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Robert T. Garrett / Trail Blazers Blog:
Federal judge voids Texas' gay marriage ban, though he delays order from taking effect immediately — Mark Phariss of Plano, left, held the hand of partner Victor Holmes, center, as they left the U.S. Federal Courthouse in San Antonio after a hearing earlier this month.
Texas Attorney General: Statement by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on ruling in Texas same-sex marriage case
Charles Kuffner / Off the Kuff: Federal judge strikes down Texas' anti-same sex marriage law
Michelle Garcia / Advocate: Texas Judge Strikes Down Marriage Ban
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog: SO I GUESS THE TEXAS GOVERNOR'S RACE WILL NOW BE ENTIRELY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
Ryan T. Anderson / The Heritage Foundation: Why That Texas Judge Was Wrong to Strike Down Texas' Marriage Law
Joe Jervis / Joe. My. God.: BREAKING: Federal Court Rules TEXAS Ban On Gay Marriage To Be Unconstitutional, Ruling Is STAYED For Now
Laura Clawson / Daily Kos: Federal judge strikes down Texas gay marriage ban
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Fail: Texas GOP Candidate Accidentally Endorses Gay Marriage On Twitter — This post has been updated. — Texas state Sen. Dan Patrick (R) accidentally endorsed same-sex marriage in a tweet on Wednesday. — Patrick, who is running for lieutenant governor, intended to express his disapproval …
Discussion: Gawker and The Daily Banter
Taylor Berman / Gawker: Republican Texas State Senator Thinks Marriage = One Man & One Man
Texas ban on same-sex marriage struck down — (CNN) — A federal judge has struck down Texas' ban on same-sex marriage, ruling Wednesday it has no "rational relation to a legitimate government purpose." — The decision is the latest in a series of federal and state court moves …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
John Wright / Lone Star Q:
BREAKING: Federal judge strikes down Texas' bans on same-sex marriage
BREAKING: Federal judge strikes down Texas' bans on same-sex marriage
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Freedom to Marry Blog and Towleroad News #gay
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo: Houston's Openly Lesbian Mayor Not Surprised By TX Gay Marriage Ruling
Adam Polaski / Freedom to Marry Blog: Federal judge strikes down Texas marriage ban, stays ruling pending appeal
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Federal Judge Rules Texas Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
Federal Judge Rules Texas Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
Discussion: The Raw Story
Associated Press:
Federal judge strikes down Texas gay marriage ban
Federal judge strikes down Texas gay marriage ban
Discussion: Politico, Liberaland, PoliticusUSA, Mediaite and The PJ Tatler
Katie Glueck / Politico: Greg Abbott to appeal gay marriage ruling
Dave-Dr-Gonzo / Liberaland: Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Gay Marriage Ban
Justin Baragona / PoliticusUSA: Texas Is Latest Red State To See Same-Sex Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Americans know there's no GOP 'alternative' to Obamacare — Obamacare is a disaster for Democrats, and a certain winner for Republicans. That's what we keep hearing, anyway. — So why does it look as if the percentage of Americans who favor repeal may have actually shrunk since its rollout problems began?
Discussion: The New Republic, Liberaland and Taegan Goddard's …
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: February 2014 — Liz Hamel, Jamie Firth and Mollyann Brodie … Overall, more prefer expensive broad-network plans over cheaper narrow-network plans, but potential ACA exchange customers lean in the opposite direction — There has been a lot of discussion …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: The Hospital Charges Are Too Damn High!
Elise Viebeck / The Hill: Poll: Most uninsured not aware of O-Care deadline
Jim Geraghty / National Review: Another Round of Obamacare Train Wrecks
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post: GOP too focused on Obamacare, some Republicans warn
Sean Sullivan / The Fix: Why Democrats can win on Obamacare and still lose in the midterms
Sarah Hurtubise / The Daily Caller: Poll: Uninsured opposition to Obamacare reaches all-time high
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA: Republicans' Worst Nightmare Comes True: Support For Repealing Obamacare Hits All Time Low
Philip Rucker / The Fix:
What Mitch McConnell and a twice-heated biscuit have in common — Shortly after wrapping up her event with former President Bill Clinton, Kentucky Senate Democratic candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes sat down with me in Louisville to talk about why she thinks she can beat Sen …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Balloon Juice
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo: Grimes Compares McConnell To A Twice Heated Biscuit
Anne Laurie / Balloon Juice: Alison Lundergan Grimes Is A Smart Campaigner
Denver Post:
U.S. REP. CORY GARDNER TO ENTER U.S. SENATE RACE AGAINST MARK UDALL — Republican Congressman Cory Gardner is planning to drop his re-election bid and run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Mark Udall, The Denver Post has learned. — Gardner is expected to make an announcement in a few days …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress, The Fix, Roll Call, The Daily Caller, KDVR.com and Taegan Goddard's …
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo: Dem Sen. Mark Udall Now Has A Serious GOP Challenger
Chris Cillizza / The Fix: How Cory Gardner changes the Senate landscape
Abby Livingston / Roll Call: Ken Buck Drops Senate Bid to Run for Cory Gardner's Seat
Alexis Levinson / The Daily Caller: Cory Gardner will run for Senate, putting another Dem's seat in play for GOP
BREAKING NEWS: Weld DA Ken Buck, Rep. Cory Gardner to swap political races this year — Weld District Attorney Ken Buck and Rep. Cory Gardner are swapping races. — Buck said Wednesday he will drop his bid for U.S. Senate and instead pursue the 4th Congressional District seat, which represents Weld County.
