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World No.1 Lorena Ochoa announces retirement
Lorena Ochoa announced her retirement on Tuesday after three years as the world No.1 in women's golf.
Hyo-Joo Kim makes golf history with lowest major score
South Korean teenager Hyo-Joo Kim makes history with a faultless 10-under 61 to open the Evian Championship.
Karrie Webb's history Major
Off the course, Karrie Webb's angst gives way to a historian's cool appraisal of the game.
Golf Digest under fire for Paulina Gretzky cover
Lucy Carroll The world's top female golf players and officials have reacted angrily to the decision by one of America's best-known sport magazines, Golf Digest, to feature model Paulina Gretzky on the cover of...
Michelle Wie snaps LPGA title drought
Michelle Wie enjoyed playing her home course as she claimed her first LPGA Tour title since 2010 at the Lotte Championship in Hawaii.
US teen golfer Thompson wins in Mexico
GUADALAJARA: US teenager Lexi Thompson birdied the final hole on Sunday to beat Stacy Lewis by one stroke in the US LPGA's Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico.
Keating four shots clear in French Open
Stacey Keating began her quest for back-to-back Ladies European Tour titles by firing an eight-under 62 on the opening day of the Ladies French Open.
Australian Keating wins second consecutive title
Australian golf is celebrating a new international star after Stacey Keating claimed a second consecutive win on the Ladies European Tour.
Teenager Manassero hits front with 64
Italian Matteo Manassero seizes a two-shot lead after 54 holes at the storm-hit Singapore Open.
Latest Daly spray leaves nothing to the imagination
Peter Stone Through the years, we've learnt nothing should surprise about John Daly and his excesses in life, be it drinking, gambling, trashing hotel rooms - not to mention his four failed marriages.
Newton adds another name to parade of champions
Peter Stone US Masters champion Charl Schwartzel would now command an appearance fee of about $US400,000 ($381,192) following his deeds at Augusta a couple of weeks ago but he was virtually anonymous on his...
An honest man, a silly rule, a gust of wind ... absurdity
Peter Stone Again the absurdity of the rules of golf was laid bare again last weekend when young American Webb Simpson called a penalty on himself when, addressing a putt of about 30 centimetres on the 72nd...
Thomson in the mix to design Olympic course
Peter Stone Peter Thomson, Australia's most prolific golf course designer, firstly in company with Mike Wolveridge and now with Ross Perrett, is poised to join some of the great names of golf who are queuing to...
Karrie's excited but Thommo's circumspect as race for Rio hots up
Peter Stone Peter Thomson is old enough and wise enough not to get too excited yet but the first hurdle has been crossed in the bid to design the course in Brazil for the reintroduction of golf to the Olympics...
Forever the bridesmaid: Pettersen has No.1 in sight
Martin Blake MELISSA REID thinks Suzann Pettersen has the game to be the No.1 woman golfer in the world. For Pettersen, the world No.2, it is a dream, just as Reid, the world No.
Hull thanks heaven after ending title drought
Peter Stone Golf: WHEN Katherine Hull broke through for her first LPGA Tour victory, in the Canadian Open two years ago, she did it with such authority - coming from six shots behind to shoot 66 against a field...
Enough cut and thrust: Parry says sayonara
Peter Stone It's not quite the final curtain for Craig Parry in tournament golf but when he flies to Japan tomorrow to play in the Bridgestone Open in Chiba it will herald the end of another chapter in an...
Humbled Tiger looks like a man we can warm to
PETER STONE Regular readers will know I have been critical, indeed disgusted, with Tiger Woods through time, not because of his grubby extramarital affairs, although their disclosure didn't help, but rather...
Solid Scott looking good to salute again in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Adam Scott shot a two-under-par 69 yesterday to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Singapore Open, a tournament the Australian has won twice before at the Sentosa Golf Club.
Two late birdies propel consistent Creamer into lead
GUADALAJARA, Mexico: US Women's Open champion Paula Creamer carded a 6-under par 66 on Friday to claim a one-shot lead over Norwegian Suzann Pettersen in the LPGA Lorena Ochoa Invitational.


