us as we enjoyed a delicious lunch at one of the ships many restaurants. By the time we got to our rooms, the only thing left untouched was our suitcases which were marked personal. All of the rest of our belongings had been shipped weeks ago on a freighter bound for our new home on Europa.
In all, we have a total of five rooms in our suite, including the bathroom. As one walked into our quarters, immediately in front of you is a large pane of glass which allowed us to see what was happening outside the ship. To the left is the door leading to the master bedroom. On the right is a small kitchenette with a small walkway leading to two smaller bedrooms, obviously one is mine and the other is Becky's. Each of the bedrooms has a window.
The main room is by far the largest and has the largest window. It has a large old -fashioned computer screen complete with a keyboard pad recessed into the coffee table in front of the couch. There also is a more modern holo-monitor that featured a conventional verbal interface. The A.I. is named Bob and its voice has a distinct electronic tone, a feature the designer implemented to keep the computer from sounding too human I guess. We also have our own wrist computers of course, which connects to Bob. In fact, I am using mine right now to speak to you.
It barley registered with me that we had left the station two hours later. I felt no engine vibrations or inertia effects as the spaceship accelerated on its course to Jupiter. My father pointed Jupiter out to me through the large window in our quarters. It seemed that we were headed away from it at an angle, but he said that it only looks like that. In reality we are traveling towards Jupiter following a course that will allow us to reach the Jovian System in only nine E-weeks (that's Earth weeks).
There is something like one thousand passengers onboard the Sovereign of the Sky. Nearly half of them will be living or visiting Clarke Station. The rest will be going on to one of the other domes on Europa or to one of the other dozens of worlds that orbit Jupiter.
As of this moment, we are navigating through the asteroid belt. It's kinda cool to look out the windows in our suite and actually have something to see. Most of the time there is nothing but the darkness of space. As we were crossing the orbit of Mars a couple of weeks ago, I thought for a moment that we would get to see the planet, but as my mother informed me, it was on the other side of the solar system at the moment. Oh well…
We settled down to a pretty standard routine. In the mornings, Becky and I have our studies with Craig. He is not a bad teacher as teachers go. He seems to really know his subject material and has a talent for making us understand the various concepts, especially in math. He doesn't let us slack off either. But there is a part of him that is also mysterious. I don't know what it is, but I have a bad feeling about him.
In the afternoon, we have some free time. There are many different amusement centers onboard. Some of them show holofilms, while others are set up for virtual tag games or role playing like the one about pirates. There are even museums and libraries and my favorite, art galleries. Just about anything you could possibly want to do can be found here. Mom says that some people take these trips just for fun- like a vacation. But of course those people are pretty wealthy. Most of the passengers are like us- just traveling to get somewhere.
Mom and dad have meetings that they attend during the day mostly with other Space Force officers onboard. My father, being the incoming First Officer on Clarke Station was kept quite busy. Normally, we would have traveled on a military transport ship, but none would be available for a few months and Space Force HQ wanted him on Europa ASAP. I guess that they also felt my father and his family deserved a vacation, which is fine by me.
The food of course is great! Though we have a basic kitchenette in our suite, Becky and I prefer to eat at one of the many restaurants or fast food spots onboard. We have a McD's, Ken's and Burger King on the strip. Mostly we ate at McD's every day for lunch. Mom and dad of course like the other more fancy restaurants where they served steaks and lobster and such. Dinner was always served at 1800 hours every night in our suite. My mother insisted that we would share this one meal together. Most evening's Craig will eat with us. But sometimes he would eat by himself.
At least twice a week we would all get together after dinner for a family activity, like we did tonight. We watched a Cleveland Indians baseball game broadcast almost live from Earth! Though it was delayed by a few hours we still had a great time at the holo center. At least a couple hundred folks were there. The way the theater is set up, it feels like we are actually there at the ballpark, sitting in our own section! Ron you would love it! We won 6 to 3 against the Detroit Tigers. The Indians are my favorite team; that is, after the Luna Legends. Of course they are in a different league since the gravity on the moon is somewhat less than on the Earth, even with gravplates.
Well, I hope you guys are doing well. Mom just popped her head in and told me I needed to get some sleep so I guess I will sign off now. I will squirt another transmission to you in a few days. Till then from the far side of the asteroid belt, so long…
Hey guys. This might not be a very long transmission. At 0530 I was awaken out of a sound sleep by a noise. Not just a noise, but a very LOUD noise. I went out into the main room of our quarters to investigate. But nothing looked to be out of place. Becky, who also heard the noise, joined me a moment later. We knocked on our parents closed door, and received no answer.
"Maybe they are still sleep." Becky said.