Discussion: Weekly Standard, Politico, Denver Post, OnPolitics and Taegan Goddard's …
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard: Colorado Shake-Up: Gardner for Senate, Buck for Congress
Catalina Camia / OnPolitics: GOP Rep. Gardner to run for U.S. Senate to take on Mark Udall
Dave Camp / Wall Street Journal:
Dave Camp: How to Fix Our Appalling Tax Code — Every year Americans spend more than six billion hours and $168 billion to file their returns. — There have been so many changes to the tax code over the past decade that it is now 10 times the size of the Bible, but with none of the Good News.
Jared Bernstein / New York Times: The Promise and Pitfalls in a Tax Reform Plan
Ed O'Keefe / Post Politics: Boehner on tax reform: 'Blah, blah, blah blah'
Linette Lopez / Business Insider: Wall Street Donors Ditched The Republican Behind The New Tax Reform Bill
Hart Williams / his vorpal sword: Deep In the Heart of Taxes
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show: The Tone-Deaf, Insulated, Suicidal D.C. GOP
Alex Rogers / TIME: House GOP to Unveil Tax Reform Proposal
Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press: GOP Tax Plan Lowers Rates, Imposes Surtax on Rich
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post: House GOP tax plan would cut top rates but also hit high earners with a surtax
Republicans take on Wall Street
Republicans take on Wall Street
Discussion: Washington Monthly, Business Insider and No More Mister Nice Blog
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: Why The Sweeping Tax Reform Proposal Is Already Doomed
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Why Lawmaking on a Grand Scale Is a Dying Art
Why Lawmaking on a Grand Scale Is a Dying Art
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Booman Tribune and Althouse
Va. GOP official apologizes for genital slang "error" — UPDATE: In an email, FitzSimmonds said he thought the word he used had the same meaning as "twaddle," which is defined as foolish speech. — "The minute I found out my error, I deleted the post and apologized," he told Pilot on Politics.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Dish, Mediaite and The Raw Story
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo: Virginia GOPer Twaddles His Way Into Sexist Term On Facebook
Andrew Sullivan / The Dish: Correction Of The Day — D'oh: … Update from a reader:
Evan McMurry / Mediaite: Why Did This GOP Official Post 'I Hate That Sexist Tw*t' About a Fellow Republican?
CBS News:
Jeb Bush, Rand Paul top GOP's 2016 presidential wish list: Poll — Shares - — While the 2016 presidential election may be two years away, some prospective contenders have been getting a bit of media attention. The latest CBS News/New York Times Poll asked the public whether …
Discussion: Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, Post Politics, Business Insider, CNN, The Moderate Voice, Politico and Hit & Run
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: This May Be The Most Brutal Poll Number Yet For Chris Christie
Chris Christie / CNN: Who do you want to run in 2016 — (CNN) - More Republicans …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: CBS/NYTimes Poll: Jeb Bush, Rand Paul top GOP 2016 Presidential Candidates
Natalie Villacorta / Politico: 2016 elections poll: Democrats all in for Hillary Clinton
Matthew Feeney / Hit & Run: Rand Paul: Some in GOP 'Stuck in the Cold War Era'
Dalia Sussman / New York Times:
Most Democrats Want Clinton to Run in 2016
Most Democrats Want Clinton to Run in 2016
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and OnPolitics
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo: Poll: Republicans Don't Want Christie To Run For President In 2016
Jed Lewison / Daily Kos: Poll: Republicans don't want Christie to run in 2016
Tony Lombardo / Army Times:
Soldier flagrantly avoids flag salute, sets off online outrage — A soldier who hid in her car to avoid saluting the flag — and then flaunted it on Instagram — is the latest service member to come under attack via social media and be accused of dishonoring her service.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, The Daily Caller and Right Wing News
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller: Army Pfc. brags online about avoiding flag salute, sorta regrets it
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Rick Scott Now Says He Would Veto Arizona Anti-Gay Bill — Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) is now saying he would veto a controversial Arizona bill that lets businesses discriminate against LGBT people after dodging the question this morning on MSNBC. — "I don't want to tell Governor Brewer what to do …
Discussion: Naked Politics and The Huffington Post
Steve Bousquet / Naked Politics: Scott dodges Arizona anti-gay law; Crist blasts him
Ashley Alman / The Huffington Post: If Florida Tries To Pass An Anti-Gay Bill Like Arizona's, Rick Scott Says He'd Veto It
Bob Christie / Associated Press:
AZ Gov Brewer In Emergency Meetings Over Anti-Gay Bill
AZ Gov Brewer In Emergency Meetings Over Anti-Gay Bill
Discussion: Business Insider and Daily Kos
Hunter Walker / Business Insider: JPMorgan Chase — One Of Arizona's Largest Employers — Wants Anti-Gay Bill Vetoed
Laura Clawson / Daily Kos: Arizona faces economic pressure over anti-gay bill
Ilya Shapiro / Cato Institute:
For Marriage Equality, Religious Liberty, and the Freedom of Association — Even though I'm for marriage equality - next week I'll be filing a brief supporting the challenge to the marriage laws of Oklahoma and Utah in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit - I have no problem with Arizona's SB 1062.
