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The draft order is based on a team's record and strength-of-schedule. In slotting teams with the same record, the team whose opponents had the weakest schedule picks ahead of the team whose opponents had the next weakest schedule and so forth for that group. In the event of ties (teams with the same record and the same strength-of-schedule), the first applicable tiebreaker (head-to-head, divisional record, or conference record) is used, with the tiebreak loser getting the higher selection in Round 1. If there are no applicable tiebreakers (as would be the case with teams from opposite conferences that did not face each other), ties are broken by coin toss. The Super Bowl winner and loser will draft 32nd and 31st, respectively. Other playoff teams, as they are eliminated from the postseason, move to the end of their group regardless of strength-of-schedule. If teams with the same record drop out in the same playoff week they are positioned at the end of the group and strength-of-schedule will determine their sequence. Teams coming back into their group in different playoff weeks are placed in the group with the team(s) that advanced further being placed behind the team(s) that dropped in earlier. Once the first round sequence has been established, in subsequent rounds teams rotate within their won-loss grouping with the team that picked earliest in the previous round moving to the last position of the group while others move up. --- CNNSI.com

2004 Draft Order

Don't.

LONDON - Rock guitarist Pete Townshend (news) considered suicide after he was arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography, a newspaper quoted him as saying. "If I had had a gun, I would have shot myself," The Observer Sunday newspaper quoted The Who co-founder as saying. "And if I had shot myself, it would have been ... awful because it would have confirmed what everybody thought." He reportedly said that low point came after his arrest in January as part of Operation Ore, an FBI (news - web sites)-led crackdown on Internet child pornography. Townshend was cleared in May of possessing pornographic images of children but still was placed on a national register of sex offenders. That registration was part of a formal police caution he received for accessing a Web site containing images of child abuse. London's Metropolitan Police said after a four-month investigation that Townshend "was not in possession of any downloaded child abuse images" but had accessed a site containing such images in 1999. The musician acknowledged using his credit card to enter a Web site advertising child pornography but said he was doing research for his autobiography and a campaign against child pornography. He denies being a pedophile. The Observer quoted him as reiterating that denial, although he acknowledged that his actions were "wrong" and "stupid." "The legal position is clear, my experience is clear, my culpability is clear, but my innocence is absolute," he reportedly said. "I'm certain of my own standing before God, which is the level at which I'll be judged." He said he looked forward to touring again, but added that "the whole thing has changed my standing in society substantially."

Flint is a no talent hack.

CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- The simple life has rubbed off on hotel heiress Paris Hilton -- or so one would think judging by the amount of Domino's pepperoni pizza ordered in her name. "Paris Hilton" is the No. 1 fake name used by people calling for pizza deliveries, according to a survey of Domino's Pizza drivers in Washington, D.C., released Monday by the pizza delivery chain. And 38 percent of those using the name of the socialite model ordered pepperoni topping. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft might want to open an investigation into these findings -- he was No. 2 on the list of assumed names used by people ordering pizza. Of course, given his conservative bent, he probably wasn't among those answering the door in the nude. According to the survey of 630 drivers, nine percent of people who answer the door in the nude tip more than 20 percent, compared with 2 percent of people in pajamas. Among political pizza findings, people with "Dean for President" bumper stickers on cars in their driveways tipped 22 percent higher than people with "Bush for President" bumper stickers. People with "Bush for President" bumper stickers were three times more likely to order meat-topped pizzas than "Dean for President" drivers. The night of the televised wedding of reality show contestants Trista and Ryan was the top pizza ordering night of the year in Washington, according to the survey. The announcement of the war in Iraq was No. 2, the Super Bowl No. 3 and the debut of Hilton's reality show "The Simple Life" was No.4. And as an example of giving people what they want, the night Saddam Hussein was captured was the biggest tip night of the year. No. 2 was the night Madonna and Britney Spears kissed on the MTV Music Video awards.

Run Spybot and see if there is anything in there.

At least he is getting good feedback. Negative as it is.

MUAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHA~!

Seattle has a potentially tough schedule as well.

I still remember my NES coming with Super Mario/Duckhunt/Olympic game with the pad (name escapes me right now). Those were the days.