"Are you kidding?" I replied. "We're talking about dad here. He wakes up if a pin falls to the floor." It's true; our father is a very light sleeper. I think it's from being in the military. Mom on the other hand could sleep through a thermal nuclear explosion.
We opened the door and discovered that the room was empty. In fact, the bed didn't look like it had even been slept in.
"Bob?" I said to the computer, "Where are our parents?"
The computer instantly lit up its interface. "Good morning Master Raymond. To answer your question, I do not know."
"Where is Craig?" Becky asked.
"I am afraid I do not have an answer for you either, Ms. Rebecca." The computer said.
"What time did they go to sleep last night?"
"I am afraid I do not know, Raymond. Would you like for me to start your morning shower now?" The computer said in its non-emotional tone of voice.
Suddenly a cold chill ran down my spine and Becky's hand griped my arm.
"No thank you Bob. Can you at least tell us what that noise was that we heard?"
"There is a pair of maintenance workers working on a conduit not far from these quarters on the next deck. Perhaps you heard a noise that was transmitted through the conduit?" the computer replied.
Becky and I looked at each other. Not sure of what it was, we both felt that something was amiss. For one thing our folks wouldn't just up and leave without telling us. And second, that would not explain Craig's disappearance. No- something was up and we needed to find out what.
"Becky, go and get changed." I said as I started for my room. I changed into the clothes that I wore last night at the ball game, and then came out into the front room again. A few minutes later Becky came out from her room. After a brief stop to use the bathroom for each of us, we went out into the corridor and checked Craig's room.
As we expected, we found no response to our knocks at his door. In fact, for the next half an hour we did not see anyone at all. It was very eerie. I even tried to call the bridge and the other stewards and staff. No one responded to our calls. Becky thought of the idea to check the strip. McD's and all of the other stores were empty also.
Eventually we ran into Sammy, Amie, Joseph, and Tammy and a good two dozen other kids who like us, had been wandering about the ship, at least the parts that was accessible to us. We were all teenagers between 10 and 15 years old and there were no adults in sight. We all gathered at McD's to compare our stories.
"Did you guys see any adults?" Amie asked.
No one had seen anyone.
"What could have happened to them?" Joseph asked. "It is not like everyone could have just jumped overboard or something… I mean we are in space traveling at a gazillion kilometer's a second! They have got to be on the ship somewhere."
"Or at least their bodies!" Sammy chimed in.
At that, Tammy and Becky started to cry.
Amie comforted the girls even while scolding Sammy. "Shame on you Sammy! There is no need to start talking like that!" Amie was among the oldest at 15.
"She is right." I said. "They must still be onboard. Did anyone try the crew decks?" If I hadn't said this before, I will tell you now. There are certain decks of this nearly kilometer long ship that passengers are not allowed. Those are the crew decks. They contained things like the engine room, cargo and storage rooms and the bridge. The crew quarters were of course located on the crew decks as well.
Jacob, a boy who was twelve years old said that he tried to get to one of the other decks but found the hatch was locked. A couple of other nodded in agreement; they too had found the doors locked. Normally those doors were never locked; in fact- some did not even have locks on them.
Kids kept finding their way to the Strip. By this time there were somewhere around 200, all of us sitting on the artificial grass that ran the length of the Strip. Above our heads was a glass roof though which we can see the stars and anything else outside the ship.
Sara, a small girl of about ten raised her hand.
"Yes," I said to her.
In a barely audible voice the shy little girl said "I lost Mommy and Daddy and my little sisters, Kelly and Dawn." I could tell that she had been crying. One of the other older girls put her arm around her as the tear factory began to warm up again.
"You mean that it's not just the grownups that are missing?" I asked the crowd.
A few heads nodded.
"Yeah," some kid said from in back. "It seems that only the kids who are under nine or ten are missing along with the adults!"
Because Becky was almost eleven and was obviously not taken, I hadn't noticed. This was certainly another layer to the mystery. I can't think of reason why only the young teenagers would be left by themselves. All of us were scared and hungry.
"Hey guys," I said looking at the clock suspended from the glass ceiling. It said 0920. "Why don't we all go over to Ken's Cafeteria? I think it would be able to seat all of us and better still, there is a cereal bar there so we can have breakfast and think about what we are gonna do."
After we all ate some cereal, we talked more about the situation.
"I recommend that we just sit here and wait for them to come back!" Tommy said.
"And if they don't?" Sonja shot back.
"Well what are we supposed to do? We're just kids!"
"Well I'm not just gonna sit here and wait! I am gonna go and find my momma! She is all that I have and I am not gonna lose her!" Sonja's angry voice boomed throughout the room as she stood up.
