New gloves, more time: What rule change could help MMA?s eye poke problem?

Alan Belcher. Gian Villante. Anthony Johnson. Wagner Prado. Waachiim Spiritwolf. Constantinos Phillippou. These fighters have all been on the wrong end of an inadvertent eye poke and the inadequate set of rules that accompany eye pokes. What can be done in a sport where open-fingered gloves are used and strikes to any part of the face are allowed?

The UFC's vice president of regulatory affairs Marc Ratner has one idea that he thinks will help situations like the one that arose during Villante's loss. Ovince St-Preux inadvertently poked Villante in the eye. Referee Kevin Mulhall didn't see the poke, but Villante stepped back and said he was poked in the eye. Mulhall asked Villante if he could see, Villante responded he couldn't, and in accordance with MMA rules, the fight was stopped.

What Ratner wants to do is take the referee out of the decision to stop the fight. Since it's a medical decision, let the fight doctor make it. It will also give fighters time to recover as they wait for the doctor to come into the cage.

"I think by bringing the doctor in, just the whole operation will take a couple of minutes, and I think that should alleviate most of the pain and give us enough time to make sure the guy can fight," Ratner said.

Ratner will introduce this change to the Association of Boxing Commissions, the national oversight group of state MMA and boxing associations.

Referee John McCarthy also favors this approach:

From the eye poke. U can use the doctor 2 help in giving the fighter time 2 clear their vision.There is no need to rush in this situation

? Big John McCarthy (@JohnMcCarthyMMA) April 28, 2013

A change to allow some extra time would also keep fighters out of the weird position of possibly lying to officials. Villante honestly answered the question, "Can you see?" He didn't think Mulhall would stop the fight because of it. This situation could make fighters think twice about how they answer the question, which could put their health in danger.

The open-fingered gloves don't help. Fighters use sparring gloves that are smaller than boxing gloves in training, but the gloves' size would get in the way during ground fighting and submission attempts. UFC commentator Joe Rogan has spoken during many fights about the need for a better design for fight gloves, but none have surfaced among high-level fighting.

How can MMA fix this problem? Great ideas don't have to come from executives or state commissioners. If you have an idea to combat eye pokes, share it on Cagewriter's Facebook page. We'll feature the best ones in a post.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/gloves-more-time-rule-change-could-help-mma-161900052.html

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Japan?s favourite ?nama?

By Ken Y-N ( May 1, 2013 at 17:31) ? Filed under Lifestyle, Polls

Research Panel conducted a Day Research survey into which of the following ?nama? do people like. The kanji character ? may be read as nama, in which case it means live, fresh, etc. Over the 28th and 29th of April 2013 130,597 members of the Research Panel monitor group made their multiple selection.

Most popular was ????, nama bi-ru, draft beer, with 48.5%. ???, nama ensou, live performance had 34.9%, ??, nama sakana, raw fish was at 28.6%, ???, nama yasai, raw vegetables at 26.4%, ???????, nama supo-tsu chuukei, live sports broadcast at 26.3%, ???, nama kaki, raw oysters at 25.2%, ????, nama choco, fresh cream chocolate or ganache, the soft chocolate usually found in truffles, was at 24.9%, ??, nama tamago, raw eggs at 11.2%, ??, nama niku, and raw meat at 5.4%. Furthermore, 8.2% said they didn?t like any of the above nama. I?d personally choose draft beer, raw veggies, and chocolates, but here is a picture of someone who would appear to be in the 8.2%:

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Many in Muslim world want sharia as law of land: survey

By Religion Editor Tom Heneghan

(Reuters) - Large majorities in the Muslim world want the Islamic legal and moral code of sharia as the official law in their countries, but they disagree on what it includes and who should be subject to it, an extensive new survey says.

Suicide bombing was mostly rejected In the study by the Washington-based Pew Forum, but it won 40 percent support in the Palestinian territories, 39 percent in Afghanistan, 29 percent in Eygpt and 26 percent in Bangladesh.

Three-quarters of respondents said abortion is morally wrong and 80 percent or more rejected homosexuality and sex outside of marriage.

Over three-quarters of Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia want sharia courts to decide family law issues such as divorce and property disputes, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life said on Tuesday.

Views on punishments such as chopping off thieves' hands or decreeing death for apostates is more evenly divided in much of the Islamic world, although more than three-quarters of Muslims in South Asia say they are justified.

Those punishments have helped make sharia controversial in some non-Islamic countries, where some critics say radical Muslims want to impose it on Western societies, but the survey shows views in Muslim countries are far from monolithic.