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Ed Whelan / National Review: Religious-Liberty Scholars Counter "Egregious" Distortions of Arizona Bill
Erik Loomis / Lawyers, Guns & Money: CATO's Principled Libertarianism
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
No, this is not Jim Crow for gays, Part Two
No, this is not Jim Crow for gays, Part Two
Discussion: Hot Air and Christian News …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Bipartisan group of attorneys ask Brewer to sign SB 1062
Adidas to stop selling Brazil World Cup T-shirts that 'encourage sexual tourism' — Sportswear maker to stop selling T-shirts before World Cup after Brazil's ministry of women's affairs said shirts were offensive — Adidas agreed on Tuesday to stop selling two raunchy T-shirts months ahead …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Raw Story and Mediaite
Sarah Hofmann / The Daily Caller: These World Cup T-shirts are too sexy for Adidas
John Byrne / The Raw Story: Adidas yanks 'raunchy' t-shirts in Brazil after accusations of encouraging sexual tourism
Rand Paul Blocks Surgeon General Nominee For Saying Gun Violence Is A Public Health Threat — On Wednesday — two years to the day after George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) placed a hold on President Barack Obama's nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Eric Holder: Actually, somebody does have to defend gay marriage bans — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL GAY MARRIAGE ERIC HOLDER ATTORNEY GENERAL GAY RIGHTS LAW — Attorney General Eric Holder stunned and disappointed many conservative lawyers with his decree that state attorneys general …
Discussion: National Review, Hot Air and Fox News
Miles O'Brien:
"Just a Flesh Wound" — I wish I had a better story to tell you about why I am typing this with one hand (and some help from Dragon Dictate). — A shark attack would be interesting. An assassination attempt would be intriguing. Skydiving mishaps always make for good copy.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, CNN, The Daily Banter, The Daily Caller, ABC News, TVNewser, Mediaite, American Power and The Huffington Post
Thom Patterson / CNN: Amputee pilot: Ex-CNN anchor O'Brien could return to flying 'in no time'
Chez Pazienza / The Daily Banter: Ex-CNN Anchor Miles O'Brien Loses Arm
Betsy Rothstein / The Daily Caller: Journalist loses his left hand
Susan Donaldson James / ABC News: PBS Correspondent Miles O'Brien Has Arm Amputated Following Accident
Chris Ariens / TVNewser: After Freak Accident, Miles O'Brien Has Arm Amputated
Tina Nguyen / Mediaite: PBS Reporter Loses Arm While on Assignment
Donald Douglas / American Power: Former CNN Correspondent Miles O'Brien Left Arm Amputated After Accident
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post: Journalist Miles O'Brien Had To Have Arm Amputated
Michael W. Chapman / CNSNews:
In Mississippi, 72% of the Babies Aborted Are Black — (CNSNews.com) - Although whites outnumber blacks in Mississippi by nearly 2-to-1, 71.67% of the babies aborted in Mississippi are black, while 26.6% are white. — Based on data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
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David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:
The Skunk at the Oscar Party — Jeremy Scahill may not fit in amongst Leo and Marty, but even if he doesn't take home a statue for his documentary 'Dirty Wars,' he's already winning big with the launch of 'The Intercept,' his new online venture backed by Ebay's Pierre Omidyar.
Discussion: Mediaite
Damon Linker / The Week:
Bring back the real neoconservatives — Confessions of a bona fide neocon, circa 1976 — I — n recent weeks, readers have asked me a cluster of questions about the positions I've staked out in my recent columns. The questions go something like this: How can you think that Lyndon Johnson …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Joining Lost Tribes
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Concealed-weapons laws have changed America regardless of national debate on gun control — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL GUN CONTROL SUPREME COURT — Over the last 25 years, we have had related national debates over proposed federal gun-control laws designed to restrict access to certain firearms.
