Rigondeaux heading to UK to confront Quigg

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Quigg, Santa Cruz and Frampton have showed no desire to challenge Rigondeaux, Hyde said. These three fighters are trying to fool the public into believing that fight the #1 guy in the world is not important. While they are lining their pockets with ridiculous amounts of cash for fighting below par opponents, Rigondeaux is forced to wait around until some Asian opponent steps up. This is a sport in which we are accustomed to seeing the best fighting the best but, in the super bantamweight division, its the best versus the rest.

Rigondeaux will travel to Manchester to fight Quigg, Belfast to fight Frampton, or Las Vegas to fight Santa Cruz. None of these so-called world champions, though, will consider fighting the acknowledged world super bantamweight champion. Theyre all much more content to hold onto their belts than beating The Man in their weight class.

Next month, Hyde reports, Rigondeaux will travel to the United Kingdom in a bold attempt to embarrass Quigg into fighting him. I dont like traveling overseas unless I have a fight lined up, Rigondeaux explained, but I will travel to England in May to publicly call out Scott Quigg. If he turns down the chance to fight our WBA mandatory, he will be remembered for that instead of being known as a great fighter. While Im in the UK, I will also go to Belfast to checkout Carl Frampton to ask if he wants to prove himself against the best in his division.

Understanding that the top super bantamweight action is currently in Europe, noting a record purse ($2.2 million USD) offered for a Frampton vs. Quigg fight, Rigondeaux is considering a major change in the not too distant future, moving his base from Miami to the UK, if thats what it takes for him to get in on the action.

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Eighteen months of planning came to fruition when I boarded Queen Mary 2 with my husband in 2014. The holiday would take in ships, trains and cars but no aeroplanes.

After a week sailing across the Atlantic, and joining in the celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the QM2s first crossing, we reached New York. Amtrak was waiting for us, and over the next day and a half we rattled our way to New Orleans.

Two days later we joined a superior train and went across the Southern States, arriving in Palm Springs, California, after 40 hours, at 2am to be met by a violent sandstorm.

After two weeks spent with American friends, we tackled Route 66 and drove more than 2,500 miles from California to Chicago. Route 66 advertises itself by saying Get Your Kicks on Route 66 and we certainly did. Taking 19 days we had many experiences such as the time we missed a turn and ended up on a military base. Finally Amtrak took us to back to New York.

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Our dream holiday would be to cruise from Southampton on Cunards Queen Mary 2 to Dubai, staying at the Burj Al Arab while experiencing the glitter and gloss of the Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa, as well as the alternative experience of old Dubai and its creek with a meal in the evening on one of the open deck dhows.

We would then explore nearby Abu Dhabi and its beautiful white Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, staying at the St Regis on the growing area of Saadiyat Island where the Louvre Abu Dhabi is nearing completion and the National Museum and Guggenheim will be established. A short speedboat ride over to Nurai Island retreat for a few days relaxation would also be part of our dream holiday.

Then of course, for my husband no visit would be complete without the Formula One Grand Prix on Yas Island, and for me tennis at the Palace Hotel and then returning home by first class Etihad airbus.

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Usain Bolt's diet, a super computer's palate and more: Reading About Eating

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning gold in the men's 200-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 2013. Bolt reportedly ate a lot of McDonald's en route to becoming one of the world's fastest humans. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) (Martin Meissner)

An ongoing digest of the food stories we're consuming at NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune.

The Diet of Champions-- "[T]hey lived on a diet of McDonalds, but that did not stop Ryan Lochte winning 4 Olympic medals for the USA, and Usain Bolt winning 3 Olympic medals for Jamaica, becoming the then fastest Olympian over 100m in the process." (Decibel h/t Digg)

IBM's AI computer has come up with some pretty incredible food pairings-- "Knowledge thatmight've taken a lifetime for a Michelin-starred chef to attain can now be accessedinstantly from your tablet." (Mike Murphy/Quartz)

How Peter Chang stopped running and started empire building-- Chang was once America's most famous elusive chef. "Chang's triumphal return to Northern Virginia generated so much excitement that Changians -- as his devoted pack members call themselves -- briefly crashed the Arlington restaurant's Web site before the place could open its doors." (Tim Carman/The Washington Post)

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The Shambhala community in Halifax is welcoming its newest member, and possibly its future leader.

