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To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (112177)	3/13/2008 3:08:01 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 132070

Why would they do this? They have free health care, great schools. Cuban Officials Stunned by Desertions Mar 13 01:04 PM US/Eastern By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA Associated Press Writer Write a Comment HAVANA (AP) - Cuban sports officials were stunned Thursday by the desertions of up to seven soccer players in Florida and were unsure how it would affect the under-23 team. "We feel really badly," Antonio Garces of the Cuban Soccer Association told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "It's not known if the boys can continue in the tournament." The Cuban team is scheduled to play Honduras on Thursday night in Tampa, Fla. The game is part of a qualifying tournament for the Beijing Olympics, sponsored by the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football, or CONCACAF. The players, who had not yet reported to authorities, went missing after Cuba tied the United States 1-1 Tuesday. Cuban sports officials and CONCACAF have not identified the missing players. Missing from Wednesday's practice were: Jose Manuel Miranda, 21; Erlys Garcia Baro, Yenier Bermudez, Yordany Alvarez and Loanni Prieto, all 22. Player Yendry Diaz told ESPN in an interview that he and forward Eder Roldan also had left the team, bringing the total to seven. Under the United States' "wet foot, dry foot" policy, Cubans who reach U.S. soil are allowed to remain in the country and apply for U.S. residency after one year.

To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (112177)	3/13/2008 3:47:12 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

This can't be good. youtube.com

To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (112177)	3/14/2008 1:37:12 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

zeus, what goes unsaid in all these cases are the legions of wives that roll over and play ice queen on their husbands. yeah, they guy has issues, but unless the mrs was treating him similarly to how she "advertised" herself while dating, she's at fault, too. the sad truth is that most women never marry their husbands, they marry a vehicle to make their princess marriage fantasy come true. once they find out their husband has expectations, they get bitter toward them b/c, in their princess marriage fantasy, their prince just shuts up and provides for their every whim with a smile. for every guy dropping $4k on a hooker, there are thousands of wives that literally roll over and die on their husbands. some worse than others, for sure, but still.

To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (112177)	3/15/2008 12:11:41 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

zues, the zone exceeds even my wildest expectations. thursday is my day to do one set of the weight i'm trying to rep out 8/6/4 on saturday. i was talking to my friend, who benches over 400 lbs, and said i hoped to get 165 lbs at least 6 times while thinking i might only hit 5 times. he smiled and said, give me 7. in my mind, 6 was good because i could hit work up to 8/6/4 in time to hit my expected three week progression. i went to the gym thursday not knowing what to expect. i was kind of worn out. i did 5 minutes on the bike, 10 minutes on the treadmill, i did some light chest warm ups and sat down to bench 165 lbs. i had done 160 lbs 8/6/5 last week and wanted a jump for my first week of 165. i ripped out 8 reps. i checked to make sure the weights were right. yep, a 45, 10 and 5 on each side, plus a 45 lb bar. i decided to go for a 5 day progression and try two more sets. i waited my 90 seconds and ripped out 6 more reps. i waited my 90 seconds and ripped out 4 more reps. i could've done 5, but my life didn't depend on it, so i didn't. i checked the weights again - yup, 165 lbs. i went from 160 to 165 lbs, 8/6/4 in a mere 5 days. i will begin lifting 170 lbs today and try and keep to my 3 week progression (actually, 16 days b/c i'm focused on 3 saturdays. even i did not see this coming until i had already done it. i was going to be pumped when if i hit a 2 week progression. 5 days. i have to knock out 200 lbs on tuesday. it isn't much to folks who lift weights, but it sure will be music to the ears of a guy who asked a 69 year old man to help loosen a screw just last year. ;-) 205 will be nice from the standpoint of having two decent sized plates on the bar, but one step at a time. my ulnar nerve is causing some wrist discomfort, so i'm definitely stressing it. i've upping my epa / dha supplementation to just about 4g per day and i've recently started supplementing polyphenols. hopefully, this reigns in the inflammation on the nerve. i want personal records before i go under the knife again.