AFC EAST Buffalo Home: Miami, New England, N.Y. Jets, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Arizona, St. Louis, Jacksonville Away: Miami, New England, N.Y. Jets, Baltimore, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Seattle, Oakland Miami Home:Buffalo, New England, N.Y. Jets, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Arizona, St. Louis, Tennessee Away: Buffalo, New England, N.Y. Jets, Baltimore, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver New England Home:Buffalo, Miami, N.Y. Jets, Baltimore, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Seattle, Indianapolis Away: Buffalo, Miami, N.Y. Jets, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Arizona, St. Louis, Kansas City N.Y. Jets Home: Buffalo, Miami, New England, Baltimore, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Seattle, Houston Away: Buffalo, Miami, New England, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Arizona, St. Louis, San Diego AFC NORTH Baltimore Home:Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Miami, Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Kansas City Away: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New England, N.Y. Jets, Philadelphia, Washington, Indianapolis Cincinnati Home: Baltimore, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Miami, Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Denver Away: Baltimore, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New England, N.Y. Jets, Philadelphia, Washington, Tennessee Cleveland Home:Baltimore, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, New England, N.Y. Jets, Philadelphia, Washington, San Diego Away: Baltimore, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Miami, Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Houston Pittsburgh Home: Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, New England, N.Y. Jets, Philadelphia, Washington, Oakland Away: Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Buffalo, Miami, Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Jacksonville AFC SOUTH Houston Home:Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Oakland, San Diego, Green Bay, Minnesota, Cleveland Away: Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Denver, Kansas City, Chicago, Detroit, N.Y. Jets Indianapolis Home:Houston, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Oakland, San Diego, Green Bay, Minnesota, Baltimore Away: Houston, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Denver, Kansas City, Chicago, Detroit, New England Jacksonville Home:Houston, Indianapolis, Tennessee, Denver, Kansas City, Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh Away: Houston, Indianapolis, Tennessee, Oakland, San Diego, Green Bay, Minnesota, Buffalo Tennessee Home:Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Denver, Kansas City, Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati Away: Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Oakland, San Diego, Green Bay, Minnesota, Miami AFC WEST Denver Home:Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego, Houston, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Carolina, Miami Away: Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego, Jacksonville, Tennessee, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, Cincinnati Kansas City Home:Denver, Oakland, San Diego, Houston, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Carolina, New England Away: Denver, Oakland, San Diego, Jacksonville, Tennessee, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, Baltimore Oakland Home:Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Jacksonville, Tennessee, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, Buffalo Away: Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Houston, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Carolina, Pittsburgh San Diego Home:Denver, Kansas City, Oakland, Jacksonville, Tennessee, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, N.Y. Jets Away: Denver, Kansas City, Oakland, Houston, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Carolina, Cleveland NFC EAST Dallas Home:N.Y. Giants, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New Orleans Away: N.Y. Giants, Philadelphia, Washington, Green Bay, Minnesota, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Seattle N.Y. Giants Home:Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Atlanta Away: Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington, Green Bay, Minnesota, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Arizona Philadelphia Home:Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Washington, Green Bay, Minnesota, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Carolina Away: Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, St. Louis Washington Home:Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Philadelphia, Green Bay, Minnesota, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Tampa Bay Away: Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, San Francisco NFC NORTH Chicago Home:Detroit, Green Bay, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Washington, Houston, Indianapolis, San Francisco Away: Detroit, Green Bay, Minnesota, Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Tampa Bay Detroit Home:Chicago, Green Bay, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Washington, Houston, Indianapolis, Arizona Away: Chicago, Green Bay, Minnesota, Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Atlanta Green Bay Home:Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Jacksonville, Tennessee, St. Louis Away: Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Washington, Houston, Indianapolis, Carolina Minnesota Home:Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Dallas, N.Y. Giants, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Seattle Away: Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Philadelphia, Washington, Houston, Indianapolis, New Orleans NFC SOUTH Atlanta Home:Carolina, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, Arizona, St. Louis, Oakland, San Diego, Detroit Away: Carolina, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Kansas City, N.Y. Giants Carolina Home: Atlanta, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, Arizona, St. Louis, Oakland, San Diego, Green Bay Away: Atlanta, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Kansas City, Philadelphia New Orleans Home:Atlanta, Carolina, Tampa Bay, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Kansas City, Minnesota Away: Atlanta, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Arizona, St. Louis, Oakland, San Diego, Dallas Tampa Bay Home:Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Kansas City, Chicago Away: Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans, Arizona, St. Louis, Oakland, San Diego, Washington NFC WEST Arizona Home: St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, New England, N.Y. Jets, N.Y. Giants Away: St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, Carolina, Buffalo, Miami, Detroit St. Louis Home:Arizona, San Francisco, Seattle, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, New England, N.Y. Jets, Philadelphia Away: Arizona, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, Carolina, Buffalo, Miami, Green Bay San Francisco Home:Arizona, St. Louis, Seattle, Atlanta, Carolina, Buffalo, Miami, Washington Away: Arizona, St. Louis, Seattle, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, New England, N.Y. Jets, Chicago Seattle Home: Arizona, St. Louis, San Francisco, Atlanta, Carolina, Buffalo, Miami, Dallas Away: Arizona, St. Louis, San Francisco, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, New England, N.Y. Jets, Minnesota