"Wait a minute!" I said trying to keep the peace." We don't know what is happening and we are not going to jump to conclusions!"
Sara, who had been sitting near me and Becky while we ate, tugged at my sleeve.
"Yes Sara?"
"I think they are on another deck." She whispered into my ear.
"And why is that?"
"Because I saw a bunch of people going down the stairs near my quarter's last night." the little girl said.
'Why didn't you say something before?" I asked her.
She whispered to me, "I sleepwalk. Last night I was just waking up and I was in the corridor outside and looked and saw them, marching to a stairwell! Honest! But I thought it might have been a dream so I went back inside and got back in to bed."
"Did anyone else see anything strange last night?"
David put his hand up, "I thought I heard someone talking about shooting someone if they resisted as they went past my door. I thought they were talking about a I.A.V.R. game. I didn't think anything of it at the time."
"Well we ain't gonna find out anything sitting here. Let's go and break down the doors to the crew decks, maybe we can even find the bridge. I am sure we will get some answers there." Bill said.
"HOLD IT!" Both Amie and I said together, our voices almost lost in the choruses of "Yeah!" and "Let's Do It!".
"We aren't all gonna go barging down to the crew decks like a pack of wild animals! It makes better sense for us to send a small team to do this-maybe two teams." I said.
I guess Amie was on the same wave length as I was because she said, "I think that we should divide up into two groups of four. One tries to get to the bridge in the bow of the ship, the other head towards engineering near the stern. And we should keep in contact."
"How are we gonna keep in contact? Does anyone have a pair of walkie-talkies?" someone asked.
"We have our wrist computers." I said.
So we broke up into two groups. I led the first group headed for the bridge and Amie headed the other. At the moment we are searching for an axe or a hammer or something to help us get through the steel doors that bar our way.


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Please refer to the following table (each number in the table refers to each team's draft position for that round) for the draft order for the full 15 rounds of the draft. You'll see that the draft order will "snake" at the end of each round, meaning that the team with the last pick in the current round will have the first pick in the next round.
Autopick Draft Overview
If you do not attend your scheduled Live Draft, for any reason whatsoever, your roster will be processed following your originally scheduled Live Draft via the Autopick Draft. During the Autopick Draft, the highest-ranked player on your Rank List who is available, and fits the roster needs of your team, will be selected for you during each round of the Autopick Draft.
Leagues with an auction draft format rely on player nominations and an open bidding system to draft a team of players. Each team starts with a budget of $200 and must draft a full team of 15 players (see Roster Requirements below).
On your scheduled draft day there will be an "Enter Draft" link on your League home page. This link will allow entry into the draft room. The nomination order of the Live Draft will be randomly generated thirty (30) minutes before the Live Draft is scheduled to begin. If your league does not have ten (10) team owners at draft time, your league draft time will be rescheduled or the league will be disbanded and NFL.com will assign you to another league of equal cost at its discretion. If there are no available leagues of equal cost, you will be offered the opportunity to join a league of different cost (charged or refunded the difference accordingly) or you may choose to cancel your participation and be refunded in full. Refund will be applied to the credit card provided for league payment
In the draft room, you will be able to place NFL players into a Nomination Queue - which is simply a list of players, in order of priority, that you are interested in nominating with your next draft pick. When it is your turn to pick, you will have forty-five (45) seconds to nominate a player. If the forty-five (45) seconds pass and you have not manually selected a player, the player ranked highest in your Nomination Queue will be automatically nominated. If the Nomination Queue is empty, a nomination will then be made based on your auction value list and logic to help draft your team an ideal roster. In such a case, the highest rated player from the auction value list (which you updated prior to your draft being completed) will be nominated unless that position is filled - in which case the next best available option, at an available position, will be nominated. The nomination order will follow a linear pattern (as outlined in the chart below) throughout the draft, with no additional nominations made by teams once they have a full roster. Note that all players are nominated for an amount of $1, with bidding by all teams with sufficient funds to determine the player's final bid amount. Note that it is possible for a team to fill their roster prior to their last nomination. In this case, they will no longer nominate players during the draft, instead giving up these nominations to teams still in need of players on their roster.
After a player is nominated, all teams have the option to put in a bid in an attempt to draft the player. You will have forty-five (45) seconds to bid on the player. If a new high bid is made in the last ten (10) seconds of the bid process, the clock will reset to ten (10) seconds. Once the clock has reached zero (0) seconds, the current high bidder wins the player. The amount that was bid is deducted from the team's budget/bank and the next team according to the nomination order is now able to nominate a player.