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Book your room at TownePlace Suites Colorado Springs
Studio Suite, 1 Queen Bed with SofabedMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Suite, 2 BedroomsMax Occupancy: 5 guests (up to 4 children, 4 infants)
Hotel with a seasonal outdoor pool, in Colorado Springs (North Colorado Springs)
This hotel is located in Colorado Springs (North Colorado Springs), close to Space Foundation Discovery Center, Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs, and Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Local attractions also include Garden of the Gods and Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site.
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Recreational amenities at TownePlace Suites Colorado Springs include a 24-hour fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool. Other amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access and a 24-hour business center.
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TownePlace Suites Colorado Springs features a 24-hour fitness center and a seasonal outdoor pool. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. This Colorado Springs hotel also offers barbecue grills, a picnic area, and coffee/tea in the lobby. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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Born in Seville (Spain), tenor Juan Sancho initially trained as a pianist before entering the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (Barcelona) to study voice in the Early Music department with Lambert Climent, also receiving tuition from Monsterrat Figueras. Later he studied with Raphaël Sikorski (Laboratoire de la Voix, Paris) and finally with Raúl Giménez (Barcelona).
Juan Sancho has worked with many great conducters such as Michel Corboz, William Christie, Gustav Leonhardt, Fabio Biondi, Jordi Savall, Diego Fasolis, Andrea Marcon, Alan Curtis, Richard Egarr etc. He has also sung with outstanding orchestras such as Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi, Real Philarmonia de Galicia etc. He has been also invited by some of the most important european early music ensembles like Concerto Köln, The Academy of Ancient Music, Les Arts Florissants, Accademia Bizantina, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Orquesta barroca de Sevilla, Le Concert des Nations, Hésperion XXI, Europa Galante, Il complesso barocco etc.
He has appeared at some of the most emblematic theaters and opera houses around the world: Teatro alla Scala (Milan), Teatro Real (Madrid), La Fenice (Venice), Prague National Theater, Barbican Center (London), Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels), Alte Oper (Frankfurt), Auditorio Nacional (Madrid), Palau de la Música (Valencia), Salle Pleyel (Paris), Opéra Comique (Paris), Cité de la Musique (Paris), Auditori (Barcelona), Opéra National du Rhin (Strasburg), Opéra National de Lorraine (Nancy), Lincoln Center (New York), Teatro de la Maestranza (Sevilla), Fundaçao Gulbenkian (Lisbon), Oper Köln, Kursaal (San Sebastián) etc. And also in some of Europe's most important music festivals such as Festival d'Ambronay, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Quincena Musical de San Sebastián, Festival de Granada, Antwerpen Early Music Festival.
His performances have been broadcasted by many TV channels MEZZO, Arte TV, France 3, and most of Europe's classical radio stations: BBC,, Radio France, Radio Nacional de España, Klara (Belgium), Radio Televissione Svizzera Italiana, Radio Télévision Suisse etc. His DVD and CD recordings include Alessandro by Handel (DECCA), Monteverd's trilogy under William Christie from Teatro Real (DYNAMICS and VIRGIN) and Virtù di strali d'Amore by Cavalli under Fabio Biondi (NAXOS). He has made his debut in several main roles from operas and oratorios by Rossini, Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach, Porpora, Monteverdi, Boccherini, Vinci and Handel.
Among his forthcoming performances stands out Farnace by Vivaldi and Artasserse by Leonardo Vinci at Opéra Royal de Versailles with Concerto Köln, Un turco in Italia by Rossini at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence under Marc Minkowski, Alessandro by Handel at Megaron (Athens), Halle Händel Festival, Opéra Royal de Versailles, Theater an der Wien, Salle Pleyel, Concertgebow Amsterdam and Festival Enescu (Bucarest), Johannes-Passion (evangelist) at Palau de la Música (Barcelona), Bach's H-moll Messe at Liederhalle (Stuttgart), La princesse de Navarre at Teatro de la Maestranza (Seville) under Hervé Niquet, his reaparition at Palais de Beaux Arts (Brussels) under Skip Sempé etc.
He was awared with the special prize for Lied /Mélodie française interpretation at the 2010 International Singing Competition "Julián Gayarre" (Spain).
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It's getting complicated in the world of publishing.