Al Qaeda has turned its terror sights to the sea, targeting luxury cruise liners in an expansion of its "jihad" against the West. Owners of the recently launched $1.3 billion Queen Mary 2 (search) yesterday confirmed threats of terror hang over its maiden voyage early next year. [A spokesman for QM2 owner Cunard (search) told Foxnews.com that reports of threats against the ship were unsubstantiated, and that the company was working with authorities on both sides of the Atlantic to monitor the situation.] The Usama bin Laden terrorist group is also adopting new tactics to destroy commercial aircraft. British member of Parliament Patrick Mercer (search) has revealed Saudi authorities arrested two Islamic suicide pilots. He said the pilots were preparing to crash two light aircraft into a packed British Airways passenger jet while it was still on the tarmac at the airport in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. Both light planes had been crammed with explosives. And Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (search) said he had received reliable intelligence of a Christmas Day plan to assassinate the Pope and destroy the Vatican by flying a hijacked plane into it. News of the terror plots emerged after U.S. authorities upgraded their national terror alert status before Christmas. US intelligence officials also found evidence Al Qaeda was planning to attack the British aircraft carrier Ark Royal as it passed through the Gibraltar Straits en route to the Gulf War earlier this year. Plans for the attack emerged after a U.S. spy plane discovered scores of acoustic sea-mines had disappeared from a naval base in North Korea. U.S. intelligence services believe the mines could be aboard 28 "terror ships" Usama bin Laden has assembled in the past year. The capture of Al Qaeda's chief of naval operations, Ahmad Belai al-Neshari, has helped to reveal the extent of the organisation's maritime ambitions. Al-Neshari was found carrying a 180-page dossier that listed "targets of opportunity". These included large cruise liners sailing from Western ports. Anti-terrorism expert and former Sydney Olympics security chief Neil Fergus said yesterday that he was not convinced Al Qaeda could launch sea attacks. "I don't know where Al Qaeda would have got the armada. The Tamil Tigers (search) [separatist fighters in Sri Lanka] have a fleet of about a dozen ships, but they are in an island enclave and that was a difficult exercise," Mr Fergus said. "I also don't think anyone would have a clue about sea mines from North Korea regardless of U2 flights or satellites." An Australian aviation industry official said stealing a light aircraft was "as easy as stealing a car if you know what you are doing". In Australia there have been two recent examples of light planes being stolen — one at Parafield in Adelaide and one in Alice Springs. A light plane was also hijacked in central Queensland. However the official said it would be "extraordinarily difficult" for a light plane to crash into a large assenger plane due to collision avoidance systems in larger airliners. A spokesman for the shipping and passenger-ship line P&O last night said exactly the same standard of security for the airline industry was applied for cruise ships http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,106814,00.html

Do you mean it was shot in a blue "shade"? I hate it when whole movies are shown in a certain shade.

Apparently Kahran missed my post about the Seahawks on the road.

I believe they bought FuncoLand so all the FuncoLand stores renamed themselves.

A story that fits the run of the book. If you have 6 comics worth of story do that... no more... no less. Don't stretch it and don't rush it.

Also Frigid and UTSHU need to keep the flaming out of this folder.

I don't predict anyone in the Super Bowl because now it is elimination. You could say something like the Seahawks can't advance because they can't win on the road... but if you look at the games they have lost they lost to Baltimore in OT 44-41 (where the ref's blew the call), St. Louis 27-22, Cincinatti 27-24, Green Bay 35-13 and Minnesota 34-7. They have played relatively well on the road save for against GB and when they never recovered against the Vikings. Then you look at the Ravens and they lost 5 out of 8 games on the road which is only 1 game less than the Seahawks and no one gets on them about their road record even though they lost to Oakland 22-10, St. Louis 33-22, Cincinatti 34-26, Pittsburgh 34-15 and Miami 9-6.

Bad idea.

I am very leery of the M's this season.... I don't think they have made really any moves to significally upgrade the team to remain a definite playoff contender from the start of the season on.

Thank god.

If you are using Comcast you are going to want to get a router so your computer and PS2 can be online at the same time. A router will cost you $30-40. I don't believe the PS2 will work on dial up.

Sitting on my Tivo right now.

Yesterday while going to various places to return/exchange some gifts I noticed some oddities. #1 - I literally saw 3 different stands of people selling Krispy Creme donuts. Now... I love Krispy Creme donuts but why are these people selling them at a stand like their oranges? I will also mention all 3 stand "owners" were white. So now we have whites selling donuts, Mexicans selling oranges... etc. #2 - Korner Kar Kompany. Reason I bring this up is that I saw a car with a license frame holder with this. I thought I would drive by the place to see if it was like that due to the last name or something... or possibly a German dealership. NOPE. Logo on the sign had the K's highlited. #3 - As I was driving down the freeway I saw a car with a blown out tire. No biggie until I saw the guy slug his wive/gf/ho in my rearview mirror. #4 - Watched a Jeep Cherokee roll across the South bound lanes of I-5. Luckily I was North bound. I saw all this in about a 2 hour time frame. Good times.