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
"Stand Your Ground" Nation — America used to value the concept of retreat. Now we just shoot. — Ever since George Zimmerman gunned down Trayvon Martin in his Sanford, Fla., gated community, it's become an article of faith that the rash of lethal shootings in public places …
Discussion: Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress and BillMoyers.com
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: No Questions Asked After Shooting First
ThinkProgress: 5 Disturbing Facts About The State Of Stand Your Ground On The Second Anniversary Of Trayvon's Death
New York Times:
Putin Drills Ground Troops at Ukraine's Doorstep as U.S. Warns Against Intervention — MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin ordered a surprise exercise of ground and air forces on Ukraine's doorstep Wednesday, intending to demonstrate his country's military preparedness at a time of heightened tensions …
Discussion: WorldViews and The PJ Tatler
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: Ukraine: This Can't Be Good — Putin has ordered a Russian …


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I want to share a surprising story about teens and sex with you—one that influenced our partnership with Planned Parenthood to carry out a groundbreaking survey on The Sex Talk.
Last year I was a guest on "Doctor Radio," New York University's SiriusXM show, when a concerned mother called in. She told us that after her teenage daughter admitted to being sexually active, she immediately took her to the ob/gyn to get birth control. But mom later found out her husband disagreed with that course of action and now there was trouble at home. "Did I do the right thing?" she asked us.
Before you answer that question, I'd like you to take a mental step back and look at the events that led up to it:
- A daughter talking to her mom about something teens spend so much time trying to hide.
- A husband and wife talking about their relationship expectations of their daughter.
- And then, mom coming to experts for more information.
The central theme here: Communication.
How many kids do you know that talk to their parents about having sex? (It turns out 50% of teens feel uncomfortable talking to their parents about sex in general—I'm sure that number spikes when it comes to them having sex.)
When was the last time you spoke with your partner about relationship expectations you have for your child? Nearly ¼ (23%) of parents have talked only "a little" or "not at all" with their partner about this.
And have you ever reached out to an expert for help navigating those discussions like the mom who called in did? That family was pretty impressive, I thought, despite the turmoil at home.
When we talk to teens about sex, how often we talk about it and what we say were questions that lingered in my head after that call came in to the radio show. And they were questions Planned Parenthood wanted to explore as well when we joined forces with them to survey thousands of parents and their teens across the country about "The Sex Talk." (Those stats I rattled off above came from our survey.) And here's another one: one in six teens say their parents have never spoken with them about anything related to sex.
If there's one thing I hope comes from this story, it's a dramatic increase in communication and conversations around The Sex Talk. Studies show that teens who talk to their parents about sex-related topics have sex at a later age and use protection more often. So this month, we at Family Circle have partnered with with Planned Parenthood, the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health at NYU and parenting bloggers from across the country to bring you resources that'll help you start the conversation with your child, make it less awkward and ensure that your points are getting across. And if there's a question we haven't answered, post a comment or email us at email@example.com and ask it.
So now back to that caller. What do you think: Did mom do the right thing? Post a comment and let us know.
And read more about having the sex talk with your teen here.
Lyna Floyd is the health director at Family Circle magazine.

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UX and Accessibility
Frank Cervone
There is a fundamental union of usability and experience design and accessibility. Our websites have to be accessible legally, and implementing good user experience design often goes hand in hand with accessibility naturally. Thinking about design – Understand the underlying problem before attempting to solve it. Don't hurt anyone. Make things simple and intuitive. Acknowledge that the user is not like you (Sarah's note: WORD). Have empathy. When people come to our websites, it's not a learning moment. Give them what they want the way they want it. Things to think about in relation to design: Visibility. Just because something is really good in one particular context doesn't mean it's good in the overall system. All attributes of an object indicate how to use something. Feedback. We need to inform users about what has been or needs to be done—through feedback mechanisms like sound, highlighting, and animation. Constraints. Restrict the possible actions that can be performed to help prevent selecting incorrect options. Mapping. As we're mapping experiences we want people to have, we need to do so in a logical manner. Consistency. Interfaces need similar operations and similar elements for similar tasks. Consistent interfaces are easier to learn and easier to use.