Unlike last year, the top-selling books in print and those in digital are rather different, according to a story in Publishers Weekly reporting on sales during the first six months of the year. While Dan Brown's "Inferno" tops both the Bookscan (a Nielsen service that tracks purchases at point of sale) and Amazon Kindle best-seller lists for the first half of 2013, 15 of the 20 books on each list are different.
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"Proof of Heaven," a nonfiction title from a neurosurgeon who claims to have made a round-trip visit to the afterlife during a near-death experience, is second in Bookscan numbers but missing entirely from the top 20 Amazon Kindle best-sellers. "Lean In," Sheryl Sandberg's treatise on women and corporate leadership, was absent from the digital best-sellers but fourth in print sales.
The Kindle best-sellers include three self-published writers: Colleen Hoover, Elizabeth Naughton and H.M. Ward. Their books barely register in the print sales figures.
It looks to me as though people who read digitally (mostly on Kindle devices) and those who prefer print are shopping in fundamentally different "stores" and being exposed to different books. Amazon has created a kind of ecosystem that keeps readers buying books that are aggressively priced or "recommended."
There's some obvious upside to this. Self-published writers stand very little chance of being stocked in a Barnes & Noble. Using open access to the Amazon ecosystem, entrepreneurial authors can become best-sellers without any help from the traditional publishing system of agents, editors, publishers and distributors. When a success breaks out of the pack, certain titles can go viral.
I have worries, though. These trends increase the commoditization of books, and one book becomes as useful as the next in generating a fee-gathering download. The "best" books are the ones that sell the most. We know that high sales and quality do not necessarily intersect.
While I accept that the exchange of money for product makes books a kind of commodity, I also believe they are something more meaningful. Books are a repository of our culture. They hold meaning and importance greater than their utility to extract money from consumers. For more than a century, the market inefficiencies of traditional publishing protected "literature" from commerce. Publishers were literally family-owned businesses that viewed publishing good books as a responsibility, which led them to subsidize and produce books that otherwise might never have existed.
Newspapers used to run under this model as well.
The old system's success is evident in one of the best-selling books of the first half of 2013, a fresh new title called "The Great Gatsby." "Gatsby" was initially published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1925 to solid acclaim but limited sales. Scribner's kept the book in print, believing it to be important. Scribner is now an imprint under one of the "Big 5" publishers, Macmillan, which is in turn a subsidiary of Holtzbrinck, which has offices in dozens of countries.
"The Great Gatsby" sells 500,000 copies a year. Good art and good business. In the future, will there still be room for books that might not make money in the short term? The new ecosystem is a boon to many, but we shouldn't pretend that it doesn't come with costs.
Biblioracle John Warner is the author of "The Funny Man." Follow him on Twitter @Biblioracle.
The Biblioracle offers his recommendations
1. "The Man With the Golden Arm" by Nelson Algren
2. "We Live in Water" by Jess Walter
3. "Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen
4. "The Lazarus Project" by Aleksandar Hemon
5. "To Show and to Tell" by Phillip Lopate
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Hey there -
Hoping everyone in the USA had a great 4th party. Sorry I'm writing this late. Most of last week I was in London. So when I landed in Chicago, it's been a blur since.
I hope you guys got to see the pics I sent from London. The weather finally was nice most of the time and I did an incredible amount of walking. Actually think I lost a couple of pounds. Had great meetings with press, PR, media, Universal Music ,etc etc… Came home tired.
But I did sit next to Norman on the plane. Norman moved to the USA when he was 27. He's 79 now and retired to Tennessee after living and raising his family in Wyoming. So cool to hear a guy talk about how great America is. Seems like often we are reminded how lucky we are by a stranger. God Bless you Norman, loved our 8 1/2 hour chat. I hope our paths cross again.
So, I'm back to working here in the States…..and we're rocking forward. Plans are coming together, stay tuned.
Tonight am rehearsing with the band. So excited! Anytime we get together, it's always a highlight of my week. However this week, I am taking the guys to see Sir Paul McCartney Wednesday night in Chicago. We have backstage passes, so I will be looking to say hey to my buds, Abe Laboriel, Jr. and Brian Ray. Both are mainstays in Paul's band. Great guys. Will be good to connect with them.
Have a great week and enjoy the rest of July,wherever you are. Rock on!!