Khandro Tseyang, wife of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, gave birth to a baby girl Friday morning.

Dzedron Okar Yangchen Ziji Mukpo was born at the IWK Health Centre at 4:49 a.m, weighing seven pounds, 15 ounces.

The child will be known as Jetsun Dzedron, which means Princess Lamp of Beauty.

With her usual dignity and strength, the sakyong wangmo, Khandro Tseyang, gave birth to a beautiful and healthy baby girl, said Dr. Mitchell Levy, the familys personal physician, in a news release.

Mother, father and the newest addition to the Mukpo family are all doing well.

Jetsun Dzedron is the third of the couples daughters. Jetsun Drukmo and Jetsun Yundra were also born at the IWK in 2010 and 2013, respectively.

Shambhala is a school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Rooted in meditation and the concept of universal human kindness, Shambhala is accepting of anyone seeking a heightened state of spiritual enlightenment.

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Shambhalas global and spiritual leader, lives in Halifax with his wife, who is referred to as the sakyong wangmo.

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Space station grocery run stalled by storm clouds

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) SpaceX will have to wait another day to deliver groceries and an espresso maker to the International Space Station.

Fast-approaching storm clouds prevented the unmanned rocket from blasting off Monday afternoon. The company will try again Tuesday afternoon, but more bad weather is forecast. The odds of acceptable conditions are just 50-50.

SpaceX halted the countdown at the 2-minute mark as a menacing storm system moved into the 11-mile keep-out zone surrounding the Falcon rocket. The company had a single second to get off the ground.

"We were in a race, but we didn't quite make it today," a SpaceX launch commentator said.

The SpaceX supply ship holds more than 4,000 pounds of food, experiments and equipment. Italy provided the specially designed espresso machine for Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, who arrived at the space station last November.

The espresso maker was supposed to fly in January, but ended up on backlog following another company's launch explosion last year. That accident left the space station's pantry a little emptier than NASA would prefer. The space agency is trying to get back toa six-month reserve on food.

Once the cargo ship flies, SpaceX will try to land the leftover booster on an ocean barge. It will be the third such landing attempt for the California company led by billionaire Elon Musk. SpaceX aims to reuse the first-stage boosters that are normally thrown away, to make spaceflight more affordable.

Musk said via Twitter on Monday that he was holding the odds of a successful rocket landing at less than 50 percent. On Sunday, one of his top officers put the odds at 75 percent to possibly 80 percent.

The company failed in January on its first effort to fly a first-stage booster to a platform floating off Florida's east coast and land it vertically. The booster's steering system ran out of hydraulic fluid, and the booster hit too hard and fell off in a fiery explosion. Rough seas forced the February attempt to be called off at the last minute. Sea conditions were much better Monday, and the platform was tweaked in the meantime to be more stable.

The platform is dubbed "Just Read the Instructions." It will remain on location in the Atlantic, off Jacksonville.

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SpaceX's Dragon craft will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. SpaceX

SpaceX is launching its sixth commercial resupply mission, called CRS-6, to the International Space Station on Monday. The cargo delivery will refresh science investigations and, as a bonus, serve up some espresso for the caffeine-deprived crew. The ISSpresso, co-developed by the Italian Space Agency, Argotec and Lavazza, can serve espresso, tea, consomme and other hot beverages to the astronauts aboard the space station. The machine will be more than a pleasant diversion, and its use could eventually help improve drug delivery systems on Earth.

The ISSpresso, in development for a few years, is a capsule-based machine designed specifically for the rigors of space. "Today we are in a position to overcome the limits of weightlessness and enjoy a good espresso the indisputable symbol of made-in-Italy products on board the International Space Station,"Giuseppe Lavazza, vice president of the company, said in a statement. Fluids behave quite differently in microgravity, so creating a system that can brew and pour a cup of espresso into a specially designed pouch requires some ingenious engineering and will advance the study of physics and fluid dynamics. The espresso machine was first scheduled to be delivered in 2014, but it was delayed.