You can find additional information on Auction Draft format in our Fantasy Help section at http://nfl.com/fantasy/help.
Autopick Draft Overview
If you do not attend your scheduled Live Draft, for any reason whatsoever, your roster will be processed following your originally scheduled Live Draft via the Autopick Draft. During the Autopick Draft, the highest-valued player on your Auction Value Rank List who is available, and fits the roster needs of your team, will be nominated by your team during each round of the draft. Your Auction Value Rank List will also be used to bid on players nominated by other teams in order to fill your roster per your auction value preferences per player.
Each NFL.com 2018 league will consist of ten (10) teams (ten (10) Registered Users). Each roster will consist of fifteen (15) NFL players. Owners may select a starting lineup each week from these fifteen (15) players. The chart below lists the required number of players at each position for the 'starting lineup' and the 'draft'.
- Note: Individual defensive players are not drafted; rather, you will draft an NFL team's entire defensive/special teams unit. For the purpose of roster limits, each NFL defensive/special teams unit will count as one "player."
*You are allowed as many as nine (9) players in your starting lineup, according to the positional requirements listed in the table above. However the numbers in the "starting lineup" column represent the maximum number of players you may start at each position. You may use fewer players than the number listed at each position without penalty, although it is recommended you use the maximum number of players so that you can accumulate the most points.
** Team owners will be required to select a total of fifteen (15) players in a 'Live Draft' based upon the criteria defined in the 'Roster Requirements' table above. If a team owner is not available to participate in his/her scheduled Live Draft, his/her roster will be processed following the originally scheduled Live Draft via the Autopick Draft. For more information, please refer to the Live Draft Instructions listed above.
*** Team owners whose roster was selected via 'Autopick Draft' will have their rosters populated according to the criteria listed in the 'Roster Requirements' table. Players will be drafted based upon their order within each team owner's Rank List and position within the draft. For more information, please refer to the Autopick Draft Overview above.
**** Please note that, throughout the season, your overall roster is not restricted to a specific number of players at each position. You can carry as many players in any one position that you choose, as long as your overall roster does not exceed fifteen (15) players.
Schedule & Playoffs:
For the complete 2018 NFL regular season weekly game schedule visit nfl.com/schedules.
Regular Season
The regular season of the Promotion (the "Fantasy Regular Season"), encompasses all 2018 NFL regular season games taking place during Week 1 through Week 14 of the 2018 NFL regular season. During these weeks, you will play against the other teams in your league. To see your team's specific schedule (developed by NFL.com in its sole discretion), click the Schedule tab on your league home page upon joining the league.
When the Fantasy Regular Season ends, the four (4) teams in your league with the highest league standings (determined by NFL.com in its sole discretion) will advance to the Fantasy Playoffs. The Fantasy Playoffs encompass Week 15 and Week 16 of the 2018 NFL regular season. See Fantasy Playoff schedule below. Additionally, the teams who ranked fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth highest in the league's standings will be offered the opportunity to continue to play through the Playoff period in the league's consolation bracket, however, they will no longer be in the running for the opportunity to win the prize. Only the teams participating in the Fantasy Playoff (as outlined above) will be in the running for the opportunity to win the prize.
If there is a tie for the order of Fantasy Playoff seeds, the following tie-breakers will be used:
- Higher winning percentage (overall record of Wins) during the Fantasy Regular Season, as determined by NFL.com in its sole discretion; if a tie still exists then:
- Head-to-Head Record (win-loss-tie ("W-L-T")) record between the tied teams); if more than two (2) teams are tied, compare the W-L-T records between all teams, then eliminate the team(s) with the worst W-L-T record until 2 remain, then compare the final two (2); if a tie still exists then:
- Highest number of points accumulated over the course of the Fantasy Regular Season; as determined by NFL.com in its sole discretion; if a tie still exists then:
- Highest number of points scored against team during the Fantasy Regular Season, as determined by NFL.com in its sole discretion; if a tie still exists then:
- Highest total points scored by the NFL player in the teams' starting QB slot in the last week of the Fantasy Regular Season moving backward to the first week in the Fantasy Regular Season until the tie is broken; if a tie still exists then:
- 6. Repeat number 4 above using the total points scored in the RB slot, followed by the WR, TE, WR/RB Flex, DEF and finally, K slots.
Point Values
Each week your team will compete against another team in your league in a head-to-head matchup. For the purposes of this Promotion a week is defined as the NFL games held between Thursday and Monday with the exception of Week 1 which is defined as the NFL games held between Wednesday and Monday. Matchups are determined by NFL.com in its sole discretion. During a matchup, each of the players in your starting lineup ("active" players) for that week will earn points based on their actual statistics from their respective NFL games. The charts below list the statistics and their corresponding point values.
