text: What Do Usain Bolt And Juan Manuel Marquez Have In Common? They Train With The Same Admitted Steroids DealerBarry Petchesky11/08/11 1:10pmFiled to: SteroidsBoxingAngel HernandezAngel herediaUsain BoltJuan Manuel MarquezManny PacquaioAlex arizaVictor ContepedsOlympicsSprintingTrack and FieldBalcoNews5EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkOn Saturday, Juan Manuel Marquez will step into the ring for a third time against Manny Pacquiao. This time around, Marquez—who's moving up in weight for the fight—has a new physique. He has retained the services of Angel Hernandez, the strength and conditioning coach who has been working with Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. Hernandez has been an omnipresent figure on 24/7, and Marquez's new bulk has been noted by viewers.AdvertisementThen, last week, a bombshell came from BALCO founder Victor Conte. Angel Hernandez is the person formerly known as Angel "Memo" Heredia. Heredia, with a BALCO connection of his own, has been training both Marquez and Bolt under an assumed name.In the US government's 2008 case against track coach Trevor Graham, stemming from the BALCO scandal, Memo Heredia was labeled "Source A." He didn't get that designation because he came first alphabetically. Heredia was the prosecution's star witness, and he gave up comprehensive documentation showing PED use by stars like Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery, Justin Gatlin and C.J. Hunter. But Heredia wasn't just a random eyewitness; he was caught dead to rights as a steroid dealer and user, and testified to save his own skin.AdvertisementIn 2005 federal investigators confronted Heredia with evidence of money laundering and drug trafficking, and offered him a deal: Tell what you know or we'll go after you. He gave up everyone he worked with in US Track and Field, and despite claims he wasn't offered immunity, he has escaped prosecution himself. Graham was convicted of perjury and banned from the sport for life.From a New York Times profile during the trial:Mr. Heredia, a former Mexican national discus champion, is a secretive figure on the track circuit who describes himself as a chemist, scientist and nutritionist. The son of a chemist, Mr. Heredia received an undergraduate degree in kinesiology from Texas A&M in Kingsville, records show.He said he used family connections to pharmacies and labs in Mexico to help his business. For years, Mr. Heredia said, he helped his clients flout the rules and easily avoided detection. Substances like human growth hormone and the blood booster erythropoietin, or EPO, are still virtually impossible to detect, and "it is still easy to use testosterone" with fast-acting creams, he said."You combine all these things - boom! - you get amazing results," Mr. Heredia said. He would know. A 2009 German documentary shows Heredia purchasing banned drugs from pharmacies in Mexico City, and injecting himself in the stomach with PEDs. By then, the Trevor Graham trial was over, the government had no further need for him, and Heredia was free to get on with his life. It wouldn't be long before he signed on with Bolt and then Marquez.AdvertisementSponsoredNo one knows why Conte, who's worked with Zab Judah in recent years, decided to get involved. But he's set the narrative for the final run-up to the fight. Hernandez/Heredia has gone on the defensive, explaining away his name change on 24/7."My name is this. My name is very long. My first name is Angel. I have a middle name, which is Guillermo. But in Mexico, they use 'Memo,' which is my nickname. Heredia, for some people, it's very difficult for them to catch up. You can ask anybody here in the media sometimes they call me Heredia. Dr. Heredia. For some reason, I told you guys Hernandez, and it was easier for you guys to write it down."The whole thing is a mess. Conte is feuding with Pacquiao coach Alex Ariza, due to leftover bad blood from Judah's fight against Amir Khan (another Ariza guy) in July. Ariza is insinuating things about Marquez's association with Hernandez. ("I don't know how they're training him, and I don't know why Marquez got so big so fast.") Hernandez is threatening a defamation lawsuit against Ariza, but not against Conte.Marquez's reputation is unlikely to take a hit, because steroid use in boxing sadly isn't a big issue unless it's holding up a Mayweather fight. Boxing ostensibly has some of the toughest testing procedures, so if someone's doping, the presumption is that it will come out after the bout."I've always been in favor of a clean sport," Hernandez said. "Let's submit to blood, urine, or fecal tests. Alex, I think the only person here who has doubts are you and Manny, because in the past people have solicited proof a thousand times to give blood and urine tests, and you have never wanted to do them."Of course Hernandez knows better than most that the drugs are always a step ahead of the testing. So Marquez, or Pacquiao, or both could be dirty, and most likely we'd be none the wiser. In the sports where athletes' physiques stand the most to gain from steroids' benefits, it's easier to ignore the problem altogether than to get into messy rows like this one.The more lasting drama will be in the world of sprinting. Usain Bolt, by dint of what we know about doping in track and his otherwordly performance in 2008, has already come under scrutiny. Carl Lewis questioned whether Bolt's times could be achieved naturally, as did a German sprinter who couldn't keep up with the Jamaican. So now he finds himself a year from the London Games, and he's training with a known steroid dealer and snitch who changed his name to avoid the spotlight. The Marquez-Pacquiao beef will be over this weekend, but Bolt's got eight months of answering questions about Angel Hernandez, né Heredia.Reply5 repliesLeave a reply


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text: Great Art Is Easy To SpotMargaret Hartmann10/11/10 2:48pmFiled to: Snap Judgmentroy lichtensteinArtchristiesGettypic21EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink[London, October 11: A Christie's employee examines a Roy Lichtenstein work entitled "Ohhh...Alright...". The painting is part of collection, never seen before in the UK, from artists including Gerhard Richter, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. Image via Getty.]Reply21 repliesLeave a reply


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A light wool jacket that's an "incredible shade of green" with embroidered lapels is one of Janine Pierce's favorite pieces of clothing.
