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Risk-prone athletes met with clause for concern
ATLANTA — Falcons defensive end Patrick Kerney doesn't ride a motorcycle — but he does fly his own plane. Risky? Maybe, but not specifically prohibited by the team.However, if Kerney were injured and missed games due to his hobby, the Falcons could recoup salary for breaching a "dangerous activities" clause in all NFL contracts.
Kerney is a licensed pilot who guides his single-engine plane from DeKalb Peachtree Airport to cities in the mid-Atlantic up to once a week in the offseason. He's even flown to the Bahamas, with backup quarterback Matt Schaub an occasional passenger.
Paragraph 3 of the NFL's Standard Representation agreement reads that "players will not engage in any activity other than football which may involve a significant risk of personal injury."
The NFL is different than other major sports because it rarely gets specific in contracts.
Sailing across the silver screen
Ahuge turnout is expected for the Friday opening of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest." The sequel to the 2003 blockbuster reunites Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Kiera Knightley. But it is Bradenton native Stephen Ananicz that family and friends will be cheering for when his face graces the screen."Everybody's excited," said proud mom Marianne Ananicz. "We're all going to go see it together."
Marianne works at Faces Salon in Bradenton. Her husband, Stephen, is chief operations officer for Chiles Restaurants Group. The couple has three sons: Stephen, 19, Michael,14, and Nicholas, 5.
"We were so proud when Stephen sent us back pictures of him in the pirate outfit," Marianne said. "Nicholas is a little young to understand it all but Michael is very proud of his brother - he's been showing off the pictures to all his friends."
Ananicz landed a part in the supernatural swashbuckling adventure after auditioning in Orlando back in September of 2005.
Maybe NOW we'll dry out...
I've taken a bit of good-natured ribbing from some of my colleagues over the past couple of days because I said it looked likely we'd start drying out a couple of days ago, and of course, in some ways, we did. The low-pressure system that drifted through the Bahamas and over Florida finally moved north, taking with it strong, consistent rain. But as anyone who has lived in Florida knows, from May through October, it can and will rain at anytime in any location. So I apologize to anyone who thought that they would be completely dry. I'm sorry if it rained at your house, and not at mine, or at your work, and not across the street in the shopping center. I'm sure it'll get me back sometime this summer. The south and mid-Atlantic are now drying out too. For the first time in what seems like forever, Friday's forecast for the Washington DC area is just partly sunny - no chance of precipitation.
Lowe grabs top award in Miami
Raymond Lowe was recognised by The Caribbean Hotel Association earlier this week, as the region's Supervisor of the Year during a special awards luncheon at The Caribbean Hotel Industry Conference (CHIC) in Miami.'Mr Everything' is the nickname which General Manager Lynn Johnson has given to Lowe, Maintenance Manager at The Green Turtle Club in the Abaco Cays.
"Over the span of a 32-year career at Green Turtle Club, Raymond has amassed and mastered a range of skills and knowledge which makes him a resource for just about 'everything' for employees and guests of the property. We are extremely proud of his achievement and recognition" she stated.
Bahamas Hotel Association (BHA) President Earle Bethell, who is attending the conference along with a large delegation of hotel and allied members from BHA, expressed pleasure at receiving the award.
Immigrants in military are focus of hearing
While serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, Simon Castro learned to watch his back, knowing the enemy is nowhere and everywhere.But he noticed something very tangible, too. Many of the troops toting guns and kicking up dust by his side were like him -- immigrants from Central America, Haiti and elsewhere.
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The unexpected... and then some
Expect the unexpected, Calvary Temple youth leaders and organisers of its annual Youth Summit dare the public.And they've got four nights to deliver on their sky-scraping promise. The youth summit rolls around again for the 10th time this year with a roll call of speakers and entertainers who are known around the country.
The summit waves the banner of "Exodus: We Are Breaking Free," this year. Calvary Youth Pastor, Duerre Thomas and bandanna-wearing youth leader, Bruce Russell, say that they've given the youth affair a 'Matrix' (of wildly successful movie trilogy fame) twist.
"We want (young people) to know that God wants them to be free in every area of their lives," Thomas asserted. "Free from depression, free from suicidal thoughts, any type of immorality, free from drugs- anything that may have them stifled in life," he added.
Eye of the Storm: Iraqis won't run
With the media focused on the continuing terrorist campaign in Iraq, a number of political developments that affect the big picture in that country have gone largely unreported.These developments started with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's decision to think the unthinkable and come out with a national reconciliation plan. Regarded as anathema by those nostalgic for the former regime, the concept of reconciliation also sounded alarm bells among Kurdish and Shi'ite communities that had suffered under the Ba'ath.
According to sources within the new Iraqi government, sections of the coalition that supports al-Maliki in Iraq's parliament, the National Assembly, were also opposed to reconciliation in any form. At one point last May, two key groups within the coalition even threatened to walk out if al-Maliki insisted on the plan.
Seeking treasure
Three years after "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" sailed to box-office victory, Capt. Jack Sparrow and his cohorts are setting a course for more misadventures on the high seas in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."It seems unfathomable now, but the filmmakers at first were unsure whether this fantasy-adventure inspired by a Disney theme-park ride would connect with audiences. After all, Disney's previous theme-park-ride-based film, "The Country Bears," flopped in 2002.
"Everyone was very skeptical about it," recalls "Pirates" producer Jerry Bruckheimer. "It was daunting to try and convince everyone that we had something that we thought was real special."
For Johnny Depp, the pressure was even more intense during the making of "Curse of the Black Pearl." For all his popularity, the darkly handsome actor lacked box-office clout.