Wins & Losses:
For each head-to-head matchup, the team with the greater number of points will earn a Win and the team with the lesser number will earn a Loss. During the Fantasy Regular Season, if two teams have the same number of points, each team will get a Tie.
During the Fantasy Playoffs, there are no ties. The Higher Playoff Seed will be deemed the winner.
- Offensive Scoring (QB, RB, WR, TE): An offensive player will receive points for any of the specified offensive statistics he accumulates. Scoring will be calculated according to the following example: If a QB throws for 200 yards and 2 TDs; rushes for 20 yards and 1 TD; and has 25 yards receiving, his point total for the week would be: 2 TDs Passing = 8 points, 1 TD Rushing = 6 points, 200 yards Passing = 8 points, 20 yards Rushing = 2 points, 25 yards receiving = 2.5 points; or 26.5 total points for the week.
- Defensive / Special Team Scoring: Your defense/special team is awarded points when any one of its members generates a TD, INT, fumble recovery, safety or sack. Your defense/special team unit is also awarded points for a kickoff or punt return that results in a TD. For instance, if your active defense/special team is the Bears and Devin Hester returns a punt for a TD, you get 6 points. In the same situation, a team using Devin Hester as an active WR would NOT be awarded points.
- Fumbles Lost by a player will lose 2 points if they turn the ball over to the opposing team at any time such player is on the field (including special teams and defense). For instance, if you have Dez Bryant active at WR and he fumbles the ball away at any time while he is on the field, your team will lose 2 points. This includes a fumble lost while returning a punt, kick, interception (if your WR were playing defense) or while on offense at WR.
- Offensive Fumble Recovery Touchdowns are any touchdowns resulting from a fumble recovered by an offensive skill player. For instance, if your active wide receiver is Larry Fitzgerald and he recovers a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown, your team would be awarded 6 points.
- Defensive Points Allowedwill take into account only the points allowed by the team when the defense or special teams is on the field based on possession. For example, a touchdown scored by an opposing team's offense while the defense is on the field would count towards defensive points allowed, but a touchdown scored against a team's offense (TD from interception, safeties, etc.) would not count towards defensive points allowed. Also, note that points scored against a team's special teams unit (punt or kick return for a TD) would count towards defensive points allowed.
- Defensive Touchdowns are any touchdowns scored by the defensive team. This includes fumble returns and interception returns.
- Special Teams Touchdowns are touchdowns scored by punt returns, kickoff returns or returns of blocked field goals or punts. Special teams touchdowns are awarded to the Team Defense/Special Teams unit, not individual players. For example, if Devin Hester returns a punt for a touchdown, the Atlanta Falcons Defense/Special Teams receives 6 points for a special teams touchdown, but Devin Hester does not receive these points.
- Fractional points will be used when calculating points from statistics. For example, 49 yards rushing will result in 4.9 points.
Statistics Corrections:
Following the completion of each week's games, all statistics and point totals are verified, and corrections are made where necessary. However, all statistics and point totals for the week are considered FINAL as of 11:59:59 PM ET on the Saturday following the end of that week. If a stat correction is announced for the previous weekend's games after 11:59:59 PM ET on Saturday or later, it will not be included in our statistics and your official Fantasy score will be based on the original statistic.
Lineup Changes:
Weekly Lineups
Each week, owners have the opportunity to select their starting lineup for the coming week. If an owner doesn't set a lineup before the weekly lineup deadline (explained in the "Deadline to Change Status" section below), the owner's lineup from the previous week will be used. If an owner has a lineup that is not in compliance with these rules, their team will score zero points for the scoring period.
Deadline To Change Status:
An owner may change the status of the players on his/her team (i.e., "active" or "reserve") before a player's NFL team is scheduled to start as determined by NFL.com's clock. NFL.com will not be responsible if your watch or clock and our system clock are not synchronized. Please note that, if nine (9) of your players were "active" and played on Sunday, you will not be able to change the status of one of your "reserves" to "active" on Monday even though the player has not yet played in the current week.
Adding and Dropping Players:
Free Agents:
Throughout the season you may want to improve your roster by adding available free agents and dropping players who are not performing up to your expectations. You can submit a free agent request at any time. Any player who is not on Waivers (as described below) is considered a free agent and may be added to a team immediately on a first-come, first-served basis.
To provide an equal opportunity for all owners to add players to their roster, a Waivers process is used. Requests for players that are on Waivers are not executed immediately, but are put in a pending status.