"Muslims are not equally comfortable with all aspects of sharia," the study said. "Most do not believe it should be applied to non-Muslims."

Unlike codified Western law, sharia is a loosely defined set of moral and legal guidelines based on the Koran, the sayings of Prophet Mohammad (hadith) and Muslim traditions. Its rules and advice cover everything from prayers to personal hygiene.

Amaney Jamal, a Princeton University political scientist who was special adviser for the project, said Muslims in poor and repressive societies tended to identify sharia with basic Islamic values such as equality and social justice.

"In those societies, you tend to see significant support for sharia," she told journalists on a conference call. By contrast, Muslims who have lived under "narrow if not rigid" Islamic systems were less supportive of sharia as the official law.

POLITICS AND VIOLENCE

More than four-fifths of the 38,000 Muslims interviewed in 39 countries said non-Muslims in their countries could practice their faith freely and that this was good.

This view was strongest in South Asia, where 97 percent of Bangladeshis and 96 percent of Pakistanis agreed, while the lowest Middle Eastern result was 77 percent in Egypt.

The survey polled only Muslims and not minorities. In several Muslim countries, embattled Christian minorities say they cannot practice their faith freely and are subject to discrimination and physical attacks.

The survey produced mixed results on questions relating to the relationship between politics and Islam.

Democracy wins slight majorities in key Middle Eastern states - 54 percent in Iraq, 55 percent in Egypt - and falls to 29 percent in Pakistan. By contrast, it stands at 81 percent in Lebanon, 75 percent in Tunisia and 70 percent in Bangladesh.

In most countries surveyed, Muslims were more worried about Islamist militancy than any other form of religious violence.

SEX AND VEILS

Views on whether women should decide themselves if they should wear a headscarf vary greatly, from 89 percent in Tunisia and 79 percent in Indonesia saying yes and 45 percent in Iraq and 30 percent in Afghanistan saying no.

Majorities from 74 percent in Lebanon to 96 percent in Malaysia said wives should always obey their husbands.

Only a minority saw Sunni-Shi'ite tensions as a very big problem, ranging from 38 percent in Lebanon and 34 percent in Pakistan to 23 percent in Iraq and 14 percent in Turkey.

Conflict with other religions loomed larger, with 68 percent in Lebanon saying it was a big problem, 65 percent in Tunisia, 60 percent in Nigeria and 57 percent in Pakistan.

A section of the survey on U.S. Muslims noted they "sometimes more closely resemble other Americans than they do Muslims around the world". Only about half say their closest friends are Muslim, compared to 95 percent of Muslims globally.

(Reporting By Tom Heneghan; Editing by Mike Collett-White and Michael Roddy)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/many-muslim-world-want-sharia-law-land-survey-160939872.html

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Republicans Continue To Ignore Black Voters At Their Peril

The Washington Post:

In his column on GOP immigration fears ? namely, that Republicans will follow the path of 2007 and blow their chance at reform ? Buzzfeed?s McKay Coppins quotes a Republican strategist who warns that, sans reform, the GOP could alienate Hispanics like it has African Americans:

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Why Should I Consider a Pay as You Go Mobile? - Cell Phones ...

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Mobile phones are really a necessity for a lot of people nowadays. Not only do you get constant contact, but you can also use your phone for a whole host of other things, from internet shopping to getting directions when you're lost. Many people choose to go with monthly contracts, where they pay a fixed amount of money per month for a fixed amount of service. However, there is another option. Pay as you go services aren't as popular as they once were, but they're still offered by all major mobile service providers. And pay as you go can be a great option for some people, even those that own smart phones. If you're thinking about getting a new phone plan, or you're dissatisfied with your old plan, then you might want to consider going with pay as you go. Today we're talking about why pay as you go might be a good idea, and who can benefit from it.

The Problem with Monthly Contracts...
Monthly contracts are great for some people. However, there are a couple of disadvantages to signing a contract. Firstly, one of the main problems with signing a monthly contract is that you're locked in to using one network for the duration of your contract. Sometimes that's as long as two years. This means that should you find a better deal with another provider, or should you move to an area where your current provider doesn't have good coverage, you won't be able to switch providers without paying a large fee to terminate your contract early. The second problem with signing a monthly contract is that contracts come with a calling plan. This calling plan will set limits for the amount of calling minutes that you can use, the amount of text messages that you can send, and the amount of internet surfing that you can do. And if you're a big user, you'll benefit from these plans, since prices per minute, per message and per MB of data tend to be lower than if you compare to pay as you go tariffs. However, if you're a lighter user you often end up using far less minutes, texts and data than is included in your plan. This means that you're paying for plenty of services that you're not using, which really doesn't seem like a great idea.