So, why accessibility? It's the right thing to do. And the Americans with Disabilities Act Title III prohibits discrimination against an individual. This includes all resources we provide, physically and virtually. The 2008 ADA Amendments Act also requires providing assistance for major life activities: seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, etc. This means that we need to think about the varying types of disabilities people have and how we provide accommodation for those. Most often we think of visual impairments in terms of websites, but others we need to consider are cognitive learning, auditory, motor, physical, and speech disabilities. 17% of the population has some type of disability in the U.S. So what is a reasonable accommodation, which is what the ADA requires us to provide. Either an adjustment or an auxiliary aide. Neither of these things should cause a fundamental alteration in the nature or core function of a program or service. Additionally, it should not impose an undue financial or administrative burden to the institution.
So where does this take us? To universal design. Universal design came out of architecture. The fundamental principles are equitable use, flexibility in use, simple and intuitive, perceptible information, toleration for error, low physical effort, and size and space for approach and use.
One big easy thing to do on websites—all objects (videos and images) have some sort of text equivalent that is meaningful. Graphics must have alt tags and graphics used only for positioning should be labeled with alt=" ". (quote, space, quote). (Sarah's note: Everyone forgets to do that last thing…)
The phrase "click here" is meaningless, and particularly troublesome when moving through a page by tabbing. The best practice is similar considerations to those of the alt tags—text should be meaningful. You need to express clearly where the link will go or what will happen after selection.
Using only indentation (reformatting may remove indentations) or color (color blindness) alone is not sufficient to convey meaning. Don't rely on indicating required fields in a form by making them bold. Explicitly state that required fields are required.
Provide skip links. Skip links allow assistive software to skip through repeated menus.
Use logical layouts in forms. Form questions need to have input fields on the same line as the input itself. Place labels consistently on the same side of the input field. Explicitly identify what information is required. Make the word "Required" part of the label for each mandatory field.
Other points to consider: specify column header rows in tables, use styles in documents (short titles in headings, heading styles in the correct order), use simple table structure (avoid using blank cells for formatting, avoid repeated blank characters, structure layout tables for easy navigation), avoid image watermarks, and include closed captions for any audio.
Don't overuse access keys, which creates conflicts. This can conflict with assistive technology. Users are often very familiar with these shortcuts. Don't change it up on them.
Check for color contrast: http://www.accesskeys.org/tools/color-contrast.html
Accessibility checker: http://wave.webaim.org
Microsoft has some good documentation on making PowerPoint presentations and Word documents accessible.
WGBH developed a tool called Magpie to close caption audio and video.
Purdue University-Calumet also has an extensive web accessibility website: http://web.purduecal.edu/webaccessibility


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Things are falling into place for the up-and-coming "Wrestling Goddess" Athena. The Texan recently got her first shot at the SHIMMER title, is #28 on the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 50 women wrestlers for 2012, and is heading to Montreal for Femmes Fatales this weekend -- her first trip to Canada.
Now, if she could just get over her cold and finish off her move to a new home.
Down the line from her place in Arlington, Texas, just a touchdown pass from Cowboys Stadium, Athena (Adrienne Reese) is apologetic about the cold and the lack of Internet, but still pumped to talk about her career.
Athena's goal at the double-taping in Montreal on Saturday is the same as it is on every card she appears on.
"I'm going to try and steal the show. It doesn't matter if it's eight people out in the audience, or 12 people, or even 30,000, I'm going to try to steal the show, and I'm going to try to have a better match than anyone else on the card. That's just who I am," she told SLAM! Wrestling.
That attempt to stand out has helped, and made people want to learn more about her.
"I just feel that, in itself, has gotten my name out there. I've gotten to work so many fantastic, amazing people," she said. "At the last SHIMMER taping, I got to work Hamada and Kana. Who gets to do that in one weekend? Even before that, getting to work some of the U.S. girls, like Jessica Havok and Christina von Eerie and Su Yung and even working with Rachel Summerlyn."
Veteran woman wrestler Mercedes Martinez credits the 24-year-old Athena for her desire to get out there and be seen. "Athena, I've seen her just about everywhere, whether it's east coast, west coast, Midwest, whatever," said Martinez. "She's one that gets around because she wants to be recognized for her work."
Having an established name speak highly of you is a compliment and a challenge. Whether in WSU in New England, Femmes Fatales in Quebec, SHIMMER in Chicago, or elsewhere, the girls are looking out for each other, said Athena.
"The veterans are there for us, and if they weren't, women's wrestling definitely would not be as good as it is right now," she said. Word can spread quickly about a star on the rise, including through YouTube. "That has a lot to do with our tight-knit clique thing we have as women's wrestlers."
Dan Murphy is the Pro Wrestling Illustrated writer who put together the Top 50 list, and he shared his thoughts on the pluses and minuses of the 5-foot-2, 120-pound "Hussy Buster."
"Athena has plenty of charisma," said Murphy. "She has a lot of potential, but she's still developing her game, and is prone to some rookie mistakes. She has a great upside and a dedicated fan base, but she's still a work-in-progress. Now that she's facing higher-quality opposition, hopefully it can help her take her game to the next level."