Free Agent players will be placed on Waivers at the start of their weekly NFL game during the course of the NFL season, typically on Sunday at 1:00:00, 4:00:00, or 8:20:00 p.m. ET. Note that if there are NFL games scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday, the players from those teams will be placed on Waivers at the start of their respective games.
Any player that is new to the player pool will be placed on Waivers, and subject to the league's Waiver process.
The Waiver process allows multiple teams to request the same players. Most weeknights between 12:00:00 a.m. ET and 6:00:00 a.m. ET, NFL.com will process all of the pending requests. The order in which these requests are processed is based on the Waiver Rank of each team. The table below lists when an NFL player is on Waivers and for how long.
Waiver Rank:
During the waiver process, pending transactions are processed in an order determined by each team's waiver rank. The team with a waiver rank of 1, considered the highest, will get its first requested player. After the transaction is executed, the team's waiver rank is then set to 10 (last), and all other teams move up one. The waiver ranks are reset once each week after standings are updated on Tuesday morning. The last-place team (based on won/lost record) will be given the waiver rank of 1, down to the first-place team, which gets the waiver rank of 10. We'll use the following criteria to break any ties for waiver rank:
If a team's highest pending transaction becomes invalid because another team received the requested player, the transaction gets deleted and the team's next waiver request, if one exists, becomes that team's highest. If a team doesn't have any pending transactions because all players requested were taken by other teams, or the owner simply didn't request any players, there isn't any penalty and the Waiver Rank will not be changed for that week. Waiver priority immediately after the draft will be the reverse order of the first round selections in the draft (e.g., the team selecting #10 in the draft will have the highest waiver priority and the team selecting #1 in the draft will have the lowest waiver priority).
Waiver Schedule:
The waiver process will run for the first time each week between 12:00:00 a.m. ET Wednesday and 6:00:00 a.m. ET Wednesday which is approximately 24 hours after the completion of Monday night's game. In a typical week the waiver process will run every night until the last waiver process is run on early Sunday morning.
If there are Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday games, the players involved in those games will be placed on Waivers at the start of their game and will not be eligible to be added to a team's roster until the first Waivers process of the following week runs.
Note: Waivers will continue to run for the current week, as scheduled, until the last waiver process is run on Saturday night/Sunday morning.
With only two exceptions, there are no limits to the number of Add/Drops you can request, nor are there any transaction fees.
- The first exception is when an owner drops his entire team or a significant number of players, also known as "team dropping". Team dropping has a negative impact on the league and as such, is prohibited and any owner who elects to drop his team shall be subject to immediate removal from the league. Players selected from waivers or added from free agency that were part of a team drop may be reversed at NFL.com's sole discretion.
- The second exception is abuse of the waivers process. This is when a team owner adds then drops a series of players, putting those players on waivers and making them inaccessible to other team owners. Such an action could result in forfeiture of points as well as that team owner being blocked from making any additional add/drops for the remainder of the season, as determined by NFL.com in its sole discretion.
If either of these situations occurs within your league, please contact NFL.com through Fantasy Help at http://fantasy.nfl.com/feedback as soon as possible.
Once a league's draft is completed, players can be added and dropped subject to the Free Agent and Waiver rules discussed above. The initial Waiver Rank after the draft will be the reverse of order in which teams selected in the draft. After the draft, all players not drafted will be placed on Waivers. The waiver process will run each night, 7 days a week, starting the day after the draft through the Tuesday night before the first 2018 NFL regular season game.
Undroppable Players:
To maintain the integrity of your league, you will be prevented from dropping certain star NFL players throughout the season. NFL.com will determine, in its sole discretion, which NFL players are undroppable. If there are players we've deemed undroppable on your roster, their undroppable status will be indicated on the Add/Drop page for your team. You may appeal to NFL.com for permission to drop an undroppable player; however, NFL.com will make the final decision on all undroppable player requests. To submit an appeal to drop an undroppable player, visit Fantasy Help at http://fantasy.nfl.com/feedback and follow the prompts to submit the names of the players you want to add and drop.
Trade Deadline
Throughout the season, owners can trade players with other teams in their league. In an effort to keep the integrity of the league, a deadline for trades will be imposed at 11:59 p.m. EST on 11/10/18. No trades will be allowed after that time. Any trades accepted by two parties before the deadline will be subject to the trade approval process.
Trade Approval Process:
In an effort to prevent collusion among owners, and to ensure fair competition, a trade approval process is used. After two owners agree to a trade, it will be in pending status for at least 24 hours. If six (6) owners in your league object to the trade within the pending time period, the trade will not be executed. Example: a trade made at 5:00:00 p.m. ET Tuesday will not execute before 5:00 p.m. ET Wednesday at the earliest, assuming six (6) owners do not object before then.