It sets off Pierce's long, blonde hair and light eyes, but she likes it so much because of its history.
It was a medicine woman's jacket, and Pierce says she loves to daydream about where the jacket has been and what the person wearing it did.
"I'll put that piece on and feel the powers," she says, sitting in her shop in downtown Oak Creek. "To think back on all the things that jacket knows."
Pierce, who owns the Brand Spankin' Used thrift store on Oak Creek's Main Street, said being able to wear clothes with a history is just one reason for shopping at thrift stores.
Another reason is the chance to find a good deal -- something that interests people from "all walks of life," she said.
"It's old, it's young, it's wealthy, it's not wealthy," Pierce said about the people who come to her store. "You know, I think we're all treasure hunters. We all want to get a good deal. If you can find a treasure and it's a good deal, you've got it all."
Pierce's shop is full of good deals. She takes hours to sift through bags of clothes, jewelry, shoes, accessories, kitchenware, furniture, household items, lamps, construction goods, books and music. Any donations that she cannot use, she passes along to other organizations, such as LIFT-UP.
Although the sifting can take time, Pierce says it always feels like Christmas Day.
"You just have no idea what you're going to find and it's just a big treasure hunt," she said.
And, it's part of the thrift-store cycle.
Without thrift stores, perfectly good items end up cluttering landfills, Pierce said. But with thrift stores, people have a chance to put things they no longer need to a good use, and to find things they do need at a good price.
The store in Oak Creek, which has been open almost a year, fills a much-needed niche, Pierce said. Residents have been enthusiastic and supportive. Although Pierce never did a market study to learn whether a thrift store would succeed in the town, she said she's finding that her gut instinct has been right.
People come in all the time to find new outfits, last-minute birthday presents and just about anything else, she said. They also give greatly, bringing Pierce top-quality items to sell.
Pierce said she tries to give back whenever she can. She takes requests from people and searches through thrift stores in Denver for hard-to-find items. She gives children reduced prices so they can buy things they want. And sometimes, she gives things away.
"If I see a kid standing out at a bus stop without a coat on, I'm likely to show up there the next day with a coat," she said.
Pierce has been a thrift-shopper for long time. She remembers talking with a friend who would spend $500 on 10 items at the mall, and wondered how Pierce could find five carloads of clothes and accessories for $500.
"She just couldn't understand," Pierce said. "She'd be like, 'You got all of this? All of this?'"
Thrift-shopping not only saves money, but it's fun. Avid thrift shoppers know they have to stop by stores every week to find the treasures, she said.
"It became an obsession," she said, remembering when she first began to shop at thrift stores. "Because if there wasn't anything there that day, you better go the next day because there will be something there."
Opening the thrift store also gave Pierce more time to build and refinish furniture, one of her passions.
Working with her hands and seeing pieces come together is something she said she enjoys, and that gives her the chance to express her artistic talent, which she honed while getting a degree at the Colorado Institute of Art when she was younger.
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As Oak Creek grows, Pierce said she hopes her thrift store grows, as well. But whatever happens, the store will remain where it is.
"I like my life here. I like my small town here," she said.
"I know everybody here by name and now I know their shoe sizes and their shirt sizes."
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Looks like Selena Gomez has been getting a little outfit advice from Vanessa Hudgens…and Jennifer Lawrence…and Lily Collins…
The stylish Spring Breakers actress celebrated her recent 21st birthday in a Missguided ivory embellished crop top with white Topshop quilted shorts—the very same color and cut combo her starlet sisters have been rocking on the various red carpets they grace. Vanessa alone wore four versions of the look!
We can't blame the former Disney star for jumping on this fashion bandwagon. The style suits her slight frame, and the color pops perfectly against her complexion. Frankly, she rocks it just as well as her pretty peers, especially with the addition of those Alexander McQueen gladiator sandals.
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