At the SHIMMER taping this past weekend in Berwyn, Ill., Athena was the babyface who lost to the champion. "I got to wrestle Saraya Knight on the first taping for SHIMMER. It stunk that I lost, because I really wanted to come back to Texas with that championship. But stuff happens and I have to move on. I can't say that I didn't learn anything and I can say that I'm a better wrestler because of it."
This Saturday, she is in a four-way bout with X-Cute Sweet, Cheerleader Melissa Anderson and Angie Skye (with Kath Von Goth). Athena only knows of the well-travelled Anderson.
Six years ago, Athena was a potential soccer star with a bum knee. A forward who loved to score goals, and hated the running, Reese played at Eastfield Community College in Mesquite, Texas, and had a scholarship to Texas A&M University-Commerce that fell by the wayside when her knee injury happened.
While also teaching gymnastics, Reese decided to give pro wrestling a whirl. The first instructor she found skipped out with her money. The next one was far more honest, even if he'd been a cheating bad guy for much of his career.
Under the tutelage of Skandor Akbar, Reese not only learned about his wrestling successes (of which she had not known) but also how to be a pro wrestler.
Her soccer and gymnastics backgrounds helped.
"Basically anything he threw at me was fine, but it was more tedious than I thought it would be," Athena conceded. "It wasn't too difficult for me to adjust. I just hate working out, which is probably the worst thing to hate as a wrestler. ... I always hated conditioning and running. It bored me. I didn't see any reason for me to do it."
With six years in the business, including many matches against men in her local promotion, Texas' Anarchy Championship Wrestling, Athena still wants to do more, including travel more, and wrestle in Japan, Europe and Australia.
"There's so much stuff I want to do, especially before I start trying to condition myself for the good ol' WWE or TNA," she said. "There's so much travelling I want to get done before I actually start to limit myself, if that's the right term."
Naturally, Athena is a big proponent of women's wrestling, especially away from WWE or TNA.
"When people actually get turned on to the independent side of things, I believe they'll be extremely more interested, because then it doesn't become about how big your boobs are, how much skin you show, how many hair-pulls you do a match," she said. "It becomes more, 'Oh wow, what are they going to do next?' Then people get turned off by the television stuff, because there's such a drastic difference. That's what I meant by limiting myself, because if I actually try to go to TV, WWE or TNA, I'm going to have to limit myself a lot and people aren't going to get the matches that they would get on the independent circuit."
And the perception that the women's promotions are overrun with lecherous men watching the athletic women isn't true, Athena stressed.
"We cater to certain audiences, and people will [get] tickets to just see 12 girls on a show," she said, saying she met fans at SHIMMER from Germany, Italy and Japan.
Athena mentions three young girls who frequent the SHIMMER tapings that only learned about the promotion because their father had stumbled upon a SHIMMER DVD and decided to take everyone to see the action.
"These girls love every bit of it. They look up to all of us," she said. "I actually take time out of my day to talk to these girls because we are role models, I can't say that about everyone, but we are role models. Yeah, guys like wrestling more than girls for the most part. Let's face it, if there's not going to be some unbelievably hot guy at the show, like a John Cena, I'm very sure we're not going to see a lot of women. But, on the other hand, we do have women that come to the shows; they might not be seen, but they're there!"
For now, this woman in the business is deeply immersed, and is trying to make a go of it.
"I make DVDs, I make pictures, I design gear for friends," Athena concluded. "My world revolves around wrestling."


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By Marcus Berkowitz, KF16, Ecuador
When I was a kid and I asked for something I wasn't going to get, my mother would start snidely singing, "You Can't Always Get What You Want". Unfortunately for borrowers with a lot of outstanding debt, nobody is there to sing to them if they don't get the loan they are looking for.
My first experience meeting borrowers several weeks ago was thus a complicated one. First, a little background.
The Cooperativa San Jose (CSJ), a credit union, has been implementing its Ventanillas Rurales micro-loan product in the remote Ecuadorian countryside for more than 5 years now. It was one of the first institutions to effectively penetrate some of the most remote markets in the state, and it is no exaggeration to say that through this product and the financial education that comes with it CSJ has single-handedly turned thousands of rural entrepreneurs who were once excluded from the financial system into savvy savers and borrowers.
Recently, the government here has been doing all it can to promote the establishment and growth of the part of the Ecuadorian financial sector that is composed of credit unions. It is succeeding, but the results are a mixed blessing. One walks around the capital of Bolivar, the country's poorest state in which CSJ is located, and credit unions are more omnipresent than Starbucks in a college town. Many of these new institutions are lightly regulated, marginally solvent, and desperate for custom. As a result, they offer competitive savings and interest rates that are hard for newer borrowers, who are often unaware of the benefits of sticking with more established and stable institutions, to say no to. Thus, often CSJ will make folks aware of the system and help them establish a credit history, only to see them run off to a new institution that may not be around next time a crisis hits.