To be effective for any given week of the NFL season, all trades between owners must be made at least 24 hours before the first game day of such week and disputed by less than six owners in a league. If trades are executed with less than 24 hours before the first game of any given NFL week or six (6) or more owners object to a trade, the trade will not be effective for such NFL week unless NFL.com overrules the objection at least 24 hours before the first game day of the week. If the NFL overrules the trade objection with less than 24 hours before the first game of the week, the trade will not be made effective until the following week. If you make a trade offer, be sure to monitor the status of that offer (link on the My Team page) as the weekly lineup deadline approaches, to ensure that acceptance of that trade does not cause your team to have an illegal lineup for the current week's games
Multi-player Trades:
Owners can enter unbalanced multi-player trades such as a 3 player for 1 player trade, however, such owners will be required to enter the necessary transactions to balance your roster immediately. If your roster is not balanced by the weekly deadline, you will receive zero points for that particular week.
General Sportsmanship:
By participating, you agree to abide by the general sportsmanship rules set forth in these Official Rules and fantasy games in general. You further agree to accept and abide by the rulings and the decisions of NFL.com regarding all questions of sportsmanship. If an owner does not comply with the sportsmanship rules as defined in these official rules, or NFL.com determines (in NFL.com's sole discretion) that an owner has acted in an unsportsmanlike manner, NFL.com reserves the right to disqualify the owner, void points and/or remove that owner from the league. All decisions by NFL.com in sportsmanship and related matters will be final.
Multiple Teams:
In order to keep the league as competitive as possible, owners will only be allowed to have one team in a league. If it is discovered that two (2) or more teams are being operated by one owner in a league, NFL.com reserves the right to disqualify that owner from participating in the Promotion.
NFL.com does not permit two or more owners in the same league to work together to better one team at the expense of the other (for example, making one-sided trades, one team dropping highly-rated players so the other team can pick them up). If it is discovered that two or more owners are colluding, NFL.com reserves the right to disqualify all involved owners from participating in any NFL Fantasy Ultimate Experience League.
Inappropriate League Communication:
The Fantasy and League Discussions, League News area, League Email Address, Game Center Discussions and Live Chat are available for you to communicate with other league owners. We ask that you refrain from posting or sending messages that could be construed as offensive to other owners. If NFL.com determines, at NFL.com's sole discretion, that someone is engaging in inappropriate league communication, NFL.com reserves the right to disqualify that person from participating in any NFL Fantasy Ultimate Experience League.
Winner Selection:
Grand Prize:
At the conclusion of the Promotion Period, the Registered User (team owner) who is in first place on the Leaderboard (as described below) throughout all Live Draft and Autopick Draft Leagues, as determined by NFL.com in its sole discretion, will be deemed the potential Overall Prize winner.
First Prize:
At the conclusion of the Promotion Period, the Registered User (team owner) who is in second place on the Leaderboard (as described below) throughout all Live Draft and Autopick Draft Leagues, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, will be deemed the potential First Prize winner.
Positions on the Leaderboard shal be calculated as follows:
Each team's "League Index" will be calculated by taking the total points scored during the Promotion Period by all teams in the league and divided by total points scored by the highest scoring league during the Promotion Period. For example, if all teams in league A have scored a total of 1950 points during the Promotion Period and league C is the highest scoring league with 2000 points, then any team in league A will have a League Index of .975 (1950/2000).
A team's Adjusted Points shall be calculated by multiplying the League Index by such teams' total points.
Only teams winning their league's championship will be included in the Leaderboard. All teams on the Leaderboard will be ranked by Adjusted Points. If more than one team has the same Adjusted Points total, the tiebreaker will be determined by Team Points, and if a tie still exists, winning percentage, and if a tie still exists total points scored against.
In the event of a tie for any prize level, the following tie-breaker(s) will be used to determine the prize winner(s):
- Highest number of points accumulated over the course of the Fantasy Regular Season; as determined by NFL.com in its sole discretion; if a tie still exists then:
- Highest number of points scored against team during the Fantasy Regular Season, as determined by NFL.com in its sole discretion; if a tie still exists then:
- Highest total points scored by the NFL player in the teams' starting QB slot in the last week of the Fantasy Regular Season moving backward to the first week in the Fantasy Regular Season until the tie is broken; if a tie still exists then:
- Repeat number 3 above using the total points scored in the RB slot, followed by the WR, TE, WR/RB Flex, DEF and finally, K slots.
The tabulation of points and identification of the potential winner will be conducted by Sponsor whose decisions are final and binding on these and all other matters relating to the Promotion. By participating, participants agree to these Official Rules and to the decisions of the Sponsor.