How Pay as You Go Works...
Pay as you go plans don't have monthly bills, and they don't have calling plans either. You go to a mobile service provider and buy a SIM card for their network. You then put credit on the SIM card, and use your phone as you wish. When the credit runs out, your phone stops working, and you'll need to go ahead and top your card up with more credit if you wish to continue using your phone. You don't sign a contract, and you're free to switch to another network, or switch to a monthly contract plan with your current network or another network, whenever you please. It's that simple.

How to Compare Pay as You Go Tariffs...
When you compare pay as you go tariffs there are a few things that you want to look at. Obviously the prices are important.
An average calling minute on a pay as you go tariff will cost about 25p, but that varies by provider. You also might find that the charge for calling minutes depends on whether you're calling a phone in the same network, a phone on another network, or a land line phone. If the majority of your friends and family use one network, you might want to also go with that network, since you'll probably end up saving money on calling minutes.

Text message rates are fairly standard across all networks, being 12p per message.
Where rates vary most widely is with data usage. If you use plenty of data you might want to check very carefully what data tariffs are like on different plans. Some are a lot more expensive than others. At the very least you'll want to look for a tariff that has a maximum daily spending limit, which will cap how much money you're charged- though it won't cap how much data you can use. Finally, another thing to look at as you compare pay as you go tariffs are the special rewards that networks offer you.

Nearly all networks have a range of rewards that they offer when customers top up their SIM cards on a regular basis. These rewards range from free services, such as extra calling minutes, messages or data, to top up return schemes. In certain cases some of your credit will be refunded for every top up that you make. You can also get deals that give you cheaper calling to certain numbers, which is useful if you regularly call certain people on your contact list. You should look at all of these factors when shopping around for a good pay as you go tariff, and choose the plan that meets your needs best.

The Down Sides of Pay as You Go...
There are some disadvantages to signing up for pay as you go programmes. The first is that you won't be eligible to receive a free or discounted mobile phone. These deals are solely reserved for people who sign monthly contracts. If you need a new mobile and can't afford to pay for one up front, then you're going to have to sign a contract to get one. Pay as you go requires that you either already have a phone, or that you're willing to buy one up front for full price. Secondly, pay as you go requires that you keep an eye on your credit level. If your credit runs out you won't be able to call or send messages, and this can be inconvenient, particularly late at night. Thirdly, pay as you go deals are simply not made for larger users. If you frequently use your phone, and use up your limits on a monthly contract, then there's no benefit in you switching to pay as you go, because you'll simply end up paying more for your services.

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Charging electric vehicles cheaper and faster

Apr. 30, 2013 ? Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a unique integrated motor drive and battery charger for electric vehicles. Compared to today's electric vehicle chargers, they have managed to shorten the charging time from eight to two hours, and to reduce the cost by around $2,000.

Saeid Haghbin, doctor of electric power engineering, undertook his doctoral studies in order to develop the optimal electric vehicle charger. The result is a novel high-power integrated motor drive and battery charger for vehicle applications, where a new power transfer method has been introduced involving what is known as a rotating transformer.

"The ideal scenario would be to have a charger powerful enough to charge a car in five to ten minutes, but this would cost over $100,000, which is more expensive than the car itself," says Saeid Haghbin. "The question we posed was: how can we reduce the size, weight and price of the on-board charger."

Since the electric motor and the inverter are not used during battery charging, the researchers looked into the possibility of using them in the charger circuit and building some kind of integrated motor and battery charger. In other words, would it be possible to use the motor and inverter in the charger circuit to increase the charging power at a lower cost?

"Instead of having a separate isolated battery charger, we introduced a new concept for the power transfer, the rotating transformer, which was developed to transfer electric power while rotating," says Saeid Haghbin. "The battery is charged through the transformer and a split-phase electric motor that was especially designed for this purpose."

The Chalmers integrated charger is, from a university perspective, still on laboratory level. To achieve a more optimal system, further investigations and experimentation are necessary. However, the product has resulted in both a Swedish and an international patent. Chalmers is trying to find a potential industrial user, and Volvo AB is working on the concept for further enhancement to be used in its system.

"Electric cars have been discussed as a possible solution to reduce carbon emissions for a long time, but scientists debate whether this mode of transportation is the future or not," says Saeid Haghbin. "If we manage to solve the main problems with the battery and the battery chargers, I think the electric vehicles will succeed. And in general, I think electric transportation will become more common in the future, for example trains, trams and plug-in hybrids."

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