The aggressive policies of these new institutions are leading to concerns of over-indebtedness as well. In their enthusiasm for market share, these new credit unions are in some cases operating under fairly lax lending policies, for example by allowing borrowers to take out several loans from multiple institutions or simply lending at the limits of borrowers' capacity to repay.
Aside from the potential for this behavior to expedite lending crises, it also makes policy tricky for prudent and regulated institutions such as CSJ. Especially in certain cantons, it has meant paying close attention to the country's central risk database to make sure that they don't offer loans to folks who already have a lot of debt. This, in turn, has meant saying no to a lot of people.
Which brings us back to the first time I met a group of borrowers. It was several weeks ago now, but it was memorable for being so hard to watch. At the time I had an incomplete picture of the market, so watching the loan officer go through the group members' outstanding external debts one by one as an explanation for why CSJ couldn't offer them a loan was confusing and a little bit heartbreaking.
Hardly inspiring stuff, you might think. But actually, under the surface, CSJ's willingness to say no to certain borrowers is very inspiring. It inspires faith that CSJ is an institution that is truly dedicated to accepting its responsibility to serve the public with appropriate products. To give a loan to the particular group I met with would have been a disservice both to its indebted members and to CSJ itself. What good does it do to loan money that is unlikely to be paid back? None; it saddles the client with a mountain of debt, and eventually can lead to the re-exclusion of certain people from the financial system if they prove unable to pay and their credit history is affected. The long struggle CSJ has undertaken to introduce the excluded into the financial system would thus all be in vain. This is clearly counter-productive.
Conversely, I had the privilege recently of sharing a dinner with a group of very punctual borrowers who were about to finish repaying a loan, and were looking to take out a new one. Ximena, one of CSJ's most capable loan officers, was explaining to them why the institution keeps such tight limits on loan amounts, which increase slowly from year to year for groups who maintain timely repayment.
"It is our responsibility", she explained (translation mine, emphasis hers) "to only offer products that are in line with your capacity to repay."
I was impressed; and happily, this group did receive the loan they were looking for. So support our field partners in their deft navigation of their local markets. Trust them to do good work as they assist their entrepreneurial clients; but trust them also to say the occasional necessary "No".
Marcus Berkowitz is a first-time fellow with Cooperativa San José (CSJ) in the western Andes of Ecuador's Bolívar province. Show support for CSJ´s hardworking rural borrowers by making a loan. Or get even more involved by joining CSJ's lending team!


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Thread: Anyone hear of Al Martin?
4/22/2008 1:42am, #1
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Anyone hear of Al Martin?
Has anyone heard of a martial artist from south Florida named Al Martin? I have been cruising the web and looking for some Shorin Ryu in Florida and this guy reeks of BS.
This dude has like 50 websites that all link to each other with no real info on them. He is claiming to be Matsumura Shorin Ryu, but yet doesn't practice anything that Master Kise teaches. And the funniest thing to me is his website(s) are all copyrighted before the internet really came online much.
I think his list of black belts is total BS, as well as what he is trying to sell.
I have never seen anyone associated with so many dragon of the month clubs in all my life. Come on now, Gold Dragon Black Belt Club, Silver Dragon Black Belt Club... this screams BS to me.
Has anyone ever see this guy in action or any of his students?
4/23/2008 1:50am, #2
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Not sure but I think this Al Martin guy (or Alton Martin on some of his sites) is a total BS artist. This dude is running several sites that all point to one another, and I have asked about him on several other forums and I guess lots of people have had problems with this dude in the past.
These are just a few of the crappy websites he is running:
Also on this website he is claiming to be 36 years old and a 6th degree black belt in Shorin Ryu and an 8th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
On top of this he is claiming in some other sites to have some BS lineage directly to Tote Sakugawa and I guess the story is that his father saved some kid's life or something and was given lessons in Shorin Ryu because of it.
I call BS. Just wondering if anyone else has heard anything or knows anything.
4/23/2008 2:10am, #3
Sure, from what you've posted, he sounds fishy.
The way to do this though, is to first provide some context as to where you are coming from in your claim of BS:
1) Who are you and what style of martial arts do you train?
2) Have you seen him in person or do you know anyone who has?
3) Do you have video evidence of BS?
4/23/2008 5:23am, #4
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Well my name is Duncan, and I am a marine stationed in Pensacola Florida. I study Shorin Ryu, and spent 3 years training with Master Kise at Gunners Gym in Okinawa. IIIMEF baby!!
I have not seen him personally, but I have seen a video of Paul Hart on youtube and that dude is suppose to be his top student... and he SUCKS!!!!!