"After ISSpresso is physically and electrically connected, a water pouch is installed, and the unit is powered on. In order to utilize the ISSpresso, a NASA standard drink bag is installed, along with a capsule containing the beverage item that the crew member wishes to drink. After the item has been brewed, the used capsule and the drink bagare removed. ISSpresso is then powered off, the water pouch removed. ISSpresso is then disconnected from the UOP, and it is removed and stowed," read NASA'sinstructionsfor the proper usage of the espresso machine.

The ISSpresso machine is part of the Capillary Beverage study to test a new container used aboard the space station. The study could help improve drug delivery systems on Earth, according to NASA. Fittingly, Italian astronautSamantha Cristoforettiwill be among the first astronauts to drink espresso in space.

Another science investigation being delivered to the space station by the Dragon spacecraft could shape the future of television. The Observation and Analysis of Smectic Islands in Space will study the effects of microgravity on liquid crystals -- the same kind used in LCD screens. In addition to improving the quality of television and computer screens, there may one day be an LCD screen built into astronaut helmets.

Another study is titled Fluid Shifts Before, During and After Prolonged Space Flight and Their Association With Intracranial Pressure and Visual Impairment. It will explore how blood and water can move around an astronaut's head in microgravity. Eye health dangers and vision problems are well-known effects of space flight that studies likeFluid Shiftsare trying to solve.

While Dragon is busy flying to the space station, SpaceX will attempt another Falcon 9 rocket landing on an ocean platform. The company is trying to create a reusable rocket and this will be SpaceX's third attempt at landing the first stage of the Falcon 9 on an ocean platform. The first attempt ended with a hard landing and the second attempt was scrubbed due to poor weather.

The SpaceX launch live stream coverage begins at 4:15 p.m. EDT with the launch window beginning at 4:33:15. You can view the broadcast below.

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SpaceX ship carrying two tons of cargo to ISS delayed

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A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule on final approach to the International Space Station. The company planned to launch its sixth operational resupply flight Monday to deliver nearly 4,400 pounds of supplies and equipment to the lab complex. SpaceX

Last Updated Apr 13, 2015 5:07 PM EDT

Electrically active anvil clouds approaching the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Monday forced SpaceX to order a 24-hour delay for launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo ship loaded with nearly 4,400 pounds of scientific equipment, spare parts, food and other crew supplies -- including an espresso machine -- to the International Space Station.

Liftoff from complex 41, originally planned for 4:33 p.m. EDT (GMT-4), was tentatively reset for 4:10 p.m. Tuesday. But forecasters expect more of the same summer weather, giving SpaceX just a 50-50 chance of acceptable conditions.

Because the propellant demands of a station flight are slightly less than for a commercial satellite launching, SpaceX will make another attempt to land the rocket's first stage on a remotely controlled barge-like platform stationed a few hundred miles east of Jacksonville, Fla.

Earlier landing attempts were only partially successful due to stormy weather and problems with stabilizing fins needed to help control the descent.

But this time around, SpaceX managers are hoping for better results, thanks to improvements in the rocket's descent system and upgrades to the landing ship, named "Just Read The Instructions." A senior SpaceX manager put the odds of success at up to 80 percent, but company founder Elon Musk said that's the expectation by the end of the year.

"Odds of rocket landing successfully today are still less than 50 percent," Musk tweeted Monday. "The 80 percent figure by end of year is only bcs (because) many launches ahead."

Whenever it takes off, the flight plan calls for the Falcon's first stage engines to burn for a little under three minutes to boost the rocket out of the dense lower atmosphere. At that point, the Falcon's single-engine second stage will take over the push to orbit, putting the Dragon cargo capsule into an initially elliptical orbit to set up a three-day rendezvous with the space station.

While the second stage continues the climb to orbit, the first stage will flip around and re-enter the atmosphere, using three rocket firings to reduce its velocity and bring the booster down on the landing barge.If all goes well, the Dragon will reach the space station early Friday, pulling up to within about 30 feet and then standing by while Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, representing the European Space Agency, locks on with the station's robot arm. Ground controllers then will remotely operate the arm to pull the capsule in for berthing at the Earth-facing port of the forward Harmony module.

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