(1) Overall Prize:
Four (4) pre-game field passes and four (4) game tickets to a 2019 home game at the discretion of the New York Giants. In-stadium recognition on the video boards during a 2019 New York Giants home game.
(1) League Prize:
Individual League winners -- Two (2) VIP passes for a 2019 Giants training camp practice at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, NJ In-stadium recognition on the video boards during a 2019 New York Giants home game.
Prize is awarded "as is" without any warranty or guarantee, either express or implied by Sponsor. All prize details are at Sponsor's sole discretion. Costs and expenses associated with the acceptance and use of prize not specified herein as being awarded, including, but not limited to, federal, state and local taxes (if any) are winner's sole responsibility. All prize details are at Sponsor?s sole discretion.
Prize Notification:
Potential Prize winner (the "Prize Winner") will be notified via email on or about 1/5/6. Potential Prize Winner may be required to submit valid identification (in a form determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion) to the Released Parties and execute and return, within five (5) days of issuance, an Address Verification Form. Sponsor reserves the right to ship the prize to the address provided during registration should Prize Winner neglect to return a fully executed Address Verification Form in the allotted time, and in this case, Sponsor will have no further responsibility to Prize Winner. Any of the following may result in disqualification and, at Sponsor discretion and time permitting, the prize may be awarded to runner up (as applicable): noncompliance with these Official Rules, the return of any prize or prize notification and if potential winner declines a prize for any reason.
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By entering the Promotion, each participant accepts and agrees to accept and be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the Sponsor, which shall be final and binding in all respects. No transfer, assignment, cash redemption, or substitution of prize is permitted except by Sponsor who reserves the right to substitute a prize with one of comparable or greater value as determined by Sponsor.
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Time to do some re-researching :D. I think I will take a look again at the 1830 Census and make sure Hugh Forgey is not on it.
I am using this blog to record my genealogy research progress. My research at this point is concentrated in Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky and Pennsylvania records. Since many of my ancestors ended up in the Midwest and West my research sometimes takes me in that direction. I also research Irish records.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Second Look Sunday
Time to do some re-researching :D. I think I will take a look again at the 1830 Census and make sure Hugh Forgey is not on it.
5 comments:
- TCasteel said...
The BLM is one place I have been meaning to get to but haven't yet...Thank you for reminding me of this resource! Time to start digging!
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- March 6, 2011 at 5:15 PM
- Jennifer said...
I need to re-search that resource also. It's been quite some time since I used it and I probably have some new names to look for. :)
Welcome to the geneablogging world. :)
- March 6, 2011 at 6:44 PM
- Annette said...
Thanks very much Jennifer and Theresa for the comments!
- March 6, 2011 at 7:31 PM
- MHD said...
Hi, Annette!
I haven't seen you at the FHC or the library for a while. It's good to know you are still researching. Congrats on your blog -- it looks great!
- March 7, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Annette said...
Hi Marie! Very nice to hear from you :)! Thank very much for the nice comment! No I have not been able to make it to the FHC lately :(. I have been caring for my elderly mother pretty much round the clock. Now that she's improved some I do plan on ordering some more films at the FHC. Took a look at your blog which looks great too!
- March 7, 2011 at 11:54 AM


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In the past few weeks, some new homeowners in Marshall County have received a letter from a Washington, D.C. company asking them to pay an $83 fee for a copy of their property deed.
"A lot of people are falling for this…it's just another attempt to scam the public," said Lukenbill to county commissioners in their regularly scheduled meeting Monday.
Property deeds — which are public record — are available for $1 a page at the county recorder's office, and the typical deed is only two pages long. A copy of the deed is also included in paperwork received from a title company when purchasing the home.
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If you've received a letter like this, Mahler said the best thing to do is ignore it. If you are interested in getting a copy of your property deed, visit the county recorder's office, located on the second floor of the Marshall County Building. With questions or concerns, contact Mahler at 574-935-8515.
Mahler also mentioned that homeowners concerned about property fraud can sign up for a free service called property fraud alert. This service notifies homeowners by phone or e-mail any time an action is taken on their property at the recorder's office. For more about how to subscribe, visit www.propertyfraudalert.com, call the hotline at 1-800-728-3858, or call the recorder's office at 574-935-8515.


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What's Facebook's Problem?
Facebook satisfied investors yesterday with an earnings report that showed a big bump in mobile ad revenue. The company's biggest challenge though isn't mobile, it's momentum. Heard on the Street's Rolfe Winkler joins MoneyBeat. Photo: AP.
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