I guess the youtube video is all I have for evidence, but in looking for a Shorin Ryu person in Florida I found his barrage of websites and all of this other crap his guys have posted in forums. From looking at his sites and whatnot it seems like he doesn't have his head on straight or is some strange type of fanatic. I was mostly just wondering if anyone has had any dealings with this guy, because from the outside his group looks like total ****. I don't want to have to drive 9 hours to train with this loser to find out he is BS artist when maybe someone on here has dealt with him in the past.
From his sites and from the video of his top guy, I say it is all BS. His Shorin Ryu looks like bad Tae Kwon Do to me.
5/04/2008 9:46am, #5
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Yeah, this guy doesn't quite seem to have it all together. Lots of Super Secret Knowledge and inersting historical (?) stuff. If you want to continue with Kenshin Kan (although it sounds like you weren't really happy with it in your other thread) there is a guy named Mike Abrams in Deltona that is part of the federation. Mike Hancock was down in FL somewhere before he passed away - I'm sure some of his students are still around too.
6/16/2008 7:08pm, #6
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Hazhimiti-uganabira all:
I have trained with Al Martin from south Florida, he is the kind of guy who will hand you your teeth. His lineage is from his Father Al Martin Sr. through Bull Usi Sakugawa of Hawaii (Bento Farmers from Okinawa) Decendant of Kanga Teryu (Tode Sakugawa) it is a real mean Family system from Okinawa. In the system you will find the oldest of Okinawa's kata like the Channan, Kusanku, Chinto and the Tsings. I studied once with Kise for three years, his Te is Bull shxt compared with the Sakugawa system. The video of the Paul guy on U-tube was a fake that guy never trained with Al Martin. Al Martin's Uchi Deshi are Matt Sommers and Danny Jones both live in Georgia, U.S.A. Instead of posting here like a coward without honor, you should drive down to Florida and find out for yourself. Why would you ask other people make decisions for you? Are you that shallow of a person? I would suggest in the future before you mis-inform people you should research the facts or you are just spreading your own BULL-SHIDO. I have studied Uechi Ryu, Shorin Ryu, Shorinji, and Goju Ryu,. You can reach me at [email protected] I am Tim Griffin.
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6/16/2008 7:45pm, #7
Well if you bothered to read the thread you'd see they actually WERE asking for facts and evidence. Plus, there's nothing wrong with Duncan asking about your teacher. A serious question warrants a serious answer and if your teacher is as legit as you say he is, then you have nothing to worry about.
Thank you for showing up though. I'll leave the actual questioning and investigation to the veterans. I'll use this thread as training I guess.
So how long have you trained with Al Martin? What makes his style better than Kise's? Can you provide us with your own videos showing training and/or sparring? DO you guys spar, and if so how hard?
is this your sensei's website?
(on a plus note the site DOES link to BS.net:biggrin:)
and what language are your salutations in?
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6/16/2008 8:17pm, #8
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I can say that I have met Al Martin and that I know the story of the Paul Hart student stuff. When I visited Al Martin in Florida he explained that Paul Hart wasn't a real person, it was a fictitious person made up to get rank from organizations. The guy in the video was a guy who trained off and on but not a "top student" by a very long shot. I do not believe they allow cameras during training, at least they didn't some years back.
A better idea would be to go meet Mr. Martin and give him a try. He is open to accepting just about anyone who wants to test him as he said he felt this would provide new students. I have a picture of Paul hart saved on my PC
Is this the Paul Hart from the video? If so, this isn't really Paul Hart, just a guy they had film some stuff for them. I thought it was funny that of 30 orgainzations they got 28 certificates. They got rokudans from the http://isok.org/ I.S.O.K. and Paul Hart was put on the Shihankai of the http://www.seitokarate.com/ I.S.K.K. organization. They use to have copies of the certificates available online but i cannot find a link now. You have to admit it is funny that people would issue high ranks to a person that does not exist and that they have never met. Kind of buts Bullshido into perspective if you ask me.
6/16/2008 9:37pm, #9
That is one of the many guys that they had to play the part. I think that is the one guy in the video who had surgery on his arm or something like that. They ticked off a lot of people who were running certificate mills, funny thing is the same people still wont admit that they run certificate mills. There are a bunch of good guys in that group and they are all fighters and train very hard. If you doubt that you should certainly go meet them. The pont is there isn't really a Paul Hart, they took a play on words Paul Hart = Phart or Fart. It was a joke to them. Al Martin Sr. does have verified lineage to Ushi Sakugawa and another member of their group is a student of Chosuke Sakugawa. This is from the Hawaiian line of the Sakugawa family. Before you call BS you should have the courage to meet the person you are speaking of. Enough said, I will go back to my hole.
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